"What are you panic! The generals come to block the water and soil. Have you forgotten what I teach you?" Sun Chengzong heard the conversation between several people in a panic on the stairs. He was indignant and angry that he did not fight. He scolded him as soon as he came up. The few people suddenly saw the old master coming and knelt on the ground. Kong Da said, "Ge, old master, Jianlu is powerful, and our army has few soldiers, I am afraid." "Are you afraid?" Sun Chengzong raised his eyebrows. "Last general, last general." Kong Da replied incoherently. "It's normal to be afraid. It's strange if you don't have any reaction in this situation, but we are civil officials and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you cannot defeat the enemy, you must not lose your integrity. My pigeon letter has been released. The court should be able to receive the news soon. As long as we can hold the enemy for a day or two, the reinforcements from the court can come to rescue him." Sun Chengzong finished this passage with great enthusiasm. He deliberately said so loudly that all the soldiers around him could hear it. People in this desperate situation need a glimmer of hope to support them. If they don’t even have hope, they may not be able to hold on to a cup of tea, which can be regarded as quenching their thirst. Sun Chengzong can only use this method to inspire morale.

In fact, he knew better than anyone else that although the Gexin had been released, it would take at least one or two days for reinforcements around him to come. One or two days seemed short, but it was hard to say whether they could withstand it for one or two hours, let alone one or two days. What is more likely is that the court would not send reinforcements at all. If there were fewer reinforcements, it would be useless. If there were more reinforcements, the emperor would not have so many troops in his hands. Even if there were, would the court and the emperor send them all over? The Ming army was mainly infantry, and Jianlu came and went like the wind. He could not fight with your large troops and attack the weak links directly. At present, except for the large groups of troops in Shuntian Prefecture, it was difficult for other places to protect themselves.

There is no military force to adjust. Even if the cavalry takes the lead, their rescue targets or guarding targets are the capital, and they will never come to Gaoyang County to save Sun Chengzong. These people in Gaoyang County are nothing to do in front of the emperor and the court. Even Sun Chengzong, who has the highest status in the city, is said to be a veteran of the four dynasties, but to put it bluntly, he is just a retired former minister of the Ministry of War. At the most critical moment, let alone the former minister of the Ministry of War, even the current minister of War, wouldn’t he give up just by saying that he would give up. Fu Zonglong and Lu Xiangsheng in the front are examples, let alone him as the former minister of War. If there is no miracle, Gaoyang County is likely to be finished. But even if it is finished, he has to pull out two teeth from the tiger’s mouth, so that Jianlu can’t achieve his goal so easily.

Sun Chengzong said to everyone: "What can be done at the moment is to delay time. I made the following arrangements. The enemy's attack on Gaoyang County should first conduct a tentative attack. The number of people in the first wave should not be too many. The clan and more than 200 servants all went to Nancheng to defend. The magistrate Luo has already collected militia groups in the city. It is estimated that there are three or four thousand people not a problem. There are 100 officers and soldiers on each wall and 1,000 militia groups to guard. My servants are all concentrated in Nancheng as the main defensive force. When the magistrate Luo returns, he gathers more than 100 yamen runners to put out the fire.

Team, reinforce wherever there is a crisis. I personally sit in Nancheng. Kongda, go to Dongcheng. County Magistrate Luo will go to Xicheng later. North City will be handed over to my son Sun Yu. Everyone will do their best to defend Gaoyang." Sun Chengzong's face remained unchanged. Everyone was infected by Sun Chengzong's momentum. The descendants and servants behind him clasped their fists and said, "Defend Gaoyang to death!" Kongda pursed his lips, and knew that it would be useless to say more, so he clasped his fists and said, "The last general must fight to the death." Sun Chengzong patted Kongda on the shoulder, Kongda gave a gift and hurried down to the city and rushed to Dongcheng.

With the help of his servants, Sun Chengzong walked to the middle of the city gate tower, where there was a big drum. Because Gaoyang County had not experienced war for a long time, the drum also seemed very worn out. It was obviously not used for a long time. Sun Chengzong didn't care at all. He picked up the drumstick next to him. The drum rumbling sounds. Everyone looked at the city tower. They saw that Sun Chengzong had thrown away his crutches, put on his helmet and armor, waved the drumsticks with both hands, and pounded the war drum. After a while, Sun Chengzong took a deep breath and shouted to the soldiers: "My loyal and brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I am Sun Chengzong. As the saying goes, Lian Po is old and can still eat.

No, today the Jianlu army is approaching. You all know the virtues of Jianlu. Now your family is in the city. We have no other choice. We can only defend the city to the death and strive for a glimmer of life. My Sun Chengzong is with you. If Jianlu wants to enter the city, he must first step over my corpse! Kill slave!" "Kill slave! Kill slave! Kill slave!" Sun Chengzong has a very high prestige in the army and the people. Seeing that the old man was in his seventies and was still standing on the front line with his helmet and armor, they were all inspired by Sun Chengzong's courage. They raised their arms and shouted to kill slaves. For a moment, the morale of the defending troops was mobilized by Sun Chengzong.

"Hmph! I'm still jumping around there until I die!" Dai Shan and more than 10,000 Qing soldiers under the city naturally heard the drums on the city tower and the cheers on the city. After so many years of fighting with the Ming army, many Qing army officers could understand some Chinese words. They naturally heard the word "killing slaves". For a moment, the crowd was excited. Some middle and low-level officers such as Zhuda and Fenda Bashiku even pulled out their swords and shouted that they would attack immediately. Dai Shan used the Qianli Mirror to observe for a while and said to Obai beside him: "These Ming people are really arrogant. The drumbeater on the city gate tower looks like an old man, probably Sun Chengzong. This old guy is really in dispersed and is against us in Liaodong. He was also commanding the battle in the capital of Ming Dynasty. Now, he is now in command of the battle.

It's him again." Obai bowed and said, "Big Bell, I'm willing to lead Bayala to take down the city and capture Sun Chengzong alive." Dai Shan thought about it. Such a small city is actually not difficult. It's just that because it's too small, the army is not easy to unfold. It is possible to use a small elite force to directly break the city, and then the large force will break in. He nodded and said, "Let Golovin's artillery first hit a round, and then use the musket of the Rakshasa soldiers to cover your attack." Obai was overjoyed. In his opinion, this ordinary small county town does not require two thousand Bayala soldiers. These Bayala are warriors who have been through battles. A small city in Ming Dynasty only has hundreds of soldiers. With Bayala's combat power, one is fine to fight five.

, One or two hundred people could easily win. The reason why Obai sent two thousand Bayala was because he wanted to take the lead, and catching Sun Chengzong was a great achievement.

"General Gorovin, it's time for your Rakshasa army to perform again." Daishan waved his hand and said to Gorovin. Gorovin suffered heavy losses in the last sneak attack on Tianxiong Army. As a professional soldier in the Rakshasa Kingdom, this was a great shame for him. Gorovin was waiting for an opportunity to avenge his previous shame. So when he learned that Daishan would not let him attack first, but placed it behind, he was full of unhappiness, but Daishan did not completely abandon it. After all, siege required artillery cover, so he gave them a chance to show off. Gorovin shouted: "Okay, Lord Daishan, let's see ours." The light artillery of the Rakshasa army was under the city.

The guns of more than a dozen cannons were facing Nancheng. Seeing this, Sun Chengzong immediately ordered: "Everyone should be low and avoid artillery fire. The militia should not go to the top of the city. Use one hundred people as a unit, and wait for the opponent's artillery gap to transport supplies to rescue the wounded. After one round, one hundred people will be replaced, and so on!" He knew that the opponent dared to place the cannons at such a long position, so he must have a range. In contrast, the cannons he arranged on the city were old products, not to mention the range was not far, and the caliber was not large. Moreover, the cannons were old, and they might have to dissipate heat after a few shots. They could not deal with high-intensity combat at all. They could only hide the cannons first and use them concentratedly when the other party charged.

"Aim, boys, fire!" Boombo, with Golovin's order, the Rakshasa army under the city immediately opened fire, and the cannons rumbling. If compared with the Ming army artillery, the light cannons of these Rakshasa army are small Bolang aircraft, which usually fire one pound of cannons. However, thanks to the Rakshasa that can absorb the technology of Europa or directly purchase artillery from Europa, the range of these light cannons is far greater than that of the ordinary Ming army's equipment, so the Rakshasa army can shoot at this distance so unscrupulously. Boombo, the cannons hit the city wall and made a huge sound. Many horse-head walls in the marching crumbled and gravel splashed. Fortunately, the Ming soldiers were in trouble.

The soldiers were reminded by Sun Chengzong that everyone was lying on the ground honestly, leaving only a few surveillance personnel to pay attention to the situation outside the city. Therefore, after the first round of artillery attacks, the Ming army did not suffer any actual losses except for the scenes that looked horrifying. The people who commanded the militia under the city were Sun Chengzong's sons. Although they had learned from Sun Chengzong, they were essentially literati and had no experience in commanding operations. When they heard that the first round of artillery fire had stopped, the fifth son Sun Jing immediately ordered a hundred civilians to transport the materials in their hands to the top of the city. Because the other party came quickly, the defense materials at the top of the city were not complete. Sun Jing also wanted them to go up and see if there were any wounded people in need of rescue.
Chapter completed!