I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 421 An Bangyan’s troubles
Inside Zhijin Pass.

An Bangyan listened to the continuous sound of cannons every day, and his mood became more and more irritable.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this time, the sound of cannons outside the city came one after another, and the roars made An Bangyan a little numb.

Now he finally realized the pain that He Zhongwei said at that time. These days of bombardment were not only a physical torture, but also a mental torture.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has arrived."

At this moment, a report from the guard suddenly came from outside the door.An Bangyan nodded silently upon hearing this, and then let him in.

"Meet the king."

After a while, An Wugong came in with An Bangming.

"Get up."

An Bangyan waved his hand and asked him to stand up to discuss the matter.An Wugong and the other two also knew that An Bangyan was in a bad mood, so they stood up slowly and stood aside with their hands hanging down.

"The Ming army is bombarding it every day. How is the defense of Guanzhong City? Can it withstand it?"

An Wugong then glanced at An Bangming, who immediately understood and immediately said:
"Brother Wang, although the artillery of the army is fierce, it is nothing to worry about. Our city of Zhijinguan has a high wall and thick walls. The army had gathered artillery to bombard it before, but its accuracy was extremely poor. It was difficult to hit the city wall.

Even though he built a fort during this period, he wanted to learn the method he used in Guli County and push the artillery onto the fort to fire.Although the accuracy has indeed improved a lot, they all hit our Zhijinguan city wall and did not have a great impact on the city. "

When An Bangyan heard this, not only did he not show joy, but he frowned and thought deeply. After a while, he turned to look at An Bangming.

"That makes me feel relieved, but now the Ming army's artillery fires every day, and it feels like the shells are endless. I think there are some people in the pass who are gossiping and cursing me for provoking people who shouldn't be offended."

As soon as these words came out, An Wugong and the two looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to explain that some people in Guan were indeed dissatisfied with An Bangyan.

They felt that it was his great ambition that caused this disaster.

In addition, An Bangyan was not the Shuixi Xuanwei Envoy at first. He was originally just the Shuixi Xuanwei Envoy Tongzhi and a son of Yao Chen, the Xuanwei Envoy.

It's just because he has a good relationship with Yongning Xuanwei's envoy She Chongming.When Shuixi Xuanwei envoy An Yaochen died, his son An was young, so his mother She Shehui took charge of his affairs.

And She Shehui was the sister of She Chongming, the envoy of Xuanfu in Yongning. Therefore, An Bangyan was reused, and he was able to change his command. Finally, with the support of She Shehui, he gradually took charge of the affairs of the Shuixi An family.

Unexpectedly, his ambitions grew bigger and bigger, and he actually conspired with She Chongming to rebel.After the imperial court wiped out She Chongming and issued a document questioning An Bangyan, some tribesmen suggested that An Bangyan go to the court to plead guilty and not to offend the imperial court.

But She Shehui's whole family was arrested by the court, and his brother died. He wanted revenge and strongly supported An Bangyan.

Therefore, An Bangyan's ambitions became more and more ambitious. He actually took advantage of the fact that the original Shuixi Xuan comfort envoy An was young, and pulled the entire Shuixi An family to rebel. Now he is also called the "King of Luodian", which is obviously an arrogance.

This made some Shuixi'an clan members even more dissatisfied with them.

Of course, if he keeps winning, the tribe won't say anything.But he didn't expect that just one month after he launched his army, the imperial court would press forward with troops and defeat He Zhongwei's [-]-strong main force.Now they have stationed troops at Zhijin Pass. It seems that they will not leave until this posture is broken. This has made the clan more and more dissatisfied.

"Please rest assured, father, these people are nothing to worry about. I already know who they are. As long as my father says a word, I will arrest all those who shake the morale of the army." An Bangyan didn't care much about this. Hearing this, he waved his hands and said:
"Let them talk for now, and then we can sort it out after a while. How is An's position now?"

An Wei was the former Shuixi Xuan comfort envoy, but now that An Bangyan was the queen, due to She Shehui's face and An Wei's status, he did not dare to do anything to him, so he could only imprison him secretly. , preventing the tribesmen from contacting him.

An Wugong has always been responsible for the throne. He immediately replied after hearing this:
"An Wei is young now, not even in his early teens. He knows how to play on weekdays, so it doesn't matter."

Hearing this, An Bangyan felt relieved. Now it seems that there is no serious problem with the Zhijinguan defense and the city. Only in this way can he arrange it calmly.

After all, it has been some time since he led his troops back to defend Zhijin Pass. He cannot always defend, and it is not an option to continue like this.

Thinking of this, he became angry with He Zhongwei. If he hadn't lost the first battle, he wouldn't be so passive now.However, he also knew that getting angry was of no use, and he still had to solve the current dilemma for the present.

"Tomorrow we will convene a discussion with the generals and above in the city. We can't just sit back and wait for death. We must think of several ways. Even if we can't severely damage the officers and soldiers, at least we can stop them from shelling so easily."

That's what An Wugong was waiting for. He was feeling aggrieved during this period. He originally thought he could just hold on, but as Zhong Wei said, the army's Krupp artillery firepower was so powerful that even if they couldn't shake the Zhijin Pass at the moment, But it is enough to shake the morale of the army.

But just when he was about to stand up and bow in agreement, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps outside the door, which immediately attracted the footsteps in the city.

"King Luodian, something bad has happened!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a messenger running in. When they saw An Bangyan, he immediately knelt down to report.

"What happened?"

An Bangyan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked the soldier before he could take a breath.

"It's outside the city. Suddenly, many refugees from nearby villages came outside the city. Pu Shen will ask you to go over and take a look."

An Bangyan was immediately surprised when he heard this. He never expected that the officers and soldiers would use this trick.

Many of the soldiers in his city were recruited from the villages under the Shuixi Xuanwei Division. Judging from the current situation, it must be the government troops who exterminated the nearby villages one by one, and so many people came to Zhijin Pass to flee. It will definitely make the soldiers in the city worry about the morale of their home army being in chaos.

Thinking of this, An Bangyan did not dare to stay, and immediately took An Wugong and his two soldiers to the city wall with his own soldiers.

"My lord, please open the door and let me in."

"Please give us a way to survive!"

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As soon as An Bangyan arrived at the city wall, he heard hundreds of people below the city shouting for help, hoping that the gatekeeper would open the city gate and give them a way to survive.

The officers and soldiers on the opposite side seemed to be watching the show. They neither responded to nor paid any attention to these refugees. They even stopped the Krupp cannon, obviously just to see how he responded.

"My lord, what should I do?"

Looking at the refugees from the local village below who were shouting for help in Shuixi dialect, the city gate guard Pu'an was very worried. Just now, some relatives from below said that there were soldiers inside, and wanted him to be more generous, but he didn't know what to do now.

(End of this chapter)