In the early morning, the soldiers of the Wei army formed a large formation outside the city according to their duties.

While the soldiers were feasting, the artillery of the Wei army outside the camp had already begun to bombard the city wall.

In the rumbling cannonball, one after another shells smashed into the city, cutting off the battlements and attacking the artillery position of the Western army at the head of the city.

Casting cannons is a technical job, and thieves generally do not master this technology, Sun Kewang is an exception, he also built some cannons in Jingzhou, but the quality and range are more worrying.

In the use of firearms, neither the Shun army nor the Western army was comparable to the Manchu Qing.

At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had the vigor of an emerging state, the bureaucracy was efficient, and the laws and regulations were strict, and the strict laws and cruel methods made the craftsmen dare not relax when building artillery and firearms.

The firearms they created have surpassed the Ming, Shun, and Western forces in terms of quality, and only Gao Yihuan's firearms are left to compete with the Qing army.

Now, in addition to the fact that Gao Yihuan's cannon casting technology is still somewhat lacking, the manufacture of firecrackers can be said to be stronger than all forces.

Although the artillery of the Wei army still has many shortcomings, it is still stronger than the artillery of the Western army.

At this time, the artillery at the head of the city had a short range, and it could not hit the artillery position of the Wei army, so it could only be beaten passively at the head of the city.

The rumbling sound of cannons was like a heavy fist smashed into the hearts of the defenders, but when it reached the ears of the Wei army, it became a clarion call to forge ahead.

In the city, Ma Weixin was a little uneasy, and when it was close to dark yesterday, he sent people out to deal with Gao Yihuan, expressing his willingness to surrender, hoping to delay for three days.

Who knew that this Gao Yihuan was really fucking ruthless, so he directly cut down the people he sent out, and shot a few letters of surrender from Xin, but instead of continuing to surrender him, he changed to recruit his subordinate soldiers.

This Gao Yihuan is not only ruthless, but also quite insidious in his heart.

Gao Yihuan said in the letter that he did not care about the life and death of the soldiers, and tried in vain to delay, hoping to make the defenders recognize the situation, not to make useless protests, to capture him as soon as possible, and then to surrender in Kaecheng to avoid killing, and will give a reward of 100 gold to those who capture him.

This made Ma Weixin feel bitter, but he didn't expect Gao Yihuan to be such an arrogant and unreasonable person.

If you are not satisfied for three days, can you talk again, can't you be a little patient?

Last night, Ma Weixin couldn't sleep, more than 300,000 soldiers were under the pressure of the city, not to mention the soldiers, even this general, he couldn't bear it, maybe there would really be a rebellion.

Now he not only has to prevent the siege of the city by people outside the city, but also has to worry about being wiped by his subordinates, so that he can't sleep.

He tossed and turned all night, and finally decided to hold only three days, within three days, the battle of Yiling should have ended long ago, and Sun longed for the army to return to the division, but if it didn't arrive in three days, then he would have to abandon the city and flee.

Early in the morning, Ma Weixin came to the city with red eyes and a team of personal guards to inspect the city, and he had a premonition that the enemy army would inevitably attack the city today.

The cannon outside the city rumbled, and the gravel on the city was splashed, and Ma Weixin, under the escort of his own soldiers, patrolled along the inner side of the city wall.

The general at the head of the city hurriedly bowed his waist and came up to salute, while Ma Weixin had red eyes and asked a little frightened: "Is there any movement outside?" ”

"General, the artillery began to bombard before dawn, but the men and horses in the camp did not move."

Ma Weixin nodded and patted him on the shoulder, "Look at it carefully, I conclude that Gao Yihuan will attack the city in the next two days." ”

Without a three-day deadline, Ma Weixin concluded that Gao Yihuan would definitely attack the city in the near future.

The general could only nod worriedly, Ma Weixin was about to appease a few words when he saw this, and at this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed outside the city and shouted: "General, there is an enemy!" ”

Ma Weixin hurriedly walked to the edge of the outer city wall, and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and saw a group of Wei soldiers pouring out of the camp, forming a small square formation in the wilderness, and his face suddenly turned cold.

Straight, so fast! Gao Yihuan is really going to attack!

Outside the city, the men and horses of each battalion poured out of the camp and set up a formation, Gao Yihuan rode on a war horse, and according to the custom, he patrolled in front of each formation.

"Dashuai!" The soldiers stood straight, and the leaders of the homeless people proudly hugged their fists to Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan walked through the various formations, raising the horsewhip in his hand from time to time, responding to the shouts and hot eyes of the soldiers.

After inspecting the circle, the sky was already bright, Gao Yihuan immediately ran back to the main formation, climbed a three-foot and seven-foot watchtower, and then waved his hand indifferently, "Let's start!" End the battle as soon as possible. ”

Outside the northern city, Wang Guangen rode a horse and stood in front of the formation, and behind him were nearly 10,000 Yunyang refugees holding big knives and spears.

Gao Dashuai said, after conquering Jingzhou City, there is enough rice, as well as chicken, duck and fish.

At this time, a horse rushed to his side and conveyed the order of the Chinese army, Wang Guangen nodded, and then waved the war knife on his waist forward, shouting loudly, "Siege!" ”

As soon as the military ordered, nearly 10,000 displaced people were like floods breaking through the embankment, like dense ants, killing Jingzhou.

Seeing the enemy troops surging under the city, seeing the high morale of the Wei army, the defenders in the city were a little frightened, but the two armies were fighting, it was useless to be afraid, either you die or I die, if you want to live, you have to fight.

The displaced people of Yunyang, carrying flying bridges and ladders, poured towards Jingzhou City like a tide.

In a matter of moments, they rushed to the moat, and the city was immediately rained with arrows.

I only heard the sound of "ding ding ding", and I saw that an arrow was inserted from time to time on the flying bridge and row of ladders above the heads of the soldiers, and the displaced people were shot down again and again.

At this time, the Western artillery at the head of the city began to bombard, and the stone thrower behind the city wall creaked out a cannon stone and smashed it at the besieging men.

"Watch out for the artillery!" After the leaders saw the Jingzhou city wall, a black spot suddenly rose, and more than a dozen artillery stones drew an arc in the air, roaring and smashing down, hurriedly reminding their soldiers loudly.

With a loud bang, a cannon stone smashed on the ground, instantly smashing out a big pit, and the surrounding homeless people, like ants that had been stabbed in their nests, scattered in panic.

"Up!" A flying bridge was built on the moat, and the soldiers carried ladders and passed quickly, and the men and horses fell into the water one after another, and the cannonballs fell into the moat, splashing up columns of water.

The soldiers who had crossed the river approached the wall, first erected the long ladder and lifted him above the top of the city, and then hooked the head of the city with iron hooks so that the defenders could not knock it down.

As soon as the long ladder was fixed, the homeless people and soldiers climbed up quickly, and under the entire northern city of Jingzhou, the besieging people and horses were all over like ants.

For a while, the battle became fierce in an instant, and at this moment, in the direction of Dongcheng, the soldiers guarding the city sounded the alarm bell.

The defenders, who were attracted by the battle in the northern city, couldn't help but turn their heads to look east, and saw nearly a thousand people on the side of the general, pulling the fibers and pulling the big ships into the moat!

Ma Weixin hurriedly came, he stared at the big boat that was about to sail into the moat, his heart trembled, and he said secretly: "It's over~"

(End of chapter)