In the morning, the fog cleared, and the long-lost sunshine was ushered in on the Lengshui River.

And Qin Liangyu, Qin Gongming's stone pillar native soldiers, after two or three hours of hard fighting, also built a simple camp against the mountain and river, facing the watchtower.

During this period, the commander of the Shaxi Yi soldiers stimulated a certain morale by punishing the Shaxi Yi soldiers who escaped in public, and launched a second onslaught.

But in front of Qin Kezhong's shield wall gun array, the offensive of thousands of people collapsed in an instant, except for leaving more than 300 corpses again, even the low earth wall they had built themselves could not be crossed.

Around noon, when the scorching sun was in the sky and the sun was shining on the earth, Wu Zhiwang finally decided that Chen Zizhuang and Peng Chaozhu would lead the Baojing native soldiers to stay in the official and military camp on the east bank of the Lengshui River, guarding the more than 1,000 people of Shuixi Yimiao Mountain, guarding the grain and grass for the army.

And Wu Zhiwang himself personally took Wang Jianguo and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Nanjing Jingying under his command, drove mules and horses, dragged five general cannons, passed the Lengshui River Bridge one after another, and transported the general cannons to the position behind Qin Kezhong's headquarters.

At the same time that Wu Zhiwang crossed the river with artillery, in the front yard of Luo's Tusi Manor in Shaxiba, in the lobby of the former Shaxi Inspection Department, Luo Jiuzhong was walking back and forth a little anxiously.

"Ah Da, we can't wait any longer, wait any longer, if Jiuxi Panwu doesn't come back, our Shaxi Luo clan may no longer be there!"

The commander who was ordered to lead the Shaxi Yi soldiers to garrison the camp on the bank of the Lengshui River was Luo Jiuzhong's confidant Ao Kun, who had just knelt down to plead guilty to his Tusi head at this time, and when he saw that the eldest son of the main family said this, he also said: "Touren, the officers and soldiers who crossed the river this time, in addition to the Baojing soldiers of the Peng family of Baojing Xuanfu Si, there are also the white pole soldiers of the Shizhu Xuanfu Sima family!"

"It's not that the men of my Shaxi Yi people are afraid of death and dare not go into battle, it is really the shield wall gun formation of the white pole soldiers that we can't break!

"If the king of Mu Oge can't send an army for us in Shaxi, with the strength of the Yi people in Shaxi alone, I'm afraid he is not the opponent of the imperial army! Please plan ahead! ”

Ao Kun led half of the Shaxi Luo's Yi soldiers, more than 2,000 people, stationed near the watchtower on the west bank of the Lengshui River, and now the real battle has not yet started, more than 2,000 people have been killed and wounded in front of the shield wall gun array of the stone pillar white pole soldiers.

Now there are only more than 800 people left who can still follow him Ao Kun picks up the rattan machete and charges into battle, and if they continue to fight, everyone will die, that is, the official army has retreated, and the territory of the Shaxi Luo clan may also be annexed by other large and small Tusi in Shuixi.

"We still have watchtowers! You can wait a little longer!

"If the Great Elder sends reinforcements, if the Great Elder sends reinforcements from Muorg the day after tomorrow, we still have hope, and we don't have to betray the Yi people!"

Betraying one's own nation, even for the toast heads who do not have a strong sense of nationality in this era, requires a lot of determination.

Luo Jiuzhong, who is the boss of Shaxi Tusi, said this, Ao Kun, as a subordinate, and Luo Longzuo, who is a son, can't have anything else.

However, in order to urge reinforcements, Luo Jiuzhong once again sent his henchmen to Dafang Muoge Mountain City, two hundred miles away, to ask for help.

Dafang is an important node in the Nine Stations of Longchang, and it is also the name of the Guizhou government and Han merchants for the location of the Shuixian Muoge Mountain City.

However, the Shuixi clan and the Shuixi Yi clan still retain their own name for the Yi people's royal city.

At noon that day, when Wu Zhiwang escorted five general cannons across the Lengshui River, the second group of messengers sent by Luo Jiuzhong to Mu Oge for help also hurriedly left the Luo Tusi Manor in Shaxiba with the distress letter.

After Luo Jiuzhong sent a messenger to Mu Oge for help again, he ordered Ao Kun to return to the watchtower camp not far from the west bank of the Lengshui River to lead the troops to hold out, and at the same time let his eldest son Luo Longzuo recruit Shaxi Yi soldiers in Shaxi Dam, and ordered Shaxi Yi men over the age of 14 and under 60 to bring their own rattan machetes and assemble on standby.

After arranging all this, Luo Jiuzhong finally felt a little calmer, since he heard the news that the official army had rushed to build a bridge and crossed the river to the west in the morning, Luo Jiuzhong had not entered a drop of water, and at this time, he felt hungry, and was about to summon Zhuang Nu to prepare a meal, when he suddenly heard an earth-shattering loud sound of "bang" coming from the east.

Luo Jiuzhong suddenly heard this thunderous loud noise, and was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground, and just as he didn't know when it happened, he suddenly heard a panicked footsteps outside getting closer and closer.

"Chief! The imperial officers and soldiers on the east bank of the Lengshui River transported a batch of huge artillery across the river, and set up a position outside the watchtower, and now they are firing at our watchtower! ”

A little boss who stumbled to the door, saw Luo Jiuzhong with a bad face, and immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing while talking about the latest situation.

Of course, when this little leader was ordered to come to report the news, the general artillery of the official army had not yet begun to bombard, and he also stepped into the front yard of this Tusi manor, only to hear a thunderous loud noise.

Luo Jiuzhong stepped over the threshold, stepped forward with a kick, kicked the little leader to the ground, and scolded: "A group of waste, why did the officials and soldiers come to report after they opened fire!" Were you all blind when the officers and soldiers were transporting artillery across the river?! ”

Luo Jiuzhong is also a branch of the Shuixi clan, the leader of the Shaxi Luo clan, and in Shuixi, a poor and remote place, he can be regarded as a figure who has seen the world.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers, of course, he has seen it.

Those tall stone watchtowers are a symbol of Tusi authority in the eyes of the Shuixi Yi people, and they are unconquerable fortresses.

But these tall watchtowers, even if they are all made of stone, can't last long under the artillery bombardment of the officers and soldiers.

And the taller the watchtower, the more likely it is to be bombarded by the artillery of the official army.

However, in the past few years, because of the defeat of the former Guizhou governor Wang Sanshan, the artillery in front of the Guizhou army has lost its essence, coupled with the destruction of the Shuixi Post Road by the Yi soldiers, and the difficulty of transporting artillery ammunition and other baggage in the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains, so in order to ensure the already pitiful mobility, the officers and soldiers rarely carry such heavy and difficult things to march with complicated operations.

Although the artillery is sharp, it can be used for a short time and on few occasions, so under the weighing of the pros and cons, every time the officers and troops fight around Shuixi, they rarely transport and use artillery.

Of course, this is related to the traditional practice of the imperial court to use local Tusi troops to fight when it used troops in the southwest region.

It was precisely because of the sharpness of the artillery that the imperial court would not allow the Tusi troops in the southwest to touch and use artillery.

Not even artillery, even arquebuses will not be equipped with them.

The purpose of the imperial court is very simple, that is, to rule the barbarians with barbarians and raze to govern the barbarians, and to recruit the Tusi army that is attached to it, and to fight the Tusi areas that are not convinced, no matter how many casualties there are on both sides, it is very beneficial to the imperial court's restraint policy.

This is also a tacit principle between the important ministers of the Beijing court and the local officials in the southwest.

However, this does not mean that these toast heads do not know the power of artillery.

And Luo Jiuzhong, the leader of the Shaxi Luo Clan's Toast, happens to be the one who knows the power of artillery.

After the first cannon fire on the west bank of the Lengshui River, it didn't take long for a second roar to be heard.

Then came the third, and after the third cannon rang out, there was a cheer!

Luo Jiuzhong knew that this third shelling must have approached or even concentrated the watchtower.

Luo Jiuzhong guessed correctly.

Wang Jianguo, the hereditary general of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, although he is not the artillery general of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, but after all, he is also from a family of generals, and he has seen and touched these things since he was a child, and it is not difficult to get started.

Although it was not accurate, after two calibrations and adjustments, the third shelling finally concentrated on the towering watchtower that was not more than 200 paces away, and the seven-pound iron bullet hit the stone-built watchtower, and suddenly made a deep pit one foot square.

After a burst of cheers, the officers and non-commissioned officers from the Nanjing Beijing Battalion hurriedly marked the position before the third artillery was fired, maintained the adjusted elevation direction, and restored the gun to its initial position before the firing.

Clean the chamber, load the cartridge and projectile, then insert the bamboo tube fuse into the cartridge from the position of the fire door, and then bring a torch to light the fuse.

With a "bang", the officers and soldiers fired their artillery for the fourth time, making a deafening sound.

This sound, in people's ears left the aftermath has not yet dissipated, hiding behind the watchtower not far from the hillside of the Shaxi Yi soldier general Ao Kun, heard a "bang" again.

The projectile shot by the cannon at a small elevation angle flew so fast in the air that it was difficult to accurately capture with the naked eye, but just listening to this sound, Ao Kun also knew that this time it hit again.