Yu Xuezhong continuously whipped the coated coat who fell to the ground dozens of whips, and then yelled: "Dog minion, let you be lazy!" ”

After scolding, Yu Xuezhong got up and roared at the silent clothes around him: "What are you doing here?" Whoever learns from him to be lazy, Lao Tzu whips him to death, they are a group of animals, hurry up and work! ”

In front of them, there were busy people like ants everywhere, the battle flags of various cattle were flying, and from time to time there were teams of armored soldiers galloping by, bringing up dust all over the sky, and the roads were full of all kinds of cattle, sheep and horse dung......

At this moment, a group of swingers with flags on the road galloped by, while cleaning the road, a few slow-running coats were whipped a few times, and the ghost cried wolf and crawled away, Yu Xuezhong estimated that some big man was coming, and quickly jumped up and carried the whip, pretending to be conscientious, but the corners of his eyes kept looking into the distance.

After a while, a team of brightly armored white tooth horns came up on the road in front, and behind them was a large group of naked shirts, they were desperately pulling ropes, and behind them was a swarthy, huge artillery, these clothes were all skinny, Yu Xuezhong saw that there were two Nikan women inside, they were also naked, their heads were wrapped in black cloth, the thick rope strangled their shoulders red, and their shriveled breasts were like two pieces of linen in front.

Yu Xuezhong was a little surprised, his eyes were attracted by the mighty cannon, this cannon had a wooden frame, and there were four thick wooden wheels underneath. Under the vigorous drag of more than forty coats, the gun carriage let out a terrifying moan, and Yu Xuezhong looked behind him. It was even more exciting, there were more small cannons and vehicles behind this giant cannon, and at a glance, these teams transporting artillery were endless.

"We have artillery too!" Yu Xuezhong was overjoyed, and couldn't help grinning, hearing that the army broke the heavily garrisoned Fuzhou in one day, relying on the ferocity of artillery.

Yu Xuezhong saw a familiar figure in a mercury reflection. He hurriedly separated his coat and greeted him.

"Master, master, slave here?" Yu Xuezhong beckoned to Ge Lilan, who was not squinting.

Gree Lan turned his head to see Yu Xuezhong waving at him in the crowd. smiled, pulled the horse to the side of the road and jumped down, Yu Xuezhong had already run over.

"Master, I haven't seen you for the past few days. The minion can be concerned about "learning loyalty."

Gree Lan patted Yu Xuezhong on the shoulder and said, "In the past few days, I have gone to escort artillery. I'm also worried about you, for fear that you will start fighting, Xuezhong, how many times have I told you, you have also opened the flag now, and there are three coats under the house, so don't call me master! ”

Yu Xuezhong smiled honestly, rubbed his hands and said, "I'm used to it." can't change it, and besides, the master is now also the leader of our Niu Lu. It is also natural to call the master. ”

Grelan was silent, wanting to tell him a few words, but Yu Xuezhong said: "Master, with so many artillery, it's time to let those barbarians taste our methods!" ”

Ge Lilan's face sank, and he leaned into Yu Xuezhong's ear and said: "The artillery of the Ming army hits far, and it doesn't explode, I heard those soldiers who fled back from Fuzhou say that the Ming army's artillery fired a salvo, and the power was like the sky and the earth cracked, and even the city wall collapsed a large section, our artillery can't compare, by the way, in a few days the Great Khan will start to test the siege, you be careful, what's abnormal, like screaming, sounding gongs, blowing suona, quickly lie on the ground, it's difficult for the cannon to hurt you, this is the private experience of those veterans, do you have to remember?" ”

Yu Xuezhong felt a chill in his heart, and said with a sad face: "Master, I also want to attack the city?" ”

Gree Lan shook his head: "I have selected you to the supervision team, as long as you urge our Niu Lu to attack the city, you stand far away, don't get together with other Niu Lu, the Ming army is all going to the people." ”

When Yu Xuezhong heard that he didn't need to go to the city wall to fight hard, his heart was a little more steady, and after thinking about it, Yu Xuezhong said again: "Master, do you think this city can be broken?" ”

Grelan looked left and right vigilantly, and whispered: "These southern barbarians are very fierce, but this time the Great Khan has made up his mind that he will not withdraw troops if he does not break the city, so he will definitely be able to break it, but I don't know when it will be." ”

The soldiers in front of him were shouting, and Grelan hurriedly got on his horse and left, Yu Xuezhong stood on the side of the road, with a worried and happy look on his face: "Break the city, you will definitely be able to grab a lot of good things."

Around Xuezhong, countless armor soldiers and armor with weapons in their hands converged into a rolling torrent, rushing towards the Mopan City in the distance......

The news of the arrival of the Tatar artillery soon reached Yang Bo's ears, hearing the news, Yang Bo was a little worried and took everyone to the city to inspect, the horn of the Houjin camp under the city was endless, a team of various flag cattle recorded activities outside the range of the city's artillery, and a large number of sentry horses galloped to the city wall to test, Mopan City quietly did not react, which made the sentry much bolder, Yang Bo thought that there was no need to waste ammunition, and let them go.

In fact, in addition to fire attack, water attack, earth attack, and crowd tactics, the besieging side did not have many countermeasures, nothing more than raising the bell at night, repairing books and asking for help, holding on, saving food, shooting arrows like rain, artillery bombardment, rolling wood and smashing stones, spears, slashing with big knives, boiling water, lime water, human feces, menstrual blood, dog blood poured from the city, torches, axes, chisels, stabs, and so on.

Before the invention of yellow explosives, it was not so much a contest of strength between the offensive and defensive sides as a contest of will, there is no doubt that Huang Taiji was on the offensive and was also in a strong and active position, and the countermeasures that Yang Bo could adopt were nothing more than fortification due to the enemy.

In the Middle Ages, the walls had become very elaborate. Stomping on the wall, female wall, goose ears, double layer, corner tower, arrow tower, wall nails, etc., no matter how advanced the siege equipment is in the era of cold weapons, the city wall is always an insurmountable obstacle.

Seeing the artillery on the Houjin side, everyone was a little worried, Zhang Fengjin's expression remained unchanged, he turned the clairmile mirror while saying: "Mopan City is not a soil city, it is all built with cement, green bricks and iron branches, and the Tartar can be a little threatening except for a few general cannons." The rest of the cannons can't gnaw at our walls at all. I count, one, two, ....... Where did the Tartars get so many generals' cannons? ”

Liu Bingwen said: "It is estimated that the Tartars have transported the general artillery in Shenyang and Gaizhou, and most of these artillery pieces were captured from Ningyuan, Dalinghe and other places, it seems that the slave chief is planning to make a desperate bet, but the strange thing is that the slave chief has recruited so many skilled gunners?" ”

The quality of Daming artillery in this era was quite acceptable, but due to the different calibers. Each gun has its own characteristics, which creates a huge problem, and the gunners of each gun must not be easily replaced. Otherwise, it is easy to have an accident or not go far at all, except for Lushun, Daming and Houjin are all a cannon with a fixed gunner, and sometimes the gunner does not arrive. The cannon could not fire yet. Gu Liu Bingwen asked.

"Kong Youde brought many gunners over when he threw the Tartar, which made Houjin go up a level in the use of firearms," Yang Bo replied lightly

Everyone nodded silently, most of the people present had participated in the defense of Lushun, at that time, the ten cannons on the Golden Mountain left a deep impression on them, and they were even beaten to the point that they could not gain a foothold in the city, seeing that the slave chieftain mobilized more artillery this time, it was obvious that Mopan City would usher in a more brutal scene than Lushun.

Yang Bo saw that Lu Ruohan was directing the gunners to measure the angle, so he said: "Do you know why the country of England replaced Spain. Become the new overlord of the seas? ”

Lushun's news is not as closed as elsewhere, and with the help of the Catholic network. The people of Lushun have gradually begun to cast their eyes beyond the Ming Dynasty, and they also have a better understanding of the outside world, and they have heard Yang Bo mention this naval battle many times, but they don't know why England can win them.

Yang Bo saw everyone shaking their heads, and said, "Why can England win?" Quite simply, because they realized that artillery was the absolute weapon for naval warfare, not broadside warfare, so they formed the first fleet entirely composed of sail battleships and artillery, which was the most powerful and advanced fleet of the era, on the other hand, Spain, they delayed it for seventy years to have such a fleet, from this point alone, the decline of Spanish maritime supremacy was inevitable, the battle of the English Channel, Spain had a large number of the best gunners, but England in order to make up for the lack of a low hit rate, They came up with the idea of firing an artillery salvo, and it was such a small improvement, but the English fleet, which was inferior in strength, defeated the Spanish fleet, which was powerful at that time, and seemed invincible. ”

Everyone thought secretly, and Lu Ruohan muttered: "Understood, yes, although the Spanish gunners are very good and their aim is also very accurate, they can't stand the greater power of the salvo of the guns of the English fleet, isn't that so?" ”

Yang Bo saw him pretending to be suddenly enlightened, and he wanted to kick him off the city tower.

Everyone talked and laughed a few words, Wang Xiaoyu said: "The staff tried to deduce, thinking that the main force of the Tartars will attack the north gate, and at the same time feint on three sides to contain our defensive forces, so the staff department believes that the first battalion, the third battalion, and the heavy defense battalion should be placed in the north, and the remaining three sides should be placed on each side of a battalion, and the cavalry should be covered. ”

Yang Bo nodded: "For the sake of insurance, Lushun will mobilize at least three battalions, let Ruan Dacheng go to see Yang Wenyue again, ask him to act as Shangshu, and quickly transfer the two battalions of the Panshi Brigade back to me, the main force of the Tartars is outside the city, what are the two battalions of the military department doing in Changping?" ”

Yang Bo is a little angry, Yan Kunzhi is inevitably too cautious, he has a large army of Tartars here, there are no reinforcements in the imperial court, and he can't help much, and he has to drag his own hind legs, the mobile forces of the two battalions are trapped in the Beijing division and can't move, so he has to mobilize three reserve battalions, and the autumn harvest is about to be, if the two battalions can't be transferred back early, it will definitely delay the harvest in Lushun.

Yang Bo finished his anger, calmed down for a moment, and then asked, "How is the progress of the city defense equipment?" ”

Zheng Dun, the commander of the logistics battalion, said: "Lord Hui, at present, except for a small number of people who are assisting the Tun Affairs Department to strengthen the southern city, the rest of the soldiers and civilians are building all kinds of equipment overnight, including gold juice, sassal wood, rolling stones, gleaning, hitting rods, and poles, etc., which have been planned in advance, and have reserved a lot of bases in advance. Wolf tooth slap, iron hitting wood, flying hooks, crutch guns, grab guns, crutch guns, fork rods, etc. are also in the hurry, the rest of the lime, sand, oil, smoke bombs, etc. are also prepared, the last time the adults said to be careful of fire, the logistics battalion is also preparing water bags and pumps, due to the lack of pig and cow clothing, so the logistics department also prepared a hemp (similar to a modern mop, mud to extinguish the fire) ready, the shortage of bed crossbows, oil oil, antlers, horses, and village sticks are also afraid of insufficient, in addition to various crossbow arrows, rockets and other consumables to support two months enough, But I'm afraid that the siege will be too long......"

Yang Bo nodded, in a sense, the history of China's conquest can basically be said to be a history of attack and defense, and the destruction of cities and villages has always been the clearest part of the war intention, so the use of offensive and defensive equipment has been perfected, and he can't put forward too many suggestions for improvement.

"I will urge Yang Wenyue to speed up the transfer of these things, but the Tartars have made a lot of return cannons, do we have any corresponding protection?"

Yang Bo was still a little worried, the return cannon is also known as the Western Regions cannon, Marco Polo's travels recorded that the return cannon can even project three hundred pounds of heavy stones, and the power is very high

Huge, when Genghis Khan used to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty of Fancheng, Xiangyang and other fortified cities, but after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, large artillery has been used in the war, back artillery began to withdraw from the stage of the war, it is estimated that this time Huang Taiji was worried that his artillery could not cause great damage to the Mopan City, so he made a lot of back cannons.

Zheng Dunjin nodded and said: "Back to the adult, the logistics department has made half of the city wall for the protection of the tired answer, this kind of tired answer is a soft curtain made of thick hemp rope precision, the surface is coated with several layers of mud fireproof, hanging in the city tower, women's wall, watchtower, outside the horse face, used to protect the battlements from being broken by flying stones, but there are few women in the camp, and it will take a lot of time to weave the soft curtain. ”

Just when everyone was discussing, the horn under the city was raised, and a team of Houjin Bu rode out of the camp, slowly merging in front of the camp, and in the middle of the camp, a huge golden dragon flag was erected, and around this golden dragon flag, there was a sea of countless red and white soap-edged flags...... (To be continued......)