Chapter 544: Siege

In Shangluo City, the flames soared into the sky.

Gao Yingxiang was shocked after receiving the report, and hurriedly sent troops to put out the fire, and at the same time sent people to inform the troops at the head of the city that they should all stand by in place, not move without permission, and strictly prevent the siege of the city.

After Qin Shuhuai burned down the A-word grain depot, he was afraid that Wang Datong and the others would not be able to find the cellar of the B-word grain depot, so he immediately took Meng Wei and Meng Hu to help. But halfway through, I happened to meet Wang Datong and the three.

Qin Shuhuai hurriedly asked, "Gang Master Wang, has the grain depot burned?"

Wang Datong said, "Since it was burned, there were three rows of large tiled houses, and we burned them clean, you see." As he spoke, he pointed to a place not far away that was in flames.

"Three rows of big tiled houses, all the grain in the Yizi warehouse is placed in the tiled houses?" Meng Wei asked uncertainly.

Tang Sanniang chuckled and said, "Protector Meng, if this grain is not placed in the room, is it possible to put it outside to dry?"

Qin Shuhuai understood, it must have been Gao Yingxiang who hadn't had time to dig the underground granary of the B storehouse, so he had to put it on it first. After all, it was less than two years since he occupied Shangluo City.

So he said, "Let's go, go find Master Zhiren and them!"

The six immediately climbed onto the roof and ran to the predetermined meeting place under the cover of night.

The gongs in the city sounded, and the panicked rogue soldiers kept shouting.

"The grain depot is out of water! Quick, everyone, go and put out the fire!"

"Oh no! The B-shaped grain depot is also out of water! Go and report to the general and save the B-word depot!"

"The yamen is also on fire! The armory and armory are about to burn down! Fight the fire, put out the fire!"

As a result, the news of the fire at the grain depot spread like a gust of wind.

At this stall, the two major grain depots, yamen, armory depots and other key departments caught fire together, even a fool can guess that the Ming army outside the city did it!

And in the city, there were still two or three hundred "common people" who, as if they were afraid that everyone would not know, hid at night when they were not at home, and shouted everywhere that there was a fire, that there was a large force of officers and soldiers in response, and that the 100,000-strong army of officers and soldiers was about to attack the city. The most excessive thing is that these guys are still shouting in a serious way, some kind of demon king is setting fires, and his subordinates who don't light the lights are grabbing things, which makes people panic. When the rogue soldiers in the city tried to arrest them, these people disappeared silently, and they did not know which house they had run into.

These people were naturally the people of the White Lotus Sect, and according to Qin Shuhuai's instructions, they immediately ran around to tell each other after seeing the fire, so as to disturb the morale of the soldiers defending the city.

The defenders of the city are in complete disarray!

In addition, the armory is full of treasures, such as oil, asphalt, cannonballs, bows and arrows, and projectiles, and if it is burned, it will be difficult for everyone to defend the city!

The news soon reached the ears of the rogue soldiers who were defending the city on the front line, and these rogue soldiers immediately exploded! The general at the head of the city killed several soldiers who were "spreading rumors" in a row, and only then did the situation stabilize a little.

But if you tell the soldiers that this is a rumor, who will believe it? These rogue soldiers are not blind, and when they stand at the top of the city, they can see at a glance that the grain depots, armories, and other places are on fire!

Let's say that after Qin Shuhuai and the others met with Zhiren and others, they immediately killed the Yamen. At this time, the yamen was already in chaos, and the raging fire had almost burned half of the building, and their ten masters went up to a rooftop and quietly looked at the people who came out of the yamen to see if there were any more important people who came out, so that they could carry out the assassination.

However, after waiting for a long time, no one came out, and there were only ordinary rogue soldiers in the yamen who carried water back and forth to extinguish the fire. Presumably, Gao Yingxiang either didn't live in the yamen, or he had already run away.

It seems that this plan will not be carried out, but it will not get in the way, anyway, the city is already in chaos, and their purpose has been achieved.

Qin Shuhuai immediately said to Meng Hu, "Meng Hu, it's okay!"

Meng Hu nodded, and immediately took out a firework from his arms and lit it.

"Smack!"

The fireworks quietly rose into the sky, and then suddenly burst into blood-red flowers in the night sky.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou in the west of the city immediately drew his sword on his horse and shouted, "Order, attack!"

He Kegang in the north of the city and He Renlong in the east of the city also ordered at the same time: "The whole army attacks!"

"Kill!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing rang out, piercing the night sky, shaking the air slightly, and shaking the hearts of the rogues at the head of the city!

The official army, which had been prepared for a long time, attacked the city from the east, west, and north at the same time, and swept towards Shangluo City with overwhelming momentum!

The tall, cumbersome archers slowly pushed the walls into the city wall with dozens of soldiers, and then the archers above began to suppress them.

Huge armored vehicles covered the arrival of waves of soldiers under the city.

Countless ladders of clouds and ladders leaned against the city wall like raindrops!

Under the huge psychological pressure, the rogue soldiers at the head of the city fought back like crazy. At first, they used cannons and arrows, and soon they used thunderbolts brought from the Demon Cult, and they crackled and scattered!

The effect was significant, and under their frantic counterattack, the first wave of attacking Ming troops was repulsed. In the eastern, western, and northern cities, the officers and soldiers all retreated in a hurry, leaving hundreds of corpses under each wall.

More than 100 meters after the officers and troops withdrew, the rogue soldiers on the city wall continued to fire. At a distance of more than 100 meters, bows and arrows, firearms, and artillery are indeed enough, but the question is how accurate these weapons can be at such a long distance? In addition, the officers and soldiers in that area are deliberately scattered and almost all the soldiers in that area are hiding behind armored vehicles and large shields, so they have not lost much.

Seeing that this was wrong, the leader of the rogue commanded by the city head quickly ordered all the soldiers to cease fire to prevent arrows and ammunition from being wasted in such a vain!

The battlefield was silent for a while, and the second wave of the official army's offensive began again! This time it seemed to be even more powerful than the momentum just now, and under the flares, the dense officers and troops poured up like a tide, and there was a great tendency to vow not to give up until the city wall was captured!

The rogue soldiers at the head of the city once again frantically fought back, using dense firepower nets to block the attack of the officers and soldiers! In desperation, they even used fire oil and asphalt to burn a huge wall of fire under the city.

The officers and soldiers were really "repulsed" again!

Zhang Miaoshou, the rogue general guarding the east of the city, was the first to notice that something was wrong. The attacks of the officers and soldiers seemed to be huge, but the soldiers and horses a hundred meters away did not intend to rush up at all, and the soldiers and horses that rushed to a hundred meters below the city were all wearing large shields or hiding behind armored vehicles, they just slipped around and quickly went back.

Although the officers and soldiers have lost more than 300 people on the side of the east gate they guarded twice, compared to the arrows and ammunition they used, killing only these few people is too few!

Therefore, the officers and troops are simply feints, and their purpose is to exhaust their own ammunition and arrows. Now that the armory has been burned down, if it continues like this, the reserve military resources at the head of the city will soon be exhausted!