It was night, starry, and from the sky, whether it was the peasant barracks or the city of Ulzhou, there were all jumping and moving torches, but the difference was that except for the patrol sergeants of the Yong'an Army who moved around, the rest of the city was dark and silent. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A few miles away from the south gate of Ulzhou City, the peasant barracks were full of fire, and the firelight was very clear and bright even on Ulzhou City.

In a large tent in the center, there is a big banner with the word king on it, and outside the tent there are two old thieves armed with machetes.

At this time, bursts of laughter continued to come from the camp tent, and when they entered the camp tent, dozens of hundreds of big and small rogue leaders came into view, among which in addition to the commanders of the battalions under Wang Zishun's subordinates, the most were the big and small thieves who came all the way.

Those who can enter the camp to discuss at least hundreds of bandits and horse bandits are at least hundreds or thousands of bandits, among which the first to sit is Wang Zishun's three right-hand men Wang Ding, Dong Kui, and Zhou Guohe.

Wang Ding led the old camp of 100 and led more than 6,000 displaced people to camp outside the east gate to make a feint, Zhou Guohe led the same number of people to camp outside the east gate to make a feint, and most of them followed Wang Zishun to attack outside the south gate.

Wang Ding and Zhou Guohe were in charge of the 672 infantry troops of the old battalion, and Dong Kui was in charge of the old battalion of 400 horses, in addition to the roughly assigned commanders of the battalions of the peasant army, but most of these battalions were homeless, although they had a large number of men, they still had to look forward to the three commanders of the old battalion.

Those people on the right are the big and small thieves who came from all over the country, and the first three of these people are the first three people, from front to back, respectively, Dazhai Tou Chaotianlong, Yinchailing Mother Big Worm, and Gunfeng Ridge Snake on the ground.

The thieves brought by these three people are about 2,000, which is the largest of the three thieves, and is respected by the thieves as the 'three major villages', and these three people are also valued by Wang Zishun.

There is no silence in Xiao Yi's official hall in the camp of this rogue, these people keep laughing, and they don't realize that they are talking about how many villages and forts they have looted, how many officers and soldiers they have killed, what kind of women they have been on, etc., and they are not tired of it.

As a tent for deliberations, there were bowls of wine in front of everyone in the tent, and the prince stepped on the table and chair with half his foot, holding a large bowl of spirits in his hand, and said something with a smile, as if he was very interested in this kind of scene.

Wang Zishun raised a bowl of wine and laughed: "What do you think of this Ulju City, brothers? ”

The leader of the gang of bandits raised his wine bowl and shouted, "Tall! ”

The prince drank it in one gulp, and the liquor passed through his throat, and the spicy feeling caused him to become more and more arrogant, and he threw the wine bowl to the ground, and snorted coldly: "Tall, no matter how tall you are, it will go into the bag of you and my brother, and you will order it to go down, and break the city and loot it at will, and kill it at will!" ”

Dong Kui picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Yes! Let this self-conscious officer and soldier see, is the king of the word Hengtian so easy to provoke? ”

Everyone laughed more than once, colliding with the wine glass, Wang Zishun was already drinking and his face was flushed, he put Dong Kui on his side, and laughed: "Ulzhou City, my Wang Zishun has finally arrived!" ”

He burped and shouted, "I've eaten enough tonight, I've slept enough, and tomorrow I'm going to see the city of Ulju with my royal banner!" ”

"Obey the orders of the Heavenly King!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses, collided with each other, made a tinkling sound, and drank openly.

The night was uneventful, and soon the second day came.

Xiao Yi didn't go back to the mansion this night, he couldn't put his mind at ease, so he leaned on this city and looked at the peasant army camp opposite, he knew that it was impossible for the peasant army to attack at night, the peasant army was arrogant, and it was likely to attack tomorrow with a large number of people.

The reason why he behaved so seriously was naturally because he was afraid of disturbing the morale of the army, if the main general ignored it and looked fine, what did the soldiers under him think?

As if to verify Xiao Yi's guess, as soon as the sun rose, there began to be billowing dust and smoke from the peasant army, and it didn't take long for it to happen.

A night bully galloped from the east gate, and when he arrived at the city, he clasped his fists and shouted: "My lord, the outcasts outside the east gate are gathering!" ”

"Simon too!"

The main reason for the two not to collect at night is the reason for the martial law in the city, except for a small number of patrolling sergeants on the streets of the city, there is no one left, and if the night is not collected, they can naturally let go of running on the street, so that the general order to go back and forth is much more convenient.

At the same time, the sound of shouting orders also sounded on the south gate, and the birds loaded the medicine and fire rope in their hands, and the people stood together tightly, waiting for the battle.

"Ready!"

"Scattered projectiles!"

At this time, there are two kinds of artillery shells: solid lead bullets and scattered projectiles, generally speaking, the enemy army with a large number of siege equipment is solid lead bullets, and the peasant army is almost a simple ladder, and at this time it is the scattered projectiles, which are the most lethal.

After hearing the order, the gunners took the wooden box handed by the person behind them, and as soon as they opened it, it was full of the black projectiles, they had already cleaned up the body of the mother gun, all they needed was to take out the projectiles and load them into the sub-cannon one by one, and then aim at the front and be ready to fire at any time.

At this time, the most equipped on the city tower is the tiger dun cannon, the bowl mouth cannon, these two kinds of cannons belong to the light cannon, the cannon body is about 62 centimeters, weighing about 20 kilograms.

At this time, in order to facilitate the defense of the city, they have fixed the running on the battlements, and the range of these two light guns can reach more than a thousand meters.

There are also a small number of Fran cannons, if the effective range of horizontal fire is only 500 steps, but at this time it is placed on the city wall and fired at an elevation angle, and the maximum range can reach more than a kilometer.

The city of Ulzhou was busy, and the peasant army was not idle, they had already been integrated, and it was said that they had found their own people, so they drove the ladder and roared towards the city of Ulzhou.

In front of him was a sea of thieves, Xiao also knew that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these self-proclaimed rebels used this method to win a hundred battles and win with a large number of people.

But can you let them succeed?

He raised his right hand, and all the team officers were paying attention to Xiao Yi, and when he saw Xiao Yi raise his hand, he immediately shouted to the person in charge of him: "Ready!" ”

There were thousands of rogues rushing from under the city, and they shouted and killed with great momentum, rolling up countless smoke and dust all the way.

"Kill!"

"Kill the dog officers and soldiers!"

Looking at the rogue who rushed over under the city, the corners of Xiao Yi's mouth curled, how similar this scene is, that is, a year ago, he was still guarding the Beijing division with Lu Xiangsheng, but now the Tatars who are attacking the city have become rogues.

The past is like the wind, but now, can I still be as powerless as I was a year ago?

The maximum range of the artillery was one thousand meters away, and at this time, the peasant army had already rushed into the firing range, and some people were a little anxious at this time, and they didn't know why Xiao Yi didn't give the order to open the artillery.

But they have trusted Xiao Yi for a long time, but they just stared at Xiao Yi's right hand and didn't say a word, the whole city was waiting for him, paying attention to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi's right hand still didn't put down, he wanted to try the power of this Shenwei General Cannon first, he said: "Shenwei General Cannon, give me a bang!" ”

There were five or six gunners behind the general's cannon, and Xiao also ordered them to immediately push a huge projectile into the breech, and the torch in their hands ignited the fuse.

With the smell of gunpowder smoke burning from the lead, the Kamui General Cannon let out a roar.

A lead bullet was fired from the tower of Ulju City, and this huge roar shocked the Liukou, and they all looked up at the sky, only to see the unsightly lead bullet flying over.

Immediately, there were bursts of ridicule from it, and Wang Zishun, who was riding on the horse, also laughed when he heard the voice, and Dong Kui beside him laughed: "It seems that Xiao Yi is in a hurry, how can a cannon hit so far, even if it can hit in front of him, it will have long lost its power." ”

The officers and men have a deep understanding of the power of artillery and guns, and they do not have the slightest fear, and it is very remarkable that the guns of officers and men can be fired three or five times without exploding, not to mention the guns, and it would be good if the officers and men themselves would not be injured if they did not explode.

"Yes, this Xiao is nothing more than that!"

"Kill the officers and soldiers!"

They rushed towards the city of Ulju in a hurry, but to their horror, a lead bullet flew in the air, but it turned into more than a dozen scattered projectiles.

These projectiles fell unabated into the wave of the black oppressive peasant army, and at least a few people fell each time.

The miserable howl suddenly sounded, there were too many rogues, and the black pressure was overwhelming, once this kind of scattered bomb was launched, the hit was a large area.

In an instant, the stumps flew among the rogues, and one of the rogues was hit in the head by a lead bullet, the skull was shattered and the blood was raging, and his mouth still kept screaming, and he fell straight to the ground, and his last eyes were full of disbelief.

Even those who were not injured often lost their combat effectiveness, fell to the ground wailing, and were trampled to death by the rogues who followed closely.

It's very powerful, but after all, there is only one Shenwei General Cannon, and the impact is not very great, and most of the rogues don't even hear the screams, but they hear the sound of the cannon, and they still rush closer and closer like no one else. (To be continued.) )