Chapter 280: Thunder
On July 16, Qingzhou City, which had just been restored to calm, became lively again.
Early in the morning, he appeared in a military uniform on the square in front of the West City Gate and read out the text of the rebellion, and the object was naturally Chen Qian, who started a riot a few days ago.
Where there is oppression, where there is resistance, for Chen Qian and others, happiness is naturally the oppression of their Zhou Papi, and his approach can naturally get the strong support of other rich people, but for the vast number of poor people in the city, happiness is their closest people, in their most difficult time, happy to give them land, tax reduction, so that they have the capital to live, the hope of living,
The accumulation of capital is naturally full of blood and fire, especially the old wealth of a landlord like Chen Qian, who has a big business, and naturally commits a lot of crimes, and the chaos of the government in the later period of the Northern Qi Dynasty has given Chen Qian and others a stage to play a big role.
Happy first read out the crimes committed by Chen Qian's family, what kind of murder and arson, stealing chickens and dogs, forcibly buying and selling, and other things are all listed, and there are nearly 1,000 words.
Then, happy words changed, sharply reprimanded Chen Qian for being cruel and unkind, led the Jeju army to attack, and ignored the people of Qingzhou City, and was happy to expose the Jeju army's three words of not sealing the sword, and the Jeju army and bandits were no different from the practice of immediately angering the people of Qingzhou City, and for a time denounced Chen Qian, and the call for overthrowing the tyranny of the imperial court reached **,
Happy and naturally issued an order to launch an attack on Chen's mansion to eliminate all the dangerous factors that undermine the stability of Qingzhou City and endanger the people's peace and contentment.
Next, happily dressed in military uniform, sat on a high-headed horse with a red color, surrounded by Qin Qiong and Ling Xiaoyun, carrying a hundred catapults, two thousand people, and a company of soldiers from the West City Gate, all the way towards the Chen Mansion.
Lu Zhishen had already received the order of Xingxing, and when the catapult of the happy carrier came to Chen's mansion a mile away, Lu Zhishen had already led two brigades of soldiers to wait for him.
After the battle six days ago, the Qingzhou army has been reborn, and seeing the young men standing straight as pine one by one, with a solemn face, not squinting, and a forest of swords and guns shining in the sun, this team is obviously a little less immature, more resolute and fierce,
The gate of Chen's Mansion is thick and the walls are tight, like a small war castle, but after all, the strength inside is limited, and the morale is low, compared with the regular army, there is still a gap, if you change the ordinary people, if you want to break through this Chenfu, it does take some effort, I am afraid that it will lose a lot of manpower,
But he was happy to come prepared, and the Chen Mansion was nothing in his eyes.
"My lord, when will the attack begin?"
Lu Zhishen strode in front of Xingxing, the collision of armor blades made a crisp, full of murderous sound, Lu Zhishen looked at Xingxing excitedly, gearing up,
The reason why Lu Zhishen is so excited, in addition to the belligerent factor in the blood, there is also a bad breath in the chest, Qingzhou City has always been responsible for safety issues, but on the 10th of July, there was a big mess, if it wasn't for Zhang Shunzhi's timely arrival, happy to turn the tide, maybe Qingzhou City has changed its name, Lu Zhishen blamed himself, naturally he hated Chen Qian to eat his flesh raw, thirsty for his blood, and now the opportunity is in front of him, how can Lu Zhishen not be excited,
"Don't be in a hurry, give orders to go down, shout to me, and break their morale." happily looked at Chen Fu, who was actively preparing for the battle, with a calm face, and listened to the "crunch" sound of the noose of the catapult beside him, and said lightly,
After Lu Zhishen conveyed the happy order, these soldiers, like Lu Zhishen, had long wanted to fight, and the soldiers who had taken a breath of evil anger suddenly used their strength to eat milk and began to scold Chen Mansion.
"Chen Qian, you turtle grandson, if you are a man, get out and fight us to the death, what's the matter with hiding in the turtle shell."
"The surname is Chen, you dog thing, dare not do it, you are a bad seed."
"Listen to the people of the Chen Mansion, Qingzhou Thorn Shi again, if you don't hurry up and surrender, if you give your surname to Chen Qian in vain, my family will not be protected."
"Dog, why are you so confused, uncle is just one of your sons, if you die, who will support them in their old age."
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For a while, all kinds of voices resounded in the heavens and the earth, chaotic, even if they were happy, they were upset, not to mention the nervous people in the Chen Mansion, especially those whose families were not in the Chen Mansion, listened to the persuasion of the Qingzhou Army, and the already low morale plummeted, and the fighting spirit was completely lost, and some people suddenly cried and wanted to go out and surrender,
Seeing this, Chen Qian was angry and angry, for the sake of morale, he could only swing his knife and kill two deserters, temporarily making those people feel less settled.
"Gao Xin, come out and talk big." Chen Mansion suddenly let out a loud shout, the voice was loud and clear, and it actually overwhelmed the call of the Qingzhou army, but it was from a person with martial arts,
With a happy wave of his hand, all the Qingzhou troops immediately stopped speaking, happily rode their horses a few steps forward, looked at Chen Qian from a distance, and said loudly: "Chen Qian, what do you have to say." ”
"Gao Xin, you are also a state assassin, why did you use such despicable means, if you have the guts, just let the horse attack and see how you can take my Chen Mansion." Chen Qian leaned against the wall and shouted angrily,
"As you wish, attack." The happy voice of the previous sentence was very gentle, but the tone of the latter sentence rose sharply, resounding in the sky like a thunderbolt, shocking many people in the Chen Mansion to change their faces.
"Whew,."
"Knock, knock, knock."
The long horn sound and the dull war drums sounded, and all the Qingzhou troops suddenly shouted in unison, slowly marching, majestic, high-spirited, dusty, and imposing.
"Shoot the arrows."
Looking at the Qingzhou army that was gradually approaching, Chen Qian's face suddenly became hideous, and when the Qingzhou army was about to enter the range of bows and arrows and catapults, Chen Qian couldn't hold back anymore, and suddenly waved his hand and shouted,
"Woohoo." More than 2,000 arrows shot down from the city, and rushed towards the Qingzhou army like rain.
However, he was happy but he didn't blink his eyes, at the same time that Chen Qian ordered the arrows to be released, he also gave an order to stop, after more than a month of training, although the Qingzhou army lacked combat effectiveness, but the queue discipline was not bad, the order was forbidden, and the movements were very neat, far from being comparable to Chen Qian's miscellaneous army,
"Puff puff."
The rain of arrows finally fell, but they could only unwillingly pierce the land in front of the Qingzhou army, and the arrows that occasionally shot into the camp of the Qingzhou army did not have much lethality, and they could not cause much damage at all.
"Catapults, new shells." The smile on the happy face is faint, but it makes people feel at ease.
There was a "creaking" sound, and all the catapults had already set up their angles and loaded their ammunition,
"Ignition."
Suddenly, under the surprised gaze of most people, including Lu Zhishen, the ammunition on the catapult was ignited,
Most of the ammunition on the catapult was a brown clay pot, filled with fire oil, and the filling mouth was tightly sealed with wooden stoppers and cotton wool, and some were tied together, a bamboo tube about a foot long, and a thick rope soaked in fire oil at the mouth of the cylinder.
When Happy gave the order to "light the fire", a company of soldiers who followed Happy used torches to put the cotton wool at the mouth of the clay pot and the rope on the bamboo tube.
"Put."
Under the happy order, all the burning clay pots and bamboo tubes suddenly ejected, shooting towards Chen's mansion at a very fast speed.
Seeing that he was happy to start the catapult, Chen Qian immediately asked the soldiers to find cover to hide, and at the same time ordered people to prepare to extinguish the fire.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Sure enough, after the fire oil was blown up, the sparks splashed everywhere, and the city suddenly burst into flames, but Chen Qian was not too worried, and looked happy with a sneer, but the next moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.
"Boom."
The first thing made of bamboo tube fell on the city, and the two Chen family members were about to extinguish the fire with fine sand, but they didn't want the thing to suddenly explode, the huge noise was earth-shattering, and the two family members were torn apart in a red light.
"What is this?" Chen Qian looked at the ground ten meters away with a three-foot-radius and downward depression, and in addition to the smell of blood, there seemed to be a pungent smell coming from the end of his nose.
"Boom, boom."
At the moment when Chen Qian and the others were sluggish, several bamboo objects fell from the sky, making a thunderous noise while tearing apart the people and things nearby.
"Run, run."
The people in the city suddenly panicked, crying one by one and calling their mothers, fleeing in embarrassment, Chen Qian was also two tremors at this time, and he was too busy to take care of himself, for fear that he would also be torn apart, where could he still take care of the command,
This bamboo thing is naturally a simple cannonball, and it was used once when I was happy in Xuyi City, but the skill of making this thing is not perfect, there is a huge risk, and there are not many reserves of happiness, and it is not a good thing for this thing to be used on the battlefield in Xuyi, so people including Lu Zhishen don't know, you know, Gao Wei's mind is smaller than the tip of a needle,
Happy released two rounds of bamboo cannonballs and fire oil in a row, and then stopped, looked at the messy city wall of Chen's mansion, and shouted: "Chen Qian, do you descend or not." ”
"Gao Xin Xiaoer, if you have the ability, you will rush in, and Lao Tzu will fight you to the death." Chen hid in the arrow tower, scolding bitterly, but he didn't dare to stick out his head again.
"I don't know whether I am dead or alive, smash the gate of Chen's Mansion for me, I want to see what Chen Qian is capable of." Happy sneered, and then said coldly,
After a while, the earth-shattering explosion sounded, and the violent concussive force made the Chen Mansion tremble continuously, three rounds of blows, about fifty bamboo cannonballs and hundreds of fire oil poured bombardment, the tall and thick vermilion lacquer gate of the Chen Mansion could no longer withstand it, and collapsed with a bang.
"Good fellow, you're ready to die." Looking at the scene behind the gate of Chen's mansion, I don't know if I'm angry or laughing, Chen Qian actually piled up a high layer with a big stone behind the gate, and there was no door, so I was happy that it would take some effort to rush in.
"Damn, give me a bang, it's not over yet." With a happy wave of his hand, the catapult behind him suddenly moved,
Soon, the gate of Chen's Mansion fell into a sea of fire under the thunderous attack of the catapults, and in the thunderous noise, countless gravel and sawdust were scattered and splashed, and the originally towering Chen's Mansion was dilapidated in an instant.