I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 17 The Battle of Quanzhou (1)

In the camp on the outskirts of Quanzhou City, the people Xu Hai and Chen Dong had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived.

I saw that the visitor wrapped himself in a black robe, barely revealing a pair of eyes, and followed closely behind him with two personal guards.

Xu Hai and Chen Dong hurriedly bowed and saluted, with smiles on their faces, and said, "My lord is tired from the journey, you might as well sit down and rest for a while."

The man in black just waved his hand and said hoarsely, "No need, I'm just here to deliver some things this time. Since the things have been delivered, I'll leave first."

After all, the man in black didn't even look at the two of them, so he left with his two personal guards.

"Bah, what is it! My uncle, I told him to eat to give him face, and he really regards himself as a character."

After the man in black walked away, Chen Dong adjusted his blindfold, and angrily spat on the ground.

"Second brother, no, think about it, who would dare to make a deal with us in the Ming Dynasty? I guess this person should have a very deep background, and he must not be offended." Xu Hai stood up, stopped what Chen Dong was going to say next, and said Explained to the aggrieved Chen Dong.

"This gang of dog officials!" Chen Dong secretly hated.

"Let's go, go and see what they sent." Xu Hai smiled, and the scar on his face looked even more ferocious against the backdrop of the moonlight.

Walking out of the tent, I saw many cannons neatly placed in the open space outside, about seven or eight of them, all of which were covered with black cloth, Chen Dong quickly stepped forward and lifted the black cloth, he couldn't help being shocked: " This is the Fran cannon!"

The Fran machine gun is one of the artillery pieces installed by the Ming army. The Fran machine gun is a breech-loading gun, which is divided into two parts, the cannon and the small cannon.The diameter of the small cannon is smaller than the bore of the cannon, so it is also called a sub-cannon.

This kind of cannon will prepare four to six loaded small cannons in advance before firing. When firing the cannon, put the small cannons in the cannon, and then start shooting. The firepower is acceptable, but the accuracy is slightly inferior.

The neatly arranged Fran cannons in front of them were at least [-]% or [-]% new in terms of their quality, but they were "scrapped" ahead of time.

"With all these, are you afraid that you won't be able to win a small Quanzhou City?" Chen Dong said, kissing the cannon with an excited expression.

"Let the brethren get ready to attack in Zishi!"

"Yes." Chen Dong took the order, and immediately went down to rectify the ranks and prepare for the siege.

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At Zishi, in the city of Quanzhou, Yang Zongtai, the magistrate of Quanzhou, accompanied by Master Li, was patrolling the city wall.

As usual, Yang Zongtai would never set foot here, saying that he was on rotation, who would dare to let the dignified county magistrate really be on rotation?But today, an inexplicable feeling of palpitations appeared in his heart, making him patrol around involuntarily.

The soldiers in charge of the night watch stood loosely, their eyelids were clenched up and down, and they looked half asleep. When they heard the news of the county magistrate's visit, they cheered up and stood upright like pines and cypresses.

"Okay, good, good!"

Yang Zongtai inspected the city defense and saw that the soldiers were all strong and standing like pine trees. He stroked their beards with satisfaction and praised them.

"My lord, to tell you the truth, I, Lao Li, have been the chief bookkeeper for so many years, and I have never seen any lord personally inspect the city defense in cold weather. You are the first one! I don't know how many people there are in my Quanzhou mansion. Thanks to the blessings accumulated over the years, I have met such a good county magistrate like you who is diligent and caring for the people." The chief secretary behind him bowed his body and praised softly.

The front is fine, but when Yang Zongtai heard the last sentence, his face turned dark.With a cold snort, he quickened his pace and left him far behind.

Master Li froze on the spot, scratched his head, thought for a long time, didn't know which sentence offended the county magistrate, seeing that the county magistrate was about to go far away, he hurriedly followed.

Seeing the arrival of the county magistrate, Zhang Zongwei hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Subordinate, Zhang Zongwei from Quanzhou Prefecture Qianhu, I have met the county magistrate!"

"Excuse me, excuse me, get up."

Yang Zongtai helped him up, and then said.

"It's hard work for you to stay here in such a cold day! The safety of the 10,000+ people in Quanzhou City depends on you. If you want to salute, it is only me, the county magistrate, who salutes you."

"Your magistrate, you can't do it! We have to share your worries for you as we eat your fortune! It doesn't matter if the weather is cold, besides, these are all our duties."

Sensing the determination implied in Zhang Zongwei's words, Yang Zongtai couldn't help but tremble, and then encouraged him: "Okay! Since Zhang Qianhu has such determination, he will become a pillar of our Ming Dynasty in the future!"

"Subordinate Zhang Zongwei, thank you magistrate for your advice!"

While the two were exchanging pleasantries, the soldiers guarding the city wall suddenly shouted: "Enemy attack!"

There was only a sound of 'bang' from a distance, and the bomb exploded on the city wall, setting off a burst of debris.

Seeing this, everyone fell down one after another, and there was another burst of confusion.

"Give me the binoculars!" Yang Zongtai suppressed the panic in his heart, and took the binoculars from the soldiers beside him.

Outside the city of Quanzhou, at some point, densely packed Japanese pirates gathered. The Japanese pirates had no formation and looked chaotic. Not far away, a position composed of seven or eight Francophone guns was constantly bombarding the city gate.

Yang Zongtai handed back the binoculars to the soldier, looked at Zhang Zongwei in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "According to my estimation, the number of these Japanese pirates is about 5000, and they don't know where they got the Fran cannon."

"What? 5000 people! Even counting the arrests in the county government, the defenders in Quanzhou City are only a thousand, and the other party has artillery!" Zhang Zongwei's tone revealed panic.

"Don't panic, let your soldiers enter the archery tower and the urn city, and transfer all the soldiers in the city. There is a moat outside. They can't get through for the time being, go!"

"Yes." Zhang Zongwei took the order, and then left with his soldiers.

"Old Li, go and call out all the policemen in the county government office! Tell the residents in the city that there are Japanese pirates coming, and tell them not to move around, and pay attention to those sneaky people. Once found, they will be killed on the spot!"

"Yes." Master Li took the order, and then his figure disappeared above the city wall.

The Ming army guarding the city wall raised their guns, aimed at the charging Japanese pirates, and pulled the trigger. The dense smoke generated by the gunpowder spread and quickly dispersed.Every time a shot was fired, a small group of enemies fell down. They were not killed by the firecrackers, but trampled to death by the teammates behind them.

"My lord, it's too dangerous here! You'd better go back first." A soldier beside him comforted him.

"I won't leave, unless I die here today, otherwise, no one will let me leave!"

"Pass down my order. Since I am the county magistrate, Zhang Qianhu will take over my command when I die. If a thousand households die, a hundred households will die. By analogy, the Japanese pirates must be kept out of Quanzhou city!"

"Yes."

Outside Quanzhou City, Japanese pirates fell down from time to time with arrows. Whenever someone fell in front, the people behind followed one after another, trampling over the corpses of their companions.

And these people rushing to the front are all cannon fodder, not to mention wearing armor, even the clothes on their bodies are torn, holding kitchen knives or wooden sticks, their only function is to consume the ammunition of the defenders in the city, and there are still people behind them. There were more than a thousand elite troops who did not launch an attack. They were both a supervisory force and a reserve force.

Gradually, the corpses piled up higher and higher, almost filling up the moat outside Quanzhou city, and the blood flowed out, dyeing the water of the moat red.

"Damn it, rush up to me! Pass the order, as long as the brothers break through Quanzhou City, the treasures and beauties inside will be plundered." Chen Dong, who had been observing the battlefield situation with a gloomy face, ordered to the soldiers beside him, and Xu Hai just held the binoculars and didn't look at it.

After the order was passed down, the Japanese pirates in charge of attacking the city became even more vicious. Some people thought of the wonderful scene after entering the city gate, so they couldn't help licking their chapped lips, and even more desperately attacked all parts of the city gate.

On the city wall, Yang Zongtai looked at the increasingly fierce attack, and said calmly: "Put the horse stakes and caltrops down."

"Yes!"

A shell exploded not far from Yang Zongtai, smashing a soldier who was firing a blunderbuss to pieces. His limbs and internal organs were scattered on the ground, and blood spattered Yang Zongtai's face.

(End of this chapter)