scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 200
"Damn it! Gou Wugou! How did you shoot the cannon into the city? Is it a coincidence? Or did Gou Wugou expect us to deploy heavy troops in the east gate?"

Tu Hai, Yue Le, and Tsani and other commanders of the Qing army were stunned and exclaimed, and something happened that stunned them even more. The air wave was enough to overturn the Qing soldiers twenty or thirty paces away, and the fate of the Qing soldiers near the explosion point was even more predictable—either they were blown to pieces, their bones were gone, or they were blown up. He had to fly into the air, fell far away covered in squall blood, and couldn't stand up again once he fell.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of cannonballs came one after another, and one after another, Wu Jun's artillery shells roared, drawing beautiful and terrifying arc tracks in the night sky, like hail and raindrops Falling down, it hit the city wall of the east gate of Wuchang and the houses of the Qing army and Tibetan soldiers behind the city wall, and the Qing army's journey to hell in Wuchang began.

The deafening explosion covered up the cries and exclamations of the soldiers and generals of the Qing army, as well as the sound of houses collapsing and collapsing. The shock wave raged in the upper city. In the area covered by the artillery fire of the Wu army, every Qing soldier became a dead man. The small dice cup kept shaking on the gaming table, and everything was turned upside down. Countless Qing soldiers had their eyebrows broken and their teeth fell out, but unexpectedly none of the Qing soldiers felt pain, because they didn't know that they were in pain. How many times have I been overturned by Wu Jun's artillery fire, and every time I barely get up, I am immediately overturned and blown down by the air waves. I can only lie on the ground tightly on all fours like mangy dogs, praying desperately. The ancestors bless, and bless Wu Jun's shells must not hit himself.

Although lying on the ground can avoid air waves and shrapnel, it cannot avoid the shock wave brought by the explosion of Nobel Sanhao brand explosives.Because of the restraint of Sanhao rockets, the mother-child artillery made by Dai Zi for Xiaomazi was captured by the Wu army without much use in the field battle. However, after the more than 40 mother-child artillery pieces were in the hands of the Wu army, they were light, flexible and not easy to explode. The excellent characteristics of the gun immediately won the unanimous love of Wu Jun, and combined with Wu Jun's advanced gunpowder technology, the two-piece cannon with a shell weighing [-] catties immediately became a desperate nightmare for all Qing soldiers. After replacing it with nitrocellulose or safety explosives, its power can no longer be described as doubling, but has almost reached the terrifying level of a heartless gun.

In this way, the soldiers and generals of the Qing army who were lying on the ground to avoid the artillery fire were in bad luck, and the internal organs of countless people were shattered by the shock wave from the ground!The blood was bleeding from the seven holes, and the death was inexplicable and confused——Wu Gou's shell obviously missed me, why can't I stand up?

Yue Le jumped into the ditch next to him to avoid the gunfire, his ears could no longer hear, and his vision became blurred.It was very difficult to breathe, and he tried to open his mouth, but what he inhaled was full of choking gunpowder smoke.The hot smoke was scorching between the lungs, as if it was about to explode again in his chest.Although Wu Jun's shells never hit Yue Le's vicinity, two shells smashed into the trench and exploded one after another, causing the reinforced trench soil to splash and collapse. They didn't even have a chance to escape, they were blown to pieces, their limbs were mutilated, and then they were buried in the collapsed soil. The trench used to prevent the Wu army's tunnel directly became their grave, and it took less time to bury the corpse. save.

Fearing that the trench would collapse and bury himself alive on the ground, Yue Le hurriedly climbed out of the trench with the help of his own soldiers, intending to hide in a blind corner inside the city wall to avoid the artillery fire, but what left Yue Le dumbfounded and heartbroken was that he did not By the time of one stick of incense, countless houses and civilian houses used for hiding soldiers in the East Gate of Wuchang had collapsed. The streets of Wuchang covered by artillery fire have completely become a purgatory on earth, so much so that even the Wuchang City Wall, which the Qing army commanders such as Tu Hai and Yue Le are proud of, has been shaken and crumbling under the artillery fire.

Yue Le took another step, but as soon as he took a step, he felt his legs go weak, dizzy and nauseous, trembling all over, so he fell to his knees and vomited profusely. The soldiers were loyal, rushed into the artillery fire desperately, and brought Yue Le to a safe place. However, Yue Le not only didn't feel lucky at all, but felt a sense of powerlessness that wanted to cry but had no tears - the artillery fire of the Yunnan-Guizhou army was so fierce. How can we fight against ourselves?
Facts have proved that whether it is the old traitor Wu or Fatty Lu, they have seriously underestimated the terrifying power of the mother-child cannon combined with three good gunpowder. Even if the Wu army did not change the authentic siege tactics, the Qing army's engineers would not be able to do so with this fierce artillery suppression alone. If you want to calmly decipher Wu Jun's authentic siege tactics, let alone try to identify the location of Wu Jun's tunnel in the deafening sound of artillery fire. ——This is also the key reason why Wu Jun went all out to cast a large number of mother and child cannons after the war. Such artillery was used to suppress the enemy's defenders in the battle of fortifications, which is really awesome!

In the same way, Fatty Lu finally understands why Kang Mazi insisted on exiling Dai Zi to the Northeast as a slave in history. Such artillery is too overwhelming in the era of cold weapons. If Kang Mazi does not quickly suppress Chinese firearms With the pace of development, the advantage of the barbarians in riding and shooting has long since disappeared.

The fierce shelling continued. Although Wu Jun's mother-in-law cannons, bronze cannons and red cannons could not fire continuously, nearly a hundred of these cannons were concentrated at the East Gate of Wuchang, and they took turns to load and charge ammunition and bombard them. The effect was still the same. It is no different from dozens of continuous-firing artillery, and they can still pour artillery fire on the East Gate of Wuchang all the time-of course, during the process, it is natural to use a lot of black powder shells to make up for the number, all of which are filled with explosives and cotton. No matter how rich and powerful old traitor Wu is, he can't afford it.

Even so, the Wu army's fierce artillery fire still caused the Qing army at the east gate of Wuchang to suffer a lot. They couldn't even see a single hair of the Wu army's siege army, and they were blasted to the ground, crying and howling, and countless generals and soldiers died.But because of this, the commanders of the Qing army such as Tuhai, Yue Le, and Tsani also increasingly believed that the main direction of the Wu army's attack was undoubtedly the East Gate. To open the way for the siege - after all, in this era, there is no army that will use nearly a hundred artillery pieces in a concentrated manner, is it just a feint?
In view of these circumstances, after climbing on the city wall at the dead corner of the arrow stacks and calculating nervously for a moment, the commander of the Qing army, Tu Hai, issued three important orders one after another. [-]. The elite Qing army inside the east gate tried their best to rescue the wounded soldiers, retreated to the interior to avoid the artillery fire of the Wu army, and waited for the order to counterattack; The door was moved to fill the vacancy left by the main force of the Qing army after being hit hard by the artillery fire of the Wu army, and ensure the safety of the main battlefield.

Only the first of Tuhai's three orders was quickly executed. After receiving the first order, the engineers of the Qing army quickly started digging with all their strength at the risk of the tunnel being blown up, and took the initiative to find the location of the Wu army tunnel. The order was because the artillery fire of the Wu army was too violent. It is tantamount to dreaming to rescue the soldiers of the Qing army who were buried alive by the collapsed houses. At the same time, the messengers were killed and injured by the artillery fire. The army retreated into the city, and the rest of the army refused to leave the private houses where they could barely hide because they did not receive orders and were afraid of the Wu army's artillery fire.

Contrary to the raging battle at the East Gate, the South Gate of Wuchang has been safe and sound. Judging from the torches and bonfires, the Wu army siege troops assembled outside the South Gate are not only small in number, but have never launched an attack on the South Gate—very Obviously, the Wu army outside the south gate broke through the east gate, and then launched a strong attack to contain the Qing army defenders, and at the same time they were more confident in attacking the south gate.So after receiving Tu Hai's third order, Cai Yurong didn't hesitate at all, and directly sent his [-] reserve team to the east gate to strengthen the thickness and toughness of the east gate's defense line.

"Marshal Father, what should we do if we have given the reserve team to the East Gate?" Cai Lin, the son of Cai Yurong, who was also on the list of hardcore traitors like Cai Yurong, quickly reminded: "Our defense line is frontal, but there is also a large number of Wu soldiers. Army of Dogs."

"My son, don't worry." Cai Yurong shook his head and explained: "Wu Dog's main attack direction is at the east gate, and the Wu Dog army at the south gate is just a diversion, trying to prevent us from deploying all our forces on the main battlefield of the east gate. Come on, if you don't get a hand at the east gate, the Wugou army in the south won't attack by force."

"But what if Wu Gou suddenly storms the south gate?" Cai Lin asked anxiously.

"Then he, Wu Sangui, just come here!" Cai Yurong smiled triumphantly, "Didn't you hear? Wu Sangui's old thief has already concentrated all the heavy artillery for the siege to the east gate. Wuchang's city defense is so strong, relying on the ladders and platforms alone, he is I'm afraid there's no way to take the main force to attack the city, right? Besides, you're not familiar with the terrain around Wuchang? There are underground water veins everywhere. If the old thief Wu Sangui wants to attack the city in an authentic way, it's better that we don't need to do it, just an underground water vein Squirt, and kill all his spades!"

"Father is wise, my son is too careful." Cai Lin felt that the old man's words were justified after careful consideration, and quickly echoed, "Even if Wu Gou mainly attacks the south gate, if he doesn't have effective siege weapons, don't think about breaking the city at all. As long as we hold out for a while, the reserve team at the East Gate will be able to come to support us."

"It's a good thing to be careful. Keep an eye on it. If you find someone who is slacking off, you will be punished immediately by the military law." Old traitor Cai ordered casually, but he couldn't help thinking of old traitor Wu's amazingly beautiful granddaughter Eight-faced Avalokitesvara Wu Xiaotu—six years old The old traitor Cai, who was formerly the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, went to Yunnan to announce the decree in recognition of the old traitor Wu's conquest of Shuixi. He accidentally met Wu Xiaotu, who was only 14 years old at the time. It was love at first sight.

Cai Yurong's instructions were obviously too cautious. Although it was almost the second watch, which was the time when soldiers were most likely to get tired and drowsy, the sound of artillery fire at the east gate of Wuchang was louder than another. It felt like thunder all around, and it would be strange if the soldiers of the Qing army wanted to sleep peacefully.Even the old traitor Cai himself, after inspecting the city defenses and finding nothing abnormal, quickly focused his attention on the east gate of Wuchang, worrying whether the defenders of the east gate could persevere in the face of such fierce artillery fire by the Wu army, and crack the Wu army's attack. Authentic siege tactics.

At the same time, at the East Gate of Wuchang, although the Wu army's artillery fire continued, due to the problem of the supply of shells and the continuous firing of the gun barrel, the artillery fire has been significantly reduced. The Qing army was also able to take the opportunity to rescue and transfer wounded soldiers. Organize the team and repair the city defenses destroyed by artillery fire. At the same time, the Qing army engineers have successfully dug the tunnel to the side of the moat, and directly listened to the sound inside the tunnel to identify the location of the Wu army's tunnel.However, Tuhai, Yue Le and other Qing army commanders were extremely surprised and puzzled that no matter how the Qing army engineers listened underground, they never heard the digging sound of the Wu army engineers, as if the Wu army engineers had completely stopped digging.

"Could it be that the sound of artillery fire is still interfering with the underground sound?" Yue Le looked suspiciously at the Wu army's artillery fire that had gradually faded away, then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Change some spade soldiers with better ears, it may be the sound of the Wu dog artillery just now It was too big, and it hurt the ear of the previous spade soldier."

While the defenders of the Qing army at the east gate of Wuchang followed orders, the south gate of Wuchang still looked leisurely. The troops of the Wu army outside the city did not move. He took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, but waited patiently on the city wall for Wu Jun to take the initiative to attack.However, as the artillery fire of the Wu army gradually decreased, and the noise of the cannons gradually decreased, the Qing army at the south gate finally realized that something was wrong. Why were there some weird collision sounds at the foot of some city walls with few lights? ——By the way, the city wall at the south gate of Wuchang is seven miles long. No matter how many torches and lanterns the Qing army had in the dark night, it was absolutely impossible to illuminate every corner.

"The Ministry hall, this is here." The Qing army guards invited Cai Yurong to a place where strange sounds came from the city wall, and reported to Cai Yurong: "Please listen carefully to the Ministry hall, as long as the artillery stops, you can hear some strange noises." sound."

Old traitor Cai first looked under the city wall, and saw that there was no light below, and when Wu Jun's cannons stopped by chance, there were some very strange sounds from below - as if someone was digging something. !Hearing this voice, old traitor Cai's face inevitably changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted: "Throw the torch down quickly! Quick!"

The two torches were thrown down the city wall, but the excessively high city wall of Wuchang City not only brought countless difficulties to the Wu army's siege of the city, but also brought a lot of trouble to the Qing army's defenders in the dark night. When the two torches fell to the ground, the faint light It wasn't enough to fully illuminate the city below, it was still dark and nothing unusual could be seen below.Old traitor Cai didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly shouted again: "Quick, keep throwing torches, the more the better!"

After dozens of torches were concentrated and thrown down the city wall, the anomaly below the city wall finally revealed its clues. Below the city wall, four black wooden tables were divided into two groups and stood side by side. I heard a Yunnan accent shouting: "Mangou found us, hurry up!"

"Wu Gou is chiseling the city—!" Old Traitor Cai yelled crazily, "Hurry up, hit rocks, shoot arrows! Shoot arrows! Fire the alarm! Light—!"

"Puff puff!" "Swish swish!" "Bang bang bang!" Stones, feathered arrows and bullets rained down and shot down, overwhelming the siege table where Wu soldiers were hidden below, but it's a pity Yes, Wu Jun's siege table was designed very viciously. The surface is even sloped with radians. It is impossible for a bow, arrow and musket to shoot through the wooden table. The center will almost slide away, and it will not hurt the Wu army's engineers under the table at all-and the Wu army's engineers will have already hidden in the caves in the city wall dug out by us. Even if the siege table is smashed, it will not hurt Don't even think about hurting Wu Jun's engineers.

"Damn it, dog Wugou, you're so fucking cunning!" Seeing that the stone bow and arrow didn't work, Old Man Cai was so anxious that he almost went crazy, he couldn't do anything in a hurry.In the end, it was Cai Lin, the traitorous son of old Cai, who came up with a solution and shouted: "Father, come on, hang someone down with a rope and kill Wu Gou!"

"Yes, yes, hurry up!" The old man Cai urged repeatedly, but at this moment, there was a loud noise suddenly heard from the city wall of the South Gate of Wuchang in the distance, followed by the sound of landslides, and a clear The desperate screams of the army soldiers, "The city wall has collapsed, the city wall has collapsed!"

"Boom!" A red dot suddenly rose from the dark open space outside the south gate of Wuchang, flew into the night sky, and bloomed a huge beautiful red flower. Almost at the same time, the south of Wuchang City, which was still pitch black just now On the front, countless torches were ignited in an instant, reflecting the night sky in the south red, and in the middle of the flames, the traitorous Wu Zishuai's flag fluttered in the wind, and on both sides were the troops of the Wu army waiting in full force. .

"It's been tricked—!" The old traitor Cai screamed with tears in his voice, "The south gate is the main battlefield, and Wu Gou is trying to attack the south! We've been tricked—!"

"Boom! Boom!" Two loud bangs sounded again and again under the city wall of the south gate of Wuchang. Amidst the explosion of landslides and ground cracks, the Wuchang city wall, which was made of bricks and rammed earth, vibrated twice in succession as if it had been continuously hammered by giants. Then the dust was flying, and it collapsed to the ground. The Qing army guards who were too late to evacuate on the city wall had no chance to escape.

"Decree." The old man Wu was full of vigor, drew his sword and pointed forward, and ordered: "Siege the city!"

"Boom boom boom!" Three consecutive fireworks rose into the sky and bloomed. Immediately afterwards, the two teams Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao, who were the forwards of the Wu army, roared in unison. The tide generally rushed towards the gap in the city wall that had been blown down.

At the same time, two flames suddenly appeared below the city wall of Wuchang, and two loud bangs erupted, and the city wall nearly half a mile wide where the flames hit fell to the ground again.So far, the important town of Wuchang, where the Wu army and the Qing army have repeatedly fought back and forth, has been completely exposed to the mouth of the ferocious Yunnan-Guizhou jackal like a cute little Luoli who stripped off her clothes.

"Shoot the arrows! Let the arrows go! Shoot! Shoot!" Old Traitor Cai's voice was not just crying, it was full of crying.

"Father, let's go! Wu Gou is about to blow up this section of the city wall! Go—!"

(End of this chapter)