Chapter 84 Battle South Gate

But at this point, the rebels have no choice. Anyway, they have to fight this battle, and they have to fight hard. If they can't capture Mouping County this time, their military food is not enough to continue to besiege here for a long time, so they must withdraw from the siege and then transfer to other places.

If you can't attack Mouping County, it must be difficult for them to explain this time, so Chen Guangfu hates the people in Xishan Village at this time, but he is afraid of it.

After dawn, the rebels had a meal and began to fish out of the camp. They gathered towards the South Gate and gathered into a large area outside the South Gate. In addition to the soldiers and horses led by Chen Guangfu in the past few days, the defeated soldiers brought back by Zhang Tao from Xishan Village were also thrown into this battlefield, making their troops It has increased a lot.

Thousands of rebels gathered outside the south gate, and the people were also murderous, which made the defenders in the city a little numb. Many people secretly prayed that God would bless them and make them withstand the attack of the rebels. Once the city is broken, they will probably die, and they are in the city. I'm afraid it's hard for my family to live.

These damn Dongjiang rebels are cruel and hate their Shandong people to the bone. Once they enter the city, they will never be soft-hearted, so at this time, the defenders in the city are also enemies and more or less retain a little morale.

After the rebels began to gather, Zhao Zhizhou also came to the South Gate to supervise the battle. Everyone knows very well that this battle is probably the first battle that determines whether Mouping County can defend. Once the city is broken, everyone will play collectively, so the officials spare no effort to roll up their sleeves and do it in person, whether it is for They themselves, or noble, are more loyal to the court, and for the sake of the tens of thousands of people in the city, they have no way out.

A big pot was set up, and there was not enough firewood, so I demolished the house, demolished the door, demolished the bed board, in short, dismantled the things that could be dismantled, acted as firewood to boil water, and limited tung oil and other grease were also concentrated to prepare for heating up and resist the rebels.

If there is not enough rolling wood and gravel, he demolishes the courtyard wall, demolishes the house, transports the bricks and stones to the wall as stones, and the beams are lifted up to the wall as rolling wood. Some beams are also nailed with iron nails, tied with ropes, hung on the shelf, and acted as Lei Yiye. In short, everything that can be taken out at hand is taken out.

The only old cannons in the city have also been cleaned up, carried up, bowls of guns, tiger squatting cannons, and captive-killing cannons. It's unclear that they are all gods and horses. There are two cannons that have been more than a hundred years old, but they can't care too much at this time, as long as they can make a little sound. As for whether they blow up or not, they don't care about them. It is.

Just as they were preparing, a team of people appeared neatly on the street in the south gate. This group of people and horses was about 200 people, almost a standard infantry company of sea wolves, all carrying uniform "birds". In the whistle, they took neat steps and marched silently without saying anything. On the street, towards the south gate.

Everyone looked sideways at this team, but there was an eager look on their faces. Some people even knelt down with tears in their eyes, kowtowed to the side of the road, and shouted to them, "Xishan Village heroes! We are counting on you! You have to guard our city!"

Some large households may also be found by their conscience, or moved by their hearts, and sent people to send some food. They are not fortresses to these "rural soldiers" in Xishan Village to accept them anyway, but the 200 people walking in front of them turn a blind eye to it. One by one, they were shy and did not squint. In the majestic whistle, they continued to move their precise steps like a mechanical class, making a roaring footsteps and marching forward.

Is there only one person in the same family who rode one in a big way? From time to time, the people who welcomed them on both sides on the side of the team often punched and thanked them, and repeatedly promised that they would do their best to defend Muping County.

As for someone giving them things, this guy is not polite. He also followed 50 untidy-looking villagers, pulled two big cars, loaded the things sent by someone along the way, and swaggered through the market. Basically, it can be said that the comers do not refuse, especially as long as they see large families delivering things, it is even more certain. You have to accept it all according to the order, and even hold your mouth to show that you are not satisfied. I think the number is too small.

Li San's proud posture has attracted the contempt of many of his subordinates, but they like to see Li San, a villain. Their current identity is only a township soldier, but they can be so respected. This is the result of what they have spelled these days.

These days, they are like firefighters, supporting everywhere in the city, but wherever there is a tight war, they will appear. As long as they are fired, the rebels will often retreat immediately.

So these days, they have made a reputation and prestige in Mouping County. They have become the psychological pillars of all the people in Mouping County, even far more than those serious officers and defenders in the city.

Moreover, these Xishan village soldiers, with strict military discipline, never come around in the city. Even if they have time to go whoring, they will pay according to the price, buy things, and pay everything according to them. They never mess up, which makes the people of Mouping County all give a thumbs up to these Xishan village soldiers.

Later, even some prostitutes said that as long as the villagers in Xishan Village are willing to come to prostitute them, they will never charge money, and they will definitely serve them well. As long as they like it, they can do what they want! It can be seen how prestigious the villagers in Xishan Village are now in Muping County.

What surprised everyone was that this time, more than 200 villagers from Xishan Village unexpectedly came. As soon as they inquired, they knew that it was made by the township soldiers of Xishan Village last night. Liu Dashan of Xishan Village, after successive defeats the rebels, they actually gave it to Mouping County overnight. A group of reinforcements came from the city.

Liu's different reputation suddenly rushed to the sky like a rocket. Almost everyone in the city praised him repeatedly, saying that Liu Dashanren, in addition to being a good man, is also a righteous man and an absolute righteous man. He can stand up at the time of the national disaster and do not hesitate to let his rural soldiers come to save Mouping County.

He did this, compared with other large households in Mouping County, which really made the faces of those big families have no place to let go. Let's see how Liu Dashanren did it when he was in this dilemma. Let's see how those big gentry people usually do it in the county, and they all have books in their hearts. Compared with that, those gentry now let them bring it up again, and they all spit and scold each other.

Seeing these Xishan Village soldiers come to the south gate and stop, the original defenders on this side also suddenly lit up, and their morale was raised. Unexpectedly, so many reinforcements came from Xishan Village, so there seems to be hope for this battle. With these Xishan The villagers in the village feel confident and are no longer afraid of these rebels.

Zhao Zhizhou even greeted Sergeant Yu Lixian from the wall and personally delivered an impassioned speech to these Xishan village soldiers, greatly praising these Xishan village soldiers, calling them righteous men and heroes! These sea wolf soldiers can't help but feel a little fluttering. In the past, they never thought that one day they would be so highly regarded by such a senior official. Now after following Yu Xiaotian, they can all stand up their chests in front of the officials, and the psychological satisfaction is not by outsiders. I know.

At this time, Zhao Zhizhou felt good about this Li San. Although Li San was a martial artist, not even a military general, but just a large family general, in his eyes, he still felt good no matter how he looked at it. He did not underestimate Li San at all. If his daughter hadn't been married, he would even At a moment, he may think about marrying his daughter to a domestic slave who used to be a dog in his eyes. Of course, this is just thinking that if he really let him do it, it will definitely not work. I guess if he does this, he will drown himself.

After tossing for a while, Zhao Zhizhou and other officials suddenly found that Li San came over this time, and the team seemed to have dragged a strangely shaped vehicle. The whole "car" was wrapped in oilcloth and could not see what was underneath, but some people roughly guessed that this may be It's a cannon.

They didn't expect that Xishan Village would come here this time and drag a cannon. If it had been in the past, they probably wouldn't care much about it. But now after seeing the sharp birds in the hands of the soldiers of Xishan Village, they are now beginning to look forward to the cannon they dragged, hoping that they will bring. This gun can also be as good as the birds in their hands.

Li San did not talk nonsense. After greeting Zhao Zhizhou and others, he, accompanied by Zhao Zhizhou, went up the wall to check the terrain and the situation of the rebels outside the city.

After seeing the black and suppressed rebels outside the city, Li San also fell back to reality from a state of floating. There were too many rebels, more than 4,000, and there were many hostages. At this time, the defenders defending on the south gate, without him, there were only more than 600, one to one. Under the state, this force is really disparable.

He took out the monocular he wore around his waist and began to observe the situation of the rebels. Soon he searched for the location of the rebels' cannon, a Hongyi cannon and two cannons.

The Dafa was built at a distance of more than 200 steps from the city wall and built a simple shelter, but the Hongyi cannon was 400 steps away. It can be seen that the rebels were still careful and took this Hongyi cannon seriously.

This time he came to defend this side. In fact, the biggest threat is still these three cannons. He is not nervous about the other weapons of the rebels.