On the first day of the official battle, although the defenders were losing their troops and even the wounded were lost on the battlefield, they had a lot of confidence, and the Red Turban Army was nothing more than that.

Even with the help of artillery, it was only a draw, and the casualties on both sides were about the same, and it was on the basis of this understanding that a messenger was privately sent that night to discuss the issue of ransom fees.

This is to see the Red Turban Army as a rogue, over the years pirates have harassed Ruian County, several times have opened fire on the county, but in the end they still took the ransom of the city, and the messenger sent even mentioned the issue of kickbacks.

The Red Turban Army worked hard to run hundreds of miles to grab the territory, but they worked hard to raise the ransom money for the Red Army, and there was no merit and hard work.

Qu Dashuai, who originally thought they were here to surrender, turned his face blue, and almost dragged the messenger out and beheaded him, but finally restrained his temper: "I'll see it tomorrow!" "The battle on the second day was not very good in Shi Huiji's eyes, the reason was very simple, the two sides did not fight in front of the battle like today, and they did not retreat, and it was definitely a unilateral performance of the Red Turban Army and the Ge Fifth Artillery Team.

It's just that in Liu Chang's eyes, this three-hour artillery bombardment is very timely, after yesterday's audition, both artillery teams have carried forward their advantages, especially a few foreign cannons of Ge Wuye, which simply carried out all the power, and blasted the stone wall guarded by the regiment countless times.

For more than three hours, Liu Chang was smelling the smell of gunsmoke, watching how the artillery bombarded the stone wall guarded by Tuan Yong to pieces, and even more mixed with Tuan Yong guarding behind the stone wall, they passively endured the artillery bombardment for half an hour, waiting for the artillery to plow over the land again and again, and finally Tuan Yong, who couldn't stand it, rushed out of the stone wall, but couldn't rush out of thirty steps, and was bombarded by the jizi, solid bullets and grape bullets fired by the artillery.

For the remaining two hours, they almost passively let the Red Turban Army develop their firepower again and again, and the Red Turban Army made a feint attack in the middle, but Tuan Yong, who finally stood on the stone wall, did not even raise the white flag, and was bombarded by the dense rain of bullets and ran back under the stone wall.

If this was the city wall, Tuan Yong might have a chance to run into the cave of the Tibetan soldiers, but at this time, they had no chance, and finally the rattan spear blocked the wall and captured this section of the stone wall without any suspense.

Liu Chang also went to see the stone wall position that had been bombarded by artillery fire afterwards, but he only swept away from that one and came back in a blink of an eye, and he never ate meat at noon Although there were not many people who died, but that scene even he, Liu Juehu, who was used to seeing dead scenes, couldn't stand it.

The battle in the afternoon became easy, in fact, it was also monotonous, except that the artillery bombardment, and then the infantry attacked, Qu Zhenhan got a few flintlock muskets out of nowhere, forming a team of flintlock musketeers, as the core of the entire infantry unit, it was a bit of a copycat version of the dragon gun whistle.

However, it is said that the new batch of flintlock pistols are all sky-high, and Liu Chang can't find out the specific price, but he believes that his purchase price is more reasonable, although it is much higher than the retail oak in the Shanghai Concession.

In the evening, Squire's messenger came out of the city again, this time apologizing for the disrespect of the previous day, and no longer mentioning the question of sharing the profit in the ransom fee, and even doubling the ransom fee from the original 10,000 taels in one breath.

"Qu Dashuai, why do you want to cause more casualties among the brothers, the ransom fee of 20,000 taels is a lot!" But Liu Chang felt that such a negotiation would not be fruitful at all, this time Qu Zhenhan mobilized five or six thousand troops to go south, and the ransom fee of 20,000 taels seemed to be a lot, but so many people could get a few taels, and each person could get a few taels.

What's more, even if Ruian County can come up with 50,000 taels of silver, compared with the gains and losses of the entire Wenzhou Mansion, this is insignificant, and Qu Zhenhan of Ruian City is bound to win.

It's just that he just found that there was one more person beside Qu Zhenhan, this person was also a tiger's back, quite imposing, looking at the envoy sent by Ruian City with vertical eyes, and left a snack from time to time: "Who is this person?" I have never seen such a person in the Red Turban Army before! However, the two armies had the intention of separating their families, and it was inconvenient for him to delve into it, seeing that the two sides were still arguing over the details, he immediately got out of the house and got on the horse and walked back: "Tomorrow is the big show, I don't know if Sun Qiangming will be ruthless, burn down these houses and shops outside the city, and withdraw the team to the city!" "In today's battle, nearly half of the gunpowder, bells, and solid ammunition of the Red Turban Army were consumed, but it was a devastating blow to the morale of the defenders.

He was riding on a horse thinking about this question, when suddenly someone grabbed the horse: "Check, check, there is a good thing!" Liu Chang glanced at it, it turned out to be Shi Huiji, the new leader of Tuanyong, and saw that his face was full of joy when he was still young, and he felt that this person was too young and inexperienced, but he forgot that his face was a little younger than Shi Huiji.

"What's the matter?" He very calmly asked Shi Huiji to lead the horse forward: "Say it! Except for a few pro-soldiers that Liu Chang could trust, there was no one else, but Shi Huiji made a gesture. These pro-soldiers immediately spread out on both wings with interest, and by the way, they stared around for Liu Chang.

Shi Huiji lowered his voice and said, "Checkpoint, you have asked me to contact something!" Liu Chang immediately had a smile on his face: "Is it a matter of the Taiwan boat?" Very good! ”

He now owes a strong army on the sea, but Shi Huiji still lowered his voice, pointed to Ruian City in the night in the distance, and continued to lower his voice: "It's Tai Yong in the city!"

They are willing to revolt before the battle, just like me, as long as they check and give a good price! ”

Liu Chang almost fell off his horse, he stopped the horse, and then cautiously jumped off the horse with the help of Shi Huiji, pressing his finger to his lips: "Taiyong in the city? He felt incredible, the mercenaries of this era, whether they were Tai Yong, Min Yong, or Chao Yong, lacked basic professional morality, but they barely abided by the criteria of collecting money and working hard for others.

How could this group of Taiyong turn their backs on the most basic professional norms and turn to their side when they received a lot of money from Sun Qiangming: "Good price? How much do they want? ”

Shi Huiji stretched out a finger, and Liu Chang understood: "Ten thousand taels? We can't afford that. ”

Shi Huiji shook his hand and lowered his voice: "As long as one thousand taels, it can be exchanged for silver yuan, one thousand four hundred silver yuan!" ”

The price of this betrayal of the employer is too low, and 300 people are willing to surrender as long as 1,400 silver yuan, and they will not be like Min Yong, who was bought by Qu Zhenhan, who was ready to surrender on the surface, but when it was launched, it was a big deal: "1,400 silver yuan? That's a good price! ”

"It's much more than I got from Sun Qiangming. 、，

What time is it? Is Sun Qiangming stunned by reading: "The three hundred of them haven't gotten 1,400 silver yuan from Sun Qiangming." ”

"Nine hundred silver yuan!" Shi Huiji has already confirmed: "Three hundred Taiyong, he took nine hundred silver yuan of money, whoever is willing to work for Sun Qiangming is an idiot." ”

What the hell is going on in this matter, even the parties concerned did not learn the truth until a long time later.

These Tai Yong were connected to Sun Qiangming through Xu Muqian's connections, and Xu Muqian negotiated with them at that time and hired them for 2,700 silver yuan to help defend the city.

There were three hundred of them in name, and only two hundred and thirty or forty in real number, and they were spread over everyone's head, that is, each person could get almost ten silver yuan, and the leader could make a little money, and the general battle to defend the city would not last more than ten years, which was a good deal.

It's just that Xu Muqian just finalized the deal, and was forced to commit suicide in Hai'an City, and then this group of Taiyong lost strong support in the city and suffered a big loss all of a sudden.

Sun Qiangming was an old bureaucrat who had guarded Guilin City, and he knew that he must not deduct military salaries, so he honestly approved 2,700 silver yuan, but when the money was taken out of the account office, only 1,700 silver yuan was left, and then the layers of deductions were followed, and 1,100 silver yuan was left in the hands of the Taiyong leader.

The leader of Taiyong saw that he had deducted too much, and he wanted to make a fuss, but he was afraid that he would not have the support of the local heroes, so he could only pinch his nose and scoop up 200 silver yuan as the minister's money, and the remaining 900 silver yuan was distributed to the brothers below.

It's just that the artillery outside the city is earth-shattering, and the thinking of Tai Yong in this city has also changed greatly, this red turban thief's combat power is so terrifying, and he will definitely kill the city to fight to the death when the time comes.

The Sun family only paid three silver yuan for one life, and it didn't include food, shelter or food, who would be willing to work for him, so as soon as Shi Huiji contacted him, he hit it off immediately.

"As long as the inspectors are willing to pay 1,400 silver yuan, they are willing to retreat from the section of the wall they defend!" Shi Huiji also said: "You can act tonight!" ”

Liu Chang originally didn't have much confidence in the Dragon Lance Battalion to capture Ruian City, and he didn't have the batch of artillery of Fifth Master Ge in his hands, how could he be able to grab the Red Turban Army, not to mention that this time he went south, he was too strong, and there was no need to compete with Qu Zhenhan here.

It's just that if you don't take it, you will be blamed, how can this Ruian county be regarded as a big county, not to mention anything else, the silver deposit in the county treasury should not be less, and the first to rush into such a county town can at least make an extra 10,000 or 20,000 silver.

He rolled his eyes and asked Shi Huiji, "Guiji, are you familiar with this county?" "Cooked!" Shi Huiji immediately reacted: "I am very familiar with the first-class big families and big businesses in the city, and we can immediately send troops to protect them after we enter the city!" ”

Sending troops to protect is just an excuse, and borrowing a huge amount of money from them by the way is the goal, Liu Chang nodded: "Then you don't commit any crimes!" He jumped back on his horse: "Go back to the camp at once, and tell them that I will make up a number for them and give them 1,500 silver yuan!" ”

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