Two large meat buns, an egg, enough boiled sweet potatoes, and a jar of sauce and vegetables are the lunch specifications of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the extermination army approved by Zhu Youzhen.

In later generations, it seemed to be a simple lunch, but at that time, it was like a Chinese New Year for the exiled army.

Meat buns not only supplement animal protein and fat, but also supplement starch and essential amino acids (wheat), while sweet potatoes are the extra starch supplement for officers and soldiers who are worried that the two large meat buns with a large amount of food are not enough to eat, eggs are needed to provide inorganic salts and vitamins, and seasonal vegetables are mostly cabbage to supplement dietary fiber.

Although it is simple, but it also ensures the basic nutritional needs of people, sweet potatoes or potatoes have been hired by Huangzhuang in the mountains of western Zhejiang and southern Jiangxi to cultivate, specifically to supply military supplies, the most rare is eggs, in this era of artificial eggs.

For the imperial court, ensuring that soldiers could eat eggs was not a small consumption.

For this reason, now Huangzhuang and large households have widely opened chicken farms, and meat is the same, the Yangtze River along the river system is developed, in the huge demand stimulated, raising poultry and livestock has gradually changed from family farming to workshop large-scale farming, and the forefront is Huangzhuang hired northern displaced people to open a state-owned breeding workshop.

For them, being able to become an official and eat the emperor's food is already satisfying for them, and the Tartars outside the city walls are just bandits who want to destroy their stable life.

So most of them just want to get rid of these people, and then they can eat meat buns and eggs in peace, and they don't have to do anything.

Chadri, the general of the Western battalion, asked Gu Yinxi very incomprehensibly: "Your Excellency the Governor, may I ask why so many officers and soldiers don't go out to fight, why do they dig ditches and set up fences in the city?" ”

"From now on, you and your Portuguese soldiers are all at the disposal of Governor Li Futai, and obey Futai's orders. How to fight, it's not up to you to have the final say, Your Majesty gives you the position of a general, not a governor! ”

The people of the Ming Dynasty naturally did not treat Westerners like many people in later generations, kneeling and licking Westerners so much, Rao is a relatively mild temper person like Plug Yinxi, and at this time he will not be polite to him because Chadri is a Franco, especially when this kind of war comes, it is natural to reprimand first, so that this Francophone understands some rules.

Chadri couldn't say anything, at this time he didn't have the pride of later generations of Westerners in front of the Chinese people, as a mercenary, he now just wanted to complete the agreement in his contract, and try his best to gain the favor of the Ming court, so as to have a good start for future trade.

Li Yan really didn't know how to dispatch these three hundred Portuguese soldiers, except for some of the artillery left behind, the others were directly sent by him to the outer city wall, since he was not his own Han Chinese, and he knew firearms, he naturally wanted to go to the front to be cannon fodder, at least he couldn't let His Majesty the Emperor spend the money to hire Portuguese soldiers in vain.

Li Yan may have thought so at the time, so Chadri and the others were sent by Li Yan to the bunker at the gate of the outer city to form the first line of defense to block the Qing army's iron cavalry.

At this time, outside the city of Wuchang, Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui's infantry has begun to assemble, and the Manchurian iron cavalry has also begun to line up in front, suddenly, is the sound of cannons, the red-clothed cannon of the Azig Department roared, suddenly, the outer city was directly blown up, and the infantry of Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui immediately rushed to cross the river, these Han soldiers from outside the pass have been fighting with the Tartars for many years, and they are considered elite soldiers, and now they are fighting for the Tartars, and they can also quickly cross the moat, and put the wooden planks on the moat, and at this time, Wu Sangui rushed in with the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the Manchurian generals such as Ao Bai and Ah Shan followed closely with the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry.

The artillery fire of the Azig division of the Qing army continued to explode in the city, bombarding the inner city and opening the way for the cavalry, and most of the exterminating troops in the city were taking cover at the moment and could not take the lead.

Chadri and other Portuguese soldiers shot first, looking at the roaring iron cavalry, these Portuguese soldiers, as old pirates, can also shoot calmly, at a distance of more than 100 steps, they beat Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry suddenly chaotic camp, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry's three-eyed gun also managed to form an effective kill within this range, as for the bow and arrow.

Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and immediately took the rest of the iron cavalry to detour from the flank, and then jumped over the horse rejection formation, and rushed towards the inner city very bravely.

But at this time, Ao Bai bowed and doubled his arrows, one arrow went straight to Chadri's arm, and the other arrow passed through the throat of a Western fan.

The first-class Aung Bang Zhangjing Ahsan even led a team of Manchurian iron cavalry to kill Chadri's side, and Chadri and other 300 Portuguese soldiers had to immediately retreat and fight, but five or six people were still shot on the spot.

Chadri and the others finally retreated into a private house and continued to shoot with the help of the earthen wall as a cover, but Ahsan stopped the pursuit, continued to return to the main street, and continued to kill the inner city.

At this time, the inner city was already full of killings, and the five hundred cavalry of the exterminating army killed first, directly fighting with the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Manchurian Iron Cavalry Aobai and the Ali Department, and at the same time, seeing that the Qing infantry was also killed, the exterminating army immediately came out of the bunkers everywhere to fight.

The field artillery in the city of 20 men also began to play, and the Qing army iron cavalry that directly bombarded the fierce attack was killed on the spot More than 20 horsemen, and had to retreat immediately, and Chadri was afraid that he would be disposed of hiding in the house, so he also hurriedly chased out, coupled with the return fire of the rest of the firearms soldiers, the Qing army was forced to withdraw and prepare for the next attack.

Next, the Qing army rushed twice, but they were repelled by the stubborn resistance of the exterminator army, but the casualties of the Azig division were not large, but the exterminator army suffered heavy casualties because of the bombardment of the red-coated artillery and the skillful archery skills of the Qing army's iron cavalry, and Gao Yigong and other major generals had the idea of evacuating again.

Li Yan also looked at Du Yinxi with a solemn face, he didn't know whether to ask Du Yinxi, whether the imperial court would send reinforcements, and only asked: "Zhitai, did you say that the imperial court received our report?" ”

"If Li Futai is not at ease, you can take the brothers of the exterminating army to withdraw to the Changsha area of Changde first, and this official can give you the order of the governor, Wuchang will be guarded by me, since you have promised the imperial court, you naturally can't break your promise, if the imperial court blames you for withdrawing the army, you can also push it on the official", Du Yinxi knew what Li Yan was worried about, but he couldn't say anything now, so he could only put forward the suggestion that he should defend Wuchang and that Li Yan should withdraw with the exterminating army.

"The blocking platform understands the righteousness, Li admires it, how can you be trapped in such a dangerous place, if you want to withdraw, you will also withdraw together", Li Yan said and looked at General Gao: "After sunset, if the imperial court reinforcements do not arrive, you first forcibly evacuate with the blocking platform, and I will come later." ”

However, at this moment, Yuan Zongdi ran over: "Commander Wu is here, and he has returned a Tartar!" ”

(End of chapter)