Chapter 393

Outside the north city gate, the officers and soldiers who were on the lookout found the fire in the large dark houses in the city, and soon after, the fire grew bigger and bigger, gradually joining together, and dozens of houses were on fire.

The soldiers on the lookout hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, and several sharp flames pierced the dark night sky, and Lu Wan, who was directing a feint, immediately received a report and immediately ordered to prepare for a formal siege; After Xu Tai and Lu Wan exchanged news, the two armies simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the two city walls in the northwest of Gunzhou.

Under the cover of the arrows, thousands of soldiers rushed to the moat with sandbags and long logs, and hundreds of carts loaded with earth and stones, pushed by the top shield soldiers, overturned the mud and stones in the moat; The defenders at the head of the city began to shoot arrows under the rain of arrows from the pavement, and soon there were many casualties on both sides.

According to the agreement in advance, Lu Wan and Xu Tai had to pave a few roads on the moat first, and then wait until the city head was strange to attack, so although the two sides came and went with bows and arrows like rain, the casualties were not large overall, and everyone knew that when they really carried the ladder and pushed the ladder cart to attack the city wall, that was the beginning of a large number of casualties.

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A few miles from the south gate, several tall wooden buildings have been ignited, the terrain is high and the night wind blows, and it is a wooden structure, which burns up particularly violently, and the four sides are red; The thieves stationed in the southern city also quickly discovered the fire, and panicked, but the leader of the thieves was shrewd, and ordered the soldiers to strictly guard the city wall and not leave without permission, and at the same time sent a small number of people to check.

More than forty thieves quickly rushed to the fire, and in the alley a hundred steps away from the fire, they suddenly found several black-clothed men standing in front of them to block the way; The leader of the leader, Wu Zi, didn't understand the situation, and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" Which general's subordinate are you? Why don't you go to fight the fire? ”

Wang Yong stepped forward and shouted: "Song Nan, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, is here, and the thieves will immediately disarm and surrender, and they will not be blamed for the past." ”

The thieves were so frightened that they almost fell down, and the leader of the thieves exclaimed, "Where did you come from, the governor, nonsense?" My brothers gave it to me and slaughtered them. ”

Wang Yong sneered: "Obsessed dog, listen to what is happening on the wall of Nancheng, my Metropolitan Governor has already attacked the head of Nancheng." ”

The thieves and soldiers listened with bated breath, and sure enough, the sound of firearms roared at the head of the southern city, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the roar of horses' hooves and roaring roared outside the city.

The leader of the thieves changed his color, turned around and ran back, and one of the thief soldiers standing beside him waved his hand, slashed him in the back of the neck, and scolded angrily: "Traitor of dog days, you can wait for this moment. ”

The thieves shouted in panic, and the soldier slashed several more times, cut off the head of the leader of the thieves, and shouted in his hands: "Everyone, we are all good people, and we are forced to join the army by these anti-thieves, and the army of the court has invaded, do we still have to work for the anti-thieves?" Haven't you heard the news from the city in the past two days? On the day of the city's destruction, as long as you assist the officers and soldiers to capture and kill the thieves, you will not be blamed for the past, and you will also be rewarded. ”

The thieves were still frightened and didn't dare to squeak, and the soldier turned his head to Wang Yong and said, "This military master, do your words count?" ”

Wang Yong laughed and said, "Why doesn't it count?" You're good, what's your name, write down your work. ”

The soldier said: "The villain's surname is Niu, his name is Dali, a native of Niujiazhuang in Xicheng, who originally made a living as a stonemason in the city, but the thieves entered the city and arrested me as a soldier, and my wife disappeared, so it is estimated that she suffered misfortune; The villain hates these thieves to death. ”

Wang Yong was stunned and said, "Niu Dali? Is Ling Zun the old stonemason Niu Lao in Niujiazhuang? ”

The soldier was surprised, "Why, have you seen my father?" ”

Wang Yong laughed and said: "I've seen it, I've seen it, and I've seen your son Xiaohu'er, it was your old man Niu who assisted my Song Dadu to enter the city, and came in through the culvert at the east gate." ”

Niu Dali laughed and said to the stunned soldiers: "Did you hear that, most of the officers and soldiers have really entered the city, and it is estimated that at least tens of thousands of people have been brought into the city, what are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and surrender? ”

All the thieves came to their senses and threw down their weapons one after another, Wang Yong smiled and said: "Take the weapons, turn over your clothes and put them on, it shows that you are soldiers who surrender to sincerity; Let's kill Nancheng, whoever is obsessed with it will cut him down and make meritorious contributions. ”

The soldiers hurriedly complied and followed Wang Yong to rush under the walls of the southern city.

After several high-rise buildings caught fire, Hou Dabiao, who was hiding and waiting outside the city, got a signal and led five thousand brocade guards to ride to the south of the city.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the thieves to pay full attention to the outside of the city, Song Nan led more than 200 soldiers to touch the empty ground in the square behind the city gate; Hundreds of thieves on the square found the traces of Song Nan and others, shouting and rushing forward, Song Nan didn't say a word, waved his hand, more than 100 firearms fired a salvo, and suddenly all of them were cut down like grass, and the thousands of people who were standing around were standing in place one by one like ghosts. Song Nan shouted loudly: "If you don't hide yet, the officers and soldiers have entered the city, do you still want to be thieves?" ”

The people were at a loss, Song Nan didn't have time to care about them, and led people to rush up the stairs behind the city wall, rushing to the city wall, the thieves at the head of the city had seen something wrong, turned their bows and arrows and shot inside, after a row of firecrackers, the thieves at the head of the city were bombarded with flesh and blood, but at the same time, more thieves swarmed from the city walls on both sides, surrounding the two hundred officers and soldiers who climbed the city head.

Song Nan shouted the order, the soldiers on both sides desperately blocked, gave the Jinyi guards in the middle a chance to change ammunition, and paid the price of dozens of lives, the fire gun team once again exerted its might, and the cramped city wall was simply the best place for the fire gun shotgun, and the instant burst hit tons of damage, and quickly cleared out forty or fifty steps of open space on both sides.

The thieves pressed on again under the pressure of the leader, and in the distance there were cunning archers shooting arrows into the crowd, and dozens of his men suddenly fell, and the soldiers of the fire guard battalion also fell a dozen.

Song Nan was distressed, ordered someone to take their guns and ammunition, braved the rain of arrows to reload, and at the same time, threw the dozen long ropes he carried off the city wall; Hou Dabiao under the city was caught by Song Nan to contain the thieves, and this time the horse had swam across the moat, and the long rope fell, and immediately more than a dozen soldiers grabbed the rope and climbed up to the city like an ape.

The leader of the thieves scolded loudly, urging the soldiers to pounce on Song Nan and others, they understood that they must occupy this section of the city wall and cut the rope before the officers and soldiers below climbed up, otherwise a large number of officers and soldiers would be unable to defend it anymore.

The thieves counterattacked fiercely, the soldiers on the periphery suffered heavy casualties, the climbing Jinyi Wei Ti rode only in mid-air, Song Nan and others had been forced to retreat dozens of steps, a rope fell into the thief soldiers' control, the leader of the thieves cut down with a knife, and several Ti Cavalry who climbed in mid-air suddenly fell down with a long scream, and fell to the flesh.

At the critical moment, a loud shout came from the city gate square: "The city is broken, most of the officers and soldiers have entered the city, Lord Song, folks, assist the officers and soldiers to kill the thieves, slaughter these gods!" ”

Dozens of soldiers dressed in thief costumes rushed into the square, shouting to thousands of stunned people, and one of the leaders of the thieves shouted: "Niu Dali, are you fucking crazy? I'm going to pick your skin. ”

Niu Dali shouted: "You thief, the officers and soldiers have broken through the city, and you are still arrogant here, and the officers and soldiers are afraid that they will pick your skin." Fathers and fellow villagers, not to mention the anti-thieves who are selling their lives, the officers and soldiers have broken the city, it's time to slaughter these godsends, those brothers who have been arrested, haven't you woken up? ”

The thief general guarding the south gate shouted loudly: "Don't believe his nonsense, when did the government believe what he said?" In the future, after settling accounts and killing all of you, the thief is a rebel, and the court will spare you? He slaughtered an ox for me, and slaughtered him to a hundred households, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver. ”

The soldiers and the people did not know who to listen to, and froze in astonishment; Song Nan raised his head to the sky and fired a shot, shouting loudly: "Fellow villagers, I am Song Nan, the Metropolitan Governor sent by the imperial court to suppress thieves, I hereby swear that the leaflets put into the city in the past two days are true, and whoever immediately surrenders, I will exempt him from the crime of being a thief in the name of the Metropolitan Governor of the Ming Dynasty, and those who have meritorious service will be rewarded; Now, whoever kills the leader of the thieves on the city tower and promotes him to the position of a thousand households, and does not want to be a soldier, will be given a hundred acres of fertile land and a reward of one hundred taels of silver. ”

As soon as Song Nan appeared, there was a sudden uproar in the city, and Wang Yong took the opportunity to shout: "My family's governor never breaks his word, and the emperor listens to my words to increase the governor's words, do you still want to be obsessed with these thieves who killed your family and robbed your finances?" Look at it yourself, the north and west of the city have been broken, and our army has entered the city. ”

The thieves on the city wall looked around, and the north and west of the city were on fire everywhere, burning the sky red, and all of them were panicked and frightened; One of the soldiers suddenly threw down his sword and ran down the city, shouting, "I won't fight, I'll stop fighting." ”

A small leader of the thieves scolded angrily and hurried to catch up, raised a spear and swept through his body, and rolled down the city wall with a bloody body; This move immediately caused a commotion, Wang Yong saw the opportunity to fly up, stepped on the heads of more than a dozen thieves, and the embroidered spring knife in his hand flashed with cold light, cutting the little leader in two.

Song Nan applauded loudly, raised his knife and shouted: "The thief ignores your life and death, if you are obsessed, don't blame the governor of Pontus for being ruthless, the governor of Pontus has already done his duty." ”

Dozens of brocade-clothed guards came out from under the city wall, and the soldiers under the city had already extended to the city, and the general of the thieves defending the city scolded loudly and gave the order to attack, but only half of the thieves listened to his orders, and they heard the sound of clanging bells endlessly, and the soldiers threw down their blades and fled under the city.

"Escapees, kill." The thief general roared.

Dozens of soldiers who wanted to escape from the city were killed in an instant, and the crowd finally broke out, at first several soldiers began to resist, and then more and more soldiers began to fight back, and the infighting escalated instantly, and the scene was chaotic.

Song Nan ordered his guards to guard the city wall with a long rope hanging down, and the brocade guards under the city continued to climb the city wall, and the stubborn thieves knew that the general situation had gone, and immediately scattered and fled, and the general guarding the city disappeared without knowing when.