More than a dozen cannons bombarded the outer wall of the fortress back and forth, and soon a huge gap was opened in the outermost wooden wall, revealing the original earthen wall of Fifty Village Post.
"Let the artillery team advance two hundred steps." Zhao Wu ordered, staring at Xiong Yueyi in front.
The order was quickly sent to the artillery team.
The gunners moved the cannons one by one to move the cannons closer to Xiong Yueyi.
The guards on the wall of Xiong Yueyi saw this scene, but there was nothing they could do.
There were no cannons in Xiong Yueyi, and the bows and arrows in their hands could not shoot that far. They could only watch helplessly as the people with the tiger-shaped flag pushed the cannon a hundred steps away from Xiong Yueyi.
"Zuo Ling, we can't stay here anymore, we'd better go back inside first!" The Han army flag general persuaded the guard general Xiong Yueyi beside him to return behind the inner wall.
Relying on the wooden walls outside Xiong Yueyi, they can't stop the shelling from the Tiger Flag. If they stay outside, they can only become the target of the shelling.
General Xiong Yueyi hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
The Han flag general sent someone to convey the order, and he accompanied the guard of Xiong Yueyi back to behind the earthen wall inside Xiong Yueyi.
The Han army flag officers and soldiers who guarded the outer wall of Xiong Yueyi retreated back in turn.
One or two thousand people poured in, making the inner wall of Xiong Yueyi, which was not too big, suddenly filled with people.
But precisely because Xiong Yueyi's defenders gave up on the outside, the outermost wall of the village was undefended.
"Are you f*cking afraid of being beaten by us?" Zhao Wu looked at the undefended wall outside Xiong Yueyi and rubbed his eyes with his hands, thinking that he had seen it wrong.
The battalion chief of staff came over and asked: "There are no people on the outside of Xiong Yueyi. They have all retreated inside. Can we attack?"
Zhao Wu held up the monocular and observed for a while, then said: "There is no rush to attack. Clean up the outside first. Since the Qing army has retreated inside, no one can escape."
For Xiong Yueyi, he decided to play it slow and steady.
With the superiority in military strength and the powerful siege weapon of cannon, he did not think that Xiong Yueyi could stop their attack.
It took more than half an hour to clear all the outermost walls of Xiong Yueyi.
Zhao Wu looked at the earth wall on the innermost side of Xiong Yueyi, which was also the last place that the Qing army stationed in Xiong Yueyi could guard.
"Send the order, stop the attack, and arrange for someone to shoot the surrender letter to the Qing troops inside."
Xiong Yueyi has become a turtle in the urn, but he is not in a hurry to capture Xiong Yueyi.
Before the reinforcements from Lushun arrived, he wanted to see if he could persuade the Qing troops here in Xiong Yueyi to surrender.
As long as the Qing army takes the initiative to walk out of Xiong Yueyi and surrender, it will not only be able to successfully capture Xiong Yueyi, but also avoid the loss of troops that may occur due to the battle.
Even if the persuasion to surrender was unsuccessful, as long as the Qing army was internally disloyal, the letter of persuasion he sent to Xiong Yueyi would be considered a success.
The battle that lasted for half a day ended like this.
Except for the artillery team in Tiger Character Banner, which was a bit harder, the other teams did not exert much physical effort. At most, they were wearing armor and watching a one-sided artillery battle.
Although the battle was not over, Zhao Wu ordered people to bury the pot and make rice in advance.
If Xiong Yueyi's Qing army is unwilling to accept surrender, they will launch an attack on Xiong Yueyi after the meal.
Multiple surrender letters with the same content were fired into Xiong Yueyi.
Some ordinary soldiers saw the surrender letter and sent it to their superiors.
The letter of persuasion to surrender was passed up one level at a time, and finally appeared in front of General Xiong Yueyi and the Han flag general.
The contents of the surrender letter are simple and clear, written in the vernacular, and there is not so much nonsense about half-hiding one's face while holding a pipa in the mist. Anyone who is literate will be able to understand the meaning of the contents after reading the surrender letter.
The guard general of Xiong Yueyi is a Jurchen and does not know Chinese characters.
After he saw the Chinese characters on the surrender letter, he immediately became confused and handed the surrender letter directly to the Han flag general. At the same time, he said: "What is written on it?"
The Han flag general took it and held it in his hand. He read the contents in a few glances. However, there was a look of hesitation on his face, as he did not know whether to tell the other party the contents.
"Tell me! What is it written?" General Xiong Yueyi urged.
The banner general of the Han army thought that there was more than one letter persuading us to surrender, and even if he didn't say it, sooner or later the other party would learn the contents from other people's mouths, so he said: "This is the letter of persuasion to surrender from the tiger bandit, and he is here to persuade us to surrender."
"Are you advising you to surrender? Or are you advising everyone to surrender?" General Xiong Yueyi fixed his eyes on the Han flag general.
The invading Tiger Flag soldiers and horses were Han Chinese, and the Han Army Flag officers and soldiers stationed at Xiong Yueyi were also Han Chinese. He was always on guard against the Han Army Flag.
"It is to persuade all the defenders in Xiongyueyi to surrender, regardless of whether they are the Han Eight Banners or the Manchu Eight Banners." The Han flag general explained, secretly concealing the contents of the surrender letter that only persuaded the Han Army flag to surrender.
As for whether his deception would be discovered by the other party in the future, he no longer cared much.
If Xiong Yueyi cannot be defended, even if he escapes back to Gaizhou Guard, the responsibility for Xiong Yueyi's fall will most likely fall on him, the Han flag general.
As for the real guard of Xiong Yueyi, because he was a Manchu from the Eight Banners, at most he was punished with confiscation of some cattle, sheep and slaves, but other than that he would not be guilty of any major crimes.
After living in the Qing Dynasty for so long, he knew that the status of the Manchus was more than one level higher than that of the Han people. The status of the Han people in the Qing Dynasty was not even as good as that of the Mongols.
"You didn't lie to me?" General Xiong Yueyi asked again, staring into the eyes of the Han flag general in front of him.
The Han flag general shook his head and said, "How dare I deceive you about this kind of thing? If you don't believe me, you can ask others."
"I believe you for the time being." General Xiong Yue Post looked away and said immediately, "It seems that the tiger thieves will not attack for the time being, but when they attack again, these earth walls alone may not be able to stop them."
As he spoke, he looked at the earthen wall closest to him.
Although these earthen walls were much better than the wooden walls built later, he didn't know how many shots these earthen walls could withstand when faced with sharp weapons like cannons.
But he thought it was impossible to use these earthen walls to block the cannons of the Tiger Flag.
"What do Zuo Ling want to do?" asked the Han flag guard.
The guard of Xiong Yue Post wetted his lips with the tip of his tongue and said: "I still don't know if there are any other soldiers and horses from the tiger bandits besides the soldiers and horses in front of me, so I want to abandon Xiong Yue Post and retreat to Gaizhou City. "
"We are surrounded by soldiers and horses of tiger thieves on all sides. If we want to retreat to Gaizhou City, it may not be that easy." The Han army flag guard said.
Leaving Xiong Yueyi was the right choice, but he didn't think the tiger-character flag soldiers attacking Xiong Yueyi outside would let them leave easily.
(End of chapter)
