"Come, come." A soldier seemed to be shocked when he saw the countless flags appearing on the official road to the south.

In the end, Li Zicheng has already founded the country, and he is no longer the former rogue. The troops were also decent, with uniform uniforms and armor, as well as flags of various colors. In fact, it was just using the equipment of the Ming army, but the clothes were not red, but dyed black. After all, this theory of the five elements has been around for more than a thousand years, and water overcomes fire, and if you want to replace the Ming Kingdom of Shanghuo, this Shangshui seems to be an important basis.

At this time, the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Ming Dynasty at the head of the southern city all stopped what they were doing, and looked at the sea of flags that were slowly moving with some horror.

Ouyang Yun looked at those artillerymen and was a little frightened, and shouted loudly: "What is there to be afraid of?!" Don't look at the number of them, it's all a reward! A head is fifty taels. Just the cannon in our hands, hit it three or two times, and still don't kill one of him? You do the math, launch twenty times, and two hundred taels will be in hand. ”

When the artillerymen heard this, they slowly reacted: "Yes, let's fire artillery far away from the city, there is no danger, and you can still get money, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Thinking so in their hearts, their gray faces turned bloody again, and they looked at Li Zicheng's team one by one, and they could see the light in their eyes.

Ouyang Yun struck while the iron was hot: "Okay, don't look at it, this silver will have to wait for some time to attack the city." Take advantage of this time to practice well. If you are wounded by a cannon when you fire it a while, you will have to watch others receive the silver. ”

Mu Jiuchou was also bewitched: "Little ones, the opportunity to make money has come!" No matter how many people he had, when he ascended the city, he could only go up the ladder one by one. Your opportunity is here, as long as you do what I teach you and cooperate with the tacit understanding, it will be one to die one by one. ”

They are all under the command of Yuan Shizhong, even if they were originally more disciplined, but after all, they are also rogues, and they still do a lot of things to fool the newcomers in front of them, and they can be regarded as handy at this time. Their boss Yuan Shizhong surrendered and returned to the field, but these rough men didn't want to dig in the soil, so most of them stayed in Li Yan's army.

If it weren't for the fact that they are old and can't remember those square words in their brains, with their skills and qualifications, they should always be a master. Fortunately, Li Yan has clear rewards and punishments, as long as they can defend Nanjing City this time, they should also be able to rise up with this special merit. There is no way, their troops are well equipped, their combat power is strong, and every time they fight as a whole, they really don't have many opportunities to get this kind of opportunity to make great contributions.

The soldiers and civilians gathered immediately grinned. As soon as you say this truth, you can understand that a person climbs a ladder with a weapon, even if he is good at kung fu, he can't use it, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

Mu Jiu left the group of smirking soldiers and civilians with a smile, he found a general manager, and whispered an order: "General Liu, assign your team, those birds are loaded with ammunition, and when you see someone who is on the city, go over and put him down as soon as possible." If the guns don't work, they will throw bombs, and the bombs will be delivered to you in a while. In short, the soldiers of the thieves must not be allowed to come to the city. When Li Chuang is defeated, I will repay you for your merit to Shangfeng, and those hidden fields in your family can leave you more. ”

It wasn't until he heard the last sentence that Mr. Liu had a smile on his face. He arched his hand and said, "Then I'll bother Brother Mu." ”

"You have to work hard to the death, if you let Li break into the city, you rich people will have to be ruined." Mu Jiuchou reminded threateningly.

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Brother Mu, don't worry, the importance of Liu's province." ”

It was still Liu Chuanmo who had some sympathy, so he separated a few of his men, reminding him along the way: "Remember, when the thieves fire their arrows, they all squat behind the sandbags and hide, or they won't be able to take the reward." ”

Li Zicheng stopped in the distance, looking at the tall city walls of Nanjing, he thought of the city of Beijing, and then the city of Xi'an. It was his capital, but it was all in the past, and he was driven out by the Qing court and Li Yan to re-establish his empire.

He pointed at Nanjing City with a horsewhip, and said excitedly: "Take Nanjing City, destroy the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and we will be able to settle down in this prosperous place." It's much better here than Shaanxi, and there will be no shortage of food at any time. ”

Tian Jianxiu looked at the flags on the city wall that was several feet high, and said worriedly: "It seems that it is ready, and I can't take it down for a while." And Chen Yongfu is following behind, what we lack is time. ”

"I left half of the men to stop Chen Yongfu, this time it is a dead end, and I can always resist five or six days." Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and said: "I am still a little afraid of Li Yan's soldiers, I really don't care about these remnant generals." As long as the Hongguang monarchs and ministers in the city are captured, the rest of Jiangnan can go down without a fight. ”

"What about Li Yan's troops?" Liu Zongmin frowned and asked.

Li Zicheng said confidently: "Across the Yangtze River, I don't believe that he dares to be rampant." When we take Nanjing and surround Chen Yongfu, even if we break the old book this time, we will destroy him! We don't have time to expand our troops along the way, and it will be different when we take Nanjing, I think it will be because he has more shells and arrows, or if I can get more people. ”

After waiting for a while, the troops came to a stop at the outskirts of Nanjing, and the battalions began to set up camp and cook. The scouts ran non-stop in all directions to reconnoiter the enemy situation in Nanjing.

At this time, everyone in the city already knew that Li Zicheng's army was coming, and the craftsmen of the craftsman's workshop were still busy. They just made two improvised pull-up trebuchets, and as for the bombs, the firecracker masters were still working on it. They don't do a double kick, and they have to do it big enough to be lethal, which makes them not able to do it overnight.

Qian Qianyi personally ran to the craftsman's workshop, found Guo Chengdong, and asked nervously: "General Guo, are you good at these things?" If it doesn't work, then don't gamble with the lives of the people of the city. ”

Guo Chengdong immediately knew Qian Qianyi's little abacus, and he said disdainfully: "Qian Shilang, I'll be honest with you, even if you take the table and send it to Li Zicheng, you and your wife will not be any better." It's been half a year since Li Zicheng fled Shaanxi, and he has been sleeping in the open and his family is separated. Oh, by the way, you don't have to talk about your identity as an official, when he fled from Xi'an, he brought out all the civil officials of the government. Moreover, Li Zicheng and these people hate the most corrupt officials who use their power for personal gain, so you should think carefully before making a decision. ”

Qian Qianyi sighed helplessly, and hurried back to Wuying Palace. They all know these situations, but when the time comes, they will inevitably retreat, and they will have to be constantly reminded or even threatened by someone to have a reason to persevere.

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