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Although Ma Jiyuan did not see the battle process clearly, the results of the battle were clearly seen, and the proof was that corpses everywhere outside Anjiangmen were everywhere.

Ma Jiyuan smiled and said, "General Zhao, your new army is indeed well-trained. The Qing Dynasty has always been known for its cavalry and shooting. Now it has met its nemesis. Now the emperor's Northern Expedition is just around the corner!" Ma Jiyuan was happy and called General to Zhao Guodong.

Then Zhao Guodong curled his lips and said, "Governor General, this is nothing. There is a regiment of 3,000 people outside Anjiangmen who are guarding it, plus dozens of cannons. This will make the Qing army rush out and the last general will only commit suicide and apologize!"

Zhang Liang and several naval generals were behind him listening to Zhao Guodong brag about the magic snails here, "You Zhao Gouzi can really brag, you really don't brag about the camels." The Qing cavalry attacked your strong positions, and this would not beat you. All of your army could commit suicide.

Ma Jiyuan didn't know that Zhang Liang was secretly scolding the Army. He only knew that he had just arrived and saw the Army win a complete victory, and he was happy.

"General Zhao, when will the artillery shipped be prepared? After all, it is the first day of the New Year, and there are still fourteen days left before the fifteenth day!"

"Please rest assured by Governor!" Zhao Guodong pointed to the transportation team beside the canal and said, "I have built a simple road from the river to the position after preparing overnight. I guess all the cannons will be transported to the cannon position today! The next step depends on whether the naval brothers are shooting accurately!" Zhao Guodong looked at Zhang Liang standing behind.

The navy's twenty-one-pound cannon weighed 3,000 kilograms, and there was no cannon truck that could hold it. The wooden cannon truck could not bear the weight of 3,000 kilograms. Therefore, Zhao Guodong built a wooden steel-brown simple track between the dock and the position, which solved the problem of artillery transportation.

However, this simple track was not so easy to build. Thanks to the poor road construction in the Ming Dynasty, all roads left Yangzhou City were mud roads and there was no roadbed at all. In addition, the battle here in Yangzhou for more than a month, tens of thousands of people walked back and forth, and the original path had already turned into mud roads. Last night, the fleet arrived at Hou Zhao Guodong and found that the cannons could not get off the ship, which was a rush to death.

However, at the critical moment, a porter who belonged to the Second Division came up with an idea, which was to build a simple track as a steel mill.

Zhu Hongsan has 15,000 combat personnel in each division-level unit, but this is not all. He is also equipped with a logistics force of more than 10,000 people during the battle. These people are usually responsible for ensuring the logistics supply of a division and various geotechnical tasks during the battle. There is nothing to do and not go to the front line. However, at the critical moment, these people become reserve forces, which is considered a supplement to the main force. This is also the reason why Zhu Hongsan spent three million silver dollars to form each division. After all, there are nearly 30,000 people in one division. Those logistics forces usually have to participate in training, so it can be explained by spending more money!

The porter was originally a worker from an iron and steel factory. He was tempted by the fact that he could be assigned to the land to join the army, but he could only stay in the logistics army first. Now he saw the commander's frown before he could tell his suggestions.

When Zhao Guodong found out, he was overjoyed and immediately promoted a lieutenant platoon leader to the porter and asked him to lead people to start building this simple track.

It is of course difficult to build a steel mill, but it is still easier to build a cannon. The lieutenant led thousands of people to level the land overnight, then brought bricks and rubble outside Anjiangmen to fill the puddles, and lay a railroad track on it. Such a small track less than four miles was built.

With this thing, the transportation speed has been greatly accelerated. Thirty artillery pieces have been shipped in one morning. Zhao Guodong estimated that all the artillery pieces will be transported until dark and will be loaded on the cannon position tomorrow at dawn.

After hearing Zhao Guodong's words, Ma Jiyuan nodded repeatedly, turned to Zhang Liang and asked, "Admiral Zhang, if the artillery is installed, do you guarantee that you can open the city wall in five days?"

Zhang Liang quickly replied: "It's totally OK, but I want to ask Admiral Zhao, where are we going to bombard? After all, Yangzhou City is one of the strongest cities in the world, so we have to choose a weak place to start!"

Zhao Guodong pointed to a city gate at the southeast corner of Yangzhou City and said, "Start from Xu Ningmen! We have found locals in Yangzhou. This section of Xu Ningmen was restored by the Song Dynasty wall during the Jiajing period. The outside is a good city brick, and the rammed earth inside is from the Song Dynasty. It was very unstable for hundreds of years. In addition, the thickness of the city wall in Xu Ningmen is only seven or eight meters, which is much easier to attack than that in Anjiangmen! Our army has been bombarding this section of the city wall in the past month. The bricks outside have been blown away a lot. The next step depends on your navy!"

Zhang Liang looked up at the section of the city wall that Zhao Guodong pointed to. The section of the city wall was remote and there were no buildings outside the city, but it was a good place.

After Zhang Liang asked about the location, he bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Governor General, I will go back and organize the arrangements now, and I will definitely not delay the affairs of the adults!" After Zhang Liang said that, he took his own way down and drove to the artillery position to arrange the arrangements.

Ma Jiyuan looked at Zhang Liang leaving and said to Zhao Guodong: "General Zhao, the Navy has made a guarantee. Are you ready?"

"Governor General, our army is ready. As long as the city wall is broken, we will immediately attack the city. Five regiments have been dispatched, and 15,000 people are ready to seize the city!"

Ma Jiyuan is a civil servant, he is good at administration, but he doesn't understand such wars. The emperor sent him here only to be a nominal chief. As for the details, it still needs to be arranged by the generals of the army and the navy. Now Ma Jiyuan saw that the army and the navy had arranged everything and said with appreciation: "Okay, brothers, everyone knows the importance of Yangzhou to the capital, so Yangzhou must be taken down. I won't talk about other governors. I am waiting for your good news here!"

Zhang Liang took his men back to the fort on the hill. Now the hill is busy, and naval soldiers are building the fort. Naval artillery is different from army artillery, so naturally this is not built, so the navy can only do it themselves. In order to catch up with the progress, all a thousand people from the navy were put into construction, and some officers took off their clothes and joined the labor.

Zhang Liang came to a half-built fortress and shouted loudly: "Brothers! Brothers!"

Zhang Liang was the naval admiral. When all the naval soldiers saw that the chief officer had something to say, they stopped their work and gathered to Zhang Liang's side!

Looking at the sweaty naval soldiers, Zhang Liang shouted: "Everyone knows what's going on! Now Yangzhou City is right in front of us. The army's waste cannot be defeated and must blame us. Now we are here! Let the army and other local bullies see the combat effectiveness of our navy!"

Zhang Liang's words caused a burst of laughter from the navy. Not all the navy on the hill were navy, and some of the army that helped, but the leader was only a company commander. His official Weibo account was gentle and he didn't dare to say anything. He could only curse these water mice who didn't understand the rules in his heart!

Zhang Liang and the soldiers laughed and continued, "But I am vilifying and telling you that it is in front of you. I have already made a guarantee in front of the Governor. I will definitely open the Yangzhou city wall within five days. If I don't complete the task, I will chop my head of Zhang Shuiyu! But don't worry, before I dropped my head, I cut off the head of your two men. The men's lieutenant, the first lieutenant cut the second lieutenant, the second lieutenant cut the sailor, and the sailor cuts you. Anyway, none of them can escape! Do you know?"

All the naval soldiers shouted loudly under the leadership of two stewards: "Please rest assured by the Admiral. We will definitely complete the task and will not let the Governor chop the Admiral's head. Our head will be left behind!"

Because the Navy has been wandering on the sea for many years, it has a strong romance. Now these guys are also very interesting when they hear what Zhang Liang said!

Zhang Liang cursed: "Okay, everyone works! I will give you half a month off after taking Yangzhou. Don't forget me if I drink and play with Ma Zi!"

All the naval soldiers laughed and began to work hard. Zhang Liang also took the lead, took off his beautiful official uniform and worked with these brothers.

The heavy artillery outside Yangzhou City was finally repaired on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year with the help of the Navy and the Army, and all artillery was installed. Zhang Liang asked Ma Jiyuan to start the test artillery after dawn tomorrow.

These heavy artillery has become the heart of Ma Jiyuan. On the first morning of the second day of the lunar month, he brought several generals from the army to the fort to prepare for the test of the artillery.

Ma Jiyuan saw that the heavy artillery was divided into two layers, and all the cannons had been installed, and the black and shiny cannon body was reflected by the morning sun and emitted a burst of cold light.

Ma Jiyuan had been a local official and guarded the city. The cannons he had seen were made of bronze and were larger than these naval cannons. Now seeing the naval cannons running smaller than bronze, he couldn't help but ask: "Admiral Zhang, isn't this cannon a bronze?"

Zhang Liang used to be a water bandit, but he didn't know what the cannon was made of. However, when he was receiving warships in Guangdong, he talked with some masters in the factory, so he knew some of the fur.

"Sir, we lack copper in Guangdong. The cost of a copper cannon can be made into three steel cannons, and the steel cannons are light and powerful. Since His Majesty developed the iron ore in Qiongzhou, our cannons have been replaced with steel cannons!"

When Ma Jiyuan heard the words "Qiongzhou Iron Mine", he felt ache in his heart. His second son Ma Shaoji died there.

Zhang Liang didn't know Ma Jiyuan's sadness, and then said: "Sir, this steel cannon has many advantages: it is light, long range, and powerful, but it has one disadvantage, it is not durable. I heard from those masters of cannon castings that this kind of steel cannon has a lifespan, and each cannon can only be fired about 200 times. After its service life, it will be back to the furnace and follow the machine. It's very troublesome!"

Ma Jiyuan was stunned when he heard Zhang Liang say this. What if these cannons exploded halfway through use?

"Admiral Zhang, these cannons..."

Seeing Ma Jiyuan say this, Zhang Liang quickly said: "Don't worry, these cannons are all new cannons, which were newly replaced when they went north from Nanyang last year!"
Chapter completed!