Seeing that the Qing army was about to set up cannons, Fang Yizhi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "The Tartars are going to set up cannons to bombard the city!" Can our city withstand the cannons? ”

Zheng Yun smiled, and there was a bit of mystery in her beautiful eyes: "Lord Fang, don't worry!" The little girl has already made arrangements! ”

"The princess is talking about mortars, right? But that range is not as far as the Hongyi cannon! Fang Yizhi said anxiously.

Outside the city, the gunners of the Qing army have already set up cannons, just waiting for the "famous general of the Qing Dynasty" Huang Yingjie to give an order, they can suppress the Ming army in Qiongzhou City with artillery fire, and the extremely powerful Hongyi cannon may also destroy the fortress.

"Prepare to fire!" Huang Yingjie proudly looked at the fortifications and forts that he had filled with the lives of thousands of auxiliary soldiers, and asked his own soldiers to pass the order.

The Qing gunners were busy, filling the cannons with gunpowder and shells. Just when all preparations were completed and the artillery was about to bombard the Haikou city wall, suddenly the earth was like a violent earthquake, a loud noise came from the ground, billowing smoke and dust rose from under the temporary fort of the Qing army, the whole earth collapsed, white gunpowder smoke erupted from the cracks in the ground, and the gunpowder kegs behind the Qing artillery also exploded one after another, and the heavy Hongyi cannon flew up like a child's toy. A huge pit appeared on the ground, the cannon with bent barrels, the gun carriage that was blown to pieces, the fragmented corpses of the Qing gunners mixed with dirt fell into the pit, and the white smoke on the ground could not dissipate for a long time.

"Gunpowder! Buried gunpowder! Huang Yingjie's face changed. A big explosion just now destroyed almost all of his artillery in one fell swoop, and all the earthen platforms that were easily piled up collapsed.

In fact, the gunpowder that exploded in the ground just now was not the gunpowder that was planted. Wang Xinyu had already dug the tunnel connecting the capital city of Qiongzhou and the new city of Haikou, so that if the Qing army attacked any city, the other city could come to the rescue in time. But I didn't expect that this tunnel played a role in destroying the Qing army's battery.

When the Qing army was piling mounds of earth on the ground and digging trenches. Zheng Yun asked the soldiers of the Qiongzhou Mansion behind him to enter the tunnel, dig on both sides of the tunnel, dig under the artillery position of the Qing army, put a large amount of gunpowder in wooden boxes, and then seal the tunnel with bricks.

Thousands of catties of gunpowder, plus more than 10 catties of new explosives. The power of exploding in a completely sealed environment can be imagined.

Wang Xinyu was also not afraid that the Qing army would use the Ming army's own tunnels to attack Haikou City, because a trench was dug at the exit of the tunnel, which was connected to the pool. If the Qing army discovers the tunnel and comes from the tunnel, the Ming army can immediately release water to flood the tunnel.

At this time, Huang Yingjie realized that the Qiongzhou Mansion behind him was a little weird!

After Wang Xinyu built Haikou New City, Qiongzhou Mansion moved to Haikou, and the original Mansion City became an empty city. Before the arrival of the Qing army. The city is being renovated, the original brick and wood buildings have been torn down and replaced with solid stone and cement buildings, tunnels have been dug under each building, and the windows of the buildings have been blocked, leaving only shooting holes.

"There are few thieves in Qiongzhou City! Hit the southern Fucheng first! The plan to attack Haikou City was all shattered, and Huang Yingjie decided to take the capital city of Qiongzhou in the south first.

The Qing army turned around. Launched an attack on the capital city of Qiongzhou.

The low horn sounded for a long time, and Huang Yingjie personally beat the war drums. Groups of Qing soldiers carried improvised ladders. Carrying the improvised trench bridge, he rushed towards the capital city of Qiongzhou.

On the city wall, the arrows and birds fired in unison, and many Qing soldiers were shot by arrows and fell down halfway. However, the number of garrisons in the capital city of Qiongzhou was too small to stop the attack of the Qing army. After a while, the Qing soldiers set up a trench bridge. Rush through the moat, set up a ladder, and climb up to the top of the city.

Several stones fell, and the Qing troops on the ladder fell into the moat one after another. The huge wolf's teeth fell with a whistling sound, and the ladder and the bridge broke. The Qing soldiers splashed blood and screamed miserably, and fell into the moat like dumplings.

Fire oil cans, 10,000 enemies and hail under lime bottles fell, explosions at the foot of the city wall were repeated, and a huge fire was raised, and many Qing soldiers who were on fire cried and jumped into the moat. However, the falling lime bottle smashed into the river, which immediately produced high temperatures, and many Qing soldiers were burned alive in the moat.

After all, there are too few defenders at the head of the city, and they can't take care of this section of the city wall. Under the fierce attack of the Qing army, many sections of the city were climbed up.

"Withdraw!" Qian Mo, who was in charge of guarding the capital city of Qiongzhou, waved his hand.

The Ming army did not fight, and the soldiers near the city gate went down the stairs to the city, and the soldiers on the city wall in the middle fell with ropes, and soon the city head of the Qiongzhou capital city was empty. The Ming army withdrew into the city and entered one building after another, preparing to fight with the Qing army in the streets.

The gates of the Qiongzhou capital were opened, and groups of Qing troops poured into the city with shouts. But after they entered the city, they found that the capital city of Qiongzhou was very strange, the streets were empty, all the buildings could not see a single wood, they were all made of bluestone and something they did not know, the doors of the buildings were closed, there were no windows, and there were only small holes in the walls.

A row of archers suddenly appeared on the roof in front of them, and the arrows were shot into the street, and the Qing soldiers who were caught off guard were shot one after another, and many people were shot into hedgehogs. At the same time, tongues of fire erupted from the small holes in the building, and dense projectiles drilled into the crowd of Qing soldiers, and the Qing soldiers in front of them were immediately beaten into a sieve.

The Qing army organized archers and bird gunners to shoot at the opponent, but on the roof beside them, several tens of thousands of enemies suddenly fell, and they exploded in the crowd of Qing soldiers, blowing up a large number of archers and bird gunners.

"Knock the door open!" A Qing army general shouted.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers carried large logs and slammed into the doors of houses.

On the roof, several canisters and lime bottles fell, and a fire suddenly broke out on the street, and the Qing soldiers cried and struggled in the fire. The Qing soldiers in the back extinguished the fire and continued to bang the door with wood. After all, this was not a strong city gate, and it was quickly knocked open by the Qing soldiers. Several Qing soldiers rushed into the house, only to find that it was empty, but there was a small hole in the wall that connected to the opposite house.

Several Qing soldiers looked at each other, no one dared to drill through the small hole, only God knows what was waiting for them on the other side.

"You! Past! "Point the knife at a recruit.

The recruit trembled into the small hole, and before he could climb to the opposite side, he was cut off in the head.

No one dared to rush over, and the Qing army gave the order to expand the hole with a hammer. But on the opposite side, several bottles with national surnames were suddenly thrown, and the Qing soldiers who were hitting the wall with hammers were blown up.

The Qing army could not move an inch in the city of Qiongzhou, and was either shot by hidden arrows, or someone used a bird gun to shoot a cold gun. On the streets, there were many corpses of Qing soldiers.

What's more, there is also a lightning switch that can only be used by the elite of the Ming army at night in the city of Qiongzhou Mansion. The elite soldiers of the Ming army hiding behind the shooting hole could fire continuously, and the bullets were not missed, killing many Qing soldiers.

"Bring the ladder in and climb up to the roof to have a look!" A Qing army commander ordered.

The Qing soldiers carried the ladder into the city and climbed onto the roofs of the buildings, only to find that the tops of the flat-roofed buildings were empty. But before the Qing soldiers could understand, someone on the opposite roof shot a few cold arrows, the archers were obviously masters, the arrows were not missed, and several Qing soldiers screamed and fell off the roof.

There are not many defenders in the capital city of Qiongzhou, but there are many people who are student soldiers of the Special Warfare Military Academy, and they are very skilled in using bows and arrows, flintlock pistols and knives and guns. It was also these student soldiers who had just switched the switch. They were well armed, with elaborate crossbow arrows, powerful bolts and rifled guns, thunderbolt handguns, and a new weapon: the string grenade. This is a more powerful weapon than the national bottle, which uses copper wire and glass slag friction to ignite gunpowder, which in turn triggers lei mercury to ignite new explosives.

The Qing soldiers who invaded the city of Qiongzhou were fortunate to have tasted the hardships of grenades, which was a very fortunate thing for them. The number of new-style grenades in Wang Xinyu's hands is extremely small, and each one is very precious, but it beckons to these Qing soldiers.

The power of the explosion of the new grenade was thrilling, the explosion sound was like the sound of the Hongyi cannon, the shell made of ceramic bottles shattered, and the iron beads and ceramic fragments inside flew out, and the explosion was a large piece.

However, most of the soldiers guarding it were still ordinary soldiers, and even auxiliary soldiers and people, who used weapons such as bird guns, lime bottles, 10,000 enemies, and national surname bottles to kill and injure a large number of Qing troops. When the Qing army rushed into the house and climbed onto the roof, they found that the attacker had long since disappeared.

There was an open passage between the houses, and the Ming army could move freely between the buildings without being exposed to the streets. Some houses also have hidden tunnel entrances and exits, which can be used to get to another building, or even directly to Haikou City.

Huang Yingjie was so angry that he wanted to burn down the capital city of Qiongzhou, but he found that these buildings were all made of stone, not only did there be no wooden roof beams, but there were not even wooden furniture inside, and it was simply impossible to set fire to the city.

"He's niang! Where did these pirates come from so many people and build so many stone houses? Huang Yingjie scolded angrily. He didn't know at all that mining stones, carrying stones, and building houses did not require the labor of the Ming army and the local people in Qiongzhou, and these rough jobs were naturally done by Qing army prisoners.

The Qing army went around the city of Qiongzhou a few times, not only did not take advantage of it at all, but also lost more than 1,000 elite soldiers in vain.

At this time, a terrible thought appeared in Huang Yingjie's mind: Could the buildings in Haikou City also be such stone buildings? If it is also such a building, then even if it is attacked in Haikou City, I am afraid it will be thankless.

But it was really guessed by Huang Yingjie, and the buildings in Haikou City were all flat-roofed stone buildings outside the mansions of several officials! The mansions of officials, including Fang Yizhi's mansion and Wang Xinyu's mansion, are all stronger castles! Even if the Qing army invaded Haikou City, it would still have to pay a great price if it had to attack buildings and castles.

Wang Xinyu's concept of street warfare is more than 280 years ahead of this era, how can Huang Yingjie crack it! (To be continued.) )