"Boom..."


    Gunfire rumbled outside the valley city.


    The six cannons went on and off in one direction. For half an hour, a crack finally appeared in the two foot high wall, and the rammed earth inside was exposed.


    He knew that if the other party forcibly attacked the city regardless of casualties, they could not stop it.


    Therefore, we can only put on a defensive posture, constantly encourage the soldiers to fight to death, and make the other party dare not attack in consideration of casualties.


    However, after half an hour of the thieves'' cannons, the morale of the soldiers has reached the edge of collapse. If the city wall collapses for another section, the reinforcements will not come, I''m afraid they can''t even stop the first wave of attack.


    Boom!


    What you are afraid of comes from what you are afraid of. Just when you are as fierce as a tiger and build a shed and look at the direction of Xiangyang, you are anxious. Under the relentless bombardment of six cannons, the cracked city wall finally collapsed for a short section,


    The Ming army on the wall was stunned.


    The Chinese artillery finally stopped, and ladder after ladder was pushed up, taking advantage of the situation to launch an attack.


    "Listen to the Ming brothers on the wall, so as not to be a ghost in vain..."


    A strong man with a loud voice on the ladder shouted, surrender and don''t kill, otherwise there will be no chickens and dogs after breaking the city.


    This let the remaining two thousand Ming army breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, they also calculated separately. Their fierce eyes were suddenly bright and shouted loudly.


    "Brothers, don''t panic, don''t listen to their nonsense, the reinforcements are coming!"


    "Look, the reinforcements are really coming..."


    "Great."


    Countless people looked at the past and saw that not far away, there was indeed a large group of Ming army coming. For a time, the cheers in the city were loud, and the morale about to collapse was rising again.


    But then fierce as a tiger and the generals around him were silly, because it seemed that only two or three thousand people came.


    Moreover, as soon as he fought with the thief army outside the city, he was killed and fled to the same way. How embarrassed it must be.


    "It''s over!"


    Fierce as a tiger, he almost fell to the ground.


    This huge psychological contrast, even the master general as fierce as a tiger is about to collapse, and other soldiers can imagine.


    In less than a moment, the four walls were in a mess. Generals at all levels were not busy maintaining order, but gathered their servants and prepared to break through.


    At this time, the ladder was pushed under the wall. Before the Chinese soldiers rushed to the city, the Ming army threw away their armor and fled to the city.


    Obviously, the two thousand Ming troops are veterans. If they know to surrender, they are not throwing at the city head. If they surrender at the city head, they are looking for death.


    Although he knew that it was definitely a fire pit outside the south city that was not surrounded, fierce as a tiger and all the generals still had to break through from the South with their servants.


    They are generals and officials. There are a lot of wives, children and children at home. There are good fields and luxury houses. As long as there is a last chance of survival, they will not surrender.


    Ordinary soldiers are very single. They don''t want to go out of the city to jump into the fire pit. Instead, they gather in groups and hide in the house, ready to surrender.


    It has to be said that compared with westerners, ancient Chinese still pay great attention to loyalty.


    Even ordinary people who don''t know a big character are the same. This imitation Buddha statue is like a gene engraved in everyone''s bones.


    In the west, in this case, whether the main general or ordinary soldiers, I''m afraid they would have surrendered long ago.


    It is because fierce as a tiger is usually pretty good against his opponent, so two thousand soldiers who can only get one or two percent of their pay have persisted until now.


    In the late Qing Dynasty, the Germans said that ordinary Chinese people, according to their German standards, Jiucheng was a good seedling to be a soldier.


    However, only 34% of European countries, only 10% of Italy, the lowest, and only half of Germany, gave up the idea of dividing up China.


    Not surprisingly, after mengruhu and a group of generals were killed out of the city, they were killed by female soldiers, engineers and fire gun soldiers lying in ambush outside the city. Even the master general mengruhu was caught alive and almost no one got away.


    In just an hour, the valley city was conquered. The reason is not that there are too few defenders or too many troops to attack the city, but the problem of morale.


    It can be seen that the morale of the garrison must be the first in this kind of city defense. If the soldiers use their lives and share a common hatred, even a thousand people can block 10000 people with the help of the city. On the contrary, if the Garrison has no morale, no matter how many people there are.


    After breaking the Valley City, Qin Yong and Qin Meng almost didn''t stop for a moment. They escorted two thousand prisoners and pushed cannons to kill and run to Sirius mountain dozens of miles away.


    meanwhile.


    Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong, also arrived in Nanzhang county with 20000 troops, while the original 5000 garrison in the city was transferred to Baokang by Yang Sichang.


    As a northerner, after arriving in Nanzhang, Wang Pu did not immediately launch an attack on Heishi town. Instead, he asked the spies to inquire about several nearby trails and had a good time with several concubines grabbed by the generals in the camp.


    "Marshal, the women in the south are Shuiling. They are much more beautiful than the women in Datong. Their waist is thin enough for me to hold my hands. Tut tut!"


    "Well, it''s really comfortable to pinch the thin skin and tender meat, but it can''t stand the toss. It''s a bit disappointing that it''s going to die and live after a few times."


    Wang Pu smiled and pinched the beauty in his arms, screaming again and again.


    The secret way followed Yang Sichang to Huguang. It was really right.


    "Ha ha..."


    "Handsome and powerful, we are willing to bow down!"


    "Commander, one is against two. We can''t catch up with him."


    The generals also laughed and flattered.


    The magistrate of Nanzhang County outside the camp and the gentry and landlords whose concubines were robbed shouted incessantly, and everyone turned red.


    Finally, seeing that the soldiers guarding the gate would not let them in at all, the county magistrate had to make a cruel remark, then appeased the gentry, and went back to his house to report the matter.


    While all the gentry were gnashing their teeth, they had to admit their planting and return home with hatred.


    Fortunately, those robbed were concubines and servant girls.


    Obviously, Wang Pu also knows that miss and Mrs. Yang can''t rob indiscriminately, otherwise Yang Sichang won''t be able to explain there.


    Compared with Wang Pu, he is not busy attacking, but collecting and scraping beauty money. He is happy outside Nanzhang City, but Heishi town is like a great enemy.


    "Feng''er, you can find out. It''s really the elite of the border army?" Xiao Xinru stared at Qin Feng nervously.


    In the hall, except Wang can, all the other scholars were pale.


    "Madam Hui, it''s really the border army. The chief general is Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong. The troops are about 20000." Although Qin Feng didn''t want to scare her, he had to say it truthfully.


    "Madam, don''t worry. No matter what army he is in, as long as he dares to come, my brothers and I will kill them all and never let them step into Blackstone town."


    Qin Shuang saw that Xiao Jianru was obviously frightened, so he quickly patted his chest to ensure that Qin Wen on one side also said: "madam, we have two thousand firearm soldiers, one thousand War soldiers, plus the young people in each village. At least five thousand people can come out. With the firecrackers we have hoarded for more than a year, we may not be unable to keep them."


    "Having said that, the army is numerous after all. Now Sirius mountain is occupied by the army again. In order to be just in case, let the people and craftsmen in all villages prepare for evacuation. Once we can''t hold it, we will retreat to black mountain stronghold."


    Xiao Xinru is also a person who has experienced great storms. She just calmed down for a moment, thought about it and said.


    "Madam, it''s better to be prepared than to be caught unprepared, and it''s best to start shipping grain and other materials now."


    Wang can nodded. He knew that the lady usually looked soft and weak, didn''t love to take charge, and didn''t say a heavy word to anyone, but she was still very assertive when she really met a big event, and didn''t hesitate like other women.