"Fuck! Dog Wu Dog! How do you shoot into the city? Was it a coincidence? Or did Gou Wu Gou have long expected that we will place heavy troops inside the East Gate? ”

Tu Hai, Yue Le, Chani and other commanders of the Qing army were dejected and exclaimed, and something that made them even more stunned happened, after the Wu army's shells landed, they broke out a violent explosion sound far better than ordinary flowering shells, and its air wave was enough to knock down the Qing soldiers twenty or thirty steps away, and the fate of the Qing soldiers near the explosion point was even more conceivable - either they were blown to pieces, and the bones were gone, or they were blown up in volleys, and they fell far away covered in blood, and they could no longer stand up when they fell.

"Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "One after another, the cannon sounded, one after another Wu army shells roared, drawing a beautiful and terrifying arc trajectory in the night sky, hail raindrops fell like raindrops, and smashed into the city wall of Wuchang East Gate and the Qing army's Tibetan soldiers and civilian houses behind the city wall, and the hellish journey of the Qing army in Wuchang also began.

The deafening explosion covered up the cries and exclamations of the Qing soldiers, and also covered up the collapse and collapse of the houses, the shock wave raged in the city, and in the area covered by the Wu army's artillery fire, every Qing soldier became a small dice cup that kept shaking on the gambling table, everything was turned upside down, countless Qing soldiers' eyebrow bones were broken, and their teeth fell out, but unexpectedly none of the Qing soldiers felt pain, because they didn't know how many times they had been overturned by the Wu army's artillery fire, and each time they barely got up, He was immediately overturned and blown down by the air waves, and could only lie on the ground on all fours like leprosy dogs, desperately praying for the blessing of the ancestors of the mites and the blessing of Wu Jun's cannonballs not to hit him.

Although lying on the ground can dodge air waves and shrapnel, it can't avoid Nobel. The shock wave brought by the explosion of the Miyoshi brand dynamite dynamite. Because of the restraint of the three good rockets, Dai Zi's sub-mother cannon cast for Xiao Mazi was captured by the Wu army almost without much use in the field, but after the more than 40 sub-mother cannons arrived in the hands of the Wu army, the excellent special surname of light and flexible and not easy to blow up was immediately unanimously loved by the Wu army, combined with the gunpowder technology of the Wu army's leading era, the sub-mother cannon weighing 30 catties of shells immediately became the desperate nightmare of all Qing army soldiers. Its power is no longer multiplied, but has almost reached the terrifying level of a conscienceless cannon.

As a result, the Qing soldiers and generals who were lying on the ground to avoid the artillery fire were also unlucky, and countless people were shattered by the shock wave transmitted from the ground! Seven holes were bleeding, and the death was unknown and confused - Wu Gou's cannonball obviously didn't hit me, why can't I stand up?

Yue Le jumped into the trench next to him to avoid the artillery fire, his ears were no longer hearing, and his vision became blurred. It was very difficult to breathe, and I tried to open my mouth, but all I inhaled was choking gunsmoke. The scorching smoke burned between the lobes of his lungs, as if it was about to explode again in his chest. Although the Wu army's artillery shells never hit Yue Le's vicinity, there were still two shells smashed into the trench and exploded, and the reinforced trench soil fell and splashed, collapsed, and the Qing army sappers near the explosion point did not even have a chance to escape for their lives, they were directly blown to the point of flesh and blood, limbs were incomplete, and then they were buried by the collapsed soil, and the trench used to prevent the Wu army's tunnels also directly became their graves, and even the time to bury the corpses was saved.

Yue Le was afraid that the trench would collapse and bury himself alive on the ground, so he hurriedly climbed out of the trench with the help of his own soldiers, intending to hide in the dead corner of the inner side of the city wall to avoid artillery fire, but what made Yue Le stunned and heartbroken was that in less than a pillar of incense, the houses and houses used to hide soldiers in the east gate of Wuchang had collapsed countless times, the walls had completely collapsed, the roofs were shattered, and countless Qing soldiers struggled and crawled among the debris and rubble, crying for help, and the streets of Wuchang under the cover of artillery fire had completely become a human purgatory. So much so that even the Wuchang city wall, which Tuhai and Yue Le and other Qing commanders were proud of, had already shaken and crumbled under artillery fire.

Yue Le took another step, but as soon as he took a step, he felt that his legs were weak, dizzy and nauseous, and he trembled vigorously, so he had to kneel on the ground, vomiting heavily, and the Qing soldiers who were hiding under the dead corner of the city wall were loyal, and rushed to the artillery fire at the risk of death, and put Yue Le to safety, but Yue Le not only did not feel the slightest sense of happiness, but had a sense of powerlessness that wanted to cry without tears - the artillery fire of the Yungui army was so fierce that they could fight this battle?

Facts have proved that whether it is Wu Laohan or Lu Fatzi, they have seriously underestimated the terrifying power of the sub-mother cannon with Sanhao gunpowder, and even if the Wu army does not change the tunnel siege tactics, just with this fierce artillery suppression, the Qing army engineers do not want to calmly crack the Wu army's tunnel siege tactics, let alone listen to the sound of this deafening artillery fire, and find the location of the Wu army's tunnel. This is also the key reason why the Wu army went all out to cast a large number of sub-mother cannons after the war, and such artillery was used to suppress the enemy defenders in the battle, which was really powerful!

Similarly, Lu Fatzi finally understood why Kang Mazi insisted on exile Dai Zi to the Northeast as a slave in history, such artillery was too overwhelming in the era of cold weapons, if Kang Mazi did not quickly suppress the pace of China's firearms development, the riding and archery advantage of the mites and barbarians would have been wiped out.

The fierce artillery bombardment continued, although the Wu army's sub-mother cannons, bronze cannons, and Hongyi cannons could not be fired continuously, but nearly 100 such artillery pieces were concentrated at the east gate of Wuchang, and they took turns to load and reload and open artillery bombardment, and the effect was still no different from that of dozens of continuous artillery, and they could still pour artillery fire on the east gate of Wuchang all the time - of course, during this period, they naturally had to come up with a lot of black powder shells to fill the number indiscriminately, and all the flowering shells loaded with explosives and cotton were used.

Even so, the fierce artillery fire of the Wu army still made the Qing army at the east gate of Wuchang suffer enough, and even the Wu army's siege army could not see a single hair and was bombarded, ghosts cried wolves, and the generals and soldiers lost countless lives. But it is precisely because of this that the commanders of the Qing army, such as Tuhai, Yue Le and Chani, also became more and more convinced that the main direction of the Wu army's attack was undoubtedly the East Gate, and such a fierce artillery fire was just to cover up the sound of tunnel excavation and sweep the defenders of the East Gate to open the way for the siege of the city - after all, in this era, there is no army that will use nearly 100 artillery pieces intensively, and it is just a feint, right?

In view of these circumstances, after climbing on the city wall at the dead end of the arrow battlement for a while, the commander of the Qing army, Tuhai, issued three influential orders one after another: first, the Qing army engineers immediately dug tunnels under the city wall to find the Wu army's tunnel connection; Second, the elite of the Qing army inside the east gate made every effort to rescue the wounded soldiers, retreated and gathered inward to avoid the Wu army's artillery fire, and waited for the order to counterattack; Third, in view of the difficulty in the mobilization of large forces in Wuchang City, in order to take precautions, reserve troops were transferred from the other three gates to move to the east gate, so as to fill the gap left by the main force of the Qing army after being severely damaged by the Wu army's artillery fire, and ensure the safety of the main battlefield.

After receiving the first order, the Qing army engineers quickly took the risk of the tunnel being blown up and began to dig with all their might, and took the initiative to find the location of the Wu army's tunnel, and the second order was because the Wu army's artillery fire was too fierce, and it was tantamount to a fool's dream to rescue the Qing soldiers who were buried alive by the collapsed houses, and the heralds were also killed and injured by artillery fire, and they could not quickly and effectively convey the order to the various armies, and only a part of the army retreated to the city. The remaining troops, because they did not receive orders and were afraid of the Wu army's artillery fire, refused to leave the houses and houses where they could barely hide, resulting in a rapid increase in casualties among the Qing troops, and the defenders of the East Gate became more and more overstretched.

Judging from the torches and bonfires, the Wu army siege army assembled outside the south gate is not only small, but also has never launched an attack on the south gate - it is obvious that the Wu army outside the south gate is broken through the east gate, and then launched a strong attack to contain the Qing defenders, and at the same time it is more confident to attack the south gate. Therefore, after receiving Tuhai's third order, Cai Yurong did not hesitate at all, and directly sent his 3,000 reserves to the east gate to strengthen the thickness and toughness of the east gate's defense line.

"Father, give the reserves to the east gate, what should we do?" Cai Lin, the son of Cai Yurong, who is tied with Cai Yurong on the list of mite Qing hardcore Han annihilation, hurriedly reminded: "In front of our defensive line, there is also a large number of Wu dog troops. ”

"I don't have to worry." Cai Yurong shook his head and explained: "Wu Gou's main attack direction is at the East Gate, and the Wu Dog army on the south gate is just a containment, and if we can't use all our forces to deploy it on the main battlefield at the East Gate, the East Gate will not be able to attack, and the Wu Dog army in the south will not attack." ”

"But what if Wu Gou suddenly attacks the south gate?" Cai Lin asked uneasily.

"Then he, Wu Sangui, the old thief, should come!" Cai Yurong smiled proudly: "Didn't you hear? Wu Sangui's old thief has concentrated the siege artillery to the east gate, Wuchang's city defense is so strong, just relying on the cloud ladder and Yuntai, he is the main force to attack the city, I'm afraid there is no way to take it down, right? Besides, you are not familiar with the terrain in this area of Wuchang? There are underground water veins everywhere, if Wu Sangui's old thief wants to attack the city through the tunnel, he doesn't need us to do it, and the underground water veins can kill all his spade soldiers and dogs with a gushing outbreak! ”

"The father is handsome and wise, but the child is too careful." Cai Lin thought about it carefully and felt that the old man's words were reasonable, and hurriedly agreed: "Even if Wu Gou's main force attacks the south gate, there is no effective siege weapon, don't even think about breaking the city, as long as we resist for a while, the reserves on the east gate can come to support." ”

"It's also a good thing to be careful, you keep an eye on it, and if you find that you are lazy to sleep, you will be punished by military law immediately." Cai Lao Han Jian casually ordered, but he couldn't help but think of Wu Lao Han Jian's amazingly beautiful granddaughter Eight-faced Guanyin Wu Xiaosu - six years ago, Cai Lao Han Jian, who was still a servant of the ministry, went to Yunnan to announce the decree to commend Wu Lao Han Jian's conquest of Shuixi, and accidentally saw Wu Xiaosu, who was only fourteen years old at the time, Cai Lao Han Jian, who was almost half a hundred years old at the time, but it was love at first sight.

Cai Yurong's orders were obviously too careful, although it was now nearly two watches, and it was the time when the soldiers were most likely to get tired and sleepy, but the sound of artillery fire at the east gate of Wuchang was higher and higher, and it felt like thunder at the south gate, and it was strange that the soldiers of the Qing army still wanted to sleep peacefully. Even Cai Laohan annihilated himself, and after inspecting the city defense and finding no abnormality, he quickly focused his attention on the side of the east gate of Wuchang, worried about whether the defenders of the east gate could hold on in the face of such fierce artillery fire from the Wu army and crack the tunnel siege tactics of the Wu army.

At the same time, at the east gate of Wuchang, although the artillery fire of the Wu army is still continuing, because of the heating problem of the supply of shells and the continuous firing of the barrel, the artillery fire has also been significantly sparse, and the Qing army has also been able to take the opportunity to rescue and transfer the wounded soldiers, reorganize the team and repair the city fortifications destroyed by the artillery fire, and at the same time, the Qing army engineers have successfully dug the tunnel to the side of the moat, and directly listen to the sound inside the tunnel to find the location of the Wu army's tunnel. However, to the surprise and confusion of Tuhai, Yue Le and other commanders of the Qing army, no matter how much the Qing army engineers listened underground, they never found the sound of Wu army sappers' excavation, as if Wu army sappers had completely stopped digging.

"Could it be that the sound of artillery fire is still interfering with the sound of the underground?" Yue Le looked at the Wu army's artillery fire that had gradually thinned out suspiciously, and then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Change some spade soldiers with good ears to go down, it may be that the Wu dog artillery just now was too loud, and the ears of the previous spade soldiers were broken." ”

While the Qing army defenders at the east gate of Wuchang were walking according to the order, the south gate of Wuchang was still a leisurely appearance, and the Wu army outside the city did not move, and the Qing army, which was afraid of the Wu army in the field battle, did not dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the battle, but waited patiently on the city wall for the Wu army to take the initiative to attack. But as the Wu army's artillery fire gradually thinned out, and the interference of the sound of artillery gradually decreased, the Qing army on the south gate finally found that the situation was wrong. - By the way, the city wall of the south gate of Wuchang is seven miles long, and no matter how many torches and lanterns there are on the side of the Qing army in the dark night, it is absolutely impossible to shine into every corner.

"Ministry, this is it." The Qing garrison invited Cai Yurong to a city wall where strange sounds came from, and reported to Cai Yurong: "Please pay attention to the department, as long as the cannon stops, you can hear some strange sounds." ”

Cai Laohan first looked under the city wall, and saw that there was no light in the black and dark below, and then when the sound of Wu Jun's cannon stopped by chance, there were some very strange sounds from below-as if someone was digging something! Hearing this voice, Cai Laohan's face inevitably changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Throw the torch down!" Fast! ”

Two torches were thrown off the city wall, but the excessively high city wall of Wuchang City not only brought countless difficulties to the Wu army to attack the city, but also brought a lot of observation trouble to the Qing army defenders in the dark night. Cai Laohan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly yelled again: "Quick, keep throwing torches, the more the better!" ”

Dozens of torches were thrown down the city wall, the anomaly under the city wall finally revealed, under the city wall, four black wooden tables were divided into two groups and stood side by side, under the table ping-pong was continuous, and there were people shaking their heads, and a Yunnan accent could be faintly heard shouting: "Mangou has found us, hurry!" ”

"Wu Dog is digging the city——!" Cai Laohan roared frantically, "Quick, smash stones, release arrows!" Shoot the arrows! Ignition alarm! Ignition ——! ”

"Puffy Puff!" "Whoosh!" "Bang bang bang!" Raindrops of stones, feather arrows and bullets fell down, overwhelmingly shooting at the siege table where the soldiers of the Wu army were hidden below, but it is a pity that the siege table of the Wu army was designed to be very immoral, and the surface was sloped with arcs, and the bow and arrow musket wanted to shoot through the wooden table, so don't even think about it, the only one that can smash the boulder of the siege table is to smash the wood, even if it is hit, it will almost slide away, and it will not hurt the Wu army engineers under the table at all - and the Wu army engineers will have already hidden in the cave of the city wall that they have dug out, Even if the siege table is smashed, it will not hurt the Wu army engineers.

"Mom, dog, you're so fucking cunning!" Seeing that the stone bow and arrow were ineffective, Cai Laohan was so anxious that he was almost going crazy, and he was helpless in a hurry. In the end, it was Cai Lin, the son of Cai Lao Han, who came up with a way and shouted: "Father, hurry, hang people with ropes and go down to kill Wu Dog!" ”

"Yes, yes, hurry!" Cai Laohan urged repeatedly, but at this moment, an earth-shattering loud noise suddenly came from the city wall of Wuchang South Gate in the distance, followed by the sound of earth and rock collapse, and the desperate screams of Qing soldiers, "The city wall has collapsed, the city wall has collapsed!" ”

"Boom!" A red dot suddenly rose from the open place outside the south gate of Wuchang in the dark, flew into the night sky, bloomed a huge beautiful red flower, almost at the same time, just now it was so dark that you couldn't see the south of Wuchang City, instantly lit countless torches, the south night sky was reflected red, the fire was in the middle, Wu Lao Han's Wu character handsome flag fluttered in the wind, on both sides was the Wu army team that was waiting for the battle, all over the mountains, boundless, and the killing spirit went straight to the sky.

"Hit the ——!" Cai Lao Hanjian screamed with a crying voice, "The south gate is the main battlefield, and Wu Gou is attacking the south in the east!" We've got it——! ”

"Boom! Bang! Two loud noises sounded again under the city wall of Wuchang South Gate, in the explosion of landslides and ground cracks, the Wuchang city wall of brick and rammed earth structure seemed to be hammered by giants continuously, and shook twice in succession, and then the dust flew, and the Qing army guards who did not evacuate on the city wall did not even have a chance to escape, and directly fell into the dust together with the city wall, and were buried by the masonry and mud.

"Herald." Wu Laohan was full of spirits, drew his sword and pointed forward, and shouted: "Siege!" ”

"Knock knock!" Three fireworks in a row rose into the air, and then, Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao, who were the vanguard of the Wu army, roared in unison, with the anger of the successive sieges of the city a few days ago, howling and roaring, and the tide generally poured towards the city wall that had been blown up.

At the same time, two more fires appeared under the Wuchang city wall, and two loud noises broke out, and the nearly half-mile-wide city wall at the place where the fire hit fell to the ground again. At this point, the important town of Wuchang, which the Wu army and the Qing army repeatedly fought for, was completely exposed to the fierce and brutal Yungui jackal's mouth, just like a cute little Lili who stripped off her clothes.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shoot! Shoot! Cai Lao Hanjian's voice is no longer just crying, but directly full of crying.

"Father, let's go! Wu Gou is about to blow up this section of the city wall! Walk briskly——! ”

(To be continued)