Lord of the People: Start a Super Gold Mine

"Rumble..."

Another round of boulders fell down, and a large piece of the already overwhelmed city wall collapsed in an instant. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Guo soldiers lifted up the stones with roars, and quickly blocked the gap.

Those who are blocked quickly, even rolling and climbing back to the inner wall, can save a life, and those who are blocked slowly, the next round of boulders fall, most of them will be turned into flesh in an instant!
It's fine if you die, but if you can't block it well, another soldier will rush over with red eyes and continue to fill it up!

The reason why it is necessary to take such a risk to plug the gap is because the outer wall and crenel are important defensive buildings to protect the inner wall.

The outer wall and crenel collapsed, and the situation is not particularly serious, but if you don’t make a quick remedy, in the next round, those boulders falling from the sky will hit the inner wall. If the inner wall is also destroyed, then the city will be destroyed. There is no way to defend, and the soldiers on the city wall no longer have bunkers to hide from.

But just blocking loose stones, how can it be as strong as a brick wall?Doing this is only a stopgap measure after all, and the inner wall will still be damaged, at most it can delay for some time.

"Second Zhao, it's my next round. If I can't come back, please take care of my wife and children!"

"Fuck, you take care of your wife and children yourself. I'm not sure if I can save my life. How can I..."

"Rumble..."

"Come on! I'm on it! Ahhh!"

"Damn! How fucking aggrieved!"

"Let go of me! My brother is not dead yet! He is not dead yet! He avoided it! Ahhh!"

Every time the huge boulder fell, many people died. Even if some people were not dead, they were just scratched and there was no time to save them, because they had to fill the city wall immediately, and if they couldn't run back, it meant death.

Seeing the former compatriots and friends lose their lives, these iron-clad soldiers inevitably feel sad, insulting, crying, and the voices are endless.

Cao Ren watched all this silently, guilt flashed in his eyes, but he was more determined.

"These bastards don't even let us have a good night. If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive tomorrow!"

Guo Si stood beside Cao Ren and said worriedly.

Since arriving in Jiang Country, he has not been highly valued by Jiang Ting. He also knows that compared with other generals, he is far behind. So this time he defended the city, and he also volunteered to stay with Cao Ren.

Xiliang man, after all, has his own blood, and it is impossible to say that he has no thoughts in his heart.

So this time he took the initiative to choose to stay. If he can go back alive, he should be able to earn a lot of military merit. When the time comes, he will be rewarded for his merit, and he might be able to have a concubine.

It's better to be a beautiful little girl!It's a pity, this time, I'm afraid it's more ominous than good, for the sake of the lord, we have nothing to say, but I'm a little bit reluctant to part with those beautiful concubines at home...

Thinking of this, Guo Si sighed secretly. In fact, with his character, he couldn't do such a thing of sacrificing his life for righteousness. It's just that he was 100% loyal to Jiang Ting, so he chose to stay when his head got hot.

It was precisely because of this that although he was full of emotion in his heart, he didn't regret it much.

"Tomorrow, no matter what, we have to guard for another day. As long as we survive tomorrow, the means I have deployed in the city should be enough to delay them for another day.

Cao Ren spoke calmly. He is the kind of person who is not interested in life and death. Anyway, there will be a day sooner or later. They are generals who can really die. Looking at the whole history, how many people can there be?
So he was already mentally prepared.

After all, night is no better than daytime. Although Zhou Yongqi is still smashing the city, the efficiency is obviously much lower, so Cao Ren survived the first day rather smoothly.

On the second day, most of the soldiers in the city were physically and mentally exhausted because they did not have a good rest, and the efficiency of repairing the city wall suddenly dropped sharply.

At noon, the four inner walls were scrapped one after another, full of potholes, and could no longer accommodate many defenders.

Seeing this, Zhou Yongqi gave the order for a general attack on the spot.

Looking at the menacing enemy army, Cao Ren also felt pressured.

Fortunately, he was prepared last night, and he had already organized his staff to pull all the sundries that could be ignited.

He asked the soldiers to keep lighting sundries and throw them down as if they didn't want money. If the Nanyue soldiers under the city wanted to attack the city, they had to fetch water to put out the fire first, or wait for the flames to go out.

No matter how he chooses, it can be delayed for a while, so Cao Ren survived until the sun went down.

But unfortunately, Nanyue's attack was too fierce, and all the fire starters he could use had been exhausted. What's next, it will be a tough battle!

Fortunately, Bai Qi on the other side finally made a move. He knew that Zhou Yongqi was eager to make contributions, and it was obviously unrealistic to persuade him to stop the siege.

So he changed his method and suggested that Zhou Yongqi wait until the fifth watch before continuing to attack the city.

The reason is that Jiang Guo soldiers have not been able to rest for two days and one night. As long as we suddenly stop attacking, the Jiang Guo soldiers will suddenly relax and feel difficult.

After Zhou Yongqi heard it, he readily accepted it, so Cao Ren survived another night smoothly.

On the third day, Jiang Guo's soldiers were really at the end of the road. The city walls were destroyed, the troops were insufficient, and their combat effectiveness dropped sharply. Nanyue successfully entered the city with little effort.

But what made Zhou Yongqi furious was that Cao Ren dug a lot of traps in the city, and hid the remaining soldiers among the people, harassing and killing them from time to time, making it impossible for him to stabilize the city immediately.

When he completely pulled out the traps and ambushes in the city, the sky was completely dark. At this time, he also knew that Jiang Guo was deliberately delaying time.

But Jingzhou City was Zhou Yongqi's original base camp, and the people in the city were much closer than people in other states, which greatly helped his rule, so even if Zhou Yongqi knew that the other party was delaying time, he didn't want to be in Jingzhou City. any accidents.

"Your Majesty, the person who organized the rebellion in the city, named Guo Bang, has been captured alive by me. As for Cao Ren, he has already fled to Minzhou with more than a thousand remnants of his soldiers."

In the city lord's mansion, Bai Qi cupped his hands slightly, explaining Cao Ren's escape route.

"Minzhou? If he doesn't flee to Julu County, what is he doing in Minzhou?"

Zhou Yongqi was full of doubts. Although he had assembled 70 soldiers, there were still more than [-] defenders left in other states. If he ran to Minzhou, wouldn't he be sending himself to a dead end?
"Report! Your Majesty! Something is wrong! Minzhou...Minzhou is in a hurry, and Heshan County has fallen!"

Just when he was puzzled, suddenly a messenger rushed in and shouted out of breath.

"What! How did Heshan fall?"

Zhou Yongqi slapped the table angrily, and stood up with a "boom".

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The newcomer Zhou Yu is just playing tricks. He is deliberately delaying our time. Maybe he has colluded with Nanyang and wants to attack back and forth and disrupt our Nanyue army's morale."

Bai Qi's eyes flashed, as if he had guessed something, he quickly stood up and said.