Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 195: Loyalty is Unspeakable
The Black Flag Camp, which has almost never been defeated, is also in chaos?
Yang Shien sat up halfway, his face dull for a while before he digested the bad news. Suddenly, his limbs felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and he trembled uncontrollably.

He had no time to put on his clothes or armor. Wearing only a single piece of clothing, he casually stepped into his boots and followed his personal guards to run towards the city wall. All he saw along the way were soldiers and civilians crying in panic, and the sound of gongs beating to announce the news was endless.

General Yang rushed towards the city wall in two steps. He felt a little comforted by the guards' vigilant appearance.

But when he leaned against the city wall and looked out into the distance, the brief sense of relief in his heart instantly vanished.

The shouts and cries of killing from the city gates shook the heavens, and the shrill roars mixed with the whistling sounds of gunshots and arrows.

The hope of suppressing the bandits gradually faded, and he could only watch the soldiers of the Black Flag Camp die one by one in front of him!

Yang Shien finally understood why the victorious bandits had not shown up for several days.

It turned out that they were waiting for reinforcements from officers and soldiers to enter the city so that they could surround more manpower.

Who knew that Song Yihe, that bastard, had bad intentions but did bad things, and actually gave the bandits an opportunity to "besiege the enemy and attack their reinforcements".

Such brave warriors of the Black Flag Camp were defeated by the bandits, so how could the subsequent reinforcements dare to come to support them?

Now, let alone taking the initiative to recapture lost territory, even defending the city would require every effort. If the city was unfortunately besieged for several months, the entire city would be forced to eat each other.

"Song Yihe!"

Yang Shien's eyes widened, his fists clenched, and he patrolled the wall like a wolf or a tiger, but he couldn't find any trace of this guy.

The news of the attack on the Black Flag Camp spread throughout the city. Song Yihe must have known how serious a crime he had committed, so he hid and dared not see anyone.

Yang Shien couldn't help but feel gloating.

Compared to his own defeat due to underestimating the enemy, Song Yihe killed the soldiers of the Black Flag Camp because of his momentary prejudice. He knew with his toes what a tragic end this person would have.

……

In fact, there were only more than 2,000 players in the Beggar Army who raided the Black Flag Camp, and the subsequent players and troops would not arrive until the early morning.

After all, only players have room to cooperate with each other in acting. If NPCs are allowed to intervene, it will turn into a "real civil war."

Of course, acting is acting, it is impossible to really kill the brothers.

The brothers came all the way from the main base just to join the Beggar Army and make some big news. If they were accidentally killed, they would have to start all over again.

Besides, 2100 new brothers have come to reinforce the western theater, bringing the total number of beggar soldiers to 5900. If we just pick a hundred players who focus on any profession, we can divide them into three legions to fight.

The two new legions mean two "legion names", and now we can add a third legion. The brothers who love naming have been eager to add it.

There are all kinds of legion names, such as middle school, passionate, and cool, but they just can't reach a consensus.

It is true that no brother can be left behind, but if there is no major disturbance, it will seem as if the Black Flag Camp is colluding with the Beggar Army, which is too fake.

So a good show began.

The entertainers were responsible for the script, the art team was responsible for the set, the firearms team was responsible for the "movie" special effects, the loud voices were responsible for dubbing, and the top-ranked acting team was responsible for acting...

They completed a series of discussions a few days before the surprise attack, and then arranged the "special effects", "scenes", and acting positions on the day the Black Flag Battalion arrived.

"Brothers, the short video 'Traitorous Ministers Ruin the Country' begins!"

Following the order from the "chief director", the rebel army roared and rushed into the Black Flag Army camp.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

They roared and yelled at the top of their lungs, or pretended to cry out for their mothers before dying, changing their voices several times in a short period of time, much like a ventriloquist calling the roll of their classmates.

Everyone brandished their swords and lightly struck the enemy. The gentle force was more like a sword-fighting exchange of glances than a fight to the death.

Three signal arrows exploded in the air, and the special effects team responded by igniting the fuse of the gunpowder. The explosions shot up into the sky like a blooming red lotus, illuminating the gate for a moment before fading away.

An actor doused himself in red paint and then climbed onto the roof of a house.

While firing his empty bird gun at the "bandit army" on the ground, he shouted at the top of the wall, "Kill the bandits to serve our country, kill them! There is not a single coward in my Niu family!"

He then pretended to be hit by a bullet, fell into the dark street, and then crawled out of a bunch of hay unharmed, performing a leap of faith.

Dozens of Black Flag soldiers, who were no match for the "rebel army", rushed to the city wall and frantically banged on the city gate in order to survive. However, before the guards on the wall could respond, they were shot to death one by one.

"Ahhh!"

The shrill screams pierced people's hearts, but a few people's pronunciation was dry, as if they were dozing off in class and were suddenly called on by the teacher to read aloud in a perfunctory manner.

Or maybe he exaggerated too much and survived being shot several times, as if he was a golden supporting actor who was stealing the show.

But in the end, all these Black Flag soldiers were "dead" and were dragged back by the zombie-like bandit army.

When the corpses went deep into the shadows, these recently dead bodies immediately stood up and transformed themselves into genuine beggars.

The next morning, the Black Flag Battalion's encampment was reduced to a smoky ruin, and the bodies that should have been lying around had likely been dragged away and burned by the bandits. Yang Shien, having spent the night haphazardly perched on the wall, was exhausted and tired, but he managed to muster his strength to keep the guards steady.

The flags of the various bandit troops gathered together like streams forming a river, surrounding Nanyang.

Yang Shien took a quick look around and found that the bandits' morale and weapons had improved a lot. The originally loose and lax troops mixed with a large number of minions became more disciplined.

Even the several small-caliber artillery pieces brought by the Black Flag Battalion were faintly visible in the front line.

"Open the door and surrender immediately, or this will be the fate of those who resist to the end!"

The heavily armored bandits waved their hands, and the group stepped out onto a wooden cart.

The wooden cart had been modified with a standing platform added to the roof. A man who looked like a general was tied to a wooden pillar, his body covered with bruises and bloodstains, as if he had been cruelly tortured when he was captured in a night battle.

Yang Shien took a closer look and saw that this was Li Si, the general of the Black Flag Camp who had come to the city on horseback that day and wanted to enter the city!
"Don't surrender! I was captured by the bandits during a night raid. It was a moment of carelessness. The bandits are nothing but chickens and dogs. Don't worry about my personal life. Don't surrender!"

"Shut up!" The leader of the bandit army seemed to be enraged, raised his spear and stabbed it into Li Si's calf.

"Hahahaha, are you tickling Grandpa? My loyalty makes me fearless of pain, let alone death!
You, the bandits who have no king or father, the rebels who have rebelled against the imperial court, have not diligently tilled the land and labored, and now dare to raise the flag of rebellion. Sooner or later, the imperial court will mobilize its armies to exterminate you all. Then, we will dig up your ancestral graves, smash your tablets, and burn your family tree! Let you all become wandering ghosts, forever without reincarnation!
Commander Yang has already said, why don't you just starve to death at home? Why are you trying to stop a chariot with your bare hands, causing trouble for the court and causing trouble for His Majesty? You are born without loyalty to the emperor!

"Damn it!"

Sula thought that this guy really loved to act. Even though she knew it was an act, she was provoked by his words and raised her spear to stab Li Si's calves and thighs in turn.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Blood oozed from the corners of Li Si's mouth. The intense pain nearly broke his teeth. He roared with a mouthful of hot blood, "You can destroy my body, but you can't destroy my integrity. My Great Ming dynasty will last for ten thousand years. I, Emperor Zhu, will rule you for hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand years. I will be the emperor above you for generations to come! My Great Ming dynasty will last for thousands of years, and my Great Ming dynasty will never perish!"

As the blood in his body continued to drain away, "Li Si" finally lost his voice.

Although Li Si's words were all about "loyalty to the emperor", the soldiers who came from the lower class couldn't help but clench their fists when they heard them.

Why not just starve to death at home?

How could such anti-human words come out of a human mouth? Did Commander Yang really say these words?

Yang Shien felt confused and angry, and then he saw the bandits sending a large number of minions to dig trenches to trap the city, which clearly meant to trap Nanyang and attack the reinforcements.

Now that Song Yihe, who killed the Black Flag Army, has lost his command ability, Yang Shien once again becomes the actual commander of the entire army.

While mobilizing all the craftsmen in the city to build defensive equipment, he also sent troops to confiscate the food in the city and distribute it uniformly, especially striking hard at the civil servants, staff, and their relatives.

At this moment, he has the final say as he holds the military power.

……

Seeing the people in the city holding out to the end, Sula couldn't help but snap his fingers, and the fourth step of the strategy was successfully completed.

Encircling Nanyang was just a way to hold on to a cooked duck; the real task was to quickly march south and behead the commander-in-chief of the "Four-Way Encirclement and Suppression" campaign.

As long as Yang Sichang was captured, given the Ming court's administrative efficiency, it would take at least several months for someone else to take over.

By the time the new official took office, he had to coordinate the work of the civil and military officials and prepare the military personnel and food supplies. It took several more months, which was nearly half a year in total.

If they could gain this half year, the Qihuo Army would be able to safely absorb the surrendered soldiers and at the same time sort out the civil affairs and taxation affairs in the occupied areas.

Sula planned to draw out elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Xiangyang, so there would be very few elite troops left. Once the defenders of Nanyang broke out, or the surrendered soldiers rioted, the siege troops would be dispersed.

Fortunately, the addition of more than 2,000 players gave this high-risk plan a solid patch. With them stationed outside the city, the surprise attack army no longer had to worry about their retreat.

Moreover, the reinforcements not only brought people, but also brought a lot of supplies and equipment, as well as a series of new and interesting gadgets that made his eyes shine, which might be useful in the Battle of Xiangyang.

The only threat to the Northern Army, according to intelligence provided by a reliable undercover agent, is...

They continued to walk around the central and southern areas of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Hearing the news of the successive defeats of the Western and Southern Armies, they advanced even more slowly, gathering up the defeated troops while forcibly conscripting able-bodied men into the army, just like the warlord Zuo Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty who maintained a large army for his own benefit.

The Northern Army's growing bandit group will be dealt with when the Beggar Army has time.

The current focus is still to take advantage of the fact that the news of the siege of Nanyang has just been spread and go south to Xiangyang to catch Yang Sichang off guard.

Considering that Xiangyang is located in the southern war zone, the Huguang guerrillas will also come to assist.

Therefore, not many players were mobilized for this surprise attack to the south, only 2,500 players, 7,000 attendants, and 10,000 militiamen.

"Go south to Xiangyang and capture Yang Sichang's head!"

　The third and fourth legions are about to be formed. Could you please give me some suggestions?

　　It is best to use two characters, such as the XX Army format such as Qihuo Army and Beiwei Army.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)