The breeze blew through the gunpowder smoke emitted by the artillery on the battlefield. At this time, the few green soldiers on the Nanxun City Gate were frightened when they smelled the gunpowder smoke.
This city cannot be defended by them alone. Not to mention the Green Camp soldiers below, even the generals have no confidence at all. Especially looking at the bandit suppression troops brought by Zhang Rui, they looked endless.
All the green soldiers in Wuzhou City were ready to surrender. Although they would be beheaded at the Qing Military Law Assembly if they lost the city and surrendered, there would not necessarily be any benefits from dying for the Qing Dynasty.
As long as the bandit-suppressing army attacks the city, resistance will be a dead end. At this time, the people guarding Wuzhou City were all locally recruited Green Camp soldiers, and their monthly salary was usually not high. They were well aware of the Qing Dynasty's treatment of casualties, so naturally they did not have deep feelings for the Qing Dynasty.
It was half an hour before the bombardment of the city gate. The siege vehicles, arrow-blocking vehicles, aerial ladders, wall-climbing ladders, etc. used by the bandit-suppressing army to attack the city were all assembled by craftsmen and auxiliary soldiers.
The bandit suppression army was reorganized and the army marched forward in unison.
The siege plan was to use the firepower of musketeers to suppress the archers on the top of Wuzhou City, and then use arrow-blocking vehicles to cover the auxiliary soldiers to fill in a section of the moat, and then pick up sword and shield soldiers to follow on the cloud ladders and wall-climbing ladders.
In order to completely suppress the green soldiers on the city, Zhang Ruike built many large ladders.
Zhang Rui planned to put a lot of musketeers on it, and then use the long-distance shooting advantage of the Mini flintlock to snipe the Qing soldiers hiding behind the city wall piers.
Because Wuzhou City did not have artillery installed, they did not have many manpower. Therefore, after the overall plan is implemented, some people will be injured when the sword and shield soldiers attack the city. But no one in the bandit suppression army would think it impossible to capture Wuzhou City.
"Dong..."
"Dong..."
"Dong..."
The drums of the bandit suppressing army are louder
At this moment, he looked at the phalanx formations of the bandit suppressing troops advancing in unison one by one, as well as the dozen or so huge ladders approaching. The green soldiers on the top of the city wall felt their legs shaking uncontrollably.
These green camp soldiers have not experienced any battles since they were young, and all they have seen are minor battles. As for capturing and killing those anti-Qing people, they didn't even need to take action, so they had never seen such a scene.
The bandit-suppressing army soon entered a mile away from the city gate. At this time, the green battalion soldiers in Wuzhou City could clearly see the clothes of the bandit-suppressing army with their eyes.
The artillery company that had already shelled the gates of Wuzhou City was waiting for Zhang Rui's order to see whether it needed to shell again.
The green soldiers on the wall of the south gate of Wuzhou City looked anxiously at Feng Jiubao, who was walking over quickly. At this time, Feng Jiubao is their hope.
I can't blame Feng Jiubao for coming just now. It wasn't until Zhang Rui ordered people to shoot a letter to persuade him to surrender that Feng Jiubao didn't know that Zhang Rui would actually come to attack the city.
In Feng Jiubao's mind, even if Zhang Ruizhen was rebelled, it was just a small incident. Even if he defeats the imperial army's encirclement and suppression troops a few times, it won't matter. As long as he doesn't attack the city, then this face will not be completely torn apart.
With this face, everything is easy to discuss. Zhang Rui only needs to defeat the imperial troops who come to encircle and suppress him a few more times, and everything will be easy to negotiate. Even if Zhang Rui wants to become a chieftain, there is nothing wrong with him. Anyway, there is no shortage of toasts in Guangxi, and there is no shortage of him.
It was precisely because of this idea that Feng Jiubao did not care what Guangzhou meant and still revealed the military information.
Feng Jiubao just thought that one day Zhang Ruizhen would become a chieftain, and he would accept his favor in the future. Maybe Zhang Rui could help him if he had something to do in the future.
But Feng Jiubao never expected that Zhang Rui would be so short-sighted and come to attack Wuzhou Prefecture.
"Why can't Zhang Rui understand such a good situation? Do you think you can really defeat the Qing court after defeating the troops who surrounded you several times? You really don't know whether to live or die." Feng Jiubao was walking. Said with resentment
After receiving the letter persuading him to surrender, the first thing Feng Jiubao did was to put on his armor and go to Yuan Meide, the prefect of Wuzhou.
To defend the city, Yuan Meide's role is indispensable.
He needs to raise the food and wages needed to defend the city, and he also needs to find the auxiliary manpower needed to defend the city. At the same time, he needs to organize all kinds of logistics needed to defend the city.
However, after Feng Jiubao arrived at the Wuzhou government office. People in the government office told him that when Magistrate Yuan learned that the rebels were coming to attack the city, he packed up his courtesy and went to Guangzhou City to ask for reinforcements.
When Feng Jiubao heard this, he didn't know what was going on.
Yuan Meide must have run away, and the reasons he gave are all high-sounding. It is estimated that a corrupt official like him would be the first to be hacked and bribed by Zhang Rui if he was caught.
When Feng Jiubao couldn't find a way, he decided to go to the city wall to see if he could defend the city.
I saw Feng Jiubao running quickly from the city wall ladder to the top of the city.
"Master Guard." At this time, Liang Daqian, the general manager of Green Camp Qian who was guarding Xunmen in the south of Wuzhou City, knelt down and asked Feng Jiubao Bao
"Well, get up and talk! How is the situation?" Feng Jiubao glanced at Liang Daqian and said
"Yes, Lord Guard." Liang Daqian replied, and then stood up. Since there is no obstacle from the armor, Liang Daqian's getting up is not cumbersome.
"The situation is not optimistic. There are many rebels. Look ahead. The rebels are waiting for the last moment to attack the city. They are almost fully prepared. They will launch an attack at any time." Liang Daqian stood in front of Feng Jiubao. Behind the city wall pier, he pointed at the bandit suppressing army below and said
Feng Jiubao walked to the city pier and looked down, feeling a chill in his heart.
Although they have high walls, their numbers are too few. It seems that Zhang Rui's men and horses must be at least tens of thousands, but there are only a few hundred of his own. How can we still fight this battle? How can this city be defended?
Especially looking at Zhang Rui's dozen or so huge ladders, Feng Jiubao became even more convinced that the city could not be defended.
Although you will definitely die if you lose the city, won't you die if you defend the city?
Is Feng Jiubao thinking about what if he dies? What did the Manchu and Qing court give to their family members?
Based on Feng Jiubao's understanding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty over the years, the most he could receive was a reward. There will be no practical benefits. If you are a Manchu or better, but you are a Han, how can the Manchu Qing court regard your loyalty and sacrifice for the country?
It’s hard to say that even if he died in battle, he might be discredited by others, and his family would also suffer.
With a plan in mind, Feng Jiubao also had an idea.
Looking back along the way, the people in Wuzhou City seemed not to be panicked by Zhang Rui's group. No one was running around on the street, and few people were thinking about escaping.
Maybe they didn't know that if Zhang Rui and the others couldn't defend it in the future, the Qing soldiers would be massacred when they came back again.
"Open the city gate. I want to go down and ask Zhang Rui something." Feng Jiubao did not think about it anymore, but said to Liang Daqian beside him.
