Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 394 Marching and Assaulting
After the military salary was paid, the defenders on the city wall suddenly became active.

Now they don't dawdle like before when they work, just like people who have been dry for a long time have drank ice water to quench their thirst, and they are full of energy from head to toe.

They kept running on the city wall, carrying the defense equipment up the city wall.

Among them are a large number of red cannons and Flang machine guns, as well as a huge number of firearms such as swarms of bees.

In terms of firepower configuration, the configuration of Taiyuan Mansion is not inferior to that of Shanxi Towns and Towns.

The sun was gradually setting to the west. After a whole day of hard work, the defensive equipment on the top of the city was finally arranged.

Li Tianhe led the servants under his command to patrol the city wall non-stop, checking the defense situation on the top of the city.

Looking at the setting sun setting on the western mountain, Li Tianhe felt much more at ease.

"The city walls also need to be strengthened. According to the information brought back by Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, the firearms used by the Zhao thieves are so powerful that we have to guard against them.

Send me an order, from now on, place sandbags on the city wall for me, and reinforce the back of the city wall, use all sandbags to thicken the city wall, the more sandbags the better.

And the gates of the city were all blocked with sandbags.Taiyuan Mansion is an important town in Shanxi, if Taiyuan Mansion is lost, the whole of Shanxi will fall. "

Li Tianhe stood on the city wall, shouting loudly at the guarding soldiers on the city wall.

The servant behind him also hurriedly passed on his order.

The night finally enveloped the world, but Taiyuan Mansion did not calm down.

The base of the city wall of Taiyuan Mansion was full of soldiers coming and going. According to Li Tianhe's order, these soldiers carried sandbags to the city gate, the city wall and the base of the city wall non-stop.

The governor, Wu Zhen, also released all the servants in the yamen, patrolling the city non-stop, so as not to be taken advantage of by some people with ulterior motives.

The entire Taiyuan City is like a huge factory, running non-stop.

At this time, Zhao Wen was sitting in the hall of the Yangqu County Government Office, looking at the officers in the hall, he said, "Tomorrow morning, march into Taiyuan Mansion.

After a day and two nights of recuperation in Yangqu County, it was time to take down Taiyuan Mansion.Now go down and make arrangements for tomorrow. "

"Obey!" Many generals in the hall clasped their fists at Zhao Wen, replied loudly, and walked outside.

Although Yangqu County is close to Taiyuan Mansion, the people there are not rich.

The land outside the city is basically the land of the Jin Wang family in Taiyuan Prefecture, and the rest is the land of the gentry in Yangqu County and Taiyuan Prefecture.

The people in Yangqu County are basically the tenants of King Jin and these gentry.

Throughout the year, I can't even eat enough.

If there is a famine year, after paying the rent, there is almost nothing left.

When Zhao Wen led troops into Yangqu County, there were refugees sitting slumped on both sides of the street everywhere in the city, with dull eyes and disheveled faces.

These refugees were all skinny, lying on both sides of the street waiting to die.

Even after Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses into the county, they only gave Zhao Wen's army a faint look.

There was no reaction, as if Zhao Wen's entry into the city had nothing to do with them.

After seeing these refugees, Zhao Wen ordered to open the granary in the county town and release food to these refugees.

But at this time, Zhao Wen discovered that there was not a single grain in the granary.

After interrogating the small official who managed the granary, Zhao Wencai realized that there was no grain in the granary before.

The grain inside had already been emptied by the local county magistrate together with the gentry in the city, and now there is only an empty warehouse left.

At this time, Zhao Wen's heart instantly became angry, and he directly ordered the county magistrate who was hiding at home to be tied up.

But even if the county magistrate was killed, the food would not come back.

The refugees in the city seemed to be dying, and it would be impossible not to provide them with food in time.

Therefore, Zhao Wen allocated part of the military rations from the army and distributed them to these refugees.

At first, these refugees did not believe that Zhao Wen would distribute food to them.

They looked at the relief point set up by Zhao Wen, not only did they not go up to get the army food, but they also hid far away.

In their impression, as long as they are officials, there are almost no good things.

Civilian officials are hateful, and military officials are also hateful. The idiom used to describe these officials in this era is the idiom used to describe them.

Zhao Wen saw the deep-rooted fear in the eyes of these refugees, so he had no choice but to order his subordinates to distribute the military rations to the refugees one by one.

When the soldiers opened the heated cans and placed them in front of their eyes, no matter how frightened they were, they let go of their guard when faced with the temptation of delicious food.

For a whole day, half of Zhao Wenjun's rations were distributed.

Despite losing so much, Zhao Wen felt that everything was worth it.

When the people in the city saw Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses, they no longer dodged or were afraid.

When Zhao Wen was distributing the military rations, the evil gentry and bullies in the city also had their thoughts.

Looking at Zhao Wen's appearance, they thought Zhao Wen was easy to bully, so they dispatched their men, dressed up as refugees, and ran outside Zhao Wen's barracks to cry for food.

But Zhao Wen's soldiers are not fools. Which refugee has a red face and a strong physique?

These people were spotted by the soldiers in the barracks without even asking for a box of canned food, and they were driven out.

After the incident was revealed, they set their sights on the military rations distributed to the refugees.

All of a sudden, the city was full of bullies who robbed the refugees of military supplies and thugs sent by the evil gentry.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen directly threw out all the troops in his hands regardless of the impact.

As long as anyone dares to fight for the military rations in the hands of the refugees, once found, if anyone dares to resist, he will be executed immediately.

For a moment, the entire Yangqu County was filled with the wailing of bullies, evil gentry and thugs.

In just half a day, Zhao Wen wiped out all the bullies and thugs of the evil gentry in the city.

The evil gentry who survived closed the door of their house tightly, for fear of getting burned.

But Zhao Wen didn't intend to let them go. If it wasn't because he was going to attack Taiyuan Mansion now, Zhao Wen would definitely clean them up.

Although there is no time now, it does not mean that Zhao Wen has replayed them.

Zhao Wen was going to hand over the surviving evil gentry in the city to Liu Wu who was in the rear.

Zhao Wen's move caused a huge commotion among these refugees. For a while, they all recognized Zhao Wen as the savior who was sent by God to save them.

Zhao Wen's prestige among these refugees has reached an unattainable height. What court, what Ming Dynasty, were all abandoned by them at this moment.

……

Time passed slowly, the dawn broke through the sky, and a fish belly appeared in the eastern sky.

The sun is brewing under the horizon, and when it breaks out of the horizon, all the haze in the world will be dispelled.

Zhao Wen walked out of the Yamen, stepped on the horse Li Xiaosan handed over, and looked at Li Xiaosan, "Have the soldiers gathered?"

"Return to your lord, it was already assembled at the fifth watch."

The fifth watch is Yin time, which is from three o'clock to five o'clock.

Zhao Wen nodded, and controlled the horse to go slowly towards the barracks.

When the sun jumped out of the horizon, Zhao Wen led the army and began to march in the direction of Taiyuan Mansion.

At this moment, all the refugees in the city gathered on both sides of the road.

They looked at the army with only the sound of horseshoes and walking, but no voice, and their faces were full of gratitude.

If it wasn't for them, they would have starved to death long ago.

"Long live the General!"

I don't know who yelled first, and within a few breaths, the voices of the refugees shouting long live became louder and louder, rushing toward Zhao Wen like waves.

Zhao Wen rode on a horse and walked in the forefront, waving his hand at these common people.

At this time, the people don't care about taboos or taboos. In their opinion, whoever gives them food will live forever.

The gentry were soundly asleep when they were suddenly awakened by the shout.

They hid behind the gate of their house and looked outside.

Looking at the extremely excited crowd and the disciplined army, cold sweat kept pouring out of their bodies.

Before setting off, Zhao Wen left [-] soldiers in Yangqu County. These [-] soldiers were used to maintain local law and order and control Yangqu County.

The army kept walking outside, and it didn't take long for them all to leave Yangqu County.

But these gathered people had no intention of leaving, they stood still and kept shouting for a long time.

From Yangqu County to Taiyuan Prefecture is about 40 or [-] miles.

Although some of the soldiers that Zhao Wen was leading at this time were infantry, when they were in Xuanzhen, these soldiers did not dare to say that the food was the best, but it was not bad.

With a good diet and frequent training, the bodies of these people are already extremely strong.

Therefore, shortly after leaving the city, Zhao Wen gave the order to march quickly.

When all the soldiers started to run, the smoke and dust on the loess spread from the ground and swept towards the sky.

The distance between Zhao Wen and Taiyuan Mansion is also constantly shrinking.

Finally, after more than an hour of rapid march, Zhao Wen finally came to a place less than ten miles away from Taiyuan Mansion.

"No, the rebels are here."

The soldiers on a watchtower on the city wall of Taiyuan Prefecture looked at the huge puff of smoke and dust that suddenly appeared in front of them, their hearts tightened, and they hurriedly rang the gong on the watchtower.

For a while, the gong on the top of the city kept ringing.

A thousand households in charge of the northern city wall watched the smoke and dust coming towards this side, rushed to the alarm bell installed on the gate tower, and beat the alarm bell desperately.

Wu Tong, who was inspecting the situation behind the northern city wall, suddenly heard the bell from the city wall, his heart tightened, and he shouted: "The rebels are here, everyone go to the city wall."

Wu Zhen was wearing a scarlet official uniform, and he didn't care about anything at this time, leading the people behind him and rushing towards the north wall.

Chen Dehai and Li Tianhe followed Wu Xin, and rushed towards the city wall with nervous expressions on their faces.

It didn't take long for Wu Zhen to stand on the gate tower on the north city wall.

He put his right hand on his forehead, squinted his eyes and looked at the smoke and dust in the distance, his face was gloomy to the bottom of the valley.

"My lord, according to this battle, there are probably nearly 3 people."

With just one glance, Chen Dehai could see the approximate number of people.

Li Tianhe also said: "Yes, Mr. Chen is right, it seems that there are indeed 3 people.

There are 3 rebels. If it is an ordinary soldier, let alone 3, it will be 6. With the city wall and the [-] defenders in the city plus [-] young and strong, I am confident that I will hold the city.

However, if the strength of the rebel army is really what Chen Zongbing said, I am really worried. "

"Shut up, don't talk about such things as boosting others' aspirations and destroying your own prestige."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xuan began to scold him.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse, getting closer and closer to Taiyuan Mansion.

"Order the whole army to stop advancing!"

When it was about five miles away from Taiyuan Mansion, Zhao Wen stopped.

"They've stopped, they've stopped." Wu Xuan pointed at the people who stopped in front of him and shouted hastily.

Chen Dehai's face changed, "My lord, quickly remove all the defenders on the city wall, and let them all hide in the cave for the soldiers on the back of the city wall.

At that time, when bandit Zhao broke into the Shanxi town, he bombarded it with a powerful artillery about five miles away from the city wall.

This kind of artillery is so powerful that a single shell can cover a distance of more than ten feet.

If the defenders were left on the city wall, the defenders on the city wall would be defeated after a round of shelling by the thief Zhao. "

"Then you mean that we remove the soldiers on the city wall first?
But from ancient times to the present, has there ever been a war like this?What if they don't bombard and attack the city directly? "Li Tianhe has never seen Zhao Wen's appearance when he attacked the city, so now he is a little confused about what Chen Dehai said.

Chen Dehai patted his thigh, and said excitedly: "I dare to guarantee with my head that Bandit Zhao is really extraordinary. Hurry up and withdraw all the soldiers defending the city. If you are worried, you can leave a dozen people on the city wall. If the Zhao thief infantry attacks, it will be fine to send the soldiers to the city wall."

Before Li Tianhe could speak, Wu Tong pointed at Chen Dehai and gave an order, "Everything is based on Chen Zongbing's order. After all, Chen Zongbing fought against Zhao thief in person. What he said should be right, he will not harm we."

While they were talking, Zhao Wen pointed to the city wall ahead and shouted: "Set up artillery positions in front of the army formation and one mile on both sides, and launch an attack in half an hour.

Li Xiaosan, let the first, second... and other thousand households, a total of 1 people go to the east wall, and let the tenth... and other thousand households, a total of 1 people go to the west wall.At the same time, equip them with five of the three types of artillery. "

After the words fell, Li Xiaosan took Zhao Wen's order with the messengers.

The artillery in the army was also pushed out by the artillery, and began to go to the position Zhao Wen said.

Those thousands of households mentioned by Zhao Wen also rushed towards the east and west gates with cannons.

The tactics used by Zhao Wen this time are still encircling three and missing one.

The defenders on the city wall also began to retreat below the city wall against Wu Sheng's order.

Although the defenders didn't know why they were evacuating, they didn't ask.

When evacuating, Li Tianhe left about fifty soldiers on each section of the city wall to monitor the movement of Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses outside the city.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the city wall became depressed, and everyone breathed heavily, constantly relieving the tension in their hearts.

The mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building, so Wu Tong retreated to the open space behind the city wall under the protection of a dozen personal guards.

Looking at the city wall and the sandbags used for reinforcement behind the city wall, Wu Xin felt a lot more at ease.

These sandbags were neatly stacked, and for more stability, a lot of water was poured on them.

(End of this chapter)