Lu Guangzi also changed his color suddenly and said: "Shang Yi, do you really have to be at odds with Zuo Shuai? Although you had a lucky victory a few days ago, Zuo Shuai still has an army of 300,000 men, and you are now
With only a few thousand men and horses, how could he be Zuo Shuai's opponent? Now
Commander Zuo just doesn't want to break up with you, so he bows first and then fights. Don't think that we are afraid of you. Otherwise, when our 300,000 troops arrive, it will be easy to deal with your thousands of troops. By then,
I'm afraid you regret it."
Shang Yi laughed and said: "Mr. Lu, I really have such a temper. The more powerful the person is, the more I want to fight. If this is the case, why don't you go back and tell Zuo Liangyu if he is not convinced?
, then how about we fight again? Doesn’t he have an army of 300,000? Even if they are sent out, I only have these few thousand troops here. If
If he can beat me, can't he save his son? Why bother? Mr. Lu, I think you don't need to waste your words. Go back and ask Zuo Liangyu to lead the troops to attack us.
Well, or I can go attack Xianning County in two days, and let's have a good fight and see who is more powerful."
In fact, Lu Guangzu was just talking big words to scare people. Now Zuo Liangyu still has an army of 300,000, and he will use force against Shang Yi. But seeing that Shang Yi refuses to accept soft words and refuses to get oil and salt, Lu Guangzu has nowhere to start.
Feeling, and what Dan said just now was too much
He was so full that he couldn't take it back at once, so he said again: "Shang Yi, you are young, don't think that you are great because you have made a few achievements, you should know that you don't do things too well, don't you?
Don’t you leave yourself a way out?”
Shang Yi said calmly: "When has Zuo Liangyu ever left a way out for others when doing something?"
Lu Guangzi still wanted to argue a few words, but Shang Yi was too lazy to argue with him any further and said: "Mr. Lu, you want to make things clear. Now you have something to ask of me. You go back and tell your left
Handsome, if you are asking for help, you must have the attitude of asking for help and send the guest off."
Cheng Jin and Cheng Gang on both sides came over. Lu Guangzu couldn't help but lift up his arms on the left and right and walked out. He didn't care about Lu Guangzu's hands and feet, and carried him to the outside of the camp before throwing him away.
to the ground, become
Jin said: "Go back and tell Zuo Liangyu that if you want to save his son, then come and beg us adults in a low voice. Don't put on airs. If you want to fight, just come over and let him do whatever he wants. Our merchant army will accompany him to the end.
"
After driving Lu Guangzu away, Shang Yi realized that he was completely wrong. He originally thought that after Zuo Liangyu was beaten once, he would be submissive, but he didn't want to back down. He was clearly the one who sent people.
He came to seek peace, but he still acted in a domineering manner, as if he had won the battle.
But it's no wonder that Zuo Liangyu is an arrogant person and has always been self-righteous. Therefore, he always thinks of himself as a superior, and it is difficult for him to face the situation he is facing. In fact, Yi Jing is completely at a disadvantage.
.It seems that the last time I hit Zuo Liangyu was not painful enough, so it is necessary to hit him hard again.
So on the next day, Shang Yi immediately ordered the entire army to attack Xianning. This time, Zuo Liangyu must be beaten until he submits.
After Lu Guangzu returned to Xianning yesterday, he told Zuo Liangyu everything about the results of his interview with Shang Yi. This made Zuo Liangyu furious again, and he also greeted all the women in Shang Yi's family.
.Just getting angry randomly will not help, and it will not make Shang Yi lose a hair, especially after listening to Lu Guang
Zu said that Zuo Menggeng was working like a slave in Shang Yi's camp, and he felt heartbroken and anxious. He was only such a son. But he wanted to send someone to see Shang Yi again, but Zuo Liangyu
Zuo Liangyu couldn't let go of this frame of mind, so Zuo Liangyu thought about it all night and couldn't make up his mind.
Early the next morning, Zuo Liangyu had a circle of black lines around his eyes because he hadn't slept well all night. While he was having breakfast, he saw a soldier running over in a hurry and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Merchant Army."
The siege is coming."
Zuo Liangyu was also shocked. Although Lu Guangzu came back yesterday to report to him that Shang Yi had said that he would attack Xianning, Zuo Liangyu thought that it was just Shang Yi who was threatening him. Although the muskets of the merchant army were very fierce,
But after all, the number of people is too small, only a few thousand. In a general siege battle,
The strength of the attacking force should be two to three times that of the defending city, and the role of firecrackers in siege warfare is not very great. It is impossible for the soldiers of the Merchant Army to climb the city and shoot at the same time. Therefore, although Xianning
It was just a small county town, but Zuo Liangyu would never believe that Shang Yi dared to attack the city.
But as if he was going to fight with Zuo Liangyu, Shang Yi actually came. Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to underestimate Shang Yi now, and didn't care about having breakfast anymore. He quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks and spoke with a golden voice.
, Li Guoying, Xu Yong, Hao Xiaozhong and other generals came to the city wall to watch the battle.
The merchant army's attack direction was in the north. When Zuo Liangyu arrived at the north gate, before he could board the city tower, he heard the roar of "boom-boom-boom--" from the artillery outside the city, followed by "boom--"
Sounds like "Boom-", "Bang---", "Beep--" and "Ouch" and "Ouch".
Zuo Liangyu hurriedly stepped on the tower. As soon as his head was exposed, he heard a "Woo" sound and a strong wind flew over his head. It turned out to be an iron bullet, flying over Zuo Liangyu's head.
, just hit an eaves on the tower. Zuo Liangyu also broke out in a cold sweat.
, thinking in his heart: What a risk, he almost got hit. Although the iron bullet did not hit Zuo Liangyu, it smashed the cornice into pieces. Tiles, gravel, and residual wood fell one after another, and many of them were still missing.
It hit Zuo Liangyu on the head. Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu was also fully clothed and was not injured.
At this time, the sound of shelling from below the city came one after another. Some hit the city wall, some hit the tower, and some hit the city gate. The sound was very loud. And twenty or thirty steps near the tower
Inside, there were no soldiers from the left army guarding the passage, so they all hid aside.
Zuo Liangyu hurriedly came down from the city tower and found another section of the city wall that was not attacked by artillery. Looking down, he saw about two hundred steps away, on the Merchant Army's position, there were about twenty artillery pieces.
They lined up and fired at the city wall of Xianning County. In front of the artillery, the merchant army dug trenches and the musketeers were deployed in place.
Although the Merchant Army did not use Hongyi artillery, due to the short distance of the advance and the fact that it had probably been firing for some time, the firepower was completely concentrated near the city tower.
It took many shells and was damaged in many places.
Only then did Zuo Liangyu understand that Shang Yi's siege tactics were like this. He did not intend to climb up the city on the ladder at all, but used artillery to blast the gate from a distance until the gate was blown open. And some
The cannonball fell on the city gate board, only hitting "
"Dong dong" kept ringing. It seemed as if it might be smashed open by a cannonball at any time. The artillery of the Ming army was generally used as a weapon to defend the city. No one thought that it would be used to attack the city, and Zuo Liangyu naturally did not think of it.
However, artillery can still be used in this way.
Zuo Liangyu then remembered that there were more than a dozen artillery pieces in his army, and said hurriedly: "What are you all doing? Where are our artillery? Move them out quickly and shoot them too?"
In fact, Zuo Liangyu didn't need to say anything, the soldiers had already moved there, so while Zuo Liangyu was talking, four artillery pieces and gunpowder shells were brought in. However, the Zuo Army used basically small artillery pieces. Because
The large and medium-sized artillery of the Ming army were all concentrated in the Jiubian area. Not to mention that Zuo Liangyu's artillery was not available, even if it was available, it was too lazy to move it from Jiujiang.
The soldiers hurriedly fixed the four artillery pieces on the city wall, then loaded the ammunition. They were busy for a while before they were ready, and then fired.
Hearing just a few sounds of "Boom - Boom - Boom -", four artillery pieces were fired one after another. Zuo Liangyu lay on the battlements and looked outside the city, waiting for the shells to fall into the Merchant Army's position, feeling anxious in his heart.
Feeling a little more relieved, I can finally fight back.
But after the four shells fell one after another, three of them only hit more than a hundred steps, which was still far away from the Merchant Army's position. Although one hit a little farther, it only hit a hundred, forty or fifty steps.
, bounced on the ground a few times, and ran forward dozens of steps. When it finally stopped, it was still twenty or thirty steps away from the musketeers' trench position.
. Did not cause any damage to the merchant army. Although the shooting range of the small artillery is limited, it is still possible to hit about two hundred steps. However, the angle of the left army gunner to the artillery and the amount of gunpowder used can only be judged by feeling.
and experience, so it was difficult to achieve the optimal effect, and the artillery of the merchant army continued to fire like a tower.
Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but feel discouraged, but another soldier reported to Zuo Liangyu that the city gate could no longer hold up. Zuo Liangyu was also sweating profusely, and at this time Zuo Jun brought three more
Zuo Liangyu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to reload the cannon and asked for more gunpowder to shoot farther.
After finally waiting for the artillery to be loaded again, the left army fired again. The effect of the artillery fire this time was much better than the last time, so half of the gunpowder was added, and the seven artillery guns basically hit one hundred, thirty or forty.
About a step away, but there is still quite a distance from the Merchant Army’s position. There are two
Although the cannonball hit farther, at the 1780th step, after bouncing on the ground a few times, it hit the homespun bags spread beside the trench, but at this time the force was completely exhausted, and it was only
It was able to break the earthen cloth bag and scatter the soil and sand inside. It still did not cause any harm to the merchant army.
Zuo Liangyu was about to give the order to continue adding gunpowder, but at this moment, a soldier came to Zuo Liangyu and reported: "Report to the commander, the city gate was opened by the merchant army."