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The shells fired by the mortar cannon flew out and exploded successfully, Lin Weiye was overjoyed, and quickly got up and bypassed the "city wall" to check the effect. Sun Yuanhua also ran over, while Sima De and the others walked behind slowly, lest they walk too fast, in case the shell didn't blow up, it would be over if it didn't blow up again.

When everyone got to the rear, they saw that a crater had been smashed into the hard mud, and the explosion had turned the shallow crater into a deep crater, and the explosion was about the size of a basketball court as it could be seen from the ashes of the grass and bushes on the ground.

Sun Yuanhua smacked his tongue: "If this falls in the city, a family's house will be blown up!" He then shook his head and said, "It's too cruel, it's not good." ”

"If Mr. Sun casts the Hongyi cannon, he must also hope that the power of the cannon will be as great as possible. No matter how strong the cannon is, the key is to see who it is in its hands and who it is used to fight. If it is used to fight Liaodong Tartars, does Mr. Sun still think that this cannon is too cruel and dislikes it? Xia Nan's voice sounded in the back.

"If it's used to fight tartars, the stronger the better." Sun Yuanhua turned his head and said, "But if you want to use it to fight Guangzhou City, you will inevitably be a little more cruel, how innocent are the people?" ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Sun. I don't want to raze Guangzhou to the ground, just set off a few cannons to scare and frighten the big and small officials in the city. My purpose is not to slaughter the city, in addition to letting Wang Zunde fall early, I also want the court to see my strength - even if I caress it, I am not a soft persimmon to be manipulated. ”

Sun Yuanhua put his mind at ease, nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

Lin Weiye approached Xia Nan and whispered: "If you want to talk about cruelty, getting a Congreaves rocket is really cruel, and if a rocket is fired into the city, it will be a sea of fire, and it is not impossible to burn the entire city of Guangzhou......

Xia Nan was surprised and delighted: "Lao Lin, you are really my robot cat, I can't finish the treasure in my pocket!" ”

Lin Weiye added with regret: "This is also something made up by the British. However, the accuracy of the Congreaves rocket is too poor, and it is okay to hit stationary targets in a large area, but it is enough to choke in the field, and the limitations are too great. If the level of material processing can be guaranteed, the improved Hale rocket can be used, which is much more accurate, but it will be a matter for the future. Generally speaking, it is enough to have this kind of 10-inch mortar cannon in the siege, no matter who we fight, our goal is not to slaughter the city anyway. ”

After seeing the amazing power of the mortar cannon, everyone returned to the South Park.

Sima De asked: "There are artillery to fight Guangzhou City, what about the officers and soldiers of Qiongshan?" Do you want to let them go back? ”

Xia Nan smiled slyly: "Naturally, this time the so-called 'attack and suppression' of the province's official army is pouring into the nest, if the whole army is destroyed, let the imperial court see that there is such a capable thief in Qiongzhou, I am afraid that it is not to appease me, but to mobilize the entire army of Nanzhili to encircle and suppress me." But when to put it is a matter of attention - our people ran to the city of Guangzhou to set fire to the artillery, the defenders in the city must not be too many, they fight out to bully the widows, we are not fun. ”

Sima De understood: "Then wait until we finish fighting Guangzhou, and then send General He Da to return home?" ”

"Exactly."

Qiongshan, Fucheng.

Qin Bingyan was waiting for the good news of Lingao, but what he waited for was unspeakable good or bad news: the thief leader Xia Nan was willing to be appeased, but he thought that the authority of the general army and the prefect on Qiongshan's side was too low, and he wanted to go to Guangdong in person to discuss the appeasement matter, in order to prevent misunderstandings and conflicts between the two sides, the army still needed to wait for the results of the negotiations in Guangdong in Qiongshan.

He Rubin had mixed feelings in his heart after getting the news: the thief took the initiative to be appeased, which is not a bad thing for him, if the appeasement is successful, he can somewhat cover up his defeat, even if he can't keep the position of the general soldier, at least he can end up with dignity and go home to be a rich man to live his life. However, the dignified general army of a province, concentrating the troops of the whole province and crossing the sea with a large army, has been reduced to the end of being seen by others when they withdraw to Guangdong, and they are being manipulated between the palms of their hands, which is really a shame for the warriors, and it will be difficult for them to raise their heads and be a man in Guangdong in the future.

However, face is face, and life is more important. If you don't want to be sunk at sea and feed the fish, you can only obediently wait for the result of appeasement in Qiongshan. How did he know that this was actually a trick played by the other party, and it was a plan to repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang.

In fact, even if He Rubin saw through it, Xia Nan didn't care - he didn't dare to risk being sunk at sea to go back to rescue Guangzhou City after all. dragged the official army to Qiongshan with a plan, and he was ready to bombard the city of Guangzhou.

Before going to Guangzhou, there was one more thing that had to be done, which was to digest the more than 1,500 prisoners of war. The total number of prisoners of war had already exceeded the number of the escorts, and the escorts poured out to Guangzhou, and it was a great danger for these people to remain in the rear.

After the firearms battalion was captured, it was taken back to Mayu, where a temporary prisoner-of-war camp was set up with a barracks.

When Li Mo, the general manager of the firearms battalion, walked into the prisoner of war camp, like everyone, he was attracted by these cement buildings, which were houses that had never been seen in the interior of the Ming Dynasty - like a stone and not a stone, neat and tight, like a knife and an axe, towering, carefully counted, the highest was actually four floors.

Outside the barracks, wooden human-shaped targets were scattered - Li Mo guessed that this was mostly a dummy used by thieves to practice, and the kind of assassination skills on the battlefield that made officers and soldiers frightened and indomitable seemed to be practiced in this way. When passing through the barracks, the gate was not closed, Li Mo secretly looked over, and everywhere he saw were neatly arranged single beds, and the bedding was neatly folded, and it could be seen that it was not prepared for them, the generals of the defeated army, but should be used by thieves for their own use. Seeing these scenes, there was no need for thieves to leak their mouths, the sensitivity of professional soldiers made Li Mo guess that this should be the thieves' barracks.

He sighed, originally thought that whether it was a pirate or a mountain bandit, they were all the kind of chaotic cottages, eating meat in large pieces, drinking wine in large bowls, and sharing gold in large scales, but he didn't expect that this little pirate actually put so much effort into building such a regular barracks, practicing all day long, and his ambition was not small. The thought of the other party's extremely sharp artillery and bird guns made me shudder even more - this is not a pirate who is willing to lurk on a remote island.

Naturally, these captives would not have comfortable beds to sleep in, and those beds were for the guards. Because the main forces were fighting against the officers and soldiers, the barracks were temporarily empty, and several three-story barracks were vacated to house them. The beds had been removed, and everyone sat on the floor, lying on the floor for the night. Fortunately, it was already very hot in Qiongzhou in June, and it would not catch a cold if you slept on the ground, and the barracks were very spacious, and it was not too crowded to hold dozens of people in each room, and the third floor was enough to accommodate three or four hundred people.

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