Shi Lang was tired of walking, and sat down on a big rock on the side of the road, he touched the pants that were only half cut off, and a gold ingot hidden in it was still there, and he was relieved. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Thinking of the gold and silver treasures that he had discarded, Shi Lang felt a heartache. When he set out from the capital, Shi Lang didn't have a lot of silver on him. After taking over the sailor, he made a lot of money. It's a pity that he couldn't take so much silver with him, so he had to throw it all away, and only had a gold ingot on him. The north can't go back, although the south is the territory controlled by the Ming army, but the more dangerous the place, the safer, Shi Lang chose to go south. I didn't dare to bring too much gold with me, because I heard that bandits were rampant in the south, and it was very inconvenient to carry too much gold. So he only brought a gold ingot and a small piece of broken silver, and some copper plates for petty use.

"The world is so big, where is my Shi Lang's place?" Shi Lang lamented in his heart.

Although the glory and wealth are all gone, it is better to die than to live, in order to survive, Shi Lang even sacrificed his own personal soldiers, and used this Li Dai Taozhuang's strategy to get out. As for why all the soldiers who refused to leave committed suicide, they were worried that there would be more people who knew, and it was inevitable that some people would say that they would leak their mouths, and only one person knew about this matter was the safest.

But where can I go? Looking for a mountain village to be incognito? That wasn't the life Shi Lang wanted. Be a bandit? Don't look at the current chaos in Jiangnan, it is estimated that the Ming Court will soon suppress it, and there will definitely be no way to survive when he is a thief, and he is not one of those little thieves, he can be recruited.

Suddenly, Shi Lang thought of a way: there is! Go to the overseas land to pan for gold! I heard that overseas is all gold and silver, so I changed my name and surname, got on a boat to go overseas, went outside to earn enough money, and then found a small country to live a free life.

Thinking of this, Shi Lang strengthened his confidence.

Relying on the skills he learned in his early pirate career, Shi Lang slept in the open air, cut bamboo and made his own hunting bow, drank mountain spring water when he was thirsty, and hunted prey when he was hungry, walked all the way east along a path, walked for five days, and arrived at a small mountain county called Shidai. The original Qing court magistrate here has long since run away, and the bandits in the nearby mountains have gone down the mountain and played the banner of the Ming army, and the bandit leader has changed and become the county order of the Ming Dynasty.

No one knows Shi Lang in this kind of small place, and those bandits also want to be recruited, and after occupying the county seat, they no longer rob the people, but maintain local order in a decent academic official mansion.

Shi Lang came here, took out the copper plate on his body, bought clothes, exchanged the broken silver for copper plate, and then got a wig and a fake beard, dressed himself as an old man, and then went all the way east.

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After five days of preparation, the Ming army dug a trench outside the city, built a barracks, pulled up a wooden fence, and built an earthen platform to prepare for the siege.

On the riverside wharf, the Ming army auxiliaries were busy, moving down the modular siege weapons from the ship, these siege weapons were manufactured according to unified specifications, and they were disassembled when they were transported, and they could be assembled when they were needed. In addition, a group of auxiliaries are busy in the nearby mountains and forests, crafting some improvised siege weapons.

Wang Yuyou, accompanied by a group of personal soldiers, walked into the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple located outside the Zongyang Gate. Three days ago, in order to compete for this piece of high ground outside the city, the Ming army and the Qing army launched a battle inside and outside the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, and the Qing army was attacked by the Ming army's muskets and grenades, and could not resist, and finally retreated to the city.

The fierce battle in the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple destroyed some of the buildings, but most of the buildings of this ancient temple built in the Song Dynasty are intact, and you can get a bird's eye view of the whole city of Anqing when you climb the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda in the temple.

Wang Yuyou climbed the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, stood on the tower, and picked up a telescope to observe the city. This tower is twenty zhang high, originally this tower is the commanding heights outside the city of Anqing, is an important place for the two sides to fight, but the morale is low, the weapons are far inferior to the Qing army of the Ming army, there is no intention to defend at all, just resist a little and retreat, and this tower is still a stone tower, not easy to burn down, as a result, the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda fell into the hands of the Ming army almost intact.

"Military division, the Tartar water division has been wiped out, and the Tartars in the city have lost all morale, as long as the last general leads people to attack, he will be able to take Anqing in one go!" The king's minister, who was standing on the side, arched his hand.

Wang Yuyou touched his beard and said: "Although the Tartars have no intention of fighting hard outside the city, but the city of Anqing is strong, and the Tartars in the city can still hold on to the city, so let's wait a few more days, wait for the new cannonballs from Dongfan to arrive, and then attack the city." ”

The new type of artillery shells is the mortar shells loaded with new explosives, because the sulfur acid factory, the nitrate acid plant and the explosives factory in Dongfan have all been put into production, the price of the new type of flowering shells has dropped significantly, and there is no need to use it carefully and sparingly, and it can be used to bombard the city wall.

In Anqing City, Yue Le, Jie Shu, Mu Lima and others don't want to defend anymore and have no choice, Yue Le was demoted to Beizi, Jie Shu became Beile, and Mu Lima is Aobai's younger brother, this group of people is destined to be abandoned by the Qing court. If they had evacuated Anqing as soon as possible, they would have escaped back alive. But if they abandon Anqing and flee to Xuzhou, I am afraid that it will be a holy decree and they will be escorted to the capital to be executed, and their families will be sent to Ningguta.

Surrender to the Ming army? Yue Le is still a person with backbone, so it is naturally impossible to sneak attack; Mulima's eldest brother died in Wuchang, and of course it was impossible to surrender. As for Jieshu, he didn't dare to surrender, because the Ming army had already spoken to eradicate Aixinjue Luo! Even if he surrenders, it is still good to be sent to a mine to dig coal for a lifetime, even if he is cut with a knife, he is lucky, I am afraid that he will be executed by Ling Chi, or even more terrible torture such as human beings and incense sticks in the sky.

"Your Majesty! Why don't you open your eyes! Uncle Huang is the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, only Uncle Huang survived, and he still has a chance to lead the troops to defeat the thieves! But you want us all to die here! Jaybook went north, kneeling on the ground and weeping silently.

"Lord, there are still 30,000 people in the city, are we pushing the people up to the city? Anyway, we can't survive, so it's better to pull a few more Han dog barbarians to accompany the funeral! Mulima asked.

Yue Le shook his head: "No! If the people are pushed out, I'm afraid that Minggou will not let my flag people live in the future! So far, Ming Gou has not exterminated all of our banner people, and after being captured, he has served several years of hard labor, and he has also surrendered. If we harm the people, I'm afraid the Ming dog will slaughter the banner people. Though you and I cannot live, we must not cause harm to others. ”

"I don't know how long this Anqing city can last." Mulima said in despair.

Yue Le sneered: "Even if the thieves attack the city, they won't immediately break the city!" With barricades, street fighting is still possible! ”