With the transfer of the main forces of pirates and thieves, the siege operations basically stopped.

The pressure on the city's defense suddenly decreased, but Uncle Xie Fang did not dare to relax in the slightest, and still insisted on patrolling the city every day.

There are eight gates in the outer city of Quanzhou, and he has to carefully inspect and inspect each of them before he can rest assured.

Renfeng Gate is the east gate, which can be regarded as a place where Uncle Xie Fang is more at ease, because there are 500 monks and soldiers from Dongchan Temple to assist in the defense.

Dongchan Temple is commonly known as South Shaolin, and it is said that the founder Zhikong Zen Master is one of the thirteen stick monks who saved the Tang King in legend.

After the Tang Dynasty was usurped by Zhu Wen, Wang Shenzhi, who was in control of Fujian at that time, chose to surrender and attach to Zhu Wen, which caused dissatisfaction and rebellion in the Southern Shaolin Temple.

However, his arms could not twist his thighs, and a temple could not fight the warlords of the feudal town, so it was destroyed and turned into a blank field.

Soon after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Taizong may have commended the loyalty of the South Shaolin Temple, so he personally issued an edict to rebuild.

After the reconstruction, the scale of South Shaolin is extremely large, covering an area of more than 400 acres, the east gate moat is more than two miles to the east, and the north of the East Lake is nearly two miles, all of which are South Shaolin areas.

In history, when Pu Shou Geng descended to the Yuan, it aroused the resistance of Southern Shaolin, and thousands of monks fought 30,000 Yuan soldiers, killed thousands of Yuan soldiers, and finally lost the enemy, and as a result, the temple was destroyed and killed, and only more than 100 monks survived.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the surviving Faben monk was already one hundred and thirty-five years old, and he persuaded the state official Huang Lizhong to play the imperial court and repair the Shaolin Temple.

Although the rebuilt Southern Shaolin was only one-tenth the size of the original, it still tirelessly taught martial arts to the people of Fujian and made a lot of contributions to the peace of the people.

After the death of the Ming Dynasty, many anti-Qing and Ming restoration figures had a deep relationship with Southern Shaolin, and Qian Deaf believed that the existence of Southern Shaolin was not conducive to the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so he issued an edict to burn it.

Judging from these three rises and three destructions, South Shaolin is worthy of the word 'loyalty'.

This time, the thieves besieged the city, and the vicinity of Quanzhou City was greatly troubled, but no one in Southern Shaolin dared to harass it.

One is the awe of ordinary people for Buddhism, and the other is the deterrence of the monks in the temple.

However, Nan Shaolin did not stay out of the matter, and still divided half of the monks and soldiers to help defend the city.

The elder who led these monks and soldiers was called Yuan Miao, and the layman's name was Zhao Mengliang, not only the clan, but also the same generation as Zhao Mengqi.

After he accompanied him to inspect for a while, he couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that Uncle Xie Fang still had a worried face.

"Xie Xiang, although this thief is powerful, there is no need to worry too much, we just need to hold the city firmly, and we can see the sun as soon as the imperial army arrives."

Zhao Jujing on the side also said, "Speaking of which, the current predicament is very similar to the three years of Taiping Xingguo, when Lin Juyi led more than 100,000 people to attack the city, and there were only 3,000 soldiers in the city, but in the end, Quanzhou still turned the danger into a disaster and survived the difficulties, so we will definitely be able to hold it steadily." ”

Hearing this, Uncle Xie Fang shook his head, "The old man is not worried about Quanzhou City, we still held on when the thieves attacked before, not to mention now, but they have successively transferred more than 10,000 main forces, obviously there are more important goals than Quanzhou." ”

"Xie Xiang is saying that they are going down for His Royal Highness King Yan? But Fuzhou City is not easy to be breached. Zhao Jujing was puzzled.

"If King Yan stays in Fuzhou City, the old man won't be so worried." Uncle Xie Fang smiled bitterly and continued, "It's just that with the old man's understanding of His Highness, after he learned about the situation in Quanzhou, he would most likely come to the rescue in person, no, judging from the reaction of the thieves, His Highness must have already come, so they will give up attacking Quanzhou at a critical moment." ”

"How could this be!?" Zhao Jujing exclaimed, "Your Highness shouldn't have many troops in his hands, how can he take such a risk?" ”

He obviously thought of the consequences of King Yan's defeat and death.

At that time, no matter what attitude the imperial court will have, the thieves will definitely go all out to capture Quanzhou, because these thousands of clans in the city will be an important bargaining chip for them to negotiate with the imperial court.

Uncle Xie Fang sighed lightly, "County Lord, maybe it's just that the old man is worried, this matter must not be spread outside, so as not to affect the morale of the army, no matter what, the old man fought for his life, and he will also ensure the safety of the clan in the city." ”

Yuan Miao also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly said, "Xie Xiang, the county prince, the poor monk has a suggestion, that Pu Fang is one of the main culprits of this trouble, most of the pirates are instructed by him, it is better to take advantage of their elite transfer at this time, and the poor monk will lead the monks to Fashi to attack the Pu family, capture it, and force it to interrupt the action of murdering His Highness, even if it is too late, it can force it to remove the pirates in front of Deji Gate and Nanguan Port, so that the clan can leave the dangerous place of Quanzhou by boat." ”

When Uncle Xie heard this, he was moved.

After all, if things get to that point, it is impossible for Quanzhou to be able to keep it, and if the clan can be sent away, then the imperial court will not be too passive.

Immediately, Zhao Jujing also strongly agreed, "Xie Xiang, I think this proposal is feasible, otherwise the clan will fall into the hands of thieves, and even if the imperial court has the intention to quell the rebellion with an iron fist, it will be a rat taboo." ”

After weighing it for a while, Uncle Xie Fang finally spoke, "That... Please ask Master Yuan Miao to get ready, and I will act tonight......"

At this moment, a herald came panting, full of exhilarating reports, "Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming......"

"What?" Everyone was stunned.

Uncle Xie Fang asked urgently, "What reinforcements?" Ours or thieves'? ”

"Our reinforcements, a very big ship, went upriver from the lower reaches of the Jinjiang River, and the word 'Yan' was written on the top of the mast." The herald replied quickly.

"Swallow? That must be His Highness...... This? How is this possible? Aren't there so many thieves going to intercept him? Zhao Jujing muttered.

"Haha..."Uncle Xie Fang laughed, "Maybe His Highness has bypassed the enemy, His Highness has a lot of scheming, and there can always be unexpected moves, haha, as long as His Highness is safe, then everything will be fine!" Yuan Miao, you quickly gather the monks and soldiers, let's go to meet His Highness into the city! ”

……

In Nanguan Port, more than 4,000 pirates looked at the port in a daze.

A massive ship three times larger than the largest ship they had ever seen sailed into the harbor, and the ships guarding it flanked looked like kittens on horseback.

"I'm Ditian, how can there be such a big ship......

"Huh...... Is it trying to turn the ship sideways? ”

"Rely on the cup, this is the official army, the ship of the official army!"

"Why the hell are you stunned, hurry up and prepare for the war!"

"Hurry up, quickly push the stone cannon over, what about the big ship, let's kill him on land!"

The pirates were busy in a mess, but the nearly a thousand supplicants and Vaishers were still looking up at the behemoth in the harbor in shock, and many of them simply knelt on the ground and muttered prayers.

This giant ship is naturally a Shenzhou, but Zhao Mengqi led people to attack the Pu family, and it was not on this ship, and the commanders on it were Lu Changqing and Lu Xiufu.

Both of them couldn't help but laugh when they saw that the pirates were still trying to resist.

"The mantis arm is a car!"

"Mayflies shake the tree!"

Once the hull was adjusted, the mainsail was lowered and the anchor was sunk into the water.

On the upper deck of the ship, four five-inch mortars and four nine-inch mortars were lined up, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed obliquely to the sky.

Sixteen gun windows were opened on the second deck, and all the guns inside were loaded.

Shi Cheng urged the soldiers to adjust their shooting Zhu Yuan, and looked very excited.

The nine-inch mortar cannon weighs more than 1,000 catties just by the cannon body, and it is not easy to move, so I didn't go ashore before, and I missed the opportunity to display, but now I can finally break my fast.

"Everything is ready to launch." Shi Cheng asked Lu Changqing for an order.

Lu Changqing looked at the dock and found that the pirates had placed all the captured people on the side near the city gate, but he didn't have to worry about accidental injuries caused by the shelling, so he ordered, "Permission to fire!" ”

Unaware of the danger, the pirates were gathering on the edge of the dock to set up shields, waiting for the ships to dock.

After all, the giant ship was still a hundred feet from the shore, and it was not within the range of the stone cannon, so they thought they were safe.

It's a pity that Shenzhou is not only equipped with stone cannons, but also real cannons!

Shi Cheng waved the pennant in his hand fiercely, "Ignite!" ”

The eight mortars deliberately staggered the time slightly, and lit the letter tube and firing rope on the shells in turn.

Soon, the first roar sounded, and the straight guns on the deck below were lit in turn.

After eight consecutive roars, the four small, four big and eight black shadows in the sky rose like a single row of geese, and then smashed towards the dock in an arc trajectory.

The pirates were frightened when they heard the loud noise and panicked and tried to escape.

But the shell didn't seem to fly fast, but it couldn't be avoided by using their legs, not to mention that they stood so densely.

The Black Grim Reaper fell into the crowd in a scattered manner, first killing a few pirates who didn't know if they were lucky or unlucky, and after a slight delay, the next explosion exploded violently.

It's all bubbles, drowning life.

Only a moment of fireworks takes away the three souls and the seven spirits.

All the flesh, all too fragile......

In heaven and earth, except for the rumbling thunder, all other sounds seemed to disappear.

The air was full of people, or a part of what had once been a person, in small pieces and sprinkled with water.

The originally dense crowd instantly appeared one round vacancy after another.

Not in the vacancy was just a short period of luck, and the next moment, sixteen solid iron balls flew in, plowing blood alleys in the crowd.

Compared with the bones that were blown up, these people died more vividly, although they were mutilated, at least they could be pieced together.

The remaining 3,000 or so pirates all collapsed, threw away whatever they had, and began to run away from the giant ship.

Most of those seekers and Vaishers were so frightened by the earthly power of the gods that they fell to their knees, and did not dare to do anything but kowtow desperately.

On the Deji Gate, as soon as they arrived, Uncle Xie Fang and the others saw this earth-shattering scene, and they opened their mouths wide and didn't close them for a long time.

Only Qian Long, who has seen the 'great world', is more normal, "Xie Xiang, the last general asks to attack!" ”

Uncle Xie Fang reacted, "Yes, yes, open the city gate immediately and annihilate the Haikou!" Yuan Miao, you monks and soldiers also go! ”

"Wait!" Qian Long hurriedly shouted, "Xie Xiang, look, the merchant ships in the reinforcements are about to dock, and they must be transporting troops, so we don't need to go too much, but on the other side of Linzhangmen, those thieves may run away if they find that the momentum is not right, and they have to send someone to block the stalagmite bridge, so that too many thieves will not escape across the other side of the Jinjiang River!" ”

Uncle Xie Fang immediately woke up and immediately changed his order, "Yuan Miao, you rush over and go out from Tongjin Gate, you don't need to block it, just destroy that section of the wooden beam suspension bridge......

"You can explode with a grenade!"

Qianlong then assigned ten more squads to bring grenades.