"Assistant leader, the tiger thieves are pushing up a few more cannons!"
Through the gap between the crenels, the white-armored soldiers with half their faces noticed that four more cannons had been pushed out from the side of the tiger-shaped flag outside the city.
"What does tiger thief mean!" Yi Bilong frowned.
The Tiger-Character Banner party outside the city had been bombarding Gaizhou City for a long time, but no troops from the Tiger-Character Banner came to attack. They only fired artillery in the distance, which made him confused.
"Leader, it's too dangerous on the city. You'd better go down and take shelter first. You are the commander in chief of the city, so nothing can happen to you." A white-armored soldier on the side persuaded Ye Bilong to leave the city wall.
The memory of the Han soldier's head being chopped off by a cannon was still fresh in their minds, and they were unwilling to let Ye Bilong stay on the city wall to take risks.
With the military system of the Qing Dynasty, even if Yu Bilong died in battle, none of them would survive.
E Bilong slowly supported the parapet, exposed his eyes, and looked outside the city.
Finding that the situation outside the city was indeed what people around him said, a few more cannons were brought up to see if the situation was going to continue the bombardment of Guang'en Gate.
After recognizing the situation outside the city, Ye Bilong did not want to take the risk and stayed on the city wall. He said to the few white-armored soldiers around him: "The tiger thieves are only shelling, and they should not attack Guang'en Gate for the time being. Follow me to the other buildings." Take a look at the city gate."
After finding a reason for himself, he took advantage of the Tiger-Character flag to stop firing, and withdrew the white-armored soldiers from the wall of Guang'en Gate.
Although leaving Guang'en Gate means avoiding the bombardment, it is also true to visit other city gates.
Although the Tiger Character Banner was bombarding Guang'en Gate, Ye Bilong was worried that the Tiger Character Banner would choose another direction to attack the city gate, and he was not at ease unless he took a personal look.
As soon as Er Bilong left, it didn't take long for the defenders of Guang'en Gate to leave the city wall, leaving only a few people on the wall staring at the situation outside the city.
The Tiger Flag Artillery Team shelled the city top of Guangenmen for a while.
Chen Youqing, the captain of the artillery team, has been paying attention to the situation on Guang'en Gate with the monocular binoculars in his hand.
Although we could not see all the conditions on the city wall, we could still observe some places and found that the artillery team was getting smaller and smaller against the Qing troops guarding Guang'en Gate.
Even if he couldn't see everything on the city wall, he could guess some of it.
"Stop firing, move the artillery truck back, and retreat out of the firing range." Chen Youqing felt that continuing to bombard Guang'en Gate was a waste of money, so he directly ordered his gunners to retreat.
Obeying orders is the first military regulation in the Tiger-Character Banner Army.
The gunners began to collect the baskets and wooden barrels containing medicine on the ground, and pushed the artillery cart to evacuate to the rear.
Chen Youqing left the artillery team's affairs to his subordinates and turned back to the camp.
The location of the artillery team was not far from where the army was camping, and he quickly arrived at Zhao Wu's camp.
"Yingzheng."
As soon as he entered the camp, Chen Youqing raised his hand and saluted Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu picked up the teapot and poured some water into the teapot. He walked towards Chen Youqing and asked, "Why do you come to my place when you have time, instead of staring at your cannon in front of you? Come on, drink some water."
As he spoke, he handed over the teapot in his hand.
"My subordinates have asked their gunners to withdraw." Chen Youqing explained, taking the tea vat in his hand.
After hearing this, Zhao Wu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's going on?"
"At first, the effect of shelling Guang'en Gate was quite good, but gradually there were fewer and fewer Qing troops on the city wall. If the shelling continued, it was just a waste of artillery. My subordinates asked the gunners below to stop the bombardment to save some ammunition. " Chen Youqing explained.
Zhao Wu nodded after hearing these words.
The artillery bombardment could not cause damage to the defenders of Guang'en Gate, so there was really no need to continue to let the artillery bombard Guang'en Gate.
Chen Youqing added: "Can the artillery team go to other city gates and try it? The Qing troops here at Guang'en Gate hide to avoid the artillery, but the Qing troops in other gate directions may not hide so quickly."
After hearing this, Zhao Wu thought for a while and finally shook his head.
From the beginning, they just wanted to use shelling to tighten the nerves of the Qing army defending the city. They never thought of launching an siege on Gaizhou City so soon.
"Since the shelling has little effect, the artillery team will temporarily return to camp to rest. When it is getting dark, the Qing troops at Guang'en Gate will relax their vigilance and launch another shelling." Zhao Wu said to Chen Youqing.
When Chen Youqing heard that he would not bombard the other gates of Gaizhou City, he looked disappointed and said: "Since the Qing army is afraid of our shelling, can they take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army on the city wall to avoid the artillery fire? If we attack the city, we might be able to seize the Guang'en Gate."
"Guang'en Gate is not that easy to take down." Chen Youqing shook his head and said, "Even if the Qing army hides to avoid the cannons, no one will be left on the city wall. As long as we attack the city, the Qing army will definitely return to the city wall. Come on, the number of cannons brought by the camp is too small, there is no need to attack the city in such a hurry."
Chen Youqing saw that Zhao Wu did not want to attack the city, so he did not persuade him.
After all, if we don't attack the city today, we will still attack the city in less than two days when the other combat camps of the Marine Division arrive. At most, we have to wait for two more days.
He could wait for this amount of time.
The artillery team retreated to the camp, and the sound of artillery outside the city stopped completely.
The Qing troops at Guang'en Gate saw that all the cannons outside the city had been withdrawn, so they all returned to the city wall.
Ye Bilong, who was inspecting other city gates, also noticed that there was no sound of cannon outside the city. While he breathed a sigh of relief, sadness also appeared on his face.
After a hasty inspection of the other city gates, he returned to the general's palace in the city.
At this moment in Shengjing, the urgent message for help sent from Gaizhou City was delivered to Huang Taiji.
"Go and invite Prince Li here!" Huang Taiji held the urgent note sent from Gaizhou City in one hand and told Obei with a very ugly face.
Ao Bai saw that Huang Taiji looked unhappy, so he didn't dare to delay and ran out in a hurry.
Huang Taiji, who was sitting in the main hall, once again looked through the urgent note sent from Gaizhou City in his hand, and his face became darker as he read it.
"Huang Ama, I have come to see you."
As the words fell, Hauge walked in from outside.
"Who asked you to break in? Do you still have any rules?" Huang Taiji angrily yelled, and at the same time, he raised his hand and grabbed the bowl on the table and threw it towards Hauge.
Hauge was stunned for a moment when he was scolded and forgot to avoid it.
Snapped!
The tureen hit Hauge directly on the forehead, then fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.
But the forehead scratched by the edge of the tureen immediately swelled up into a big bump.
Fortunately, the tea in the tureen was no longer hot, otherwise Hauge's face might have been directly disfigured by the scalding.
The Qing Dynasty all had bald heads, with only a thin braid on the back of their heads.
As soon as Hauge's forehead swelled, Huang Taiji noticed some unbearable expression in his eyes, but he said forcefully: "Get out, if you dare to break in without my permission, I will directly take away your dignity." The prince’s hat.”
(End of chapter)
