Chapter 236 The city wall collapsed(1/2)
The next day, Jiannu set off twenty red cannons and aimed at the city wall and blasted violently.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The huge impact sound continued to spread, and the local warriors guarding the northern city wall could clearly feel the trembling of the city wall.
In just one morning, a large area of bricks on the northern city wall were smashed.
Not only the bricks were wrapped, but even the solid glutinous rice juice rammed earth under the bricks were knocked into a pit about one foot deep by the solid iron bullet of the Red Cannon.
Jiannu gathered ten red cannons and aimed at the pit to continue bombarding violently.
With each impact of the iron bomb, broken soil will fall from the surroundings of the pit, and the entire pit will expand at a speed visible to the naked eye and become deeper.
Wu Erdan looked at him and said, "Sir, if you continue like this, the city wall will collapse sooner or later."
"Will it collapse sooner or later?" Zhi Tingjian said worriedly, "At most ten days, this section of the city wall will collapse!"
Yan Yingyuan had no expression on his face and asked Wu Erdan: "Erdan, go and ask how it is in the West City?"
Wu Erdan immediately ran to the Ximen Tower and asked the village hero stationed at the east gate of Xicheng through the canal. After a while, he ran back and reported to Yan Yingyuan: "Sir, the situation in Xicheng is similar, and it is estimated that it can only last for more than ten days."
"Ten days? Ten days?!" Yan Yingyuan locked his eyebrows and began to pace back and forth on the city.
Zhi Tingjian suggested: "Yuheng, otherwise the houses in this section of the city wall will be demolished and a urn city will be built?"
"Work, of course, the urn city needs to be repaired." Yan Yingyuan nodded and said, "But the urn city method has been used once, so the urn city alone is afraid that it will not be able to stop Jiannu's attack, and another measure must be added."
"Another measure?" Zhi Tingjian asked confusedly, "What measures?"
Yan Yingyuan pondered and said, "A measure that can quickly repair the gap in the city wall."
"Quickly repair the gap in the city wall?" Zhi Tingjian said in surprise, "How can this be done?"
Wu Erdan also said: "Yes, no matter how small the gap in the city wall is, it will take at least half a day. It takes time to collect soil, transport and fill it again, and Jiannu will definitely try his best to obstruct us."
Yan Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "The Master said that there are always more ways than difficulties, just use your brain more..."
Speaking of this, Yan Yingyuan suddenly said, "Erdan, where are the more than a thousand canal ships in the Hecao Yamen now?"
"Cao Ship?" Wu Erdan said after a moment of frightening, "The cao Ship was dragged into the city and was placed on the street. Half on the street of Dongcheng and the other on the street of Xicheng. What did you do?"
Yan Yingyuan said, "Whether you can defend Shanyang depends on these canal ships."
"Ah?" Zhi Tingjian and Wu Erdan looked at each other, because of these canal ships?
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Soon, another ten days passed.
Time came to April 12, the 18th year of Chongzhen.
Outside the city, Duoduo asked Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu to bring him a saddle and watch the red barbarian cannons attack the city.
A cold wind blew, and Duoduo shivered. He Luohui immediately scolded Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu: "Are you two dog slaves reincarnated? Don't you know how to make a fire?"
"The Heaven Comes"
Fan Chengmo and Hou Fangyu quickly found firewood to build a bonfire.
"You are the dog slave, you are smart." Duoduo smiled and scolded He Luohui.
Looking up again, I saw that the crack on the north wall of the east city of Shanyang was even bigger.
After ten days of continuous bombardment, the north wall of the east city of Shanyang was finally about to collapse.
Looking at the cracks covered with the city walls like spiders, especially those connected to the huge pit, a grim smile appeared on the corner of Duoduo's mouth.
Yan Yingyuan, I want to see what other tricks can you come up with?
"Master, it will take only one or two days for Shanyang East City to break through the city," He Luohui said with a smile.
Duoduo nodded lightly, put his slightly frozen hands to the side of the fire, and asked again: "How is the West City? When will the city wall be collapsed?"
"It's too soon." He Luohui smiled, "It's only one or two days slower than Dongcheng."
After saying this, he said, "Master, if you want to say that this red-clothed cannon is really the most powerful weapon for siege in ancient times. Since the Sanshun King surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, there has been no strong city in the world that our Qing soldiers cannot defeat."
Hearing this, Duoduo waved to Shang Kexi, who was commanding the cannon in front of him.
Shang Kexi quickly came to Duoduo with a mercy, knelt on one knee and said, "Prince?"
"Get up quickly." Duoduo raised his hands and signaled Shang Kexi to get up, and said with a smile, "This is in front of the two armies. King Zhishun doesn't have to be so polite."
Shang Ke smiled happily and asked, "What instructions does the prince have to summon the slave?"
"Nothing happened." Duo Feng said with a smile, "I just want to express my gratitude to you. It's a pity that King Gongshun and King Huaishun have been kidnapped by Fake Shun. I don't know whether it's dead or alive at this time?"
"The prince is really a slave." Shang Kexi was about to be humble when a few words suddenly sounded behind him.
Then the Eight Banners Han Army shouted in front of me: "It's collapsed! It's collapsed! The city wall is about to collapse, and the city wall is about to collapse!"
Duoduo, He Luohui and Shang Kexi turned around quickly, and they saw that the city wall in the crack in front was shaking at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was already in danger.
"Boom!" Another shell hit the city wall.
This shell finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
In the next moment, the already shaky city wall collapsed.
As the city wall collapsed, huge smoke and dust spread rapidly against the ground, instantly covering the gap in a radius of dozens of steps. Then the dust rolled up, forming a lonely cloud of mushrooms.
"Okay!" He Luohui clenched his fist hard, "The city wall finally collapsed!"
After saying that, he turned around and said to Duoduo: "Master, the slave requested to lead Bayala as the pioneer..."
"Hey, no hurry." Duoduo waved his hand and said, "He Luo, have you forgotten the lesson of the corner tower? Yan Yingyuan can build another city wall in the corner tower, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not build another city wall in the gap in front. If this is true, our warriors with white flags break in, wouldn't they just fall into the trap?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Master, when it comes to leading troops to fight, you are this." He Luo would give a thumbs up.
He Luohui actually thought of this, but deliberately pretended not to expect that, and gave Duoduo a high hat without any trace. This flattery made Duoduo very comfortable.
Duoduo smiled and said, "You bring two Niulu to guard the earthen platforms on both sides of the gap, use a large bow to suppress the Ming army on the city, and then let Baoyi come forward to clean the ruins of the gap, and there is no need to clean up all the ruins of the gap. You just need to clean up the shooting boundary of the red-clothed cannon. Once the Ming army really repairs the city wall in the gap, let them get a few more shots!"
"Yeah!" He Luohui immediately brought two Niu Lu's flag cows forward and dispatched thousands of coats at the same time.
Although the Ming army brave men guarding the city walls on both sides of the gap tried their best to obstruct, they still could not stop the coating operation.
By noon, the smoke and dust shrouded in the gap had completely dispersed, and the collapsed bricks and rammed earth ruins were also cleaned up by the white flag-inlaid coating, and the vision became clear at once.
Putting down the telescope, Dodo smiled proudly and said, "It's true that's not what I expected."
With the help of the telescope, Duoduo saw it clearly just now, and the Ming army indeed built the city wall in the gap in advance.
If nothing unexpected happens, this city wall is another fully enclosed city wall, which forms a wall with the original city wall. If the white flag-inlaid flag rushes in, it is likely to be burned by Ming munitions again.
I have to say that the Ming army or Yan Yingyuan really likes fire attack.
But now, since it has been discovered in advance, it is useless.
"King Zhishun." Duoduo smiled and said to Shang Kexi, "Now I see you."
Shang Kexi said: "Prince, just look at it. I have observed it carefully just now. This city wall cannot be compared with the outside city wall in no matter its height or strength. It can be collapsed in at most two hours!"
"Okay!" Duoduo slapped his thigh and said, "I will only crush the city wall before dark."
"Yeah!" Shang Kexi turned around and returned to the artillery position.
Then the rumbling sound of cannons rang out again.
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At this time, Yan Yingyuan was guarding the north gate tower on the right side of the gap.
If Duoduo knew that Yan Yingyuan was here, he might have asked Shang Kexi to adjust the firing angle of the Red Cannon and first launch a firepower to the North Gate Tower.
Unfortunately, Duoduo did not have a perspective.
Seeing that the red cannons outside the city were silent for a moment and then fired again, Yan Yingyuan turned around and said, "Erdan, let the local heroes guarding the inner city wall retreat quickly."
"Yes!" Wu Erdan agreed and quickly ran to the back of the horse road to support the female wall and make a gesture.
Seeing Wu Erdan's gesture, hundreds of village warriors who were originally guarding the inner city wall quickly retreated.
Before these hundreds of village warriors could completely withdraw, the first row of shells had already penetrated the gap and roared.
"Boom! Boom!" At least three solid iron bullets hit the inner city wall heavily. The inner city wall, which was not very strong, immediately trembled slightly, and at the same time, soil fell from the top of the wall to the ground.
One of the iron bombs hit the balustrades on the top of the city wall, instantly shattering one.
Wu Erdan imagined the situation after the iron bullet hit the head, and suddenly shuddered.
"Sir, Jiannu's Red Cannon is so sharp." Wu Erdan said sternly, "I can't stand it."
"Don't panic." Yan Yingyuan's tone seemed very calm, "Jiannu's red cannon is indeed very sharp, but the one who enters the city in the end must be Jiannu, so we just need to withstand Jiannu!"
He paused and asked again: "Remember what you do after the city wall collapses?"
"Don't worry, big." Wu Erdan said with a serious look on his face, "We have all previewed several times, so there will definitely be no big mistakes. After all, this is not a too complicated matter."
Yan Yingyuan nodded gently.
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In the evening, Duoduo also began to become excited.
Unable to sit on the saddle, Duoduo took his telescope to the position of the red-clothed cannon.
To be continued...