The Zhao Ziying brigade, which has been quiet under Jining City for a few days, began to move again, the horse team increased the frequency of patrolling the city, and the first regiment and the fourth brigade began to march forward, which made the defenders of the city head extremely nervous, and the Xuzhou soldiers and horses were extremely powerful in the field battle, I don't know what will happen to the siege?

Zhao Jin and his companions were staring at the artillery, only to see Meng Zhiqi and Louie urging them to get busy, and then Louie waved the flag, someone stepped forward to light the fire, and then everyone who approached the artillery covered their ears.

There was a roar, it really seemed to be a thunderstorm on the ground, but after experiencing the big battle a few days ago, I wouldn't feel how terrifying the sound of this cannon was, but this cannon missed, and it didn't hit the southeast corner, but it flew far away and smashed on the ground to splash smoke and dust.

The first one actually failed, which made the people who were full of expectations in Zhao Ziying's camp a little discouraged, and the defenders who were hiding with short bodies on the head of the city were excited, cheering and screaming there, making all kinds of provocative actions, Louis and Meng Zhiqi ignored it, the two of them stood on the earthen platform and watched for a while, and communicated with the rangefinder, and then the artillery soldiers began to get busy again, this twelve-pound cannon is more than a thousand catties, and it is very troublesome to move.

Ji Xiang and Xu Housheng explained to Zhao Jin below, saying that the wooden frame and the iron frame, as well as the chain circlip that had just been added to the cannon body, were all specially made for this artillery, and thanks to Zhao Ziying's coal and iron resources of the Xu family, otherwise it would really not be good in a hurry.

Shift; It takes a long time to start the artillery, this process is actually a bit boring, in addition to the firearms battalion head of the Zhao Zi battalion is on standby to prepare for war, the horseback riders patrol non-stop, and the others are in a state of rest, and the defenders on the head of the city rarely have a time to raise their eyebrows, the banner is displayed, and the strange is called provocation, they feel that the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou have spent so much effort to put out an artillery, but the first cannon is empty, which must be deflated.

It didn't take long for the twelve-pounder cannon to be prepared, loaded with ammunition, ignited and fired, the second cannon did not miss, it accurately bombarded the southeast corner of the city wall, and directly collapsed a piece, the city bricks were shattered and fell, and the rammed earth inside was also splashed with smoke and dust.

Seeing the results of the bombardment, Zhao Jin and his partners all smiled, and Zhao Jin raised his voice slightly and said, "Just keep bombarding the past, don't rush, just take your time." ”

The morale of the artillery family, because of this cannon hit and soared, the order was conveyed, each shouted and agreed, began to be busy, and it was not difficult to explain the matter, the artillery firing frequency is high, it is easy for the cannon body to overheat, and the risk of exploding the chamber will also increase greatly, not to mention this kind of cannon without a gun mount, after each cannon fires, it will take a lot of time to reset the gun body and gun mount, if you don't pay attention to it, you can't talk about anything accurate, and Zhao Jin's order is to let them bombard calmly, and they are not tired, and they have credit in hand, who doesn't want to?

After seeing the result of the cannonball hitting the city wall, there was no need to look at it anymore, Zhao Jin and his partners returned to the military tent, and when they were about to reach the door of the tent, they heard a loud roar behind them, and looked at it from a distance, and they could see that the southeast corner of the Jining city wall had collapsed again.

"If we continue to fight like this, the city wall in the southeast corner can be completely collapsed, and there will be a slope after the collapse, and we can directly attack the city at that time." Shi Manqiang said with confidence.

Zhao Jin shook his head and asked Ji Xiang, "Did the letter enter the city?" ”

Seeing Ji Xiang agree, Zhao Jin opened his mouth and said: "After all, we are still few people, and our Zhao Ziying's family Ding field formation has a great advantage, but if we attack the city, then the advantage will be gone, I am afraid that there will be no fewer casualties, and it is not worth it." ”

Without waiting for the partners to speak, Zhao Jin said again: "The gang of thieves in the city think that they can rest easy by leaning on the city wall, let's collapse the city wall, the city should be in chaos, I want to see if there will be changes in this Jining city, if not, it is not too late to come hard." ”

Xu Housheng bought the ship cannon in Macao, the largest caliber is the current one, if there can be a sixteen or eighteen-pound cannon, it will be faster and more efficient to destroy the city wall, but at the moment this twelve-pound ship cannon has caused a great shock to the defenders of Jining City, the roar of fire is no longer frightening, but watching the southeast corner of the city wall collapse a small piece of a cannon, this is terrifying.

Wenxiang taught the rebel army up and down to know why the artillery should be aimed at a corner, because that side is the thinnest, the easiest to collapse position, if it is against the front of the city wall, a cannon down is at most to break a few city bricks, rammed earth scattered, there is no major damage at all, but the corner of the city wall is different, and there is no urn city here, after opening, it is in Jining City.

Zhao Jin's intention to break the city with artillery to force chaos in the city will naturally not hide it from Xu Housheng and his subordinates, when the twelve-pounder cannon is still bombarding, those prisoners who have not yet gone to the south were requisitioned to dig up and build a new fort, what makes the defenders of the city frightened is that a new cannon has been dragged up from the boat, and it takes a lot of time for such a cannon to be loaded on the fort, but looking at the southeast corner of the city wall that is almost unsupportable, no one has any luck in their hearts.

The newly transported artillery is not as big as the previous one, but it is much thicker than the eight guns facing the southeast corner, and many people in the defenders are lamenting that Jining City is over.

When the sun was about to set, the twelve-pounder cannon that had adjusted its gun position opened fire again, and the cannonball hit the part of the city wall in the southeast corner that was still intact, and this cannon became the key, and the wall in the southeast corner collapsed, and the broken bricks, the rammed earth that had been broken up, collapsed and slid down, and a slope was piled up at the corner of the city wall.

As soon as this slope appeared, the exclamation and shouting at the head of the city could be heard under the city, according to the pre-arrangement, the corner of the city wall collapsed, the first regiment and the fourth brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion immediately moved, and began to move forward slowly, their feint made the defenders of Jining City go crazy, a large number of people moved towards the collapsed side, which should have been prepared, carrying earth and stones there, wanting to plug the gap, as long as it can block this side, it will not be able to attack.

But the artillery of the Zhao battalion will not agree, the eight guns facing the southeast corner have already raised the firing angle, have been loaded with ammunition and prepared, at this time, the first fire, towards the head of the city, this distance, it is not so easy to be accurate, but it is enough to hit within the approximate range, every shell falls, splashing broken bricks, earth and stones, it is all killing, and people who want to block the city wall have no way to move forward.

It was already dark, the Zhao Zi battalion did not continue to advance, but left a team on standby, the rest returned to the camp to rest, and the horse team left half of the guard, at this moment, it may be very big for the Wenxiang Sect rebels to rush out from other places, and they have been forced to a dead end.

The cannon continued to sound this night, and the few newly erected artillery pieces also participated in the bombardment, but all the artillery fired infrequently, but the defenders could not plug the gap, and when it was dawn the next day, they would see the difference, or rather, the Wenxiang Sect rebels in the city thought that they would see it at dawn the next day, and this sound of artillery would make the relevant parties in the city more and more desperate.

"It takes a bigger artillery to be effective when attacking the city, you look at it now, so many artillery bombardments, in fact, it did not cause any damage to the city and the thieves and rebels in the city, but only to open a way for us, and in the end, it has to be decided by the family with spears and firearms." Zhao Jin and his partners stood far away, exchanging explanations.

Lei Cai has been in Jining City for almost twenty days, although Zhao Jin strictly ordered him to stay in Linqing Prefecture, but Lei Cai himself is very anxious, and is responsible for inquiring about all kinds of news here, but Shandong is about to be in chaos, but he is itching his boots in Taiping place, and he can only send some wind to Xuzhou, how can this work.

When the Wenxiang Sect began to attack the state and county, the entire Yanzhou Mansion and the southern part of Dongchang Mansion were in chaos, Lei Cai did not dare to move, and when he came out, the possibility of dying on the way was very large, when the Wenxiang Sect gathered all the chaotic troops, Lei Cai took a few henchmen and set off from Linqingzhou on horseback, and rushed all the way to Jining, Jining had not fallen at that time, and the city gate would be opened regularly every day.

Looking at Lei Cai and a few of them riding over, and then looking at Lei Cai's dress, the Jining City Defense Ding directly put people in, riding horses, wearing decent and complete clothes, and good complexion, no matter how you look at such a character, it will not be a spy of the Wenxiang Sect, not to mention that these people are very generous, how can those bitter haha understand this!

However, after entering the city, the situation changed suddenly, the officers and soldiers of the brigade came, and then the officers and soldiers of the brigade suffered a big defeat, and the general army of Shandong did not even enter the city, and fled directly with the pro-soldiers, Lei Cai and several of them were trapped in the city at once, and then the Wenxiang Sect besieged the city again, and spread all kinds of news through the fine work in the city, so that Jining City was in chaos, forcing those Caoyun leaders to open the city in chaos.

As soon as the rebellious army entered the city, Lei Cai knew that it was not good, don't think about going out of the city, it is the most important thing to save your life in the chaos first, and no one knows whether these rebellious troops will be checked, that is a greater danger, Lei Cai and a few people didn't even ask for horses, and ran out of the inn directly with the soft, but found a broken temple to hide.

Although the Wenxiang Sect did not act recklessly after entering the city, and even restrained the military discipline, there were still a lot of casualties, those desperate and poor rebels, seeing the rich and peaceful people of Jining City, where they could endure the murderous intention, those old soldiers and horses of the Wenxiang Sect consciously fought hard for the sect, and came to such a rich Jining, how to be happy.

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