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Three miles outside the city, the Mawei army was encamped generously, and the Wu army could see a corner of the Mawei army camp at the head of the city. The Wu army in the city was already a frightened bird, and the Mawei army did not immediately attack the city, so they were already burning incense and worshiping the Buddha. No Wu army went out of the city to make trouble, the camp speed was very fast, before dark, all the camp tents have been erected, outside the camp also urgently erected two trenches, at the same time the accompanying artillery has also been erected, for the sake of safety, the Mawei army also planted mines around it, to prevent Wu army dogs from jumping over the wall and coming to attack the camp.

Landmines have been around for a long time, but they have not been very powerful and have not been used much, but Geng Jingzhong attaches great importance to this thing, and it can exert greater power than artillery shells under certain circumstances. These things are easy to produce, and Geng Jingzhong has demanded that their use be restricted from the beginning. For the Mawei Army, although this weapon is a sharp weapon for defense, it is too simple and easy to imitate, if the Wu Army is allowed to poach a few, the Mawei Army will have a headache in the future. Therefore, every time a mine is planted, it must be marked, and after the war, it must be dug up one by one. Sometimes, even though they are marked, they are inevitably injured, so most of them are better if they can be left unnecessary.

The Wu army originally had few troops in Guangxi, and the Mawei Army attacked quickly, and the Wu army was scattered in various places and could not quickly assemble together, so it could not form a large-scale group operation. It was precisely this that the Mawei Army wanted to annihilate the Wu army. The strength of the Wu army on the Nanning side is no longer much, although it is still more than twice the number of the former troops of the Mawei Army as a whole, but it is no longer a threat. As for Guilin, they and Wu Shicong are basically out of touch. It's too far apart. There is no way to give instructions.

The night passed peacefully. Perhaps knowing that the Mawei Army would be closely protected, Wu Shicong broke off the idea of sneaking up on the ground, but in fact, he didn't dare to go out of the city again. However, he was also determined to hold on to the city, and had already sent additional troops on the city walls to strengthen the patrol and prevent the Mawei army from secretly attacking the city.

As soon as the morning dawned, the entire barracks of the Mawei Army was lively, feeding the horses and cooking the horses. Wisps of cooking smoke rose everywhere, as if the barracks were not armies, but a group of sleepy travelers, without a trace of murder. The Mawei army still had no intention of attacking, but the Wu army in the city did not dare to slack off, and stared at the Mawei army's military camp. The slightest movement of the earth can cause a flustery in Wu Jun.

In the course of the night, the baggage team behind them also caught up, and the thirty general cannons and sixty general cannons were dragged by more than two hundred pack horses, although they were slow but still kept up with the pace. After eating the rebellion, the Mawei army finally prepared the artillery. Except for the three-pounder cannon, which is pushed to the side, it is reserved for assault on the city gates. The other ninety guns squatted quietly together, neatly arranged in a row, and formed a line of more than 200 meters. After all the Mawei soldiers had breakfast, Liu Yinglan's order finally came: "The artillery is ready to fire!" ”

Zhang Youde immediately sent someone to convey the latest order, and all the gunners in the artillery battalion were excitedly making final preparations. Today's weather is nice, cloudless and sunny. Under the sunlight, the ninety cannons all shone brightly, showing a hint of murderous aura.

The Wu army on the city wall had already noticed the strangeness in the Mawei barracks, and when they saw this neat and tidy cannon, many local soldiers in Guangxi were still comparing the difference between their own cannons at the head of the city and those below, and some people actually came to the conclusion that the following ones were not considered cannons! It may also be because they are far apart, in addition, the artillery at the head of their city is also of different sizes, the big one is big enough, there are three red-clothed cannons that are three meters long and one person holding the thickness of the thickness, and some other small cannons such as the Tiger Zun cannon are more, but they are not quite the same as the ones on the artillery carriage below, so many people have asked. After all, many places in Guangxi are also steep terrain and inconvenient transportation, even Kong Youde's old department has no artillery in his hands, and after the Qing court set the world, the management of artillery is very strict. It is normal for these soldiers, who have been recruited in Guangxi for a few years, not to know artillery.

Of course, those veterans and generals who have followed Kong Youde have all seen the appearance of cannons, and Wu Jun's descendants have also been in contact with a lot of cannons in the past two years, and it is exactly like this, but everyone who knows them is frightened, and the ninety cannons are placed together, which is too shocking, and the soldiers hurriedly ran to report to the commander.

Wu Shicong inspected the city defense early in the morning, but he was not at the east gate at the moment, he wanted to ensure the safety of the north and south. Just now he also inspected the east gate, there is no flaw, and the Mawei army is cooking on a fire, as if there is no intention of attacking for the time being, so he returned to the tent, and soon after he sat down, he saw his own soldiers hurriedly coming in, and couldn't help asking: "What, isn't it that the Mawei army is going to attack." The pro-soldier said breathlessly, "Commander, it's not bad, a lot, a lot of cannons, a lot of cannons." ”

Wu Shicong was taken aback: "You mean that the Mawei Army has a lot of artillery, how many are there?" "Xu Shangyuan blocked the Mawei army, and said that he encountered a lot of artillery, but after describing it as a small cannon, he said that there were a lot of cannons when the city was lost and routed, and he captured a fortified city in half a day, so it was not surprising that the Mawei army had artillery. Although Wu Shicong knew that the Mawei Army used artillery, he didn't know that there were so many. When the Mawei army came yesterday, the Wu army, standing at the head of the city, did not see the artillery coming, so they did not care.

He didn't know that yesterday the artillery team and baggage team of the Mawei Army were a little behind, and it was impossible for the Wu army to see so many cannons, otherwise, yesterday Wu Shicong was afraid that he would completely fight while the Mawei Army had not yet set up camp, or simply flee.

The soldier replied: "Marshal, there are, there are hundreds of doors." ”

Liu Yanming was anxious when he heard it on the side, and grabbed the collar of his soldier's coat: "How many doors are there?" ”

The soldiers panicked: "It's dozens, maybe hundreds, maybe hundreds." ”

The more Liu Yanming listened, the more frightened he became, even if there were only dozens of them, this Nanning Mansion would definitely not be able to hold it: "Marshal, the enemy army used artillery to defeat the Wuzhou City that the last general held on, and now the whole army must be on guard immediately and take defensive measures!" ”

Wu Shicong nodded: "Hurry up and go out and have a look!" After speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the Shuaifu and walked towards the city, Liu Yanming put down the personal soldier and followed out. The queen in the back hurriedly followed. Before the crowd could reach the wall. All I heard was "boom, boom, boom." "Three loud bangs in a row. The whole ground seemed to be shaking, and the Mawei Army had begun to bombard.

After three sounds, there was a pause for a while, and then there was the sound of the sky falling apart, as if it had reached the end of the world, and the sound of the cannons never stopped, it was endless.

Ninety artillery pieces of the Mawei Army fired together and hit the city wall of Nanning City. The entire city wall shook, as if it was about to collapse, and Wu Jun, who was too late to come up on the city wall, fell to the ground, some had been blown up several times, thighs, arms were everywhere, and some were drenched in blood, although they did not break their arms and legs, but they were not saved, and some of them were intact. But the mouth, eyes, nose, and ears were all bleeding, apparently from being shocked to death.

Wu Shicong was also shocked by this round of shelling and swayed from side to side a few times. Stabilized, he looked forward, but he was stunned, the whole front was like hell, there were explosions everywhere, the Wu army inside had been blown up, many people were spinning around, they couldn't tell the direction at all, and some people even rushed to the city.

Wu Shicong knew that he didn't have to go up, this round of artillery bombardment of the Mawei Army fully showed their strength, as for how many cannons the Mawei Army had, whether it was dozens or hundreds, it didn't matter anymore, no matter what the number, this Nanning City was just three words "can't hold"!

The Mawei army did not go to attack other city gates, there was no need, as long as this east gate was taken and the Mawei army entered the city, the Wu army was finished. Every thirty seconds, the Mawei Army's big general cannon is a salvo, and the smaller general cannon is not used, and one can be fired in fifteen seconds, this is the benefit of the sub-gun loading, although the power has dropped a lot, but the speed is indeed fast!

Wu Shicong just hid aside and watched for a few minutes, and he also realized that there was no need for the Wu army in the city to stay behind, so he gave an order to his own soldiers with a blushing face: "Pass my general order to withdraw all the officers and soldiers in the city." ”

The soldiers were stunned for a moment and said, "Marshal, don't we have to defend it?" ”

Wu Shicong scolded: "Guard a fart, can people go up and guard with such artillery fire?" Then I'll send you there? ”

The soldiers looked at Wu Shicong dumbfounded, he was unwilling to go to the front to die. Seeing that the soldiers didn't move, Wu Shicong couldn't hold back any longer, kicked him, and said, "Don't go yet." ”

The soldiers came over and hurriedly ran to give orders, but in the face of the non-stop artillery fire of the Mawei army, it was not easy to give orders, and they couldn't hear it at all when they were far away, so they had to be heard until they were close, and when all the Wu troops withdrew, more than 1,000 people had been killed and wounded.

The city wall of Nanning City still stubbornly withstood the first round of artillery bombardment of the Mawei Army, although it shook a few times, but insisted on not collapsing, and the artillery fire of the Mawei Army behind it has begun to shoot in turns, although it is endless, without stopping, but the power is not as great as the salvo after all, and the city wall still survived.

The gunners of the Mawei Army all knew that the salvo was powerful, but the sound of the salvo was too loud, and even the artillerymen standing next to it could not stand it. However, after summing up the experience, the artillery team was divided into squads and fired in turn, so as to form a shot that seemed to scatter but actually achieved the effect of a salvo. At this moment, Zhang Youde ordered the artillery to be fired, that is, to disperse according to the squad, the purpose was to prevent the artillery from being too loud and injuring the artillery.

After the Mawei army shot the city wall in turn, they began to shoot extendedly, and many Wu troops who had already gone down the city wall thought that they had reached a safe place, and they were bombarded by the Mawei army, and the Wu army hurriedly retreated. This time I dared to stop.

The Mawei military artillery did not stop, as if their shells were endless, ploughed several times in many places, all the officers and soldiers were terrified, how could they have seen such a powerful artillery fire, that is, many veterans who had followed Kong Youde to fight in the south and the north, they had only seen twenty or thirty cannons salvo before and thought they were sorry, at that time many of them were deeply in awe of the power of artillery, these hundreds of artillery shots, and shot at the salvo of twenty or thirty red-coated cannons under Kong Youde's command at a long distance.

The Mawei artillery battalion did not stop, the whole shelling was a morning, the barrel of the cannon was red and cooled down and continued to fire, and when it finally stopped, although the wall of Nanning City did not collapse in a large area, there were many places where the gaps were exposed, and the war horses could enter the city with a jump from below, and the soldiers only needed a little bit of strength to enter. All the Wu army thought that the Mawei army would enter the city immediately, many people although their hands and feet were still trembling, but they were ready to tear up and kill the Mawei army, the Mawei army was also a person, although the artillery fire was powerful, but most of the Wu army withdrew in time, less than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, and there were still 10,000 Wu troops in the city, Wu Shicong felt that he could still fight.

But after waiting for a while, the Mawei Army did not move, Wu Shicong sent people to the city wall to check, several soldiers trembling on the wall of the city, looking down, where there is a Mawei army under the city, the military camp of the Mawei army rose smoke again, and the lover's house was having lunch. When Wu Shicong heard the report, he was half-convinced, and personally climbed the city wall, knowing that what the first few people said was true, the soldiers of the Mawei Army did not move, only the neat artillery was still pointing directly at Nanning City, but he stopped shooting, he and the generals around him looked at each other, what does the Mawei Army mean?

Although I can't figure out the intention of the Mawei Army, but it is rare that the artillery fire of the Mawei Army took the initiative to stop, looking at the broken city wall everywhere, Wu Shicong immediately ordered everyone to hurry up and repair, tens of thousands of Wu troops trembling on the city wall under Wu Shicong's order, they put down the weapons in their hands, the stones were transported, the group was moved, and the whole city became crowded.

At first, the Wu army was worried that as soon as people came up, the Mawei army would open fire, but seeing that the city wall was damaged, there was no way to make up for it, so they could only go up hard, many people were ready, once the Mawei army opened fire, they would immediately slip away, but the Mawei army ignored them and let them repair the city wall, and the Wu army gradually became bolder. Almost an hour later, the smoke of the Mawei army camp had been extinguished, the Mawei army began to move, many Mawei troops had rushed out of the barracks, and the Wu army at the head of the city closely monitored the movements of the Mawei army, and immediately stopped repairing the city wall when they saw this. Heavy picked up his weapon and waited for the attack of the Mawei Army.

The cannons on the side of the Mawei army soon began to sound, and the cannonballs smashed on the newly repaired city wall in pieces, and the smoke rose everywhere on the city wall. Fortunately, the artillery of the Mawei Army did not seem to be here to kill people, but only bombarded the city wall repeatedly, and in less than half an hour, not only the hard work of the tens of thousands of Wu troops was all in vain, but the gap in the city wall was still expanding.

The retreating Wu army could only watch the artillery fire of the Mawei army trample on the city wall, and there was no way to fight back. Wu Shicong didn't dare to order the soldiers to go out of the city to counterattack, just the artillery fire, how many people you charge will be blind. This round of shelling only stopped after an hour, but after such a long period of artillery bombardment, the entire east wall of Nanning City has become a broken wall and collapsed everywhere, and the Mawei army infantry can directly attack it. (To be continued......)