Suspect in Jinling

In the 14th year of Zhengtong, on the night of September [-]rd, in the west of the city.

Dozens of cannons in the dense forest in the distance in the suburbs were suddenly released from their concealed standby state, calmly aimed at the city of Jinling City, and opened fire with a single command!

When Sha Xiangyue climbed the city wall, Zhang Hua had already organized defenses. Teams of Yingtianfu guards and Taiping believers led longbows and muskets, leaned on the gun beds, and hid in piles of battlements to wait for orders. The caliber of firepower is not too large, Sha Xiangyue sneaked along the high wall all the way, and the bricks and stones under his feet came down with a roar. On his right side, the city was full of artillery fire. Jinling City is at your feet.

Suddenly, there was a cry of exclamation from behind him, and a cannon stone suddenly crossed the city wall and swung directly into the city. Ten feet of smoke and dust!

"How about it?"

After running for hundreds of steps, Sha Xiangyue finally found Zhang Hua who was observing with a periscope. This time, the enemy's main firepower area was the area between Sanshan Gate and Shicheng Gate. The walls here were all fifty feet high, but The top of the city wall is narrow, only 25 feet, and the fortifications on the top of all the walls are relatively sparsely arranged.

"There are more than [-] firepower arrangements, and there are stone cannons with a range of [-] paces..."

"what is that?"

Sha Xiangyue's eyes were fixed, and tens of feet away, he suddenly saw a three-character leaning tower-like torch stone chariot slowly appearing from the night. It was forty feet high and was almost at the same level as the Jinling city wall. , when it was slowly pushed close by manpower, it looked like a dense pagoda on the ground - according to the previous military intelligence, he was sure that he did not see this fortification in the enemy army. When was it transported here?

But the time has not allowed Sha Xiangyue to think too much, almost at the same time, he heard a particularly loud, almost deafening sound of the machine rotating, the sound was as long as thirty finger snaps, getting deeper and deeper, and then There was a sudden pause, and then at the same time, a huge and heavy fireball suddenly threw a huge arc and fell from the sky!

"Get out of the way—!"

A strong wind surged from outside the city, and the violent stones carried the intensity of the flames, rolling down with the sound of wind and thunder!Five hundred catties of stone slammed into the city wall of Jinling, the tall and thin wall was overwhelmed, and then there was a loud sound——

The huge sound immediately alarmed the entire city!

The students and people in the south of the city immediately stood up and looked towards the west of the city from a distance. They couldn't see the situation there, but judging from the sound, they were already too nervous to breathe: "Then... what is that sound? "

After torching the stone cart, the sound of artillery fire rang out again intensively, rumbling, heavy and clear.

The people in the west of the city all poked their heads out of their homes uncomfortably at this moment, looking in fear at the sky above the city wall that had already burned a red cloud in an instant. The flames dragged black smoke wantonly and lit up the entire edge of the night sky. With their ears closed, trying to resist the rumbling noises, the old people held the blessing seals they had asked for from the temple in their hands, and closed their lips, chanting over and over again——

"All stand!"

On the south wall, General Li hurried forward and shouted an order to the guards: "This is not the main direction of attack, but there is no possibility of a surprise attack. Light up all the torches to prevent the enemy from sneaking-!"

Clusters of faint light spots lit up, spaced apart, flickering on and off, and gathered on the city wall to grow into a long fire dragon.

At the same time, the city wall stretching ten li to the west of the city was still rustling under the fierce enemy attack.

Zhang Hua was killed, and Xiangyue dragged his back collar to avoid the spread of gravel. The city wall that was shot just now had been forcibly blasted open a gap like a big mouth, and the battlements and wooden fences were blown to pieces together. The bed crossbow of the whole set of stone cannons sank and got stuck in the gap. In the wild bombardment, outside the artillery fire area, the enemy troops surrounded like ants densely. After a clear call of fire to stop, they suddenly charged!

The low-pitched shouts of killing suddenly sounded like a long-planned flood that broke the gate. They yelled in a language they didn't understand, overflowing the land outside the city wall, and circling in the night!

"Two hundred steps."

Sha Xiangyue pressed Zhang Hua on the shoulder, "Let someone aim and hit!"

Zhang Hua stared at the battle situation in the periscope, and said resolutely, "Yes!"

The entire city wall was on fire, and Sha Xiangyue stared at the giant torch stone from a distance for a while. It was still advancing slowly, and it seemed that it was about to cut through the city wall. She leaned over and threw a sandbag on her back. He is proficient in mechanism construction and knows the weakness of this kind of wooden platform, but his position is not at the right angle. He wants to step over the broken city wall and go to another column ordered.

"aim--"

Zhang Hua raised his voice, and blew the wooden whistle twice in a row. At the same time, dozens of six-foot-long iron cannons with single hoops slowly moved their black muzzles at the hidden crenels of the city wall. Pressing the cannon barrel with one hand, twisting the gunpowder with the other hand, holding his breath and aiming two hundred steps away——

"put--!"

A long and persistent whistle suddenly pierced the night sky, and the fifteen crenels near the Sanshan Gate fired at the same time with an order!The Japanese army, which was rising and falling like a tide, was immediately covered by artillery fire, blasting the enemy army within a radius of five miles!

Yu Daijiao, who was hiding under the bricks and stones of the steps, was a little dumbfounded. In the darkness, she and Liu Lier looked at each other in dismay:

Didn't they mean to fight a decisive battle under Tongji's sect?

Doesn't it mean that the west of the city will not be attacked again?

This size is not a small group of troops attacking the city, it is clearly an army of Japanese pirates attacking the city!

But no one answered her.The entire city wall was already on fire, and Ying Tianfu reluctantly blocked the hole in the city wall with sandbags first. Sha Xiangyue walked quickly, and quickly dived to the other side at a place where it was almost impossible to get down, and found the gunner with the best angle. Pointing to the huge catapult, he ordered: "See that thirty-foot-high crossbar? Keep smashing there until I smash that thing!"

Sha Xiangyue glanced, and from the corner of her eye, she saw a nimble and chubby figure transporting ammunition. The boy looked in a hurry, and he was not a soldier at first glance. I don't know who put him up. He was helping Taiping believers with bows and arrows. ammunition.

"Kids, don't mess around," Sha Xiangyue took a big step, walked over and pushed the little chubby pier, dragging and pulling the person, and stuffed it behind the wooden fence of the bunker: "Squat!"

This battle was going to be tough.

Yu Daijiao has been with the students of the Gongyuan for a long time, and she is very blindly optimistic, but she doesn't know that their self-confidence is because someone is supporting the sky in Jinling City for them.

More than ten days ago, also on the night of August [-]th, when the entire city had just received the bad news from the north and before the mobilization of the whole city had begun, after personally sending away the last troops capable of defending Jinling, at the beginning of Yinshi in the early morning, the rooster in the nest was still alive. After sleeping soundly, all the officials above the fifth rank in Jinling City gathered, and the entire garrison office was brightly lit.

Sha Xiangyue knew their intention to invite her. The government took a fancy to the power of the Taiping Sect among the people, and they needed help.

But when the cooperation was proposed, Sha Xiangyue had no intention of joining forces at all. The Ming Dynasty had come to an end. Their elites were wiped out, the emperor was captured, and their eyes were full of subjugation. Now even the only army that could resist the Japanese pirates was sent away to defend Beijing. The loess is half buried, so what cooperation are you talking about?

And it's not that Sha Xiangyue looks down on them. The Ming Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, and none of the military officers will know how to fight, let alone these civil servants?

Firstly, they have no combat experience, secondly, they have never commanded a war, and thirdly, they have never even killed anyone with their own hands. Most of their lives have been in charge of Jingping on the ground in Southern Zhili. They came prepared and the soldiers were fine and brave, so why should they win?

Sha Xiangyue didn't want to talk too much, so she directly mentioned the conditions she had put forward to Kuang Jian in the meeting hall.

"This is the sincerity of the Taiping Sect!"

The high-ranking official sitting opposite him immediately complained.

The man had a resonant fleshy voice, a gloomy face, and the sound he drank was like a gong, he punched the mahogany table with his thick fist, his arms were stretched out, his veins were protruding——

Sha Xiangyue's face is cold and beautiful, in the warm red candlelight, she doesn't even smile:

"Eleven years ago, Li Mengliang, the former head teacher of my teaching, also cooperated with the imperial court. May I ask how he ended up? What kind of sincerity do you have?"

The Taiping Sect can at least be broken up into pieces, so that they can escape. Now help them defend, the result will only be death, let him bring the Taiping Sect to surrender to the government, why?

These people besieged and suppressed the Taiping Sect at the end of May and the beginning of June, but each spared no effort!

"Position C has Japanese soldiers ascending the city!"

On the top of the wall, a tall Taiping believer suddenly stood up from the top of the wall, raised his neck and roared angrily, speaking in a straight voice, like thunder: "Cut it down—!"

And at the same time, the gigantic torchstone cart started to creak again, Sha Xiangyue carried the child, and the moment she turned around, a huge boulder of five hundred pieces suddenly smashed the crenel he had just stood on , Scorching Heat Wave, two artillery pieces and five people all went in!

Boom!Then there was a crash, half of the crenels of the city wall collapsed, and rubble flew around!

"Master Xiaosha!" Yu Daijiao couldn't lie on the stone steps on the other side!

Sha Xiangyue chose the right angle. The weak area of ​​the torch stone chariot was within the range of the muzzle of this section of the city wall, so it fired directly at this point without hesitation!

The accuracy of the Jushi car is not good, but its intensity can already make up for all the gaps in accuracy!

Sha Xiangyue kicked the little fat man's ass hard in the opposite direction, and then the slope of the city wall under his feet suddenly tilted, Sha Xiangyue couldn't control his balance, and slid all the way to the edge!Sha Xiangyue stripped it with bare hands twice, and finally clasped the groove on the edge tightly for the third time. The stone fell down with a whimper, and the gravel thundered down carrying a heavy field cannon. On the cannon barrel, a deep and heavy sound exploded directly in Sha Xiangyue's ears. Sha Xiangyue opened her mouth wide and cried out in pain, and her arm hanging in mid-air suddenly trembled!

During the stagnation of the artillery fire, Yu Daijiao rushed straight to the ravine that was smashed. This time, the Jushi chariot smashed a deep ditch five people deep on the city wall, and the people on the other side couldn't even help him. Fortunately, Shaxiang Yue didn't need help, he swung vigorously in mid-air a few times, and climbed up the city wall by himself on the raised stones.

If it were another person, it would be dead.

A stream of blood dripped from Sha Xiangyue's ears, Sha Xiangyue waved her hands towards a group of worried eyes, and said a little loudly: "I'm fine." Now he has temporary tinnitus, and all the voices are in his ears. Sometimes far and sometimes near, sometimes high and sometimes low, as if stuck in a piece of sea water, the only thing that can be heard clearly is his heavy breathing.

"Every time the Jushi chariot makes a gap, it will be the main direction of the enemy's next attack,"

He can't hear, but his brain is still clear,

Sha Xiangyue met the eyes of a group of people, pointed to the gap under her feet, and said loudly: "Here, hold on!"

Then he quickly waved his hands to tell everyone to return to their respective positions to prepare for battle, while he walked to the gunner who had just been instructed.

Fortunately for him, the gunner he had just ordered was affected by a thick rafter grate during the shelling, and was pierced directly from the chest into a meat paste. Smelly, Sha Xiangyue's ears were bleeding, drop by drop fell on his shoulder, he moved the body down calmly, and then carefully wiped the hot and black gun barrel clean to prevent any duds.

The little fat man stared blankly at the dead man, and then at the living man in front of him. He recognized him. This man was the one who walked up to him to comfort him in Hezhizhai. The person standing side by side with him outside the hall of the San Judicial Division where the Gu case was tried, was the one who kicked his butt just now, saving his life.

Sha Xiangyue wiped the blood flowing from her ears, and saw that the little fat man beside her was too frightened to move, staring at her with copper bell-like eyes——

"Help me reload the bomb." Sha Xiangyue said calmly.

On the other side of the ravine on the city wall, Yu Daijiao's eyes turned sore, she covered her mouth and turned around suddenly!Immediately afterwards, he quickly rushed to the city wall on the side adjacent to Jinling City, and stared fixedly at the dark road in the city——

The whole street was empty and silent, there was no sound of horses' hoofs, no sound of armored soldiers, and he didn't even hear the transfer of soldiers from the neighboring towers.

"Why is there no support yet!"

She slammed her fist on the rough and uneven city wall, and said angrily, "Support!"

She didn't know that in the west of the city tonight, there would be no support for three hours.

And now, just half an hour has passed.

At the same time, a pair of long and narrow eyes with small moles were observing the battle situation in the west of the city from a distance——

He wears a black hood and a black cloak that hides in the darkness.

He has been hiding in Jinling City for a long time, and he has been sending news to the outside of the city: He knows that the west of the city only looks well-fortified, but in fact there is a serious shortage of troops inside. Commander Sha Xiangyue is good at building and bluffing people, but he is just bluffing.

"As long as we increase our firepower and cooperate with Tongji Gate, we can cut Jinling City down the middle and destroy it."

Even Qu Bao, the Japanese army's rendezvous location, had thought of it for them, it was on the Zhenhuai Bridge on the Qinhuai River.

"The west of the city is not the focus of the Jinling government's defense. I also know how many people in the Jinling government really trust him and how many people in the Jinling government can give him? ... How many thousand? No, no, they only have a few hundred People, with a little electricity, can be destroyed."

Qu Bao frowned slightly. He had been waiting at the city gate here for a long time. He originally wanted to wait for them to lead the way after they entered the city, but he didn't expect the Japanese pirates to be so useless. He told them the military situation. Yes, more than half an hour has passed and still can't take down such a small number of people.

A faint voice passed from the southeast, Qu Bao turned his head, knowing that the other side was also in a hard fight, he turned his thoughts around, and planned to help the Japanese pirates again.

In the distance, Yingtian Mansion is brightly lit.

On the dark and heavy case, the herald kept passing on the news about Tongji Gate in the southeast, Fengchenghou looked serious, and kept drawing lines in the occupied area——

This is the headquarters of the entire Jinling operation. Li Xian, Marquis of Fengcheng, and Li Min of Yingtianfu all guarded here to direct the battle.

"The twenty Tongji gates have all been assembled!"

"The army has set off!"

"Tongji Gate is closed!"

"Our army and Japanese pirates have fallen into a fierce battle!"

The gunfire in the west of the city kept going, and every sound was heard in the city, but Qian Jin and other heralds in Yingtian Mansion kept running to send orders, conveying that it was indeed not the military situation in the west of the city——

Qu Bao took off his hood, and under the black cloak was an ordinary official uniform. He followed the herald, hurriedly quickened his pace, and fished in troubled waters. A bulging mass.

On the corridor of Yingtian Mansion's black pillars, Qian Jin hurried past, and suddenly looked back at the corridor on the other side, looking at the person who was as attractive as himself, and couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Hey—that, that person is not that ...that who..." He looked familiar for a while, but he was a little uncertain, scratching his head helplessly, and the person behind him pushed her immediately: "Let's go quickly, I am in a hurry to send information now!" Qian Jin had no choice but to nod, A few steps late, he followed the front team awkwardly.

In the corridor on the other side, Qu Bao, who didn't look back, secretly took a lucky breath, took a breath, and continued to move forward——

But what he didn't know was that the praying mantis was catching the cicada, the oriole was behind him, and there was a person following behind him.

"It's going to be a risky game."

Five days ago, after the surprise attack in the west of the city, the Jinling high-level combat meeting had already changed the combat strategy.

"We have already received information that our defenses in the west of the city have been leaked. The Japanese pirates will use nearly 1 people to attack the west of the city, and 2 horses to attack the Tongji Gate. The two lines will attack at the same time. They want to block Jinling from the middle. At present, there is no definite specific action. date, but the general idea of ​​the attack has been seized."

In Yingtian Mansion's internal military meeting, young generals from all walks of life sat or sat around a huge map of Jinling and outside the city to discuss. Unlike the chilling atmosphere of the previous days, their atmosphere has become much more relaxed now. Even though many of them only got to know each other in the past half a month.

"They are making a big fuss at Tongji Gate, but the Shicheng Gate is calm. It seems that they are trying to cheat."

"Then support the west of the city, gather enough people, so that they can't attack."

"But right now, once the troops are divided into battles, both sides can only defend and cannot win—" The middle-aged general turned his head and asked, "Master Hou, what do you think?"

The people in this room are all military talents, and everyone understands the analysis of the situation, but it is decided that the old man should go down.Vermilion black, smoky black, Buddha head green, stone green, the whole meeting room is solemn and solemn, Feng Chenghou sits in the armchair, with deep wrinkles between his brows, and his voice is calm and majestic:

"We must take the initiative to attack. Our food in Jinling is enough to last for a year and a half, but the hearts of the people and the army cannot last for a year and a half. If we can't hold on, it will only increase the enemy's arrogance."

The old man pointed at the map calmly and dignifiedly, and compared the route with a long ruler, "How about the main force defeating all the troops in the southwest, and then returning to the west of the defense city to support the flanking battlefield?"

"It's feasible, but then the defensive pressure in the west of the city will be huge." The military adviser said.

"Small kill."

Marquis Fengcheng raised his head and called out the purple clothes next to the Buddha's head. The young man was a little out of tune with the atmosphere in front of him. Kuang Jian was the closest to him, and he wished he could sit as far away as possible.

"The west of the city needs to stick to it to buy time for the southeast line—can you?"

There are [-] city gates, more than [-] nest shops, and more than [-] crenels on the outer city wall of Jinling City.

When Lord Hongwu built the city, he ordered granite to be the foundation, the huge wall to be bricks, and stones to be paved on top of it to form the road, with lime and corn imprisoned outside, stretching mightily for more than seventy miles—this is the longest city wall in the entire Ming Dynasty. , it is completely different from the four sides of the Beijing city. It directly includes a large area of ​​farmland and the rolling hills in the north of the city.

But everyone in this room knows that this tall and majestic city wall is actually just a symbol. Its deterrence is more of a deterrent to the enemy's heart. In terms of actual combat alone, it is actually difficult to complete a decent defense war.

"There are only 100 people in my congregation who can fight, and Ying Tianfu has 200 people,"

Sha Xiangyue raised her head and asked calmly, "How many people can you give me?"

Everyone looked at Marquis Fengcheng.

The old man said in a thick voice, "500 people."

That is a total of 800 people for [-] people. They need him to exchange one for ten with the help of the city wall fortifications.

Sha Xiangyue's lips moved: "How long do you want me to hold on?"

"At least three hours."

All fighters win with just cooperation and odds. As long as there are more people who can fight in Jinling City, they will not take such a risky situation.After a long silence, Sha Xiangyue nodded lightly, and said firmly: "Okay."

To the southeast of the city, Tongji Gate.

Excluding the minimum number of troops guarding the city, the entire Jinling City can produce a maximum of [-] main troops to face the Japanese pirates' [-] army directly. There is still a city wall to defend the west of the city. Behind them, the gate of Tongjimen is directly closed. superior.

If you study this army carefully, you will find that most of it is armed by the chief Nanzhili Jingping. Kuang Jian and the low-level officers of Bingma Si lead the way in front, and behind the team are a group of civil servants who took off their official uniforms and put on their armor soon. , young and old, young and old, Geng Yichun, Zuo Yang, etc. are among them, they left the city today for no other reason than to set up a battle to kill them!Destroy the enemy's arrogance in one fell swoop!

The government is weak and the country is in chaos. They have accumulated countless grievances for more than ten years. Once the elites in the country are lost, the jumping beam clowns dare to come to the city and jump at the door of their own house!In such a situation, what concerns do you have?The gate of the city has fallen behind, no one has a way to turn back, if they want to live, then they will win, after a command, all the soldiers go out on light horses, and kill them with their horses!

The sharp chirping sound of the white blade was almost ear-piercing, and a powerful force erupted from everyone's body. They desperately waved the weapons in their hands, charging, dividing, encircling and suppressing, using every knife and every shot with all their strength!Regardless of whether they are civil or military officials, they are all sharpening their knives and vicious. There is constant artillery fire in the north of the city. The distance between the two armies is only a dozen kilometers. They must quickly eliminate the enemy in front of them, and immediately return to support the west of the city!

The torchstone carts kept going, and Shaxiangyue's nine-mile position was about to be bombed to break through the defense line.

The majestic and tall city wall has been blasted into three obvious depressions, and a sloping uphill even formed on the flat road. The enemy has gone crazy. Echoing the attack horn of Chengdongnan, they violently besieged them in the face of artillery fire. Torchstone chariots, field cannons, muskets, hand guns, and weapons were replaced again and again, and finally even bows and arrows were used up. They stepped on the steep slope of gravel and bricks and began to fight each other!

Sha Xiangyue's ears were full of blood. Seeing the enemy approaching constantly, when she was approaching a certain location, she blew a strange whistle in the air: "Stop!"

In an unobvious ditch, a whole piece of fire and thunder exploded in pieces!

Immediately afterwards, a whole column suddenly sprang out from behind the flames!Zhu Shi rushed over with dozens of people by surprise, raised his spear and charged at the enemy's most forward. Yue asked them to sneak out of the city to hide, and wait for the enemy to come up, and then counterattack head-on.

This is obviously a punitive arrangement. Zhu Shi and others were released from the prison. They were originally used to fight the front line of the Death Squad. When Zhu Shi was released from prison, he asked the fourth master very seriously: "Why are the Japanese pirates Hit us?" At that time, the fourth master replied very seriously: "Because we are easy to bully."

The emperor didn't care who was sitting on Zhu Shi, but it was unbearable to hit his door.

Sha Xiangyue shouted from a high place: "Zhu Shi! Make a show for everyone!"

"it is good--!"

Zhu Shi loudly waved his long knife and roared back. They were used to fighting fiercely in the city before, and if they killed the people on the opposite side who came all the way to beat Lao Tzu's house, they would survive!

The city wall has already fallen into a state of anxiety, people around are constantly being injured and some people die, but the defenders of the city don't even have time to grieve. The fence beside him was affected by the flames of war, and there were still jumping flames that were not extinguished.

Before the war, she was told by her uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters that she was not allowed to get involved in the front line, but she looked really anxious, half of the hundreds of defenders had been lost, and many of the remaining half went down to fight. The bayonet was fired, she didn't care about being afraid, her heart was beating wildly, she wanted to do something, but she didn't know what she could do. People made up for this output, and finally she made up her mind, and pulled Liuli to touch it with a guilty conscience but firmly.

"How does this work?"

Yu Daijiao murmured and thought about it in her head, imitating those soldiers who poohed in the palms of her two hands first, and Liulier cooperated beside her, first helping her carry the ammunition with all her strength, and the two of them stuffed the gunpowder in a decent manner. He went in, tamped it down with a stick, and then jerkily began to observe the battlefield below through the eyepiece——

From their point of view, they have now entered the stage of wild horses fighting each other. Although Sha Xiangyue is still in command, the thick smoke obscures many battle patterns. They don't know their own battle plan, and they don't even know where they are. People, where is the enemy, suddenly, a person ran to their city wall, it was Zhang Hua, and he shouted at them in a sea of ​​people: "Help the city to cover!"

That warm and jade-like face is almost torn apart: there are not many gunners in the city now, and their original position is to cooperate with the ambush!

Yudai tugged at her neck tenderly: "...Huh?"

Enemy artillery roared.

Zhang Hua raised his knife and roared, "Take cover!"

The artillery fire roared again.

Yudai yelled back with a shrill voice: "Who are you hitting?"

Zhang Hua vomited blood, ignored her, and returned to the charge position with a knife in his hand. The endless battlefield in the west of the city, the soldiers below shouted from shouting to roaring, shocked the night, especially the team led by Zhu Shi. The five gangsters, using both fists and kicks, rushed towards the enemy quickly, and rushed into the enemy's formation with incomparable arrogance, and fell into a bitter fight.

"If I die, Master Xiaosha, please go back and ask the court for a favor to support Shigu's mother."

Before the battle, Zhu Shi wiped his knife and said to Sha Xiangyue very sincerely.

"It's not for you to die," Sha Xiangyue frowned, and firmly held his shoulder: "It's for you to kill the enemy and find a way to live on your own."

Standing in front of Yingtianfu's big case, Marquis Fengcheng pressed his two big hands against the map, listening to the battle reports from the messengers who kept coming back from the southeast of the city.

He didn't leave any defensive personal guards, and sent all the personal soldiers to the front line to attack and kill the main force. After two hours, the artillery fire in the west of the city was much weaker than before, which should have caused a lot of casualties, and they couldn't last long.

"Tell Kuang Jian to speed up!"

Marquis Feng Cheng rapped on the table vigorously, and the candle shadow shook violently: "After the encirclement and annihilation, quickly support the west of the city!"

What he didn't know was that across his wall, Li Mengliang's confidant Qu Bao and Jiang Xingzheng were in a silent scuffle——

A whole pack of gunpowder has been twisted with twine and fixed in place. Qu Bao held two flints tightly in his hand, trying to ignite the fuse. Pulling it out, the two wrestled until their eyes were red and rolled out!

With a "poof", a dagger sank into Jiang Xingzheng's ribs!

Qu Bao tried his best to break free from his arm, and threw himself forward with all his might!

Only three inches away from the leads!

Jiang Xingzheng's face turned crimson, and he hugged Qu Bao's neck again enduring the severe pain. He had been secretly following Qu Bao for a while, and he knew that Li Mengliang, a nail, would definitely do something. Sure enough, the other party was the last one tonight This move is extremely vicious. Once the explosive explodes, it is secondary to injuring the commander and causing chaos. The most important thing is that once the city center is detonated, the two groups outside the city will think that the other party failed to defend, and the morale of the army will immediately be destroyed. Mess!

Jiang Xingzheng gasped for breath, endured the dull attack, and the red veins like earthworms snaked across his forehead piece by piece...

Boom!

In the far west battlefield, there was a sudden sound of shaking the mountains, and the sound spread far away, layer upon layer!

Zhang Hua, who was in a hard fight, suddenly raised his head, and saw that the beam of the huge torch stone cart behind him was suddenly broken by someone, and the whole collapsed like a Kuafu giant. Hit, covered in a cloud of dust and smoke!

"Fuck! Who hit it!"

After the defenders were stunned, Qi Qi exclaimed in admiration: "It's beautiful!"

Immediately afterwards, a bright and excited shout came from the city tower: "Jade Daijiao beat it!"

After punching the old master to death, the girl's voice was so distinctive on the battlefield, clear and sweet, and when she called out her name, her tone was triumphant and proud!

Jiang Xingzheng was lying on his back on the ground.

The color of his face changed from crimson to reddish purple, a strong smell of blood spread from his body, his arms were still tightly locked around his opponent's neck, separated by a wall, guarding the empty Yingtian Mansion, Fengchenghou and Yingtian Mansion Yin were still ignorant Facing the map unconsciously, they discussed the situation on the battlefield, and their strong and powerful hands kept making encirclement gestures, discussing how to find more convenient armed forces to go to the west of the city for support.

Those bright eyes invaded from every corner in all directions, his ears were like boiling water, and only the noise of one person remained...

That was his favorite little girl.She has a face like a full moon, eyes like a full moon, and her smile is like a bell. It was the first time he saw her on Qin's Polo Field. When she galloped over, her bright yellow dress was like beeswax. Frown and smile, delicate and flying.

How much I want to be as brave as you, how much I want my sister to be as brave as you...

Jiang Xingzheng's arm loosened bit by bit, with unwillingness written all over his face: But he...can't control this life that is falling rapidly.

The artillery fire was fierce.

In the west of the city, someone bombarded the torchstone chariot. Enraged by the enemy, dozens of wild cannons immediately opened fire, covering the overwhelmed western city wall with fierce firepower!

Kuang Jian's hand holding the spear trembled slightly, and the horse was like scissors, charging to cut open the position in front of him!Resolutely and forcefully lead the entire column to divide and surround the enemy!

The sound of artillery fire in the west of the city continued rumblingly.

He received the general order. His order was not to rush out of the siege, but to rescue the west of the city after annihilating the main force. He wanted to speed up more than anyone else!

The terrain in the west of the city is not conducive to avoiding artillery counterattacks at all. The commander can only lead his men to hold his position. When the city was attacked at the beginning, the shelling in the west of the city was still alternating between cups of tea. Now the artillery fire is getting more and more violent. Intensive, from the sound, it can be heard that hundreds of them have persisted until now, how heavy the losses and casualties will be!

"I love you very much, love you very much..."

He didn't know how to say this sentence so as not to be abrupt, and he didn't know that the other party had been waiting to listen, the fire was raging, and the last time he looked at him, Sha Xiangyue didn't seem to understand what he said. Frowning slightly, Kuang Jian could only squeeze his wrist firmly and tell him his only wish in this life: "To live."

He has no other demands on him, only that he can live.

Live from year to year.

The huge black fire oil covered the past, and the black oil layer rose into a raging fire that soared into the sky!

With a shout, Zhu Shi held a knife and led people wildly into the enemy's shelter——

Individual grievances seem so insignificant in the huge waves of family and country feelings.

He saw the small group of people led by Zhu Shi fall down one by one, and on the city wall far away, Sha Xiangyue's eyes were dazzled, she raised her head vigorously, and squeezed back the tears——

With 800 people fighting 1 people, all the ambush positions of the defenders in the west of Jinling City have been exposed, and there is no secret in the whole arrangement.

He stood up, pushed the little fat man beside him, "No need to reload", because he was out of ammunition and food, he stepped forward step by step, and stood on the gap in the city wall, where the gravel had already paved the gap. He stood in the middle of the long staircase, looking down at the enemies rushing up like a river, and slowly drew out his long knife——

A short, helpless flame, jumping slightly—

At the last moment of his life, Qu Bao still stretched out his hand, looking at the fire with longing, hoping that it could ignite the fuse soaked in fire oil——

The artillery fire in the west of the city still didn't stop, he opened his eyes unwillingly, and the moment he held his breath, it was hard to imagine that Sha Xiangyue would last until this time, obviously he was raised by the head teacher himself, but he did this for the government!

"Is it credible to kill Xiangyue?"

For more than half a month, almost every high-ranking official in the Jinling Yamen questioned Fengchenghou's decision.

The commander of the west city defense is the head teacher of the Taiping Sect, entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, will Sha Xiangyue resist perfunctorily?Won't get cold feet?

No matter how strong the city wall is, if there are traitors from the inside, it will be vulnerable, not to mention the battle of defending the city, the most important thing is the will of the defenders. Once the will of the general is not strong enough, he cannot organize effective resistance , It is impossible to withstand the fire suppression of 1 people for three hours, and once the city is broken, the entire Jinling City will be in danger.

In fact, even Sha Xiangyue himself didn't know why Marquis Fengcheng trusted him so much when he heard about the strategic plan.

Jinling City at the head of Chu and at the end of Wu is the home of the most beautiful and beautiful women in the world.