Linqing city has been extremely nervous, when the messenger of the letter and shouting approached, the city head directly had a bow and arrow shot down, and then you could hear the scolding of the city head, let the dazed archer get away, at this time, Li Yuliang and the archer around him didn't even bother to shout, directly in front of the city gate bow and arrow, shot the letter to the left of the city gate tower, shouted: "Send it to the people who can be in charge of the city, do your best to reply!" ”

Zhao Jiajun did not give Linqing City any misunderstanding that could be alleviated, after the arrow was fired into the city, the artillery regiment began to set up artillery outside the city, watching a cannon in a position a few hundred steps away from the city, watching the Xuzhou people and horses around the artillery nervously busy, Linqing City was in a panic, and people could be seen running around the city wall, but soon, the wall facing the muzzle began to be deserted, and no one wanted to stay on it to die.

However, an hour later, the sun was already in the west, and there was no reaction in Linqing City, and the city gate was still closed.

Zhao Jin and the brigade regiment were already out of the military tent, looking at the artillery position from a distance, Lu Da took the Fengpei regiment to the front, and had already lined up the formation to prepare for the attack.

"General, do you want to ask Linqing's reply again."

"No, they don't think we will spend our strength attacking the city, and they also think that this artillery is nothing more than breaking a few wall bricks, so they just stay up without a fight or harmony, and wait until we can't afford to delay leaving, let's fire!" Zhao Jin replied.

The order was conveyed, only to see the flag raised and swinging on the side of the artillery array, boom, thunder and loud noise, you can see the tall city gate of Linqing City trembling, was blasted open a hole, smoke and dust burst, the city gate is such a big target is not too entangled aiming, but only one cannon was fired at this city gate, and the artillery team immediately sent a message to Zhao Jin, Linqing City has blocked the city gate hole with earth and stone sandbags, even if the city gate is opened, it still can't enter.

The second round of shelling was immediately fired, and the target of this shot was the city wall, and the cannon roared, and the bricks of the city wall were shattered, and under the huge impulse of the sixteen-pounder cannon, a large pit was opened in the city wall, but the city wall still stood.

"The proper city walls are all bricks and stones wrapped in rammed earth, and this kind of frontal bombardment is actually not effective, even if our artillery caliber is enough, I don't know how long it will take to chisel it." Zhao Jin said in a muffled voice, and everyone nodded.

Linqing City is still very quiet, they don't dare to show their heads under such shelling, but people outside can also feel that Linqing City is actually not very panicked, such an artillery bombardment is amazing, but it is difficult to break the city's defenses, and in the end, it is necessary to attack the city, it is estimated that the gambling in this city is that the Zhao family army does not want to spend this senseless sacrifice.

The artillery of the first two rounds of shelling was turned and calibrated, and the third round of artillery that was preset to be placed was fired again, but the target of this time was the corner of the city, which was surrounded by four walls, and it was a corner of the four corners.

The cannon roared, the corner of the city wall was blown away, the artillery was fired one after another, the thunder bursted, only to see that the corner of the city wall was more and more defective, watching as if there was an invisible giant wielding a sledgehammer to smash the corner of the city wall, watching the city bricks and rammed earth continue to be beaten and collapsed, the corner of the city wall finally could not be supported, and collapsed directly.

"At that time, when we were in Jining, we could use a twelve-pounder cannon to keep bombarding, and we could collapse a corner of the city wall, break through an inclined plane and rush in. Zhao Jin explained.

The roar of the artillery did not stop, because the collapsed corner of the city was not yet an inclined plane, and there was no way for the soldiers to step on it smoothly, but anyone could see that it was only a matter of time before the Fengpei regiment led by Lu Da had already moved there.

"Wait until we start the attack, give the city another chance, if it's still too late to surrender, we won't waste our strength here." Zhao Jin briefly explained, and Li Yuliang left with a thousand thanks.

Zhao Jin and the generals around him did not care about the attack and defense of Linqing City, they listened carefully to the return of the artillery array, and observed the damage of the city wall with a clairvoyant mirror, everyone looked very solemn, for Linqing City, it is most important to be able to verify the power and tactics of artillery with the real city, and most of the Zhao family troops are fighting in the field, and the number of sieges is very small.

"I remember that those foreigners said that their army is not short of such artillery, if we defend them to attack, we will definitely not be able to defend with such a city, but we can build a fort at the head of the city, and then it will be nothing more than a fight!" Chen Sheng said solemnly.

Everyone nodded, Zhao Jin waved his hand, Sun Dalin and a few soldiers carried over a wooden box, but inside the wooden box was a model, very finely made, looking like a fortress, but it was not a square trapezoidal city like Daming, but a polygonal, the one in front of him was a hexagonal, and the city wall was not straight down, and there was a certain slope interval.

The model is on a board, and the wooden board is also made of cement and fine sand, you can see that there is a moat, there is a moat, and the foundation of the fortress is like a terrace, and each floor has a different setting, and everyone is looking at it attentively.

At this time, the members of the Teaching Brigade Ding Company have a benefit, they can watch and listen to the lectures, and at the same time act as a human wall to separate the commander's side from the surroundings.

"This is made by Louis and John Tang, and they draw and give them a picture, and our shipwright's craftsmanship is really not bad." Zhao Jin explained, and everyone was looking closer.

Chen Sheng looked at it a few times, and said in a sullen voice: "This is the so-called Xifa pier, looking at the horse face on our city wall into an acute angle, the really good thing is the trenches and fortifications below, if you want to fight such a fortress, as long as there are firearms and bows and arrows inside, it will be difficult to fight outside, and people who will die on the other floor will die after passing through the layer, well, this can't see any dead ends, and the artillery is the same from that side." ”

He said while pondering, Zhao Jin smiled and nodded to the outer corner of the fortress model, and explained: "There are enough artillery pieces that can still be knocked open, but if there is no absolute advantage, there is no way to destroy the whole fortress by hitting any corner, the inside can be quickly repaired and resisted, and several corners can support each other, one step closer than the horse face on our city wall, what Dasheng said just now is not bad The wonderful part of this fortress is below, in fact, the fortifications and trenches outside are similar to the sheep and horse walls, so that the defenders in the city can go out to support the battle at any time, This kind of defense is to take the initiative to defend the city, not to retreat behind the city wall like that. ”

Everyone has different expressions, some people suddenly realize, some people are still confused, but in the end, they can understand, there is a real thing in front of them, just now I saw the artillery bombardment of the city, Zhao Jin and Chen Sheng's Q&A is to the point, everyone can quickly understand and understand.

Pizhou Tuanzheng Li He stood a little back, he was the oldest one in the brigade and the regiment, and the regiment of the patrol regiment and the newly built sergeant regiment was about the same as him, so on this occasion, Li He has always been quiet and low-key, but when he heard this, his face couldn't help but show admiration.

Before joining Xuzhou, Li He always felt that marching and fighting was nothing more than relying on practice on weekdays, relying on bravery in battle, and Li Dajin said that the art of war was useless when he chatted, but after joining the Zhao family's army, he was not used to Zhao Jiajun's practice of paying attention to rules and principles in everything, but with more experience, he became more and more accustomed to this style.

Know how, know why it will be, in training and battle, you can adjust and implement more accurately, Zhao Jiajun also pays attention to decision-making, improvisation, although because of the strong strength is not used much, but when you usually train in accordance with the rules and discipline, know all kinds of reasons and truths, when you encounter various situations, you will find that there are not so many random, you have something to understand about the various situations that occur, or know the truth, then you can naturally find out the methods learned in the usual training and study.

Before entering the Zhao family's army, Li He felt that he went to war and encountered an enemy with similar strength to himself, and it would be good to be able to win three times in ten battles, because when he encountered an enemy general who was flexible in his use of troops and knew how to plan, he had nothing to do, nothing more than relying on a fierce rush and fierce fight, but after joining the Zhao family's army, Li He felt that when he encountered an enemy with similar strength to himself, if there were no extreme conditions, it was difficult to say that he would win ten battles and ten victories, but there would be no big defeat, at least it was a draw, because under the requirements of Zhao Jiajun's regulations, Know how to deal with various situations and not make any inexplicable mistakes.

"In fact, the terrain around this fortress has also been disposed of, and it is difficult to hit the soldiers in the trench when the artillery fires normally, and the shells should fall in this position," Zhao Jin began to talk about the details.

Li He was slightly distracted at this moment, he suddenly thought that if Zhao Jiajun's regulation was promoted, there would be fewer and fewer famous generals, and in the future, the generals' fame would not be in the decision, but in the general and general trend, the generals of the Zhao Jiajun were like the tools processed in the iron factory, all of which were forged and crushed by hydraulic machinery, and each shape was similar.

Thinking of this, Li He looked back at the concentrated scholars, and suddenly thought that when their generation grew up, there must be many differences between the generals at that time and the current generals, and the battles they fought with the sergeants and soldiers would definitely be very boring, but it would be difficult to lose, and when their children grew up, the situation would definitely be different.

Li He thought of the flower-like wife he married, thinking about his two-year-old child, a smile already appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but wonder if he would have an illegitimate child left behind in Yangzhou and Taizhou in the past, and if so, it would be important to send it to the martial arts academy as soon as possible.

"General, Linqing has surrendered."

When he was explaining, the front brought the expected response, Zhao Jin didn't pay much attention, just replied: "Let them do their best to clean up the city gate, and then the Fengpei regiment will be on duty on the city wall and various key points, and the Suzhou regiment will enter the city to maintain law and order, don't do anything in the relevant places of the government, just circle it up, ensure their drinking water, and tomorrow the Pizhou regiment will sweep around Linqing to ensure that there are no hidden dangers."

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