Chapter Eighty-Nine: Nanyang Fire II

In Nanyang City, the extreme silence and the extreme noise echo each other.

In the west of Nanyang City, the sound of cannons, shouts of killing, and screams, all kinds of sounds are mixed together, coupled with such and such fires rising into the sky, illuminating many places as if it were daylight, and even one or two places where there are fires, which also shows what is called war.

In other parts of Nanyang City, hundreds of people were eager to dig a pit in the ground and hide their entire families inside.

No, in fact, many people have already done this. I hope that neither side will find them, so that they can survive the night in peace.

It's just that some people can achieve this wish, and some people can't.

At least the people around the Tang Palace's mansion can't achieve it.

Thousands of people moved, and the movement was very large, even if Ma Sanbao deliberately covered it up and did not allow anyone to light torches, but the movement of more than 1,000 people marching still could not be blocked.

"Who?" A few Qing soldiers stood on the street with lanterns, looking at the figures in the distance, and couldn't see who it was, and they didn't know how many people there were, so they pretended to have the courage to ask.

Knowing that the Xia army had entered the city through the secret gate, under the command of Tunqi, the Qing army in the entire Nanyang City was mobilized, and countless tentacles penetrated deep into Nanyang City, and there were people patrolling the main road of Nanyang City, not to mention, the Tang Wangfu is the center of Nanyang Mansion, and the granary is a strategic place for the army, and the guard is even more strict, and the garrison of Tunqi is in the Tang Wangfu.

Even if the Qing army is dispatched in a big way at this moment, there are indispensable people guarding the vicinity of Tang Wangfu.

Under the guidance of the gentry in the city, Ma Sanbao walked through the streets and alleys, bypassed many places, and some of the truths simply passed in the courtyards of others, coupled with the fighting at the head of the city, only to cover up Ma Sanbao's movements, and now the Tang Wangfu is in sight, naturally it can't block this movement.

"Kill." Ma Sanbao gave an order, and several sharp arrows shot out of the darkness.

These Qing soldiers carrying lanterns didn't even see the arrows clearly, and they were shot to the ground one by one. The lantern that was originally in his hand suddenly fell to the opposite side, and the flames crawled out of the lantern, swallowing the paper lantern in his stomach in an instant. Turned into a fire.

Since Ma Sanbao has made it clear that the carriage and horses naturally have no need to hide.

For a while, the shouting and killing were loud, and countless feet stepped over the ground. One by one, the torches were lit, and the spearhead went straight to the Tang Palace. For a while, the entire Nanyang Mansion was shaken by this.

Tun Qi, who was fighting with the Xia army, was taken aback, he never thought that the Xia army would infiltrate Nanyang City so quietly, he first felt a chill in his heart, and said secretly: "If he

Attacking me from behind would be a big bad thing. ”

Seeing that this Xia army did not attack his back from behind, he first breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then remembered the granary in the Tang Palace, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and then he was cold sweat, and said secretly: "It's not good, the food of the army." ”

When he thought of the loss of food for the army, he didn't know how to explain it to Zilharang. He immediately wanted to send troops and horses to support Tang Wangfu. But Luo Dai can naturally let him get his wish.

At this moment, Luo Dai saw that Ma Sanbao had made a banner, so without saying a word, he beat everyone out of his hands.

If it was Tunqi who was bent on recapturing the gap and driving the Xia army out of Nanyang Mansion before, and the situation was reversed, but it was Luo Dai who was bent on breaking into Nanyang Mansion, and there were not too many people in Tunqi's hands.

Not to mention the contest between Luo Dai and Tunqi, it is just that Ma Sanbao suddenly attacked under the city wall of Tang Wangfu.

The city wall of the Tang Dynasty is two zhang high, which is the unified specification of the construction of the palace during the Hongwu period. And the various city gates are extremely tightly guarded, and it is difficult to break through here first without siege equipment.

Not to mention, the Qing soldiers in the Tang Palace's mansion had already been in place, although they were caught off guard by Ma Sanbao, but they could still hold the city wall for a while.

But in the darkness of the night, there were not many people at the head of the city, but a torch was thrown out, and these pine oil torches, which were wrapped in pine oil and cloth, even if they fell on the ground, they would be extinguished for a while, and the soldiers at the head of the city could see the enemy below clearly by virtue of this light.

Outside the Tang Palace, it is the main street of Nanyang Mansion, which is the main road. In peacetime, the day is naturally bustling, countless stalls squeeze the road, only the middle section is left, and it is probably possible to pass a sedan chair, but now it is different, the street several zhang wide, at a glance, has become the main battlefield of the war between the two sides.

Since Ma Sanbao dared to come, although he didn't prepare much. But it's not unprepared.

But I saw dozens of them, and there were countless people holding shields to block the arrows on their heads, and there were more than a dozen people below, hanging a pillar that one person hugged, and I don't know where they were moved from in the night. I don't know if it's the longevity material prepared by the family, or the pillar of whose family yard.

You must know that in this era, wood is the main building material, and many homes will prepare a little. Especially the elderly, will mention the preparation of wood to make a coffin, this kind of big wood that people hold, although not much, but not nothing, with the guidance of the Nanyang gentry, it is natural to find it quickly, even if you can't find it, you can also remove one from the house, not to mention anything else, no matter the beams of the house are probably used, building a house, it may not be easy to do, but if you want to dismantle, it is a simple matter.

They shouted slogans, and there were people around them lighting up with torches, shouting, and slamming the log against the courtyard wall.

Hearing only the sound of "boom", the entire courtyard wall moved, and the Qing soldiers who climbed on it with a ladder also shook and almost fell off the wall.

This courtyard wall is not a city wall after all.

Although the city walls of some small counties are also up and down two zhang, the city walls are generally thicker, not to mention anything else, and the carriages can be passed on it, which is convenient for the mobilization of troops. There is at least a few zhang thick rammed earth. However, the courtyard wall of the palace is naturally thicker than the courtyard wall of ordinary families, but it is naturally inferior to the city wall.

The courtyard wall is made of bricks on the inside, but rammed earth in the middle, which is similar to the structure of the city wall. There is a layer of red paint on the outside, but after a long time, it has long faded, as if it is Zhu Ming's world. The biggest difference with the city wall is that it is very thin, in general, it is only two or three feet, and it is a little unstable for human nature to walk on it for a day. There is no women's wall, so the Qing army is putting things inside the courtyard wall and climbing on it to shoot outside.

Therefore, it is not too convenient to use bows and arrows.

They're using more firearms.

In many cases, the enemy and the enemy influence each other.

In general, when fighting against the Ming army, the Qing army looked down on firearms, but liked to use cannons, just like the Ming army. However, even so, there were also formed musketeers in the Qing army, that is, the Korean musketeers, which were the Korean troops recruited after the Qing army conquered Korea.

These armies were not looked upon by the Qing army, but were just armies used to fill the numbers.

But after fighting with the Xia army, they found that the Xia army's musketeers were not at all the same as the Ming army's musketeers. In the previous battles, they also seized a lot of firecrackers from the hands of the Xia army, and a careful inspection showed that there was no difference between the firearms of the Xia army and the firearms of the Ming army.

It's just that the quality of Xia Jun's guns is better.

It's just that the same weapon, in the Ming army, why is there such a big difference in power between the Xia army?

The Qing army was affected, and they also began to pay attention to the firecrackers, and no longer regarded the firecrackers as auxiliary troops. In many of the Eight Banners armies, they also began to be installed.

Of course, the Qing army's favorite weapons were cold weapons and artillery.

Although the art of mounted archery cannot be regarded as the political correctness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty today, it is not much different. There are already signs of such thinking.

Therefore, at this time, on the courtyard wall, a fire point emitted a red light, as if red eyes. Nothing else, it was the light of the fiery fiery arquebus.

Whether it is the Xia army or the Qing army, the mainstream is still the arquebus, not the flintlock gun. After all, the craftsmanship is not up to scratch.