Chapter 47: The Contest (Part 2)

A sudden autumn rain will slowly extinguish the battle in a white-hot state.

Firearms are afraid of water, this is already a fact that both sides of the enemy and us understand, but the power of bows and arrows will be greatly reduced in the rain, not to mention the head of Jiangwan City, more than 30 steps per grid, and there is a small enemy tower with a roof on it, and the gunners and gunners standing inside do not have to worry about the gunpowder being wet, and then they are barely entangled, and the attacking side is equivalent to being sent to death in vain.

"Dangdang, dangdang." The hoarse sound of breaking gongs spread throughout the battlefield through the autumn rain, and the Meng Yuan soldiers, who were in a dilemma on the side of the moat, immediately retreated in panic after hearing this, and in the blink of an eye, they walked cleanly.

"Oh, oh, oh." On the city wall, there were bursts of cheers of relief, once again shattering the good dreams of the enemy, the Huai'an warriors raised their steel knives and muskets high in the air, braving the autumn water falling from the sky, and loudly demonstrated in the direction of the opponent's withdrawal.

"I'm afraid that as soon as the rain stops, Dong Junxiao will come back immediately." In the enemy tower directly above the city gate, Shi Songke, the commander of the Fourth Army, did not join the cheering crowd, put down the already hot magic weapon, and worriedly reminded Chen De.

In the previous battle, he took a company of scholars and soldiers to give the Yuan army great damage with a magic gun, but the opponent's tenacious Cheng Dù also left a very deep impression on him, especially the Mao Hulu soldiers from the two Zhejiang, from the eyebrows and eyes, they are clearly Han people, but as if they have some blood feud with the Huai'an army, one by one, they dare to fight harder than the Mongols and Semu people.

And in Dong Junxiao's hands, it is said that there are four complete teams of 10,000 people, and they are really fighting for a long time, and the shape is really not optimistic.

"Don't be afraid, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu will withdraw all the people in the city to the battleship, and then burn the workshop to the ground with a fire." Chen De, the deputy commander of the Fourth Army, immediately swelled up in the eyes of the unique ferocity of the Jianghu people, smiled, and said very arrogantly, "As long as the people are still there, it won't take a few months for us to rebuild a new city, and if the Dong thief gets a ruin and can't get people, it is destined to be empty and happy." ”

Although the words are heroic, deep down, it is obvious that he does not have much chance of winning, the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us is too great, Dong Junxiao has more than 50,000 soldiers in his hands alone, and there is also a Fang family army that fights for the tiger next to him, and in Jiangwan New Town, even the student soldiers are only more than 3,000, of which more than 1,000 are auxiliary soldiers who have been eliminated in training.

"Commander Wu, after dark, do you want to send someone to rush over and contact you?" Hearing the resolute meaning in Chen De's words, Song Ke thought for a while and continued to remind, "The canal has been blocked by Fang Guzi for several days, and if we don't send the news back, I'm afraid Commander Wu will be in a hurry." ”

"No need, the two of us have been working together for so long, he knows what kind of person I am, and at this juncture, forcibly sending someone to break through and deliver the letter is easy to cause misunderstanding." Chen De smiled and continued to shake his head slightly.

The water surface of the canal was too narrow, and the warships of the Huai'an army were too large, so when both sides of the strait were captured by the Fang family army, who was familiar with water warfare, sending ships to Yangzhou to deliver the news was equivalent to sending artillery to Fang Guzi in vain.

This kind of meaningless thing, neither he nor Zhu Qiang, the commander of the water division, will do it, however, Song Ke's reminder is not wrong, not reporting safety to Yangzhou for a long time is indeed easy to cause a lot of unnecessary speculation, thinking of this, the commander of the Fourth Army Chen De suddenly stretched out his arm, pointed to the outline of the enemy army that had been cut off behind the rain curtain, and ordered loudly, "Come here, concentrate all the six-pounder cannons that can be reached, solid bullets, three rounds of fire, and send off the surnamed Dong." ”

"The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gun positions are ready, twenty degrees south-east, forty-five degrees in elevation, listen to my gunfire, three rounds of fire, pass." In the summer, Sun Liang, the commander of the artillery regiment, who had just been trained in the lecture hall for a short period of time, raised the red order flag in his hand and waved it vigorously at the nearby enemy tower.

"The No. 2 gun position is ready, 20 degrees south-east, 45 degrees elevation, after listening to the gunfire, three rounds of fire."

"The No. 3 gun position is ready, 20 degrees south-east, 45 degrees elevation, after listening to the gunfire, three rounds of fire."

"The No. 4 gun position is ready, 20 degrees south-east, 45 degrees elevation, after listening to the gunfire, three rounds of fire."

The heads of the artillerymen in the enemy towers, waving pennants, passed Sun Liang's orders one after another, and soon, among the five enemy towers on the south side of the east city wall, all raised their black cannon muzzles, and the charge hand dragged out the powder keg from under the tarpaulin, cut open the sack marked with numbers, and poured a whole bag of gunpowder into the muzzle.

The loader followed, stuffed the shell with a thick layer of soft lead on the surface into the barrel, and then used a wooden stick with a prototype tray at the top, compacted it vigorously, the first gunner quickly adjusted the angle, the second gunner blew the rope made of mugwort wool, re-hung the hammer, and the artilleryman standing next to him carefully inspected it, and then raised another orange pennant high, "Report, the fifth gun position is ready." ”

"Report, gun emplacements No. 4 are ready."

"Report, Number Three"

"Uh-huh,,。" Listening to the response from far and near, the artillery commander Sun Liang nodded proudly, and then picked up a short gun filled with gunpowder from his side and pulled the trigger at the boundless autumn rain.

"Phew." A puff of smoke erupted from the muzzle, and the crisp sound of gunfire pierced through the rain.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom, boom, boom. "Five six-pounder rifled guns, shooting a row of black projectiles at Dong Jiajun's back, no one stopped to watch the results, in fact, such a long distance, even if there is a fluke result, it will not cause too many casualties to Dong Jiajun, all the gunners, according to the procedures mastered during ordinary training, immediately began to clean the gun chambers, reload gunpowder and projectiles, adjust the angle, and then, the sound of neat reports resounded in the five enemy towers again.

"Report, gun position five is ready."

"Report, gun emplacements No. 4 are ready."

"Report, Number Three"

"Boom! Rumble! Boom, boom, boom. "There was another row of mighty cannons, like rolling thunder in the middle of summer, and in the heavy rain, Dong Jiajun's figure obviously showed signs of chaos, although, in the bleak wind and cold rain, the projectile could not jump again after it landed.

On Jiangwan New Town, the gunners still did not stop to wait and see, they should load the ammunition of the loading ammunition, the adjustment of the gun position of the adjustment of the gun position, each performed their duties, and continued to skillfully repeat the steps of the previous round, the rhythm was clear, and the movements were meticulous.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom, boom, boom. The third salvo soon exploded, passing through the boundless wind and rain, announcing the survival of an iron army.

They were not defeated, and Jiangwan New Town was still firmly in their hands.

They were not afraid, and their morale was high from top to bottom.

No matter how many enemies there are, in front of this iron-cast team, they are all papier-mâché targets, and they look like they are momentarily beautiful, and it won't take long for them to be beaten back to their prototypes.

"Click." A huge bolt of lightning suddenly struck in the sky, illuminating the resolute faces of the city.

"Boom, boom, boom." Behind the dark clouds, there was thunder and cannon in response, and in the rolling thunder, the commander of the Fourth Army, Shi Songke, suddenly felt full of pride.

I thought too much about it just now, Dong Junxiao will definitely not be able to take Jiangwan City, this battle, from the very beginning, the ending has actually been written a long time ago, a group of wild dogs without a soul, no matter how large the team is, it is a group of wild dogs after all, and if you hit them with a few sticks, they will pick up their tails and run away.

At the head of Jiangwan City, there are tall people standing tall, who are used to straightening their waists, and it is impossible to bend down again.

"Boom, boom, boom."

"Boom, boom, boom."

The thunder became more and more urgent, more and more urgent, like a golden drum urging war.

The autumn of Lianghuai was not originally a thunder season, but it hit from evening to late at night, without stopping.

One after another, lightning fell from the sky, illuminating the tall and wide enemy tower on the south gate of Yangzhou City, as well as the not burly back among the enemy towers.

There was a four-wheeled carriage, braving the heavy rain, drove from the street, straight into the door hole under the city wall, after a while, a figure rushed up the city from the road, three steps and two steps into the enemy tower, raised his hand to the solemn man standing in the light, "Report, General Wu, Lu Changshi has something to ask to see." ”

"Let him in." The commander of the Fourth Army, Wu Yongchun, raised his hand and returned a standard Zhu-style military salute, and ordered loudly, and then, he frowned again, and quickly added, "Wait, I'll meet him at the door, you hurry down and help him, the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient."

"Boy, what nonsense, my old man, how can I be so old." Before the words fell, Shi Luluzeng, the deputy head of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, had already retorted outside the enemy building, a little dumb, but full of anger.

"Sir, you don't sit well in the governor's mansion, why did you come here?" When Wu Yongchun heard this, he hurriedly walked over and went to support the old man's arm with his own hands, "Be careful, the ground is slippery, the rain is a little heavy, they are running around, and the door is full of water." ”

"Okay, okay, you're busy, I'll just come over and have a look." Lu Lu Zeng smiled and waved his hand slightly.

He said it politely, but Wu Yongchun, the commander of the Fourth Army, did not dare to slack off, and while reaching out to untie the coat on the old man's shoulder, he commanded loudly, "Quick, light the brazier, let Mr. roast, Lao Zhao, come over and do a favor, help Mr. hang up the robe." ”

"No, no, don't bother so much, I'll stand with you for a while, and I'll have to go somewhere else in a moment." Lu Lu smiled and waved his hand again, then added in a low voice.

"Then, let's take a sip of hot tea first." Wu Yongchun nodded, walked to the corner of the wall with his own hands, picked up the teapot nest wrapped in thick straw, poured a bowl of strong tea for the old man, and then held it with both hands.

Yu Gong, Lu Lu was once above him, worthy of his respect, and private, his official name was taken by the old man, which is equivalent to half a disciple in the room, so there is nothing wrong with treating each other with the courtesy of the younger generation serving the elders.

However, the old man obviously didn't come here to put up a shelf for the elders, so he first took a few sips of hot tea, then looked at the night sky illuminated by lightning outside, and suddenly asked, "Twenty-two, over there in Jiangwan, does the No. 1 emergency plan need to be activated?" ”

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