The artillery leader looked around him in horror. Although the enemy's suicide squad was not large, his suddenness and decisive spirit made up for this. In order to save troops, except for the artillery commander and a few backbone of the artillery commander, the rest of the artillery commander were all new recruits who had not been on the battlefield. The main training subjects were also transporting projectiles and aiming and shooting. Suddenly, when the enemy's elite squad was encountered, he was soon overwhelmed. The Huainan Army's suicide squad was about to rush to the artillery commander.

"No, we must not let these guys take away the cannon!" The cannon leader turned around, picked up an axe that was thrown on the ground, and slashed the wheel of the cannon cart, followed by the second and third strokes. The wooden spokes shattered and shattered when he slashed down strongly. The cannon cart that lost a wheel fell down under the weight of the mortar cannon and fell deeply into the soil. After the cannon leader confirmed that the cannon could no longer be moved by human power, he turned around and roared and rushed towards the enemy soldiers.

He Hu struggled to get up from the enemy's body. The tenacious enemy's hands and feet were spread weakly, and an axe was thrown aside. Blood was gushing out from the wound on his neck, and the spirit of life was disappearing from his eyes. He Hu looked at the dead enemy in front of him for a while, and couldn't help feeling a trance. The surprise attack just now made him feel shocked. The ability of these enemy soldiers who operated strange weapons was surprisingly poor in fighting hand-to-hand combat, and they almost broke down at one touch. However, the enemy who looked like a leader was a good man, with only one left to fight to the death and slashed two people with an axe, and finally he was thrown to the ground and stabbed to death with a dagger.

"Du Tou, this iron guy is so heavy that his wheels are broken by that guy again, so he can't move them!"

The report from his subordinate woke He Hu from his thoughts. He turned around and looked at the strange weapon carefully. He saw that the weapon looked like a stone mortar peeling the grain, but from the metallic luster it emitted, it should have been cast from copper and iron. The weapon fell to the ground, and a small part of its heavy body had already been trapped in the soft soil. A large cart was tilted beside it, which should have been used to carry the weapon. However, a wheel had been split. It must have been because the enemy soldiers could not resist it, so they deliberately destroyed the vehicle so that the enemy soldiers could not carry it.

"Dutao, how should I deal with this thing? The smoke is about to disperse, and the pirates in Zhenhai are about to come up!" The soldiers on the side said anxiously. The gunpowder smoke generated by the continuous shooting of the mortar cannon just now obscured the operation of the defending suicide squad. In addition, in order to avoid the crossbow shooting at the city, the mortar cannon position was in a trench. The Zhenhai army in the rear had not yet discovered that its mortar cannon position had been seized by the enemy. However, as the shooting stopped and the smoke dissipated, the Zhenhai army would soon discover all this. If they did not destroy the iron guy or move it back to the city quickly, the danger he took on this death attack would be completely in vain.

He Hu's eyes swept around, and more than a dozen wooden barrels were scattered on the ground. A large amount of black powder was poured out from the two overturned wooden barrels, and then some iron or stone projectiles. He shook his head in disappointment. The enemy did not leave any spare wheels, no vehicles, and just camel animals. It was impossible to carry such a heavy object. There was only one choice left. He walked to the cannon leader's body, picked up the iron axe, returned to the mortar cannon, swung the iron axe, and slashed it down towards the mortar cannon. With a loud bang, countless sparks splashed on the black powder on the ground. Between the sparks, there was a loud bang at the bottom of the trench. He Hu felt that his whole body suddenly became light and was pushed hard by an invisible giant hand, and then he was out of sight.

Luo Renqiong stood on the wooden tower, and the entire battlefield and even the Wujin City were in sight. As a senior general who participated in the highest military convention, he knew very well that the siege was just a prelude to lure the reinforcements in Huainan to fight. At this time, his mood was very contradictory. He was both angry and resentful and was about to take down the first important city since the dispatch of troops. He made up his mind to open a gap in the city wall as soon as possible. When the Huainan reinforcements were launched, he immediately took down Wujin City and let the lord see that not only Chen Zhang, Chen Wu, Wang Foer, but Luo Renqiong was also not inferior to their generals.

Just as Luo Renqiong was calculating on the wooden tower, a mortar cannon position below suddenly burst out with a earth-shaking sound. The human body and various debris flew out of the trench like children's toys, scattered in a circle about seven or eight feet in diameter. The battlefield, which was just like boiling water, suddenly calmed down. Whether it was the guards at the top of the city or the sea soldiers who were about to climb the city after a long siege, they were shocked by the terrifying power of gunpowder.

"What's going on?" Luo Renqiong had just recovered from surprise. Everything that had just happened made him furious. The personal soldiers on the side hurried to inquire. After a while, someone reported it that the mortar cannon position was attacked by the defenders and accidentally lit up gunpowder in the fierce battle.

Luo Renqiong snorted coldly and asked, "Where is the cannon leader? Is the mortar still intact?"

"After the gunman chopped off the wheels, he died in battle. After investigation, there were several cracks on the mortar. "The personal soldier secretly looked up at Luo Renqiong's black face like an iron pot, and then continued carefully: "The old gunner in the Shenji Camp said that if he wanted to use it again, he would be blown up."

Luo Renqiong paced back and forth on the wooden tower, suddenly stopped and said sternly: "The cannon leader died in the battle. He rewarded merits according to the rules, and added five acres of land, fifty stagnant money, and thirty stones of rice. The rest of the people who died in battle also rewarded merits, and the rewards were reduced by half." Speaking of this, Luo Renqiong's voice suddenly turned cold: "If anyone escaped, he would be beheaded and showed his head to the public to warn others. His wife was in danger of being a slave in the government."

As Luo Renqiong's order was conveyed by his personal soldiers, a crying and pleading came from the open space at the entrance of the camp not far away. These were the movements of the deserters of the Shenji Camp. Soon, more than 20 bloody heads were hung on wooden stakes outside the gate, and they would not be reclaimed and buried until three days later. Luo Renqiong stood on the wooden tower and watched everything that was going on. When he saw the last head was cut down, he turned around and ordered: "Terty more elite soldiers will be sent to each mortar to draw from my personal soldiers. Don't wear armor, use short soldiers to tell them that if they lose another cannon, they will not want their heads."

The Jiangnan Canal, also known as the Jiangnan River, is the southern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. It starts from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu in the north, and goes to Suzhou, Jiangsu in the east bank of Taihu Lake, and reaches Hangzhou, Zhejiang in the south. It is the main road of many canal ponds and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, the Lu Fang has launched a vast army of troops to attack Huainan. This canal has become the life aorta of the 100,000 troops in Zhenhai. On the river channel more than 6 meters wide, there are endless ships of large and small ships. Every twenty miles apart, a di Pavilion is set up to transport grain or ships to moor and rest at night. The di Pavilion is surrounded by walls, and there are arrow towers in the walls, among which there are united troops garrisons. If they are raided by bandits or enemy soldiers, just ignite the beacon, and the nearest garrison will come to support. At night, looking down from the air, you can see dozens of brightly lit dots on the winding Jiangnan Canal, like a pearl necklace.

Wu Hulei, located eight miles east of Henglin Town, is one of dozens of di Pavilions on the Jiangnan Canal. Since the Zhenhai Army met at Wujin City, like most other di Pavilions, it has become even more busy. The material consumed by nearly 100,000 people every day is a very amazing number. Teams of ships almost never stop traveling back and forth between the di Pavilions, transporting grain, cloth and weapons to the old camp next to Wujin City, and then transporting them through the corridor to the camp. The repair and material transfer of ships almost kept the clerks of the di Pavilion so busy that they were not touching the ground. Fortunately, there have been no signs of Huainan Army activities nearby these days. At night, Wu Hu, which connects to the canal, stopped more than a hundred canal boats, and stopped the shore. If it weren't for the united soldiers with arches and spears on the di Pavilion, it would be a peaceful scene with prosperous business and travel.

It was already three o'clock, and it was the sleepiest time for the night patrolmen. Yun Gu, who was standing on the arrow tower, tried his best to open his eyes wide, but his eyelids were still sinking like lead. Yun Gang looked at the moon in the sky and yawned. He was about to find a corner to shelter the wind for a while, suddenly a fire appeared in the corner of his eyes. Yun Gu rubbed his eyes and looked over again. After a while, he was sure that this was not his own vision. A canal boat on the shore had been lit, and the fire was increasing. Judging from the increase speed, the possibility of inadvertent fire can be eliminated. Moreover, with the fire, you can see the shadows of people on the shore, and the answer is obvious.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" With Yun Gu's shrill shouts, there was also a loud sound of gongs. After hearing the rapid footsteps under the arrow tower, Yun Gu threw down the gong, picked up the torch, and prepared to light the beacon fire that had been prepared. Just now, a sharp cry suddenly came from Yun Gu's ear. Before he could react, he felt that someone had pushed his shoulders hard and hit the wooden pillar behind him. At this time, he felt a torn pain on his shoulders.
Chapter completed!