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"What a painstaking effort the thief hassle! I actually learned from my Qing Dynasty! Looking at the thousands of cannon fodder pouring in under the city, Li Chengdong felt angry and funny.

The use of captured or surrendered former enemy soldiers and horses as cannon fodder to fight the front line has always been the practice of the "Great Qing Dynasty". It was precisely by relying on this method that the "Manchurian Iron Cavalry" were able to capture the most land and cities at the lowest cost, and created a large number of traitors such as Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Liu Liangzuo, and Li Chengdong "great military exploits". It can be said that without this kind of cannon fodder tactics, there would be no "Great Qing Dynasty" today. But today, this killer trick actually made Pang Yue learn it, which really surprised Li Chengdong, who was a member of the cannon fodder himself.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Li Chengdong found that this was not a bad thing. Although the Ming army took the lead with those cannon fodder, it would avoid its own casualties and consume the strength of the defenders in the city to a certain extent, but this at least showed one point: Pang Yue also had his own selfishness and did not want to add to the losses of his own soldiers and horses.

Li Chengdong felt that he could make good use of this point, thus increasing the possibility of holding Guangzhou. Just as the thoughts in his mind flew by, the shouts of the city also came up like a tsunami: "Take Guangzhou!" "Capture Li Chengdong alive!"

Listening to such a burst of shouts, Li Chengdong, who was originally angry and funny, was completely full of anger. yelled: "His mother's hair! When I was under Lao Tzu, why didn't I see this gang of melons so kind? Fire! Kill these donkeys for Lao Tzu! ”

"Boom!" "Boom!" …… As the flames flashed and the loud noise rose, the cannons at the head of the Great East Gate opened fire on the captives under the city.

Of course, the artillery at the head of the Great East Gate was not the powerful Hongyi cannon, and the Manchurian masters would never deliver this kind of sharp weapon to the green battalion soldiers who were guarding various places. At present, the Qing army in Guangzhou has most of the Fulong machine guns, general cannons, exterminating cannons and so on left by the original Ming army. But the power exerted at a distance of hundreds of steps is definitely not much smaller than that of the Hongyi cannon. With the sound of cannons, many large iron balls flew into the ranks of the captives, either directly through several people, splashing bloody flesh and blood, or hitting the ground and then rebounding, bringing out a bloody rain. After just one round of shelling, some parts of the cannon fodder team were already like Shura's hell, and caused a commotion.

The fighting will of these captives was originally not flattering, and they were used to being lazy when they were in the Ming army sequence. When the Qing army invaded Guangdong, they immediately shaved their hair and surrendered, and after that, they did not encounter a strong opponent and did not experience many battles. When it comes to an emergency, it's natural to stay calm. As soon as the cannon fell, all kinds of screams of pain or fear echoed in the air.

After the first round of shelling, while the artillery was loading ammunition, the archers of the Qing army at the head of the city also began to pour arrows under the command of Guan Zuo. In an inaudible scream. The black-pressed arrows swooped down like locusts in the sky towards the crowd below the city. Due to the distance from the city, it is already very close. The shield carts in the front row no longer provide an effective defense against the captives in the back. At the same time as the rain of arrows fell, the scattered blood mist once again spread in the crowd, making the ranks of the cannon fodder a little more chaotic.

The few captives at the back of the line were too timid to be touched by shells or arrows, and they panicked at the screams of their comrades in the front row, and involuntarily retreated.

But after a few screams, the cannon fodder who retreated without permission was shot to the ground by the Overseers behind.

At this time, the battle overseer composed of hundreds of Fujian prisoners was already lined up neatly behind the captives besieging the city. The archers were in front, and the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen were behind, forming a tight battle line. Among them, the leading figures Shi Fu, Hong Xishan and others rode majestically on horses. A solemn look on his face staring ahead.

"The commander has an order, retreat without authorization, and kill him!" Shi Fu shouted loudly.

"Those who retreat without permission will be killed!" The hundreds of overseers around him also shouted together, but they also seemed quite powerful.

At present, except for those prisoners of the Min army who were sent to the siege team to serve as grassroots commanders, the rest of the people were all concentrated around Shi Fu and took on the important task of supervising the battle. Moreover, almost all of these Fujianese overseers were quite responsible, once they saw that the Cantonese cannon fodder in front of them had a tendency to retreat, they shot without saying a word, and tried to drive those former brothers and sisters forward.

With the supervision of the battle team, although the captives besieging the city were panicked, they were somewhat afraid, and they did not dare to retreat as a last resort.

At the same time, the rocketeers of the Flame Battalion, under the cover of shield wagons, advanced from the flanks of the cannon fodder team to a hundred paces away from the city wall, and set fire with a cylinder of rockets aimed at the head of the city.

In an instant, a more violent rain of arrows rushed towards the city from below, and the Qing soldiers who had no time to dodge in the future were fired, and some of the artillery were not spared.

"Shoot at the shield carts on both wings!" The orders of Li Chengdong, the Qing officer at the head of the city, were passed down layer by layer, and finally reached the ears of the gunners.

However, when the Qing gunners finally adjusted the muzzles, the officers and men of the Agni Battalion, who had already fired all the rockets, had already retreated quickly. Immediately afterwards, the thousands of captives besieging the city finally made initial progress after paying the price of blood. With a muffled sound, the first long lift leaned heavily against the city, followed by the second and third......

Seeing the scene in front of him, Shi Fu, who was staying with the Overseer team, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said silently in his heart: I hope this group of wastes can last longer, and not too soon......

………

While the fighting in the area around the Great East Gate was gradually fierce, the area around the Great North Gate in the northwest of the city was much calmer.

The main attack in this direction was the Huguang Zhencheng camp, part of the artillery of the Huashan battalion and the Taishan battalion, as well as the righteous division of Chen Zizhuang's army, which was personally commanded by Pang Yue.

However, so far, Pang Yue has not ordered a direct attack on the city gate, but only let the artillery of the Agni Fire Battalion maneuver two six-pounder guns, four three-pounder guns, and a dozen Furlong medium guns loaded with solid shells from a distance to bombard the head of the Great North Gate and the city gate. However, the power of these kinds of artillery was limited to the strong city wall, and the city gate was also reinforced by the Qing army with earth and stone, so the progress was not great, but it attracted the Qing army battery on Yuexiu Mountain to return fire. Fortunately, the artillery power of the Qing army was also relatively limited, and the Ming army and the righteous army, which paid attention to protection, also did not suffer much loss.

In fact, Pang Yue's focus was not on the Great North Gate, and the troops deployed outside the Great East Gate were just to attract the attention of the Qing army. His focus was actually on a section of the city wall southwest of the Great North Gate, which was in the dead end of the artillery at the head of the Great North Gate, and the direct threat he faced was not great.

At this time, a mound had been erected dozens of steps away from this section of the city wall, and the officers and soldiers of the Huashan battalion were in full swing carrying out earthwork and digging tunnels leading to the direction of the city wall. At this distance, the rolling wood and stones prepared by the Qing soldiers at the head of the city did not work at all, and the effect of shooting with bows and arrows was minimal, but it would attract the Ming army to fight back. Therefore, the work of the officers and men of the Huashan Battalion has not been greatly affected.

"Do you think you can really blow up the city wall this time?" Although he had listened to Pang Yue's detailed explanation last night, Cui Shoucheng still had no bottom in his heart.

For this kind of question, Pang Yue was no longer surprised, and smiled slightly: "Is Chengye so unconfident?" How do you know you're going to fail if you don't try? Don't worry, as long as the tunnel can be dug smoothly under the city wall, I am 80% sure that I will be able to blow up this section of the city wall. ”

"The marshal's prediction, his subordinates naturally believe it. However, the subordinates are still worried that if this time is not successful, the waste of gunpowder will be put aside, and the progress of the siege will be delayed. ”

"I fully understand your concerns, and in fact, I'm not entirely sure I'll succeed. But you have to try everything, and if you blindly follow the old rules, that is what a mediocrity does. Pang Yue said again, "Don't worry about the gunpowder, the gunpowder in our army is still enough, even if some is wasted this time, it won't be enough to capture Guangzhou." As for the progress of the siege, there is no need to worry too much, at present, Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia have become turtles in the urn, and the reinforcements of the captive court are hopeless. It is them, not us, who are most short of time. ”

"In this case, the subordinates are relieved. If you have any other arrangements, please do not hesitate to tell me to do so. ”

"Not yet," Pang Yue's tone was full of confidence, "The only thing we have to do at the moment is to keep our spirits up, and wait for the city wall to blow up and catch the Tartars in the city by surprise!" ”

……

The Huashan battalion was so blatantly digging tunnels that it was naturally impossible to hide from the eyes of the Qing army at the head of the city. When Pang Yue and Cui Shoucheng were talking, Tong Yangjia and Hao Shangjiu at the head of the city had already seen the situation outside the city.

"The puppet Ming army is going to use cave attack tactics to try to dig down the city wall or attack the city directly through tunnels!" The experienced Tong Yangjia only glanced at it and made a judgment.

"Lord Governor Mingjian!" Hao Shangjiu agreed, and then pointed out of the city, "Your Excellency, please see, the Puppet Ming Army has piled up a lot of thick timber next to that mound. If the general is not mistaken, when the tunnel has been dug to a certain extent, they will move the wood in, remove the soil under the wall foundation, and then use the wood to support the wall foundation above. When the foundations of the walls were completely hollowed out, they would withdraw from the tunnels and set fire to the wooden stakes that supported the foundations, causing the walls to collapse. ”

"General Hao is right!" Tong Yangjia nodded, and then couldn't help but let out a cold snort, "That Pang thief is really arrogant, he dares to do it so blatantly!" That's right, it's really inconvenient for our army to take the initiative to attack and destroy their tunnel entrances at the moment. But to deal with this kind of trick that cannot be put on the table, the Governor has a way! General Hao, you go and arrange to organize Minzhuang to dig a canal and bring the water from the ditch in the east to this side. Doesn't Minggou like to dig tunnels? Then the Governor will give them a good taste! ”

"Yes!" Hao Shangjiu took the order and left. (To be continued.) )