The sound of artillery finally passed. The streets of Wuzhou City near Nancheng were full of rubble. The soldiers guarding the city suffered heavy casualties. Some people whose houses were destroyed ignored the soldiers' scoldings and stopped, crying and crying on the ruins of their own houses. Walking through the rubble, looking for missing relatives and some belongings.
There was wailing everywhere, and Chang Qingyun led his servants and walked out of the Tibetan Soldier Cave in shock. They all feel a little dizzy. Looking at the smoldering rubble outside and the steaming potholes on the street. He realized that the Australians were using artillery that he had never seen before.
He had never seen such a terrifying scene in Chengmai back then, and the Australian artillery was much more powerful than it was back then. Chang Qingyun had only seen the power of the 12-pound cannon and the 24-pound howitzer. In comparison, the huge destructive power of the grenade fired by the 280-pound mortar shocked him even more. A huge iron ball fell from the sky and exploded into a huge fireball on the ground. The violent wind from the explosion blew down people and houses in an instant. Some people died on the ground, but there were no injuries - completely unlike the corpses he saw in Chengmai that were beaten by shells and missing arms and legs.
The smell of death was everywhere, and there was a stench of burnt flesh and blood everywhere, which made Chang Qingyun feel nauseated. He wanted to quickly leave the city gate, the key area where the bandits attacked, but he felt that his whole body was sore and weak, and his feet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he could not move forward. The urge to urinate, which had disappeared under the gunfire, now came back, and was even more urgent.
Chang Qingyun coughed, called two servants over, helped him to the corner, lifted up his robe, and poured water in, and then he regained some feeling. He quickly said: "Let's go look elsewhere!"
Yang Erdong knew that he had escaped. If they had not taken shelter immediately through the Tibetan Soldier Cave, they might have been like the soldiers and civilians who fled in all directions. They would have been hit by shell fragments, either dead or disabled, or shocked by artillery fire. His seven orifices bled to death. Most of the brothers were unscathed, only two were injured, but they were just flesh wounds. Originally, Yang Erdong was still holding Master Chang's horse. When he was hiding from the bombardment, he didn't care about the horse. Now he thought about it and had to find it quickly. Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain it when I go back.
In a blink of an eye, he spotted Master Chang's horse. In the chaos of the shelling, someone took advantage of the situation. Unexpectedly, a thief's artillery shell fell nearby. The exploding shrapnel and projectiles beat the man and the horse to a bloody pulp. They could hardly even see their appearance. It was impossible to survive.
What a pity that a good horse was lost, Yang Erdong thought.
Chang Qingyun lost his previous majesty, his clothes were disheveled, and he looked frightened like a lost dog. However, he was afraid of being laughed at and losing face in front of Governor Xiong, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to patrol the streets with his men.
People on the street were in panic, and every house was closed and locked. Except for soldiers and strong men guarding the city who passed by in a hurry from time to time, there was no one on the street. The silence was terrifying - it was almost a different world from before Wuzhou was besieged.
Turning the corner, Chang Qingyun was startled. Lying at the intersection was a corpse with its head cut off. He looked like a poor man - there was something fishy about his words and deeds. He was suspected of being a "spy" and was killed after the shelling. The blood of the decapitated person has not yet solidified.
The defenders everywhere gathered in twos and threes, talking in low voices. When Chang Qingyun walked past them, he realized that these people had bad eyesight. From the moment the Australian troops arrived at the city, especially after the Australians occupied Changzhou Island, the waterway from Wuzhou to Teng County, the morale of the soldiers defending the city began to irreparably collapse. The shelling just now intensified this trend.
Even the servants following him showed signs of restlessness at this moment. Chang Qingyun is often in the military and is very familiar with the ideological state of this group of "Qiu Ba". Knowing that Wuzhou was in danger at this time, as long as there was any disturbance, the defenders in the city would be in chaos without the Kun thieves launching an attack. A demoralized army not only cannot command them to defend the city, but also beware of mutiny. Once these demon kings mutiny, they will do any unscrupulous thing.
He couldn't help but feel a little scared when he thought of this, but years of experience told him that he must stay calm. So he still walked with no expression on his face. When they saw some stragglers not returning to their ranks, they scolded them in the street and ordered them to return to their ranks. While patrolling, there was suddenly a burst of chaotic footsteps in front of him, mixed with men's shouts and women's cries and screams. Chang Qingyun was old in the military and knew that there must be rebels doing evil. He immediately quickened his pace and rushed over.
When they rounded the corner, they saw two soldiers grabbing a woman and teasing her in front of a house in a side street. There was a man's body on the ground, bleeding. He was probably killed while being pulled. The woman's hair was messy, her clothes had been torn apart, and her outer skirt had been torn off. She was just crying and pleading, but she was pressed against the wall and unable to move.
When Chang Qingyun saw that one of the rebel soldiers had taken off his pants, he couldn't help but shouted: "Stop!" After saying that, he showed his big order and rushed over with his servants.
The two soldiers probably didn't expect that someone would dare to scold them in the street. They looked up in surprise when they saw a man who looked like a scholar holding a command arrow and leading the soldiers over. Knowing that this must be an important person in the city, they immediately panicked and grabbed the woman. The two-handed soldier turned around and ran away, but the other soldier suffered a loss. His pants were wrapped around his feet, and he fell down like a dog, and was captured by Yang Erdong and others in one fell swoop.
When I asked him about it, I found he was a wolf soldier from Guangxi. Guangxi's "Wolf Soldiers" were known for their strong combat effectiveness and poor military discipline during the Ming Dynasty. Xiong Wencan transferred a large number of Wolf Soldiers from Guangxi for the purpose of fighting, causing great harm to the Zhaoqing and Wuzhou areas.
Seeing the unruly appearance of this wolf soldier, he seemed to be confident and fearless. Because they had to fight with their lives, the officers from Commander Xiong to the commander of the army did not dare to restrict them too much, and some things just passed by turning a blind eye. Because they are increasingly allowed to do evil in the city.
Chang Qingyun originally wanted to "march the law" and directly behead the prisoners on the street to show the public, as a warning to others. However, he then thought about what if he ordered the killing and provoked the gang of wolf soldiers to make noise and cause chaos. Wuzhou would not wait for the bandits to attack, but he would start the chaos himself - you must know that this city is full of fire-starting materials!
"Now that we are facing a formidable enemy, you don't even think about defending the city and bringing peace to the people, but you are doing this in the streets and alleys!" Chang Qingyun scolded with a straight face, "Where is the courage of a man to go to war over a woman?!"
He pretended to reprimand a few words harshly, and finally said: "I think you are young and still want to serve the country, and since you are trusting this head, go back to the army and kill the enemy to serve the country!"
Then he ordered the person to be released. The woman kneeling aside saw the murderer of her husband being let go after being scolded for a few words. She couldn't help but crawl a few steps, grabbed Chang Qingyun's feet, and cried: "Master, my husband is from the academy." Scholar! I went out today to send my slave back to my parents’ home for a visit, but they blocked me and killed me - please seek justice and punish the murderer!"
In the past, the status of a scholar could naturally be used to bluff others. Chang Qingyun had to take care of it for the sake of being a scholar. But at this moment, let alone a scholar, even if the master of Juren was killed, Xiong Wencan would not necessarily be affected. What can we do with these wolf soldiers?
He was already upset, but when she cried out, he became even more furious. He kicked the woman several times before getting away, and ran away as if running away.
After searching for a few more streets, they saw dozens of soldiers and a team officer rushing directly in front of them, pointing at Chang Qingyun's nose and cursing: "Grandma, Australians are so fierce in sex, how can you, a selling nerd, still do it?" I want to make my brothers die. If our brother gets a woman, you will pretend to be a disguise, which will make the brothers uncomfortable! Young men, first chop off the head of this person who is selling her."
The rebels swarmed forward, and the servants quickly stood up in two rows. The front row immediately knelt down, and the back row stood, completing the loading of ammunition at an extremely fast speed.
Chang Qingyun also drew his sword and stood in front of him. Yang Erdong shouted: "Master Chang, get behind us!" Yang Erdong's move was not to protect Chang Qingyun, but because he thought he was in the way.
Chang Qingyun knew that he was useless at this time, so he retreated to the back of the formation step by step. Even though he was panicking, he didn't forget to shout loudly: "Repulse the rebels and you will be rewarded heavily!"
Seeing that the servants had firearms and were well prepared, the rebel soldiers hesitated for a moment. The team officer shouted: "We brothers have never suffered such a loss in Wuzhou City! Everyone, come on! If they dare to fire cannons, they will be slaughtered!"
Most of these people were desperadoes, and a dozen or so bold guys rushed forward after being bewitched. The servants opened fire at the same time, and five rioters fell to the ground as a row of gunshots rang out. Yang Erdong, who was half-kneeling in the front row, had just tightened his fingers on the flight and was sweating. The five of them in the front row knew that there was no extra time for them to reload, so they slung their guns behind their backs, and then used their left hand to hold the knife on their waist. Scabbard, right hand stretched out to hold the handle.
Yang Erdong knew that if the first row of guns did not frighten the rebels, they would have to fight hand-to-hand with the second row of guns. At that time, they would have to fight and retreat. Whether they could survive or not would depend on fate.
Chang Qingyun just wanted to run away at this time, but his legs really didn't obey him, so he tried his best to calm down. He knew that the odds were stacked against him this time, and it was up to him to see if he could break out of the siege as he was helpless.
The rebel soldiers were frightened for a moment, but only for a moment. Soon, a few bolder ones with red eyes rushed forward desperately.
There was another burst of gunfire, and after a moment of silence, the servants drew their swords and moved forward, preparing to fight and then retreat. The rebels wielded their swords and guns and launched a desperate charge.
It was too late, but soon, a man rode a horse and rushed into the rebel formation, wielding a long sword of the border army and chopped down several of the leading rebels - it was none other than Yi Haoran.
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