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The newly arrived fifty cannons suddenly spit out clusters of flames, followed by clouds of cyan gunpowder smoke that filled the entire artillery camp position. Everyone's ears were suddenly filled with the roar of the cannon, and after the cannon was fired, everyone also felt that the earth shook violently with the recoil of the cannon, and began to shake slightly, making people feel like an earthquake, and it seemed that thousands of war horses were riding closer.

Standing on the wall of Nanchang City, Labu looked at the Wu army's artillery camp position in the distance outside the city, his pupils shrank suddenly, and then he and the Qing officers and soldiers in the city heard the sound of cannonballs whistling, and then heard a roar from outside the city. The Qing officers and soldiers suddenly fell short in unison, and everyone unconsciously squatted down, as if trying to dodge these cannonballs flying towards them.

I saw that there were 50 cannonballs of all kinds, drawing smoke marks in the air, and they fell to Nanchang City one after another, some cannonballs accurately smashed directly on the wall of Nanchang City more than three zhang high, and some cannonballs fell in front of the city wall of Nanchang City, and more cannonballs flew over the city wall of Nanchang City, smashed heavily in the city, and suddenly raised a piece of dust in the city. Almost all the soldiers of the Wu army let out an exclamation in unison, because these Wu soldiers had beaten Nanchang City several times here, losing thousands of people, but they didn't even touch the head of Nanchang City. However, when they were in Hunan, they had seen the power of the red-coated cannons. At this moment, I couldn't help but cheer when I saw my own cannon.

Horn and Hilgen were also a little nervous, originally thinking that with 30,000 soldiers and horses on their side, it was not a piece of cake to defend Nanchang. But the situation in front of them made them unconfident again. Hilgen fought since the defeat in Ji'an Province. Each battle is much more cautious than before. Although he folded thousands of Qing troops. However, Kangxi did not issue an order to ask him for his guilt, but asked him to make meritorious service for his crimes, and continued to assist the horn to guard several northern prefectures in Jiangxi, especially Nanchang City, the capital of Jiangxi.

Yuanzhou Mansion, Ruizhou Mansion, and Linjiang Mansion have all become the territory of the Wu army at this moment, and most of the original garrisons of these prefectures have also withdrawn to Nanchang Mansion. Although Yuanzhou Mansion, Ruizhou Mansion and Linjiang Mansion are divided into three prefectures, the total area of the three prefectures is equivalent to that of one Nanchang Prefecture. At this moment, the state capital of Jiangxi Province that is still under the control of the Qing army is left with Nanchang Mansion and Nankang Mansion and Jiujiang Mansion a little further north. In the past few months, the Wu army has stopped attacking this Nanchang Mansion all the time, but the Wu army has attacked Nanchang Mansion many times, and all of them have been repelled by the joint efforts of Trumpet and Hilgen. This time, Wu Jun suddenly surrounded him again. It seems that he has made up his mind to take Nanchang Mansion, otherwise the Wu army below will not be idle and play around Nanchang City!

At this moment, after the many shells of the Wu army were fired, Rabu and Hilgen, as the commanders of the Qing army, recognized them almost immediately, these shells were definitely the shells fired by the Hongyi cannons, and they were by no means the range that the messy tiger squat cannons, bowl mouth guns, and exterminating cannons they had at hand could reach. Even if all their cannons were set up on the top of the city, they wouldn't be able to hit that far. The cannonballs smashed on the city wall stirred up pieces of rubble, leaving holes in the city wall, although they could not penetrate the city wall, but they still made the Qing officers and soldiers standing on the city wall feel a wave of vibration under their feet.

At this time, the Qing officers and soldiers panicked, especially some of the Qing troops who had fought with the Mawei Army before. Their fear of the cannon has gone deep into their bones, and they have been completely frightened. Even Hilgen. In the past six months, he has asked the Qing court for cannons the most, and he has played the role of cannons many times, but he has not been taken seriously before, and he is helpless. After he returned to Nanchang City to assist Rabu, even Rabu didn't believe him. It was not until this moment that the generals of the Qing army, such as Rabu, understood that the legend was not false, the power of the Hongyi cannon was really big enough, and today it was not the Mawei Army but the Wu Army that let them completely taste the power of these Hongyi cannons.

The gunners of the Wu army could not be compared with the gunners of the Mawei army, after all, the training was too far behind. The accuracy of the first shelling of the Wu army was not very high, or it can be said to be quite low, many of them were hit in the air, or they flew directly over the city wall and fell into the city. It was not until the third round that most of the shells hit the walls of Nanchang City. Zhang Guozhu, the commander of the Wu army, observed the landing point of the cannonball with a monocular clairvoyant, and his black face turned red with excitement, making his face black and red, and he applauded again and again.

Zhang Guozhu has also followed Wu Sangui for 20 years, Wu Yingzhi returned defeated, the overall situation in Jiangxi fell on him, and he was also very anxious that there was no progress in the first few months, this time Wu Sangui bought 200 artillery pieces of various types from Geng Jingzhong, of which 50 red-coated cannons were directly intercepted by him and used first.

"Fight well, give the order to go down, don't stop, the cannons are fired quickly, just hit like this! Let Qinggou taste the power of the cannon, fire, fire! "The gunners of the artillery battalion position endured the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke around them, and quickly alternately used various tools to clean the gun chamber and start to reload the gun chamber. Of course, judging from the movements of the Wu gunners, their movements were still very rusty, and it took almost five minutes for the gunners of each gun to complete this round of loading, and then adjusted the muzzles to point to Nanchang City again.

The Wu gunners became more and more proficient, but outside the city of Nanchang was like a boiling pot, and the sound of the cannons began to be connected, one after another, and the cannonballs roared out smoke marks in the air, and smashed heavily into Nanchang City. The inside and outside of Nanchang City also became lively, and the cannonballs rained down on the inside and outside of the city, stirring up patches of gravel and sand. Rabu's face changed greatly, leaning over under the protection of several pro-soldiers, squatting under the women's wall, his heart was full of shock, this time they really underestimated the power of the cannon, and they didn't expect that the Wu army would suddenly appear so many Hongyi cannons, and they couldn't raise their heads when they hit directly.

"Fire! Fire! Hurry up and fire! Rabu was a little panicked at this moment, and quickly ordered the city's own artillery to fire back, and it didn't matter if he could hit him or not. And although he has seen a lot of big scenes. But today it was so unexpected. still made him confused for a while. Squatting under the female wall, he screamed loudly, and ordered the officers and soldiers on the city wall to fire back. Hilgan personally ran to the artillerymen to personally direct the return fire, and he really could not afford another defeat. Otherwise, his fate would have been much worse than that of Rab.

Hearing the order, the Qing officers and soldiers stationed on the city wall did not dare to slack off, and quickly got up and operated the artillery on the city wall and began to bombard the outside of the city. But to the dismay of the Qing officers and soldiers at the head of the city, their counterattack looked ridiculous, because of the cannons on their walls. Basically, there are all kinds of old-fashioned Ming artillery such as the captive cannon, the bowl mouth gun and the tiger squat cannon, and there are only three red-coated cannons, but they are all under the city, and they were originally begged by Hilgen from Yue Le, but they can't be transported to the city wall for a while and a half, so it's quite heavy! At this moment, there were two Fran cannons on the city wall, but the range of these cannons could not reach the position of the Wu army's artillery camp at a distance of six or seven hundred meters.

Although many of the shells fired by the Qing army flew out of the city, they fell far away from the position of the Wu army's artillery camp, smashing craters on the ground. It can't cause any damage to the Wu army at all, at best, it just gives them their own courage. Ming Dynasty Chinese-style artillery. The wall of the cannon is thin, and the casting is simple, the barrel has not been carefully bored, the thickness of the barrel is uneven, and the front end of the barrel is large, and the deflating is strict, so that the gunpowder can not play enough to push the shell, most of it is leaked from the gap between the shell and the chamber, so the effective range is quite short, and the gun body has no aim, all based on the experience of the gunner, coupled with the lack of training of the Qing officers and soldiers, so that the long-distance shooting accuracy is really a bit ridiculous.

Most of the artillery placed by the Qing army on the head of Nanchang City can't even hit a distance of 300 meters, even if it can hit the cannon 300 meters away, the accuracy is really pitiful. On the other hand, on the side of the Wu army's military formation, when they saw these shells fired by the Qing army that fell to the ground, many people laughed on the spot. But the gunners did not have this leisure and elegance at this time, and one by one, at the urging of the gunner, they did their best to operate their cannons as fast as possible, and every few minutes the gunners would shout: "Reloaded, please fire!" ”

The commander of the Wu army's artillery battalion, who is responsible for managing these gunners, will wave a small flag and shout according to the situation, after all the guns have been prepared: "Shoot!" ”

A series of cannon shots rang out over the position, and the ground shook violently once again. Outside Nanchang City, when the Wu army was just approaching the city, Rabu sent out 3,000 people to form an army formation and wait, ready to give the Wu army a head-on attack, the first few battles with the Wu army in the past few months were also like this, but at this time these soldiers were miserable, these 3,000 men and horses were attacked head-on by the Wu army's artillery camp position, their position was within the coverage of the red-coated artillery, some Wu army artillery commanders knew that their subordinates were half a bottle of water, the level was limited, even if the cannon bombarded the Nanchang city wall, It didn't have much effect, so he simply ordered these Qing soldiers lined up outside the city to be targeted.

The cannonballs whistled and fell on the place where the Qing army assembled outside Nanchang City, you must know that it is winter now, although Jiangxi belongs to the south, but the weather is also dry and rainless, the ground outside Nanchang City is dry and solid, and after the round solid cannonballs land, they can be effectively bounced up, continue to fly forward, and produce a ricochet effect. As a result, a few shells fell into the military formation, and in an instant, a bloody alley was opened in the densely assembled Qing army.

Where the shells passed, how could the flesh of the Qing army be able to stop them, when they were torn apart one by one, the stumps and severed arms suddenly flew up in the blood mist, and their appearance was unbearable. These Qing troops gathered outside the city were not stupid, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately dispersed, and suddenly became a group of chaotic rabble, and then turned around and fled into Nanchang City, wanting to use the city wall to avoid these shells flying from the Wu army's artillery camp position.

The cannonballs of the Wu army continued to smash on the city wall of Nanchang City, setting off pieces of rubble and smashing out craters one after another, which made the Qing officers and soldiers in the city tremble. Occasionally, one or two cannonballs would be quite lucky, and they would hit the female wall on the wall, and the female wall was not as thick as the wall, and these twelve-pounder shells would have little effect on the wall, but once they hit the female wall and the battlements, they could be destroyed in an instant. The destroyed female wall instantly turned into a flying stone, like a piece of scattered bullets, flying on the city wall, and many Qing soldiers were immediately beaten to the head and bleeding, wounded their muscles and bones, and fell on the city wall and let out a miserable howl.

Although Rabu has seen a lot of scenes of battlefield fighting, he is even more frightened at this moment. At this moment, he turned his head and saw the three Hongyi cannons on both sides of the city wall that had just been lifted up and were being installed, and he suddenly roared angrily: "Grind and grind, hurry up for me, and immediately load and fire the cannon for the general to aim at Wu Gou!" Blow them all out, their cannons! Fast! ”

In fact, he didn't need to command, and the Qing officers and soldiers were also busy operating the three Hongyi cannons at this time. It took the old army the strength of the old nose and relied on manpower to pull and pull it hard to get the cannon to the city wall. However, these three cannons do not have a suitable artillery carriage on the city wall, and they still have to rely on manpower to reset, and it will take at least seven or eight or even ten minutes to complete the aiming and firing. Therefore, at this time, the Qing officers and soldiers were busy tinkering with these three cannons, and they also had to watch out for the shells flying from the Wu army's position.

After hearing the roar of Rabu, these Qing gunners became even more anxious, desperately reloading the shells, and after a while, only listening to "Tom tom!" Three loud roars sounded, and three clusters of blazing flames also erupted on the walls of Nanchang City, and the momentum was quite majestic, and many officers and soldiers immediately stretched their necks and hurriedly chased the shells with their eyes to look outside the city. Want to see if your cannon has successfully hit the target (to be continued......)

PS: There is one more chapter in the evening