Zuo Liangyu held the battlements of the city wall, bowed his head and looked out of the city, looking at the stretching Xingtian Army camp, and the various battle flags of the Xingtian Army like a forest, he was terrified, originally Zuo Liangyu thought that he was the hero of the world, from a small Liaodong soldier, and now he has mixed into the position of the general of the imperial court, and his command has pulled up more than 100,000 horses, and he will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future, although he does not have the idea of winning the world, but the idea of being a big warlord on the separating side is still there.

But he was unlucky to meet this Xingtian Army, so many years, he and the Xingtian Army have fought repeatedly, but there are many defeats and few victories, he used to find trouble with the Xingtian Army, but now he was beaten by the Xingtian Army and had to retreat to Jingzhou, but the Xingtian Army still chased after him like maggots on tarsal bones.

Now he really regrets going to Nanyang at the beginning of the year, if he didn't listen to the bewitchment of the imperial court at that time, and didn't go to Nanyang, he wouldn't be annoyed by Xiao Xingtian, and it was estimated that Xiao Xingtian wouldn't hate him so much, and he was forced to his door to put him to death and then quickly.

Looking at the tall poles erected under the city, all of them are hung with the heads of his old department, these people can be said to be his subordinates who took him to Nanyang Mansion more than half a year ago, and now although many people have surrendered to the Xingtian Army, they are still pushed out and cut off their heads, he knows how much Xiao Xingtian hates him, so he knows that as long as he falls into the hands of Xiao Xingtian, there is absolutely no reason to be spared.

Seeing that the Xingtian Army began to lay out sieges outside the city, Zuo Liangyu also gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to defend Jingzhou City, he didn't believe it, and couldn't stop the Xingtian Army from attacking the city, in his opinion, through his looting around Jingzhou during this time, now there is a lot of grain stored in the city, and the military salary is also quite sufficient, as long as it lasts for a month, the Xingtian Army will definitely not be able to hold on, and he will withdraw to Xiangyang.

So his goal is not too big, as long as he survives this month, he can get through this crisis.

For this reason, Zuo Liangyu personally sat at the head of the city and said to his subordinates: "As long as anyone dares to take a step back, the general will be killed immediately!" At the same time, he sent swords and axes to block the foot of the city wall, pulled out the big blades, and prepared a large number of bows and arrows to supervise the battle.

The defenders saw that Zuo Liangyu was ruthless, and they had no choice but to go to the city to defend it, but the heavy artillery of the Xingtian Army immediately gave them a dismount, several twenty-four-pounder guns were mounted two miles away from the city, aiming at the head of the city and bombarding it, Zuo Liangyu did not sit at the head of the city for a while, a cannonball bombarded the city gate tower behind him, the city gate tower swayed, the bricks and stones flew wildly, and Zuo Liangyu almost died on the spot on the city gate tower, so frightened that Zuo Liangyu immediately escaped from the city wall under the escort of his own soldiers, Stay at the foot of the walls and continue to supervise the battle.

But then Jingzhou City fell into a hellish nightmare, a large number of heavy artillery of the Xingtian Army also began to fire, even some three-pounder light cannons, also began to approach the north of the city to fire at the city wall, almost every moment there are cannonballs on the city wall, hitting the city wall bricks and stones flying, although Jingzhou City is also a strong city, but after all, it is still a rammed earth and brick city wall, how can it not withstand such a fierce artillery bombardment of the Xingtian Army, not to mention that the defenders on the city are also flesh and blood, and it is impossible to withstand such a bombardment, Many officers and soldiers were torn apart by the bombardment, their internal organs and stumps were scattered everywhere, and many more were wounded by the broken masonry and lay on the city wall, whining and wailing.

Originally, Zuo Liangyu also prepared a lot of Furang machine guns and various bowl-mouth guns, tiger squat cannons, and even a few lighter Hongyi cannons, but in addition to those Hongyi cannons, the rest of the various artillery pieces basically couldn't reach the heavy artillery artillery array of the Xingtian Army, and the cannons of the Xingtian Army hit far and accurately, and they could only lie down and be beaten.

At this time, the advantage of firepower has been fully demonstrated, Xiao Tianjian has attached great importance to the construction of artillery for a long time, and now all kinds of artillery in the army are complete, in addition to the self-produced three-pound, six-pound, and eight-pound field guns, now the artillery in Henan and Jinnan has begun to cast large-caliber twelve-pound guns, although the output is not high, and there are not many guns cast in a year, but these cannons are used by Xiao Tianjian intensively, only for the purpose of attacking fortifications, In addition, several 24-pounder heavy Hongyi cannons of the Guanning Army were also captured from Hebei, these heavy artillery went south this time, Xiao Tianjian basically brought them over, although each of these heavy cannons weighed thousands of catties, which caused a lot of trouble for the Xingtian Army to transport them, but it is never deniable that their power is great, and the deterrence caused to the enemy army is so great, when they hit Xiangyang, they played an important role, and when they hit Chengtianfu, they also played an important role, and now they are fighting Jingzhou, and they are showing their power.

When the Hongyi cannons of Zuo Liangyu on the city wall started, they also fired back a few times, but these Hongyi cannons immediately became the focus of the gunners of the Xingtian Army, and they concentrated their firepower towards them, and it didn't take long for these Hongyi cannons to be bombarded into slag, and the gunners were also killed and wounded.

As for the lighter light artillery such as the Furlong machine gun, the general cannon, the tassel cannon, the bowl mouth gun and the tiger squat cannon, although the cannon returned fire, it either could not reach the heavy artillery position of the Xingtian Army, or it was not accurate, and under the suppression of the artillery fire of the Xingtian Army, these artillery pieces were destroyed one after another, or the gunners were beaten to the head of the rat and could not shoot at the Xingtian Army.

Xiao Tianjian stopped on a Yuan Shu car, observing the battle situation on the city wall with a telescope from a distance, when he saw the officers and soldiers all over the city wall were hugging their heads and running around, Xiao Tianjian laughed, so many years of hard work, finally saw the results, now the artillery of the Xingtian Army, it can be said that looking at the Central Plains, there is really no opponent, especially the heavy artillery siege of more than eight pounders, it can be said that it is extremely sharp, when shooting at close range, the accuracy is very high, with the operating system he personally designed, the aiming operation is very simple, Coupled with the aiming method implemented in the artillery of the Xingtian Army, even if it is a long-distance shooting, the accuracy is quite satisfactory, watching the battlements on the city wall one after another being hit by cannonballs and collapsing, and the artillery of Zuo Liangyu's officers and soldiers on the city wall of a gate being overturned, Xiao Tianjian can be said to have a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

At this time, Li Xin climbed into the Yuan Shu car and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Lord Qi! The fine work sent to Zuo Liangyushui camp has returned! Would you like to see us? ”

When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he immediately put down his binoculars and said with a smile: "Look at it, our artillery is amazing!" Zuo Liangyu's subordinates were holding their heads and running away, and they couldn't raise their heads at all! It seems that it is only a matter of time to capture Jingzhou City, and it is estimated that by tomorrow, basically no one in the city will dare to go up! When the time comes, the siege will be launched, and it will be able to be broken in one battle! Hehe! Let's go, let's go down! ”

When Xiao Tianjian returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, a middle-aged man wearing a tattered people's costume stood in the big tent, and as soon as he saw Xiao Tianjian, he immediately knelt down and said: "Qi Yu Dashuai, the little one is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has already done the things that the big marshal handed over to the small one!" ”

Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "Liu Jiang, get up and speak!" Our Xingtian Army doesn't like this kind of etiquette for you! In the future, you will also be a member of the Xingtian Army, so you can see it with a military salute! Let's talk about it! How's it going? ”

This middle-aged man hurriedly thanked him and stood up, this person's name is Liu Jiang, he was originally a fisherman in Jingzhou, but this person is bold, kind and charitable, usually likes to make friends, is quite famous on the river in Jingzhou, and his family has been fishermen on the Yangtze River for generations, each has a good skill, and at the same time, it is needless to say that the water is not to mention, it is said that you can hold your breath in the water for half a day, of course, Xiao Tianjian does not believe this, at most in his opinion, they can hold their breath in the water for more than five minutes is considered super strong, As for the rumors, they are not credible.

Over the years, although Liu Jiang is a fisherman, but sometimes he often fights unevenly, and even secretly pulls up a group of subordinates, specializing in killing people and goods on the river, their main targets are mostly officials and some unscrupulous businessmen and gentry merchant ships, and the money and grain they steal often help the poor people on both sides of the river, and they have a good reputation in Jingzhou.

And after Zuo Liangyu occupied Jingzhou, in the Dasuo place around Jingzhou, a large number of fishermen were caught in the army and became his water army, this Liu Jiang was naturally not spared, and was caught in Zuo Liangyu's army to do things, because of his fame, and the kung fu on the water is excellent, quite liked by Zuo Liangyu, let him be a general of the water camp, with a group of subordinates, some time ago he was sent to Liu Guoneng to garrison Chengtianfu, but Liu Jiang hated Zuo Liangyu's style, felt that Zuo Liangyu was a scourge, and it was difficult for the people around him to live. So taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he took dozens of his subordinates to join the Xingtianjun, temporarily working under Yang Kunshan, Xiao Tianjian learned that this person was a hero, and immediately promoted him to the deputy general of the water battalion, and Liu Jiang saw the Xingtianjun's style, felt that Xiao Tianjian was a good lord, knew that he was sympathetic to the people, and the rumors were true, so he followed Xiao Tianjian with all his heart.

This time the troops were sent to Jingzhou, Liu Jiang volunteered to say that in Zuo Liangyu's army, there were many people who were his former friends, and even many of them were his former subordinates, and now several of his cousins were also in Zuo Liangyu's army, some were the commanders, and some were the general banners, all of whom led some soldiers and managed some boats, so he was sure to lobby them and let them secretly switch to the Punishment Heavenly Army.