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"Shi Lang, I don't need to say more about the importance of this war, these brothers of yours still need your care and care. After a while, I'll send some training instructors to retrain them. Presumably, these days with the brethren of the other troops, you should also see the difference! ”

"What the Metropolitan Governor said was very true, and the soldiers admired it from the bottom of their hearts. We warmly welcome the arrival of the new instructors, and at the same time ask the Metropolitan Governor to send some military judges to assist the team in rectifying military discipline. Shi Lang said sincerely.

Geng Jingzhong nodded. "These still follow the process, you make a report. It won't be long before the big battle will be, and the team must be in control. Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides are fighting, and a single negligence will lead to the collapse of the whole country. I can understand what happened tonight, but not the next one. I know that the soldiers below are basically from Taiwan, and they have been out for a long time, and they miss their mother-in-law and mother-in-law. There are also some bachelors who simply want women. Hehe, it doesn't matter what these are, tell the soldiers below, when the battle is over, I will personally order a blind date, so that all the unmarried soldiers of the Mawei Army can ask for a wife. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor loves soldiers like sons, and the last general is ashamed!"

"Alright, let's take a look at all the teams that have violated military discipline. The punishment will be punished, and also, those who send things and send ** will also be investigated, and there is no problem to reprimand them, and by the way, settle the money to them. Tell them that our Mawei Army has a rule that the troops are not allowed to take the people's things for nothing, and they are no longer allowed to send things to the army. There will be a next time to be punished for violating military regulations. ”

"Yes!"

"Smack!"

The flask was thrown out by Wang Yongkang. Slammed into the wall next to it. Instantly shattered.

Crystalline liquor splashed, and some of it slowly flowed down the walls. The pro-soldiers outside the door didn't need to turn their heads to know what was going on. Therefore, they did not turn their heads at all, as if they had heard nothing, smelled nothing, and continued like a pillar. There stood numbly.

The air is filled with the aroma of wine. The wind blew, slowly wafting away the thick aroma of wine. The pro-soldiers at the door couldn't help but sniffle quietly, greedily breathing in the intoxicating aroma of wine. The wine that the commander of the first army drinks is of course the best, and many people have never tasted it in their lives. However, this was probably the last time they smelled the wine. Such a good opportunity, of course, cannot be missed. Once the Mawei army launched a general attack, they would most likely die in the city. Arrived at the underworld. At most, there is only Meng Po soup, but there is no wine to drink!

These wines. It is a kind of famous wine produced in Yunnan, called Heqing dry wine. There was this name in the former Ming Zhengde period, Wang Yongkang and the owner of the winery are still familiar with each other, and the wine he drinks is specially brewed. In fact, every commander, admiral and the like has no shortage of good wine under their hands, it just depends on their taste. Although the fame of this Heqing dry wine is not very good, it can be selected by Wang Yongkang, the commander of the army, and it is conceivable that the quality of this wine is naturally good.

Of course, since it is a fine wine, of course, there will not be many of them. In the past few days, Yueyang City has almost been a lonely city, and all the contact with the outside world has been cut off, and this batch of wine is about to be drunk, but there is no replenishment, and there is not much left. Now, Wang Yongkang wants to drink all these fine wines. Anyway, if he didn't drink it, he wouldn't have a chance to drink it later. Rather than leaving it for the Ponytail Army as a trophy, it's better to drink it yourself. It's better to be a full ghost than the most hungry ghost.

"Dashuai!"

Tu Shudong, the general under Wang Yongkang, came back from an inspection outside, and saw that Wang Yongkang was still drunk, and his face couldn't help but be slightly dark. He wanted to say something, but it was difficult to say, at this time, not only the coach was in a bad mood, but they were also in a very depressed mood.

"What's wrong?" Wang Yongkang continued to pour a cup and asked, "Hasn't the Mawei Army launched an attack yet?" ”

Tu Shudong shook his head helplessly, the horsetail army did not move at all, and was still besieging Yueyang City. In fact, it cannot be said that there is no movement at all, the artillery battalion troops are already advancing, and when they reach the outside of the eastern city, the position of the artillery battalion has been selected two days ago. The gunboats of the Mawei Army also cruised on the surface of Nanhu Lake from time to time, so that the Wu army in the city did not dare to leave the city at all.

"Is there a sound in the urn?"

Wang Yongkang was not completely drunk after all, and he still remembered some very important things. After only two words, he let go of the porcelain cup in his hand and tried to stand up. As a result, it may have been that he had drunk too much, and his feet were obviously a little frivolous. Fortunately, I didn't fall.

"Nope." Tu Shudong shook his head and replied slowly.

"It seems that the Ponytail Army really wants to trap us here directly! Hehe! Wang Yongkang tilted his head and drank the wine in the glass.

In the past few days, some spies have reported that the Mawei Army may want to dig tunnels to attack, so Tu Shudong has been paying close attention to the movements of the big urn at the root of the city wall, so as to determine at any time whether the Mawei Army has adopted the tactics of digging tunnels. However, the strange thing is that the big urn did not make a sound at all, and it seems that the Mawei army is not going to dig the tunnel this time.

Since they are not prepared to dig tunnels, what kind of siege strategy is the Mawei Army ready to adopt? Is it going to be bombarded by artillery? It doesn't look like that! Wang Yongkang was defeated in the previous battle, and he had lost his morale, coupled with the cunning of the Mawei army, which really made Tu Shudong nerve-wracking. Wu Sangui had long instructed that the Mawei Army was different from others, and their schemes were always endless, and many of them had never even been heard of. Even Wu Sangui treated it solemnly, not to mention Tu Shudong, a small lieutenant!

The connection between Yue Yang and the outside world has been completely severed, and it is impossible for them to rush out. The only thing they can control is the persistence of this Yueyang City. Tu Shudong didn't want to die so quickly, so he had to try his best to crack the offensive strategy of the Mawei Army.

"Is Ning Wu mobilizing troops and preparing for a strong attack?" Wang Yongkang asked in a daze.

"Definitely not."

Tu Shudong replied deeply.

Wang Yongkang didn't speak. He knows it well. On the ability to plan. In fact, it is much worse than Tu Shudong. The father-in-law made himself the manager. Let Tu Shudong assist only because he is his son-in-law, but Tu Shudong still handles more specific affairs. Now that Tu Shudong can't be sure what the hell the Mawei Army is doing, it is even more impossible for him. However, Wang Yongkang is not worried at all. When it came to the end, he was more free and easy than Tu Shudong. Death is death, there is nothing to be afraid of. However, he really didn't want to die at this time!

"Tom Tom"

Suddenly, there was a fierce sound of cannonball.

This is the sound of the cannon fire of the general of the Mawei Army.

"The Mawei Army is attacking?"

"Are they really going to attack?" Tu Shudong and Wang Yongkang hurriedly stood up. Hurried up to the castle tower.

If the Mawei army adopts the strategy of strong attack, it is precisely to satisfy their wishes. With the thick walls of Yueyang's city and the equipment of various artillery, if the Mawei army attacked, even if the other party had more artillery, they were condescending and powerful, and the Mawei army would definitely have to pay a huge price. As long as they can thwart the two attacks of the Mawei army in a row and kill thousands of Mawei troops, the morale of the soldiers in the city will also rise. They are already trapped in a lonely city. It's nothing more than war, and the word peace, in fact. What Wang Yongkang thinks about the most now is whether he can surrender!

But he immediately dismissed this idea, he was Wu Sangui's son-in-law, and if others surrendered, he might be able to get an official position, and even if he surrendered, the Mawei Army would not let him go. Perhaps, the Mawei Army will let him go in order to show his broad mind, but he will definitely be liquidated in the future. There are countless examples of this in the history books, so surrender is not a wise choice.

When they came to the city, Wang Yongkang and Tu Shudong were a little disappointed to find that the Mawei army did not launch a large-scale attack. Just sent a few squads close to the walls to shout for them to surrender. At the same time, in order to deter, he also fired guns at the head of the city, killing many defenders at the head of the city. The defenders at the head of their city were provoked, and they did not show weakness and used the red-coated cannons at the head of the city to return fire.

Yueyang was the important place where the original Qing army was stationed, and Wu Sangui also attached great importance to it, so there were a lot of red-coated cannons at the head of the city, a full forty-five. Thirty of them were left by the Qing army, and the other fifteen were added by order of Wu Sangui.

As soon as the artillery of the Wu army at the head of the city opened fire, as a result, the rumbling sound of artillery was heard.

The shells flew past, and the Mawei soldiers had already scattered and fled, not hurting at all. Naturally, there will be no results from the cannon hitting mosquitoes. In such a large open field, dozens of solid shells smashed on the ground and rolled, all of which fell into the air. The horsetail soldiers, who numbered less than 100 people, scattered, all of them were in danger.

"Stop shelling!"

Tu Shudong waved his hand and said with a frown.

It was a waste of ammunition to harass a few squads of less than a hundred, and to use artillery.

However, what the Mawei soldiers had just done made the two of them feel very uneasy. In the short time since the head of the city, more than 100 defenders were killed and wounded, many of whom were shot in the head.

There was also a shout from the soldiers of the Mawei Army, saying that if the city did not open and surrender in an hour, they would be about to attack in a big way, and then they would be like those who died outside the city before, and they would be bombarded by artillery, and there would be no corpses.

"The Ponytail Army has pulled the red-coated cannon over!"

It was also at this time that Wang Yongkang saw the advancing troops in the distance outside the city, pulling artillery wagons behind groups of horses, slowly approaching the east gate. He immediately realized the danger, his face changed slightly, and he cried out in a lost voice.

"All the gunners prepare, the others put up heavy shields!" Tu Shudong ordered as calmly as he could.

This heavy shield was made of all wood, and the round mountain trees were driven in a row by thick nails, and then hung at the head of the city, and immediately erected when the enemy attacked the city. Generally, the cannonballs of the red-coated cannons will not reach the head of the city immediately, and they will be blocked by these giant shields, not to mention, after the cannonballs fly too far away, even if they can penetrate this giant shield, the power is not great. Those who erected ladders near the top of the city to attack the city would have a hard time bypassing these giant shields.

The artillery carriages of the Mawei Army were getting closer and closer, and as they continued to get closer, the defenders at the head of the city, including Wang Yongkang and other generals, also saw the number of artillery carriages. Although I didn't count it for a while, the two hundred cannons were arranged in two rows and pushed in parallel, and the scene was very shocking.

"It's over, so there will be so many cannons!" Wang Yongkang was frightened, he failed in the dense artillery fire before, and he also understood that the other party had a lot of artillery, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

Hearing Wang Yongkang's self-talk, a fool can also feel the horror in Wang Yongkang's words. At this time, Tu Shudong's heart next to him was also a little nervous and uneasy. According to rough estimates, the opponent's artillery is almost two hundred. There are so many cannons, and they all look like red-coated cannons, which is indeed terrifying.

Yueyang City only has forty-five red-coated cannons, and they are still distributed on the four city gates, and the east gate is the most, reaching twenty now, but compared to the two hundred guns of the Mawei Army, the number is too disparity. There are so many red-coated cannons in the Mawei Army, they don't know what to do.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

As soon as Wang Yongkang's voice fell, the Mawei Army reached the selected area, and the cannon was quickly set up, and immediately, a series of loud noises came, and the Mawei Army opened fire.

The salvo cannon sounded like a burst of thunder, and suddenly all the surroundings of Yueyang City were shaken. Both the defenders in the city and the horsetail army outside the city deeply felt its power.

Rows of shells, falling on the city, made a dense sound.

The cannonballs were so dense that at least fifty shells hit the city in this round, and the giant shields could not be stopped by a smile, and the eighteen-pounder shells penetrated it very effectively, and the other flowering shells also exploded on it in turn, and the giant shields began to fall apart. However, the first round of shelling was finally blocked.

When the second round of shells flew towards the city, all of a sudden, the head of Yueyang City seemed to be boiling, and there were chaotic shouts everywhere. Some people screamed, some people screamed, some people screamed, some people screamed, all kinds of voices mixed with each other, so that everyone who heard it felt distracted.

The beginning of the shelling. Half of the horsetail military are solid bullets, and now these black iron bumps bigger than fists, as long as they are beating, it is definitely a tragedy. The defenders at the head of the city, no one did not know the power of this iron lump, and they hurriedly looked for a place to hide. Behind the battlements is the easiest to hide, and many people are desperately leaning on the battlements, not daring to move half a minute.

The walls of Yueyang City have been reinforced, and they are much stronger than before. However, under the bombardment of the huge iron ball, part of the city wall was still cracked by the bombardment. Some battlements were smashed by iron balls and were smashed to pieces. The people who hid behind the battlements naturally followed the tragedy. (To be continued......)