The location where they were located was not decided at random, but a choice was made, the roads here were unobstructed, and there were houses and trees to cover it, and even if the artillery at the head of the city had to be bombarded, it was difficult to aim at this side, although the gunners of the officers and soldiers had no aiming skills, but there could be no risk on the battlefield.

The gunners were busy, and the cavalry of the Zhao family army all took their mounts to avoid, on the one hand, to be on guard, and on the other hand, to avoid the horses being frightened, and some people stuffed the horse's ears with the cotton that had been prepared for a long time.

Shi Manqiang and Ji Xiang naturally don't have to do this, they are not far from the artillery array, looking at the towering city wall opposite, Shi Manqiang can't see any expression on his face, Ji Xiang is reluctant to look at it, muttering: "It's not easy to come once, how good it is to take it down directly, just let it go, it's really troublesome!" ”

"Big brother asked us to do this, there must be a reason for him, this time when we go back, we will have two provinces in our hands, do this well, this Jingshi is ours!" Shi Manqiang said in a deep voice.

Ji Xiang nodded, but Shi Manqiang, who had always been taciturn, said a few more words: "Don't you think these are too easy?" Such a big world, such a high position, but our brothers are so young, every time I think about it, I feel that this is not true, and I feel as if I am dreaming! ”

"Stone, you don't talk much, you think too much, why is it so easy, it's because our eldest brother is a real dragon, the destiny is in his body, with him leading, we should be so fast." Yoshika was a little impatient when she said this.

After saying this, Ji Xiang lowered his head and was silent, as if he wanted to hold back something, but he still didn't hold back, and said in a muffled voice: "The current situation is that the eldest brother led us with a knife and a gun, and we fought in life and death, and we haven't seen the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, what kind of thieves and soldiers, we haven't fought, this is a real thing, why is it too fast, why is it dreaming, you think so, the eldest brother thinks so, I don't know how much delayed"

Having said this, Ji Xiang hurriedly covered his ears, because he saw that the gunners not far away were lighting the lead, and Shi Manqiang did the same, the position they occupied was closer, and the guns above twelve pounds were fired, which was really deafening, and he had to take some precautions in advance.

I thought it was thunder, but I didn't think that the gunner who lit the fire was actually crooked, and the red-hot iron rod in his hand didn't touch the lead, Ji Xiang's eyes suddenly widened, and he roared directly: "Haven't you eaten enough?" I can't touch this, I can't do this errand and go back to farming! ”

The gunner's face was full of tears, and he said with a bitter face: "Fifth master, the hands of the subordinates are shaking, the hands of the subordinates are shaking!" ”

Halfway through the words, the other two guns were fired, the sound shook around, and nothing could be heard, but the gunner touched the lead for the second time, and then jumped backwards, and the lead burned rapidly, and this gun also fired.

Ji Xiang couldn't scold anymore, but he looked at the side of the city wall of Beijing, such a big target, and such an artillery technique as Xuzhou, it was difficult not to hit, the smoke and dust exploded on the city wall, and the 12-pounder cannon and 16-pounder cannon of the Zhao family army were extremely powerful heavy artillery, bombarding cities such as Chengzhou City, aiming at the corner of the city, it could often be collapsed with one shot, but for a majestic giant city like Beijing, it was like a mosquito biting an elephant.

The bricks of the city were broken, and the rammed earth covered by the masonry was partially broken, but there was no damage to the main body of the city wall at all, only a hole was made.

"No wonder the boys' hands are shaking, this is the capital!" Ji Xiang looked at the city wall of the capital that was not damaged, and muttered there, he could understand the mistake of the gunner just now, most of the Zhao family's army, no, most of the soldiers saw the capital for the first time, but they had heard it many, many times, before they joined the Zhao family's army, they had heard it many, many times, in their hearts, this capital was where the heavenly people lived, and it was a sin to even touch it, who would have thought that it would be bombarded with artillery now.

Ji Xiang can understand this mood, he thought he didn't think so, but the moment the cannonball hit the city wall of the Beijing Division, many thoughts in Ji Xiang's heart flooded, and his emotion didn't last long, he just turned his head and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, fire the cannon according to the drill code, open the cannon!" ”

When the first shot was fired, the awe in the hearts of the gunners of the Zhao family army disappeared, and all that was left was excitement, the excitement of the winners, they sped up, gave themselves a trumpet, and loaded ammunition while shouting, and soon, the second round of artillery was fired again, accompanied by cheers, and the infantry cavalry and horses of the Zhao family army guarding around the artillery array were cheering and shouting, waving the weapons in their hands.

Although the capital was not captured, but this unscrupulous bombardment, this kind of victor's calm slaughter, so that every soldier's heart is full of irrepressible excitement, we don't go in this time, next time you can come again, our Xuzhou Zhaojia army from south to north, invincible, no one in the world can stop us, no matter what border army, or what Beijing camp, in this big tomorrow, Xuzhou soldiers and horses have no opponent.

After the three heavy guns fired seven rounds, because the gunners were too energetic and loaded too fast, the guns that could have fired ten or eleven rounds in a row were already hot, and the gunners wiped the guns with wet cloths to cool down the guns.

Shi Manqiang and Ji Xiang had smiles on their faces, and instead of scolding the overexcited gunners, they looked at the city wall of the capital after being bombarded by dozens of shells.

The façade of the city wall, which was very neat just now, has looked tattered and mottled, but that's all, it has no effect on the main body at all, Shi Manqiang said in a sullen voice: "If we concentrate our artillery and bombard the corner of this city wall, it should be able to collapse, and then we still have to attack hard, and it will take some work!" ”

"It's not difficult to collapse the city wall, the problem is the resistance of the officials and soldiers in the city, the horse-faced piers and urns in this city are very complete, and there is no shortage of manpower and equipment. Ji Xiang said with a sneer.

It didn't take too long for the cannon body to cool down, and when it was time to start loading ammunition preparations, the light cavalry of the Zhao family army scattered here on guard sent back the news, and someone dressed as an official approached with a white flag, seeing that the status of the dress was not low, and he didn't bring too many followers, not just all the way, a total of three ways over

The whole Zhao army has been accustomed to the shock and loud sound of artillery, but the defenders at the head of the Jingshi city have never had this experience, when the first shell hit, everyone hid behind the battlements and bunkers, thinking that they could be safe, but the momentum of the heavy artillery shells made the city wall tremble, and the continuous shelling aggravated this feeling.

In the eyes of Shi Manqiang and Ji Xiang, the city wall of the Beijing division is thick and strong enough to block the frontal bombardment of heavy artillery, but on the side of the defenders at the head of the city, everyone feels that they are in the stormy waves, and they are unstable when they stand, and the city wall may collapse and shatter at any time, and they are buried under this ruin, and when the second round of artillery bombardment starts, no one dares to stay on the city wall.

The generals who led the team didn't even care about supervising the battle, and ran directly to the city, watching the people above run away, the soldiers and the people didn't have the heart to stay, everyone felt that if they stayed for a while, they might die a little bigger, and what loyalty and blood would collapse, just thinking about leaving quickly, those civil servants and eunuchs at the head of the city were not stronger than the generals and soldiers, and the timid ones had already fled.

Although the civil officials and eunuchs who wanted to be iron-clad and martyred to die in the city, they were at a loss, enduring the shock of the city wall again and again, and the whole person sat on the horse road, and even lay there, crying and crying in fright by every shock, and I don't know if this cry is because of the strength of the Zhao family's army, or because all thoughts are lost.

Relative to the feeling on the head of the city, the camp under the city is more calm, watching so many people run down, naturally know that the city defense has reached the emptiest time, if you really want to attack the city outside the city, I am afraid that this side really can't stop it, several generals with the title of governor are anxious, with their own soldiers will force the officers and soldiers to go to the city, and even the forbidden army is used.

Under the persecution of the sharp sword, those who just ran down had to go up, and with them there was also the outlaw Xuanfeng who had received a heavy reward, but when they went to the city, the artillery shells of the Zhao family army hit the city, and this bombardment in addition to the demonstration, but also to measure some things, so they will constantly adjust the angle of fire, this time it is also a coincidence, directly hit the city.

The heavy metal cannonballs hit the battlements, and the battlements of the Jingshi city wall were also built with bricks and stones far beyond the usual specifications, which were thick enough compared with most cities in the world, but there was no shock absorption of rammed earth, and the bricks and stones were vulnerable in front of more than a dozen catties of shells.

The battlements of the city wall were smashed, and the damage caused by the flying brick and stone fragments exceeded the cannonball itself, this sputtering was not in the middle of the official army, only a dozen people were affected, but they were covered in blood, screaming and dying miserably, and those who could not die for a while only asked for a good time, such a scene really shocked the defenders of the capital, and the people who were splashed were still wearing armor, and even neat iron armor, but it had no effect at all.

Seeing this scene, let you be loyal, but also frightened, you said that the enemy climbed the ladder up, everyone took turns to go up with knives and guns to fight hard, was cut and stabbed, and the explanation was explained, but the thief army was more than a thousand steps away, and their own artillery could not hit the other party, but the opponent's artillery was sharp to such a point, how to fight, how to defend this, even the bravest and most loyal soldiers could not insist, everyone was not afraid of death, but they were not willing to die in vain.

The situation is like this, the news on the city defense is quickly fed back to everywhere, and then quickly sent into the palace, at this time, the news transmission of the Beijing division is rare and efficient, and there is no way not to be efficient, the current capital is a dead silence, a cannon can be heard very clearly in the city, even in the palace, the emperor and the eunuchs and ministers are staring, and the news will come in at any time.

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