Not only was there a fire, but soon there was an explosion, and a large amount of gunpowder left in the warehouse was not used, and it was all piled up at the foot of the wall, and when it was detonated by the fire, the whole warehouse collapsed, and it was better to blow it up than to keep it for the captives.

Yang Chao's eyes kept staring at the firelight, and he knew that he saw some shadows in the firelight flickering towards the city wall, and stepped on the hanging basket, so he turned his gaze and stared at the captive camp that was being bombarded by cannons.

In fact, Yang Chao knew in his heart that it was really impossible to kill and injure many captives with these cannons alone.

The captive battalion is about a mile away from the south wall of Haizhou, and the Franc cannon, which is known as a thousand catties in his own battalion, is actually 300 catties, and the effective firing range is actually one mile, and there is not much power if it is far away, and what can really cause damage is those 500 catties of general cannons.

Compared with the Furlong machine, the general cannon is not only heavier, but the most important thing is that it has better air tightness than the rear-mounted Furlong machine, so there is no loss of energy in the gunpowder explosion, and more is converted into the kinetic energy of the cannonball, and the result is that the range of the 500-pound general cannon is much farther than the 300-pound Furlong machine, and it is easy to hit the captives one mile away, and even two miles away has some power.

Especially now that Yang Chao's artillery array is on Haizhou City, it is too easy to condescendingly threaten the captive battalion.

But in addition to the four Furlong machines and five general cannons, the other tiger squat cannons are useless, and the thirty pound tiger squat cannon is farther than the bird gun, and two hundred steps is basically the limit, and there is really no threat to the captives a mile away.

Nine cannons, or smoothbore cannons with no accurate heads, obviously it is impossible to cause much damage, and Yang Chao did not pin his hopes on the cannons, after all, he was not naïve enough to be like a civilian official, and he really thought that he could destroy the captives with the cannons of Jiancheng. Defending may be possible, offense is impossible.

Yang Chao's purpose was just to cause a little panic among the captives, the first was to cover Zhao Kang and others who were personally arsoning with people. After not letting the captives see the fire in the warehouse and guess that they were fooled, they sent people to threaten Zhao Kang and others. The second is to cause panic among the captives at night. Sometimes a little chaos outside the army will cause the camp to be bombed, especially when fatigue, nervousness, and war weariness, Yang Chao secretly wants to capture troops for thousands of miles to attack, labor expeditions, obviously it is impossible to maintain a high fighting spirit all the time, if there is also fatigue and war weariness, will it bomb the camp.

After a round of shelling, Yang Chao really saw that the captive camp began to hiss. But it soon stopped, and I couldn't help but feel a little regretful in my heart, the will of these looting groups that came to rob was tougher than Yang Chao imagined, and the poor people who couldn't survive except for robbery, they probably didn't take their lives seriously.

After seeing the camp of the captives quiet, Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but it was not so easy, the cannons would not stop, let the captives listen to the sound of the cannons all night tonight.

After Yang Chao's order was issued, he immediately walked down the city with his own soldiers. There are hidden soldiers caves on the inner side of the city wall, and each large hidden soldier cave can even accommodate a hundred people, and the guards in Haizhou obviously don't need these. They all have their own homes, and these caves are vacated for Yang Chao, enough for Yang Chao to place his subordinates.

Yang Chao thought that the possibility of the captives directly attacking the city tonight was not high, so he let the soldiers who had been tossing for a few days rest early, of course, there were still people who took turns to be on duty at night, Yang Chao did not dare to hand over his safety to the Haizhou army.

There are also more than half of the gunners who stay in the city, and many other men's flag teams are also in the city, except for Wang Pu, the soldiers he brings are still the most reassuring. Especially after the last rash attack, Yang Chao was extremely uneasy about Wang Pu. Therefore, he did not dare to let him go to the night watch.

The rest of the people all took the time to rest, Yang Chao felt. After discovering that they were being tricked, the captives will definitely attack the city tomorrow.

Yang Chao himself couldn't sleep, so he consulted with the officers of the Haizhou Guard Station overnight.

Haizhou's guard is called Donghaizhong, the city is not far south of Haizhou City, but the city is dilapidated, and many military households are actually making a living in Haizhou City, so after the captives attack, the military households in the city have all entered the city, the first is to set up defense, the second is to hide.

There are thousands of households in the East China Sea, and these thousands of households are still in-laws with Jiang Yang, so Yang Chao can buy off this thousand households through Jiang Yang.

At this time, Qianhu stood in front of Yang Chao solemnly, Yang Chao was promoted to the rank of Qianzong, and the position of the guard was also higher than him, the most important thing was that Yang Chao led the troops to fight with the captives in the city after a bloody battle, so that Qianhu had an inexplicable fear of Yang Chao.

"Li Qianhu, please take a seat!"

This is a small Tibetan soldier cave located in the urn city of the south gate, Yang Chao left two personal soldiers, that is, Jiang Yang and the thousand households here.

The thousand households are called Li Rui, they are quite rich, with red lips and white teeth, more like scholars than soldiers, Jiang Yang has already introduced that the Li family is also a salt merchant, and the family has quite a lot of resources, and there are thousands of households in the hereditary East China Sea.

Li Rui heard the invitation, so he sat down on a chair next to a broken table.

Yang Chao was a little curious, the Li family was also a wealthy merchant in Haizhou, but he would let himself into the city privately for the silver he sent, probably not for money, but for his own safety, but since he had money to take, he definitely couldn't miss it, which shows that this is a very realistic person.

"Li Qianhu has a few things I want to ask you!"

After seeing Li Rui sit down, Yang Chao asked.

Li Rui arched his hand: "My lord, please speak." ”

Yang Chao said: "Dare to ask Lord Li, how many soldiers are there that can fight?" ”

In fact, Jiang Yang also told Yang Chao, but Jiang Yang's statement was very unreliable, he said that there were less than two hundred soldiers who could fight.

Two hundred combatable soldiers, this is also to be put in quotation marks, basically they are strong, they can hold guns, and they have not been trained much.

Li Rui said: "It's only two hundred." ”

Li Rui even said the same.

Yang Chao was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "Li Qianhu, tens of thousands of captives, dead siege of Haizhou, only 200 people, I'm afraid it's not enough." ”

Yang Chao's expression was quite strange.

Li Rui gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe you can draw another hundred, up to three hundred!" ”

This soldier is also like water, and there is a squeeze.

Yang Chao naturally knows that there is a greasy among them, which of the officers of the Daming Guard does not support their families, and which one does not occupy the conscripts.

The so-called occupation of the army is to occupy some military households in the guard station to do their own work, Yang Chao is sure that there will be an extra hundred people, it must be Li Rui's occupation, and it will never be his family's family.

So he continued to squeeze and said: "Li Qianhu, without a thousand people, this city cannot be defended no matter what." The official's men took turns to fight bloodily, and there were less than six hundred. And the reinforcements, I'm afraid we don't have any hope of waiting. Li Qianhu: How do you think this city should be defended? ”

Li Qianhu pondered for a moment, and his expression became solemn: "Lord Yang is saying that there are a thousand people who can be sure to defend the city?" ”

Yang Chao nodded: "A thousand people are sixty percent sure." ”

Li Qianhu couldn't help but be frustrated: "Is it only sixty percent?" ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "But this official thinks that there should be a lot of Ding Zhuang in Haizhou City, maybe not ten thousand, but three or four thousand is not difficult." If Li Qianhu can draw out a thousand, plus the 600 strong soldiers of his own official, and defend the city with 5,000 people, it will be more than enough. ”

Li Qianhu's eyes lit up: "What Lord Yang said is true?" ”

Yang Chao nodded very firmly: "There is no lie, Li Qianhu, you have also seen that this official can also kill hundreds of captives in the field, this defense of the city will only be easier, how can it be lost?" ”

What Yang Chao said categorically did not necessarily reflect his confidence, but to give Li Rui confidence.

Li Rui gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, if the lower officials think of a way, they should be able to draw out a thousand people!" ”

Yang Chao nodded, but still emphasized: "It must be strong!" ”

Li Rui said: "They are all strong. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Then there are Lao Li Qianhu." ”

However, at this time, Li Rui twisted up, and looked at him left and right, repeatedly emphasizing the difficulties.

"It's not easy to defend the house, I have been in arrears for many years, and the army has no heart to fight, I'm afraid it will be embarrassing."

Yang Chao couldn't help laughing, talking about the conditions, that is, for the sake of interests.

There is no need to waste too much thought with a thousand households for the sake of a little benefit that has not yet arrived.

Yang Chao said very simply: "Li Qianhu wants military merit or silver?" ”

Li Rui laughed at this time: "Of course, military merit is good, and silver is also very good." ”

I'm really greedy, I want both.

Yang Chao stretched out a finger and smiled: "Ten thousand taels of silver!" 100 heads! I can give it to you. ”

Yang Chao has already won 300 heads, in addition to the silver divided, there are more than 100,000 taels, and he will exchange 10,000 taels for Li Rui's 1,000 strong, and he will definitely not suffer a loss.

Li Rui began to think in his heart, and hugged his fists for a long time: "Lord Yang is righteous!" ”

No matter how Li Rui calculates, he feels that he will not suffer a loss, although there are 10,000 captives outside the city, but he can't believe how much Yang Chao can kill when he kills Li Rui, in Li Rui's heart, it is impossible to defend the city, Yang Chao gave him a hundred heads, and probably had to be stripped out of his own previous capture, and the same is true for 10,000 taels of silver, so he is still very emotional, but it makes no sense for others to give him, and it is interesting not to raise the price.

Yang Chao smiled: "Then it's decided." But among those 1,000 people, I want to see Li Qianhu and 300 families! ”

The Li family is not only hereditary among the thousands of households, but also a large salt merchant in Haizhou, with a total of 500 families in the family, Yang Chao has inquired very clearly about this, and it is not difficult for him to let him have 300 families.

Li Rui was also very happy: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, Li is not a traitor!" ”

Yang Chao said: "That's good! ”

Li Rui was a little worried about other aspects: "What about the classic history? ”

Yang Chao said: "I will say it." ”

Yang Chao plans to visit Haizhou Dianshi early tomorrow morning, and then the captives should start attacking the city, and at that time, under pressure, a civil official should not refuse him, and will transfer Ding Zhuang to his own use.

Tonight, I will first tell the thousands of households in the middle that with Li Rui's 1,000 strong, plus his 600 men, it is enough to keep a day.

So after Yang Chao finished speaking, he took out the wine to entertain Li Rui, but he didn't expect that while he was drinking, his subordinates suddenly came to report that Haizhou Dianshi visited.

Li Rui immediately couldn't drink anymore, so he hurriedly hid, but there was nowhere to hide, so he simply got under the bed.

Yang Chao was put in by Li Rui privately, and the soldiers in the city were all military households under Li Rui, but the history did not agree, so Li Rui didn't want to see the history at this time.

In addition to being a little surprised, Yang Chao invited the angry Dianshi in. (To be continued).