After the drum sounded in the city, Hu Guozhu ordered the army to rush to the city according to yesterday's formation, and the four-way army attacked at the same time, and the Ming army defending the city was a little unbearable, and Hu Guozhu's army was also a little difficult.

This is the case on the battlefield, whoever can't hold it first will become a stepping stone for the opposite general to become famous, and the powerful military is grinding their hearts to the extreme in this time and again, they may not be much violent, but the resilience must be very strong.

As early as a quarter of an hour before the start of the war, Hu Guozhu's army came out and lit the firewood under the city, and they chose slightly wet firewood, which burned very slowly, but the smoke was very large, and soon the city was filled with smoke.

The soldiers at the head of the city continued to use bows and arrows to block the fire prevention team under the city, but the effect was not very obvious, and the army under the city also appeared on the battlefield as scheduled.

Under the south city wall where Hu Guozhu is located is the main direction of attack of the Zhou Dynasty army, of course, the strength is not so obvious, but the strength of the north city has been allocated to the south city by 30%, after all, the north city has no city gate, and it is relatively difficult to break the city.

Hu Guozhu looked at the wall of Beijing City and sighed: "If it is another city wall, I am confident that I will blast a hole for him, but the wall of Beijing City, I am afraid that even if the artillery in our army is exhausted, it will not be able to penetrate it." ”

"General, our artillery can't be used, the smoke also obscures the eyes of our soldiers, and our soldiers can't aim."

"I said that artillery can't bombard the city of Beijing, and since we can't bomb it, we can't let them take advantage of it, so I came up with this method."

"General, I think it's better for you to retreat, it's too dangerous to stand here, in case the soldiers at the head of the city accidentally injure you, it will be worth the loss."

"Now that the smoke is so big, how can you command the army to fight when you hide behind? Besides, the cannonballs at the head of the city are not blowing in the wind, how can they be playing at will, you don't have to worry about me, you can observe the battle with peace of mind. ”

At this time, Hu Guozhu suddenly felt a little throbbing in his heart, and his years of military career made him feel seriously uneasy, and he was stunned for a moment: "I think something is wrong." As he spoke, he dismounted and looked at the strategist beside him: "I haven't felt this way for many years, I always feel that something is going to happen, have our scouts been released?" ”

"Let it out, there must be no sign of a large army around, our scouts have been released for fifty miles, and it is absolutely impossible for someone to suddenly attack and kill."

At this time, a guard pounced on Hu Guozhu: "General, be careful! ”

When Hu Guozhu was thrown down by the soldiers, he felt that the mountains shook in his ears, and his heart was cold: they were really right, and the artillery at the head of the city came to the door.

When Hu Guozhu woke up again, many people around him surrounded him, and seeing that it was already noon, he only saw the people around him with their mouths open, but they couldn't hear what they said.

Hu Guozhu's body was protected by the guards, but he was not injured, and frowned: "What's the matter?" Be louder. ”

"General Qiyu, our army formation has been attacked by the artillery at the head of the city, and the losses are not small, because you are wounded, and all attacks have stopped."

Hu Guozhu only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear anything, so he suddenly grabbed the doctor on the side closer: "Why can't my ears hear?" ”

"Don't worry, general, it's just that you've been injured by the wave of artillery, and you can recover after two or three days of rest."

Hu Guozhu naturally couldn't hear what the doctor said, so he had no choice but to write these words on paper.

Hu Guozhu understood at a glance that this situation had often been encountered on the battlefield in the past, and it was not a fatal thing, and he saw a person next to him writing: "Mr. Sun and Mr. Wu were all killed by artillery, because the general was wounded, and the army has withdrawn to the camp." ”

Mr. Sun and Mr. Wu are both his advisers, they can be called right-hand men, who would have thought that he would die under the city of Beijing without achieving great success, Hu Guozhu felt a sad feeling in his heart, but now he has more important things to deal with.

"Send the order down immediately, General Ben is fine, don't let the army go into chaos!"

Although he could not hear anyone talking, others could hear him, and one of his men immediately ran out to do something.

Hu Guozhu looked at a guard beside him: "How many soldiers and horses did we lose in this battle?" ”

Someone hurriedly took a pen and wrote on the paper: "The loss is not large, there are only more than 1,000 people, but the three city heads opened artillery at the same time, and all of them exploded in the center of the army formation, which made the morale of the soldiers below a little low." ”

Hu Guozhu nodded, he didn't expect the Ming army in the city to come up with a way to deal with the smoke outside the city so quickly, and he was careless and suffered a small setback. However, the loss is not very large, and it is still within the acceptable range of him.

After thinking about it, he didn't understand how the people in the city determined the location of the troops outside the city, and looked at the people in the camp: "Do you know how the people in the city found us in the smoke?" ”

Everyone in the camp lowered their heads, and no one took the pen to write, Hu Guozhu sighed: "It stands to reason that those smoke are enough to block people's eyes, are the gunners in their city clairvoyant?" ”

At this time, a person's eyes suddenly lit up and picked up the pen: "I heard that there is a thing called a telescope in the West, which can move things thousands of kilometers away in front of you, I wonder if it is this kind of thing?" ”

Hu Guozhu also suddenly realized, and shouted loudly: "Come on, go find a telescope." ”

For this kind of Westerner things, they are far less profound than Cheng Xiaolian's understanding, Westerners tell them how to use, they have always used it, never thought about change, so this telescope has been used by scouts to observe the enemy's situation, and other places are rarely used.

Not long after, someone sent a long-distance telescope, Hu Guozhu stretched out his hand and pointed: "You, go to a place 300 meters outside the camp to make a pile of firewood, and I'll see if I can see it." ”

Half an hour later, Hu Guozhu sighed and sat on his chair: "There must be Westerners in the Ming army to help, otherwise how would they know that this thing can still be used like this?" ”

Someone hurriedly wrote: "I think the general is right, if it weren't for the help of the Westerners, even if they could see our position clearly, how would those gunners aim?" You must know that the artillerymen in this world all aim with their fingers, and their fingers are not accurate when they reach the back of the telescope. ”

Hu Guozhu nodded heavily: "Immediately send a letter to Hangzhou, telling them to prohibit Westerners from going to the west, how can these foreign devils still help Daming, no wonder they all call them foreign devils, and they smashed our pot after eating our meal!" ”

(End of chapter)