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Volume 2: A Different Chief Chapter 774: The More Urgent

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    The sound of cannons and shouts shook the surrounding areas. At the end of the day, outside the thirteen gates of the inner and outer cities, there were horse teams of bandits galloping and roaring.  And outside the east and south city gates such as Dongzhi Gate and Chaoyang Gate in the inner city, Guangqu Gate and Yongding Gate in the outer city, there were even more dark and dense soldiers and horses filled with rogue soldiers and horses, and they were endless.  They were lined up nearby, beside the houses in each gate, and in the fields outside the city. They were crowded with people everywhere. The seedlings in the wheat fields near the city and the vegetables in the vegetable fields had already been trampled down by everyone without politeness.  Outside the Chaoyang Gate were many soldiers and horses of the Right Battalion in red uniforms, and the flags they held were also bright red. At this time, on the Chaoyang Gate, there was a large group of soldiers from the Right Battalion carrying long ladders. They were walking along  They rushed towards the arrow tower on Guanxiang Street, intending to cross the moat stone bridge and force themselves to the city wall.  Unexpectedly, there was a thunderbolt on the archery tower, and the Hongyi cannon fired fiercely. The roaring cannonballs rushed into the crowd, and a burst of blood danced, accompanied by arms and thighs flying around. Then they cried for father and mother, and the right-wing Shunjun who was lucky enough to survive was abandoned.  He turned around and ran up the long ladder. He only regretted that his parents had lost two legs.  Liu Xiyao, the general of the right battalion who was standing at the pass, frowned. The city gate was difficult to attack. It seemed that we still needed to fill in the trenches and attack the city walls everywhere.  Chaoyang Gate is the city gate through which grain can be brought in and out. It is known as the "Grain Gate" and also the "Fantastic Goods Gate". Not only do grain trucks often go here, but also many rare treasures from all over the country pass through.  Guanxiang houses are lined up in rows, and Guanxiang Street is also very wide.  The road is paved with bluestone slabs, and the power of artillery shells hitting it is unimaginable.  ???????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Chaoyang Gate has a huge barbican, and the entrance to the city gate is on the side of the barbican. Although there is a stone bridge on the moat for easy walking, even if you are lucky enough to get through the firepower of the arrow tower on the front and run to the city gate, you will have to face the barbican and the city wall.  Attacked by fire from two sides, the soldiers who attacked the gate suffered heavy casualties.  It was drizzling at this time. Although the power of the bows, arrows, and muskets at the city head was greatly reduced, and they often failed to fire or shoot far, the terrain near the city gate was narrow, so the power they exerted was still extraordinary.  In particular, the stone bridge over the moat is not big, only a few steps wide. When the dense army of sergeants rush across the bridge, people are often squeezed into the moat. Dashun's military advantage is difficult to expand at all.  ¡­¡­ ¡°Attention, the bandits¡¯ team is about to attack.¡± At the end of the day, at the Yongding Gate, Fu Yingchong suddenly noticed that the bandits on the other side of the gate were making some movement.  At this time, the sloping gate of Yongding Gate had been beaten into a piece of broken bricks and tiles, especially the houses near the city gate were mostly in ruins. In view of this, the artillery team of thieves who attacked Yongding Gate did not dare to rely on the houses anymore, and they dispersed into the fields.  Go up and continue bombarding the arrow tower and the city wall.  With the accuracy of the artillery at this time, it was naturally difficult to hit those artillery positions that were only small to the naked eye, so Fu Yingchong and the other artillerymen had no choice but to ignore them.  Fortunately, there is a solid city wall blocking them. As long as they are not very unlucky, the bandits' artillery poses little threat to them. At most, they will feel a little psychological pressure.  But at this time, Fu Yingchong looked and saw that under the cover of the ruins, a large number of bandits were approaching. They were scattered far apart, obviously afraid of the threat of the artillery at the top of the city.  Looking at their target, it is obvious that they are the Yongdingmen city gate that they are in charge of.  An armored soldier said a few words in Fu Yingchong's ear. Fu Yingchong nodded and shouted: "Listen to my orders, Mr. Fu. Don't shoot the bows and arrows yet. All the Rumi gunslingers will come here. They will fight in three layers later. I'll shoot them later."  Fight There is still one person who has targeted one, don't fight randomly Big guns such as Nine-Headed Bird and Baizi Gun are also prepared. After Rumi's gun is hit, he will fight" He screamed and ordered the arrangements, because of the drizzle.  Because of this, the archers' bow power was greatly reduced, so Fu Yingchong stopped shooting.  Although firearms such as bird guns and Lumi guns may not fire due to moisture, as long as they are fired and hit, their power can still be guaranteed.  At this time, Fu Yingchong had a high prestige. As soon as he finished his order, all the sergeants immediately howled: "Commander Fu is the only one who is following his lead." "Kill all the thieves!" Fu Yingchong arranged for a large number of soldiers wearing yellow uniforms to  The soldiers kept coming, and they were covered by a large number of archers and firearmsmen in front of them, while the crowd behind them carried some ladders. The ladders were extremely long, but because the walls of the capital were too high, ordinary ladders could not be put up at all.  They came in silence, climbed up the sloping official road, and walked along the road beside the moat for a long time, and soon they were not far from the somewhat uneven stone bridge over the moat.  The capital has a dense flow of people, and there are arrow towers and barbicans. Most of the city gate entrances are also built on the side of the barbican. If the enemy comes, they will be hit by fire from both sides. The protection is tight, so there are no suspension bridges on the moats of each gate.  Specially builtbridge.  There is also a stone bridge on the moat of Yongding Gate, but the entrance to the city gate is right below the archery tower. This is because most of the enemies of the Ming Dynasty came from the north.  Seeing that the thieves were not far from the stone bridge on the moat, they suddenly let out a shout and began to charge. At the same time, the archers and firearmsmen who were covering the area also fired their muskets and arrows. For a while, arrows were flying and the sound of muskets was loud.  Fu Yingchong looked nervously at the bandits outside the city. Hearing what the armored soldiers beside him said, he shouted: "First floor Rumi Gunslinger, fight!"  When the nervous gunmen heard the order, they immediately fired their guns in the first row. Their gunpowder smoke connected into one piece, and thick white smoke rose densely. They concentrated more than two hundred Lumi guns. They fired a volley and charged intensively.  Nearly a hundred of the stray thieves fell down immediately.  "Second level, fight!" There was another fierce volley, and more intense white smoke erupted from the crenel. The charging thieves fell down in large pieces again, and the people who were shot were rolling hoarsely on the ground.  Call.  "Third level, fight!" The defenders at the crenels fired another volley. The crenellations of the city wall had long been covered by thick smoke. They fired again, and saw a flash of fire in the white mist, and then the other side of the moat was in agony.  More bandit soldiers fell to the ground, and the pain of being shot made them roll on the ground and struggle desperately.  After three volleys from the defenders, the bandit soldiers rushing towards the stone bridge were almost empty. The moat was filled with painful people, and the bodies of the wounded were scattered one by one.  Fu Yingchong saw that the remaining bandit soldiers were at a loss, but there were still some bandit soldiers rushing up to the stone bridge. He shouted: "Baizi gun, nine-headed bird, all shoot at the stone bridge!" There were several doors on the battlements of Wengcheng.  Hearing this, the main shooters of the Bai Zi Gun and the Nine-Headed Bird rotated the vertical rods and aimed at the stone bridge from the side.  The deputy next to him held the match rope to the fire door, and there was a loud bang, and long smoke spurted out.  In the bright flames, nearly a hundred large and small projectiles from each door rushed out of the gun barrel and threw them at the thieves on the other side of the stone bridge.  The blood mist surged wildly, and the projectiles hit the stone bridge, causing sparks to fly. The thieves who rushed onto the stone bridge continued to spray blood arrows, and then their bodies trembled and they lay crookedly on the stone bridge.  Hundreds of muskets were fired one by one, and the bridge deck, which was not wide at once, was filled with corpses, lying in random directions, with blood flowing across them.  There were also a few thieves carrying the ladder, their faces covered with blood, and they rolled into the moat next to it. The long ladder also poured into the river, while it was still on the bridge, floating up and down together.  .  "Bang!" A nine-headed bird burst out with dense flames, and in the billowing smoke, several bandit soldiers near the stone bridge fell to the ground, their bodies covered with blood holes, and rolled on the ground with a shrill howl A place in Guanxiang  Behind the ruins were the flags of the mountain patrol camp. As veterans of the camp, they could just supervise and watch the battle comfortably. Most of the fighting was a matter for the outer camp.  Beside a ruined wall, Old Hu tiptoed towards the top of the city. Looking at the fighting situation above and below the city, Old Hu exclaimed: "Which hero defends the city so fiercely?"  At the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, the bandits attacked the capital more and more.  Urgently, we found that not only the southeastern city gates, but also the Guang'an Gate, Fucheng Gate, and Xizhi Gate in the west were attacked by bandits.  Wang Chengen and Li Guozhen, who were in charge of the city defense, were exhausted from patrolling the city.  Hearing the guns and cannons shooting into the sky from everywhere, everyone inside and outside the capital was anxious and frightened.  The streets were deserted, and everyone locked themselves in their houses. They prayed to God and Buddha with trembling feet, praying for the safety of themselves and their families.  There was no one inside or outside the Meridian Gate, but Fan Jingwen, Zhou Fengxiang, Ma Shiqi and others were still on duty. Because they had retired from the court and the situation was urgent, they gathered at the entrance of the palace to talk.  At this time, the uncle of Xiangcheng, who was ordered to supervise the capital camp and defend the city, Li Guozhen, suddenly came on horseback. He was sweating heavily in the damp and cold weather. When he got off the horse, his clothes and belt were lost. Everyone was shocked.  At this time, the chamberlain came forward to stop Li Guozhen, and Li Guozhen sighed: "When will the monarch and his ministers want to meet each other, it won't be long." Soon Li Guozhen was announced to the side hall, and Emperor Chongzhen greeted him. He asked hurriedly:  "What's going on with the city defense?" Li Guozhen suddenly knelt down on the ground and cried: "The city defenders refused to use their lives. One person was whipped, and the other fell back to sleep. The humble ministers were helpless." He said, "Only Yongdingmen can do anything.  The city guards should obey orders and spend all their wealth to reward the army. Many of the remaining gates pretended to be city guards and fired their empty cannons outwards, but instead fired the bullets with gunfire.  When it was launched upward, it hit the air without hurting a single thief. It only made a sound." Emperor Chongzhen listened with tears streaming down his face, and cried: "I was mistakenly sent here by all the officials!"  , Holding a stalemate and weeping on the ground, the sound fills the palace.  Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace cryingLi Guozhen galloped away, and all the ministers dispersed.  Returning to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen¡¯s tears were still wet. He was exhausted both mentally and physically. He was hesitant in the pavilion. Should he summon the king to fight?  At this time, it is still possible to send elites out of the city to ask for help. After all, the wall of the capital is sixty or seventy miles long. Although there are many bandits, it is impossible to surround them. As long as the messenger arrives at Wang Dou's place He has as many elite soldiers as strong generals under his command.  Not to mention anything else, his warriors Han and Chao are very close at hand. With only a few thousand people coming, the defense of the capital will be considerable.  It¡¯s just that Soon after, Emperor Chongzhen issued several decrees. One was to promote Fu Yingchong, the chief military officer of the Beijing camp, to be the uncle of Dingcheng.  The second is to ask all the eunuchs in the palace to go to the city to defend the city. Thousands of them will be used to reward the army with 300,000 yuan from the domestic and foreign treasury.  On that day, some of the poor people cried bitterly and lost gold, either three hundred gold or four hundred gold, and each was given a thousand households of royal robes and guards.  ¡­ In the middle of the night, the bandits began to attack the city with ants, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The bandits like a tide poured overwhelmingly towards the walls of the capital.  The sound of cannons became louder, and arrows were flying like locusts all over the sky. The arrows rained down and continued to fall into the city.  The sound of fire and cannons was heard one after another above and below the city, and the smoke from the cannons was connected with the rain and fog, mixing into a dense and indivisible fog.  "Pour the golden juice!" Following Fu Yingchong's roar, the defenders on the city scooped up the large pot of dung juice that was burning on the wall, and poured it down under a erected ladder.  The boiling dung juice pours down, shining with golden light.  Then there was a shrill howl below. Some thieves who were about to board the city were poured with excrement, and they all rolled on the ground. Some even howled and threw themselves into the water of the nearby moat.  The old camp of thieves drove the outer camp to fill in some trenches, and also found nearby residents, forcing them to carry wood and stones to fill the trenches. From time to time, ladders were about to be erected at the city walls of each gate.  The armored soldiers around him said something urgently from time to time, and then Fu Yingchong commanded desperately. Suddenly he saw a ladder approaching, and hurriedly shouted: "Over there, over there, the wolf fang, come quickly!" He roared, and the nearby defenders heard it.  , hurriedly pushed the rope winch and pulley over, facing the direction of the ladder, and then many people struggled to lift the mace and patted down the ladder.  The rope pulley rotated, made a creaking sound, and even caught sparks, and it was over in the blink of an eye.  The wolf-tooth slap shot from the top of the city to the bottom of the city, and some thieves climbing on the ladder were continuously shot away. They either spit out blood, flew away from the air, and then fell heavily from the city wall more than ten meters high.  Being photographed by the wolf's fangs, he was either dead or crippled.  Or they fell straight down and were slapped down by the wolf's fangs. Several people were stacked on top of each other and turned into thin meat patties. The bone marrow was broken and the internal organs exploded. It was terrible to see.  The wolf-tooth racket was made of hardwood, weighed several hundred kilograms, and was extremely thick. It was covered with iron nails, and the two ends were connected with iron locks. It was connected to the winch on the city. It could be recycled after the racket was finished. It was always a weapon for defending the city.  .  There is also Shu Yiye, which is also a weapon for defending the city, but it is made of logs and is also covered with countless iron nails.  Another ladder was about to come over, and Fu Yingchong shouted: "Crash it over!" A group of squad soldiers carried a thick hitting pole. They roared at the top of their lungs and rushed towards the ladder. With a roar, the ladder and the hitting pole were pressed against each other.  But it couldn't be overturned immediately. It turned out that many thieves below were trying to hold it back.  Seeing the two sides wrestling with no winner, Fu Yingchong shouted: "Come here with the golden juice." A defender came over with a dung ladle, which was full of boiling dung juice and the stench rose to the sky. He put the dung ladle out of the city.  Several arrows flew by and he fell down quickly.  There was a burst of miserable shouting below, and then the ladder was overturned with a crash, and several more shrill screams were heard. It was obvious that some thieves were crushed by the falling ladder.  The thieves were in a hurry to attack the city. There was no sheep and horse wall on the Yongding Gate side, and both sides of the moat were relatively gentle, more like a beautiful stream. After the thieves filled in the trench, they could rush directly to the bottom of the city.  What did the armored soldier beside him say? Fu Yingchong quickly looked over and saw that another large group of thieves came to the city. There were quite a lot of them. He shouted: "Get the cupping jars ready. Ten thousand enemies are all ready."  The porcelain pot of hot oil is scooped by a long iron spoon with a wooden handle, and there is a lead on the outside.  There are also huge 10,000 enemies, as big as a human head, with a lead at one end and a wooden handle at the other.  A large number of defenders gathered here, either holding pots of fire or holding tens of thousands of enemies, and they all listened nervously to Fu Yingchong's instructions.  Fu Yingchong peeked outside again, and he shouted hastily: "Light." He immediately brought the torches and lit the porcelain jars held by everyone and the ten thousand enemies in their hands. Immediately the porcelain jars turned into cupping pots, and the fuses of each ten thousand enemies were also lit.  Sparks quickly.  Fu Yingchong roared: "Throw it away." One by one, the fire jars were thrown out of the city along with the ten thousand enemies. Amidst the horrified shouts of the thieves outside, there were continuous explosions under the city, accompanied by raging fires, and thenA howl like a human voice.  Especially after the cup exploded, the thick flames rose high. After the thieves were splashed, even if they threw themselves into some moat water, the fire on their bodies would still burn until they were burned alive. The principle is similar to solidification  ¡­ Yongding Gate is where the bandits mainly attack. The bandit ants attack the city. The military situation is urgent. Fu Yingchong roars in command and keeps running around. His main focus is on distributing rewards.  He always fulfills his promise, which makes the morale of Yongdingmen extremely high.  "Commander Fu, I'll behead you first level!" A soldier excitedly came over with the head of a stray thief.  Fu Yingchong laughed: "Okay, Mr. Fu is true to his word. I will reward you with fifty silver yuan!" "Fu Shuai, I think I killed a bandit." "Suspected? Five silver yuan." "Fu Shuai, I think I killed a bandit." "Fu Shuai, I think I killed a bandit."  A bandit is dead, Tian Youyi can testify." "Good brother, take the fifty silver coins and keep fighting. Master Fu will definitely not treat you badly." "Uncle, the silver coins in the box are empty." "Go to the house again.  Don't be afraid of moving money. I have made a lot of money in the past two years. I have also figured it out. I will come back after all the money is spent, hahahahaha" Fu Yingchong spent all his family wealth to reward the army, and the capital was moving. Although everyone was thinking at this time.  Different, one has to admire Fu Yingchong as a good man.  Many people who knew him found it unbelievable that Fu Daya, who usually only fooled around and looked like a young man from Beijing, turned out to be really different at critical moments.  ¡­ ¡­ As night falls slowly, the Yongdingmen city wall is brightly lit, dense torches are burning, and lanterns are hung one after another. This is true everywhere in the capital city gate.  Looking at the interior of the city, there are all bright lights, like stars in the dark night, but they are much dimmer than before.  The drizzle came one after another, and the spring was cold. Most of the soldiers took shelter in the grass farms to take shelter from the rain, or gathered around the bonfires to warm themselves up.  Near the Yongding Gate Tower, a large number of bonfires were burning here. The strong aroma of wine and meat filled the bonfires, and the soldiers guarding the city gathered together with laughter and laughter. Then each bonfire spread over and the sides were also filled with people.  Around the fire, everyone drank and ate meat happily. The steaming meat dispelled the chill on their bodies and gave them plenty of strength.  "Brothers, listen to me." Fu Yingchong stood up fiercely, holding a big bowl in his hand, his thin face was red, full of high spirits and arrogance.  The four armored soldiers who were inseparable from him stood nearby silently, seeming to blend into the darkness.  "Everyone has eaten and drank well. If it is not enough, brother will ask the restaurant to deliver it immediately. But remember, drink less wine and eat more meat. Eat well, drink well, defend the city well, and fight off the thieves well. Brother promises  , If the bandits attack for a day, the brothers will not be hungry and cold for a day. If you fight well, you will be rewarded!" There was a roar on the city wall: "Follow Commander Fu to fight against the bandits" The night fell deeper,  All the city walls in the capital were still brightly lit, but looking at the bandit camp from a distance, apart from the dots of fire, there were dark shadows between them, as frightening as ghosts.  At night, it was getting darker and darker, and the soldiers guarding the city relaxed. Gradually, many people became sleepy. Everyone leaned against the city wall and fell asleep beside the bonfire, except for the sergeants who kept watch at night.  When the five drums were heard, Fu Yingchong in the city tower suddenly woke up. There seemed to be some movement outside the city?  At this moment, a shrill cry pierced the dark night sky: "Night attack" "Hair-shearing thieves." "It's the child soldiers" Fu Yingchong was startled and hurriedly reached out of the tower and saw everywhere on the city wall.  One by one, light figures rose up.  Iron hooks were thrown up to the top of the city one by one, and some ladders came closer, and then some dexterous figures jumped down from the ladders and the top of the city.  By the light of the fire, it was clear that they were all children aged fourteen, fifteen, or even thirteen or fourteen. Their eyes were full of violence, cruelty and inhumanity.  Fu Yingchong took a deep breath of cold air and said, "Shearing thief." After hearing that the thieves had plundered embroidered curtains, quilts, etc., they would wrap up the boy and gallop around the market for fun, and they would be the first to attack the city at night.  The thieves are young boys who are accustomed to killing and looting, but they are not afraid of the dead.  The boy soldiers are the so-called hair-shearing thieves.
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