"The reinforcements from the court are here!" "We are saved!" "The navy of the government is firing artillery to attack the bandits!"

In the three cities of Dongcheng, Xicheng and Zicheng, the gentry and people ran around to tell each other... Bamboo sheds were set up along the streets of the city, which were filled with people fleeing everywhere. Everyone said word by word, and in less than a stick of incense, the news of the great reinforcements of the navy spread throughout the city! This news was ecstatic! The people ran around the streets and alleys, serping in groups, or cheering in groups of three or five, and more people listened quietly to the sound of cannons outside the city in their yards. Some Qingliu gentry rushed to the prefecture government office and asked the yamen runners in the palace to inquire about the situation. In order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, Chen Gongju simply asked the yamen runners to invite the respected Qingliu to visit the city.

Guangzhou Zicheng was slightly higher than the surrounding terrain. Standing at the top of the city, the movements of pirates near the WA Wharf and the battles between the navy on the river were clearly visible. The prefecture informed everyone in advance that the cannibal artillery was powerful, and watching the battle at the top of the city might be in danger of life. However, under the excitement of the crowd, most of the gentry did not retreat in the last moment and went up to the top of the city one after another.

The group of people stood up and looked at the battlefield from afar. As they talked, exaggerated exclamations came from time to time.

"Not bad! It's indeed the Navy of the Official Army!"

"Do you want to work with the navy inside and outside to come to a center to bloom?"

"There are broken wooden boards floating on the river, and they are broken thieves' ships!"

"Zhao Yuanzhi's military use is indeed powerful, and he can be said to be a joke and the masts and oars are destroyed in ashes!"

"Ouch! It's moving, it's moving, the bandits move again!"

"The bandits are numerous and powerful. Although the official army can fight, they are afraid they are outnumbered!"

Since the implementation of the school recommendation system, local officials and gentry have been integrated. These gentry were originally well-known figures. After the pirates invaded the country, they naturally had to pull familiar officials to talk to each other, especially those whose sons and nephews were outside the city, and they asked this and that with concern. The scene was a little confused for a while. Huang Yuanlong, the academic government, had a stern face and could not say anything, so he just stared at the prefect Chen Gongju. "Mr. Chen, the war is in danger," Liu Yu whispered, "It's better to let all the gentlemen leave first?"

"It's okay," Chen Gongju shook his head, "Scholars are the heads of the four people. Today, the official army defeated the bandits, and they just let them go back to tell the people, one to calm the people's hearts, and the other to let the people know that the officers and soldiers are trying hard to kill the enemy." He lowered his voice, "Heaven looks at himself and the people's hearts, so that we will win the hearts of the people! Obey the destiny!" The Nanhai Navy arrived as promised, which made Chen Gongju feel relieved. In order to prevent traitors, he conspired with Zhao Xingde to set up a situation to ask the enemy to be trapped, and he has been hiding from most people. Pirates attacked the city very urgently, and the scholars in Guangnan were killed and injured. When people in the city were panic, Chen Gongju would rather bear the pressure himself than reveal his plan to lure the enemy to others.

Liu Yu nodded. He was one of the few people who knew the plan to lure the enemy. Only today did he let go of a huge rock in his heart.

"Everyone, listen to me!" Chen Gongju said in a deep voice. The gentry stopped talking and looked at the magistrate.

"In this last battle, all the bandits must be wiped out between the Hanhai City and the coast, and do not let them wander around. In order to make a fortune, in addition to the regiment training camps stationed in the three cities, I am also planning to recruit local strong men over 14 years old and under 50 years old to help the battle. The strong men form a regiment training camp to supplement the city of Hanhai, and the thins transport supplies to maintain local public security. According to the rough estimate of household registration, according to the rules of one household and one household, 217,500 strong men can be recruited. According to the rule of one household and one household, 217,500 strong men can be recruited.

"Mr. Chen paused and looked at the expressions of the gentry. No one jumped out of opposition at this moment, which made him feel more and more calm, "The time for recruiting strong men is not long, it only takes fifteen days. Each county will implement the head of the wife of the village, the village, the manager, the capital, the fang, and the insurance. The husband of the village needs to prepare his own dry food for five days, and the village needs to prepare another ten days of food and grass. Everyone, within two days, the men and grass will be fully prepared, right?"

When the gentry heard that they were going to recruit civil servants, the gentry looked solemn, and someone whispered: "Would you be too anxious if you limited to two days?"

"Each household and one family, and it is too heavy to recruit civil servants in this way!"

"Yes, although it's only fifteen days, I'm afraid the people will be unbearable."

"Sir, it's okay to have only fifteen days of commission, but I'm afraid the war will be delayed. The civilians will complain if they can't go home on time."

"Two days is already a grace." Chen Gongju pointed to the continuous pirate warships outside the city and raised his tone slightly, "You are all people who are knowledgeable and wise, and you should know that trapped beasts are still fighting. Now that the navy of the government has cut off the retreat of the bandits, it is both happy and worried for the people of Guangzhou. What is happy is that the thief's power is difficult to last, and what is worried is that the bandits are eager to jump over the wall. In order to survive, the bandits will definitely fight desperately to attack Hanhai City. Judging from the situation in the past few days, if there are no reinforcements, the Hanhai City will be difficult to defend. Once the Hanhai City is lost, the pirates will lose their constraints and become bandits, burning, killing and looting everywhere. This will definitely be a catastrophe for the people near Guangzhou! As the saying goes, under the collapse of the nest, how can there be a complete egg? The land of your hometown, the tombs of your ancestors, and the relatives of your clans, may not be safe!"

Chen Gongju's tone was a bit dull, but the expressions of the people on the city wall changed drastically.

In this era, almost most scholars lived in the countryside, and some bought houses in the city. Even if they were officials from other places, their parents and clans always stayed in their hometowns. Even famous officials in the court would not stay in the capital to die. They would eventually die in their hometowns and return to their hometowns. The countryside was the tombs of their ancestors and the foundation of the gentry. Pirates attacked in large numbers, and some gentry near Guangzhou rushed to the city to hide in a hurry, but the monks could not escape the temple. The city of Guangzhou was crowded, and a large clan often had only one or two houses to hide in the city, and most of the clans remained in the countryside and left fate. A few days ago, the strength of the official army and the thieves seemed to be very different, and the gentry were also ready to suffer a lot of life in their hometowns. But now that the official army and the navy came to help, the official army had the strength to defeat the pirates, the gentry's minds changed a little. However, Chen Gongju's words still shocked them.

"What does Lord Chen mean?" Someone asked in a vain.

At this time, on the Pearl River, pirate warships were sailing towards the South China Sea Navy with great momentum. The brigade of warships almost covered the river. Compared with the pirates, the formation of the official navy seemed extremely thin. Some people couldn't help but mutter: "If the official army had only a few people, who was the knife and the fish? Could it be that they would use the flesh and blood of my Guangnan children to consume the strength of the pirates?"

"Master Zhao, the Navy of the South China Sea is a hammer, and our Guangzhou defends the sea city as an anvil," Chen Gongju looked at the river from afar, slapped the battlements with a "slap" and said coldly, "Let all these thieves be destroyed under the city of Guangzhou." At this time, there was another roar of cannons on the river surface, and everyone's hearts were trembling, no longer talking, and their eyes were on the fierce battle.

There is a turn from the Pearl River to the point where it flows from wide to narrow, and there are many wreckage of warships floating.

The water here is not good, and the official navy is waiting for the battle downstream, and all the pirates know it. However, the sea ships must pass through this river when they go to sea from Guangzhou. They are all desperate people, thinking that their troops are more than ten times more than the official army, and there are thousands of ships of all sizes. They will suffer some losses in front of them and will always rush over. As long as they fight together, they can rely on more ships and more soldiers to overwhelm the official navy.

Pirate warships came over the river. As the river narrowed, the big ships and small ships were crowded together. In addition, they had to avoid the wreckage of the sunken ships, and the speed slowed down. Although the formation of the South China Sea Navy was thin, the firepower of the ship's side was far greater than that of the pirates. As soon as the pirates' ships entered the range, the command of each ship ordered the firing of artillery and concentrated their firepower to bombard the bow of the large ship.

The shells fell on the pirate ship like raindrops, and penetrated the ship's boards like destruction.

The shells fell among the crowd of pirates crowded on the bow of the ship, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, with broken limbs and broken arms everywhere.

The pirates were originally planning to jump ship to fight for the hand-to-hand combat as soon as they approached, but they could only run away with their heads and dodge. Because the Song army's artillery shells were very fierce, the artillery on the pirate ship was almost destroyed without firing. Under the fierce artillery fire of the Song army, the pirate ship could not get close to the navy's gunship at all, and only some small boats became fish that escaped the net.

However, although the pirate's boat was close to the navy's gunship, it was more difficult to climb onto the navy's boat than to get on the sea of ​​fire. A row of musketeers stood behind the side of the boat and fired in turn. There were also thunderheads mixed in, throwing thunderstors at the boat from a high place to throw thunders or turret tanks at the boat, blowing these pirates to cry and crying, and jumping into the sea like burning their butts. In less than a stick of incense, all the pirates rushing in front were destroyed, and many wreckage and corpses were added to the river. The tragic scene in front fell into the eyes of the pirates behind, and the pirates were naturally timid and did not dare to die again. Some ships simply turned their direction and retreated towards the WA Pirates.

"A coward on the battlefield!" Famaitu said with a gloomy face, "It's just damn!"

"The Song people's artillery is too fierce," Abad shook his head, "and it can't be trusted, warriors and cowards are the same."

The officer Dashi looked at the Song army's gunship with red eyes, but no one wanted to die in vain.

At this moment, Qiu Darui, who had been silent, said in a deep voice: "It's not impossible."

"What's the solution?" Famaitu asked staring at him.

"The artillery and crossbows of the Song army have always been very powerful. In the north, cavalry usually charges intensively. No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, there is always a limit," Qiu Darui pondered, "As long as the army attacks are too many and dense, they will definitely rush to the front of the artillery, and that is the time to collect debts." He curled his lips, looked at Famaitu, and left half of the words without saying it.
Chapter completed!