Looking at the man who slowly rode over, everyone on the tower of the city gate couldn't help but be stunned, Pan Ruzhen frowned and said: "What do you mean by the thief, isn't he here to demonstrate to us?" ”

Ma Sidi pondered for a while, stretched out his right hand to the side, and the family member standing beside him quickly took out a telescope he carried with him and handed it to him.

Ma Sidi raised his binoculars and saw that the other party was a middle-aged man wearing a white felt hat and a sheepskin jacket.

Since many of the leaders and high-level leaders led by Li Zicheng are from Shaanxi, there are a lot of people dressed like this, and Ma Sidi can't recognize who the other party is, but the only thing that is certain is that this celebrity looks calm and ruthless, and he is a powerful character at first glance.

Pan Ruzhen asked on the side: "Master Ma, do you recognize the identity of the person?" ”

Ma Sidi shook his head, "The lower officials can't recognize it, but judging from his dress, the other party is likely to be a leader of the thieves, and he is not small, he should be an important person in the thieves." ”

After that, Ma Sidi handed the telescope in his hand to Pan Ruzhen.

Pan Ruzhen is obviously also a knowledgeable person, he took the telescope and looked at it for a while, and exclaimed: "Good thing, I heard that this thing is only for the internal use of the Jiangning Army, and very few of them are outside, and Master Ma can also get one, obviously he is also capable." ”

Ma Sidi shook his head and said: "What the governor said is already the old Huang calendar, since the Manchu Qing Tartars were wiped out, the Jiangning army's control over this item has been relaxed a lot. Now it has been sold in the Daming Royal Commercial Bank, but the price is not cheap, and this subordinate official spent five hundred taels of silver to buy it back. ”

"Tut, that Xinguo Gong is really a good way to make money."

Pan Ruzhen couldn't help but be surprised, and then shook his head with a smile, the Ming Royal Commercial Bank is now the largest commercial house in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the reason why it can develop so much is because all the things it sells are rare goods that others don't have.

Whether it's snow-white refined salt, surprisingly sweet sugar, glass as big as a door panel, or even all kinds of cosmetics that can make countless women crazy, everything can bring a huge amount of silver to the trading house.

And the most terrible thing is that half of the shares of this Daming trading house belong to the emperor, and the other half of the shares belong to the Xinguo Gong who holds a heavy army, so although countless people covet it, no one has the courage to fight him.

Without thinking too much, Pan Ruzhen picked up the binoculars and looked over.

And at this moment, the middle-aged man was holding an iron microphone and shouted loudly at the city wall, and the people on the city wall listened, "The people on the city wall listen, I am the king Li Zicheng who you want to get rid of and then quickly, and now Hangzhou Mansion has been surrounded by our 100,000 troops."

If you are interested, surrender quickly, not only will we not hurt your lives, but we will let you go, if you want to join our rebel army, I can even seal you as an official, if you are not interested, wait until we kill it, I promise that we will kill the chickens and dogs!

I'll give you a day to think about it, if you don't surrender tomorrow morning, we're going to attack the city!" ”

Since the tin horn was brought to the Ming Dynasty from modern society by Yang Feng, this kind of thing that is so simple to make that any blacksmith can make it quickly became popular in the Ming Dynasty, and now even the Liukou has begun to equip it.

As soon as the tin horn appeared, even if it was hundreds of meters away from the rogue, the people on the city wall could hear it clearly.

Li Zicheng...... He is Li Zicheng! ”

"This person is actually the thief chief Li Zicheng?"

There was an exclamation from the walls.

During this period of time, Li Zicheng's name can be said to have long been a household name in Jiangnan, this self-proclaimed king has captured several state capitals and more than ten counties in a row, and I don't know how many people have died because of him, especially once the gentry and rich families fall into his hands, everyone can get a good one.

Under this kind of rumor, many people have boasted that he has become a monster with a height of eight feet, a tiger's back, and the ability to lift a thousand pounds.

"Quick...... Quick, come on, shoot this thief chief with a bow and arrow! Shoot him! ”

"Quick, come on, archer, where is the archer?"

While there was a panic on the city wall, many civil officials shouted at the surrounding city guards, telling them to quickly bend their bows and shoot arrows.

"That's enough, what are you all doing? Then Li Zicheng is hundreds of steps away from us, what bow and arrow can reach? ”

Fortunately, our governor still has a certain amount of common sense, and his words have stopped those flustered officials.

After the officials quieted down, he said to Ma Sidi: "Master Ma, you just said that the thieves will not attack the city today, are you sure?" ”

"This subordinate is really not talking nonsense."

Ma Sidi pointed to the thieves in the distance and said: "Lord Governor, please see, although the thieves put on a menacing posture, they are all cavalry, and the foot soldiers behind them are also armed with weapons, but these people don't even have the most basic siege equipment.

Unless the thief chief Li Zicheng plans to let these rogues all die under the city of Hangzhou today, the lower officials can conclude that the rogues have no intention of attacking the city today, and they are just here to put pressure on us. ”

Hearing Ma Sidi's words, the surrounding civil officials all blushed, recalling the performance of jumping to their feet in a hurry just now, shouting for the soldiers to release arrows, and even more wishing that there was a crack in the ground for them to get into.

Pan Ruzhen also glanced at the officials around him, and sighed secretly in his heart, these people are also full of sage books, and they are all talk-free on weekdays, and they are indispensable to guide the country every day, but once they encounter things, they are full of ugliness, and they are not as good as Ma Sidi, a martial artist who is despised by them as a rough person, is really a loss of the face of a scholar.

He pulled Ma Sidi to a corner where no one was on the side and whispered: "Master Ma, tell Benfu the truth, can this Hangzhou City be defended?" ”

Ma Sidi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Lord Governor, at this time, the lower officials can't guarantee it." However, what I dare to guarantee is that as long as there is still a breath in the lower pass, I will never let the thieves cross the city one step! ”

Pan Ruzhen's face sank, and he shouted in a low voice: "Ma Sidi, what Ben Fu wants is the truth, don't give Ben Fu a sloppy look, otherwise Ben Fu won't mind asking for the royal flag to remove you." ”

Being forced by Pan Ruzhen like this, Ma Sidi could only helplessly say: "Since the governor asked so, the lower officials can only tell the truth, with the strength of Hangzhou City now, there is no problem to keep it for ten days, and the officials will not dare to guarantee it if they exceed ten days." ”

"Ten days?"

Pan Ruzhen was silent for a moment, looked at the west in the distance, a helpless wry smile appeared in his eyes, and muttered: "Even now, does that person still refuse to come?" ”