"Prefect! Prefect! Oh no! Sunan City is surrounded by rebels!"
Jun Song, who was drinking and having fun and visiting the brothels with a group of gentry and wealthy merchants who were collaborating with each other, suddenly received the news and jumped up in shock.
He quickly asked: "Where are those people from the Dragon Guard Army?
Let them drive away the rebels quickly. Aren't they just here to suppress the rebellion?
Why haven't you taken action yet? "
When the officer heard this, he said with a mournful face: "Prefect, the Dragon Guard has disappeared.
As soon as the rebels arrived, the county lieutenant immediately went to find the Dragon Guards. Who knows where they were stationed, but they had already been deserted. Who knows when they disappeared.
Prefect wuwuwu, what should we do now!
From the looks of it, I'm afraid those rebels will attack the city early tomorrow morning.
But in the entire Sunan County, we only have a hundred or so yamen servants under the commander-in-chief, and less than 500 garrison troops!
How can you defend this! ? "
Not only was the yamen servant panicked, but Jun Song was also panicked, and the wealthy gentry were even more panicked.
There are some things that the low-level government officials don't know, but as the parties involved, they know it clearly. There are so many government officials, but in the garrison, the embezzlement of military pay is not just done by the commander.
But they also have hands and feet in it.
There are no elite defenders inside, they are clearly just a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled.
But now that the rebel army is besieging the city, how can we rely on the two or three big cats and kittens in the garrison to survive?
"Prefect Du, I have something to do at home and I have to take the first step!"
"Prefect Du, my concubine in the 32nd room gave birth to a baby today, so I have to take the first step!"
"Prefect Du, the concubine of the old Zhang family has given birth to a baby. As the leader, I will definitely help, so Wang will go back first!"
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All the gentry stood up and left one after another. Juniper didn't understand what they meant. They clearly wanted to go home and run away!
Look how awkward these excuses are!
But now Juniper was no longer in the mood to pay attention to them, so he waved his hand and asked them to leave quickly.
And he himself immediately followed the yamen servant back to the county governor's house.
At this time, the county governor's mansion, which should have been darkened long ago, was now brightly lit.
A group of senior officials in Sunan County had already received the news and were waiting here.
Jun Song walked into the public room with a sullen face.
He had just sat down when Zhang Zezhi, the county magistrate beside him, slapped the table and stood up!
"Governor Du, you must take full responsibility for this matter!
The imperial court has made it clear that we should supply rations to the Dragon Guard Army, but for your own selfish desires, you asked the Dragon Guard Army for money. This led to the departure of the Dragon Guard Army, which led to the current situation of the rebel army sieging the city. !
If the city is destroyed, you will bear the greatest responsibility! "
As soon as Zhang Zezhi's words came out, it was like lighting a fuse, and other people began to "speak freely" one after another. However, they were the boss after all. They did not dare to point their noses and scold like Jun Cheng, but they did so one by one. It is the responsibility of Juniper to criticize Sophora mulberry and Sophora japonica.
Hearing these targeted words in his ears, Juniper exploded!
He stood up suddenly and roared: "Did you all say enough is enough?!"
He shocked everyone temporarily, and the entire public house became quiet for a while.
Jun Song glanced at everyone and finally said: "Don't rush to blame me, am I the only one to blame for this?
One of you didn't know about this at the beginning, and the other didn't want to take the money. Now if something goes wrong, it will all be blamed on me. Don't even think about it!
In addition, now is not the time to quarrel. The rebels outside have already besieged the city. If you don't think of a way, when the other party attacks the city, you will be prepared to be hung up and beaten to death by the rebels like the prefects and magistrates below! "
As soon as Juniper mentioned this, everyone present couldn't help but tremble.
I don’t blame them for reacting like this. The people who rebelled this time are really very resentful.
They even hanged the top local official and beat him to death, and his body was hung at the city gate for seven days!
This matter has been spread throughout Sunan County!
Seeing that everyone was frightened, Du Song felt relieved. He turned to look at County Lieutenant Zuonan who was standing aside and asked, "How many troops does Sunan have available to me now?"
Zuonan, who also had a sullen face, heard Jun Song's question and said with a sullen face: "Excluding the injured, there are a total of 133 government officials on duty.
And on the garrison side..."
When he said this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "If you, the governor, transfer back the people who were transferred away to build huts and cultivate land for your family, we should be able to gather fifty people."
As soon as these words came out, everyone took a breath of air!
There were less than two hundred people in total!
How to defend the city?
and……
They looked at Juniper again, good fellow, all the soldiers of the garrison have been dragged to work for you!
But then no one cared about it anymore.
The top priority now is how to defend the city!
Just relying on two hundred people to defend the city is simply not enough!
Everyone turned their attention to Juniper again. Who makes him the boss?
It has been a custom since ancient times for tall people to hold up the sky when it falls.
Jun Song gritted his teeth, looked at everyone, and finally uttered three words: "La Zhuang Ding!"
Everyone was shocked, but then they realized that this was probably the best way. Otherwise, how could they build a team that could withstand the attacks of the rebels in such a short period of time?
For the sake of their own safety, these officials finally agreed to this matter.
That night, the government officials began to run around in Sunan City to capture strong men to defend the city.
The common people were all still sleeping, so they were arrested and sent to the top of the city. Twenty soldiers of the garrison were distributed on each wall of the city to command these strong men.
This action can be said to have made the entire Sunan City angry and resentful!
But there is nothing you can do.
Outside the city, Liu Sanshou rested all night. When he was about to attack the city, he suddenly found that there were many more heads on the other side's wall.
Everyone was dumbfounded. Are there so many defenders in Sunan City?
But then he no longer cared.
Immediately command the army to start attacking the city!
Among the rebel teams, he was already one of the largest.
By now, the number of his subordinates has exceeded 100,000!
No matter how many people there are in Sunan City, he will capture him today! Be the first rebel to capture the capital of Sunan County!
The siege has begun!
Before coming to Sunan Mansion, Liu Sanshou and the others had attacked the city many times and had some experience. The rest last night was not only to allow the team to recover their strength, but also to step up the construction of siege equipment.
It's difficult but they don't know how to do it, but things like car crashes and ladders are still very simple.
As soon as the siege began, the scene of a hundred thousand people charging almost scared the defenders at the top of the city to the ground.
However, under the pressure of the war supervisory team composed of the garrison behind them, they could only grit their teeth and endure.
I don’t know whether it was Liu Sanshou and his team who were too naive or the strong men who were recruited to defend the city performed exceptionally well. They actually managed to defend the city on the first day.
It's just that the casualties were a bit horrific. On the first day alone, more than 2,000 people died and 3,000 to 4,000 were injured. Many of the injured were injured by themselves.
Liu Sanshou's side also suffered heavy casualties. More than 2,000 people died on the defender's side, and no less than 5,000 died on the siege side, and even more were injured, but he was still full of confidence.
Because he had already seen from the first day of attacking the city that the opponent was not a tough nut to crack. He had almost reached the top of the city with his exploratory attack on the first day. It would be enough to throw out his old camp tomorrow. City!
In this way, the first day of the siege ended hastily.
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(End of chapter)
