Sun Chengzong was disappointed with the result of persuading him to surrender. The envoy was shot back with an arrow by guard Li Jiquan, apparently refusing to surrender.
Seeing how stubborn Luanzhou City was, Sun Chengzong didn't say much. He led his generals to the artillery camp and ordered artillery to attack the city.
After receiving the order, the Portuguese mercenary leader Gonzago began to test the distance. Seeing that he was busy, Sun Chengzong directly asked him the best range of the Hongyi cannon, then stretched out his hand and gestured, and directly told Gonzago to go forward fifty steps.
Can.
Gongsa was very envious of the Ming army's convenient operation method. He knew that it was taught by the young supervisor. He wanted to ask Sun Chengzong for advice, but was afraid of his majesty. In the end, he had no choice but to set up artillery positions first, thinking of waiting.
After the battle, go and ask the supervisor for advice. After all, they are all from overseas, so they should be easier to talk to.
The Ming army deliberately let the defenders on the top of the city see them deploying the Red Yi cannons. After selecting the position, the Red Yi cannons were deployed one by one. White pole troops were deployed on both sides in front of the formation to defend Luanzhou defenders.
The army may take counterattack actions out of the city.
The defenders on the top of the city watched helplessly as the Ming army deployed artillery calmly outside the city, but they were helpless.
They seemed to see the black and white impermanence walking toward them with a ferocious smile, but they were still unsettled, and fear slowly began to well up in their hearts.
Li Jiquan saw that the soldiers guarding the city were about to collapse. He had an idea and ordered his cronies to go and shout: "Don't worry, brothers. It's not like we don't know the quality of the Ming army's artillery. One shot will blow up one gun. Those
Artillery is useless, so don’t worry, brothers..."
Li Jiquan's confidants shouted over and over again, which restored some confidence to many soldiers. Mango Live Broadcast Network w w.mgzhibo.co After all, the Ming Dynasty's firearms were famous for their poor quality.
But they didn't notice that Li Jiquan himself quietly moved his place, far away from the section of the city wall facing the cannon muzzle.
Just kidding, those who operate the Hongyi cannon are Westerners. It’s self-evident where this artillery comes from. Now we have to rely on God’s blessing that the Western cannons will explode in order to defend Luanzhou, but the chance is really low.
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While praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, he arranged for a reserve team to fill the gap after the bombardment.
After receiving Sun Chengzong's order to fire the cannon, Gongsargo returned to the artillery camp and ordered the cannon to be fired.
He always asked himself to perform well, which would make his men make some stupid mistakes, so he was full of confidence in the effectiveness of the artillery bombardment.
After hearing the "boom, boom, boom" sound of the earthquake cannon, each round of solid iron eggs instantly hit the Luanzhou city wall.
About one-tenth of the cannonballs missed the city wall, and the rest hit the city head. The impact caused dust on the city head to fly, and accompanied by screams, a corner of the city wall collapsed.
The shells began to extend to both sides along the collapsed city wall, widening the gap. After all, Luanzhou is not a big or important city, so its mass cannot withstand the bombardment of Hongyi cannons.
Qin Liangyu looked at the gap in the city wall slowly widening, and sighed inwardly. The world will definitely be dominated by firearms in the future. His army still generally uses cold weapons. Although it can last for a while, it will not last long. Should he find a way?
How about replacing some firearms first?
For Qin Liangyu, who prides herself on her tyranny with force, both she and Lu Xiangsheng were born at the wrong time. With firearms, it is conceivable who will practice martial arts hard in the future!
The main force of King Qin's army captured Luanzhou City effortlessly. Zhang Wenxiu, the former Luanzhou colleague, set fire to his home and died. Li Jiquan, the original guard, was killed by his subordinates and surrendered to King Qin's army.
"Death is heavier than Mount Tai, and lighter than a feather. These two people have forgotten their ancestors. Not only did they take bribes and bend the law, butchered their colleagues, and they also took refuge with the barbarians. How could they see their ancestors underground after death? I hope you will take this as a warning and not follow the path of these two people.
." Sun Chengzong did not enter Luanzhou City. After setting up a Chinese military tent outside the city, he trained the generals in the tent.
"Please remember this, general, and don't dare forget." All the generals in the tent replied in unison.
"Today we will appease Luanzhou, and tomorrow morning we will send troops to Yongping." Sun Chengzong ordered.
"As you command!"
Besides, Zhong Jinwei and his party, on their way north, kept discovering villages that had been massacred by Jianqi.
One thing these villages have in common is that there is no living thing, not only no living people, but also no animals such as chickens, ducks, and dogs. The houses were either burned or robbed, and even the pots on the pot table were not spared. God
Already here, if these corpses are exposed to the wild, a plague may occur. Not only Zhong Jinwei from later generations knew this, but the ancients also understood this cause and effect relationship.
Near dusk, they descended from the official road and set up camp in a leeward place at the foot of a mountain, preparing to rest for a night before setting off.
Everyone was in a bad mood, so they were doing their own thing silently, and no one made a sound.
Suddenly, someone noticed something was wrong. The ground shook faintly, and then the sound became louder and louder. It was a large group of cavalry.
Fortunately, they had not set fire to cook yet, and they were in the lee of the foot of the mountain, separated by mountains from the main road where the cavalry was.
Before distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, Zhong Jinwei ordered everyone to hide and prepare for battle. Then he led several generals to the side of the mountain, hiding in the darkness and watching the cavalry coming along the way.
This cavalry army marched faster at night, holding torches and rushing forward.
Lu Xiangsheng was beside Zhong Jinwei. He whispered to Zhong Jinwei: "It's Jianlu. It seems that there are about two thousand people. We can't deal with them."
Before Zhong Jinwei could see clearly, he turned around to look at him after hearing what Lu Xiangsheng said.
Lu Xiangsheng understood that Zhong Jinwei turned around because he didn't understand why he said that, so he explained in a low voice: "No general in King Qin's army on the North Road dared to lead a march of two thousand people with torches at night. In addition, this army
The proficiency of the cavalry's riding skills is unparalleled by the cavalry in the pass."
Zhong Jinwei felt that what Lu Xiangsheng said was reasonable, so he sent an order to check the condition of the horses again and not to let them make any noise.
The cavalrymen came closer and saw clearly that they were indeed Jianlu. Under the light of torches, each one of them rode on horseback with their heads lowered.
Fortunately, Jianlu was not familiar with the road conditions, so he only dared to march along the official road at night, and because he was in a hurry, he did not notice the existence of a Ming army on the other side of the mountain.
It was not until the Jianlu cavalry army crossed the foot of the mountain and was far away from them that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I wish I could avenge the villagers who died so innocently, if I encounter a group of captives twice as many as myself in the wilderness and want to rush in and fight, that is a sign of a diseased mind.
Zhang Fengyi suddenly spoke: "Where did these Jianlu come from and where are they going? Why are they in such a hurry and need to travel all night?"
Zhang Fengyi, like Zhong Jinwei, is not familiar with the terrain here, so she asked this question.
Yan Yingyuan was from Tongzhou and was familiar with the capital. He thought for a moment and replied to Zhang Fengyi: "These Jianqi are probably stationed in Zunhua. Looking at this, I'm afraid they will return to Yongping."
Lu Xiangsheng is also a person who is relatively familiar with the capital region. After hearing Yan Yingyuan's explanation, he was a little confused and asked: "If we are coming from Zunhua, should we take the official road farther north to get a closer distance?"
"Could it be that we encountered the Northern Route Army?" Zhong Jinwei suddenly proposed an explanation.
"It's possible that the Northern Route Army went to attack Qian'an and cut off the road back to Yongping from Zunhua, so the Jian captives came around here." This was Lu Xiangsheng's only explanation.
"Then let's go around this mountain tomorrow and go to the north to have a look." Zhong Jinwei said.
If Zhong Jinwei's explanation is followed, the North Route Army's march should have stopped moving and accelerated.
As for the reason, you will only know when you meet the Northern Route Army.
So Zhong Jinwei and others returned to the camp and announced that no fires were allowed and that they would deal with it overnight with dry food.
As soon as he ate the dry food, Zhong Jinwei remembered that he had forgotten last time about making some delicious dried fish, or fish floss.
He told his thoughts to several people present, and asked them to remember to remind him to discuss this matter with the imperial chef after returning to the capital.
While Lu Xiangsheng agreed, he was quite curious, wondering what else Zhongxing Hou would know.
Nothing happened all night, and they set off early the next morning and headed north.
When they reached a certain area, they didn't know that there were also a few pairs of eyes watching the march of their troops in the dark.
After one of them saw Zhong Jinwei's flag clearly, he cried out: "Hou Zhongxing!"