Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 175 The Second Dark Line

The sound of guns and artillery outside the city made the defenders of Ningbo Fucheng very nervous.

"Are there so many gunners under Mr. He Qian? Why do you hear the sound of the guns so densely?" The garrison general in charge of Ningbo's defense was a little surprised.

When the gunfire subsided a little, the garrison general hurriedly ordered: "Cheer up, even if Mr. He Qian is back, he will also interrogate me carefully. The city gate is closed and you must not move lightly."

He quickly asked the prefect of Ningbo again: "My lord, are the people in the city ready to assist the city guards? Now is the time when they are needed. My Ningbo city defenders are only a few hundred. Although Zhang Ni's thieves are not many A lot, but it’s better to be cautious.”

The prefect of Ningbo said: "The people in the city have already 'recruited' and can go directly to the city to prepare for war. Just the garrison, are the rebels outside the city really the people led by Zhang Huangyan? How many troops does Zhang Huangyan have? You and I We all know that there are at most three to five hundred remaining soldiers plus civilians, and there is nothing to fear. However, the burst of gunfire outside the city just now can be faintly heard from such a distance, which always makes people doubt whether the bandit army is really Zhang Huangyan. .”

After all, the prefect of Ningbo is still a scholar, and he still has some respect for Zhang Huangyan, a famous Confucian general in his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River.Zhang Huangyan can persist in Ningbo for a long time. In the final analysis, the people of Ningbo are willing to provide shelter and help to Zhang Cangshui.

The guard's face could not be seen clearly in the night, but his tone was very gloomy, "Whether there is Zhang Ni outside the city or not, this Ningbo city must be defended. As long as Ningbo city is defended, the messengers we send to Zhoushan will be there." Tell the two admirals that the difficulties in Ningbo will be solved."

The Ningbo people who were forcibly pulled from the city by the Qing soldiers were taken tremblingly and put on the city wall.Although they cannot directly defend the city and fight, at least they can serve as auxiliary soldiers, carry out the following tasks of carrying defensive weapons and supplies, and provide some other assistance for the soldiers.

This is also the usual practice in the defense of the city. The people are temporarily recruited, basically they are coerced, and they are required to defend the city together with the officers and soldiers.They may operate the falling rocks or oil pans on the city wall, and be responsible for lighting arrows, etc. Sometimes the death rate of these civilians is higher than that of regular soldiers.

A clear-eyed man went up to the city wall and looked around, and began to do this and that under the orders of the officers and soldiers.After waiting for a while, the officers and soldiers went to the side to rest, leaving these civilian men to stand by on the city wall, and this man spoke to other civilian men around him.

"Brothers, how are you preparing? I have seen where the weapons of the Qing soldiers are placed. There is a fire on the wall. When the time comes, we will overturn the fire, burn the towers, cause chaos in the city, and then seize the weapons of the Qing soldiers. , and fight them desperately, as long as the city gate is opened, the Ming army can rush in and wipe out this group of Tartars and traitors."

A group of peasants were silent for a while, obviously everyone was a little nervous, a young man whispered: "Second brother, I'm a little scared."

The young man named the second brother said: "We have to do this vote, and I am afraid of your second brother. But if we don't do this, we will always live in fear in the future. In the past two years, the tax on our heads is terrible. It's getting heavier and heavier, and the government is exploiting us more and more. Instead of guarding the city wall tonight and dying, why don't we all be heroes and welcome the king into the city. This time, the one who came to the south of the Yangtze River is Emperor Xing His Highness the Crown Prince who has reincarnated and surpassed the world in martial arts, even if the Tartars are three-headed and six-armed, they will be cut off by His Highness the Crown Prince."

The reason why this person knows the situation of the Ming army better than the garrison and prefect who guard the city is naturally because he is the second dark line of Jin Yiwei's development in Ningbo Mansion.His name is Feng Er, and he was originally just a sang farmer, and it was a coincidence that he joined Jinyiwei.Because he studied in school for two years when he was young, he knew more or less words.Jin Yiwei gave him some learning materials after absorbing him, and Feng Er studied them carefully.

In particular, the development of organizations and the dissemination of Ming Dynasty's "new ideas" shocked Feng Er deeply, and made him realize that the people suffered because the Tartars and the landlord class colluded to squeeze their interests, and let Feng Er know that only Only by uniting the working people at the bottom can we have endless strength.

The people who were sent to guard the city on this section of the city wall were all local farmers, mechanics, etc., and they all knew each other well.Feng Er also has some prestige among these people. In the afternoon, Feng Er had already summoned everyone, informed them of what might happen next, and called on everyone to follow him to fight, open the city gate, and welcome the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. The army entered the city.

Originally, the common people were just a group of obsequious, timid and fearful ordinary people, but with Feng Er’s indoctrination, and Feng Er’s description of the sharp guns of the Ming army, Ningbo will be destroyed. If they If the peasants in the upper city do not save themselves, they will surely die during the Ming army's siege.

"If we fight hard, we still have a life to live. We can be the heroes of Ming Dynasty. We have money and land. If we are coerced by the Qing soldiers, we will surely die!" Feng Er is almost a born instigator, he knows his actions What a risk.Another dark line in Ningbo City had been broken. Although he didn't know who it was, he hadn't acted, which was obviously exposed. At this time, Feng Er's sense of responsibility told him that he had to do something to create conditions for the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army to attack the city.

Seeing the soldiers on the city staring at the outside of the city engrossed, without noticing what was behind them at all, Feng Er took out the daggers he had already hidden, and the civilian men who followed him also took out the daggers one by one. Some of their weapons are just sharpened bamboo pieces, but even the worst weapons are sharp enough.

Feng Er rushed forward, cut the neck of a small military officer with a knife, and seized the saber from his waist. Other civilians also rushed forward and struggled with other Qing soldiers.

Feng Er shouted: "Kill the Tartars!"

These civilians are almost unorganized. They didn't even have any military experience before, but everyone believed Feng Er's words. If the Ming army bombarded them, they would all die. Instead of being bombarded to death, it is better to fight hard at this time. Take a look to see if there is life.

The stove was overturned, and some civilians directly left the torches on the tower.The chaotic Qing soldiers never thought that those cowardly people like lambs would become violent killers at this time.

Feng Er was strong and strong, killed several Qing soldiers in a row, and rushed down the city wall with a group of civilians.

"Open the city gate and welcome the prince into the city!"

(End of this chapter)