Correa was born in Sibaja and has been seafarers for generations, often boasting that his grandfather once followed Magellan around the world and conquered the world. But as we all know, that was more than a hundred years ago, and if his grandfather did attend, the old man would have given birth to his father at least sixty years old, when in fact the old man only lived to be fifty-five years old!

Of course, Correa didn't care about this loophole, because he had more money to brag about. Just two years ago he began to cross the ocean to the East, first in India, then in Luzon, and finally in Macau.

Coincidentally, at this time, the priest Sherford recruited men to fight for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and Correa, who was penniless, joined without hesitation. Then they sailed north, and Correa became more and more frightened as they went.

The long coast, as if there is no end, and the country with such a sea seems to be stronger than all of Europe combined!

The image of the Celestial Empire gradually became clearer, huge cities, a dazzling array of goods, each of which was a work of art! Rich, atmospheric, neat, and spacious, this is an empire of dreams!

When it came to this battle, this idea was even more certain, boundless armies, countless chariots, war horses, and mountains of supplies!

That's 500,000 people, which is more than the total population of many countries in Europe! With such a powerful army, nothing can not be crushed!

Correa was more confident than the Qing army, so he lit the arquebus, and the cannonball flew towards Handan, which blew up a battlement.

"Hahaha, Mr. Priest. Those rebels don't even have artillery, they have only one way to die! ”

Sherford pursed his lips even more proudly and said with a smile: "Young man." The Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty has promised me that as long as he destroys those armies in the south, he will take refuge in the arms of the Lord! A monarch who has a greater magnitude than all of Europe, and if it is done, we will be as great a hero as the sun and the moon, my lads. Come on, all of you! ”

Sherfo said as he sprinkled the water from the golden cup on the cannon, as if it were a magical holy water. Bring them good luck!

Hundreds of cannons roared, and the walls of Handan fell layer after layer of earth and stones. The Tartars howled excitedly, and they filled in the trenches until the walls were blown down. And they swarmed together.

Being beaten passively is not the style of the Anguo Army. Ever since the Tartars began shelling, the city has been actively thinking of ways to deal with it. The artillery of the Tartars was at least hundreds, while the Angolan army in the city had only twenty cannons in red coats.

There is a huge disparity in quantity, even if there is a quality advantage, but the Anguo Army is undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

A cannonball suddenly fell into the city, and Li Xu happened to lead people to inspect it, and the cannonball fell in front of him. In just a moment, Li Xu's head almost died!

The guards around him pounced without hesitation. pressed Li Xu underneath and waited for three seconds. The expected sound didn't come out. Li Xu stood up suddenly, wiped the sweat on his head, God bless, if it exploded, I am afraid that he would have become a piece by this time!

"Listen to me, no matter what the cost, you must shoot out the Tartar cannons, do you hear!"

Li Xu said in a fierce voice, not only because he almost died, but really felt the threat of these artillery, and if he let it go down, the city wall of Handan would definitely not be able to hold it.

Li Dingguo frowned and said: "Commander-in-chief, I can only look at Tan Xingming's ability now, I believe he will be able to do it!" ”

Their eyes were all on the city, and the artillerymen were nervously preparing.

The artillery of the Tartars is clearly to overwhelm people with power and win with more. Tan Xingming's only advantage is the hot air balloon floating in the air, with this heavenly eye, he can determine the direction of the Tartar's artillery and rush to strike a fatal blow.

"30 degrees northeast, 500 zhang away, wind west-north......"

The number of observations continued to be passed down, and Tan Xingming quickly called these old gunners under his command for a final denunciation.

"Listen, there are many Tartar artillery, we can only have a chance of winning if we destroy as many Tartar artillery as possible in the first three rounds, if we let the Tartars turn their hands and discover us, what will happen to us, needless to say, you also know!"

"Head, the big guys know it!"

Tan Xingming calculated the location, and the artillery quickly moved the cannon onto the city wall and entered the predetermined position. However, this simple journey was not easy, with the rumbling of cannons and the constant arrival of Tartar shells, which could put their lives in danger at any time.

And even worse, in order to stay hidden, they had to hide under the battlements and wait until all the artillery was in place before they could attack.

Time is extraordinarily long in this moment, and every second is torment. From the inside to the outside, these old birds on the battlefield can't help but sweat, although the Anguo Army has encountered battles with disparities in strength in the past, but the equipment advantage is still obvious, but this time it is completely different, the Tartars are also improving, they can't help but be nervous!

"Hurry, all hurry!"

Tan Xingming tried his best to stay calm, but his anxious shouting exposed the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart.

The last cannon, carried by the soldiers, finally reached the city wall.

Rumble!

I don't know where a shell came from hit a battlement, and a huge brick hit the head of an artilleryman, and immediately half of his head was flattened, and two soldiers were injured, and the city wall was in shambles.

Tan Xingming rushed over and said without hesitation: "Give me this cannon!" ”

The artillerymen in the panic finally calmed down, everyone gritted their teeth to avenge the dead brother, and everyone moved nervously to make the final preparations.

Another round of artillery fire from the Tartars ended, and while they were being loaded, a small red flag suddenly sounded from the hot air balloon.

Seeing the signal of the attack, Tan Xingming was the first to push the gun carriage, and the thick metal pipe poked out of the battlement.

"Ignition!"

"Ignition!"

"Ignition!"

A roar sounded, cannons rumbled, and the head of the city was instantly enveloped in gunsmoke, and twenty projectiles flew into the cannons of the Tartars.

……

Correa looked at Handan and suddenly said, "Mr. Priest, why did the army in the city put a huge ball on their heads, is it to pray for God's blessing?" ”

Sherford didn't know what a hot air balloon was, but a stick wouldn't say he couldn't.

"Children, God is on our side, they can only pray to the devil, but the devil is never God's opponent, just like victory will be ours!"

Rumble!

With a thunderous sound, Correa's eyes widened instantly, who is firing the cannon, isn't the barrel overheating, do you have to wait?

His eyes wandered to find the daredevil. But suddenly, a huge projectile shot from the top of the city. In an instant, Correa realized that it was the cannon fired by the Anguo Army.

"Father, you're not saying they don't have ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Correa was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.

A cannonball landed right behind Sherfo, and scattered shrapnel penetrated his body from the back, exploded in his chest, and the jewel-encrusted cross flew out, hitting Correa right in the forehead, smashing out a large bag.

Of course, he didn't care about the pain, and the most respectable priest died, killed by the devil in his mouth.

The artillery in the city did not allow Correa to think much at all, the cannon sounded one after another, and the strictly trained Anguo Army was obviously much stronger than the Tartars, and after using the silk powder bag, the residual slag was very small, and it could shoot continuously.

Shells exploded on the Tartar positions, and one after another carefully made cannons were blasted into the sky. Especially when the charge is being made, there are a lot of shells, gunpowder, fuses, etc. on the ground. Moreover, the Tartars also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and neglected to take precautions.

In such a situation, being hit by a cannon can be imagined. A continuous stream of explosions sounded in the middle of the Tartars. More and more artillery pieces were blown up beyond recognition, and the gunners were also killed.

Some were killed directly, and some lost their arms and legs, lying in pools of blood, howling in pain.

Correa was quite clever, and when the explosion sounded, he fell to the ground. A violent tremor pierced through the earth, causing his internal organs to tremble.

Looking up with difficulty, as far as the eye could see, it was a mess, broken corpses, and blown up cannons. Fifty meters in front of him, there was a man who had lost his legs howling, and this guy was one of Correa's companions who had come to China with him.

"Ahh

When Sherfo was dead, and his companion was crippled, Correa was completely stunned, and he crawled and crawled from the ground, turned and ran.

"I don't want to die, Lord, bless your people!" He screamed and ran to the back.

……

The sudden shelling killed at least twenty artillerymen, wounded thirty or forty others, and the damage to more than thirty guns in different ways, the fire of the Tartars was suddenly reduced by half.

Dolgon stood on the high slope and looked at everything in his eyes, "The Anguo army really has some doorways, and the order is to go down, let the artillery withdraw first, and the others continue to storm Handan, even if it is filled with corpses, they must take it!" ”

At the same time that Dolgon was ruthless, Gu Zhenhua on the other side was the same, but his target was the Daimyo's Mansion!

The person in charge of guarding the Daimyo's Mansion was the Tartar warrior Tu Hai, when he was in Tongzhou, Tu Hai suffered a defeat because of his recklessness, and after he returned, he almost lost his life. simply Tartar lacked generals, and found him out again, Tuhai also gritted his teeth and wanted revenge.

Under his arrangement, the bronze wall of the Daimyo's Mansion was ironclad, and it was on the road where the Anguo Army went north.

At this time, Gu Zhenhua and Dolgon were facing almost the same situation, and they were also facing hard bones. Whoever can take the city first will get the initiative in the war!

A full 200 field guns were aimed at the Daimyo's mansion, and the flag waved, and a group of giant beasts roared together, and hail shells hit the city!

Suddenly, two shells fell on the gate tower at the same time, the masonry crumbled, the dust was everywhere, and several Tartars were crushed underneath.

"General Tu, General Tu!"

Hoarse howls, the Tartars are like mourners, ignoring the cannons, and they all rush to the ruins. (To be continued......)