The Prosperous Era of Longwan

There were only two wooden ladders, which were not enough for everyone to get in, and it was impossible for everyone to climb over the wall.

Soon, seven or eight Ming soldiers climbed up to the top of the wall with the help of wooden ladders. They rode on the top of the wall and aimed their muskets at the inside.

Strangely, there was no sound of Lin Feng's guards shouting and killing from the wall, and the yard was quiet.

Not only were the Ming soldiers on the top of the wall preparing for a fierce battle dumbfounded, but also Chen Lin who was waiting at the foot of the wall was dumbfounded.

He organized the musketeers to wait at the bottom of the wall. If someone rushed over to resist, he would directly use the method of changing guns. The musketeers below were responsible for loading the muskets, and the soldiers on the top of the wall would change guns to shoot and withstand the pirates' counterattack.

For this reason, he also selected several people with the best marksmanship in the team to go up to the top of the wall.

"What's going on inside?"

Chen Lin asked below.

"Sir, there's no one inside."

"It seems to be empty. We didn't see anyone since we came up, not even the night watchmen."

The soldiers on the wall were talking at once, but they all meant one thing: no one in the yard, it was empty.

Obviously, this was abnormal.

With such a big commotion, even if Lin Feng's guards didn't go out to fight the Ming army, they would strengthen patrols in the yard.

Especially in places like the top of the wall, it stands to reason that there should be people standing on ladders to monitor the outside.

With so many of them standing under the wall, the yard should be organized to defend, and snipe them when they climb over the wall.

Thinking of this, Chen Lin looked at Xu Yingmei who followed him. This was Lin Feng's residence, and that's what he said.

Now there was no one in the yard, so of course Xu Yingmei had to give an explanation.

"How could it be? Did they run away?"

Xu Yingmei instinctively felt something was wrong when he heard that there was no one in the yard.

Then, he thought of a possibility.

That is, after the fight at the North Street entrance, Lin Feng felt something was wrong, so he ran out of the house with his guards and hid at the other three gates.

After all, at this time, only staying in the army can be safe.

Xu Yingmei stopped a Ming army soldier who was about to climb the wall, and stepped on the ladder to go up.

Standing on the ladder, he looked inside for a while.

This is a garden, and houses can be seen in the distance.

However, some houses seem to be lit, and more are pitch black.

The whole yard is quiet, and it really doesn't look like there are people.

You know, even if Lin Feng's guards are hidden, he knows who are around Lin Feng.

In addition to some guards with good skills, there are more sharpshooters who use firearms and have very accurate shooting skills.

These people hide, but they will not make no noise at all.

Besides, firearms operators need a source of fire. Although the light of the matchlock they use is weak, there should be light. It won't be like this, the whole yard is dark.

"Sir, it seems that Lin Feng should have escaped."

Xu Yingmei was not sure, but his sensitive nerves trained by years of being a pirate still told him that this courtyard seemed to be no longer dangerous.

Yes, an indescribable feeling, that is, there is no danger.

Xu Yingmei still trusts this feeling very much. In the past, he relied on this feeling to escape the pursuit of the government troops.

"Several people go up the wall and jump down to explore the situation."

Chen Lin immediately commanded several personal soldiers, all of whom were good soldiers in the guard station. He kept them by his side. At this time, he only trusted them.

Xu Yingmei went up the wall directly, and rode on the courtyard wall like other Ming soldiers, and was still observing around.

The personal soldiers pointed out by Chen Lin drew out their swords, bit them directly in their mouths, climbed the wooden ladder to the wall, and then jumped down directly after looking at the ground.

Chen Lin, who also had a premonition that the situation might be a little bad, continued to command the Ming army to go up the wall, and soon there were twenty or thirty people riding on the wall.

"General, there is no one around."

At this moment, Chen Lin heard the report from his personal soldiers on the other side of the wall, "This yard is empty, we have occupied one exit, and no one is found outside."

"Take people to search the house."

Chen Lin knew that Lin Feng had probably run away and left here.

However, there was no way to track down Lin Feng's whereabouts at this time, so it was better to defeat the pirate army in front and control this place.

Lin Feng's mansion is located in the center of Daimao City. It can be said that it is well connected. By occupying this place, the Ming army can enter the city from the north gate and continuously support the battlefield in any direction.

All the Ming soldiers on the wall were asked to jump down and search the house.

Of course, Xu Yingmei also went down. He was relatively more familiar with this place than others.

However, when Xu Yingmei went down, Chen Lin still ordered him: "Take people to search carefully, and never miss any corner.

We must find a survivor, know when Lin Feng ran away, and which direction he went."

Xu Yingmei was actually very nervous at this time. If Lin Feng didn't die, they would be in danger, and Lin Feng would definitely retaliate against them.

"I know, sir, don't worry, I will definitely find a survivor."

No matter if there was anyone else in the house, Xu Yingmei could only answer like this at this time.

Afterwards, Chen Lin sent a personal guard back to contact Deng Zilong and told him that Lin Feng had escaped, while the team continued to attack forward.

Before the army defeated the pirates around the mansion, the gate of this mansion could not be opened.

Otherwise, if the pirates hid in, it would be even more difficult to find Lin Feng's whereabouts.

In the main tent of the Ming army camp, Wang Wanggao stood in front of Yu Dayou and reported on his visit to the Yi camp.

"Okay, you go down and tell Men Chongwen to take people into the city."

Yu Dayou ordered that he would use the reserve team to expand the results and strive to defeat all the resistance forces in the city tonight.

Deng Zilong sent back the news after occupying the North Gate. Naturally, he knew that Chen Lin personally led people to the lair to capture Lin Feng, while he commanded the left and right armies at the North Gate to attack the East Gate and the West Gate.

Now, what the Ming army in the city needs most is troops. The more people, the better. If they pile up, they will kill the pirates on the opposite side.

"The general will obey the order."

Wang Wanggao bowed, clasped his fists and shouted loudly, then turned around and left the camp.

He couldn't wait any longer.

The earlier you enter the city, the greater your credit may be, and the greater the rewards you will receive when you return.

In today's Ming Dynasty, if you were under the account of other general military officers or governors, the rewards might be withheld, but the rewards given by Yu Dayou are the best, and the share of deductions is the least.

Not long after, people shouting and neighing came from outside the camp. It was obvious that the whole army was about to enter the city.

Yu Dayou and the remaining people also walked out of the camp and watched the Ming army march towards Tortoiseshell City.

In this siege, after confirming control of the north gate, the Ming army had almost deployed all its troops.

Now, there are only more than a thousand Luzon people left in the huge military camp. Most of these people participated in the siege a few days ago, and they are more or less injured.

As for Yu Dayou, there were only more than a hundred personal guards left, which was extremely weak.

It can be said that at this time, the biggest threat to the Ming army camp was no longer the pirates in the city, but the barbarians outside the city.

However, Yu Dayou believed that the Yi people would not attack them at this time.

Not to mention the raging offensive and defensive battle taking place in the city, the two sides have not yet come to terms with each other.

Judging from Deng Zilong's contact with the Yi people, it seems that the other party was not aware of the imperial court's plot, otherwise they would never be so easy to talk to.

Just when the pirates in Tortoiseshell City were leaderless and could only resist on their own, Chen Lin and his men also defeated the pirate army gathered near the center of the city and completely controlled the mansion in the center of the city and the nearby streets.

The pirate army could only retreat to the other three gates to regroup and prepare for battle.

In fact, the pirate leaders of the three city gates were also wondering at this time. With such a fierce battle in the center of the city, the boss did not send anyone to contact them and give them orders.

At the very least, the South Gate has surplus troops to support operations in the center of the city.

However, no one was sent there to convey the order.

Until now, the South Gate can only provide limited support to the East and West gates, that is, sending a small number of troops.

There is also the battle situation learned from the east and west gates. Now the pirate leaders at the south gate have gathered the cannons on the city.

Because the attack was sudden, the east and west artillery were scattered on the city wall.

In the artillery battle with the Ming army, they undoubtedly suffered a lot.

The firepower was completely unable to compete with the Ming army, even though the artillery they used was more powerful than the Ming army.

Yes, there are small bronze cannons on the top of the city, but they are not comparable to the Fran cannons carried by the Ming army, and the lethality of the projectiles is not at the same level.

But even so, because only one or two artillery pieces could be put in, resulting in insufficient firepower, the defenders could only retreat steadily.

Even when they couldn't defend it, they would push the artillery directly to the city and prevent it from being used by the Ming army.

However, directly at the front of the Ming army, several Fran machine guns opened fire in turn, and the defenders who were still fighting could only keep retreating.

Now the west gate has been occupied by the Ming army, and the east gate has more troops because it has to deal with the barbarians outside the city. However, the war has also progressed to the vicinity of the city tower, and it is about to be lost.

It can be said that the war at this time was very unfavorable to the pirates.

Without unified command and no knowledge of Lin Feng's life or death, it can be said that chaos has begun inside.

Many generals have already made plans to surrender, but Lin Feng's past power is still there, so they don't dare to act rashly.

As long as the news of Lin Feng's death spreads, everyone will probably be pushed back.

At this time, the pirate army in the center of the city retreated, bringing news of the fall of Lin Feng's mansion in the center of the city.

Undoubtedly, this news is even worse for the pirates. Not only is their morale low, but their hearts are also rapidly disappearing.

However, at this time, Lin Feng did not encounter an unexpected event as they thought.

In a courtyard near the north of the city, Lin Feng was surrounded by a group of subordinates and was listening to the news coming back from outside.

"Master, there aren't many people inside the north gate anymore. There are only people on the city tower, and there are only a few dozen people at the city gate."

The person sent out stood in front of Lin Feng and whispered back the report.

"What's going on with the east and west doors?"

Lin Feng looked calm at this time, showing no signs of panic.

"The west gate has been lost. Mr. Lei's people retreated to the south gate. There is still a fierce battle at the east gate tower. It has not been lost yet."

The man replied hurriedly.

After hearing the reports from his men, Lin Feng thought for a moment and then said: "Everyone, get ready and rush out of the city wall now.

Qian Laoliu, you take the lead and control the city gate. "

"Yes, the boss."

Qian Laoliu knew the meaning of Lin Feng's order, but he had no choice but to sigh in his heart.

No wonder he was brought here. It turned out that he was interested in more than a hundred of his men and was preparing to attack the city gate.

But no matter what, as long as he seizes the city gate, he can rush out of the city with the brigade. As long as he runs to the river, he will be saved.

At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the direction of the city center behind him.

"Set off."

Lin Feng waved his hand and ordered.

He knew what the explosion was about. It was the explosives he had arranged in the mansion in advance, and was waiting for the Ming army to trigger the mechanism to detonate when they searched.

The violent explosions and the fire in the city were the cover for them to rush out of the city.

At this time, Chen Lin, who was still commanding troops to support the east gate outside the mansion, was stunned. The explosion just now was too strong, and he knew that the gunpowder in the house behind him was detonated.

"Come, please go and inform General Deng and ask him to close the north gate."

After only a moment of panic, Chen Lin reacted.

Perhaps it was because he had just endured an explosion that caused him to secrete adrenaline rapidly. At this time, his head felt empty.

He had already figured it out. Lin Feng was probably not hiding in the south gate, but was probably planning to take advantage of the chaos and escape.

Otherwise, there is no point in creating such a big explosion.

However, he really didn't know which direction Lin Feng planned to run out of the city.

But based on the current situation, the other three gates will encounter barbarians when they go out. On the contrary, the north gate seems to have a large army attacking the city, and there may not be many people on guard.

At this moment, the only thing he could think of was to close the city gate immediately to prevent Lin Feng from taking advantage of the chaos to escape.

The violent explosions and the raging fires all showed that all this was premeditated.

Because fires broke out in many places in the city, people who were still hiding in their houses had to run out of their homes and onto the streets.

Although they did not dare to move on the street and hid on both sides of the street for fear of blocking the path of the Ming army and being directly killed, the city was finally in chaos at this moment.

Tortoiseshell City, North Gate.

More than ten Ming soldiers stood guard in the city gate with weapons, and the suspension bridge outside the city gate was not closed.

In the corner of the house not far away, figures were shaking. They were using the shadows of the houses on the street to avoid the sight of the Ming army and quickly approached the city gate.

There was an open space in the north gate, and there was no shelter near here, so these people suddenly rushed out and rushed towards the city gate crazily.

"Who is it? Stop."

"Stop quickly or you will be killed."

"Papa pa pa"

Before the Ming troops patrolling the city tower had finished watching, the crowd rushing from the opposite side fired a round of bird boats, and most of the projectiles flew towards the city gate.

With a few wails, nearly half of the Ming army fell down in the doorway.

"When the enemy attacks, shoot without mercy."

The small flag on the city tower was too late to stop the other party from escaping, so he immediately issued an order.

Immediately, there was a burst of gunfire from the city tower, and several pirates running in front fell down.

However, such sniping failed to stop them, and everyone rushed towards the city gate hole quickly.

Deng Zilong had just mobilized his troops to attack the south gate when he heard gunfire from below the city and immediately felt something was wrong.

When he came over, he saw the Ming army's musketry at the top of the city shooting down below. He came to the city wall and took a look. There were already more than a hundred pirates rushing to a few feet away from the city gate.

"The sword and shield men are going to block the door so they can't get out."

Deng Zilong was far away from the explosion point and did not know the details of the city. He only thought that someone detonated gunpowder, so he did not realize that this was a man-made chaos.

But at this moment, he immediately ordered an interception.