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Chapter 239 I really don't want to attack the city

The head of Lingqiu city.

The guards at the top of the city were panicked.

General Xiao Cao was defeated in Weizhou, and his life and death are unknown...they have already received the news.

When Liu Fei, Fan Yongdou and others fled from the city in a hurry, they all saw it.

Now, Niu Dali is shouting with a loudspeaker outside the city.

Although the number of people was not large, the red flag was waving, which put a lot of pressure on the head of the city. For a while, everyone was timid and did not dare to respond.

The county magistrate Jiang Bingcai took people to the top of the city in person, and looked out from the city wall, his brows suddenly frowned.

"There are only a hundred rebels outside the city! We have 2000 guards at the top of the city, plus the young and strong from the rich families of the gentry, there are a total of 2000 people. With [-] people, against a hundred people, you actually let the enemy show off their power under the city, and you Wait, you don't even dare to answer?"

Jiang Bingcai glared angrily, looking at the guards around him.

These people, either holding swords and shields, or holding bows and arrows, and firecrackers, were trembling one by one.

"Bao Baihu, I ordered you to bring 200 people down to the city to attack the enemy. How dare you go? I don't ask you to defeat the enemy. As long as you can disrupt the enemy, it will be considered a great achievement. Afterwards, you must personally show your merits. There must be a reward."

Jiang Bingcai turned his head and gave orders to the hundreds of household officials next to him.

He is also a man of knowledge.

Knowing that under such circumstances, the officers and soldiers lost their courage and were frightened. It is almost impossible to defend the city.

The only way is to open the city gate and let the defenders recoil.

As long as the defenders at the top of the city can see that the enemy is not invincible, the enemy will die... If everyone has the courage to defend the city, the city will be held.

Jiang Bingcai believes that he has an absolute advantage in military strength.

2000 people against 100 people, no matter how you look at it, it is a sure thing.

That's why he dared to give the order to open the city gate.

"My lord! Lord Jiang, please spare me! There is a conscript army outside. Even General Cao, who was as brave as Xiao Cao, was killed by the enemy. You let me go out of the city to fight, isn't that killing me? Besides, our city is well guarded Yes, why do you have to go out of the city to fight?" Bao Santong, the official of the hundred households, was about to cry.

"Lord Bao's words are wrong. Look at the defenders at the top of the city, they are all downcast and their morale is low. If we don't boost morale, how can we hold this city?
I guess the hundred people outside the city are just the vanguard of the enemy.Before the main force of the enemy army arrives, we can just seize the opportunity to win the battle and boost morale.

As for General Xiao Cao's defeat, none of us saw it with our own eyes, so we don't know the specific circumstances.However, when General Xiao Cao went to Weizhou, he passed by our Lingqiu, and I personally practiced it for General Xiao Cao.

General Xiao Cao only brought 800 troops, and he did not bring food and grass, and he was not prepared for war.Thinking about it, he was suddenly ambushed by the enemy army, and he was defeated only by being outnumbered.

Even now, General Xiao Cao may not really fall into the enemy's hands, maybe he is just trapped somewhere, fighting desperately, waiting for rescue.If General Xiao Cao had really been defeated, the rebels could not have only sent 100 men as forwards. "

Jiang Bingcai talked eloquently.

Bao Santong nodded repeatedly.

In fact, Jiang Bingcai's analysis is very reasonable.

The only thing he miscalculated was that he did not expect the strength and equipment of the conscript army to be far beyond this era.

He used the eyes of this era to analyze the conquest army, which was naturally full of loopholes.

"Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man! Bao Baihu, as long as you are willing to go, after you come back, I can operate it and let you buy the hundred acres of fertile land in the west of the city! You choose a hundred people to go out of the city. These hundred people, as long as they go out of the city, Each person will be rewarded with five shimi and two coins. If they can complete the combat mission and disrupt the enemy army, they will be rewarded with ten shimi and five guan coins. If they can defeat the enemy army, anyone who beheads a person will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver! Give the rice according to the number!"

Jiang Bingcai's voice was sonorous.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man!
He was right.The defenders at the top of the city were all trembling.

However, after hearing the reward that was said to be given, everyone's eyes turned red.

"My lord, if you die in battle, can this money and food be given to our family?"

someone asked out loud.

"can!"

Jiang Bingcai readily agreed.

"As long as you go out of the city, the official will immediately order that the money and food be sent to your home. Regardless of success or failure, there will be money and food. If it succeeds, more money and food will be sent there!"

"The little ones are willing to go!"

"My lord, take the little one!"

"As long as your lord means what you say, even if I leave the city and die, it's worth it!"

"It's worth it for such a cheap life!"

"..."

A city guard suddenly roared.

In this troubled world, the most worthless thing is human life.

Usually when you die, you die.If you die today, your family members can still get money and food. How can there be such a good thing in the whole world?Of course they all refused to miss it.

"Mother! If you have life to get money, you have to have life to spend it! All of you, don't you know how powerful the Zhuge Artifact of the conscript army is?"

Bao Tee's legs are weak.

However, things have come to this point, and he has no room for disagreement.

The soldiers were excited and supported Jiang Bingcai.

If he dared to resist with determination, Jiang Bingcai would probably be able to get rid of him.

Bao Santong has long been staring at the [-] mu of fertile land in the west of the city!Those fertile fields now belong to a dilapidated young master who has just lost his family.

But this kind of thing is hard to say.Swallowing people's fertile land, this is going to be poked in the back.

According to Jiang County Magistrate, if the battle goes well this time, will you be willing to support him?
Anyway, it is also a bit sweet.

Bao Santong got together his men and horses, and prepared to go out of the city in aggrieved manner.

"Don't worry Bao Baihu, I have arranged archers to personally support you at the top of the city. If the battle goes against you and you flee to the bottom of the city, I will command the archers to suppress the enemy with a wave of arrows!" Jiang Bingcai is full of confidence , Three links are encouraged at the top of the city.

crunch!
The gates opened.

Niu Dali was outside the city, watching with binoculars, he was also a little confused.

"Are they crazy? Are they going out of the city to fight us?"

He blinked his eyes, unexpectedly, he met a good official?
Jiang Bingcai is really a good official.

In history, in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Qing army Abatai invaded Zhangjiakou, and the army was strong. Wherever it went, cities fell one after another.

Knowing that he was isolated and helpless, Jiang Bingcai refused to surrender, and recruited troops to stand firm. Due to the lack of troops, the city was destroyed, and the city eventually fell.

The commander-in-chief of the Qing army admired him very much and recruited him with high-ranking officials and rich salary.

Jiang Bingcai vowed to die and refused to surrender, and finally shouted "Long Live" towards the capital, and hanged himself to death.

However, after his death, this story of loyalty did not even reach the capital.He was once held accountable by Chongzhen, who blamed him for losing the city and land, and was not good at defending the land.

But his reputation of loyalty spread among the world and had a great influence.

Jiang Bingcai is a man who knows soldiers. He seized the military opportunity and took the initiative to counterattack, which was actually a very correct decision.

The only mistake was that he met the conquering army.

Moreover, it was an elite expeditionary army equipped with a Li rifle and grenades.

Niu Dali couldn't figure it out, but there was no reason not to eat the meat that was delivered to his mouth, so he immediately ordered his men to prepare for battle.

At this moment, there was a sudden confusion at the door.

Ping Pong Pong!

Gunshots rang out and shouts of killing arose everywhere.

I saw that Bao Santong brought his men and horses, and just opened the city gate, half of his men went out of the city gate, and half of them had not yet left the city gate, a group of men and horses suddenly rushed out of the city and shot at them.

This group of soldiers only dared to go out of the city gate to fight by relying on heavy rewards to inspire a moment of bloody courage.

Unexpectedly, before the city gate was out, the back was attacked, and there was a sudden panic.

"There are people in the city supporting us! Great! Quick! Charge!"

Niu Dali made a decisive decision and gave an order.

He had no intention of capturing the city.

It's a pity that Jiang Bingcai didn't know his strategic intentions, and tried his best to organize a wave of counterattack forces, but instead gave Niu Dali a chance to take advantage of the loophole.

The loud charge horn sounded, and the beeping sound encouraged people to forge ahead and made people excited.

"kill--"

Hundreds of conscript soldiers rushed forward with bayonets in hand.

Ping Pong Pong!

They were a group of three, and while running, they kept shooting towards the top of the city.

The dense bullets quickly suppressed the defenders at the top of the city.

Someone else responded in the city, seized the city gate, and charged at the top of the city...

Although Jiang Bingcai is willing to work hard and is not afraid of death, he has no soldiers to use.

These city guards usually don't even get food and pay, and now they still owe half a year's pay, so they are unwilling to work hard.

Seeing that the momentum is not good, they all threw away their weapons and ran away with their heads in their arms.

Those young and old people dispersed in a rush, and went back to their respective homes.

The conquering army barely encountered any resistance and successfully occupied the city.

When the red flag was planted on the top of the city, Niu Dali still couldn't believe it.

"It's so easy to take down a majestic county town? The point is that I didn't want to fight! I just want to borrow food!"

He was all dumbfounded.

Daming's city is too easy to fight, right?

100 people, without even carrying heavy weapons, fired a few shots, cooperated with the inside and outside of the city, and took down a county in a short time.

"Master Legion Commander!"

A young man excitedly came to join Niu Dali.

"Chen Ming, captain of the armed caravan of Dongfang Company No.17, report to the head of the army!"

Snapped!
The young man gave Niu Dali a military salute.

The members of the Dongfang Company's armed caravan were also trained hard.

Snapped!
Niu Dali returned a military salute and asked excitedly:

"It was you who suddenly rioted in the city and took the gate of the city just now? Tell me, what's going on?"

"League commander, our caravan just entered the city yesterday and had a rest all night. We planned to take the goods to Pingyang Mansion. Suddenly we heard gunshots outside the city. We inquired about it and said that there were rebels attacking the city... we Take a look, hey, isn't this our conscript army?
So, we gathered at the gate of the city, originally looking for an opportunity to open the gate.Unexpectedly, they were about to leave the city, so we took the opportunity to take the city gate.These city defenders can't help but fight too much! "

Chen Ming's tone was full of pride.

Their armed caravan, only 20 people, suddenly attacked from behind and defeated ten times the enemy, which is indeed something to be proud of.

"How did you bring the guns into the city?" Niu Dali asked.

"It's very simple. We gave the city gate officer five taels of silver, hid the gun in the car, and brought it in. No one checked it. It's like this in all cities. Don't talk about guns, even if it's a big gun, We can also bring it into the city!" Chen Ming was very confident.

"Okay! Okay!" Niu Dali clapped his hands, "How can such an imperial court not perish? In this world, it's time for us to come and sit here."

(End of this chapter)