Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 37

This time the peasant army escaped from the Chariot Gap, they would jump into the sea, the trapped dragon would ascend to the sky, and then disrupt the entire Daming. Zhu Qian also felt a sense of urgency in his heart, and shouted outside the official office: "Come on!"

Immediately, he went in from left to right, knelt down on one knee, crossed his hands and said, "Please give orders, Mrs. Wan!"

Zhu Gan was very uncomfortable with the title Wan Fuchang, but since he wanted to make a difference from the Ming Dynasty, he had to endure it, stood up and said: "Go and tell the thousands of commanders under your command to rectify the soldiers. , we will attack the city. Ask Yu Tai one last time, and ask him whether he is willing to surrender, if he surrenders, the position of commander-in-chief will be empty, and if he does not surrender, after lunch, take his head as a sacrifice to the flag."

Boom!Boom!Boom!The sound of drums under the city was loud and loud, and ten phalanxes of thousands of people surrounded the entire Dezhou city. There is a saying in the art of war: the encircled division must be quelled, and the three besieged are missing one. Four sides, this is not arrogance, but a deterrent, so that the young and strong in the city dare not fight with the red army.

Dezhouwei was an important military town in the Ming Dynasty. Although at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military was abolished and soldiers could not fight, but if they wanted to fight hard, as long as there was a little resistance, stalemates would form everywhere in the city. The red-clothed army of more than 1 people will immediately show its original shape, causing heavy casualties, and the blow to morale is inevitable. Now he wants to rush to attack the city before the peasant army and get his name out. Stay for extra time to rectify.

Zhu Gan didn't dare to take risks, so he stationed the army outside the city. At this time, he was sitting in the middle army, and issued orders one after another: "Let people shout, and surrender within one hour. Texas City was razed to the ground."

Faced with the sudden interruption of the tranquility by the red-clothed army, both officials and ordinary people in Dezhou City panicked. Many people went to Zhizhou Yamen to petition, hoping that Liu Zhizhou would open the city and surrender.

And the people who were pulled up temporarily in the city felt that the disaster was coming. Many people wanted to escape from this place that made them panic, but the helpless officers and soldiers would always pull them back to reality.

Undercurrents are surging in Dezhou City, and many captains are plotting their way out. They don’t want to be buried with this Dezhou City, not to mention their wives, children, and children in this city. The way out for the Red Army is in front of them. It's no longer possible for the old man to work hard.

In the dark Texas government prison, there is only one small window that can let sunlight in, and there is darkness and decay everywhere. All the young and strong in the entire Texas city have been mobilized to defend the city. Even in this prison, only A few old men who were dying, a few of them were drunk, and their uniforms were thrown aside, leaning on the table and dozing off.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, which did not alarm the cell bosses, but alarmed the prisoners in the dark cell. Ma Qiao, who was slightly bloated, was tortured enough, and he ate very little every day. , and now he has lost a lot of weight. Thinking about the days when he was a big fish and meat, he has been reduced to such a field today, which makes him very annoyed.

Hearing someone coming, I just hurriedly climbed over, grabbed the railing, and cursed loudly: "Liu Yiming, if you offend me, you dare to wrong me. You will die. Even if I go to hell, I will go to Beijing to sue."

"Shh! Master Ma, keep your voice down." A few school captains in black rushed in quickly and quickly silenced Ma Qiao.

When Ma Qiao saw these lieutenants, the leader was his most trusted Qianhu, he quickly fell silent, his eyes filled with eager anticipation, as if he wanted to melt these thick railings.

Ma Qiao's desolate cry did not wake up the dozing prison guards, who were still sound asleep. Before Ma Qiao could speak, Ma Qiao's confidant began to whisper: "Master Ma, we let you go!" Come out, let you give orders and take this Dezhou city, otherwise this huge city will be razed to the ground by the red-clothed thieves, we don't want to die with Liu Zhizhou..."

"Okay! I've done it." Ma Qiao put on the bright armor of the commander again. Although he lost a lot of weight, he seemed to be a bit more energetic. After he was released from prison, his whole body looked bright and waved his hand Said: "Let me release all the prisoners in the entire prison, and then let my brothers set fires everywhere. First, let the city of Dezhou be in chaos, and then call people by the way, damn it! That old man Liu has caused me so miserably, what should I do?" Let him know what the sky is high and the earth is thick."

Liu Zhizhou heard that the red-clothed army was about to attack the city in an hour's time. Looking at the cannons laid out in a row below the city, he panicked. Those officers, soldiers and civilians with low morale on the road have become life-seeking little ghosts rushing towards him with their bloody mouths wide open.

The scorching sun on Ri's head also became very cold in his eyes, so cold that it made him shiver all over, and the cold sweat even wet his back.

Suddenly a hand was placed on Liu Zhizhou's shoulder, causing him to scream in fright, and then he came back to his senses, seeing that it was his judge, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "The thief in red is about to attack the city, don't you?" Do things well, supervise the officers and soldiers guarding the city, what are you doing here."

The judge said in panic: "Master Zhizhou, the soldiers in the city are all shouting to open the city, and the city is in chaos. I don't know who opened the prison. The prisoners have all ran out and are setting fires everywhere. My lord, please take it!" A way!"

Liu Zhizhou pondered for a moment, and then made a decision: "What else can we do? To defend the city, but also to prevent the robbers from taking advantage of the chaos, forget it. It is important for the soldiers to guard the city. As long as the city of Dezhou is still there, it is a great festival." Not bad."

"What kind of bullshit is a big festival? I think it's because you are greedy for life and afraid of death. You are afraid that the red army will enter the city and sacrifice your head to the flag!" Lu Lai walked like a dragon and a tiger, and his whole person looked energetic, especially the fat on his face disappeared, exposing the cheekbones on both sides, making his eyes look very energetic.

Walking into the gate of the city, looking at Liu Zhizhou, with a playful expression, he said with a smile: "Old Liu, I never thought you would have today, left and right, took him down and tied him up, and gave it to the Red Army as a pawn." Meet and greet."

Liu Zhizhou, who was tied up by five flowers, still didn't understand that he had been in charge of the entire Dezhou City for more than ten days, why he was suddenly cleaned up easily by a prisoner who was released from the prison. Could it be that the soldiers under him were useless Display?

Zhu Gan waited quietly, looked at the time, the scorching sun above his head was just the right time, and the red-clothed army had stood for almost half an hour, and the phalanx was still in order, without a sound. It seemed that these ten days of harsh training , has played a role, at least on the surface it looks like a strong army.

He asked softly, "Did Yu Tai agree?"

The soldier who was asked about it rushed to investigate, and then came to report: "My lord, he said that he wants to see you in person."

Zhu Gan snorted coldly and said, "Go and tell him, he has to surrender or die, there is no other choice."

The sudden strong wind made Zhu Gan stunned for a while, and the wind blew the Mingguang armor rattling, which not only did not affect him, but made him look even more mighty.

The cloudless sky was suddenly covered with a cloud of black clouds. The strong wind was brought by cumulonimbus clouds. Apparently, thunderstorms were coming soon. Zhu Qian secretly yelled "Oops", decided not to wait any longer, and immediately ordered: " The heavy rain is coming, run towards Dezhou City, don’t leave any ammunition, I will blow up Dezhou City.”

As the flag bearers around Zhu Gan kept waving the command flag, the artillerymen got the order, and immediately took off the cannon coat, revealing the somewhat cold cannon, and began to fill it with gunpowder, then stuffed it with cotton cloth, and then put in iron pellets, It was only a matter of igniting the gunpowder.

boom!boom!boom!Although there are no thousands of cannons, there are still hundreds of cannons of various types. They fired at the city of Dezhou together with overwhelming power. The whole earth trembled under the roar of the cannons, and the tall city walls were constantly crumbling, and the soldiers on the walls They hid behind the wall and shivered, the firecrackers in their hands were all burned with fire sticks, and they didn't know how to fight back.

Ma Qiao was so frightened that he jumped up, and exclaimed, "Zhi Niang, you bastards, it's already been an hour, and you didn't remind me, why don't you hurry up and open the city gate, do you really want to die under the cannon?" ?”

As if his butt was on fire, he rushed out of the city gate in a hurry, yelling continuously, which immediately aroused bursts of cheers. At this time, even the officers and soldiers didn't want to fight anymore. A few people also rushed down the city wall.

At this time, many of the red-clothed soldiers who had sneaked into the city were recognized by Liu Zhizhou as soldiers because of their strong bodies and horses. A large group of officers and soldiers rushed over, thinking that their identities had been exposed, and they were about to fight Chengren, but they didn't expect it to be just a false alarm.

The suspension bridge landed on the other side of the moat with a bang, and the tall city gates were slowly opened, and a large group of officers and soldiers rushed out noisy and cheering, which immediately surprised the red-clothed soldiers outside the city. Throwing away the weapon in his hand, he knelt down to the ground.

Zhu Gan was frightened by the strange behavior of the officers and soldiers, and broke out in a cold sweat. He thought that some fierce man had appeared in the city of Dezhou, twisted these unfightable soldiers into a ball, and then wanted to fight to the death with the red-clothed army. In my impression, those fierce men in the late Ming Dynasty were encircling and suppressing the peasant army and resisting the establishment of slave Jurchen at this time, so why would they appear here.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the man in the uniform of the commander, escorting a dozen or so tied up officials, and slowly walking out of the city gate, Zhu Gan's heart was already extremely eager.

Sure enough, money can turn ghosts around, and the tens of thousands of taels spent in the past ten days are really not a loss. As long as they enter Dezhou City, this transaction is simply a big profit!