The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 300 A Big White Flag
After lunch, Di Qing gave an order, and Jiang's army officially began to attack the city.

The first to fire was still the fifty field cannons and ten red cannons from the Shenji Battalion.

Before the cannon officially starts shooting, it has to do a round of test firing to correct the shooting angle.

Boom boom boom, sixty cannons exploded, sixty shells crossed parabolas in the sky, and smashed hard on the city wall of Gaizhou, causing bricks and stones to splash, causing screams on the city wall.

The artillery positions of the Jiang family army were also filled with white smoke, which was caused by insufficient burning of the yellow powder.

"All adjust the shooting angle." The deputy lieutenant of Shenji Battalion walked back and forth on the position, directing each artillery team to adjust the shooting angle according to the shooting effect of the first round.

"The adjustment of the first team is completed, the adjustment of the second team is completed, the adjustment of the third team is completed..."

All the squads have been adjusted one after another, and the reports of the various gunners rang out one after another.

"Okay, start loading and prepare for the second round of launch!" The deputy captain of Shenji Camp ordered loudly.

The artillery of the sixties started reloading in a busy and orderly manner. First, they used a long wooden pole wrapped in a wet cloth to reach into the gun bore to clean up the gunpowder residue left by the insufficient combustion of the gunpowder, and then reloaded the gunpowder. The fuse is threaded in, and the bomb is loaded last.

All artillerymen are busy in an orderly manner.

The soldiers of the Chahar tribe of Mongolia who were about to watch the fun all had shocking expressions on their faces. You looked at me, I looked at you, and looked at each other. Finally, everyone's eyes focused on their Khangir on Dan.

Gerdan was also very shocked in his heart. He thought that Jiang's army would attack the city like them, using traditional ladders to attack the city and archers to cover it.But he didn't expect that the sixty cannons of the family would swing like this, the torches were so small, a round of shells flew out, and the city walls of Gaizhou instantly turned into pockmarked faces.

And hearing the screams on the city wall, it seems that those gravels also injured many defenders.

For the Mongols, the combat method they are familiar with is riding and shooting, and even in their hearts, only riding and shooting is the real ability to run rampant in the world.

But the Jiang family army in front of him gave him a vivid lesson in a way that he had never thought of, letting him know what a real siege is.

Gerdan had mixed feelings in his heart at this time, and he didn't know whether to be depressed or grateful. Looking at the eyes of the soldiers around him, he didn't know what to say.

Although Di Qing agreed to Gerdan's surrender, he was still wary of him. Judging from the formation of Jiang's army, the 6000 members of the Chahar tribe were surrounded by Jiang's army.

He saw the reaction of the Chahar Ministry, but he remained calm. Just as he was about to order the official start of the siege, suddenly the Chinese army Sima Wang Hao shouted loudly:
"General, look, what is that on the top of the wall?"

Di Qing's eyes narrowed, and he looked over the top of the city, as if a white flag had been erected from the top of the city.

white flag?Are the defenders in the city going to surrender?Suspicion arose in Di Qing's heart.Although he concluded that taking Gaizhou City would not be difficult, he never thought that it would be so easy.

In the morning, more than 1000 Mongols died, and none of them hit the city wall.Did Jiang's army scare the defenders into surrendering just after one round of shells?

"Thousand-mile mirror!" Di Qing shouted and stretched out his hand.Wang Hao who was next to him hastily handed the binoculars to Di Qing.

Now this telescope, the generals above the commander of the Jiang family army all have one, and it is most convenient to use it to observe the enemy's situation.

Di Qing took the binoculars, looked in the direction of the city wall for a while, and finally confirmed that the one erected on the top of the city was a white flag.And as if to make myself see more clearly, the white flag was almost twice as big as a normal flag.

"Go, send someone to the city to ask to see if they want to surrender. If they want to surrender, let them open the city gate, throw away their weapons, put their heads in their hands, and come out of the city to line up to surrender. As long as they surrender, this general Guarantee their lives. Give them a stick of incense to prepare. If they dare to play tricks, the cannons will continue to attack the city."

Di Qing made a decisive decision and ordered in a deep voice.

Two riders flew out of the side and ran towards the city wall.

"General, they didn't continue to fire. They must have seen the white flag we raised." On the top of the city, a soldier who was hiding in the gate tower and looked down shouted loudly.

Shang Kexi was also overjoyed, and hurriedly squeezed to the lookout to look down, just in time to see the two cavalry running over, knowing that they must have been sent by the Jiang family army, he hurriedly ordered the nearby soldiers to go out and have a look.

Two cavalrymen of the Jiang family army galloped to the bottom of the city wall, pulled the reins, and the two tall horses neighed.

This beautiful riding skill made many Han and Eight Banners and Qing soldiers on the top of the city secretly applaud in their hearts.

"Listen, people at the top of the city. If you want to surrender, open the city gates, throw away your weapons, and leave the city with your hands in your hands to surrender. Our general guarantees that your lives will be safe. I will give you the time to burn an incense stick. If the city gate has not been opened, then don’t blame us for continuing the cannon attack.”

The two knights took turns shouting these words to the top of the city several times, making sure that the Qing army on the city heard them clearly, and then rode back to the main formation.

After hearing this, Shang Kexi's soldiers hurried back to the city tower to report to Shang Kexi, and after speaking, they looked at Shang Kexi eagerly, waiting for him to make a decision.

The Qing army on the top of the city had lost their minds at this time, and many people had put down their weapons at the moment the white flag was raised.

At this time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the position of the city tower, waiting for Shang Kexi to order to open the city gate.

Some radical generals even secretly planned that if Shang Kexi hesitated again and again, they would take their own men to open the city gate and surrender.

After all, Shang Kexi is a hero who can afford to let go. Now that he has made the decision to surrender, he has no reason to hesitate.Soon the decision was made that all lay down their weapons, open the city gates and leave the city to surrender.

The Qing soldiers who heard the order couldn't wait to throw their knives, guns and firecrackers on the ground one by one, and the originally dignified atmosphere suddenly relaxed, as if they were not about to surrender but had won a big victory.

Shang Kexi, who walked out of the city tower, saw the soldiers like this, with mixed feelings in his heart, sighed, ordered the captain of the guards to lead the people to open the west city gate himself, took the lead and walked out of the city gate with his head in his hands, taking off his saber.

Looking at the west gate of Gaizhou slowly opening, and the teams of Qing soldiers coming out of the city with their heads in their hands, relaxed and nervous, Di Qing believed that they were real. Surrender.

With an order, soldiers of the Jiang family army had already gone up to divide the surrendered Qing soldiers into groups for custody, and asked them to take off their belts, and then use their own belts to tie their arms together to form a long chain to prevent them from making trouble. .

The city gates in the other three directions were also opened one after another, and Jiang's army went to accept the surrender.

Di Qing's lieutenant personally led a team into the city to search and after confirming that all the defenders in the city had surrendered, Di Qing led his troops into the city.

All the Mongolian soldiers in the Chahar Department were dumbfounded when they saw that the defenders who had beaten him in the morning, who had suffered heavy casualties, simply surrendered after Jiang's army fired a round of cannons.

Especially Gerdan, who was going to gloat at Jiang's army's misfortune, his eyeballs almost fell out.He stood where he was, watching those docile and sheep-like defenders leave the city and surrender one by one, a fire rose in his heart, and a sour gas fermented and swelled in his heart.

He gradually understood that these defenders of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty wanted to make things difficult for him, so they counterattacked like that in the morning.

After he figured this out, he wished he could chop Shang Kexi with a knife.

"Khan, what should we do now?" A confidant general next to him approached and asked.

"What should I do? Of course I'm going to congratulate you!" Gerdan gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, then mounted his horse and headed towards Di Qing.

　The second watch arrives, and there are three more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)