The thick fog in the morning gradually dissipated, and the Qing soldiers in the new military camp gradually showed a blurry army at the city of Hankou like ghosts. Investigator Qi Bu was not in a hurry to attack. The encounter yesterday morning strengthened his confidence a lot. After all, it was his first time leading troops to fight. Even though he was very confident in the new military camp, he would never have expected that these bandits would be so low that they were about to collapse.

"Send the order, set up artillery." Investigator Qibu issued an order, using artillery to bombard the city. Blasting the city wall was a common trick by the Ming army. However, now, Manchus have also learned this trick. However, in order to minimize casualties among the people in the city, the Ming army generally strives to calibrate the range of artillery fire and only aims at the city wall to bomb. For Investigator Qibu, there are no such concerns. Humph, according to the information, the reason why this group of bandits was able to capture Hankou was not only because of the local governor and general's incompetence, but also the bigger reason was that a group of people who had affair with bandits suddenly appeared in the city. Investigator Qibu even made plans to loot. The 30,000 brothers had been rushing for so long, and they had to recover some oil and water back.

Soon, another Xie Biao Yong rushed to the city of Hankou and met with the new military camp. This was the defender of Hanyang. After Li Laiheng retreated, the deputy general of Hanyang immediately sent a scout to inquire. Only then did he know that the reinforcements were coming. After confirming that Hanyang City was safe, the deputy general of Hubei Green Camp stationed in Hanyang immediately led 20,000 Qiong to help. Now the Hubei general has died for his country. As the deputy general guarding Hanyang, if he said he did not covet the position of this general was self-deception. Now that he cooperated with the Hanyang County Magistrate to defend Hanyang and assist Qi Bu in seizing Hankou, this position will most likely fall into his pocket.

"Feng Kaishan, deputy general of Hubei Green Camp, met the Chief Minister and greeted him." Feng Kaishan tried to find Qi Bu in a flash.

Qi Butan obviously did not want these green camps to come and disrupt the matter. Now he is very confident in taking Hankou. These green camps came here just to seize the merits and waved their hands: "You are here just right. Take your people to the north bank. Be careful of the Ming Kou crossing the river, and Hankou will be handed over to the new military camp."

Feng Kaishan couldn't help but look disappointed, but after all, he was a general, and he was several levels higher than him. He was also a full man. The yellow jacket on his body and the peach feathers on his eyes were enough to be domineering to him.

Qi Butan added another sentence: "If you don't want to conquer, you will definitely be rewarded."

Feng Kaishan said in his heart, is it a merit to guard the ferry? At most, it is just a collaboration. The real merit is all that you bastards are scolding, but he dared not disobey the words of Qi Butan. He hurriedly said, and turned around and packed up his troops to guard the ferry.

At this time, the fog had already dissipated without a trace, and the sky was still gloomy, and there were signs of rain. When it started to rain, the power of the cannon was naturally greatly reduced, and the detectives no longer wasted time. They immediately found the personal soldiers who sent the order: "Have the cannons been set up?"

"Report to the 133 cannons of the Tutor, please give the order." The personal soldiers responded with great enthusiasm.

"Tell the order. Order the artillery battalion to open the cannon and explode." Qi Butan clenched his fists when he said that he was exploding the ground.

"twitter."

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The city wall of the North City was guarded by Zhong Sanlang Xianghui. The two east walls were guarded by Kui Dong Army. At this moment, when the East Army heard the Tartars appear on the city wall, they immediately drew people to help. Even Li Laiheng climbed the North Gate Tower. He stood side by side with Yang Qilong, who was nervous, and watched the movements under the city.

"Brother Yang. This team of Tartars is very strange. Look at the back of them." Li Laiheng held the female wall with a worried look on his face.

Yang Qilong looked at the Qing army with a neat formation. Behind the large formation, there were already a few hundred things lined up in black. He looked at it with a monocular mirror for a while. Although the distance was too far and could not be seen in real detail, he had guessed these things: "It's artillery."

"Yes, it's artillery, and there are hundreds of them.

"Li Laiheng smiled bitterly.

Yang Qilong frowned: "With flesh and blood to resist the cannons, I'm afraid Hankou will not be able to defend it." Yang Qilong is not a timid person, otherwise he would not have taken the risk of spreading Xiangtang, nor would he assassinate Zhu Jun. It was just that yesterday's matchup made him lose confidence. Seeing so many cannons today, I couldn't help but feel frightened. Unfortunately, Zhong Sanlangxiang, who was lurking in the city when he captured Hankou, would blow up the gunpowder depot of the defenders. Although dozens of cannons were set up on the walls of Hankou, they were decorated because there was no gunpowder. Otherwise, they would have some strength to fight back.

"No matter what, we can't escape. Since that's the case, let's live and die with Hankou, killing one by one." Li Laiheng patted the wall of the female wall, and had already made up his mind. Instead, he decided to burn his body. "A man is a real man, and he is upright. Since he can't protect himself, he will not do anything.

Humiliation, let alone being a slave to the Tartars.

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Yang Qilong remained silent. He had another idea in his heart. It was not wrong to have a courageous enough, but his ambition was also great enough. Because of this inflated ambition, he dared to take risks and cause trouble. It was just that he misjudged the strength of the Qing army. When he truly realized that the other party was not vulnerable, his ambition soared into the sky was immediately replaced by fear. The kings, princes, generals and ministers probably would not be able to achieve it. Now the important thing is to save their lives. As the saying goes, wildfires cannot be burned. As long as you save your life, there will be the day when the spring breeze blows again. He thought for a while and then said, "General Li, if you break out from the east gate or the west gate, how sure are you?"

Li Laiheng had not thought about the question of escaping. At this time, he heard Yang Qilong ask, and he couldn't help but glar at him: "What? Brother Yang is going to escape before the war has been fought? Let's tell you the truth. As long as you leave Hankou City, it will be a dead end. There are Tatar prefectures and counties everywhere nearby. There are a small number of cavalry in the green camp in Hanyang City. Where can we escape when Hankou is lost? The defeated army is like a dog in panic. I am afraid that a team of townsmen from the county town will be enough to clean up our brothers. We can rush to Hankou from Xingshan because we were at a loss. The prefectures and counties along the road have no warnings, so we can let us go. At this moment, the various prefectures and counties and green camps have prepared to trap beasts. Where can we escape? Now there are city walls to guard in Hankou. Once we leave the city, we may only be targeted."

Li Laiheng was angry again when he said this. If Yang Qilong gave himself some time to take Hanyang, the situation would not have been so far. With two big cities, they formed a horn. However, there was still a point of recovery. Now Hankou has become a dead city. No matter how long it lasts, it will be a day when it is broken. Only people can be left in the city.

Yang Qilong's eyebrows seemed even more worried. The food in the city could be eaten for a month, but what's the use of a month? The Tartars not only had artillery, but also had a continuous army. The defeat was a foregone conclusion. What should we do next? He set up incense halls in various places for more than ten years and accepted more than 100,000 incense crowds. He originally thought that by calling high a high school, the world would win the grain and follow the scenery, and then achieve the kingly and domineering career. But who knew that this was not the case. Not to mention that these incense crowds were mobs. He won Hankou in one fell swoop, but he saw not many people accompanying him. For a moment, the ambition that burned in his chest for more than ten years turned out to be gone. He sighed: "Since that's the case, we can only defend the city to the death. General Li and Yang do not understand military affairs, and General Li still needs to control the overall situation in defense."

Li Laiheng clicked.

At this time, a sudden roar came from the city, which shocked everyone. Then, the cannons like raindrops drew half an arc in the sky, and then fell into the city wall and the houses in the north city. For a moment, the soldiers who had not yet prepared and the people in the city suddenly became panicked.

"Transfer." Finally, Li Laiheng drew out his long sword and roared: "Everyone is not allowed to panic."

At this moment, Yang Qilong took advantage of the situation to get out of the city and headed the East City with a leader of Zhong Sanlang Xiang.

Hundreds of artillery bombarded repeatedly, but there was no sign of stopping. The red iron balls burned by gunpowder fell indiscriminately in various places. Accompanied by the steel nails of the iron ball, the iron filings had a greater range of lethality than the iron ball. The entire northern city instantly became a hell on earth. The innocent people watched their wooden mansions collapse and the roof tiles were blown out, and they rushed towards the south city.

The Qi Bus under the city was leisurely. He was not in a hurry to break the city gate at once. Instead, he ordered the artillery to bomb the north city as much as possible. This would not only cause chaos in the city, but also put psychological pressure on the bandits. Of course, he could not rule out his desire to see a good show.

Most of the soldiers in the new military camp only practiced artillery during training. Although they were powerful, they were shooting at the wilderness and mountain walls. How could they have seen such a situation today? Seeing the defenders on the city walls rushing in a daze like ants on a hot pan, they could not help but feel motivated. The soldiers in the new military camp were all young people selected from the Manchus. It can be said that they were the hatred Han faction among the Manchus. The Han people occupied Jiangnan, making them save money and sent a fleet to covet Liaodong, so that their ancestors could not be protected. Since this is the case, they did not mind killing a few more Han dogs to vent their personal anger, and many people even shouted.
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