Ming Zuo

Chapter 424: The Divine Soldiers Mighty and Strongly Destroy the City

Outside Laizhou City, there is a flat river.

The tunnels where the rebels attacked the city are still there, and the collapsed walls of Laizhou City have not been repaired.

It's just that the offense and defense are changing now, and the rebels have become the defenders of the city.

At the head of Laizhou city, watching the new army approaching step by step, Li Jiuzheng and others were all frowning.

"Now is the last chance. If Laizhou Jiancheng can't resist Zuo Menggeng's attack, you and my brother have no choice but to find a way and escape."

Facing the pressure of the new army soldiers, the rebels decided to try again.

Lost to the new army in the field, so what about defending the city?
People in this era have blind confidence in Jiancheng.

What's more, they attacked Laizhou before, and they already had a full understanding of this fortified city.

"Father, don't worry, the child has asked the craftsman. They said that the bullet that can explode is just hollowed out and the medicine is put in. They just don't know how to detonate it, but they will definitely not blow up the city wall."

Li Yingyuan's words are the last hope of the rebels.

The rebels didn't know that the new army had new explosives, and thought that the new army's shells contained the same black powder as theirs.

Black powder wants to destroy the city wall, and the rebels have tried it.Don't even think about it without the weight of a thousand catties.

No matter how well the shells of the new army can be loaded, it is impossible to hold a thousand catties of gunpowder.

After handing over the command to Bai Xiaoqi, Zuo Menggeng really didn't move forward.

He stayed in the very back, watching the city with a telescope.

Seeing Huang Long and the others were always looking at the things in his hands, Zuo Menggeng laughed and ordered them to have a telescope.

After learning how to use it, the function of the telescope surprised Huang Long and others.

"This...you can see things from thousands of miles away. Doesn't that mean that it is easy to deploy troops and predict the enemy's plan first?"

The battle hasn't started yet, and Wei Luan still doesn't know how powerful the new army's firearms are.But just the telescope in his hand made him feel awed.

He is an admiral of the navy, wandering the sea all year round, and he knows better how powerful a pair of binoculars would be in the vast sea.

Huanglong's vision was fixed on the city of Laizhou, even if he was beside him, he could hear the sound of his teeth grinding.

"General Zuo, if you catch Geng Zhongming, can you hand it over to Huang?"

At the beginning, Geng Zhongming's younger brother rebelled, humiliated him in every way, and cut off his nose and ears.Huanglong has always been humiliated and vowed to take revenge to the death.

Zuo Menggeng doesn't care.

"If you catch a live one, I will give it to you."

Huang Long bowed down immediately, and said loudly: "Thank you for your attendance."

The rest of the people all looked sideways, and there was something they didn't understand.

Huang Long has decided to take refuge.

Shen Shikui and Shang Kexi followed closely behind. Although they didn't say anything, they also expressed their position.

All three of them had experienced the power of the new army's firearms. They originally thought that Zuo Menggeng didn't have many soldiers, and no matter how powerful the firearms were, they were limited.

As a result, it was suddenly discovered that Zuo Menggeng had more than ten thousand soldiers, and almost all of them were powerful firearms. The three of them understood that there was no strong soldier who could match him in the whole world.

In the face of absolute strength, their little thoughts are no longer important.

They have no bargaining capital at all.

The only thing that can be done is to surrender as soon as possible, maybe you can get some more benefits.

The rest of the generals were all caught in a dilemma and didn't know how to choose for a while.

Fortunately, the new army's offensive has begun, which also helped them make a choice.

Although he has the advantage of weapons, Bai Xiaoqi does not advance rashly, and still strictly implements the siege tactics.

The new army first built a heavy artillery position seven miles away from the city, which was the main force used to destroy the city wall.

And this distance left the rebels with nothing to do.

The red-clothed cannon with the farthest range cannot be hit on the top of the city.

This was followed by the front of the infantry in positions three miles from the wall.

The infantry is the Zuoying cannon. As Zuoying has become a historical term, the new army is not used much now.And because Zuoying artillery is used as infantry accompanying firepower most of the time, everyone is more accustomed to calling it infantry.

Unlike the heavy artillery, the infantry positions are well protected.

Because the red cannons of the rebels at the head of the city can already hit here.

Only by doing a good job of protection can casualties be reduced.

As for the infantry of the new army, there is only one thing to do before attacking, and that is to dig tunnels, approach the city wall, and shorten the attack distance.

This tactic has been used throughout the ages, and the new army is no exception.

News came from the front that the infantry had entered the attacking position.

Bai Xiaoqi was in high spirits, and shouted: "Start attacking!"

The messenger immediately waved the colored flag, and the order was transmitted to the surrounding area.

The heavy artillery took the lead, smashing shells filled with new explosives towards the city of Laizhou.

In the military system of the new army, each division has an artillery regiment directly under it.The artillery regiment is divided into a heavy artillery battalion and two infantry battalions.

The heavy artillery battalion has twelve cannons with very powerful firepower.

Seeing the new army's heavy artillery firing from seven miles away, Wei Luan and the others were all dumbfounded.

Is there any artillery in the world that can hit such a distance?
Even if it can, what power does the shell have when it hits the city wall?
But the facts shocked them even more.

Of the twelve shells, eight of them hit the city wall accurately.But seeing a loud noise that was far more terrifying than when the artillery fired engulfed the sky and the earth, and the ground trembled violently, the broken bricks and stones of the city wall of Laizhou were thrown into the sky, and then raindrops generally fell everywhere within a radius of tens of meters scattered.

Under the billowing black smoke, all the places hit by shells lost their original appearance.The original intact city wall, the thick blue bricks on the outside were completely destroyed, and the tamped loess inside turned into a terrifying big pit, which seemed to be able to penetrate at any time, and see the scene on the other side.

As for the rebels who were originally on the city wall, even though they hid when the artillery roared, they were still killed in pieces because they underestimated the power of the new army's heavy artillery.

Those bunkers that they thought were strong were as fragile as pieces of paper under the gunpowder.

Li Jiuzheng, Kong Youde and others had already descended the city wall to escape before the cannon fired.After seeing the degree of destruction of the city wall, the two people's thoughts coincided with each other.

"Go quickly, I can't keep it!"

Laizhou City, which was hit by them with bloody heads, was so unbearable in front of the new army.

The facts made the rebels completely lose their fighting spirit.

Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others didn't wait for the new army to attack, they immediately led the troops to open the west gate of Laizhou, swarmed out, took the road and fled, in a very embarrassing situation, they didn't care about a lot of money and materials.

The main generals all ran away, the soldiers would not fight to the death, they all followed the generals' flags, fearing that they would be the last.

He clearly saw through the binoculars that the rebels on the city wall were starting to flee, but Bai Xiaoqi was still very cautious.

"Order the first regiment to approach cautiously, and be careful of the enemy's tricks."

This was his first time commanding a division-level battle, and he didn't want to have any flaws.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Menggeng's concurrent role as the commander of the First Division will become history.Therefore, many people are jealous of the position of the teacher.

Zuo Menggeng named him to be the commander of the whole division, the meaning is self-evident.

The first regiment climbed out of the tunnel, maintained the battle formation and approached the city, but was still not attacked.

After the ladder was set up, dozens of snipers carefully guarded against the danger of going up to the top of the wall, and escorted the soldiers up to the top of the wall.

After a stick of incense, the gate of Laizhou City was opened from the inside, and the soldiers who ascended first waved the red flag at the top of the city, indicating that there was no danger in the city.

Bai Xiaoqi was depressed, feeling that the stage for a good performance was gone.

"Into the city."

After receiving the order, the troops came out of the tunnel, and the tide rushed into the city.

In the distance behind, looking at the broken and collapsed city wall, Wei Luan, Fan Hualong and the others finally understood the painstaking efforts of Huang Long and the others.

In the face of such a powerful force, bargaining is not a smart move, but seeking death.

"From now on, I will only follow the lead of the general. Life and death, honor and disgrace are entirely up to the general's decision."

Seeing that the recovery of Laizhou City was imminent, Zuo Menggeng did not have any joy.Instead, he looked at the dilapidated city and said earnestly: "You don't know much about this place yet, and you don't understand what you're going to face next. My suggestion to you is, you go around and look around before making a decision."

In his eyes, these old soldiers are not all good candidates for absorption.

Allowing enough time for them to choose can also prevent the new army from deteriorating due to pollution.

Huang Long and the others fell into confusion.

Is it so difficult to even surrender these days?
(End of this chapter)