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"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Be careful, deputy!"

"Stab it!"

After the Ming army's shelling, Huang Sunmao looked up and saw a big hole in the main sail of his ship.

Although for a Chinese-style hard sail, such a big hole would basically not affect the ship's route, but it showed that the battle was fierce.

"The artillery on this mountain is too powerful, you can't get through it!" he said with lingering fear.

It turned out that after Bai Yongfu, Vice General Liu, General Wu, and Wang Guerrillet entered the port, Huang Sunmao led his warships to storm Penglai Water City.

However, the entrance to the water city was heavily defended, and there was intensive crossfire from two directions: left and right.

Huang Sunmao attacked for half a day and lost seven or eight warships alone, but still made no progress.

"Deputy envoy, we can't go on like this, why don't we attack Penglai Pavilion first!" Seeing that the attack failed repeatedly, the left and right people couldn't help but remonstrated.

Penglai Pavilion is located on Danya Mountain, and Danya Mountain is located on the west side of Penglai Water City. This is where most of the firepower used to defend the Water City comes from.

"No, this won't work either!" Huang Sunmao, deputy military commander, hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but finally refused.

"This Danya Mountain is already dangerous. Later, it was built according to the 'Western method'. In fact, it is impregnable and difficult to capture. If we want to attack, we can only attack one part of the breakwater!"

It turns out that Danya Mountain is the commanding heights of Penglai Water City. If you occupy this place, you can bombard the water city.

However, this mountain had already been absorbed by the Ming Dynasty from the concept of European fortresses and built into a well-organized defense system, in which firepower was intertwined and there were few blind spots, making it extremely difficult to conquer.

Huang Sunmao was the deputy envoy of Denglai and knew this very well, so he did not consider this issue at all.

Since Danya Mountain to the west was out of reach, and the front was blocked by crossfire from the Ming army, he had no choice but to retreat and do the next best thing, preparing to attack the northeast of Shuicheng with all his strength.

There is a long breakwater to the northeast of Shuicheng, and a solid hollow enemy tower is built on the breakwater. This enemy tower is connected to Shuicheng through the city wall.

On the east side of this city wall, there is a flat beach.

However, although this place seems to be extremely suitable for landing, because the city wall facing the beach is set at a certain angle, cross fire tactics can be used to bombard and kill the place, which is still extremely disadvantageous to the rebels.

Huang Sunmao has already spotted the flaw here.

He couldn't help but smile at Fatty Zhang and said, "General Zhang, I need to trouble you now."

"I will hit all the artillery in a while and bombard this tower. When they are unable to look eastward, ask the general to leave and lead his troops to land on the beach on the east, and then storm the wall connecting the enemy tower."

"We must kill the generals in and completely seize this enemy platform."

"When the platform is down, the general will go along the city wall, seize the water gate, and open the water gate."

"When the time comes, I will personally lead the fire boat in and burn him to pieces!"

"No, no, brother E Di asked me to look at you, and I can't go away!" Fatty Zhang didn't care what his plan was, he just stiffened his neck and said.

Nima! Huang Sunmao almost cursed when he heard this.

Most of the soldiers under my command who can fight are dead or wounded. Can I ask you for help?

He had no choice but to explain patiently: "Brother, what you are worried about is that you are afraid that I will repeat it. In that case, why don't you only send some soldiers?"

"You must know that your brother and his soldiers are fighting hard in the city. If we can cause a little trouble to the enemy, they can relieve a little pressure."

"If not, wouldn't it be a big disaster if your brother falls into the city?"

"We are only sending 200 people, no more!" The thin man Zhang hesitated for a long time after hearing this. He was also worried about the safety of his brother Fatty Zhang, so he had to back down a step.

"Okay, that's good, two hundred people are enough!" Huang Sunmao smiled and quickly ordered his soldiers to control the artillery and blast the enemy tower on the breakwater.

"No, no, no, the rebels on the water are bombarding the enemy tower on the right side of Shuimen, and they have sent hundreds of elite troops to try to land on the beach to the east of the enemy tower!" As soon as Huang Sunmao made such a move, there were already people over there Report to the coastal commander Chen Hongfan.

"Straight thief, Huang Sunmao is indeed the thief!" When Chen Hongfan heard this, he couldn't help but cursed.

Who else could be able to discover the flaws in Penglai Water City in such a short period of time, besides the insider?

There was originally a lot of information, and Chen Hongfan was unable to make a decision for a while.

Now that it is confirmed that Huang Sunmao "turned into a traitor", how can he be polite?

He couldn't help but ordered angrily: "Where are you coming from, bring a few men and horses over there. Get Huang Sunmao and his family for me, chop them off one by one, and throw their heads to him!"

"General, you must not do this!" Na Zanhua Wu Yanzhong was stunned when he heard the words, and quickly reminded, "Not to mention that Huang Sunmao's family is in Dengzhou City. The outcome of the two sides is not yet clear. What if we fall into his trap? In my hand, at least, there is room for recovery!"

Chen Hongfan was stunned when he heard this, and then realized what Wu Yanzhong meant.

Since ancient times, victory or defeat has been a common occurrence for military strategists.

If he loses this battle, he will most likely die.

But if everyone in Huang Sunmao's family is killed, what should he do?

"Okay, I will listen to Wu Zan's painting this time. I will spare him this time!" Chen Hongfan frowned and said, "Just don't fall into my hands in the future, otherwise I will make him look good!"

"Come here, call me two, no, three sentries, and hurry up to the city wall on the east side of Shuimen to support you. Make sure the city wall is not lost, otherwise we will come to see you!"

"Where do you get this from?" Zuo Zuo was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but ask.

Chen Hongfan had only 1,500 men under his command except for the guards.

Five hundred of them were assigned to deputy general Bai Dengyong to defend the south gate. The remaining thousand were assigned to 700 to attack the rebels in "Xiaohai". Now only 300 remain with them.

He hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and finally said helplessly: "In this way, one sentry will be assigned from my side, another sentry will be assigned from Bai Dengyong's area, and the remaining one will be assigned from the soldiers who attacked 'Xiaohai'."

As Huang Sunmao expected, once the rebels launched an attack elsewhere, Chen Hongfan's defense forces would be greatly dispersed.

Sometimes the most terrifying enemy is not an invincible and brutal opponent, but a teammate who knows him well.

"General Soldier, General Soldier, we can't do it, we can't get in!" Just as Chen Hongfan was hesitant, Fatty Zhang also encountered his own troubles.

"This water city only has the south gate, which is heavily guarded by Ming thieves. The brothers suffered heavy casualties and cannot attack at all!"

"Straight bitch!" Fatty Zhang couldn't help but yelled when he heard this, "In such a big city, can't there be one more gate?"

"If it doesn't work, just use the Hongyi cannon to blast it. I still don't believe it. What kind of city wall can withstand my cannon!"

"You can't say for sure!" Unexpectedly, before Fatty Zhang finished speaking, someone had already answered, "Don't think this city wall is ordinary, but it is actually extraordinary!"

Fatty Zhang was furious and was about to curse when he heard the words. Unexpectedly, he turned around and found that the person who answered the conversation was none other than Bo Li Mingzhong.

He couldn't help swallowing the curse words, and quickly smiled and said: "Didn't Mr. Li go to recruit the shipping route for me? How come you are here?"

"General!" Li Mingzhong cupped his hands after hearing this, and then smiled, "I told the general earlier that the Penglai water city is 'heavy on the sea and light on the road'. If you look at it from the land, it looks like a smooth road." "

"I am afraid that the general will misunderstand me and make false claims, so I came to help you!"

Only then did Fatty Zhang remember what this man had said before he started attacking Dengzhou City, and he couldn't help but said somewhat unhappily: "Oh? Then how can you teach me, sir?"

just you?

A weak scholar taught me how to fight?

As if Li Mingzhong didn't hear Fatty Zhang's sarcasm, he continued to smile and said: "General, please see, the walls of this water city are built with strips of stone on the outside and rammed earth on the inside."

"The wall is three to five feet thick, and the inner and outer stone strips are each three to five feet thick. Not to mention ordinary artillery, even if it is exploded with gunpowder, it will have to be blown three to five times before it can be damaged!"

"Oh?" The fat man Zhang was stunned when he heard this, then he couldn't help but look solemn, and quickly asked for advice, "In your opinion, sir, how can we break through Penglai Water City?"