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Chapter 195 I Can't Hold Here!
Liu Zeqing has a hobby of raising monkeys. These two monkeys were picked out by Liu Zeqing after a lot of thought. They understand human nature, and they usually squat in Liu Zeqing's room. They will attack whoever Liu Zeqing tells them to attack. This has become Liu Zeqing's favorite. A place of fun.

When disobedient mobs came to the mansion, Liu Zeqing made fun of them and asked monkeys to serve them, but the monkeys caught them to pieces and died unexpectedly.

The hall where Zhu Yousong lived was originally the place where Liu Zeqing slept, and it was also the monkey's home. The two of them always stayed here to accompany the master, watch the door for the master, and watch the master's happiness and anger.Once, a small school was holding a lamp for Liu Zeqing, and accidentally the candle fell and burned Liu Zeqing. The school was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Accompanied by two ear-piercing screams, Xiaoxiao's neck was forcefully ripped open, and a large piece of flesh was torn off from his face. Xiaoxiao died on the spot and fell into a pool of blood. Liu Zeqing stopped him Monkey, took a knife to dig out Xiaoxiao's heart, and ate it on the spot. The soldiers present suddenly changed their expressions, and some of them were so disgusted that they almost vomited, but they were more afraid of this cruel master. Be careful.

Today, when Liu Zeqing received the order outside, the two monkeys were squatting in the main hall, no one paid attention to them. After a scuffle, the two monkeys were startled and jumped out of the window and ran away. After dark, the two animals had nowhere to go. They came back again, but there were patrolling guards outside. This animal was small and nimble, and it was dark again. The patrolling guards didn’t even notice them. After entering through the back window, they found that the owner had disappeared, replaced by a stranger, and had a wild attack Only then did he attack Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong didn't know these details, and those surrendered generals, including Zheng Longfang, only focused on fighting and ignored this matter, so Zhu Yousong almost suffered the loss of two animals.

"Go to hell!" Zhu Yousong was furious when he saw the two guys coming again and again. Screaming, two monkeys fell one after another in a pool of blood, one monkey's head was cut off, the other was split in half, and the blood splashed on the window lattice.

When the guards outside heard that there was something wrong inside, they all rushed in with their knives and guns to escort them. The two monkeys had died a long time ago.

These guards quickly knelt down to plead guilty to Zhu Yousong. They saw that the armor on Zhu Yousong's left arm was torn off by a monkey. Li Quan, who had just returned from an order to execute them, was stopped by Zhu Yousong. These people were scared and turned pale , Kneeling tremblingly, not daring to breathe.

Zhu Yousong didn't blame them, and said calmly: "Go out and clean up here."

These guards kowtowed to Long En, and some of them were Liu Zeqing's personal guards. They knew that if Liu Zeqing replaced this matter, these people might suffer some kind of torture if they were not strong enough to protect them. There are no words, so they all feel that His Majesty's benevolence is comparable to that of Yao and Shun.

Soon the two monkey corpses were taken away, and the blood on the windows on the ground, walls, and windows was also washed away.

It was already late at night, Li Quan asked Zhu Yousong to rest, and he sent additional manpower, personally leading soldiers to patrol around the surrounding area.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Zhu Yousong was awakened by the sound of gunfire outside.

Zhu Yousong knew that those Huai'an generals who were determined to be treacherous must have come to make troubles again. Zhu Yousong got down from the dragon bed, tidied up his armor briefly, pressed his sword and came out, and met Li Quan head-on at the gate of the hall.

Li Quanshi played and said: "Your Majesty is awake, it has disturbed you, Your Majesty can continue to rest at ease, there are ministers waiting, although there are many thieves, they cannot enter the house."

Of course Zhu Yousong was not at ease, he was tired after sleeping, and this should be the time for him to dance at the sound of chickens. Zhu Yousong asked about the battle situation in detail, and Li Quan had to tell the truth.

From the third watch, Feng Zhishan and Yao Wenchang gathered 3 troops to attack Zhu Yousong's palace. Liu Zhaoji, Zheng Longfang, and Li Quan used 700 soldiers to build two lines of defense for Zhu Yousong. In the outer streets, Liu Zhaoji and Zheng Longfang each led [-] troops to engage in fierce street battles with them. The second line of defense was Li Quan leading [-] men to guard the gates and walls of Dongpingbo Mansion.

Feng Zhishan and Yao Wenchang commanded 3 troops to attack three times in a row, but failed to break through the first line of defense. However, after several tug-of-wars, Liu Zhaoji and Zheng Longfang's troops suffered heavy casualties, and corpses piled up in the streets and alleys outside Dongpingbo's mansion. Everywhere, blood flowed like rivers, and flames shot up into the sky.

Later, the firearms battalion of Feng Zhishan and Yao Wenchang arrived. In addition to light firearms, mainly bird guns, these thousands of soldiers also brought several heavy artillery, including red cannons, and Qianjin Flang machine.

It must be explained that Liu Zeqing's [-]-strong army has a heavy artillery battalion with nearly a hundred pieces of artillery, but most of these heavy artillery are deployed in the forts outside the city, while the heavy artillery in Huai'an City are all deployed on the top of the city. On the one hand, Wenchang ordered people to step up the defense of the city and not allow anyone to escape, but after tossing around in the middle of the night, he couldn't attack Dongpingbo's mansion by force, so he had to order people to dismantle several heavy artillery pieces overnight and pull them down from the top of the city.

The cannon is still the god of war. Although the cannons of the late Ming Dynasty are rubbish compared with the current military cannons, in the era of cold weapons three or four hundred years ago, this thing was very lethal, and its roar was even more shocking to people. force.

The sound of cannons roared, no matter how far it spread, countless soldiers in the flames would be blown away, gravel splashed, buildings collapsed, and flames shot into the sky.

The disparity between the number of people and the superiority of firepower, Liu Zhaoji and Zheng Longfang's defense line was broken, and now less than 4000 of the 1000 men can fight, they had to retreat to the second line of defense, and Li Quan's hundreds of soldiers will join together At the same time, more than [-] people guarded Dongpingbo Mansion to death.

Although the battle was so fierce, the three generals did not disturb their majesty. Zhu Yousong woke up and asked for details, but Li Quan dared not hide it.

At this time, the cannon sounded again, and Li Quan asked His Majesty to hide in the palace. Of course, Zhu Yousong couldn't hide, and took Li Quan out.

Li Quan knew His Majesty's temper and knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to bring hundreds of soldiers to follow him closely.

The monarchs and ministers passed through the house, but before they reached the front yard, Liu Zhaoji ran over. The fire flickered on and off, and Zhu Yousong saw that Liu Zhaoji's bronzed face was now the Stove Lord, and his body was covered in blood. , or the blood spattered from killing the enemy, and the blood-stained robes were strewn with strands, which could hardly be worn on the body.

Liu Zhaoji saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend this place. After Zheng Longfang leads the people to stop, I will wait for your Majesty to break through the siege!"

Before Liu Zhaoji could finish his words, a shell landed on an octagonal kiosk not far from them. With a loud bang, the kiosk was gone with a flash of lightning, turning into a layer of bricks and stones. After the rubble fell, there was nothing but ruins.

(End of this chapter)