It was the tenth day of the ninth lunar month for the third year of the Ming Dynasty when King Ding supervised the country.
The morning breeze blew coldly over the Golden Gate, the main entrance of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. The gate was heavily guarded inside and outside, but outside the gate, there was still no sign of the Ming army.
The main entrance of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum has been transformed into a real fortress by Sun Sike's people!
The yellow glazed tile roof has been demolished, leaving only the bare masonry walls and the stone Xumizuo under the walls. The place that was originally used to cover the roof is now surrounded by sandbags and turned into a tower. The space above this big golden gate is not small, it is more than eight feet wide and less than three feet deep. It's about 200 square meters, and it's like a small fortress, and it's very strong!
The walls of the Golden Gate, which are less than three feet tall, are made of pure green bricks and glutinous rice. They are almost as strong as concrete!
Sun Sike placed dozens of shotgun soldiers on it, as well as two powerful general cannons.
In addition, several bamboo ladders were set up on the north side of the Golden Gate - so that people deployed on the top of the Golden Gate could quickly get down to avoid bullets when being bombarded by the enemy. After the enemy finishes firing, he can quickly climb up and continue firing.
The three gates of the Golden Gate were transformed into firepower points. Breast walls were built, multiple cannons were mounted, and twenty or thirty fully armed shotgun soldiers were stuffed inside each gate.
To the south of Golden Gate, all the trees in a large area were cut down, two trenches were dug, three layers of horse barriers were put up, and a fence was erected!
Behind the Golden Gate, Sun Sike had another semi-circular trench dug to connect it with the Golden Gate. He also erected a fence and built a parapet behind the trench.
In this defensive circle composed of trenches, fences, and parapets, Sun Sike placed another half-assistant soldier. Plus the defenders on the Golden Gate and inside the gate. Here at Dajinmen, Sun Sike placed a total of two assistant leaders, about five to six hundred people.
Just over thirty feet away from the fortress of Golden Gate is the Sifang City where the monument of Zhu Yuanzhang's divine merits and virtues is placed - this square stone fortress was also transformed by Sun Sike into a stronghold for garrison defense. The troops of two assistant leaders were also deployed, and artillery was mounted, and they were connected with the Golden Gate, which together formed the first line of defense of the Zijin Mountain Jiangnan Camp.
The defense line has been repaired long ago!
The defenders are also ready!
The Ming army of more than 10,000 people also occupied the Xiaoling Acropolis at the foot of the Purple Mountain a few days ago. Along with these Ming troops, there was also Zhu Heji's "Da Ming Supervisor" flag.
At that time, Sun Sike thought that Zhu Heji would immediately rush to save his ancestor, so he immediately led his soldiers to carry the coffin to the Golden Gate.
Oh, the person lying in the coffin was not Zhu Yuanzhang, but an empty coffin - Sun Sike lay down in it after he prepared to die in battle.
This is called carrying a coffin into battle!
However, Sun Sike waited here at Golden Gate for several days and did not get the chance to lie down in the coffin.
Because Zhu Heji's army did not move after arriving at Xiaoling Guard. They did not come to attack Zijin Mountain or garrison the inner city of Jiangning. They just guarded Xiaoling Guard City and blocked Sun Sike's army at Ming Xiao. Mausoleum and Ming Dong Tomb area.
Although Zhu Heqi could not come up, Sun Sike did not dare to take it lightly. He still stood on the line between the Golden Gate and Sifang City. He also had his coffin moved into Sifang City and placed together with the monument of divine merit and virtue.
At this moment, he and Zu Zepu were sitting on the coffin board, drinking wine, and talking about the green years outside the customs... In the blink of an eye, everyone was middle-aged!
And the Qing Dynasty they were loyal to showed signs of decline, which is really surprising!
"Fortunately, our Qing Dynasty has the Holy Lord at the court. Although we have encountered strong enemies, there is still hope for ZTE. Those of us who are slaves have encountered the Conglong Pass once and met the Holy Lord ZTE again. This life is really worth it. ah!"
The person who was "doing not live in vain" was Zu Zepu. Kangxi asked the edict to kill him to be carried in Sun Sike's arms. But Sun Sike felt that he should still be given a chance to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty... so he did not kill Zu Zepu for the time being, and took him to the front line with him.
He also thought that when the Ming army came up, he would let Zu Zepu lead the charge so that he could die a worthy death.
With such a friend, Zu Zepu can really smile!
"Report..." A long "report" sound spread to Sifang City.
Sun Sike looked back and saw that it was a Geshiha whom he had sent to Kinmen. I saw Na Geshiha rushing to the front, and after making a thousand salutes, he said loudly: "Reporting to the Minister in Charge, the traitors of Xiaoling Guard are out in force!"
"Okay!" Sun Sike stood up immediately and gave Zu Zepu a meaningful look - your time to smile will soon come!
After withdrawing his gaze from Zu Zepu's face, he quickly walked out of Sifang City and said to the Goshiha men who were guarding outside: "Order the fifth and sixth counselors to prepare on both sides of the Shinto and stand by! Order the artillery team at Sun Quan's tomb to prepare to fire!
Tell the brothers who are guarding Golden Gate and Sifang City that everyone should stay in their positions. The minister in charge will supervise the battle in front of the formation. The rebels can't rush forward... I have placed twenty-four powerful general cannons on Sun Quan's grave to kill the rebels! Inform all subordinates and commanders that I am in charge of military orders. Anyone who takes a step back will be executed immediately! "
After saying this, he turned to Zu Zepu and said, "Let's go and have a look!"
Zu Zepu nodded, "Okay, let's go and have a look."
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Sun Sike and Zu Zepu quickly arrived at the Golden Gate. They did not dare to climb up. Instead, they got into a doorway of the Golden Gate and lay down behind the sandbags to look through the telescope.
"Bang bang bang, dong dong dong..."
As soon as the two men raised their telescopes, they heard someone beating gongs and drums. The two of them hurriedly followed the sound of gongs and drums, only to see many civil servants beating gongs and drums from Xiamafang while pushing carts. There were many shining silver things on those carts... .It looks very flattering.
"This is silver!" Zu Zepu recognized it immediately, "Xinchen! That is silver! Grandson Zhu San must be trying to buy us with silver!"
"You're trying to bribe me! Without you!" Sun Sike said in his heart, "I'm not as greedy as you. I won't surrender!"
Just as he was thinking of this, the people pushing the silver carts had stopped moving forward - they did not dare to move forward anymore. Xiamafang was only more than a mile away from the Golden Gate, and if they moved forward they would be shot.
The civil servants who had stopped advancing hid behind the silver cart and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Don't shoot, we are common people, we are not the Ming army... We are here to redeem the ancestral graves for Zhu San's grandson." Yes! The wealthy gentry and merchants from the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River knew that the third grandson was filial, so they collected more than one million taels of silver to help him redeem his ancestral grave!"
"As long as you hand over the ancestral tomb of the third grandson and submit to the Ming Dynasty, the money will be yours!"
"General Sun heard this. The third grandson knows that you are a good man, so he is willing to pay you a governor, two hundred thousand taels of silver, and a count to invite you down the mountain!"
"General Sun, come down the mountain quickly!"
"Xinchen!" Zu Zepu couldn't bear it after hearing this, "The third grandson has given a lot. The court cannot give that much. You see..."
"What are you looking at?" Sun Sike immediately glared at Zu Zepu, then opened his throat and shouted, "I, Sun Sike, was born as a member of the Qing Dynasty, and when I die, I am a ghost of the Qing Dynasty!"
The civil servants on the other side of Xiamafang were stunned for a while, and then shouted in unison: "The Qing soldiers on the mountain have listened, and the third grandson said that as long as you are willing to come down from the mountain, no matter who it is, each of you will be rewarded with ten catties of silver..." ....This is your military pay for ten years!
Go down the mountain as soon as it gets dark... After you come down, you can go to Xiaoling Acropolis to receive the reward, ten pounds of silver per person! A whole ten pounds! "
"The Qing soldiers on the mountain heard this. If you don't come down the mountain tonight, tomorrow morning San Taisun's artillery will blast the Golden Gate, Sifang City and Sun Quan's tomb!"
Sun Sike laughed loudly, "This is Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. Should I treat him as Zhu Heji's filial son and grandson?"
"The third grandson said that the gate of the ancestral tomb is not a tomb... Sun Quan's tomb has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, and it can all be blown up!"
