The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 125 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
The city of Changle County is brightly lit, and a fire is lit on the city wall at intervals, mainly to prevent sneak attacks by bandits.

The Huntian Demon King's men had already attacked the city for a long time, and they did not retreat after dark. He ordered people to light a few piles of fire at the gate of the city and attack all night.

Under the city wall, there were densely packed corpses, some were shot to death by arrows, some were crushed to death by stones and trees, and some were burned to death by kerosene.

Under the faint light of the fire, the corpses looked scary,

The air smelled of burnt flesh and blood, it smelled disgusting,

But those who guarded the city did not dare to neglect. In order to boost morale, the Huntian Demon King promised loudly in front of the city gate that after the city was broken, his subordinates could do whatever they wanted.

It's a death anyway, so I can only bite the bullet and fight.

The owner of Qian told the wealthy businessman in the city that he will be treated for free if he is injured, and 50 taels per person if he dies.
A supervising team was also set up, and those who escaped would be executed on the spot, and their family members would be thrown from the city wall, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Xu Datou sat behind the battlements with an iron fork in his arms, gritted his teeth and said, "Qian Zhengrong, who killed a thousand swords, pushed us out to die, and he hid in the county government office to enjoy himself."

I just used stones and fire oil to repel a wave of attacks from the thieves, so I can take a break for a while.

"That's right." Zhou Daqing, who was sitting next to him, said with red eyes: "Those rich people are not. Their own sons are treasures, and they are reluctant to send them to guard the city. The lives of our poor children are not fate. Unfortunately, my dog ​​is only 14 years old. He was driven to defend the city, and was shot by an arrow by a thief. He was gone."

"Whoever told us that we are all worthless lives?" Xu Datou said bitterly.

The people around listened and fell silent.

In a temporary tent outside the city, the demon king Xu Degong threw the wine bowl in his hand on the ground, and said furiously, "I am so mad that I can't take it down in such a small county town for so long."

At that time, he even boasted that he would treat his subordinates to dinner at the largest restaurant in the city, so that they would be full, and then they would choose a few beauties for a good night's sleep.
It was dark, and the city wall hadn't even been climbed.

Ghost Face Ax persuaded: "Brother, don't be angry, I will go to supervise the battle in person in a while, and I don't believe that this small Changle County is really a fortified wall."

"It's all because those dog officers and soldiers are too greedy, otherwise, we would have killed them all long ago," Hua Dilong said angrily.

According to the plan of Iron Abacus, they sent people to sneak into the city, and when the large army attacked, they suddenly launched a combination of internal response and external cooperation, and took down the city gate in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, just because a confidant was dressed more decently, the guards at the city gate saw his face, pulled him aside to blackmail him, and forcibly searched his body and luggage.

After a search, the weapons hidden on the body and on the carriage were found. Many people died in the melee. The plan of internal cooperation and external cooperation failed, so they had to attack by force.

The city is high and the walls are thick, and the people have no firearms or siege equipment, so that the city has not been breached for a long time, and many people have been lost.

Xu Degong turned his head to look at the iron abacus of the military master who was shaking the goose feather fan, frowned and said, "Military master, do you have a clever plan?"

Tie Suan hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said respectfully: "Returning to what your majesty said, there is a saying in the book of war, one vigorous effort, then decline, and three rest, now our army is tired, if we want to break the city earlier Difficult, the three great kings lead the team in person, which will definitely boost the morale of the soldiers, we have a large number of people, and we will attack in three directions at the same time, let them focus on one thing and lose another, and the city will be broken in an instant."

As a military strategist, Iron Abacus is also a little helpless,
There is little equipment and insufficient personnel training, but Xu Degong and the others like to steal money and play with women, and they don't pay attention to training.

It wasn't until he learned that the Zheng family was going to deal with the bandits, that he thought about expanding his territory, raising money and food, recruiting troops, and buying horses.
The mob has not strengthened, and each of them has proclaimed himself a king.
Attacking a small city, even a simple internal and external cooperation plan failed,
When attacking the city, they blindly forced those ordinary people who couldn't even hold their knives to die, and kept them hidden by their own men for fear of getting hurt.

It's strange to be able to beat it down.

Tie Abacus is just a small military adviser, and he has not been in the group for a long time, so many things can only be said at his discretion.

Xu Degong has worked in hundreds of households, and his vision and brain are much better than those of the two sworn brothers. He nodded and said: "It's not easy for us to gather these mud legs, and we can't lose too much. Second brother, third brother, I will take care of them later." Attack the main gate, each of you will lead a group of people to attack from the north and south gates, this time we will take Changle City in one go."

After a pause, Xu Degong promised loudly: "Whoever enters the city first can pick ten beauties and ten treasures first."

Ghost Face Axe and Hua Dilong's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and they eagerly said, "Okay, listen to Big Brother."

When attacking the city again, Xu Degong didn't hide his strength anymore, and sent his confidants to lead the team to attack the city.
Stimulated by beauties and riches, Ghost Face Ax and Hua Dilong personally led their confidants to attack the city,
Most of the people who were forced to defend the city were poor people, many of them were undernourished, and they would go blind at night, which is also known as night blindness in later generations.
They can't even see clearly, let alone defend the city, especially the confidantes brought by Xu Degong from Baihu, who are strong and well-trained,
While climbing the long ladder, while shooting with bows and arrows to kill the people defending the city,
Those people who only wear coarse clothes can knock down one with one arrow,
Taking advantage of the vacuum in the defense force, he quickly climbed to the top of the city and fought desperately with the supporting people.

One, two, three, as more and more people climbed the city wall, the battle became more and more fierce,
People kept getting injured and fell down, the sound of weapons colliding, screams when injured, and begging for mercy were heard endlessly.
From time to time, someone screamed and fell from the city wall. The smell of blood in the air was so strong that it made people want to vomit.
As the number of casualties increased, the people defending the city finally couldn't bear it anymore. They threw down their weapons and ran away.

Soon, the two city gates reinforced with copper nails were opened by bandit soldiers.

City, broken!

"The city is broken, brothers, kill it"

"Gold, silver, jewelry and beauties in the city are waiting for us"

"I got rich this time, hahaha, brothers, go to the city with me, grab money and women"

The thieves were so excited that they screamed again and again, their eyes were red, and they rushed towards the city gate.
Xu Degong couldn't stop him even if he wanted to. Most of the elite confidants participated in the siege, and with their urinating nature, they must be eager to grab money and women.

These mud-footed people, who have never seen the world before, refused to attack the city with a knife on their necks just now, but now they don't need to issue orders, and they run faster than rabbits.
Just when Xu Degong was about to go to the city to enjoy himself, suddenly a rush of gongs sounded,
As if by a magic trick, countless torches suddenly appeared in the dark forest behind him,

Someone shouted loudly: "President Lu has an order to kill thieves and protect the homeland, brothers, kill!"

"Bastards, dare to come to our Changle County to do evil, I will not spare you"

"Prince Lu has an order to reward those who succeed in killing the Huntian Demon King, rewarding 100 taels of gold, and killing ghost-faced tigers and transforming earth dragons, rewarding 300 taels of silver."

"The Lu family of Fuzhou is here, brothers of the Lu family, follow me."

"The Wang family of Fuzhou is here, Wang's brother, follow me."

The militia ambushed in the forest, upon hearing the order, immediately attacked the thieves from behind, and the sound of killing was deafening.
Xu Degong looked at the torches all over the mountains and plains, his eyes were as big as a bull's eye, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
Where did these people come from?
The eyeliner said that there is no imperial army in Fuzhou Prefecture, and Changle County has a lot of money and weak guards.
It also mentioned a militia chief coach surnamed Lu,

When Xu Degong heard the eyeliner's report, he looked disapproving,
What kind of militia is actually a group of mud-legged people who have just washed their feet and went to the fields. It was his carelessness that the flying tiger was killed.
Only a few people went to attack Min'an, and the attack was on Hutou Mountain, an important military area that the Fujian Navy spent a lot of money and food reinforcements. Wouldn't that be courting death?
Unlike myself, under the advice of the military adviser Tie Abacus, he had a little special means, and quickly expanded his subordinates to more than 1 people.
The more than 1 people are still young and strong, and there are no old, weak, sick and disabled who can only waste food in vain. It is a piece of cake to take down the rich Changle County.
The looted goods and food were just used to expand the troops,
With Changle County as the center, eat the surrounding towns and villages one by one, and wait for yourself to grow stronger.

Even if the second son of the Zheng family led his troops, he would not be afraid.
If you win the battle, you will drive away the Zheng family, and you will dominate Fujian, and you will be the king.
If you lose, the big deal is to quit Fujian and take people to seek refuge with King Chuang.
Xu Degong never dreamed that the head coach of the militia, who didn't even have a salary, would dare to ambush him from behind.

Damn it, didn't you send three teams of people to watch the wind, and those people are all on dry food?

Xu Degong had a lot of questions in his mind, and he wanted to punish those who were ineffective.
But now is not the time to pursue responsibility, Xu Degong looked at the approaching torches, and shouted loudly:

"Stop, fight back, and kill me with those mud legs"

"Quickly, assemble, kill those militias and retreat before entering the city"

(End of this chapter)