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The atmosphere in the room was oppressive and dull.
Some people clasped their hands, some stared at the toes of their shoes, and some dusted their clothes with their hands.
Squeak!
The door of the room was suddenly opened, and the soldiers sent by Commander Huang came in from outside. They stood on the threshold and said, "General, Cheng Tongzhi is back."
"Quick, bring this person here." Commander Huang put down the teacup in his hand, stood up from his seat excitedly and walked out.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and sat back down in his previous seat.
"Commander, should we go out to greet him?" Wu Youkui asked tentatively.
Commander Huang waved his hand at him, raised his chin and shouted out the door: "Two people come in!"
"What are your orders, general?"
The two soldiers guarding outside came in.
Commander Huang raised his hand and pointed to the barrels and baskets in the room, and said, "Remove these things."
Two soldiers stepped forward, carried the barrels and baskets, and retreated.
Not long after the porridge buckets and baskets of pancakes were moved out of the house, Cheng Tongzhi came in from outside with the soldiers assigned to him by Commander Huang.
As soon as he entered the room, Cheng Tongzhi was stunned for a moment when he saw so many colleagues in the room.
"How are things going?" Before Cheng Tongzhi could speak first, Commander Huang, who was sitting in the main seat, couldn't help but ask first.
Cheng Tongzhi saw hesitation on his face when he saw so many people in the room, but did not speak.
"They are all our own, don't worry." Commander Huang knew what he was worried about at a glance and explained to him.
Cheng Tongzhi felt relieved after hearing this and said: "I went to see the rebel general. They asked us to open the city gate at Yinshi, and they will send people in to take over the city gate."
"You didn't ask them how they would arrange for us after entering the city?" Commander Huang asked eagerly.
Although he became a thief after being forced into desperation, this did not mean that he was willing to give up the power in his hands.
Hearing this, Cheng Tongzhi gave a bitter smile and said, "Why didn't you ask? The other party just said that as long as we are truly willing to surrender, they will never treat us badly."
"No more?" Commander Huang frowned.
Cheng Tongzhi nodded.
"That doesn't mean you said nothing!" Commander Huang showed dissatisfaction on his face.
At this time, Wu Youkui, who was sitting on the seat, said: "Commander, we can't just be thieves. This station is too hard. Like you, Commander, even if you don't get the title of Commander-in-Chief, you must at least ensure your current status."
"You're right, we can't agree to these rebels so easily."
"Yes, at least we must ensure our current power and status."
Everyone present spoke to each other one by one.
If the commander who takes the lead cannot get better arrangements, the situation of these people will only become more worrying.
Power is alluring, and no one is willing to give up the power they have gained.
"That's enough." Commander Huang scolded, stopped the quarrel, and turned to Cheng Tongzhi in front of him and said, "You have heard everyone's demands. Otherwise, why don't you go out of the city again and discuss it with the rebel generals? Help them capture Kaifeng Fucheng, and they must ensure that Xuanwu Guard will be led by me as the commander in the future."
He knew in his heart that on the side of the rebels, soldiers were the bravest generals.
Although Xuanwuwei is not as powerful as the rebel troops outside the city, as long as he still controls Xuanwuwei's troops, he can still have some say in the rebel team and will not be manipulated at will.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Cheng Tongzhi said bitterly: "Commander, please don't embarrass me. Even if I go again, the rebels will not change their attitude, because even without us, they have a way to break the city. "
"This is impossible." Commander Huang immediately shook his head and said, "If they really had the ability to break into Kaifeng City, they would not have stayed outside the city for so long, and they would not have left only a small number of troops to surround the city."
Wu Youkui said: "Cheng Tongzhi, have you been deceived? Who else besides us can collude with the rebels and have the ability to let the rebels enter the city?"
Others present nodded and agreed with Wu Youkui's words.
Xuanwuwei guarded the north gate alone and had the ability to allow the rebels outside the city to enter the city silently.
"I don't need to lie to everyone about this kind of thing." Cheng Tongzhi looked at everyone and said, "I went to the rebel camp this time and saw a particularly large cannon. The rebels said it was a twelve-pounder. The cannon was also said to have just been brought from Shanxi and was specially used to destroy the city. The town of Datong must be very powerful. I heard that this kind of cannon can destroy a section of the city wall with one shot."
"It's a lie!" Wu Youkui said with a look of disbelief on his face, "Is it possible that it can be more powerful than the Hongyi cannon in Ningyuan City?"
There are cannons on the walls of Kaifeng City. As a military general, I have seen many cannons, such as tiger squat cannons, bowl-mouth cannons, Fran machine cannons, and general cannons. It can be said that I have seen a lot.
There is no such powerful cannon as the Hongyi Cannon in Kaifeng City, and few military generals from the mainland have ever seen it. However, because the Hongyi Cannon killed the slave leader Lao Nu in Ningyuan City, and it is rumored that it destroyed ten miles with one shot, this makes Many people think that the Hongyi cannon is the most powerful cannon.
Seeing that no one believed it, Cheng Tongzhi said unwillingly: "Do you know how many cannons are prepared in the rebel camp? There are more than fifty cannons. If so many cannons are fired at a section of the city wall, do you think you can defend it? ?"
hiss!
Many people gasped.
"This is impossible. How could the rebels outside the city have so many cannons? They really had so many cannons. They could have attacked the city before. There was no need to delay for so long." Wu Youkui still didn't believe it.
"I believe it." Commander Huang suddenly said.
Wu Youkui looked back at Commander Huang and asked in confusion: "Do you believe what Cheng Tongzhi said? The rebels are more powerful, I admit that, but the rebels are bombarding Kaifeng City every day. It's not difficult to guess by the sound of cannons. Out, there are only a dozen cannons at most."
"Chen Yongfu once said that the rebels relied on their sharp artillery to defeat him and the army one after another. Later, I asked him in private how sharp the rebels' artillery was, and he told me that there were no less than a hundred." Commander Huang said, "Even if it is a bit exaggerated, if we cut them off from the waist, there are still as many as fifty cannons."
Wu Youkui said hesitantly: "Can there really be so many cannons?"
"There must be." Commander Huang said, "Since the rebels entered Henan, they have attacked cities and villages all the way, and it didn't take long to advance to the Kaifeng area. I'm afraid the slave thieves were not so fast when they attacked Western Liaoning, and you Don’t forget that Luoyang City only lasted a long time, and it was captured by the rebels in less than a day. How could the rebels capture Luoyang City so quickly, and it wasn’t because of their sharp cannons.”
His words reminded everyone that the rebels never seemed to encounter any decent resistance after entering Henan, or that any resistance quickly collapsed in front of the rebels.
