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Seeing that the proprietor was still lucky, He Chengzong analyzed: "After He Zhentai crossed the sea, he only sent back a battle report, saying that the thieves were defending the village and the army suffered quite a lot of casualties, and he also asked Taiwan to allocate more Hongyi cannons. If the next battle goes well, it will definitely be good news, but there will be no news back after that, and it is estimated that there will be more luck than luck. The fact that the thieves were able to kill the city of Guangzhou shows that their lair is safe and sound, and most of the army is defeated......"

Yu Baocheng didn't speak, but he already recognized He Chengzong's analysis in his heart. If the elite of the Guangdong official army led by He Rubin were defeated, then how could a group of Ding Zhuang Minyong and Xu Ting's little troops expel the thieves outside the city?

After thinking for a while, he said unwillingly: "Is it possible to really agree to their unreasonable demands?" The matter of silver may be able to negotiate the price, 100,000 taels is too much, and the treasury does not have so much silver, if it is 350,000 taels, find the merchants in the city to make together, and it can still be done. However, the seizure of their shop was handled by someone sent by the Taiwan Producer, so how dare I make the decision without authorization? As for the matter of retiring troops, only the control of Taiwan can make the decision. ”

He Chengzong sighed: "I can only look at the reply from the master of the Taiwan." However, let the thieves continue to bombard like this, although you will not be able to escape responsibility, and he will not be easy to control Taiwan, because of his reckless use of swords, someone in the DPRK and China will definitely impeach him. ”

"Yes, the sky is falling. 【】Who told him to exterminate the thief and bring out such a scourge......"

At this time, a new round of shelling began, and the rumbling explosions sounded in the city again. Yu Baocheng jumped up and shouted: "Come on, hurry up and send a letter to the Governor's Mansion and tell the thief the conditions of the platform." ”

Zhaoqing, Governor's Palace.

Wang Zunde held the urgent report sent by the Guangzhou prefect in his hand, and his face was pale. Whether the army was defeated remains to be verified, but there is no doubt that the thieves are coming to the city, and the so-called flowering bombs that exploded over the city wall in the city made him frightened, this way of fighting completely subverted the previous siege mode - no matter how tall the city wall is, it can't stop the opponent's artillery fire, the soldiers and civilians in the city are panicked, and there is no point in defending it, so what is the use of city defense?

He asked Lu Yizhong and Li Xijue to discuss. Lu Yizhong cautiously suggested: "If He Zhentai is really defeated, then Guangdong has no available troops." As...... Placate thieves? ”

Wang Zunde shook his head: "Yang He, as the governor of the three sides, is responsible for exterminating the thieves, but he tried in vain to suppress them, and finally almost ended up beheading in the vegetable market. How can I repeat the mistakes of the past? ”

Li Xijue observed his words and looks, and saw that the proprietor was unwilling to appease, so he made a righteous and awe-inspiring statement: "The thief is so arrogant, how can he make peace with him." 【】The prefect of Guangzhou, together with the coastal defense generals, ordered troops and horses to go out of the city to meet the enemy, drive away the thieves, and relieve the difficulties of Guangzhou. ”

Lu Yizhong scoffed, He Rubin so many armies were defeated, how could the little troops in Guangzhou disperse the thieves, standing and talking without back pain, you can do it.

However, Wang Zunde's tendency is obvious, and he naturally can't resent, so he can only remind him euphemistically: "There are not enough troops in the city of Guangzhou, if you recruit people to fight, it may be possible to defend the city, but it is ...... to go out of the city to meet the enemy."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Zunde also understood that a group of temporary workers threw stones on the city wall, and went out of the city to fight, and it was estimated that they would collapse at the touch of a button.

He stood up and said in a deep voice, "If the thief claims that everything is caused by me, how can I stay out of it?" No matter how I solve the predicament of Guangzhou, I can't hide in Zhaoqing and give orders. Come on, prepare the car, and the official will go to Guangzhou to sit in person in person. ”

Outside the city of Guangzhou, after several rounds of shelling, the sky grew dark. Huang Hansheng asked Xia Nan whether to withdraw to the ship or camp in place.

"These mortars are too difficult to wait for, and it is too troublesome to carry them back and forth, so they set up camp in the same place."

Wei Lianheng reminded: "What if there is a night attack in the city? Maybe you have to be on guard. ”

"Preparedness is a must, everyone sleeps in clothes, guns do not leave their bodies, people do not leave guns, and people are sent to take turns on duty. However, I don't believe that the city has the ability to go out of the city and attack at night, Wang Zunde may be possible in the city, but their elites have all gone to Qiongzhou, and they have this heart, but they don't have the courage. ”

Wei Lianheng continued: "The food I brought on this trip is only enough for a few days, do you want to raise grain and grass from the villages and towns along the Pearl River? ”

Xia Nan shook his head: "We are here to bombard Guangzhou City, not to be bandits." Grain and grass are very simple, and you will find the prefect of Guangzhou tomorrow. ”

Wei Lianheng and the others don't know why, but Xia Nan is so sure that he can only wait for tomorrow to find out.

In the middle of the night, the guards lit a fire and sat down around it with their guns, the gunners sat on the ground next to the guns, and sentinels were sent to guard all sides. The warships in the white goose pond moored in the distance also hung lanterns, echoing the firelight here. The opposite wall was full of torches, illuminating the wall as if it were daytime, and figures walked back and forth, as if guarding against a night attack by the convoy, and there was no sign of taking the initiative at all.

The first night passed in the midst of mutual guarding.

On the second day, He Chengzong came over early in the morning before the cannon was fired.

"Less silver? No, I've come all the way, people eat horses and chew them, and it costs a lot, and the cannonball alone costs a lot of silver, do you know how much silver a flowering bomb costs? Besides, when Wang Zunde sealed my store, my loss was no less than 100,000 taels, and I didn't open my mouth 200,000 taels, which is enough benevolence. As soon as Xia Nan heard his intentions, he refused.

He Chengzong was quite depressed, it is the governor's business for the governor to seal your shop, what does it have to do with the proprietor of my family? But this is something that cannot be spoken.

"Then I'll go back and tell the house. In addition, the conditions put forward by your Excellency are all under discussion, can you stop the firing of artillery first, so as to prevent the people of the city from suffering? ”

Xia Nan raised his head forty-five degrees to look up at the sky, and replied leisurely: "I am not killing innocent people indiscriminately, it is all for Wang Zunde." In this way, if I am a small 1,000 men, plus a few hundred people on the ship, you will tell the prefect to prepare three days' worth of food for me according to the weight of 2,000 people, and send them out of the city, and I will not fire a cannon for three days. ”

He Chengzong's spirits were lifted, which was a good result. After he said goodbye and was about to return to the city, Xia Nan added behind him: "After three days, you must give me a result." Otherwise, I will fire artillery for three days in a row, and it will not be finished if I don't blow up your prefect and the governor of the king to take off this official robe! ”

He Chengzong staggered when he heard this, and left in embarrassment.

The prefect's yamen, Yu Baocheng listened to He Chengzong's words, and sighed: "It seems that this prefect is almost done." He waved his hand weakly, "First send three days' worth of food to the thieves, allocate it from the treasury, and keep it from firing for a few days." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.