Guan Qiguo was one of the first people to defect to the Runing Army. Although he didn't even have the identity of a child, he had a lot of qualifications in Runing, and he also got to the position of a township deputy.

Last year, when the Runing Army went north, seized several northern provinces in one fell swoop and established the Daping Dynasty, Wu Shigong mobilized a group of grassroots officials from Runing and Guide to copy the system model of the Runing Army in southern Henan. Therefore, although Guan Qiguo has only been promoted to the township chief one level now, his position in this county is actually only lower than that of the magistrate. Therefore, it can be said that Guan Qiguo is the most supportive of the Daping Dynasty.

Therefore, knowing that the situation was critical, Guan Qiguo calmed down. He thought: Fortunately, his family did not move to Beizhili, this time he died, and the emperor would treat his family well. Then his expression became free.

So Guan Qiguo instructed Shi Zhen again: "Call all the people who have positions in the Zhuangzi here." Tell each of them to take care of a section of the wall. Where the tartars cannot be stopped, the official will punish the person. As long as we go up for three or five days, the emperor will never fail to save us. ”

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"——! Toot"

The loud horn sounded, and this voice also pulled Guan Qiguo's thoughts back to reality. He looked into the distance from the battlement, and saw a group of Qing soldiers carrying hundreds of ladders to the front of the battle, and drove hundreds of civilians past them, as cannon fodder for filling the trenches.

Due to the strong walls and clear fields of the Daping Dynasty, the Qing army was able to catch very few people. Therefore, these cannon fodder can only be used intensively, which makes Zhuangzi's defense much more convenient. The direction in which the cannon fodder is must be the direction of the Qing army's attack.

The people wept and wept forward. Run to the trench and start throwing sand and gravel down. And Shi Zhen had already gathered dozens of hunting bows in Zhuangzi here, shooting arrows at those people. Although the power of the hunting bow is small. But the people didn't have any protective gear on them, so they were shot down one by one.

Then some of the people cried out to the wall and begged for mercy. This also made the archers hesitate a little. But under the vigorous drinking of Guan Qi Guo and Shi Zhen, those archers continued to shoot arrows at these people.

It's not that they are hard-hearted to manage Qi Guo and Shi Zhen, because this is also the fault of those people. In order to prevent the Qing army from driving the people first, the government at all levels had already issued five orders, and when the "Qingye Order" was issued, all the people had to enter the city nearby. Violators will be killed.

However, there are always some people who are reluctant to keep bottles and cans at home, or act freely and casually, ignoring the orders of the government. So now they are actually dead people to the Daping Dynasty. Therefore, Guan Qiguo and Shi Zhen will not feel distressed if they order to be shot.

And according to the order of the Great Ping Dynasty. In the post-war sweep of the countryside. When encountering such scattered people, it is still a matter of killing. Even if any city is broken, the soldiers and civilians who flee to the neighboring city will be beheaded and wiped out after the battle.

And this is to force anyone to fight to the bottom and make the wall clear to the extreme. Therefore, these cannon fodder people are nothing more than early and late deaths.

It's ridiculous that the people in the village are merciless. The Qing army was distressed. This kind of cannon fodder is one less dead! The Qing army has to save some money.

So a group of archers of the Qing army was under the cover of the shield bearers around them. Shoot at the walls. And the Qing army's bow was hard, and the archers' archery skills were also high, and they really killed and injured more than a dozen shooters in Zhuangzi. As a result, the archers of the Zhuang team also began to hide and shoot arrows, but in this way, the threat of bows and arrows in Zhuangzi was suppressed by the Qing army.

Looking at the dense crowd of human heads under the city wall, Shi Zhen shouted repeatedly: "It's a pity! Pity! "Now don't talk about artillery, as long as there are dozens of guns and a salvo of ten is maintained, you can reap the lives of the Qing army unscrupulously. But now, because of the lack of firearms, they can only watch the Qing army arrogant under the city walls.

And the Qing army saw that there were not even a few bows and arrows on the city wall, and they gradually magnified their courage. At the end of the day, some Qing soldiers also joined the team to fill in the trenches, and the trenches outside Zhuangzi were also filled in most of them in half a day.

"——! Toot"

Another trumpet. The remaining cannon fodder quickly dispersed, and a group of Qing soldiers ran up behind. They carried hundreds of ladders and armor to storm the walls. And the archers of the Qing army did not retreat, they still hid under the city wall, to cover the siege of those armored soldiers.

Since it is newly built, the wall of Zhuangzi is only two zhang high. Therefore, the Qing army did not need any ladders at all, as long as they built some ordinary ladders.

However, when the Qing army crossed the trench that had been filled, they found another problem. The Zhuangzi is too small, so the length of the trench to be filled is too short. At such a distance, the Qing army erected at most thirty or forty ladders, and the rest of the ladders seemed to be wasted.

But this is also a small technical problem. After some Qing soldiers crossed the trench, they ran along the wall and carried ladders to both sides, trying to find a place to climb the wall; While other Qing troops continued to fill in the trenches and increase the frontage of the siege. The rest of the Qing army set up ladders and continued to attack the city.

But when these Qing troops had just climbed halfway, they saw a large iron pot emerging from the wall. And the iron pot also contained boiling gold juice, which poured down on the top of their heads.

Although the first Qing soldiers to charge were all wearing heavy armor, how could the heavy armor stop the golden juice? So these Qing soldiers were turned over by the hot skin and flesh, and they all rolled to the ground, screaming and rolling at the same time.

Seeing such a tragic situation, the successor Qing soldiers were a little hesitant. However, the Qing army general who commanded immediately reminded loudly: "The golden juice is gone!" Take advantage of this opportunity to climb quickly! ”

As soon as they heard this, those hesitant Qing soldiers also immediately woke up. Even if there is a lot of gold juice in the Zhuangzi, it always has to be boiled in a pot. And pouring a pot, even if you go to dress up immediately, it also takes a certain amount of time, so you can take advantage of this opportunity to attack the city. So these Qing soldiers scrambled to climb the ladder again.

But when the Qing soldiers were about to climb to the top of the wall, another pot of golden juice was poured on their heads. Because the Qing army only had more than 40 ladders, there were many iron pots prepared in Zhuangzi. In the pouring just now, half of the already burned gold juice was used in the city, and the remaining half was used this time.

This immediately blinded the Qing soldiers behind. They didn't know how much gold juice was left on the wall, so they all gave way to me, and they were no longer willing to climb the ladder. (To be continued......)