The rolling wood and rocks fell, and the man fell down the ladder, reaching out and trying to grasp whatever he could, but in vain.

The cry of the fall brought with it a muffled sound, and the roar of the city's artillery overwhelmed everything in an instant. Immediately afterwards, I saw the front of the smoke spraying, a lookout shook, the wood began to squeak, deform, and break, and the shooters on the platform also fell into the dust with the collapse.

Falling and collapsing, it was nothing more than a sound, bubbling boiling oil poured down from the city, and only a torch followed, and the rushing car that had broken the bricks of the city turned into a sea of fire in an instant. The scorching waves, the flaming elves let out a scream that made people's hearts tremble violently, and ran aimlessly away from the sea of fire until they fell to the ground, and the screams gradually disappeared, but the flames were still burning, emitting a stench of burning proteins.

At the head of the city, arrows were fired, and the soldier with the stone fell down, and even took the stone with him and smashed it underneath. The Ming army had already ascended to the top of the city, and the Qing army quickly surrounded it

At this time, the battle for the city wall had entered a white-hot stage, and in the trenches of the city, the hooked and sickle spears had already shown their superiority in weapons, and even if Rollo could dodge the assassination, it was difficult to avoid the barbs that pulled back and hung on the felt cloth on their bodies as light armor. It only takes one stumble to easily kill a fighter with the cooperation of two or three people.

Soon, the Ming army in the trench was quickly emptied and forced back into the tunnel. The Qing army approached the mouth of the tunnel, thatch, paper were thrown into it, a fire was thrown in, the fire suddenly started, the damp firewood was put into it, and a few large pu fans that had been prepared in advance outside were fanned up.

Before the officers who had hurriedly retreated to report to Li Dingguo had finished speaking, more Ming troops began to flee from the tunnel, followed by billowing smoke. At this time, there is a chance that those who have not escaped will not be able to escape.

"Mingjin retreats."

Chen Kai rode on a horse, holding a monocular and looking at the distant city wall attack and defense, turned his eyes, and observed the nearest tunnel. There was no movement, and he inevitably took the time to observe Li Dingguo's reaction.

However, whether it was the Ming army ascending first, or the watchtower collapsing, or when the news came from the tunnel that was going well, Li Dingguo just observed the battle situation with a pair of eyes, made judgments and decisions with an expressionless face, and always behaved calmly. Even when the order to withdraw troops was given at this moment, it was not at all as slow as when Chen Kai was fighting with the civil officials of Western Guangdong, it was as if he had changed someone.

"No wonder you can be a famous king twice, and no wonder you can be tossed by Sun Kewang and embarrassed, really no one is perfect."

Chen Kai thought so, and was hearing Lian Chengbi next to him say comforting words to "victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers". However, looking at the afterglow, it seems that there is still a slight abnormality in his eyes, as if the word "pity" in his heart has accidentally overflowed.

When you hear the drums, you advance, and when you hear the gold, you retreat, which is the simplest command language. The sound of gold sounded here, and the Ming army began to cover the soldiers who were attacking and slowly retreated. It wasn't until the army basically retreated that Li Dingguo nodded to Chen Kai and Lian Chengbi and led the team back to the camp.

Returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, the military discussion began, Chen Kai and Lian Chengbi, as the two highest-ranking civilian officials, were here to observe, mainly Li Dingguo and his generals discussed the reasons for this defeat, the casualties of the enemy and us, the loss of materials, and how to deal with Yunyun in the event of another war.

Lian Chengbi didn't seem to be able to adapt to the small setback of Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, who had made such a brilliant record as a famous king twice, and listened to it very seriously, but Chen Kai was thinking more about some other things in his mind, but he didn't pay too much attention to their discussion.

At the end of the military discussion, the method of digging tunnels has been abolished, because the Qing army has been prepared for a long time, and it is still so well prepared. If it continues, it will be in vain, and it will cost the lives of many soldiers, which is really worth the loss.

In terms of siege equipment, it will have to be rebuilt. Fortunately, there is no need to worry about manpower, and the materials are not a big deal, so the houses near the left will be demolished, and those beams or something can also be used.

However, it takes time to prepare, and Li Dingguo does not intend to stop there and give the Qing army time to breathe. The next day, Chen Kai received a report that a new round of offensive preparations was made, and he followed Li Dingguo to the city again.

The siege equipment that was dropped yesterday was basically still in place, and the Qing army was under great pressure in the face of Li Dingguo, and they did not dare to go out of the city by Yunlong, so as not to expose the flaws.

The Ming army didn't care about those things, they threw them there, but they were busy pushing out the artillery from the front camp, approaching the attack distance, and then began the steps of aiming and loading. It was clear that it was intended to bombard the city walls with artillery.

"Your Highness, can the lower officials go over and have a look?"

"Yes, Chen Fujun is at his own convenience."

Li Dingguo was still observing the situation of the Qing army in the city, and he didn't have too much thought to get to Chen Kai. With a salute, Chen Kai rode his horse straight to the artillery position, stayed close to the left, turned over and dismounted, and Li Dingguo's own personal soldiers stepped forward to talk to the officers of the artillery team, who heard that Chen Kai had arrived in person, and did not dare to stop him, and appointed Chen Kai to come forward to observe the loading of the artillery.

The city wall of Xinhui County is seven or eight meters high, and such a wall will put pressure on the attacker in a cold weapon war. But in this era, firearms are prevalent, and such a high city wall, too huge artillery can't go up. It's not that the weight is too large to move, but the caliber is too large, and the recoil when firing the cannon will damage the city wall, whether it is rammed earth or brickwork, it can't be avoided. In this way, the Europeans deliberately lowered the height of the fortress when it was built.

There was no oversized artillery in the city, and Chen Kai didn't have to worry about how much of a threat the Qing army's artillery could pose to the Ming army's artillery positions, so fortunately, he looked at it himself.

The gunner brushed his thumb and closed one eye to gesturing back and forth, while the gunners kept correcting the angle of the gun according to the gunner's instructions. After the adjustment, the loader opened the powder keg, shoveled the gunpowder into the muzzle of the gun with a shovel by hand, compacted it, and then lightly put the gun, which looked quite skillful.

There was a cannonball loaded over there, Chen Kai walked closer, leaned down, picked up a cannonball with both hands, and weighed it. Then he asked the officer, and after getting the answer that these cannons were the largest caliber guns in the entire artillery team, Chen Kai nodded, and then rode back to Li Dingguo's command.

"Does Chen Fujun have any ideas?"

"Xu is the lower official thinking wrong, let's talk about it after today."

Chen Kai must have an idea, but he just doesn't want to talk too much now. This can be seen both by Lian Chengbi and Li Dingguo. However, it can be seen that since Chen Kai is unwilling to say, they can't force them to ask, so they simply treat it as if it didn't happen.

"When you're ready, let the artillery team start firing."

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The artillery bombardment outside the city was intermittently tossed for most of the day, the Ming army only opened artillery, the enemy towers on the city wall, the female wall or something was damaged, and some Qing troops were hit by cannonballs or flying stones, and there were inevitably casualties. Yesterday's tunnels had been blocked with masonry, and they were tight. However, every day let those blind people listen to the urn is still doing it as usual, after all, no one can guarantee whether the Ming army will play such a trick again.

The only thing is that in the past two days, a big flag with the word Chen has recently been planted next to the handsome flag of the old thief, and the word governor is vaguely written next to it, which makes people think of whether the Chen Kai from Chaozhou is here. For this reason, the commander of the defending army, the general of the domain, You Yunlong, also lost a lot of temper, and scolded the Huizhou Green Camp for not being able to look at Chen Kai, and now that cunning and wise guy is here, isn't this city even more difficult to defend.

In the meantime, the Ming army had already retreated, and the defenders couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, neither could guarantee whether the Ming army would attack at night, so the city guard still could not relax. When it was time to eat, the man carried hot rice and vegetables to the city and distributed them to the defenders.

The defenders had eaten their hot meal, and the group returned to the barracks not far away, led by the defenders. At this time, it was already night, the sky was gradually darkening, the doors on both sides had been closed, some were still open, but no one was gone, and the Xu family was already dead. The streets were chaotic, full of dead leaves and garbage, a few corpses were mixed in the middle, emitting bursts of foul smell, and people passing by were also familiar with it, hurriedly walking on the road, especially when they saw a group of Qing troops, they hurriedly hid, how could they dare to make the slightest movement.

When I returned to the camp, I needed to let the auxiliary soldiers clean the dishes and chopsticks, and I also had to prepare supper and hot water for the vigil, which were all indispensable. Walking in a hurry along the way, the men didn't bother to take a look at the ruins in the city, they saw too much, and they were tired of seeing it.

The night passed, and the Ming army did not attack. Early the next morning, in the alley south of East Corner Street, a group of feudal soldiers kicked open the gate of a courtyard, and even the screams of a woman were heard.

They came to forcibly collect food and wages, and ordinary people were just ordinary people, but this family had a student, named Lu Ao, and such a gentry family could also speak in Huangzhi County, this county. However, it is not the local green battalion that comes, let alone the official of the county government, no matter what you do to raise people and show off your talents, it is ordered by the general, they directly kick the door open, collect money and food and leave, and if you can't get it, you will arrest the women in the family and use it, it's as simple as that.

"Master Jun, you have to levy food and salary every month, and the student's family is not rich, and everything that can be handed over in these days has been handed over, but I really can't pay it."

"Damn, it's not that the old men are guarding the city, the old thief has entered the city, and there is still a way to live. Now that you're levied every month, you have to fucking eat every day, can you not eat for a month? ”

Pushing Na Xiucai to the ground, several feudal soldiers rushed in, and soon turned out the Lu family's pot, which was nothing more than some leaves, and there was actually a straw sandal, which was boiled with water, and it was used as vegetable soup, and there was still half a grain of rice grain.

From June, the Ming army besieged the city, and the price of rice in the city skyrocketed, and soon there was no market. The feudal soldiers plundered and collected food and wages, which made the life of the people in the city more and more unbearable. The Lu family originally had some relatives and friends, and the family also had some savings, but these feudal soldiers didn't care about his imperial examination fame at all, and they came to collect it every once in a while, and if they were a little slow, they would be beaten. Lu Ao went to the county government and wanted to ask Huang Zhizheng of the county to say one or two on his behalf, but what he saw was that a man surnamed Mo in the county was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, but Huang Zhixian could only sigh again and again, and there was no way to take those feudal soldiers.

It was already the end of October, especially since the Ming army occupied Jiangmen in August, and the waterway was completely cut off. After a few times, the Lu family has already handed over everything that can be handed over, and there are still some life-saving money and grain hidden in the ground, just waiting for the real time to take it out to survive. Who knows, I just conquered it a few days ago, but this time it is here again.

"Phew, can you eat this?" The feudal soldiers kicked over the soup in the pot, and then ordered Lu Ao to hand over his share: "Otherwise, bring your daughter-in-law back." It just so happens that the last time I beat Guangzhou, the talented lady has a strong temperament, and we haven't tasted the taste of the showy lady for a few years. ”

With a presumptuous lewd smile, Lu Ao's wife was forcibly pulled over. Struggling, looking back, also shaking his head vigorously. Lu Ao naturally understood that his wife had said that if she came to forcibly recruit again, she would just go with those feudal soldiers. The last few taels of silver and a bag of miscellaneous grains should be kept, as long as the child's life can be saved, she can do anything as a mother.

Seeing that the pot was full of this, the feudal soldiers also knew that they couldn't scrape anything, so they simply wanted to take Lu Ao's lady away. But Na Luao couldn't bear his wife to fall into the women's camp, so he had to kneel on the ground, crawl up to the officer, hold the officer's left trouser leg, and plead vigorously.

The officer was furious and was about to raise his foot and kick it over. I suddenly remembered what Yunlong had said yesterday, "That Chen Kai from Chaozhou is here, this city is more difficult to defend, and you have to prepare early".

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With a loud shout, the officer pulled out his knife and plunged it directly into Lu Ao's back. With just a twist, the latter's waist plate, where the pain had stopped, loosened, and there was no longer any life.

"Xianggong!"

Lu Ao's lady struggled to break free, threw herself on Lu Ao's body, and even cried with the child. Immediately afterwards, the officer stabbed again, and the son of the student fell down when he heard the sound.

"You murderers of a thousand cuts!"

When her husband and children were gone, the woman stood up and rebuked. Immediately, he hit his head against the courtyard wall, and he was no longer alive when he saw it.

"Damn, that's a disappointment."

The officer spat on the ground, and then ordered the other feudal soldiers to search the house again, and when there was really nothing to find out, he simply ordered someone to load the corpses of the family of three into a car.

After a round of scraping, it was easier than the initial one to scrape a few truckloads of ground, and as time went on, it became more and more difficult to scrape things out. However, this time, it was a few corpses that filled the cart to the brim, pulled it back to the barracks, and sent it to the quarters.

"Making bacon? The villain understood. ”

The leader of the gang is a native of Liaodong, he was a man when he was in Dongjiang, he was still a man after the Qing Dynasty, and he is still doing the work of a man in the army.

After receiving the order here, the feudal soldiers left on their own. The man who left a yard, one of whom was a local in Guangdong, vomited on the spot.

"Why are you still standing, you have stripped off all your clothes, just as you did when you kill a pig and a sheep, and you have unloaded your limbs and pulled out all your internal organs. Just do what you have to do, hurry up, there's still a lot of work. ”

The leader of the gang shouted loudly to those men, and when he saw that he was slow, he kicked them directly, and finally made them move.

There is not much bacon in the north, but there is one in Liaodong. As for Guangdong, Cantonese bacon is very famous, and the chef who vomited so much is the best at this, but looking at the corpses, how can he do it.

"You just treat these as pigs and sheep, and you can do what you do on weekdays."

kicked the cook on the buttocks, and the head of the gang continued to do ideological work: "What do you know, bacon can be stored for a long time, prepare it now, and when there is really no food, it can last for a while." ”

"But, but this is cannibalism after all!"

As soon as these words came out, most of the people showed such looks. However, the leader of the gang was stunned when he heard this, as if he remembered something from the past, and tears began to condense in his eyes, but in the end, he only sighed: "That's better than eating people directly." At the very least, it's better than being eaten by people and leaving no bones left. ”