If Gu Bai is given half a year and Cao Chong's unconditional support, perhaps he can have a way to pull out a team that can fight. Unfortunately, time is too late, and this result is now the greatest effort that Gu Bai can do. In this case, Gu Bai only hopes to be able to defend Taizhou City. As long as the time goes by, the more beneficial it will be to Taizhou.

Today, when Gu Bai saw nearly a hundred dense warships clothed on the sea, he was worried. Fortunately, he blocked the waterway in advance. If these warships were allowed to approach directly, the Taizhou city walls would not be able to resist so many warships and gun attacks.

In addition, the people sent outside the city to inquire, the army of Ningbo rebels was approaching Taizhou on land, and its momentum was huge. Taizhou city had few major generals, and Ningbo's rebels really looked down on Taizhou. They actually used such powerful forces to attack Taizhou. Can Taizhou be defended?

Thinking of this, Gu Bai couldn't help but shake his head, but his eyes were not at all retreating or terrifying. On the contrary, he was still so clear and calm. The sages said that scholars should establish their hearts for the world, establish their destiny for the people, inherit their unique knowledge for the past sages, and create peace for all ages! He had ambitions and was determined to be himself at a young age. Unfortunately, the imperial examination was difficult and he failed to succeed. However, Gu Bai firmly believed that he would display his talents one day and thus leave his name in history. At this moment, Taizhou was the first stage he would truly step out, and those Ningbo thieves outside the city were also his test stones.

The quiet night passed quickly, and when the sun rose from the East China Sea the next day, the battle in Taizhou finally began.

The total number of troops from Ningbo to Taizhou was 15,000. For example, the total number of people exceeded 20,000. Among them, the army accounted for two-thirds, about 10,000 people. The so-called tens of thousands were boundless. When the main force of Ningbo came outside Taizhou City, although he had known that the war was about to begin, Taizhou, who was ready to defend the city, all saw such a scene, his face turned pale, and some timid people even had their legs weak.

"Soldiers! Our Taizhou city is high and thick, and there is no shortage of food, grass or utensils. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. The main force of the Grand Prince's court is in Lin'an in the northwest, and the Governor's Green Camp in the south. The Grand Prince has sent a letter of help. The Grand Prince and the Governor have sent troops to rescue us. As long as our Taizhou works together and hold on firmly, when the imperial army arrives, the thieves will inevitably be destroyed!" He pointed at the army outside the city with a loud voice. Gu Bai, wearing armor, said loudly. Under his comfort, the defenders and troops in the city gradually settled down, and at the same time began to work back and forth on the city, making final preparations.

Because he was far away, Zhu Yicheng, who had arrived in Taizhou City, could not see clearly or hear clearly what was happening in Taizhou City. However, he saw that the city was a little panicked at first, and then gradually the panicked became organized. There were many guardian equipment on the top of the city. Zhu Yicheng frowned at this scene.

He recruited his personal soldiers and asked him to pass on a message to Ma Gongcheng. Taizhou City was well prepared and morale was not weak, so he had to be careful when siegeing the city.

Half an hour later, Ma Gongcheng had set up a formation and set up a cannon. The navy's gunners were fired, and five cannons unloaded from the ship had been set up, plus twelve bronze cannons. With a command, the deafening sound of cannons sounded in the flames. The iron-cast shells flew out of the muzzle under the push of gunpowder and headed towards Taizhou City.

Taizhou is a prefecture city. Although it is not as good as a big city like Hangzhou, it is also a medium-sized city in Zhejiang. The city walls of Taizhou are seven meters high, nine meters wide at the bottom, four meters wide at the top, bordering Lingjiang in the south, Donghu in the east, Qiongzi Mountain in the southeast, Longgu Mountain in the northwest, and the city walls are dragons and tigers, crossing the majestic side by side. There are 7 city gates, 7 city towers, and tower crown gates. They are majestic and easy to defend and attack.

Due to the high water in Taizhou, coupled with the summer typhoons and floods, Taizhou's city walls were built extremely strong. The shells hit the city wall and did not cause any damage to the city wall. Except for a few unlucky men who were hit by the shells or hit by the flying stones caused casualties at the beginning, the rest of the soldiers quickly calmed down under Gu Bai's command after the initial panic.

The cannons bombarded for more than twenty minutes, but the effect was not obvious. The main reason was that the cannons were too small. Not to mention those bronze cannons, they were just naval cannons temporarily unloaded from warships. Considering that the cannons of the main battleship were too heavy to transport, these cannons were just ordinary cannons and their power was not satisfactory.

Ma Gongcheng seemed a little surprised by the solidity of Taizhou's city walls. The cannon was bombarded for twenty minutes, and the city wall only broke the skin. Although he wanted to continue to bombard him for a while, the cannon was already red and hot at this time. The cannon said it would take some time to cool down.

Looking at the city wall not far away, Ma Gongcheng gritted his teeth. After all, he had already made a boast about the sea in front of Zhu Yicheng, and Wang Dong's navy guys were still watching. If he retreated at this time, what would Ma Gongcheng have to face? Ma Gongcheng immediately ordered the siege. With his order, soldiers who had already prepared were carrying shields, siege ladders and other equipment toward Taizhou City.

"Attention! The thief is coming up, everyone is ready!" Gu Bai shouted loudly on the city, holding the sword in his hand tightly. The soldiers who had been hiding behind the female wall hurried forward, and the archer who had been waiting down also climbed to the top of the city and prepared.

When Ma Gongcheng bombarded Taizhou, he found that Taizhou City was not easy, not as easy as he imagined. As an old man who participated in the Hangzhou War, he knew better about the cruelty of the siege. Although he had commanded the infantry to start siege, he also dispatched a group of archers to suppress and shoot the city, and urged the artillery to prepare for a second artillery attack to reduce casualties of the siege soldiers.
Chapter completed!