After asking Tao Shiqi to bring people to load gunpowder shells, Du Zhongxiao came to Minghao and bowed: "Ask the advice, can you fire the cannon after the loading?"

Minghao said: "Just make the decision. It will blow the city and increase the morale of our army!"

Du Zhongxiao crossed his hands and responded to the promise, and rode his horse back to the gunner.

Looking at Du Zhongxiao's departure, Li Jihe said to Ming Hao: "Recommendation, this scholar Du is young and has never fought a war, so why are you so relieved about him? Last year, the Privy Council tried to attack the city with artillery, which was useless."

Ming Hao said: "When Mr. Du was in the Volcanic Army, he and Zhang Ke recovered Tanglong Town and destroyed the Khitan troops and horses. The Taiwei of the Dragon God Guard was deployed on Fufu Road at that time. He experienced this matter personally and admired Mr. Du very much."

Li Jihe nodded, said nothing, and looked at Du Zhongxiao not far away. He was responsible for passing confidential words to the emperor, which was of the nature of a military supervisor. Although his official position was not high, the front-line generals did not dare to underestimate him. Although Li Jihe was an eunuch in the palace, he had led troops a few years ago and participated in the Battle of Dingchuan Village. Although Ge Huaimin died in that battle and was eventually defeated, Li Jihe and the people guarding the Rong army made contributions. He had war experience, so he sent to Beizhou and Minghao to watch the battle.

However, Du Zhongxiao used artillery to attack the city, which Li Jihe had never seen. When he was in the army, the Song army also used a lot of gunpowder, and they set fire, which was not very useful. Naturally, they were full of doubts about what Du Zhongxiao did.

When he arrived at the gunner, Du Zhongxiao called three commanders to come and asked, "How are you rehearsing?"

The three of them crossed their hands: "I have already practiced well, please review by the bachelor's degree!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "No need, you can aim at the city and fire the fire one by one to see how it works."

The three of them agreed with their hands, returned to their positions, raised their flags and ordered their subordinates to load ammunition.

Soon, the front row cannons were loaded, and the triangular red flag in the small school's hand suddenly fell down, shouting loudly: "Fire the cannon!"

The gunner in the first row was ordered and urgently ordered the installed medicine twist. After only rehearsing for less than an hour, how could he be uniform? Just look at the length of the medicine twist, you know that it is still far from being able to do it now. What made Du Zhongxiao frown was that people in the second and third rows were too nervous. When they heard the order to fire the gun, they twisted the medicine in a hurry. They found that something was wrong, and then they rushed to extinguish it.

Soon, the first row of artillery fired and a burst of smoke rose. The sounds were heard one after another, and it was obviously inconsistent.

The defenders on the city saw that hundreds of soldiers were lined up outside the city, and at first they were a little stubborn. They were afraid that they would attack the city, so they specially transferred hundreds of soldiers from other places to defend. When they saw that they were just busy rehearsing, they didn't know what to do, and they slacked off in a short while. Even when the officers and soldiers outside the city filled medicine and loaded bullets, the defenders on the city didn't care. They had seen artillery a few days ago, and did not cause much loss.

Until the fire was opened under the city, dozens of gunfires were fired together, and the power was far from comparable to the previous few days. Before the defenders on the city could react, the iron bullets fell like raindrops, and the defenders crowded together were crying and howling.

While the defenders were squatting behind the female wall to hide, the second row had fired guns and iron bullets flew around the city wall.

Three rows of artillery fired in turn, repeating and without stopping. Hundreds of defenders on the city wall were crying, and no one dared to raise their heads anymore.

Ming Hao was overjoyed and said to Li Jihe beside him: "The artillery is so useful, it is indeed unparalleled!"

Li Jihe looked for a while and said, "Using cannons like this will prevent the defenders in the city from looking up. But if they are blocked by the female wall, they will not be able to do anything to them. This cannon is still a bit of a bad thing and cannot knock down the female wall."

Ming Hao said: "The chief of the Pavilion said it is right. If he could break the female wall, why worry about not breaking the city?"

After saying that, he turned to look at Du Zhongxiao in the distance. Seeing that he was just watching the officers and soldiers firing small cannons, and the cannon was on the side and was not used, he was a little puzzled. He was determined to send someone to ask, but he was afraid that Du Zhongxiao would misunderstand, so he had to force himself to hold back.

Du Zhongxiao wanted to see the power of the iron cannon and whether it could cover the city wall after the female wall collapsed. Only by doing this can the connection between the city walls be cut off and a blank area suitable for climbing the city.

After firing seven or eight rounds of cannons, Du Zhongxiao ordered to stop and said to the three commanders: "You have seen this round of cannons yourself, and it is still a lot closer to being uniform. Now stop first, go back and do exercises, and use cannons to bombard the city here."

Several junior schools Ying Nuo left, Du Zhongxiao returned to the cannon, looked at the top of the city, and said to Tao Shiqi: "Take your soldiers and smash all three battle sheds to the west of the city gate first! Be careful and don't waste too much time!"

Tao Shiqi Yingnuo, with a few artillery soldiers, aimed at the battle shed on the city wall with a sight. The cannons now do not have scopes, and due to the relationship between the charge and the projectile, the accuracy is actually quite problematic. Fortunately, the battle shed is tall and it is not too difficult to hit it accurately.

The aiming soldier saw it clearly and reported to Tao Shiqi. Tao Shiqi gave the order, and the ignited soldier lit the medicine twist.

The iron cannon stopped, and the defenders on the city dared to raise their heads and refused to stay here. The hundreds of defenders who came to support disperse in a hurry.

While the defenders on the top of the city were running, the cannons under the city made a loud noise, and thick smoke came out. The cannon was hit low and was hitting the female wall at the top of the city, directly crashing into the crowd. The broken pieces of soil splashed in all directions, and several unlucky defenders were hit and fell to the ground and screamed.

No one expected that the newly arrived cannon could knock down the female wall. The officers and soldiers under the city were stunned and then cheered.

Seeing that he had not hit the battle shed, Tao Shiqi stamped his feet and secretly called it a pity, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to reload.

Ming Hao, not far away, didn't expect the cannon to be so shocking, and turned around in fear. When he turned around, he saw the female wall collapse. He was shocked and asked Li Jihe beside him: "People's head, has the cannon just launched really knocked down the female wall?"

Li Jihe nodded: "Yes, this shot really knocked down the female wall! Such a powerful weapon, why worry about not breaking Beizhou!"

The female wall is a short wall with a gap on the city wall, which can cover the defenders and defend the siege. The city wall is very thick, but the female wall is not thick, not much thicker than the walls of ordinary houses. Although the cannons fire from bottom to top, their power is much reduced, they are still bombarded by one shot.

Looking at the missing piece of female wall, Minghao breathed a sigh of relief and finally saw the hope of breaking the city. Without the cover of female wall, the defenders at the top of the city were exposed. How could they resist the firepower of the official army? Even if they don’t use Qucheng, they can use cloud ladders to reach the city.

Du Zhongxiao was relieved when he saw the female wall collapse. If the power of the cannon could not even collapse the female wall, he would have to find another way, even pile up a mountain of earth outside the city, put the cannon on the mountain, and shoot flatly to suppress the defenders. If the female wall can be collapsed, everything would be easy. As long as a few sections of the female wall were smashed and a distance of 10 or 20 feet was cleared, the iron cannon and crossbow could be used to destroy the city wall defense system. Once the city gate was isolated, as long as a few people climbed the city wall, they could seize the city gate. If the commanding heights on the city wall were occupied, the city gate defense system would be destroyed without attacking.

Tao Shiqi didn't know Du Zhongxiao's idea, so he nervously ordered the reload and fired another shot, and finally knocked down a battle shed. The battle shed was just made of bamboo and wood. When hit by such cannons, it immediately became shattered and was directly erased from the city wall.

When Tao Shiqi saw this, he let out a breath and took the cannon soldiers to destroy all the battle sheds in the west of the city in less than half an hour.

Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly and said to Tao Shiqi who came to report: "No, it's more accurate than I thought. The battle shed is knocked out, and you go back to command the gunners. Start from the city gate and all the female walls within thirty feet of the west are collapsed! It's broken by the sunset. To celebrate the achievements tonight, all the people who are doing artillery are rewarded with great rewards!"

Tao Shiqi was very happy and agreed to the promise with his hands. Back to the cannon, he repeated Du Zhongxiao's words, and several gunners cheered together.

After giving Tao Shiqi orders, Du Zhongxiao said to the three small schools who were commanding iron cannons on the other side: "The cannons over there are bombarding the female walls, and you continue to set fire to the top of the city. Remember, no matter how many defenders killed, the most important thing for you is to train the volleyballs. Tomorrow, you should not be like the same as before."

As soon as the female wall fell, the three primary schools knew the meaning of them, crossed their hands together and made a loud promise. Without the protection of the female wall, the defenders on the city wall became targets. How could they block the shells with flesh and blood?

After giving orders to Tao Shiqi and three primary schools, Du Zhongxiao returned to Minghao and bowed, "Advice, how about this shelling?"

Minghao nodded with joy: "It's really powerful, and its power is beyond my imagination! The powerful weapon of cannons depends on who uses it! In the past, there were hundreds of cannons in the army, but they were not used properly, and they were useless! As soon as the bachelor arrived, it was different!"

Li Jihe on the side said: "It's true. Last year, the Privy Council tried to attack the city with iron cannons, but could only smash a white dot on the city wall. Everyone said that iron cannons were useless. But they never thought that artillery was used by the bachelor in Tanglong Town, how could it be useless? It's just that they can't do it."

When there is no effect, everyone questioned it. Seeing that the city was broken, everyone now compliments it. Du Zhongxiao has become accustomed to such things in the officialdom. Xiang Minghao and Li Jihe were polite and looked at the breaking side together.

In less than two hours, the female wall on the west side of the city gate had been collapsed for more than 30 feet. Seeing that the reward of wine and meat tonight had already been received, Tao Shiqi and the gunners became more and more brave. They swept the two female walls and simply turned the guns and blasted towards the city tower.

When it was getting dark, Wang Xin and Wang Kai came over, with joy. Xiang Minghao saw the li and said to Du Zhongxiao together: "I didn't expect that the cannon was so powerful, but I underestimated it before. Only when the bachelor arrived can the power of this weapon be shown!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is not surprising that you are not familiar with cannons and do not know the power of cannons. In fact, cannons can have greater power, but it only takes some effort."

Ming Hao was in high spirits. After hearing this, he asked Du Zhongxiao: "How can I do it better?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The artillery is far away and powerful. If it can be shot flat, no one on the city wall can stand. If the army can draw out soldiers and go east and west of the city gate overnight, two high walls will be built where the artillery is fired today, which is approximately the same as the city wall. If the artillery is transported to the top, it can be shot flat. At that time, it will be possible to protect the city wall from the south."
Chapter completed!