Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 246 Duo Duo, your time to die is here!

"Fire the gun!" Zhou Wenshan yelled, "The thieves, kill them!"

A group of brave gunmen rushed forward immediately, raising their guns.

In a short while, there was a bang, bang, bang, and bang in the Governor's Yamen of Hecao.

This is a bad thing, the huge bang bang can be heard throughout the west city.

But having said that, even if Xiangyong didn't fire the gun, the secret couldn't be hidden.

Because there was also a mistake on the side of Ximen, Jiannu who guarded Ximen had also been drugged by Xiangyong.

Almost at the same time that Duoduo and the others heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of the governor's office, a Jian slave standing guard on the tower also had his legs weak and rolled down the stairs.

Maoxiang was still too tender, and the timing of the action was not right, and the effect of the medicine occurred early.

Seeing this, Mao Xiang didn't hesitate any longer, and pulled out the dagger from the left elbow backhand, then jumped from the horse's back, and rushed towards Duoduo fiercely.

This time it became hasty, even the veterans of the Eight Banners such as Tunqi and He Luohui didn't react, and Duoduo was directly caught by Maoxiang and fell to the ground in one fell swoop.

Maoxiang throws Duoduo down, and stabs down fiercely with the dagger in his hand.

With a roar, Doduo subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, and the sharp dagger pierced his left hand instantly.

The palm was pierced, and the piercing pain hit fiercely, Duoduo screamed like a pig, eh!
Duduo's heart-piercing scream finally awakened the nobles of the Eight Banners, such as Tunqi and He Luohui, but Hou Fangyu and Fan Chengmo, who were closest to them, responded the fastest.

I saw two dog slaves rushing towards Maoxiang, one from the left and the other from the right, and hugged Maoxiang's left and right arms.

Mao Xiang struggled desperately, but was no match for the strength of the two of them, and was quickly pushed to the ground by Hou Fangyu and Fan Chengmo, and the dagger in his hand was also taken away.

Duoduo turned over and got up, just in time to see He Luohui raised his saber, ready to cut off Maoxiang's head.

"Wait!" Duoduo hurriedly stopped, "Keep this bastard for now, the king will have to cut him into pieces with his own hands!"

Duoduo was really angry with Maoxiang, since he went to the battlefield with his old slave at the age of thirteen, he has never been injured in the battlefield for twenty years, but he didn't expect that Maoxiang would eat his head soup today.

What made him even more pissed off was that he was still being lied to.

Take all precautions, all kinds of verbal temptations, but I didn't expect to be tricked.

This made Doduo feel an indescribable sense of frustration, and was also extremely angry.

When Mao Xiang heard the words, he laughed loudly and said: "Duoduo dog thief, your time of death has come!"

"Big words!" Duoduo laughed back in anger, "I want to see whose death time has come!"

"Haha, of course it's time for your death!" Mao Xiang laughed twice, and suddenly shouted, "Tie Zhu, quickly put down the thousand-jin gate and set fire to the city! Haha, hahahahaha!"

Although he knew he was going to die, Maoxiang was still very happy.

Because Duoduo had already entered the city, Tunqi, He Luohui, etc. also entered the city.

It's a pity that I couldn't burn [-] Jiannu, but as long as Duoduo, He Luohui, Tunqi and other Eight Banners nobles can be burned to death, it is already a big profit, a blood profit!
Mao Xiang looked up to the sky and smiled, but Duoduo and the others raised their heads in horror.

But all I saw was that the hundred or so slaves guarding the city tower were cut down in an instant.

Seeing this, Duoduo, Tunqi, and He Luohui couldn't believe their eyes. When did the Xiangyong in Shanyang City become so brave and good at fighting?The Eight Banners soldiers are not opponents at all?

Immediately, a burly Xiangyong picked up a broad axe, and chopped off the winch tie with two blows.

The winch bolt was cut off, and the jack gate fixed by the winch immediately fell down with a bang, completely blocking the only corridor leading out of the city.

Before entering the city, Jiannu was blocked outside the city gate.

"Not good!" Duoduo's face suddenly changed, and he was tricked again!
He Luohui, Tunqi and other nobles from the Eight Banners also changed their countenance greatly, wanting something bad!

The next moment, the burly Xiangyong swung the hatchet twice and smashed the winch.

This is a big trouble. Without the winch, there is no way to winch the jack gate in a short time.

In other words, including Duoduo, the hundreds of Jian slaves who had already entered the city would never want to get out in a short time!

It's not over yet, I saw that burly Xiangyong took out a pair of flints from his waist leather bag after hacking the reel, and tapped it twice, and then a little spark burst out.

Immediately afterwards, there was a popping sound of burning fuses at the top of the city.

Hearing the puffing sound, Doduo's expression instantly became more embarrassing.

Seeing Duduo's complexion changed drastically, Mao Xiang smiled even more happily.

"Haha, hahahaha!" Mao Xiang laughed so hard that tears came down, "Duo Duo, your death is coming!"

At this time, Duoduo didn't have time to pay attention to Maoxiang, and told He Luohui: "He Luohui, quickly lead people to kill all the dogs on the top of the city, control the city gate, and then find a way to lift the Qianjin gate."

They couldn't get out without lifting the jack gate.

If you are really trapped at the gate of this city, you will be in big trouble.

"Hey!" He Luohui immediately got off his horse and raised his saber to climb up the stairs.

As Xiangbai Banner Gu Shan Ezhen, He Luo would not take the time to do it himself, but he couldn't do it today.

Seeing He Luohui rushing up the steps, dozens of Ba Yala soldiers with white flags and more than a hundred red armored soldiers immediately followed He Luohui to attack Xiangyong on the top of the city.

The remaining Bayala and more than a hundred Hongjiala guarded by Duoduo.

Although a Jiala from the Zhengbai Banner had entered the city before, no one can say what the situation in the city is now, so the safety of Duoduo must be guaranteed first.

However, He Luohui and their offense did not go well.

One is because the stairs are too narrow to display.

Then there is the Ming army condescending and occupying the terrain advantage.

Finally, the Ming army had fishing nets, lime and other defensive equipment.

He Luohui and the others barely rushed to the middle of the steps, and a sudden change occurred.

"Boom..." A faint sound like thunder from the sky suddenly came from under the ground, and then the ground began to shake violently, Duduo and the others almost couldn't stand and fell to the ground.

After finally standing still, when I looked closely again, I found that several houses not far away had been bombed and collapsed.

After the house was blown up, Duduo and the others discovered in horror that the house was also piled with firewood, hay, wheat straw and other inflammable materials, and it seemed that there was a sulfur fire pit?

Then puffs of green smoke rose from the collapsed houses.

Obviously, the sparks from the explosion just now ignited the pile of firelighters.

Once the fire started, it quickly spread, and soon completely engulfed several houses.

Looking at the houses that were quickly engulfed in flames, Doduo's pupils shrank slightly, feeling ominous in his heart.

Because the two sides of the street next to several private houses are densely packed with shacks built with wooden boards or straw.

Even the west gate where they were located was almost occupied by dense shacks, leaving only a narrow passage in the middle barely passable.

Seeing this, Dodo's hairs stood on end.

Immediately, Duoduo whipped Fan Chengmo viciously with a horsewhip.

"Dog slave, hurry up and clean up the nearby shacks, hurry up!"

Fan Chengmo snorted, and hurriedly led Hou Fangyu and others to clean up the shack, and Duduo sent more people forward.

Immediately there was another faint rumbling sound from a distance, and then the ground under his feet shook again, but not as violently as before. It should be that the explosion site became farther away.

When I looked closely again, I found another house collapsed and caught fire in the distance.

And this time it was not one fire, but multiple fires at the same time.

By this time, Duoduo was quite convinced that he had fallen into Yan Yingyuan's trick again.

"Yan Yingyuan, the thief!" Duoduo roared angrily, "Fire attack! It's fire attack again! Is there nothing else besides fire attack? Oh, is there no other way?"

……

The successive explosions from the direction of the west gate also alarmed Yan Yingyuan and the others.

Seeing the rising smoke and dust, Yan Yingyuan's eyes suddenly went dark and he nearly fell to the ground.

"It's over, it's over!" Fan Zhongjie also stomped his feet and sighed, "It's too late!"

Up to now, it is no longer a question of whether it is too late or too late to rescue, but that it is necessary to evacuate the West City as soon as possible.

Because Maoxiang had already launched a fire attack, the entire west city would soon be engulfed in flames. If they didn't evacuate in time, they would have to be buried in the sea of ​​fire with Jiannu in the end.

When the fire starts, it doesn't matter whether you are a Ming army or a Jian slave.

At that moment, Yan Yingyuan shouted loudly: "Damn, send the order down, and evacuate from the West City!"

Wu Erdan immediately ordered his men to go to the countryside to run bravely to the east gate, and at the same time sent someone to inform Zhou Wenshan that they should evacuate.

Xiangyong, who originally planned to go along the main street to the west gate for reinforcements, immediately turned around and ran east, preparing to pass through the west gate and the ship lock bridge on the canal to enter the east city.

But it will take time for so many Xiangyong to pass through the narrow city gate.

Even if it is orderly, it will take at least a quarter of an hour.

The problem is that after the fire in the city has completely spread, whether Xiangyong can still be orderly, only God knows.

Even though Yan Yingyuan has led Xiangyong into several months of training, Xiangyong is Xiangyong after all, and there is still a big gap with the real army in terms of discipline.

Yan Yingyuan's worries soon became reality.

At the beginning, Xiangyong under Wu Erdan's command was still orderly.

But when the Xiangyong from Shanyangku, the Governor's Yamen, etc. rushed over, and the fire in the city was spreading rapidly, and when the scorching heat wave swept over, the Xiangyong finally became a mess.

The flustered Xiangyong instinctively squeezed towards the gate of the city.

This squeeze directly blocked the city gate.

"Can the ones in front hurry up, the fire is coming!"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze forward, squeeze out your life!"

"What the hell are you doing up front? Can you hurry up?"

The entire city gate was blocked instantly.

Yan Yingyuan immediately roared angrily: "Go up the city wall quickly, and fall into the net from the city wall!"

Wu Erdan and a dozen captains of Xiangyong waved their whips without hesitation, and drove the headless Xiangyong to the city wall, and then dropped fishing nets from the city wall.

Only then did Xiangyong fall down the city wall from the city wall along the fishing net.

This traffic was much more efficient, and the remaining Xiangyongs all left the city soon.

Yan Yingyuan and Fan Zhongjie also followed Xiangyong out of the city, because by this time, it would be useless for the two of them to stay in the west city except to take two lives.

Since Mao Xiang had already launched the fire attack in advance, this deadly plan was like an arrow off the string, and was no longer under the control of the two of them, and the result could only be left to fate.

"I hope Duoduo has been tricked into the West City." Fan Zhongjie said quietly.

Yan Yingyuan sighed: "Even if Duoduo enters the city, brother Pijiang may not be able to keep him."

"Let it be fate." Fan Zhongjie breathed a sigh of relief, and said helplessly, "I hope the sky will live up to Daming and keep Duoduo in Shanyang City forever, so that we can live up to our painstaking efforts and half of Shanyang." city."

With this big fire together, the west city must have been burned down.

……

At this time, the fire in the west city had completely spread, and all the shacks and houses along the street had been caught in the fire. It was really an old house that caught fire, and it would be impossible to save it if it burned.

Fan Chengmo and his men barely cleared out an open space.

The clearing was about twenty paces in diameter, the size of a basketball court.

Duoduo was guarded in the city gate, close to the Qianjin gate, which is the safest place.

But even a few tens of steps away, one can still feel the astonishing scorching heat.

The Jiannu who stayed outside were screaming in the heat, so they could only use war horses as meat shields to block the periphery.

But the war horses couldn't bear the scorching heat, they broke free from Jiannu's control in panic, and rushed into the burning fire in a panic, and soon fell to the ground and burst into flames.

In just a moment, the smell of horse meat began to fill the air.

"My lord, you must not stay here for long!" Tun Qi yelled with a dark face, "We must find a way to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be burned to death, or we will be roasted to death."

Roasted to death?Hou Fangyu couldn't help shivering.

Being roasted to death alive, obviously being burned to death is even more frightening.

Duduo said angrily, "Aren't you talking nonsense, the question is where else can we go?"

Tunqi was speechless immediately, because the streets and alleys leading to the city were blocked by the fire, and it was impossible to pass through. Besides, even if they were not blocked by the fire, wouldn't they be looking for death if they went deep into the city at this time?

If you don't go to the city, you can only climb over the city wall and flee outside the city.

But unfortunately, there are now hundreds of Xiangyong guarding the stairs, blocking their way.

[Note: There are generally two passages leading to the top of the city, the stairs next to the city gate and the inclined horse path where horses can walk. He Luohui is launching an attack from the stairs, and the inclined horse path at the far end has been blocked by fire]

Seeing this, Maoxiang laughed again and said: "Duoduo, Duduo, I told you a long time ago that you are dead! Shanyang Xicheng is your burial place, and today is your death day next year! Haha! "

"You noisy!" Dodo said with a black face, "cut out his tongue!"

"Hey!" Hou Fangyu took the job immediately because of his guilty conscience.

Taking advantage of Maoxiang being caught by two bannermen, Hou Fangyu took a knife to cut Maoxiang's tongue.

As a result, after several cuts, he failed to succeed, and was almost bitten off by Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiang even had time to scold Hou Fangyu: "Hou Fangyu, you shameless traitor, you bastard who has forgotten his ancestors, you are doomed today, hahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)