(I wish my friends a happy new year and a prosperous Year of the Goat~~)

Although it was only two cannons, the brilliant results were enough to make the soldiers excited, and the cannon was not only accurate, powerful, and fast!

The Hongyi cannon can only shoot one shot in two to three minutes, and it may not hit the target, and the cannon can hit two shots, and the interval is only half a minute, in fact, this is still the reason why Wang Feng is not proficient in operation, if it is replaced by a skilled British sailor to open the cannon, the maximum rate of fire can reach twenty seconds a shot!

Lu Dayou couldn't help but say: "Master Shuai, I'll do this shot!" ”

"Good!" Wang Feng nodded: "I have explained the process very clearly, and you have also watched it twice in a row, I hope you can smash the city gate with this shot!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Dayou didn't dare to be slow, and after beckoning the two auxiliary soldiers to pull the bolt, he first cleaned the barrel with a cleaning stick, then put in the shell, the stopper and the charge in turn, and then closed the bolt.

This cannon is very important to Lu Dayou, although he doesn't know the distance measurement method, but according to Wang Feng's change in the elevation angle of the first two guns, he shook the muzzle of the cannon a little, and squinted one eye to make sure it carefully, before he slammed the fire door!

"Bang!" A ball of fire erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and about five seconds later, a larger flame erupted from the Taicang City Gate, and the thick city gate board was blown apart and burst apart, and the black and secluded door hole suddenly appeared in front of you!

"Master Shuai, I hit! I hit! Lu Dayou waved his arms excitedly and hugged Zhou Xiaoying with his backhand!

"You're going to die!" Zhou Xiaoying's face was flushed.

"Good fight!" Wang Feng also waved his arm violently: "Brothers, go on!" There are many rewards for catching Gu Lancheng! ”

"Kill!" The roar of the mountains sounded, and the whole army quickly pressed up!

Wang Feng's attack on Taicang was 8,200 men, divided into 1,000 and 5,000, and 6,700 men, of which there were 300 cavalrymen, specially used for charging assaults, followed by more than 1,000 Minnie gunners, and finally ordinary flintlock pipers.

"Let's go up too!" Hong Xuanjiao pulled Wang Feng and was about to turn over and get on the horse!

Wang Feng shook his head and said, "What are we going up for?" It's not too late for the brothers to take control of the situation before entering the city! ”

"Huh?" Hong Xuanjiao looked at it strangely, and it took a long time before he said: "I understand, you are afraid of death, afraid of being hit by a cold stray bullet, you as the commander of the first army, shrink behind, and let the soldiers come forward to die, how can this work?" Only by taking the lead can we boost morale, do you see who is not the first to lead the way in the past dynasties? ”

"Sister Xuanjiao, your sense of war is still in ancient times!" Wang Feng's face was not red, and his heart did not beat and said: "Modern warfare is no longer won by courage alone because guns and artillery dominate, and with the improvement of communication conditions in future wars, the role of command will become greater and greater, it can be said that an excellent commander is the heart of an army!"

In ancient warfare, the battle was fought with blood and bravery, and the generals' restraint on the battle process was extremely limited, because it was difficult for ordinary soldiers to obtain the most intuitive information, and often a little chaos would be quickly amplified, resulting in the consequences of defeat!

In modern warfare, each person is a pawn, and the capture of a local chess piece will not lead to the overall rout, and the key to this is a flexible and effective command system, and the command of the command center in wartime is greater than a qiē, and even the lives of soldiers, so as commanders, we must not overstep our responsibilities, otherwise we will not be able to build a modern military system by relying only on blood and impulse, in the future battles with the Western powers, there will be big losses!

Now we have more than 10,000 people in the whole army, although there are strict military orders, but it is far from enough, what I need is that the soldiers must understand what they are fighting for, and they must treat themselves as a war machine on the battlefield, completely putting life and death out of the way, so I plan to reorganize the whole army after taking Taicang, and once we take southern Jiangsu, we must stop and digest the fruits of victory, and then I will have enough time to hold a non-commissioned officer school in the army, with the purpose of training qualified officers at all levels! ”

Hong Xuanjiao said helplessly: "You always have a set, it's up to you to toss and see what you can do." As he was talking, he suddenly whispered again: "Why doesn't the city fire cannons?" It can't be that the Qing army was scared away by these three artillery, right? ”

Although Hong Xuanjiao's guess is not complete, it is not much worse, Gu Lancheng was killed on the spot, Zhu Yaoguang retreated again, the Qing army has long lost morale, plus the city gate was blasted down, how can there be a heart to fight? They all retreated from the city and fled to the other gates.

Wang Feng observed for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let's go, we can enter the city." Then he beckoned the soldiers and slowly marched towards Taicang with cannons

Entering the city, Wang Feng and Hong Xuanjiao's first order was to imitate Yang Xiuqing, everyone was not allowed to go out at home, this was no way, Taicang had a population of 300,000, and he only had a few thousand troops, and the difficulty of complete control was obviously not comparable to small cities like Jiading and Baoshan, and temporary military control measures must be taken to ensure stability.

The second is to tell the whole city that it will never adopt the system of separate camps and sacred treasury for men and women, and then it will be to recruit and surrender the pawns and go all out to pursue and suppress the officials of the Qing court.

All of a sudden, the soldiers walked through the streets and alleys, groups of soldiers were recruited, strings of officials were escorted to the prison, and Wang Feng and Hong Xuanjiao were commanded by the state government.

It wasn't until the first half of the night that Ding Daquan hurried over and reported: "The commander of the Imperial Army, Gu Lancheng, the governor of Taicang, has died at the head of the city, and he should have been killed by the commander of the division. ”

"Oh~~" Hong Xuanjiao suddenly realized: "He deserves to be unlucky, I said how the Qing army has no morale at all, it turns out that Gu Lancheng has died a long time ago, no wonder!" What about the rest? ”

Ding Daquan said: "So far, a total of 812 Qing court officials have been captured, and there may be some who have slipped through the net, but due to the unknown situation in the middle of the night, it is inconvenient for the soldiers to enter the house to search and arrest, but the city gate has been charged, and they can't escape, and nearly 300 Qing troops who tried to escape have been killed, and more than 3,000 soldiers have been recruited, more than half of whom are township warriors, and Zhu Yaoguang, the head of the township brave training, I brought it." As he spoke, he beckoned backwards.

The two soldiers escorted Zhu Yaoguang into the hall, Zhu Yaoguang's face was gray and trembling, this was not only from the fear in his heart, but also the sequelae of being injured by the cannonball, in fact, he wanted to run away when he got off the city, went back to the countryside to pack up and fled to Suzhou with his wife and concubines and children, but as soon as he left the city gate, he was caught red-handed by the soldiers who were lying in ambush, including a considerable part of the soldiers and villagers were similar to Zhu Yaoguang's situation, and they were blocked when they got out of the city gate.

Wang Feng glanced slightly, and then asked, "Zhu Yaoguang, your surname is Zhu, what is the relationship with Zhujiaqiao Town?" ”