Chapter 394 (Xie: ntset123, the monthly pass of the two brothers without Heiding.) Ask for subscription)

On the tower of the north gate, Yang Hu sat at the head of the city and ordered his soldiers and horses to give a fierce blow to the officers and soldiers who were actively carrying sandbags and pushing carts full of earth and stones to build siege passages on the moat; Although the progress of the officers and men was very fast, and several earth-and-stone embankments were already lying on the moat, the officers and men also paid a considerable price for this, and at least three or four hundred officers and men died under the indiscriminate arrows.

Yang Hu was not worried about the siege of the city by the officers and soldiers, even if the officers and soldiers built the passage on the moat, so what? He still has a large number of archers available, and there are enough manpower, rolling wood and stones waiting for the officers and soldiers, once the officers and soldiers officially attack, he will give them a huge surprise.

Yang Hu didn't care about the fires in several places in the city, it was just some people who were hiding to take advantage of the chaos to set fire to disturb the morale of the army, these guys were obsessed, and their subordinates were searching for them in the past few days, and they cut off their heads in public after they were all captured.

But soon after, Yang Hu suddenly felt that something was wrong, standing at the head of the city and looking at it, the south gate of the city was full of flames, and there was a faint roaring sound, although the distance was not clear, but the sound of firearms Yang Hu could still distinguish it; They also had their own firearms, and dozens of firearms were captured by officers and soldiers, but all of them were arranged on the city walls in the west and north of the city. Guarding the south gate is his cousin Yang Xiong, because the direction of attack of the officers and soldiers is two places in the northwest, Yang Xiong at the south gate with 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city is enough, and there is no need for any firearms to assist, where is the roar of firearms coming from?

Yang Hu, who was puzzled, immediately sent someone to check, and before he could make a cup of tea, he saw hundreds of figures rushing from the south, and Yang Hu immediately recognized Yang Xiong as soon as he saw the tall but clumsy figure of the leader, and hurriedly ordered people to allow them to approach the north city wall.

Yang Hu leaned down on the city tower and shouted, "Yang Xiong, you are not stationed at the South City Gate, what are you doing here?" ”

Yang Xiong, who was a wolf, raised his head and said with a crying voice: "General, the south gate is broken." ”

"Huh?" Yang Hu almost fell off the city tower with a heel, and when he saw that the generals and soldiers near the left were all listening with surprised faces, for fear of causing panic, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, come up and talk." ”

Yang Xiong also realized that shouting so loudly that the loss of the south gate would disturb the morale of the army, so he hurriedly climbed up the city tower out of breath and entered the stone house of the city tower, Yang Hu split his head and said: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Yang Xiong said with a sad face: "Hundreds of officers and soldiers appeared out of nowhere in the city, all armed with powerful firearms, and we were attacked on the city wall before we could react. ”

Yang Hu was a little relieved in his heart, it turned out that there were only a few hundred officers and soldiers, and there was no big problem, so he scolded: "Fool, you have 3,000 people under your command, what if the firearms are powerful?" It must be that you are greedy for life and afraid of death. Besides, are you sure it's an officer or soldier? The four cities are closed, can they fly in with wings? ”

Yang Xiong hurriedly said: "It is indeed an officer and soldier, and the leader claims to be the governor of the officers and soldiers, what is Song Nan's; And they were more than a few hundred people, after occupying the city wall, they threw down the thick rope and led thousands of ambush soldiers under the city to climb up to the top of the city, I really couldn't resist it, so I hurriedly ran to deliver the letter. ”

Yang Hu was shocked and said angrily: "You mean, thousands of officers and soldiers have already entered the south gate? ”

Yang Xiong nodded again and again.

Yang Hu gritted his teeth again and asked, "You are powerless to stop hundreds of officers and soldiers?" Or let them bring a large number of soldiers into the city? ”

Yang Xiong shouted, "I'm ...... I ......"

Yang Hu kicked Yang Xiong over and scolded angrily: "What does Lao Tzu want you to do." After that, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the saber on his waist, and without waiting for Yang Xiong to react, he slashed at Yang Xiong's face, and then slashed it several times in succession, blurring the flesh and blood of Yang Xiong's head and face.

The guards around him were so frightened that Yang Hu dragged Yang Xiong's body out of the city tower with his own hands, and shouted to the soldiers near the left: "Yang Xiong lied about the military situation and left his post without permission, and he has been executed immediately by me, the south gate is impregnable, and the officers and soldiers have ...... wings."

The words were not finished, only to listen to the sound of 'boom boom boom', everyone looked over, only to see the north side of the city on the street, the black pressure pressed thousands of people to cover up and kill, the red armor and yellow helmets one by one like the gods descended to earth, hundreds of people in front of them held firearms and shot everywhere, and the soldiers under the city were bombarded with heads and cried dad and mother.

Yang Hu's heart was cold, and he stretched out his foot and kicked Yang Xiong's corpse off the city wall, and shouted in a low voice: "Archers prepare." ”

The thieves divided half of their hands to aim their bows and arrows at the inside of the city tower, and the officers and soldiers inside the city were also shrewd, and did not approach, only stopped outside the range of the bow and arrows, and a tall officer came out of the crowd and shouted loudly: "The people in the city and the city are listening, the Ming Dynasty suppresses the thieves and most of the governors are here, except for the head of the thief, the rest of the people are forgiven for the crime of the thief, you need to immediately put down the sword and surrender to sincerity, but there is obsession and does not understand, and there is no forgiveness for killing." ”

Tens of thousands of thieves and soldiers in the city and under the city all opened their mouths and looked at each other, all of them saw the fear and strangeness in each other's eyes, Yang Hu shouted: "What are you doing? Do you believe what the officers and soldiers say? Ma San, immediately slaughtered them for Lao Tzu, and if anyone dared to retreat and fear the enemy, they would be killed immediately. ”

A leader of the thieves under the city shouted a promise, urging thousands of thieves in the city gate to approach, the officers and soldiers in the front row were aiming at the approaching thieves and waiting, and in the group of officers and soldiers, one of them slowly stepped out and raised his hands and shouted: "Thief leader Yang Hu, come out and speak." ”

Yang Hu shouted at the head of the city: "Who the hell are you?" ”

The tall officer beside the man shouted: "Don't be presumptuous, this is my Ming Dynasty Governor Song Nan Song." ”

Everyone stared at this young man who was not tall or strong, but they didn't expect that this person was the governor of the imperial court who commanded the army and suppressed the thieves, but it was very different from the imaginary impression of being majestic and fierce with a chest and belly.

Yang Hu shouted: "What the hell is the governor, a dog official, if there are no dog officials like you, why would we rebel?" ”

Hou Dabiao was about to scold, but Song Nan waved his hand to stop it, and said loudly: "Yang Hu, don't put gold on your face, look at what you have done, since the incident, it is not as good as a beast to burn, rob and rape women all the way, and it has caused countless disasters to the people, and you still have the face to teach the governor of Bendu a lesson." ”

Yang Hu sneered: "The officials forced the people to rebel, we are doing the right thing for heaven, and the court has forced the people to have no way to live, so we will naturally rise up." ”

Song Nan sneered: "Do the right thing for heaven? You are only for your own selfish desires; There are indeed mistakes in the policy of the imperial court, but it is not the turn of bandits like you to do the right thing for heaven, and you are not worthy. ”

Yang Hu scolded angrily: "The dog official naturally speaks for the imperial court, we are mortal enemies, it is better to have a big war." ”

Song Nan sneered and didn't answer, turned to the thief soldiers at the head of the city and said loudly: "Listen up, the soldiers in the city, the governor of Pontus knows that you are all coerced into the army, and you can't help yourself; Unlike the real rebels, the Pontus reiterated the attitude of the imperial court for the last time, except for the first evil, all those who follow the thieves will be pardoned and will not be blamed in the past. The policy of the imperial court is indeed wrong, but the emperor has decreed a change of course, after the extermination of the thieves, the imperial court will compensate the people, divide the land to reduce taxes, and you no longer have to worry about losing your livelihood. I guarantee in the name of the Governor of the Suppression of Thieves, Soldiers and Horses, that I will never lose my words today, otherwise you can curse me Song Nan for eternity. But the ugly words are ahead, and those who are still obsessed with following Yang Hu to make trouble will be anti-thief and will not be tolerated. ”

The soldiers were silent, but their hearts were ready to move, especially those whose family members were harmed, but had to be coerced into being thieves, and they were even more determined to wait for the opportunity to turn against the water, and their eyes on others were strange.

Yang Huyan didn't know the lethality of Song Nan's words, if the leaflets and shouts that were scattered into the city a few days ago were just a slight stir in the hearts of most of the soldiers who rebelled involuntarily under him, the promise made by an official of Song Nan's identity in person would have set off a storm.

"Kill, kill them all, Ma San'er, what are you waiting for?" Yang Hu roared loudly, pulled a strong bow from a soldier beside him, and shot a swift arrow at Song Nan below.

Song Nan sneered and shouted, "A dog who doesn't repent when he dies." With that, he raised his hand and fired a shot, and the feather arrows flying in the air fell to the ground in pieces, and at the same time, Song Nan waved his hand, and the guards around him immediately shot more than ten flaming arrows into the sky.

The rattling arrows dragging the flaming tails rushed into the night sky with a piercing screech, and at the same time, more than a dozen arrows were fired from the officers and soldiers outside the city, which was the signal for an attack.

A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops to meet each other!

The cry of the siege sounded instantly, and thousands of troops and horses outside the north city rushed to the city like a tide, and the three thousand brocade guards led by Song Nan and Hou Dabiao inside the city wall also launched an attack under the city, and the battle started instantly.

At the same time that Lu Wan launched an attack outside the northern city, the siege battle outside the western city also started at the same time, Xu Tai's army surged in, Qi Yanming, the leader of the thieves at the head of the city, was commanding the defense, and the inside of the city gate was in chaos, Wang Yong led two thousand cavalry to kill in the air, which made Qi Yanming dumbfounded.

The battle was fierce and short-lived, the thieves were already irregular troops, and the regular army of officers and soldiers must have a clear gap, at least 5,000 of the more than 15,000 thieves on the two city walls were simply coerced people, when the ladder carts of the officers and soldiers outside the city leaned on the city wall, and the soldiers flocked to climb up, these coerced soldiers began to turn against the water; Niu Dali showed up with a group of defective soldiers, and many thieves took off their clothes and turned them on, and followed Niu Dali to attack the thieves.

Half an hour later, the city wall was already full of officers and soldiers who rebelled, and the sporadic resistance on the city continued, and some of the thieves were unwilling to surrender, they were the kind of people who really wanted to rebel, and there were a lot of them. This is the reason why the rebel army was able to break through at the beginning, not because it had no mass base at all, but because it blindly increased its strength and dried up and fished, and also implemented a scorched earth policy against the people who did not support the rebellion, which led to the anger of the people and the resentment.