The night was still dark, because it was still raining, and it was raining lightly, and the moisture that had accumulated for several days had not yet been released in such a short time.

In the middle of the night, in the southeast corner of Haizhou City, the fire flashed.

Then on the east wall and the west wall, there were figures shaking at the same time, and there were people who went down to the city wall, but it was pitch black, and there was no shadow on the city wall, let alone the captives.

The south city wall, ten zhang east of the Qiyang Gate, here is the passage built by the captive soldiers to fill the river, it is also a key point of the captive soldiers' siege, there are a large number of shield cars abandoned by the captives under the city wall, and suddenly more than ten shield cars that have been abandoned for two days squeaked and moved, and went straight to the moat passage.

The man pushing the cart remained silent, swiftly, calmly, and decisively, until the shield cart was pushed to the center of the passage, a few feet to the other side of the river, and a few feet back to the other side.

More than a dozen shield carts lined up in a row, blocking the narrow passage.

At this time, I finally heard someone speak: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

The person who spoke was just sticking to the back of the shield cart, looking carefully at the other side of the river, ready to guard against the appearance of the captives, and with him, there were more than a dozen people, if you look carefully, there is a little spark in their hands, it is the arquebus, the arquebus on the bird's gun, this is a group of bird's gunners.

Behind them, there were more than thirty busy figures, desperately digging out the mud and sandbags in the center of the passage.

This was not an easy job, after days of trampling by the captives and the infiltration of the river, the mud and sandbags were very tight.

After more than 30 people laboriously dug up the first sandbag, it seemed a little easier, just like the whole of the wall is destroyed by removing only one brick, and it is easy to block the other bricks if they are moved.

Soon bags of sandbags were picked up, and the other party supported the shield cart behind the shield cart. into a mezzanine wall.

Soon ten sandbags were dug out of the passage four or five feet wide, revealing ten hollows, and the men did not try to dig out all the sandbags. Instead, dig straight down and dig deeper into the hole. Many of the sandbags were so soaked that they could not pull them out, so they used shovels, chisels, shovels, and even hands to dig out the mud mixed with the water.

The cavity soon became more than two feet deep.

"Hurry up!"

At this time, the bird-crushing soldier who took the lead shouted in a low voice, and he saw a group of black shadows appear not far away.

But it was too late, and the group of dark shadows actually moved towards them. It was fast, and with a good sound, it was a group of cavalry.

The captives appeared.

Soon the shouts of the captives were heard, and then the sound of tuks was heard, and the captives shot arrows, which only hit the shield cart.

After a period of competition, the ones who are least afraid of captives are these bird gunners, because they can always have an advantage in the contest with captive archers. Compared to the damage of less than thirty of them, more than a thousand captives were eliminated.

So the officer who took the lead in the bird's hand cursed secretly and gave the order. More than a dozen bird guns suddenly raised their heads at the same time, put the bird guns on the shield cart, and then fired a row of guns, although it was night, but the captives were cavalry, the people were tall and the horses were big, the target was big, a row of birds hit over, and soon heard a few cries of pain. I don't know if anyone was killed, but there must have been a wounded soldier.

This result made the captives panic for an instant. I went back a lot.

This bought the burrowing soldiers time, and they quickly dug up to three feet. Then they finally stopped digging.

I put in the shape of a large wooden barrel next to it, and then pulled out a thread and unfolded it.

"That's it!"

At this time, the man who dug the hole said.

At this time, the bird hand said, "You go first!" Lao Tzu felt that those were patrols of captives, and they must have gone back to call for people, and soon there would be captives to attack. ”

The man who dug the hole shouted: "Ma, hurry up, don't make a mistake!" ”

After speaking, he said to himself: "Let's go!" ”

Seeing that the group had walked to the riverbank, they lit a thread with a fire fold.

The bird was a little indignant, but he could only leave, but suddenly he heard the sound of dense horses' hooves from the opposite side, and the captives really came.

Soon he could faintly distinguish the shaking black shadow, and judging that the distance was about forty or fifty paces, the bird hand shouted and fired again!

Bang bang bang

Bang bang bang bang

After firing four rows of guns in a row, the captive's horses had already stopped attacking, but they felt that the black shadow was still shaking, and it was getting closer and closer, obviously the captives did not give up, but dismounted and rushed over on foot.

But the guns of the Bird Guns were finished, and each of them came out with five Bird Guns, all of which were loaded and carried on their backs, and they only needed to change the rope again to refire, so they could guarantee five shots in a short time.

The purpose was to block the captives, so as to buy time for the comrades who were digging the pit behind, but they didn't expect it to be used, and the captives didn't rush up to protect the passage at the first time, but went back to call for support.

As a result, just as he was leaving, he encountered a large army of captives, and the bird gunner didn't want to waste the loaded bird guns, so he ran out of the other four bird guns at once.

At this time, he saw that the group of people who were digging the pit had already run to the base of the city wall, and the fire rope they lit had already burned more than half, so the bird gunner did not dare to delay any longer, took up his gun, and immediately rushed to the city wall.

When they arrived at the edge of the city wall, the hanging baskets were already waiting for them below, and for this mission, fifty hanging baskets were installed on the city, and when they came down, they had to transfer materials, and when they went up, they only needed to hang people.

One by one, the birds jumped on the basket and shouted, and the rope of the basket was quickly taut, and then it was lifted up in a flash.

The eyes of the bird-cappers were only staring at the passage, and they could vaguely see where the captives had arrived, and they were moving away from the shield cart, and they also saw that the fire rope on the side of the shield cart was almost burning in front of the shield cart.

On the city wall, the same people who had dug the pit were watching too, and they saw that the arquebus had burned in front of the shield cart and then disappeared, but they were not worried at all, because they knew that the arquebus had burned into the hole.

That means it's going to explode.

Sure enough, in less than twenty breaths, I suddenly saw the firelight burst out, then I heard a deafening explosion, and then I felt Haizhou City beating under my feet.

And that passage, the passage that was filled with mud and sandbags, the damn mud and sandbags in the passage, suddenly flew up, a few feet high.

All the soldiers involved knew that they succeeded, and the passage was destroyed!

They heard the general tell them what kind of directional blasting is this, which can blow up a hill in one fell swoop!

That's powerful enough!

That's what everyone thinks in their hearts.

"What is this?"

Suddenly a soldier cried out, and he felt a sticky thing fall on his helmet, and when he shone it with a torch, he pulled it out and saw that it was bloody and disgusting, and it turned out to be a piece of rotten meat.

The soldier immediately understood that this should be the captives who were dismantling the shield cart, they didn't know that they were on top of a large pile of gunpowder, and they were blown away, and they didn't know which unlucky guy it was, and the meat was blown up to Haizhou City.

"Hey, what's that!"

"Maha, whose hand is lost!"

"Who littered shoes!"

"Whose helmet is this!"

"Knife, who smashed Lao Tzu with a knife!"

A soldier had just thrown away the disgusting piece of meat in his hand, and then he heard a group of people complaining, only to see that all kinds of things were falling from the sky at this time, including mud and sand, rotten cloth, stumps of hands and feet, and even fragments of armor, helmets and swords, etc., but they all fell from the sky high, but they did not have much lethality, did not hurt a few people, but caused a burst of scolding!

The soldier was immediately shocked, and couldn't help but look at the passage, and the captives who secretly said in their hearts were crushed corpses!

At the same time, he suddenly heard an explosion from a distance, the sound came from the east, and the soldiers knew that the passage to the east had also exploded, and the captives would not be able to attack everyone in the future.

At this time in the city, Yang Chao heard the second explosion, and only then did he relax and know that his men had succeeded.

This time he sent a hundred people to carry out this blasting mission, he had tried once before, and it was very laborious to use people to dig the passage, but Yang Chao used to study architecture, and he still knew the technique of directional blasting to quickly destroy buildings.

So last time, I asked the fireworks shop to prepare gunpowder, and I went to the blacksmith shop again to help make things, the purpose of which was to blast the passage.

It's just that Yang Chao didn't know the power of black powder, and it would be too troublesome to calculate it experimentally, so he planned to be safe, and put all the more than 2,000 catties of gunpowder that could be scavenged into twenty vats cast by blacksmiths.

These vats were cast of cast iron, with only a small opening the size of a dragon's eye on them, and the fire rope could be placed in them.

This fire rope is not the kind of fire rope that burns slowly on the bird gun, but the kind of fast-burning fuse used for fireworks, and in order to prevent moisture, more than ten are twisted together, and a thick layer of oil paper is wrapped outside, which is afraid of being wet by water.

The effect of the simultaneous explosion of 1,000 catties of gunpowder was very amazing, not only blowing up the passage at once, but also killing an unknown number of captives, which was an unexpected gain.

Two explosions meant that the passage in both the east and south directions was destroyed.

The moat of the Haizhou city wall is far away, so the river crossing is not like some cities, the suspension bridge is placed directly from the city gate, but the wooden bridge is built on the river, but before the captives besiege the city, the wooden bridge on the river is demolished.

Therefore, the bombing of the passage meant that the captives lost the opportunity to approach the Haizhou city wall directly.

In the future, as long as he holds on and does not let the captives easily fill the river again, then Yang Chao will completely grasp the initiative, whether to take the initiative or continue to hold on, it depends on his plan, and the captives can only wait for Yang Chao's action.

But Yang Chao didn't plan to counterattack yet, and now the top priority was to deal with his own internal affairs, and he had to comfort the soldiers first. (To be continued).