Chapter 540 is full of ambition

Although there were only ten family members ordered by the Admiral behind him, plus more than a dozen of his own personal soldiers, the general Meng Tietou still rode a high-headed horse with a sword hanging from his waist, all the way through the city, and hurried away.

Like Admiral Ma, after only listening to a few words from the herald, Meng Tietou had already expected that the thief outside the south gate was just a bluff.

has been in the army for decades, and he naturally knows all kinds of false tricks on the battlefield, as well as the virtues of the local soldiers.

Therefore, the Admiral asked himself to supervise the defense of the South Gate on behalf of the military discipline, although he was a little weak because he had no soldiers at hand, but he did not feel that there was anything wrong.

Seeing the defeat of the Governor's Battalion and returning, these admirals relied on them to become famous, and the descendants of his family and life were indeed necessary for him to personally appease and rectify, and he had no time to take care of the rest of the chickens and dogs for a while, which was really human nature.

In fact, Meng Tietou was still quite honored to have the important responsibility of Ma Junmen.

The guard general of the South Gate is the deputy general, no matter the level or strength, he is not as good as the other party, and usually, he is not less subjected to the white eyes and ridicule of these guys.

But Meng Tietou, who has always been pretentious and considers himself to have his family and country in mind, looks down on these mediocre people who are flies and dogs in his heart, and now he has the arrow of the admiral's order, and he can finally raise his eyebrows and breathe a sigh of relief.

Therefore, Meng Tietou was full of ambition, and from time to time waved the horsewhip to urge the horse to gallop, looking majestic, and had the momentum of looking down on half of Yangzhou City.

When he was about to reach the south gate, he showed signs that something was wrong.

There was a dead silence on the street, not only were there almost no people to be seen, but the several teams of soldiers that 6 continued to meet also looked frightened, and even ran into a few deserted soldiers head-on.

Meng Tietou was furious, and without hesitation, he ordered to take it and cut it down.

His style made the Youji people miserable.

Lord Meng rode a horse, galloping at every turn, and a few of their soldiers could only follow closely on foot and trotting all the way, already out of breath, and had to round up and take people from time to time, and when the south gate was in sight, they could no longer run.

My lord, let's take a break, the brothers can't run, let us rest for a while, and drink saliva, okay?

As a small head, You Jiren dared to suggest.

Useless things, when are you still resting!

Meng Tietou glared when he heard this, and reprimanded, don't you know how powerful the thief is, if you don't maintain good military discipline, when the cannon hits, I don't know how many people will scatter immediately!

But my lord, the brothers really can't run.

You Ji people rubbed and said, don't stop for a long time, just for a while

Yes, my lord, let's take a break!

Several other family members chimed in.

Darn!

Meng Tietou raised his horsewhip and scolded viciously, I am in the Qing Dynasty because there are too many of you who don't do anything, so that the thieves are all over the place!

After that, he picked up the horsewhip and hit the Youji people.

You Ji's body shrank, and with a snort, the whip fell into the air.

Just as Meng Tietou withdrew his horsewhip and was about to whip it again, he only heard a cannon sound in the distance, like a huge thunder after ten thousand lightning bolts!

Almost instantly, the city wall above Lord Meng's head was broken down by a half-human brick, and it fell straight not far away, and it fell into several pieces with a snap.

Meng Tietou's car was suddenly startled, snorted and hissed, and the two front hooves jumped up, looking like he was about to go crazy, but fortunately Meng Tietou grabbed the reins and stepped on the stirrup, so he was not thrown off the horse

The Youji people used to raise horses for people, and they were a little familiar with horses, so they immediately stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the horse, shouted a few times, patted the horse's neck a few times, and finally calmed the horse.

Meng Tietou was so frightened that he didn't dare to ride his horse anymore, so he hurriedly dismounted and went straight to the city wall to avoid it, while saying to Youjiren: This is your merit, spare you first!

Before the words fell, another cannon rang out, followed by another sound, and for a time the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of cannons was undulating endlessly, and the tall south wall was blasted into bricks and stones, crumbling.

Meng Tietou, who had not led troops for a long time, had seen the power of the thief's cannon, but he didn't know that it was so powerful, the walls of Yangzhou City were so thick, but in front of their cannons, they were almost like playthings made of dirt, which was simply vulnerable.

In this formation, I'm afraid that the thieves really want to capture the south gate, right?

Meng Tietou felt a burst of surprise, and suddenly a terrible thought came to his mind, and he couldn't help but recall the fear he felt when Hangzhou was defeated.

Suddenly, he faintly felt that his crotch seemed to be urinating, and although he forcibly held it back, his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand anymore.

He looked around in a panic, his new army was still in the west of the city, and the few personal soldiers in front of him were just serving on weekdays, and when it was really in danger, I was afraid that eighty percent would not work for him, and it was really difficult to trust him with his life

Finally, You Jiren did not forget what the Governor told him before leaving: If Lord Meng is a good person, you are the only one who asks! With these words, he quickly dragged Meng Tietou all the way and pulled him into the Tibetan Soldier Cave.

There is a hidden hole dug under the base of the city wall - in this era, there was already a sense of guarding against the enemy's long-range projection of weapons, so when the city was first built, a cave reinforced with bricks and stones was built on the inside of the wall, and the soldiers defending the city could hide from the artillery stones and arrows of the besieging enemy in the cave, and they could also rest inside, which was equivalent to a barracks.

The sound of cannons continued in a dull manner, and from time to time a cannonball crossed the city wall and landed in the city, and the cannonballs that flew into the city dragged white smoke and made a sharp whistling sound, and the moment they hit the houses, they smashed them to pieces, and when they hit the streets, they immediately lifted a large field of earth and rubble, and if they hit people, they would lose their arms and legs, or tear them in half, and their flesh and blood would fly.

The flame of the oil lamp in the niche was constantly jumping, and from time to time the wall skin fell down, Meng Tietou held his head, and sat on the ground of the Tibetan Soldier Cave with his family, feeling the tremor of the city wall under the bombardment of cannonballs.

There were also some officers and soldiers and strong men guarding the city, holding their heads in their hands, covering their ears, and closing their eyes tightly, as if this could suppress the great fear caused by the shelling.

Suddenly, a huge iron ball fell from the sky, followed by a wave of shaking, and the violent shaking extinguished all the oil lamps on the walls, and there was a burst of screaming, cursing and wailing in the cave.

Meng Tietou shrank tightly at the base of the wall, this would make him have no prestige at all, and he couldn't feel any urine, he just wanted this terrible time to pass quickly

The two gates of Rujiang Gate were blasted open one after another, and Yang Yuan didn't need to look closely, Yang Yuan knew what was going on inside the door.

Tartar, this is blocking the door!

Blocking the gate is the ultimate means to make up for the weakness of the city gate, but it is also tantamount to giving up the initiative in the battle.

Since ancient times, the two sides have been at war, and the defenders have paid great attention to the initiative and flexibility of the battle, and from time to time sent troops out of the city to harass in order to disrupt and destroy the combat subordinates of the besieging side.

In particular, the Ming army in this era paid special attention to the battle for the city gate when defending the city, not only would they set up a wall outside the city gate to cover the city gate when they had the conditions, but also organized a small force to rush out from the city gate to carry out a counter-assault when necessary, disrupting the attack of the Tartar iron cavalry.

Once the city gate is blocked, it is tantamount to giving up the initiative and completely dying and struggling.

It was only a matter of time before the temporary walls of bricks, wood and earth behind the gates were destroyed by 24-pounder cannons.

However, Yang Yuan does not plan to fight again.