Tan Lun rode on the horse and looked at the panicked thieves on the city wall, with a calm face.

"Sir, the Pili Camp is ready for launch and can be launched at any time!" The messenger beside him came to report.

"Get a volley first." Tan Lun ordered in a deep voice.

The messenger took the order, turned around and shook the various flags in his hand, and conveyed Tan Lun's orders through the flag words.

When Wang Tiezhu, the captain of the Pili Camp, saw Qiyu, his waist knife was slashed into the void: "Fire the cannon!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Ten eagle cannons responded immediately and ignited the lead almost at the same time. The gunpowder in the lead quickly burned forward, making a hissing sound, detonating the launching medicine at the bottom of the gun barrel.

The launching drug quickly ignited and generated an extremely huge thrust, pushing the round iron shells in the cannon chamber out.

Ten irons bounced through the air, making a creepy scream, drew parabolas in the air, and then smashed them hard on the city of Ning County.

Suddenly, bricks and stones splattered, blood and flesh flew, and there was a scream of screams and cries on the top of the city, as if he was hell on earth.

Although the thief army on the top of the city has conquered many county towns, they have never seen such a domineering and cruel killing weapon. Looking at the messy scene on the top of the city, everyone was in horror and rushing around like headless flies.

This first round of artillery fire was just a tentative shooting, mainly to adjust the firing angle of the cannon and to mentally deter the defenders.

To be honest, although the cannons nowadays look amazing, their actual lethality is not very significant.

After all, we are still using the kind of black gunpowder that is not burned enough and the smoothbore gun with a very close range.

The shells are just solid iron bombs, which can be used to attack cities, but in terms of actual lethality, they are far inferior to the flowering bullets, the use of smokeless gunpowder and rifled cannons in the future.

At this time, artillery was a powerful weapon for siege. In addition to causing huge damage to the city walls and wooden gates, it could also cause a strong deterrence and blow to the spiritual morale of the defenders.

If used in field battles, it will be almost interesting. It is bulky, slow in firing speed, and close in range. As long as the opponent makes corresponding preparations, it will be difficult to achieve too much results.

Seeing the thief army running in panic on the top of the city, Tan Lun's face was still light and no new order was issued.

The captain of Pili Camp observed for a while and issued an order to lower the firing elevation angle of each gun.

The elevation angle of the first round of test launch just now was too large, so most of the shells fell on the top of the city, and even one shell flew too high, flew over the city tower and smashed into the city. I don’t know if it hit any target.

The cannon was too simple at this time. The cannon only had a simple aiming device, no ruler or gun team mirror, and they all adjusted the shooting angle based on experience, so the accuracy was a bit less meaningful.

After a command, all ten eagle guns were lowered to the firing angle, and the Ning County Gate was the target of attack.

As the lieutenant of the Pili Camp slashed down again, the second round of artillery bombardment of ten eagle cannons began.

"Boom boom boom..."

After adjustment, although some artillery shells fell on the city tower, most of the artillery shells were spread near the city gate, and one artillery shell even hit the city gate, directly digging a large hole in the iron-packed city gate.

The captain of the Pili Camp ordered the firing angle to be adjusted again, and a moment later, the third round of artillery bombardment began again.

This time, at least three shells hit the city gate.

With the sound of "Kara", one of the city gates fell to the ground with the thick and long door bolts behind them.

The sound of the city gate being broken made the already messy thieves even more panicked, and they all ran down the city. Everyone knew that the city could not be defended.

This weapon that could make a loud noise and emit white smoke was really scary. In the hearts of these thief soldiers who had no knowledge, it was like a thunderbolt from heaven, and it was not something that human power could resist.

After the city gate was broken, the lieutenant of the Pili Camp ordered the angle to be adjusted and bombarded the city for two more rounds before stopping.

There was no one on the messy city at this time. The city gate had already opened. Ningxian County had opened its doors to the guests outside the city. They were welcome to drive straight in.

Looking at the open city gate and the empty city, Jiang Shuai, the captain of the Shenyong Camp who had already attacked the city for street fighting and fighting, looked at the direction of the central army a little confused.

The city was too easy to break. The enemy had completely lost the courage to fight. Does this need to be dispatched by the Divine Brave Camp?

Although Tan Lun knew that these thieves were mobs and had killing weapons like cannons, it would be easy to capture the city, but he did not expect it to be so fast.

If the Shenyong Camp is invaded at this time according to the original plan, it seems like a killer with a ox knife, but after looking at the surrounding area, the only unit of the Shenyong Camp can be used.

The Shenwei Camp and the First Battalion of the Infantry Battalion had not arrived yet, and I don’t know what was going on with the Xiaoqi Camp. The Second Battalion of the Infantry Battalion was still waiting to intercept the fleeing thieves.

Forget it, just follow the original plan.

After the messenger blew the flags, Jiang Shuai, the captain of the Shenyong Camp, immediately ordered an attack.

Two hundred heavy armored infantry were in front of the body, and three hundred grenadiers were behind, and they maintained basic vigilance and quickly attacked the Ningxian County town where the hole was opened.

After passing through the city gate, I saw several bloody corpses of the thief army lying behind the gate, and no other thief army could be seen.

After moving forward for a while, he did not meet any thief army blocking the road. Jiang Shuai thought that the thief army must have collapsed completely at this time. If he was faster, he might be able to block the thief general Zhao Biao, and that would be the same.

This time, the other battalions have made contributions. If their brave camps have gained nothing, they will definitely be laughed at by the captains of several other battalions in the future.

After making up his mind, Jiang Shuai immediately sent someone to capture a thief soldier who was running around. After interrogating, he learned that the head of the thief general Zhao Biao was in a mansion in the east of the city, and immediately rushed to the place with five hundred elite soldiers.

At this time, in the mansion where Zhao Biao's head was located, figures flew everywhere, and the ground was messy.

A group of Zhao Biao's personal soldiers, the so-called old camp soldiers of the bandit army, were busy loading the hundreds of mules and horses in the yard with Zhao Biao's plundered property, and some even tied up the tied young woman on the back.

"Hurry! Let me be quick and quick, these are all treasures I have carefully collected!"

Zhao Biao stood in the yard wearing armor, with messy hair scolding loudly.

When he received an unidentified team of troops outside the city, he made up his mind to escape, and never thought about going up to command the city to defend the city.

Although he knew that this city would definitely not be able to be kept, he could last for at least half an hour.

And according to the news, only enemies appeared outside the South Gate, but the east gate that was closest to him was calm.

As long as you move fast enough, you can take as much money as possible and then escape from the east gate.

When he ordered his personal soldiers to load their property, Zhao Biao suddenly thought of the food and grass collected in the city. He thought that he could not leave it to the official army, so he attracted a confidant and asked him to lead a team of men to burn the food and grass.

Seeing that the mules and horses were almost pretending, and although there were still some treasures left in the house, Zhao Biao knew that he could not stay any longer. If he was a little later, he might be caught by the official army.

"I can't take a fire to burn it for me! Niu Laowu, please leave the fire and the others hurry up and go with me. Let's go back to Yan'an Mansion!"

Gao Huzi explained, and was about to instruct his personal soldiers to bring his mount, he heard a scream from the door, and then a few loud bangs outside the thick gate of the house. The two thick gates instantly turned into piles of broken wood and collapsed with a bang.
Chapter completed!