Chapter 382: Death is on the verge of death

The rich man suddenly became anxious, and shouted in a straight voice:

"Who made it up, and let me tell you, my cousin said that in just a few days, all the errands in the yamen have run out!"

The scholar will be suspicious: "Is it really fake, it's all gone?" ”

"Don't believe me? Go to the yamen and inquire yourselves, and you will see when you see it."

Fugui pouted and said, "Look, the day the city is broken, it will be only a few days......"

"Shh......h Tap ......

The merchant looked nervously around and shook his hand.

"I'm afraid of a bird!"

Fugui raised his head with a look of disdain, "The Tartars are all dying, how can they care about this?" Do you see any catchers on the streets? ”

"Eh, gentlemen...... The little ones also heard about it,"

At this time, the guy from the teahouse came over and whispered while pouring tea, "This time...... There are a lot of people over there, and on this river, the black pressure is full of boats......"

"Really? This is...... Determined to win? ”

"Really, judging from the smallest, I'm afraid the limit of the Tartar is really coming......"

"But isn't it, I've also heard that the Marquis of Qinchuan is not an ordinary person, that is the reincarnation of Yang Jian, his subordinates are all heavenly soldiers and generals, Pingguang, besiege and kill the king of Dingnan, Dingguang, capture the king of Pingnan, the Tartars are all frightened, I am afraid that the rumors are true......"

"What Yang Jian, aren't they all saying that Second Master Guan is reborn?"

There was another commotion in the crowd, and all of them had a look of anticipation on their faces......

However, some people touched their braids and said worriedly: "You say that if you really come to the city with a captive army, will you ...... us for the crime of rebellion?"

"Don't you......"

"Not really?"

One of them said worriedly, "Since the Tartars came south, over and over again, you fought for me, which time the city was broken, didn't you look for someone to plunder money and kill people?" ”

"Alas! Calling back and forth, it's not all us grass people who suffer in the end......"

"Yes, if you want me to say, it's better to go home and hide the money and food first,"

The man whispered, "When the king enters the city, even if he doesn't kill people casually like the Tartars, it is always inevitable to pay some military salaries. ”

"Look at what you said, if Wang Shi really recovers Fuzhou, saving me is equal to fire and water, let's give some money and food to the army, shouldn't we?"

A person next to him pouted and said, "If that's the case, I'm willing to sacrifice food and labor for the army...... I am afraid that the tartars will suffer a loss, and when they are dying, they will bite and come to harm us again. ”

"What this one said is that everyone should be careful these days, in case the Tartars lose the battle, they should be angry with us......"

"Yes, yes, let's go home, don't go out again these days."

Everyone immediately dispersed.

Gradually, one by ten, ten by hundred, the city of Fuzhou became lifeless, and the people were looking forward to something in silence.

On the streets, except for the occasional group of Tartar soldiers running by in a panic, idlers became more and more scarce.

……

At the head of the city, Ma Degong couldn't control what was happening in the city, he was concentrating on organizing his subordinates to try their best to defend, braving artillery fire to delay time.

After repeated observations, what made Ma Degong a little relieved was that although the artillery fire of this gang of thieves was fierce, they seemed to be very desperate for their lives and were reluctant to forcibly attack the city.

And the evil little cannons, although far away, are not numerous, and it will be difficult to destroy the strong city walls for a while and a half.

Ma Degong estimated that as long as it lasted until dark, the artillery fire of the Ming thieves would definitely lose its accuracy, and at that time, they would have to die down.

Although there was still some time before it got dark, and there were dead people all the time, in Ma Degong's opinion, such casualties were completely bearable.

After adapting, he withdrew the main force to the Tibetan soldier cave, leaving only the observation post and some artillery at the head of the city to make some noise, and greatly reduced casualties.

It seems that his task will not be difficult to complete.

Whether it is a life or cowardice, it is easy to say that the thief does not climb the city by ladder, just grit his teeth and put a top, and the long night will pass.

As long as he survives until dawn and retreats smoothly, it is none of his business whether the city is broken or not.

At that time, there were Zhao Guozuo's people in front of him, and there was always a way to do it in the chaos......

However, Ma Degong didn't understand a truth until he died - weakness is not an obstacle to survival, arrogance is.

He is too self-righteous and too taken for granted!

He Shouxin's delay in organizing a siege does not mean that he will continue to fight like this until dark.

In fact, He Shouxin is also trying to delay time - he is waiting for backup, waiting for Xia Bomin's main force.

Originally, he really planned to break the city alone and fight a good battle.

However, Lin Xiao's urgent order changed his role from the main attack to the assist......

According to the original plan, Xia Bomin's people were going to break Nantai Island first.

From the perspective of military common sense, if Nantai Island is not taken first, the threat behind it will not be lifted, and it will be impossible to let go of the siege.

However, I didn't expect that most of the stupid Zhao Guozuo's troops stationed on Nantai Island were some miscellaneous green battalion soldiers with super weak combat effectiveness.

Zhao Guozuo's attention was on the captives who were attacking all the way, completely ignoring the blows from the sea.

Perhaps, he never dreamed that the captive army and Zheng Chenggong would join forces so soon and go out together.

Therefore, in his eyes, Nantai Island is just a forward defense line that consumes the strength of the Ming thieves and blocks the momentum of the Ming thieves' advance, and he is unwilling to send the elite Han Eight Banners and disperse the garrison forces too much.

In this way, under the flanking attack of Zheng Chenggong's fleet, the artillery of Nantai Island quickly fell silent.

The ensuing landing operation on the island was also extremely smooth, and thousands of green battalion soldiers looked at the warships on the river, and they had already lost their fighting spirit and scattered as birds and beasts.

Faced with the new situation, Xia Bomin decided to report to Lin Xiao and hand over Nantai Island to Zheng Jun, and his troops could directly cross the river and besiege the city.

When Xia Bomin called Lin Xiao urgently, he was in the Zheng Mansion in Anping, absentmindedly watching Zheng Chenggong and Qu Shiyun play chess.

As a result, Situ Zheng came directly to the door with a communication soldier with a walkie-talkie on his back, which made Lin Xiao startled, and thought that something big had happened.

After understanding what Xia Bomin meant, Lin Xiao immediately approved and ordered Xia Bomin to take full command.

Because, Xia Bomin's idea is in Lin Xiao's arms.

Originally, Lin Xiao was not very worried about He Shouxin's battle plan, his subordinates, there were too few backbone troops that could really fight-only one guard company.

In fact, Lin Xiao has been worried about the combat ability of the youth battalion, after all, they are all half-sized, once the Qing army stubbornly resists and fights for every inch of territory, they have no advantage at all in the street battles dominated by fighting bayonets.

In addition, the Franc machine battalion, Lin Xiao didn't worry about letting them into the city.

He was a little worried that in the eyes of those stupid and cute foreigners, the Chinese all looked similar, and if they killed the local people by mistake, it would be very bad.

So, Lin Xiao immediately made a decision and urgently called He Shouxin, telling him not to rush to attack the city, just destroy the Qing army's fortifications outside the city and clear the obstacles for Xia Bomin.

The matter of going into the city to kill people is better left to Xia Bomin, a professional.

……

Therefore, just as Ma Degong was drilling on the bottom floor of the enemy tower, quietly listening to the explosion outside that was no longer so dense, and even a little proud, the observation post at the head of the city rushed in and reported to him a piece of news that made his soul fly -

Hundreds of warships loaded with Ming thief soldiers directly bypassed Nantai Island and appeared at the pier outside the city, and they had landed quickly.

(End of chapter)