Watching the Qing army continue to climb the city wall, but the Restoration Army was unable to stop it in time due to insufficient troops. Gou Xingwang couldn't help but think in his heart: "Lao Tzu is going to explain here, but I didn't expect to wait for His Highness to arrive." ”

At this moment, a group of people in the city found the last batch of gunpowder. He shouted, "Come on, there's still some gunpowder here." Seeing this, Gou Xingwang was immediately overjoyed and said: "Quick, directly plug in the lead to the powder keg, don't open the gunpowder, and directly light the fire and throw it down the city." ”

Suddenly, those people were divided into two people carrying powder kegs, and one person lit the lead. Then the three of them exerted their strength and put the powder keg directly down to the city. The powder keg rolled down the slope where the corpses had piled up, and when it reached the bottom of the city, it exploded violently, and the corpses under the walls were thrown up and scattered.

The Qing army besieging the city was suddenly blocked, and it was impossible for the Qing army to climb the city by stepping on the corpse. Seeing that this worked, others followed suit, and after a while, the Qing army's offensive was interrupted. The Qing army had no choice but to retreat first.

After all the Qing troops retreated, Gou Xingwang found that he had already passed the third watch and was close to the fourth watch. Thinking of the thrilling scene just now, if it weren't for the last few barrels of gunpowder found by the people in the city, the Qing army would have attacked the city. Gou Xingwang hurriedly asked the few people where they found the gunpowder.

Those people said: "We were originally the sailors of the imperial court, and these gunpowder were used by the sailors, and later they transported grain to the imperial court, and the ships of the sailors had to be loaded with grain. Due to the lack of space to place these gunpowders, the general on the warship saw that the lake was now peaceful, and the sailors did not need to participate in the battle. So they put the gunpowder in the little people, and prepared the ship to come back and move it back to the ship. ”

When Gou Xingwang heard this, he immediately shouted happily: "God bless, if it weren't for this ship to transport grain and put gunpowder in Hanyang City, we would all be dead now." ”

The Restoration Army in Hanyang City was not happy for long, and the Qing army, which had just retreated, quickly organized an attack formation again.

Although the gunpowder of the Restoration Army had destroyed the mountain of corpses piled up under the city, it had little impact on the whole because there was too little gunpowder. Although the Qing army was repulsed, it would not give up so easily. Looking at the Qing army assembled under the city, I am afraid that the scale of this attack will be even larger. The army that participated in the siege of the city reached five thousand people in the first wave.

With the drumbeat of the Qing army's attack, the Qing army began to pour into Hanyang City like a tidal wave. At this time, all the Restoration Army felt hopeless. Gou Xingwang didn't know how to boost morale at this time, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly shouted: "Long live Daming." ”

I don't know if it's too quiet, or if Gou Xingwang's voice came too suddenly. Suddenly, in the entire Hanyang City, only Gou Xingwang's voice was echoing.

After a moment of silence, whether it was the Restoration Army or the people. Even the women and children in the city were terrified. Suddenly, they all shouted, "Long live Daming". In the sky above Hanyang City, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it resounded throughout Hanyang without warning.

Du Min looked at the Restoration Army and Minzhuang who were shouting Hanyang City, and sneered: "Let you relax for a while, and when I attack the city, I will slaughter you all." After speaking, he looked at the outlaws he had selected, these people were the brave men who were ready to quickly break the defense line of the Restoration Army in order to wait for the siege of the city.

It turned out that with the situation of the Qing army rushing to the city wall last time, Du Min decided to send a death squad to prepare to attack Hanyang City in one fell swoop. A few days ago, Du Min did not send a death squad to attack the city, which was uncertain. How can death squads be dispatched every day to attack a city, and no one is sure that they can capture a city at once.

There are many death squads, and if they are not captured, they will also hit the morale of their own army. After all, the city that the death squads didn't capture, what would the others think? The army is full of strength, then declines, and then exhausts. If the death squads all fail, the morale of the army will be lost.

The city wall that the Qing army has attacked just now shows that the Ming army in the city can no longer resist. At this time, there was no need to consume it any longer, so Du Min dispatched the death squad. Du Min said to the people of the death squad: "Everyone, you also saw just now, our army has been able to attack the city. It's just that the city is tightly guarded, so our army can't quickly open up the situation in the city. Now as long as you can go up and open up the situation and let the army enter the city, it will be your first achievement. After the city is broken, each person can get a reward of 100 taels of silver, and you can also pick three girls in the city. ”

The death squad, which only had a hundred people, was suddenly very excited. He roared in unison: "General rest assured, we will definitely attack the city wall and let the army enter the city." Du Min was very satisfied with the morale of the death squad, nodded a little, and said to the deputy general next to him: "Let the people and the army go to attack the city first." After Du Min finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "Forget it, the morale of the people is not high now, but it will drag down the army to attack." Directly let our army go up and tell the besieging soldiers that they could not capture Hanyang City before dawn, and all the generals would be punished. ”

With Du Min's strict order, Minzhuang, who was still in front of the army, was quickly commanded to both sides. The Qing army that was besieging the city instantly became solemn. All the soldiers were no longer as relaxed as before, and they began to boost each other's morale.

It didn't take long for the drums of the Qing army's offensive to become more and more rapid. The Qing army, which was attacking the city before, was also instantly stimulated by the fierce drum beating. The Qing army began to trot towards Hanyang City, constantly adjusting their marching speed to the rhythm of the drums.

And the hundred-man death squad selected and brought out by Du Min was behind the siege team of the Qing army. It's just that the Qing army under the city didn't light many torches, and the Restoration Army in the city couldn't see it, and of course they didn't know about the existence of the death squad.

Gou Xingwang in the city was still nervously arranging defenses, constantly shouting for the soldiers to get to their positions as soon as possible. Looking at the approaching Qing army under the city, Gou Xingwang asked, "Where are our cannons?" Why haven't you fired yet? Standing next to the artillery garrison with a knife, he said: "General, there are no shells and gunpowder." The last gunpowder just now was thrown down by the general to blow up the Qing soldiers. ”

Gou Xingwang then remembered that he hadn't heard the sound of the cannons in the city for a long time. Gou Xingwang was immediately annoyed and said: "Hey, there is no cannon to defend the city, and the Qing army has one less threat." Our defense of the city is even more difficult, and seeing the Qing army's position this time, it is estimated that it is inevitable. ”

Zhou Linyuan said: "Why worry about it, my lord, we have been guarding the city for five days, and it is said that His Highness is coming soon." The Qing army we mobilized was close to 100,000 troops, no less than 100,000 people. Even if these people capture Hanyang, don't they still have Hanchuan in hand? If you want to come to the Qing army, you won't return to Wuchang for a short time. When His Royal Highness's army arrived, Wuchang was empty. ”

Gou Xingwang said: "But I have thought about it for a few days, and the situation is a little wrong." Zhou Linyuan said: "What did the adults find?" Gou Xingwang said: "Zhang Changgeng is the governor of Huguang, he not only has to manage the military, but also is responsible for the civil affairs of Huguang. But if you look at the past few days, there are nearly 70,000 people who have died in our hands. These are all young and strong, and without these people, Huguang's people can suffer heavy losses. ”

Zhou Linyuan said: "What do you mean? Gou Xingwang said: "Maybe there is a bigger figure than Zhang Changgeng in this Huguang." Zhou Linyuan said: "A bigger character than Zhang Changgeng? Who would that be? There was Jie Shu before, and only Jie Shu could be older than Zhang Changgeng. ”

Gou Xingwang said: "Jie Shu is timid and afraid of death, so he won't let him think of it at all, so Zhang Changgeng will directly attack Hanyang regardless of the consequences." Besides, although Jieshu's title is higher than Zhang Changgeng's, Jieshu only supervises the military, regardless of civil affairs, and can't control Zhang Changgeng. ”

Gou Xingwang had to say more, but at this time the Qing army was already within range. Gou Xingwang had no choice but to let Zhou Linyuan go to the side to command, and he was also responsible for a section. Now there are less than 1,000 Fuming troops in the city, so Gou Xingwang and others, each with people, are responsible for defending a section of the city wall.

The Qing army soon rushed to the city wall, and the Restoration army in the city could only block the Qing army with bows and arrows, as well as a small number of bed crossbows. And the Qing army under the city, on the contrary, all kinds of weapons cooperate with each other. There were also some cannons sent by the sailors to attack the city wall under the city, but as the Qing army began to annex the city, the cannons had to stop first. But the firearms of the Qing army still followed the archers of the Qing army to suppress the defenders of the city.

Under the command of the generals, although the Fuming army also tried its best to kill and injure the Qing army under the city, there were too many Qing troops under the city. Soon there were people from the Qing army who appeared on the walls of Hanyang City. The death squad prepared by Du Min saw that someone had already gone up to the city wall. After these people glanced at each other, they were in groups of ten, cooperating with each other, and they all rushed directly to the city with a muffled voice.

These people are all elite Qing soldiers, and now they are hiding in the siege army, and the Ming Restoration Army in the city has not found danger at all. The Restoration Army, which was defending the city, had just killed a Qing soldier. Suddenly, another Qing soldier appeared next to him, and he saw that this Qing soldier was agile and quickly supported the city wall with his hands. The whole person jumped directly onto the city wall, and the person was still in mid-air and did not land, and he had already swung his knife to block a spear stabbed by Minzhuang.

At the same time as the Qing soldier landed, he stepped forward and came to the side of the man Zhuang just now. Then with a casual knife, he directly cut the throat of the people. The man was reluctant, and then fell. This person was the Qing army death squad who took advantage of the chaos to attack Shangcheng, and the difference between them was highlighted as soon as they fought.

At a glance, the soldiers of the Restoration Army saw that this Qing soldier was agile and did not drag his feet to kill. understood that this person was the elite of the Qing army, and immediately went directly to rob the Qing soldier. Both of them are veterans of a hundred battles, and no one can help anyone for a while. Just when the two were evenly matched, Qing soldiers attacked one after another, but they were all Qing soldiers' death squads.

As a result, a few soldiers of the Restoration Army here were suddenly unable to resist. had to gather together, and then form a formation to cooperate with each other, barely blocking a few Qing soldiers. The soldiers of the Restoration Army here are the death squads that blocked the Qing army, but other places are not so optimistic.

At this time, Zhou Linyuan, who commanded in this section, also found the difference between these Qing soldiers. Immediately, a few people came over to support, but immediately there was a death squad of the Qing army who came to block Zhou Linyuan and others. For a time, the defense line here was precarious by the Qing army, and the defense on the entire city wall was also broken into several sections.

Looking at the Qing troops rushing up the city wall one after another, the anxious Zhou Linyuan roared again and again, constantly encouraging the Ming Restoration Army and the people to rush forward, wanting to drive the Qing army in the city down. Zhou Linyuan turned around and wanted to command the others to see if he could transfer a few people over to support. At this time, there was a person from the Qing army's death squad, and when he saw Zhou Linyuan in command, he immediately understood that Zhou Linyuan was the general of the Restoration Army.

seized the opportunity of Zhou Linyuan turning his head and shouting to the soldiers behind, and directly threw the knife in his hand towards Zhou Linyuan. Zhou Linyuan only cared about directing the people behind him, and he knew that he had been targeted. I heard someone shouting, "Lord Zhou, be careful." ”

Before Zhou Linyuan could turn his head, he felt a pain in his back. Then his whole body, as if he had not exhausted his strength, fell down weakly. Only then did Zhou Linyuan turn his face sideways and see that the soldiers of the Restoration Army behind him were instantly panicked, and a large number of Qing troops rushed over.