In the mud, more than a dozen huge artillery pieces were transported to the front line in Sizhou with difficulty.

The thick and incomparable cannon body, the huge cannon chamber that is enough to stretch into the arms, looks very powerful, this is the Hongyi cannon that has been rendered by the literati to be erosive for more than ten miles.

Duoduo finally had the spirit, he knew the power of the Hongyi cannon, and with these cannons, Duoduo had some confidence. These Hongyi cannons came from Xuzhou, and they were the Hongyi cannons that Zhou Huchen had seen in Xuzhou City.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had its own standard artillery battalion, and this artillery battalion was the team led by the great traitor, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, and this team was called Wuzhen Chaoha in Manchu.

The Later Jin army did not have artillery in the early days, and it was inevitable that it would be greatly hindered when attacking the city. Huang Taiji because of the Yongping battle captured Wang Tianxiang will make cannons, ordered him to cast red-clothed cannons, and began to form a banner of the Han army, the banner is cyan, led by the forehead Tong Yangxing this "heavy army". The reason why the Han army is called "heavy soldiers" in the Manchu language is also because the surrendered Han people cast and take charge of artillery, so it can be seen that the Han army played the role of "heavy artillery troops" in the Eight Banners Army at the beginning of its creation, and the importance of artillery to the Later Jin army also made the status of the Han army improved.

With the Dengzhou Rebellion, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming and others crossed the sea to surrender to Houjin, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were reused, and these three traitors also desperately worked hard for their new masters, and it was they who led the Houjin army south to obtain the entire Liaodong, and then conquered the Ming Dynasty's vassal Korea.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army played a key role in facilitating the Manchu conquest of the Central Plains. Especially after the Qing army entered the customs, the Han army was more familiar with the terrain and enemy situation of the Central Plains than the Manchurians. Moreover, in the face of millions of anti-Qing armed forces, the Han army increasingly showed more and more combat effectiveness than the Manchurian Eight Banners, making them the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty's expedition to the south and west. Especially in the siege and the mountainous and watery areas in the south, the Manchurian cavalry was not allowed to use it, and the Han army became the main force of the Qing Dynasty to conquer such areas. Of course, this is also the reason why Zhou Huchen repeatedly slaughtered "his own people".

A huge Hongyi cannon was slowly pushed forward.

"**Yes! Li Benshen and Li Chengdong really deserve to die. I actually left the Hongyi cannon to Jiannu, and I don't know how to destroy it when I escape, dog! Mo Xiancheng held the clairvoyant mirror and began to curse while watching.

"No matter what Hongyi cannon is in the trench, the projectile of the Hongyi cannon is effective for siege, what effect does it have on this thick loess, it's just a waste of ammunition!" Zhou Huchen smiled, and then continued to explain: "As long as the defender resists stubbornly and wants to win in the trench battle, the attacker must pay a great price. In fact, the people behind the trenches are most afraid of flowering bombs. To be exact: the greatest threat to trenches is our mortars, because mortars can be raised at elevation angles, as long as the elevation angle is sufficient, they will form a curved attack. ”

Zhou Huchen didn't continue, he looked at Meng Yun.

Of course, Meng Yun understood what Zhou Huchen meant, and he quickly continued the topic: "Curved shooting is equivalent to a kind of hanging shooting, when the shell falls behind the bunker, the projectile begins to explode, and countless projectiles explode, it is conceivable that the enemy behind the bunker is equal to no bunker. That's the power of warp shots. Due to the high frequency of firing, as long as the number is sufficient, the mortar can form a blocking fire and a covering fire on the enemy, so. The versatile mortar is the king of medium and close-range artillery. ”

It's a very simple explanation, and there are fresh terms, in fact, Mo Xiancheng and Wang Deyong both know the shelling effect of mortars, but they don't usually care much about it. This is the result of the habit of victory.

"Jiannu is coming up, do you want to use a mortar to assault it?" Meng Yun looked at Zhou Huchen.

"Forget it, it's too muddy in front of the trench. Trouble, let them come, in this case, what is the role of the Hongyi cannon? Zhou Huchen vetoed Meng Yun's proposal.

In the clairvoyant mirror, more than a dozen Hongyi cannons that were advancing in a row stopped.

"What's the distance?" Zhou Huchen turned his head to look at the rangefinder.

"Report to the commander, the enemy's artillery is less than three miles away."

Zhou Huchen nodded, it was not that he was unwilling to let Meng Yun surprise Jiannu's artillery team, but that Zhou Huchen wanted to see what kind of range and power the legendary Hongyi cannon had. The Hongyi cannon is the most powerful firearm that is boasted in this era, of course, Zhou Huchen's giant beast cannot be counted, Zhou Huchen wants to see the attack effect of the Hongyi cannon today.

Jiannu's artillery soldiers began to unload the car, the Hongyi cannons were too huge, and each cannon was surrounded by people, obviously the weight of these Hongyi cannons was very considerable.

The preparation procedure for Li Zicheng's artillery bombardment in front of Ningwu Pass was the same, the artillery was unloaded, and then the gun emplacements were placed. Placing the gun position is actually digging a pit, the recoil of a large gun is too strong, and placing it in a pit can reduce the recoil of the gun very well.

The drizzle showed no signs of stopping, and the busyness of the Jiannu artillery team finally had an effect, and in the clairvoyant mirror, one cannon after another was fixed, and the gunners of Jiannu began to load gunpowder.

"Hide it! It's dangerous to get hit by this thing! After speaking, Zhou Huchen first lay on the trench.

The efficiency of the Jiannu gunners didn't seem to be very good, Zhou Huchen waited for a long time, and finally, a cannon was ignited, and Zhou Huchen and the officers shrank their heads in a dull cannon sound.

The first shot was obviously a test shot, and the accuracy was a little poor, and Zhou Huchen looked up and watched a black shadow pass over his head. There was no threat, except for the people who were hidden behind the trenches, and there was nothing after that, and Zhou Huchen's cavalry was on the other side of the river.

The battlefield fell into a brief silence, and Zhou Huchen poked his head out.

Jiannu's gunners were adjusting the artillery, and the process was impatient, and the time was too long, which made Zhou Huchen, who was accustomed to continuous shelling, a little disdainful of the other party.

"Slow death! It's going to delay our meal! ”

Zhou Huchen's ridicule had no effect, because the officers were a little nervous, and perhaps the prestige of the Hongyi cannon was too great.

Finally ready, Jiannu's gunners lit the cannon, and Zhou Huchen and his generals retracted their heads again. Although the sound of the cannon was not uniform, this time it was loud.

In the dull sound of cannons, Zhou Huchen felt that his invisible trench trembled, and it was estimated that he was hit by a projectile, but that's all, this loess barrier was thick enough, and it was very haode to block the attack of the enemy's projectile.

After a long wait, the sound of the cannon came to mind again.

The shelling was intermittent, and as time went on, the sound of the artillery became more and more sparse. What makes people feel sad and indignant is that Zhou Huchen did not have any casualties, and the Hongyi cannon was almost helpless against the trenches, the enemy

People seem to see this, too, and the artillery fire stops

Jiannu has not sent foot soldiers or cavalry to attack, and in this way, the artillery bombardment has been carried out for three consecutive days. Zhou Huchen felt very bored, and the enemy probably also felt that this kind of shelling was a bit boring, and the sound of artillery was lazy all the time.

Zhou Huchen became impatient, and he turned around and ran to the city of Sizhou during the rest of the enemy's artillery.

The residents of Sizhou City have been evacuated by Zhou Huchen's order, and except for a small number of Zhou Huchen's soldiers on duty, the city seems empty, and the city that was always full of people in the past seems to be very depressed.

Sizhou is the most important barrier in this area, and there are also many artillery pieces of different sizes at the head of the city, since they want to leave, they cannot be left to the enemy, which is Zhou Huchen's consistent style. Without hesitation, Zhou Huchen ordered:

"The artillery was all destroyed, and then everyone evacuated."

Ten days are coming, and Zhou Huchen is about to withdraw his troops.

As Zhou Huchen left, the soldiers began to move. In fact, it is not complicated to destroy the artillery, light the torch, throw the torch into the chamber, and pour some water, it's as simple as that. This alternation of hot and cold will crack the inner chamber of the artillery, and no one dares to use the cannon with the cracked chamber, and if you want to commit suicide, of course, you can use it casually.

The navy first left along the waterway with a large number of supplies and soldiers, and as it was getting late, there was a loud bang from the Huaihe Bridge, the only remaining bridge near Sizhou

Zhou Huchen's next target is Xuyi, which belongs to Fengyang, located in the lower reaches of the Huai River, on the south bank of Hongze Lake, adjacent to Jinhu County and Chuzhou Tianchang in the east, Nanjing Liuhe in the south and west respectively, Lai'an County and Mingguang County in Chuzhou, and Sihong County and Hongze in the north and northeast. Xuyi "controls the two Huai, according to the risk of three mouths (Qinghe estuary, Ruhe estuary, Yinghe estuary), is the left of the Huainan River", is the five cities in northern Jiangsu to the provincial capital Nanjing must pass through, but also the northern Jiangsu region docking southern Jiangsu traffic fortress, to undertake the Yangtze River Delta region economic radiation of the frontier position, has the "northern Jiangsu gateway" said.

The speed was very fast, and the next day, Zhou Huchen's army appeared Xuyi. (To be continued......)

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