Chapter 34 Under the City of Weiyuan

The reason why many city defenses are lost is not because the enemy army destroyed the city walls, but because they destroyed the hearts and minds of the people.

The human heart is a wonderful thing.

It can be strong or vulnerable.

In the face of such pressure, under such shaking, Ruan Jin himself was a little shaken, not to mention the city sergeant, Ruan Jin's worries were also being cleaned up. But he didn't want him to look at the soldiers below, but found that although many of these soldiers were trembling with fear, they didn't mean to waver.

No why, it's just for the family's field.

Zhang Xuan's standard for granting land is not high, and the sum of these three thousand soldiers is only tens of thousands of acres of land, but these tens of thousands of acres of land may be the net worth of one or two big families, but it is enough for these people to be firmly tied to Cao Ying's boat.

In their own words, when they thought that their families could have land that had been passed down from generation to generation, it was worth selling this life to General Zhang.

After Ruan Jin learned about this, the wavering in his heart became inexplicably firm.

To tell the truth, although Ruan Jin is not a big family, he is not a low-level person, otherwise he would not be able to pull out hundreds of people to vote for Zhang Xuan, although he understands the desire of the people at the bottom for land, but he is not as shocked as today.

Tian is life.

No, as long as it can be passed on, this field is more important than life.

"Boom." With a bang, the city wall suddenly toppled to one side.

Due to the ferocity of the artillery fire under the city, no one could stand on the top of the city, and even some cannonballs crossed the city wall and hit the city, knocking the buildings in the city into a mess.

Therefore, the Ruan family arranged soldiers at the foot of the city wall and used the city wall to block the bombardment of artillery fire.

It's just that I never thought that this city wall wouldn't be able to support it for a day.

Most of them were poured outward, probably because the shells destroyed the outside wall so badly that the bottom of the wall was shattered and could not support the weight above, so it was dumped on the ground.

But there were still a lot of debris smashed into the city. For a while, dozens of people didn't even have time to scream and buried them.

"Save people." Ruan Jin said.

In fact, there is no need for Ruan Jin to say, because Zhang Xuan knew that the training time was relatively small, so Zhang Xuan retained the original organization of the people to the greatest extent.

This organization is the family, the township. So most of these 3,000 people came from one place. The relationship between them was very close, before Nguyen Jin's order was given. They had already swarmed forward, and the men who were buried in the mound were pulled out.

I just took it out and looked at it, and I saw that it was covered in blood, and most of it was more out of breath and less in breath, so it didn't look like it.

How could such a big movement in Weiyuan City not be known by the officials and soldiers. Just listen

Seeing the sound of shouting and killing under Zhaobao Mountain, it was earth-shattering, and the team of people killed at the gap. It seems that in order to prevent accidental injury, the sound of artillery under the mountain also stopped.

"Quick, quick, move the cannon over." Ruan Jin said loudly.

Most of the artillery in the city is a cannon of similar specifications to the Linying cannon, so that two people can lift it.

Although the city wall collapsed, there was still a slope at the place where the city wall collapsed, and one artillery gun mounted it and fired it together, and for a while, whether it was scattered shells or solid shells, they all hit down, and the momentum of the officers and soldiers rushing up was violently knocked down.

However, this will not last long.

As soon as the officers and soldiers were driven down, the artillery of the officers and soldiers smashed again. Although the lethality of solid shells is not too great, it is likely that one shot will not kill a person, but this kind of depression that can only be beaten and unable to fight back makes the city soldiers begin to stir.

"You all have to think about your family, think about your family's fields." Ruan Jin said.

No matter how scared he was, when he thought of the newly divided good paddy fields at home, the expectant eyes of the people in his family, and the military law that General Zhang had announced a long time ago, if he died in battle, his family would have another pension, and if he was a deserter, the treatment of his family would be extremely severe.

At this juncture, they naturally knew that they would choose so.

Dying here is also a good choice for them.

A human life in exchange for dozens of acres of land at home is quite worth it in the eyes of simple farmers.

Nguyen Jin stabilized the morale of the army, and with this gap as the center, he launched a tug-of-war with the official army. The fierce fighting continued until the evening, and the officers and troops had not yet rushed into the city, but Nguyen Jin's troops also suffered heavy casualties. The plan will not support tomorrow.

"There are five days left, what should I do?" Ruan Jin was extremely worried in his heart, and he thought of running away for a while, but he knew that he couldn't run away.

Dinghai County under Zhaobao Mountain has been occupied by the official army, and tens of thousands of troops are about to surround this place, and it is almost impossible to escape. But after five days of stalemate, he had already determined that it was an impossible task. I can only grit my teeth and hold on to the end.

Zheng Zhilong was under the city and waited a little longer.

He was not waiting to capture Weiyuan City on Zhaobao Mountain, but to send troops in Ningbo City.

Zheng Zhilong also has his own calculations.

He sent troops this time, but he was just encircling Wei to save Zhao. In order to let Zhang Xuan withdraw the army that invaded Fujian. Fujian is the foundation of Zheng Zhilong's business for many years, and Zheng's influence in Fujian is deeply rooted in all aspects, and it must not be given up unless it is absolutely necessary.

Therefore, the main point of his battle is to make Zhang Xuan unable to bear the pressure, rather than focusing on one time and one place. Therefore, he wanted to lead Zhang Xuan's troops out of Ningbo City and gather superior forces to defeat Zhang Xuan in one fell swoop. After all, no matter how broken Ningbo City is, it is also a government city.

In the defense of the city, there are too many possibilities for a long time to attack.

Even if Zhang Xuan only has a few thousand people, it may not be impossible to stick to Ningbo.

And even if he captures Ningbo, what will happen? Can you eat it?

Of course not, Zheng Zhilong is self-aware, Cao Ying's strength in Jiangnan is far above the Zheng family, even if it is captured for a while, wait for Cao Ying's army to come. He had no choice but to give up.

"Is there no movement in Ningbo City?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"There's no movement." Shi Lang said: "I have sent people to bury eyeliner in Ningbo City, and there is no big movement at all. ”

Zheng Zhilong sneered and said, "Zhang Xuan really has to hold his breath. ”

Although he said this, Zheng Zhilong was a little impetuous. Zhang Xuan can withstand the fall of Dinghai County, and even the fall of Ningbo City, Zheng Zhilong also understands that Zhang Xuan does not have many troops in his hands, not that Zhang Xuan has no soldiers at hand, but that Zhang Xuan's troops are scattered and stationed in southern Zhejiang.

The more fiercely Zheng Zhilong attacked, the more places he occupied. The more places Zhang Xuan gave up, the more troops in his hands could be concentrated.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong wants this battle to be fought by the sea. But the immobility in the city of Ningbo made Zheng Zhilong worry about the situation in Fujian.

"My lord, there shouldn't be any problems over there in Fujian." Shi Lang said: "After all, the fourth master has already gone back with the men and horses, and there is nothing to do with the men and horses in the hands of Governor Wu." ”

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said, "I hope so." ”

Just when Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Xuan were thinking about a big battle, Cao Zongyu was already standing on the water dividing pass at this moment.

This watershed is the junction of Wenzhou and Funing Prefecture, as well as the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian.

The road is rugged, no, it should not be said that the road is rugged, but from north to south, the road is getting more and more rugged, and the speed of logistics and baggage transportation is getting slower and slower.

I saw a mountain road winding in the mountains, a male pass, standing in the mountains, cutting the winding mountain road in half, Cao Zongyu saw it, and his heart was also slightly surprised, and said secretly: "If the water dividing pass is not in my hands, this Fujian is really not easy to attack." ”

The watershed pass has a long history, it was built when Fujian defended Wu Yue in the fifth dynasty, and it is the gateway to the northeast of Fujian. The last time Yang Shenzu drove straight in, he occupied the water pass, and more than 1,000 people were stationed on it, even if the troops in southern Zhejiang were empty, the people and horses on the water pass had never wavered.

"Pass it down and rest in the water divider." Cao Zongyu said.

"Yes."

"The general has an order, rest at the water dividing pass." This order came out from afar, and for a while, the cheers of countless soldiers reached Cao Zongyu's ears.

Walking in the mountains with a large number of baggage, it is also natural that soldiers are easily tired. Cao Zongyu didn't care much.

Cao Zongyu led his own soldiers into the water dividing pass.

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