At the Qingbo Gate, gunshots, explosions, and shouts of killing were heard, and a famous bandit was blown away by thousands of enemies falling from the sky.

People are constantly dying, and people are constantly climbing up the ladder with bullets and explosions. At this moment, life has become the most valuable thing.

On the city wall, a third-rank official wearing a robe and peacock embroidered on the patch was looking at the dense thieves under the city wall climbing up the ladders crazily regardless of casualties. He showed a look of panic on his face and kept shaking his head: "Crazy... all are crazy. Don't these thieves know how to retreat?"

This official was Yan Xiaochen, the chief inspector of Zhejiang. Logically speaking, as a provincial inspector, Yan Xiaochen's status in Zhejiang was second only to that of the governor and governor, so he did not have to go up to the city wall himself, but there was no way. Pan Ruzhen issued a death order. Except for the officials who stayed in the yamen, all officials above the fifth rank had to go up to the city to watch the battle. If anyone did not follow, he was punished for escaping at the last minute.

However, it was through these days of watching the battle that these officials who were used to talking about the beauty of the war on weekdays had the first experience of the cruelty of war. However, after watching the battle for several days, the officials thought that the cruelty of the battlefield in the world was the most cruel, but it was not until the Jiangning Army arrived and used firearms that they realized that this thing was not the cruelest, but only more cruel.

The violent explosion, four corpses that were blown to pieces, the broken limbs and the wounded soldiers who screamed after being injured, were all telling them how terrible war is.

Since the conflict with Yang Feng just now, Pan Ruzhen's face has always been very bad. After hearing this, he turned his head and sighed to Yan Xiaochen: "Mr. Yan, although there are not all desperate people among the bandits, Li Zicheng is a scheming person. Just look at the thieves who supervise the battle behind the hungry soldiers. Who dares to retreat in this situation?"

Yan Xiaochen was silent. He just saw with his own eyes that the bandits who retreated first were chopped down by the supervision team. Although he did not count, there were no less than a few people who were killed by the visual inspection.

If you retreat, you will definitely die. If you rush forward, you may have a way out. In this case, you will naturally have no choice but to choose the hungry soldiers.

He suddenly turned his head and asked Ma Sidi next to him: "Ma Guardian, in your opinion, can the Jiangning Army defend Hangzhou Prefecture?"

Ma Sidi was silent for a while and shook his head: "It's hard to say. After all, there are too many bandits. Although the Jiangning Army is brave, the number of people is too small. Moreover, according to what Xiaguan saw, the Jiangning Army's firearms are fierce, but the consumption is too great. If we wait until ten thousand enemies and the medicine are finished, we may..."

Although Ma Sidi did not finish his words, everyone understood the meaning of the words. Although the Jiangning Army was powerful, the number of people was still too small, and maybe it would turn the tables.

When I thought of this, many officials began to feel desperate. They looked forward to reinforcements for a long time. Could it be that they could not escape death in the end?

Yan Xiaochen made up his mind and whispered to Pan Ruzhen: "Sir, if Hangzhou City is still unable to escape the thieves' hands in the end, we might as well prepare early."

Pan Ruzhen glanced at him squintly, "Mr. Yan, I know what you want to say, so don't think about this kind of thing. You don't know the rules of our Ming Dynasty. During the war, ordinary people can escape, and those merchants and gentry can escape, but we must never escape, otherwise you will know the consequences yourself."

Yan Xiaochen, whose little abacus in his heart, smiled embarrassedly and stepped back, but sighed in his heart, are you really going to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty today?

Under their eyes, the bandits' offensive became more and more fierce. The old camp bandits who were supervising the battle seemed to be crazy, constantly driving the hungry soldiers forward. Whenever someone was slowing down, what was waiting for them was a pair of sharp swords.

Under the supervision team, they could almost be called crazy driving, and the hungry soldiers rushed forward as if they were crazy.

Ten thousand enemies continued to explode under the city wall, blowing down batches of hungry soldiers, but after batches of hungry soldiers fell down, another group rushed up, and the corpses under the city wall were also stacked layer by layer.

Yang Feng stood on the city wall. Even though he had experienced many battles, he couldn't help but feel shocked by the scene in front of him. He still underestimated Li Zicheng. It seemed that this guy was determined to win the Hangzhou City.

At this time, Li Yan came to report: "Mr., the situation is not good. The bandits' offensive is too fierce, and some of our ten thousand enemies are out of supply."

Yang Feng pointed to the bandits under the city wall and asked, "Li Yan, you are more familiar with bandits. I asked you, is Li Zicheng so crazy in siege in the city on weekdays? He doesn't care about his life or death?"

Li Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The officials are also puzzled. If there were such a large casualty in the past, the bandits would have been back. You should know that although there are hungry soldiers everywhere, the old camp and dead soldiers are difficult to find, so basically this situation will not happen today."

"Then why do you think Li Zicheng is fighting to the death like he is going crazy?"

"This... Xiaguan is not very clear about it, but Xiaguan thinks that Li Zicheng's attack on the city regardless of casualties is probably unrelated to you. Either the news of you in the city has been leaked, or even if he wants to fight for the heavy casualties, he will still have to take down Hangzhou City. As long as he can seize the Jiangning Army's baggage and those muskets, it will be worth it even if he can fight all the team."

"That's right."

Yang Feng touched his chin, touched his jaw, and his beard that had not been shaved for several days and said softly: "Since Li Zicheng thought he could take down Hangzhou Prefecture with the human sea tactics, then let him do it. Li Yan, has everything I told you to ship it up?"

Li Yan quickly said, "Your Majesty, you have all shipped it up."

"Okay, let's start."

"yes!"

After hearing Yang Feng's words, Li Yan's heart was shocked. During the days when he came to Jiangning Army, he had a certain understanding of the equipment of Jiangning Army. He knew very well how cruel the weapon he had just brought up was. When he thought that those things would fall on the team he had surrendered to in the past, his heart tightened.

However, when he saw Yang Feng's smile-like look, he shivered and quickly turned around and gave an order.

Soon, nearly a hundred small trenchers lined up on the wide city wall.

Although these small stone catapults are simple in structure, they can eject objects weighing dozens of kilograms to hundreds of meters away.

At this moment, these trellis were not loaded with stones, but heavy ceramic jars. Each jar was wrapped with cloth, and a pungent smell filled the city wall.
Chapter completed!