Chapter 244 First comes, then comes, and the city dies

"Captain! No enemies were found! "Andrew's face is very ugly, these footprints on the ground are by no means the traces left by hundreds of people, and the entire small valley can be seen at a glance.

Except for the dozens of large wooden barrels on the top of the hill, there was not even a single large animal, let alone a person, except for his soldiers. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that the enemy who had just fled with a swagger in front of him was all the soldiers who had just attacked the square, and to his embarrassment, these enemies had fled from the guns of the soldiers under his own orders.

"What are these? Magical Oriental Box? An officer stepped out of the group of soldiers and muttered to himself at the top of the hill.

"Go to a few people, 'get' two of those weapons, and destroy the others with gunpowder!" Andrew ignored the officer's taunt and said to his soldiers: "Others, expand the search area, I want to make sure that the place where we are is safe, and there will not be so many dozens of monkeys jumping out with wooden barrels and 'shooting' these inexplicable arrows at us!" ”

"No, no!" The officer ignored Andrew's embarrassment, stretched out his index finger and waved exaggeratedly: "I don't think they are monkeys, on the contrary, I think they are a group of well-trained soldiers, such courage and new weapons will definitely not be possessed by a group of monkeys." ”

"Put away your pretentious aristocratic style in front of me, Eric!" Andrew glared at him fiercely, "With this spare time, you might as well go and see your wounded subordinates, I don't care if they are soldiers or monkeys, I just know that they will pay for everything they have done today!" ”

An hour later, the soldiers who had gone to search came back one after another, and their reports made several commanders secretly breathe a sigh of relief, at least, this area is still safe for now. At the same time, the damage was also counted, that is, just after the attack on the square, more than 20 soldiers were killed, and the injured were as high as 10 people, of which more than a dozen were seriously injured.

And the subsequent inventory of the warehouse area where the ships on the dock deliberately avoided shelling was even more disappointing to everyone. There was no such thing as any valuable goods in the storehouse, except for some worthless paper, cotton cloth, and some porcelain and pottery that were useless to them, and as for the precious metals, gold and silverware, and spices that they had imagined, the soldiers and sailors who had searched for them blindly, did not find them.

"These monkeys are ready!" In the captain's room of the largest ship at sea, several captains gathered together, sipping cigars generously presented to them by their commander, Lord Langton, as they swallowed the clouds and listened to Langton's unhurried words.

"Yes, it's obvious that these guys have already transported all the valuable goods and grain to their lair!" Jack spit out a smoke ring very comfortably: "I don't know if you gentlemen, if you are interested, go to their lair 'cave' for sightseeing!" ”

Several captains laughed slightly when they heard Jack's words. What are you kidding, is it just for this pile of worthless rags?

"But one thing you may know is that our enemies may not be the North Korean monkeys we imagined!" Langton knocked lightly on the table: "On the shore defense battery, our soldiers found the corpses of the enemy, and these corpses were wearing the uniforms of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Your Excellency, are you saying that we are fighting against the army of the Ming Empire?" Jack's minibus raised slightly, and his beard deliberately rested made his action a little funny: "I don't think there is any difference, how about the army of the Ming Empire, when Dongguan asked us to send troops to quell their internal rebellion, everyone has not seen it!" ”

"You can't say that, Jack, the Ming Dynasty is not how effective their army is, but their terrible number, God knows how there are so many people in this country, no matter how brave our soldiers are, in the face of the enemy that is as dense as the 'tide' water, it is also the feeling of a sampan floating 'swing' in the sea!!"

"I know what you mean!" Jack took a hard puff on his cigar and asked rhetorically, "The question is, is this the Ming Empire?" ”

The crowd burst into laughter again. Yes, this is just a small barbaric country, even if there are troops of the Ming Empire, these troops of the Ming Empire, not all of them are the same, they are guests of this land, but these people from the Ming Empire came first, and they came later. Since this is not the Ming Empire, the advantages of those Ming Emperor's ** teams are gone, and in the battle of the same number of troops, who else is the opponent of the combination of their kingdom's army and navy in the east.

"Gentlemen, it seems, we have reached a consensus!" Langton 'touched' the two mustaches on one of his 'lips': "I think, early tomorrow morning, let our soldiers advance inland, this time will not be too late!" ”

This time is indeed not too late for the fleet, they still have a lot of work to do, to treat the wounded, to organize the defense, to send reconnaissance troops, and even, in their plan, this port should be able to be turned into a simple fortress in a short time, and then, using this fortress as a base of advance, began their journey of conquest of this land.

However, for Xincheng, this time is a little late.

From Tao Zhen and their return to the new city, the new city was a tense atmosphere, on the newly reinforced city wall, the soldiers were waiting for battle, countless people were also requisitioned, and the ants moved, sending all the equipment that could be used for defense in the artisan camp to each section of the city wall. The usual laid-back atmosphere of the city was gone, and the contented residents were gone, and instead of them hurried through the streets, groups of heavily armed soldiers.

The new city has implemented military control, and now, the role of the civil ya' has been infinitely diluted, and the military ya' has basically taken over the vast majority of the management authority in the city. Under this emergency measure, even the people of Zhuangzi who poured into Xincheng along the distance from the port to Xincheng with their large bags did not cause too much spiritual 'chaos', and even the dissatisfaction of some of these people was mercilessly suppressed by the neighbors and villagers with whom they usually lived before they could turn into action.

The vast majority of the current soldiers in Xincheng are from among them, their fathers, brothers, and sons, who are dissatisfied with Xincheng, that is, they are dissatisfied with everyone, and no one will treat them like this.

In Yu Mansion, Zhao Xueniang and Yu Feng's 'female' dependents were also tried by Yun Qingshan to persuade them to leave the new city, and now in the rear of the new city, there are many farms, and even, all the way to Changyuan, the Fengzi battalion has some strength, this new city war, these 'female' dependents will definitely be placed in an extremely dangerous situation, in case they have a mistake, Yun Qingshan can not afford this responsibility. Moreover, the news that the soldiers who had been in contact with those Fanren sailors reported back that those Fanren had red-clothed cannons, and when this cannon sounded, there was no safe place in this new city.

But Zhao Xueniang, this time she was very stubborn: "My son and I will never leave, the Yu family has no one who fled from the battle, not now, and there will be no in the future, I can't let my husband 'door' g, can I let my son just have an accident and bear a reputation for being cowardly and incompetent, since the order was given by Yue'er instead of his father, then, he is the commander of this new city, where there is a reason why the three armies have not moved, and the boss will flee first!" ”

Although this reason is somewhat reluctant, the resoluteness of it is beyond doubt. Yun Qingshan had no choice, he also knew that Zhao Xueniang and Yu Yue stayed behind, which was a Dinghai Divine Needle in the new city, which was of great benefit to the hearts of the people and the army. However, he still took the trouble to explain all kinds of dangerous reasons to Zhao Xueniang one by one, and in the end, Zhao Xueniang reluctantly made some concessions.

The other 'female' dependents in the mansion, including Wu Yanran, temporarily retreated to the safer Zhuangzi near Changyuan under the escort of the soldiers, while she and Yu Yue must stay in Xincheng, and there is no price to talk about.

At this point, Yun Qingshan couldn't say anything anymore, so he had to send more henchmen and soldiers to try to protect Zhao Xueniang's mother and son, as for his orders to those henchmen, it is conceivable that even if all these people who protect them are dead, it is absolutely impossible to let the master mother and the young master lose a cold 'hair'.

After dealing with this matter, Yun Qingshan's other headache came again. The thief has not arrived, and it will not be the reason that the road is difficult, from the port to the new city, it is only more than 20 miles, and the truth during this period has been repaired many times, and it is already quite easy to walk. And the thieves did not arrive, combined with the return of the scouts and the soldiers who had 'fought' with the thieves, there was only one possibility, those thieves must have dismantled the heavy red-coated cannons on the gunboat and transported them towards the new city.

Those cannons were heavy and slow, and they were inconvenient to transport, but they were sharp weapons for breaking the city, and if it was as he had guessed, then the barely repaired walls of the new city were like papier-mâché in front of those cannons, and there was no room for resistance. As soon as the cannon arrives, the new city will be broken.

And once the city is broken, and the people defending the city have no strong city to rely on, then they have to fight with their flesh and blood, and fight against those firearms, and the possible casualties during the period, he can think of it with his toes, and he is very worried about whether these rabble, who have been temporarily recruited, can hold out until the day when the adults lead the army to help.

Thinking that the person sent to ask for help had been gone for three days, Yun Qingshan secretly counted the days in his heart, three days, this news should also reach the adult, if the adult led the army back to help, all the way to the hurry, it would take six or seven days, that is to say, he had to insist on at least six or seven days, before it was possible to wait for reinforcements.

Those thieves, will they give themselves such a long time?

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