Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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He had no choice but to hold back the fear in his heart and walked outside.

His legs were as heavy as lead, and he had to stop every step he took to take a deep breath.

After he left, there was a pool of yellow water stains where he was standing, and he didn't even need to think about what it was.

Zhu Shenxuan sat on the chair in the study, trembling non-stop. At this moment, he felt that time passed very slowly.

He has never experienced this kind of thing since he was a child, and this kind of thing has exceeded his imagination.

He really couldn't imagine that there was anything in this world that could make such a big commotion.

"What's going on? Why haven't you come yet, why haven't you come yet?" Zhu Shenxuan stared at the opened door, the panic on his face became more dignified, and he kept mumbling.

"It's not good, it's not good, it's not good!"

Not long after, the chief eunuch limped in screaming.

"What's going on? The rebels broke the city? Where are the guards I asked you to bring? Hurry up and take me away, hurry up." Zhu Shenxuan hugged a pillow. When he saw the chief eunuch like this, he thought the city had been captured. breached.

The chief eunuch shook his head, and hurriedly said: "It's not the rebels, it's the prince, the prince is dead."

"What? What's going on? I went to see him this morning. He's still fine. How long has it been since he died?"

薨, originally refers to the sound of swarms of insects flying together.In ancient times, the death of a prince or a high-ranking official with a title can also be used for the death of the emperor's high-level concubines and the princes and princesses they gave birth to, or the death of nobles who were crowned kings.

"Return to Your Highness, I heard from the maid who took care of the lord that the lord was scared to death by the movement on the city wall!" The chief eunuch knelt down in front of Zhu Shenxuan with a plop, tears streaming down his face.

"Take me to see quickly, quickly take me to see the father!" Zhu Shenxuan put the pillow in his hand on the desk in front of him, stood up and was about to go outside.

But his legs seemed to grow on the ground, and he couldn't take a step before falling to the ground.

"Your Highness, are you alright, are you alright, Your Highness!" The chief eunuch hurriedly helped Zhu Shenxuan up.

Zhu Shenxuan shook his head, "Hurry up and take me to see my father!"

The chief eunuch staggered, he supported Zhu Shenxuan and walked outside.

As soon as he walked outside, the chief eunuch pointed at the guards he had brought, and shouted: "Go and get the shoulder chariot, your highness is inconvenient, hurry up."

Although these guards were also afraid of the explosions from the city wall, they were much stronger than the chief eunuch and Zhu Shenxuan, at least not like the two of them, who couldn't even walk steadily.

Not long after, the shoulder chariot was brought over.

The chief eunuch helped Zhu Shenxuan to sit on the shoulder chariot, ordered the guards to lift Zhu Shenxuan up, and walked to the palace where King Jin was staying.

The chief eunuch followed Zhu Shenxuan staggeringly.

Zhao Wen held up the binoculars to watch the continuous explosions on the city wall, and said to Li Xiaosan behind him: "Send the order, stop the shelling first, something is wrong with Taiyuan Mansion."

Li Xiaosan nodded, and hurriedly rushed towards the artillery position.

When the artillery stopped bombing and the smoke on the city wall cleared away, Zhao Wen frowned tightly as he watched the scene on the city wall.

The city wall was bombarded to pieces, and the blue bricks wrapped outside were also blown to pieces, exposing the rammed earth layer inside.

However, the main structure of the city wall is still strong. Although it is full of large and small potholes, there is no sign of collapse at all.

Strangely, there is almost no corpse of a guarding soldier on it.

"These defenders became smarter, and they all retreated when I fired the cannon, otherwise there would be no corpse." Zhao Wen understood, put down the binoculars in his hand, pointed at the city wall, and shouted: "Give me that." Continue to blow until the city wall is blown down!"

When Zhao Wenrang launched the attack before, although there were no defenders on the city wall, Zhao Wen thought at that time that the defenders on the city wall were hiding under the crenels, but now it seems that it is not at all.

"Bie Zhao stopped attacking? Could it be that he is going to attack the city now?" Hearing the sound of explosions that stopped next to his ears, Wu Xuan looked at Chen Dehai with a puzzled expression.

According to what he heard, there were no explosions on the wall where they were, but there were still cannons on the east and south walls.

Chen Dehai's face was serious, he shook his head, "It's not certain, when he attacked Yanmen Pass, he directly blasted the city wall down with artillery."

"In this way, it will be difficult for us." Wu Yan's brows were frowned together, forming a Sichuan character.

"We have reinforced the city wall before, regardless of the height and thickness of the city wall, we have already reinforced it with sandbags. Bandit Zhao wants to blow up the city wall, but I'm afraid it won't be so fast!" Li Tianhe interjected.

Wu Zhen shook his head, "You can't say that, the current situation is not good for us, we'd better see the situation first."

Wu Hao said, looking at Li Tianhe, "You order to go down and send some people to see what's going on. The sudden stop of the shelling is not normal."

Li Tianhe cupped his hands towards Wu Xin, and hastily dispatched the messengers from the cave.

As Zhao Wen's order was issued again, the density of artillery fire increased a lot. As long as the 152mm cannon howitzer was loaded with shells, it would be launched immediately.

120mm mortar shells and 107mm rocket launcher shells also flew towards the city wall in a steady stream.

At this moment, when a team of more than 100 people had just walked to the top of the city wall, the sound of shells piercing through the air rang out.

They panicked in an instant, and fled towards the bottom of the city wall regardless.

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Chapter 396

The artillery fire became more and more intensive, and the explosions on the city wall were almost all connected together.

The damage to the city wall from the explosion became more and more serious, and every explosion could blow a big hole in the city wall.

The blue bricks wrapped on the city wall have long been blasted and disappeared, and the exposed rammed earth layer has been baptized by artillery fire over and over again.

There are more and more potholes on the city wall, and they are getting bigger and bigger.

Dust kept falling from the top of the cave for hiding soldiers behind the city wall.

Wu Xuan covered his ears, looking at the dust falling from the top of his head, with a gloomy expression.

"Lord Governor, I'm afraid Bandit Zhao is going to blow up the city wall with artillery fire. The situation is not good." Chen Dehai pointed to the cracks that started to appear on the cave of the soldiers, his face extremely ugly.

"What should we do now? Are you going to go up the city wall to fight back? It's impossible, but if you don't fight back, let the Zhao thief keep bombing like this, the city wall will always be blown down. It's over."

Wu Zhen's face was getting darker and darker, he was walking back and forth in the cave, extremely anxious.

"My lord, I think we should withdraw directly. Under such circumstances, no matter how elite soldiers are, as long as they meet, they will probably collapse instantly.

Judging from what Thief Zhao meant, it was obvious that he wanted to blow up the city wall. Also, if I had this kind of weapon, I would use this method as well. After all, it could avoid the casualties of my soldiers. "Li Tianhe sighed and said helplessly.

Now he just wants to defend the city wall, I am afraid it is impossible.

"At the beginning, Chen Zongbing said that Bandit Zhao's weapon was very powerful. Although I was mentally prepared, I still underestimated Bandit Zhao in the end." Wu Zhen sighed.

"Under such circumstances, if the soldiers are left here, sooner or later, these soldiers will be unable to bear it. At that time, the army will be defeated and everything will be over.

I think we should withdraw, save our strength, retreat to the city, and fight guerrilla with Zhao thief.If it doesn't work, just drive out all the people in the city and let them rush forward.I heard that bandits Zhao valued the people very much, so why not use this method to attack the bandits of Zhao bandits. "

There was a sinister light in Li Tianhe's eyes, and his face was ruthless.

At this time, in order to be able to defend the city of Taiyuan, Li Tianhe didn't care so much, and he didn't care about benevolence or injustice. As long as he could defend the city, no amount of sacrifice was worth it.

Although Li Tianhe's approach was cruel, it could be seen almost everywhere in the general environment of the late Ming Dynasty.

Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu, one of the four Jiangbei towns in the Nanming period, often sent troops to plunder the people when he was in Nanchang.

Burning, killing, looting and looting were all evil in Nanchang city. In Zuo Liangyu's eyes, these people were not human at all, they were just a tool for him to promote and maintain his power.

During the Jinling Incident that year, Zuo Liangyu sent troops to Jinling.

Before going to Jinling, Zuo Liangyu ordered the massacre of Nanchang City.

After Zuo Liangyu left, the entire city of Nanchang was burned to the ground, and almost all of the 10,000+ people in the city were killed.

Zuo Liangyu had more than half of the credit for the reason why Hongguang's small imperial court was defeated by the Qing army so quickly.

Although the current Li Tianhe doesn't have such a heart as Zuo Liangyu, but in order to be able to defend Taiyuan Mansion, he doesn't care so much.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan's face changed greatly, "No, absolutely not. This method is not advisable. We are soldiers and horses of the imperial court. How could we do such a thing. I would rather die in battle than do such a thing. matter."

Wu Zhen is a traditional scholar, how could he listen to Li Tianhe's extreme words.

"Don't say such things in the future. As long as the official is still alive, this kind of thing will never be allowed to happen." Wu Xuan scolded.

"Bang!!!"

While everyone was discussing, a loud noise suddenly came from the city wall, and immediately after that, the cave of Tibetan soldiers began to shake violently.

"It's not good, there is a crack in the city wall, and a hole in the city wall collapsed."

A soldier guarding outside the soldier cave saw a huge cloud of smoke rising from the city wall, and the part of the city wall that fell outside, rushed into the cave where Wu Zhen and others were, and shouted loudly.

Wu Xin's face changed drastically, "What? The city wall has collapsed?"

"Returning to my lord, there is a hole in the city wall, and it is still growing."

"The city wall can't be defended anymore, my lord, give an order, order the soldiers to withdraw to the city, relying on the advantage of the terrain to fight the Zhao thief in the street." Li Tianhe hurriedly yelled at Wu Xin.

Cold sweat continued to ooze from Wu Zhen's forehead, and his heart was in a mess right now.

Let the soldiers retreat to the city. If the Zhao bandits take advantage of the situation and attack at this time, I am afraid that the retreat will become a defeat.

Once the army collapses, it will really be over.

Wu Xuan was in a panic, he kept weighing the pros and cons, and he didn't give an order for a long time.

"boom!!!"

There was another huge roar, which was much louder than the previous one.

The hole that collapsed continued to grow larger under the bombardment of the artillery fire, and even the nearby city wall of nearly 100 meters collapsed completely.

All of a sudden, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the rammed earth blasted by the artillery fire was blown everywhere by the air waves rolled up when the city wall collapsed.

The cave where Wu Sheng was located also began to shake violently, and dust kept falling from the top.

Seeing this, Chen Dehai and Li Tianhe didn't care about it, they took Wu Sheng's arm and ran out.

Running to the open space outside, Wu Tong looked at the fallen section of the city wall, and finally made up his mind, "Order the whole army to retreat, retreat to the city, and rely on the terrain in the city to resist."

Now that things have come to an end, it is impossible not to retreat, otherwise, people like myself will be buried alive by the collapsed city wall.

After the order was issued, Li Tianhe hurriedly asked the servant who was beside him to pass on the order.

At the same time, the officers were warned to evacuate in an orderly manner. If the team panicked and collided with the army formation, the leading officer would be killed directly.

Whoever's formation is not chaotic and withdraws in an orderly manner will be rewarded to the hundred household officials who lead the team.

After telling the servants the order, Li Tianhe and Chen Dehai hurriedly took Wu Sheng to the city.

Not long after running out, the soldiers hiding in the cave of soldiers fled towards the city under the leadership of the hundred household officials.

Under the order of Li Tianhe's carrot and stick, the officer leading the team tried his best to suppress the soldiers under his command to prevent them from panicking out of fear.

"Anyone who can keep calm and evacuate in an orderly manner will be rewarded heavily. Each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver. Anyone who panics and rushes into the army will die!"

A bearded Baihu official led his servants, brandishing a knife in his hand and rushed to the front, turning his head from time to time and shouting loudly.

When Wu Sheng's order spread throughout all the city walls, the young and strong soldiers hiding in the caves retreated into the city like the tide.

Fortunately, the long-overdue military salary was paid to these soldiers before, otherwise, these soldiers would definitely not obey Wu Sheng's order.

Not long after, all the troops retreated to the city.

Li Tianhe stood on the square in front of the governor's yamen, hurriedly pulled over a dozen servants, and shouted at them: "I have ordered that whoever kills one rebel will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and whoever captures one alive will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." .

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Those who kill Zhao Wen will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and those who capture Zhao Wen alive will be recommended by the Governor to be made a public visit.

At the same time, tell those thousands of households and hundreds of households to lead their troops to guard at the entrances of various streets to resist Zhao's bandits. "

"Obey!" The orderly behind him clasped his fists at him, and then rushed towards the gathered soldiers.

As time passed, the time has come to the afternoon, and the sun has begun to set.

The three city walls in the east, west, and north have been destroyed by artillery fire. No matter how strong the city walls are, they cannot withstand the artillery fire that is more than 300 years ahead of this era.

Zhao Wen held up the binoculars, looked at the dilapidated city wall, and shouted: "Send me an order, stop the bombardment, and prepare to bury the moat!"

Li Xiaosan led the messengers and rushed to the artillery position.

The artillery fire gradually stopped, and the smoke and dust on the city wall also slowly dissipated under the action of the wind.

Already prepared, soldiers carrying sandbags rushed towards the moat, throwing the sandbags on their shoulders into the moat.

It didn't take long for the moat of Taiyuan Mansion to be filled with soldiers.

Zhao Wen looked at the filled moat and the broken city wall, controlled the horse, brandished a long knife, and shouted: "Rush into Taiyuan Mansion!!!"

"kill!!!"