As the army marched out, Li Dingguo quickly issued orders one after another to the generals in front, re-stipulating the order of entering the city and the direction of attack after entering the city, so as to prevent various departments from competing for credit and the wealth in the city and causing chaos. At the same time, he

Follow-up troops were also mobilized from various units at the front to avoid stalemate in the street fighting. It was clear that the Qing army in Xinhui would be completely crushed in one fell swoop and not give them any chance to make a comeback.

Orders were issued one after another, and during the march, each department began to adjust their own traveling speed in order to enter through that gap.

After a while, Wu Zisheng's right battalion was in front, Guo Youming's strong crossbow battalion was behind, and a battalion head of Wang Xing followed closely behind. These three soldiers and horses formed the front line of the army to break the city. And Chen Kai's Fu Biao

In the second echelon, they were not pointing towards the gap, but heading straight towards the city gate - there was only twenty or thirty meters between the gap and the city gate. Once the Ming army entered the city, the first thing they did was to seize the north gate.

, as a result, more troops can enter from now on, accelerating the reversal of the forces of both sides in the city.

Chen Kai had long understood that Li Dingguo was a god in using troops, and even his generals Wu Zisheng, Guo Youming, and even Wang Xing understood this.

War drums roared, and the Ming army marched forward. The movement outside the city could be vaguely heard in the city, and could even be clearly seen on the city. However, the smoke and dust blew away, and in the large area near the blast point, buildings

It was badly damaged by the power of the explosion and the flying masonry. There were corpses lying in pools of blood everywhere. There were vassal soldiers, green battalions and auxiliary soldiers whose bones and tendons were broken everywhere. There were screams everywhere.

From time to time, one or two faint cries for help would emerge from the burial ground.

The surroundings were like this. The section of city wall above the explosion point no longer existed. The Qing troops nearby were all gone. A little further away, there were some survivors, but most of them were knocked unconscious by the shock. When they arrived at the north gate, there were also

It was staggering, and its face and body were all covered with thick dust, which had already covered up its original color. Blood seeped out from the inside out in the mouth, nostrils, and even the fundus of the eyes and ear holes.

Rivers flowed through the dust.

As it was not powerful enough, Chen Kai specially put two coffins in. Each coffin was made of oiled paper to prevent moisture and was filled with purified granulated gunpowder produced in Chaozhou. In terms of power, Chen Kai believed that even the same amount of gunpowder would be incomparable.

It is not comparable to the gunpowder produced by the impoverished Ming army in western Guangdong and Li Dingguo, who has never been good at military science and technology. This is the power of science and technology, and it is never a joke!

How the Ming army did it? Some people have figured out some ways, but more are still ignorant. However, no matter what, now that the city wall has lost a section, the most important thing now is to move as quickly as possible

Blocking the city wall to prevent the Ming army from entering is the real key.

Some officers who were farther away and less affected had already reacted and quickly ordered their subordinates to rush towards the gap. On the way, they even caught every Qing soldier they saw. They just ran towards the gap and survived.

The fewer Qing troops there were, even those who survived, their ears were ringing and their eyes were dizzy, as if their brains had turned to mush, and they could not understand any military orders.

Time continues to pass along with the bricks and stones that are constantly loosening and sliding off the city wall. For either party, it is necessary to race against time.

The first batch of Qing troops who rushed to the gap was a group of fifty or sixty feudal soldiers, followed by twenty or thirty feudal soldiers who were dragged along the road, green battalions and even auxiliary soldiers. The officers of this group of feudal soldiers

He was Wu Jinggong's subordinate, so he could react quickly. He was not too far or too close, so he was less affected, and he also had an advantage over other Qing troops in terms of distance.

The officer looked sideways and saw that from Yunlong's forward command post, the famous restaurant in the north of Xinhui City had been bombarded with bricks and stones. If he hadn't come here to forcefully collect food and wages, he would have attacked the eight or nine-year-old boss.

The younger daughter has a very impressive memory, so if she remembers the location of this place, she may not be able to recognize it.

You Yunlong has been sitting here since Li Dingguo arrived. Now that the place has become like this, one can imagine what kind of situation he is in.

However, time was running out, and the officer had no time to search and rescue the commander, nor did he have time to be happy that his commander Wu Jinggong had killed the commander with the Han army flag riding on his head. Just as he led the team to the gap, a detachment of troops rushed to the gap.

The Ming army team that was running wildly collided with them. They were not even stunned for a moment, and they were immediately chopped into a mass!

The terrain of the gap does not make much difference to the two sides inside and outside the city. At most, the city wall is controlled by the Qing army. They have the opportunity to use masonry and bows and arrows to launch attacks from above. However, the power of the blast is poured directly on the city wall.

The Qing troops on the top were much more shaken than those under the city wall. Even those who were not injured in the explosion basically fell to the ground in a daze. Their reaction speed may not be faster than that of the Qing troops below the city wall. What's more,

Due to Chen Kai's tactics, Yunlong did not dispatch too many Qing troops to the city. Most of the Qing troops on the city were just observation posts, which were extremely limited.

The focus of the city's offensive and defensive efforts has changed from fighting for the city walls to fighting for the gaps. The Qing army rushed in desperately, and the Ming army's siege troops were also constantly adding troops there.

The two sides fought hard, and immediately there was a river of blood. However, the blast was aimed at the city, and the damage to the defenders was huge. Soon, the rapidly increasing Ming army killed the Qing army and retreated. After a while,

Even the control of the gap has changed hands.

The fake siege force and the real commando defeated the Qing army in the gap, quickly expanded the control area, and killed every Qing army they saw. Immediately afterwards, there was no longer any formation, and they almost came running.

Wu Zisheng's troops were the first to approach the gap and swarmed in. Following Wu Zisheng's general order, the soldiers from the right battalion of the brigade rushed to the north gate, while the others cooperated with the commando team to clear out the nearby Qing troops, and even pulled diagonally from the gap.

The remaining walls and the city ladder on the inside of the city wall rushed up to the city wall.

The gap changed hands, and the next step was the North Gate. The commando team, with the cooperation of Wu Zisheng's personal soldiers, attacked decisively, quickly captured the North Gate, and killed all the Qing troops nearby. The gate was opened, and Fu Fu, who had already reached the bottom of the city,

The Biaoqian camp marched in in formation with spears measuring one to five feet tall, and followed the main road at their feet directly towards the county government office of Xinhui County.

The Qing army that first arrived at the gap had turned into corpses on the ground. However, the officer was very experienced and when organizing his subordinates to control the gap, he did not forget to send someone to report to Wu Jinggong.

However, Chen Kai was calculating in his head but not inadvertently. No matter how fast Wu Jinggong reacted, he could not reach it faster than the commando's distance advantage. By the time he reacted and organized troops to counterattack in the military camp, even Wu Zisheng's right battalion had already rushed into the gap and did not even

By the time he rushed out of the camp gate, even the north gate had been opened by the Ming army.

The damage caused by the blast just now affected not only the blasting point and its surrounding areas, but also the entire Xinhui County.

There is a large house in the city not too far from the county government. It is natural that a wealthy local family can live here. But in front of and behind the screen wall, there is garbage everywhere near the gate. Even the two lanterns on the gate only have one left.

It is so dilapidated that it really spoils the word wealth.

This is the house of the Mo Zhilian family, the most famous person in this county. The Mo family has lived here for generations. This family has accumulated a huge fortune by relying on their education and the preferential treatment from the Ming court. There are shops and workshops in the city.

There are fields and houses in the countryside, and there are a large number of servants and maids to serve them. There are even sea ships to sell the purchased and home-produced goods to Southeast Asia.

Such a family is very influential in the local area. Even a Bailihou like the county magistrate must be given enough respect when he comes to the local area. There is no big family in the world like this. The Mo family is like this. By the Qing Dynasty, the county

The magistrate Huang Zhizheng has always attached great importance to their senses. However, with the siege of the city, or even the arrival of vassal soldiers in May, the normalcy of these hundreds of years has completely ceased to count.

The vassal soldiers are subordinates of the royal family and bannermen of the Han army. It is enough to exploit the people of the county extremely hard. Even they, the squires and the big families in the city are not exempt from the ordinary levy of food and salary. Mo Zhilian

He just tolerated it, and later he intensified his efforts, forcing his family to give out more property.

That time, Mo Zhilian just went up to argue with the officer for a little bit, or even just to make a starting point for bargaining. Unexpectedly, the feudal soldiers beat him up without hesitation. If it weren't for the fact that the family had brought more

When he received money and food, he was probably beaten to death by the feudal soldiers in his own house.

For this reason, Mo Zhilian made a special trip to the county government office and begged Huang Zhizheng to tell You Yunlong and Wu Jinggong for him. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhixian also had a sad look on his face and could not control it at all. Look at those government officials again.

, there were even a few people with bruises and swollen faces, and you knew who did it without even guessing.

The vassal soldiers were so arrogant, which Mo Zhilian had never thought about. I did not explain the preferential treatment of the gentry at that time. I only said that when Li Chengdong's tiger and wolf troops arrived in Xinhui, I did not say what to do with a wealthy family like them. As long as

Following the government, whether from the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, there are always benefits. I have never seen such a scene.

He lamented the apocalyptic climate in which even the intellectual class was not respected. He could only support the vassal soldiers' extortionate expropriations. The family's goods were given away, the city was besieged, and even those in the countryside could not be given away.

Come in. In order to survive, he can only continue to reduce expenses. Even now, all the servants in the family have been dismissed, and only some family members are left. He is already thinking about kicking them out.

Go and seek blessings for yourself, and this thought continued to expand in his mind as time went by and as the food at home was consumed.

The servants were dismissed, and he also asked the tribesmen to reduce their activities as much as possible, so as to save more food. The house was in a state of dilapidation, with fallen leaves, garbage, and even feces everywhere. It belonged to this wealthy family.

The men and women seem to have become accustomed to the stench. In other words, the smell on their bodies may not be any better than that of garbage.

At least, it's a bit dirty, which is better than the Lu Xiucai family in the east of the city who were killed by the vassal soldiers and brought back to be made into bacon!

Today was another siege. Mo Zhilian climbed up to the library as usual and looked at the north of the city. He was looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements from the Qing army, the defeat of the Ming army by Yunlong, or the capture of the city by the Ming army. There was no question.

People know that. But for several months in a row, he has been like this. What he sees is the same, but it has never changed. What he seeks is nothing more than a hope.

Sitting in front of the window and looking out all morning, he even felt sleepy. He leaned on the desk in front of the window and became confused. However, a loud noise came, shaking as if even the library was shaking.

, even when Mo Zhilian woke up with a start, when she raised her eyes and looked again, she saw smoke filling the area near the north gate, and a turbidity rising straight into the sky.

"Oh my God, what the hell happened?"

I stood there dumbfounded until the smoke cleared, and I could vaguely see the gap between the pavilions and pavilions.

The city collapsed. Mo Zhilian's state of mind seemed to be like being hit by a huge boulder. She just stood there with her eyes widened and her mouth widened as she drank a lot of mixed drinks.

Catching the cold wind blasting away the dust, I didn't even have time to spit out the dirt and debris, so I swallowed it all.

By this time, the flaming red weapons of the Ming army had already been erected at the gap, and large groups of Ming troops were pouring in, even at the north gate. Mo Zhilian couldn't see clearly what was written on the flag.

, but the color has proved the current situation.

Seeing this, Mo Zhilian ran down the library and immediately summoned his tribe and the few remaining servants. Looking at these men and women who could barely stand, he immediately recounted everything he saw and heard.

Come. However, the reaction was far slower than he expected.

"Uncle, does this mean that those feudal soldiers will not come to rob us again?"

It took a long time before a distant nephew timidly said this. Even though it caused a sensation, it was even hundreds of times more violent than the reaction when he learned that the Ming army had entered the city.

After being told that this was just one of them, Mo Zhilian quickly ordered silence and assigned tasks to these clan members - most of them were to find sticks and other weapons as weapons to protect the house. But some of them were to rush to find other gentry and old friends as soon as possible.

, there must always be someone with the same spirit to cope with the upcoming changes.

The Mo family took action quickly, as did many other wealthy families and gentry families. But at this time, the Ming army moved much faster than them. The Ming army quickly entered the city, and the city was tightly besieged from all sides.

In fact, Wu Jinggong had no way to escape and could only fight against the trapped beast. As a result, with his troops and other vassal soldiers gathered, the green battalion rushed onto the street and directly ran into Chen Kai's arms.

The Ming army fought in a dense square formation, with the psychological advantage of having a large army enter the city and the victory or defeat was determined. They quickly defeated the already frightened feudal soldiers, and soon launched a brutal pursuit in the alleys of the city.

The Ming army had entered the city in large numbers. According to Li Dingguo's command, various units rushed to various areas in the city. During the rout, an officer of the vassal army threw away his weapon and ran, grabbing the Han military flag and uniform.

He has been in battle for a long time, and he has not escaped once or twice during defeats. He has long been familiar with it. Under normal circumstances, he would just try to escape from the city, but now the city is so tightly surrounded that it is impossible to escape from the city. The only way is to change.

Soldiers serve the people. If you temporarily hide in an uninhabited residence and escape the first round of raids, you will have an extra chance of survival.

Being defeated by the phalanx of mostly spears, the officer fled. It was impossible to get too close. He had to run far away and find a place to catch a cat, which would have a greater chance. That's it, all the way.

Fleeing, he was almost hit by the Ming army entering the city several times, and he turned around and ended up outside the wall of an alley south of Dongyu Street. At this time, in the direction from which he came,

The sound of rapid footsteps was heard, and the officer did not bother to look for it anymore. He stepped on the stick of a donkey cart without a donkey and climbed directly into the wall of the square.

Just like the people in other streets and lanes, the earth-shattering explosions awakened the hibernation here regardless of high or low. Within the walls of the streets, the people walked out in panic and formed small groups based on their past friendships, stealing.

Whispering.

Whether the defenders defeated the Ming army outside the city, or whether the Qing army's reinforcements arrived, whether the two sides should cooperate with each other, or whether the Ming army broke through the city, these were not the most important to them - they were starving to death at the moment, so how could they survive?

Why do you care about anything else? You just hope that peace will be restored as soon as possible, that you will have work to do, food to eat, and the ability to feed your family. What else can you ask for?

"It's a pity that Lu Xiucai's family is such a good person. Although he has a bit of a bad temper, he taught my stupid son how to read twice."

"Yes, and his wife, she is always polite to everyone and doesn't put on any airs at all."

"Hey, good people don't live long."

As he said that, there was a bang from the north wall of the square, as if someone had fallen from a high place. The gate of the square was closed, and the people were afraid and quickly pushed their families back. There were a few.

Being naturally bold, they each boosted their morale, grabbed sticks and headed for them.

The officer who fell from the wall of the workshop was naturally the officer. He was so anxious that he accidentally fell from the top and sprained his left foot.

There must have been too much movement, which alerted others, but he gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound. Listen carefully, and soon, a Ming army rushed past from the street outside, shouting and screaming.

Go to the east gate to kill.

The danger outside was over for the time being, and the officer was slightly relieved. But at this moment, footsteps were heard in the room. It still alarmed others. The officer couldn't help but cursed secretly, and quickly dragged his left foot to find a hiding place.

How could I dare to delay for a moment?

As soon as the officer left the side of the wall, the men on the back came looking for him. They were sure that someone had climbed in, and they couldn't help but start to worry about their families. However, after being adjacent to each other for many years, the people in our house never looked up, and they never looked up to outsiders.

They are all in the same spirit. Seeing this, several men immediately followed the traces.

After months of siege, coupled with the tyranny of the vassal soldiers, all the cattle, sheep, pigs and donkeys, cats, dogs, even sparrows and rats had been eaten. The officer here was so afraid that a dog would find him by following the smell.

, but those men had all lived here since childhood, and were countless times more familiar with the environment here than he was, so they followed the traces he left and followed him all the way.

The officer did not dare to hide, so he had to flee. However, he was chased by a group of people who were familiar with the environment, and he was not too familiar with it. He ran in panic and ran to the street where everyone was whispering just now.

Above the inner streets.

There was no one on the street, but pairs of eyes were looking through the cracks in the door. An outsider came in. Soon, someone noticed the style of his official boots that he had no time to change into, and shouted "The vassal soldiers are coming".

Even though it caused a burst of crying. However, the frightened crying soon passed. It seemed to reflect the current reality of the Ming army entering the city. More and more doors opened, and there were men and women holding sticks and kitchen knives.

Someone came out, and together with the group of chasing men, they quickly surrounded the officers on the street.

"It's him. He came here to conscript people on weekdays, and he killed Lu Xiucai's family!"

With a scream, the officer who had been looking around in horror just now collapsed to the ground. He never expected that this mysterious person had escaped to this workshop. When he turned around, he saw the Lu Xiucai who had killed and transported the body.

Home, isn't it just in the alley where he turned into this street just now?

"Kill this beast and avenge Lu Xiucai and his family!"

The Ming army has entered the city, and the Qing army in the city is considered finished. At this moment, the enemies are extremely jealous when they see each other. Hearing this, these crippled people immediately swarmed up and surrounded the fallen officer in the middle. There were shrill screams.
Chapter completed!