CHAPTER XXXV
"What the hell!" Man Gui waved the horse chopping knife in his hand and stopped in front of the artillery team. The musketeers also turned around, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the group of people who were pressed by the black press. If it weren't for the fact that these people were still wearing Daming's clothes and combing Daming's hair. Li Xiao had already given the order to shoot!
"Master Jun! Let us help you, the Tartars are not humans but brutes. The villagers in ten miles and eight towns were bullied by them. Grab food, grab money, and harm the eldest daughter. They do anything that hurts their conscience! Today, I look forward to our Ming army coming back, and we will help you kill the Tartars. ”
An old man led by him walked out, knelt down in front of Man Gui and kowtowed. The tears on his face flowed like a stream.
"Uncle, I'm sorry. There are rules in the army, and you can watch from behind. Don't get involved in our business! Li Xiao flatly refused the help of the villagers, and the team carried a large amount of gunpowder, in case something went wrong, it was not a joke.
Besides, I'm here to rob this time, but I'm not here to occupy a territory. I grabbed the gold and left, what can I do with the rest of these villagers? The Tartars will definitely take out their anger!
"During the battle, those who approach without permission will be killed!" Ao Canghai waved his saber viciously, so frightened that the people didn't dare to speak anymore.
The walled city was already small, and there was only one gate. It's not a little difficult to fence it off! And Li Xiao knew that this was the only Tartar city within a radius of 100 miles. If you want to have reinforcements, you have to do it the day after tomorrow at the earliest.
However, Li Xiao didn't plan to go down the ink, so he grabbed the gold and left. Lao Tzu's purpose this time is to rob.
The road was in very bad condition, and the trebuchet got into the pit several times. It took a lot of effort to transport the trebuchet to the bottom of the walled city.
The musketeers had no effect on the siege, they could only line up to hold their ground.
The Jurchens were very good at archery, and their arrows shot far away. But compared to trebuchets, it's not a little bit worse. No matter how powerful manpower is, it can't compare to mechanical power.
Gunpowder shells are precious, but stones are everywhere. There are a lot of suitable stones on the river beach next to it.
Ten trebuchets kept firing stones, smashing the Han army flag soldiers on the wall to hide in Tibet. From time to time, they were also taken away by meteor-like stones. No matter how thick the armor you wear, if you are hit by a rock the size of your head, you will basically be useless. Even if you have a big shield, it's useless.
Just half an afternoon later, more than 100 soldiers of the Han army flag on the wall were killed. Now there are only more than 200 people left in the walled city who can resist with knives. Jia La'e Zhen Wei Daman died in battle. Now there is a commotion in the walled city, and there is no one to speak.
The most desperate thing is that even if you want to go out and fight hard, you can't fight. Your bow and arrows can't reach people, but their stones can hit you. Everyone believed that the Ming army could grind all the people on the city wall to death as long as they relied on grinding. If you want to defend, you can't give up the wall!
When the sun was setting in the west, Li Xiao finally found that there was no one on the wall. Not to mention people, not even a bird. The trebuchet had already smashed everything like the battlements of arrows, and if he went up to the wall, he would die.
The gate of the fortress opened, and the soldiers of the Han army flag walked out empty-handed. Fall to your knees and don't move!
"Brother Man Gui, go take a look!" Li Xiao said with some unease.
Man Gui walked over with people full of vigilance, and Ao Canghai ordered people to aim. As long as there is a change on Man Gui's side, immediately kill the miscellaneous pieces that are kneeling on the ground.
The people took a walk around the walled city, and made sure that there was no one inside. Man Gui is back now!
"There's no one in the walled city!"
"Tie up all those captives, and I will interrogate those who can speak Chinese."
Soon, a guy with curly hair and a curly beard was pushed out. This guy is a bull record of the Han Army Banner, and Wei Daman has the final say. What is rare is that this guy is from Fushun and can speak Chinese.
"Where's the gold?" Li Xiao went straight to the point, he didn't even ask what his name was, Lao Tzu came for gold this time.
"Gold ......!" This guy's eyes are rolling, and he doesn't look honest.
"Poof!" Ao Canghai raised his knife and fell, and a Han army banner soldier beside him was cut off his head. The blood spurting out of the cavity splashed this guy's face.
"Where's the gold? Don't tell the truth, you'll be next. ”
"I said, I said. The gold was in the cellar, a thousand and eighty taels in all, and it was all in the cellar. ”
"Where's the cellar? Take us there! Hearing that there were another eighty taels of gold, Li Xiao immediately smiled in his heart.
Ao Canghai took this guy away, and sent someone to summon him after a while. The gold was found, in a very secret cellar. In addition, a large amount of military rations are stored in this military fortress.
Li Xiao was so happy that his heart was about to open, and now he likes to see it the most. It's golden gold, and white rice. As for things like chickens, ducks, pigs and geese, it's also good to pack them up and take them away for tooth sacrifices. Now Lao Tzu has to feed almost 2,000 people, how can he do it without food.
"Moved away, moved to the ship overnight. After emptying this place, a fire burned! Li Xiao gave an order, and all the soldiers threw themselves into the selfless robbery work. If you want to be rich, go rob! What a fucking shortcut to riches!
Lao Tzu has never seen a thousand taels of gold in his two lifetimes.
"My lord! Help us, help us! Twenty or thirty women ran out of the walled city, and when they saw that Li Xiao had the final say, they knelt in front of Li Xiao and kowtowed.
"This ...... What's going on? Li Xiao was a little confused, born and grew up in New China under the red flag. I am still not used to being bowed down like the Buddha.
"Hey......! They are all women snatched from the Tartars, and they have been spoiled by the Tartars. Even when you go home, you will be squeezed. If you run into a ruthless father and brother, you might kill them. Even if the family can tolerate it, they don't want to marry a good family in this life. In this life, it can be regarded as ruined by the Tartars. Ao Canghai looked at these women and sighed helplessly.
"I see!" Li Xiao nodded, it is true that such a woman will return to her hometown, and it is indeed difficult to have happy days in this life. Just chewing their tongues can kill them. These women, in the end, did not commit suicide. It's a life of no one and no ghost!
In the final analysis, it is the tragedy caused by the cowardice of men who can't beat the tartars. But let these weak women bear the notoriety!
"Take them all! Going back to the island together is also a way out. ”
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