Han’s Son is Not a Slave

In view of the fact that the East Gate faces Guangzhou City, it is also the place where the Taiping Army blasted, and last year, Yunlong and Wu Jinzhong guarded Xinhui City and also guarded the East Gate. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang transferred two teams of guards to Ge Zheng, and asked Liao Ruixiang to organize 3oo. Name the Xinhui Youth Association to defend.

Since the west gate was blocked by the Qing army and faced Tan Jiang, the possibility of the Qing army taking the city was the lowest. Zhou Shixiang asked the west gate defender, Shao Jiugong, a hundred households in the Xiongwei camp, to draw another group of soldiers to the east gate. Several guns were also transferred to the east gate.

Including more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, Xinhui City has more than 70 large and small artillery pieces, which requires a lot of medicine. Fortunately, the Han army has prepared a large amount of gunpowder in the city last year, so there is no shortage of medicines. Zhou Shi, a later generation, did not know much about the artillery of this era. In general, these artillery pieces are mostly solid bullets. Only the six Hongyi cannons have the effect of "blooming" in later generations, but they are not the kind of blossoms that burst the shells to kill the enemy, but stuff a large amount of lead and small iron **** in the barrels of the guns. , the distance after the shot is not as far as the solid iron bullet, it can only reach a mile or two. It seems that this kind of shell has the same effect as the shotgun.

There are all kinds of bronze guns, some shoot a few pounds of bullets, some shoot more than ten pounds, and there are tiger squat guns that existed in the early Ming Dynasty. In addition, the big gun can also be used as a small gun at close range.

It is true that the flowering bomb is the artillery that Zhou Shixiang wanted to have, but the reality is that he has no ability and no technology to improve these artillery, so he is the next best thing, and can only hope that these artillery can do the same to the Qing army in Guangzhou as it killed Li Dingguo last year. huge casualties.

In addition to artillery, the defense methods that the defenders can use in this era are basically used by the Taiping Army. They also find people to monitor, and a lot of water sources are prepared everywhere. If there are people in the monitoring tunnel, they will dig soil and water. In addition, it can also prevent a rocket falling in the city and causing a fire in the city.

The people sent to the nearby mountains to search for the remnants of the Ming army have not returned, and the Taiping army could not get more manpower for a while. Zhu Er led the cavalry team to explore outside the city every day, focusing on the direction of Guangzhou. But the cavalry did not dare to get too close to Guangzhou, because there were already reconnaissance cavalry from the Qing army. Zhu's second-hand cavalry can't do well on horseback. Unable to confront the enemy with the sentries of the Qing army, most of them retreated after seeing them. Even if they met the Qing cavalry with only a few people, the cavalry team could not help them. Fortunately, the Qing army sentries had no intention of entanglement with this small-scale cavalry of the Taiping Army, and they were probably trying to search for information, so the two sides did not fight.

The news of the Qing army sentry activities was reported to Zhou Shixiang. There is no doubt that Zhou Shixiang believed that the Qing army in Guangzhou was about to arrive at Xinhui. The preparations for defending the city were constantly urged to intensify, and everyone clenched their fists and waited for the Qing army to attack. Among them, although many people have doubts or fears, but under the high pressure of the general mobilization of the city and the Taiping army, any changes have been temporarily suppressed, and everything can only be known when the Qing army really shows up.

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The Qing army in Guangzhou arrived two days later than Zhou Shixiang expected, but when he saw the Qing army outside the city, it was not surprising that Zhou Shi was "late" to them. Obviously, the Qing army in Guangzhou had already received the news that Xinhui had fallen, and they reorganized their forces in the shortest possible time. A large number of siege equipment was transferred, and at a glance, the green flag of the green camp. The Han army is inlaid with blue flags, the Han army is full of yellow flags, and the banners of the governor's standard camp are densely packed.

Li Fuguo, who used to be the general manager of Qinggao’s green camp and is now a pilot for a hundred households in the guard camp, could not help but exclaimed after seeing the flag displayed on the opposite side: “There is a flag of the governor, could it be that the governor of Guangdong brought troops in person? "

When Shao Jiugong heard the words, he said with a "chi": "Youping and Jing are here, the Governor of Guangdong is a ball. This time, it is probably the old guy from Shang Kexi who came in person!"

When the generals of the Taiping Army in the city heard this, their expressions froze. Even Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but suddenly, although he usually despised the old guy Shang Kexi. But when the other party appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little pressure. This person was not comparable to the Qing army generals he had met before. In terms of military experience, the old guy also came out of the sea of ​​blood for decades. In terms of fame, although the Han people all gritted their teeth, but in the Qing court, the old guy was also a real hero of the Southern Expedition, the only remaining two Han people. One of the princes. If Shang Kexi really came here in person this time, I am afraid that this battle will really kill people.

As soon as the Qing army arrived, they attacked Xinhui, and the direction they chose to attack the city was the East Gate. In the sound of the trumpet, more than 2,000 Green Battalion soldiers rushed towards Xinhui City. The Green Battalion soldiers at the forefront were all wearing double armor, and the officers with positions were also covered with iron armor.

In the Qing army crowd, in addition to several hundred Green Battalion soldiers carrying cloud ladders, there were also several hundred people pushing shield carts. In addition, there were several square formations in the crowd, and the square formations were filled with archers.

At the rear of the Green Battalion, there are more than 100 Han army flag soldiers slowly advancing their horses. These Han army cavalry are used to supervise the formation. If the Green Battalion in front of them dares to turn back, they will immediately go forward and kill them. Knowing that there were artillery pieces on Xinhui City, these Han cavalrymen in charge of the formation did not dare to go too far, and looked at the city from time to time while riding their horses.

The more than 2,000 Green Battalion soldiers who attacked were not unaware that there were artillery pieces in Xinhui City, but they were all very courageous. Most of these Green Battalion soldiers who were former Ming Army soldiers did not look down on the Taiping Army in the city at all. I don't think they have the ability to defend Xinhui City, and with the Han army flag behind them, they are all going out of their way. Although the gun has no eyes, it is also unlucky to be afraid of death. As long as he moves quickly, the gun will not hit him.

"Fire the gun!"

Ge Zheng waved his hands after the Green Battalion soldiers rushed into the range of the Hongyi Cannon~www.NovelMTL.com~ to fire! "

Hearing the order, the captured gunners of the Han army did not move at first, but when the Taiping saberman on the side drew his sword, they were so frightened that they took the torches that had been prepared and burning in their hands and pointed them at the one with the medicine chamber exposed. The fire letter leads to burn. After the fire started, the faces of the gunners were as ugly as their dead parents.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The eight Hongyi cannons on the east gate spewed fury, and the cannonballs roared from the muzzle and flew towards the Qing army in the distance. The sharp sound of the cannon was very piercing. With a loud bang, a shell hit a shield car, and the shield car was blown to pieces on the spot, sawdust flying horizontally, the wooden wheel bounced into the air, and instantly fell to the ground, with a "thunder" sound, broken. into a group. Several green battalion soldiers who were pushing the shield car were bombed in two places by cannons. With the missiles of lead, iron, and stones, dozens of green battalion soldiers were killed or injured. Within a few feet, a mess. . The screams went up and down each other, and many Green Battalion soldiers were directly hit by the cannons. The Green Battalion soldiers who were not killed on the spot only wished they could die early, rolling around on the ground in pain, screaming mournfully. The green battalion soldier who was blinded by the bomb was even frantically grabbing his own eyes, but he could no longer see them. The broken eyeballs were pulled out by his fingers and stuck to the palm of his hand, and gradually he couldn't even distinguish anything Out. (To be continued)