The only person who can be called a general is Chen Jisheng, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town.
"Please tell the general that he will leave right away."
Shang Kexi said something to the visitor, ducked down and ran towards the position where the artillery fire was deployed on the city wall.
As soon as they saw the others leaving, Chen Jisheng's soldiers hurriedly looked for a hiding place.
Cannonballs continued to fall on the top of the city, and many of them flew over the city wall and landed on the houses in the city.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Shang Kexi successfully ran to the cannon closest to him.
Upon arrival, he found that the cannon's mount had been destroyed and was of no use for the time being, so he ran towards the location of the other cannons.
I don't know whether he was lucky or because he kept moving, but he was not hit by artillery fire. The most dangerous time was when he just left a certain position, and a cannonball happened to land at that position.
It caused him to break into a cold sweat.
He didn't think his flesh and blood could withstand the hot cannon.
After checking the several cannons on the city wall, he found that only two of them were still operational. Most of the other cannons had their mounts destroyed, and some even had their gunpowder barrels exploded.
There was a cannon, but all the gunners ran away.
After all, so many cannons fell on the city outside the city, and the gunners who fired the cannons were also made of flesh and blood. If they couldn't bear it, they had to run if they should.
Fortunately, there were several gunners hiding nearby, and they were quickly found by Shang Kexi and brought back.
We have gunners, cannons, and no shortage of medicine.
Under Shang Kexi's urging, the gunner stayed in front of the cannon and began to load the gun, preparing to fire at the artillery formation with the Tiger Flag outside the city.
The gunner of the official army started to load the cannon according to his memory.
The gunpowder used by the gunners on the Tiger Flag side is all custom-packed, and the amount of gunpowder used for a single firing has been packaged separately in advance.
When the gunners of the army gunners loaded the cannons, it all depended on their touch. Sometimes there was more, sometimes less. Their hands would shake when they were nervous and panicked, and there was no fixed amount of medicine for loading.
As a result, the cannon fired by the cannon may be fired closer or farther, or even directly explode the cannon's chamber.
However, these gunners in Lushun City had often fired against slave bandits before, so they would not overload the cannon with explosives and explode the cannons. Every time they fired, they would deliberately load less powder to make them safer.
boom! boom!
The two cannons on the city wall were quickly fired under the control of the official gunners.
The cannons flew into the air from the muzzle and fell towards the tiger-shaped flag artillery formation outside the city.
"Okay, this Shang Dusi can be used, but there are a few fewer cannons." Chen Jisheng heard the sound of cannons from his side, and his face showed excitement.
No one else could counterattack the enemies outside the city, but Shang Kexi did it, which made him very satisfied.
However, the sound of cannons on the city wall was immediately noticed by the people on the Tiger Flag side.
"Destroy the cannons on the city." The captain of the artillery team immediately discovered the cannons of the government troops and immediately asked his artillerymen to attack the cannons of the government troops.
A section of the city wall of Lushun City was immediately attacked by a large number of artillery fire.
The two cannons on the city were quickly destroyed by the attacking cannons. Even the official gunners around the two cannons were seriously injured, and none of them survived.
Shang Kexi’s luck has to be said to be really good.
After he handed over the task of attacking the Tiger Flag artillery formation with artillery to the gunners of the official army, he left and went to look for his troops elsewhere.
In this way, Hu Ziqi's counterattack not only did not hurt him, but actually allowed him to save his life.
Shang Kexi saw that all the gunners he had just recovered were dead, and even the only two remaining cannons were destroyed. His first reaction was to feel lucky for himself.
I'm afraid all my luck in this life will be used up today.
However, this also made him understand that as long as the artillery fire outside the city did not stop, there would be no one on the city wall, let alone a counterattack.
Thinking of this, he prepared to gather some of his soldiers and horses and retreat from the city wall. Even if he could not leave the city wall, he would still find a safer place to avoid the cannons.
The cannons carrying the tiger-character flag hit the city wall like hailstones, so that the guards on the city wall did not dare to raise their heads.
There were not many places to hide on the city wall. Everywhere was crowded with people, but there were more people who had nowhere to hide and had no choice but to flee down the city.
"Where are the artillery! Why don't you fight back!" Chen Jisheng couldn't hear the sound of his own artillery, and his face immediately darkened.
None of the soldiers hiding with him spoke.
They were all afraid that if they spoke first, Chen Jisheng would arrange to go to the city wall to check the situation.
"The general is not good, Deputy General Huang escaped from Renhe Gate." A soldier wearing leather armor ran to Chen Jisheng to bring news about the gate on the other side.
Chen Jisheng's expression suddenly changed and he said, "Whose family are you from?"
"The younger one is Wang Guoji's general." The visitor explained his origin.
And the Wang Guobi he mentioned was Wang Tingrui.
Thinking of the conflict between Huang Long and Wang Tingrui, Chen Jisheng suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Can your guerrillas be sure that Deputy General Huang escaped from Renhe Gate?"
"I don't dare to lie to you. My general saw it with his own eyes. He saw Deputy General Huang leading his men to open the Renhe Gate and leave the city through the Renhe Gate." Wang Tingrui's personal soldier said firmly.
Hearing this, Chen Jisheng couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Damn Huang Long!"
Furious, he called Huang Long by his name.
"General, should you send someone to investigate at Renhe Gate?" a soldier beside Chen Jisheng reminded.
Chen Jisheng hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay, you can go to Renhemen to check the situation in person and find out whether Huang Long has really escaped."
"I obey my orders." The soldier turned around and left after receiving the order.
The other soldiers around him all looked envious.
Renhemen has not been bombarded by the Tiger Flag, so it is very safe, unlike Tongjinmen where cannons are flying all over the sky. If you don't dodge quickly, you will become the victim of the cannons.
"The younger ones are going back first," Wang Tingrui's soldier said.
The sound of cannons outside the city continued, and the cannons fell from time to time. He was afraid that if he stayed here too long, he might not be able to return to Renhe Gate.
Chen Jisheng waved his hand impatiently.
Wang Tingrui's personal soldier bowed and took a few steps back, turned around and left quickly.
"Do you think Huanglong really abandoned the city and fled?" Chen Jisheng asked one of his soldiers with a gloomy face.
The soldier wriggled his lips a few times, and finally said: "Maybe Deputy General Huang had other plans, but Wang Youyi misunderstood him."
Noticing the sad look on Chen Jisheng's face, his words turned into words of relief.
"I don't need you to comfort me." Chen Jisheng said with a stern look on his face, "As long as I am sure that he did not obey orders and fled the city, I will definitely impeach him to the court."
No one from the surrounding soldiers answered the question.
If they couldn't leave, they would also want to abandon the city and flee to Beicheng.
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