RPAGF Chapter 203 The world is in chaos
Chapter 203 The world is in chaos
The next morning, a team of more than a thousand people suddenly appeared outside the East City Gate of Shanxi.
Although they are not as elite as Jinghui's men, and even the weapons in their hands are of varying quality, some are just farm tools, but they are full of murderous aura.
Seeing the extra troops and horses appearing overnight, the defenders on the city immediately woke up and lit the beacon fire.
"Black Tiger Village, are you sure Shanxi City is in chaos?"
Among the thousand men, four or five ferocious men riding tall horses looked at the city wall from afar and asked in a hoarse voice.
"Of course, there are three thousand soldiers blocking the west side of the city. Most of the defenders are gathered there. It's a good opportunity for us to make a big move."
The leader of the Black Tiger Camp, wearing a cloak, pointed at the city wall with his whip and nodded affirmatively.
Since there has been a mutiny and the army's morale has been shaken, it is a perfect opportunity for them to plunder.
But he also knew that relying on only the one or two hundred brothers in his Black Tiger Camp would definitely not be enough to gnaw on the bone of Shanxi City.
That's why he sent people to rule the surrounding mountain strongholds.
Even though they had disliked each other before, it was a good thing that they didn't fight on weekdays.
But in the face of such huge profits from plundering Shanxi City, they still temporarily gathered together.
The heads of more than a dozen villages gathered together and led more than a thousand people.
As bandits, they had never fought such a prosperous battle in their lives.
"These thieves are trying to take advantage of the mutiny to fish in troubled waters."
Zhu Ming, who was woken up, walked up to the city wall, looked at the mob gathered together, and snorted with disdain.
After he learned about the mutiny, he did not mobilize troops from other cities in order to guard against such a situation.
Right now there is a disaster and even these bandits don’t have a good harvest, they can barely get enough to eat and wear.
Seeing the infighting among the Shanxi defenders, it was impossible not to intervene.
"Old rules, if you don't put away your knife within three days, charge."
The leader of the Black Tiger Village saw that the troops from more than a dozen villages had arrived, so he shouted and the thousands of people behind him rushed forward.
Whoosh!
Just as these people rushed to the inner city wall, they heard the sound of bowstrings.
A hail of arrows had been shot down from the city wall, knocking down all those who were rushing in the front.
But these bandits were already indifferent to life and death, and would fight to the death if they were not convinced. They were not frightened by the rain of arrows at all. Instead, they rushed towards the city wall even more frantically.
When they rushed out of the rain of arrows, another round of musket fire was heard.
Those who were at the front fell down one after another.
Not long after the charge, dozens of brothers among the thousand men had already been killed, not counting the wounded.
"What's going on? Didn't you say the city was in chaos?"
Seeing that their brothers had suffered heavy losses in the initial battle, the leaders of other villages immediately turned to look at the leader of the Black Tiger Village and questioned him harshly.
These brothers are the wealth they have accumulated with great difficulty.
It is really heartbreaking to see such a huge loss just as we reached the city wall.
"I don't know what's going on."
The leader of the Black Tiger Camp was also stunned when he looked at the soldiers on the city wall.
This seemed a little different from what he expected.
But now that things have come to this, the only way out is to keep going.
We have united more than a dozen villages and more than a thousand brothers. It would be a pity if there were such heavy casualties and we didn't get anything.
"Charge, keep charging!"
But there are still some good things happening now. At least their men have reached the foot of the city wall and started climbing up with grappling hooks.
"What's going on on the other side?"
The commotion in the east of the city had already alarmed Jinghui and others who were stationed outside the west wall of the city.
He looked up at the crowd running back and forth on the city wall, and he already anticipated that things were not simple.
Add to that the fact that so many people were transporting supplies to one place, and you can imagine that something serious must have happened.
"General, it's the bandits from the nearby mountains. They saw that our troops were mutinying and fighting among themselves, and they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."
The deputy general standing by had already told the news he had heard.
Those bandits, just over a thousand of them, wanted to attack Shanxi.
"Humph, a bunch of rabble, want to attack the city."
After knowing what happened, Jinghui snorted with disdain.
No matter how chaotic the Shanxi defenders are, they cannot be defeated by a bunch of untrained bandits.
Those people were fine with robbing passing merchants on a daily basis, but they actually thought about attacking the city. They really overestimated their own abilities.
"Then what do we do?"
Seeing Jinghui's disdain, the lieutenant general asked again about their next move.
If they wanted to attack the city, the bandits had already attracted most of the troops on the city wall, so it was a good time to attack.
"Do you really think that a mob of more than a thousand people can mobilize the troops on the city wall?"
Jinghui still sneered with disdain and looked up at the defenders on the top of the city who were still on high alert.
"Wang Xing is eager for us to attack the city now."
Just as Jinghui said, Wang Xing was now on high alert with more than a thousand of his men, waiting for Jinghui's troops to move.
"Pass the order down, keep the troops still."
Jinghui shouted and said with a smile: "This situation is really getting more and more chaotic."
"It's good to have chaos, the whole world will be in chaos!"
Anyway, he didn't expect that the 3,000 men under his command could really capture Shanxi City. Since someone was helping him to create chaos in Shanxi, why not do it?
"Damn it, why is the security still so tight?"
The leader of the Black Tiger Camp watched his attacks being repelled several times and began to grit his teeth in hatred.
They had been attacking for more than an hour, but no one had succeeded in climbing the city wall.
This is different. Wasn’t there a mutiny?
"Who is the city guard?"
He pointed his whip at the top of the city wall and asked in a harsh voice.
Even though there was a mutiny on the other side, he was still able to guard this place tightly. This defending general is really capable.
"What do you want from me?"
Zhu Ming was now on the city wall, looking at the leader of the Black Tiger Camp who was staring at him from afar, and responded with a smile.
"I heard that a little grandson of the emperor has come to Shanxi. Is it you?"
Seeing Zhu Ming showing his head, the leader of the Black Tiger Camp immediately started questioning him.
Zhu Ming's teenage appearance was very easy to recognize on the city wall.
"Exactly."
Zhu Ming nodded, reached out to take a bow from the follower beside him, drew the bow and arrow, and aimed at the leader of the Black Tiger Camp.
Whoosh, a sound of breaking through the air.
The feather arrow flew out of Zhu Ming's hand and flew towards the leader of the Black Tiger Camp.
Fortunately, the leader of the Black Tiger Camp was quick-witted and swift-handed, and immediately swung his sword to block the arrow.
"A great grandson of the emperor, attacking someone from behind?"
He looked at Zhu Ming coldly and shouted.
If he hadn't reacted in time, that arrow would have probably taken his life.
"The hospitality was poor."
Zhu Ming didn't care about this at all. On the battlefield, all is fair in war.