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There was a "boom", which woke Duan Ling up.

"Is that the voice?"

After listening carefully, Duan Ling's heart tightened, and after taking off the general's robe from the hanger, he hurried to the command post.

And at this command post, sure enough, many high-level officers have already gathered, whether it is Zhou Yu, Zheng Qiao, or Wang Shijian, Mao Renfeng and Mao Renyu, all gathered here.

"It's enemy artillery, right?"

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Duan Ling had already said categorically.

Zhou Yu closed his head helplessly: "That's right." This cannon was indeed fired from the top of the fort that the opponent had built. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of his previous attitude towards Duan Ling, if he had adopted the other party's suggestion at that time and destroyed the fort built by the other party, maybe this kind of thing would not have happened.

"If that's the case, then we're going to have to destroy it. Otherwise, let them bombard like this, and we will collapse sooner or later. Duan Ling replied.

This is the difficulty of defending the city.

In contrast to the attackers, who can move their positions at any time and at any time, it is impossible for them to take the entire city with them, and this is not realistic. As long as the attacker seizes the opportunity and continues to attack with weapons such as artillery or catapults, it can reduce the morale of the defender, and then take advantage of the low morale of the opponent to make a final decision.

Since ancient times, this has been the case!

As he spoke, several fires flashed in the sky, and everyone felt a shock under their feet, and a gust of wind swept directly over, and the dust and sand rolled up also made everyone disgraced.

"This group of bastards is completely bullying our artillery!" Mao Renyu opened his mouth and scolded.

Mao Renfeng's eyebrows furrowed, and he replied, "No way." We are poor and white here, where can we compare with each other!"

After all, Zhang Hongfan is a big family, and he is a warlord who controls one side, so he has been focusing on the research and development of artillery, and the siege cannon specially used for siege is also used, but compared with the artillery of the Red Phoenix Army, it is much worse.

But the Handan Righteous Army is only in its infancy, and the foundation in the city is weak, where can it make siege artillery?

If it weren't for the assistance of the Red Phoenix Army, I'm afraid that even the Tiger Squat Cannon wouldn't be able to be built!

In the midst of the words, several shells rushed in again, and the dust and sand splashed made everyone afraid, only the staff officers sent by the Red Phoenix Army were accustomed to it, and they did not feel any discomfort.

Zhou Yu comforted: "Don't worry. I've already calculated here that it's outside the range of the other side. ”

The soldiers were relieved to see that the artillery fire was only a hundred zhang away, and then they saw that not only Zhou Yu and Duan Ling, but also the rest of the staff officers were also indifferent, and they admired it in their hearts.

"It is worthy of being from Chang'an, this quality is indeed superhuman!"

If it weren't for the absolute strength of this group of staff groups, where would they be subservient to their bandit nature?

"Even so, if the other side continues to shoot, I'm afraid that sooner or later it won't be safe here. Duan Ling complained: "After all, the other party can take advantage of this time to come out of the casting fort." When the time comes, if we are within the range of the other party, then we really have to play. ”

"So, you're going to leave the city?" Zhou Yu raised his head and could already see what Duan Ling was thinking.

Duan Ling replied, "Other than that, do you have any other way?" Sensing the worry in Zhou Yu's eyes, Duan Ling felt a little annoyed, and slapped his chest with a "bang": "Or do you doubt my ability?"

"That's right. After all, you-"

Zhou Yu was a little embarrassed, his mouth seemed to have something to say, and his left index finger poked the table, which was also Zhou Yu's habit.

Duan Ling's hands clenched tightly, and the green tendons on his forehead also skyrocketed, but he stepped forward directly and directly in front of Zhou Yu's eyes: "That's a special reason." If we weren't prepared, how would it lead to failure?"

The previous two failures have already made him frustrated, if he fails for the third time, I am afraid that Duan Ling will directly choose to commit suicide under his anger!

"Oh, can you make sure this one happens?"

Zhou Yu suddenly became serious, and his eyes were staring at Duan Ling.

There were not many troops in the city, and if this operation failed again, then they would never have the possibility of reversing the original.

"Of course!"

Although Duan Ling was surprised, his eyes couldn't help but show a little hesitation.

But after thinking about it, he also understood that this was his chance to turn over again, gritted his teeth together, and nodded heavily: "This time, I naturally won't let you down." ”

"That's good. This time, I will give you a thousand. As long as you can destroy that fort, you can take my place too. Although Zhou Yu felt that it was a bit risky, he also understood that now was the only opportunity, and only by grasping this only opportunity could they have the possibility of success.

"Destroy the battery?"

Duan Ling read a sentence and seemed to feel a little dissatisfied.

He is not limited to this kind of need, but since the other party has asked for it, then he might as well come down, after all, if his purpose is successful, then the fort will not play much role.

"Absolutely. But I want full command of this army. Is that okay?"

"Naturally. After all, you're the commander. ”

When the two made eye contact, an agreement had already been reached.

Now that the target has been determined, Duan Ling also immediately led the army and walked out of Handan City, the battery in the distance was still firing, but the density of this artillery was too far from the decisive battle between the Chifeng Army and the Mongolian army that day, at least for the other Duan Ling, it was still much sparse.

"Everyone, follow me!"

Without talking nonsense, Duan Ling bore the brunt of the attack and rushed directly towards the fort.

The soldiers who followed him closely behind him also formed a small team in twos and threes, each rushing towards the distant battery, and after two or three months of assault training, these soldiers finally understood what it meant to charge, instead of gathering together stupidly like before, and rushed directly to the front.

Before the fort, several trenches had already been built, and hundreds of soldiers hid behind the trenches, trying to defend the fort behind them.

Flying bullets, noisy sounds, standing on this battlefield, Duan Ling felt that the blood in his body began to boil, his eyes were red, and the gun in his hand was pulled again and again, and the thirty bullets he was carrying were consumed.

After all, it is too far away from the Chifeng Army, so there is not much ammunition brought by Duan Ling and others, for example, the Chifeng Army's unique firing pin type fixed breech gun and projectile can only meet the use of staff officers, basically consumables, once they are used up, there is no supplement.

Today, the reason why Duan Ling was able to have so many projectiles was also because he was the commander, otherwise he might not be able to have so many bullets.

Although the bullets had been fired, Duan Ling refused to give up easily, seeing that he was only less than ten zhang away from the trench, he slammed his feet violently, like a hurricane, directly over the trench and fell into the defending soldiers.

"Kill!"

With a roar, he only swung the long knife in his hand violently, and more than a dozen soldiers in front of him suddenly fell.

In the distance, the person who was controlling the tiger squat cannon seemed to react, and hurriedly adjusted the chamber of the cannon, preparing to aim at Duan Ling.

However, the soldiers in the distance also seemed to be affected by the same feeling, and they all stepped forward to charge, and the spear in their hands was pointed at the soldier in front of him, and the man fell directly to the ground without any reaction.

The rest of the soldiers were also afraid, and although they wanted to continue to resist, they were helplessly frightened by the man, but they did not dare to move at all.

"Good. Blow up this fort for me right now!"

With a wave of his hand, Duan Ling immediately gathered the gunpowder he had collected and filled it directly on the fort.

With a "boom", the entire fort completely flew into the sky.

Although he destroyed a fort, Duan Ling still frowned, but he looked at another fort two hundred zhang away, compared with the fort he bombed before, the fort in the distance was obviously larger, with a radius of about thirty zhang, and the outer trench was also about a hundred zhang long, enough to accommodate more than three hundred people.

This fort is also the largest one here.

In addition to this battery, there were eight small batteries, which were distributed in four directions, southeast, north, and west.

And the fort captured by Duan Ling is the location due north.

"General, what are we going to do next?" Zhang Wu asked.

Duan Ling turned around and cursed in his mouth: "Go back." Let's go back first. After all, it will be a long time coming, and sooner or later, I will have to find out that guy and cut it down. ”

The other party stopped the shelling, and his goal has been achieved, what should happen next, that is Zhou Yu's business, after all, he is the commander of this rebel army.

"This guy, I didn't expect to be so brave?"

Standing in the middle of the central fort, Zhang Jue's eyes condensed slightly, and fell on Duan Ling's body.

He had only fought with the other party once, but that time left a deep impression on him, and he deeply understood that the other party was not the rabble he knew, after all, ordinary families were categorically unable to cultivate such talents.

Kong Zhen smiled: "Then don't you want to recruit him to your command?"

"How is that possible?" Zhang Jue shook his head, but said: "Although they don't say it, you should also know it, their origin is not simple." ”

"Red Phoenix Army?" Kong Zhen showed a little disgust.

His uncle and uncle Kong Yuancuo died at the hands of the Chifeng Army at the beginning, which has always made him haunted, otherwise why did he come here directly after getting the information?

"That's right. can have such quality and strength, except for the Red Phoenix Army, it can't be any other guy. Zhang Jue replied, with a little sadness between his eyebrows, "It's just that they are running here now, what are they called? If they want to take advantage of this time to attack the Central Plains, it will be bad." ”

If it was the army in front of him, Zhang Qi was not worried, but if it was the main force of the Red Phoenix Army, he was extremely afraid.

After all, the strength of the Red Phoenix Army is really shocking, that is, his father and even the current Great Khan have died in the hands of the other party, and he is just a hairy boy, how can he confront the other party?

Kong Zhen gritted his teeth and replied, "That's right. That's why we have to strangle the other party, otherwise when the Song Dynasty comes, we're afraid we won't have time. ”

At the moment, Zhang Hongfan and Boyan are reorganizing the army in Jinan Mansion, waiting to compete with the Song Dynasty, and naturally there is no room for any mistakes or omissions.

If there is a problem at this juncture, then the entire Central Plains may fall into the hands of the Red Phoenix Army.

When the Red Phoenix Army occupies the Central Plains, then they will really no longer be able to stop the footsteps of the Red Phoenix Army.

For this kind of future, Zhang Hongfan and Kong Zhen are extremely afraid.

"And when do you think we'll be able to attack?" Afraid of change, Zhang Qi thought of his father's order and felt a little anxious.

Now the battlefield dragged on for longer and longer, and it seemed that it was draining the strength of the rebel army, but he also began to feel that he could not hold it on.

After all, the army's food needs to be transported from the rear, and its consumption is not a few, if there is no Song Dynasty's trouble, it may be able to support it, but at present, in order to ensure that they can confront the Song Dynasty, then their grain and grass will be reduced, otherwise they will not be able to meet the needs of the army at all.

Many reasons are also forcing Zhang Qi to make a decision.

"The soldiers are fast. When the other party saw us building a fort, they must have been in a hurry to destroy it. In my opinion, the other party will definitely take action within three days, and then the other party's city gate will be empty. At that time, we can complete the battle and completely annihilate the other party. Kong Zhen complained.

Zhang Qi pursed his lips, and actually felt a little nervous: "Within three days?"

"That's right. As soon as the other side starts attacking the battery, it will be our time. When the time comes, we will definitely defeat each other completely. Kong Zhen gritted his teeth, his originally polite appearance now seemed a little hideous.

Zhang Jue took a deep breath and suddenly made up his mind.

"Good. In these three days, I will destroy you completely. ”

He swore in his heart that he would wash away the humiliation of his father and pass the battle today.

Back in the city, Zhou Yu saw Duan Ling walking in with dust, so he was relieved and asked, "Are you okay with this battle?"

"So-so. After all, the opponent's central battery has not been killed, and it is still a big threat. Duan Ling turned his head sideways and glanced at the fort in the distance.

The fort is also majestic, about five miles away from the city gate, but it can still be seen very clearly here, and it must be at least ten zhang high in this way.

To be able to build such an earthen city in such a short period of time, the other party is afraid that it will take a lot of effort.

Zhou Yu smiled: "It's only here in Japan." As long as we plan well, we can naturally defeat each other, right?"

"How long is it coming?" Duan Ling snorted lightly, but said, "Are you sure?" Pointing to the battery in the distance, he complained directly: "The other party has already built this thing, and it is clear that it intends to completely solve us in a short time." In this situation, do you think we can wait?"

"Indeed, we can't wait. ”

Zhou Yu was stunned, feeling that what he said before was a little wrong, so he bowed his head to Duan Ling and apologized.

The soldiers next to them were all tight, and if they kept the battery hanging over their heads, it meant that they were always within the firing range of the opponent's artillery, and they would be attacked anytime and anywhere.

This feeling of having a sword on your head is not very pleasant!