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On the night of the first day of August in the second year of the Apocalypse, Li Yuanqing and the Changsheng Camp successfully arrived at the Lushun South Wharf. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it was only half a day since Li Yuanqing received Zhang Pan's emergency report for help.

The urgent report from Chen Zhongbu's side was earlier than Li Yuanqing's, and his side was a tailwind, so he had already arrived in the afternoon.

The three of them glanced at each other, without much greeting, Zhang Pan ordered Zhang Hu, the leader of the pro-soldiers, to coordinate the various departments of the Changsheng Battalion to enter the city, and the three of them came directly to the head of Lushun North City.

After the storm, a lot of impurities between the sky and the earth were filtered out, and the sky at night was extremely clear, the moon and stars were sparse, and the visibility was very high.

At this time, in the continuous farmland two miles away from the northern city, there were undulating Houjin military camp tents everywhere, and it was almost impossible to see the edge at a glance.

Zhang Pan gritted his teeth and said, "The Tartar came too fast. There are still a lot of fields in the north that have not been cleaned up, and they are all cheaper than these dogs. Yuanqing, thanks to your reminder, I kept an eye in advance and laid a lot of spies in the north, so I didn't get served by these dog tartars. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Zhang Pan has been in Lushun for less than a year, and due to the limited conditions, the crops he planted here are later than those in other places in southern Liaoning, and the harvest is naturally later and worse.

Fortunately, the previous harvest action of the three departments gave the three departments some surplus grain, and at this time, even if some food was put to the Houjin army, there was not much trouble.

"Did the Tartars attack the city today?"

After glancing around, Li Yuanqing already had a number in his heart. Although the city of Lushun is not tall, the terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. For the defense of the land, Zhang Pan did not dare to be a little lazy, all aspects of affairs were good, and there were no obvious defects for the time being.

Zhang Pan shook his head, "They only arrived late last night. Today, I should be resting all day. I reckon that tomorrow, I'm afraid they'll have to do it. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded and looked at Chen Zhong.

Chen Zhong is in a good mental state, his waist is straight, and he has worked quite hard in the previous exercises.

Chen Zhong said: "If the Tartars want to do it, then we will guard it." At this time, one of us has food, and we are afraid of his ball. ”

Zhang Pan nodded and said, "That's right." This time, as long as we can beat the Tartar, they will not dare to be so rash again. That~~, until the Chinese New Year, our side should be able to live in peace for a while. ”

Li Yuanqing was not as optimistic as Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong.

In the Houjin camp ahead, Li Yuanqing noticed that not only the red flag and the blue flag, but also many white flags, yellow flags, red flags and other flags.

The names of the bannermen and generals of the Houjin Dynasty are very difficult to remember because of the barbarians, but their banners are very simple and very easy to recognize.

In the military system of the Later Jin, Niu Lu Zhangjing's level has been equipped with a flag bearer, and their banners are slightly different according to the different eight banners and different strengths, but in terms of specifications, there is not much difference, and it is easy to see at a glance.

Li Yuanqing counted it, just in the eye, he was afraid that there were no less than 25 big flags of Niu Lu, among them, there were 3 white flags, 2 yellow flags, and 2 blue flags.

This means that Huang Taiji, Lao Nu, and Amin have all arrived.

According to common sense, the red flag and the blue flag have suffered losses, and the most angry ones should be their masters Yue Tuo and Mang Gurtai, but at this time, there are so many Niu Lu at once, miscellaneous, obviously abnormal.

What Li Yuanqing is most worried about is that because of the retreat of Mao Wenlong's headquarters in Liaodong, the main force of Houjin over there will be attracted to Lushun, and then the matter will be a big deal.

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong talked about the situation for a few words, and seeing that Li Yuanqing didn't speak, Zhang Pan hurriedly said: "Yuanqing, you have a good brain, what do you think?" ”

Li Yuanqing shook his head, "For the time being, I can't see clearly." However, this time, the Houjin army is strong, and we must not act rashly. Brother Zhang, I don't have a big problem watching the defense around Lushun for the time being, tonight, let's let the sons and daughters have a good rest. Let's take a look at what these dogs are up to. ”

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong both nodded, at this time, what Li Yuanqing said was the best way.

The three of them went down to the city, and the Changsheng camp was also arranged to be stationed, just in a residential vacant land on the west side of the north wall, there were several deep wells, and the location was not bad.

After a few simple greetings, Li Yuanqing transferred 2 total troops to the city wall to participate in the night patrol and defense, and then went directly back to his camp to rest.

It's a pity that there are a lot of distracting thoughts in his heart, Li Yuanqing tossed and turned, and he never fell asleep peacefully.

When he came to the well outside the tent, he asked the night vigil soldiers to fetch a bucket of cold water from a deep well and wash his face a few times. The cold cold water touched his skin, and only then did Li Yuanqing's mind gradually settle down.

With a long breath, Li Yuanqing also discovered the problem.

The reason why I am so nervous may be because of the dead fat man who had a relationship in Shenyang City.

If it's just Mang Gurtai and Yue Tuo, even if they are powerful, Li Yuanqing is not vain, but ~~, the battle of Zhenjiang, this dead fat man really left a lot of shadows on Li Yuanqing, if it wasn't for Li Yuanqing's decision at that time and the decisive slip of the number, I'm afraid ......

fell asleep in an inexplicable irritability, and was just about to fall asleep, but there was a report from the pro-soldiers, "Report to the general -----, the direction of Beicheng, and there is an abnormal movement in the Tartars." ”

Li Yuanqing didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly put on his armor, and came to the city.

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong had already come over, and it could be seen that the two of them didn't sleep well last night, including many soldiers, who had dark circles under their eyes.

More than 10,000 tartars, tangible and intangible, the pressure on people is too great.

Seeing Li Yuanqing coming, Zhang Pan hurriedly pointed ahead and said: "Yuanqing, you see, since the morning, these Tartars have begun to move, and it seems that they are not in a hurry to attack the city." ”

Li Yuanqing looked in the direction of Zhang Pan's finger, not far ahead, there were about three or four Niu Lu with red flags, digging ditches and piling up walls, and it seemed that he had no intention of attacking, but was building a defensive offensive.

On the other side, the two teams of armored tartars with the blue flag are constantly changing and adjusting their formations, and it seems that they are going to attack the city, but they do not have any siege equipment.

Chen Zhong said: "What the hell are these dog Tartars doing? If you want to fight or not. ”

Li Yuanqing narrowed his eyes and glanced into the distance.

Last night, I couldn't see clearly because of the visibility, but during the day, the sun was shining brightly, looking from north to south, just avoiding the dazzling sunlight, and you could see far away.

After staring at it for a long time, Li Yuanqing slowly exhaled a long breath.

The Houjin army seems to have more flags than last night, and looking at this appearance, it seems that there are more follow-up troops rushing towards this side.

What the fuck.

Li Yuanqing's most terrible prediction is likely to have come true.

Lushun is likely to have been put on the table now, and my own three parts may have become a big dish for the Houjin nobles.

Li Yuanqing came to the battlement and carefully looked downward.

The water level of the moat at your feet is very deep, perhaps mixed with seawater, and the color is dark blue and black, at least 3 or 5 meters deep.

However, the river is not wide, only a little more than 10 meters.

Lushun arrived at the sea and built, but in this era, because of the conditions and humanistic concepts, the city of the Chinese nation, rarely built directly on the seaside, Lushun is a small castle city reconstruction, due to the location, break through some of this concept, but there is still a large part, exposed on the land.

In addition to the north side, which is completely on land and separated by the city wall, there are parts on the south and east sides, which are deeply involved with the land.

The south side is better behind, and if the Houjin army attacks from this eastern land, it will bring great difficulties to the Ming army defending the city.

But what makes Li Yuanqing happy is that there are still 3 earthen cannons on Zhangpan's side, all of which are old-fashioned goods, and Li Yuanqing can't name them, but looking at their appearance, they are all polished very brightly, and it seems that they should be maintained regularly.

Li Yuanqing hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang, can these cannons still be used?" ”

Zhang Pan was stunned for a moment, and only reacted for a moment, "It should still work." But they're all a little old. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Where is the gunner?" Come. Give it a try. ”

Although there were several frictions, Zhang Pan was already deeply convinced of Li Yuanqing's ability, and Li Yuanqing and the Changsheng Battalion had saved the lives of Zhang Pan and the Lushun Department several times, and these soldiers of the Lushun Department also respected Li Yuanqing very much.

At this time, as soon as Li Yuanqing's words came out, in a moment, 5 or 6 gunners hurriedly ran over, "The little one has seen General Li." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded at them, "How far can this cannon hit?" Try a shot at the dog tartars. ”

An old gunner, who was about 40 years old, hurriedly said: "General Li, this is an old-fashioned earthen cannon." It hasn't been used in a few years. The little ones don't know how far they can hit. You'd better step back first and let the small ones operate, so as not to hurt a few generals. ”

Li Yuanqing was a little speechless, the gunners had no confidence in the artillery, how could they be expected to kill and injure the enemy?

Still, something is better than nothing.

The old gunner took another rag and carefully wiped the chamber of the gun, and then ran back to twist the fuse, and commanded a few gunners to adjust it correctly for a long time, and took out the flint and lit the fuse.

"Hurry back a few generals, it's better to cover your ears." The old gunner hurriedly shouted.

Originally, everyone didn't have much confidence in this artillery, but when he shouted, everyone immediately retreated a few dozen steps and covered their ears.

Li Yuanqing had to take more than a dozen steps back, stick to the city wall next to the battlement, and watch carefully.

In a moment, the lead had already burned to the chamber of the cannon, and white smoke was emitted from the 'snort', but it was not detonated for a long time, as if it was about to explode, which frightened everyone around to retreat again and again.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but shake his head, this can also be called artillery?

But before he could finish thinking about it, suddenly there was a 'boom', and there was a loud bang in the barrel of the cannon, and a black cannonball suddenly flew out in front of him, drawing a black line of smoke.

Everyone's eyes almost followed this black parabola until it landed.

Seeing that it finally landed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The old gunner couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Thanks to the Hongfu of a few generals, the small ones are fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

Li Yuanqing was a little speechless, and it took a moment to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly waved his hand to Huang Guoshan next to him and said, "Reward him with five taels of silver." ”

"Yes." Huang Guoshan hurriedly asked his soldiers to fetch the silver.

In a few moments, the silver was taken and handed into the hands of the old gunner.

He couldn't help but smile, revealing a mouthful of old yellow teeth, "General Xie Li." General Xie Li. ”

Li Yuanqing glanced at the black shells not far away, probably less than a mile, that is, about 400 meters, and it was a solid bullet, I am afraid it was about the same as the stones of a trebuchet, and the lethality was very, very small, far lower than Li Yuanqing's expectations.

But something is better than nothing.

Here, Lushun City tested the cannon on the head, and the Jin army on the opposite side was also taken aback.

The main thing is the roar of artillery, which is too harsh in this open weather.

Seeing that this artillery had this effect, the Houjin army on the opposite side laughed loudly and made all kinds of insulting actions against the Ming army.

Not to be outdone, the Ming army responded with a burst of national scolding and various gestures.

Li Yuanqing completely ignored the noise around him, and said to the old gunner with a smile: "Old man, how many shells are there in the city?" Let's try all of these cannons. If he tried well, he would not hesitate to give a reward. ”

The old gunner couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuanqing, "The little one is willing to serve General Li." ”

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