When the people heard this news, their first reaction was endless fear. They were extremely scared, fearing that once the city was destroyed, they would become lambs to be slaughtered.

As the news came out, more and more people fell into despair, and their hearts were filled with fear.

Of course, there were still some people who kept this sober, and they quickly figured out the key, that is, they must not allow the Qing army to break through the city.

And at this moment, a message spread among the people, that is, the prefect Gou and others had actually thought of a way to defend Jinan, as long as the people were willing to support them with all their strength.

The news spread like wildfire and soon spread throughout the city. When the people heard the news, they covered their faces and cried. This was the joy of surviving the disaster and the tears of hope.

After such trouble, the people in Jinan City were mobilized. In their opinion, defending the city was the business of those officials. Whether they could defend Jinan had nothing to do with them.

But it is completely different now. Whether or not one can defend Jinan is related to every citizen in the city. They must assist the prefect to defend Jinan, because this is their only way to live.

At this time, Yue Tuo didn't know that earth-shaking changes had taken place in Jinan City. Some families even contributed their own houses. They demolished their extra houses, leaving only the few houses where their families lived, and transported the others to the city as rolling wood stones for defending the city.

When Yuetuo came outside the city the next day, he was shocked. Last night, the consuming stones of the scattered wood and rocks on the top of the city accumulated again. It seemed that the consumption of the previous two days did not exist at all. If it weren't for the scattered wood under the city wall, he would hardly believe his eyes.

"General, what's going on in Jinan City? Why did the wooden rocks that had been consumed yesterday appear on the top of the city again?" Ma Zhan looked at the defense facilities on the city wall with disbelief and said.

"Hmph, I want to see what tricks these civil servants can do, come and attack the city for me." As Yue Tuo's order came out, the Qing army immediately moved. Unlike the previous few days, today's attack was much more violent than before. The city wall was covered with ladders, and Min Zhuang kept crawling towards the city wall under the drive of the Qing army.

"Let me know. As long as you can climb the city wall, you can join the Qing army and become my Eight Banners' children."

As the shout came out, the people and the people immediately became excited. If they could become the Eight Banners Army, their identities would be very different immediately. Not only would they be able to have enough food, but their identities would also rise and be valued by everyone.

As the shout came out, the people from the people tightened the long swords in their hands and crawled towards the city with a eagerness to try.

"Let me go!" Seeing that the Qing army began to attack the city, the Ming generals who had been waiting at the top of the city waved their hands, and countless rolling wood rolled down the city wall along the ladder, smashing the people on the ladder.

"Ma Zhan, go up to supervise the battle yourself. If anyone dares to take a step back, he will be killed without mercy." After these days of attack, Yue Tuo understood that if he wanted to take down Jinan, he had to attack the city with all his strength.

"Yes, General." Ma Zhan took the order and immediately rushed forward and came to the city. At this time, teams of Qing troops were climbing up the ladder.

Time passed slowly in the constant fighting. Prefect Gou and others no longer knew how many waves of Qing troops they had repelled, but the Qing troops under the city were still pouring in, as if they could not kill them at all.

Lord Prefect, if this continues, things will be in trouble.

At this time, an official next to him sighed and said.

"Yes, I didn't expect the Qing army to be so tenacious. After attacking for so long, I didn't mean to give up at all. This is not like their previous performance." Prefect Gou sighed and said.

Indeed, although the Qing army had captured many cities before, most of them were small cities like county towns, and few of them had captured heroic cities like Jinan.

Often after a few days of attack, they will give up and move towards the next target when they see that they cannot conquer it.

But this time the Qing army did not seem to give up and launched fierce attacks on Jinan City for several consecutive days.

"Mr. Governor, should we send someone to ask for reinforcements?" The prefect Gou looked at the Qing army that was constantly rushing towards him, and a hint of anxiety appeared on his face.

"I'm afraid there will be no reinforcements from Shangshu Yang. If they wanted to come, they would have arrived long ago."

"Yes, it's been so many days, even if you move, you should move it." Prefect Gou knew that his words might be a bit unrealistic, so he sighed and said.

"I heard that An Dongjun went north with him this time. Should we contact An Dongjun?" At this moment, the deputy transport commander Deng Qianji said.

"Andong Army? If Andong Army can come, we still have a glimmer of hope. But I heard that Andong Army has been isolated by the old thief Gao Qiqian in order to save Lu Xiangsheng, and even the military rations have been cut off. The Andong Army is afraid that life will not be easy now." Zhang Bingwen was stunned and murmured.

"What's wrong with my Ming Dynasty? The country is already like this, but the dukes in the court are still fighting against the differences for party disputes." Governor Gou sighed and said.

Governor Gou, you can't say this nonsense. If it is heard by Gao Zhe, it will be a big deal.

"Bah, I, Gou Haoshan, aren't afraid of him. If it weren't for him, why would I be here in Jinan? It won't be long before I'm afraid even my upstart will land." Gou Haoshan cursed.

"Okay, it's useless to say more about this matter. Let's think about how to defend Jinan City before talking about it." Zhang Bingwen waved his hand and said.

"Yes, once this Jinan City is destroyed, people will suffer, and you and I have no face to face the emperor."

After finally getting dark, the Qing army's attack finally stopped. Prefect Gou was secretly grateful. If the Qing army attacked the city overnight like last night, it would be a long time before the Jinan City would be destroyed.

"Go and count the number of people." Prefect Gou inspected the city wall and saw that the soldiers on the city wall were all decimated. It was obvious that the battles of the past two days had already made them physically and mentally exhausted.

"Yes, magistrate." A soldier took the order and went there.

Soon the soldier returned again and reported the casualties over the past two days.

After listening to the soldier's report, the faces of the prefect Gou and others became extremely ugly.

According to the latest statistics, there are now less than 10,000 soldiers who can fight in Jinan City.
Chapter completed!