I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 409: Numb Rebels

"boom!"

An iron bullet hit an abandoned house with a whistling sound, then bounced several times and made several large craters on the ground before stopping.

After a while, several soldiers in black uniforms came over to inspect the situation. The numbness on their faces was clearly evident.After looking around for a while and finding that there were no casualties, he quickly left and headed for other bombed places.

The familiar operation was smooth and smooth, making people immediately feel that this was not the first time they had done this, and even gave people the illusion that the artillery was not very powerful.

However, most of the collapsed houses in Guli County, the blood stains on the ground that had not yet dried, and the number of soldiers, which were more than half the number of the previous days, gave a negative answer. These all showed the power of the army's artillery fire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The sound of gunfire outside the city reappeared one after another, and the sound of bombing and begging for mercy also followed one after another.

The rebel soldiers were numb to all this and were looking for familiar places to hide. They could only pray that the shells would not hit them.

"When did this end? It's been five days, and I haven't heard the sound of artillery fire from the army at all. I heard that the commander-in-chief is preparing to withdraw the troops. This Guli County town has no value anymore, and we don't need to be here. Suffered.”

In Guli County, five or six soldiers were hiding in a residence next to the south gate. While listening to the rumbling of artillery outside the city, they chatted one after another.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if the Commander-in-Chief wants to leave. What does it have to do with us? Just look at how many people there are in this city. We won't be the ones to support him when he leaves."

A soldier dressed as a corps commander burst into laughter when he heard the people around him talking about withdrawing troops, secretly thinking that they were thinking too simply.

Everyone's faces darkened when they heard this, feeling that what this person said was quite reasonable.

The army has been shelling for five days, and they take turns shelling in three rounds. They usually only stop for an hour when changing defenses.Although this gave them some breathing space, the continuous shelling still caused heavy losses to the unresponsive rebels.

Guli County was originally small, with only a little more than a mile around. Now there are [-] rebels inside, and the population density among them is much higher than before.

In particular, many people have no experience of being bombarded by artillery shells. They think that they can avoid shelling by hiding in houses. They never thought that they would not be able to run away if they were hit by artillery shells while hiding in houses.

In the first three days alone, more than 2000 people were killed as a result, and even more soldiers were injured or went insane due to shock from the shells. Under such slow death, one can imagine the pressure on the rebel soldiers.

"Commander He was very smart, and finally withdrew most of his troops from the county town, thinking that this way he would not have to suffer from the bombing of the government troops. This made us suffer, guarding the south gate alone, while the other troops were bombed by the government troops. The Krupa artillery blocks and threatens us, and we dare not cross the county seat. If the government troops come to attack, I will die when I see it."

At this point, the atmosphere in the house immediately became more solemn. If they had wanted to fight against the imperial army before, but after being bombarded by the imperial army for five consecutive days, they no longer had the courage to fight.

This was a power they had never seen before, and some old people even said that the imperial court had mastered the power of thunder, which was why it was so powerful.Originally, many people sneered at this, but the continuous bombardment made this statement more and more popular. Mr. He even killed many people to put an end to such rumors.

But although the mouth was blocked, it could not stop the continuous artillery fire from the government troops. The morale of the rebels in the city was getting lower and lower.

"Stop talking, we are still in good condition here. Now the camp in the north of the city is full of wailing. Most of them are missing arms and legs, and there are quite a few who are crazy and deaf. Compared with them, we only have tinnitus at most. We really deserve it. Thank God.”

"Hahaha, I really want to thank the officers and soldiers on the other side. I just hope that when the officers and soldiers on the other side are fighting, they will inform you so that I can give you a chance to surrender."

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at the corps commander. They saw that the corps commander remained calm when he heard the words and didn't care about these "treasonous" words.

Seeing that the corps commander was indifferent to these words, the others became even more courageous.

Upon seeing this, a soldier in his 20s quietly walked up to the corps commander and asked with a smile:
"Boss, we all know that you are well-informed. Can you reveal some information to us? The situation is so obvious now. We are obviously waiting to die here. We can all see it. How can General Cai not see it? , are we just going to let so many of our brothers wait here to die?"

Seeing that this person asked the question that everyone wanted to ask, everyone looked at the team leader quietly, as if they wanted to get the answer they wanted from him.

The corps commander also had the same idea as them and no longer wanted to wait to die here.Now seeing that everyone was going to ask for a definite answer from him today, he thought for a while and said:
"I don't know about such a big thing, but I think General Cai is not a pedantic person. Since Mr. He treats us as abandoned children, he definitely doesn't want to sit back and wait for death. But what exactly does he want to do? We can measure it. In my opinion, we should just save our lives and survive this period."

Seeing the ambiguous answer from the corps leader, everyone immediately knew that something was going on and immediately began to compliment him.

"Boss, you have said so. How can we not listen to you? When the time comes, only you and General Cai will follow suit. You guys say go east, but we will never dare to go west."

This kind of inquiry was common among Cai Cai's troops at the South Gate. The artillery fire belt formed by the successive shellings separated Cai Cai's troops and He Zhongwei's main army in half, and their military morale began to waver.

Now, just as they expected, Cai Cai, the rebel general stationed at the south gate, had already quietly sent an envoy to the Zhenwu Army to ask for surrender under the constant shelling of the government troops.

"My lord, General Cai Shen has been dissatisfied with An Bangyan for a long time, but he was forced to obey his orders due to his tyrannical power. Now that he sees the imperial army advancing, his heart of submission is finally stretched.

Before he came, he told the young man that he still had three thousand soldiers and horses to guard the west, south and east gates of Guli County.When the time comes, as long as the court gives an order, he will definitely dedicate the city gate and let the heavenly soldiers enter the city in response to the inside and outside. "

In the Zhenwu Army's main tent, Cai Cai's messenger knelt on the ground and confided to Jiang Lin, who was sitting in the chair. He expressed that Cai Cai admired Wang Hua and asked to bring order to the chaos and cooperate with the army inside and outside.

But as soon as these words came out, Li Siwu, Huang Degong and others immediately laughed at him.

"Haha, if you don't surrender sooner or later, you surrender at this time. I really can't cry until I see the coffin. If it hadn't been for five days of bombing, how could we have surrendered so quickly."

　The war ends tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)