"The general has an order, and the first brother who rushed in will be awarded 500 taels of silver, and the official position will be promoted to the third level."

"Brothers, go for it."

"Kill them all and avenge your brothers."

Shang Kexi gave the order, and the soldiers who were in charge rushed up desperately. They were originally desperate people, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards. Greed defeated fear, and they all were fearless and rushed forward like hungry tigers. In fact, it would be impossible not to rush. The supervisory team behind them were eyeing him, and who dared to retreat and immediately rectify the Dharma? Besides, the general was watching from behind. If he performed well and was appreciated by the general, he would have reached the sky in one step.

The Qing army rushed up to the sky and the earth, and the Sichuan army did not respond loudly. For them, it would be better to save a breath of killing the enemy. The enemy rushed up in a dense crowd, aiming the gun at the crowd, and putting one by one. The Qing army had already suffered heavy casualties before reaching the protective ditch. As soon as they approached the protective ditch, the Sichuan army's grenades began to throw down like money, but they could not rush. The ditch was wider than 10 meters wide, and many sharpened wooden stakes were placed deep below. If they fell down, they would definitely die. They wanted to retreat but they dared not retreat, because the supervisor team was behind, like a meat target being massacred by the Sichuan army. They finally laid wooden boards, but a grenade in the Sichuan army threw it and exploded immediately, and all their previous efforts were wasted.

In less than a quarter of an hour, there were already corpses outside the watchtower, and three or five hundred people fell down after a few words.

When Luke saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The subordinates had long wanted to retreat. When they heard the signal of withdrawing troops, they all hated their parents for a few legs, turned around and ran away, exposing their backs to the Sichuan army, and even during the retreat, many people were shot and fell down.

"Who ordered the withdrawal of troops? Who ordered the withdrawal of troops?" Shang Kexi was about to send a second echelon, but unexpectedly he had withdrawn his troops. Before he could, he shouted angrily.

Luke quickly saluted and said, "General, the last general ordered the gold to be called."

If it is someone else, Shang Kexi will immediately rectify the Dharma. But this person is Lukey, that's another matter. Lukey is not only Shang Kexi's confidant old man, but also saved Shang Kexi's life. He is loyal and both civil and military, and has won Shang Kexi's trust. He frowned when he heard this and asked in confusion, "Keyong, it's about to be captured, why did the Mingjin withdraw his troops?"

In fact, except Luke Yong, no one has the courage to call Jin and withdraw his troops without authorization.

"If you don't want to make a sound, I'm afraid that all the brothers who rushed up will be killed this time. I will order this time without authorization, and ask the general to punish him." Luke immediately knelt down and apologized.

Shang Kexi said coldly: "Tell me your reasons. If it makes sense, I will be exempted from your crime of transgression. If I believe it, I will not convince me. Don't blame the ruthless military law."

"General. Look, the watchtower is carrying a cliff, and we can only attack on three sides, a small lookout. The Sichuan Army has prepared new muskets, grenades, and cannons. Seeing that they are not stingy with ammunition, they should have sufficient reserves, and the design of this watchtower is also very special. In addition to the protective ditch, there are some strange stone formations in front (a lot of pyramid-like cones are built with cement), and our war horses cannot pass. This undoubtedly hinders the speed. Even if we attack, the door of the watchtower will know that it is difficult for us to attack in at a glance. This watchtower has two floors, but there is no window, and there is only a small hole. The Sichuan Army uses the small holes to attack us. They can easily cause damage to us, but we cannot hurt them at all. They are equivalent to hiding in the turtle shell. Even if we can get close, we can't attack in, and it will be a sudden casualty."

After saying that, Luke sighed and lowered his voice, "General, these are veterans who have followed us through life and death. They have rich combat experience. One death is missing. We must be cautious. The general estimates that even if we can conquer, it would be good that one third of these more than three thousand people will be left. Because of this, the general dares to let the troops withdraw."

Two-thirds of the casualties?

Shang Kexi took a breath of air. Not to mention two-thirds, even one-third of them could not bear it. You must know that for this ambush, he has all the elites. If these elites suffer too much casualties, it will affect his strength. In the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, a person's attention is linked to his strength. If there are no soldiers in his hands, he will probably be idle or replaced by others. Such things must not be underestimated.

To be honest, Shang Kexi hoped that his subordinates would be too honest, but when he saw the mountainous bodies in front of the watchtower, he remained silent.

The dense firepower of the Sichuan Army just now made Shang Kexi's eyelids twitch. With such a strong firepower, it would be a destruction to force himself.

"If we can't take this little look, how can we explain to the Regent when we go back? I'm afraid we have to make our colleagues laugh at me." Shang Kexi said hesitantly.

Luke had already thought about it, and immediately offered his advice after hearing this: "General, this small lookout is not that we can't defeat it. We can change the attack method and fill it with no life. We will directly use cannons to bombard it and flatten it to see where they will run? Anyway, the Qing people only have their heads."

Yes, how could I not think that the Sichuan Army can use artillery, and I can use it too. If I knocked it down, the credit was also my own. He said happily: "That's right, you're still thoughtful. I will leave this matter to you and do it well, and remember your achievements at that time."

"Get orders!"

With Shang Kexi's permission, Luke immediately used someone to transfer the light tiger squat cannon. In order to fight quickly, he transferred as many as fifteen gates at once. While preparing to avenge his previous shame, he also tried to take down the watchtower before the arrival of the Sichuan Army reinforcements. Everyone saw the beacon fire just now. Now there are less than 3,000 troops in Shang Kexi's troops, so it is not advisable to fight hard.

"Prepare, ignite."

Luke gave a command, fifteen tiger squat cannons ignited together, and soon, bursts of fuses were ignited at the scene.

"Boom, Boom"

Fifteen tiger squatting cannons roared one after another, and blasted the lead bullets on the Sichuan Army's watchtower. Under the explosion, everyone felt a swaying rock. After the smoke of gunpowder, when everyone thought the watchtower would fall, what surprised everyone was that the watchtower was still standing on the top of the mountain as a rock, but the wall was peeling off a little bit. The person with good eyes even saw some fragments inlaid on the wall.

Oh my God, fifteen artillery pieces were bombarded at the same time, but they couldn't knock down a small watchtower?

Shang Kexi thought he was dazzled, so he wiped his eyes twice. Yes, the watchtower was still fine, and the shooting holes seemed to mock his eyes one by one, making Shang Kexi's face turn blue.

"There won't be any problem with these shells, right? No, it was very lively just now, it shouldn't be." Luke Yong was also shocked. After being surprised, he did not look for the reason in the Sichuan Army, but instead suspected that his shells were of poor quality.

"Why are you still stunned? Boom, blow me up. I don't believe that this small turret is a wall of iron and evil, but it's not good at all." Shang Ke was so happy that he ordered loudly.

Seeing that his general was so angry, Luke did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered the shelling to continue.

There was another rumbling. After the second round of artillery bombing, Shang Kexi's troops thought that this round of artillery should be able to knock down the small watchtower, but after the shelling, everyone breathed in: the watchtower was like a dying Xiaoqiang. Although it was a little broken than before, it still stood strongly.

Shang Kexi and others were surprised. Even Hao Feng and Zhong Huan in the watchtower were so surprised that they couldn't stop. They thought they were doomed this time, but they didn't expect that they felt a little shocked, and then the explosion made their ears feel a little uncomfortable. However, the watchtower was very strong, and they didn't even hurt their hair. They thought they were dreaming.

"Brother Zhong, this watchtower is too powerful, it can be compared with the walls of those big cities." Hao Feng said with admiration.

"Brother Hao, I really don't know this. This is why I realized that the watchtower is so strong. To be honest, when the Governor asked me to come here, the army went deeper. There were only one hundred people. Before we left, we even wrote the suicide note. I didn't expect it to be so strong. At that time, I thought that the Governor asked us to die. Now, I think that it is a villain's heart to judge a gentleman."

Having not noticed it just now, Hao Feng touched the wall, it was a little cold, and said curiously: "I have seen this kind of wall. It is made of cement invented by the Governor. Oh my God, that thing can not only build roads, but also watchtowers. It's amazing. The Governor is so amazing."

"It's cement, right," Zhong Huan added: "I heard from the craftsmen who built this watchtower that it was made of cement, sand, iron bars, etc. It is said that the wall is more than one foot thick. It is said that it has been tested in Sichuan. It is very mysterious to say that this is highly expected to withstand a level of shelling. I thought they were bragging. Now it seems that this is true."

As soon as Zhong Huan finished speaking, there was another shock to look at the observation, which was the second round of artillery bombing by the Shang Kexi troops of the Qing army.

"These clear dogs are addicted to fighting," Hao Feng said furiously: "No matter how high the level of shelling he resists, Brother Zhong, please let the brothers adjust the corners. Our cannons are farther than them and have greater power than them. They come over and we will bomb them back to see which one is better."

Although he was not injured, he felt bad when he was beaten, especially because he was so shocked that his ears were uncomfortable. The structure of the watchtower and how many levels of artillery bombardment were of little significance to Hao Feng. He was not afraid of them being bombarded anyway. Seeing the enemy fired fire so calmly, Hao Feng was immediately unhappy and proposed to use artillery to fight back.

Compared to firearms, the person who can compete with the Sichuan Army has not been born yet.

"Hahaha, okay, I have had this intention for a long time." Zhong Huan said boldly: "Brothers, have you heard that we took out our guys. As soon as you hear the sound of cannons, you will know that these Qing dogs were squatting in front of us with tigers from Zhengde years. They were just showing off their skills. Let's teach him a lesson." (To be continued...)
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