In the camp tent on the outskirts of Quanzhou City, the people Xu Hai and Chen Dong had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived.

I saw that the comer wrapped his whole body in a black robe, barely revealing a pair of eyes, and followed closely behind him by two guards.

Xu Hai and Chen Dong hurriedly saluted, their faces were full of smiles, and they spoke: "Your Excellency is tired from the journey, you might as well sit down and rest for a while." ”

The black-robed man just waved his hand, and his voice was hoarse: "No need, I'm just here to deliver something this time, since the things have been delivered, then I'll leave first." ”

After that, the black-robed man didn't look at the two, so he took the two guards and left directly.

"Bah, something! Uncle, I asked him to eat to give him face, and he really regarded himself as a character. ”

After the black-robed man walked away, Chen Dong straightened his blindfold and spat on the ground angrily.

"Second brother, don't think about it, who would dare to make a deal with us in the Ming Dynasty? I guess this person should have a very deep background, and he must not be excused. Xu Hai stood up, stopped what Chen Dong was about to say, and explained to the indignant Chen Dong.

"These dog officers!" Chen Dong secretly hated.

"Let's go, go see what they've sent." Xu Hai smiled, and the scar on his face looked even more hideous against the backdrop of the moonlight.

Walking out of the tent, I saw that there were many artillery pieces neatly placed in the open space outside, about seven or eight guns, and the cannons were covered with black cloths. ”

The Furlong cannon is one of the artillery guns installed in the Ming army, and the Furlong cannon is a breech gun, which is divided into two parts, a cannon and a small cannon. The diameter of the small cannon is smaller than the bore of the cannon, so it is also called a sub-cannon. This kind of cannon will prepare four to six loaded small cannons in advance before firing, put the small cannon in the cannon when firing, ignite to shoot, after the shot takes out the small cannon and cleans up, you can re-fire, the firepower is acceptable, as for the accuracy is slightly inferior.

And these neatly arranged Furlong cannons in front of them are at least eight or nine percent new in terms of condition, but they were "scrapped" in advance.

"With these, are you afraid that you won't be able to take a small Quanzhou City?" Chen Dong said, looking excited, kissing on the artillery.

"Prepare the brethren to attack at the right time!"

"Yes." Chen Dong received the order, and immediately went down to reorganize the army and prepare for the siege.

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When he was a child, in the city of Quanzhou, Yang Zongtai, the magistrate of Quanzhou Prefecture, accompanied by Master Li, patrolled the city wall.

In other words, Yang Zongtai would never set foot here, saying that it was a rotation, who would dare to let the dignified county order really take a turn? It's just that today, an inexplicable palpitation flooded in his heart, making him involuntarily look around.

The soldiers in charge of the night vigil originally stood loosely, their eyelids fighting up and down, and they looked half-asleep, but when they heard the news of the county order's visit, they cheered up and stood as tall as pines and cypresses.

"Good, good, good!"

Yang Zongtai inspected the city defense, saw that the soldiers were all powerful, standing like a pine, stroked his beard with satisfaction, and praised.

"My lord, I won't tell you, I've been the chief bookkeeper for so many years, and I've never seen an adult personally inspect the city defense on a cold day, and you are the first! I don't know how many years of blessings the people of Quanzhou Mansion have accumulated to meet such a good county order as you who is diligent and loves the people. The master behind him bowed and praised softly.

The front was okay, but when Yang Zongtai heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but turn dark. With a cold snort, he quickened his pace, leaving it far behind.

Master Li was stunned in place, scratched his head, and thought for a long time, but he didn't know which sentence made the county commander unhappy, and seeing that the county commander was about to go away, he hurriedly followed up.

Seeing the arrival of the county order, Zhang Zongwei, a thousand households in Quanzhou Mansion, hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Subordinate, Zhang Zongwei, a thousand households in Quanzhou Mansion, have seen the county order!" ”

"Excuse me, excuse me, get up."

Yang Zongtai helped him up, and then spoke.

"It's really hard for you to be here on such a cold day! The safety of hundreds of thousands of people in Quanzhou City is tied to you, and you have to salute, and it is also my county order to salute you. ”

"The prefectural order is not allowed! When we wait for the king, we have to worry about the king! What's the point of getting colder, besides, it's all within our reach. ”

After perceiving the determination implied in Zhang Zongwei's words, Yang Zongtai's expression couldn't help but froze, and then he opened his mouth to encourage: "Okay! Zhang Qianhu has such determination, and he will become a pillar of my Ming Dynasty in the future! ”

"Subordinate Zhang Zongwei, thank you for the county commander's suggestion!"

Just as the two were greeting, the soldiers guarding the city wall suddenly shouted: "Enemy attack! ”

I heard a cannon bang in the distance, and the bomb exploded on the city wall, kicking up a burst of debris.

Seeing this, everyone fell down one after another, and there was another chaos.

"Give me the binoculars!" Yang Zongtai forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart and took the monocular from the hands of the soldiers on the side.

I saw that outside the city of Quanzhou, I don't know when there was a dense gathering of Japanese bandits, the Japanese bandits had no formation, they seemed to be chaotic, not far away, the position composed of seven or eight Furlong machine guns, was constantly bombarding the city gate.

Yang Zongtai handed the binoculars back to the soldiers, looked at Zhang Zongwei in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "According to my estimates, the number of these gangs is about 5,000 people, and they don't know where they got the Furlong machine gun. ”

"What? Five thousand! Even if you count the capture in the county office, the defenders in Quanzhou City are only 1,000, and the other party still has artillery! Zhang Zongwei's tone revealed panic.

"Don't panic, you let your soldiers enter the Arrow Tower and the Urn City, and transfer all the soldiers in the city, there is a moat outside, they can't cross for the time being, go quickly!"

"Yes." Zhang Zongwei received the order, and then left with his soldiers.

"Lao Li, you go and transfer all the catchers in the county office! Inform the inhabitants of the city that there is an attack on the Wokos, tell them not to move around, and watch out for sneaky people, and if they find them, kill them on the spot! ”

"Yes." Master Li received the order, and then the figure disappeared from the city wall.

The Ming troops guarding the city wall took fire and aimed at the charging pirates, pulled the trigger, and the smoke from the gunpowder spread and quickly dispersed. With each shot, a small group of enemies fell, not killed by the firecrackers, but trampled to death by their teammates behind them.

"My lord, it's too dangerous here! You'd better go back first. A soldier on the side comforted.

"I'm not leaving, unless I die here today, no one can let me go!"

"Pass on my orders, since I am the magistrate, Zhang Qianhu will take over my command when I die, and a hundred households will die in a hundred households, and so on, we must keep the Japanese outside Quanzhou City!"

"Yes."

Outside the city of Quanzhou, from time to time, there were Japanese robbers who fell with arrows, and whenever someone in front fell, the people behind would follow one after another, and trample on the corpses of their companions.

And these people who rushed to the front were cannon fodder, not to mention armor, even the clothes on their bodies were tattered, armed with kitchen knives or wooden sticks, their only role was to consume the ammunition of the defenders in the city, and behind them there were more than a thousand elite troops who did not attack, they were both the supervising troops and the reserves.

Gradually, the corpses piled up higher and higher, almost filling the moat outside Quanzhou City, and blood flowed out, staining the moat red.

"Damn it, rush up to me! The order went down, as long as the brothers broke through Quanzhou City, the treasures and beauties inside were left to be plundered. Chen Dong, who had been observing the situation on the battlefield, had a gloomy face and commanded the soldiers beside him, while Xu Hai was just holding a telescope and not looking at it.

When the order was handed down, the Japanese in charge of the siege became even more ferocious, and some people couldn't help but lick their chapped lips when they thought of the wonderful scene after entering the city gate, and launched an attack on all parts of the city gate even more desperately.

On the city wall, Yang Zongtai looked at the increasingly ferocious offensive, and said lightly: "Let go of the horse stake and the thistle." ”

"Yes!"

A cannonball exploded not far from Yang Zongtai, shattering a soldier who was firing a firearm, scattering his limbs and internal organs to the ground, and blood splattered Yang Zongtai's face.