There were waves of roaring sounds coming from the team behind them.
Soon, the battle order was issued, and the surrounding teams divided their forces into several teams to attack various city gates in Beijing.
The point of Li Zicheng's attack was clearly Deshengmen.
The army is about to approach the city!
There were not many children from poor families in the Beijing camp who knew how to play with guns, but Wu Xiang had no choice but to let them climb the city wall.
Some can only temporarily teach them how to shoot and how to fire cannons.
Under Zhu Cixi's deployment, supplies were continuously transported to the city gate tower.
The rain is coming.
On the city wall, everyone's eyes showed solemnity, and their hearts flashed with anxiety.
But when they thought about the ten taels of silver that they had already received, and the fifty taels of silver that His Highness the Crown Prince had promised after his death, the uneasiness of these people did not last long.
They are so poor that their family can't even afford food. For money and for their family to have a bite of food, they are willing to do anything.
Even if I die, I will still receive a pension of fifty taels of silver!
Of course they are willing to do such a thing if they can feed their family well even if they die.
Moreover, they were not worried that His Highness the Crown Prince would deceive them and others, because His Highness the Crown Prince had already asked his men to bring baskets and baskets of silver ingots to guard behind them.
Once he dies, the person on his registration list can get fifty taels of silver!
Children and old men are not deceived!
Thinking of this, the civilians guarding the city couldn't help but turn their heads and glance at the basket of silver next to them.
I couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Continue to strengthen the city defense and transport some firearms from nearby.
All the cannons were carefully wiped by the migrant workers nearby.
They are very motivated to work. There is nothing they can do but get the money!
"Come on, come on, it's time to eat! It's time to eat!"
Buckets of roasted meat were pushed onto the city wall next to them, and next to them were some fragrant white rice. Those migrant workers who had not eaten meat for a long time couldn't help but swallow when they saw the fragrant meat and snow-white rice in front of them.
He spat.
Some people even wanted to go up and grab it.
"Everyone, line up! Get food!"
Fighting back the hunger and greed in their hearts, these migrant workers waited anxiously, and finally started to prepare rice. One by one, they received their rice bowls filled with meat and white rice.
Everyone started to devour it.
That smell!
All the migrant workers had excitement in their eyes.
At this time, the supervisor next to him looked at the migrant workers who were eating meat and said: "These meats are specially rewarded by His Highness the Crown Prince! If you want to have this meat to eat every day, you must defend the city well! His Highness the Crown Prince said! As long as the city is well defended,
!You can eat meat for the next few days!”
All the migrant workers basically swallowed and felt a little excited.
There is meat to eat! Money to take! Even if you die, you will get a high pension!
What kind of treatment is this? When did my life become so valuable?
These migrant workers are secretly grateful to His Royal Highness.
A scholar dies for a confidant!
Although these common people are not scholars, they still understand the simplest truth: repay kindness!
Therefore, after eating, their work on the city wall became more serious and diligent.
Of course, when faced with the temptation of silver stewed meat and white rice, not all petty officials were able to remain stable, and some of them still reached out to those stewed meat and white rice.
But at this time, the imperial guards sent by Zhu Cihong were of great use.
They beheaded the petty officials directly in front of all the migrant workers!
"These white rice, stewed meat! And silver! His Royal Highness is giving it to you! It's for the people! Anyone who dares to reach out to an official will be killed without mercy!"
After killing the minor officials, the Jin Yiwei shouted directly to the militiamen guarding the city.
It even made these militiamen's affection for the crown prince reach an extreme level.
You know, these common people are usually bullied too much by these officials, which leads to their distrust of the court.
At present, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude towards officials makes all the people involuntarily think of Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty!
He has the qualifications of Taizu!
It's not just these common people who think so.
The officials responsible for supervising the war also thought so.
At this time, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu stood together and looked at each other.
Li Banghua did not speak, but Ni Yuanlu on the side spoke first. A trace of sigh flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Li Banghua in front of him and said: "The Crown Prince is indeed a bit like the Taizu!"
"Based on the current situation, this is a good thing. If His Royal Highness hadn't been so decisive, this city would have been destroyed! Right now, there is still some hope."
Li Banghua said calmly.
"Then have you ever thought about how the Crown Prince and Your Majesty will deal with each other if this city is defended? There is a saying that there are no two suns in the sky and no two masters on the earth. If this city is defended, then His Royal Highness the Prince and Your Majesty...
…”
Hearing Ni Yuanlu's words, Li Banghua shook his head, looked at Ni Yuanlu in front of him calmly and said: "What are you worried about for so much?? The country is in chaos right now, and the city of Beijing is about to fall. If Beijing is not defended now,
, Don’t mention anything else, what’s the point of Ni saying all this?”
Ni Yuanlu shook her head and said nothing.
"Okay! The twenty stones of gunpowder you asked for will be sent to you later. You can continue to strengthen the city's defenses! Right now, we can only fight a last-ditch battle! We must defend the city of Beijing!"
Li Banghua said with a solemn expression.
Ni Yuanlu cupped her hands and turned to leave.
Looking at Ni Yuanlu's back, Li Banghua sighed slightly. He didn't know what Ni Yuanlu said, but at the moment, these are not important.
"Master Yushi, where should these gunpowder be sent?"
The words of a clerk next to him interrupted his thoughts.
"Send it to Xizhimen."
Li Banghua said to the clerk in front of him.
More petty officials came forward. Beside him sat two imperial guards, and then there were a group of clerks and accountants, all transferred from the Ministry of Accounts.
It is wartime now, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made it very clear that all important city defense matters will be handled by Li Banghua.
Li Banghua handles all matters, big and small, and allocates materials.
Most of the Jin Yiwei selected by Zhu Cihong were basically allocated to Li Banghua. This is an extremely important force at present, responsible for suppressing some people who believe in King Chuang and some corrupt officials in Beijing.
Of course, five hundred people were not enough to control the entire city of Beijing. For this reason, Zhu Cixiang could only ask these Jin Yiwei to choose five people from Beizhen Fusi beside him.
Although there are still some hidden dangers, after all, with the Jin Yiwei rewarded by these systems, everything is still under control.