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Chapter 22 Zhongfu

Most of the fifteen shells hit the city wall, smashing some of the ice on the city wall, and losing the power to move forward. They fell under the city wall. Only three shells hit the city head, creating the result of one death and one injury. One shell gathered with a young and strong head, and suddenly a bloody flower was raised, leaving only a headless corpse, and one shell gathered with a soldier's upper arm. He looked at his arm in disbelief, and then howled like a pig, and the remaining one crossed the city and fell into the city, leaving nowhere.

However, this was just the first round of artillery attacks. The gunners were all professionally trained. Although they were not skilled enough, they still shot out the second round of artillery shells within five breaths. However, after enduring the first round of attacks, the soldiers and young men on the city wall were so scared that they fell down. There was no result in the second round.

In this way, the gunners kept repeating the process of putting on the gun, firing on the gun, unloading the gun, and installing the new gun, maintaining the continuous blow to the city wall. The young and strong people on the city wall were also suffering from huge fear. Finally, after the fourth round of artillery bombing, a young and strong man couldn't bear the fear and stood up and ran away. With a leader, the rest of the people would naturally follow and flock to the stairs of the city wall.

The gunners saw that one of the city walls was filled with people, so they were naturally not polite. The guns turned to the crowd. Soon after, fifteen solid shells weighing three pounds roared towards the crowd. One of them penetrated two arms, one head and another chest, and finally lost their energy and fell down.

As two more shells rushed into the crowd, a blood mist rose in the crowd. Everyone was stunned for a moment. Seeing the tragic phenomena around them, they screamed hysterically, and then they squeezed towards the stairs even more crazily. After squeezing, everyone on the stairs fell off the city wall, and some even jumped directly from the two-meter-high city wall. Their fear of shelling was far greater than jumping off the city wall.

The ground was full of wailing people. It was winter now. Many of the people who fell or jumped down had broken bones. Those who could move began to run into the city. They didn't know that the underside of the city wall would not be hit by shells. After all, it was so peaceful here for so many years. This was the first time some people saw cannons. This time they ran to the hit crowd, which made them feel extremely frightened and they all wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible.

Although the soldiers or yamen runners who were leading the charge shouted that they could not run away, the escaped ones would be beheaded by the county magistrate, they still could not stop the escaped crowd. Even if the county magistrate wanted to beheaded, it would be better than being killed by shells here.

Outside the city wall, with the sixth round of shells being shot, no one could be seen on the city wall. Kong Youde still ordered the continued shelling of six rounds, which could put more pressure on the defenders and give artillery more opportunities to practice. The shells are not expensive, and now they are using solid shells. After fighting this battle, they will pick them up and continue to use them.

With the roar of artillery fire and the sound of shells hitting the city wall or other objects, the few remaining young and strong men who feared the magistrates under the city wall also began to escape. Even if their bones were broken, they had to climb back from the snow-covered ground. In the end, the team of yamen run away.

Waiting for the six rounds of cannon shooting, Kong Youde shouted, "Listen, officers at all levels in the Inner Camp, it's time for you to make meritorious contributions. The first ten people who climbed the city wall will not be punished before, and the last ten people will remain unchanged in their original sins, and they will be removed from their official positions." Looking at the eager eyes of these Inner Camp officers, they all want to make meritorious contributions, Kong Youde shouted "Siege the City"

With Kong Youde's order, more than 200 people took a long ladder and thought about the city wall entering. There was no sign of a defender on the city wall. For them, running fast means that they can get to the city first and be exempted from punishment and promotion. Everyone rushed forward with great effort.

In order to get to the city first, the officers of the camp carried a cloud ladder and walked steadily on the snow of more than 200 steps. Many people fell. Finally, they successfully put the cloud ladder on the battlement of the city wall, and everyone began to climb up the ladder.

The first to climb the city wall was Zhang Donghe, the chief general of the 100th in the camp. After climbing, he looked around. Sure enough, there was not a single standing guard. In addition to a few corpses and wreckage, there were more than a dozen guards lying on the ground, and they could smell a smelly smell. The crotch of the pants was probably full of shit and urine. Most of them were the least courageous group. They were so scared that they didn't dare to climb. Now they saw someone climbing up the city wall, and they kept begging for mercy.

Zhang Donghe only sent two soldiers who came up to watch them, and led his other subordinates down the stairs, preparing to clear the bricks and stones behind the south gate so that the main force outside could enter the city.

Some of the officers and soldiers who followed the city wall followed the city wall and went down, while the others followed the city wall in the east and west directions. If they all went down, the guards sent people to the city wall from the steps in other locations to block the retreat, and it would be a bad idea to catch turtles in a jar. Although the defenders were scared by the continuous shelling and fled to the point where they were, they still had to be guarded against such things.

Zhang Donghe successfully led his men to the back of the south gate. Not to mention the defenders resisting in the middle, he didn't see a single figure, so he was no longer worried about someone's sneak attack. Thinking about it, there were not many defenders and yamen runners in the city, and there were some young and strong people who were temporarily recruited on the city wall. After a round of artillery fire, they were no longer brave enough to attack. So he was preparing to dig open the obstacle behind the city gate.

After entering, Zhang Donghe became angry. This was a bad thing. Behind the city gate, there were not only various bricks, stones, sand and soil, but also all of them were poured with excrement from humans and animals. It looked like a pile of shit. In such cold weather, the water in the shit and urine flowed down the gap and freezed, and the whole shit became particularly silhouetted.

Although the project volume has increased a lot and the construction environment is extremely harsh, Zhang Donghe still started working with the soldiers under the commander, and the weapons that were not covered in blood on their hands were the best tools.

The weapons of the camp were mainly Qi Dao and spear. In the field, spear formation was used to form a formation to provide cover for the firearm battalion. As for the inconvenience of carrying spears in the siege, it was naturally because Qi Dao came. Soon the soldiers began to clean up with Qi Dao in their hands. Fortunately, the temperature is low now and the smell of that layer of excrement is not high, otherwise they would not be able to work at all.
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