The merchants sent people out of the city with the money to ransom the people, and the security army really kept their promise, and after receiving the money, they released the people.

The rich sons who returned to the city looked dull and looked blank, completely losing the image of the original chic son, obviously frightened. However, when he saw his parents, he behaved very well, knelt on the ground and thanked his parents for redeeming himself with money, and said that he would be a new person, no longer do evil, study hard at home, and no longer go to any battlefield.

The merchants wondered when this bastard had become sensible. After careful inquiry, it was only after careful inquiry that in order to educate them and let them participate in a voluntary labor, under the escort of the soldiers, they collected the corpses of the officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield, and looked at the bloody corpses, and they understood the preciousness of life. Later, I heard that those officers and soldiers and the village warriors who had no money at home were going to be escorted to Zhongyang to mine, and I felt that I was lucky and how important my parents were to me.

Yang Guohua received the news that the merchants had redeemed their children in the mansion, and he was a little relieved, this thief is still trustworthy, and no one has come to the mansion to make trouble. As soon as his heart relaxed for a while, the old housekeeper of the house ran in.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the appearance of the housekeeper, Yang Guohua knew that something was happening.

"The father of the general who led the troops out of the city said outside the house that he wanted to see the adults." The butler replied.

"Let him in." Yang Guohua said helplessly.

"Help, sir!" The general's father came in and cried and shouted.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Sir, please be seated. Yang Guohua was familiar with this word when he heard it, and tried his best to maintain his demeanor and let the old man sit down.

"My lord, I learned from the returning Xiangyong that my son is now being captured by thieves, and I ask you to find a way to save him in the face of his service to the country." The old man hurriedly pleaded.

"Don't worry, I will try my best to rescue him, and I will bring the situation to the court and ask for credit for him. Yang Guohua tried his best to be perfunctory, but he was thinking in his heart: "I still serve the country, how could the five thousand soldiers fall into the hands of the enemy without him, I still don't know how to explain to the above, I can only pull him out to confess, and put all the blame on him, he was killed by thieves." ”

"I heard those villagers say that you can redeem people with silver, can you let the government take out some silver to redeem my son?" The old man asked tentatively.

"This is absolutely impossible, the government still owes the soldiers food, there is no extra silver, and it is impossible to compromise with the thieves, you go back first, we will defeat the thieves and save your son." Yang Guohua said resolutely, there is another one who makes himself money, is his silver so easy to earn?

The old man cried and begged for a long time, but Yang Guohua did not agree.

It was not easy to send the old man away, Yang Guohua sat alone in the lobby and got angry, when did the war rise to do business, I don't know who set a precedent, if you catch someone, you can buy it back, who will fight the battlefield, and if you lose it, it will definitely be much better than dying on the battlefield if you wait for the family to redeem it.

At this time, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside, which really startled Yang Guohua. Listening to the sound seemed to be the sound of cannons, the sound came from the direction of the south gate of Taiyuan City, and the thieves began to attack the city. Yang Guohua immediately rushed towards the south gate with his own soldiers, and as soon as he went out, he heard an even louder noise, which should be the sound of many cannons firing together.

The streets of Taiyuan have become a mess, people on the street are in a hurry to run home to hide, pushing and colliding with each other, some stalls on the street have been knocked over to the ground, and the goods have been trampled on the immediacy. Shouting, crying, and wailing rang out.

It took a lot of effort for Yang Guohua and his soldiers to reach the south gate, during which the cannon rang out several times.

When the officers and soldiers at the south gate saw the arrival of the commander, they hurriedly welcomed him to the city.

Yang Guohua cautiously looked out of the city through the battlement, but he didn't see the thieves attacking the city, the thieves' camp was far away, and he didn't see the thieves out of the camp.

"My lord, the thieves did not attack the city, but only fired at the city with their cannons, and their cannons were about five or six miles away." The general guarding the city saw Yang Guohua's doubts and stepped forward to introduce.

"The cannons of thieves can hit so far." Yang Guohua was very surprised, the thieves had such powerful artillery, so wouldn't Taiyuan City be dangerous.

As he spoke, the sound of cannons rang out, and I saw more than a dozen black cannonballs flying towards the city, landing not far from the city wall, and immediately smashing down several houses.

Seeing this scene, Yang Guohua was in a hurry, the thief's cannon was getting more and more accurate, and there was really a possibility of hitting the city wall, and it seemed that it was not safe on the city wall.

"Why don't you fire back, don't we have artillery too?" Yang Guohua questioned the generals defending the city.

"My lord, the range of the artillery in the city is not so far, and it can't hit the thief cannon." The general defending the city said in fear.

"Fire, fire! At the head of the city is the latest red-coated cannon, how can it be compared to the artillery of the thieves. Yang Guohua ordered loudly.

The generals defending the city had no choice but to let the artillery on the head of the city open fire.

After some busyness, the red-clothed cannon on the city finally fired, and the huge cannon sound shook the ears of the people in the city, Yang Guohua couldn't care about this, and looked at the cannonballs fired with anticipation. But the shell failed to reach the place where the security army fired the artillery, and fell halfway.

Yang Guohua had to accept the fact that he was only passively beaten, but there was no way to fight back, and he did not dare to send people out of the city to find thieves to fight in the field. If the troops are sent out of the city and are defeated, and the security army takes advantage of the chaos to attack the city, then the city will be difficult to protect.

This city is not a place to stay for a long time, Yang Guohua ordered the generals defending the city to strengthen the defense, and he hurriedly left with his own soldiers. Walking on the road, Yang Guohua thought quickly in his mind, and there was no way to go on like this. Even if the thieves' cannonballs fail to hit the city, it will cause panic in the city, and after a long time, the magnates in the city will naturally complain to the emperor. Fortunately, the thieves only occupied the south gate of Taiyuan City, and there was no siege, and the city could still communicate with the outside. Yang Guohua immediately sent people out of the city, and hurried to Hong Chengchou's camp with his letter to ask Hong Chengchou for help. I hope he can send troops back to relieve the siege of Taiyuan.

The book delivery person ran all the way and finally came to Hong Chengchou's camp outside Yuncheng City. Seeing Hong Chengchou present the letter, Hong Chengchou was also taken aback when he read the letter, the thieves attacked Taiyuan, and there were cannons, and the power of the cannons impressed Hong Chengchou too deeply these days. Now that the official and military camps outside Yuncheng City have almost moved underground, this rat-like life is not easy. If the thieves have cannons, it is not impossible for Taiyuan City to be breached. The king of Taiyuan City was caught by thieves, and his head could not be saved.

But Hong Chengchou was not willing to retreat, chased the thieves for hundreds of miles, lost tens of thousands of troops, and allowed the thieves to occupy Yuncheng and retreated by himself, and he couldn't explain to the emperor.

He was determined to make a last-ditch effort and lead the army to attack Yuncheng again. (To be continued.) )