Chapter 31: The City Breaks
As Zhu Butcher throws, the enemy troops coming towards the gatehouse were forced to be blown up and scattered, and the effect was not as good as at the beginning.
A comprehensive hand-to-hand fight, this is launched, Zhu Butcher saw that the explosives bag could not be thrown down, so he was not wasted, carrying the bright pig-killing knife, invincible, the knife was killed, the right section of the city wall was swept away, Zhu Butcher was not addicted, let out a beast-like roar, a pawn just risked death to climb the city, was actually by his roar, frightened, turned over and jumped off the city tower.
When Butcher Zhu saw this, he smiled proudly and kicked over the wooden ladder on the city wall.
Although Chen Jinnan didn't look as brave as the main butcher, he was very skillful, and he took a few brothers to surround and intercept and kill, and he also achieved good results.
Xiao Jin watched the white-hot battle, his side still had an advantage, condescendingly, the other party had no support from the archers, so he could only rush desperately. But there is still a bit of a shortage of manpower, after the deterrence of the explosives package just now, now even the fools below know that they can't rush together.
Yao Zhaonian really wanted to cry at this time, looking at the one-sided situation in the city, he knew that it was no longer possible, and if he didn't order the withdrawal of the army, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to leave when he waited.
Let the pro-soldiers step forward and blow the horn of retreat, as soon as the horn sounded, a booming sound of collapse came, and the section of the city wall that had just been bombed in the distance quickly collapsed at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
Yao Zhaonian's heart was beating wildly, and he asked his soldiers to quickly blow the trumpet.
Xiao Jin only felt a tremble under his feet, and the whole person was blinded, and a few soldiers who were still fighting in the city just now suddenly disappeared, and the entire section of the city wall collapsed, and the soldiers below who were originally preparing to flee saw that the city wall actually collapsed, and under the leadership of Mr. Qian, rushed over like a tidal flood.
Zhu Butcher and Chen Jinnan hurriedly brought people over to support, and now the two sides can say that the number of people is about the same, and now there is no condescending advantage, and they were rushed in by a large group of people for a while, and the weapons were not advantageous, showing a crisis.
Both sides were red-eyed and crowded into the gap.
I looked at the victory again, but I didn't expect the sky to kill me.
The young men who were originally watching the battle to assist in defending the city saw the enemy rushing into the city brandishing broadswords, and they all dropped their weapons and ran away.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer brothers around him, Butcher Zhu knew that the matter was in danger, so he drank heavily, split the two enemy troops blocking the road in front, and beckoned Chen Jinnan to withdraw first.
This kind of play has suffered too much, Chen Jinnan ignored Zhu Butcher's shout, crossed the crowd, and rushed to the Qian Zong who was killing all sides outside the city.
Xiao Jian saw that Chen Jinnan was running in the direction of which horse Qian Zong, and also rushed over, and the two wanted to learn from the previous joint kill.
Xiao Jin on the city wall also found out, and when he saw Butcher Zhu and the three of them exiting the gap, he looked at the few explosive bags that were left, his brain was congested, and the three explosive bags were ignited and thrown down together.
The city wall, which was originally crumbling, was suddenly hit by this heavy blow, and completely collapsed, Xiao Jin's feet also began to collapse, and he jumped into the city with his eyes closed, and with a bang, his ankle was broken.
The collapsed city tower buried the people who were still fighting just now, and the city gate disappeared, but it also helped block the opening just now.
Butcher Zhu beckoned his subordinates to retreat before, but many people ran out, everyone looked at it in surprise, a whole section of the city wall, just disappeared in front of him, dusty in the sky, Butcher Zhu knew that there were many of his own brothers inside, but this can't be blamed on Xiao Jin, the boss's strong man, his eyes actually moistened, and he saw Xiao Jin lying on the ground in embarrassment, and stepped forward to help him up.
Xiao Jin looked at him and said, "After the war, I will kowtow to your brothers again, and now the top priority is to go out and kill them all, capture Yao Zhaonian alive, and use his head to see off the brothers." ”
Qian Zong outside was also killed by Xiao Jian and Chen Jinnan's combined efforts, looking at the city wall that had been unrecognizable, and the butcher Zhu and his subordinates who rushed out from behind, Chen Jinnan hugged his injured arm and said, "It's up to you later." ”
Yao Zhaonian saw that the original victory was in his hands, he didn't expect Xiao Jin to be so vicious, he didn't even let go of his own people, and chose to die together, seeing that Zhu Butcher and Xiao Jin rushed up with people, and didn't wait for his brother-in-law, he greeted his own soldiers, took his family, and galloped away.
Yao Zhaonian's brother-in-law was captured alive and put in prison, Zhu Butcher and others saw that Yao Zhaonian was so alert and riding a horse, so they chased for a while and disappeared, but let Yao Zhao run away, Xiao Jin didn't care, and the monk couldn't run away from the temple.
The sky was getting dark, and there was a steady stream of torches in front of the city gates.
The current Xiao Jin is not polite, and forcibly recruits many young men who ran away before, cleaning the battlefield overnight and cleaning up the collapsed city wall.
In the ruins, there were still surviving soldiers, and the wails came one after another.
"My lord, our army suffered huge casualties in this battle, originally there were 700 people, but now there are less than 300 people left, and most of them are wounded." Butcher Zhu arched his hand.
"I know, we must be appeased, and we must give more bereavement benefits for the dead, if you look for Ji Xiaolan about this, just talk about what I said, the disabled, we raise them, and the dead ones, we also support our families, and we can't treat our brothers badly."
After speaking, he knelt down in front of the ruins and kowtowed a few times, "I'm sorry, brothers, your family will be my relatives in the future, I will always take care of it, brothers go all the way." ”
Everyone looked at Xiao Jin, silent, in the middle of the night, it was extremely quiet, only the wailing of the wounded, and the whirring of the fire being blown by the wind, making this scene look extremely bleak.
At noon the next day.
Xiao Jin knew that now every minute could not be delayed, so people invited everyone, and with the support of Xu Yingying, he lifted his feet and came to everyone.
Ji Xiaolan analyzed, "The top priority is to send someone to send the letter that has not been sent out again, this is not a way." With the emperor maneuvering in the middle, it is unlikely that Wu Sangui will lead a large army to attack. We are now nameless and divided, and some are just Kangxi's edicts, but they are not many. ”
Xiao Jin nodded after hearing this, "I heard Butcher Zhu say that the direction of Yao Zhaonian's escape is Sun Shun'an Mansion, I am afraid that the next time I bring troops to the Shun'an Prefect, have you ever thought about where the thousand soldiers and horses brought by Yao Zhaonian this time came from, and there is no doubt that Shun'an Mansion is timed, the front is that we think too simply, thinking that no one can do anything to us after ending this county, but now, it is clear that from bottom to top, they are all Wu Sangui's henchmen, including this Shun'an Prefect." ”
Seeing that everyone was listening silently, he sighed, "Think about it, if you are Wu Sangui, you will sit and wait for us to develop quietly here, he must also know that we will send a letter to Beijing, and before he completely tears his face, he will not dare to make a big fanfare, but he can let Shun'an Mansion bring people to destroy us before the emperor knows, and it can be seen from Yao Zhaonian that he borrowed a thousand soldiers and horses from Shun'an Mansion one day later." “
Zheng Banqiao nodded and said, "I'm afraid that after Yao Zhaonian escapes back this time, I will really be a thorn in his side Wu Sangui." ”
"On the side of the couch, how can he allow others to sleep soundly, let alone in his hinterland." Chen Jinnan also nodded.
Xiao Jin saw that everyone agreed with his point of view, so he said the purpose of this gathering together to discuss, "This first priority is the repair of the city wall, if you still use the old method to build, not to mention the old way, not to mention that it is not strong for too long, I have a formula of one material that can shorten most of the time of the project, and its strength is better than before, this matter will be handed over to Mr. Ji, if you don't understand anything in the formula, you can let the craftsman ask me." ”
Xiao Jin said that the material is the cement of the later generations, the formula of cement is not difficult, with the current process, plus some soil methods, it can still be fired, if the demand is large, it is nothing more than to recruit more labor, but Xiao Jin is now the most important thing is labor.
Ji Xiaolan nodded and said, "Let Lord Zhu cooperate with me, with him, I will also recruit more people." ”
Butcher Zhu said, "Please rest assured Mr. Ji, I will let my brothers cooperate with you well." ”
Xiao Jin continued, "This second priority is to recruit soldiers, if the young people in the city are not willing to be soldiers, they don't force it, I have also seen through the previous escape, this matter is handed over to Lord Chen, be sure to recruit more, my requirements for them are to be as young as possible, they don't need to be strong and tall." ”
"This third priority is to clean up the government affairs in the city, and some lawbreakers, in our defense of the city yesterday, there are many people in the city to loot and rob. There is also a rice merchant who raises prices, Xiao Jian, you take the lead in this matter, recruit the official and Hu Xiancheng to assist you, I don't have any other requirements, but as long as anyone commits a crime, all will be arrested and brought to justice, depending on the situation, and if you want to live, you will take the silver, depending on the amount of family property. ”
After hearing this, Xiao Jian said in his heart, "Don't you just want to scrape grain and silver." ”