Lord of Ming Dynasty

Jia Ding said: "My lord, this is the Qing army preparing to attack us with artillery if the attack fails. I wonder if my lord should go down to hide for a while. The Qing army's artillery is very powerful, and there is no bones left in it. Divided into young and old or generals and soldiers."

Another family member said: "It seems that the Qing army has more artillery, and most of them are red cannons. It seems that the city was broken today."

Zhang Qiang glanced sideways at this servant, and then at the other servant. These two servants could be brought by the historical Zhu Dadian, and they were confidantes in the inner courtyard. If they did not have certain strength, it would be impossible. Trusted by Zhu Dadian, the Zhu Dadian in history, although greedy, had some real skills, had fought many battles with the Peasant Army and the Qing Army, was considered a promising Ming official, and had Ming in his heart, integrity Yes, the people under the capable people will definitely not use some useless people who can say that they can't do it.

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly. This servant's opinion is really good. The Qing army has been besieging the city for more than half a month. Although everyone knows that the situation is getting worse, it is like the stock market. Until the moment when the diving reverses, who knows if it will collapse next , but this person predicted that breaking the city is still possible today.

A shell went from far to far, from small to large, and it flew straight towards Zhang Qiang's face. Zhang Qiang was still thinking about how to escape from this mortal enemy. How can you not be worried?

"Be careful," a servant pushed Zhang Qiang's head down the crenel just now. Zhang Qiang was lying on the cold city wall, his body was pressed by the servant. Due to the sudden incident, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he had a close relationship with the city wall. Upon contact, the artillery shells of the Qing army directly smashed the crenel, flew over Zhang Qiang's head, and fell into the city.

Out of the corner of Zhang Qiang's eyes, he saw that a patrolman who was following just now was swept away by a shell, and his entire arm was gone. He turned over and fell off the city wall screaming.

Chapter 6 First Kill

The cannons of the Qing army ravaged the city walls vigorously, and also massacred the volunteers defending the city. Every moment, someone was hit by the shell or the gravel caused by the shell, and died, was injured, screamed, and some even cried for their father and mother. , Some people were timid, some panicked, some dropped their weapons and ran down, but were killed by the government servants and some Ming army township officers behind them. Under the threat of death, many people even directly faced the government officials and Ming army township officers The Yong officers fought back, but their strength and numbers were not enough to face the powerful Yamen servants and Ming army Xiangyong officers.

Order was maintained amid the panic.

The total has not reached the final moment of collapse.

Some country gentry and landlord Hao Qiang also rushed up with their family members to help maintain order and resist the siege soldiers of the Qing army.

Zhang Qiang managed to calm down after the initial panic. After all, he is also the highest officer here, the highest officer other than Zhu Dadian.

But at this moment, he has not been recognized by everyone. Those country gentry, bureaucrats, yamen servants, and officials may have received Zhu Dadian's notification, but they have not met. Even after meeting, with Zhang Qiang's background and identity as a stranger, who would Really listen to his command, or treat him as an official.

Personally, he has no prestige in Jinhua City, and in terms of his position, he has no prestige in the entire rebel army.

So, no one would really listen to him, even if he told them he was their leader.

Therefore, he can only fight by himself now, and those who can help him are the two servants sent by Zhu Dadian and the five patrolmen who were brought just now. Prestige, they dare not help, at least they must protect Zhang Qiang.

Since the frontal city wall in the southwest corner was being ravaged by enemy artillery, Zhang Qiang had to lead the two guards and the remaining four patrols to move for more than a mile to the south of the Jinhua city wall.

At this moment, the archers of the rebel army here are blocking the new Qing army that is about to climb up the city wall, that is, the Ming army that surrendered to the Qing army.

The battle was very fierce. The enemy's ladders and siege vehicles had not yet moved to the entrance of the city wall. There were more than a dozen cannons bombarding the city wall. The casualties on the top of the city were still not small. After a while, no one was uninjured. Only those who were seriously injured and carried down, Zhang Qiang saw that there were forty or fifty people, and there were more than 100 dead, and a team of rebel soldiers was added under the city wall.

Hiding in the corner next to the gate tower of the city wall, Zhang Qiang stood on tiptoe and looked out of the city wall. There was still a dense crowd, and the enemy suffered a lot of casualties. After all, it was an ant-attached siege. It was the bravery of the Qing army. The Ming army who surrendered was forced to climb the city wall and die, but they fought much more bravely than when they were loyal to Ming Dynasty, because if they don’t advance, they can only be killed by the Qing army. If they advance, they may not be killed. Kill, as long as the city wall is captured, they have a chance to survive.

In less than half an hour, when the sun was rising, the attacking Qing army had already pushed the ladders and siege vehicles to the bottom of the wall, and when they heard a cry, the Qing army's cannon fodder, and the Ming army's troops climbed up the city wall. , The rebel soldiers hurriedly hacked those ladders with forks, spears, and even axes.

At the same time, the rolling wood and rocks were thrown down, and from time to time, women would bring hot oil to them. When a pot of hot oil was poured down, one could hear the sound of the hot oil scorching the skin, and smell a burnt smell. , The screams were endless, the enemy's first wave of offensive was useless, and they quickly retreated.

Only the cannons were still roaring, the wall was hit violently from time to time, there was a vibration under the feet, and there were a few screams. Standing on the gate tower and looking around, I saw that the corpses of the dead rebels had no time to transport them down.

The enemy was already regrouping, and within a quarter of an hour, the surrendered soldiers were driven to attack the city again. This time, the enemy's force was stronger, and some soldiers began to break through the resistance of the rebel soldiers on the city wall sporadically, jumping onto the wall , The soldiers of the rebel army fought together.

Zhang Qiang did not go to fight, even if there were enemies jumping in from the outside of the city walls on both sides of the gate tower where Zhang Qiang was, there were still four patrolmen and two servants defending Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang is like a spectator. If he had a camera, he might be a battlefield reporter, recording this astonishing scene and making a documentary.

It's a pity that he is not. The reason why he doesn't go up to fight is that he is afraid of death on the one hand, and on the other hand, he doesn't know if he can beat the enemy. He was an otaku before he was alive. They are all beaten and bullied, how can they slash and kill people head-on? Isn't the benevolence education of the Chinese dynasty for decades done in vain?

Zhang Qiang's whole body was drenched with sweat, because of fear and nervousness.

But it’s useless to be afraid. According to his observation, at least 2000 Ming soldiers, dozens of Mongolian cavalrymen, one or two Qing soldiers, and at least [-] rebel soldiers on the city wall died. People, most of them can't last a quarter of an hour on the city wall, because the Qing army's attack time is quite short, almost a quarter of an hour. As soon as one wave retreats, another wave rushes over, even taking ladders, climbing the city wall, and fighting The time was calculated to be less than half an hour, and during this period, the enemy's cannons kept bombarding. Even if the enemy retreated, the enemy's shells could bring fear and death to the city walls, at least dozens of casualties at a time.

After attacking for two hours, when the sun was slanting to the west, the enemy soldiers finally climbed up, and the city wall was caught in a fierce fight. There were enemies everywhere, and the rebel soldiers were mixed in the middle, and they were almost invisible.

The servants of the country gentry are continuously coming up from under the city wall, and then they are like dough thrown into a frying pan, burnt on the inside and tender on the outside, covered in blood.

The guards guarding the city gate finally couldn't hold back, two patrols fell to the ground with a scream, two Ming army spearmen wearing tattered military uniforms and bamboo hats rushed in, and the remaining one Xun Ding and Hu Kui hurried over from the other side to support Zhang Qiang, fighting with two Ming army spearmen.

On the other side, two rebel soldiers and two servants from Zhu Dadian's house resisted the seven or eight Ming army sword players.

Zhang Qiang retreated tremblingly to the attic on the second floor of the city gate building. At the same time, he nervously pulled out the short-fire gun he was wearing and loaded it nervously. As a puppet army fan, how many times have he heard of this short-fire gun? The first time I use it, I can imagine the tension.

"Ah—" The last patrolman was also stabbed to death by the spearmen of the Ming army.

The pikeman didn't help his comrades kill Hu Kui, the leader of the patrol, but ran towards Zhang Qiang at the top of the stairs with a sly smile.

Zhang Qiang felt his throat was itchy, and his throat was so dry that it was about to smoke. Tremblingly, he aimed the short firecracker at the Ming army's pikemen. With a blood-stained face, a pair of red eyes, staring at him firmly, and the short firecracker in his hand, it looks like he is going to eat people.

Zhang Qiang swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva, and pointed at the pikeman with a short fire blunderbuss, "Yeah—" the pikeman finally couldn't help it, and rushed towards him. Zhang Qiang was in a panic, and he didn't have time to aim, so he clicked trigger.

"boom--"

Zhang Qiang saw the spearman's body flying out of the window of the city gate tower cleanly, like falling down from the city wall.

"Ah——" Zhang Qiang turned his head and saw Hu Kui decisively killing the wounded Ming army spearman, and then leaned against the stone wall of the city gate to breathe.

"You killed a pikeman of the newly attached army of the Qing army, and you gained 24 experience points." Zhang Qiang heard the mechanical and cold voice of the riding and cutting system that he had heard before.

Chapter 7 Holding the Flag

My heart beat faster, my face was red, my neck was thick, my hands were shaking, and I was so nervous that I couldn't move anymore.

This is Zhang Qiang's feeling at the moment.

Hu Kui took a few glances at Zhang Qiang, his breath became a little more even, and he immediately turned to face the two Qing army bannermen who rushed in again. Zhang Qiang turned his head and looked over, and the two servants were quite strong.

A servant held a long spear, stabbed and smashed it again, and after forcing the enemy back a few steps, he jumped up suddenly, and pointed his long spear at several spearmen, sword soldiers, and sword players of the Qing army who rushed over. , swung a big circle, came to sweep away thousands of troops, and forced them back a few steps again.

The other famous servant held a shield in one hand and a waist knife of the Ming army in the other, and he cooperated seamlessly with the servant holding the spear, blocking one or two sporadic enemies who broke through the spear and rushed close to the body of the servant holding the spear. side, and then raised the knife and dropped it, killing no less than seven or eight enemies.

The corpses almost blocked the entrance of the city gate.

The seven or eight rebel soldiers around them who were forced to retreat by the enemy panicked, crying and laughing, scurrying around like headless flies, not only did not help, but also disturbed the two. The footsteps of Master Ding made them dangerous.

Zhang Qiang finally recovered, and he shouted, "You guys, go over there and help him!" Zhang Qiang yelled.

Maybe it was the gorgeous clothes and armor on his body that played a role, maybe they recognized Hu Kui and ran over immediately to help Hu Kui resist the new Qing army that rushed in from the other side, and the Ming army surrendered.

Zhang Qiang hurriedly reloaded the short-fire gun in his hand, and saw them help Hu Kui in a panic. How could he resist the enemy like that?

These are obviously newly recruited young men from the city who don't know how to fight. There is only one soldier who may be able to help Hu Kui after fighting a few times. The others are not helpful.

Zhang Qiang had to direct them, "Two sword players stepped forward, and three spearmen were behind. Seeing that the sword players hit the enemy's shield, they showed a gap, and immediately stabbed the enemy's chest. That archer, come to me, help The servant on the right, shoot the pikemen behind the enemy. The sword player, help the leader Hu Kui."

Zhang Qiang's words played a role.

Soon the flustered rebel soldiers quieted down, and listened to Zhang Qiang's words and began to help Hu Kui resist the impact of the enemy on this side.

Zhang Qiang's short-fire gun was also loaded at this moment, and he took a peek at the servants. For the time being, the enemy did not have any powerful characters who could pose a threat to the two servants in such a narrow aisle of the gate tower. With the help of the archers Next, the two servants quickly became inseparable from the enemy's killing. Not only did they kill the enemy back, but they also temporarily blocked the enemy's attack.

Zhang Qiang turned his head to Hu Kui's side. Despite Hu Kui's bravery, there are still too many enemies. These good people who have just picked up their swords are still unable to face the new Qing army and the Ming army's surrender. The attack is dangerous, and there is even worry about being forced to retreat to Zhang Qiang's side.