The blood of the battle is still flowing, the sound of the army is still moving, the offensive and defensive sides are exhausted, but this battle does not have any intention of stopping, the blood of the soldiers is still flowing, and the killing cries of the soldiers have not stopped, but now, almost all the enemies under the city are bleeding, and the defenders of the city have almost achieved zero casualties since the reinforcements came, and even the Fusang soldiers who are constantly casualty under the city are extremely slow.

"These damn Fusang people, now that the battle situation has become like this, it is basically a foregone conclusion, why don't you retreat, do you have to die here," Liang Chao raised his hand and shot an enemy soldier with an arrow, and he didn't care that his superior, Zhang Fan, was by his side, so he complained so loudly.

The people on the side, including Zhang Fan and Hai Rui, heard it, but they didn't say anything, didn't blame, and didn't say anything like cheering, because they all understood in their hearts that the fatigue of the soldiers was inevitable, and this battle was also very meaningless, but what could they do, they couldn't control the enemy, as long as the enemy was still attacking, they had to defend here.

However, the most annoying thing for them was that the people in the city began to get a little impatient.

This kind of thing is bound to happen, after all, there are a large number of enemy troops attacking outside the city, how can the people in the city not panic, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of Yangzhou, including three state capitals, as long as a few of them release this kind of talk, the people around them who are in a panic will naturally begin to panic, after all, they have been attacked by the enemy for two days, and from time to time there are serious injuries on the city tower, or the dead entity has been carried down, The people who lived near the city gate could naturally see it, and it was only natural that this kind of news would spread and cause chaos.

However, the people above the city tower, including Zhang Fan and Hai Rui, did not stop it, or issued something not to sue or say anything, they all understood it very well in their hearts, and now this situation will only become more and more chaotic the more they talk, and the more they talk about it, the more panicked the people will be, in order not to cause this situation, so no one has ever thought of coming forward to clarify anything.

But even so, the city gradually became panicked, and many of the people began to be restless, and the voice of the conversation was not very loud at first, because the people were still a little afraid of the few guards who patrolled and maintained order in the city, but gradually, they all found that these guards did not care whether they were talking about such a depressing topic, and even the faces of those soldiers revealed a not very relaxed expression, these factors made the people in the city begin to be a little confused.

Moreover, more than 100,000 people in the city, most of them are from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion, which have just been captured by the enemy, which have not been captured for a long time. Now it has caused a lot of negative impact.

Zhang Fan got a report from his subordinates not long ago, although the people in the city are still not to the point of chaos, but they have begun to stir, a large number of people are running, at first most of them are aimless, or some people who have heard bad rumors, want to go elsewhere to ask again, ask the truth, but those who are asked, will always say some terrible words, to stimulate the nerves of other people who are already tense to the extreme.

Eventually, it became what it is now, and large groups of people began to pack up their belongings and gather at the north and west gates, as if they wanted to flee out of the city.

After Zhang Fan learned about this situation, he didn't make any decision about it, of course, he couldn't order the city gate to be opened and let those people escape, after all, there were still a thousand enemy soldiers stationed there outside the north gate and the west gate.

It is true that now the enemy soldiers besieging the city under the city no longer have the enthusiasm and fear of death as before, and have become passive and afraid of death, Zhang Fan and Hai Rui's guess is that they may understand that the purpose of their operation has been achieved, and they are still attacking because their generals have not issued an order to retreat, but they are now attacking passively, and it has been for a long time, which shows that their generals have not issued an order to urge, Apparently the enemy generals also agreed with the soldiers' approach, and still did not stop the attack, probably because the order he had received before did not contain that article.

In short, the most headache in front of Zhang Fan now are these two things, one is that the enemy's victory is hopeless, but he will not just retreat; The second is that the enemy's refusal to retreat has also caused a great burden on the hearts of the people gathered in the city, the most obvious is that the people in the city have begun to pack up and want to go out of the city to avoid disaster.

"Lord Zhang, the top priority is to come up with a way to deal with it," Hai Rui said, his face was also a little anxious, "If the city continues to be so chaotic, it is very likely to cause even greater chaos, in case the chaos affects the protection here, it will be troublesome,"

"Is there any good way to do it, Lord Hai," Zhang Fan asked Hai Rui with a wry smile.

"This ......" Hearing Zhang Fan say this, Hai Rui suddenly didn't know what to do, "It's better for us to tell the people that the current situation in this city will definitely be able to be protected, and General Qi's reinforcements will come from time to time, so let them rest assured,"

"Lord Hai, didn't you and I think of this method just now," Zhang Fan smiled bitterly again, "If it goes well, only some of the people will believe that if we let it out, if it doesn't go well, some people in the crowd will rumor it again, and the people will definitely think that we are trying to cover up, in that case, wouldn't the scene be even more chaotic,"

"But if it goes on like this......" Hai Rui wanted to say something.

"Lord Hai, please believe Zhang Fan," Zhang Fan stopped what Hai Rui wanted to say, "Zhang Fan also doesn't want to see such a scene happen, but now the last thing I want to see is that this kind of chaos will expand, this is definitely not what I want, Lord Hai's mind Zhang Fan understands very well in his heart, but Lord Hai himself must also understand what kind of consequences will be caused if he finds someone to go out to explain."

"If the person looking for is of low status, the people will not buy it at all; The identity of the person looking for is too high, and the people will think that we are trying to deceive them, and now they all think that they have reached a dead end, where will they take care of the identity of Zhang Fan, the minister of the Imperial Mission, when the time comes, as long as I come forward and say that I want them to calm down, the exchange will inevitably make them more panicked,"

"But...... Alas......" Hai Rui still wanted to refute Zhang Fan anything, but he didn't say anything, so he sighed helplessly and asked, "Then we can't do anything,"

"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that there's no way to do it," Zhang Fan also said helplessly, "For today's plan, we can only wait for two more hours, and when General Qi's army arrives, all the problems here can be solved,"

Zhang Fan was debating with Hai Rui, when suddenly, there was a "bang" outside the city again, but the sound was much quieter.

"What's the matter," Zhang Fan hurriedly turned his head, and while asking the person next to him, he observed what was going on outside the city, "The enemy can't fire again,"

"No, my lord, the only thing that can be sounded on the battlefield now is our cannon here," Wang Meng said with a calm face, "Listening to the sound just now, it is not like the sound of artillery firing, but more like the sound of muskets,"

"Musket," Zhang Fan was a little surprised when he heard it, and said, "Could it be that the enemy didn't use muskets, why didn't they use them before attacking the city, and they had to use them again at such a time?"

"I don't know if it's a lowly position, but if it's really the enemy's gun, then it's certainly not a good thing," Wang Meng said.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

……

The sound of muskets being fired outside the city was heard, and when the people on the castle tower heard it, they quickly crouched down to avoid the bullets that might come from them.

"Has anyone been shot," someone shouted from a squatting position.

After a long time, no one answered.

The crowd was wondering, but there was another sound of muskets outside the city.

Zhang Fan and the others began to be curious, Wang Meng beat his courage, slowly squatted up, and looked out of the city through the small opening of the arrow stack.

Zhang Fan waited for a long time, but he didn't see Wang Meng explain the situation, and in a hurry, he couldn't help asking: "Wang Meng, how is the situation, is it the enemy's gun?"

"No, my lord, it seems that someone else has fired a gun, and it is the enemy who is aiming at it," Wang Meng said, but his body gradually stood up straight, "My lord, it seems that General Qi's men have arrived,"

"What," Zhang Fan heard him say this, and quickly stood up and looked out of the city, and the people next to him heard Wang Meng's words, just like Zhang Fan, stood up and involuntarily looked out of the city.

The time is not more than half of the hour, although the sky has gradually brightened, but it is still very dim, it is this kind of scene, so that everyone on the city tower can see very clearly, there are countless stars of fire in the north, accompanied by the sound of gunfire.

The soldiers in the city also knew about it, and gradually the city cheered.

And Zhang Fan, when he finally welcomed this exciting joy, he fainted like this, he was too tired,