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Chapter 524 It's Cannonballing... Officers and Soldiers Are Cannonballing
Wei Zhice looked at the thousands of hungry people outside the car formation, with a very troubled expression on his face. These hungry people were dressed in rags, their faces were yellow and emaciated, and they were walking towards this side, crying and crying.

And behind the hungry people was a row of bandit soldiers with guns and knives. Occasionally, hungry people who walked slowly were beaten by them or hacked to death on the spot.

Behind these thieves, there are groups of thieves and archers. They can't stop watching forward with their bows and arrows. Once they find hungry people stagnating in the team, they will shoot at them immediately.

The Beijing camp guerrilla Chen Shihu was originally in charge of commanding the defense on the north side of the city. Although his side was not the key point, there were not many supplies of vehicles and chariots, and the gaps in the middle were covered with horses, but part of his Beijing camp Gunners are all here.

Because Liu Tichun and Wakengzi's bandits in the north of the city have been defeated by Zhang Guodong's troops and are in the process of encircling and annihilating them, there is no pressure on his side. Except for [-] soldiers who continue to monitor this side, the rest are dispatched to the west of the city. On the one hand to strengthen the defense.

Even the chief general Wei Zhice was engrossed in this aspect, Chen Shihu said gruffly: "General Wei, don't let the refugees approach, or I won't be able to defend the formation!"

Wei Zhice's face was solemn, and he also knew that if the hungry people in front of him rushed unscrupulously, his car formation would collapse instantly, but at this time there was no way to retreat. Although the car formation was good for defense, it was not easy to change formation and move.

However, if he was asked to shoot these unarmed and hungry people in front of him, he would not be able to make such a decision anyway. His inner entanglement was unimaginable to others.

Although at this time it was very common for the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to kill the people and take meritorious service, Zhang Cheng's North Army had never done this before. What's more, Wei Zhice was still a scholar, and his thoughts of courtesy, justice, integrity and shame, respecting the king and loving the people had long been Deeply imprinted in his bones.

At the beginning, he voluntarily followed Zhang Cheng. Although there was a sense of admiration and admiration, at a deep level, he still wanted to report the country's grace and go down to the people. He was not loyal to Zhang Cheng wholeheartedly.

Wei Zhice has been by Zhang Cheng's side for almost two years, which made him firmly believe that Zhang Cheng will become someone worthy of his following and service in the future.

Hearing Chen Shihu's words at this moment, he also knew that if he did not take measures, he would not be able to defend the chariot formation. While hesitating, Yu Jin, the commander of the chariot, said in a deep voice beside him: "General Wei, if you don't stop us, hundreds of our troops will be killed." Chariot, thousands of brothers will have no bones left, and the commander-in-chief's two years of hard work will be destroyed in one go!"

Wei Zhice's head was covered with bean-sized beads of sweat, his forehead was bulging, and his eyes were red with tears rolling in them. He punched the chariot in front of him, causing the chariot to shake.

Qin Dazhong, the governor of Cheying Town, took a step forward with a livid face. He stood beside Wei Zhice, and said in a deep voice: "Make a decision before the battle, as it concerns the safety of the entire army. Wei Guerrilla should make a decision. Don't miss the command of the commander-in-chief because of your own selfishness." Military aircraft!"

He raised his hand and pressed on the saber at his waist, and forced him again: "General, you are not in charge of soldiers, please make a decision!"

Tears rolled down Wei Zhice's eyes, and he said in a slightly mournful voice: "Send the order, the gunmen will be in position immediately, ready to shoot, disperse the hungry people, and make them fall back into the bandit formation."

He went on to say: "Order all the carriages in front, raise the muzzle slightly, and all the artillery fire a salvo; the hundreds of tigers on the twenty chariots in the front are also fired at the same time, suppressing the bandits and causing them to attack." Don't dare to rush forward."

Wei Zhice drew out the saber from his waist, held it high above his head, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of all ministries, get ready, after the volley of guns and guns are fired, go out to fight bloody battles with the thieves."

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"

Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, the sound shook the world, and rumors spread for miles.

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Liu Chengzu was also marching in the team of hungry people. Beside him was a woman with a pale face. She looked extremely weak. If Liu Chengzu was not supporting her, she might fall down at any time.

On the other side was a ten-year-old boy. He held Liu Chengzu's hand and staggered forward. His skinny little hand was also black and black.

"Father, are we going home?" The childish voice struck Liu Chengzu's heart, and he didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, a more immature voice came from Liu Chengzu's back: "Go home, go home, you can eat enough and sleep well when you go home!"

The frail woman next to Liu Chengzu was shocked. The moment she turned her head, she could see that she had a beautiful appearance, but it was covered with dirt. She glanced at Liu Chengzu, as if she saw a string of crystal tears falling from his eyes. Eyes fall.

The woman sighed softly, and immediately withdrew her eyes, not daring to look at the two children, but she heard Liu Chengzu say calmly, "Go home, we're going home!"

On Liu Chengzu's back was a six or seven-year-old girl. She was lying on Liu Chengzu's back. A torn cloak full of oil stains covered her body and was tied around Liu Chengzu's waist.

The little girl seemed very tired. After she said what she just said, she fell into a deep sleep again.

At this moment, Uncle Wu came over and said softly, "My lord, my daughter will recite the old man's back for a while, so you can take a breather."

Liu Chengzu looked back and saw that the arrow wound on Uncle Wu's left shoulder was still bright red. He sighed and said, "Uncle Wu, the arrow wound on your body hasn't healed yet, so my daughter is on me."

He took two steps forward with difficulty, then sighed and said, "Uncle Wu, what kind of world do you think this is? Why do you want good people to suffer!"

"Sigh. I have lived for five or sixty years, but now the world is becoming more and more incomprehensible!"

A trace of hatred flashed in Liu Chengzu's eyes, and he said angrily: "A thief is a thief after all. Even if the officers and soldiers kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, they will give it a good time. Why bother to suffer such a crime."

"Sir, don't say it, don't say it, you still have to think about Madam, think about these two children!"

"Ugh……"

Liu Chengzu sighed, and stopped talking, just lowered his head and walked forward with difficulty in the team of hungry people.

Both he and Uncle Wu knew in their hearts that this time was different from the previous two times of filling trenches and digging city bricks. This time the bandit soldiers had no reservations. No matter they were men, women, old or young, they were all forced to attack the army formation in front of them.

This time, they are afraid that they will die!
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"boom!"

A loud noise shocked the hungry people who were walking slowly. At this moment, Liu Chengzu also raised his eyes and looked forward from the gap between the crowd, and saw a cloud of smoke rising up from the middle of the car formation in front.

"Boom boom boom..."

There were loud noises one after another, and the smoke filled the air, and then saw big iron balls piercing the biting cold wind above their heads, and flying down towards the bandits behind them.

"Shooting guns... Officers and soldiers firing guns..."

The huge sound shook the ground and trembled uncontrollably. Someone in the crowd yelled, and immediately it was like a pot was boiling. Chaos immediately broke out, and the hungry people ran around howling and fleeing for their lives as if they didn't know the direction.

"Bang bang bang..."

Another series of crisp sounds like popping beans came again and again, and the smoke on the other side of the car formation was thicker, and it was almost covering the large cars in front of the formation, only a little shadow was exposed.

There were three or four thousand bandit soldiers quietly following behind the hungry people to cover them up, but how could they have imagined that the officers and soldiers in the car formation would fire cannons first, and then fire guns, regardless of whether the hungry people were alive or alive? Falling behind those hungry people rushing to the battle, blood marks were plowed in the sparse array of bandits.

(End of this chapter)