Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 24 Man and Dog, and a Butler

"Master! It's getting cold, go to bed and warm up!" On the large carved bed, two white bodies were entangled, and a thin white lotus arm stretched out from behind the vermilion gauze tent. , the slender hands gently hooked.

The wind blowing in summer is not cool, it is a little warm, but it is not as warm as the smoky ear and temple rubbing together. You Mingze took off his clothes, quickly got into bed, and immediately abandoned all his troubles, and the bed shook and whispered .

Drunk lying on the lap of a beautiful woman, awake and in charge of the world, which man does not love, but from ancient times to the present, there are few people who can calmly do it between the two.

boom!There was a loud explosion, and the entire city of Tongzhou shook violently a few times, followed by the collapse of weak houses, and an unknown number of people were buried in the rubble. Yes, most people were frightened by the earth-shattering sound.

The entire east wall of Tongzhou City was lifted up into the sky by explosives, and the thick dust that rose up directly submerged the entire east of the city in smog, and fine rubble fell like raindrops, hitting the roof with a tinkling sound .

Zhu Gan rubbed his ears, and the small buzzing in his ears disappeared immediately. He took off his helmet and wiped it with his hands, scraping off a thick layer of dust, put it back on his head, pulled out his waist knife and immediately ordered: "Go into the city!" ! Follow the picture to search for them, and get those dog things for me."

But in one day, the situation was completely reversed. The Red Army's strength reached more than 1, and their morale was high. There were also awakened people. The Red Army was at least better than the government. This is the popular support. With these two things Zhu Gan, the owner of things, decided to give it a go and get back all the things he hadn't got yet.

Zhu Gan personally led the soldiers towards You Mingze's summer garden. He wanted to see how much influence this Youjia had in Tongzhou City. Officials, big and small, willingly offered the city to surrender.

After fighting fiercely all night, You Mingze, who had just fallen asleep, was frightened by a roar and fell out of bed. When he got up, he roared loudly: "Housekeeper, where are all the people dead? Come here soon."

The butler is an old man in his 60s, with a pale face and three strands of gray beard on his chin. While wearing clothes, he ran to You Mingze's room. He has served the You family for three generations, and he is loyal to You family. Geng Geng, only You Mingze made him feel tired.

He waved his hand to let the people waiting outside the door leave, picked up the white jade pen and inkstone on the ground, walked in calmly, looked at the ugly You Mingze, and said softly: "Escape! Abandon Tongzhou City and go to the south, where there are Youjia people." root."

You Mingze suddenly turned around, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Fleeing, isn't it just that the city gate was blown open? It doesn't matter if he dares to do anything to me, but I represent the entire class of scholar-officials. If he is ambitious enough, he will never dare to touch me. Hmph! And he may not be able to control this Tongzhou City!"

Seeing You Mingze's stiff mouth, the old man tried hard to persuade him: "Master, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. This person knows how to take a step back, and even if he takes a step back, he will leave a way out for himself. Such a person is too scary. , I'm afraid that he will take the difficult step of destroying the old and establishing the new!"

Looking at the old man's insightful eyes, he thought of his father's warning to him before he died, that the housekeeper is an honest man, and he will help you out of the predicament at critical times.But then he thought of what the housekeeper had done recently, that he quietly embezzled money from Tanmo Youjia, and even purchased fifty acres of high-quality paddy fields and several large houses in his hometown, which made him very angry. He sent someone to check the accounts, and it was from the day his father died that the butler had been corrupting ink.

Thinking of this, You Mingze sneered in his heart, but there was no change on his face, and he said lightly: "Even if he blows up the city wall, so what, the whole Tongzhou City belongs to my family, and no one can take it away... You go down first! I will let them do their work."

The housekeeper looked sad, and took a deep look at You Mingze. He knew this young master well, and knew that he couldn't persuade him any more, so he turned around and left with a hunched body.

"Hmph!" You Mingze snorted coldly, then sat back in the chair, and said in a cold voice: "Those who betray me will not end well, thief in red is just a stubborn disease, what can I do... "

Immediately spread out the rice paper, rubbed the ink by himself, and then started to write, and then ordered the outside: "People! Where are you going? Come in one. This letter must be delivered according to the address, and send someone to Haven’t those people who urged you come yet?”

The man took the letter and said in fear: "You guys have urged me several times, but those old men ate too late last night and went to the Cuihong Building to make trouble all night, and now they are probably still here." Those girls on their bellies."

"Damn it, a bunch of idiots, it would be better if they didn't get drunk." You Mingze kicked over the table, calmed down and said, "If you ask someone to urge you, it won't do. Invite me a few Liba, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and get out."

"Yes..." Seeing that You Mingze was about to get angry and kick someone again, the servant hurriedly bowed his head in response, turned around and ran out quickly.

"Master! It's not good, the red-clothed army is coming to us, and they are still pulling cannons. I'm afraid something will happen!" Before You Mingze calmed down, another person rushed in in a panic, running out of breath. Then he breathed out and said in fear.

You Mingze was about to drink tea, but was frightened by the sudden cry, and the hot tea was thrown from his hand, so angry that he threw the whole teacup at the visitor, cursing: "You dog, blind your dog's eyes, and There are no rules."

Not only was that person bleeding from his forehead, but he was scalded by the hot tea and yelled loudly. After being yelled at by You Mingze, he immediately knelt down in panic and kowtowed, like a kowtowing bug: "The little one knows his mistake, the little one knows his mistake..."

"Get up! What did you just say..." You Mingze sat back on the chair, looked at his groveling appearance with satisfaction, and asked without haste.

"Little one..." Before he finished speaking, there was a roar, like thunder, and then an iron pellet flew into the yard whistling, just hitting the rockery, causing the rockery to collapse.

Hearing the whistling sound outside the house, You Mingze fell off the chair in fright, and shouted loudly: "My life is over."

Really embarrassing!

The master and servant were so frightened by the deafening gunfire that they were at a loss, as if they had lost their souls, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Zhu Gan brought more than 2000 troops from his direct lineage to the outside of this huge garden. Such a big movement has already let the people of Youjia know that the disaster is imminent. As soon as they arrived at Youjia, they met Youjia's servants holding bows, arrows and firecrackers on guard. , look at this driving, that is to resist to the end.

Standing in bright armor, Zhu Gan stands out in the crowd, with his hands on his forehead, looking at Youjia with his eyes. Behind the tall courtyard wall and on the roof, there are servants of Youjia standing everywhere. These people The weapons used in the hands include strong bows, continuous crossbows, and firecrackers, all of which are very well maintained, and they are all lethal standard weapons.

Not only sigh, this Youjia is so courageous, but also very handy. Apart from having no cannons, these people are almost an army, and they are an army with very strong combat effectiveness. If they attack hard, these recruits who have never fought , I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties!

He thought about it, and immediately ordered: "Pull up all the cannons for me, and blast his mother."

At this moment, Youjia's butler also took a Yanling Saber and hid behind the wall. It was because of his presence that he gathered these servants together, looking through the gap at the cannons spread out outside the wall , his face changed, and looking at these servants again, he was really shaken.

Immediately said loudly: "Don't be afraid, their cannons will explode after a few shots, hide them well, and everything will be fine after hiding them."

Boom...boom...

The cannons spread out in a row, followed by the flag soldiers around Zhu Gan waving the flags, the Flang machine gun and the tiger squatting gun shot out a ball of flames from the muzzle, and the iron pellets flew into the courtyard wall with a whistling sound, and the black smoke filled the air. , This is the first time that cannons have been used on such a large scale.

Then quickly cleaned the barrel and reloaded the ammunition. Thanks to the recruitment of many officers and soldiers from Tongzhou City, they could barely do skilled operations, but many people were still burned by the barrel, and they were extremely embarrassed.

Boom...boom...

After almost half a stick of incense, the cannon fired again.

Zhu Gan was a little disappointed watching the artillerymen operate the cannons. Compared with the carpet bombing before crossing, the war now is like drizzle, which makes him feel sleepy!What's even more outrageous is that those servants looked like paper tigers, they were completely honest after being bombarded by cannons, and they didn't dare to raise their heads and shoot arrows like turtles.

"The word long snake array is not good. Although it is scary to fire once, but the interval is too long, it is easy to be approached by the enemy. The key is that the number of cannons available is too small."

He has been fighting downwind battles and has never fought tough battles. This is also what Zhu Gan did deliberately. He is not the kind of general who can be cruel to himself and trains soldiers in death, but he also dare not have the slightest slack. The preparations for fighting tough battles and killing people are summing up the problems that arise in the battle all the time.

Seeing that Zhu Gan fired a few shots, there was no movement in Youjia, and then someone shouted loudly: "Surrender or not, if you don't surrender, my red army will directly flatten your Youjia."

The butler had a sad expression on his face, and seeing the completely demoralized morale, he knew that these servants had been frightened by the cannon, and asked them to deal with the common people. They were dragons, but now they have completely returned to their original forms and turned into worms.

But he is old-hearted. He has been a dog in Youjia for so many years. Now that he has finally become a man, he will not be anyone's dog again: "Fire! The martyrdom of Youjia will definitely be written in the history books."

"Another pedantic old man, but I like it." Hearing the old voice, Zhu Qian sighed a lot, and stopped persuading him, and ordered with a grim face: "Boom me, finish all the gunpowder, I want to blow up the whole Youjia to the sky."