Two soldiers knelt in front of Yu Huai.
"You two shameless villains are actually trying to become thieves. You will not end well. The imperial court will definitely punish your nine tribes." Wang Xingshan, who was also tied up, cursed at his two soldiers.
His own soldiers turned into thieves in front of him, which made him deeply understand the feeling of betrayal.
Yu Huai glanced at Wang Xingshan and ignored him. Instead, he looked at the two men kneeling in front of him and said, "If you want to join the Tiger Flag, I don't care. If you just do it just to survive, If you want to join the Tiger-Character Banner, there is no need to do so. With the merit of offering the Lingbao Guardian, there is no big problem in surviving."
"No, the two younger brothers are really willing to join the Tiger Flag." The older soldier hurriedly expressed his attitude in front of Yu Huai.
In today's world, he knew that the only way for his two brothers to live a better life was to be soldiers. Whether it was an official army or a bandit army, it was better than being an ordinary citizen.
Because as a common people, there is no way to survive in this world.
Yu Huai said: "If you want to join the Tiger Flag, stay in the city. Notices will be posted when the time comes. However, you need to follow me now to verify your identity."
"Young ones all obey the general's orders." The older soldier said respectfully.
A black flag with a tiger character was erected on the top of the city.
As one of the gates of Lingbao City was lost, a large number of Tiger Banner cavalry and soldiers entered Lingbao City, and the remaining walls were quickly captured one after another.
The small group of rebels in the city were also completely wiped out.
On the streets of all sizes, except for the soldiers and horses with the tiger flag walking back and forth, no pedestrians could be seen. Only the officers and soldiers at the county government office were making their final stand.
A squadron of soldiers from the Tiger Character Banner occupied the street outside the government office and surrounded the county government office.
"What's going on here? Why haven't you captured the county government yet!" A battalion member of the Tiger-Character Banner came to the gate of the county government on horseback.
The squadron leader in the team quickly ran over, saluted, and said: "Report to the camp, there is a group of dozens of officers and soldiers in the county government to resist again, and the subordinates are waiting for the support of the artillery team."
In the Tiger Banner, only the battalion level will be equipped with four four-pound cannons, and squadrons and squads will only be equipped with tiger squatting cannons.
If a squadron wants to use heavy artillery like a four-pounder, it needs to apply to the brigade.
"There are only a few dozen officers and soldiers in the county government office. If you don't have cannons, won't you be able to break down the door?" Ying Zheng, who was on horseback, raised his hand and pointed at the closed door of the government office and said, "Look for logs to break the door. There is no Just ask your people to wall the logs from other courtyards. Are the firearms in your hands all fire sticks?"
"Yes." The squadron leader responded after being scolded.
He turned around and arranged for his men to storm the county government office.
The exterior walls of the county government office should be several meters high, but after so many years, one county magistrate after another was appointed to sit in the government office, but no one was willing to spend money to repair the exterior walls of the government office.
As time passed, the outer walls of the county government office became more and more dilapidated. In some places, they were less than three meters high. Weeds grew in many places on the walls.
The outer wall of the yamen, which is more than one foot high, does not seem to be very high. Several soldiers need to cooperate to climb up.
boom! boom!
Several gunshots were heard from the outer wall to the east of the Yamen. Immediately afterwards, soldiers jumped into the Yamen, removed the stakes on the door, and opened the Yamen's door.
"Just two people have kept you out for so long! I think you, the squadron leader, are too comfortable and don't even have to be vigilant." Ying Zheng, who walked into the Yamen, scolded his squadron leader with a dark face. .
The squadron leader's face was equally ugly.
It was a shame for him and his squadron to be blocked by a few officers and soldiers from the outer wall of the yamen.
The soldiers who entered the county government moved several corpses of officers and soldiers in the yard aside.
"Go and search the courtyards on the left and right sides of the sidewalk." The squadron leader ordered his men to search the courtyards, and he led a team of people straight to the lobby of the county government office.
The courtyards on both sides housed the soap room for the third class of yamen servants on one side, and the prison and dining room on the other side.
Directly in front of the corridor at the foot is Yimen, and behind it are the county government lobby and the six rooms of the government office.
At this time, the instrument door was tightly closed, and the small doors on both sides were also blocked.
The squadron leader who came to the instrument gate listened for a moment and then said: "There is someone inside, go to the wall to suppress it."
The inner walls of the yamen are not as high as the outer walls.
Ordinary people only need a few steps and a jump to grab the edge of the wall and climb up.
Some soldiers jumped up from the wall on the side of Yimen, but before anyone could get on the wall, they quickly fell down again.
At the same time, an arrow shot out from inside and hit an open space next to the corridor.
"There are archers among the captains." The soldier who fell from the wall said to the squadron leader in front of the ceremony gate.
The squadron leader who heard this grinned and said: "It looks like we have caught a big fish. Take out the ten thousand enemies and throw a few in to let the people inside have a taste."
The enemy of ten thousand people is Tiger Flag's wooden-handled grenade that has been improved several times and is filled with marbles and black powder.
Although it is not as powerful as the yellow explosive grenade, it is easier to make and does not need to be too complicated. An ordinary blacksmith can skillfully master the manufacturing essentials.
Although it is not very powerful, throwing a few more can still pose a considerable threat to the opponent.
The Ten Thousand Enemies of the Tiger Flag does not have a detonator, nor is it ignited by tension and friction. Instead, it has a special fuse and is ignited with a fire break.
Moreover, one end of the enemy's head is not the neat cylinder as shown on TV, but an oval shape with grooves hanging on it.
In order to ensure the lethality of tens of thousands of enemies, more black powder was added and the weight was heavier.
Thousands of enemies who had lit the fuses were thrown across the wall into the yard one by one.
Soon there was the sound of explosions from tens of thousands of enemies in the yard, mixed with the painful wails of the officers and soldiers in the yard who were injured by tens of thousands of enemies.
"Go up the wall!" The squadron leader asked people to climb over the wall again.
Several soldiers climbed up the courtyard wall from different places on both sides of Yimen.
This time no more arrows were fired from the yard.
Four or five injured officers and soldiers in the yard kept wailing, and there were also a few motionless officers and soldiers lying there. It was not known whether they were dead or alive.
The soldier who climbed onto the courtyard wall picked up the musket in his hand and fired a musket one by one at the officers and soldiers in the courtyard.
At such a close distance, as long as you don't aim at the center of your eyebrows, you will almost never miss the target.
After filling up the gun and making sure there was no threat, the soldiers jumped in and opened the instrument door and the side doors on both sides.
The large group of soldiers took advantage of the situation and entered the courtyard behind Yimen.
Teams of more than ten people began to clean the six rooms.
The remaining soldiers held up muskets and two squatting tiger cannons, pointing at the county government lobby in front.
"come out!"
The doors of the workshop and ceremony room closest to the Yimen were first broken open by the soldiers, and firecrackers were pointed at the people hiding inside through the door.
