Chapter 596: Lore
The last three days given by the county government passed in a blink of an eye, just when the Wang family was highly nervous and held on to Wangjiabao, ready to see the jokes of the county government.
More than 100 soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army garrison, and less than 100 county officials, as if they had long been hidden around, directly surrounded Wangjiabao.
Facing the musket held by the garrison in his hand, the eldest young master of the Wang family, who had never seen the power of the tiger and leopard musket, directly showed a mocking smile from the heart.
Then, he sneered unconcealedly: "Muskets, I really didn't expect that the Haw Par Army would be equipped with muskets that even the imperial court officials and soldiers are not equipped with....brothers, we all know how far the muskets can hit..."
"It's safe to say that the range of the musket is not as good as the longbow in our hands. Today, Young Master Ben made a promise here, as long as we all repel the attack of the officers and soldiers, after the battle, each tenant participating in the battle will be rewarded with 100 catties of grain. Kill an officer and soldier, and reward an extra fifty catties of food...... Young Master Ben does what he says, and he will never deceive everyone..."
"Long live, long live the young master, long live the Wang family..." Under the temptation of food, a deafening cheer sounded directly on the city wall that had been up to several battles.
Compared with the high morale of the tenants of the Wang family, the county government officials who followed behind the Haw Par Army and purely came to gather the number of people seemed to be much lower. What's more, the hands of some of the officials with their weapons in their hands began to tremble at the cheers of the city.
Such a group of people, let alone let him fight, even holding the position is a problem.
Faced with the situation that the battlefield was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, the worried expression on the face of the deputy county commander resurfaced.
With a worried face, he asked Luo Cheng, "Lord Luo." You saw it too. The battle has not yet begun. These officials have already become like this. In my opinion, these servants have no combat effectiveness at all..."
"Are you worried that the remaining hundred or so Tiger and Leopard Army are not the opponents of the Wang family's tenants..."Facing the worry of the deputy county commander, Luo Cheng asked directly.
Subsequently, he affirmed with a confident face: "You can rest assured, with this officer's understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army, these tenants in front of you." It simply cannot be our opponent. You can see that although our garrison is less than 200 people, there is absolutely no problem in defeating Wangjiabao in front of us..."
Perhaps to confirm what Luo Cheng said, as soon as Luo Cheng's words fell, the commander of the garrison battalion on the side gave the order to attack.
Subsequently, more than a hundred musketeers began to rank units. Slowly want to press Wangjiabao away.
Facing the attacking troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which were just half of their own strength, the head of Wangjiabao City. The morale of the tenant armies was even higher.
Perhaps it was clear that the Haw Par Army could not have hurt themselves with muskets. More than 200 tenants with weapons in their hands, because of their arrogance, showed almost half of their bodies directly from behind the battlements.
At this time, an accident happened, and the more than 100 tigers and leopards who were still a hundred paces away, as if they had discussed it, actually raised their muskets in their hands at the same time, aimed at the head of the city, and prepared to shoot......
"Ready to shoot at such a distance, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army is blown out. I don't believe that the muskets in the hands of the Haw Par Army can shoot so far...... "The eldest young master of the Wang family, who commanded hundreds of tenants at the head of the city, not only did not have the slightest vigilance in the face of this situation, but shouted loudly at his subordinates with an arrogant face, and did not take the Haw Par Army outside the fort in his eyes at all.
However, it seemed that in order to confirm his clamour, the arrogant shouting of the eldest young master of the Wang family had just sounded in the city. Outside the city, the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army rang out like a burst of gunfire.
Then, white smoke gushed out from the muzzle of the musket and enveloped more than 100 tigers and leopards.
Just when the city wall, including the eldest young master of the Wang family, everyone's faces were covered with ridicule, and they were about to see the jokes of the Tiger and Leopard Army, an accident happened. As more than thirty buckshot bullets flew towards them with a whistling roar, the mocking smile that shrouded their faces froze directly on the spot.
Because, just when everyone thought that it was impossible for buckshot to fly to the city.
On the city wall, which stretched for hundreds of battles, a very tragic scream sounded.
More than a dozen tenants were either shot in the head or in the chest, or fell to the ground and died, or fell to the ground and screamed....
Faced with this situation, the remaining tenants of the city wall were stunned on the spot directly because of the shock, and did not react for a long time.
At this moment, the second round of more than 30 buckshot by the Haw Par Army was already flying towards them again with a whistling sound.
More than 200 tenants who were still in a daze fell more than a dozen again.
It was only then that the remaining tenants finally came to their senses from the shock.
Of course, at this moment, they didn't have time to think about why the muskets in the hands of the Haw Par Army could shoot so far.
Because, outside the city, the Haw Par Army can shoot a second round of lead bullets at them, or a third round of lead bullets at them.
For them, the only thing they need to do is to save their lives.
Some of the tenants, who had maintained a hint of calm, quickly crouched behind the battlements to dodge the buckshot that followed.
As for most of the tenants who had lost their cool, they were like frightened rabbits, screaming and screaming, and fleeing back and forth on the not very wide city walls, trying to escape from here.
For the latter majority of the tenants, the wah-wah shout allays the fear of death in their hearts. However, when they ran, most of their bodies were still exposed outside the battlements.
Therefore, when the third round of buckshot shot by the Haw Par Army flew towards them, more than a dozen tenants, with faces full of despair and unwillingness, fell on the city wall.
Before the Tiger and Leopard Army could enter the longbow and shoot, they were on the defensive side, losing more than forty people.
As the thick smell of blood began to spread across the city walls, the smell of panic and death also spread rapidly on the city walls.
Just when the gunshots outside the city continued to sound one after another, and the screams of the tenants were also round after round, which seemed to be a bit endless. The eldest young master of the Wang family, who also had a miserable face, finally came to his senses.
After raising the broadsword and slashing down the two tenants, the chaos on the city wall was finally stopped.
Subsequently, although he was nervous in his heart, the young man of the Wang family, who had regained his calm on the surface, directly shouted: "Brothers, as long as we hide behind the battlements, the officers and soldiers will not be able to help us..."
"Don't show your head, when the officers and soldiers get closer, we will shoot them with bows and arrows....kill an officer and soldier, and add a hundred catties of food...."
"If we repel the attack of the official army, we can all survive, and you can continue to farm my Wang's land. If we can't defeat the officers and soldiers, with the virtue of the officers and soldiers, we all have to die, and even if we don't die, we will be harmed by the officers and soldiers as better than death..."
"Therefore, guard the city wall for me, and if anyone wants to escape, if they don't die in the hands of the officials and soldiers, they will also die in the hands of the young master." (To be continued......)