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    After some serious measurements and on-the-spot investigations, Han Daren, who is quite proficient in using firearms, suggested that Yue Le follow the example of Duoduo and use the west gate of Yangzhou as a breakthrough point to transport the sixty-three long-range red barbarian cannons of the Qing army to the west gate of Yangzhou.  Prepare to concentrate firepower on the city wall of the West Gate of Yangzhou¡ªThirty years ago, Duoduo blasted down many sections of the Yangzhou city wall at this location, allowing the soldiers of the Qing army to enter the city of Yangzhou on the mountain of corpses.

    At the same time, in order to limit the power of the fat army's mother-child cannons and Sanhao rockets, Han Daren suggested that Yue Le arrange the artillery array five miles away from the west gate of Yangzhou.  It can also prevent the Fatty Army's trump card and Miyoshi rockets from threatening the Qing army's artillery array.  In addition, Han Daren wisely suggested that Yue Le build a temporary fortification in front of the Qing army's artillery formation, which was temporarily composed of a horse ditch, a stockade fence and antlers.  It is also difficult to attack the Qing army's artillery array from the front.

    The reason why Yue Le, who had no expectations for the Yangzhou war, reused Han Daren was simply to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Seeing that Han Daren's arrangement was very reasonable, he did not hesitate and immediately approved everything Han Daren wanted  The tactical arrangement allowed the infantry of the Qing army to prepare according to the law, and arranged for 3,000 Qing iron cavalry and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to stand by the artillery position to prepare for the fat army's surprise attack team out of the city.

    At noon on May 13th in the first year of Zhaowu and the fourteenth year of Qingkang Mazi, after careful preparations, the Qing army¡¯s second attack on Yangzhou kicked off. Yue Le, Jie Shu, Bo Guoduo, Shang Shan and Tu  Hai and other important Qing army generals came to the front line to observe the artillery battle. The Qing army rookie Han Daren commanded the artillery battle. The Qing army's chief firearms expert Dai Zi came to the front line to measure the shooting height and correct the firing angle for the Qing army.

    At noon, with the waving of Han Daren's command flag, sixty-three Hongyi cannons let out earth-shattering roars at the same time, shooting primitive flowering shells and solid shells of different sizes into the sky, and shooting them towards the city wall of Yangzhou along a parabola.  Immediately afterwards, dust and smoke splattered on the city wall of the west gate of Yangzhou, and sawdust and gravel flew randomly from the garrison tower of brick and wood structure on the city wall.  It hit the city wall of Yangzhou, and the bricks of the city were smashed into pieces, and the city wall shook slightly.

    "Boom! Boom!" The fat cannon on the city wall unceremoniously fired back. Not only was it as accurate as the Qing army's Hongyi cannon calibrated by Dai Zi himself, but it was also far more powerful. The solid shell could fly when it hit the ground  Four or five zhang away, wherever they passed, all the soldiers of the Qing army had broken bones and bones.  Thick smoke billowed from the city walls of Yangzhou and the artillery positions of the Qing army, and the gunpowder smoke choked the nostrils.

    "Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, twelve!" Tu Hai, who silently counted the number of Hongyi cannons in the Fatty Army, roared, "Han Daren guessed right! The number of Hongyi cannons in Yangzhou Wugou  Sure enough, there are not many, there are only twelve gates in the west! In this battle, we have hope!"

    "If there are twelve Hongyi cannons on each of the four city walls in the southeast, north, and west of Yangzhou, then there will be forty-eight in total. Our advantage in the number of Hongyi cannons is still not obvious." Shang Shan said with a frown.

    "Not necessarily!" Yue Le was calmer, and said in a deep voice: "Have you noticed? At least four of Wu Gou's Hongyi cannons were fired in the northwest and southwest corners. With our previous arrangement, Wu Gou is sure  Knowing that the west gate is the main position, it is likely that some Hongyi cannons were transferred from other city walls in advance, so there are only twelve in total, which proves that there are really not many Wugou Hongyi cannons in Yangzhou City."

    "Let's have a look. If we continue to fight like this, we will soon know exactly how many Hongyi cannons there are in Yangzhou." Jie Shu expressed his opinion in this way, and Yue Le, Shang Shan and others praised it together, and put aside other thoughts for the time being.  Put it aside, and continue to nervously observe the specific situation of the Yangzhou artillery battle.

    At this time, when the gunners of the Qing army were still nervously loading ammunition and ammunition, the Fat Army Hongyi cannon fired with a fixed charge bag had already fired again, pouring shells one after another onto the artillery position of the Qing army that exposed the target, rumbling  Amidst the explosion, the gunners of the Qing army spattered with flesh and blood, crying ghosts and howling wolves.  Although Han Daren tried his best to restrain the gunners to fire as soon as possible, but the gunners of the Fatty Army were too fast. Under the cover of artillery fire, the gunners of the Qing Army were flustered, and the firing speed was even slower, and the firepower was greatly suppressed.  The power of Suhe shells made up for the disadvantage in numbers, and the gunners of the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, panicked, and the speed of counterattack was even slower.

    "How did Wu Gou's Hongyi cannon fire so fast?" Seeing this scene, Yue Le, who was hiding from a distant high ground to observe the artillery battle, turned pale, and exclaimed: "Our Hongyi cannon fired one shot, and Wu Dog's  The Hongyi cannon can fire three shots, and the power of the blooming shells is much greater than ours, and our advantage in the number of artillery can't be used at all."

    "As I said, war is not a simple sum of numbers." Jie Shu said sullenly: "Uncle Wangp; "That makes sense, who does the general think we should attack first?" Han Daren asked with a nod.

    "Leerjin!" Fatty Lu said decisively: "Let's take care of Leerjin first, to show off the prince's two hundred and five virtues, and he will definitely not rescue him immediately, maybe he will repeat the old trick and go to attack Nanjing or this Taiping City again out of nerves, which is even worse.  Keep away from the Fanchang battlefield so that we can calmly concentrate our forces and completely annihilate Le Erjin!"

    "Wonderful!" Yao Qisheng snapped his fingers, and added: "It would be even better if the Mangou navy led by Ghent Batulu landed to rescue Leerjin! The combat effectiveness of the sailors will be weakened by at least 30% when they go ashore. General Li Jiyang  The navy of our army led by us can also take the opportunity to attack, buy chickens and bring cages, and kill the last navy full of dogs upstream of us!"

    "The general's tactics have never been wrong, and it must be the same this time." Han Daren stood up, cupped his hands to Fatty Lu and said, "Please give the order to send troops, the last general, please be the vanguard!"

    "General, please order to send troops!" All the generals in the tent stood up together, clasping their fists for orders.

    "Han Daren obeys the order!" Fatty Lu stood up and shouted: "The Taiping Army Corps dispatched 17,000 cavalry infantry, and they will dispatch with my 20,000 elite troops to take the official route and directly attack Fanchang. You lead 5,000 cavalry infantry  Be the vanguard!"

    "Li Jiyang listened to the order. You lead the Taiping Prefecture Navy with 8,000 people and take the water route to the south bank of Nichakou to station. If the Mangou Navy does not take the initiative to fight, ignore him. If the Mangou Navy lands to rescue Le Erjin, immediately  Dispatch, and strive to wipe out the Manchu fleet! Wuhu Zhang Wenxiang's 5,000 troops don't have to move, and stick to the city. Li Mao, Ji Xuan, you two lead an army of 10,000 to stay in Taiping City and wait for your order!"

    Having said that, Fatty Lu paused, then smiled and ordered: "General Li Mao, Jifu, when you stay in Taiping City, you must plant more flags on the city and organize more people to go to the city."  Help defend, lure the main force of Prince Zhang to attack Taiping City, and buy time for the main force of our army to annihilate Le Erjin."

    "Why?" Li Maozhu and Jixuan were both stunned, and asked together: "General, since you want to lure Zhangtai Mangou to attack Taiping City, why do you want to raise the flag and organize more people to go to the city to help defend? To show the enemy  Xu, isn't it better?"

    "Because in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the more this is the case, the fewer troops there may be in the city." Fatty Lu scratched his head and said: "Give it a try, I really can't figure out what Prince Zhang is thinking, "  The Romance of the Three Kingdoms contains the false and the real, and the real and the false, and the false and the real. The key depends on the chapter that Zhang Wang turned to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In short, you try your luck, even if you don¡¯t  I don¡¯t blame you for success¡ªout of all the generals and generals, the only one I can¡¯t figure out is this Prince Zhang.¡± (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to the starting point (qidian.  com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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