Gan Ning's reinforcements had been waiting for more than a day. After waiting for the reinforcements to arrive, Ling Chao's mouth opened into a smile. He knew that Changyi City could no longer be controlled.
"Gulu, gulu, gulu!" The sound of the carriage rubbing against the ground was heard. In front of Ling Chao's eyes were all carriages and horses.
"General Ling Chao, General Gan Ning ordered me to send you these three thousand cannons!" A person who looked like a captain said to Ling Chao.
"Haha, haha!" Ling Chao's mouth opened into a smile. How was this a cannon? This was completely a meritorious deed! The reason why it took more than a day's effort was because they couldn't find enough horses from Liaodong port. These three thousand cannons were really unbearable to rely on manpower. The road from the port to Changyi County was still the official road, otherwise, it would take two or three days to reach.
"First Floor Cannon Captain Shao Qi of the Huaxia ship has seen General Ling Chao. General Ling Chao, please instruct me!" Yang Chen had been to Changyi County and naturally knew its defensive power. Similarly, Yang Chen also knew that the forest on the edge of Changyi County was not enough to cast the cannons. This gave Gan Ning some words. Gan Ning didn't say anything and directly waved his hand. From the upper deck of the Huaxia ship, twelve of the three thousand cannons were sent down.
Originally, the army had an artillery battalion, but the hundred cannons were not enough for the army to distribute. How could they be given to the Marines? They were the navy, but they were the army that came ashore. The navy was only responsible for transportation. They were the army, but they had the navy's logo. Therefore, the status of the Marines was really awkward. Fortunately, they met a good commander. Gan Ning didn't care if the cannons were sent to the shore. Whether the cannons would be damaged or not, what he thought was to reduce the losses of the Marines.
"General Ling Chao!" Along with the twelve cannons, there were two people, one of whom was Yang Chen.
"Yang Chen Daren!" Ling Chao knew Yang Chen. Yang Chen had followed Lu Su to Jiangdong.
Yang Chen nodded his head. "General Ling Chen, with these twelve sets of three thousand cannons, when can we break through Zhangyi City?" Yang Chen asked Ling Chao on the side.
"Please give this general two days of effort, Changyi will be broken!" Ling Chao said to Yang Chen.
"Alright, I'll wait for you for two days!" Yang Chen nodded. He came to Zhangyi City for an important matter. This Zhangyi City was very important for them. Because of the information he obtained, another elite of the Liaodong Army, Zhou Hai, was also coming in the direction of Liaodong Port. Therefore, they must take Zhangyi City before Zhou Hai arrives. Zhou Hai had thousands of heavy cavalry in his hands.
If they met outside the city, it would cause great damage to the Yangzhou army.
Yang Chen retreated to the side. He didn't need to be involved in Ling Chao's siege. He didn't understand and didn't need to understand. This tactical matter would be taught to these generals.
Letting Yang Chen and others retreat, Ling Chao walked to the front of the cannons and gently stroked the cannon. It was as if he was stroking his beloved woman. It made Shao Qi, the artillery chief of the Huaxia Army, couldn't help but have goosebumps.
"What is the range of this cannon?" Ling Chao asked Shao Qi.
"It can be fired within a kilometer!" Shao Qi responded.
"Oh?" Ling Chao's eyes lit up. Because it was basically difficult to restrain them from a kilometer away from the city wall. Bows and arrows, ballistae, and so on simply couldn't attack.
"What about the power?"
"We brought two kinds of shells!" Shao Qi told Ling Chao. One of them was the exploding shell. This kind of thing was used to snatch people's heads. If there were many people over there, the exploding shell would definitely make them feel refreshed. Those exploding shells were wrapped in iron nails that could even break heavy armor. If it fell into the crowd, it would be a killing weapon.
Another kind of shell was the solid shell. This thing was used for attacking. For example, against the walls of the warships, this thing could shoot through them.
"Hehe, then give me these solid shells. Let's give the Liaodong Army over there a good appetizer!" Ling Chao was also black-bellied. Originally, he could only watch the Marines firing the cannons. Now that the Marines also had cannons, how could he not be happy?
"Yes!" Although Shao Qi was a bit ugly, he was also a capable person. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to achieve the position of the artillery chief of the Huaxia Army.
The first shot was naturally fired by him. After adjusting the distance and the crosshair, Shao Qi deliberately handed the torch in his hand to Ling Chao. Ling Chao didn't hesitate to take the torch and put it on the fuse of the three thousand cannons. Soon, the fuse was ignited, making a sizzling sound.
"Boom!" The first shot was directly aimed at the Changyi County. The shot hit the top of the city tower, and a small half of the tower was blown down.
The movement couldn't be said to be small.
"What's going on, what's going on!" Mo Ran and Mo Zihui went back to rest. Just when they were sleeping well, they were awakened by such a shot.
"General, General, it's not good, it's not good. That thundering thing is coming again!" A thousand-man general came forward and explained to Mo Ran.
"Thundering thing? Impossible! " Mo Ran's first reaction was disbelief because that thing was on the warship. Changyi County was dozens of miles away from the Liaodong port. Could it be that the Yangzhou warship could go ashore? Therefore, Mo Ran didn't believe it at all.
"General, our city tower, you see, the city tower has collapsed!" The thousand-man general explained to Mo Ran. His face was covered in dust. Ling Chao's first shot was really lucky. It hit the load-bearing pillars of Changyi County's city gate tower, and two of them collapsed in a row. The city gate tower couldn't hold on and completely collapsed. Many people were killed, and the morale of the soldiers immediately plummeted.
"Let's go, follow me to the city wall!" The city tower collapsed. This scene could still be seen. Mo Ran had to walk towards the city wall with uneasy thoughts.
When he walked to the top of the city wall and saw the Yangzhou army's camp, Mo Ran sucked in a breath of cold air. There were twelve and three thousand cannons lined up in a row.
"General, General, it's that thing. It's that thing that caused the city tower to collapse!" A thousand-man general pointed at the three thousand cannons and said. Indeed, the warship couldn't go ashore, but these cannons could be transported to the shore.
"Hehe, this crosshair is good!" Ling Chao also didn't expect that he would hit the target with one shot.
"Good, pass down my order, blast his mother!" Ling Chao's current appearance was like a nouveau riche. He suddenly changed from a poor person to a rich person. Therefore, his thoughts and values had completely changed.
"Good, blast his mother!" Shao Qi naturally did what Ling Chao said.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The twelve and three thousand cannons once again shot out his anger.
"General, be careful!" The steel bullets bombarded the city tower. The guard on the side hurriedly pulled Mo Ran to the side.
This round of salvo almost killed the commander of the Liaodong army. The guard's life was exchanged for Mo Ran's life.
Mo Ran crawled up from the ground. He didn't have time to grieve. "Dodge! Everyone, dodge!"
"Change to exploding shells! Fire at will! " The solid bullets were not satisfying, so Shao Qi changed to exploding shells. If the solid bullets had a destructive effect on the buildings, then the exploding shells were the devil that took people's lives. When the exploding shells saw that there were more people on the city wall, the exploding shells would immediately shoot out. Unless you were lying in a crowd, if you were standing, there was basically no way to survive. Even if you had an armored stomach in front of your chest, what about your head and neck?
Therefore, when the cannons flew over, the people on the city wall panicked.
"Don't panic, don't panic!" Mo Ran shouted loudly on the city wall, but no one paid attention to him. It was not that Mo Ran was useless, but he had never seen this kind of fighting before. Have you seen those things that spit fire from a thousand meters away?
"We can't go on like this!" Mo Ran shook his head. If this continued, there was no need to use the enemy to fight, the entire Changyi city would be destroyed.
"Open the city gate!" Mo Ran ordered the people under him.
"Open the city gate?" Some people were stunned. They had to rely on the city wall to have a chance to fight against the Yangzhou army. If the city gate was opened, wouldn't it be over?
"We can only rush out, burn those things, and destroy them. Otherwise, we will all die!" Mo Ran pointed at the three thousand cannons that were still firing shells and said.
"Someone come and organize a death squad for me!" Mo Ran gritted his teeth and said. "I will personally go out of the city and destroy those things!"
"General, you can't!" The people on the side stopped Mo Ran. Now that they were on the city wall, they could still struggle at death's door. If they directly ran out, then they would be in big trouble, not to mention that it was the general who went out. Everyone knew that if they went out of the city, they would not be able to come back.
"General, let me go!" A general who was wearing the armor of a military officer stood up.
"Yue Peng?" Everyone saw clearly that this person was Yue Peng, the deputy general who had been demoted.
"General, let me atone for my crime by meritorious service!" Yue Peng said to the people around him. It was Yue Peng who had caused the death of thousands of Eastern Army soldiers, so he was demoted to a military officer on the city wall. Now, Yue Peng was thinking that Jiang Gong was drunk. Although he knew that if he went out, he would die, but if he could come back, then it would be a meritorious service.
"You?" Mo Ran thought for a moment and nodded. He could not go out. He was the general of the army and needed to stay to command the army. Yue Peng could go.
"Good! Yue Peng, I will give you eight hundred, no, I will give you three thousand soldiers and horses. As long as you can destroy those things for me, you will atone for your crime by meritorious service and come back to your official position! " Mo Ran was also giving Yue Peng benefits.
"Yes!" Yue Peng nodded. Soon, three thousand soldiers and horses were called out, including one thousand from the Eastern Army.
"Ka Ka Ka!" The gate of Changyi County opened, and three thousand soldiers and horses slowly came out.
"Haha, finally not being a coward?" Ling Chao was also prepared. Thousands of soldiers and horses immediately went forward.
"Kill!" The cannons under the city wall stopped, and the cold weapons of this era began again.
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