"Old Mi, you have made us miserable." After reciting the curse, Qin Zhongyuan turned around and squinted at Mi Zhi County Road.
"Alas," Mizhixian was still able to laugh, although it was a forced smile: "Tiger King, is there anyone who can deceive others like me? Even myself?"
"You are quite old, why are you so out of tune?" Qin Zhongyuan tugged at the beard of the rat in Mizhi County and said angrily: "The children are shaving themselves all over the place, but the real owner doesn't get involved, so we boiled for nothing."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Mi Zhixian frowned and said, "Now the army is besieging the city, and we don't know what is going on outside. Maybe the emperor and the others were just a step too late and didn't have time to enter the city."
"What are you talking about?" Qin Zhongyuan got angry and pulled off a handful of Lao Mi's beard, which made him scream in pain. Qin Zhongyuan cursed: "With the power of the K family in Pujiang, if the emperor wanted to enter the city, why would he rush there?
"In front of the officers and soldiers"
However, Mi Zhixian shook his head. He didn't have much beard in the first place, but half of it was plucked out, and it looked very ridiculous to shake his head. But in his heart, he actually agreed with Qin Zhongyuan... He, Zheng Qia and others were among Jianwen's officials.
The rebel faction has always advocated that the emperor reveal his identity and fight against the puppet emperor Yan Ni again. However, their colleagues, who are also loyal conservatives and ministers who follow Jianwen Lord, insist that the current rebellion has no chance of winning.
, we must wait for the time to mature.
This is ten years of waiting, what a long and torturous ten years! Lao Mi and the others finally ran out of patience and did not hesitate to join forces with the Ming Cult to create momentum and force the conservatives to revolt.
From Lao Mi's point of view, when the Mingjiao captured the county and the government troops pressed into the territory, the Zheng family had no choice but to join forces with the Mingjiao, fly the banner of Emperor Jianwen, and guard Pujiang City together, waiting for the rebel armies from Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Hunan.
Although this plan of coming to the rescue was risky, the emperor risked his life and survived, which could maximize the morale of the armies and lay a solid foundation for the arduous battle in the future.
However, despite all their calculations, they still overestimated Lord Jianwen's bloodiness and underestimated Mr. Zheng's stubbornness. As a result, they were self-defeating and ended up in the current self-destructive situation... Those vassal kings and local officials who agreed to respond to the uprising...
All of them are masters who don't show up before the rabbit. Emperor Jianwen doesn't show up to preside over, so don't expect them to come forward. So now Pujiang City has basically changed from a chess piece to a discarded piece.
Mi Zhixian can only have a hard-boiled duck, insisting that there is a way to hold on. Although Qin Zhongyuan no longer believed what he said, he did not burn Laomi to death. After all, he still had to command the people in the county to help treat the wounded.
Carrying baggage... Although the situation seems not bad, Qin Zhongyuan and Mizhi County are already desperate. Their own reinforcements will not come, but the reinforcements from the imperial court will continue to flow. There is no way out if we stick to it, but we have no ability to break out.
The outcome is already determined
But no one expected that the turning point would come so quickly. Two days later in the morning, the Red Scarf Army was having breakfast when they suddenly heard a loud bang, like thunder, deafening. Before they could react, there was an earthquake.
The mountains shook, earthworks flew into the sky, and all the defenders at the top of the city were shaken to their knees...
There were loud noises one after another, the city wall shook violently, and debris and broken limbs were flying. The defenders were all stunned. They lay on the ground and felt dizzy. They thought that the gods were angry and struck by lightning.
"Hongwu artillery..." Qin Zhongyuan and Mi Zhixian in the city gate tower knew that it was not a lightning strike at all, but the cannons brought in by the army. They looked palely at a mile away, dozens of doors lined up in a row.
A thick and short iron cannon.
Artillery appeared in the Song Dynasty, and by the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it had become a weapon in sieges and water battles. When Zhu Yuanzhang was trying to conquer the world, he couldn't do without artillery to destroy cities and demolish villages. In the Yongle Dynasty, a special firearms force was established.
Shenji Camp. Zhejiang Dusi was responsible for the important task of fighting against the Japanese. The warships were equipped with cannons. This time, Tang Yun was so embarrassed that he became completely ruthless and ordered the navy to remove all the cannons on the ship and transport them to Pujiang City.
I saw the so-called Hongwu cannon, with a huge caliber, but a thick and short barrel. From a distance, it looked like an iron barrel. The gunner filled the barrel with powder, then inserted a watermelon-sized shell, then lit the fuse, and the ball
The cannonballs roared towards the city wall. Some of the cannonballs were solid and specially used to destroy the city wall. There was also the 'Zhentianlei', which was made of two half-shells and filled with gunpowder.
, Iron mines are cannonballs in the true sense. They will explode when they fall on the top of the city, causing no harm to anyone.
From morning to night, the officers and soldiers used these two types of artillery shells to bombard the city wall in turn, killing and injuring the soldiers defending the city. The mountains shook and the earth shook on top of the city. Ghosts were crying and wolves howling, which could be heard more than ten miles away... Finally at dusk, what was already there was
The weak city wall suddenly collapsed more than ten feet, burying all the hundreds of soldiers on it inside.
Tang Yun was overjoyed when he saw this, so he stopped firing and led the officers and soldiers who had been recuperating for a day to rush forward. In the room, Qin Zhongyuan also brought reinforcements with his men, and the two sides started a bloody battle in this gap. It was dark.
After coming down, the officers and soldiers still had no intention of giving up. They continued to charge and beat the Red Scarf Army, which had been fearless and unyielding until now, but suddenly they could no longer hold on...
It was not easy for Tang Yun to win the respect of Emperor Yongle. He knew that the Red Scarf Army was born as a refugee. Due to long-term malnutrition, most of them suffered from hooded eyes, also known as night blindness... The officers and soldiers did not have this problem. Therefore, the sky will be dark.
At the next moment, the officers and soldiers can still see clearly in front of them, but the Red Scarf Army cannot. This is a good opportunity to win.
As expected, as soon as it got dark, the Red Turban Army could not see anything. Although Mizhi County came up with a way to light the kerosene used to defend the city and illuminated the city wall as bright as day, the Red Turban Army still could not see anything.
Severely affected by night blindness, his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced and his morale was also low.
However, the morale of the officers and soldiers over there was greatly boosted. Not only did they capture this section of the collapsed city wall, they also took advantage of the situation to attack the top of the city and started a fierce battle with the defenders. By daybreak, the officers and soldiers completely controlled the city wall.
, the Red Scarf Army retreated into the city, trying to fight in the streets of residential buildings...
Tang Yun, who was furious, knew that the losses in street fighting would be huge, so he ordered the city to be set on fire. He wanted to burn Pujiang City to ashes, burn all the people inside to death, and drag down all the people in the street fighting. As for the lives of the people,
, he doesn’t care at all…
As soon as he saw the officers and soldiers firing rockets from the top of the city into the city, Mizhi County's face immediately turned pale. He looked at Qin Zhongyuan and said: "King Tiger, we cannot let our sons be burned to death in vain...
Qin Zhongyuan also looked livid, his eyes were blazing and he said, "What should I do?"
"Surrender." Lao Mi said: "After all, there is no chaos in the world. No matter how cruel Tang Yun is, he can't kill all the sons..."
"Surrender?" Qin Zhongyuan became furious: "You tricked us into such a situation before you even thought of surrendering? I'll kill you first." He said and pulled out his sword.
"Tiger King, wait a minute." Mi Zhixian glanced at the sharp sword on his neck and said calmly: "As an official of the court, I am not only a member of the Jianwen Yu Party, but also colluded with the Mingjiao to capture the county seat and fight against the government and the army. Any one of them is enough to put me in harm's way.
, Surrendering is much more painful for me than dying in battle?"
"Then why are you?" Qin Zhongyuan asked in a low voice.
"Let me compensate the Tiger King." Mi Zhixian said softly: "We made a big mistake this time, which caused the Tiger King to end up in this situation." He lowered his voice and said: "I will take the sons and daughters out.
Surrender, tell the officers and soldiers that the Tiger King has been burned to death... I think the Tiger King must have a way to avoid the officers and soldiers and attack the whole city."
"..." Qin Zhongyuan was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes." He paused and shook his head again: "But I can't leave my brothers behind."
"If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood." Mi Zhixian whispered: "The Tiger King must learn from this lesson in the future and never place his hopes on others again."
"Alas..." Qin Zhongyuan put away his sword and sighed: "You come with me."
"Who will bear the blame if I leave?" Mizhi County slowly shook his head and said, "Uncle Tang can't catch the first culprit, so he will kill people indiscriminately."
"I didn't expect you to have such a kind heart." Qin Zhongyuan put his hand into his mouth, pulled it out gently, and actually pulled out the back molar, handed it to Lao Mi and said, "Put it in your mouth, and if you can't stand it, bite it as hard as you can.
, died immediately."
Mizhixian didn't think he was dirty, so he took it and nodded: "It's a pity that there will be no more wine to drink in the future..."
"You drunkard." Qin Zhongyuan cursed: "When you behead your head, I will give you wine."
"This is what you said." Mi Zhixian smiled and said, "We will never see you again."
"We'll see you later." Qin Zhongyuan's throat was choked with sobs. He took a deep look at Lao Mi, turned around, and disappeared into the alley with a few close friends...
"White Flag" On top of the city, the officers and soldiers became excited when they saw the Red Scarf Army flying a white flag.
"Damn it," Uncle Tang injured his arm in the melee last night. He had splinted it and hung it on his chest, but he still didn't change his ferocity: "Doesn't it mean that the demon cultists are not afraid of fire?"
"They are all fleshy, how can they not be afraid of fire?" Tang Yun's staff smiled bitterly: "Uncle, it would be best for them to surrender. They will hurt too many civilians, and those civil servants will definitely cause trouble." Then the emperor
Although Tang Yun will not be blamed, he will definitely be demoted in order to calm the public anger.
"Ball" Tang Yun scolded: "If you piss me off, one person and one ax will cut them all into bloody holes." However, he just had to live with his words. There are too many people from Zhejiang in the DPRK, second only to the Jiangxi gang. Let this gang
Keeping grudges will make life difficult in the future.
"Surrender is acceptable." After getting angry, Tang Yun faced the reality and said: "But we must obey the arrangements. Hundreds of people will come out to surrender at a time." He said to the several Jin Yiwei standing next to him wearing flying fish uniforms and carrying embroidered spring knives at their waists.
Said: "Can you guarantee that you will recognize that person?"
Six days have passed since the Pujiang Incident. The imperial court's order has been issued long ago, and the Jin Yiwei has also arrived.