I am the system

Master Jiang and Master Di were right, but unfortunately they still underestimated Pei Jingyu after all.

Master Chen, whom they placed high hopes on, could not even block Pei Jingyu's attack, even delaying it for half an hour.

Although Master Jiang and Master Di were ready to flee when the gunfire sounded, they didn't leave immediately. Instead, they were anxious and rejoiced.

Before they left the city, Pei Jingyu's thousand vanguards had attacked and surrounded Yangzhou City in four groups.

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"what is that?"

On the east wall of Yangzhou, a soldier looked at the giant Taiping army rushing in the distance, and shouted to his companions with a look of horror.

"Enemy attack, prepare to fight! Enemy attack!"

"Quick, get ready to fight, reload the artillery quickly!"

Also at this moment, shouts sounded on the city wall, and the general who had seen the giant Taiping Army rushing from a distance gave orders anxiously.

The soldiers on the city wall suddenly became busy.

"Boom!" Soon, a cannon sounded on the wall of Yangzhou City, and a howling shell shot at a giant Taiping Army who was running.But the aim was very poor, and it landed five meters away, and the broken shrapnel couldn't penetrate the armor of the Taiping army giant at all.

(Let’s just say that the cannons actually couldn’t penetrate the armor of the Taiping Army. These armors were all made of special bulletproof steel plates by Wang Yuanju. The Qing army’s old cannons had limited penetration and couldn’t penetrate them. possible.)

"Bang bang bang..."

The next second, gunshots sounded like cannons outside the city, and 76.2mm bullets were fired at a rapid speed. The speed was much faster than the artillery shells on the city wall, and the accuracy was even more incomparable.

The only twenty or so cannons on the city wall were destroyed by bullets in an instant, and even the soldiers surrounding the cannons were not spared. The lucky ones were killed by the knocked-off cannons, leaving a whole body behind. The upper body was directly smashed by the giant bullet, and even the battlements couldn't stop the shooting of this giant bullet, and it was directly blasted into scattered rubble.

Seeing the destroyed cannons and the tragic death of their comrades, the defenders of the Qing army on the city wall felt sympathy and fear, and quickly hid under the battlements, not daring to show their faces, praying in their hearts.

However, the Taiping Army giants killed by a thousand did not immediately attack the city, although the eight-meter-high city wall of Yangzhou City was just an obstacle that they could climb over with a run-up.

A thousand giants of the Taiping Army arrived in Yangzhou City. After destroying the cannons, they quickly divided into two sides and surrounded the entire Yangzhou City from left to right.

That's right, 1000 people surrounded Yangzhou City, which had at least 30 defenders and could accommodate [-] people, and the soldiers in the city didn't dare to break through at all.

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"How could this be?"

In Yangzhou City, Master Jiang and Master Di were also dumbfounded when they heard the news.

They had just packed up their belongings and were ready to leave the city when Yangzhou City was besieged. What's more, Pei Jingyu's Taiping army was really all five-meter-tall giants.

Although there are only a thousand of them, all of them are well-armored and cannot be hurt by swords at all, and most of their only cannons that can cause damage to giants have been destroyed, and those that have not been destroyed dare not pull up the city wall.

They were besieged to death in the city by a thousand enemies, but the key point was that they did not dare to break through.At the narrow city gate, as long as fifty giants block it, none of them can get out.

In the previous mansion, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Di, who went to the city wall to observe quietly, gathered again, sitting in front of the chessboard and playing chess.

Although the two of them still looked calm and relaxed, they were already extremely anxious in their hearts.

In the end, Master Di couldn't bear it first, and said first: "Master Jiang, I didn't expect the giants of the Taiping Army to be real. The situation is unfavorable now! What should I do?"

Lord Jiang said calmly: "Yangzhou is besieged, and we can only stick to the city and wait for reinforcements."

Lord Di took a deep look at the calm Lord Jiang, and said with a sigh of relief: "The food and grass in the city is enough for the army to feed for a year and a half. It is indeed a good way to stick to it. But..."

Speaking of this, Master Di changed the subject and said: "I just went to the city wall and saw the giants of the Taiping Army outside the city. Each of them was five meters tall. The city wall of Yangzhou City is only eight meters high. They can be easily crossed by them, and they are all wearing thick armor, ordinary swords are difficult to break, the cannons are all destroyed, and the morale of the soldiers is also low. The soldiers and horses of Mr. Chen outside the city are probably in danger, and they cannot be rescued.

I'm afraid that Yangzhou will not persist until reinforcements arrive!It is necessary to strengthen the city wall and restore the morale of the soldiers!Master Jiang can do it? "

Hearing this, Master Jiang couldn't help shaking his chess hand.

Master Di's words seem to be inquiries, but in fact there is something in the truth!

He said that the city walls could not stop the giants of the Taiping Army from overrunning, ordinary swords could not break through the giants' armor, and all the cannons that could kill the giants were destroyed, and the few remaining gates were of no avail. The soldiers and horses are already in danger, and there are only [-] soldiers and horses in the city, which may be difficult to resist. Doesn't it mean that Yangzhou can't defend without reinforcements coming.

As for the reinforcement of the city wall, the enemy has all come to besiege the city. Now that they can easily climb over the city wall and enter the city, it is too late to reinforce the city wall.

Moreover, the giants of the Taiping Army are all more than five meters tall. How high do they have to reinforce the city wall to prevent the giants of the Taiping Army from climbing over the wall? Ten meters, 15 meters, or 20 meters?I'm afraid it's not enough!Not at this time either.

The morale of the soldiers is low, even if the morale can be improved, these giants may not be able to stop these giants under the huge gap.

Why didn't he know what Master Di meant, he wanted to surrender, but could he easily conspire with those words!And in the process of suppressing the Taiping Army, how many of them allowed the soldiers to persecute the people, and they knew how many people were killed!Surrender may not have a good ending.

"Master Jiang, we still have to find a way to hold on! I am afraid that the giants of the Taiping Army outside the city will attack the city soon! After a long time, the soldiers may have to find another way to survive!" Seeing that Mr. Jiang did not speak, Mr. Di Said again.Like a general.This is forcing Lord Jiang to make a decision.

Regardless of whether the Taiping army attacked the city or the soldiers in the city found another way to survive, I am afraid that the two leaders will not be able to survive by then.

"This..." Master Jiang still hesitated.

He naturally knew what Master Di meant, but surrendering to the Taiping Army meant that their hard work in the first half of their lives was in vain, and they might not survive.

Even if they survived after surrendering to the Taiping Army, is it true that the Taiping Army will be able to overthrow the imperial court? If the imperial court pacifies the Taiping Army in the future, I am afraid they will not let them go.

Seeing that Mr. Jiang was still hesitating, Mr. Di said again: "Mr. Jiang, when the city of Yangzhou was broken, many people surrendered because they wanted to live in the present. Therefore, there are still more than [-] people in the city who can play their best. Function. Pei Jingyu's Taiping Army is not large, so why not give it a try!"

Hearing this, Master Jiang fixed his eyes on Master Di, gritted his teeth after a while and said, "Yes! Then follow what Master Di said!"

Yangzhou will definitely not be able to defend, if they don't surrender now, it will be difficult to survive, even if they escape from the city, with such a big defeat, the imperial court will probably not let them go.However, if the disadvantages of the Taiping Army and the people in the city are used as bargaining chips, surrender may not necessarily prevent survival.

Again, they can also blend in with the common people and escape.

"kill!"

However, just as the two had agreed to surrender, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the mansion.

It's not just the two of them who know that Yangzhou city can't be defended and want to survive. It's just that compared to their negotiation, beheading their heads as a vote of merit is more guaranteed to survive.

"No, mutiny!"

Hearing the heaven-shattering shouts of killing outside the mansion, the expressions of the two adults also changed drastically. They no longer cared about the performance of the city mansion, dropped their chess pieces and ran away.

Almost immediately, the two of them understood why the shouts of killing came from.