[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

"Do you know how much I don't want you to leave?" Zhu Houzhao bit Du Ruo's neck bitterly, looked at the red marks on it with satisfaction, and closed the open skirt again.Du Ruo looked at him helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Du Ruo to the left and looked at Du Ruo to the right, as if he couldn't get enough of it.But he knew that Du Ruo had to leave tomorrow and had to go back to pack his luggage today, so he could only let him go.

"I hand over the Beijing camp to Ma Wensheng, and I have nothing to give you. The Ordnance Institute made a new hand grenade a few days ago. Although it is really not comparable to modern hand grenades in terms of size and weight, it is better than nothing. I rushed to make more than 400 hand grenades. I will hand over all of them to you, and I hope they will come in handy at that time." Hot weapons like grenades are simply deadly weapons in the era of cold weapons, not to mention their lethality, but the deafening sound alone can scare a lot of people down. people.

This news is great news. Finally, Du Ruo was a little happy. He kissed Zhu Houzhao on the forehead and said, "Look, God is helping you. Throw these things out at the decisive battle. Combat power is still our deterrent power, and it can increase a lot." After spending so much time on the Ordnance Institute, and now that they have made another great contribution, Du Ruo couldn't help saying: "The Ordnance Institute should reward you!"

Zhu Houzhao said dissatisfied: "You still need to say? I have already rewarded other things. The promotion will not be rewarded until this battle is over, so that the courtiers can see the results. Also, they should reward, Shouldn't I be rewarded?"

"The more you live, the more you go back. Why are you acting like a child?" Du Ruo slightly annoyed.

Zhu Houzhao was even more unhappy, "Could it be that you can't even act like a baby in front of you?"

Du Ruo hurriedly begged for forgiveness: "I was wrong, okay." After speaking, on a whim, he picked up Zhu Houzhao and started circling around, which frightened Zhu Houzhao.When Zhu Houzhao landed on the ground, he said with lingering fear: "Did you watch too many idol dramas, how did you come up with such a way? Why do you always have the feeling that you are the domineering president and I am the heroine Mary Su." In fact, he He's the domineering president, okay?

Du Ruo didn't speak, just laughed and went out.

Seeing the back of him leaving, Zhu Houzhao felt a little sad again.He has been away for several months, and it is not certain when he will come back.

In fact, it's not that the more he lives, the more childish he is. In fact, the repeated blows have made him more and more aware of the need to cherish the people in front of him.All his fragility and best yearnings were given to Du Ruo, and he was naturally willing to play a naive child who loved him wholeheartedly in front of him.And, that's pretty good too, isn't it?It not only increases the interest, but also can justifiably get tired of him.

On the second day, after Du Ruo entered the palace to thank him, he set off from the water transport and went straight to Jiangxi through the Grand Canal.

On this day, Ma Wensheng and his son repacked their military uniforms, ordered troops in the Beijing camp, and prepared to send troops to the northwest to fight against Xu Jin's rebels.

It's autumn in Jiangxi now. It has just rained and it's getting a little colder.As soon as the sun comes out, you can still clearly feel the residual heat of summer, but the hearts of the people are cold.Because of King Ning's rebellion and the chaos in Jiangxi, the new season's grain could not be harvested locally, and the grain outside could not be bought. Many Jiangxi people had run out of food in their homes.

In the small courtyards dotted with Jiujiang, the old grandmother cooked a pot of porridge with the last bit of rice and wild vegetables in the house.The little grandson is the hope of the family. The grandma filled him with a big bowl, and he gulped it down.The daughter-in-law should not be treated badly even if she is a family member. She scooped up a small bowl just like herself.When the two granddaughters are born, there are only two bowls of boiled water soaked in glue on the bottom of the pot.The two granddaughters looked at the brother's big bowl, feeling aggrieved.

"Today is the last bit of rice, and tomorrow there will only be wild vegetables. Otherwise, according to my idea, our family sneaks to the countryside to go to your mother's house. They are farmers, and there is always a little food. In this way It won't make my eldest grandson hungry."

Why doesn't the daughter-in-law think so, but King Ning's rebels are now in control of Jiujiang City, and they are only allowed to enter but not to leave. Even if she has wings, she may not be able to fly out. "I met Mrs. Zhou yesterday. She said that the man in his family is still guarding the city gate and no one is allowed to go out. Yesterday, a group of people were killed at the gate of the city, and the corpses are still left there and no one cares about them."

The old lady is a little envious of the old Zhou family. Although the man in their family was a government servant at the beginning, but now he has voted for King Ning's popular and spicy food, and even his daughter-in-law has started to wear gold and silver hairpins on her hair.My son is a businessman, and I don't know if I can see him before I starve to death.

At night, the grandson was still screaming from hunger, and the old grandma decided to go to the gate of the city to find out what happened. If it didn't work, the family's wealth could be given to the Zhou family, so as to save their lives first.

On the second day, the old lady changed into her most ragged clothes, wrapped some of her hairpins with a torn handkerchief, and went to the city gate to find the servant of Zhou Yamen.

When we arrived at the gate of the city, we saw a large area of ​​corpses lying in disorder in front of us.In the sun, the corpses stink, and flies buzz there looking for food.Many tents were pitched in the open space on both sides, and many people were sitting and sleeping randomly inside, and there were also some people standing guard there, holding dirty red tasseled guns in their hands.

The old lady felt sick, and a man in casual armor stopped her, "Hey, you can't go out of the city today, whoever insists on going out, those people will be your fate."

The old lady quickly took out a small gold earring and stuffed it into his hand, and smiled apologetically, "I'm here to find the corporal guard Zhou Xiaohu, Mr. Zhou, please tell him."

Glancing at what was in his heart, he was overjoyed for a while, and then pretended to be serious: "I do know him, just wait, I'll call him for you."

The old lady waited there for a while, when suddenly she heard someone shouting on the city wall above, "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court have arrived." Everyone was alarmed.Those who wore armor wore armor, those who were looking for weapons looked for weapons, and the others all rushed up the city wall.Her legs went limp from fright, and seeing a large pile of firewood next to her, she crawled into it in twos and twos and hid it, and then she was relieved.

Outside the city gate, Wang Shouren looked at the high city walls of Jiujiang, and wondered whether Du Ruo was telling the truth, "Even though this thing is a thousand times more powerful than firecrackers, can it really blow up the city walls?"

Du Ruo looked at the dynamite bag that was being loaded with fuses, and said with a smile: "This is not for blowing up the city wall, but for deterring the opponent. The sound of this thing's explosion is more powerful than sky thunder, and its power is stronger than that of the Franc Robot." The red-clothed cannon is a hundred times more powerful. With it in the front to destroy its morale, and then use equipment to attack the city, Jiujiang is not easy to capture."

Only then did Wang Shouren nod his doubts, expressing his approval.

The soldiers packed the explosives, covered the outside with a thick layer of cotton wool, and threw them directly into the air of the city gate with a trebuchet before the opponent could react.The sharp archer in the army shot a rocket directly at the explosive bag and ignited it. With a bang, countless iron nails were shot out. Immediately, someone cried out in pain, and hit the soldier on the city wall by mistake.

Seeing that this method is really useful, everyone became excited.Hastily threw out those explosive packages.

Du Ruo saw the people on the city wall screaming again and again, and all the joy in his heart disappeared.In fact, this explosive bag is only good-looking, and it is really not as powerful as the red-clothed cannon equipped by the navy.But it was such a little novelty that scared everyone like this.Du Ruo was heartbroken when she thought that my Huaxia had been wandering and exiled for a hundred years because of such trivial things.

"Does the Lord think that this kind of killing is too much?" The person who spoke was a partial general. In his heart, he actually looked down on such noble children as Du Ruo, and his words were a little mocking.

"This kind of thing has injured so many lives today. In the future, I don't know how many people's flesh and blood will be used to feed it." This is exactly what he thought of. Looking at Wang Shouren, Du Ruo thought to himself that he is different from others .

Wang Shouren glanced back at Du Ruo, and sighed in his heart: The emperor made these things, and I don't know if it is the blessing of Ming Dynasty or the disaster of Ming Dynasty.It's just that it's useless to talk about these things now, Wang Shouren settled down, and shouted: "Siege!" The drummer beat the army drum, and the siege team began to attack the city.

The old lady hid in the pile of firewood. After a while, she heard something thundering in the sky. She knelt down and prayed: "Emperor Empress Dowager, Bodhisattva above, this thunder should kill these people." After a while, The thunder sounded more densely and urgently, and it was also mixed with screams.The old lady thought to herself: Could it be that she really touched the Bodhisattva, so she hurriedly probed to see if there are any gods in the sky.It's just that her firewood pile is too high, and she can't see what's going on outside.

Suddenly, there was a whole day of shouting outside, she knew it was the imperial army attacking the city, and she wondered: Could it be that those gods and men in the imperial court made such a big commotion?Although she is an ignorant woman, she also likes to listen to songs and stories. She knows that the time of siege is the most dangerous time, and she should stay far away.

She hurriedly climbed out of the middle of the woodpile, only to find that the outside had become a mess, with bloody and bloody wounded soldiers being helped to the bottom of the city wall.Some hands and feet were intact and uninjured, but they ran away after helping people down.The old lady ran out quickly, and bumped into a fleeing person within two steps, and the person pushed her aside vigorously.

She fell so badly that her lower body hurt, and it was difficult for her to walk.Desperate to survive, she limped to a dilapidated house on the edge of the city wall, and lay there in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly heard a sound of Peng, which woke her up.Looking over in a daze, many people are running towards the city.

She didn't know what happened, and unconsciously wanted to run with those people, but her legs and feet couldn't outrun them, and she fell to the end.The court soldier chasing after him was about to finish him with a knife. Du Ruo immediately shot the soldier's knife away, and said coldly: "I will give you a head when the time comes, you go chase the others first!"

Seeing a handsome general speak, she knew she was safe, but suddenly her vision went dark and she passed out.