It is absolutely correct to think so!
Because of government exploitation, they no longer have enough food to eat.
Due to natural disasters all year round, they have lost all their income.
They have been displaced due to looting by officers and soldiers.
They are so miserable that they want to buy off their wives and daughters in exchange for their sons.
What else is there to fear?
If the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?
Under the attack of natural and man-made disasters, you have to choose to starve to death or dare to fight!
Now that there are rebels coming, they will rise up. At this time, there is no need to consider a retreat.
Even if you die, you have to be a dead ghost!
The merchants in the city refused to open warehouses to store grain, the wealthy gentry in the city refused to provide relief to the victims, and the government in the city refused to lend a helping hand.
All evil originates from Nanyang City!
Then just follow the rebels and attack the county town!
After the city is conquered, there will be revenge and complaints!
All the humiliation accumulated over the years can be vented at once!
Whether they are merchants, wealthy gentry, or government officials, they must be dragged out and disemboweled one by one!
Peel off the skin and hang it on the tower!
Tell everyone entering the city that this is the fate of common people who are rich and unkind!
The wives and daughters of these people must atone for their sins!
At this time, no woman is innocent!
No matter how pampered and well-off he was before, he was well-dressed and well-fed.
Soon, you will be able to serve the great men you despised before!
Any woman who is careless will be dragged out and chopped immediately!
The women of the gentlemen are the playthings of the rebel soldiers!
This is their end and fate!
Not to mention the dead dog emperor Chongzhen, even if the exposed Zhu Yuanzhang is resurrected, he can't save you!
When they get to the capital, they must dig up the grave of the Dog Emperor Chongzhen, dig out the coffin, and whip the corpse so hard!
Without this dog emperor's brutal levies and levies, there might still be people who could barely survive.
This dog emperor ignored the local situation in Henan and blindly imposed taxes.
I wish I could collect all the land taxes and fees ten years from now!
There is no more shameless person in the world than this dog emperor!
Jinzi Mingjun? ? ?
What a fart!
Let the Chongzhen Dog Emperor come to the homes of the people here in Nanyang to live for a month, but he will starve to death in less than half a month.
The people of Nanyang can no longer survive, and the Dog Emperor is still trying every possible means to collect taxes.
He would not feel at ease unless he forced the people to death.
Showing this face is worse than the previous one.
No matter which party it is, as long as it can destroy Baoming, it will be doing justice for heaven and eliminating harm for Min!
This will not only please people's hearts, but also conquer the world.
The people of the Central Plains hated the imperial court far more than they hated the Donglu.
Because they already had nothing, they had to leave empty-handed when the Donglu cavalry came.
Except for piles of hungry people, there is nothing in this piece of red soil.
When the Donglu entered the Henan area, if they wanted to bring the people outside the customs to make wrappings, they would have to use grain instead...
Therefore, the Donglu cavalry were unwilling to come to Henan to plunder after entering the pass. Luoyang and Kaifeng were difficult to conquer, and the gains outweighed the losses by plundering populations in other places.
Donglu is so smart, can he do a loss-making business?
The current situation in Henan is that whoever comes in will get paid!
Even if the rebels come, they have to distribute part of the food they bring before they can win people's hearts and rally the team.
Just shouting slogans is of no use at all. If there is no food, not even a bird will bother to follow you!
"Come on!"
Although the equipment is incredibly poor, the morale of the rebel recruits is not low.
Especially after seeing the usually domineering Dog Officer Army seeing the rebels, they were all so frightened that they dared not come out of the city like turtles and grandsons.
Everyone felt more at ease. It turned out that the dog officers and soldiers were also bullies and afraid of the strong.
I thought they were just afraid of the Donglu cavalry, but they didn't expect to dare to fight when they saw the rebels.
The dog officers and soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death. If they had known it, they should have rebelled earlier.
This way we can also extinguish the brilliance earlier!
As long as the explosion exists, the people will die early.
Instead of doing this, let's join forces to destroy it to comfort the living beings!
"Kill the officers and soldiers!"
The recruits of the rebel army did not pay attention to formations and were not equipped with firearms. They just adopted the tactics of rushing and fighting.
The biggest advantage is that there are many people. When one group falls to the ground, another group will rush up, one after another, and there is no limit.
Since the rebels carried and captured very few firearms this time, it was difficult to attack the city from all sides.
Zhang Dingguo ordered the entire army to attack only the south side of Nanyang City, regardless of any casualties.
All Liu Min, whether willing to join the rebel army or not, were "invited" to carry out the siege.
As long as it is more than four feet tall, it will be included in the siege department.
What good is a half-grown child?
Of course it works!
At least it can consume as much firepower as possible from the city head!
A thousand and a half-year-old children can consume at least two to three thousand arrows for the army.
This was Zhang Dingguo's plan. If the dog officers and soldiers did not fire arrows, it would be exactly what he wanted.
"fire!"
"put!"
Facing the thieves rushing towards them like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, the defenders at the top of the city did not dare to neglect at all and immediately released various types of firearms.
From the Folang machine to the blunderbuss, as long as it can shoot out the blunderbuss, it can be lit. The results of the battle are another matter. Let's build up the momentum first.
If a Folang machine using shotgun hits a crowd, it can cause more than ten casualties.
In the vast sea of people, a pit with a ferocious blood mist blasted out.
People kept falling to the ground and wailing while holding their wounds, and nearby were the broken limbs and broken arms of their companions.
No one sympathizes with them, pity them. Stopping at this time means waiting for death, so they can only press forward.
Besides, the more people die at this time, the fewer people will be willing to share money and play with women after the city is broken.
When fighting, there are more people, but when eating meat, there are fewer people!
This is the right thing to do!
The continuous firing of more than a dozen Folang machines and other artillery pieces, coupled with the assistance of hundreds of bird cannons, could not withstand the vast siege army.
The rebels invested 10,000 troops at a time and only attacked one city wall. How powerful was this offensive?
Zhang Dingguo is not afraid of the casualties of his troops. In his opinion, as long as the seemingly solid Nanyang City can be broken, all the newly recruited soldiers can be sacrificed.
As long as all the silver and food in the city can be obtained, it is a cost-effective thing to exchange the lives of these people.
Thousands of floating minions were used to severely injure the local government in Henan. If this trick could work here, the troops could imitate it when fighting in other places.
The more soldiers you recruit, the greater the power of the siege. As long as the defenders' ammunition and arrows are exhausted, the rebels will be laughable to the end.
In terms of close combat, Zhang Dingguo did not think that the local defenders in Henan would be the opponents of the rebels.
Perhaps the soldiers and horses of Hong Thief and Sun Thief still have some fighting strength, but the Nanyang soldiers in front of them are just a little shy.
At first, various types of firecrackers were fired to block the attack from a long distance, killing and injuring hundreds of people.
Then hundreds of cannons fired frequently. Although they were not accurate enough, they could not withstand the huge and dense charging team on the opposite side.
When they entered the distance of thirty or forty steps, arrows immediately rained down from the city head. The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate.
For the defenders, they are better at shooting arrows.
Especially if the target is within twenty steps, there is almost no need to fire the arrow.
Since the rebels lacked suppressive weapons, the defenders were able to shoot unscrupulously behind the parapet.
"Give them all to me!"
"Quick! Set up a ladder!"
"The first person to climb the city and plant the flag will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! He will be promoted to three levels in a row!"
There is also a group of veterans in the new recruits to supervise the generals in the battle, to prevent them from rushing to the city and not knowing what to do.
There is one commander-in-chief for every one hundred people, and one commander-in-chief for every one thousand people. There are a total of one hundred commander-in-chief and ten commander-in-chiefs in the team of 10,000 recruits.
These one hundred and ten veterans are responsible for commanding the new soldiers to charge and siege the city. If someone among them dies in battle, the second general will send someone to fill the officer vacancy.
Under the orders of the generals, hundreds of ladders were erected in unison. The front end of the ladder even exceeded the height of the parapet, and there was no problem in climbing up.
only……
"quick!"
"Pour the golden juice!"
"Don't let the thieves come up!"
There is a shortage of kerosene here in Nanyang, and the previous preparations have been used up in the past two days.
At this time, we can only use purely natural defensive weapons. Fortunately, we can only use large quantities to control enough.
At the beginning, the garrison soldiers could also use a once-and-for-all tactic, which was to directly throw down the earthen jars filled with gold juice.
Throwing thousands of them down, the effect is naturally extraordinary. The hot golden juice can burn the thieves below the city wall until they howl like ghosts.
In hot weather, if the sores are not treated, they will quickly become infected and pus will flow out, and then the combat effectiveness will be completely lost.
However, this would be too much of a waste of throwing equipment, even if the rich and common people took out all the earthen pots and porcelain at home.
It cannot withstand long-term use. Ten thousand are consumed in one day, and one hundred thousand in ten days. There will always be a day when it is used up.
As a last resort, the county magistrate Yao Yunxi came up with a solution, which was to have carpenters cut down the thick trees in the city.
The trunk of the tree was hollowed out as a vessel, and the golden juice was poured into it.
In this way, the tree trunk is placed at the crenel, and the soldiers only need to lift the bottom of the trunk to pour the golden juice.
The advantage of this kind of equipment is that it is not afraid of bumps, can be used repeatedly, and has a large storage capacity, so it will naturally cause a lot of damage to the bandits.
At the command of their superiors, the garrison soldiers immediately lifted up the tree trunk, picked up the earthen jar, and began to point the vessel containing the golden juice at the densely packed thieves below.
For the time being, the earthen jars are enough, so you can continue to throw them down. The tree trunks are not much, they can only be used as supplements. After a few days, the number will increase.
"ah……"
"It burned me to death!"
"Run!"
"The dog officer army is pouring the golden juice!"
A foul smell hit his face repeatedly, accompanied by repeated screams.
No one can withstand the attack of golden juice, not even veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles can withstand this thing.
There are no less than tens of thousands of people in the city, why can't we make tens of thousands of cans of golden juice every day?
What if this all hits me on the head?
The dog officers and soldiers who lack great virtue will not die well!
After the grandpas break the city, they will definitely cut your corpses into pieces!
"Burn the turtle to death!"
"Drink enough!"
"Open your mouth?"
"Grandpa, feed you!"
The defenders at the top of the city were treated with a different kind of dignity. The more they yelled and cursed, the more excited they became.
I wish I could pour the golden juice in my hand directly into the mouths of the thieves, burning them until they roll on the ground, and life would be worse than death.
For the garrison soldiers, there is no gold juice to relieve hatred when using Shenzi weapons!
You have to use bullets and arrows sparingly. If you use too much, you will be scolded.
There is no limit to the golden juice. As long as you can withstand the smell, you can pour it at will.
Under the scorching sun, not many people can withstand the pungent smell even if it is just a puddle, let alone something that has been specially cooked.
Although all the soldiers at the top of the city wore masks and covered their mouths and noses with wet cloths, a group of people continued to vomit under the stimulation of the extremely strong smell.
As long as your nose is good, you can more or less detect this smell, and your stomach will feel like it's churning. The reaction is very rapid. Once the strong taste comes up, you won't be able to swallow it if you force it down.
"Block your nostrils, general! Breathe in through your mouth!"
The commander-in-chief Zhang Guoqin couldn't bear it anymore and immediately ordered his subordinates to block their noses with things. Otherwise, the sight of gold juice or vomit on the top of the city would make them sick to death.
The soldiers often pour gold juice. If the sense of smell cannot be cut off, sooner or later they will vomit and lose their physical strength. This is not conducive to the defense of the city. The thieves must not take advantage of it.
After everyone blocked their nostrils, they finally felt better. At least the strong smell had weakened a lot. As long as they couldn't smell it, their minds would calm down.
"Report! General Rong! The thieves are charging forward again!"
"Everyone, please continue pouring gold juice into my hands! Until the thieves are defeated!"
These thieves were really desperate. They knew full well that gold juice was prepared at the top of the city, and they had even been scalded once.
He actually left and came back again. Could it be that he was really hungry? Are you going to open your mouth down there and drink to your heart's content?
Now that you are here, let you get what you wish for!
The money, food, and women in the city cannot be given away, but you can have as much gold juice as you want!
Zhang Guoqin didn't believe this evil anymore. He had never seen a bandit soldier who was not even afraid of gold juice since he led the army into war!
But this is fine, if you can hurt two thousand soldiers in one day, it will be as many as 20,000 in ten days.
Even if you have 50,000 soldiers and horses, it is difficult to bear the casualties of about 40%.
After careful observation, Zhang Guoqin did not think that the bandit army coming to attack the city had so many soldiers and horses.
At most, there are only 40,000 people. Perhaps the banner is just a trick used by the thieves to deceive the generals. The thieves did not come with the army.
Considering that the bandit army lacked firearms to attack the city, perhaps this guess is not wrong.
Want to take down the strong Nanyang City with a group of Liumin?
That thief general is really wishful thinking and a daydream!
The opponent doesn't even have many firearms, and just a group of hooligans can take over Nanyang City. Doesn't it mean that he is a loser?
Zhang Guoqin was still very confident about sticking to Nanyang for a month, let alone just ten days.
If he really allowed the bandit army to break through Nanyang City within ten days, he would be so ashamed that he would kill himself without the Crown Prince's order.
We just stick to it and don't go out to fight. Even if we water you with golden juice, I understand that you guys, even if you are very capable, won't be able to break in!
The golden juice flowing out of the tree trunks looks as spectacular as dozens of waterfalls from outside the city.
It's just that the smell is so unpleasant that if you get too close, it can even make people faint.
Under the scorching sun, you can almost see streams of yellow mist rising under the city roots.
The city walls wailed and the city walls vomited. This was the reaction of the soldiers attacking and defending the city under the influence of gold juice.
The prefect Wang Jiazhen and the county magistrate Yao Yunxi were both civil servants, and they couldn't stand this smell. They and their subordinate officials were all vomiting.
After vomiting almost all the contents in the stomach, it will stop naturally. Everyone's face will turn pale and they will feel dizzy.
Although his body was extremely uncomfortable, Wang Jiazhen also knew that using gold juice instead of fierce fire oil was a last resort.
As long as the rebel army does not retreat, it must be used every time, and the people must prepare more.
The dung men in the city took up this job without hesitation. They wanted to contribute to the country.
Wang Jiazhen also promised them that after the enemy is defeated, all the dung men involved can enjoy tax-free treatment for five years.
