Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The northwest corner of the city was filled with gunsmoke, and the tiger squat cannon of the Ming army spewed out angry anger at the Qing soldiers under the city wall, and a large wave of scattered bullets fell into the siege team of the Qing army, instantly sweeping away a large area. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers and civilians in the city applauded, but the Qing soldiers were full of anger, and Hao Shangjiu, the general of the Xuanfeng Battalion, held his sword high and roared: "The first person to kill the head of the city will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with 100 gold!" When the Qing soldiers heard the reward, they all looked happy, screaming and desperately climbing along the ladder.

They are all Li Chengdong's headquarters veterans, all of them are in iron armor, hundreds of people were lost during the day, and they did not hurt their muscles and bones, this time they had already taken precautions, biting steel knives in their mouths, holding a shield in one hand, and holding a ladder in one hand to climb quickly, the Ming army had no oil, and the arrows or lead that shot down were either blocked by shields or blocked by iron armor, and they were also very good at dodging when they were smashed down by rolling wood and stones, and they were almost unable to hurt them, and in a blink of an eye, they were about to climb to the top of the city.

The Ming army held up the spear and stabbed the Qing soldiers who rushed to the city, but they could not pierce their iron armor, on the contrary, the horizontal knives in the hands of those Qing army veterans were extremely sharp, and a sweep cut off the spear of the Ming army.

At the critical moment, five hundred reinforcements arrived, Jiao Lian took the lead, picked up the bow and arrows, aimed at the Qing soldiers at the head of the city to shoot at close range, the Qing soldiers covered their throats one after another, and those who were not shot to death were also surrounded by the surrounding soldiers and civilians to chop and kill, only a moment, the situation at the head of the city was stabilized, everyone survived the catastrophe, but they could not care about the joy, under the command of Jiao Lian, they tried to guard the gap to prevent the Qing army from landing in the city.

Seeing that the city was about to be broken, but in the end, it fell short, Hao Shangjiu, the commander of the battle under the city, was so angry that he stomped his feet, he put on three layers of heavy armor, climbed the first and climbed the ladder himself.

The Ming soldiers saw that he was brave, and they shot arrows at him, Hao Shangjiu was heavily armored, and he was not afraid, and he climbed to the gap in a moment, although he was heavy in armor, he was as agile as an ape.

Jiao Lian also noticed him at this time, he abandoned the bow and drew the gun, to the gap, when Hao Shangjiu was about to climb to the head of the city, aimed at its vital point for a fierce stab, Hao Shangjiu was full of beard, fierce and abnormal, he picked up the big knife and fired back, the knife and gun struck, the sparks splashed, he bounced, unloaded the power of the gun, and then jumped violently, taking advantage of the situation to jump onto the city.

Jiao Lian didn't expect him to be so agile, and when he turned the head of the gun, it was another stab, Hao Shangjiu laughed, and swung his knife to the barrel of the gun, wanting to break the wooden pole with a knife.

How could Jiao Lian let him get his wish, his gun momentum changed, no longer stabbing his throat, but piercing Hao Shangjiu's chest, Hao Shangjiu wore three layers of iron armor, and the protection was very strict, so the tip of the spear just stabbed a deep mark on the iron armor, and did not pierce the body, but Jiao Lian's original intention was not here.

Although the spear did not pierce the body, the power contained in the tip of the spear had all acted on Hao Shangjiu's body, Hao Shangjiu's body flickered, and he took a few steps back, almost falling from the city.

Jiao Lian didn't give him a chance to kick, taking advantage of the unstable shape of his body, the spear in his hand stabbed out like lightning again, this time aiming at the throat exposed between Hao Shangjiu's helmet and shawl armor.

Hao Shangjiu couldn't avoid it, Ah screamed, his throat was pierced by a spear, blood splattered, Jiao Lian sneered, his arms were strong, and he picked up his corpse with one shot!

Hao Shangjiu was dressed in a general's uniform, which was particularly conspicuous in the firelight, and the Qing soldiers under the city couldn't help but exclaim again and again, and their morale was greatly depressed.

"Relax my heart, bless my emperor!" Among the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city, I don't know who started and roared.

Everyone responded: "Relax my heart, bless my emperor!" Relax my heart, bless my emperor! ......" The generous and tragic voice filled all the cities for a while, suppressing the sound of fighting on both sides and the roar of artillery.

In front of the Chinese army, Li Chengdong was deeply shocked by this scene, and his face was full of disbelief: "How can these soldiers and civilians be so united? When did the pseudo-Ming become so popular with the people?! At this time, Wuzhou City seemed to be no longer a simple city in his heart, but an indestructible rock.

"Isn't it really boring?"

He looked up to the sky and sighed, and had to dispel the idea of fighting the city, so he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army back to the camp.

The horn sounded, and the Qing army that attacked in a hurry was like a pardon, leaving piles of corpses behind, and retreating like a tide, and the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city escaped with their lives, cheering.

On the second day, the high-spirited Wuzhou soldiers and civilians once again resisted the attack of the Qing army, the battle was still very hard, Zhu Youlang was wearing heavy armor, holding a big gun, with a brocade forbidden army, personally to the city to supervise the battle, the two sides had casualties on each other, but this time the battle to Zhu Youlang was an indescribable strange feeling: this time the Qing soldiers did not seem to love war, although the offensive was fierce but not as active as yesterday, not afraid of death.

Only a few hours later, Zhu Youlang Junchen found the answer, the Jinyi guard spies outside the city accidentally found that the main force of the Qing army had been secretly retreating, it turned out that the rapid offensive in front was just a cover for the retreat of the rear army, and the passivity of the siege force was because of the fear of being abandoned by the main army under the city.

In the face of the strange move of the Qing army to retreat without defeat, all the civil and military forces in the city did not know the essentials, among which Zhai Shiyun was well-informed, and he gave a bold speculation that there must be something major in the rear of the Qing army that could seriously threaten its rule, so Li Chengdong, who intended to capture Wuzhou, had to quickly return to the division to rescue in extreme unwillingness.

Zhai Shiyun's conjecture reminded Zhu Youlang of the deeds of Lingnan Sanzhong in his previous life, combined with the historical period he is in now, it seems that at this time, Lingnan Sanzhong has raised troops in Guangdong to oppose the Qing Dynasty and besiege Guangzhou.

If this is the case, there is a reasonable explanation for Li Chengdong's sudden retreat, Zhu Youlang felt that it seemed to be a good choice to take the opportunity to send troops to raid the retreating Qing army at this time, but when he counted the soldiers at the head of the city, he could only shake his head helplessly, the soldiers and soldiers of the three armies fought bloody battles for days, and the soldiers and civilians of the city were already exhausted and powerless, so they could only watch the Qing army retreat calmly. Three days later, the Qing army outside the city finally withdrew and retreated, and the soldiers and civilians of Wuzhou cheered wildly, as if they were reborn.

The victory of the defense of Wuzhou broke the myth that the Qing army was invincible and invincible since the Jiashen Incident, and after the news reached the occupied areas in Guangdong and Huguang, the people's hearts were encouraged, and the local righteous people were greatly encouraged to resist the Qing Dynasty. It also won a little time for Zhu Youlang and his ministers to rectify internal affairs and raise salaries for military training.