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It was more than an hour before dark, outside the city of Baodezhou Prefecture, Shanxi, countless bandits were preparing to attack the city. The number of people made almost all the Ming troops on the top of the city pale.
When the garrison of the prefecture saw that his subordinates were frightened by the thieves, he shouted loudly: "Don't look at the many thieves, they are all mobs. They are just disaster victims in Shaanxi. They are starving to death and want to attack the city. This is a dream!"
"Look at how many siege tools they have? With them, no matter how many people there are, they can't catch up!"
“…”
Under the analytical call of the garrison, the Ming army on the city wall gradually recovered its confidence. With confidence, morale rose.
Outside the city, Zijinliang Wang Ziyong and Ma Huihui and others reported to Wang Jiayin: "Brother of the leader, the preparation is almost done."
Wang Jiayin looked very relaxed, as if he was not very worried about capturing the city. He smiled and nodded and said, "Then let's start!"
The order was passed, and the thief, the thief, waved the swords and guns in his hand and began to drive away the crowd in front of him: "Let me go, hurry up and attack the city..."
There are about a thousand people in these groups. Most of them are old and weak, with fear on their faces, and many women have even been scared to tears. Many people looked at the city walls in the distance and looked at the Ming army standing on the top of the city, and they were all very scared.
"Let's go, I won't stab you anymore!" The strong men raised the swords and guns in front of these people, shouting loudly, and finally drove these people to move towards the city.
"Haha, look, those thieves have no decent weapons to attack the city. Do they want to dig the city wall with a hoe or cut it with a sickle?" Ming Jun, a famous tall man, saw it clearly and said mockingly.
But a weak companion beside him did not respond, but just stared out blankly. When the tall Mingjun saw it, he patted his thin companion on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, your family will be fine. What these thieves want is the property of the prefecture, right?"
"I hope so!" said the thin companion still staring outside with a little worried.
The Ming army on the top of the city was basically local. A considerable number of people, whose homes were not in the city, but in the villages and forts outside the city. Because they were very close to the border, in order to prevent the Mongols from building Qiugu, they mostly built villages to defend themselves, but had certain defense.
A large number of bandits were getting closer and closer to the city. The Ming army on the city was ready to teach these bandits a lesson so that they would not dare to come and attack the city again.
"See, what are these thieves and farmers? They are timid and dragged, just some ladders, without armor, and even women. If they can attack the city, there will be ghosts. I will guard them all!" The garrison shouts sounded again, encouraging the morale on the city.
At this time, he could basically conclude that the thieves outside the city were really a mob, and they wanted to attack the state prefecture, which was really a dream!
But at this moment, many sharp-eyed guards saw clearly that the thieves outside were the villagers they knew, and even their relatives. At this moment, they panicked and shouted: "Mom, mom, what's going on?"
"Dad, you're confused, why are you doing with these thieves?"
“…”
Some Ming soldiers with more violent personalities even shouted in hatred: "Dad, what's the point of thieves? Rebellion is like seeking death!"
"Brother, your weak figure is so tired that you can do farm work. Do you want to come and grab the prefecture?"
“…”
When most of the old and weak cried when they heard these shouts from the top of the city. They shouted the names of their relatives on the top of the city and cried about their own experiences.
"The village was broken by them, and they snatched everything away. If they don't follow them, they will starve to death!"
"Son, it's not that my father is confused, it's them who forced me to come! Old Zhang next door refused to come, and he was beaten to death by their hanging tree!"
“…”
Listening to the conversation under the city, the thief who were mixed in the crowd showed a hint of pride. Those with bows and arrows had already begun to slap the bows, but those who did not have bows and arrows were urging those who carried simple ladders to attack the city quickly.
When the Ming soldiers saw them on the top of the city, they wanted to fight back. But the Ming soldiers with relatives below quickly stopped them and angrily refused to let them fight back. There was a little chaos on the top of the city.
When the garrison saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered loudly, and whoever dared not fight back would be considered a thief accomplice and even went forward in person and killed a soldier who blocked the most intensely.
"If they attack, everyone in the city will suffer! Kill me!" The guard shouted with all his might, letting his servants start fighting back first.
Finally, the attacks between the city and the city began. From the beginning, both sides had no choice but to strengthen their strength. Suddenly, a large number of casualties appeared.
No exception, most of the old and weak outside the city were cannon fodder, either being killed by bows, muskets, wooden rocks on the top of the city, or being executed by the strong thieves hiding behind them.
On the top of the city, because of some concern, many people were killed by the bows and arrows of the strong thieves. The simple cloud ladder was mounted, pushed away, smashed to death, and then put on. With such repeated repetition, life was consumed in the process.
The first batch of cannon fodder was almost dead, and a batch of cannon fodder was escorted behind him. The more and more corpses were piled up under the city, and they were almost at the top of the city.
The fierce siege war attracted almost everyone's attention. The guards were worried that some of the Ming soldiers on the top of the city would not dare to take action, so they mobilized more soldiers on their backs to replace those soldiers with problems.
Slowly, the sun sets and the light becomes darker. But the thieves outside the city are still attacking, even if the old and weak have almost consumed the land, they are still attacking.
The Ming army on the city wall fought for more than an hour and was already a little tired. However, the bandits attacked very quickly, and they could not rest and defended with all their strength.
But at some point, there were suddenly shouts of killing in the city. About hundreds of thieves emerged from somewhere and raided the city gate. They opened the city gate inside and outside.
When the Zijinliang King saw the rebels from afar, he smiled and said to Wang Jiayin: "Brother of the Alliance, you have done it!"
Wang Jiayin nodded and replied with a caress: "We just arrived in Jin, and Baodezhou Prefecture was not prepared for us, so we were allowed to get into the inner responders beforehand. After the news came out, other cities probably wouldn't be so easy to get into the inner responders!"
After saying that, he saw that Wang Ziyong's happy expression had disappeared, and he smiled and said, "But no need to worry, since the prefecture is in the province, we can have a good rest."
After saying that, Wang Jiayin urged the horse to fight and said, "Let's go, the old rules are here!"
Chapter completed!