Chapter 200: A Fortune!
"Give way! Give way!"
The two Keelung General cannons were dragged to the river bank by the gunners. The skilled gunners quickly loaded their muskets and began to fire cannons at the top of the city.
Under the cover of artillery and gunfire, the filled river became wider and wider, extending to the other side of the river. Finally, with the last efforts of the Hong Kong recruits, several straw bags emerged from the water on the other side of the moat!
"Quickly, lay down the door panels!"
Under the command, the recruits quickly stacked door panels and floor boards on the dam made of straw bags. This method allowed people and artillery to pass quickly without worrying about getting stuck in the muddy water.
Seven or eight six-pound cannons and five Keelung General cannons were on the river bank, pouring shells crazily towards the city. The effect of the shooting just now was already visible. The solid bullets were used against such a strong wall, and the effect was very average. , Therefore, Jiang Jianke adopted another artillery battle tactic.
Use artillery suppression to create a time window for the infantry to board the city, and attack the city in one fell swoop!
Dozens of long ladders made of bamboo were carried across the moat with shouts from the soldiers. When one of them just reached the other side, it was poked to the ground by the anxious soldiers. Several spearmen pushed it with their spears. He fell forward on the bamboo ladder.
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound, and the ladder trembled a few times before resting firmly on the wall of the village.
"dash forward!"
Several sword and shield soldiers went ahead and climbed up the ladder. Under the ladder, a group of musketeers held up firecrackers, vigilantly searching for possible resisters on the city wall.
Fortunately, when the first sword and shield soldiers rushed to the city, no one on the stronghold came to stop them.
"Kill!" The sword-and-shield soldier jumped onto the wall of the village, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other. He used the shield to protect his head and face, and quickly patrolled around the crenellations around the ladder.
The second soldier following the Keelung Army also appeared at the top of the city.
Then the third man jumped to the top of the city that was full of broken bricks, rocks, corpses and garbage. The three people formed a small formation on the city wall to prepare for Kam Tin Wai's counterattack.
"Tell Jiang Jianke to concentrate the artillery fire on his iron gate and blow it open for me!" Weizhou, who had been observing the formation in the flag formation, could see clearly through the monocular telescope and calmly ordered the commander beside him. .
After receiving the new general order, Jiang Jianke naturally did not dare to neglect, and moved four twelve-pound cannons to the position facing the Kam Tin Wai Iron Gate to strengthen the firepower here.
After a round of artillery fire, the suspension bridge with its planks shattered by artillery shells fell with a deafening sound.
The gate of Kam Tin Wai is already half open!
"Grandpa, I can't stand it anymore. The iron gate can't hold up anymore! Keelung's army is coming up on the city. You go quickly... I'm the queen!" Deng Wulang was holding a sword in one hand, and the sword was still ticking down. With blood dripping on his face, he limped into the ancestral hall.
The iron breastplate that he had always been proud of was covered in blood, whether it was his own blood or the blood of the Keelung Army. The helmet on his head was blown away by a passing shotgun, which also broke his bun. The residual heat of the shotgun caused his hair to spread out, emitting a disgusting burning smell.
"The people in the circle are in chaos, the defenders on the wall have collapsed, and the Nanmanzi dog thieves keep rushing in. Grandpa, if you don't leave, it will be too late!" Deng Wulang panted.
"Let's go, where are we going? I'm old, and I will die when I die! You are still young, live a good life in the future, let's go! Remember to leave blood for the Deng family! Don't let us cut off the incense and blood food!" Over time, Deng Wentian has become so old and haggard that he no longer looks like a human being.
After saying that, he walked towards the depths of the ancestral hall without looking back, where the tablets of the ancestors of the Deng family were enshrined.
"Grandpa!"
Deng Wulang knelt on the ground, already sobbing.
The chain iron gates that were once the pride of the people surrounded by Kam Tin lost their former sturdiness under heavy artillery fire. After a loud bang, they slumped to the ground and lost their former glory.
"Sir, the fence is broken!" Commander Si excitedly called Weizhou, who was dozing on the wicker chair.
Weizhou opened his eyes, and the light shone at two o'clock. The efforts for many days were finally in vain, and he ordered: "Let all the battalions rush in quickly and control the situation. This time, let's dig up the old roots of the Deng family. Make up for our losses!”
The news that Jintianwei was breached by the Keelung Army in one day and one night was spread like lightning to every village in Jinping County with the deliberate spread of the Keelung Army troops who monitored the besieged villages. I was stunned by this dazzling news.
There were sounds of panic in various villages, fearing that they would become the next target of the Keelung Army.
Faced with the tough demands of the Keelung Army outside the siege, the leaders of the besieged villages had to take the young people in the village to Jintianwei to participate in some kind of rally organized by the Keelung Army.
Although they didn't know what it was, no one dared to violate it. Those who violated it disappeared into thin air yesterday.
The door of Kam Tin Wai is open, welcoming this group of "guests" who "come" from all directions.
In the open space in front of the enclosure, the Keelung Army built a wooden platform with wooden planks. Under the platform, dozens of wooden stakes were buried deep in the soil. The leader of a group of Jintianwei prisoners headed by Deng Wulang was tied up. Tied to a wooden stake. As for Deng Wentian, who hanged himself, his body was also carried out, swept up with a reed, and put aside.
The village heads and clan leaders from nearby villages were politely settled by the Keelung Army in the sheds built on the side of the platform. Seeing the sharp swords and guns of the Keelung Army, these arrogant and proud leaders became dusty and had lost their former prestige.
Now, as long as they can save their lives, it is worth it to suffer the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch like Han Xin!
Otherwise, their own houses, gold, silver and jewelry, and those beautiful concubines and maids in the enclosure will not know who will be squirming under their crotch in the future!
^.^,
"Hello, fellow villagers of Jinping County! When our Keelung Army started, we came with the purpose of punishing the criminals and taking justice for the people. What we wish is that all the people in the world can live in peace and comfort, punish evil and promote good, eradicate local tyrants and evil gentry, and do not harm ordinary people and law-abiding people!" Weizhou stood on the stage and spoke in an official manner, which made the crowd of people watching the excitement drowsy.
If there were no weapons around, someone would have predicted the bad news, and then left the table with disdain and went home to sleep.
"Our army broke through Jintianwei this time, not for the money and property like the passing bandits, but to win the trust of the people. Our army decided to take the following materials..." Weizhou changed the topic, and people felt that his tone was wrong, and immediately opened their eyes wide to listen to his next words.
"What do you want to do with the finances?!" Many people looked up and watched.
"This time, we seized 6,000 sets of fine silk clothes, more than 700 fur clothes, more than 60,000 sets of various single clothes, and more than 80,000 stones of grain, including more than 20,000 stones of rice, 30,000 stones of paddy, and the rest are all wheat. There are also more than 20,000 pieces of cloth of various colors. 3,000 yin of fine salt."
The series of numbers made people intoxicated. In the past, people could not hear such a large number of wealth and property. Even if the wealth behind these numbers was not their own, it was good to listen to it and have fun. The specifications were even more unimaginable!
"These wealth and property were all plundered from Deng Wentian's family by everyone in the Deng clan for many years under various names. General Qin Hao, thinking that God has the virtue of loving life, cannot bear to compete with the people for profit. Now he has decided to return all the floating wealth seized from the Deng family to the members of the Deng clan." Facing the sharp eyes of the audience, Weizhou could not help but read it out loud.
"Everyone has one, one person, regardless of age, will go to the village chief of Keelung Army to register for household registration later, so that you can receive your own share of property according to the distribution rules!"
As soon as the voice fell, there was a bang, and the whole open space seemed to be fired by a cannonball. The air suddenly became heated, and all the people in the field kept asking each other, fearing that they had heard it wrong.
After confirming the news with each other, their eyes began to become crazy!
"Villagers who want to receive financial resources, come here to register for household registration. After registration, you can take the things home!"
A mayor of Keelung Army stood on an eight-immortal table copied from Jintianwei at the other end of the field, holding a copper trumpet in his hand, and announced loudly to the crowd.