East Factory Governor

Chapter 542 Siege
In Shangluo City, flames shot up to the sky.

After Gao Yingxiang got the report, he was shocked and turned pale. He quickly sent troops to fight the fire. At the same time, he sent people to inform the troops at the top of the city to stand by and not move without authorization, so as to prevent Hong Chengchou from attacking the city.

After Qin Shuhuai burned the A-character grain depot, he was afraid that Wang Datong and others could not find the cellar of the B-character grain depot, so he immediately brought Meng Wei and Meng Hu to help.But on the way, they happened to meet Wang Datong and the three of them.

Qin Shuhuai hurriedly asked, "Master Wang, is the Yizi grain depot burned down?"

Wang Datong said, "Of course it burned. We burned down three rows of big tile-roofed houses. You see." He pointed to a place not far away where the flames were soaring into the sky.

"Three rows of big tile-roofed houses? All the grain from the second bank is placed in the tile-roofed houses?" Meng Wei asked incredulously.

Tang Sanniang smiled softly, "Guardian Meng, this food is not stored in the room, so could it be dried outside?"

Qin Shuhuai understood that it must be that Gao Yingxiang hadn't had time to dig the underground granary of the B font, so he had to put it on it first.After all, it has been less than two years since he occupied Shangluo City.

So he said, "Let's go to Master Zhiren and the others!"

The six people immediately climbed to the roof and ran to the scheduled meeting place under the cover of night.

Gongs burst into the city, and the panicked bandit soldiers kept shouting.

"The Jiazi grain depot is flooded! Come on, everyone, hurry up and put out the fire!"

"It's not good! The Yizi grain depot is also flooded! Go report to the general and save the Bziku!"

"The yamen is also on fire! The armory, the armory is almost burned out! Put out the fire, put out the fire!"

In this way, the news of the fire in the grain depot spread like a gust of wind.

At this stall, the two major grain depots, the yamen, the armory and other key departments caught fire together. Even a fool can guess that it was the Ming army outside the city who did it!

And in the city, there are two or three hundred "ordinary people" who seem to be afraid that everyone will not know. They are not hiding at home at night, and they are beating gongs and drums everywhere, shouting that there is a fire somewhere, and there is a big stock here. The internal response of the officials and the army, and the words that the [-] troops of the officials and the army are about to attack the city.The most exaggerated thing is that this group of guys still yelled in a serious manner, that the people of the evil king of the world are setting fire, and the subordinates who don't light the lamp are robbing things, which makes people panic.When the rogue soldiers in the city wanted to arrest them, these people disappeared without a sound, and they didn't know which house they ran into.

Naturally, these people belonged to the White Lotus Sect. According to Qin Shuhuai's instructions, they ran around and told each other immediately after seeing the fire, so as to disturb the morale of the soldiers defending the city.

The defenders in the city are completely in chaos!
It's okay that the yamen was burned, but the key is that both the two granaries were burned, how can this battle be fought?Also, the armory is full of treasures, such as kerosene, asphalt, artillery shells, bows and arrows, and projectiles. If it is burned, it will be difficult for everyone to defend the city!

The news quickly reached the ears of the rogue soldiers defending the city on the front line, and immediately these rogue soldiers were blown up!The general at the top of the city killed several soldiers who "spread rumors" in a row, and only then did the situation stabilize slightly.

But if you tell the soldiers that this is a rumor, who will believe it?The eyes of these rogue soldiers are not blind. Standing on the high top of the city, they can see the raging fire in the grain depot, armory and other places at a glance!
Let's say that after Qin Shuhuai and others met with Zhiren and others, they immediately went to the Yamen.At this time the yamen was in chaos, and the raging fire had almost burned half of the building. Ten of their masters went up to a roof and quietly watched the people who came out of the yamen to see if there were any more important people who came out so that they could carry out the assassination .

However, after waiting for a long time, no one came out. There were only ordinary rogue soldiers carrying water back and forth to put out the fire in the yamen.Presumably Gao Yingxiang either did not live in the yamen, or had already run away.

It seems that this plan cannot be carried out, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the city is already in chaos, and their goal has been achieved.

Qin Shuhuai immediately said to Meng Hu, "Meng Hu, it's done!"

Meng Hu nodded, immediately took out a firework from his pocket and lit it.

"Snapped!"

Fireworks quietly lifted off, and then suddenly blood-red flowers bloomed in the night sky.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou in the west of the city immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Command, attack!"

He Kegang in the north of the city and He Renlong in the east of the city also ordered: "The whole army attacks!"

"kill!"

The sky-shattering cry of killing resounded loudly, piercing the night sky, shaking the air slightly, and shaking the hearts of the rogues at the top of the city!
The official army, which had been prepared long ago, attacked the city from the east, west and north at the same time, and swept towards Shangluo City with overwhelming momentum!

Squeak!To Ya Ya!Pushed by dozens of soldiers, the tall and cumbersome archer platform slowly pushed into the city wall, and then the archers above began to suppress it.

Crunch!Huge armored vehicles covered waves of soldiers arriving at the city.

Clap clap!Countless ladders leaned against the city wall like raindrops!
Under the huge psychological pressure, the rogue soldiers at the top of the city fought back like crazy.At first they used cannons and arrows, and soon they used thunderbolts transported from the Demon Cult, crackling and crackling!
The effect was remarkable. Under their frenzied counterattack, the Ming army who attacked in the first wave was repulsed.In Dongcheng, Xicheng and Beicheng, the officers and soldiers all retreated in "haste", leaving hundreds of corpses under each city wall.

After the officers and soldiers withdrew more than 100 meters, the rogue soldiers on the city wall continued to fire. At a distance of more than 100 meters, bows, arrows, firecrackers and artillery are indeed within reach, but the question is how accurate are these weapons at such a long distance?Coupled with the fact that the officers and soldiers are deliberately arranged in a relatively scattered manner, and almost all the soldiers in that area are hiding behind armored vehicles and large shields, there is not much loss.

The leader of the rogues commanded by the city head saw that something was wrong, and quickly ordered all the soldiers to cease fire to prevent arrows and ammunition from being wasted in vain!

The battlefield was silent for a while, and the second wave of attack by the officers and soldiers began again!This time it seemed to be more powerful than before. Under the flares, the densely packed army rushed up like a tide, and they were determined not to give up until they took down the city wall!

The rogue soldiers at the head of the city fought back frantically again, blocking the attack of the official army with a dense firepower net!In desperation, they even used kerosene and asphalt to burn a huge wall of fire under the city.

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers were "repulsed" again!

Zhang Miaoshou, the rogue general guarding the east of the city, was the first to notice something was wrong.These attacks by the officers and soldiers seem to be very powerful, but the soldiers and horses 100 meters away did not intend to rush up at all, and the soldiers and horses that rushed to within 100 meters of the city were all wearing large shields or hiding behind armored vehicles. They just slipped away One lap, and soon back.

Although the officers and soldiers had lost more than 300 people at the east gate they were guarding after coming down twice, compared with the arrows and ammunition they used, it was too few to kill just this few people!
Therefore, the officers and soldiers were simply feigning attacks. Their purpose was to exhaust their own ammunition and arrows.Now the arsenal has been burned down, if it continues like this, the reserve military resources at the top of the city will soon be exhausted!
(End of this chapter)