The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

The blood of the battle is still flowing, the sound of the army has been moving so far, both the offensive and defensive sides are exhausted, but this battle has no intention of stopping, the blood of the soldiers is still flowing, and the shouts of the soldiers have not stopped. It's just that now, almost all the bloodshed are enemies under the city. Since the reinforcements came, the defenders on the city have almost achieved zero casualties, and even the soldiers of Fusang under the city who are constantly being killed or injured, their frequency is too slow. pole.

"These damn Fusang people, the battle situation has become like this now, it is basically a foregone conclusion, why don't you retreat, do you have to die here?" Liang Chao raised his hand and shot an enemy soldier over with an arrow. The Shangguan Zhang Fan who didn't care about him was by his side, so he complained so loudly.

The people on the side, including Zhang Fan and Hai Rui, heard it, but they didn't say anything, neither blamed nor cheered, because they understood very well in their hearts that the fatigue of the soldiers It is inevitable, and this battle is also very meaningless, but what can they do, they can't control the enemy, as long as the enemy is still attacking, they must defend here.

However, what annoyed them the most was that the people in the city were getting a little impatient.

This kind of thing is bound to happen, after all, there are a large number of enemy troops attacking outside the city, how can the people in the city not panic, and now there are tens of thousands of people in the city of Yangzhou, including three state capitals, As long as a few of them release this kind of topic, the surrounding people who are in a panic will naturally start to panic. After all, they have been attacked by the enemy for two days, and from time to time there are serious injuries on the tower, or It was the dead entity that was carried down, and those living near the city gate could naturally see it. It was only natural that this kind of news would spread and cause confusion.

However, the people above the city tower, including Zhang Fan and Hai Rui, did not stop them, or uttered non-complaints, and they all understood in their hearts that the current situation would only The more you talk, the more confused you become, and the more you talk, the more flustered people will become. In order not to cause this situation, no one even thought about coming forward to clarify something.

But even so, the city gradually panicked, and many people became restless. The voices of the discussion were not very loud at first, because the people were still a little afraid of the few patrolling and maintaining order in the city. guards, but gradually, they all found that these guards didn't care whether they talked about such a frustrating topic, and even the faces of those soldiers revealed a not-so-relaxed expression. These factors made the city The people in the village began to be a little chaotic.

Moreover, most of the tens of thousands of people in the city are from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion, two state capitals that have just been captured by the enemy. The aborigines always want to inquire about some news from the escaped people, but the escaped people will always exaggerate what happened to them. Many people have never even seen the face of the enemy. Just spreading rumors like this, the seriousness of the situation has been exaggerated more and more, and now it has caused a lot of negative impact.

Not long ago, Zhang Fan received a report from his subordinates. Although the people in the city were not yet in chaos, they had already begun to commotion. A large number of people were running around. Most of them had no destination at first, or some heard People who have heard bad rumors want to go to other places to ask again, to find out what happened, but those people who are asked will always say some terrible words to stimulate other people who are already tense. To the extreme nerves.

In the end, it became what it is now. A large number of people began to pack up their belongings and gather towards the north gate and west gate, as if they wanted to escape from the city.

After Zhang Fan knew about the situation, he did not make any decision. Of course, he could not order the city gates to be opened to let the people escape. After all, there were a thousand enemy soldiers outside the north gate and the west gate. Guards were stationed there.

It is true that the enemy soldiers attacking the city now have lost the enthusiasm and fear of death they had before, and have become passive and fearful of death. Zhang Fan and Hai Rui's guess is that they may understand the purpose of their operation this time. It has been achieved, and they are still attacking, probably because their generals have not issued an order to retreat, but they are now passively attacking like this, and they have continued for a long time, which shows that their generals have not issued any urging orders. Obviously, the enemy's generals also agreed with the soldiers' approach, but the attack has not stopped until now. The reason may be that there was no such item in the order he received before.

In short, these two things are the most troublesome things for Zhang Fan now. One is that the enemy has no hope of winning, but they still don’t just retreat like this; It caused a great burden in my heart. The most obvious thing is that the people in the city began to tidy up and wanted to go out of the city to avoid disaster.

"Master Zhang, the most urgent thing is to find a way to deal with it," Hai Rui said, his face was also a little anxious, "If the city continues to be in such a mess, it is likely to cause even greater chaos. The guardian here will be troublesome, "

"Master Hai, is there any good solution?" Zhang Fan asked Hai Rui with a wry smile.

"This..." Hearing what Zhang Fan said, Hai Rui immediately didn't know what to do, "Why don't we tell the people that the current situation of this city will certainly be able to protect it, and that General Qi's reinforcements From time to time is coming, let them rest assured, "

"Master Hai, didn't you and I think about this method just now?" Zhang Fan smiled bitterly again, "If it goes well, only some of the people will believe that we let it go. If it doesn't go well, they will be killed by the crowd." If some people spread the rumors again, the common people will definitely think that we are trying to cover up the truth, and if that happens, the scene will be even more chaotic, "

"But if this continues..." Hai Rui wanted to say something else.

"Master Hai, please trust Zhang Fan." Zhang Fan stopped what Hai Rui wanted to say, "Zhang Fan also does not want to see such a scene happen, but the last thing I want to see now is that such a The confusion will expand. This is definitely not what I want. Mr. Hai understands Zhang Fan's thoughts very well, but Mr. Hai must also understand what kind of consequences will be caused if someone goes out to explain.

"If the person you are looking for is low-status, the common people will not buy it; if the person you are looking for is too high-status, the common people will think that we are trying to deceive them. Now they all think that they have reached a dead end. Considering Zhang Fan's status as an imperial envoy, as soon as I come forward and say something to calm them down, what I get in return will definitely cause even greater panic."

"But... oh..." Hai Rui still wanted to refute Zhang Fan, but he didn't say anything, so he sighed helplessly and asked, "Then we can't do anything like this, "

"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that we can't do it," Zhang Fan also said helplessly, "For the present plan, we have to wait another two hours, and when General Qi's army arrives, all the problems here can be easily solved. "

Zhang Fan was arguing with Hai Rui when suddenly there was another "bang" from outside the city, but it was much quieter.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Fan quickly turned his head, asked the people next to him, and observed what happened outside the city, "The enemy fired again?"

"No, my lord, the only thing that can fire on the battlefield is our cannon," Wang Meng said calmly, "The sound just now is not like the sound of a cannon firing, but more like the firing of a musket." sound,"

"Fire guns," Zhang Fan was a little surprised when he heard it, and said, "Could it be that the enemy couldn't use firearms? Why didn't they use them to attack the city before, and they insisted on using them at this time."

"I don't know about this lowly position, but if it was really the enemy who fired the gun, then it must not be a good thing," Wang Meng said.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

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The sound of more muskets firing came from outside the city. After hearing this, the people on the tower quickly squatted down to avoid possible bullets.

"Anyone got shot," someone squatted there yelling.

After a long time, no one answered.

Everyone was wondering, but there was another burst of gunfire outside the city.

Zhang Fan and the others became curious. Wang Meng bravely squatted up and looked out of the city through the small opening of the arrow stack.

Zhang Fan waited for a long time, but did not see Wang Meng explaining the situation. In a hurry, he couldn't help asking: "Wang Meng, how is the situation? Did the enemy shoot?"

"No, my lord, it seems that someone else fired the gun and aimed at the enemy," Wang Meng said, but gradually stood up straight, "My lord, it seems that General Qi's troops have arrived."

"What," Zhang Fan heard what he said, and quickly stood up and looked out of the city. When the people next to him heard Wang Meng's words, they also stood up like Zhang Fan, and looked out of the city involuntarily.

It was only halfway through Yinshi, and although the sky was getting brighter, it was still very dark. It was this kind of scene that everyone on the tower could see very clearly. There were countless dots of fire shining in the north. They were accompanied by bursts of gunfire.

The soldiers on the city also knew about it, and gradually the city cheered.

And Zhang Fan, when he finally ushered in this exciting joy, he passed out like this, he was too tired,