"When will the imperial army arrive?" The county yamen in Guishan County, the magistrate Pan Anping, was looking forward to the imperial army arrive soon.

Pan Anping is nearly forty years old and has an ordinary appearance, so he can only be ordinary. Perhaps because Guishan County is very close to Huizhou Fucheng (the city is ten miles east of the Fucheng), Pan Anping did not dare to make some big moves in Guishan County, and could barely be regarded as a magistrate who keeps his duties.

But this is not very useful to the people under the rule. The landlords and large-scale landlords will still do this if they should exploit the people. Pan Anping will not blame the landlords and large-scale landlords. If Pan Anping is hostile to the landlords, then he will not be the magistrate for long.

Since the riots occurred in Yong'an County and Haifeng County, the riots captured two county towns. After the news reached Guishan County, Pan Anping immediately sent someone to report the news.

In Pan Anping's view, the rioters who could capture the county town were not comparable to ordinary rioters. The walls of the county town were as high as two or three feet high, and the gates were closed. How could the rioters holding farm tools rush into the city?

The rioters are in front of you, and Pan Anping doesn’t have to doubt that the rioters will definitely enter Guishan County and even attack Guishan County.

After receiving the news, the landlords and wealthy families who lived in the manor outside the city took their families into the county town to hide. Some of the wealthy families even believed that Guishan County could not resist the rioters, so they fled directly to Huizhou Prefecture City for a while.

However, as the magistrate of Guishan County, Pan Anping could not escape and gave up the people under his rule to escape. Even if Pan Anping had some connection with him, this was a serious crime. Dismissal from office may be the lightest punishment, and he may be more likely to be beheaded directly. No matter how serious the family members are, they will be implicated.

Before the rioters came to Guishan County, Pan Anping could send his family away, but he could not leave himself.

Unable to leave Guishan County, Pan Anping thought about how to resist the rioters who would come over at any time. If he could successfully block the rioters who broke through Yong'an County and Haifeng County, this would be Pan Anping's achievements. He might be promoted after eliminating the rioters.

However, there were too few Ming troops in Guishan County, mainly the county garrison, plus the patrol department, with only a few hundred troops. It is said that there were tens of thousands of riots. With this little force alone, it was impossible to defend Guishan County. Pan Anping quickly turned his attention to the wealthy families.

The wealthy families basically have guards, and gather more guards from all wealthy families than the Ming army. In terms of personal force, many wealthy families have better personal force than the soldiers of the Dabu Ming army.

The Ming army, the guards of wealthy families and the young and strong recruited, soon, the guards of Guishan County had exceeded 1,000, but Pan Anping felt that this little man could no longer stop tens of thousands of chaotic people. Now Pan Anping could only look forward to the imperial army coming soon.

"Sir! It's not good! The thief is here!"

Just as Pan Anping was muttering when the imperial army would come, Ming soldiers hurried into the county government to report the news of the arrival of the People's Army to Pan Anping. When he heard the soldiers' words, Pan Anping felt a little disappointed. The imperial army disappeared, but the rioters had already arrived.

"I am the one who dies!" Pan Anping exclaimed in his heart.

Outside Guishan County, Fang Nan led 4,000 people from the People's Army to surround Guishan County on three sides. The firearms and artillery troops had already raised artillery, and soldiers holding tiger-headed guns had lined up to launch an attack on Guishan County.

Holding the eight-fold mirror, Fang Nan looked towards the wall of Guishan County and could see hundreds of people gathering on the east wall. Fang Nan's eyesight was far beyond those of ordinary people, and he could clearly see most of the people's faces with fear and fear.

Fang Nan judged that the main force of the Ming army would come from the west, Huizhou Fucheng and Guishan County were two very important cities. The People's Army mainly focused on mobile warfare. At this time, the People's Army took the initiative, attacking if they wanted to attack, and retreating if they wanted to retreat.

Taking down Guishan County also has some benefits for the People's Army. It is necessary to defend the city at all times. The 4,000 troops in Fangnan can withstand more than five times the enemy. However, in this way, the People's Army is more passive. The Ming army dispatched tens of thousands of people to surround Guishan County. It is very difficult for the People's Army to break out of the siege.

Helplessly, the People's Army has too few troops and too weak strength. We must be cautious every step, and the People's Army cannot afford to lose.

Now the People's Army is about to launch an attack on Guishan County. Fang Nan's plan is very simple. If it can easily capture Guishan County, it will be taken directly. The People's Army's casualties cannot exceed 200 people. If the enemy guarding Guishan County is very tenacious and the People's Army needs to spend a lot of money to capture the city, Fang Nan plans to siege and not attack.

Guishan County does not have many firearms, which seem to be a little threat to the People's Army, but stones, wood, and boiling oil will definitely be prepared on the city wall. When the People's Army soldiers rushed to the city, these things will be smashed from the city wall and will cause huge damage to the People's Army.

Next, Fang Nan plans to make several attempts to attack Guishan County.

"Tell the artillery company, the enemy on the target city wall, two rapid fires!"

"yes!"

The messenger rode his horse and ran to the artillery company quickly with Fang Nan's order. Soon, the artillery company commander Chang Chai received the order from the Grand Commander.

"Are prepared for all the artillery positions, and the enemy is on the city wall in front of the target, and load the cannons!" Chang Chai quickly issued an order to the twelve artillery positions in the artillery company.

"The first shot is ready!"

"The second artillery position is ready!"

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"The eleventh shot position is ready!"

"The twelve artillery positions are ready!"

"Light up, fire!" Chang Chai shouted out of the Yanling Knife.

Hearing the company commander's order, the twelve soldiers ignited the fuses one after another, then left the cannon for a certain distance, covering their ears with their hands and staring at the cannon body.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, with the flames and black smoke, twelve solid shells were fired from the twelve Folang machine cannons and quickly hit the target seven or eight hundred meters away.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The loud noise of several solid shells hitting the city wall, and many wall tiles were smashed by solid shells.

puff!

There are solid shells that "accurately" hit a row of enemies. The shells pass through the enemy's bodies, leaving holes that are as big as bowls. Those who die can't die anymore.

Some shells fly higher and directly cross the city wall and smash them into the city. I don’t know whose roof has been smashed, and it may even hurt ordinary people.

The Folang machine cannon is indeed the most advanced artillery of this era. However, due to airtightness, the range and accuracy are not good, but it is enough to scare people.

On the city wall on the east side of Guishan County, there were only a dozen people who were hit by shells or smashed by shells on the wall bricks, but they brought unimaginable panic to hundreds of people on the city wall.

"It's dead! It's dead!"

"Wow! Wow! I want to go home."

"The thief has used magic tricks, run away!"

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Chapter completed!