() Attacking a city does not mean that you can attack it. Preparation work is indispensable. After the leaders of the alliance gave the order, the thieves immediately took action. Those who cut down trees, those who built ladders built ladders, and those who transported cannons. From the morning
He was busy until the afternoon. Huang Chen did not want his men to suffer and be burdened, so he handed over all menial tasks such as logging and building ladders to the "allies" assigned to him, saying that each had their own strengths. The leader of the alliance, Zheng Zhilong, performed well.
It's not as extreme as Huang Chen, but no one dares to question him. Strength determines everything.
Luying's field artillery and Hongyi small artillery had limited destructive effect on the city wall. At this time, the thirteen Minghe fortress cannons obtained from Penghu came into use. Huang Chen sent people to drag them ashore and transport them to Yuegang.
They lined up in a row outside the city, looking at the black hole of the gun muzzle. The officers, soldiers, village warriors, merchants and private soldiers on the opposite city wall all felt dizzy, their hands and feet were cold, and a panic quietly spread.
As soon as the preparations were completed, Huang Chen began to assign specific tasks. Unsurprisingly, the "allies" got the first batch of siege tasks. In order to stop everyone from talking, Huang Chen ordered more than 200 armored soldiers from Luying armed with spears and swords.
The second echelon followed closely behind, and the third echelon consisted of the more numerous land camp soldiers as well as Zhuang Mo's barbarian archers and fire gun soldiers.
To put it bluntly, this arrangement is to ask "allies" to serve as cannon fodder, paving the way for his elite to follow up. However, Huang Chen did not deliberately conserve his strength and only let his allies die, so no one could tell his fault.
Come.
"Start." Huang Chen looked at the head of Yuegang City in the distance and ordered calmly.
Not long after Huang Chen finished speaking, the thirteen fortress cannons were ignited one after another. Every time the "copper and iron monster" roared, the ground shook, and smoke and dust rose everywhere. One by one, they weighed twelve, fifteen, eighteen or even twenty-four pounds.
The shells carried flames and flew towards the opposite city wall. Although the field artillery and Hongyi small artillery had little effect in attacking the enemy, they were still better than nothing, so they were ignited and opened fire.
Yuegang is a place where wealth and wealth gather. I don't know how many heroes on the sea have become greedy. The merchants of Yuegang, who usually live hard for nothing, always donate generously to protect their wealth. In terms of the solid construction of Yuegang city, it is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty city.
A round of fierce artillery fire, except for the limited heavy artillery shells that successfully penetrated the surface of the city wall, the other shells hit the top, leaving only shallow black traces. Compared with the indestructibility of the city wall, the people on the top of the city are not that strong.
Several artillery shells fell on it, causing chaos immediately, and calm could not be restored for a long time.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to buy red cannons, and it was not easy to return the cannonballs. Huang Chen did not spare the cannonballs, and would not stop until the western city of Yuegang was plowed all over.
The rumbling sound of artillery fire not only frightened the enemy, but also scared the allies around Huang Chen to death. They secretly exchanged looks with each other, their faces full of fear. They are not deaf, let alone
Li Kuiqi in the south, Zhou Lao in the north. Zheng Zhilong in the east is not as powerful as Huang Chen. This Huang Chen, Zheng Zhilong can no longer suppress him.
The men and horses in other directions fired a few symbolic cannons and then launched the siege. Huang Chen took his time and the deafening sound of cannons continued for more than an hour, until the cannon barrels were red hot and then slowly subsided.
Huang Chen looked at the city's completely changed appearance, almost like a ruin. He looked at the time on the pocket watch in his hand, waved his hand, and ordered the city to be attacked.
Several pirate leaders looked at each other, did not dare to hesitate, and drove their men to set up ladders and rush towards the Yuegang city wall. Then Huang Chen's land camp armored soldiers, spears, swords, and fire guns followed one after another.
Pirates swarmed into the city. Copper-fired cannons and French cannons were fired sparsely on the city. Compared with the performance of the Huangchen artillery team just now, they were just like toys. The thieves braved the not-so-strong artillery fire and rushed quickly.
When I arrived at the city, I heard a cry of "Hit me!" from above. Dozens of guns and three-eye cannons stretched out from the wall at the same time, spraying out hot lead bullets. There were also a lot of bows and arrows. In an instant, more than a dozen pirates fired.
Screams like howls of ghosts and wolves rolled to the end. Not long after, dozens more three-eyed guns, blunderbuss and bows and arrows came out of the city top and fired at the bottom of the city.
The thieves also had many firearms, bows and arrows in their hands, and they fought back fiercely not to be outdone. The two sides went back and forth, and the fight was very lively. Soon the city was enveloped in a cloud of white gunpowder smoke. The pirates took the opportunity to set up a ladder to secure it, and climbed up
On the way up, the officers and soldiers immediately threw hot oil, stones, and wood. The golden hot oil poured down on their heads. The pirates were all burnt to pieces. They howled and fell off the ladder. The stones, wood, and other weights fell down.
If the object hits the ground, the body and head will inevitably be shattered.
The pirates endured huge casualties and finally climbed to the top of the city. They were immediately killed by the officers, soldiers, local warriors and merchant private soldiers who were waiting for them. This was repeated several times. The pirates couldn't help but collapse mentally and retreated in embarrassment. When they escaped, they were defeated due to
They were so panicked that they even disrupted Huang Chen's team behind them. The first round of confrontation ended in a disastrous defeat for the pirates.
When Huang Chen saw this, his face darkened immediately, and he cursed a bunch of losers. He didn't ask them to capture the city, but he couldn't delay his troops approaching the city for some time. Then what's the use of you? Facing Huang
With Chen's reproachful eyes, several pirate leaders were a little worried. They called the leader to beat them up and scolded them, and then personally led the team to launch the second round of attack.
With the leader personally in charge, the pirates' performance this time was much better than before. They firmly established themselves in several places on the city wall and refused to give in. Lin Xishan and Ruan Jin led the armored soldiers of the landing camp to take the opportunity to quickly approach and climb up the ladder.
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"Kill!" Ruan Jin kicked off the city with his right foot and rushed inside. He hit an enemy with his card in mid-air, and cut the side of an officer's neck with the knife in his right hand. Ruan Jin himself was undoubtedly better at naval combat, but when he saw Zhao Hongyi
, Zhang Xing, Zhuang Mo and others were filled with envy as Huang Chen made great achievements on land. He offered to be the first to attack the city this time, and Huang Chen could not refute his face.
Lin Xishan also had the same thoughts as him. The latter had previously participated in the attack on the mountain together with Zhuang Mo and Zhang Xing, but was later sent to the center left by Huang Chen and unfortunately missed the land battle. This attack
In Yuegang, Lin Xishan also asked himself to be the pioneer.
The two men were highly skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting. They were both Huang Chen's most powerful generals. As soon as they led the armored soldiers from the land camp to the top of the city, they were like wolves pounced on the sheep, killing the officers and soldiers, and soon opened a new door.
The situation. Yang Dong and Chen Si were not willing to lag behind. They followed Ruan Jin and Lin Xishan to the top of the city with Zhuang Mo and Zhang Xing.
Yang Dong held a knife in one hand and a revolver in the other, and walked carelessly on the city with about ten people, as if they were not fighting, but browsing in his own backyard. When an enemy tried to approach him, Yang Dong raised his hand and shot him.
He shot through his chest. A dozen of his men behind him also had revolvers, and the enemies who came to kill them all looked shocked and hated being shot. The revolver is an extremely powerful weapon at close range. Within a few steps, every enemy was shot.
If you take a shot, even if you don't die, you will still be seriously injured.
Others are only envious of this. In the entire team, apart from Yang Dong, no other person can be found to have such treatment.
Shangmeng Lao held the telescope he borrowed from Huang Chen and observed it for a long time, and said with awe: "It has only been a while, but the officers and soldiers can no longer stand it. I have been at sea for so many years, and today is an eye-opener."
Yes! I am convinced by Mr. Huang."
Wu Qi Lao said: "Huang Ye killed thousands of Haicheng's officers and soldiers with his backhand. How can a mere month's worth of Gang City stop Huang Ye's footsteps?"
The rest also flattered Huang Chen one after another, for fear that the filming would be late and Huang Chen would be unhappy.
Quietly rising from "Brother Huang" to "Master Huang", Huang Chen was filled with emotions. When he first arrived in Taiwan, he was not even qualified to sit in the hall, but these people in front of him were all heroes with seats at that time.
In less than a year, the status of both parties has undergone earth-shaking changes.
"The city gate is opened, the city gate is opened... the city is broken..." (To be continued...)