Chapter 2172 News from outside the city
The atmosphere in the room was depressing and dull.
Some people buckle their hands, some people stare at the tip of their shoes, and some people dust off their clothes with their hands.
Scream!
The door was suddenly opened, and a personal soldier sent by Commander Huang walked in from outside, stood in the threshold and said, "General, Cheng Tongzhi is back."
"Hurry, bring the person here." Commander Huang put down the teacup in his hand, stood up from his seat excitedly and walked out.
After walking a few steps, I suddenly stopped and sat back on my previous seat.
"Commander, should we go out to welcome him?" Wu Youkui asked tentatively.
Commander Huang waved his hand at him, raised his chin and shouted out of the door: "Two people come in!"
"What are the general's instructions?"
Two soldiers guarding outside walked in.
Commander Huang raised his hand and pointed to the wooden barrels and baskets in the room, saying, "Take all these things down."
The two soldiers walked forward and took the wooden barrel and basket and retreated.
Shortly after the porridge bucket and the basket containing cakes in the house were moved out, Cheng Tongzhi walked in from outside with his personal soldiers sent by Commander Huang.
As soon as he entered the room, Cheng Tongzhi was stunned for a moment when he saw so many colleagues in the room.
"How is the matter talking?" Before Cheng Tongzhi could speak first, Commander Huang, who was sitting in the main seat, couldn't help but ask first.
When Cheng Tongzhi saw so many people in the room, hesitated on his face and did not speak.
"It's all my own people, don't worry." Commander Huang knew what he was worried about at a glance, so he explained to him.
Hearing this, Cheng Tongzhi felt relieved and said, "I went to meet the rebel general. The other party asked us to open the city gate at Yin time. They would send people in to take over the city gate."
"You didn't ask them how to arrange for us after entering the city?" Commander Huang asked anxiously.
Although he was forced to follow the thief at a loss, this does not mean that he is willing to give up his power.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Tongzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Why didn't you ask? The other party just said that as long as we are sincerely willing to surrender, we will never treat us badly."
"It's gone?" Commander Huang frowned.
Cheng Tongzhi nodded.
"Doesn't this mean that you didn't say anything!" Commander Huang showed dissatisfaction on his face.
At this time, Wu Youkui on the seat said, "Commander, we can't just follow the thief. This station is too hard. Like the commander, you, even if you don't give him a general, you must at least ensure your current status."
"We can't agree to these rebels so easily."
"Yes, at least we must ensure our current power and status."
Everyone present said one by one.
If the leader's commander cannot get better arrangements, the situation of these people will only be even more worrying.
Power is charming, no one is willing to give up the power he has obtained.
"Enough." Commander Huang scolded, stopped the quarrel, and said to Cheng Tongzhi in front of him, "You have heard everyone's request, otherwise you can go out of the city and discuss with the rebel generals. Let's help them take down Kaifeng Prefecture. They must ensure that Xuanwu Guard will be led by me, the commander in the future."
He knew in his heart that on the side of the traitor, soldiers were the courage of generals.
Although Xuanwuwei is not as powerful as the rebels outside the city, as long as he still has the power to speak in the rebels, he will not be able to control it at will.
Cheng Tongzhi saw everyone looking at him and said bitterly: "Commander, don't make things difficult for me. Even if I go again, the rebels will not change their attitude, because even without us, they will have a way to break the city."
"This is impossible." Commander Huang shook his head and said, "If they really have the ability to enter Kaifeng Prefecture City, they would not have been delayed outside the city for so long, and they would not have left only a small number of soldiers and horses to siege the city."
Wu Youkui said: "Cheng Tongzhi, will you be deceived? Who else can we collude with the rebels, and also have the ability to let the rebels enter the city."
The others present nodded aside and agreed with Wu Youkui's words.
Xuanwu Guard guarded the northern city gate alone and had the ability to allow the rebels outside the city to enter the city quietly.
"I don't need to deceive everyone in this kind of thing." Cheng Tongzhi looked at everyone and said, "This time I went to the rebel camp and saw a particularly large cannon. The rebels said that this was a twelve-pound cannon. They also said that it had just been transported from Shanxi to break the city. Datong Town is amazing. I heard that such cannons can collapse a section of the city wall with one shot."
"You are a lie!" Wu Youkui looked disbelief and said at the same time, "Can it be even more powerful than the Red Cannon in Ningyuan City?"
There are cannons on the walls of Kaifeng City. As a general, there are many cannons, such as tiger squat cannons, bowl-mouth cannons, Franc machine cannons, and general cannons. It can be said that they have seen many of them.
There are no such powerful cannons as the Red Barbarian Cannon in Kaifeng City, and few mainland generals have seen them. However, because the Red Barbarian Cannon had bombarded the slave thief leader Lao Nu in Ningyuan City, the rumors were even more decayed, which made many people think that the Red Barbarian Cannon is the most powerful cannon.
No one believed Cheng Tong's opinion and said unwillingly: "Do you know how many cannons were prepared in the rebel camp? There were more than fifty cannons. If so many cannons were bombarded at a section of city walls, do you think you can defend them?"
hiss!
Many people took a breath.
"This is impossible. How could the rebels outside the city have so many artillery? They really have so many artillery in their hands. They could have attacked the city before, so there was no need to delay for so long." Wu Youkui still didn't believe it.
"I believe it." Commander Huang suddenly spoke.
Wu Youkui looked back at Commander Huang and said in confusion: "Do you believe what Cheng Tongzhi said? The rebels are more powerful. I admit this, but the rebels bombard the Kaifeng Prefecture every day. It is not difficult to guess at the sound of cannons. At most, there are only more than ten cannons."
"Chen Yongfu once said that the rebels relied on the sharp artillery that led to him and the official army defeating again and again. Later, I asked him privately once, how sharp the rebels' artillery was. He told me that there were no less than a hundred." Commander Huang said, "Even if it was a bit exaggerated and cut in half, there were still as many as fifty guns."
Wu Youkui said hesitantly: "Can there really be so many cannons?"
"It must be." Commander Huang said, "Since the rebels entered Henan, they have attacked cities and villages all the way, and they have been advancing to Kaifeng. I'm afraid that slave thieves did not have such a fast speed when they attacked western Liaoning. And don't forget how long Luoyang City lasted, and they were captured by the rebels before they arrived a day. Why can the rebels take down Luoyang City so quickly? It's not because of the sharp cannons."
Chapter completed!