The failure of the first round of attack certainly did not make Xie Cheng back down.

To be precise, the imperial grandson will not back down.

In fact, the imperial grandson is full of ambition and is ready to use this war to show his martial virtues.

After all, he represents the military generals group.

He wants to show his military talents, let people see, not only his fourth uncle is the god of war, he is also invincible, this is his best chance to prove himself, and the Shenji battalion is also his main responsibility for training, all of which are the latest weapons, representing the achievements of the Ming military reform, and it is also a model for the future Ming army, in this case, it is necessary to take the opportunity to test.

Therefore, the attack on Tianjing Pass continues, and what is lacking in the front will be made up.

For heavier artillery?

Match!

Two catties of cannonballs can't hit the city wall, so cast six catties of cannonballs......

Of course, the six-pound shells could not be transported.

The young man of Tianjing Pass can transport the cannon that is actually equivalent to a six-pounder cannon up, because Tianjing Pass was originally the last line of defense, and after Tianjing Pass, he walked more than ten miles of relatively easy mountain roads, and then walked out of Taihang Mountain. But from the south of the mountain to the Tianjing Pass is dozens of miles of difficult to walk many mountain roads, during which there are several dangerous places similar to the Tianjing Pass, such as Wanzi City, Mengliang Village, etc., from north to south to Tianjing Pass is easy, from the south to the north to the Tianjing Pass, if you want to transport the heavy artillery up, at least for the time being, it is impossible to do it.

It's not that hard to solve, though.

Molar cannon!

"This battle has directly crossed the technical level of the Ming War for two hundred years!"

Yang Feng, who was watching the battle, sighed.

Now this offensive and defensive war really made the Ming military technology span at least two hundred years, because the imperial grandson used all the mortar shells.

Behind the sack-stacked forts, the bronze mortar cannons fired shells at the top of the Tianjing Pass, and these shells continued to explode in the gate, although the power was limited, but the entire mountain was shrouded in black smoke, and it looked as if the whole mountain was burning.

Occasionally, a fuse burned too quickly and a cannonball exploded in the sky like a salute.

"What are they doing here?"

Zhang Ying said suspiciously.

She was looking at the hills.

In the field of view of the telescope, those defenders can be seen digging trenches.

Well, they are digging trenches.

It is actually difficult for flowering shells to hit the city wall, after all, it is such a narrow stone wall, and at this time, the mortar cannon has almost no accuracy, and it is good to be able to hit the cannonball into the city, and they cannot be expected to hit the city wall several meters wide. And the power of the twelve-pounder mortar shell is actually a modern grenade, this is still Yang Feng's gunpowder formula for them, and white sugar is added to it, but it is still lethal when it falls under the city wall. Their real role is to strike at the city, i.e. the rapid-fire guns that shoot condescendingly, the gunners of the latter, the young men who transport the ammunition, are all exposed to the range of the flowering shells, and once they ignite the powder kegs, they can reap a lot of damage.

But the defenders actually learned to deal with this with a trench without a teacher.

The hill inside Seki Castle is a dirt mountain.

They quickly dispersed rapid-fire guns, and then dug trenches to transport ammunition.

As for the source of ammunition......

Ningshanwei has an arsenal, since those military households participated in the war, of course, the arsenal was opened, and the rear is still in the process of production, the Ming army has a supporting arms manufacturing system, there is no shortage of craftsmen who make gunpowder, and even in Shanxi, a place that can be said to be full of martial virtues, there are many craftsmen who can make gunpowder.

Although they may not have enough raw materials, at least they will not be out of stock for a short time.

"This is a veteran of a hundred battles!"

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the advantage of veterans of a hundred battles is not only that they will fight, but also that they will make changes according to the situation on the battlefield in the shortest possible time, the artillery fire of the Shenji battalion is fierce, then dig a trench, everyone is mobilized in the trench, and cannonballs and bullets can't be hit?

Not only trenches, but also artillery barricades built on them that were strong enough to withstand direct shell fire.

Then those rapid-fire guns were fired outwards in the protection of the earthen wall.

The attack from outside is still fierce.

The elites of the Shenji Battalion even took off their cloth armor altogether.

It's summer.

Fighting in this stuff won't last long.

Although they were not easy to get bullets from arrows, they could not stop bullets if they wore them, so it was better to simply take a shield, so they carried ladders and pushed the improvised shield cart forward against the arrows and bullets flying from the city wall. Behind them, the arquebusiers stood behind the shields of the planks and fired ten rounds of bullets at the city to suppress the defenders, holding out the shells of rapid-fire guns. Pushing behind the shield cart under the city walls, hidden grenadiers suddenly appeared and threw grenades at the walls.

Soon, however, someone on the city wall picked up a grenade that had not exploded and threw it back.

A grenade explodes in mid-air.

There are even mine-shooting guns......

It is the primary version of the gun grenade, the muzzle is cup-shaped, the same as the normal loading, but the original bullet is replaced with a small grenade, which was originally designed by Yang Feng for the Ming army to attack the city.

The Shenji Battalion is a systematic firearms army, which can be used in field battles, sieges, and defenses.

Now it's just the right time to use it.

One by one, soldiers with shields on the ladders of the city wall fought bravely.

Behind the female wall on the city wall, the equally brave defenders stabbed with spears, smashed them with stones, threw grenades and exploded, and the smoke of gunfire was filled with bloody fighting.

"Let's go, this place can't be opened in a short time, and now logistics is the most critical."

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, this place will not be open for a short time.

Originally, it was an ancient fortress that could not be opened, not to mention that there were firearms, as long as they were sincere in defense, they could resist for a period of time even if they were purely cold weapons. Even if the Shenji Battalion bypassed the same as the previous sneak attack, it was useless, and the Shenji Battalion without logistical supplies, even if it climbed the ravine, it would have to face countless young men and women behind.

He and Zhang Ying then went down the mountain.

As soon as they returned to the road to Zezhou, a group of reinforcements arrived.

"You don't need to go to Guancheng, there are enough people there, do you know the way to Xingyi Station?"

He asked the leader.

"Ambassador, there's a ditch over there, you can get to the back of the Xingyi Station."

The leader said.

"Take them, go to the Star Yi Post to sneak attack, the ammunition transported from the back is all in the Star Yi Station, if the Star Yi Post has a lot of soldiers, you will hide on the back road, attack their transport team, be careful to nod the hot air balloon above, the observer on it can be seen within a few miles, get some branches with leaves and stick them in your body, and don't go out of the forest when you go."

Yang Feng said.

Hot air balloons are at the heart of battlefield command.

This thing hangs over the patio close, and can even report to the ground with a signal flag.

And not just one.

The highest estimate is that you can see it with a telescope.

"Understand, ambassador, now that reinforcements are coming from all over the country, there will be chaos if there are too many people, if only you could appoint a commander, and if you fight for a long time, this military supply must also be managed."

The leader said.

Of course, he meant that Yang Feng came forward.

"I know what to do!"

Yang Feng said.

The man hurriedly led the young men and quickly got into the dense forest on the side of the road, towards a stream not far away, these are all locals, especially a large number of mountain hunters and herbs, they are extremely familiar with the terrain. A sneak attack like before, Xie Chengcheng didn't dare, because the mountain was full of dense forests and ravines, and it was easy to get lost if you were unfamiliar with it, and you couldn't get out for half a day, even if you could get around it smoothly, growing up in the capital, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were not as good as the local mountain people were probably tired and paralyzed.

"You're going to change your name again?"

Zhang Ying looked at Yang Feng speechlessly.

Ambassador Yang's vice is now well known.

"Well, that's too insulting to the emperor's grandson, but we have also been friends for many years, so I can't insult his IQ like this, and besides, I'm not ready to command it myself."

Yang Feng said.

Jersey.

"I can tell you plainly, I'm not going to make a move.

I'm the middleman.

My responsibility is to ensure that both of you fulfill your agreement, according to the agreement, you will go to Kaifeng to negotiate with the imperial grandson in half a month to decide whether to return to Ming, and then sign a final agreement with the imperial grandson. But you also know very well that this matter is not so simple, and even if you return to it, there are still many things that need to be clarified, and they all have to be written on it in black and white. The first river god promised you, the Ming Emperor must fulfill, and the second must be amnesty for all your previous actions, promising that they will not be pursued again.

Third, you cannot be disarmed.

After all, you also have to prevent the court from repenting, and you have to have the ability to protect yourself.

Therefore, you need to hold on to Tianjing Pass until at least half a month, and you must cause a lot of losses to the imperial court, or let the imperial court understand that even if you really fight and can solve you, the imperial court will not be able to afford the loss.

Now you must work together.

No matter what grudges there are on weekdays, what conflicts of interest there are in the local area, at this time, we must let go and work together to fight against the imperial court, and I know that the imperial court must be trying to win over those old villagers and sages in various places, especially those scholars. But you have to understand that they can sell you for glory, but you have no way out, you have to let the imperial grandson put his fingerprint on the final agreement, and as long as he does it, I, the intermediary, have to make sure that both of you abide by the agreement.

Whoever defaults, I'll help the other side. ”

Yang Feng said.

In front of him were the leaders of all over the country who had rushed to reinforcements.

At present, it is still mainly based on Zelu, plus part of Pingyang, because of the tense situation, the young and military households in Taiyuan and other places have actually begun to assemble and fortify at other passes. The problem they have now is that there is no unified command, and the original old people will definitely not be able to use it, in fact, those old villagers want to kneel.

It's just that the vast majority of the local leaders did not agree.

Therefore, the old villagers are helpless.

After all, now Shanxi can be said to have fallen into the frenzy of the whole people.

"Ambassador, there has to be someone who calls the shots."

One of them said.

The nearly two hundred heads gathered nodded their heads.

"Elected!

The head of a county elects one, and then they elect another, and this person is your commander-in-chief, and the rest are in charge, and each of these commanders is responsible for his own troops, some of them are in charge of money and food, some are in charge of ordnance, and some are specialized in maintaining local law and order. You Zelu elected such a commander-in-chief, Pingyang elected one, Taiyuan elected one, and the whole Shanxi was divided into three parts, each responsible for the affairs of one piece.

As for the safety of these commanders afterwards, you don't have to worry about this, the commander-in-chief and all the commanders are my employees at all times.

Employees of the Great Xia Kingdom.

I keep you safe. ”

Yang Feng said.

Having said that, the commander who is elected in this way must be truly prestigious and capable, and such a person happens to be under his command, and he will lead the team when he goes to Fengzhou Sichuan to carry out construction in the future.

The heads of the capital looked at each other......

This method is good, and with Ambassador Yang's protection, there is no need to worry about being liquidated afterwards.

"Then we'll listen to the ambassador."

One of them shouted.

Others chimed in.

"Okay, then you will choose first, and after you are elected, they will command this place, and whoever disobeys them will not give me face!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

That's it.

The people of the Ming Dynasty can at least try to make their own decisions for the first time, it doesn't matter how many flaws there are, the important thing is to take this critical step, and now they elect some commanders to tide over the difficulties temporarily, so as long as there is something in the future, they will immediately think of this method. It's not that this way is good, but in this era of imperial power, this is the most progressive, and the emperor will be tyrannical in the future?

That's easy!

Each elects the leader, gathers up, shoulders the sword and gun, and the emperor will watch it!

This is the era of imperial power, the emperor is above the people and can do whatever he wants, Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor who is sympathetic to the people, is actually a strange thing in the emperor, and the emperor who ignores the people is the normal in the emperor. If you want the common people not to be enslaved by fishing meat in such an era of imperial power, you have to let them learn this way of confrontation, and you have to let them learn to be a trickster. And this time is also the easiest time to achieve this goal, one is the folk martial arts are abundant, the other is that the enslavement education is not deep, it can be said that as long as it is agitated, the rest do not have to worry about it, and the people themselves will solve it.

They were able to organize an army that was not weak in the shortest possible time.

This is an era of true martial virtue.

These armed young men had no pressure to beat the guards at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and even had the strength to fight against Shangjiannu.

They were not controlled by the gentry.

After all, maybe thirty years ago, many of them still watched those Confucian scholars being hacked to death in the ravine like killing dogs, and the Wenqu stars were actually poor in this era, and it can be said that the gentry could not influence folk thoughts.

Nor were they afraid of imperial power.

After all, thirty years ago, they still didn't recognize this Ming Emperor, and the Ming Dynasty, which unified the north from the south, had little awe in Shanxi.

As long as we take advantage of this good time to establish this set of things for the people to confront the imperial power, we can force the imperial power to retreat step by step in the continuous confrontation, so that the emperor has to give more power to the people, so that in a hundred years, the emperor can almost be forced to sign a Magna Carta.

This is what Yang Feng really wants.

It's true that something too high-end is a little far away, but it can't even be a Magna Carta.