On the second day, the Qing soldiers organized their troops and began to attack the city again.

There was fleet artillery fire at the north gate to assist the defense, and the siege pressure dropped sharply. Yan Yingyuan was curious about the new weapons Zhao Boyuan mentioned, so he followed him to the south city.

When I arrived at the south of the city, I saw a group of Chinese soldiers, pushing five two-wheeled carts wrapped in oilcloth, setting up at the city gate.

Yan Yingyuan said, "It looks like a French machine gun, but it can be pulled around and is much lighter."

There were no Zhao Boyuan brothers around. Yan Yingyuan watched these soldiers carefully, staggered the two-wheeled carts forward and backward, and set up obstacles in the doorway.

It wasn't until everything was almost arranged that I heard Zhao Boyuan coming down from the city wall, smiling as he walked, "It's so good! So good!"

Zhao Boji said, "Brother is very skilled. The knife he just cut to seal his throat was lightning fast."

Zhao Boyuan smiled and said, "My only wish in this life is to serve on the battlefield. Now I can only satisfy my hunger by killing enemies in the city."

Zhao Boji said, "Among our brothers, my second brother is the most talented in martial arts. Why not show it to the head of state?"

Zhao Boyuan said, "When I led more than a dozen people to surrender more than a thousand evil bandits, didn't the head of state know that I was good at using troops?"

Zhao Boji said, "Then why doesn't the head of state let the eldest brother lead the troops?"

Zhao Boyuan sighed and said, "It's a long story."

However, for so long, Zhao Boyuan had not thought carefully about why Wan Jun would not let him lead troops because his ability to lead troops was not bad.

After much deliberation, Zhao Boyuan felt that it was probably because he had done something to make Wan Jun feel that his military power was threatened after he recruited the Fangcao Mountain bandits.

When Zhao Boyuan saw Yan Yingyuan, he suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart and said with a smile, "Master Yan, you pick a few smart and reliable people, and I will show you the operation of the new firearms. After we leave, we can continue to assist the city defense."

Yan Yingyuan responded with a smile, and after waving, several young people quickly stepped forward and stopped five feet behind Yan Yingyuan.

Zhao Boyuan said, "Everything is ready, please open the city gate!"

Although Zhao Boji had doubts in his heart, he still ordered, "Open the city gate!"

Soon, the city gate, which had been closed for more than a month, slowly opened with a long "click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click," and the surrounding soldiers saw this and gathered around with their spears raised.

The Qing soldiers who were fighting fiercely outside the city were startled at first, almost thinking that a counterattack was coming from the city, but after waiting for a while, no soldiers came out.

Immediately, a large number of Qing soldiers rushed towards the city gate, and someone shouted, "Come in and kill them all!"

The accent sounded like he was from Southern Zhili. Zhao Boyuan's mind changed and he sneered, "Pull closer and then fire. The front and rear rows will fire alternately."

A large group of Qing soldiers brandished swords and spears and roared as they rushed into the doorway.

Zhao Boyuan finally ordered, "Fire from the rear."

The nervous soldiers who had been prepared for a long time lit the medicine pool almost at the same time.

A burst of green smoke rose, and bullets flew out of the barrel continuously. "Click, click, click, click" was the sound of death.

Three sets of mother repeating guns fired at the same time, like a gust of wind and rain, and all the Qing soldiers in the doorway were killed or injured in an instant.

When the last bullet flew out, the soldier skillfully took out the empty blunderbuss and reloaded it with the fully loaded blunderbuss. The whole process only took a few breaths.

Yan Yingyuan and Zhao Boji on the side were stunned at this moment. When the burst of gunshots rang out, they were impressed by such a terrifying rate of fire.

But what's even more terrifying is that the reloading time of this repeating gun is shorter than the time to empty the bullet. If the front and rear rows fire alternately, wouldn't the firepower be great?

Continuous and endless.

When Zhao Boyuan waited for the Qing soldiers to pour into the door again, he ordered again, "Fire from the front!"

The same scene appeared again, bullets continuously penetrated the human body, leaving blood, flesh foam, and bone residue.

The small area in the doorway instantly turned into a Shura field, with bodies with broken limbs and arms piled up, and almost all the obstacles originally arranged were covered up by the corpses.

The Qing soldiers realized it and finally retreated after the fifth attack. No one dared to approach the city gate. Some archers fired arrows into the door in panic, but they all stuck on the corpses of the dead Qing soldiers.

The pile of corpse pillows at the entrance of the door was as high as three feet.

The Qing soldiers retreated like a tide, the shouts of killing disappeared, the "click-click" gunshots also stopped, and the entire city gate fell into an eerie silence.

Why is this new weapon so terrifying? Yan Yingyuan finally calmed down and said, "What is this!"

Zhao Boyuan said, "This is the new weapon of the head of state, called the 'Mother-Zi Repeating Gun'."

Yan Yingyuan said to the people behind him, "Have you seen everything clearly?"

Several people repeatedly said, "I can see it all clearly!"

Zhao Boyuan said, "Come here and try it out, and change the water in the barrel."

"Clean up the corpses in the doorway. I think it will take a long time for the enemy to have the courage to attack."

The battle in Nancheng ended in a hurry, and the battles in other places were affected and quickly stopped.

Jiangyin Gucheng could not delay for too long. Zhao Boyuan left the repeating gun to Zhao Boji and Yan Yingyuan, and it was time for him to leave.

Outside the north gate, Zhao Boyuan said loudly to the people defending the city, "Don't worry, I will be back soon with my army."

Bai Fan was fed by the southeast wind, and soon the fleet disappeared from everyone's sight. However, the entire Jiangyin City was wiped out. What Zhao Boyuan left behind was not only a few weapons, but also the hope of holding on.

They sailed up from Jiangyin and arrived at Nanjing in one day. Although the Qing soldiers tried to intercept them, they could not catch up. Those who entered the range would be bombarded with two cannons.

Two days later, the fleet arrived in Anqing. A spectacular scene appeared in front of everyone in the distance. Against the background of the blue sky, the trails of green smoke intertwined, which were the traces of rocket launchers flying past. Many rocket launchers streaked across the sky.

However, Zhao Boyuan was shocked to see that some of these rocket launchers flew from Anqing City to the Qing army's formation, and many others flew from the Qing army's formation to Anqing City.

“Tatars using rocket launchers?”

The Three Gorges waterway has beautiful scenery, but the water is fast and difficult to navigate. Fortunately, the new type of ship has a shallower draft than conventional ships, and the "Empire" arrived in Fengjie smoothly.

Before Wan Jun arrived at Fengjie, he was very dissatisfied with the progress in Sichuan. Zhang Wuyang sent 100,000 troops into Sichuan. After four or five months, he still has not captured Chongqing.

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan in the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and it took only half a year to capture Chongqing in June.

Fengjie City is located near a mountain and a river. There is a wide waterway that leads directly to the outside of the south gate. The steps extending from the south gate go straight into the river. It is impossible to tell how many steps there are in the submerged area.

There were many ships on the waterway, seemingly to welcome the army. They were all moored on the shore, and many people stood on the bows of the ships to watch.

Ten thousand soldiers stood on the bow of the ship, looking up at the city wall. Many people had no chance to see this city. During the large-scale water conservancy operations in the 20th century, the ancient city disappeared forever.

There were crowds of people on the steps. Zhang Wuyang and He Dingchuan stood at the front. When they saw the boat approaching, they reached out to catch it.

When everyone entered Fengjie City, Wanjun discovered that among the crowd there were many faces of ordinary people, and their clothes were different from those of the Chinese.

There were Han gentry in loose clothes and long sleeves, Miao people in black clothes and silver ornaments, and other unrecognizable minority costumes. The few standing next to the gentry were clearly dressed as Ming soldiers.

It's understandable that many ethnic groups live together in Fengjie, but the Ming army is arrogant here, and Wan Jun's mind changes. There has been no progress in Wuyang for several months. Could it be that he has some ass deal with the Ming army.

However, with He Dingchuan by his side, Wan Jun still trusted this man.

In Fengjie Prefecture Yamen, Zhang Wuyang had already ordered people to prepare a reception banquet.

Zhang Wuyang introduced to Wanjun one by one, including local gentry Huang Xian and Zhao Congguo, Rongmei chieftain Tian Xuan's son Tian Ganlin, Youyang chieftain Ran Tianyu's son Ran Qiyu, and Ming army generals Wu Dading and Li Zhanchun.

At the banquet, after three drinks, everyone raised their glasses and smiled at Wanjun, but Wanjun always felt that everyone seemed to have something to say but hesitated.

It was just a reception banquet. Cui Ziyi, Zhang Wuyang, and He Dingchuan followed Wan Jun into the back hall, and the maid served tea.

Zhang Wuyang finally stepped forward and said, "There is a big thing that I want to report to the head of state."

Wan Jun said calmly, "Is it the war in Sichuan?"

Zhang Wuyang and He Dingchuan looked at each other, "Not only Sichuan, this matter affects the entire southwest war situation."

Wan Jun said, "What do you want to say?"

He Dingchuan said, "In March, Yang Zhan, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, defeated Zhang Xianzhong at the mouth of the Pengshan River. I heard that when Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he sank hundreds of ships filled with gold and silver in the river, and Yang Zhan took possession of them."

Wan Jun said, "I know this. Jiangkou Chenyin has caught a lot of it in the water in the 21st century. Yang Zhan should have caught some."

A stone ox versus a stone drum. Whoever can get it can buy up all the money in Chengdu.

In history, Zhang Xianzhong plundered countless gold, silver and jewels. When the Qing soldiers marched south to Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong loaded the gold and silver on hundreds of ships for strategic shift and attempted to sail out of Sichuan along the river. As a result, he was defeated in Pengshan by Yang Zhan, the general of the Ming Dynasty.

, when they fled in a hurry, they sank hundreds of gold and silver ships in the river.

The Qing Dynasty carried out large-scale salvage of sunken silver from Jiangkou Yangzhan. In the 21st century, tens of thousands of taels of sunken silver could be salvaged. You can imagine the huge amount of sunken silver.

He Dingchuan said, "Führer, when is the time?"

Wan Jun said, "It's nothing. It won't be easy for Shen Yin to salvage all the gold and silver. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong doesn't necessarily have any extraordinary abilities when he has all these gold and silver."

He Dingchuan nodded and said, "What the head of state said is true, but after Yang Zhan defeated Zhang Xianzhong, his army became more powerful. There were about 200,000 troops in Jiazhou, Qiongzhou, Meizhou, and Yazhou."

In Wan Jun's impression, the Ming army was defeated from Liaodong to Yunnan.

However, so far, the Chinese army has not started a head-on confrontation with the Ming army. After all, expelling the Tartars was the highest priority strategy at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In comparison, the Ming army, which has the same ancestry and the same origin, is more sympathetic.

sense of sadness.

He Dingchuan added, "There are many chieftains in the mountains east of Sichuan. They have been entrusted by the Ming Dynasty for many years, and their troops are probably tens of thousands. However, their customs are very different from those of our Han people. Because the terrain is very complicated, it will be very time-consuming and laborious to completely conquer them."

Zhang Wuyang continued, "Since the rebellion of the chieftains of Wuding in September last year, the whole of Yunnan and Guizhou has been in chaos, and it will take a lot of force to quell it."

Wan Jun raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, you two are singing and talking so much. You want to say clearly what you want to do, don't beat around the bush."

Zhang Wuyang said, "Now there is a way that can be worth a hundred thousand soldiers!"

Wan Jun said, "What?"
Chapter completed!