There was chaos in the north of Kaifeng City, with thousands of bandits and hungry people running wild.
Groups of elite cavalry wearing red cloaks galloped back and forth, shuttling among thieves and hungry people, dividing them into small groups and then driving them together until they could no longer run away and sat down on the ground one by one, helpless.
Until you resist.
Sang Kaidi, the governor of Guanhe in Henan Province, stood on the west wall of the north gate tower. He was extremely excited, watching the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers running criss-cross in the wilderness to the north of the city, chasing the fleeing soldiers like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit.
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He pressed his hands on the crenellated wall of Kaifeng North City and murmured tremblingly: "It's coming... it's coming... it's finally coming..."
Cao Kun, the official of the Zhou Palace, happened to be passing by here. He stopped and said to the excited Sang Kaidi: "Master Sang, prepare to open the door to welcome the reinforcements into the city. I will go and announce the good news to His Highness, and also make Qiansui Master happy!"
"Yes, yes, it's time to report the thousand-year-old king of Zhou quickly. I will ask people to clear the sandbags in the doorway so that the door can be opened at any time to welcome reinforcements into the city."
Sang Kaidi watched Cao Kun go down the city wall, and he ordered loudly: "Come here, quickly clear the doorway and prepare to welcome the reinforcements into the city."
The soldiers and civilians guarding the city were already cheering as they looked at the scene outside the city. Some of them even wanted to rush out of the city at this moment and chase the thieves together with the reinforcements, so as to vent their anger over the past two days.
But when I thought about it, no one really raised this topic. Although the official army in the north of the city had the upper hand, there were still many bandit soldiers in the east and south of the city, especially in the west of the city where more than ten thousand bandit soldiers gathered.
Who dares to say that in the battle situation in the north of the city, the officers and soldiers will always maintain the advantage. Now, everyone has the same idea, that is, after the rebels are dispersed, the officers and soldiers outside the city will quickly enter the city to assist the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city until the rebels
Retreat when faced with difficulties.
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There were less than 300 rebel soldiers left around Liu Tichun. They surrounded the city in a circular formation, protecting Liu Tichun in the middle, and were surrounded by more than 2,500 officers and soldiers tightly surrounding them.
More than 700 new Yunzhou guns no longer launched volleys. Under the cover of the front row of shield soldiers, they calmly loaded and fired from 70 to 80 steps away. Seeing the thieves falling down one by one after being shot, they rolled and wailed.
more than.
In addition to camp exercises in Xuanzhen, they had only participated in several small and large bandit wars in the past. A bloody battlefield like today was "the first time a big girl got on a sedan chair."
Thanks to the rigorous training in the camp on weekdays, although everyone was a little panicked, they were able to keep the array neat and uniform. The reloading of fire muskets was not as skillful as the training, but after shooting two or three muskets, it was already good.
Adapted to the battlefield environment.
During daily training, there is no real battlefield as noisy, exciting, and thrilling, so they will be a little uncomfortable at first.
However, after rigorous training, they have long been accustomed to the military orders of their superiors. When the military orders are clearly and accurately delivered to every sergeant, they gradually ignore the surrounding environment and only know how to strictly implement the military orders of their superiors.
In this way, they advance, stop, advance again, shoot, reload, and shoot again. Until the comrades around them finally fall, they will be indifferent and only remember to strictly implement military orders, and they will become a truly qualified soldier.
warrior.
"Listen up to the thieves inside. My general has an order. As long as you put down your swords, guns, bows and arrows, your lives will be spared. If you continue to resist, you will die."
Several officers and soldiers with loud voices shouted loudly in unison. This was not the first time they shouted. After each shout, there was a round of fire from the gun soldiers. The rebel soldiers who refused to surrender would be scattered.
More than a hundred people fell.
This was already the third time he had shouted to persuade them to surrender. Finally, some of the rebels couldn't stand it any longer and heard a "clang" sound. The last shield soldier on the outside of the circular formation threw down his shield and saber and shouted, "I won't fight..."
...I want to go home..." He ran towards the officers and soldiers.
"ah!"
He had only taken two steps when a fierce bandit soldier behind him suddenly threw a short ax, breaking through the biting cold wind, and was slashing at the back of the shield soldier. The handle of the ax was still trembling in the wind.
The shield soldier did not expect to die in the hands of his own people. He turned around unwillingly and looked at the thieves who had just thrown a hatchet at him. His eyes were filled with regret. Just a moment ago, he had held up his shield to protect him.
In front of him, but now he died under his axe.
With a "pop", the shield soldier fell to the ground without making a sound.
Jin Yong's Central Division Chief Liu Changliang opened his eyes angrily and shouted at Zheng Youjin, the Chief Executive of the 100th Bureau: "Zheng Youjin, give me a fucking blow!"
On this side, Zheng Youjin had more than 110 muskets, and he fired a perfect volley at his command. In the rising smoke, hundreds of muskets roared and fired at the group of thieves who were stubbornly resisting.
In an instant, dozens of people fell into a pool of blood. Their wailing was so cruel. The bandit who just threw the hatchet was hit in the right shoulder and abdomen by two lead bullets.
The entire right arm was almost broken, the skin was torn and only the bones and flesh were left connected, and a big hole was punched in the abdomen, and the intestines were broken and flowed all over the floor.
He opened his mouth wide but couldn't scream at all. His left hand was scratching randomly on the ground, as if he wanted to stuff back the water flowing all over the floor, but his strength was rapidly losing, and gradually the hand was spread out weakly all over the floor.
In the flow of the earth.
"Dang Cang..."
Another bandit gave up resistance and dropped the spear in his hand to the ground. The tip of the spear collided with the hard ground and made a crisp sound.
"Dang rang... dang rang dang rang..."
Faced with such a tragic scene, it is nothing more than hell. Now that the leader has set an example, it is like a chain reaction. The remaining one hundred bandits also threw their weapons on the ground and shouted.
A crisp sound.
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There were only two to thirty old thieves left around Liu Tichun. Although they still held the weapons in their hands tightly, their expressions were panic, and they all turned back to look at Liu Tichun to see how he would make a decision.
In addition to the more than 1,500 official infantry outside them, there were hundreds of cavalry wandering around and patrolling, and gathering together those rebels who had given up resistance.
Liu Tichun also knew that the situation was over, and his side had tried its best to resist so far. However, King Chuang's reinforcements had not arrived for a long time. He guessed that his side was also in danger. He was unwilling to do anything but could do nothing.
At this time, an old thief swung his knife and chopped down a thief who had put down his weapon, and shouted angrily: "You bastard, you are embarrassing me, pick up the weapon and kill..."
Before he could finish speaking, several thieves who had already laid down their weapons, fearing that he would attack them again, pounced on him and pressed him to the ground. The scene immediately became chaotic.
The more than a hundred bandits who had laid down their weapons and surrendered all turned around and pounced on them, instantly crushing those who had not yet surrendered to the ground. Even Liu Tichun was pinned down by three or four bandits.