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Before the cannon was fired outside the city, the prefect Yu Baocheng and the coastal defense general Xu Ting were discussing the matter of going out of the city to meet the enemy at the prefect's yamen. Besides, my troops are insufficient, and the thieves have cannons and guns, but we can't lose this amount of troops, and we can't act rashly. It is better to stick to the city and wait for the order to make the platform. ”

"General Xu, don't worry, I will mobilize Ding Zhuang in the city to help you, plus the guard can also make up thousands of people, can't more than 10,000 people disperse such a few thieves?"

Xu Ting still talked about it left and right, and inadvertently mentioned that in recent years, the food and salary allocation was insufficient, and the soldiers complained.

Yu Baocheng understood what he meant, and said: "General Xu doesn't have to worry about the matter of food and salary, although the official treasury is tight, but the thieves invade Guangzhou, and the merchants in the city naturally have to serve the imperial court, and they can't let the soldiers go hungry and fight with the thieves." ”

When Xu Ting heard this, he immediately said: "Since the thieves have invaded Guangzhou, there are no other troops available in the city, so this official is naturally duty-bound. ”

Yu Baocheng's plan is both public and selfish. The thieves have already come to the city, and the people in the city naturally have to contribute money and strength. The people who have no money should be strong men, and the rich people will pay for the grain - of course he does not dare to fight the ideas of those powerful people, and the apportionment can only fall on the powerless businessmen. Xu Ting's men and horses are not many, and the sum of the silver and the arrears over the years will not exceed 10,000 taels. As for Ding Zhuang, they are all temporary workers, and it is enough for each person to pay a settling-in allowance of one or two taels, even if he is injured or injured, he only needs to give a symbolic pension, and the cost is not much. Remove these expenses and the rest can go into your own pocket.

Yu Baocheng was very proud in his heart, this group of inexplicable thieves came to attack Guangzhou, but it provided an excellent excuse for himself to accumulate wealth. He looked at Xu Ting, wondering if he would also give him a copy and seal his mouth.

Before he could think about it, a sudden explosion came from the direction of the south gate, like thunder in the sky, endlessly. The two jumped up in unison, and Yu Baocheng exclaimed: "The city gate opened fire without an order?" ”

Xu Ting shook his head: "No, there is not such a big movement in the cannon, and the sound is in the city." ”

Yu Baocheng was shocked and sent someone to find out the news.

Before the news could arrive, another continuous explosion sounded, and this time it was clear to both of them that it was indeed in the city.

The official who inquired about the news came back and reported to Yu Baocheng in a panic: "The thieves fired cannons from outside the city and fell into the city, all of them fired extra-large flowering bombs, which exploded after landing, causing countless damage to the houses and many casualties among the people......

"Blossom bomb! Can you still hit the city? Have the gates been lost? Xu Ting asked.

"Not really. 【】The thief's cannon can go over the city wall and directly into the city. ”

Yu Baocheng sat down on the chair, his mind was blank, and he couldn't stop muttering: "It's over, it's over......"

It was precisely because he was afraid that the other side would bombard the city of Guangzhou that he did not allow the defenders to open artillery and attack first. In his opinion, a few cannons could not pose a real threat to the thick and tall city walls, and the other side was more of a gesture, as long as the troops were sent to disperse, the political crisis of being driven straight into the city from the Pearl River could be resolved. I didn't expect the other party to have such an ability, to be able to ignore the obstacles of the city wall, and directly bombard the city with flowering bombs, no matter how many people died and how many houses collapsed, his black gauze hat was almost impossible to keep.

Xu Ting couldn't sit still, the thieves were outside the city, his responsibility was not great, the thieves bombarded the city, he was the only and highest official in the city, and he couldn't escape the responsibility of a poor defender of the city. If you want to be held accountable afterwards, the black cauldron can only be topped by him and Yu Zhifu.

He hurriedly said to Yu Baocheng: "Governor Yu, the only way to do this now is to send someone to discuss with the thieves, delay the army with a delaying strategy, and then recruit Ding Zhuang and the people to reorganize their troops and go out of the city to drive away the thieves." If it goes well, maybe it can reduce the guilt of you and me. ”

Yu Baocheng came to his senses and nodded again and again: "That's right." He hurriedly gathered his men and divided the troops into three routes, while sending a letter to Zhaoqing urgently, recruiting Ding Zhuang in the city, asking for donations from merchants, and then sending a staff member to take people out of the city to discuss with the thieves.

The shelling lasted for three rounds and then stopped, not because of the fear that the barrel would overheat and explode, the cannon body made of gray iron could withstand a higher intensity of firing, but the shells were limited, and after the whole shot was completed, it could only retreat, unable to exert enough pressure on the city of Guangzhou, and could not achieve the expected effect.

After the shelling stopped, a few people hung down from the city wall, waved to this side, indicating that they had no malicious intent, and after seeing that there was no intention of firing here, they slowly walked over, led by a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar.

This person is Yu Baocheng's staff, named He Chengzong, because he can speak well, he was sent out to mediate. He saw the devastation after the explosion in the city, and he was terrified all the way to the camp of the convoy.

Xia Nan met him and asked directly, "Who sent you?" What are you doing here? ”

He Chengzong replied cautiously: "The student is a guest of the prefect of Guangzhou, and he was ordered by the government to negotiate with you. ”

"Discuss what? He is just a prefect, what can he promise? What about Wang Zunde? ”

"The system of Taiwan is far away in Zhaoqing, and there is no governor in Guangdong, so it is also managed by the system and Taiwan...... Therefore, in addition to the three divisions in the city, the only person in charge is the government for the time being. ”

In the summer, Nan knew that the governor of Liangguang was not stationed in Guangzhou, and he sweated profusely, made a fuss, and blew up for a long time, and it turned out that the main owner was not in the city. But since I'm here, there's no reason to go back easily.

"Tell your prefect that if he can't be the master, go and ask Wang Zunde. My demands are simple: first, withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops in Qiongzhou, and promise never to do it again. I can't help you not agree to this, anyway, He Rubin's army has been disabled by me, and more than half of it has been lost. In addition, the Humen Fort has been blown up by us and cannot be rebuilt in the future; Second, restore my store in Guangzhou, and I can't touch a single hair of the store in the future; Third, compensate me for the corresponding losses, 100,000 taels of silver! ”

He Chengzong was submissive, vaguely responded, and returned to the city to tell the proprietor.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver? No way! Yu Baocheng took the case, this is simply a lion's mouth. If the conditions proposed by the other party are not difficult to achieve, he does not want to use troops, and it is best to let the other party leave on his own.

He Chengzong reminded: "Futai, this gang of thieves claimed to have disabled He Zhentai's army of more than 10,000. Those are all elite battalions in Guangdong. ”

Yu Baocheng sat down: "What do you mean?" ”

"If you can defeat one or two hundred thousand elite battalions, how can a makeshift rabble drive them away?"

"Perhaps, the thief is just exaggerating?" Yu Baocheng still didn't believe it, or didn't want to accept the fact that the army was defeated.

(To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.