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Chapter 345 Red Yi Cannon

Huixian County belongs to Weihui Prefecture. The city is only four miles in circumference, not even as long as Tangyin County's six miles in circumference. It is a small city.

There is an unknown small river in the west of Huixian County, which can be used as a moat. For the rebels, it would be quite disadvantageous to attack from the west.

When the "Eight Kings" had an idea and told them about the food robbery, everyone didn't take it seriously. Because this matter is easier said than done. The cavalry patrolling and exploring were obscured by the officers and soldiers, and it was difficult to detect the food routes of the officers and soldiers.

As a result, I never thought that "Living Cao Cao" suddenly said: "Where do you think the officers and soldiers will use to store grain?"

Song Xiance's expression changed when he heard this, and he asked with a smile: "Could it be that 'Living Cao Cao' is referring to the county seat of Huixian County?"

"Living Cao Cao" was surprised when he heard this. Seeing that Song Xiance had guessed correctly, he didn't give in and said directly: "The officers and soldiers came from Zhangde Mansion in the northeast, and their food and grass came either from Zhangde Mansion or Weihui Mansion." , no matter where they come from, they should be gathered in Huixian and then transported to the officers and soldiers’ camp. Therefore, as long as our army captures Huixian, we can cut off the officers and soldiers’ food and grass!”

When Song Xiance heard this, he raised his palms and smiled and said: "What 'Living Cao Cao' said is true. There is a grain transport river in the south of Hui County, also known as Wei Cao, which leads to Damingfu and Linqing Prefecture in the north, and is connected to the Capital Canal. It must be where the officers and soldiers have food and fodder.”

Although "Living Cao Cao" was extremely resourceful, he did not travel as far as Song Xiance. He happened to have heard of the nearby river.

It turns out that this so-called "Wei Cao" was called Baigou in the Han Dynasty, Yongji Canal in the Sui Dynasty, Yuhe in the Song Dynasty, and Wei Cao in the Ming Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty, because the river originated from Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period and ended at Wei in Tianjin, it was named "Wei River" based on the word "Wei" at its first and last ends, and it has been used ever since.

It itself is the Yongji Canal that connects the Sui and Tang Dynasties Grand Canal to Zhuo County. After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened in the Yuan Dynasty, it became less famous. However, this canal was not abandoned, but continues to be used to this day. Because it originated from the Wei region of the Warring States Period, it was named "Wei Cao".

Since Deng Qi, Zuo Liangyu and others have stationed a large army to confront the rebels, the food and grass among the rebels is already in danger. Then the number of officers and soldiers is no less than that of the rebels. Coupled with road losses and corruption, the pressure on food transportation should be even greater.

As a result, the rebels found almost no signs of officers and soldiers transporting grain. This can be speculated that the officers and soldiers were most likely to use the "guard canal" to transport food to Huixian County.

However, it would be too risky to bypass the officers and soldiers camp and attack Huixian. After a slight setback, officers and soldiers heard the news and came, attacking from both sides. The rebel army was completely wiped out.

Zhang Shun thought about it and felt that this was very similar to Cao Cao's robbery of grain Wuchao, but he didn't know if he had Cao Cao's luck. After all, there is the Battle of Guandu and there is the Battle of Chibi. Who knows which one will end up in the end?

It was not until later that Zhang Shun thought about it again and again and felt that it would be better to use light cavalry to raid the officers and soldiers for reinforcements. Because the distance between the two sides was too far and the battlefield was too large, even if the officers and soldiers Deng Qi, Zuo Liangyu and others got the news, they would not have time to rescue them.

Even if there is time for rescue, he can easily escape by riding a fast horse. On the contrary, while the officers and soldiers set up camp and stared at the rebels, they were also stared at by the rebels, and they certainly could not mobilize in full force. Therefore, when encircling the point to support this time, there is room for maneuver regardless of victory or defeat. It will not be either victory or defeat, just a stud!

It's just that Zhang Shun didn't expect that the officers and soldiers of the Dingjing Camp were so incompetent. He and others defeated them in a single battle, and also lost the Hongyi cannon, gunpowder, shells, grain and other supplies.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but think about it at this time, and simply didn't even return to the rebel camp, and directly led the Huntianwang, Stealing Rizhao, Sleeping Tiger, Yideng, Feitian Sheng and others who had been won over by Chen Changzhen to rush to Huixian.

At this time, the guard general of Huixian County was none other than Zhang Shun's old rival, the guerrilla general Yue Zhongzhong. After this person was scared out of his courage by Wukong, he was not reused by Deng Qi and Zuo Liangyu.

Later, they saw that this man was really timid, so they simply sent him to Huixian to guard the city and take care of the food and grass. The more loyal the guerrilla general was, the happier he was to be safe, so he ran back to Huixian County in a hurry.

Precisely because this man was too timid, since he took office, he went up to the city wall three times a day to see if there were any rebels coming, for fear that the rebels would sneak attack the city.

As a result, what he expected was that there was no movement on the side facing the rebels. Instead, the rebels came all over the mountains and fields from the northeast with their backs.

Zhang Shun specially sent Wukong to come forward and shouted: "Listen to the rats in the city, our King Shun has already attacked the capital camp, and no reinforcements will come! If you surrender as soon as possible, you can avoid death; otherwise, if you break in, No chickens or dogs will be left in the city!”

When Yue Zhongzhong saw that standing below him was Wukong, the natural god of death and his old enemy from the previous series, his two sides immediately started to tremble and he did not dare to respond.

Zhang Shun didn't take it seriously when he saw that the people in the city were not responding. Instead, he gave an order and asked King Hun Tian and others to lead Ding Zhuang to push up ten Hongyi cannons.

The dark iron lumps are lined up in a row, and the black muzzles are pointed at the gate of Huixian City, as if they are the contempt of the God of Death!

He also ordered a lamp, Feitian Sheng, to lead the soldiers to strong men, pick up the found flags of the Beijing camp, pick up the armor, helmets and other objects of the Beijing camp, and show off their power under the city, showing off their power.

After struggling for a long time, there was still no movement in Jianhui County. Zhang Shun also ordered Suihu to lead more than a hundred people and bring dozens of prisoners from the Beijing camp forward. One of them was disguised as the commander-in-chief Wang Pu and put on gorgeous armor.

Then, Wukong stepped forward again and shouted: "Cowardless rats, fighting and not fighting, surrendering and not surrendering, what is the meaning of this? The forbidden army in the capital has such a great reputation. Six thousand men and horses can only be defeated by me, King Shun." And capture! Aren't you even better at fighting than the Beijing camp?"

In fact, the guerrilla general Yue Zhongzhong looked at the "bandits" all over the mountains and plains outside the city and already knew that the city could not be defended.

But this time, he didn't dare to escape, let alone surrender! After all, the lives of the whole family depended on him alone. There were extenuating circumstances on the previous battlefield. If food and grass were lost again this time, the gods would not be able to save his life.

Thinking of this, Yue Zhongzhong, who was paralyzed on the ground of the city wall, mustered up his last bit of courage and ordered: "No, no. No surrender! Fight to the death!"

Seeing their stubbornness, Zhang Shun stopped talking and directly ordered the rebels to load gunpowder shells and shoot at the gate of Huixian City.

These people are all idiots, how can they know how to use a cannon? Fortunately, the rebels also captured several Beijing camp gunners and ordered them to be released.

In order to prevent these prisoners from causing mischief, Zhang Shun personally checked the inscriptions on the bodies of the ten cannons.

Zhang Shun studied it for a long time before he could barely read the inscription on the cannon. Among them, the person who made the cannon was Wang Zunde, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The cannon weighed two thousand kilograms, was eight feet long, had a bullet weight of 15 kilograms, and used seven kilograms and eight taels of medicine.

Zhang Shun felt that the data was a bit exaggerated, but he didn't want it, so he hid far away before ordering his release.

Only a cannon shot was heard, and the gate of Huixian City burst open. Zhang Shun also had a lot of cannons in his hands, but he was surprised that the cannons were so powerful.

There is only one chapter today, and the author started updating it at eight o'clock. Unexpectedly, this time it was quite unsatisfactory. It took me two hours to finish one chapter.

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