"The artillery has been fired, the officers and soldiers have opened fire!" The guards on the mountain shouted, and Xu Renjie and Desperate Saburo also shouted.

The big black iron ball roared towards the No. 1 arrow tower on the left mountainside. The No. 1 Arrow Tower is the closest to the foot of the mountain, and it contains eleven guards, who are appointed to the first line of defense officers and soldiers, which proves their courage and combat effectiveness. They belong to the third team, and they are the first batch of soldiers to join the cottage in addition to the old first team and the second team, and their loyalty, combat effectiveness, and morale are impeccable.

In the face of many feints by officers and soldiers, these eleven soldiers never wavered, and each time they fiercely greeted the enemy with bows, arrows and stones.

When they saw the officers and soldiers preparing to open fire, these eleven soldiers did not have a trace of fear, the big deal, even if they shot something, could they still scare us? Look at how many arrows have been planted in the outer wall of the arrow tower? We've never been afraid.

However, the moment the Furlong cannon actually roared, the eleven soldiers almost fell to their knees with the sound of the cannon.

"What's that sound?"

"My ears tingle with the shock!"

"Is it Lei Gong who is roaring?"

The entire garrison was in a panic.

Compared with the people of ancient times, there are many differences between the people of ancient times, take the sound of explosions as an example, because modern people often see explosion scenes in movies and television, or occasionally see violent buildings, exploding fish, blowing up dams, etc., they have a certain psychological ability to withstand the sound of explosions and roars. Occasionally, I heard a loud noise not far away, and most modern people didn't care, and said with a smile: "Where did the gas pipe burst?" And he wiped it out of his mind.

But the ancient people have never had the opportunity to see these things, except for the veterans who have really seen the cannon fire and heard the roar of the cannon, the ordinary people lack awareness of the huge explosion, and also lack sufficient psychological confrontation ability, once they hear the roar of the cannon, people will be half frightened.

This is by no means the author's nonsense, when the cannons of the besieging army fired at the city, the huge sound of cannons frightened the people in the city to faint, and there are many records in the history books.

Although the soldiers in the Huanglong cottage have long been accustomed to the ordinary battlefield, but for the sound of cannons, it is the first time they have heard it, and they also lack the psychological preparation to deal with this kind of loud noise.

Immediately afterwards, the black iron ball smashed into the No. 1 arrow tower on the left mountainside, because it was the first shot, so the accuracy was relatively poor, this shell did not directly hit the arrow tower, but a few feet to the left, crossed the side of the arrow tower, and smashed on the steep mountain wall.

"Peng!" The iron ball smashed against the rocks with a dull sound......

The eleven guards inside the arrow tower turned their heads together to look at the ......

I saw that where the cannonball fell, a piece of gray smoke rose, and the rocks made a rumbling sound, and the hard rocks were actually smashed out of a huge pit by the cannonballs, and around the pit, several pieces of gravel splashed out.

In the ancient Chinese language, the most used word to describe a person is "opening a stele and cracking a stone", which can be regarded as the most powerful kung fu in ancient novels and ancient documents. The guards looked at it: "Oh my mother...... This cannon can actually crack the stone? ”

The expression of fear crawled all over the faces of the eleven guards in an instant.

"If this iron ball falls on me......"

"Don't say it falls on you, even if it's just rubbing into our arrow tower...... It can also smash the arrow tower into slag......"

"Oh my God? Is the cannon so powerful? ”

"This ...... How can manpower compete? ”

The guards looked at each other, only to see that the faces of their comrades were a little blue, their legs were a little flashing, and two of them were so frightened that they even took off their hands and slipped to the ground, almost hitting their insteps.

At this time, the Shenji battalion at the foot of the mountain did not stop, they first poured the prepared water on the Franc cannon to cool the barrel, and then the artillery crew quickly opened the gun chamber, pulled the gun out of the gun barrel, and then used a brush to clean the gunpowder residue in the gun chamber.

Because of the shot just fired, Zi Gong has become charred and ugly, and is even smoking green. The officers and men of the artillery group threw the used guns back, lifted a new one, and stuffed it into the chamber......

"Recalibrate the muzzle!" The squad leader of the artillery group shouted.

"That shot just now went to the left, turn to the right......"

"Right...... That's the angle......"

"Fix the bracket, the cannon just now loosened the bracket......"

"Okay, it's all fixed...... Prepare for ignition......"

"This time you must hit the arrow tower......"

After the adjustment, the squad leader of the artillery group picked up the torch again and headed towards the arquebus.

The guards on the hill shouted: "The officers and soldiers are going to fire again......"

At this time, the eleven guards in the No. 1 arrow tower of the Zuoshan Building also saw the movements of the Shenji Battalion, they looked at the opponent's artillery position from afar, and saw the black barrel of the Furlong machine gun facing the arrow tower they were stationing, and the muzzle of the gun was about to fly out of a black iron ball, which was powerful enough to penetrate the mountain rocks...... If that thing hits you......

"Silk!" The eleven guards gasped in unison.

"What should I do?"

"Do you want to escape?"

"How can you escape? Thanks to the trust of the leaders, we were allowed to stay in the most important No. 1 arrow tower, if we escaped...... How can you be worthy of them? The ten-captain of the garrison said angrily.

"But...... If you don't run away, what do you use against the artillery? You saw it, and the cannonball shattered all the stones......"

"Don't run away even if you die!" The ten-man shouted.

"Boom!" At this moment, the Fran cannon under the mountain roared again. Another big black iron ball broke away from the barrel of the cannon and smashed into the No. 1 arrow tower at a rapid speed.

The Ten-Commander roared "Wow", raised a wooden shield covered in iron sheets, and shrank his entire body behind the shield. But the other ten soldiers were not as brave as he was, they were already frightened at the first round of shelling, and when they heard the sound of the cannonballs, they didn't even think about it, and reflexively jumped out of the arrow tower.

"Peng!" A cloud of smoke filled the air, and this time the officers and soldiers were extremely lucky, and the shells actually hit the arrow tower...... In fact, this can't be said to be pure luck, because the No. 1 arrow tower is too close to the foot of the mountain, only less than 500 feet away, and the target of the arrow tower is very large. If the artillery misses both shots, then it is really not qualified to enter the Shenji Battalion, one of the three major battalions in the capital.

The ten guards who jumped out of the arrow tower turned their heads together to see the situation of the arrow tower, only to see that the cannonballs smashed a big hole in the wooden wall on one side of the arrow tower, and the wood chips flew all over the sky.

"Ahh

Not only the ten soldiers screamed, but even the guards on the No. 1 arrow tower on the right mountainside and the No. 2 arrow tower not far away all shouted together: "It's amazing! ”

"The cannon is too powerful!"

"What to do? The No. 1 Arrow Tower on the left mountainside is finished! ”

"Look...... The officers and men are turning their guns, and they are aiming at us......"

Sure enough, the Shenji Battalion saw that the No. 1 Arrow Tower had been pierced by shells, so they gave up shelling again, and they began to turn the muzzle of the gun and aimed at the No. 1 Arrow Tower on the right mountainside......

"Ahh The guards in the arrow tower roared a few times, and before the Shenji Battalion could open fire, they jumped out of their defensive positions one after another, and ran towards the hill with their legs.

Seeing that the defenders on the hill had abandoned the two most important arrow towers, the officers and soldiers let out a burst of cheers.

The shield array finally set foot on the mountain road...... When on flat ground, the shield array is spread horizontally, but on the mountain road where only a few people can pass side by side, the shield array of officers and soldiers is shrunk into an arrow-shaped, and they are like a centipede in heavy armor, slowly advancing on the mountain road.

"No. 2 and No. 3 Arrow Towers...... Catapult ......"

Dozens of stones fell from the No. 2 and No. 3 arrow towers on both sides of the mountainside, and when the small stones hit the shield, there would be a loud "dang" sound, and the officers and soldiers behind the shield shrank to the ground, using this action to slow down the impact of the stones on him.

As for the large stones, the officers and men tried to avoid them as much as they could, and when they could not dodge, they put their shields on their shoulders and held on to them.

After a chaotic sound, the shield soldiers of the officers and soldiers fell quite a bit. But the huge centipede array did not collapse, and still maintained the appearance of teeth and claws. Take advantage of the gap between the first wave of stone rain and the second wave...... The shield array of officers and soldiers cracked slightly, and some gaps and holes were slightly opened, and dozens of black bird's beak guns stretched out from between the gaps in the shield array.

"Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang!" Gunshots rang out like fried beans, and green smoke from the firing of dozens of fiery guns rose over the shield arrays of officers and soldiers.

"Huh? Miniature cannons? ”

"It's a fire ......"

Dozens of black bullets broke out of the chamber and flew towards the No. 2 arrow tower...... A soldier with a wooden shield raised his shield to meet him, but the shield in his hand was easily pierced by a bullet, which then struck his body, which was hiding behind the shield, knocking him to the ground.

The rest of the guards were taken aback: "What's wrong?" Can't be blocked by a shield? ”

In fact, the position of the No. 2 arrow tower is not high, when the officers and soldiers feint, there have been arrows flying to this arrow tower, but from the foot of the mountain to the mountain, the arrows in the process of flying exhausted kinetic energy, not to mention that they can't wear through the shield, even the sackcloth on the guards can't shoot through, even if they shoot on the bare skin, at most cause a little minor injury. Therefore, the defenders were not at all afraid of the shooting of officers and soldiers.

I didn't expect the fire gun to come, not to mention Mai, even the wooden shield was directly pierced......

The soldiers froze, only to feel a sense of fear rising from the bottom of their hearts, and instantly devouring their courage and will......