Chapter 128: The "Righteous Warrior" Enters the City (I)

When the dawn of another winter day fell on the city of Hangzhou, the ancient city wall around Wulinmen was already full of devastation, under the supervision of the captain of the black wood squad who incarnated as the devil army Cao, the security army who was severely nervous by him was reprimanded by him, and all night long, he fired wantonly at any bit of wind and grass on the city wall, and consumed three bases of ammunition in just one night, and scrapped twelve fire cap guns that were not enough to pass the level.

In addition, the captain of the Kuroki squad, who was still resentful, used the "conscienceless cannon" to successfully carry out a long-range directional blasting of the city tower of Wulin Gate, and the shock wave of the wild sweep shattered the internal organs alive of a large number of unlucky people hiding in the city tower or inside the city wall to avoid shooting......

In the face of the thieves' frenzied revenge, the defenders on the walls of Wulin Gate naturally suffered the most casualties. In just one night, two groups of "amateur gunners" who coveted the rewards of the government and tried to break the enemy with wooden cannons were all folded on the city wall, and none of them survived to receive the reward, and no one even dared to collect their corpses. Then the third wave of Ding Zhuang, who operated the wooden cannons, couldn't get it together, and only the bare commander of Xiucai Gong Gao Xuan, who was in a hurry, was worried about the dozen wooden cannons that had just been built and had not yet had time to be lifted up the city wall, as well as a large number of stinking dung cannonballs.

At the same time, the streets and alleys of Hangzhou are also full of mourning, although the power of these Hale rockets is limited, far less than the bombing of later generations, and the effect of arson is relatively poor, and napalm is completely different concepts...... But I can't stand this thing, it's endless!

From the first half of yesterday night until the dawn of this morning, the "meteor shower" that came in from outside the city has never stopped!

At first, it was a thunderous downpour, which made the citizens of Hangzhou cry wolves; Then there was a drizzle, endless and irritating ...... Until now, the rockets outside the city still maintain a frequency of two to three every quarter of an hour, and from time to time they fall on the heads of the citizens of Hangzhou. And it's not just the Wulin Gate that suffered, but several city gates along the line of the West Lake were sporadically shot in!

The whistling sound that pierced the sky caused the soldiers and civilians in the city not only to be sleepless all night, but also to be unable to catch up on sleep during the day. Because whenever the whistling sound in the sky sounded, the men, women and children of all the cities of Hangzhou, no matter how tired, had to brave the cold wind to come out of the house, while standing in the snow, silently praying to the gods and Buddhas and immortals from all walks of life from their hearts, while stretching their necks to stare at the hateful thing that pierced the sky, holding their breath to see whose house it was...... That demeanor is really more focused than watching the dice when you gather to gamble!

There's really no way not to focus! This is the real "people sit at home, and woe comes from heaven"!

Although the power of this simple version of the Hale rocket is limited, and the neighborhood of Hangzhou, which has just had seven days of heavy snowfall, is indeed not easy to burn. Even if someone's house is unlucky enough to really burn down, as long as the sufferer can find and extinguish it in time, there is still a good chance that he can save his house. But if you are insensitive, then you will definitely have to sacrifice all your belongings to the god of fire......

In fact, although these Hale rockets are noisy, but in fact, the losses caused to the soldiers and civilians of Hangzhou are very limited, after such a long time of indiscriminate bombardment, except for those unlucky ghosts who were killed by guns and cannons on the city wall, there are less than 20 people killed in the urban area within the city wall, but this is a blow to the will of the citizens to resist, but irreparably The power of the Hale rocket is weak, after all, it is not a firecracker, but it can really blow people up and burn down houses. Seeing one after another Hale rockets roaring overhead, the hearts of the people in the whole city were beating wildly, and there was a feeling of walking back and forth in front of the ghost gate...... After such nerves strained all night, many Hangzhou citizens are already going crazy.

However, although the whole city was enveloped in tension, after all, few people died. Therefore, when the rate of rocket launch was reduced and turned into one after another, Hangzhou's underground casino actually kept pace with the times at an astonishing speed, and grandly launched the "guess the rocket" project, you can bet on which alley the next rocket will fall into, and you can also bet on how many rockets will be launched again, and those thieves will stop...... Anyway, those idlers in the market don't mind taking out a dozen pennies to gamble, they don't feel distressed if they lose, and they can win back a few taels of silver if they win......

So, the people of Hangzhou chatted about gossip, guessed the gambling game, spread gossip, and invisibly diluted the horror of war and death......

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On the other hand, after another difficult sleepless night, Liu Mengqian's prefect was already in a hurry. His prefect's yamen was bombarded with a concentrated fire of thieves' rockets, which were poorly accurate, but under the high-density bombardment of hundreds of rockets, they managed to burn the yamen to the ground, and for the Allied forces with satellite aerial photography technology, the location of any buildings in Hangzhou was not a secret.

Fortunately, this Governor Liu also has a relatively private house in Hangzhou City, which is used to support the outer room. It's a pity that the red-card prostitute who ransomed herself from the Hangzhou brothel didn't follow the prefect to enjoy a few days of happiness, and unfortunately died of illness three months ago, so the private house was vacant, and now it is just right for the Liu prefect to move over to work, so as not to end up homeless, and can only borrow other people's mansions for a miserable end.

However, Governor Liu, who was greatly stimulated mentally, was extremely shocked and frightened, but also vaguely surprised that the thief's revenge was so fierce and fierce; Happily, it can be seen from this that yesterday's wooden artillery bombardment must have made some gains.

If those wooden cannons can kill a thief chieftain, then the thief's retreat may be just around the corner!

No, no, he must have killed some of the thief chieftains, otherwise how could the thieves outside the city go crazy and shoot rockets into the city?

It can be seen that today's fire and rain are just thieves whose leaders have been killed, venting their grievances in anger. When the breath is over, these thieves should scatter and flee, and if they send troops from the city to pursue them, they may be able to gain something......

Well, it must be like this, the thief must be breaking up and fleeing soon! You can't go wrong with that!

Just as Liu Mengqian's prefect squinted his eyes and cheered himself up with such imagination, another piece of good news came from the north of the city:

Although the thieves on this side of the West Lake sent rockets all over the sky, they did not block the other directions of Hangzhou City. So on this morning when the rockets were flying, a team of "righteous soldiers" broke into Hangzhou from the Grand Canal in a small boat, and brought the news of staying in the capital of the Nanjing Imperial Court!

This good news made Governor Liu overjoyed, and immediately held a banquet in the most luxurious Qinglou courtyard in Hangzhou to wash the dust for the righteous soldiers......