Song Pinghe was in a panic, but he still forced himself to calm down and thought about what to do.
A section of the courtyard wall has collapsed, and the artillery that was originally on the courtyard wall has also been buried in the ruins. Next, I am afraid that the rebels will launch a strong attack and rush up directly.
If it can't be stopped by then, it will be really doomed.
Song Pinghe took several deep breaths in succession to calm his breathing, and then he summoned all his strength and shouted: "Go up to the wall, use muskets, and bows and arrows to block them. If the thieves dare to come over, we will kill them." Keep."
When Song Pinghe tried to continue to boost morale, the rebel light artillerymen who had stopped outside had already vigorously pushed their light artillery forward as soon as the courtyard wall collapsed.
It crossed more than a hundred meters in a short period of time, and finally opened fire quickly at a distance of more than a hundred meters from the courtyard wall!
The range of these light cannons is not very good, and the lethality is not good at a distance of more than 100 meters, but the large amount of shrapnel fired from a distance of more than 100 meters, the iron beads are still very lethal.
As the ten light cannons of the Baoxiang Camp opened fire one after another, the Song Family Nursing Home on the wall immediately suffered heavy casualties.
The remaining people who were not killed or injured did not dare to show their heads for fear of being killed by shrapnel.
What's more important is that some people have begun to flee one after another because they can't bear such a brutal defensive battle.
Song Pinghe touched the blood on his face, which was the blood stain left by the small wound left by a shrapnel just now on his face!
He was also very lucky. If the shrapnel had missed by just a few centimeters, he would have had to go see the ancestors of the Song family on the spot.
However, at this time, he could no longer care about the pain of the small wound on his face. He said to a group of people who turned around and ran away: "Go back and fight against the thieves. Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Those who dare to escape will be killed immediately and the whole family will be taken back." field."
"As long as we resist, the thieves will not be able to get in."
"If we can't stop it and let the thieves come in, everyone will die!"
Song Pinghe kept shouting and talking to everyone, trying to get them to return to the wall to resist.
After Song Pinghe's words, many of the nursing staff and young adults hesitated, and some even stopped.
The rebel army is certainly terrifying, but offending the Song family is equally terrifying. Whether you die or not is another matter, but if the Song family takes back their land, their whole family will starve to death!
But not long after, the guards and young men who had stopped escaping ran away again...
This time Song Pinghe didn't shout any more!
Because after many rounds of light artillery fire coverage, the rebel musketeers and archers had already passed the light artillery and opened fire at the top of the courtyard wall within a hundred meters.
None of this was important. What was important was that a group of thieves wearing armor strode towards the direction of the collapsed courtyard wall!
The rebel army has launched a strong attack, which not only caused heavy casualties to the guards and Qingzhuang, but also directly overwhelmed the last courage of the guards and Qingzhuang to resist.
Song Pinghe knew that no matter how he threatened and lured Qingzhuang, it was impossible for them to stay here and resist.
Song Pinghe looked at the armored soldiers of the rebel army who had rushed to the ruins of the courtyard wall, and then looked at the guards of his own courtyard who were swarming away for their lives.
He closed his eyes slightly and murmured: "Fuck your mother's thief"
"My old Song family has a two-hundred-year foundation..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fell backwards. At this time, a hole was made in his parapet by musket bullets, and a large amount of blood was flowing out. After a while, he tilted his head and died.
After Song Pinghe was shot to death by bandits' musketry on the courtyard wall, the housekeeper and several other attendants who were still beside him all turned around and ran back.
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Luo Zhixue on the other side nodded slightly after seeing that his soldiers had rushed into the Song family manor: "The artillery sentry did a good job this time."
This time the attack on the Song family manor went more smoothly than expected, and the reason why it went so smoothly was because the artillery sentry performed well.
Two 600-pound long cannons under the personal command of Zhang Chenglin successfully destroyed a section of the courtyard wall of the Song family manor after multiple rounds of shelling, and also destroyed the Song family artillery deployed on that section of the courtyard wall.
Zhang Chenglin then ordered his ten light cannons to advance and cover the top of the courtyard wall of the Song family manor with firepower. This severely damaged the Song family's guards, and also seriously destroyed their determination to resist.
When the musketeers and archers came forward to suppress the fire, not many people in Songjiazhuang dared to resist with arrows and muskets.
It was natural for the last armored infantry to rush forward and launch the final blow.
During the entire attack, the artillery post played a greater role than expected. Originally, Luo Zhixue expected that the attack on Songjiazhuang might cause dozens of casualties. If he was unlucky, the casualties might reach more than a hundred.
But now it seems that the actual casualties will be much less than expected.
Now, except for seven or eight unlucky ones who were killed by the recalcitrant Song family guards with muskets or bows and arrows, everyone else was still fine.
After entering the Song family manor, the Baoxiang camp soldiers did not encounter much resistance. The resistance was not much, so there would be no casualties.
The courtyard wall of the Song family has been taken down, and the head of the Song family, Song Pinghe, has died in the battle. The most important thing is that the guards of the Song family, as well as the temporarily recruited tenants Qingzhuang and servants, are already in panic. They are scrambling to escape one by one. There is no way. People dared to stay where they were and fight with the Baoxiang soldiers.
Gouzi was wearing a thick armor, holding a shield in his left hand, and a waist knife in his right hand. Panting, he followed his comrades towards the warehouse in the Song family manor ahead.
It's not accurate to say they killed them, because there were no enemies in front or left of them.
Gouzi's panting now was not because he was fighting an enemy. In fact, he had never fought an enemy along the way.
The reason why he was running out of breath now was simply that when he was still more than a hundred meters away from Songjiazhuang, he followed his comrades and charged towards the gap in the collapsed courtyard wall. After rushing in, he followed the order and went to the warehouse where Songjiazhuang stored food. .
Wearing dozens of kilograms of armor, and holding a shield and a sword in his hand, the load on his body was not light, let alone running for hundreds of meters continuously while wearing it.
This didn't make him lie down from exhaustion, he was just out of breath, and he was able to continue running at the pace of his comrades. This was because he had eaten well, drank well, and received appropriate physical training in the past two months.
If it had been him before, it would have been even worse.
After running all the way to the warehouse, the captain in front gave the order: "Control the warehouse immediately. No one is allowed to enter or exit. If there is resistance, shoot to death."
The purpose of the Baoxiang Battalion's attack on the Song Family Manor this time was simple and pure. It was for the food and other materials in the Song Family Manor. Therefore, after breaking through the courtyard wall, the soldiers of the Baoxiang Battalion who entered the Song Family Manor except for some continued After going deep and chasing the remaining soldiers, the other group immediately rushed towards the warehouse.
The people in Songjiazhuang were so anxious that they immediately set the warehouse on fire.
At the same time, it was also to prevent someone from looting the food and other materials in the warehouse during the chaos.
Therefore, these warehouses must be controlled as soon as possible to ensure the safety of materials.
This is also the reason why Gouzi and the others were sent to the warehouse after they came in.
After Gouzi and several comrades entered the warehouse, they were shocked by the scene inside.
"Oh my god, how much food is there!"
He opened the door and entered the warehouse. All he saw was food, which was piled slowly.
Gouzi has never seen so much food in his life. Even though he has been to the logistics center of Songshan Village to transport food before, he has also seen the granary in Songshan Village.
But the granary in Songshan Village pales in comparison to the granary in front of me.
Not to mention Gouzi was shocked, even the captain of the team was shocked: "The Song family is really a big family. Just such a warehouse of food is probably enough to feed thousands of us for half a year."
Someone on the side said: "This is just one of their granaries. There are three more granaries here."
The captain quickly led people to check the other three granaries one by one. Like the first granary, they were all filled with grain.
The food in the four granaries, even based on the current relatively high food consumption level of Baoxiang Camp, is enough to feed a thousand people for two years.
"It's done. Our Baoxiang camp has really done it this time!"
After the captain was shocked, he immediately said: "Quick, go report it and ask the superiors to send more people to guard it."
With so much food, no accident can happen anyway. His team only has more than thirty people, so guarding these granaries seems to be insufficient.
Not to mention that there are other warehouses nearby that store other supplies, such as cloth, farm tools, horse materials, and all kinds of messy things.
These warehouses also need to be garrisoned by troops to avoid any problems arising from the chaos.
Luo Zhixue, who was in the rear, soon learned that a large amount of grain and other materials had been found in the warehouses in Songjiazhuang, and immediately said: "Send more manpower and make sure to fully control each warehouse. There must be no mistakes."
It's really the right time to come to the Song Family Manor. The Song Family is really a big family. In troubled times, people are starving outside, but there is so much food hidden in the Song Family Manor.
Huang Guangmao on the side heard that the food of the Song family was enough to feed a thousand of them for two years, and he couldn't help but think of what happened to the Song family village last year, so that he couldn't help but complain to An Yong next to him: "Song. This bastard Pinghe complained to me about poverty last year, and in the end he only gave me three hundred catties of grain, three hundred catties, is this what humans do?"
Anyongduo chuckled: "Isn't this great? The food saved is now in our hands."
Compared with controlling the warehouse, which Luo Zhixue and others attach most importance to, the task of clearing out the remaining enemies seems less important.
Of course, these remnants of the enemy can't escape. The Song family manor is so big, these people can't hide for long. As for running out, there are more than a hundred cavalry from the Baoxiang Camp outside.
They can't run away!
Under Luo Zhixue's order, the Baoxiang Battalion quickly sent reinforcements to control the Song family's warehouse. More than a hundred people blocked and controlled the entire warehouse area, and strictly controlled the lights to avoid causing fires in the chaos. .
After ensuring the safety of the warehouse, the Baoxiang camp turned its attention to clearing out the remaining soldiers.
