Bai Wang's astonishing move made Chang Yu and the others very confused. They hurriedly went to the top of the city to wait and see. The fire was snaking from a few miles to the south. It was roughly estimated that it was about three thousand at most.
"It's a joke to besiege the city with such a small number of troops. I guess they are just imitating what they did the day before to harass us. They want to make the city restless and disturb the morale of the army. This is what the governor calls psychological warfare," Li Muchian said in a low voice.
Chang Yu frowned and said nothing, while Wu Weiying took over and said: "It's unlikely. The Shenji Camp is here and they can't get within two miles of it, so they can't harass it!"
"Young Master Wu, you don't understand." Li Muchian stroked his beard and chuckled: "This is called psychological warfare. As long as people come over, even if he does nothing, he will put a kind of psychological pressure on the defenders in the city."
Wu Weiying frowned and seemed to understand: "Taoist master, these are all copied from Eunuch Chang."
Li Muxian laughed loudly: "You are now learning and selling." Chang Yu turned to look at him: "Your ability to talk and laugh freely before the battle is really admirable."
"Is it true?" Li Muxian quickly put his hands behind his back and looked into the distance: "Do you have the same feeling as Mr. Zhuge?"
"Yes, it would be more like it if you went out of the city to chat and laugh in front of the rebel army at this time." Chang Yu curled his lips, Li Muchian smiled awkwardly, and Wu Sangui was not in the mood to listen to their banter: "The rebel army may have prepared in a few days.
Other tricks".
"What kind of trick can there be? Could it be that they all have wings?" Tu Yuan snorted, turned to Chang Yu and said: "Master Du Gong, please give the order. Please ask the Black Tiger Camp to go out of the city to kill him..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang, and sparks flew from the wall to the west of the city gate, leaving a hole the size of a tabletop!
The thieves actually have artillery, and they are heavy artillery!
Everyone was horrified. Qiao Sanxiu and other guards hurriedly hugged Chang Yu and tried to hide under the city, but Chang Yu struggled away: "It doesn't matter, let's see clearly..." Before he could finish his words, there was another loud noise, and he fell.
At a similar position just now, it caused panic among the guards on the city.
"This is the red cannon." Ma Ke burst out knowingly, raising his hand and pointing south: "Look at this cannon with destructive power that can be fired at least five miles away. The first shot is a hollow explosive bomb, and the second shot is
The solid bullets were not fired from one artillery piece. The time interval was too short to be so fast! In other words, the rebel army had at least two cannons! Damn it, they actually pulled the heavy artillery over. It seems that they really want to
The city is under siege!”
Chang Yu's face was a little solemn. He knew a little about the red cannon. The cannon body weighed from hundreds of kilograms to one ton, and its range could reach five or six miles. However, one mile in the Ming Dynasty was 554 meters, so the range was equivalent to today's
Six or seven miles away, if you stand on top of the city, you can barely get out nearly ten miles.
This kind of heavy artillery took at least two minutes to reload, and the shells could not be opened (only in the Kangxi period). They were mainly used to attack and defend cities, and were of little use in field battles.
Bai Wang went to all the trouble to bring such a heavy thing, what does that mean?
It goes without saying that he is determined to attack the city!
He didn't just want to stop the officers and soldiers from going south, he also wanted to counterattack and move north!
"Lord Governor, quickly go down to the city and take shelter. These cannonballs have no eyes and will only die if they are damaged." Li Muxian looked horrified. He had wanted to go down to the city when he saw the power of the artillery. However, he was too embarrassed to run away without Chang Yu.
He said this to persuade Chang Yu to go down, but at this moment another shot landed near the city gate, the earth shook and the mountains shook with such a powerful sound that everyone changed their expressions.
Chang Yu was not a man who showed off his talents, and he also knew that the cannonballs had no eyes and were nothing but flesh. However, at this time, the morale of the army was a little panicked. If he led everyone down to the city, it would have a very bad impact on the morale of the army, so he said: "This small scene is not enough to scare me."
"Governor"
"The bandit army knew that we had artillery on the city and did not dare to approach it, so they bombarded the city with heavy artillery outside the range. This move could not only cause actual damage but also cause chaos in the army. It is really abominable. We cannot tolerate such provocations. Please Lord Governor
Order troops to attack it," Marco said angrily.
The generals around him all asked for a fight, especially Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu, the three guards of Dongchang, all sprayed Chang Yu in the face: "The governor gives the order, fuck him!"
Chang Yu silently raised his hand to wipe his face and looked outside the city: "In addition to what General Ma said, the rebel army is actually showing off its muscles like us! They are showing off that they have cannons!"
"The rebel positions are more than ten miles away from here, which is far beyond the range of the red cannon. This means that the heavy artillery is not in the position. Lord, look at the rebel army over there, which is only more than three thousand. We only need to send two thousand cavalry."
Defeat it. If the rebel army cannot retreat as far as us, we may be able to capture its artillery." Tu Yuan's voice was the loudest. Chang Yu looked at Wu Sangui with a half-smile, "What do you think, General Wu?"
Wu Sangui frowned: "It's possible, but there is a risk. Judging from the firelight, the bandit army is only two or three thousand, but who knows the actual strength under the fire..." Before he could finish his words, Tu Yuan intercepted him again: "That's ten twenty.
So what if three thousand are enough, can they withstand the steel sword of the Iron Cavalry?"
Tsk tsk, Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at everyone: "Why don't you think about it? If Bai Wang wants to attack the city, he must gather a large army. He will first besiege the city and then suppress it with artillery, and then the soldiers will rush to attack the city. But you see
Look, right now he has sent only a few thousand troops, but he has no intention of besieging the city. Why is there no soldiers to attack the city after the artillery bombardment?"
Everyone was startled, and Wu Sangui was the first to react: "He just wants to lure us out of the city!" The rest suddenly realized, Chang Yu sighed: "There is a hole dug outside for us. In this dark night, you don't know that he has sent troops to gather, and you don't know either.
I don’t know where the ambush is, and I don’t know what other hidden tricks are hidden there, but judging from how hard he tried to lure us out, we know that the hole he dug must be very deep, so we should stay in the city. If he doesn’t attack us, there is no need to risk going out of the city.”
"Then let him attack the city like this?" Wang Tizhong managed to put in a sentence.
"If we don't go out, he won't keep firing. The governor doesn't believe he has so many shells. If he continues, he will extinguish the fire on the city wall and let him fire blindly. He can't see anything from a distance of five miles.
, if it comes close to two miles away, the Shenji Battalion will be killed!"
On the ridge south of the city, Bai Wang looked solemn as he listened to the intermittent sound of cannons. After waiting for so long, there was no movement in the city. The little eunuch didn't fall for the trick. He didn't even come to the dug hole. He was so cowardly, right?
, the rumors say that he is very fierce and belligerent in fighting. When he was in Taiyuan, he only led a few hundred people to go out and fight around the city at night. He was not afraid of the king's army of more than 100,000 outside the city. It seems that he was discovered by the young eunuch.
, or it was rumored that there was too much moisture and he did not dare to fight at night.
Fortunately, this pit can also be used during the day. Although it is not as powerful as at night, it is still enough for him to drink a pot. When the lights in the city were soon extinguished, Bai Wang knew that the officers and soldiers were determined to lose the city, so he ordered the bombardment to stop.
Withdraw troops and return to camp.
Bai Wang's troubles had a slight impact on the morale of the troops in the city, but the ones most affected were undoubtedly the Nanjing soldiers and horses by Tianjing Lake in the north of the city.
Yesterday, a heavy rain caused them to suffer so much that they complained and the morale of the soldiers was unstable. Fortunately, Chang Yu led the Dongchang Third Battalion to comfort them. With a candy in one hand and an iron rod in the other, the morale of the soldiers gradually calmed down. By the afternoon of this day, Xu Hongji and others were relieved.
The city moved to the garrison and declared a state of war readiness, and the soldiers knew that what was supposed to come had finally come.
I was frightened and anxious, seeing that night was approaching, and just when I was thinking I could breathe a sigh of relief, I suddenly heard the sound of cannons coming from the south. I immediately lit a fire on the city as a warning, and then a horse came to report that the bandit army was about to siege the city and prepare to fight immediately!
Not only the soldiers were panicking now, but Xu Hongji and others were also extremely nervous. If a fight broke out between these blind people...if they were defeated...where would they run away? Among them, only Lu Daqi and Chang Yanling could still keep their composure.
If you want to attack, it is impossible to bypass Tongling City and attack them directly. That way you will be attacked from both inside and outside. If you attack the city from the south, you cannot leave your back from the north, so don't worry too much. The sky is falling.
There was also the one in the city who was taking the lead first. He just ordered all the soldiers to take their positions, and even sent out twenty scouting horses to keep a close eye on the movement of the rebels and report back in time.