The dense fog in the morning gradually dissipated, and the Qing soldiers of the new military camp gradually revealed that the vague army appeared under the city of Hankou like a ghost, Qi Bu Tan was not in a hurry to attack, an encounter yesterday morning made his confidence increase a lot, after all, he was leading the troops to fight, even if he was very confident in the new military camp, he would never have imagined that these rogues would be so incompetent that they would collapse at the touch of a button.

"Order, set up artillery." Qi Bu Tan issued an order, using artillery to bombard the city, blowing up the city wall is a common trick of the Ming army, but now, the Manchu people have also learned this trick, but in order to minimize the casualties of the people in the city, the Ming army will generally work hard to calibrate the range of artillery fire, only aimed at the city wall bombardment, and for Qi Bu Tan, there are not so many scruples, hum, according to intelligence, the reason why this group of thieves was able to capture Hankou is not only because of the incompetence of the local governor and the general army, The bigger reason is that a group of people who are fornicating with thieves suddenly appeared in the city, and Qi Bu Tan even planned to loot, and 30,000 brothers have been driving for so long, so they have to get some oil and water back.

Soon, there was a co-standard Yong rushed to Hankou City, and the new military camp converged, this is the defenders of Hanyang, after Li Laiheng retreated, Hanyang's deputy general immediately sent scouts to investigate, only then did he know that the reinforcements were coming, after confirming that Hanyang City was safe, the deputy general of the Hubei Green Battalion stationed in Hanyang immediately led 20,000 standard Yong to help, and now the Hubei General Army has been martyred, as the deputy general of Hanyang, if he does not covet ~ this general position is self-deception, and now he cooperates with Hanyang County to guard Hanyang, If he assists Qi Bu to probe Hankou, then there is a good chance that this position will fall into his pocket.

"Feng Kaishan, the deputy general of the Hubei Green Battalion, has seen Lord Dutong, and I will say hello to Lord Dutong." Feng Kaishan gave Detective Qi Bu a thousand strokes.

Qi Butan obviously didn't want these green battalions to come over to stir up trouble, and now he is very confident in taking Hankou, these green battalions coming over is nothing more than grabbing merit and waved his hand: "You came just in time, take your people to the north bank, strictly prevent Ming Kou from crossing the river, and Hankou will be handed over to the new military camp." ”

Feng Kaishan couldn't help but be disappointed, but after all, he was several levels higher than him in terms of title, and he was a full man, and the yellow coat on his body and the dazzling eyes after wearing it were enough to command him.

Detective Qi Bu added another sentence: "If you take it, you will have to give it a credit." ”

Feng Kaishan said in his heart, is it a credit to hold the ferry? At most, it's just a collaborative effort, and the real credit is all for you bastards Although he was scolding, he didn't dare not listen to Qi Butan's words, so he hurriedly chirped and turned around to pack up his men and horses to guard the ferry.

At this time, the fog had already dispersed without a trace, the sky was still gloomy, but there were some signs of rain, and the power of this artillery was naturally greatly reduced, and the spouts no longer wasted time, and immediately found the pro-soldiers who gave the order: "Have the artillery been set up?" ”

"All the 131 artillery pieces have been erected, please give the order of Lord Dutong." The pro-soldier responded with a thousand hearts.

"Herald. The artillery battalion was ordered to stand and open fire. Explode. Detective Zibu clenched his fists as he blew up the ground.

"Wow."

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The walls of the northern city were guarded by Zhong Saburo Xianghui. The two eastern city walls were guarded by the Kuidong army. At this moment, + the Eastern Army heard that the Tartars appeared on the walls of the northern city. Immediately mobilized people to help. Even Li Laiheng climbed the North Gate Tower. Standing side by side with Yang Qilong, who was nervous, watching the movement under the city.

"Brother Yang. This group of Tartars is very strange. Look at the back of them. Li Laiheng held on to the women's wall. A worried face.

Yang Qilong looked at it with great eyes. I only saw that the Qing army was in a neat formation. In the rear of the formation. Everything has been lined up in the dark. There are hundreds. I looked at it with a monocular for a while. Although it is too far away to see really. But he had already guessed the things: "It's artillery." ”

"That's right, artillery, and there are hundreds.

Li Laiheng smiled bitterly.

Yang Qilong frowned: "If you use your flesh and blood to resist the artillery, I'm afraid Hankou won't be able to hold it." "Yang Qilong is not a timid person, otherwise he would not have risked spreading incense, let alone assassinating Zhu Jun, but yesterday's battle made him lose confidence, and today he saw so many artillery, he couldn't help but feel frightened, but it is a pity that Zhong San Langxiang, who was lurking in the city when he captured Hankou, blew up the gunpowder magazine of the defenders, and now although dozens of cannons are erected on the wall of Hankou, they have become decorations because there is no gunpowder, otherwise there is some power to fight back.

"No matter what, we can't escape, in that case, let's live and die with Hankou, and kill one by one." Li Laiheng patted the wall of the women's wall, and he had already prepared for the jade to burn in his heart, but he made up his mind: "A manly man, standing up to the sky and the earth, since he can't protect himself, he can't do anything."

The son is humiliated, let alone to be a slave of the Tartar.

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Yang Qilong was silent, he had another idea in his heart, it was not wrong for him to be bold enough, but his ambition was also big enough, because of this inflated ambition, he dared to take risks and dare to cause chaos, but he miscalculated the strength of the Qing army, and when he really realized that the other party was not vulnerable, the skyrocketing ambition was immediately replaced by fear, and the prince and general were probably not successful, now the important thing is to save his life, as the so-called wildfire is inexhaustible, as long as he saves his life, there will be a day when the spring breeze blows and is born, he thought about it, and then said: "General Li, if you break through from the east gate or the west gate, how sure are you?" ”

Li Laiheng hadn't thought about the problem of escaping, and at this time, he couldn't help glaring at him when he heard Yang Qilong ask: "What?" Before the battle is fought, Brother Yang is going to flee? Let me tell you the truth, as long as you get out of Hankou City, it is a dead end, there are Tatar Prefecture counties everywhere nearby, and there are still a small number of cavalry in the green battalion of Hanyang City, if Hankou is lost, where can we escape? The defeated army is like a panicked dog, I am afraid that a team of county townsmen is enough to clean up our brothers, we can rush from Xingshan to Hankou, all because of a Tartar helplessness, the states and counties along the road have no warning, so they let us go, and at this moment, the counties and counties of the state and the associations and standards of the green camp are ready to trap the beast, where to escape? Now Hankou still has a city wall to defend, once out of the city, I am afraid that it can only be used as a target for people. ”

Li Laiheng said that he was angry again, if Yang Qilong gave himself a little more time to take Hanyang, the situation would not have reached such a point, with two big cities, forming a horn trend, how to say that there is still a point of redemption, now this Hankou has become a dead city, no matter how long it persists, there will be a day when it will be breached, and only people can be in the city.

Yang Qilong's eyebrows became even more worried, the food in the city can last for a month, but what is the use of a month? The Tartars not only have artillery, but also a steady stream of armies, defeat is a foregone conclusion, what to do next? He has set up incense halls in various places for more than ten years, and has accepted hundreds of thousands of incense people, originally thought that if he ascended to the heights, the world would be able to win the grain and Jing Cong, and then achieve the cause of the king, but who knows, things are not like this, not to mention that these incense people are rabble, he took Hankou in one fell swoop and did not see many people embracing, for a while, the ambition that burned in the chest for more than ten years turned into nothing, and sighed: "In this case, I can only swear to defend the city, General Li, Yang does not understand military affairs, and General Li needs to control the overall situation in defense affairs." ”

Li Laiheng nodded.

At this time, there was a sudden roar from under the city, which shook everyone's ears and deafness, and then the cannon like raindrops cut a half-arc in the sky, and then smashed down on the city wall and the houses in the northern city. For a while, the soldiers who had not yet made sufficient preparations and the people in the city suddenly panicked.

"Herald." Finally, Li Laiheng pulled out his long sword and roared: "Everyone must not panic." ”

And at this time, Yang Qilong took advantage of the situation to go to the city and went to Dongcheng with the leader of the Zhongzaburo Xianghui.

Hundreds of artillery shelled repeatedly, there was no sign of stopping, one by one by the gunpowder scorched red iron balls smashed down in various places in an orderly manner, accompanied by the iron ball's steel nails, iron filings than the iron ball of the range of lethality, the entire Beicheng instantly became a hell on earth, innocent people watched their wooden mansions were blown down, roof tiles were blown out of holes, one after another wailed and rushed to the direction of the south city.

Qi Bu Tan under the city is leisurely, he is not in a hurry to break open the city gate at once, but orders the artillery to bombard the north city as much as possible, which can not only plunge the city into chaos, but also put psychological pressure on the thieves, of course, it cannot be ruled out that he wants to see a good show.

Most of the soldiers in the new military camp have only practiced artillery during training, although the power is powerful, but after all, it is a bombardment of the wilderness and mountain walls, how have you seen such a situation today, seeing the defenders on the city wall like ants on a hot pot running around in a daze, hearing the wails in the city, I can't help but be demoralized, the soldiers of the new military camp are all young people selected from the Manchus, it can be said that the Han faction among the Manchus, the Han people occupied the south of the Yangtze River, let them cut down on food and clothing, and sent a fleet to covet Liaodong, so that their ancestors' inheritance can not be preserved, since this is the caseThey didn't mind killing a few more Han dogs to vent their anger, and many even shouted.

The continuous artillery bombardment lasted until noon, a whole hour, the houses near the city gate in the north city had already become tiles, and the city wall also had many holes and craters, but after getting used to the artillery of the Qing army, the defenders on the city wall seemed calm, they had never seen such a large artillery bombardment battle before, panic was inevitable at the beginning, but now, many people have found a way to dodge, at least they are a lot more courageous. Convenient for next visit