Chapter 409 is detailed

The sound of artillery continues.

Outside the city, there was an endless stream of torches scattered everywhere.

Zhang Heng lay on the second city wall, his eyes widened, and he watched the cannon bombard the first city wall, splashing bricks and tiles.

Zhenjiang Fort is also known as the Nine Connected City, there are nine large and small enclosures connected together, in addition to the periphery there is a city wall, between the enclosure and the enclosure, there is also a city wall connected, this is the first road, the second city wall, the first is the outer city wall, the second road, is the city wall between the perimeter and the enclosure.

The whole Zhenjiang Fort, only the south of the square city is the strongest, is a real "city wall", not afraid of artillery bombardment, if you want to rely on the cannon to collapse the city wall, far from such a few cannons can be loosened, and the other walls of the wall, is not as strong as the square city, as soon as Mao Wenlong came, widened, thickened, however, the bottom is still thinner, so that it can be easily loosened with cannons.

With the sound of the cannon hitting the city wall, Zhang Heng "chuckled" in his heart, and involuntarily read out: "Collapsed ......" Although the voice was very small, the soldiers on the side still heard it very clearly, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look, their faces were full of fear.

Zhang Heng was also shocked that there were masters in the tartars, and he dared to pull the cannon down so close to concentrate on bombarding that section of the city wall, causing this section of the city wall to crack in many places, and most of the city plates had been knocked away, and there were no people standing on it.

Feeling the frightened gazes around him, Zhang Heng said, "It's okay, don't we still have a city wall here?" When the time comes, the Tartars will rush in, how to fight, how to fight as usual. ”

After listening to the words of Master Zhang, the soldiers were much calmer again.

Zhang Heng was very anxious in his heart, the Franc machine on his side had already fired a lot of artillery at that gun position, but the gun position there was still firing, and it was almost not affected, Zhang Heng didn't know how the Tartar did it, although he also vaguely guessed some, but he didn't see the real situation, and he was always not sure.

I don't know how many cannons I was hit, the city wall in the west finally couldn't bear it, and the sound of bricks and stones collapsing came, the city wall was already a little shorter, and there was no completed city wall in the west.

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"Good"

Huang Taiji watched the results of the shelling from afar, and saw that the city wall west of Zhenjiang Fort had finally collapsed, and applauded happily.

"Great Khan, has it finally collapsed?" The general followed and asked.

"Haha, the power of this cannon siege is really great, it was only half an hour, and the city wall was knocked down, it was really sharp, collapsed, collapsed" Huang Taiji laughed.

"Awesome"

"Awesome"

"Awesome"

After the gold size Baylor, the generals nodded yes, during the day, Huang Taiji put the siege of the hour, the force to the second half of the night, now it seems, sure enough, the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort has been spanned a piece, if you fight for a while, it is estimated that the place will be wider and wider, if it is wide enough, you can attack the city, when the time comes, with a large number of people, you can go down with a drum.

Fan Wencheng listened to the voices of everyone's praise, but his heart was anxious, although the cannon was still firing, but obviously, the target was no longer as good as before, and half of the previous cannon could hit, but now it is only about thirty percent, obviously, although the cannon of the Ming Dynasty could not destroy its own cannon, but the gunner who fired the cannon would obviously be afraid, resulting in a lot of lower accuracy.

……

Zhang Heng lay on the second city wall, motionless, staring at the place three hundred steps west of the city, hoping to see that place clearly, why did his cannon hit that place many times, and when the Tartar cannon fired, it did not reduce anything.

Another burst of artillery struck, roaring towards the walls, tearing apart even more where the already collapsed had already collapsed. Zhang Heng pinched a handful of sweat in his hands.

……

"Great Khan, it seems to have collapsed again...... one of Houjin's generals shouted.

"Well, got it......" Huang Taiji looked at it and replied happily.

"Great Khan, let's attack the city, this wall has crossed like this, it is enough to rush in......" the general said impatiently.

Huang Taiji shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this city wall is not wide enough, and you can't rush too many people into it at one time, let the cannon bombard again." ”

This subordinate general did not say anything more, indeed, the wider the opening, the greater the chance of success.

……

Zhang Heng was still lying on the second city wall, staring at the place three hundred steps away, and wanted to see what was going on, but although there were some torches in that place, it was always too dark to see clearly.

With another round of cannonballing, Zhang Heng's heart became even more nervous, the collapse of this city wall was already terrible, and it couldn't withstand the artillery bombardment. Although the artillery on his side was counterattacking, there was always no good way to deal with that gun position, because of the need to lower the muzzle, the gunner had to come out from time to time, and from time to time someone was shot by flying arrows. ,

Another burst of artillery struck, and the broken bricks that were knocked out flew up and splashed far away. Zhang Heng heard it clearly, and let out a "huh". The sound of the cannon firing this time was obviously different, and the last one was particularly strange, and the light of the fire coming out of that place was not the same, but because of the darkness and smoke cover, I never knew what was going on.

……

On the Yalu River.

Shang Kexi slept on the chuáng, jumped up violently, grabbed a piece of clothing, hung a clairvoyant mirror, and ran towards the deck. In his dream, he dreamed that Zhenjiang Fort had been subjected to a fierce bombardment, the city wall was bombarded one by one, and the soldiers on the city wall were killed and injured countless times.

"Yuanji, what's wrong?" Lei Dayong was awakened by Shang Kexi's violent footsteps, thinking that something big had happened, and also got up to see the situation.

"Dayong, I had a nightmare, I dreamed that the walls of Zhenjiang Fort were blown open." The night sè covers a lot of things, so that the people who are close at hand can't see the expression of the eyes, if you can see it, you will find that Shang Kexi's face is very scary.

"Oh, the walls are blasted open? No, there are cannons in Zhenjiang Fort, and there are experienced gunners, how can they be afraid of the Tartar cannons attacking the city, or a few blows, the Tartar cannons will be * off, if you want to bombard the city wall safely, how is this possible? Lei Dayong yawned, didn't notice that Shang Kexi's face was quite scary, and said disapprovingly.

Shang Kexi didn't say anything, picked up the clairvoyant mirror again, and observed from a distance, it seemed that he could faintly hear some sounds that seemed to be explosions, along with the sound of the waves, these sounds, it seems, there is, it doesn't seem to be.

Lei Dayong finished a few yawns, and seeing that Shang Kexi didn't speak, he said: "Yuanji, it's okay, don't worry, even if there is something, there is our sentry ship upstream, and the news will be transmitted back soon, and Zhenjiang Fort can't be seen here" Lei Dayong reminded.

Hearing Lei Dayong say this, Shang Kexi put down the clairvoyant mirror, turned his head and said: "I hope so, but today I seem to be very uneasy in my heart, and today's sound and fire seem to be different from the past."

"Alas......, don't think too much about it, these days, isn't the Tartar clamoring all night that day? It is normal not to throw hundreds of grenades down that day, and it is normal to have a little movement, so let's wait for the sentry ship upstream to come. Lei Dayong said.

Shang Kexi listened, hummed, and then continued to observe with a clairvoyant mirror.

Lei Dayong was blown by this trouble, and his drowsiness was blown away, and when he saw that Shang Kexi insisted on observing there, he did not return to the cabin and accompanied Shang Kexi to observe.

After a while, Shang Kexi's clairing mirror moved violently, and Lei Da used the light to find that Shang Kexi's face changed drastically. Immediately knew that it was not good, and immediately became anxious, and asked, "Yuanji?" How, but what's wrong? ”

"The sentry ship upstream has come down...... quickly, hang the signal light, hurry, hang the signal light, ......" Shang Kexi suddenly shouted loudly.

When Lei Dayong heard it, he was shocked that something was wrong, and many sentry ships were arranged upstream to monitor the situation of Zhenjiang Fort in sections, and once there was something, he would immediately report it here, it was not a big deal, and he would never venture out to sea in this dark night. Although this is the mouth of the sea, it is not very far from the shore, but it is also quite dangerous to come out at night.

In a few moments, the ship was lit up with a number of lights, which were used to carry the message.

The sentinel saw the lights from a distance and headed straight for the battleship.

The sentry ship was a centipede ship, with numerous pulps on both sides, and it was able to move freely without the wind, and it was soon at the side of this battleship.

On the deck of the ship, there were already more and more people, and Peter, Captain Rekaz, the sailors, and the apprentices all got up, and the deck was lit red.

There was a muffled "bang", and the two ships came together.

"What's going on with Zhenjiang Fort?" Shang Kexi shouted impatiently towards the centipede ship.

"Back to my lordship, I am upstream, and I heard the sound of artillery firing on the side of Zhenjiang Fort, which seems to be quite violent." The man on the ship immediately said yes in a loud voice.

"But really?" Shang Kexi asked in astonishment, it seems that his nightmare is true, and the Tartars have really attacked the city with artillery.

The man, who was also a general, had already jumped onto the ship, walked a little closer, saluted, and said, "My lord, the lower officials can't hear it, but it was those Yi people who said it, and they said that it was Zhenjiang Fort that was in the artillery battle." ”,

"Are you sure? Not the sound of a grenade? Did you hear that right? Shang Kexi asked.

"The answerers, those Yi people say, to be sure, it is not the sound of grenades, they say that they are specifically made a living from this, and they will never be mistaken, it must be a cannon." The general said with certainty.

Lei Dayong in the dark, frowning, those Yi people, is specially sent to the upstream to listen to the Tartar cannon root of the people, they are quite familiar with the cannon, if they say it is the sound of the cannon firing, then eighty percent will not be wrong, Zhenjiang Fort side of the cannon fire, not their own side of the cannon fire, or the Tartar side of the cannon fire, and Zhenjiang Fort is not in a critical situation, will not fire first, this war, not to kill how many Tartars as the goal, nor to drive away the Tartars as the goal, but to "entangle" as the goal, that is to say, just drag the Tartars to the ground, so, as long as the Tartars are still besieging the city, they will not use the cannons, unless there is an emergency, if it is an emergency ......, if it is the Tartars' cannons, that is, the Tartars may be determined to fight the losses of the cannons and storm Zhenjiang Fort, it can also be said that Zhenjiang Fort has encountered a dangerous situation. In short, as long as the artillery is fired in the direction of Zhenjiang Fort, there is no doubt that Zhenjiang Fort is in danger.

"Don't worry, Shang, Zhenjiang Fort has elite artillery, those barbarians are by no means our opponents, I believe that those cannons will be able to be knocked out soon, and those barbarians, without artillery, will not be able to block the waterway, in this way, we will be free." Peter comforted him.

Shang Kexi grabbed Qianlijin and held the clairvoyant mirror tightly, because it was not very bright, the expression on Shang Kexi's face was very blurry, and in the faint light, a clue could be seen, that is, it was quite terrifying.

"Yuanji, this is still the news from the downstream sentry ship, it is too far away from Zhenjiang Fort, let's wait for the news from the upstream sentry ship, now, even if the Tartars are attacking the city, we have no good way" Lei Dayong sighed, now they are also waiting for water, no water, they can't go up, if they only go up to some small boats, it is obviously useless.

There are many soldiers on the ship from Dongjiang Town, and when they heard the situation, they all gritted their teeth, but as Lei Dayong said, even if the Tartars attacked the city, there was nothing they could do here.

Shang Kexi let go of the clairvoyant mirror, and instead held the side of the ship, pinching it hard, and from the dim light, the face distorted by nervousness, unease, and resentment could be seen.

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"What's going on? The artillery position of the Tartar seems to be a bit famous" Zhang Heng has been listening to the situation of the Tartar cannon, and after listening for a long time, he finally heard some famous guns, and the cannons of those artillery positions seem to be dumb, so he asked the experienced gunner.

"Back to the adults, the little ones also saw it, and after seeing the light and sound, I guessed that it was the Tartar's cannon that blew up......," the old gunner pondered for a while before replying.

"Explode? After only a few shots, it exploded? Zhang Heng asked in disbelief.

"Back to Lord Hui, the small one is estimated to have blown up, or our cannon has hit ......" The soldier saw that this Lord Zhang didn't believe his words, so he immediately changed his statement and stopped insisting on blowing up the chamber.

Zhang Heng fell into the mí paste again, and his cannon hit the cannon of the Tartar? Perhaps? But the bore? Zhang Hengmeng remembered that the cannons of the Tartars were not his own cannons, the cannons of the Tartars had been used for a long time, and they had blocked the river for a period of time, they were old enough, perhaps......

Zhang Heng suddenly understood what he had figured out, and then blurted out: "Yes, it should be like this, that's right." ”

The surrounding soldiers looked at their own Master Zhang with a hint of excitement and joy in their voices, and they all turned their heads to look.

Zhang Heng ran happily and ran towards Mao Wenlong.

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"Da Shuai, Da Shuai" Zhang Heng shouted from afar, this conclusion must be immediately let Mao Wenlong know, and it will have a key impact on tonight.

"Staff Officer Zhang, what are you? How not to command the artillery? What's the joy? By the way, I would like to thank Staff Officer Zhang for laying down a few cannons of the Tartars, and now, the Tartars have been firing their cannons for a longer and longer time, and the accuracy is not as good as before, and the cannons seem to be a lot less" Mao Wenlong asked first, and then praised Zhang Henglai.

Zhang Heng was a little embarrassed, and said: "Dashuai, it's not the ability of the lower officials, this ......, Dashuai, how can you say it?" Anyway, not a bad thing. ”

"Oh, what does that mean?" Mao Wenlong is interested. ,

"Dashuai, the lower officials don't dare to take the risk, the Tartar's cannon may have been knocked out by the lower official, but it is impossible to account for the majority, it is more likely that the Tartar's cannon blew up by itself......" Zhang Heng said honestly.

"What, you didn't knock it out? Blew up your own chamber? Mao Wenlong asked in surprise. Not only Mao Wenlong was surprised, but the soldiers and generals around Mao Wenlong were also surprised

"Yes, Dashuai, the lower officials found that it seemed that it was difficult for our artillery to hit the Tartar gun position, I don't know what was going on, but the Tartar gun position made different sounds one after another, and then the firing of the cannon decreased, Dashuai, according to the veteran gunner, it should be the Tartar cannon that exploded." Zhang Heng analyzed.

Everyone looked at Zhang Heng in surprise, listening to this strange conclusion.

Seeing that everyone was suspicious, Zhang Heng looked at himself in disbelief, and hurriedly said: "Dashuai forgot, where did the Tartar's cannon come from?" ”

"Oh?" Mao Wenlong seemed to suddenly understand something, and then smiled: "Ben Shuai understands, this Tartar is really a barbarian, their cannon, or our Ming Dynasty, haha...... Ben Shuai knows, I know, no wonder the Tartars are so risky and come so close to attack the city, so ......" Mao Wenlong figured out the key and laughed.

"Father, what the hell is going on?" A casual asked.

"Hahaha...... the cannon of the Tartar was originally obtained from my Daming, and it is already very old, and it has been closed for a long time, and it is estimated that this cannon is too unusable, so the Tartar saw that it could no longer be used, so he took the risk of bringing the cannon close to the city wall 300 steps to attack the city, this is a hammer deal, hahaha...... Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, even if you are extremely smart and bold, I want to see if you have no artillery, what other means do you have to attack the city, I see how you still besiege me Mao Wenlong...... Hahahaha......" Mao Wenlong explained while laughing, this time, it was tears that laughed out, tonight is the key, and even the night that decides xìng, if you know the details of the opponent, there is no doubt that with preparation, the odds of winning will become greater.

When everyone heard this explanation, they all laughed. The yīn haze brought by the siege of the Tartars tonight seems to have been swept away.

"The people will obey." Mao Wenlong shouted loudly.

"The end will be." The crowd shouted in unison.

"Today, the Tartars are this hammer deal, their cannons are about to be scrapped, so they took the risk to attack the city, it is estimated that there will be a burst of cannons, and when the Tartars' cannons are almost destroyed, it is estimated that the Tartars should attack the city, so, today, is the day when my Dongjiang boy and the Tartars see blood, no matter what today, we must defend the city wall, and if we hold the city wall, the Tartars will no longer have a good way to attack the city, and victory is just around the corner, do you understand?" Mao Wenlong said loudly.

"The last will understand." The crowd shouted.

"Okay, the generals will be arranged before, each in place, ready to fight to the death with the Tartars." Mao Wenlong announced loudly.

"The last will obey." The generals took the order, and then each went out and went to the city wall, now the situation of the other party has been clear, the details are almost the same, the decision has been decided, and the rest is desperate.

After everyone left, Mao Wenlong said to Zhang Heng with relief: "Staff Officer Zhang, thanks to you, you have seen through the details of the Tartar, otherwise, Ben Shuai doesn't know how to arrange it here, and he is at a loss."

"The marshal is serious, it is the duty of the subordinate to give advice to the marshal, and besides, if you can't solve the cannon of the Tartar, the subordinate is also responsible, I feel deeply guilty, and I ask the marshal to punish him." Zhang Heng also wondered in his heart, why did his cannon, the Francophone fired so many cannons, but it seemed to be useless to the Tartar's cannon, and it seemed to be hit occasionally, this kind of mysterious situation also made Zhang Heng confused, although there were some guesses, but he didn't see the truth, and he still refused to believe it.