"Fire! Why don't you fire!"

Wang Xingshan saw that his two cannons had only fired once, and then there was no more sound. Not even a single officer or soldier could be seen around the cannons, and the nearest ones had to be fired away.

However, just as he finished speaking, several cannons fired from outside the city exploded around the cannon, directly destroying the remaining cannon and even the place where the gunpowder was placed not far away was also damaged.

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Once the gunpowder explodes, its power becomes even greater.

The surrounding officers and soldiers were even more affected by the gunpowder explosion, causing numerous casualties.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Xingshan punched the ground where he was leaning, and the only two cannons in the city were destroyed in front of his eyes.

"General, retreat! The rebel army's artillery is too powerful. Let's take shelter for a while." The soldiers on the side persuaded Wang Xingshan to leave from the city wall.

Faced with the continuous cannon fire from outside the city, the soldiers defending the city suffered more and more casualties.

The collected door panels and quilts are useful for defending against muskets, but are of little use against cannons.

"You can't retreat. If you leave, you will never come back." Wang Xingshan understood clearly that it was easy to retreat from the city wall, but it was difficult to take it back.

In the past, he had only heard that the thieves, who were known as Tiger Flags, had sharp firearms, but now he finally understood the power of the opponent's firearms.

He even thought that if the Ming Dynasty had such powerful firearms, the slave-traitor rebellion in Liaodong would have been quelled long ago, and the court would not need to spend a lot of money and food every year on the war in Liaodong.

Boom!

A city wall not far away collapsed under repeated bombardment by the Tiger Flag.

When the mud wall collapsed, smoke and dust filled the air, even near the city gate.

Bah! Bah! Bah!

Several soldiers spit out a few mouthfuls of the dirt they had eaten, and wiped their mouths with the backs of their hands several times.

kill!

At this moment, shouts of death rang out outside the city, and the sound of countless horse hooves gathered from outside the city.

"General, the city wall has collapsed. The rebels will soon enter the city through the gap in the city wall. My subordinates will protect you back to the city." The soldiers on the side stepped forward to hold Wang Xingshan up and prepared to leave.

However, Wang Xingshan tried his best to break away from the opponent and shouted: "Tell Lu Dongliang to send his reserve team to block the gap in the city wall for me."

"General!" The soldier looked at Wang Xingshan hesitantly.

Wang Xingshan's face sank when he saw this, and said: "What are you still doing here? Go quickly!"

"Yes." The soldier reluctantly went to give the order.

Wang Xingshan carefully stood up from behind the parapet and looked out of the city through the crenellations.

Countless black-armored cavalry were gathering towards the gap in the city wall. The nearest enemy cavalry was less than 200 steps away from the city wall.

Although he did not see how big the gap in the city wall was, if even the cavalry could enter Lingbao City through this, it is conceivable that the gap in the city wall that was destroyed by enemy artillery was definitely not small.

"Archers and musketeers attacked the cavalry outside the city." Wang Xingshan knew that he could not allow the enemy cavalry to rush into the city through the gap in the city wall without any scruples. Otherwise, Lu Dongliang's hundreds of men alone might not be able to stop the rebel army.

of cavalry.

He also took out his bow and arrows, drew his bow and shot down the city. The arrow in his hand was lost.

A few scattered arrows shot down from the top of the city, accompanied by a few gunshots.

The sparse loss of so few arrows did not even pose any threat to the cavalry wearing armor outside the city, not to mention damaging them.

Wang Xingshan's face darkened as he stood on the city wall.

In order to defend the city, he left more than 50 archers and more than 100 gunmen on the top of the city.

But in front of me, only seven or eight arrows were lost when shooting down the city, and the musketeer didn't even have one-tenth of the original number.

A soldier nearby saw his embarrassment and explained in a low voice: "The rebels suffered many casualties when they bombarded the city. Later, when the city wall collapsed, many escaped."

Wang Xingshan looked around and suddenly froze.

There were many corpses of officers and soldiers lying on the city wall, and many officers and soldiers who were about to die were still wailing in pain.

Several large pots for boiling golden juice also fell from the makeshift stove, and the golden juice inside spilled all around, and even the fire below was doused.

Everything told him that there were not many people left guarding the city wall.

"General!" The soldier on the side raised his hand and gently pushed the stunned Wang Xingshan.

Wang Xingshan, who came back to his senses, looked bitter and said, "How long have you been following me?"

"Five years."

"Three years."

"Seven years."

"More than two years."

Several soldiers around him each told how long they had been Wang Xingshan's soldiers.

"Yes, the shortest one is more than two years old." Wang Xingshan sighed, and then said, "Let's go. If you can escape, you can go anywhere."

"General!"

Several soldiers knelt on the ground with grief on their faces.

Wang Xingshan stretched out his hand and touched this and that, and said, "I brought you to this place of death. Let's go. If you go now, you may still escape with your life."

"General, my subordinates are willing to escort you away." A soldier stepped forward and said.

After hearing this, Wang Xingshan shook his head and said: "I will stay and persist until the last moment. You all can go. It's enough for you to stick with me until now. Let's go, let's all go!"

Start chasing people away.

"General, if you don't leave, we won't leave either. Even if we die, we will accompany you to hell with you, general." A soldier said.

Wang Xingshan looked at the soldier who said these words, and let out a long sigh, saying: "That's all, if you want to stay, just stay! Those who don't want to stay, leave quickly! The thieves have ridden into the city, and they want to leave again.

It’s difficult.”

"General, I still have wives, children, and children at home that I need to take care of." One of the soldiers stood up, kowtowed to Wang Xingshan, and turned to leave.

There were also two soldiers nearby who also chose to kowtow and leave.

In the end, the only one who chose to stay was the soldier who spoke.

"Pooh!"

The soldier who chose to stay spat hard at the backs of several people as they left.

Wang Xingshan said with no trace of sadness or joy on his face: "The ants are still greedy for life, forget it, I don't blame them."

"General, you are so kind. They have enjoyed many blessings by following you all these years, but now that it is time to serve and die, they are afraid of death and only care about their own lives, but have forgotten the kindness you have shown to them all these years, General." The hatred left behind by the soldiers.

Said hatefully.

Wang Xingshan smiled bitterly.

Seeing the soldiers who had been with him for many years abandon him one by one, he felt sad.

It's just that he has fallen into a desperate situation, and even if he is forced to stay, he may not be able to keep a few people. It is better to let these people go and give these personal soldiers and servants who have followed him for many years a chance to survive.

After the city wall was blown down, the cannon fire outside the city had stopped.

But there were not many officers and soldiers left guarding the city on the city wall. As Wang Xingshan's few soldiers left, many of the officers and soldiers guarding the city fled with them.

"No, General!"
Chapter completed!