Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 396

The artillery fire became more and more intensive, and the explosions on the city wall were almost all connected together.

The damage to the city wall from the explosion became more and more serious, and every explosion could blow a big hole in the city wall.

The blue bricks wrapped on the city wall have long been blasted and disappeared, and the exposed rammed earth layer has been baptized by artillery fire over and over again.

There are more and more potholes on the city wall, and they are getting bigger and bigger.

Dust kept falling from the top of the cave for hiding soldiers behind the city wall.

Wu Xuan covered his ears, looking at the dust falling from the top of his head, with a gloomy expression.

"My lord, I'm afraid Bandit Zhao is going to blow up the city wall with artillery fire. The situation is not good." Chen Dehai pointed to the cracks that started to appear on the cave of the soldiers, his expression extremely ugly.

"What should we do now? Are we going to go up the city wall to fight back? It's impossible, but if we don't fight back, let the Zhao thief keep bombing like this, the city wall will always be blown down. It's over."

Wu Zhen's face was getting darker and darker, he was walking back and forth in the cave, extremely anxious.

"My lord, I think we should withdraw directly. Under such circumstances, no matter how elite soldiers are, as long as they meet, they will probably collapse instantly.

Judging from what Thief Zhao meant, it was obvious that he wanted to blow up the city wall. Also, if I had this kind of weapon, I would use this method as well. After all, it could avoid the casualties of my soldiers. "Li Tianhe sighed and said helplessly.

Now he just wants to defend the city wall, I am afraid it is impossible.

"At the beginning, Chen Zongbing said that Bandit Zhao's weapon was very powerful. Although I was mentally prepared, I still underestimated Bandit Zhao in the end." Wu Zhen sighed.

"In this case, if the soldiers are left here, sooner or later, these soldiers will not be able to bear it. At that time, the army will be defeated and everything will be over.

I think we should withdraw, save our strength, retreat to the city, and fight guerrilla with Zhao thief.If it doesn't work, just drive out all the people in the city and let them rush forward.I heard that bandits Zhao valued the people very much, so why not use this method to attack the bandits of Zhao bandits. "

There was a sinister light in Li Tianhe's eyes, and his face was ruthless.

At this time, in order to be able to defend the city of Taiyuan, Li Tianhe didn't care so much, and he didn't care about benevolence or injustice. As long as he could defend the city, no amount of sacrifice was worth it.

Although Li Tianhe's approach was cruel, it could be seen almost everywhere in the general environment of the late Ming Dynasty.

Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu, one of the four Jiangbei towns in the Nanming period, often sent troops to plunder the people when he was in Nanchang.

Burning, killing, looting and looting were all evil in Nanchang city. In Zuo Liangyu's eyes, these people were not human at all, they were just a tool for him to promote and maintain his power.

During the Jinling Incident that year, Zuo Liangyu sent troops to Jinling.

Before going to Jinling, Zuo Liangyu ordered the massacre of Nanchang City.

After Zuo Liangyu left, the entire city of Nanchang was burned to the ground, and almost all of the 10,000+ people in the city were killed.

Zuo Liangyu had more than half of the credit for the reason why Hongguang's small imperial court was defeated by the Qing army so quickly.

Although the current Li Tianhe doesn't have such a heart as Zuo Liangyu, but in order to be able to defend Taiyuan Mansion, he doesn't care so much.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan's face changed greatly, "No, absolutely not. This method is not advisable. We are soldiers and horses of the imperial court. How could we do such a thing. I would rather die in battle than do such a thing. matter."

Wu Zhen is a traditional scholar, how could he listen to Li Tianhe's extreme words.

"Don't say such things in the future. As long as the official is still alive, this kind of thing will never be allowed to happen." Wu Xuan scolded.

"Bang!!!"

While everyone was discussing, a loud noise suddenly came from the city wall, and immediately after that, the cave of Tibetan soldiers began to shake violently.

"It's not good, there is a crack in the city wall, and a hole in the city wall collapsed."

A soldier guarding outside the soldier cave saw a huge cloud of smoke rising from the city wall, and the part of the city wall that fell outside, rushed into the cave where Wu Zhen and others were, and shouted loudly.

Wu Xin's face changed drastically, "What? The city wall has collapsed?"

"Returning to my lord, there is a hole in the city wall, and it is still growing."

"The city wall can't be defended anymore, my lord, give an order, order the soldiers to withdraw to the city, relying on the advantage of the terrain to fight the Zhao thief in the street." Li Tianhe hurriedly yelled at Wu Xin.

Cold sweat continued to ooze from Wu Zhen's forehead, and his heart was in a mess right now.

Let the soldiers retreat to the city. If the Zhao bandits take advantage of the situation and attack at this time, I am afraid that the retreat will become a defeat.

Once the army collapses, it will really be over.

Wu Xuan was in a panic, he kept weighing the pros and cons, and he didn't give an order for a long time.

"boom!!!"

There was another huge roar, which was much louder than the previous one.

The hole that collapsed continued to grow larger under the bombardment of the artillery fire, and even the nearby city wall of nearly 100 meters collapsed completely.

All of a sudden, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the rammed earth blasted by the artillery fire was blown everywhere by the air waves rolled up when the city wall collapsed.

The cave where Wu Sheng was located also began to shake violently, and dust kept falling from the top.

Seeing this, Chen Dehai and Li Tianhe didn't care about it, they took Wu Sheng's arm and ran out.

Running to the open space outside, Wu Tong looked at the fallen section of the city wall, and finally made up his mind, "Order the whole army to retreat, retreat to the city, and rely on the terrain in the city to resist."

Now that things have come to an end, it is impossible not to retreat, otherwise, people like myself will be buried alive by the collapsed city wall.

After the order was issued, Li Tianhe hurriedly asked the servant who was beside him to pass on the order.

At the same time, the officers were warned to evacuate in an orderly manner. If the team panicked and collided with the army formation, the leading officer would be killed directly.

Whoever's formation is not chaotic and withdraws in an orderly manner will be rewarded to the hundred household officials who lead the team.

After telling the servants the order, Li Tianhe and Chen Dehai hurriedly took Wu Sheng to the city.

Not long after running out, the soldiers hiding in the cave of soldiers fled towards the city under the leadership of the hundred household officials.

Under the order of Li Tianhe's carrot and stick, the officer leading the team tried his best to suppress the soldiers under his command to prevent them from panicking out of fear.

"Anyone who can keep calm and evacuate in an orderly manner will be rewarded heavily. Each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver. Anyone who panics and rushes into the army will die!"

A bearded Baihu official led his servants, brandishing a knife in his hand and rushed to the front, turning his head from time to time and shouting loudly.

When Wu Sheng's order spread throughout all the city walls, the young and strong soldiers hiding in the caves retreated into the city like the tide.

Fortunately, the long-overdue military salary was paid to these soldiers before, otherwise, these soldiers would definitely not obey Wu Sheng's order.

Not long after, all the troops retreated to the city.

Li Tianhe stood on the square in front of the governor's yamen, hurriedly pulled over a dozen servants, and shouted at them: "I have ordered that whoever kills one rebel will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and whoever captures one alive will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." .

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Those who kill Zhao Wen will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and those who capture Zhao Wen alive will be recommended by the Governor to be made a public visit.

At the same time, tell those thousands of households and hundreds of households to lead their troops to guard at the entrances of various streets to resist Zhao's bandits. "

"Obey!" The orderly behind him clasped his fists at him, and then rushed towards the gathered soldiers.

As time passed, the time has come to the afternoon, and the sun has begun to set.

The three city walls in the east, west, and north have been destroyed by artillery fire. No matter how strong the city walls are, they cannot withstand the artillery fire that is more than 300 years ahead of this era.

Zhao Wen held up the binoculars, looked at the dilapidated city wall, and shouted: "Send me an order, stop the bombardment, and prepare to bury the moat!"

Li Xiaosan led the messengers and rushed to the artillery position.

The artillery fire gradually stopped, and the smoke and dust on the city wall also slowly dissipated under the action of the wind.

Already prepared, soldiers carrying sandbags rushed towards the moat, throwing the sandbags on their shoulders into the moat.

It didn't take long for the moat of Taiyuan Mansion to be filled with soldiers.

Zhao Wen looked at the filled moat and the broken city wall, controlled the horse, brandished a long knife, and shouted: "Rush into Taiyuan Mansion!!!"

"kill!!!"

The men and horses led by Zhao Wen broke out in a loud cry of killing. They raised their weapons and rushed towards Taiyuan Fucheng under the leadership of Zhao Wen.

At this time, the city wall of Taiyuan Mansion was already in dilapidated condition, Zhao Wen controlled the horse and charged over the city wall.

The soldiers of the personal guard battalion behind him tightly guarded him, and after Zhao Wen rushed into the city wall, he roared angrily: "Give me an order to take control of Taiyuan Mansion immediately with the general banner as a unit.

The soldiers guarding the city must have fled back. If you meet them, persuade them to surrender three times. If you don't surrender three times, you will be shot! ! ! "

Zhao Wen's voice was full of murderous intent, and the messenger behind him hurriedly passed on the order.

"kill!!!"

For a while, these soldiers rushed into the city like waves.

At this time, soldiers from the east and west gates also rushed in.

The sound of horseshoes hitting the bluestone road in the city made a thumping sound.

This sound, coupled with the soldiers shouting to kill, formed a terrifying and terrifying sound.

At this moment, the soldiers and young adults standing guard at the entrance of the street panicked.

"Anyone who dares to escape without permission will be killed without mercy!" A thousand households looked at the soldiers rushing forward, turned around, and shouted coldly.

"Ah, I can't take it anymore, I want to go home!" A young and strong man was frightened when he saw Zhao Wen's soldiers rushing forward. He screamed and dropped the weapon in his hand, and ran to the rear.

But before he ran a few steps, a servant from Qianhu rushed forward and chopped off the young man's head.

Qianhu glanced coldly at the crowd behind him, "There is still a chance of fighting the rebels now, anyone who escapes like him will be killed."

The killing frightened these young men who were ready to move. They looked at the rolling heads on the ground, swallowed in horror, and suppressed the thought of running for their lives.

"Your Excellency has an order that anyone who kills one rebel will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and whoever captures one alive will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

Those who kill a hundred rebels will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver, and those who capture them alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.

……

Whoever kills Zhao Wen will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and whoever captures Zhao Wen alive will definitely be recommended to the imperial court and made a public servant! "

Qianhu's voice kept echoing in the crowd. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a great reward.

Under the impact of money, these people quickly became crazy.

Especially these soldiers, these soldiers can't even eat enough on weekdays, and now they hear that there is money, and it's so rich, all of them are red-eyed.

A general banner slowly approached here with a weapon in hand.

In Zhao Wen's establishment, a general banner is divided into three small banners, each with ten people, and a general banner is 30 people.

In an ordinary general flag, there are ten 56 punches, fifteen 56 and a half and five 56-type light machine guns, and it is also equipped with a 40-fire.

In addition to these, each carried five grenades.

"Kneel down and surrender and don't kill, or shoot and kill!"

The general flag officer held 56 red, looked at the defenders on the road ahead, and shouted loudly.

"Hehe, it's a joke to want me to surrender. The archers are ready, and they are ready!"

Qianhu sneered, waved his hand, and shouted at the soldiers beside him.

As soon as Qianhu finished speaking, several soldiers rushed up pushing three or four carts.

These little carts are loaded with swarms of bees.

A swarm of bees is a firearm in the Ming Dynasty, which can be traced back to the battle of Jingnan by Emperor Yongle.

A swarm of bees is the earliest continuous rocket in history, and it is also the originator of later rockets.Because the scene at launch was very similar to a swarm of bees, it was named a swarm of bees.

The swarming boxes are made of wood, about 1.5 meters to 1.7 meters in length, and can store 32 or [-] arrows as thick as an adult's thumb.

There are even Hundred Tigers Running Arrows that can be loaded with hundreds of them.

There is a gunpowder chamber behind the arrow, and according to the distance of the shooting, the gunpowder chamber behind the arrow can be connected in parallel or reduced.

The powder chambers behind the arrows are connected by fuzes and finally funneled outside.

According to the Ming Dynasty's "Wu Bei Zhi" and "Fire Dragon Artifact Formation", the range of a swarm of bees is very long, and the farthest can reach more than 320 meters.

"Aim at the swarm!" Qianhu shouted coldly as he looked at Zhao Wen's soldiers who had already entered the range of the swarm.

"My lord, what are those little carts in front of those people?" A soldier beside Zongqi pointed at the swarm of bees in front of Qianhu, and looked at the Zongqi officer.

The Chief Banner Officer sneered and said, "Whatever it is, no matter how powerful their weapons are, they are not as powerful as ours. Pass my order, and then shout at them. If you still don't kneel and surrender, just shoot!"

The chief flag officer held the 56 Chong and rushed forward without any sense of crisis.

With weapons beyond this era, these soldiers inevitably became careless.

"Kneel down and surrender and don't kill, or we will shoot!"

The soldiers beside the general banner shouted at Qianhu.

Qianhu heard the voice, a trace of sarcasm flashed across his face, and then he shouted: "Light it up!!!"

(End of this chapter)