"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

A few battering rams, made of thick logs that two people could hold, slammed into the only gate of the southern wall, pushed by a group of strong native warriors.

Countless dust fell on the heavy city gate, but the gate made of five or six inches of pear blossom wood, regardless of the rivet reinforcement, was not deformed at all, making the efforts of this group of natives in vain. However, the indigenous warriors were not discouraged, and still faced the interference of the rain of arrows and falling rocks on their heads, and did not hesitate to use their battering rams to hit the gate.

However, the focus of the natives on the direction of attack is obvious, and they are more inclined to fight against the city, and there are no more warriors for the attack on the city gate except for this group of native warriors.

And the soldiers on Bengang's side, I don't know if it's because of a lack of manpower, or because it's intentional, although there are also siege rams that have been blocking the continuous battering rams under the gate to hit the gate, and the falling rocks, boiling water and other things have not stopped, but the attack is not too strong. Otherwise, this group of indigenous warriors, who were only a hundred people, would not have been able to continuously ram the city gate until now.

I don't know how long this second siege lasted long, the indigenous warriors and the Bengang team members have been fighting to the death on the city wall, fighting for the ownership of the city wall, one moment the indigenous warriors stood their own feet and steadily forced the Bengang team members to retreat, and then the Bengang team members made a strong charge and drove the natives back under the city wall. Until now, both sides have not been able to suppress each other in a real sense and form an advantage.

Suddenly, there was a commotion under the city, and the indigenous array attacking the city wall was relaxed, allowing the Bengang team members who had been defending against the enemy at the head of the city wall to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Report to the battalion commander, the south gate has been broken!" Not long after, some team members quietly reported to Zhao Xingdou.

The continuous efforts of the indigenous warriors finally paid off, and no matter how strong the gate was, it could not withstand the impact of the battering ram for a long time, so at this time the indigenous warriors had knocked out a big hole, and they could no longer resist the invasion of the other party.

However, Zhao Xingdou, who got the news, was not surprised or worried, just nodded calmly, and then said hello to Wu Hu and An Xianguo, and walked towards the direction of the South City Gate with a team of people.

Outside the South City Gate, the indigenous warriors swarmed towards the hole that was knocked open and poured into the inner city of Bengang, but what made them stunned was that behind the South City Gate, there was a small urn city. In the innermost part of the urn city, there was a city gate that was not much different from the south city gate blocking it, so that their vain attempt to rush into the inner city of Bengang through the south city gate was in vain.

No wonder Zhao Xingdou and they are not in a hurry at all, it turns out that the construction style of the inner city of Bengang is built according to the construction model of those important cities in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I don't talk about other aspects, but this defensive aspect is well done.

On the indigenous side, outsiders have never entered the inner city, but how can these indigenous high-ranking people not know anything about this structure. Only then did the high-level leaders on both sides invariably despise this city gate at the beginning of the war.

It's just that now that the outer gate has been broken, if you let it go, then it is a matter of time before the inner gate of the urn city is broken, so Zhao Xingdou came over with people and prepared to do some remedial measures.

There were already a lot of indigenous warriors in the urn city, but now they were in a dilemma looking at the other city gate in front of them, helpless. In the end, there was still a shout from the clever native, and dozens of men dismantled the dilapidated city gate and carried in the battering ram that was blocked out of the gate.

In a short time, the two tattered gates were dismantled and thrown aside by the sturdy natives, and the huge battering rams were carried into the urn city.

Zhao Xingdou and the others were waiting for this time, as early as before, Zhao Xingdou and they had already discussed the countermeasures after the city gate was broken.

"Fire oil ready, put!"

Barrels of wooden barrels that had long been placed on the head of the city fell straight down, pouring on the natives who couldn't dodge below. It was just a spark, and then the narrow urn city turned into a sea of fire, and many natives who had not had time or did not react at all became a fire man, scurrying in vain on the red flame land, and finally turned into a part of the fuel.

The war is continuing, and in the inner city of Bengang, the battle belonging to Chen Yumo is also quietly starting.

At this time, in the inner city, nearly 20,000 Bengang villagers and indigenous compatriots gathered, and in the face of the shortage of manpower in the inner city, Yumo also had to start to step up the mobilization of the men in the city and organize them to help defend the city.

Because of Li Tian's reckless behavior in the past year or so, the proportion of adult males in Bengang has always been in a very low state, which is only enough to meet the daily work of the camp, which still includes many hired indigenous men.

And since Bengang began to clean up the pirates, the continuous casualties have also discouraged many residents and indigenous men. Not all people will be tempted by the high amount of money offered by the Bengang camp, and their own lives are more precious than these things outside the body.

"Everyone has seen it now, and now we are at the most critical juncture, so the little woman is here to ask all the big brothers and uncles to help us get through this difficult time." didn't make too many opening remarks, Yumo straightforwardly opened the topic.

Yumo knows very well that at this time, on the head of Bengang City, there are team members who are sacrificing all the time, and every time a team member is lost, it means that Bengang's strength is weakened by one point, and then the possibility of being captured by the natives is one more point.

When he was besieged a few days ago, Yumo had already organized the men in Hong Kong who were willing to help and sent them to the city, and now the men in the city still have scruples and worries.

Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Yumo suddenly continued: "Among us, many of us are also old people who have been working hard in Bengang with us for two or three years, and they have been here for the shortest time, at least for about a year. Are you willing to give up the inheritance you have worked so hard for all these days? Do you think that this group of strongmen outside just grabbed a pass and left? ”

"Are they really going to occupy us here?" Someone started asking questions.

"You have at least one or two seasons of harvest in this kind of land, and the fertility of this land is obvious to all, and now that the natives have also learned to farm, then tell yourselves, if you were put in their place, would you be willing to let go of this fertile land?"

"Then, aren't they coming back too? Even if Bengang is captured by this group of natives, we can wait for Camp Master Li and them to take Bengang back! It was only then that Yumo understood the thoughts of the villagers from their words.

"Yes, my husband and they will come to our rescue soon, but if we don't protect this inner city, then what will everyone use to satisfy their hunger until the grain is harvested in the field? I don't see how much food you all brought with you, but you brought a lot of gold and silver, do you really think that after the people break the Bengang, you can use these things to exchange food from the hands of others? ”

A few questions in a row, sentence by sentence to everyone's heart. Although it has only been a good life for two or three years, and there has never been a day of hunger, but when I was in trouble, I wandered around, had a full meal and had a bad meal, and even said that there was no food for several days.

However, when the natives attacked, Chen Yumo actually played a careful trick, using the small city as an excuse to let the natives who came in to take refuge be as light and simple as possible, which made everyone, of course, more of the original Ming people have brought the silver dollars issued by Bengang for only a few months, but the weight is full and the price is strong.

In their minds, since they didn't have much food and other things that took up a lot of space, they must have taken the most valuable things they had now. But their net worth, this good life has only been a few years, and Bengang has not been popular with any luxury items due to various pressures before, only some silver dollars saved in the past few months, and some satin clothes and other things that have been exchanged before.

Of course, the wisdom of the common people is always infinite, and they can't take away big things, and they can't bear it, what should they do?

A way, buried!

Dig a deep pit, wrap it in several layers of oiled paper, and then throw all kinds of furniture, pots and pans and other objects into it one by one, and the hiding place is also hidden, either digging a pit directly under the soil bed in the house, or finding a secluded place to bury it.

The effect should look good, because I haven't seen the natives underneath in the past few days, digging the residential area underneath with tools.

But the topic retreated a little further, back to the inner city at this time.

Although Yumo's few questions really touched everyone's hearts, there were still some people with a little resentment and annoyance: "When we came to Bengang, the recruiter didn't say that he wanted us people to do things that would be hard for us, otherwise we wouldn't dare to agree to come over and open up the wasteland!" ”

This said the voice of most people, the people of the Ming Dynasty, most of them are a timid and afraid of the master, how many years in ancient and modern times, although there are many kinds of peasant riots, but which time is not the people really can't survive before the group attacked, in order to have a chance to live.

Where did this group of villagers think that with their situation at the beginning, even if they told them that they needed to work hard, I am afraid that few of them would give up this opportunity to come to Bengang. It's just that now that everyone is living a good life, the cowardly and cowardly bad root has the upper hand again, so I don't want to sell my life to Li Tianyang until I have to.

"Hehe, do you think that fifteen acres of fertile land for every family of three in Bengang is so easy to take? Yes, all of you have contributed to clearing up land for us, and you have paid us a little land harvest every year, but the food, materials, and livestock we have been providing to you before are far less than their own value, so that everyone can compensate for them with labor! We also have to protect the safety of everyone on this isolated island surrounded by natives, and you can see every soldier who sacrifices, and we really can't do it. The more Yumo talked, the more annoyed she became, and now she realized that it seemed useless to talk to these rural villagers who didn't know a single big word, although everyone seemed to be wavering, but in fact, they were afraid that they really didn't want to wade into this troubled water! There is quite a little bit of the spirit of Ah Q, who is drunk today and drunk today, and will be worried tomorrow, and he has no vision at all.

However, to tell the truth, this is also the reason why the foundation of Bengang is too shallow, although everyone has a good life in Bengang, but in fact, everyone's sense of belonging to Bengang is not high at all.

In addition, Li Tianyang's method of disrupting and relocating the villagers has made the family-style management method of the Ming Dynasty very weak in today's Bengang. It is undeniable that family agglomeration management has many disadvantages in the long run, but in terms of cohesion and mobilization of villagers' enthusiasm, this management method is quite desirable.

If Bengang has always implemented family agglomeration management, then now as long as the slightly older family patriarchs and clan elders are encircled, then as long as these patriarchs and clan elders say a word, the families they belong to will definitely actively support Bengang's defense work.

Here, since they have chosen such a path, then Li Tianyang and Yumo will have to bear the inconvenience and defects caused by this path.

"Anyway, I'm here today, and all of you here today must put together a team of no less than a thousand people to help us defend against this group of enemies. Here, I, Chen Yumo, as Li Tianyang's wife, hereby assure you: We will never treat those villagers who lend a helping hand to us, but all the people who participate in the defense of the city, each family will have a man, and after the war, I will allow him to open another five acres of wasteland outside the port as a reward, and there is no upper limit! ”

"But those who are obsessed, we Bengang also keep in mind, and when the enemy from Bengang is repulsed, I will not welcome such people as residents of my Bengang, so go back to where you came from. We will not bully you, and when the time comes, we will give you the land and materials at home according to the prices of Bengang, a lot of cents. In the end, Yumo's pungent temperament, which had been held back for a long time, was exposed in front of everyone, so that everyone suddenly didn't adapt to such a painting style for a while, and was speechless for a long time.

Don't look at Yumo said beautifully, what is the purchase of materials and land according to the market price, in fact, in terms of the price of Bengang, there is really nothing that can be sold at a high price, and the most valuable land, Bengang is not allowed to buy and sell, this price is not how much Bengang said?

In the hearts of the people whose land is the root of their lives, Yumo's last threat can be regarded as a real pain point for everyone. Therefore, even if they were unwilling, everyone finally negotiated with each other to adjust, and in the last time given by Yumo, they made up more than 1,000 Xiangyong for her, which made her finally relieved.

I'm a pig, and the chapter name of the previous chapter was written incorrectly!

(End of chapter)