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Chapter 1456 I asked, what's his name?
"Archers, fire your arrows! Don't let the government troops get close to the stockade walls."

Gao Yigong didn't have time to check the casualties. Staring at the soldiers who kept pouring up outside the wall, he shouted, "Raise your shields and cover the archers as they fire their arrows!"

Wang Erniu, a bodyguard, stood guard beside Gao Yigong, cursing, "Damn it, when did these dog soldiers become so rich? Don't they have enough rocket launchers to go around?"

Yes.

The government troops kept firing rockets relentlessly, and a third volley of rockets was about to rain down.

"It's almost here. This wave is much sparser than the last one. It seems like this should be the last wave."

Gao Yigong remained remarkably calm, his eyes constantly focused on the movements of the government troops outside. Although the number of government troops didn't appear to be large, they were behaving with unusual ferocity...

Under the cover of shield bearers and braving the arrows of the enemy archers, they had reached the base of the stockade wall. Although five ladders had been pushed over or overturned, nearly ten ladders were still hooked on the stockade wall and could not be pushed away.

When the soldiers under the North Gate found that ramming the chariots was useless, they actually brought up more than a hundred soldiers with picks and shovels from the back, obviously wanting to dig open the gate so that the army could enter Zhuxian Town.

"Hold the wall tight! We must not let the soldiers get over it!" Gao Yigong shouted to his men and women.

At the same time, he shouted to Wang Erniu beside him, "Quickly, throw down the firewood that has been prepared in advance, set it on fire, and burn the dog soldiers to death."

Gao Yigong had been a thief for a long time and had captured countless cities and strongholds, so he naturally knew all sorts of methods the government troops used to defend cities...

He had long ago ordered people to prepare firewood on both sides of the gate tower, mixed with flammable igniters such as saltpeter. Once ignited by an open flame, it would instantly burn with billowing flames and billowing smoke, with red sparks scattering on the ground.

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To be honest, Gao Yigong's defensive strategy and methods were correct in principle, but unfortunately, he encountered a better opponent. In the face of an opponent who is better and stronger than oneself, all strategies and methods are ineffective.

The Yongyi Army is an elite force with extremely rigorous training. They rehearse all possible battlefield scenarios in their daily drills, including today's situation.

The fact that they were assigned to the task of digging tunnels is enough to show that they had practiced this skill during the exercises, and they would naturally be able to effectively deal with any possible changes in the battle situation.

One hundred brave soldiers were responsible for digging the tunnel...

Among them were thirty shield bearers who were responsible for holding up their shields to protect against arrows shot down from the top of the wall. When they reached the doorway, their shields would be held diagonally downwards along the wall so that any falling logs and stones would fall down the slope and not knock down the soldiers.

There were also twenty musketeers who were responsible for firing sniper shots at the top of the wall to suppress the enemy soldiers on the gate tower as much as possible, so that they would neither dare to peek out to observe nor dare to show their heads to attack the soldiers below.

In addition, there were fifty excavators, divided into two groups of twenty-five. Five of them carried short-handled iron picks, ten carried short-handled iron shovels, and the rest carried large baskets, specifically responsible for transporting the excavated soil and rocks outside the doorway for disposal.

The two teams of diggers would take turns digging every two steps, while the previous team would rest on either side of the doorway to recover their strength.

At that moment, they had only dug one step forward when the gunner on the side saw several dark lumps being thrown down from the wall and immediately shouted, "Watch out, the thieves are going to set it on fire!"

Five large bundles of firewood were thrown down, landing on the shields and rolling down the slope to the shield bearers' feet. One shield bearer was quick and kicked one bundle of firewood away.

Two more shield bearers who were guarding the side rushed out, one of them grabbed a bundle of firewood and ran along the wall to either side.

"Bang bang bang..."

A burst of musket fire rang out; it turned out that the musketeers were firing their muskets at the gate tower to stop them from throwing firewood down.

But this did not stop the bandits from throwing torches down over the wall. More than ten lit torches were thrown down in an instant. Zhai Gang, the centurion who was leading the team digging the gate, shouted anxiously, "Quick, there are two more bundles!" Immediately, five or six figures rushed out. In the end, the diggers who were resting by the gate were faster. Two diggers each grabbed a bundle of firewood and ran to both sides.

but……

After all, I was still a step slow!
A torch landed right on the bundle of firewood the digger was holding, and flames erupted instantly, leaving no time to react.

Zhai Gang roared, "Put it down, throw it out!"

At that moment, the digger was only three or four steps away from the doorway, and at the same time, four or five bundles of firewood were thrown down from the wall. If these newly thrown firewood were to be contaminated by sparks, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Quickly, get out of there, retreat, retreat back!" Zhai Gang shouted.

The excavator knew the situation was urgent. Although his hands were charred, he held on tightly to the bundle of firewood and ran forward at full speed.

But good fortune never comes in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly!
Another bundle of firewood flew down, hitting the already burning bundle that the excavator was holding. Flames shot up high and instantly engulfed the excavator...

That excavator truly deserves the title of hero!

Then his loud shout rang out: "Take good care of my mother!"

A large fireball rolled away into the distance, gradually disappearing from sight, leaving only a wisp of smoke billowing upwards, soaring into the sky.

The entire process was conducted without a single scream from the excavator...

What incredible willpower it must take to endure being burned by flames without uttering a sound!

Tears streamed down Zhai Gang's face: "What's your name?"

"Huh?" One of the team leaders next to Zhai Gang didn't hear clearly and his face was full of question marks.

Zhai Gang spoke in a low, hoarse voice, almost enunciating each word clearly: "I said, what's his name?"

"He..." the head of the team hesitated again.

This cannot be blamed on him, because that person was not one of his brothers in the same unit, so it is understandable that he did not recognize him.

"Go and ask."

Upon hearing this, the headman felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He planted his large shield against the wall and got up to run towards the doorway, only to see a man already standing in front of him, squatting down in front of Zhai Gang, saying with tears in his eyes, "Sanwazi, my name is Qiu Shaojun."

"Alright. Liu Neng, remember this: Qiu Shaojun saved the lives of over a hundred of us. I'll recommend him to General Chen for commendation!"

"Here."

At this moment, a soldier came running up and stopped in front of Zhai Gang, saying urgently, "Commander Zhai, the east gate has been opened. The general has ordered that the north gate not be attacked and that we wait for the inside gate to open."

"Open my ass, it's all blocked up!" Zhai Gang cursed angrily, but he had to obey Chen Zheng's orders.

He immediately led his warriors, under the cover of the shield bearers, and hastily retreated.