Man Pi and Xiande heard this burst of cannonballs, glanced at each other, and immediately understood that something was wrong.

The bandits are all arrogant to this point, bombarding the capital of a province, this matter can no longer be suppressed, if you don't hurry up to eliminate the bandits, not to mention the top on the head, even if you wear a good head below, I'm afraid it won't be able to be saved!

At the moment, Man Pi didn't care about face, and sent someone to notify the fifth battalion of the governor in the city, and ordered Gao Laibao, the deputy general of the fifth battalion of the governor, to lead the army to quickly eliminate the rebels.

This time he looked up and saw that Xiande was still in place, and Man Pi finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

"You're the mess of this! What are you doing here! Hurry up! "Saying that he should hurry up, he didn't say what he would do in a hurry, maybe he wanted Xiande to die quickly.

Xiande walked out of the door in a panic, but just took two steps, and remembered something, his face turned pale and knelt down and kowtowed, and then he quickly got up and left.

Looking at the smoke outside the city, Man Pi finally repented, he really never expected that this Ning family would be so difficult, so that he could not get off the stage, as for the disposal of the court later, it will be clear if you think about it.

But the matter has come to this, it is irretrievable, Man Pi moved back to the study step by step, called Du Xiufu, and began to write a plea, this plea was written to Kangxi to see, a good confession of repentance, and in the plea compromise, he faintly revealed that he had eliminated the bandits in the first time, pacified the disaster, and only asked the emperor to reduce the anger of the thunder a little.

However, this letter is not enough, but also need to find a suitable Manchu minister for Austrian aid, Manpi understood that only Ma Qi can help him in this matter, and immediately asked Du Xiufu to write a letter asking for help, in which he revealed that the origin of this matter was because Xiande acted recklessly, acted carelessly, and he was not effective in supervision, hoping to be able to say a good word or two in front of the emperor, in order to express his gratitude, even if he offered 200,000 taels of silver, and then 200,000 taels after the deed.

After Du Xiufu polished it, Man Pi asked Du Xiufu to read it in person, and after changing a few words, he packed the letter of request for guilt and the letter for help, and sent it to the capital with his henchmen, but Man Pi was still beating the drum in his heart, and he was even more painful about the 400,000 taels of silver that he lost, and he hated the Ning family and Xiande even more in his heart.

At this time, Ning Yu was hurrying to set up an artillery array on Snake Mountain, which had previously played a time difference and seized Snake Mountain before the Wuchang defenders found out, but the Wuchang defenders were not fools, and when they found out, they would definitely mobilize enough troops to besiege them, so if they wanted to use more than 1,000 people to resist the attack of 3,000 or even 5,000 people, they needed to make good use of the power of the artillery.

At present, there are a total of 27 artillery pieces in the artillery array on Snake Mountain, which are 15 sub-mother guns and 12 new-style thunder guns, and these 12 thunder guns are divided into six six-pound guns and six twelve-pound guns, especially the new 12-pound thunder guns, which are enough to send solid bullets into Wuchang City, and are also the focus of this artillery battle.

In addition to these 27 cannons, there were also 300 shotgunners and more than 400 young eagle soldiers, equipped with more than 700 thunder-style flintlock pistols, which were very powerful, and now they were even more condescending and occupied the initiative.

Ning Zhongyuan is also a figure with veteran soldiers, and when he saw such a weather, his heart was also full of confidence, and he summoned a group of soldiers over, and said with a smile: "With our people and artillery, don't say that the three thousand green battalion soldiers, even if the entire Jingzhou battalion comes over, Lao Tzu is not afraid!" One by one, they all collapsed on the road! ”

Although these words were a little arrogant, the generals present also agreed, especially some of the original commanders of the Hanyang battalion, their brows stretched slightly, and even took the initiative to laugh with the soldiers under them, and the atmosphere that had been tense suddenly became able to get up.

Ning Yu saw it in his eyes, and he was even more appreciative in his heart, his father is indeed extraordinary, worthy of being a character who has been with soldiers for a long time, this military heart can not be tense all the time, it is easy to break if there is an accident after a long time, and this broken military heart has become a piece of loose sand, only with a degree of relaxation can it be more resilient.

Thinking of this, Ning Yu found that he actually had a lot to learn, and in terms of war, he had only experienced the Battle of Peach Blossom Mountain, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a layman. However, Ning Yu is confident that when he combines the memories of later generations with this era, many things will be self-taught.

Ning Qianqiu walked over and saw that there was no one else beside him, so he whispered: "I have already delivered a message to the shadows in the city, and after the fight starts here, if there is any change in the city defense camp, you can take the opportunity to set fire to the city to attract its attention." If you can save my father, you will save him, if you can't save him... then give up. Speaking of the back, the tone was a little low.

Ning Yu understood the relationship between father and son, but he also understood what the overall situation was, and he felt a little more distressed about Ning Qianqiu in his heart, "It's okay, I believe in the shadow brothers, they can do all this." ”

After Ning Qianqiu left, the spies under the mountain also came with the news that the five battalions of the superintendent had all been dispatched, and some of the city defense battalions seemed to have gone out of the city together, with a total strength of more than four thousand people, and they could reach the foot of Snake Mountain in about an hour.

Ning Yu beckoned everyone to prepare for the big battle, but fortunately, whether it was the Hanyang Battalion or the Eagle Battalion, the quality was much stronger than the current Green Battalion, so the command was like an arm, and there was nothing wrong with it.

At the same time, Ning Zhongyuan beckoned people to erect a military flag on the top of the mountain, the Sun and Moon Flag, with a big red bottom with a day and a month written on it, which was equivalent to shouting out the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. This military flag was embroidered overnight in Hanyang City, and the handwriting was a little crooked, and it looked similar to a rabble.

Ning Yu was actually very hesitant whether to raise this banner, because in his heart, he doubted the actual effect of the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Ming Dynasty mainly died in civil strife. However, at the moment, there is no more suitable slogan to shout, relying on the appeal of the Ning family alone, at best, it can only be regarded as a mutiny, so it is imperative to shout out against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty and expel the Tartars.

Ning Zhongyuan did not have this kind of psychological burden, and when he set the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he said with words: "The grandfather of the Ning family is also a general of the Ming Dynasty, although the Qing Dynasty was lowered later, but after all, he is committed to the Ming Dynasty!" "Whether it's sincere or not, this must be said, otherwise there is no way to unite people's hearts.

Anti-Qing must be reversed, and if there is no regain of sight, that has to be said separately.