There are more than a dozen artillery pieces in Geng Zhongming's army, but they are dozens of Furlong machines looted from Laizhou City, but they have been dragged by donkey carts before, except for a few Furlong machines that fell in the Gulan Gorge, there are still eight artillery pieces left. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of the airtightness, the range of the Furlong machine is far inferior to the red-coated cannon, compared to the new field artillery of the empire, and more importantly, these Furlong machines were made by the Laizhou military town during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, but the time is also a little old, so the ammunition used is also very scarce.

But having firearms is better than nothing after all, because before sending gunners to attack Dengzhou City, I never thought that a few red-coated heavy artillery pieces were captured by the Ming army, so Geng Zhongming could only use these old-fashioned Furlong machines to make do.

However, the Laizhou Coastal Defense Army in front of Geng Zhongming and them here, the field artillery and small artillery used were the latest research and development of the Imperial Ordnance Bureau, and the only troops allocated were the Jingzhong Forbidden Army, the Jing Navy, the Liaodong Army, the Yulin Army and the three major naval divisions.

In the face of the new field artillery with an effective range of seven or eight miles, there is still a place for this old-fashioned Furlong machine, the reason why the Laizhou front line has not arrived for a long time is waiting for the thieves to enter the middle of the gun, in order to force the maximum lethality! After all, relatively speaking, most of the thieves here are cavalry, and the number is superior, and the Laizhou army has many gunners and foot soldiers, and in the face of large-scale cavalry battles, this is the first time since the formation of Laizhou's coastal defense.

Therefore, the Laizhou Army had to be cautious.

In the face of the rebels marching slowly and approaching, Liu Zhaoji moved.

"Gunners prepare, fire!"

For a while, in the face of the sudden sound of artillery, the military horses, who had finally broken through from the Guran Gorge and calmed down a little, were surprised again, but they raised their horses' hooves and neighed.

On the other hand, the rebel gunners here, the Fran machine that had just been fiddled with, was blown up, but they immediately lost their formation, and the mules pulling the artillery even opened their hooves and scattered in all directions without a head or tail.

I saw that the Fran machine, who had overturned the gun carriage, was already rolling straight and straight on the hillside beside him, trampled by men and horses.

At this moment, although Geng Zhongming had expected the Ming army to take the lead in launching an attack with artillery fire, he never expected it to be such a cake.

In fact, this is not to blame him, if you want to say that he came all the way, but here he Geng Zhongming is still the first time to collide with the Ming army face to face. Before, the camp was shelled, so far he still doesn't know where the artillery fire came from, and then sent troops to the front line of Dengzhou, as the rear army, he didn't even plan the face of the Ming army, so he rushed to Laizhou, although Laizhou City was a battle, he had encountered the Ming army, but those loose city defense troops, compared to the patrol camp is not as good, that can also be called a war?!

But now it was different, in the face of the overwhelming shelling in front of him, he finally understood why the successive divisions were unfavorable.

It turned out that the Ming Empire had never let go of them at all, if not, why such a firearm, he had never seen it?

At that moment, Geng Zhongming's heart suddenly brightened like a mirror, and there were still some pimples in his heart, but at this moment, everything was gone.

If you have no heart for me, how can I feel ashamed?

It's just that he seems to have forgotten that Mao Wenlong was killed that day, Yuan Chonghuan ordered the Dongjiang armies to strictly guard their own defenses, but for his own selfish interests, he crossed the sea from the Dongjiang River with soldiers and horses and returned to Dengzhou, during which he was in contact with Houjin and hooked up with traitors, such a person, how can the Ming Empire trust, Zhu Jian came with the memory of later generations, and it is bound to reorganize this mountain and river, and how can he use such a vain to ignore the righteousness and ignore the ancestors!

Of course, Geng Zhongming naturally didn't understand all this, at this moment, there was only one thought in his heart, and that was to rush over and go to Huang Taiji!

"Brothers, although the artillery fire of the Ming army here is fierce, how can there be eggs under the nest? Brothers, the road has been cut off here, brothers, only by rushing out with Geng can you survive in a desperate situation! Brothers, it takes time to reload the Ming army's firearms, so you and I should take this opportunity to rush! ”

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Just when Geng Zhongming led the cavalry to storm the first line of Laizhou's coastal defense, outside Laizhou City, Zhuangzigu camped.

"Report! General, the Overseer has sent someone! ”

"Oh, please!"

Hearing this, Zhuang Zigu, who was angry because he was turned away from the city, was busy ordering him to go down.

Not long after, Shen Shouchong pushed the account alone.

"Guerrilla lords, don't come unharmed!"

Hearing his voice and seeing his person, Zhuang Zigu was stunned at first, and then his face was happy, and he walked forward quickly and hugged Shen Shouchong with a brother.

"Good brother, how could it be you, I heard that you went to study in the military academy of the Beijing Division, how could you appear here?"

To say that Zhuangzi has been in the army for several years since Liaodong, but he had an old relationship with Shen Shouchong when he was in Dongjiang, because he was like-minded, it can be said that he was a friend in trouble.

Later, Zhuangzi was transferred to Denglai, as a general under Dengzhou General Jiao Lian, during which Yuan Keli went out of the mountain, and Shen Shouchong then entered the army, so the two fought side by side again, and later Shen Shouchong was appointed in Denglai, and was ordered to go to Beijing to study, so the two met here, but there was a scene in front of them.

And in the face of the good brother who has not been seen for many days, Shen Shouchong is also a little happy, in fact, he has come all the way, he is already a little impatient, and he wants to get drunk with Zhuang Zigu, but because he is shouldering a heavy responsibility, this drinking thing, it can only be slow.

"The younger brother is also going to the front line, and he encountered such a major event, I heard that my brother was here, but I came overnight, I wanted to get drunk with my brother and rest, how could I help the military order here, but the younger brother hoped that my brother would understand!"

"It's okay, you and my brother, there will be time in the future! But brother, what is the matter with hearing your words? ”

"Big brother, the younger brother is under the command of the superintendent generals, and the generals of Denglai are controlled, this is the order of the superintendent!"

After that, Shen Shouchong wanted to take the previous Yuan Keli order to Zhuang Zigu for a look, but he was stopped by Zhuang Zigu.

"Brother Xian, the sergeant here came to report, he was already thinking about his brother, and he didn't read the order for his brother, you also know that he is a brother, he can't read, hehe, but the arrow of the superintendent on your waist, my brother still knows! What's more, you have solved a big problem for your brother when you came! ”

"Please also ask my brother to inform my younger brother of the situation here!"

"Brother Xian is polite, you came this time, for your brother, you should obey the dispatch, please don't worry about Brother Xian."

After all, Zhuang Zigu told Shen Shouchong everything here.

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But it is said that Shen Shouchong came with troops overnight, and in Laizhou City, Yu Zhigao has already cleaned up the mansion, and the entourage army has entered the city one after another, went to the city, set up artillery, and if Zhuang Zigu and his gang have a slight movement, they will prepare a burst of artillery bombardment.

"Report! My lord, a messenger arrived in the city, saying that Governor Yuan had sent someone. ”

Hearing this, Yu Zhigao was obviously stunned, but there was a little grunt in his heart.

Could it be that Inspector Yuan knew about Laizhou so quickly?

Although he had a plan in his heart, but Yuan Keli sent someone here to come, and he had to pay attention to it.

"Where are the people sent by the Overseer?"

"My lord, according to the messenger, the man sent by the Governor is leading his troops to garrison the outside of the city..... That. ”

"That's what, that!"

Facing the scout's Zhiwu, Yu Zhigao was a little annoyed.

"Lord Hui, they are in the chaotic military camp outside the city!"

"What?!"