-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> Imperial Pronoun Text 644 [A country can perish, but a family cannot be destroyed]
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- The Datong Army did not bring many soldiers and civilians, and they did not have the time to fill the moat.
Fortunately, the moat is not wide, so the boats transporting grain can be used as bridge foundations, and then trees can be cut down to build floating bridges.
Fan Shouli, Ngee'an Taoist Secretary, opened the treasury to recruit soldiers, and publicized the brutal killings of the Datong Army. He actually recruited more than 2,000 soldiers to defend the city. When the Datong army built the pontoon bridge, the defenders also appeared on the tower, trembling with crude weapons.
Wu Anguo and Chen Fan ran to the tower and ordered Fan Shouli to disband the army.
Fan Shouli was very stubborn, and said to the militiamen who had just been recruited: "These two people are afraid of death, but they don't know that the Han soldiers will kill and kill. After the city is broken, they will burn, kill and loot." If you want to protect your family's property, stick to the city with me .Someone, tie them up!"
"You are confused ah, don't do it let go, I am the chief officer of Yi'an Road, I said it here umm
Both Chengzhengs were tied up and their mouths were gagged.
Han soldiers really like to loot cities, even domestic cities, let alone come to Annan to fight?
But that is the Ming army!
At the beginning, the chief secretary of Cochin, because of the abuse of the people by the Han officials, regarded being an official in Annan as exile, and frantically made money and wanted to go back as soon as he took office. The local people were forced to do nothing by the Han officials, so the gentry led the peasants to revolt.
It just so happened that Zhu Di had been fighting all the time, and the treasury was empty. After Zhu Di's death, Daming gradually shrunk the line of defense, even to the north of Yanshan, not to mention Jiaozhi, where uprisings continued?
This is how Annan became independent from Daming.
Not only Annan is like this, the Han officials also treat the ethnic minorities in the southern provinces like crazy to exploit and make money. Li nationality, Yao nationality, Miao nationality, Yi nationality were constantly rebelled by the Han officials, and most of the time the officials forced the people to rebel.
Fan Shouli stood on the tower, watching the Datong army cross the moat along the pontoon bridge, he turned around and shouted: "Is the hot oil ready? Fall down when the enemy comes!"
"My lord so many cannons!" An official pointed to the outside of the moat.
In fact, there are not many artillery pieces, 25 pieces per division. Among them, 8 were taken by Li Dingguo to fight Tsinghua, where there were naval artillery to help. On Yuan Shizhong's side, he only brought the remaining 17 cannons.
Seventeen cannons were enough to scare Fan Shouli into fear.
"All hide behind the parapet!" Fan Shouli shouted.
"Boom boom boom!"
The two chief officials, Wu Anguo and Chen Fan, were also thrown behind the parapet. Listening to the rumble of cannons outside the city, and the occasional shells hitting the city wall, there was a violent vibration from the wall, and the bodies of these two guys also trembled.
Unknowingly, Wu Anguo looked down at his crotch, and he was so scared that he wet his pants.
"Run!"
The militiamen guarding the city are all the people in the city. No armor, no regular weapons, and morale dropped to zero after being bombarded by artillery. More than a dozen shells fell one after another. Some of the guarding militiamen had a mental breakdown and fled away from the parapet, thinking that it was safe to flee back to the city.
When one person escapes, a large group is instantly driven.
Before the Datong soldiers who attacked the city rushed to the city, nearly half of the more than two thousand defenders had fled.
Fan Shouli was also a civil servant and had never fought in a war. He insisted on courage now, calling out to the deserters:
"Don't run away, stick to the city, defend the countrydon't run away, come back quickly!"
Ngee Ann is the hinterland of Annan, where nobles gather. It has not fought a war for decades.
How can a city resident in a prosperous place and peaceful for a long time be able to defend the city?
Fan Shouli's shouts did not work at all. Not only the city guards fled, but even the officials who fought with him began to leave the city wall one by one.
Seeing the officials running away, the militiamen defending the city had more excuses to escape, and there were only a few hundred militiamen who were still standing still.
Fan Shouli had the courage to poke his head from the city wall and found that the Datong army had rushed to the city wall. He hastened to order:
"Hot oil, the log!"
There were not many officials and militiamen around him, and some of them didn't want to run away, but were so frightened that their legs became weak and they couldn't stand up.
Anyway, there are a few of them, crawling on the ground towards the oil pan, but the speed is about the same as that of a turtle.
Fan Shouli stood up suddenly, and shouted: "The enemy is about to attack the city, and it is impossible to fire any more artillery. Stand up and defend against the enemy!"
When some militiamen heard the news, they suddenly became courageous and hurried to carry the oil pan.
Some militiamen were even more frightened when they heard the news. The enemy is about to attack the city? These are the only ones left for my own people to escape, and I can still hold on to the fart, and I must not stay to die!
As a result, the militiamen, who were too scared to move before, fled from the city wall at this moment.
&nbsBook) Zheng Rongfu, who is of the same family as Zheng, spoke more directly: "Your Highness, this time our army was defeated, and the Han army took the opportunity to invade. Both of these news have been sent back to the capital. Now, the hearts of the people in the capital Panicked, it is said that His Highness deceived the emperor and brought heaven's punishment."
"Nonsense!" Zheng Zuo asked, "Immediately find out who is making rumors, and he will be cut into pieces!"
Zheng Pi was not angry, he raised his hand to signal his son to shut up, and said to himself: "Both Qinghua and Ngee An have enemy troops,
Is Lang Son still safe? "
Li Gang, Bingfan Zhifan, said: "There is no movement, the lower officials have sent people to order Lang Son's general soldiers to defend themselves.
Zheng Zheng recruited 60,000 troops for the southern expedition, but did not draw troops from Lang Son. There were 1,500 soldiers stationed there, and they were half farming and half fighting in the mountainous area, similar to the frontier military camps of the Ming Dynasty.
? Zheng Pi asked Wu Zongru, an acquaintance of the family, "How much money can we allocate to recruit soldiers?"
Wu Anguo, the death-fearing ghost in Ngee Ann City, is Wu Zongru's relative.
Wu Zongru said dryly: "Reporting to Your Highness, the treasury has run out of money and food when we sent troops to conquer the Ruan family.
If all of them are used to recruit soldiers, the salaries of officials will not be paid out. "
"I'm asking you, how much money is left for recruiting soldiers!" Zheng added a serious tone.
Wu Zongru replied: "There are more than 40,000 taels of silver and more than 70,000 stones of rice."
Zheng Bing said: "Give it all to the soldiers, and recruit as many soldiers as you can! Also, order the officials from all walks of life to ask the gentry to recruit village braves, and quickly go to Shenglong Mansion to gather troops to serve the king!"
Zheng Rongfu said: "Your Highness, you should also send envoys to Qinghua to ask the general of the Han army why he invaded our territory without declaring war. Maybe there is still room for turning things around, and see if we can persuade the other party to retreat."
Li Gang, who was clamoring to fight China a few years ago, said at this moment: "What's the use of negotiating with the generals who lead the army? They are eager to fight and make meritorious deeds. They have to send envoys to Nanjing, bring money to bribe officials, and let the officials persuade the Chinese emperor to retreat!"
These guys are panicked, they are not afraid of China sending troops from Vietnam, just defend the pass with high mountains and dense forests.
However, the Datong Army did not play their cards according to common sense. They actually crossed the sea and landed to fight, and even went straight to the hometown of the Vietnamese nobles. Now everyone is frightened, not because they are afraid of losing the city and land, but because they are afraid that they will be wiped out by the Datong army and ransacked their homes.
An Nanguo can perish, but his own family cannot. **
(</div> - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page