Chapter 308: The First Battle of the Engineer Battalion

"Chief helmsman, there have been more and more surrender documents shot out by archery at night in the past few days, and it seems that the Qing army inside is a little unbearable!" , Before the siege officially began, the buildings on the top of the city wall were almost swept away by shells, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the Red Flower Society wanted to attack, it would take Fuzhou in a few days. The people in the city are also secretly looking for a way out for themselves, and considering the previous Red Flower Society's policy towards prisoners, surrender has become the first choice for most soldiers.

"The wind direction is not suitable today, and tomorrow we will send out another leaflet, and the people in the sapper battalion the day after tomorrow should also complete the task!" , Chen Jialuo said with a smile to the young officers present.

"Chief helmsman, his subordinates are really eye-opening this time! I didn't expect there to be so many doorways to dig tunnels! One of the officers said with a fluttering eyebrow, "Look at them digging holes faster than we dig trenches!" ”

"I don't look at where these soldiers are recruited!" The other officer continued, "That's all from Mr. Gao's mine!" It is said that after they joined the army, the output of the mine fell for a whole month, which made Mr. Gao nag for half a year, and every time he saw our recruiters, he did not have a good face. ”

Compared with the relaxed and happy atmosphere of the Red Flower Society, the governor's yamen almost fell into dead silence, Su Chang, Dingchang and Xinzhu sat in the room for most of the day without speaking, and the servants who came in and out to deliver tea held their breath tightly and did not dare to make a sound, and there were many servants who were killed because they had inexplicably angered Su Chang in the past two days.

"Xinzhu, you should think of a way! Even if you don't want to think about this official, think about your relatives and friends all over the city! Su Chang said weakly, "When those people from the Red Flower Club come in, I'm afraid they won't be able to go!" ”

According to the style of doing things in the previous two Red Flower Meetings, these people will not die, Xinzhu muttered in his heart, but after thinking about it, this Red Flower Society has served the big and small officials in Fuzhou, who should go to this ransom? You can't ask Qianlong for it, right?

"General Xinzhu! General New Pillar! Su Chang was a little angry when he didn't answer for a long time, "We're all about to have a catastrophe, are you still here in a daze?" Hurry up and think of a way! ”

"Lord Maker!" , Xinzhu smiled bitterly. "Since ancient times, there have been few people who have not been broken by defending the lonely city, and now we can't attack and have no reinforcements, so we can only lie on the head of the city and suffer the shells of the safflower thieves, and our subordinates can't think of a way!"

"I don't think that scarlet thief has many cavalry. There are still a lot of Eight Banners warriors from Beijing in our city, and they are skilled in all archers and horses, so you might as well let them go out and kill for a while, maybe they can repel the safflower thieves! Dingchang came up with an idea.

"If this works, I'll do it on the first day of the siege!" Xinzhu shook his head, "A few months ago, Marshal Fu led the cavalry to charge but was beaten back by a volley of guns; At present, the ravines outside the city are dug by safflower thieves, which is not conducive to the gallop of cavalry; In addition, that monster peeps into the city in the sky all day long, if we make a move, I am afraid that the Red Flower Society will be able to quickly learn to be prepared, and these cavalry may attract cannons before they leave the city. This method is by no means feasible. ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, isn't it General Xinzhu, are you going to be loyal to the country?" , Su Chang and Dingchang were about to cry, why were they so unlucky! He was about to die less than half a year after he took office.

Hey, Xinzhu shook his head helplessly, and the three of them sighed at the same time.

"Huh. Look, why did the safflower thief over there retreat? A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly noticed that the saffron flowers outside the gate were slowly moving backwards in a neat line, and the hot air balloon in the sky was slowly falling to the ground and being collected and carried away.

"Aren't reinforcements coming?" , A thousand general manager couldn't suppress the surprise in his heart, climbed to the half-collapsed arrow tower three times and two times and looked up, even if the safflower society came in and couldn't die, how could he have his own nourishment in Fuzhou City, but his eyes were almost sour and he didn't see a banner of the Qing army. The back of the Red Flower Society was still neat, and the soldiers stopped when they retreated a mile away. The start of the inspection of weapons seems to be a resumption of the attack.

A sense of foreboding surged in Mr. Qian's heart, how could he prepare for an attack from such a distance, did this incomparably solid city wall really not exist? He instantly remembered the hot air balloon hanging in mid-air these days, could it be that this red flower would have some magic to make this city wall fall and not be able to defend it? At the moment, he didn't think much about rolling down from the arrow tower and ran under the city wall. As he ran, he shouted, "I'm going to report the military situation to the general!" Anyway, this place looks a little unsafe, so let's run away first.

As soon as he ran out of 100 meters, there was a loud sound that shook the earth and the earth, and the ground under his feet began to shake violently, and a long slippery city wall not far away scattered and exploded in all directions. Mother, help! Mr. Qian didn't have time to react and fainted in front of him, I don't know how long it took for him to wake up from his slumber, shaking his groggy head and crawling to the corner of the wall, holding his head and shrinking under the corner, and made countless wishes to the gods and Buddhas in his heart, just hoping to escape this round of catastrophe.

In a daze, he was kicked, and a soldier of the Red Flower Society was pointing his gun at him, but he was now hearing Weng Weng in his ears, and he couldn't hear it clearly, but fortunately, this Qian Zong had participated in the last battle, and immediately knelt on the ground and raised his hands above his head, shouting in his mouth, "The little one surrenders, the little one is willing to surrender!" ”

Su Chang in the Governor's Mansion was also frightened by this loud noise, and stood up tremblingly and shouted, "Go and see what's going on outside?" ”

About a quarter of an hour later, before the servants who had gone out to check came back, Dingchang rushed in with his head in his hands, "My lord, it's not good, the red flower thief has cast a demon spell to blow up the city wall, they have already entered the city, my lord, let's run!" ”

"What? The thieves have already entered the city? Dingchang collapsed to the ground weakly, and said tremblingly, "The slave has the emperor's grace, and the emperor's grace!" ”

"My lord, when is it, still talking about this, hurry up and run for your life!" , Dingchang scolded in his heart, if you don't want to find someone to help you carry the blame, who will come and ask you to run together?

Su Chang waved his hand, stood up with the support of Dingchang, walked to the desk tremblingly, picked up the sword he had been holding in his hand for the past few days, and knelt down in the direction of the capital with a plop, "The slave is incompetent, he has lost Fuzhou by failing His Majesty's grace, and now he can only commit suicide to repay the king's kindness!" ”

, don't, won't I die with you when you die? When did Yeergen feel that there was a fool like you in the Luo family, Dingchang hurriedly grabbed Su Chang's arm.

The two of them tugged for a long time, and the gate was suddenly kicked open, and a bunch of Red Flower Society soldiers rushed into the city. The leader laughed, "Haha, caught two big fish!" (To be continued.) )

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