Apocalypse is the beginning of a chaotic world.

In such a world, nothing is as good as the sword in your hand, and power comes from the barrel of a gun. As for the civil servant's words, it is already thankful that there is no trouble.

Is Ma Hong guilty? He is indeed guilty first, but it is precisely because of this crime that more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Chongqing were able to protect it.

Zhu Youxiaozheng knew this, so he tried his best to protect the general named Ma Hong in full view of everyone.

This time he was not the one who protected him, but all the officers and soldiers in Chongqing.

But as soon as the words were finished, the civil servants were dissatisfied. They have always been fearless in their disrespect and advice. Regardless of whether you are the emperor or not, you should scold them.

Sun Haogu struggled to get up and whispered:

"The emperor treats me so well, but I am not convinced! I am disheartened!!"

After the words fell, all the civil officials agreed in unison.

"You are heartbroken!" Zhu Youxiao was stunned and then laughed furiously, saying, "How do you think about the Southwest soldiers who are fighting against the rebels?"

Zhu Youxiao pursed his lips, his eyes flashed with a cold murderous aura. After all, he held back and said lightly:

"If you don't agree, you won't agree..."

"Okay, I will give you a chance. If you are escorted back to Beijing this time, the East Factory will not find out anything. If you are restored to your post, I will issue an edict to blame myself!"

"How...?"

The emperor had already said this, and Sun Haogu raised his head, feeling complicated in his heart, but he could only look at his back.

"emperor--"

As soon as he said two words, Zhu Youxiao said lightly: "You, go back."

Sun Haogu seemed to have grown twenty years old in an instant. He sighed heavily, performed the usual rituals tremblingly, and left with the Jinyiwei.

After a moment, Zhu Youxiao turned his horse on his back and said in a glance:

"Jiangjin General Wang Shouzhong, Chongqing General Huang Shoukui."

"I'm here!"

After a moment, the two of them left together.

"You two are indulging your subordinates and causing trouble in chaos. You should have punished them. I will remember your past achievements and do not blame you."

"Of course, death penalty can be avoided, and living penalty cannot be spared. Let's continue to guard the southwest of the court and make meritorious service with crimes!"

"As for the military pay that has been owed for many years, we will issue it together from now on!"

Everyone had made the worst plan, but they didn't expect it to be the result. They were all crying with joy. Wang Shouzhong and Huang Shoukui looked at each other and were convinced.

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, long live, long live!"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at them, snorted coldly, rode on the horse, and his back gradually disappeared deep in the street.

In Chongqing, when the silver brought from the Fu Palace in Luoyang was busy paying the salary, the siege of Chengdu had entered the final stage.

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Since July, Zhang Tong's rebels have been in Xichuan as strong as the storm, and have captured three prefectures and eleven counties. In early August, he has captured Hezhou and arrived in Chengdu.

So far, Chengdu Tuantuan has been besieged for more than a month.

Although Chengdu is an important place in the southwest, due to poor officials, there is not much grain stored in Kurakuri. The city has been siege for one month and it has been sold out.

In order to intimidate the defenders in the city and take down Chengdu as soon as possible, Zhang Tong almost tried all his best.

At night that day, he ordered the chieftain soldiers to hold two torches on the hills outside the city, and ignited both sections of each torch to create the momentum of a 400,000 army.

"Look, there are so many people..."

The defenders on the city stood at the front of the city and looked into the distance, and it was indeed the hearts of the people.

Within several miles of surroundings, people in the rebel camp shouted and neighed, and soldiers kept coming and going. Even the mountains were filled with fire, continuous and terrifying.

But since then, the rebels outside the city have been like this almost every night. When the defenders see it, they are not surprised, but they just feel ordinary.

A few days later, the rebel camp suddenly started to drum loudly, accompanied by rumbling footsteps, countless chieftain soldiers shook the flag and attacked again.

But this time, Zhang Tong, who had been attacking the South Gate for a long time, changed to attack the West Gate.

The new Sichuan general Hou Liangzhu pressed one hand on the city brick and kept giving orders, but soon, he noticed a problem and pointed ahead and said:

"Why is there a huge rock?"

The place I pointed at was just over thirty steps away from Ximen.

There is a stone slope there, with huge rocks blocking it in front of the slope, covered with grass and trees, and it is solid and hidden, making it a natural offensive position.

Sure enough, as soon as Hou Liangzhu finished speaking, a rebel discovered this place and quickly led his troops to take over and fired arrows at the city.

Soon, Hou Liangzhu ordered the defenders to concentrate on shooting at Shipo.

But the huge rocks were very solid, and the rebels hid behind the slope and shot at the top of the city. The squadrons were useless, and the defenders had no choice but to defend, and there were many casualties, and the army was immediately panicked.

"It's hard to hit them..."

A genital general frowned. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound of breaking through the air and an arrow fell at his feet.

"This won't work!"

Hou Liangzhu looked around and saw the morale of the defenders shaking, and immediately made a decision and said, "Send people to mobilize troops and transfer half of the musketeers from the other sects!"

"Fire intensively with muskets to suppress the enemy troops behind the slope."

After occupying the stone slope, the rebels briefly suppressed the Ming army at the top of the city, but before they could have time to be happy, bird gunners were continuously transferred from the other three gates.

As soon as these gunmen passed through the city, they fired firearms in their hands one after another, and the gravel flew everywhere and roared endlessly, and the rebels were suppressed again.

During this period, the Ming army was not idle either.

Hou Liangzhu transferred the civilians in the city to demolish some houses in the city and speed up the construction of the pheasant building when the firepower of the musketeers was suppressed.

When the rebels stood up again, they were surprised to find that there was a pheasant tower piled up on the top of the city, several feet higher than their own soil slopes.

The Ming army stood in the pheasant tower, shooting downward, killing and injuring the rebels on a large scale, and soon killed the attacking rebels and retreated in a hurry.

Hearing the cheers of the Ming army soared into the sky, Zhang Tong drew out his sword, and after the army was reorganized, he launched a large-scale attack again.

The Ming army built the Pheasant Tower and stood tall. The rebels were not idle for the past few days. They rushed to make a local siege equipment - the wing tower.

The wing tower is a type of siege tower, which is taller than the pheasant tower built by the Ming army. It was made by the rebels who have been made locally outside Chengdu in recent days.

On that day, the rebels installed wheels at the bottom of the wing tower, and dozens of people pushed the wing tower forward under the defense of the shield chariot, followed by a large army behind them.

Once someone is knocked down by the Ming army, another person will be added soon and push forward desperately.

As for Hou Liangzhu's method of breaking the enemy, it is even simpler and more crude.

On the one hand, he called on Min Yong to continue to pile up the pheasant tower, which was taller than the wing tower. On the other hand, he selected Jiao Jian's personal soldiers to form a suicide squad, carried gunpowder, oil grass and other things, and sacrificed his life to burn it.

These soldiers were quick and had the cooperation of the Ming army on the city. Although the rebels tried their best to stop them, there were still fish that missed the net.

A little gunpowder combined with oil grass ignited up the wing. At first, the rebels could not notice it, but when the rebels in the wing noticed it, the fire became more and more intense and could not be extinguished.

There was no choice but to give up the wing building, look at the pheasant tower on the city that had been piled up by the Ming army and sighed at the sky.

It is impossible for Ximen to establish an advantage. After a few days of repair, Zhang Tong changed direction again and focused on the North Gate.

This time, the rebels took a different approach when they were at the South Gate and West Gate.

They turned into little girls and stayed in the camp all day long. They actually woven tens of thousands of bamboo cages filled with earth and stones. They used them to build high platforms and jumped into the city from a high place.

Hou Liangzhu was quick to learn and ordered the demolition of the bell tower of Yongxiang Temple in the city, mobilized the military and civilians, and converted it on the north gate to seize the commanding heights.

The rebels built high platforms outside, while the Ming army urgently built a bell tower on the city. The two sides played construction competitions at the four gates in Chengdu.
Chapter completed!