, the fastest update of the latest chapter of my Ming Dynasty as a prince! "Would you rather die in battle than surrender?"

Yang Feng listened to the words brought back by the merchant, and there was no anger on his face because of Sonord's refusal.

He closed his eyes slightly, and only opened them again after a while, and said to Song Ye beside him: "You go and tell Qiu Disheng that in two hours, I will see our shells fall on the walls of those Dutchmen." ”

With the efforts of thousands of soldiers of the baggage battalion and artillery battalion, dozens of earthen platforms slowly increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Dutch on the opposite side were also panicked when they looked at the earthen platform that was slowly rising on the opposite side, and at this time, even ordinary soldiers knew that when the Ming people on the opposite side raised the earthen platform to a certain extent, they would be greeted by fierce artillery fire.

Seeing this scene, Sonod did not hesitate to give the order for shelling.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The eleven guns deployed by the Dutch on the city girl finally opened fire, and one shell after another rushed towards the earthen platform with a sharp whistling sound.

At the same time, Qiu Disheng, who was a guerrilla of the artillery battalion, took several guards to shuttle on the earthen platform to cheer up the baggage battalion and the people who had been requisitioned.

"Everyone is working hard for me, Master Hou said, we must build the earthen platform before noon, so that the Dutch can taste the power of our artillery!"

"Woo......"

At this moment, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and after hearing this sound, Qiu Disheng lay on the ground with a tiger pounce almost without thinking, and then felt the whistling sound pass overhead, and then an object smashed heavily behind him not far away, and then a miserable scream also sounded.

Qiu Disheng looked back and saw that a cannonball had landed not far behind him, bounced and then touched the leg of a citizen.

The power of the twelve-pound projectile was no joke, and although it was rubbed tightly, the baggage soldier's leg twisted in a strange shape, and a piece of white bone was exposed on the calf.

The hapless man let out a terrible scream of pain, rolling on the ground with his calves in his hands.

"Quick...... Disperse...... Spread out ......"

"Dodge the shelling!"

Qiu Disheng, who was lying on the ground, hurriedly shouted, and the officers at all levels also shouted and ordered the surrounding sergeants and civilians to avoid the artillery.

The roaring sound of artillery continued to sound, and as the artillery continued to shoot out tongues of fire from the city wall, one after another shells continued to fall around the earthen platform, and for a time the people and baggage soldiers who were working on the earth were chaotic.

"Hmph, is Sonord trying to give me a dismount?"

Yang Feng, who was in the back, could see the situation in front of him clearly from the telescope, and he said to the family next to him: "Tell Qiu Disheng to let him immediately organize an artillery counterattack, and not let the Dutch artillery fire interfere with our normal operations." ”

"Boom ......"

Soon, the artillery of the Jiangning army also began to counterattack, and one after another twenty-four-pound or even thirty-two-pound shells whistled and flew towards the city.

"Knock ......"

A cannonball slammed into a red brick in the prismatic castle, the thirty-centimeter-long red brick instantly turned into powder, and there was an open basin-sized hole in the center of it, countless pieces splashed out, and a soldier hiding next to him screamed and covered his face and fell to the ground, blood slowly flowing out of his fingers.

"Quick...... Hurry up and save people! ”

An officer's shout was heard nearby.

Soon the two soldiers hurriedly ran towards the wounded soldier, carrying him and running backwards, before they could take a few steps, another cannonball smashed into the wall next to him, and bounced back heavily and hit the thigh of a soldier, with a crisp sound, the thigh of the soldier who walked at the end was instantly broken in two by the cannonball, and the soldier simply snorted and fainted.

"Knock Knock ......"

Several more projectiles fell on the city wall in succession, sending rubble flying, and many of the soldiers hiding in the corners were smashed by the scattered bricks and rubble.

"Fight back...... Masan fought back...... Knock out all those cannons! ”

Sonord, who was hiding in the bunker, looked at the heavy artillery fire of the Ming army, and his face showed shock.

The reason why he was able to refuse Yang Feng's surrender without hesitation was because he had full confidence in the fortifications of Gelancha City, but after seeing the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, he was a little shaken with confidence, and in order to cover up his panic, he ordered the artillery to counterattack the artillery fire of the Ming army.

The two sides went back and forth, and an artillery battle lasted for a full hour before it stopped.

And the reason for the stop was that due to the continuous firing, the barrel of the gun was already hot, and in order not to affect the service life of the gun, the gunner had to stop firing.

Although the Dutch had few artillery, their losses were not large due to the complete forts and fortifications, except that the city walls were pitted and full of basin-sized potholes, which killed and wounded dozens of soldiers.

And the personnel losses on the side of the Jiangning army were similar, except that several artillery pieces were lost due to the lack of fortifications.

On the city wall that had just ended, puffs of gray-white smoke filled the air, mixed with a pungent smell of gunpowder, and there seemed to be a smell of blood

In lingering.

After the artillery battle, the Sonod returned to the city walls, despite the opposition of Onkos and several officers.

Looking at the city wall full of craters, Sonord was silent, and after a long time he said to an officer behind him: "Captain Alex, how many people did we lose in the artillery battle just now?" ”

Alex replied, "Thirty-three people were lost, of whom thirteen were killed, and the remaining fifteen were seriously wounded and five lightly wounded. ”

Sonord continued: "Do you have the confidence to hold on here for a month?" ”

Alex pondered for a moment and replied with some embarrassment: "To be honest, I'm not too sure, after all, you have also seen that I only have less than two hundred soldiers in my hands, and if I continue to lose my soldiers at the rate of casualties just now, it will not take a few days for my soldiers to be exhausted." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I will continue to send you reinforcements from other places." Sonord stared at him, with a fierce glint in his eyes: "This is our first line of defense, I don't care what method you use, you have to give me a month to hold here, understand?" ”

"Your Excellency, all I can say is do your best!"

"I don't want to hear the word do my best, I want to ...... You have to hold on here for a month! ”

Sonord shouted viciously, almost pressing his face in front of the other.

"It will take at least four to six months for our reinforcements to arrive, so I need you to be firmly nailed here like a nail, and I will make this place a meat grinder for the Ming people, draining their courage and blood, do you understand?"

Looking at Sonod's fierce eyes like a wild wolf, Captain Alex shuddered, and quickly saluted and said in a trembling voice: "Understood! ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, the people of the Ming Kingdom have begun to fill in the soil and raise those earthen platforms again!" At this time, one of the soldiers pointed ahead and shouted again......