"This damn old thing, he doesn't want to go, he won't let us go, now it's over, the thieves have surrounded Guangzhou City, and we can't run away."

"I heard that those thieves are very good at those mud legs, or we will change into shabby clothes and hide in the mud legs."

"I hope that Ren Jianxiu can hold the city, and I also hope that the reinforcements will come soon, the city is broken, and we will all die."

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Once the city of Guangzhou is breached, their fate can be imagined, they all want to live, but they are blocked in the dead place of Guangzhou City and cannot leave, one by one hates Wu Wenhua who will not let them leave.

Among them, there are also a few who pretend to be sad, the People's Army has been raising the flag for several months, and some information under the rule of the People's Army has been spread, and the ordinary people in Guangzhou do not know, but they can be known by these big people.

For example, the People's Army attacked the powerful, many people know that the People's Army is ruthless against the powerful, but it will only attack the powerful who have done evil, if the powerful have not done evil, then the powerful family can live well, most of the money will not be taken, but most of the farmland will be bought at a low price.

It is hateful to buy farmland at a low price, but the family can survive, and when the imperial court sends an army to exterminate the people's army, those farmland can be taken back, and the money for buying farmland before does not need to be returned, which is equivalent to making a profit.

Those who did not disdain to bully the common people on weekdays, pretended to be sad on their faces, and their hearts were happy, no matter whether the city of Guangzhou was broken by the People's Army or not, they would not be a big deal.

Some people even think that the People's Army will break through the city of Guangzhou, and their own family will be fine, and those families who have a bad relationship with them have done evil, and the People's Army will raid their homes, which is definitely a thing worth rejoicing.

However, there is a huge risk that the city of Guangzhou will be broken by the People's Army, and his own life is in the hands of the People's Army.

After the gathering of the magnates ended, three of them had a very good relationship and chose a place to get together, these three people were named Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin, all of whom were big names in the city of Guangzhou, and they were very powerful in Guangdong, and their networks went straight to the capital.

After the three of them sat down, Liang Xin was the first to speak: "The thieves are very strong, there are only 6,000 soldiers and horses in Guangzhou City, and if the reinforcements do not come, I am afraid that this city will be broken." ”

"So what are we going to do, wait for death? The three of us have done nothing less than bullying the common people. Xia Jingshan said with a sullen head.

"What else can we do but wait for death, we can only hope that this Guangzhou city can hold out until reinforcements come over, and the guards in my family have been recruited away." Liang Xin had a helpless expression on his face.

At this time, Jiang Ci, who had not spoken, spoke, and he said: "Otherwise, we will take refuge in the thieves, even if we have bullied the common people, as long as we make great contributions to the thieves, the thieves will definitely not kill us, otherwise, no one will take refuge in the past, and with the extraordinariness of the thieves, they should not do this." ”

"Seek refuge with thieves? Even if the city of Guangzhou is broken by thieves, when the imperial court sends hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress it, can the thieves resist it? If we take refuge in the thieves, we will die. Xia Jingshan shook his head and replied.

Hearing Xia Jingshan's words, Liang Xin nodded slightly in agreement.

At this time, Jiang Ci said again: "This is a matter of dying early and dying late, the city is broken, we are all going to die, if we take refuge in the thieves, we will die when the imperial army comes over, so we will die later, and maybe there will be any changes in it, maybe the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown by the thieves, then we are all heroes." ”

Jiang Ci's words made Xia Jingshan and Liang Xin fall into thought, although the possibility of the Ming Dynasty being overthrown by thieves is very small, but compared to the matter of early death and late death, they must choose to die late, and it is good to live one more day, maybe there are their refuge, and the possibility of thieves overthrowing the Ming Dynasty will increase.

After thinking about it, Xia Jingshan said seriously: "Wait, let's see, if this Guangzhou City really can't hold before the reinforcements arrive, then we will take refuge in the thieves." ”

"Yes." Jiang Ci and Liang Xin replied almost together, and when they arrived here, in order to survive, the three of them had the idea of joining the People's Army.

After that, the three of them discussed again, discussing how to make a great contribution to the People's Army, the guards of the three families were all recruited away, and the three of them knew some officers in the Ming Army, and they could unite and find a way to open a certain gate when the People's Army was attacking the city and lead the People's Army into the city, which was definitely a very big contribution.

Of course, if you want to implement this plan, you will have to wait, and when the Ming army will not be able to hold the city.

Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin had the idea of defecting to the People's Army, and other powerful people in Guangzhou also had their own ideas, and they had to work hard to save their lives as death approached.

Compared with the magnates, the ordinary people in Guangzhou are also very afraid, the people are not well-informed, they only know that there are thieves attacking, and they are worried that the city of Guangzhou will be broken and the soldiers will be ruled in chaos, and these ordinary people will also suffer.

The common people are making preparations, digging pits in the ground, burying most of the family's money and food in the ground, and those who have good-looking girls in the family want to pretend to be ugly.

The normal life of the people in Guangzhou had disappeared as early as when Wu Wenhua ordered the closure of the city.

It was already night, and the fire on the city wall was still ordered, and the Ming army changed the city guard wave by wave to guard against the night attack of the people's army.

After several days of travel, the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the People's Army needed to rest well and would not attack at night, but the artillerymen of the 3rd Mixed Brigade would bombard the city every other hour.

At first, the shelling brought a little casualties to the Ming army, but soon, the shelling could not bring the Ming army a number of casualties, and the Ming soldiers and soldiers shrank behind the wall to prevent being hit by the shells.

Although there are almost no casualties now, under the bombardment of the People's Army, the Ming soldiers on the city wall are frightened one by one, for fear that they will be accidentally killed by shells.

Under the constant bombardment of the People's Army, the morale of the Ming army continued to decrease.

Ren Jianxiu wanted to make changes, such as letting the Ming artillery and the People's Army artillery bombard, but unfortunately the effect was not good, the People's Army artillery retreated after two rounds of artillery, and when the People's Army artillery retreated, the Ming Army artillery was ready to fire, and it was almost impossible to hit the People's Army at this time.

On the contrary, the city of Guangzhou is there, it will not run or move, and the Ming army on the city wall can only be bombarded, and Ren Jianxiu can't even send too many Ming troops to the city wall, because if there are more people on the city wall, there will not be enough places to hide from the shells.

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