After Li Guo withdrew his troops and Zhang Xianzhong returned to the army, the situation developed in an unfavorable direction towards Liang State.

Gao Huan had already received the news from Nanjing that after Yuan Shizhong and Sun Chuanting broke through one after another and were taken over by the Liang army, the Qing army and the Northern Ming puppet army had no worries and stationed troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, ready to launch an attack at any time.

Now Gao Mingheng, Wang Jingde, Chen Yongfu, Sun Chuanting, and Yuan Shizhong have less than 160,000 people. They rely on the Yellow River defense line to resist nearly 250,000 Qing troops and puppet troops, and the pressure is quite great.

Gao Jie led 20,000 people to monitor Li Zicheng in the Guanzhong direction.

When Liang Jun defends it for a short time, it is still okay, but over time, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes.

Previously, Zheng Zhilong was in the south, as Li Yan expected, and had been working but not working hard. However, as the Qing army and the Northern Ming army pressed towards the Yellow River, Zheng Zhilong was also ready to move.

Previously, the Qing army and Beiming were busy encircling and suppressing Taihang and Yimeng Mountains. Zheng Zhilong felt that attacking Liang State would not be beneficial and was easily beaten. Now, the Qing army and Beiming army border made Zheng Zhilong feel profitable, and the situation was different.

Once the Qing army and the Northern Ming army invaded Liang State and fought a victory, Zheng Zhilong's character of profit-orientedness would definitely come up and take a bite.

Therefore, Gao Huan could no longer sit still in Wuchang and could not continue to stalemate with Zhang Xianzhong.

Since Li Guo retreated, Gao Huan had only one way left, forcing Zhang Xianzhong to come to Wuchang to fight decisively.

There are two ways to do this. One is to create a crisis behind Zhang Xianzhong and force Zhang Xianzhong to fight to the decisive battle. The other way is to let Wuchang ask Zhang Xianzhong for help.

Now with the withdrawal of the Shun Army, Gao Huan was left with only one left, allowing Sun Kewang to take the initiative to ask Zhang Xianzhong for help.

Although the Liang army almost entered Wuchang during the last attack, once Sun Kewang was prepared for the bombing of the city, the pressure on the Liang army to Sun Kewang would be limited.

Now if Gao Huan cannot give Sun Hope enough pressure to make Sun Ke look for help from Zhang Xianzhong, then Gao Huan can only end the Western Expedition hastily and retreat to Nanjing first to take charge, so that the Qing army, the pseudo-Ming and Zheng Zhilong dare not invade.

Although the Qing army, Beiming, and Zheng Zhilong were eager to try, it was because Gao Huan's main force was fighting with Zhang Xianzhong. Once Gao Huan returned, none of them were afraid of being beaten, and they would not be willing to be the first to stand out and count on others to come forward.

At that time, it would be like a coalition against Qin. Without Gao Huan's attack, they would retreat by themselves.

At this time, several large ships came to the edge of the dock. Song Yingxing led a few people off the boat. He saw Gao Huan leading many civil and military officials standing on the dock, waiting for a long time.

"King! I'm late!" Song Yingxing stepped forward and bowed.

Gao Huan stepped forward to hold his arm and said happily: "Not too late! It's just right!"

Since Gao Huan decided to fight the Western Expedition and set his goal in Wuchang, Gao Huan knew that there was a tough battle to fight.

Although Gao Huan had confidence in the Liang army, he ordered Song Yingxing to cast artillery before going to war to improve the Liang army's ability to attack.

Gao Huan originally thought that he would not use the newly cast artillery, but after the first siege, Gao Huan ordered Song Yingxing to transport the cast artillery.

After saying that, Gao Huan looked at the large ship parked on the pier and asked, "Have the cannons been shipped?"

Song Yingxing said: "According to the king's request, the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau mobilized thousands of craftsmen to work day and night to cast them, and finally created the sixty General Weiyuan cannons needed by the king."

Gao Huan heard the words and quickly ordered Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "Arrang to manpower and transport all the mortars into the camp."

Zhou Yanru hurriedly directed thousands of civilians standing by the dock to use pulleys to drop short and black mortars from the ship.

Mortars were found in the Ming Dynasty. Many general artillery in the Ming Dynasty were short-barrel mortars, but they were not made large enough.

At this time, the civilians transported a mortar from the ship and pushed it to the camp.

Gao Huan said to the generals with relief: "Sun Kewang guards the city, and he relies on the stone thrower and archer behind the city wall. He thought that the stone thrower and archer were hiding behind the city wall, so they could only attack us, and my soldiers could not attack them. Now with these mortars, I will definitely force Sun Ke to look for help from Zhang Xianzhong."

The stone thrower and archers arranged by Sun Kewang behind the city wall really annoyed the Liang army's soldiers. During the attack, many soldiers and equipment were smashed and shot to death by them.

Hao Yaoqi and others echoed and said with a smile: "With these cannons, we can shoot the enemy behind the city."

All the generals are ready to try.

At this time, Gao Huan asked Song Yingxing again, "Does the shells I asked the Qing family to study bring?"

Song Yingxing said: "Reporting to the king, it's not safe yet. I am improving and bringing only twenty iron shell bombs."

Records about flowering bullets first began in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the Ming Hui Dian, the poisonous fire flying cannon is "made of cooked iron, like a general on the mouth of a cup. It contains ten taels of gunpowder. Inside the mouth of the cup, there is a flying cannon with pig iron, five taels of sulfur poison, and the medicine line is always tied. When the fire is ignited, the big cannon will ring first, and the flying cannon will be knocked out and injured by 200 steps away."

He shot more than 200 steps and injured people through an explosion.

Although it was recorded very early and had been manufactured and used in the Ming Dynasty, it was a very basic flowering bullet and needed to be transformed to exert its power.

Gao Huan was not in a hurry after hearing Song Yingxing's words. After all, there was no such thing in the world. Liang Jun inherited the legacy of the Ming Dynasty and was already ahead of the world.

Gao Huan was originally holding this thing, preparing to deal with Zheng Zhilong's navy.

Zheng Zhilong's warships are all wooden warships. When they shot one shot, they exploded, and their lethality must be huge.

Now it may be exposed in advance that Liang Jun’s new weapon is now.

Gao Huan said: "Twenty pieces are a little short! But just one piece can be shot in and exploded accurately!"

Song Yingxing was sweating, obviously under great pressure.

Seeing this, Gao Huan couldn't help but frown and said, "No twenty can successfully land on the ground and explode?"

Song Yingxing said, "Reporting to the king, this shell is still in the stage of research and improvement, and is immature in itself, but it will definitely be realized when it hits the ground and explodes."

Gao Huan asked, "What are you worried about there?"

Song Yingxing said: "Compared to whether it can explode after landing, I am more worried about the explosion during the launch. I dare not hide it from the king. In order to study this kind of shell, ten craftsmen and soldiers have been killed and more than 30 people have been injured. No craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau are willing to continue studying this kind of shell!"

Gao Huan frowned when he heard the words. If the bombardment of Wuchang was bombarded, Sun Kewang would be a joke.

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "How sure are you not going to explode?"

Song Yingxing said: "Seventy-sixty percent sure!"

Gao Huan asked: "How many shots can one land and explode?"

Song Yingxing said: "Three!"

Gao Huan thought for a while when he heard the words, gritted his teeth and said, "If this is the case, you can try it!"

At this time, Gao Huan looked at everyone for a while and saw the people putting one door on a four-wheeled cannon chariot to push General Weiyuan's cannon back to the camp. Gao Huan also rode his horse back to the camp.

"King! Song Yizheng is back!"

As soon as Gao Huan returned to the camp gate, the soldiers immediately stepped forward to hold the horse's reins and reported casually.

"Where are people?" Gao Huan asked immediately when he heard the words.

Song Xiance went to Shunguo and asked Li Zicheng to send troops, but Li Guo retreated with a false shot.

This made Gao Huan a little confused. He was worried that Li Baiwan would take advantage of others, so he turned to the Qing army and wanted to stab him back.

Now that Song Xiance is back, he will surely be able to resolve Gao Huan's doubts.

"Report to the king, Song Yizheng is waiting in the big tent!"

After hearing the soldiers' reply, Gao Huan turned over and dismounted and rushed back to the tent.

Gao Huan raised the curtain and saw Song Xiance sitting in a Taoist suit, sitting in the big tent, with a banner with fortune telling and character-making next to him, looking dusty.

"Mr. Song!" Gao Huan walked in.

Upon hearing the sound, Song Xiance quickly stood up with tears in his eyes, "King, I think I can no longer be loyal to the King."

Song Xiance stood up, Gao Huan saw more clearly. He was wearing a Taoist robe, dirty, and probably suffered a lot of pain all the way before returning.

"Sir, I'm suffering, sit down!" Gao Huan hurriedly greeted him, "Prepare refreshments and clothes for Mr. Song!"

Song Xiance was happy when he heard the words, and his purpose was achieved.

In fact, he came back all the way, picked up his old business and showed people Feng Shui fortune-telling. He lived a very comfortable life. The rich people along the way rushed to invite him to dinner. After he met Li Guo, he followed Li Guo and his group without much suffering. Before leaving, Li Guo also gave him enough money.

The reason why his clothes were so dirty was that he came to the camp and rolled on the ground and deliberately did it.

The purpose is naturally to make Boss Gao feel moved by his loyalty to escape from Guanzhong, and to travel thousands of miles.

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