Meng Yunhe looked at the tiger squat cannon not far away and asked, "General Tan, can these tiger squat cannons still fight, and how far can they hit?" ”

Tan Datong patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, my lord, these tiger squat cannon generals have been checked, and they can all fight, there are forty-nine in total, because the north gate is more important, the last general has put twenty here, enough for them to drink a pot." ”

"Good!" Meng Yunhe nodded appreciatively: "That's good, I believe that with so many loyal and resolute soldiers and excellent artillery, the traitor will definitely be defeated by us." ”

"Your Excellency is wise and mighty!"

Seeing that Meng Yunhe's interest was so high, everyone bowed down and bowed down in play.

"Colleagues are excused!"

The smug Meng Yunhe in his heart lifted everyone with both hands, he was very proud in his heart, he showed a graceful demeanor, and for a while he felt that even if Zhuge Liang was reborn, it was just like that, was he still worse than the ancients?

"Knock Knock"

Just when Meng Yunhe showed a pro-people appearance in front of everyone, a burst of drums suddenly sounded in front of him, this sound was in the distance at first, and slowly reached the front, and then a piece of "dark clouds" slowly approached the city.

"And what is that?"

Looking at the approaching "dark clouds" in front of him, Meng Yunhe pointed ahead and asked in surprise.

Tan Datong looked into the distance, only felt a bitterness at the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "It's the Great Zhou Army, they are finally here." ”

Since Pang Gang announced his separation from the Ming Dynasty, he changed the armor of the military to black, which is different from the red that the Ming represents fiery and passionate, the black represents solemnity, mystery and ferocity, especially when tens of thousands of troops march slowly in a neat queue, the overwhelming black and mighty aura can simply make people feel suffocated.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa"

The Great Zhou army that was slowly approaching did not move fast, but the formation was unusually neat, and none of the tens of thousands of people made a sound in the march, but the majestic momentum slowly forced towards the city, which made people's hearts chill.

Slowly, the army approached closer and closer to the city, and finally stopped when they were a mile away from the city, and the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers were all fixed on the city wall, no one spoke, not even a cough, there was no superfluous sound between heaven and earth except for the whistling spring breeze, but there were tens of thousands of people standing in front of you, and these tens of thousands of horses seemed to have been lined up to the end of the world.

Looking at the silent army in front of him, Meng Yunhe couldn't help but murmur: "This official finally understands, why even the Tartars are afraid of them, that Pang Gang is indeed worthy of his reputation." ”

When have they seen such a formation in their lives, Yan Hongwei, the envoy by Tan Datong's side, Meng Yunhe, the governor Meng Yunhe, and the officials behind him, they were all frightened into a cold sweat by the formation of the army in front of them, and even the chief soldier Tan Datong smiled bitterly and whispered to himself: "Grandma, Lao Tzu's previous estimate of being able to withstand seven days is still too much. ”

Just as the people on the city looked at the Great Zhou Army under the city, a passage was separated in the originally dense military array, and artillery pieces were pushed out from behind everyone, all of these artillery pieces were pulled by mules, and from the appearance of each artillery being pulled by two mules, these cannons were at least more than 700 catties of artillery, even if they were not as good as those Hongyi cannons, it was estimated that they were not much worse.

There are constantly artillery pieces pulled out of the military formation, Tan Datong counted slowly, the more he counted, the colder his heart became, as far as he could see, the Great Zhou army in front of him had at least more than one hundred and twenty artillery, these artillery pieces were no better than those tiger squat cannons that could only fire scattered shells on the Nanchang City, these cannons were all large-caliber artillery, Tan Datong was very worried that the city wall under his feet could withstand several rounds of attacks.

Time seems to pass very slowly, but also seems to pass quickly, I don't know when, more than a hundred artillery pieces are placed more than 800 meters away from the city, the muzzle of the black hole is aimed at Nanchang City, countless gunners are busy around the artillery, at this moment even a fool knows that the opposite side of the Great Zhou Army is really good.

Tan Datong's neck was a little stiff and looked at it, and slowly said to Meng Yunhe, who was a little stiff: "Lord Meng, for safety, you should go down to the city with all of you." ”

"Okay." Meng Yunhe nodded hurriedly, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, he not only understands this truth, but also implements it very thoroughly, he doesn't even want to say more polite words, he turns around and is about to walk under the city wall.

Just as Meng Yunhe turned around, a huge roar came from outside the city.

"Boom Boom Boom"

A series of roars suddenly sounded, as if the thunder in the sky had roared, and bursts of thunderous sounds came into everyone's ears, and soon Meng Yunhe seemed to hear a deafening whistling sound coming from behind him.

Immediately, there was a "bang, bang, bang" crash sounded, and then Meng Yunhe felt a shaking under his feet, and the seemingly solid city wall seemed to be about to collapse, and he trembled, and Meng Yunhe, who was unstable on his feet, also shook and fell to the ground.

Immediately there was a stirring on the city wall, and then there was a lifetime of clamour, "Cannons, enemy cannons!" ”

Countless villagers and soldiers defending the city were all in chaos, and one by one they were running around on the city wall like flies on their brows, and it was useless no matter how the officers drank.

And after Meng Yunhe fell to the ground, a personal soldier also helped Meng Yunhe, who fell to the ground, and said urgently: "My lord, are you okay, it's dangerous here, let's let the lowly carry you." ”

After speaking, this personal soldier didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, pulled up Meng Yunhe and put it on his back, and hurriedly ran under the city wall, behind him was an official of Nanchang Mansion

At the same time, observers outside the city were visually measuring and assessing the effects of the first round of shelling, and some of them shouted: "Increase the height by two, deflect to the left by one, reload the solid shells!" ”

"Put!"

"Boom Boom"

There was a loud sound like the mountain shaking, and the projectiles with thick bowls flew out of the cannon chamber with a fast speed, and flew towards the city, they continued to hit the city wall or hit the city, and the seemingly solid city wall was soon punched out of holes, and the blue bricks that were originally wrapped were broken apart one by one, and there were bursts of screams from time to time on the city, which was the sound of some unlucky ghosts who were hit by the projectiles.

Looking at the projectiles constantly hitting the city wall, as well as the screams on the city wall, Pang Gang, who was watching the shelling situation with a clairvoyant mirror, sighed slightly, the power of the shells in this era is still not good, the solid bullet attack on the city wall can only make a crater that is not deep or shallow, if you want to collapse the city wall with artillery, it is estimated that it is difficult not to run out of the ammunition you carry.

As if seeing the dissatisfaction that flashed on Pang Gang's face, Cheng Kai, who was standing behind Pang Gang, said: "Lord Wang, the defenders on the city wall have long lost their morale, you let the last general attack the city first." ”

Pang Gang shook his head and said, pointing to a certain section of the city wall in front of him and said: "No, although the defenders on the city wall are chaotic, there are still dozens of cannons, this king estimates that it should be tiger squat cannons, these tiger squat cannons have a range of at least three to five hundred steps, if you rashly lead troops to attack, and the enemy suddenly opens cannons, our losses will be great, and we can't do this loss-making business." ”

After speaking, Pang Gang turned around and said loudly: "Come on, immediately run forward and tell Dong Guo, let him replace the flowering bombs, and give Lao Tzu the lot where the artillery is placed on the city wall to Lao Tzu!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the hundreds of guns in front of the city slowly raised the muzzles, and the angles of these muzzles even exceeded forty-five degrees, and a gunner was busy loading the guns with his feet, while the gunner in charge of ranging was busy remeasuring the distance.

Yes, this is the newly trained fighting method of Pang Gang's artillery battalion, and this playing method is also the principle that Pang Gang sounded the mortar he had seen in his previous life, and the mortar is to attack the infantry in the enemy's trench and the target on the opposite side of the slope through the curved ballistic principle of the artillery.

Feeling that the current artillery can only hit the targets in front of them, some time ago Pang Gang had a whim after watching the shooting training of the artillery battalion, anyway, these artillery and later mortars are all loaded from the front, why can't they raise the muzzle for mortars. When Pang Gang told Dong Guo about this idea, Dong Guo, a guy with a very talented artillery talent, only took half a month to redesign the gun mount and start the test firing, the effect was not bad, today is the first time they have used the method of curved firing in actual combat.

"Boom Boom"

Another burst of fire erupted, and one after another projectiles were shot out of the barrel with a dead fuse, and unlike the previous rounds of shelling, these projectiles were fired very high, as if they had been shot into the sky.

"Well, what the hell are those Great Zhou Army doing?"

Looking at the projectiles that were shot into the air, not only the guards and villagers on the city wall who were evading the artillery bombardment, but even Tan Datong, who had been in the army for most of his life, was also stunned.

"Grandma's, could it be that the gunners of the Great Zhou Army are collectively going crazy? How did you hit all the projectiles into the sky? ”

Tan Datong, who was puzzled in his heart, was like many soldiers, his eyes kept moving with the projectile that flew quickly into the air, but their doubts were quickly answered.

After a short while, dozens of projectiles fell from mid-air on the wide city, and heavy projectiles fell on the city wall one after another.

Tan Datong's eyes were fixed on a projectile that was slowly rolling towards a tiger squat cannon in front of him, and slowly it stopped.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

"Boom"

With a violent explosion, Tan Datong, who was not far from the explosion point, only felt a wave of heat rushing in, and he fell to the ground in an instant

(To be continued)