Hauge stood on the enemy platform, looked outside the wall, and found that a mile away from the pass, the Ming army had built a low wall outside and dug many trenches.

At first, he was a little puzzled, why did the Ming army seem to be locking the city instead if it was going to tackle the problem?

Generally speaking, when attacking, in order to make it easier for equipment to approach the city wall, don't you want to be as flat as possible before closing the city?

However, Hauge looked at the many people in the trenches, and soon understood that the Ming army was doing this to avoid shelling and allow the army to safely approach the wall.

In fact, with the development of cannons and firearms, many of the previously bulky instruments are not easy to use.

For a moment, Hauge couldn't help but admire Wang Yan's whimsy, this guy is really an expert who is good at digging soil, whether it is defensive or offensive, he can use digging to solve it.

Just when Hauge was a little surprised, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed a group of people in the deep ditch in the distance, and a few cows leaking out of their backs, as if pulling a huge object.

Haoge couldn't help but point and ask, the attention of many generals around him was attracted to the outside of the city, Tang Tong pushed aside a general, strode onto the enemy platform, and looked forward in the direction pointed by Haoge, only to see dozens of people driving the strong oxen to pull the huge thing he saw that day, and slowly approaching the city along the trench.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is estimated that it is the artillery of the Ming army, which was just transported into Li Guo's camp more than ten days ago." Tang Tong looked at it, turned around and saluted.

Hauge took a closer look, covered with a red cloth, huge, and slowly walked forward under the traction of many healthy bulls.

is so heavy, it should be artillery, but with such a large artillery, what did the Ming army do when it was pulled under the city?

Tang Tong looked at the huge figure covered by the red cloth, which was daunting, he glanced at Haoge, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the city is dangerous, please go down to the city as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that the gunners and men of the Ming army were driving the cattle and moving along the deep ditch, he turned his head to look at the many artillery pieces arranged on the wall, but shook his head and said, "Don't worry, see what tricks the Ming army plays." ”

The artillery of the Ming army was still moving, and he was frightened to leave the wall, and it was inevitable that he would lower the Ming army in momentum.

Now the artillery of the Ming army has not been set up, and the Ming army wants to bombard the wall, so they can't put the cannon in the ditch.

Tang Tong saw that Haoge was unwilling to go down to the city, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, that cannon was not long-sighted, if Haoge was killed with one cannon, then the situation would not be good.

Tang Tong was about to say more, but Hauge withdrew his gaze and fell on the enemy platform he was on.

This enemy platform protrudes from the wall, the wall reaches to the chest, it is three feet thick, and it can withstand a certain amount of artillery fire, and there are many shooting holes in the wall, small holes for guns, and large holes for guns.

An enemy platform can control a large section of the city wall, so that the defenders do not shoot dead ends, can shoot enemy troops close to the corner, and can also bombard enemy troops attacking other enemy platforms.

Hauge took a few steps back, walked to a small cannon beside him, and couldn't help but push the small cannon himself, aiming up and down.

In addition to the Hongyi cannons, there are mainly many small cannons on the enemy platform, which have a short range but are easy to turn, just like the previous ballista.

These small cannons are not fixed by the turret like the red-coated cannons, they are mostly placed on the gun carriage, while the gun carriage of the Jin Kingdom, influenced by the Rakshasas, has larger wheels and is easy to rotate.

Hauge fiddled twice, straightened up, patted the dust on his hands, and said with satisfaction: "Can this little cannon hit the low wall outside the gate?" ”

"It can indeed hit a mile! If you hit it to the side, you can also take care of the enemy platform next to it. Tang Tong hurriedly said, "Your Majesty's golden body, related to the society, please go down to the city quickly!" ”

"I'm not busy, the Ming army cannons haven't been set up yet, and when they start to set up the artillery, it's not too late for me to go down to the city!" Hauge shook his head, there were so many artillery pieces in the city, he wanted to see how the Ming army could set up artillery under his nose.

After he finished speaking, he was about to take a step to continue to check the defense of the wall, when a "crackling" sound suddenly came from a mile away from the city......

"Huh~ Why did you start sacrificing the cannon before it was set up?" Bai Guangen, the accompanying Jin general, wondered.

Bai Guangen was also born in the Ming Dynasty and was very familiar with the things of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the artillery of the Ming army, especially the heavy artillery of more than 1,000 catties, had to have a general's title, and before the cannon fired, it was necessary to set off firecrackers, light incense and candles to worship, hoping to be able to hit a little accurately, and this ceremony was generally carried out after the cannon was set up.

Hauge couldn't help but take a clairvoyant mirror and look out, only to see a cloud of smoke from firecrackers, and the huge object and the crowd completely disappeared into the ground.

"What's going on?" Hauge couldn't help but wonder.

"It's really wrong, look at the volume, the artillery is at least a few thousand pounds. It stands to reason that the bigger the artillery, the farther it will be, and the Ming army should have set up artillery in the distance, so there is no need to pull the cannon down and use it as a target for us. ”

Tang Tong also had many questions in his heart, but he didn't have time to delve into them, "Your Majesty, the king thief is good at ingenuity, and in recent years, he has innovated a variety of firearms, is it a new cannon?" As he spoke, he bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, let's go down as soon as possible!" His Majesty is closing the gate, and when the artillery battle is going on, the soldiers will inevitably be distracted. ”

The firearms of the Ming army have indeed changed rapidly in recent years, and new tricks have emerged one after another.

Although he didn't see the cannon aimed at the city, he didn't want to stay in the city, as the Dajin Emperor, it was better to be cautious and safety first.

At that moment, Hao Ge sneered and took the steps given to him by Tang Tong, "Okay, I will go down to the city first, and it will not affect the soldiers to fight." ”

A mile away, the Ming army dug deep pits in the ground, and twenty mortar cannons were erected in these deep pits, and the people were completely in the pits, so the Jin army on the closed could not see at all.

At this time, the cannons on the mortars had been uncovered, and dozens of soldiers were working together to load the shells.

In the deep pit, a long ladder was put on the ground, and Chen Yujie followed the ladder and climbed to the ground.

He stood on the ladder, only leaking out one head, and then held a clairvoyant mirror to observe Tongguan.

Suddenly, he put down the clairvoyant mirror, stretched out a hand, made a thumbs up gesture, closed one eye and gestured for a while, then turned his head and said urgently: "Four inches to the left, the muzzle of the cannon is one inch lower, shoot first, quick!" ”

At this time, on the closed city, Haoge had already been moved by Tang Tong and was about to go down to the city, but at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the city, and a cloud of white smoke immediately rose from the ground in the distance.

Hauge felt a shock under his feet, the walls trembled slightly, and he looked up in astonishment to see an iron bullet rising into the air.

At first, the iron bullet was just a black dot, but in the blink of an eye, it quickly enlarged, and it had already drawn an arc in the sky and smashed towards Guancheng.

The iron bullet was at least sixty or seventy pounds, four or five times the projectile of the red-clothed cannon, and such a huge thing flew in, and several guards were so frightened that they hurriedly protected Haoge.

At this time, only a loud bang was heard, and the cannonball crossed the old Guancheng and landed on the ground between the new Guancheng and the old Guancheng, smashing out a deep pit, and then bounced up suddenly, exploding instantly.

The violent explosion blew a strong gust of wind, blowing the flag of the city, flying in the opposite direction, and then falling rapidly. The loud sound of the explosion was deafening, the smoke and dust billowed and the two walls were gray and gray.

The soldiers of the city were so frightened that they squatted on the city one after another, and it took a while to come to their senses. Hauge pushed away the guards lying on top of him, stood up, shook off the dust from his body, and hurried to the inside of the old wall, and when he looked down, he saw that several stone throwers placed between the two walls had been blown to pieces.

The generals of the Jin Army scolded angrily, scare Lao Tzu by the scare, what is it, such a big movement?

Haoge's face was pale, because the power of the explosion was too great, fortunately it fell behind the old wall, if it fell on the city, he was afraid that he would be killed directly by the Ming army.

Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and others were also stunned, the Ming army's flowering bombs, the Jin army had seen it. Jin Jun also made some of his own, but the key fuze problem was not solved, so the effect was not ideal. However, in general, Jin Guo still knows something about flowering bombs, but they have really never seen such a huge flowering bomb.

Everyone looked at the old wall and the new wall, which was blown up in a mess, and just as they were in shock, a series of loud noises came.

The Jin soldiers in the city saw more than a dozen black iron bullets streaking across the sky, getting closer and bigger, and said without being frightened: "Straight lady thief, here you are again!" ”

"Your Majesty, squat down!" Seeing this, Tang Tong roared, and Hauge and the accompanying generals squatted down with their heads in their hands almost at the same time, and at this moment, the cannonballs whistled and smashed over, and immediately made loud noises.

The old wall, the new wall, and even the back of the new wall were smashed at the same time, rising thick black smoke, and the Jin soldiers took the explosion as the center and fell into a large area, and the screams and wails in the city rang out.

The place where the explosion was in shambles, thick smoke billowed inside and outside Tongguan, black smoke rose into the sky, the injured soldiers wailed and rolled on the ground, and the uninjured were stunned in a daze, looking at the ground with dull eyes, and some were scurrying in horror.

"Don't panic!" Tang Tong stood up and shouted. Hauge stood up with a shocked face, and the future hurriedly let out a sigh of emotion, and the surrounding guards and generals rushed up, "Your Majesty, you can't stay anymore, go with the ministers!" ”

The generals couldn't help but hug Hauge and walked down the city, this is too damn exciting, and the city must not stay any longer. Tang Tong didn't plan to stay in the city either, and followed closely behind the group.

However, as soon as everyone stood up, and within a few steps, a cannonball fell in front of the group, and several guards leading the way in front were immediately blown away, and Hauge was also swept back a few steps by the air wave, and sat on the ground with a frightened expression.

Outside the city, a few gunners who had finished firing a cannon dispersed the gunpowder smoke with their hands, looked up at the general flag standing on the ladder to observe, and couldn't help but ask urgently: "General flag, did you hit?" ”

"Looks like I hit ······"

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