After seeing Xu Nianzu's head with his own eyes yesterday, Xu Youqing had been scared out of his wits.
After all, he used to work in the Imperial Bodyguard. Although he was the emperor's personal bodyguard, he had never seen anything really dangerous. The most dangerous thing he had seen was when his anus suffered a bloody disaster. After all, that was what the emperor had to do, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Only the true members of the Brocade Guards would do such things. Xu Youqing was just an inexperienced young man. Otherwise, Zhu Yijun wouldn't have kept him by his side to do things. Xu Youqing was just an inexperienced young man. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been kept by Zhu Yijun's side.
When he returned home to take charge of the household affairs, although he held great power, all the housework at home had been well designed by Xu Jie. There was a set of rules for who was in charge of what. As the heir of the eldest branch, as long as he abided by the rules, he could maintain the operation of the Xu family.
The power of the Xu family was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Once such a big family was in operation, the entire Jiangnan would tremble.
Therefore, he had not lived a hard life. If he had to say something, it was that some of the rich kids in the Imperial Bodyguard who had gone to the court with his father to gain experience often talked about him, saying that he was Emperor Wanli's lover.
Other than that, there was really nothing to say.
Therefore, when he saw that death was so close to him, he was scared silly. Then, he had nightmares all night. When he woke up the next morning, he remembered that he should not be scared, but angry.
As the head of the Xu family, how could he tolerate such blatant provocation?
However, when he wanted to resist, he remembered that the entire city was surrounded by the Zhennan Army. The military forces in the city could not help him break through the blockade and escape. It was good enough that he could protect himself in the city.
What should he do next?
What did the Zhennan Army want to do?
What did Xiao Ruxun want to do?
What was the purpose of surrounding the city and not attacking?
Xu Youqing couldn't understand at all. He hadn't heard any news in the past few days. He felt like he was deaf and blind.
Xu Youqing got up, dressed, had breakfast, and calmed himself down. Just when he was about to appear in public as the head of the Xu family to stabilize the situation, a few soldiers suddenly rushed into the house. They seemed to be from the county government.
"Master Xu! Master Xu! The county magistrate wants you to go to the city wall! The army outside the city blew their bugles and beat their drums! It seemed like they were going to attack the city! They are going to attack the city! "
The entire Xu family was in an uproar.
Xu Youqing's wife was so scared that she quickly held onto the pillar next to her. The rest of the people in the courtyard were so scared that they couldn't move.
At this moment, Xu Youqing could vaguely hear the sound of war drums coming from outside the city.
Attack the city?
Xiao Ruxun doesn't want to talk anymore?
He wants to attack the city?
I have no enmity with him. I don't even know him. Why would he want to kill me? Why?
Xu Youqing really couldn't figure it out.
But he soon came to his senses. He knew that it was not the time for him to hide at home. If he hid at home, everyone would know that he was timid and afraid. Soon the city would be breached, and everyone would die. Everything in his family and all their wealth would be taken advantage of by these martial artists.
He had to go to the city wall. He had to show his attitude. At least, he needed to show his attitude.
He ordered the guards at home to guard the courtyard wall and block the door. Except for himself, no one was allowed to open the door.
He waited for him to come back.
Xu Youqing emboldened himself and asked who in his family was willing to go with him.
As a result, there were no warriors like Xu Nianzu anymore. Everyone was a coward, and no one was willing to stand up.
Even if they were going to die, they would die sooner or later, wouldn't they?
Xu Youqing also knew that he couldn't find anyone who was willing to go with him, so he simply asked Xu Shenqing and Xu Zhiqing to go with him.
Xu Shenqing and Xu Zhiqing felt that they had won the lottery, but the terrible feeling was really unimaginable.
In any case, they couldn't lose their prestige and face. If the Xu's wanted to continue to live like this, they must maintain their dignity. As the real master of Huating County, Xu Youqing had to do this no matter what.
When Xu Youqing arrived at the gate tower, he didn't see the expected scene of a large number of enemy troops preparing to attack the city. He only saw a few soldiers of the Zhennan Army playing with their muskets two or three hundred steps away from the gate tower.
Xu Youqing suddenly felt as if he had been fooled, so he angrily questioned the Huating County Magistrate, who had been staying on the gate tower for a long time.
"Is this what you said about the enemy attacking the city? Have you ever seen a city besieged by a dozen people?! "
The Huating County Magistrate was so scared that he stammered, "They … they did … did blow the horn for the battle! They really planned to attack the city, but who knew that they only sent a few people. I don't know why! "
Xu Youqing also knew that the Huating County Magistrate couldn't be blamed for this, so he stared at the dozen soldiers under the city wall angrily.
"What are they going to do? Ah? They want to attack the city with a dozen people? No matter how good Xiao Ruxun is at fighting, can he take down the city with a dozen people? Does he think that all his subordinates are celestial soldiers and generals?! "
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the soldiers of the Zhennan Army below raise their muskets at the top of the city wall.
"They are going to attack the top of the city wall!"
Xu Shenqing and Xu Zhiqing were startled and quickly retreated. Xu Youqing turned around and looked at his two useless family members with great dissatisfaction.
"The musket can shoot at most 70 or 80 steps away. It can't be accurate beyond 50 steps. What are you afraid of? They are at least 300 or 400 steps away from the city wall. They can't hit us unless they have a Francis musket. What are you afraid of … "
Before he finished speaking, Xu Youqing suddenly swayed and fell straight to the ground. At the same time, two unlucky soldiers also fell to the ground on their backs.
Gunshots rang out and gravel splashed. The people on the top of the city wall were dumbfounded.
Xu Zhiqing and Xu Shenqing widened their eyes and saw Xu Youqing fall to the ground face down. There was a big hole in the back of his head and blood was gushing out. He was no longer breathing.
"Ah —!!!!"
Extremely shrill cries rang out from the top of the city wall.
Under the city wall, ten Flintlock Gunners with accurate marksmanship had completed a round of shooting under the guidance of the blacksmith. The blacksmith who was looking at the city wall with his monocular saw an unlucky guy with his back facing the city wall get hit in the head. The guy fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace. Obviously, he was killed.
The rest of the soldiers saw another two soldiers fall on the city wall. Obviously, the experiment was successful. The guns in their hands really killed three people from such a long distance. Ten bullets killed three people. What amazing accuracy!
Zheng Ying also rushed over on his horse. He also saw a soldier's head explode with a single shot through the monocular. Now that there was nothing to doubt, he immediately ordered the flintlock gunners to continue firing.
"Shoot a few more rounds. Let them see how powerful our guns are!"
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