Qiu Chan blocked Li Banghua behind her, and her pair of Emei thorns danced like hot wheels.
He blocked the assassination of the soft sword one after another. After a few dings, the old man's long sword was deflected. The Emei thorn picked and flicked, and the long sword slid to one side. Qiu Chan's steps were as fast as lightning, and he rolled forward, using the Emei thorn with his left hand. After blocking the soft sword that the old man had chopped off, another Emei thorn instantly pierced the old man's abdomen.
Then Qiu Chan's wrist deflected, and the rhombus-shaped thorn tip instantly crushed his intestines. The old man suddenly lost all strength and fell to the ground.
Qiu Chan immediately turned around, ignoring the fallen person, and prepared to run into the alley while protecting Li Banghua. At this time, a snow-white silk scarf suddenly flew out from a nearby shop.
This silk scarf was three feet long and one foot wide. The water-soaked scarf looked like a stick, and it flew so fast that it was dizzying to see.
Suddenly it wrapped around Qiu Chan's neck. A dead knot was tied instantly.
Qiu Chan desperately tried to pull the Qinshui silk scarf around her neck, but she couldn't pull it off. The soft silk scarf, after being completely wetted by water, became very heavy and like a stick.
The most terrifying thing is that this thing is actually a kind of dart. This is a soft dart.
There are many types of soft darts. These soft darts are made of cloth and silk, fished out of the basin, thrown out, wrapped around the enemy's neck and suffocated. It requires extremely skillful techniques and hard practice.
Such a master washes handkerchiefs, silk scarves, and cloth in a basin on the side of the road where the target passes. When the target passes by, he suddenly takes out the cloth, etc., which are soaked in water, and throws the soft dart out, wrapping around the target's neck. . Strangling the target to death.
After Qiu Chan was hit, her breathing stopped completely and her neck felt like it was about to be strangled.
Qiu Chan's Emei thorns fell to the ground. He grabbed the silk scarf around his neck tightly and made a gurgling sound in his throat. The bones of the scarf rattled. Qiu Chan's face and neck were red. His face was ferocious, with bulging veins.
The lack of oxygen soon got the better of her. She fell to the ground with a thud.
A pair of calves kicked wildly, and after struggling for a while, his neck tilted and he died.
Even until she died, she could not untie the silk scarf that strangled her neck.
Li Banghua was so frightened that his legs were shaking and he couldn't control himself. With two servants supporting him, he prepared to run into the alley. He found that this busy street was even less safe. You don't know who the assassin is.
Even just now, they didn't see clearly which store door this silk scarf flew out from.
Bang bang bang! Several gunshots were fired, and people on the street screamed and fled.
The fight just broke out for a very short time, and they had not yet reacted. At this time, the sound of gunfire suddenly woke them up. .
Several fast horses rushed over and quickly protected Li Banghua.
The knight on the horse, Li Banghua, knew him as a cavalry member of the patrol battalion.
The patrol camp is under the control of the Ministry of War. When the patrol camp arrived, he was safe.
Those assassins will naturally retreat. Because they have lost their chance.
Li Banghua felt dizzy. If he hadn't been supported by someone, he would have fallen down long ago.
The knight on the horse was a commander. He shouted loudly: "A few people will help Da Sima and put him into the sedan. Send Da Sima back to his home."
At this time, more patrol battalion soldiers came over.
Li Banghua was helped into the sedan, and the group headed towards Li's mansion under the protection of the horse team.
At this time, Li Banghua had not yet recovered from his panic. Then I heard a burst of intensive artillery fire.
Boom boom boom! The sound of the cannon was dull, but not loud. Obviously the place where the cannon was fired was far away from here.
Li Banghua sat up all of a sudden. No, this was the sound of the red cannon. Ordinary general cannons and bronze-haired cannons do not make such a loud sound at all.
The distance to hear the sound is outside the city. At this time, the sound of cannons was rumbling, coming from the Nancheng side.
Li Banghua immediately thought of Nanyuan, where the artillery fire was taking place.
The equipment of the Beijing Camp needs to be reported to the Ministry of War. He knew that there were ten red cannons in the Beijing camp.
Zhang Shize is so brave
Fired artillery on Ming's army. Li Banghua's mouth opened in shock.
The whole basis of their calculations is that Xungui will never dare to do it for real. Zhang Shize did not dare to attack the Xuanwu Army. But now it seems that they were wrong. How wrong.
Not only did Zhang Shize fight back, but the nobles also took action. They even dared to touch people from the Ministry of War. If I hadn't persisted until the arrival of the patrol camp today. He also has to give an account here.
Zhang Shize looked in front of him with a ferocious expression, and the red cannons were firing one after another.
These artillery pieces were cast by Yang Fan's steel factory. Chongzhen spent money to buy it.
The barrel is three meters long and weighs two tons. When moving, it had to be assembled with an ammunition cart and towed by twelve horses, making it very difficult to move. Therefore, they were not brought with them during the Western Expedition.
Chongzhen bought this thing just to protect the capital, and he didn't want to fight in a distant place.
These ten cast steel cannons have a caliber of 130 and the shells weigh 36 pounds. The cannonballs are cast iron spheres. Use cork sabots to seal the bore gaps to prevent air leakage.
At this time, five hundred people from the artillery battalion were waiting on these big guys.
They first weighed the gunpowder and poured it into the barrel. Then he used a thorn to prove it, because Yang Fan didn't sell fixed ammunition.
Then, they loaded a heavy iron ball cannonball on the stock and put it into the barrel.
Then simply aim and ignite the gunpowder in the fire door.
In fact, there is no need to aim, such a big wall is just there.
One after another the heavy guns opened fire. At a distance of 200 meters, heavy 36-pound siege gun shells roared and hit the wall.
This 36-pound heavy artillery can attack the city wall, and what is in front of it is just a one-meter-thick brick wall made of cement mortar. These huge green bricks of the city wall are actually relatively crisp and not as hard as the red bricks.
Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, a large area collapsed.
When an iron ball was hit, the green bricks shattered and splashed everywhere. A large pit more than half a meter deep and more than a meter in diameter immediately appeared in the one-meter-thick city wall. Almost penetrated the city wall.
Suddenly, the Xuanwu officers and soldiers on the city wall screamed in terror.
One shot can almost completely penetrate the outer wall. They have never seen such terrifying artillery.
A guard looked at the wall in front of him that had just been hit by artillery, and a large piece of it bulged inward. He couldn't help but poke it with the scabbard.
With a crash, the wall that had been beaten and deformed collapsed instantly, revealing a circular hole. The hole is bigger than the basin.
Through this hole, the guard looked at the other side in horror. The cannons were still firing, and the walls were constantly being hit. Every time he was hit, a bulge would be shattered.
He shouted, turned around and ran away.
Zhang Shize actually had a good sense of proportion. If he had aimed directly at the crenel, the soldiers who were hiding behind and firing their guns would have been beaten to pieces along with the crenel.
After three rounds of launches, Dong Jishu was stunned. The walls in front of you are all bulges, and occasionally the bulges collapse due to the shock of the shells. Holes the size of washbasins appeared.
From inside, you can clearly see the ferocious expressions of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Camp opposite.
The defenders finally couldn't bear it any longer, and they shouted and ran down the wall. Fleeed backwards. From the moment the Beijing camp opened fire, they were completely in despair. Under such artillery, they almost went crazy with fear.
Everyone in the Xuanwu Army was running away. Their army has collapsed twice.
After being dragged down by Japanese pirates, the camp collapsed once and was defeated by the Jizhen rebels. Their officers and veterans have passed on the memory of the collapse.
The fighting will of an army is inherited from its veterans.
At this point, they collapsed again. More than 10,000 people, Wuyang Wuyang, ran back. They abandoned the camp and ran out through the back door.
Zhang Shize did not surround the back door. He only wanted to drive them away and get back the military camp.
As long as these people are driven away, that will be fine. No need to kill more.
Dong Jishu reacted immediately and ran away immediately.
He ran under the small villa, mounted his horse, turned around and ran away. If he didn't take advantage of the chaos and run away now, Mr. Zhang would be furious. If he were caught, he would probably end up miserable.
He galloped toward the north gate of Nanyuan, urging the horses to run quickly while whipping the defeated troops blocking the way. Keep these people out of the way.
He made up his mind that he would be safe only if he ran into the imperial city, and he was going to complain to His Majesty. Accused Zhang Shize of rebellion.
