Although this was not the first time he had seen a bloody scene, Niu Er still felt acidic in his stomach and something was gushing out.
However, I had already vomited a lot before, and now my stomach was empty, only some green juice retched out.
The other soldiers in the surrounding camp were already lying on the ground and vomiting, wanting to spit out everything in their stomachs.
The sour smell around him penetrated his nostrils, which made Niu Er, who had just suffered a little, retching even more.
After vomiting for a while, Niu Er was the first to recover.
At this time, he noticed that soldiers from the firearms battalion had been sent from the rear. However, because his side had not lost manpower this time, the people sent did not come to him.
"Don't be stunned. Push the cannon quickly and transport it to the city as early as possible to save your life." Niu Er began to command other battalion soldiers around him.
He only had one thought, which was to send the general cannon in front of him to the gate of Xinpingbao.
The dozen or so battalion soldiers next to them had just vomited for a long time and had no strength left, but they also knew that if they wanted to survive, they could only get the cannon to the gate of Xinpingbao.
As for the idea of abandoning the general's cannon and escaping back, I can only think about it, no one dares to actually do it.
Because they saw with their own eyes that soldiers from the camp who fled back were killed by the servants in front of the battle for deserting.
For them, escaping back would mean death. It was better to continue sending the general cannon to the city. At least the latter would still have a chance to live.
Niu Er led the other battalions to push the general's cannon in front of him and move forward.
It's not like no one thought about squeezing Niu Er away from the general cannon and occupying Niu Er's position, so as to have a chance to hide first when he was bombarded next time.
Unfortunately, Niu Er clung to his position, and no matter whether others squeezed or pushed him, they could not move Niu Er away from the general cannon.
The previous shelling from Xinpingbao caused the army to lose two more of its eleven general cannons, leaving only nine.
The general cannon Niu Er and his friends have here is one of the only nine intact general cannons left.
boom! boom! boom!
The sound of artillery in the direction of Xinpingbao resounded overhead again.
The moment Niu Er heard the sound of the cannon, he skillfully got under the cannon truck.
The others were not slow to respond either. Unfortunately, there was only a small space under the cannon truck. At most two people could be hidden, and the third person had to have nearly half of his body leaning out.
Even so, the surrounding battalion soldiers got under the artillery cart one after another. It seemed that only the bottom of the artillery cart was the safest.
Even when the gunfire stopped, there were still soldiers from the camp who wanted to get inside.
Yang Guozhu, who was riding on horseback, held a monocular in his hand and looked at the situation on the top of Xinpingbao City with an ugly expression.
"General Yang, this can't work! We have lost four or five cannons now. If this continues, all these cannons will be destroyed before they can be sent to Xinpingbao City." Wang Bao said to Yang Guozhu.
The general cannons lost were all those of the Datong frontier army. As the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, he did not feel distressed at all.
But he knew that without these cannons to suppress the cannons in Xinpingbao City, the losses of the army's siege would be even greater, so he did not believe in watching these cannons being lost without being put to use.
Yang Guozhu ordered with a cold face: "Send another general's troops and tell them that whoever can transport the cannon to Xinpingbao first, I will personally ask for credit for him."
The soldiers on the side rode away to deliver the order.
"Oh, you!" Wang Bao opened his mouth and finally let out a long sigh.
He could see that Yang Guozhu was determined to transport these general cannons to Xinpingbao City, no matter how many soldiers were killed or injured, he didn't care.
Yang Guozhu turned to look at Wang Bao and said: "These cannons cannot be transported to Xinpingbao City, then they are of no use at all. If you want to attack the city, you can only rely on human lives to pile them up."
"Having said that, it's really heartbreaking to see these cannons destroyed by the bandits' cannons." Wang Bao said with a frown.
He didn't care about the firearms battalion soldiers who died under the muzzle.
As long as the soldiers of the border army are willing to pay and pay, they can have as much as they want. On the contrary, these general cannons are limited in number and are a powerful weapon for siege.
Yang Guozhu said: "There is nothing we can do about this. I didn't expect the range of the bandit's cannons to be so far, and it is too far beyond the range of these general cannons in my hands."
It was also a cannon. He originally thought that the power should be about the same. At most, the cannons in Xinpingbao City could be used higher to defeat the lower ones, which would give them some advantages, but it would not be much of an advantage.
However, only after the opponent fired the cannon did they realize that the range of the general cannon he brought was too different, and they had to use their lives to transport the cannon to the walls of Xinpingbao.
The sound of cannons on the top of Xinpingbao City will be heard every once in a while.
Battalions of soldiers pushing cannons from the official army died one after another, and of those general cannons, only five were finally delivered to the walls of Xinpingbao.
"Tell the people in the firearms battalion to use cannons for me to bombard the bandits on the top of the city." Yang Guozhu saw that the army's cannons had finally arrived and ordered the firearms battalion to fire.
Wang Bao on the side said at this time: "With the general's cannon suppressing the bandits on the city wall, isn't it time for the army to attack the city?"
"Trouble General Wang's men to attack the city!" Yang Guozhu said to Wang Bao.
Wang Bao frowned when he heard this and said: "The artillery belongs to General Yang's artillery. As the saying goes that one thing does not bother the two masters, it is better for Datong's soldiers and horses to attack the city first."
Although the army's artillery was transported to Xinpingbao City, the bandits on the city did not suffer much losses.
It is not that easy to capture the top of Xinping Fort. It is difficult for the first batch of soldiers and horses to attack the city to capture the top of Xinping Fort at once. The most likely thing is to lose some of the bandits guarding the city on the wall.
Therefore, Wang Bao was not willing to let Xuanfu troops do this kind of thing of making wedding clothes for others.
In any case, he and the Xuanfu soldiers and horses he brought were guest troops, but the home base of the Tiger Character Banner was in Datong. In the future, the officials in Datong who will bear the heaviest responsibility will be held accountable by the court.
Yang Guozhu narrowed his eyes and said to Wang Bao: "In order to deliver these cannons to Xinpingbao City, I have lost hundreds of people here, and the general's cannons have also lost half of them. General Wang also followed the imperial decree to suppress them. Bandits, we can’t just let Datong’s troops do everything.”
"General Yang, don't get me wrong."
The familiar screams made him unable to care about chasing away the person pressing on him.
The sound of gunfire soon stopped, and he was in the mood to pay attention to his surroundings.
He found that this time there were no screams around him, and the place where the screams came closest felt like it was still some distance away from him.
"Get up, get up, the gunfire has stopped." Niu Er himself was suppressed by others and could not move, so he had to remind the people on him to let them down.
As he finished speaking, his body relaxed and the person pressing him moved away, allowing him to move freely.
When he crawled out from under the general cannon, he saw four or five corpses left on the ground seven or eight steps away from him.
