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Chapter 514 Those who can stop the thieves from entering the cave city will be rewarded with a thousand taels

Zhang Nai was commanding the bandits to attack the city wall south of the west gate of Kaifeng. He was wearing an arrow jacket and cotton armor, and his face was covered with dust.

After two consecutive hours of fierce attack, they were still unable to climb up the towering city wall of Kaifeng. The soldiers who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties, and most of the ladders were damaged.

And the inside of the west gate seems to have been filled, and a crash car was transported up with great difficulty, but the city gate did not move at all, and could not be smashed open at all.

He was not a dull person, so he changed his strategy in time and gave up climbing the city wall of Kaifeng completely. Instead, the general's archers and the gunners of the army who surrendered in Luoyang formed a separate team.

Under the cover of a temporary light shield vehicle, they formed a team of hundreds of people in front of the moat, firing arrows, blunderbuss and cannons, trying their best to suppress the guarding soldiers and civilians on the top of the city.

Those thieves who were not good at using bows, arrows, and guns were sent to dig into the city with the hungry people. They saw that there were already seven or eight bricks on the wall in front of them, and they were struggling to dig in.

Because the city kept throwing ignited firewood, as well as crossbow arrows and guns, he was indifferent to seeing the heavy casualties of the hungry people.

A little leader ran over and said, "Master, the city walls of Kaifeng are hard and thick, so it's really difficult to dig. The city bricks were dug up in several places, and stones were buried inside. It's really cunning."

"It's hard to dig, but you have to dig."

Zhang Nai's tone was very firm. He looked at the tragic battlefield ahead, and continued: "A thousand more people will go immediately, and the injured brothers will be escorted down first with shields."

He asked again: "That's right. How is Ding Guobao? Send someone up to replace him and rest for a while."

"Ding Touling was wounded in two places, but luckily it wasn't a critical point. He was commanding the brothers in the cave city, and he refused to come down alive or dead."

Zhang Nai said again in a deep voice: "The king of Chuang has an order. The siege will last for two or three days, and there will be no rest for a moment. First, you lead people to bring back the injured brother immediately, and then organize the big guys to take turns eating."

"Yes!"

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"So let the thieves dig the city, what should I do?"

Huang Shu continued worryingly: "The arrows can't hit it, and the guns can't hit it. The masonry is blocked by the erected door, and the thieves have dug into the city wall. What can we do?"

Gao Mingheng couldn't help it either. Although throwing firewood and lighting it at the beginning did have some effect, there were many bandits and hungry people outside the city, and they kept rushing up. Dig deeper.

"Gather all the warriors you have recruited, and prepare to go down the city and drive away a group of thieves. You can't teach them to dig down like this without any scruples." Gao Mingheng said in a deep voice.

Li Guangxun of Ximen Headquarters also said: "The city wall of Kaifeng is several feet thick, and it cannot withstand the thieves' digging. Even if the city is driven out, it will only solve the problem for a while, and it is not a long-term solution."

"Ugh!"

Gao Mingheng sighed, and said: "Salvation is only a matter of time. Didn't Zhang Cheng's army gather to help in three to five days? Within three to five days, the thieves still couldn't dig through the city wall."

At this time, Huang Shu, the pusher, said: "It's a pity that there are not enough horse-faced buildings on the west side of the city. Otherwise, we can stop the thieves from denting the city."

Gao Mingheng glanced at him and said: "What's the use of talking about it now. Go, send people to the city to spread the news, and anyone who can think of a way to stop the thieves from digging into the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."

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Huang Shu, the promotion official of Kaifeng Prefecture, carried a silver box to recruit warriors. Anyone who voluntarily went to the city to kill the thieves, regardless of the results of the battle, was issued ten taels of silver on the spot. In the end, seven to eight hundred people signed up, and they were screened. There are still more than 800 people in the crowd who want to go down to the city to fight against the bandits, and there are more than 50 people in the guard team of the Zhou Palace.

But there is one person who is very special. His name is Zhu Zhicang. He is originally a son of the clan, and this time he also participated in the defense of the west city as a social soldier.

It stands to reason that clan members like him don't need to personally participate in city guards. Even if they need to send out soldiers because of their rich family wealth, they will be replaced by the servants of their families.

Although Zhu Zhicang's ancestors were concubines, and the titles they inherited were not high, life was not difficult at all, and there was some land for living at home.

However, the Ming court did not allow the children of these clans to be officials and do business. Those big clans above the county king could also rely on their power to let their servants do business instead of themselves to increase their income.

But such a low-level clan like him has no market, so it has been passed down to his generation, although it still bears the false name of a clan, but the family has long since declined, relying on the clan's fixed salary to barely maintain It is also very difficult to earn a living at home.

Naturally, Zhu Zhicang's generation cannot receive a good education like his ancestors, although they can study in government schools for free and without examination.

But the family's livelihood is difficult, so he is neglected to discipline him, and Zhu Zhicang has a peculiar personality. Although he is hindered by his status, he usually looks like a scholar.

But behind the scenes, he is like a wild boy, wandering and playing in Kaifeng city, getting acquainted with the young servants in the city, and has also learned some boxing skills. Although he can't compare with the fighters in other schools, he is already better Ordinary people.

A member of the clan like him should not have been able to walk around the city at will, and what is most in line with the rules of etiquette is to live in his own mansion all his life and wait to die.

If you feel that life is boring, let the servants in the mansion go to the city to find some kiln sisters and come back to relieve yourself. Even if you have a crush on a girl from any family, you can welcome them directly to the mansion.

For this kind of matter, the government generally would not directly interfere, and the court would not care about such trivial matters. As long as they, the clan's children, did not participate in the rebellion, nothing was considered a crime.

But Zhu Zhicang couldn't enjoy these high-level treatment. After all, there were too many children in the Henan clan, and since there were as many as nine princes, it didn't matter how many county kings there were.

It is said that from the county king down from the first rank to the general of the state, from the second rank to the general of the auxiliary country, from the third rank to the general of Fengguo, from the fourth rank to the township lieutenant, and from the fifth rank to the auxiliary state lieutenant.

Among these people, except those with extremely high emotional intelligence, perhaps through the efforts of the family, perhaps through marriage and other means, they can barely maintain the noble and powerful status of the family.

Lieutenant Fengguo was already the last rank of the imperial family, and he was very important in the early Ming Dynasty, but at the end of Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the clan passed on, and Lieutenant Fengguo was everywhere.

Because of this, although Zhu Zhicang signed up for the Social Army because of his poor family, which was a violation of the clan's rules, no one reported him, and even if someone did, the government didn't have the time to deal with it.

His family members went to collect the meager salary that was paid on time, but Zhu Zhicang had his own ideas. He wanted to fight hard for himself and for the future.

Clan disciples like him can be seen everywhere in the car in Kaifeng. Although they will not starve to death, such a boring life has already made him tired.

He firmly believes that he will be able to stand out and will never remain unknown for a lifetime, so he was the first to sign up for the first batch of teams that went down from the city.

(End of this chapter)