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At the south gate of Yingtian Mansion, a battle for control of the city gate has begun.
The bandits who had escaped before quickly delivered the news to Xicheng Hai Dongqing. When Hai Dongqing heard that the south city gate had been lost, he was so shocked that he did not speak for a long time. After hearing the situation, Hai Dongqing calmed down a little.
God comes.
It seems that a small group of people sneaked into the city to cause trouble. According to the reports of the believers, there should be only a few dozen people. And currently, it seems that the other party has no signs of dividing their troops into the south city, which means that the officers and soldiers outside the city do not know that the south city gate is open.
The top priority is to recapture the South City Gate immediately, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. Originally, the battle to defend the city has gained the upper hand, and the officers and soldiers have already declined. If there is a mistake at this time, all the previous efforts will be wasted.
"Holy Duke, my subordinates will immediately lead people to recapture the south city gate. There is no room for loss of the city gate." Song Mian said loudly from the side.
Hai Dongqing frowned in thought. It was not that he didn't want Song Mian to retake the city gate, but the fierce battle was going on here. Song Mian was his right-hand man here, and Song Mian was indispensable here. But except for Song Mian, there was no one under him who could
The most important thing is to use capable people.
"Holy Duke, my subordinates are willing to lead the army to recapture the gate of Nancheng." A person beside him seemed to see what Hai Dongqing was thinking, and bowed and said,
Hai Dongqing turned to look, but the person who spoke was Qian Dezhang, the former magistrate of Yingtian Mansion. After Qian Dezhang dedicated Yingtian Mansion to the Qingjiao, he was awarded the position of Tianlong Guardian because of his great contribution. He ranked sixth among the guardians.
, the status is already quite high.
Although Qian Dezhang is a person who has read the books of sages and passed the imperial examination and became an official through his own efforts. But reading more is often not directly proportional to IQ. Qian Dezhang is the kind of person who reads books and reads them in his head.
He became the kind of nerd who was a mess. He didn't realize what he was doing at all. When the Qing Jiao was doing a lot of good things in Yingtian Mansion, he took it for granted that the Qing Jiao was a good sect and he should promote it.
At first, he was just making a gesture, but soon after, he was brainwashed by the Qingjiao teachings and believed that the so-called salvation and the so-called illusory things in the teachings such as the temple were real, and he became the most devout Qingjiao.
A believer. This change in the psychological process is very complicated. It may be traced back to his poor family when he was young, to his alcoholic father beating him with a stick every day, to his mother's suicide by hanging from a beam, to the trauma he received when he was a teenager.
Despite the past of contempt and suffering, after joining the Qingjiao, he felt a warmth he had never experienced before. He felt the warm care and respect from the Anglican Church down to the lower church members, which he had never experienced before.
Even though he rose through the ranks and became a high-ranking member of the Great Zhou Dynasty after passing the imperial examination, this joy could not make up for the humble feeling in his heart. On the contrary, some of the intrigues in the court made him feel chilled. But among the Qingjiao
, he feels exactly the opposite.
Therefore, sometimes reading more does not mean that a person has a high IQ and is knowledgeable. On the contrary, because of reading, he becomes more stubborn and self-righteous. Qian Dezhang is a typical person of this kind. He feels that he has found the soul.
Returning home, but didn't know that he was on a pirate ship.
Qian Dezhang's awakening began before the Qingjiao uprising. When he saw the Holy Duke and the guardians began to play with the wives and daughters of the church members in the name of blessing, and when he saw the church members gathering together to cause chaos at every turn,
As if he was going crazy. Various behaviors in the religion made him realize that something was wrong. When the Holy Duke announced the uprising and began to formally resist the imperial court, and when the believers burned, killed, raped and looted wildly in the city, the hypocritical veil of the Qing Sect was removed.
It was uncovered, revealing its naked devilish nature. Qian Dezhang suddenly woke up and regretted it, but it was too late. He could no longer look back.
In addition to being a little stupid, Qian Dezhang was also a little naive and thought that he might be able to say something to Shenggong that he would listen to. Maybe he could persuade him, and maybe he could do something to redeem some of the Qingjiao's mistakes. So.
He said something to Hai Dongqing, persuading the Holy Gong not to let the church members bully the people, but to win the hearts and minds of the people. He also said something about the principle that "water can carry a boat but also capsize it." He thought that a person like Shenggong should
He is a man of great ambition and wisdom, and his words can make the Holy Duke wake up. But how could he know that these people, including the Holy Duke, are actually pirate bullies coercing some ignorant people? How could they understand what the big deal is?
The truth is, they just do whatever they want and do whatever they want. When they were winning people's hearts before, they were naturally friendly. Now that war has begun, there is no bottom line. Therefore, his impassioned speeches not only received no response, but were killed.
The guardians laughed and were hostile. Even Shenggong Hai Dongqing seemed to have a suspicion against him. Therefore, he wisely chose to shut up.
Qian Dezhang finally understood his current situation a little bit. After the Qingjiao uprising, he, the prefect of Yingtian Mansion, was actually worthless. So he had better shut up and be smarter. He saw it with his own eyes.
When several guardians were executed on the spot by the Holy Father for speaking nonsense in front of the Holy See, he understood that he had actually embarked on a wrong path. But this was also the only path he could go on now. The court would not forgive him.
His, he could only follow Sheng Gong closely, express his loyalty, and let Sheng Gong and others forgive him.
Therefore, in the past few days, he had been following the Holy Duke. Although he was frightened half to death by the scene of the siege, he insisted on following the Holy Duke, showing that he was willing to face everything before him with the Holy Duke.
. He even made many suggestions that he would never have made before. For example, he proposed to the Holy Duke to recruit young men to help defend the city, and to detain their families. If someone did not contribute, his family members would be killed. For example
He took the initiative to renovate the old bows and arrows in several warehouses and repair all the crossbows in Yingtian Mansion's warehouse. If he didn't mention these things, Hai Dongqing would never know that there were still these treasures in Yingtian Mansion's warehouse.
.There is no bottom line for human depravity. Qian Dezhang is another excellent example of the rapid depravity of human nature. He abandoned his previous persistence and no longer had any compassion and love for the people who were once under his rule.
, all he wanted to do was win back Hai Dongqing’s trust.
Hai Dongqing looked at Qian Dezhang who offered to take back the South City Gate, and felt a little hesitant. He was very doubtful whether this person was qualified for this task. But Hai Dongqing understood that Qian Dezhang would not betray
Own, at least in terms of loyalty, Qian Dezhang is reassuring. Because Qian Dezhang has no other way out, he can only follow himself. I am afraid no one hopes more than Qian Dezhang that he can defeat the officers and soldiers.
Because once he fails, Qian Dezhang will definitely die.
"Shenggong, give me a chance. I am familiar with the terrain. I can take a shortcut to the gate of Nancheng. I swear that I will take back the gate of Nancheng. Otherwise, I will leave it to the disposal of Shenggong." Qian Dezhang bowed.
Ask for approval again.
Hai Dongqing finally nodded and said: "Brother Qian, in this case, this important responsibility will be handed over to you. You must understand that Nancheng cannot tolerate any mistakes, otherwise we will all be ruined. Therefore, I have given my life to you,
The lives of hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters in my holy religion have also been handed over to you. Everything is up to you. I have nothing else to say to you. I only have one sentence to say to you. In my heart, you are my most important person.
Trust me, I will keep your great contribution to our religion in mind. If you can repel the officers and soldiers this time and gain a firm foothold, I will promote you to the position of Chief Protector. Because you have read books and are wise and resourceful, you will surely succeed in the future.
You can make greater contributions to our religion. Therefore, I hope you will show off and let all the brothers and sisters admire you. I will give you eight hundred men. Within half an hour, I hope you can take back Nancheng.
City gate. But we will definitely win this battle."
Qian Dezhang burst into tears of gratitude. Shenggong had forgiven him. Shenggong entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility. He must do this well. The chief protector is actually the deputy leader of the Holy Cult.
The Holy Gong was willing to grant me such an important position, which was such a trust. For this trust, I could not let the Holy Gong down.
Qian Dezhang's IQ has basically dropped to zero since he joined the Holy Cult. The Qing Cult is full of lies, deceit, and false promises. Anyone with a little bit of brains will see this, but it's a pity that he selectively ignored it all.
With great gratitude, he led 800 skitarii down the city wall and took a shortcut to the south city.
Up and down the gate of Nancheng, Ma Bin and Sun Dayong were already prepared for the upcoming battle. In other words, this preparation was mentally prepared, because they knew that the bandits would get the news soon, and it would be very difficult.
They will come to retake the city gate soon. As for actual combat preparations, they can only make do with the existing manpower.
Including Sun Dayong, there are only thirty-four people in total, and six of them are injured. Such a small number of people is really stretched. Moreover, we have to guard the city tower and the city gate below, which is simply impossible.
Mission. But now that the mission is impossible, we have to grit our teeth and persevere. As long as we can wait until the army gets the news and comes, everything will be worth it.
Ma Bin asked ten brothers to stay on top of the city tower, and the remaining twenty or so people were all defending below the city. After driving the captive religious bandits to build sandbag fortifications on both sides of the doorway, everyone quietly waited behind the fortifications.
Pray that the bandits will arrive slowly.
However, the speed of the other party's arrival was unexpected. A moment after the fortifications were set up, a large number of people rushed out of the alley on the west side of the square. Needless to say, it must be the bandits who arrived.
The only thing that comforted Ma Bin and Sun Dayong was that the opponent's manpower did not attack from the city wall. If they came from the city wall, the city tower would be lost immediately. But obviously, the opponent's manpower was all concentrated on the square, and there was no
That kind of thinking.
The battle started quickly. The hundreds of cult bandits who arrived did not even take a breath before they rushed towards the city gate at the urging of Qian Dezhang. The dark figures occupied most of the square.
Qian Dezhang knew that the opponent's number was small, and he didn't want to play any more tricks. He just rushed over and got close to ensure victory.
There was nothing wrong with his idea. There were nearly 30 times more people than the opponent, so there was no need to be too cautious. In addition, time was tight, so the most direct way was to rush over, engage in a melee, and kill them all.
Although some of our own men are dead, there is nothing to worry about. The key is to recapture the city gate quickly, not to preserve any strength.
However, Qian Dezhang underestimated the power of the opponent's repeating crossbows. Thirty repeating crossbows fired volleys at the top and bottom of the city, which was definitely equivalent to the firepower of hundreds of archers, and probably even worse. The repeating crossbows fired
, all twelve crossbow arrows in the quiver can be shot out at one time. The replacement is also very convenient, it is the replacement of the entire quiver. Each of these thirty people carried more than ten quivers into the city, and the number of crossbow arrows was sufficient. Although
A part of it was consumed before, but the remaining one was enough to kill thousands of people. In front of the serial crossbow, charging without cover and protection was tantamount to death.
