What to do? ”

On the battlefield of city defense, a military general asked a civilian official how he thought it was funny.

However, Feng Minghe, who knew that the two were now in the same boat, did not show any ridicule, but asked Wang Zhizheng with a frown: "So, I want to ask you now, Lord Wang, is there any way you can knock out or destroy the artillery that the thieves have placed outside the city gate?" ”

"Lord Feng, there is no way." Wang Zhizheng replied helplessly.

"Lord Wang, although I know that this matter is difficult, you can't just say that there is no way without thinking about it." Seeing that Wang Zhizheng rejected him so simply, Feng Minghe's face couldn't help but be full of displeasure, and he unceremoniously accused.

"Lord Feng, it's not that I haven't thought about it, but I really can't help it. There is an old saying that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and this is the case now. Wang Zhizheng explained.

"How?" Feng Minghe was puzzled.

"I'll tell you that. At that distance, it was definitely useless to use a bow and arrow on the city wall, and could only fight back with artillery or trebuchets or the like. Wang Zhizheng said.

Hearing this, Feng Minghe stretched out his head to the battlement mouth again and aimed at the artillery outside the city, and after roughly estimating the distance of the artillery, he nodded in approval of Wang Zhizheng's words. Then, almost subconsciously, he opened his mouth and said: "In that case, then take out our artillery too!" ”

Immediately, Feng Minghe, who seemed to realize that the situation was wrong, couldn't help but look at Wang Zhizheng, who was speechless on the side, and asked, "Isn't it possible that we don't have artillery?" ”

"Definitely not, if there is, I would have taken it out a long time ago." Wang Zhizheng replied.

"You don't know how much city defense equipment there is in Xiangcheng. There is no artillery, if you have to say that there is, it is true that there are two sub-mothers, but they are all things left over from the previous dynasty, and they are usually not well maintained, and they have long been covered with rust. ”

"And it's still a thing of the past. These hundred-year-old things, even if the rust in them did not rust the iron on the cannon body, they didn't dare to use it. If you really want to take it out and use it, maybe the first shot that is lit will blow up the hall directly, and, most importantly, no one will use it, and no one will dare to use it. Otherwise, the other thief army did not hit one, but destroyed their own morale. ”

"Well, you're right to say that. Then we don't have trebuchets? Feng Minghe seemed unwilling to ask again.

"No, Xiangcheng has been peaceful for a long time, and I haven't seen a war for decades, who will have nothing to do this? Moreover, the place of Xiangcheng is already poor, and trebuchets are still outdated, even if they want to do it, the Ministry of War will not approve it. Wang Zhizheng replied.

"And, even if you do it now, it's too late. Did you just see those who came from outside the city gates to persuade them to surrender? ”

"Hmm." Feng Minghe nodded in response.

"The stick of incense next to him is almost finished! According to him, as long as the incense is finished and we do not surrender, they will open artillery to attack the city. So, time is running out for us. Wang Zhizheng sighed and said.

Hearing this, Feng Minghe stretched out his head again and squinted his eyes.

Sure enough, outside the city gate, there was a lit incense stick on the ground directly in front of the feet of the persuaders, and the incense was only a finger away.

"In that case, can we send troops out and destroy them?" Feng Minghe turned around and suggested to Wang Zhizheng.

"Lord Feng, how many troops do you think we have to explode to destroy those artillery? Maybe the thieves outside the city are still eager for us to go out and fight them. In this way, there is no need for them to even attack the city. Wang Zhizheng smiled bitterly.

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. So what to do. Feng Minghe couldn't help but complain anxiously.

Yesterday, if Wang Zhizheng promised himself that as long as he added a few hundred more people, he could defend Xiangcheng, Feng Minghe felt that he didn't have to work so hard, and it was over, and he would have offended all the big families in the city, and everything was in vain.

From hope to disappointment, from expectation to helplessness, Feng Minghe naturally felt resentful in his heart.

"What else can I do, I can only die for the country to repay the emperor's kindness." At this time, Wang Zhizheng ignored Feng Minghe's complaints, took off the helmet he was wearing on his head, faced north, shook the money rattail on his head, and said with a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

Although Wang Zhizheng was pretending to be very decent, Feng Minghe could see the meaning flashing between his words.

"Hmph, just an official like you, I haven't seen the emperor's face, and you still mention the emperor's grace to me here, who are you pretending to show here? I still don't know the little ninety-nine in your heart? Feng Minghe secretly despised Wang Zhizheng in his heart.

Death, everyone is afraid.

Especially people like Feng Minghe, who have studied hard for more than 20 years and survived several years to get the official position. The good days that can be enjoyed have not yet been enjoyed, where is the willingness to die.

Don't look at how righteous they always say that martyrdom is awe-inspiring, but when they really have to face death, they are in a different way. They can be said to be the most able to give full play to the shameless quality of "send you to death, I will carry the black pot".

As for saying that he was martyred for his country and repaid the emperor's kindness, it was okay to deceive those stupid people who read and read, for Feng Minghe and others, it was a joke.

What does it matter to you that he is full of people?

Return the emperor's grace, even if it is the emperor's grace, it is also the Manchu minions given to them, and it has nothing to do with you Hanchen.

Moreover, his Manchu emperor can come again, and he doesn't think that the Han people can be on an equal footing with their Manchus. In that case, why would you still die for such a court?

Isn't that stupid?

"I can't imagine that Wang Shoubei has such a high ideological discipline, and he is really a model for my generation. In this case, the official had no choice but to sacrifice his life here to accompany the gentleman. Let us fight together, for the sake of the peaceful people of Xiangcheng, and live and die with Xiangcheng. Feng Minghe also replied with a resolute face.

"Okay, for the sake of the people of Xiangcheng, let's live and die with Xiangcheng!" Wang Zhizheng also seemed to understand what Feng Minghe meant.

No matter how Feng Minghe and Wang Zhi guessed, time was always passing in the most equal way.

Incense, finally finished.

"Incense, it's already finished. If you don't surrender, you're going to fight us, so it's up to you. ”

"Don't, don't fire, we're willing to surrender, we're willing to surrender."

When the bandit army who persuaded them to surrender made their final statement and was about to throw off their hands and leave, they heard two voices coming from the city wall.

At the same time, a white plain cloth was slowly raised on the head of Xiangcheng.

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