Throughout the battlefield, the sound of artillery rumbled and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

The cheers of the musketeers and the cavalry on both sides of the new army were endless, and the Guanning army in the south could not help but cheer, only the chief general Wu Xiang and his son and several generals and colonels had been watching and watching, and they were deeply shocked by the well-trained and inconspicuous artillery of the new army's artillery with ultra-long range and accurate strike ability.

Under the high platform behind the new army array, the 200 elites of the garrison battalion took off their cotton coats, revealing the standard combat equipment that had not yet been popularized, the long-sleeved half-body chain mail outside the black leather armor was very eye-catching, the well-made brass arm guards and leg guards on the arms and calves, as well as the steel helmet and wolf mask on the head, showed super protection everywhere, and the action was also very flexible, and Xu Hongji and his son on the high platform were extremely envious.

Zhu Daolin rode his horse to the front of the high platform, flew off the horse, and walked into the middle of the 200 elites who were carrying bags of explosives on their bodies.

Zhao Yipeng, the 36-year-old commander of the garrison battalion, strode in front of Zhu Daolin: "General, our department has been prepared, and we will set off in three minutes!" ”

Zhu Daolin nodded with satisfaction, and sorted out the discounted chain mail on his waist for the veteran instructor from the Jiangnan Lu Division: "Are the blasting steps confirmed?" ”

"It was determined that the first dig up more than a dozen city bricks at the foot of the wall one meter above the ground, blow up a small gap with 3 kilograms of explosives, quickly expand the gap, and dig deep in accordance with the principle of narrow outside and wide inside, and it is expected that it will take 20 to 25 minutes to detonate." Zhao Yipeng replied calmly.

Zhu Daolin added: "After three rounds of mortar shelling, it is estimated that no one on the city wall will be able to stand up, just in case, I will transfer two more musket battalions to cover you, don't worry about the danger from your head, just work hard." If you are attacked by enemy troops, as long as no more than half of the dead are killed, you are not allowed to retreat! ”

"Understood!"

Zhao Yipeng's face was full of solemnity, he knew how difficult it was for Zhu Daolin, who loved soldiers like a son, to say this.

Zhu Daolin patted his arm, gave a few words to Li Yuming beside him, and then turned around and walked onto the high platform, and the rebels at the head of the city began to organize. They shot arrows all over the sky, but few of them hit their own brothers.

The brothers of the 1st Artillery Battalion had already placed 20 mortars in front of the position, representing the yellow triangle that was ready to be fired, and Zhu Daolin hurriedly ordered Xu Hongji and Xu Wenjue to take out cotton balls and stuff them into their ears, and he also took out two cotton balls from the leather box on his waist and stuffed them into his ears.

Xu Hongji slowly took out a cotton ball and looked at it, asking if it was a bit of a fuss? Xu Wenjue also asked Zhu Dao with a smile, if he was not afraid of death, how could he be afraid of the sound of cannons?

Before the words fell, a dull firing sound "bang bang" came, and 20 grinding disc-shaped medicine bags flew into the sky, drawing a long arc and falling towards the city.

The thousands of rebel officers and soldiers at the head of the city have not yet understood what is going on. Violent explosions erupted one after another, and the dazzling flames instantly engulfed hundreds of meters above and below the city wall, and the billowing gunpowder smoke up and down hundreds of meters wide rose into the air and rolled and spread, shaking the ground and blowing violently in a radius of five miles of mountains.

The array 600 meters away from the city wall was in turmoil, and the nearly 10,000 new officers and soldiers who had already stuffed cotton balls into their ears were still shocked, and the cavalry of the Guanning Army in the south was turned on their backs, and there was chaos, and hundreds of out-of-control war horses rushed out of their positions. Frightened screams and runs around.

The sound of explosions that resounded through the heavens and the earth continued.

Flames rose from the city's head, and thick smoke enveloped it, and broken masonry and fragments of clothing flew in the sky. Even the air above the city shrieked.

After the third round of projectile medicine bags exploded, Zhu Daolin, who felt guilty in his heart, took out the cotton ball in his ear and threw it aside, and helped Xu Hongji, who was sitting on the ground with a pale face: "It's uncomfortable to tell you to plug your ears and not listen?" ”

"What? Say it again! Xu Hongji, whose ears were roaring, shouted loudly.

Zhu Daolin knew that he didn't need to talk to him for a few minutes, and then looked at Xu Wenjue, who was staring at the city head in a daze, and his body was shaking, shook his head, took out a telescope, and carefully observed the city. For more than a minute, there was no figure in sight, but under the city wall two hundred meters north of the West Gate, the demolition team led by Zhao Yipeng was digging quickly.

As soon as Xu Hongji came back to his senses, he saw the sky in the east suddenly brighten up, and huge black clouds steamed up and soared upward. The earth-shattering explosion followed, and he immediately realized that Zhang Gongwei and his son in the east had succeeded, and couldn't help but sigh faintly: "I'm afraid hell on earth is nothing more than this!" ”

Zhu Daolin on the side heard it clearly, and the guilt in his heart couldn't help but increase a little, but he didn't regret today's move, if he didn't come to Daming, most of the rebels in the city would be able to retreat with their whole body, and then they would recognize the thief as their father, raise the butcher's knife and wave it at their former comrades-in-arms and brothers, and finally become the vanguard of slaughtering millions of compatriots.

Zhu Daolin will not have the slightest mercy for these traitors and lackeys who have lost their humanity and are no different from beasts, and his uneasiness and guilt are for the innocent people in the city.

Although the black powder is not very powerful, and there is no danger to life 200 meters away from the center of the explosion, the powerful shock wave will collapse the house, and within 300 meters of the distance, it is likely that he will burst his eardrum and become deaf, so he is deeply disturbed and sincerely hopes that it will not cause too much harm to the innocent people in the city.

As the minutes passed, the recovered officers and men of the army were once again lined up in full formation, looking nervously at the two musket battalions and the brothers of the demolition squad who had retreated.

Under the city wall, the last two young soldiers who were left behind turned around and ran after a burst of green smoke, crossed the frozen moat, jumped on the river bank and continued to run wildly, before returning to the front army formation, the explosion of the sky and the earth cracked, the sky was splashed with mud and rocks, the ground trembled violently, and the thick gunpowder smoke rushed into the air and spread, like a huge black mushroom, which was sharply deformed and became bigger and bigger on the messy Dengzhou City.

The rubble and mud had just fallen, and the loud trumpet of the charge resounded in all directions.

Tang Zhenglin, the commander of the Longtan Army in front of the array, pulled out his long knife and roared angrily, and the commander of the first battalion, Ding Erxiong, led 500 brothers to rush to the gap in the city wall where the smoke of gunpowder had not dispersed.

Zhu Daolin quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and saw more than 100 cavalry and two battle flags running quickly from the south, snorted coldly and put away the binoculars, whispered a few words to Xu Hongji's father and son who were staring eagerly, jumped off the high platform and jumped on the war horse, and ordered Zhao Deyi to put away the battle flag, and led the personal guards to make a detour from the north, rushing to the offensive position in the east, avoiding the upcoming Shandong governor Zhu Dadian and the Guanning army commander Wu Xiang.

Half an hour later, the New Army units occupied the entire Beicheng district without encountering any resistance, and Wang Laicheng, the commander of the Beijing camp, led 8,000 soldiers into the city through the hastily opened east city gate to launch a final sweep of the rebel-infested southern city.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the officers and men of the two armies joined forces to eliminate all the stubborn enemies in the city and firmly control the entire Dengzhou City in their own hands.

The commanders of the two armies discussed slightly, Wang Laicheng led his soldiers to control both sides of the street from the palace to the east city gate, Jiang Yulong led the Jinzhou guards to climb the city wall to start a guard, Zhang Dezhong led 5,000 soldiers to escort more than 15,000 young men who could not distinguish whether they were rebels or poor people to the north gate, and Tang Zhenglin led the Longtan army to cooperate with Zhu Daolin's personal guards and garrison battalion soldiers, divided into 30 squads to continue to loot and plunder.

Wang Laicheng's soldiers in Beijing also looted Nancheng.

The two armies worked very tacitly until noon, and only after the defense area was assigned did they slowly open all the gates of the city to welcome the governor and the commanders of the various armies into the city to receive the fruits of victory. (To be continued.) )