Xing Wanli had experienced a siege battle, so he had experience.

He specially instructed the soldiers to tie the two huge shields together, otherwise one shield alone would not be able to withstand the power of the firearm's explosion.

At the same time, let the soldiers plug their ears with rags.

Half of the power of firearms comes from the loud thunderous noise.

Especially when you encounter a firearm for the first time, under the deafening loud noise, you will be afraid and have no intention of fighting.

When Xing Wanli was fully prepared, the actions of the Qingzhou army outside the city surprised him.

There was no imaginary swarm of swarms coming up, and all the Qingzhou troops were standing far away from eight hundred paces.

Twenty siege artillery guns, all aimed at the city gate.

"Flat angle, the muzzle of the gun is shifted an inch to the left."

"Shell reloaded."

"Fire!"

Snort!

The sound of the fuse burning sounded quickly.

Twenty flickering fires, all the way down, quickly vanished.

Boom Boom!

There was a loud bang and a thunderclap exploded.

Even if the defenders on top of the tower plugged their ears, they could still hear clearly.

The next moment, twenty solid iron bullets shot out.

Half of them missed, smashing into the nearby walls, while the other half hit the gates with precision.

The heavy and wide city gate was split in an instant, turning into pieces of broken wood.

The aftermath of the cannonball continued unabated, and it slammed into the jack gate in the rear.

Bang bang bang......

The terrifying force made the iron sheet wrapped on the jack gate sink inward into deep pits.

The Song army on the top of the city tower only felt that his feet shook violently, and his faces were shocked.

Xing Wanli was also horrified in his heart at this moment, the power of this artillery was far beyond his imagination.

Looking at the frightened soldiers, Xing Wanli hurriedly comforted loudly: "Soldiers, don't be afraid, the firearms of the Qingzhou thieves are just a spectacle, they look fierce!" ”

With that, he personally went to a three-bow bed crossbow, aimed at a gunner in the distance, and slammed the trigger.

Sou!

Spear-thick arrows shot out, but they were too far away, and they were finally nailed into the yellow earth.

The distance between the arrow and the nearest artilleryman was more than 200 paces.

Seeing this scene, a sense of powerlessness rose in Xing Wanli's heart.

The gap in the armaments of the two sides is too great.

The three-bow bed crossbow is already the longest-range weapon in the army, but compared to artillery, it is still overstretched.

People can bombard the city gate as they want from 800 paces away, but as a defender, they can only watch, and the only thing they can do is to pray in their hearts that the jack gate behind the city gate can withstand it.

But Xing Wanli knew very well that if people's artillery could bombard the city gate, it would mean that it could bombard the city tower.

The reason why the other party did this is obviously a strong self-confidence.

By this time, the artillerymen had cleared the chambers and were beginning to load the shells with gunpowder.

At the same time, the artillery, which had just been fired crookedly, was also readjusted in its trajectory under the command of one main gunner after another.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

With a loud bang, a thick cloud of smoke rose up.

Twenty shells, all of which hit the jack gate.

Even if the outer layer of the jack gate is wrapped with two fingers of thick iron sheet, it can't resist such an shelling.

At this moment, the entire jack gate has been deformed, slightly concave in the direction of the city, and large cracks have appeared everywhere in the iron sheet.

Seeing this scene, Hu Zhong, the commander of the artillery battalion, was immediately overjoyed and ordered: "Keep firing!" ”

The gunners were also excited, picked up the wet cloth plugs and began to clean the gun chambers.

When the wet cloth plug cleans the gun chamber, it can also quickly cool down the copper core gun chamber.

However, the humidity of the cloth plug is exquisite.

It should not be too wet, otherwise too much water will remain, which will affect the gunpowder and lead to a reduction in the power of the shell.

You can't do it too dry, as it won't have much cooling effect.

These little skills were slowly worked out by the artillerymen from one drill after another.

Soon, the gunners were reloaded.

"Fire!"

Twenty siege artillery salvos were fired, and the jack gate could no longer withstand it, and in the shelling it broke into several pieces and collapsed with a bang.

Twenty siege guns, three salvos of fire, before the jack gate was blasted open, which shows how strong this thing is.

If there is no artillery, relying only on the battering ram, I don't know how to smash it until the Year of the Monkey.

……

Above the city tower, the Song soldiers only heard a series of loud noises.

Immediately afterwards, a panicked shout came from the next side: "The city gate has been breached!" ”

Xing Wanli chuckled in his heart, his face full of incredulity.

From the time the other party began to attack the city to the city gate was breached, it was not enough to order a cup of tea.

You know, this is Yuancheng County of the Daimyo Mansion, not the lower county gate of some remote area.

What surprised him even more was that after the city gate was breached, the Qingzhou army did not enter the city as soon as possible.

On the contrary, he remained unhurried, as if waiting for something.

The Song soldiers on the city tower were dumbfounded, and stood in place one by one at a loss.

Time passed little by little, and after a quarter of an hour, Xing Wanli finally knew what the Qingzhou Army was waiting for.

I saw the gunner in the distance and began to adjust the angle of the gun.

The twenty siege guns tilted slowly, the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the tower, and the dark chambers of the guns reflected bursts of chilling light under the scorching sun.

In an instant, Xing Wanli only felt a biting chill along the tail vertebrae and rushed straight to his brain, and the whole person's cold hair stood on end.

Even the jack gate can't withstand the bombardment, how can the big shield in their hands be blocked?

Han Zhen had already gotten off the nest cart at this time, turned over and rode on his horse, and ordered: "Siege!" ”

Knock knock ~ knock ~

The drums of war changed in vain, and the black and blue flags waved.

Huang Kai roared: "Go to the camp first and prepare!" ”

Crash!

The three thousand cross-legged resting first entered the camp and stood up in unison, and when the nail leaves rubbed, there was a screeching sound.

Ten field guns, pushed to the rear of the first camp.

Once the siege encounters obstacles, these ten field guns will tear the enemy army to pieces.

"Fire!"

Hu Zhong roared.

Twenty siege guns fired a volley at the tower.

At the same time, Huang Kai took the lead and led the camp straight to the city gate.

At the time of the indiscriminate bombardment of the siege artillery, the first camp was almost unhindered and successfully entered the city gates.

There were Song troops in the caves, but under the bombardment of siege artillery, they had already been frightened and collapsed at the first touch.

"It's really devastating!"

Han Shizhong hung his arms, his face full of amazement.

This is the first real siege battle of artillery, and it is simply terrifying.

The point is that there are only twenty siege guns now, and if there are hundreds of salvos, he can't imagine the picture.

Liu Qi said with excitement on his face: "With this artifact, my champion Hou has fallen!" ”

As soon as he thought of sealing the wolf Juxu and drinking Ma Hanhai, Liu Qi trembled excitedly.

Huang Kai led 3,000 people to the camp first, as if entering a no-man's land, and more than 40,000 Song troops were like quails, and they were blown up by dozens of firearms.

There is no way, the city gate was breached in such a short time, and the blow to the morale of the defenders was too great.

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

Three thousand first ascended the camp and shouted in unison to persuade them to surrender.

Listening to the persuasion from inside the city, Han Zhen instructed: "Yue Fei, lead the Song army under your command into the city and receive prisoners of war." ”

"The last general commands!"

Yue Fei replied.

was about to leave, but saw Han Zhen advise: "Restrain your subordinates Song Jun, don't loot and harass the people, otherwise you are the only one who asks!" ”

Yue Fei nodded confidently: "The county magistrate is relieved, and the last general will be provincial." ”

……

Xing Wanli slowly opened his eyes, only to feel a sharp pain all over his body.

Especially the right arm, it hurts so much.

Before he could come back to his senses, a surprised voice came from his ears: "Hey, there is still a living one here, it seems that he is still a general, and he should be promoted to become rich." ”

Immediately after, a large hand struck and pulled him out of the rubble.

Xing Wanli subconsciously wanted to resist, but found that his right arm was raised at all.

The Qingzhou Army soldier slapped him on the head and scolded: "Straight lady thief, be honest!" ”

This slap made Xing Wanli sober up a little.

As far as the eye could see, the tower had become a ruin, with stumps and broken arms all over the ground, and red blood gushing everywhere.

He looked down at his right arm, which was completely broken and hanging limply.

All the way down the city tower by the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army, the soldier shouted: "Battalion commander, battalion commander, I have caught a general!" ”

The battalion commander looked Xing Wanli up and down, pouted, and said, "You guys are really shit luck!" ”

"Hey, hey!"

The soldier grinned.

The battalion commander cross-examined: "What is your surname, and what is your position?" ”

Xing Wanli said in a hoarse voice: "You anti-thieves listen well, grandpa Xing Wanli, Zhang Xianggong's general, Hebei East Road!" ”

"Yo, I'm still a six-rank official."

The battalion commander raised his eyebrows, glanced at his drooping right arm, and ordered, "Take him to the military doctor first!" ”

"Order!"

In the envious eyes of the Qingzhou army, the soldier replied in a loud voice with a smug face, changed his previous arrogant attitude, and gently helped Xing Wanli to find a military doctor, for fear that he would suddenly die.

The seventh rank of the official is a hurdle, and the sixth rank of the official is not small.

And the military merits of the living officers and prisoners of war and the dead are completely different, and they are several times worse.

At this time, Han Zhenjia was walking on the streets of Yuancheng County.

On both sides of the street, there are those who have the audacity to push open the windows and doors and look out.

"But in front of County Magistrate Han?"

At this moment, a trembling greeting came from above.

When I looked up, I saw a chubby head poking out from the window on the third floor of a restaurant.

"Exactly!"

Han Zhen replied loudly.

The fat man suddenly smiled, and said with a flattering face: "Oh, I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, and I finally hope that the county magistrate Han is here." Our Yuancheng County, who doesn't welcome County Magistrate Han, that Uncle Zhang is really hateful and perverse. ”

Han Zhen smiled slightly, and said loudly: "I am taking over prisoners of war right now, and I hope you will cooperate more, stay at home for the time being, and don't go out." ”

The fat man replied again and again: "It's easy to say, County Magistrate Han's orders, we will definitely follow them." ”

Lao Jiu on the side whispered: "I know him, as if his surname is Meng, he runs a pastry business and has opened two branches in Yidu County, but he didn't expect that he is from Yuancheng County." ”

Kuang Siniang likes to eat pastries, so after Lao Jiu goes on a business trip, he will buy some pastries and bring them back.

After coming and going, he was familiar with the pastry shops in the county town.

Han Zhen chuckled and said, "There must be a lot of green money in this guy's family." ”

Needless to say, businessmen welcomed him like this, either they had many industries in Shandong, or they had a lot of green money in their hands.

(End of chapter)