Eight hundred steps outside Jinzhou City, the Ming army's twelve cannons were lined up, Liu Hongjian was dressed in armor and sat on his horse, and Kong Ermao, the official of the cannon battalion, signaled that everything was ready.

"Fire!" Liu Hong gradually shouted.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Twelve cannons fired in unison, and the conical steel warheads blessed by the sun shot like meteors towards Jinzhou City.

"General be careful!" Zu Dashou didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't have time to dodge.

The guards beside him rushed over with an arrow and knocked down Zu Dashou, and then a cannonball hit the battlements in front of Zu Dashou.

The battlements made of thick blue bricks mixed with stones were completely penetrated, and the broken stones and bricks fell on Zu Dashou's body, but fortunately, due to the timely dodge, except for a guard who was smashed on the head by the stone, it did not cause any major losses.

It's just that Zu Dashou's eyes stared at the gap in the battlements as if he had seen a ghost!

Oh, my God! At such a distance, a shell directly penetrated the battlement! What a power this is!

Even if the red-coated cannon of Jinzhou City's city defense is three hundred steps closer, it may not be able to penetrate the battlements with one shot, Daming, is it so strong?

"General, look at those cannonballs...... "One of the more daring guards secretly looked under the city wall, and after only one glance, he retracted his head like a ghost.

Zu Dashou hurriedly got up and looked down, only to see that on the southern city wall, there were a total of nine cannonballs like white radish, which were different from the cannons in Jinzhou City.

The cannonballs of Jinzhou City are iron balls, and this kind of cannonballs are actually silvery-white, and they are still long, and the tails of several shells protrude two or three inches, and there are also a few shells that only show the tail.

Oh, my God! If the fight continues like this, where will the siege equipment be used, and it will only be bombarded for a day or two, where will this city wall hold?

Besides, the Ming artillery hit too far, even if the city defense artillery occupied the high ground, it was in vain!

Zu Dashou's brows were twisted, he knew that he might have made the wrong bet four years ago.

Every move on the head of the city, Liu Hong gradually carried a telescope to see it all.

Twelve shells can be regarded as Liu Hong's 'meeting gift' to Zu Dashou, or to say that Ma Wei is under the same expectations, as Zu Dashou expected, if this cannon can be bombarded for a day or two in a row, Jinzhou City will indeed not be able to hold it.

But not to mention whether the barrels of these cannons can withstand it, shells alone are not enough!

This kind of shells, which are called armor-piercing shells, are all made of steel casting and grinding, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cost of almost every shell is about 100 taels!

The steel used in a shell can almost be made into the barrel of twenty rifled guns, and even if Liu Hongjian is a tyrant, it is absolutely impossible for him to make this thing like a broken bean.

In fact, in this northern expedition, only 100 of this armor-piercing ammunition ordnance were produced, and the rest were still ordinary shells.

And to give this greeting gift, it is just that Liu Hong is gradually pretending to be thirteen, and most of them will find someone to pick up the cannonballs and recast them after the war.

Anyway, Zu Dashou didn't know the reality of the Ming army, he just wanted the defenders in the city to know that Da Ming wanted to take this city like Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts, at least it seemed like that!

"The second stunned man did a good job, go back and ask the cook to add food to you!" Liu Hong gradually gave a thumbs up to the two stunned people.

A target as big as the city wall, even if the twelve cannonballs are all hit, there is nothing to show off, but the second stunned person still couldn't close his mouth when he heard it, because Chongzhen was watching from the side.

After finishing the cannon, Liu Hong gradually waved his hand, and a sentry rode forward from his side to Jinzhou City.

A moment later, a wooden frame hung over the head of Jinzhou City, and the sentry knight put a letter in it......

"Youming, this is too much, how can the traitor listen to you?" For those who betrayed him, Chongzhen naturally didn't have a good face.

"Hehe, that's not necessarily, how do you know if you don't try?" Liu Hong gradually took it seriously.

Chongzhen naturally didn't know the situation that Zu Dashou was in, but Liu Hong gradually knew.

Moreover, if this city wall as high and thick as Nima really has to be attacked, how many lives will be needed to fill it?

Loss-making business can't be done, besides, Liu Hong has gradually fought so many battles, which time has he played cards according to common sense?

He doesn't know much about the art of war, but he can distinguish between people.

The two waited under the city for a quarter of an hour, and just when Liu Hong was gradually losing confidence, the sentry finally returned with Zu Dashou's reply.

Liu Hong hurriedly took the letter and spread it out, and just after reading two lines, the corners of his mouth flashed with a smile.

"How?" Chongzhen didn't know what was written in the letter, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, do you need to talk about it? Ministers never fight unprepared battles! Liu Hong gradually handed over the letter to Chongzhen with a stinky face.

It stands to reason that as the guard general of the Great Qing Kingdom, there is no reason to go to the meeting with just a letter to Zu Dashou.

Not to mention that the hostile sides have nothing to talk about, but as a Han army, he was already hated by mites, and he was still a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty......

But I don't know what Liu Hongjian said in the letter, Zu Dashou still agreed, this guy is quite cautious, requiring both sides to bring only two personal guards, and not to bring any weapons including firearms.

If you don't dare, you don't have to bother.

The implication is that this covenant before the battle was proposed by you An Guogong, and now people say that you can only bring two people, and you can't bring weapons, so you can come!

Liu Hong gradually scoffed at Zu Dashou's provocation, very cute, Lao Tzu is afraid of you as a ghost, the bad old man is very bad, Lao Tzu wants to mess with you, it's as easy as a snap, do you still need to use this little trick?

The gates of Jinzhou City on three sides are sealed by huge stones, and only the east gate can enter and exit.

So, half an hour later, a meeting that was not optimistic about both sides, inexplicable, and unbelievable, began under a ventilated tea shed on all sides by the moat outside the east gate of Jinzhou City.

Zu Dashou was wearing armor and did not wear a sword, and he was followed by two tall guards, who were also unarmed.

Behind him is the sling of the moat of Jinzhou City, and if there is an accident, Zu Dashou is sure to flee as soon as possible.

Moreover, the three people who rode from the enemy formation, except for the man who was five big and three thick, the other two were all weak in his opinion, and one of them was still wearing a mask.

While Zu Dashou was observing Liu Hongji, Liu Hongjian was also observing Zu Dashou.

The gray-white beard on the cheeks is in line with a veteran's expectation in Liu Hongji's heart, but it is just ...... Alas!

"Master Zu, how are you doing in Jianyu?" Seeing the cautiousness on this Zu Dashou's face, Liu Hong gradually became proud in his heart.

He knew that it might not be him who was cautious, but the mighty army and the mighty country behind him.

"Hmph, you are the Duke An Guogong who has repeatedly saved the Ming Dynasty? I can't imagine that it can be so frivolous!

Naruto doesn't say secret words, what are you looking for an old man? ”