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"You mean we can..." Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Li Yan nodded.

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Suqian.

The small city of Suqian has been surrounded by 20 legions at this moment.Different from the three besieged cities in other cities, Hauge besieged Suqian to death this time.

Liu Liangzuo had never seen so many enemies, and he had to rely on his own strength to bear it. He felt faintly afraid in his heart.

"Report to the general, the emperor sent a message, let us not go out of the city for a decisive battle, we must stay and move to the city."

"Humph, that sounds nice. I'm full of cavalry here. If I don't go out to fight, do I have to ride horses on the city wall?" Liu Liangzuo was dissatisfied, he didn't know how to defend the city at all.

The Hauge army outside the city did not forcefully attack the city, but set up cannons to bombard Suqian city from a distance.For a time, many houses in the city were hit by shells flying in, and panicked crowds and collapsed houses were everywhere.

The cavalry in the city were looking for a safe place everywhere, especially the horses, and they were already in chaos.

"It's so fucking aggrieved. We were cavalry, but now we've become a turtle army. Hiding here and getting beaten, it's better to rush out and kill." There were many dissatisfied soldiers in Suqian City.

While patrolling Suqian City, Liu Liangzuo listened to the soldiers' complaints.He was silently calculating how long he should stay in order to have an explanation to Zhu Youjian.

Just as the main force of the Jin soldiers was attacking Suqian, another group of Jin soldiers was heading south rapidly, preparing to attack Huai'an.At the same time, Duoduo had already transported the super cannon to the outside of Xuzhou City.

Chapter 369: The Sixth Battle of Jianghuai

Yan Yingyuan stood on the city of Xuzhou, looking at the cannon in the distance, there were two big black spots.

Yan Yingyuan knew the reason for the fall of Suzhou and the existence of two super cannons.He was still very nervous, no one was sure whether Xuzhou City could withstand the bombardment of Jin Bing's super cannon.

The siege has been going on for two months, and the real battle is only now officially beginning.However, Jin Bing also used two months to prove that Xuzhou City is strong and cannot be captured by conventional siege methods.

In a sense, Jin Bing's cannons were specially made for attacking Xuzhou City.

"General, it's too dangerous here. You'd better hide in the city."

"Cannon doesn't have eyes, so it's safe to hide in the city?" Yan Yingyuan glanced contemptuously at the talking entourage.

"Boom!" Jin Bing's cannon fired.

Yan Yingyuan could clearly see a small black dot flying towards him, whizzed past not far away in an instant, and then slammed heavily on the houses in the city.

"Bang!" A wall in the city was smashed down, but only a small piece of dust was raised.

Immediately afterwards, another cannon rang, and the second shell hit the city wall of Xuzhou City.Yan Yingyuan felt the soles of his feet tremble, and a numbness came from the soles of his feet.

A big spot was smashed on the city wall of Xuzhou, and the iron bullet bounced back and fell into the dry moat.

Xuzhou City is safe and sound!

"Okay. Daming Wansheng!" Cheers erupted on the city wall.

Duoduo outside Xuzhou City was dumbfounded. He personally ignited the two cannons just now.Xuzhou, which was originally thought to be easily won like Suzhou, now seems to have encountered a hard stubble.

"Hit it again, keep hitting it for a while." Duoduo still didn't believe it. Is there an unbreakable walnut shell in this world?

It's a pity that after fighting for a day and a night, except for a few more spots on the Xuzhou city wall, Xuzhou city didn't even drop a single large stone.

"It's really evil. Is Xuzhou City really hewn out of a single block?" Not only Duoduo was surprised, but the entire Houjin generals were dumbfounded. There is such a city in the world.

"My lord, it's not a problem to go on like this. Even if you capture Xuzhou, it will take too long. The servant suggested that you should concentrate all the cannons and attack a section of the city wall. You must first open a gap." As the golden soldier who is best at attacking the city Kong Youde has been busy offering suggestions for the future, and the super cannon is his idea.

"Then start tomorrow, gather all the cannons and bombard a section of the city wall." Doduo is a bit bored with cannons now, what he likes is not actually the cannons, but the effect of the cannons.

At dawn the next day, Jin Bing's artillery formation outside Xuzhou City shocked the people in the city.

Large and small cannons were lined up outside the city, and the array alone had three rows. The black cannon body and the black hole of the muzzle all swear by their ferocious faces.

"Fire!" Dodo said coldly while sitting in the formation, pressing the handle of the knife.

"Well..." A horn sounded, and the golden soldiers next to each cannon began to gather.As the gunpowder and projectiles were put into the chamber, a row of soldiers holding red-hot iron drills were inserted into the priming eyes of the cannon one by one.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The cannons rang in turn, and the shells shot towards Xuzhou City like a series of marbles, hitting the walls of Xuzhou City one after another, like setting off firecrackers.

When the last cannon has not been fired, the first cannon of the artillery array has been reloaded with ammunition.

This intensity of shelling is absolutely unprecedented in this era.It can be said that Duoduo has resigned, and this is definitely the rhythm of killing people.With this kind of firepower, Napoleon himself could not make his army undefeated.

However, Yan Yingyuan in Xuzhou City graciously withdrew all the defenders on this section of the city wall, even though countless shells hit the city wall and then bounced into the moat, the iron balls that fell into the moat were like rain .

After fighting solidly for an hour, Jin Bing's artillery fire finally weakened, until the super cannons were left sporadically ringing.

"Master, during today's artillery battle, several cannons were blasted, and the barrels of several other guns have been deformed." After the artillery battle, Kong Youde was reporting the battle situation to Duoduo in the tent.

Doduo's distressed face twitched when he heard that so many cannons were lost in one artillery battle.If possible, he would rather use the Han people to surrender the army to attack the city instead of cannons, because it costs too much silver to cast these cannons.

"Has the city wall of Xuzhou been crossed?" Duoduo asked in a light, unconfident but expectant tone.

Kong Youde shook his head, and two words popped out of his mouth: "No."

"Is it cracked?" Duoduo didn't give up.

"No. There may be a seam, but it's too thin for us to see." Kong Youde replied quickly.

"That's right, it must be a crack, it's too thin." The surrounding generals swarmed to explain.

Hearing this answer, Doduo sat down on the chair in disappointment, and said lazily, "Let's continue the sex tomorrow."

There was disappointment outside the city, but the inside of Xuzhou was extremely happy.

"How about the damage in the city?" After a busy day, Yan Yingyuan had time to go back to the yamen for a bowl of rice.

"Thanks to the multiple separation walls and trenches we built in the city. The shells did not ricochet after flying in, and the damage was not great."

"We must resettle the people in the city, and help them repair the collapsed houses as soon as possible." The sound of cannons outside the city has not stopped, and it will sound at a certain time.Yan Yingyuan drank the porridge calmly, he was in a good mood now, as if this was his most normal life.

In the current Xuzhou City, except for the defenders, the people are all young and strong who migrated from Jiangyin.And these soldiers guarding the city have long been familiar with Yan Yingyuan, and they all know Yan Yingyuan's character, and they are more willing to serve as soldiers with this little old man.

In other words, the combat power of this Xuzhou city has far surpassed that of Jiangyin city in history.

Whether it is the defenders or the besiegers, or this kind of Xuzhou City, they are all strengthened to the strongest state.As for what will happen after strengthening, the curtain has been drawn from a cannon battle.

Another day, this side of the city wall of Xuzhou finally lost a large piece in the shelling.The entire Golden Barracks was a sensation, as happy as having eaten the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve, they slaughtered pigs and sheep to celebrate.

"A big piece of the city wall fell off, is it serious?" Yan Yingyuan asked the soldiers guarding the city standing by the gap after the battle.

"It's okay, just find some more people to build another wall at the back tomorrow, and it will be able to withstand the shelling in five days. The trouble now is that there are too many iron bullets in the trench, and it is almost filling the trench."