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Chapter 122: Go to Wuyang and capture Feng!
"What the hell?"

Most of the auxiliary soldiers who had little experience did not react for a while.

Only the sentry commander and a few auxiliary soldiers thought of the same weapon——

"careful!"

"He is an enemy of ten thousand people!"

While shouting a reminder, the sentry commander immediately rushed towards the city gate.

His words just fell.

The high-precision black powder grenade thrown by Helianyue exploded above the heads of the auxiliary soldiers!

boom!
There was a loud explosion, and the lethality exploded.

Countless pieces of broken porcelain, iron pieces, and small iron nails were shot in all directions, and with the air waves of the explosion, they sank into the bodies of the auxiliary soldiers.

It should be noted that these auxiliary soldiers only wore the cheapest cloth armor.

Several of the nearest auxiliary soldiers were directly blown to the ground.

People around him were also injured by the fragments ejected from the grenade explosion.

There was a sudden howl!
The remaining auxiliary soldiers also scattered in panic, and it was difficult to organize resistance for a while.

The few guards who followed Helianyue originally wanted to throw grenades, but when they saw this, they put them away and went up to kill Helianyue with their short knives.

They were the elite selected from thousands of rebels, and had undergone ten days of special training by Liu Sheng.

At this time, rushing into the panic-stricken auxiliary soldiers was like a wolf entering the flock of sheep.

As more guards from the Shengjie Battalion rushed over, the auxiliary soldiers who remained at the south city gate were quickly killed.

Even the sentry commander who was a veteran of the Ming Army was killed behind the city gate by He Lianyue.

Only a dozen auxiliary soldiers who initially fled in other directions survived.

"Quick! Open the city gate!"

Helianyue greeted.

Immediately, seven or eight strong personal guards came. Together with him, he moved the pillars behind the city gate, opened the five door bolts, and pushed open the heavy city gate.

The whole process took at least five to six minutes.

He Lianyue originally thought that officers and soldiers would come to stop him, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

They thought that it was because the magistrate of Wuyang County and the camp's defense arrangements were not comprehensive enough, and there was no reserve team left to deal with critical situations, that allowed them to complete the originally dangerous task so easily.

Little did he know that Pan Hong actually arranged a reserve team.

And there are two.

The first reserve team was more than 100 police officers and government officials led by Dian Shi.

The second reserve team is the guards and servants of each large household, which may have thousands of people in total.

It's a pity that Wuyang Dianshi is a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

He learned from the government officials who came to report that a group of thieves had appeared in the city, and they were suspected of being infiltrated by thieves.

They urgently summoned dozens of government officials and prepared to go to the south city gate for rescue. At the same time, they notified the Fang family, the leader of the big families, and asked the Fang family to bring the guards and servants of each big family to come to the rescue.

As a result, halfway down the road, I met a few auxiliary soldiers who had managed to escape.

Hearing from the auxiliary soldiers that the South City Gate had been captured by thieves, and that the thieves had weapons of "mass destruction" that could defeat tens of thousands of people, Nadian Shi was immediately frightened.

He did not pick up the knife and run away.

Instead, he sent people to the city wall to inform Pan Hong of the matter, and at the same time, he wanted to wait for the Fang family and other big families to bring support.

After waiting for a short while, the reinforcements from the big family organization did not arrive, but a shrill shout came from the south city gate——

"The city is broken!"

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Boom boom boom!
After a round of Tiger Crouching shelling, Pan Hong emerged from his hiding place, holding his sword and slashing at a rebel swordsman who was about to climb the city wall.

But he was blocked by the rebels with shields.

Pan Hong was about to kill him with all his strength, but a shower of arrows was thrown from the city!
"Lord be careful!"

Pan Cheng quickly pulled Pan Hong away and subconsciously protected him under his body.

But he might as well have shot an arrow into his neck from a tricky angle!

Pan Hong felt Pan Cheng's body stiffen and knew that he had been hit by an arrow. He couldn't help shouting: "Cheng'er?!"

"grown ups···"

Pan Cheng wanted to say something, but he only said two words, then he stared and died.

At this time, cheers came from downstairs of the city gate, and shrill shouts rang out from inside the city.

"The city is broken!"

"Run!"

A captain of the rural soldiers came over and said anxiously: "Mr. Magistrate, the thieves have arranged internal agents to open the south gate and invade the city. What should we do now?"

"What should I do?"

Pan Hong murmured, placed his youngest son's body on the ground, and raised his sword.

He bowed far away in the direction of the capital, and said with tears in his eyes: "Pan Hong, the magistrate of Wuyang County, has lost his city and his land. I am ashamed of your majesty. Now I can only die to apologize!"

After saying that, he swung his sword and killed himself!
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After capturing Wuyang County and controlling three city gates, Liu Sheng rode into the city surrounded by his guards.

Because this was the third county town captured by the rebels, they had experience in many things. After entering the city, all aspects of affairs were clearly arranged.

I saw every household on the street with their doors and windows closed, and only groups of rebels patrolling along the street.

Declare that no one can go out.

Anyone who takes advantage of the chaos to rob or rape a woman will be beheaded on the spot after being caught.

As for the county government office, the warehouse and the weapons bureau in the northwest, they have all been controlled by the rebels.

Not long after Liu Sheng entered the county government, Peng Youyi and Yang Heqing, the two chief generals in the siege, and Helian Yue, who led the Baisheng Jieying guards to open the city gate, came to see him one after another.

After seeing a few people, Liu Sheng asked first, "What are the casualties in each battalion?"

Peng Youyi said: "In our first battalion, 27 people were killed, 30 were seriously injured, and 56 were slightly injured." His face was not good-looking.

The first battalion only had a total of 600 men, and the number of casualties was close to [-]%.

Speaking of which, he felt nothing about the first two surprise attacks to capture Queshan and Suiping.After this battle against Wuyang, he realized how difficult the siege was.

Yang Heqing looked much calmer.

He and Lady Hong and others rebelled in Xinyang Prefecture at the beginning of the year and fought in various places. Although they had not attacked the county seat, they had attacked many fortresses head-on, and they had long been mentally prepared for the casualties in siege battles.

In addition, the fourth battalion did not suffer as many casualties as the first battalion.

He cupped his fists and said, "For the record, leader, 23 people of the fourth battalion were killed, 21 were seriously injured, and 45 were slightly injured."

He Lianyue's expression became much more relaxed, and he continued: "The sentry I led, one person was seriously injured, four were slightly injured, and no one was killed."

Liu Sheng nodded slightly after hearing this and said: "The treatment level of our medical soldiers is very limited. We should immediately ask the doctors in the city who are good at treating gold wounds to diagnose and treat the injured soldiers and try to save the lives of the wounded soldiers."

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's all go fix it individually."

Fighting is not only dangerous, it is also strenuous.

Therefore, the 100 men from the First Battalion, the Fourth Battalion, and the Shengjie Battalion who were responsible for the siege were all arranged to repair and rest after seizing the city.

The defense of city gates, city walls, warehouses, ordnance bureaus and other places were taken over by Min Yong, the Fifth Battalion and the Guards.

After Peng Youyi and the others left, Liu Sheng led dozens of guards to the county government warehouse.

Cheng Song, the guard of Huben Camp, has already sorted out the accounts here and checked the money, grain and other materials in the warehouse.

Seeing Liu Sheng arriving, he immediately stepped forward to report.

He said with joy on his face: "To inform the leader, Wuyang County must have confiscated a lot of autumn grain some time ago and has not yet released it.

At present, the county government warehouse has 6000 shi of grain and 670 taels of silver.In addition there were one hundred bolts of silk and [-] bolts of cheesecloth.

The county government arsenal also has [-] pairs of cloth armor and [-] pairs of cotton armor, [-] spears, [-] pairs of swords, [-] pairs of bows, and [-] arrows! "

Liu Sheng was also surprised when he heard this.

He smiled and said: "It seems that the magistrate of Wuyang County is a good man. He has prepared so much money, food and soldiers for our rebel army."

The guards all laughed happily after hearing this.

Liu Sheng was therefore more looking forward to the harvest from the Arms Bureau, and immediately took people there.

The person responsible for leading the statistics on the seizures of the Arms Bureau was Liu Yushu, the military and political officer of Shengjie Battalion.

When Liu Sheng came over, Liu Yushu was also very happy.

Obviously, the rebels have gained a lot from the Bureau of Arms.

After all, this Ordnance Bureau is subordinate to the Henan Chief Envoy Department. In addition to turning over part of the weapons to the Ministry of Industry in the capital, some of the weapons produced must also be provided to local officers and soldiers in Henan.

Liu Yushu came up to him and clasped his fists and said, "To inform you, leader, we have seized three hundred pairs of cloth armors, one thousand pairs of cotton armors, fifty pairs of zha armors, and twenty pairs of chainmail armors from the Ordnance Bureau warehouse.

In addition, there are five hundred pairs of swords, three thousand spears, three hundred pairs of bows, and thirty thousand arrows!
There are also two hundred fire blunderbuss, fifty three-eyed blunderbuss, and a hundred tiger cannons.

However, it is said that the gunfire used by the army is easy to explode. We haven't checked it yet, so we don't know how many of them can be used.The tiger crouching cannons are also relatively short and cannot be compared with ours.

In addition, four hundred stones of saltpeter, one hundred stones of sulfur, two hundred stones of wood charcoal powder, and three thousand kilograms of prepared gunpowder were also seized! "

"Hahaha..." Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing happily after hearing this, "I was still worried before. I had gathered six thousand civilian warriors in Tieshan. Where would I find so many soldiers and armor to equip them? Thinking of defeating Wuyang will solve most of the problem!"

After laughing, Liu Sheng asked him what he cared about most.

"Are all the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau under control? How many are there?"

Liu Yushu said: "The craftsmen and their families live near the Arms Bureau, and they have all been controlled by us.

Preliminary statistics show that there are 100 blacksmiths, 50 armor craftsmen, 30 bow and arrow craftsmen, and 20 gun craftsmen. "

After listening, Liu Sheng frowned slightly and said, "The number of people is a bit small."

Liu Yushu said: "Students have inquired and found that this weapons bureau is indeed affiliated with the Henan Chief Envoy Department and is not large in scale.

In addition, the Ordnance Bureau actually outsources the production of some components of military armor such as cloth armor, cotton armor, bows and arrows, spears, and military uniforms to private craftsmen.

These craftsmen in the bureau are mainly responsible for manufacturing cloth armor, Zhajia, chain mail, as well as knives, guns, and gunpowder.

Then he is responsible for collecting and inspecting the quality of the armor components outsourced to private parties. "

"That's it." Liu Sheng was stunned after hearing this.

What the weapons bureau in Wuyang did may not be in compliance with the Ming Dynasty's regulations.

But having said that, how many things in Ming Dynasty are completely in accordance with the regulations of the court?
The local arms bureau outsourced the task of making armors, probably because it wanted to use private craftsmen and materials to complete the share of armors set by the court, and to make profits from it.

Think about it, for a pair of armor, the Ordnance Bureau only needs to ask for more money from above, and then lowers the price when it is handed over to the private sector for production, wouldn't it be possible to get both sides?
As for the quality of the armor being substandard - it's not for them, so why worry?

Of course, in many cases, the funds allocated above are not enough.

Whether the Ordnance Bureau outsources it or makes it in-house, the quality is difficult to meet.

If something happened, officials from the imperial court, such as the Ministry of Industry and other departments, would help cover it up and take care of it.

Because, the shortage of funds was intercepted by them and they ate up a lot of it...

Runing Fucheng, Ruyang.

Wang Shizong, the sub-inspector, obtained some money and food in Runing Mansion, recruited a battalion of soldiers, and then returned to Kaifeng Mansion to deliver the mission.

Before leaving, Wang Shizong said that he would report the banditry situation in Runing Mansion to Governor Li.

But if Fu Ruwei doesn't want to take responsibility, it would be best to wipe out the rebels in Tianmu Mountain as soon as possible and regain Queshan County.

Speaking of which, Fu Ruwei has been waiting patiently since he implemented the strategy of "inducing refugees to go to Queshan and using the crowd of refugees to defeat the rebels in Tianmu Mountain."

He has been waiting for more than half a month, but the Tianmu Mountain rebels have not yet been defeated by the refugees!
According to the spies' report, the rebels were still rescuing refugees outside Queshan County as before, and then sent the refugees to Tianmu Mountain.

That posture is as if the rebels have endless food and Tianmu Mountain can accommodate dozens or millions of refugees to reclaim wasteland.

This made Fu Ruwei feel a little uneasy.

So on this day, Zhu Guobao and Wen Shiyi were invited to the government office for discussion.

　Second more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)