Tian Hualong guessed it right. Not only did he not just stop being trapped, but he could not defend it directly. Because Wang Yuwei, the governor of Yangwei Camp, and Kong Xiangxin, the governor of Zhenwei Camp, had already transported the red cannons.

The Red Barbarian Cannons were transported from a distant capital and a war of war to Shanxi, and then passed through Shanxi and entered Henan, and finally outside Xiangyang City.

To be honest, there are many firearm talents in the military battle situation. However, the research on the Red Cannons is still relatively stagnant. Although they have improved the cannons, the range of the Red Cannons has been longer, and the improved rulers have made the shooting accuracy more accurate.

However, there has been no breakthrough in the research on the issue of flowering bullets. The old method developed by the prince Zhu Cilang gave them. The flowering bullet is another name for explosive shells. It is named after the shrapnel bursts when it explodes, just like flowers blooming. The flowering bullet originated from the "fireball" of the Northern Song Dynasty firearm. It has a round appearance and contains gunpowder inside, wrapped in several layers of thick paper, ignited the gunpowder lead and then used a stone throwing tool to throw it into the enemy formation, and exploded the enemy soldiers.

However, the flowering bullets made by Zhu Cixuan are extremely efficient. Once done, they can be fired into the enemy formation and explode. If not done properly, they will be dud, or even the risk of explosion.

The situation of military battles has been improving and spared no effort to improve. But where is the problem, I still can't find the answer. Even Zhu Cilang himself has a headache about this.

Moreover, the preservation conditions for flowering bullets are extremely strict, and you need to be more careful during transportation. For this reason, solid bullets still occupy the mainstream in the Ming army's firearm equipment.

Even in the border gate of Liaodong, except for the several flowering cannons in Jinzhou City, most of them were equipped with solid bullets.

Solid bombs are used for siege, and their effect is no less than that of flowering bullets. Flowering bullets use explosion radius to kill the enemy, while solid bullets fly at explosive speed to hit the enemy. Moreover, solid bullets attack the city wall. Under continuous bombardment, they can also cause huge damage to the city wall.

As long as the lead wire of the flowering bullet is ignited, it is stuffed into the cannon chamber and shot out. During the air's explosion speed flight, it is very easy to extinguish the lead wire.

However, it doesn't matter if there is no flowering bullet. This problem can be solved perfectly with a stone throwing cart. Although the range of the stone throwing cart is not as good as that of the flowering bullet, it can also throw heavy objects onto the city wall.

The flowering bullet is not good at shooting with a cannon chamber, but the effect of using a stone throwing cart is excellent. Because the stone throwing cart is slow, the leads are not easy to extinguish.

Rows of stone throwing carts lined up outside Xiangyang City, with shields covering in front of the stone throwing carts. In the middle of the stone throwing cart, there are more than a dozen cannons waiting to be held.

When the bandits in the city saw this formation, they were all frightened. The power of the cannon was enough to describe it as horror.

Tian Hualong was equally nervous, and the officers and soldiers were already difficult to deal with, and with the sharp firearms, Li Zicheng's subordinates had seen the power of the Tiger Ben Army's flintlock rifle, which was each of them.

This thing has extremely accurate accuracy and has a long range. After the flintlock rifle is caught by fire, it is like thunder and lightning. What's so bad is that whenever there are three people in a row of flintlock rifles, they can shoot continuously without dead corners. The bandits rushing in front hold big swords and spears, and can only use their bodies to resist lead bullets. The result is that they have not yet touched a hair of the officers and soldiers, and they have already lost all their entire army.

Fortunately, there was no sign of the Hu Ben Army in the siege this time. In fact, the Hu Ben Army was transferred by Zhu Cilang to perform more important tasks.

Tian Hualong has been looking forward to the reinforcements of Dang Shousu in Yicheng who were waiting for, and he could not come at all. At this time, Dang Shousu was unable to protect himself, so he still had the heart to support Tian Hualong.

Originally, Dang Shousu, who were stationed in Yicheng, had bandit troops from Lumen Mountain, Fangjiayan, and Hongshan behind him. They were led by Xin Sizhong, Liu Rukui, and Li Laiheng, and each unit had 30,000 to 50,000 people.

However, the route from Yicheng to Xiangyang has long been cut off by the Shui Tianyu tribe of Guyong Camp of the 12th Regiment. However, Li Laiheng from Hongshan refused to save him when he was dead. And Xin Sizhong and Liu Rukui tribes of Lumen Mountain and Fangjiayan had already fled.

Not only Tian Hualong cursed, but Dang Shousu of Yicheng was also furious at this time. He could only risk opening the city and set out from Yicheng to help Xiangyang. Because Dang Shousu was very clear that once Xiangyang fell, the next one was Yicheng. The small Yicheng could not stop the invading officers and soldiers.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Yicheng seventy miles, Dang Shousu's army was hit by Shui Tianyu of Guyong Camp. Facing the officers and soldiers who were ambushing halfway, Dang Shousu's army was immediately defeated.

Dang Shousu had no choice but to lead the remnants to retreat to Yicheng. However, Guyong Ying Shui Tianyu, who was unyielding, pursued him relentlessly behind him, so he chased him to Yicheng City and almost took Dang Shousu's nest.

Dang Shousu, General Li Zicheng. He was from Lingquan Village, Fangzhen Township, Heyang County, Shaanxi Province. His birth and death year was unknown. His parents died early and dropped out of school at the age of 20. He drove donkeys back and forth to trade salt in northern Shaanxi. Once, the donkey and salt were confiscated by the salt officials. He was detained for several days and failed to return home. He joined the "Old Eighth Team" of Li Zicheng's Rebellion Army. He made many military achievements and was promoted to "Magic General" and was granted the title of "Zaihou".

Dang Shousu, who was scared out of his courage, dared to open the city to fight. Originally, Li Laiheng from Hongshan, Xin Sizhong from Lumen Mountain and Liu Rukui from Fangjiayan, could rush to help Yicheng at this time. But they ran away and refused to save them, and Dang Shousu was alone and could not help themselves.

The governor of Zhenwei Camp, Kong Xiangxin, stood under the city of Xiangyang and shouted to Tian Hualong on the city wall: "Rebel thief, if you don't open the city gate, surrender quickly, grandpa may spare your life!"

Tian Hualong was furious and said to the city, "You hawk, you still want to recruit me, that's a dream!"

Kong Xiangxin was not angry, but just smiled and stretched out his hand. The soldiers under him handed him a torch. Kong Xiangxin held the torch and lit the lead of the red cannon beside him.

Tian Hualong was shocked and shouted: "No, please pay attention to avoiding the cannon!"

"Boom, boom..." The sound continued, and more than ten cannons under the city fired in a row, and a fierce bombardment was made at the north wall of Xiangyang City.

The bandits had long been frightened by the deafening explosion, looking for cover to hide. Most of them were hiding under the battlements on the city walls.

The marching refers to a concave and convex wall on the city wall. However, when faced with the power of the red cannon, the shells hit the marching wall and then smashed the marching wall. The bandits hiding under the marching wall were either dead or injured.

At this moment, the bandits were completely scared. The power of this cannon was like the Thunder God in the sky.
Chapter completed!