Chapter 330 Break the city
Wu Sanbao tasted it and asked in a trembling voice: "Sir! I really give us a pack of frosting candy each?" Wu Sanbao knew the price of frosting candy, so he didn't have to ship it to Nanzhili. He was sold in Ganzhou, and this pack was very much exchanged for nearly 100 taels of silver. You should know that the old Ming Dynasty system undertaken by the Qing Dynasty, the officials' salaries were very low. Generals like him only cost five taels of silver and five cents of silver per month for ordinary soldiers. If they were paid in full, they could make a living, but this amount of silver could not be guaranteed. They could only get some benefits when fighting. Wu Sanbao has traveled around the country in recent years and has saved less than 200 taels of silver and is preparing to stop fighting. Then he returned to his hometown to buy a few acres of land as a small landlord. Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the Ming army in Ganzhou, and the silver was also lost while running for life.
Zhang Jiayu nodded and said, "Yes, you go to the camp to find me five thousand people. You need to be old and you can fight. Don't be those over forty years. If this matter is done, you will get two kilograms of frosted candy!"
It is easy to do things with money. When Wu Sanbao heard that the adult in front of him was so generous, he changed his constipation just now and patted his chest to ensure that he would pick out the best soldiers for the adult.
Wu Sanbao did not disappoint Zhang Jiayu. In fact, it was mainly the power of silver. When the Qing army prisoners heard that they would have a pound of frosted candy as long as they went to war, they immediately signed up and immediately recruited five thousand people. These big-headed soldiers had never seen frosted candy, but they had heard that this thing was very expensive and more valuable than silver.
Zhang Jiayu was very satisfied when he saw the 5,000 prisoners of war picked out by Wu Sanbao. They were all between twenty and thirty years old, all of whom were fighting.
Zhang Jiayu found a box and stood up, and said loudly: "Listen, let's attack the city tomorrow. As siege soldiers, each of you will give you a pound of frosting candy. The first one to climb the city is ten pounds. The first one to climb the city is ten pounds. No one to climb the city is three pounds of frosting candy!"
Ten kilograms of frosted candy are only one thousand taels of silver. When these big-headed soldiers heard this heavy reward, they all shouted: "Don't worry, sir!" "Do you keep your word?"
"Don't worry! I can't greedy for you! As long as I fight to attack the city, everyone will be rewarded!"
After saying that, Zhang Jiayu asked someone to send them the weapons and equipment he brought. Of course, it was just weapons and the armor was still not sent. Zhang Jiayu was also careful, afraid that these guys would really turn against him.
The Qing army prisoners were overjoyed when they saw that the weapons they fired were more elite than their own swords and guns. They were all veterans and knew that a sharp weapon could greatly increase their chances of survival.
Seeing that the preparation was almost done, Zhang Jiayu said to Wu Sanbao: "It depends on General Wu now. Our Ming army will support you with muskets and cannons from behind!"
When Wu Sanbao heard that the army's cannons were firing behind, he did not dare to ask if they were accurate. He lowered his head and organized five thousand Qing army prisoners to leave the camp.
It's afternoon now. After the attack in the morning, Jin Shenghuan in the city felt that there should be no problem, so he handed over the task of defending the city to Wang Deren. He went home and hugged his wife and went to sleep.
Wang Deren didn't expect that the Ming army opposite could still attack the city in the afternoon. Seeing the Ming army lined up again two miles away, he knew that he was going to attack the city again.
However, Wang Deren was not worried much. The morning battle had already shown that the Ming army had insufficient firepower and was not enough to attack the city. It was not the same as before when we came again.
But Wang Deren was surprised next. Unexpectedly, a team of Qing troops rushed out from behind the Ming army, which were the guys who were captured yesterday.
Wang Deren sneered in his heart. As long as he did not contact the Ming army head-on, what kind of combat effectiveness could these Qing troops have? Maybe it was not certain if they got on the city wall immediately. The Ming generals on the opposite side were really brave and dared to send them to attack the city after just one day of captives.
It was just a matter of these five thousand prisoners pushing several chariots, and some people carrying ladders. These siege tools were originally from the Qing army camp and were also used for siege half a month ago, but they did not expect to be used by the Ming army again.
The five thousand Qing army prisoners were red in their eyes for money, and under the leadership of the gang general Wu Sanbao, they began to attack the city.
The Qing army on the city saw that the Ming army behind did not move, but they just set off the cannons slowly. The Qing army under the city had already run to the city at this time, and a few guys shouted: "Brothers in the city, don't shoot arrows, we must anyway, let us in and fight the Ming army together!"
When the Qing army on the city saw that there were people who knew them below, they were still comrades yesterday.
"Last brother, it's really you! I thought it was Ming Jun's trick!"
"It's really us. We deceived Mingjun. Actually, we have to do it anyway!"
However, there were also several Qing soldiers on the city wall who didn't believe what the people below said, and fired a few arrows and shot a few unlucky ghosts to death. The Qing soldiers on the city and under the city cursed together: "Grandma's bastard shot, do you know that the one you shot was my elder brother!"
"Don't shoot archery fuckingly, wait for grandpa to come up and kill you!"
At this time, the Qing army under the city did not speak, and was about to climb up the ladder, because Zhang Jiayu was very clear that the first one came up with ten kilograms of frosted sugar, and the first one hundred were three kilograms.
The six-meter city wall quickly climbed up. Just when the Qing army on the city was about to welcome his brothers, he didn't expect his brother to take action.
The first guy in the city was very excited. He got ten kilograms of frosted sugar. As soon as he climbed the city wall, he immediately pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and slashed at a Qing army on the side.
The weapons brought by Zhang Jiayu were all pure steel horizontal swords, which were not sold to the Nanzhili Resistance Organization. They were considered to be a steel sword in the Ming Dynasty.
The Qing army next to him had to reach out to help the brother who came up, but unexpectedly, he would have a horizontal knife to greet him. He was immediately cut off and pulled his body halfway.
The Qing army around this knife was stunned and didn't react for a while. He was obviously a brother living in a tent, so why did he get started?
Wang Deren, who was still standing in the distance, had experience. He reacted immediately and shouted: "They were bribed, brothers, do it!"
But just as he was stunned, nearly a hundred people climbed up to the top of the city and immediately fought with the Qing army.
The role of fondant and the sharp weapon really caught the Qing army off guard. The prisoners rushed to the city and immediately gained the advantage. As more prisoners rushed to the city, the defense line on the city continued to expand.
Wang Deren found that something was wrong at this time, so he quickly asked his personal soldiers to transfer the reserve team. If these people were not defeated, they would be in danger.
In this way, yesterday, two troops of comrades-in-arms brothers were attacked by an unscrupulous official, and the brothers turned against each other.
Zhang Jiayu, who was under the city, was happy to see the city and said, "Two generals, you see it! Just 10,000 kilograms of frosted sugar and only 5,000 taels of silver, let these people beat them to death!"
Ma Liang looked at Zhang Jiayu's cold sweat and swore in his heart that he would stay away from these stinky old masters in the future. He was so fucking bad.
"General Ma, don't be stunned. Take advantage of the battle in the city like this. Send someone to blow up the city wall with a gunpowder truck so that we can kill us!"
Ma Liang didn't hear it clearly and asked, "Sir, don't you wait for the prisoners to rush in?"
"They? They are just cannon fodder, and they all died so much that they saved 10,000 kilograms of frosted sugar!"
Ma Liang felt that he could no longer communicate normally with Zhang Jiayu, so he should stay away from this guy. He said, "I'll go and prepare", and quickly ran away.
Just when the city wall was killed and killed, there were ten Ming soldiers under the city wearing Qing army costumes and dragging a small cart. The cart was loaded with five hundred kilograms of compressed black gunpowder. The explosion power of this thing was 30% of the power of the yellow explosives in later generations. Five hundred kilograms were nearly two hundred kilograms of yellow explosives. It was more than enough to collapse this section of the city wall.
These ten people were pushing the cart with their waists, trying not to let the Qing army in the city discover it. In fact, the Qing army could not find it. It was already mixed up, and someone was in charge of the affairs under the city.
Ten people pushed the cart to the base of the city wall, used a pickaxe to dig a pit of half a meter deep and three meters long at the base of the city wall, and put five packs of gunpowder into the pit. In fact, they should dig deeper, but there was really no time. There were only 5,000 prisoners on the city wall, but there were 30,000 people in the city. After the silver effect disappeared, it was no match for the Qing army at all.
The squad leader took out a ignition tube for artillery. The lead wire was left for a long time, enough for them to run to a safe distance. After the slightest, the ten guys ran back.
After more than twenty seconds, a loud noise came from the south gate of Ganzhou Town. The six-meter-high city wall seemed to be lifted up by a giant hand. When it fell heavily, the city wall immediately became a piece of rubble and the Ganzhou city was broken.
Seeing the gap of a hundred meters that was blown out, Zhang Jiayu said, "Okay, here are the two generals below, let's see you!"
Ma Liang and Ma Rufeng were already ready. Seeing that the city wall was blown up, they immediately rushed in.
At this time, Jin Shenghuan, who was in the city, heard the loud noise coming from the south city. He had a lot of combat experience and immediately knew that something was wrong. Maybe the city wall collapsed.
Jin Shenghuan hurried out to find his son and said, "Go and take the people quickly and get ready. Open the north gate. I left a boat on the dock. Let's go!"
"But Dad, I should take people to the South Gate now, and I should be able to retake the South Gate!"
Jin Shenghuan slapped his son angrily and cursed: "Didn't you see it yesterday? We are not opponents of the Ming army at all. Now we'll finish if we don't run away. Go and prepare!"
Jin Daoming did not dare to refute, so he quickly led his personal troops to the north gate.
The north gate is Yongkin Gate, which is the water gate of Ganzhou City. The cunning Jin Shenghuan left a way out for himself early.
After Jin Daoming got here and prepared, he found that his father had not come either. He felt bad and quickly took people back to pick up Jin Shenghuan. As expected, Jin Shenghuan was blocked by a team of Ming troops in the mansion.
There were about 100 Ming troops in this team, but fortunately, they didn't bring artillery, so Jin Shenghuan and dozens of personal soldiers were able to defend themselves with the mansion gate.
Jin Daoming came to his father and said, "Dad, go quickly, I'll hold on here for a while!"
Jin Shenghuan nodded and said, "You can follow me quickly!" After that, he led people out through the back door.
Seeing his father walking away, Jin Daoming was also preparing to rush out and run away, but at this time, a cannon was transported by the Ming army opposite.
Chapter completed!