In the eyes of the soldiers, Wang Feng explained while making a decent gesture that he couldn't understand, but no one took it seriously because he didn't understand, but he was a little ashamed in his heart.

And at the head of Taicang City, Gu Lancheng was also looking down, his face was full of nervousness at first, but it didn't take long for him to become relaxed again, and he chuckled: "The bandits look amazing at first glance, but they only have one cannon, do you think that you can break through Taicang with just one artillery?" What a joke! ”

Taicang is an important city, just facing the Taiping army on this wall of the distribution of Hongyi cannons, Fran cannon and sub-mother cannon dozens of cannons, enough to form a covering firepower, in contrast, to attack the city with a cannon, it is indeed a little cold.

Taicang Township Yong Lian Chang, that is, Zhu Yaoguang, the patriarch of Zhujiaqiao Town, did not dare to be too optimistic, the last time he was released by Wang Feng, Xiang Yong brought back the original words, and exaggerated the tragic appearance of the annihilation of the foreigners, although he did not demarcate the line with the Qing court, and the entangled ties of interest between him made it impossible for him to do so, but he did not dare to have any covetousness for the Taiping Army, at least he changed him to face the foreigners, and there was no second choice except surrender.

Zhu Yaoguang couldn't help but say: "This gang of bandits has never been defeated since they flowed over, the eight thousand troops brought out by Lord Xu from the Jiangnan camp were completely annihilated, and Lord Xu himself was also a prisoner, especially after the bandits were recruited into the knife bandits, their strength has increased greatly, and our army, Xiang Yong has just begun to start, and the green camp is scattered again, my lord must not underestimate the enemy!" ”

"Eh~~" Gu Lancheng waved his hand and said: "The bandit is not afraid of death again, and the official does not go out of the city to fight him, what are you afraid of?" What's more, Taicang has enough grain, grass and ammunition, if he is willing to spend it, this official will accompany him!

In fact, what the bandits are afraid of is nothing more than forcibly blowing up the city gate, hehe~~ If he dares to approach, our cannon is not a decoration, the only thing that needs to be guarded against is that he sneaks in the dark at night, but the official has already made a plan, once it gets dark, it is convenient to plant torches around the city gate, and see how he hides his figure? ”

Zhu Yaoguang thought about it, through Guò's analysis of Wang Feng's every battle, he came to the conclusion that Wang Feng was first of all full of wisdom, even if he was on the enemy side, Zhu Yaoguang had to admit that Wang Feng used soldiers like a god, and secondly, the gun hit far, and there had never been a real hard battle, which shows that the shortcomings of the bandits are to attack hard, and the siege is precisely a hard battle!

With a strong city to rely on, if you get close, you will be bombarded, even if you are reborn, what can you do with me?

Zhu Yaoguang blushed slightly and arched his hand: "My lord, I see you!" ”

"Hmm~~" Gu Lancheng stroked his beard with satisfaction.

"Bang~~" At this moment, there was a cannon sound in the bandit array, and Gu Lancheng suddenly laughed and said: "The bandit front is four miles away from the city wall, and the cannon is still five miles away, so far away he dares to open fire, is it true that when the Taicang city wall is papery, it will fall down as soon as the wind blows?" ”

"Hahahaha~~" The laughter followed the masterpiece, the farthest cannon in the Qing Dynasty was only three or four miles away, and the cannon that hit more than five miles was only stored in the legendary Yingyi gunboat, not to mention that the distance had to be accurate, and the possibility of a hit did not need to be considered at all!

"Boom~~" The laughter has not yet dispersed, the city suddenly shook the mountain, and the three-story gatehouse located directly above the city gate exploded violently in the middle, bricks and wood chips scattered in all directions, and more than ten soldiers were beaten into blood on the spot, and fell to the ground after screaming!

In the smoke of gunpowder, you can roughly see a large hole collapsed in the middle of the gatehouse, some stumps and broken arms are distributed in the bricks and tiles all over the ground, sporadic flames are swallowing, and groups of soldiers are scattering and fleeing, panicked and dazed, no one knows what is happening!

Gu Lancheng, who was frightened on the spot and sat on the ground, came back to his senses and shouted, "What's the matter? ”

This is indeed beyond the comprehension ability of the officers and soldiers of the Qing court, no one can answer, even if the artillery of the bandits is far and accurate, but hitting the gatehouse should be a big hole, how can it explode?

The city tower fell into a deathly silence, and Zhu Yaoguang also felt a chill rising up, if this was really a cannon shot by bandits, this cannon would be enough to use, only continuous bombardment was needed, and the city wall would be blown down sooner or later.

"My lord, this place is too dangerous, and I will help my lord to avoid a safe place!" Zhu Guangyao retreated, and hurriedly helped Gu Lancheng up!

"Let's go, let's go!" Gu Lancheng didn't want to lose face, and waved his hand again and again, after all, he came to Taicang to be an official to make a fortune, not to defend the territory of the Qing Dynasty, when the bandits were not enough to threaten his own safety, he could still deal with it calmly, but the danger was already in front of him, and if he insisted on staying on the front line, he would not be able to get along with himself.

"Order, no one is allowed to leave their posts without permission, violators will be beheaded!" Gu Lancheng didn't forget to turn his head and tell him, as soon as he raised his leg, two or three zhang apart, there was a loud bang, a large ball of fire suddenly burst out, the battlements burst open, the bricks poured downward, and the fist-sized gravel was also flying all over the sky!

Gu Lancheng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and then fell in a pool of blood!

Zhu Yaoguang was also shocked and bleeding, and fainted to death next to Gu Lancheng!

"Master Gu was hit by a stray bullet!" The city immediately became a pot of porridge, and several soldiers bravely helped Gu Lancheng up.

Gu Lancheng's skull was pierced, there was a fist-sized penetrating blood hole on his forehead from front to back, the brain pulp mixed with blood flowed out, and the parts above the nose were blurred, obviously dead and could not be penetrated again.

"Lord Gu has died in the line of duty, quick, look at Lord Zhu!" Several more soldiers gathered around Zhu Yaoguang, although Zhu Yaoguang's face was covered with blood, he was not injured, and after a period of shaking, he woke up faintly.

"Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu, are you okay?"

Zhu Yaoguang's eyes were hollow and tired, and he looked around for a while, and the city head that had been bombarded for about a few feet made him remember what had happened, his face changed, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "What about Master Gu?" ”

One of his cronies pointed to the side: "By your side!" ”

When Zhu Yaoguang saw it, his chest and abdomen suddenly surged violently, where is this person, it is more terrifying than a ghost, and he immediately shouted urgently: "Quick, quickly carry this official down!" ”

Several cronies raised their legs, pulled their arms, and ran towards the stairs with their legs spread, and they were also frightened, and the city did not dare to stay for a moment.

The two commanders died and ran away, and Bing Yong had no intention of fighting, although there was a lack of leaders, and no one had escaped for the time being, but they were all stunned on the spot, and the weapons in their hands were slowly pointing to the ground.

Wang Feng naturally didn't know what was happening at the head of the city, he only saw that the first shot hit the gatehouse, and the second shot hit a little above the city gate, although it didn't directly hit the city gate, but in the absence of accurate coordinates and optical measurements, it was necessary to keep firing the cannon to correct the manually measured values, so these two cannons were purely true for him.