Hearing this shout, Shang Jiabao, who had just coughed, immediately looked out.
"Dong..."
"Dong..."
"Dong..."
Only the sound of drums was heard.
"Tiger…"
"Tiger…"
"Tiger…"
The bandit suppressing troops outside the city were shouting and marching in unison in the distance, as if they were trying to press the army closer.
"What's going on? Are they planning to attack the city? What are these big iron barrels used for?" Shang Jiabao looked at the half-buried people about sixty feet outside the city gate. The iron bucket inside asked confusedly.
There are estimated to be more than a hundred iron barrels. It is divided into two lanes, with a distance of about one and a half feet between the two lanes, and a small distance of half a foot on the left and right of each iron bucket.
"Are these cannons?" Balhu Taifeng couldn't help but guessed as he looked at the large iron barrels buried one by one facing the city gate.
But then, he denied his statement.
"If it's a cannon, there's no reason for it to have such a thin iron barrel! It might have exploded before it was even fired," said Balhu Taifeng.
"You make sense." Shang Jiabao nodded in approval.
As the drums of the anti-bandit army sounded, the men and horses who buried the iron barrels withdrew one after another. Not only the men and horses who buried the iron barrels, but also the musketeers defending on both sides retreated.
All the weirdness made it difficult for the defenders on the city gate to see clearly.
At this time, I heard a guard shouting at the top of the city.
"Look, there's fire smoke rising from behind those buried iron barrels."
After all, human vision is limited. It is indeed not easy to see the slightly rising smoke from a hundred and fifty meters away. But after all, some people have sharper eyes and can detect this small change.
At the time of the call, the smoke was not yet evident. Especially since there was a gentle breeze blowing through, dispersing the smoke.
However, after a minute. As the wind stopped and the burning match ropes continued to produce smoke. Many people can see the smoke from the burning match rope even if they cannot see the light spot on the ground.
"This rebel really wants to use these big iron barrels as red cannons?" Baerhu Taifeng and Shang Jiabao looked at each other and said in disbelief.
"Is it because I am stupid or the rebels outside the city are too stupid, or the rebels outside the city are too arrogant. If this red cannon is really that easy, the court will not have to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to cast it."
"General, Sir. I think I have probably guessed the thoughts of those rebels." Hu Xiye, an assistant leader next to the two of them, said with his fists clasped in his teeth.
"Speak quickly!" Shang Jiabao ordered impatiently.
"Yes, general." Hu Xiye replied toothily.
"Come to think of it, the rebels didn't intend to use these buried iron barrels as red cannons. They probably just thought that the iron barrels were buried in the ground and used the power in the mud to shoot out the gunpowder if they could. , it can’t be shot out, even if it explodes, it will make some noise. This way, it can scare us and buy some time for them to attack the city."
Hu Xiyeya said as if he had already seen through their routine, and couldn't help but laugh at them. Then he humbly clasped his fists and lowered his head, waiting for the two superior officers to understand his judgment.
"Yes, why didn't I think of it? Okay, Yeya, you have a good mind." After listening to Hu Xiyeya's words, Baalhu Taifeng quickly walked to Hu Xiyeya and patted his shoulder. Praise.
"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Shenling. This is all the cultivation that Lord Shenling has been doing for his humble position." Hu Xiye replied with a high hat.
"Come on, you kid, you don't have to be modest. It's your credit that's your credit." Balhutai said with a smile on his plump face.
"General, do you think Ye Ya's statement makes sense?"
"Well, it's very possible. Otherwise, why would they walk away? They probably escaped because they were afraid of being exploded." Shang Jiabao touched his chin and replied in approval.
"However, smart people know that burying them cannot stop the explosion. And they buried them so far and made those iron barrels with such big mouths. It would be strange if they could shoot out the shells."
"Alishe, go and call all the soldiers below to defend the city road. After all these iron barrels are exploded, we will let those who dare to attack the rebels know that our warriors of the Qing Dynasty are not fools like them. Those who can compete, let them understand what it means to come back and never come back." Shang Jiabao ordered the flag officer next to him with a domineering look.
"Hey, this slave understands." Flag Officer Alishe made a swing with his hands and quickly knelt down to accept the order.
When Alishe went down the stairs to convey the order, the evacuating bandit suppressing troops had already begun to walk away. They even started to cover their ears and looked at the iron barrels buried in the ground.
"Bang...bang...bang..."
At this time, the ignited iron barrel did not explode as Shang Jiabao and others thought.
A burst of fire was seen at the mouth of the barrel, and after a powerful loud sound, huge plumes of thick gunpowder smoke emerged from the mouth of each iron barrel. In front of the burning smoke, huge groups of things flew out. This thing exploded with power as the black gunpowder in the iron barrel was ignited, and quickly flew towards the entire city gate section.
"Everyone, hide!" Shang Jiabao shouted hurriedly after seeing the things flying out.
Although Shang Jiabao could not clearly see what it was, anyone who was hit by such a large iron barrel would die if it was hit even if it was a mud ball.
"It didn't explode? What was that thing that flew out?" At this moment, Shang Jiabao, who was already lying on the city road, thought incomprehensibly.
"Boom...boom boom..."
The explosive packets flying to the top of the city continued to explode along with the fuses, and the bursting air waves formed waves of wind, and the air currents carrying gunpowder smoke blew towards the bandit suppressing army.
The powerful explosion made the soldiers of the bandit suppression army in the distance all take a breath, and some of the timid ones even trembled.
"It's terrible. Fortunately, I surrendered. Otherwise, if I had been hit by such a critical attack, even ten lives would not have been enough." Sun Xizheng, Zhang Fangyi, Liu Datong and others who were invited to see the bandit-suppressing army besieging the city all looked at each other. Peeping and thinking.
"I didn't expect that this heartless cannon is so powerful. Just hearing this sound is enough for the Manchu Tatars at the top of the city. Unfortunately, time is too short. Otherwise, we can get more of them out and let them know what will happen if they dare to resist us. What?" Zhang Rui sighed.
After listening to Zhang Rui's statement, Wang Kaiyuan felt that he was dumbfounded.
The explosion caused by the two heartless cannons lasted only a minute, but its power already made Ma Jiulu understand why Zhang Rui was not in a hurry to attack the city.
"Brother Qian Liu asked the big guys to eat first, just to give them more time so that they can find more people to come and defend the city. With this explosion, how many people will die?"
