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The sound of artillery resounded in the sky, and white gunpowder smoke and red fireworks instantly enveloped the entire area. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)

Speaking of which, this scene is far more spectacular than the small-scale artillery bombardment under the city of Kunshan, but this is also normal, you must know that in order to conquer the city of Jiaxing, the 36 three-and-a-half-inch (12-pound) field guns of the four divisions of the Zheng Army were all put into battle, and with the help of the three-dimensional regimental two-inch (4-pound) and three-inch (6-pound) light artillery, a frightening metal storm was set off on the front line of Chunbomen in the east of Jiaxing.

Although the Qing army's Hongyi artillery at the head of the city also tried to respond, they were soon dumbed down by the Zheng army's fierce blows.

Taking advantage of the suppression of the Qing artillery, Zheng's light artillery group first withdrew from the battle, and then the vacancy in the artillery position was immediately filled with thousands of men who began to fill the moat. With an order, driven by the long spears on Zheng's infantry guns, the people who ran wildly threw bags of dirt into the east embankment. Of course, the Qing army at the head of the city tried to stop it, but the archers and bird gunners at the head of the city were quickly dispersed by the three-and-a-half-inch artillery group of the Zheng army, which had diverted their firepower.

At this time, a number of small boats piloted by Zheng Jun's sailors rushed straight into the moat from Nanhu, Southwest Lake, Pinghutang and other adjacent waters in turn, and as soon as these boats sailed into the area where the people tried to fill in, someone on the boat immediately threw the cement blocks they carried into the river as the base, and even directly dug holes in the bottom of the boat, so that the whole boat sat and sank in the moat, and then people jumped into the river and swam to their own side to go ashore.

In the face of the passage that extended more and more to the city wall, the Qing army couldn't care about the cannonballs flying overhead, and shot at the construction site with bows and guns one by one, so the losses on the side of Zheng Jun and Minfu also began to increase.

Seeing the death and injury of their comrades, some of the people had weak legs, but the weak legs were either knocked down by the arrow projectiles shot from the city, or they were directly stabbed by Zheng Jun and executed on the spot, so they were so frightened that they had to numbly endure the pressure on both sides, allowing themselves to suffer between life and death.

Finally, the surviving folk husbands all threw in the half-day quota of five bags of soil per person, and also received the white rice porridge promised by Zheng Jun as a reward, but this was only the middle of a long game, and after they calmed down a little, Zheng Jun would also drive them to experience the teasing of death again and again.

Soon after the people retreated, the three-and-a-half-inch artillery of the Zheng army stopped one after another because of overheating, and the light artillery of the Zheng army, which had been dispersed to other doors at this moment, resounded again, but the Qing army still subconsciously took the west as the first point of blockade, not only the two battalions of the commanders and the two battalions of the Hangjiahu Coastal Defense Garrison Department accounted for half of the soldiers and horses of the Jiaxing garrison concentrated in the east city, and even the people who were later drawn out in the city were also half arranged here.

At the beginning of the Shen period, the scorching sunlight began to slope westward, and a kind of thunder-like artillery bombardment suddenly sounded outside the gate of the west of the city, and the four-and-a-half-inch mortar cannon arranged here exerted unparalleled power, and the forty pounds of iron bullets smashed on the city wall of Jiaxing City that had been in disrepair for a long time, and only a few blows broke the city bricks left by the former Ming Dynasty and exposed the yellow rammed earth inside.

Zheng Jun's mortar artillery regiment is currently the only siege artillery regiment of Zheng Jun, its four mortar guns a total of twelve four-inch and a half mortar guns, during which each team of gunners can carry out continuous fire at a rate of forty rounds an hour without exploding, although due to poor shooting accuracy, almost no landing point can eat more than two shells, but Rao is so, after half a time, a certain section of the city wall not far from Tongyuemen Weng City showed signs of collapse.

At this time, there was a contradiction in the judgment of the Qing army's possible attack focus: "The Zheng army at the east gate is a feint!" ”

As one of the four deputy commanders of the Qing court in Hangzhou, Fu Gan not only lived in the second grade, but also the first batch of reinforcements sent by Hangzhou, because it can be said that he is also a figure in today's Jiaxing City, but this Fu deputy commander in order to be able to facilitate the transfer when the war is unfavorable, so he took the initiative to arrange more than 1,200 eight banners of cavalry (vest) and infantry (infantry armor) at the west gate of Jiaxing, but now it happened to collide with the most fierce part of the Zheng army's firepower, so that he immediately identified the direction of the Zheng army's main attack.

The Jiahu coastal defense soldiers are prepared to say that Anketu is a red belt, and he is not afraid of Fu Gan's fake tartar, so he insisted and said: "Master Fu is afraid that he has misjudged, the Zheng army has already filled the moat of the east city, and it is possible to rush into the city anytime and anywhere, so what an obvious sign, how can it become that the Zheng army is going to attack the west gate." ”

"Basically, we were going to hit the east gate, but now that the city wall on the west side has collapsed, the sea will naturally transfer the army over."

An Ketu rolled his eyes: "Master Fu's words are a little incomprehensible, is it easy to transfer a few cannons or it is easy to refill the canal around the city with human lives against artillery fire, besides, won't the sea go against the west and attack the east?" ”

"You said that the sea went against the sound of the east and hit the west, and the official also said that the sea went against the sound of the east and hit the west." Fu Gan replied with a stiff face. "Lord An is unwilling to transfer the green camp of Dongcheng, and the official does not force it, but the people who defend the city must give half to Xicheng, otherwise"

"Otherwise, it's the official's responsibility to not be able to keep Jiaxing, isn't it?" Anketu looked back coldly. "It's ridiculous!"

"Two adults, the enemy is at present, and we must help each other in the same boat." Sun Zhiguo, the prefect of Jiaxing from the fourth grade, smiled bitterly and bowed to the two great gods. "This official is the official of Jiaxing's parents, and it is naturally the responsibility of the official in case of losing the city, but now that all the adults are in the city, once the sea rebels enter the city, there will be no local officials, military attachés, banner people, and people, so please also ask a few adults to unite sincerely and tide over the difficulties together." When Sun Zhiguo said this, the two snorted coldly and fell silent, so Sun Zhiguo hurriedly asked An Ketu for instructions. "Observe, whether to transfer a thousand people to Xicheng in case of contingency."

Although his official is one level older than Sun Zhiguo, and although his heels are countless times stronger than Sun Zhiguo, the other party is a neighbor who doesn't look up and don't look down, so An Ketu took a step back: "It's okay to transfer the people to be strong, but people don't have enough money to make it up, and Lord Yin of the Mansion can give the brothers below a reassurance." ”

Sun Zhiguo didn't expect An Ketu to blackmail himself here, he was about to raise his eyebrows, but immediately thought that now is wartime, if he really can't satisfy those Qiu Ba, I'm afraid he doesn't know what will happen, so he had to endure the unhappiness, and asked calmly: "How much does it cost to observe?" ”

An Ketu gestured: "At least this number?" ”

"Five hundred taels?" Sun Zhiguo just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw the other party shaking his head, he was suddenly taken aback. "Five thousand taels?"

"There are nearly 2,000 brothers below, and 5,000 taels is only a reward for one person and two halves." Anketu didn't want to take the opportunity to enrich himself, so he said it very frankly. "If it's less, I'm afraid it won't be of much use."

Since the government has spent nearly 20,000 taels of silver as a reward after the reinforcements from all walks of life entered the city, Sun Zhiguo, who could run horses in the treasury for a long time, thought about it for a while before gritting his teeth and agreeing: "Xiaguan will find a way to raise money with the big families in the city!" ”

"Slow!" Fu Gan suddenly interjected. "Lord Sun, everything must be treated equally, the brothers in Dongcheng have it, so it is not necessary to let the brothers in Xicheng stare dryly, so I don't want much, just send a reward of 5,000 taels together."

Sun Zhiguo's heart fluttered, you must know that more than half of the 20,000 taels he took out fell into Fu Gan's hands, and now the other party is not satisfied, how is this good, but he looks at Anketu, Anketu doesn't look at him, as a last resort, Sun Zhiguo had to nod again with humiliation: "Okay, the next official will go to raise money, but this transfer of troops to defend the city"

Don't look at An Ketu is a red belt, his life is kinder than Fu Gan's fake Tartar, and he didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle to ask to see the silver first and then release the person: "For the sake of Lord Sun's face, the official will issue a military order after he goes back"

Sent away the two life-urging ghosts, Sun Zhiguo sat there for a long time before patting his thigh: "Fooled again, Fu Gan, this bastard!" ”

Sun Zhiguo suddenly understood, why Fu Gan's expression when he went out was like a fox stealing a chicken, that's right, in addition to 1,200 flag soldiers, the Xicheng garrison also had more than 700 green flag soldiers from the Jiaxing City Defense Battalion, Fu Gan would definitely not give them the reward, unless Sun Zhiguo made up another one himself.

However, it is clear that the words spoken are like water spilled out, how can Sun Zhiguo, who is counting on the other party to defend the city solidly, regret it, he has no choice but to sigh and pull out a token from the lottery holder: "Come here, hold the token of this official to convene a meeting of the gentry of the whole city, tell them that the situation is critical, and the city is about to be broken, let them have the strength to contribute, and have the money to pay, once the sea reverse enters the city, they will not have good fruit to eat."

Before the envoys sent by Sun Zhiguo left the palace, the artillery bombardment of the Zheng army began again, and while the night had not yet fallen, the Zheng army once again bombarded the head of the city with mortars in order to continue to expand the gap in the city wall. In this regard, the flag soldiers naturally did not dare to brave the artillery fire to repair the city defense, but the Jiaxing Association City Garrison part of the Minzhuang tried to block it with earth and stones, and as a result, a lost cannonball crossed the city wall and fell in the Minqiang team, swaying and rampage all the way, beating a dry of green flag soldiers and the common people mourning all over the field, and the disciples made the real Tartars and fake Tartars have a topic of shaking their heads.

Maybe it was because the vision was not clear after dark, or maybe the ammunition of the four-and-a-half-inch cannon was precious, so after it got dark, Zheng Jun's artillery fire stopped. But before the Qing army could relax their vigilance, a clear sound of water could be heard in the canal. Is Zheng Jun preparing to attack the water gate at night with a small boat? The Qing army, who did not dare to slack off, threw torches under the city and illuminated a place, but they saw nothing.

The torch was dropped here, and the sound of fried beans sounded over there, but the Qing army, which had been listening to it for five or six days, was accustomed to ignoring it, as long as the Zheng army's brigade did not appear by the moat, even the sudden sound of artillery would not alarm the Qing army's good dreams.

"My lord, we sneaked to the outpost by the canal and found that the Qing army on the east and west sides was still vigilant, and as for the north and south, no matter how big the movement was, there were no patrols.

Hong Gongzhu wiped the greasy on his beard with a hand towel, and then shook his head: "Tell Sun Youlao and Yin Mintong not to worry, let them rest in the first half of the night, and after the fourth watch, build the pontoon bridge."

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