In the city of Suzhou, the people were so frightened when they heard such a loud noise.

Even in the waiting mansion, Gu Ling'er got into Ji'er's arms and was very frightened.

Gu Mansion, inside the lobby.

Gu Shouye walked back and forth, looking anxious, he clenched his fists and said, "Dad, this time we made the wrong move, and Hou Xuanyan couldn't hold it." His father was guarding Jiading, and his head was cut off and hung in the city tower one day. I think this time, he is going to follow his father's old path. Listen to the sound of the cannons, even if the sky is blown up. I think we'd better clean up, and when the city is broken, find a chance to escape. ”

Gu Youde didn't raise his eyelids, lowered his head and pondered.

Gu Shouyi, the second eldest of the Gu family, said solemnly: "Big brother! When the national crisis is at hand, it is the time for us to serve the country loyally. Hou Xuan is your son-in-law, and he is fighting on the city tower, how can you say such a thing. ”

Gu Shouye sighed, stomped his feet and cried, pointed at the second brother and said, "Nerd, I can't tell you clearly!" Dad, you have something to say. ”

"The walls of Suzhou are high and deep, so they can be broken so easily. At the beginning, Zhang Shicheng occupied Suzhou and added an urn city at the gate of our city. How many arrow towers and gates have been repaired. Do you think we are a small town like Jiading? Your brother is right, Hou Xuanyan is your son-in-law, and he is a member of our Gu family, so you don't spread rumors here to confuse the public. ”

Although Gu Shouye is afraid of death, he is even more afraid of his own father. After hearing it, he didn't dare to refute, but he was frightened by the sound of cannonballs.

He walked out of the hall, stretched out his hand to beckon his henchman, and said, "Go to our courtyard and bring the young lady back." ”

As soon as this henchman arrived at Houfu, he was stopped, and Hou Xuanyan used tricks, how could he not prevent others from harming his family. As soon as the Qing soldiers came, he sent people to guard the courtyard.

The interrogation he arranged for his subordinates turned out to be the Gu family who came to pick up the young lady. They didn't dare to hide it, so they sent someone to climb up the city tower to find Hou Xuanyan, and told Hou Xuanyan 1510.

"Damn, the Gu family can't do the opposite."

A large part of the soldiers defending the city are people from the Gu family, and if they are the opposite, it will be really over.

In fact, he was not worried about the Qing soldiers breaking Suzhou, because after observing in the past few days, Hou Xuanyan had been impressed by Suzhou's defense.

From the outside of Suzhou, you can only see the tall city tower, but there is no way to see the main gate of this city gate. Originally, there was a small circle of city walls outside the city gate, and the gate was opened on the north side of the outer ring city wall, which was not in a straight line with the main city gate, which could delay the enemy's attack speed to a certain extent. Even if the Qing soldiers really broke through the gate of the urn city, they only needed to close the main gate, and at the same time put down the jack gate of the urn city. The Qing soldiers who finally broke into the urn city will be trapped in the urn city.

When the time comes, you just have to close the door and beat the dog, and catch the turtle in the urn. The enemy troops blocked by the two jack gates could only passively accept arrows, boiling oil, rolling stones, and sassal wood from all sides.

But as the saying goes, fortresses are breached from within. If the Gu family suddenly rebelled, no matter how powerful the city was, it would never be able to hold it.

Hou Xuanyan felt panicked at this time, and at this moment, the cannon sound that had been bombarded for an hour finally stopped.

The outer city of Suzhou was blasted open a few openings, and the city wall was bombed to the ground. But it's not a big problem, and it's a fool's dream to want to attack from here.

In the Qing army, Bolo said angrily: "Why did you stop? Keep frying. ”

Although the Manchu soldiers under his command were brave, they could not use artillery, and there were often incidents of blowing up their own people. Therefore, the artillery of the Qing soldiers has always been used by the Han people.

Liu Liangzuo owed, bent down and said, "Lord Belle, all the shells we brought are finished." ”

"So what are you waiting for? Attack the city! ”

The hesitation on Liu Liangzuo's face flashed, he didn't think that he could take down Suzhou City, because the moat of Suzhou was almost like a small lake. If you want to cross over, it is impossible to erect a ladder, and there is no siege equipment, so you can only look at the city and sigh.

But Bolo was cruel and irritable, and he didn't take him as a general, Liu Liangzuo was afraid of being tortured again, so he had to order the siege of the city.

At the sound of an order, 80,000 Qing soldiers poured into the city from all directions, shouting and killing to the sky.

The Suzhou soldiers guarding the city looked and saw those black barrels, and finally stopped spitting eggs. They breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the Qing soldiers under the city, shouted and rushed to the city, and the bright armor gathered into a sea of people, impacting the century-old city wall.

The defenders were condescending, and they took the time to lift the stones and smash them down. There are Jurchen soldiers under the city, and they are sure of the opportunity, and they will shoot arrows. Their archery skills were skillful, and soon Suzhou soldiers were shot through the head. The Suzhou soldiers, who were no longer afraid, were afraid again and did not dare to throw stones again. Some even saw the corpses of their companions and screamed.

Hou Xuanyan frowned, the quality of these soldiers was too low, and they had not been trained at all. If it weren't for such a big city, it would have been slaughtered a long time ago.

"Everyone bow their heads and throw it, don't show too much!" Qin He shouted behind them.

Bolo finally realized that something was wrong, he raised his whip, slapped Liu Liangzuo in the face, and scolded in annoyance: "This city is so difficult to fight, why didn't you remind me earlier, causing me to lose many warriors in vain." ”

Liu Liangzuo couldn't dodge, and there was a bloody mark on his face, he endured the pain, and said, "It's better to wait for the siege equipment to be transported from Jiangning, and then we will fight." ”

Bolo cursed and said hatefully, "Mingjin withdraws his troops." ”

Seeing that the enemy was once again repulsed, the Suzhou soldiers got up and shot arrows. It's just that their archery skills are too far from their opponents, and they occupy the terrain condescendingly, and there are very few people who kill and injure.

At this time, a group of people climbed up from the city to the tower with food and wine.

The leader was wearing a suit of armor that didn't fit well, and when he saw Hou Xuanyan, he shouted loudly: "Commander, our labor army is here." ”

Hou Xuanyan took a closer look, only to recognize that it was the second child of the Gu family, hurriedly threw away the spear in his hand, stepped forward and said, "Second uncle, why are you here?" ”

Gu Shou is Gu Ling'er's second uncle, and naturally he has become Hou Xuanyan's second uncle. He looked excited and said, "My father asked me to prepare wine and meat, and come to the city to comfort the people who defend the city." ”

Hou Xuanyan watched coldly, looking at his expression, it didn't seem to be fake, but why did the Gu family pick up Gu Ling'er, could it be that I was wrong?

Or are they trying to paralyze me?

The stakes are so high that Hou Xuanyan has to measure any possible threat with the heart of a villain.

He rolled his eyes, pulled Gu Shouzheng to the inside of the city tower, and began to talk one sentence on the left and one sentence on the right.

Gu Shouzheng is as his name suggests, he is an upright gentleman, where is there a lot of effort to wait for Xuanyan. After a few words, it was cleaned. Even the quarrel in the inner hall of the Gu family was handed over to others.

A big stone in Hou Xuanyan's heart finally landed, as long as the rear is stable, the threat of this group of Qing soldiers is not great.

Yan Yingyuan can even defend Jiangyin for eighty days, and Liu Liangzuo wants to fight Suzhou? I'm afraid it's not that I'm blind.

"Second uncle, thank the old man for going back for me, and just say that in Suzhou, I, Hou Xuanyan, will take the head of the Xiang as a guarantee, and it will be foolproof."

Gu Shouzheng's words were hurried, and he said excitedly: "Your Excellency, I don't plan to go back this time, the national disaster is at the head, I want to defend the land and kill the enemy." You just let me stay in the city and be a creep. ”