Li Huaixin stared at the iron cannons in front of him, his face turning pale.
Although he didn't count them in detail, there were dozens of iron cannons that could be seen in sight. With so many iron cannons, it was difficult for the walls of Xinpingbao to withstand even a few shots.
The guard on the top of the city stood beside Li Huaixin and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should we do next?"
"What can we do? Defend the city." Li Huaixin said angrily.
He is the general of Xinpingbao. Once Xinpingbao is captured by the Tiger Banner, he will be responsible for losing his land. If no one is willing to protect him, he will definitely be imprisoned in the future.
"Can we hold it? The troops outside the city have defeated the Beibei army." The guard said worriedly.
Li Huaixin said with a dark face: "We must defend even if we can't hold it. Do you think the Tiger Flag people will let us go after they take Xinping Fort? In a dream, they are rebels and want to rebel. Unless you want to Rebellion with them.”
The guard shook his head hastily, indicating that he would not follow the Tiger Flag to rebel.
"Where are the cannons! Bring up all the cannons quickly." Li Huaixin shouted loudly.
Facing the dozens of iron cannons arrayed outside the city, he knew that the only thing that could compete with the cannons was cannons.
"Come here to urge me." A soldier guarding Li Huaixin said.
Li Huaixin nodded and said: "Go back quickly, I'm afraid they will attack the city soon."
"Yes." The soldier agreed and turned around to find the cannon.
After a short time, five general cannons were pushed up to the top of the city and spread out one after another, with their muzzles extending outside the female wall.
"Why are there only so many?" Li Huaixin asked with an ugly face.
The soldiers who came back with these guns said: "Reporting to your lord, these are the only guns left in the city. The others... have been sold to Tiger Flag."
When he said this, the soldier looked embarrassed.
As early as when the Tiger Banner was building a fort in Dahei River, the Tiger Banner bought a batch of scrapped cannons from Datong with money. At that time, the Tiger Banner had a good relationship with Datong generals, and they also gave cash to them. , which caused many military generals to sell their cannons to Tiger Flag.
"Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have sold the cannon to them at all." Li Huaixin slapped his hand on the female wall and cursed bitterly.
The soldiers on the side did not speak.
He remembered that when he was selling cannons, Li Huaixin happily drank several glasses of wine with the people who bought cannons in the Tiger Flag.
"Sir, I'm afraid this cannon can no longer be used." A firearms handler came to Li Huaixin.
Li Huaixin frowned and said, "Isn't the cannon good? Why can't it be used?"
The boss said with a bitter face: "To be honest, sir, these cannons are rusted. It is easy to explode the cannon and injure one's own people."
"It's just a little rusty. Just wipe it clean. Don't bother me with this trivial matter." Li Huaixin said in a dissatisfied tone and waved his hand to signal the other party to leave.
There is nothing I can do but go back.
At this time, the soldier on the side said: "Sir, Tiger Character Banner has opened a shop in Xinping Fort. Why not send someone to arrest the shopkeeper and clerk of that shop, maybe they can also threaten people outside the city."
"Yes, you are right. You almost forgot about these people if you didn't remind me." Li Huaixin said, "You should lead a team of people to the city now and capture them for me on the city walls."
"Yes." The soldier agreed, turned around and walked down the city wall.
Li Huaixin stood on the top of the city, looking worriedly at the soldiers and horses with the tiger flag outside the city, his palms full of sweat.
He was not sure at all about defending the city, but he knew that he had to defend the city.
"Sir, someone is coming from below the city." The guard on the side reminded.
Li Huaixin looked outside the city.
From the direction of the tiger-shaped flag battle formation, a few horses came out and galloped to the bottom of the city wall of Xinpingbao.
"The person on top of the city is General Li Shen." The people on horseback below the city shouted towards the top of the city.
Li Huaixin looked down at the city and said: "This general is Li Huaixin, the general of Xinpingbao. Zhao Yutu, do you want to rebel when your tiger banner army surrounds Xinpingbao? You are not afraid that the imperial army will wipe you out in the future."
"We don't have to wait for the future. Not long ago, Zhang Huai and General Zhang led him to Lingqiu. Unfortunately, he was defeated by my boss. Not only did he lose his troops, but he finally fled back to Datong Fucheng in despair." Zhao Yutu looked up and looked up. Li Huaixin said on the top of the city.
After hearing this, Li Huaixin's hand on the female wall slipped and he fell forward.
The soldiers standing next to him had quick eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly grabbed him to prevent him from falling off the city wall.
"Sir, maybe he is lying to you. The soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner are all on our side. They have been empty in Lingqiu for a long time. Maybe the commander-in-chief has successfully suppressed the rebellion by now." The guard on the side reminded in a low voice.
"Yes, you are right. The Tiger Flag is empty in Lingqiu. General Zhang must have succeeded in suppressing the rebellion." Li Huaixin repeated it, as if to cheer himself up.
Zhao Yutu, who was at the top of the city, did not wait for Li Huaixin's response and continued: "Master Li, I came here for no other reason than to cause more killings. I hope that you can surrender the city and I can make the decision to protect your rights." life."
"You want to deceive me into offering the city, but you tiger-character flags are out of your mind. I am loyal to the court and would rather die in battle than surrender to traitors like you." Li Huaixin said coldly.
Zhao Yutu, who was under the city, heard Li Huaixin's words and said calmly: "Your Excellency, don't rush to refuse. I will give you one stick of incense to consider. After one stick of incense, my tiger-shaped flag army will attack the city."
After saying that, Zhao Yutu turned his horse's head and led his men back to the army.
"I want you to surrender, I'm dreaming." Li Huaixin spat towards the city.
As a general in Xinpingbao and a third-rank military general in the imperial court, he would only join the rebellious group of Tiger Character Banners unless he was crazy.
The soldiers who went to the city to arrest people ran back from the city.
When he came to Li Huaixin, he bowed and said: "Sir, the shopkeeper and the clerk in the Tiger Flag Shop have all escaped. My subordinates have inquired and they left the city early. Everything in the shop was not moved and everything was left behind."
Li Huaixin narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "They are quite willing to throw away such valuable goods."
"Then what should we do next?" said the soldier on the side.
Li Huaixin said: "Send the order and everyone will go to the top of the city. As long as they hold Xinping Fort, I will personally ask for credit for them."
There were still some soldiers in Xinpingbao City. After receiving the order, they began to climb the city wall to defend the city.
The time of a stick of incense passes quickly.
Chen Xunping looked at the Xinping Fort in front and said, "It seems that Li Huaixin is stubborn to the end, so let's fight. The mere Xinping Fort can't stop our soldiers and horses with the Tiger Flag."
"I'm going to give the order to the artillery team to fire a few rounds on the top of the city first." Wang Yuncheng said to Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead!"
