At this time, Mu Linfeng had already arrived in Huai'an. Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "Shi Kefa should have had a head-on confrontation with the Huai'an army at this moment. I wonder how the battle between Shi Kefa and Chen Dahan is going?"
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng let the soldiers take a short rest, and immediately began to make arrangements to start the siege, and then marched into Huai'an City. In the past, when the soldiers arrived at Huai'an City, the soldiers in the Huai'an City Tower had not yet fully awakened.
After Mu Linfeng set up the formation, he then directed twenty small steel cannons at the Huai'an City Tower and fired several times. Only then did the defenders on the city tower react and beat the gong in panic.
There were not many defenders in Huai'an City, only tens of thousands. When everyone saw that there were only a thousand people at Mu Linfeng outside the city, and there were no reinforcements in the distance, they immediately opened the city gate and rushed out. Mu Linfeng expected that the defenders
He must be an idiot, or the former commander-in-chief of Huai'an did not expect that Mu Linfeng would come to attack Huai'an, so the remaining defenders were not very capable people.
Obviously, this group of Huai'an troops had never seen the power of Mu Linfeng's firearms. When the Huai'an troops rushed out of the city gate, all the fighting was already within Mu Linfeng's expectation. He saw the enemy soldiers fall one after another to his own guns.
Under the gun, Mu Linfeng knew that taking Huai'an was right in front of him.
The Huai'an army of more than 10,000 people saw that the muskets in the hands of Mu Linfeng's more than 1,000 people were so powerful. In the blink of an eye, he saw that most of his 10,000 troops had been lost. Only two or three thousand people fled back to the city. Mu Linfeng
He immediately led more than a thousand musketeers and marched directly to the bottom of the city. He then shot at the soldiers on the tower. Anyone whose head popped up was killed directly. Then he blasted twice with steel cannon at the city gate, and the gate opened in response.
Mu Linfeng glanced at his watch. It only took less than half an hour to capture Huai'an City. It was surprisingly smooth. Then more than a thousand musketeers successfully entered Huai'an City. The Huai'an army was a little stubborn at first, but under the pressure of the musketeers,
Under the shooting, less than 2,000 people remained, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
After taking Huai'an City, Mu Linfeng immediately began to set up defenses. He dismantled all twenty artillery pieces and mounted them on the city wall. Five were placed on each of the four towers in the southeast, northwest, and south, so that the artillerymen could be on standby at any time. The musketeers were under strict control.
patrol.
After Mu Linfeng arranged the defense, he temporarily imprisoned the surrendered troops in Dalao, Huai'an, and said to the surrendered troops: "Everyone, please be patient. After Mu Mou secures Huai'an, he will release you all, and you will go there then."
If you want to stay, please do as you wish!"
Immediately, Mu Linfeng issued an order to hunt down officials at all levels in Huai'an. Many officials in Huai'an heard that it was Mu Linfeng who captured Huai'an. They took off their official uniforms and knelt on the street to ask Mu Linfeng to surrender. Some officials also heard that it was Mu Linfeng.
After arriving, they packed their bags and fled from Beicheng.
Mu Linfeng saw that the officials who had surrendered were all clean officials wearing thin layers of bottoms, and those who fled as soon as they heard Mu Linfeng's name were mostly corrupt officials.
Mu Linfeng hurriedly helped the surrendered officials up one by one and said: "Everyone, Mu Linfeng would like to swear that you will never touch the common people. I hope you will manage Huai'an well. I hope you will work with Linfeng."
, govern Huai’an better!”
When the people knew that Mu Linfeng had invaded Huai'an, they came to the streets to welcome him. Some people set off firecrackers and beat gongs and drums all the way.
Naturally, these officials and people heard about Mu Linfeng's deeds in Yangzhou. On the second day after Mu Linfeng entered Yangzhou, he killed two hundred soldiers who violated discipline and disorderly people. Then he launched a series of policies to extend favors and distribute farmland to each household.
Everyone has a farm. To be honest, although these people don't dare to do anything on the surface, they are secretly looking forward to Mu Linfeng coming to Huai'an as soon as possible.
Now that it is confirmed that Mu Linfeng has really come to Huai'an, and Huai'an is already under Mu Linfeng's rule, no matter how unhappy he is, no matter how happy he is, all his normally suppressed emotions burst out at this moment.
Many local officials in Huai'an actually organized themselves to help Mu Linfeng manage public security and let the people go home quickly. The war was not over yet.
Mu Linfeng stood on the city tower and said to the crowd: "Fellow folks, please go home now. When the war is over, Linfeng will naturally follow Yangzhou's plan to let the folks have farmland. However, the war is still tight at the moment, so folks
We must help and don’t cause trouble!”
After hearing what Mu Linfeng said, the people in Huai'an slowly dispersed. Huai'an City finally calmed down, as if the previous earth-shaking had never happened at all, and the peace had returned to the past. But everyone knew that this was just
At this moment, everyone in Huai'an is feeling anxious and excited at the same time.
Needless to say, the mood of the people, and the landlords and gentry are like ants on the bed at this moment, feeling unhappy in every way. If their family business was not in Huai'an, this group of people would have dispersed long ago, but those who want to escape
At this moment, there was no way to run away. Mu Linfeng had ordered the whole city to be under lockdown and no one could leave the city.
These squire landlords naturally knew the fate of those landlords in Yangzhou. The land left by their ancestors for generations in a blink of an eye no longer belonged to their families, but became the private property of the untouchables who usually worked for their families, and their own advantages
It has always been because the family has a lot of land and can enjoy the benefits without having to work in the fields. If Mu Linfeng really wants to give the fields passed down by his ancestors to those untouchables, how will he live for the rest of his life?
In any case, although everyone in Huai'an has their own hidden agendas and different ideas, things are calm on the surface.
At this time, Hong Chengchou fled all the way north. When he arrived in Huai'an, he realized that there were no pursuers behind him. He quickly asked the army to stop and repair, and then had people count the number of people. Only then did he know that the 200,000 troops he had brought out were
At this moment, only a handful of more than 60,000 horses came back alive, and among these 60,000 horses, nearly 10,000 were disabled, which was such a mess.
Hong Chengchou said bitterly: "I must avenge this!" Then he asked the soldiers around him: "Has anyone seen the prince and General Wu?"
One of his subordinates said: "I saw that the prince was stabbed by the Yangzhou Army, and General Wu Sangui and Wu seemed to be still grabbing food and grass on the bank of the Grand Canal. He should still be fighting there at the moment!"
Hong Chengchou let out a long sigh and looked up to the sky: "I didn't expect that I, Hong Chengchou, would end up in such a mess! How can I explain to the emperor!"
The soldiers around Hong Chengchou said one after another: "This is not the fault of the commander-in-chief, it is all Wang Chengen's insistence on doing his own thing. We are willing to submit a memorial to the emperor to explain this matter."
Hong Chengchou sighed: "So what if I tell you, the defeat is a foregone conclusion! Besides, the emperor trusts Wang Cheng'en so much, I'm afraid we are not able to participate..."
At this moment, someone suddenly said: "General Wu is back!"
Hong Chengchou raised his head and looked into the distance, and saw a figure riding a horse in the distance. Hong Chengchou said quickly: "Hurry up and greet General Wu!"
Just as Hong Chengchou spoke, he saw another figure appear behind Wu Sangui, chasing Wu Sangui, biting tightly and not letting up. There were hundreds of cavalry behind the man.
Upon seeing this, Hong Chengchou immediately said: "Send a thousand cavalry quickly to rescue General Wu!"
Hong Chengchou's lieutenant immediately led the former cavalry to Wu Sangui's place.
At this time, Wu Sangui was already exhausted, his face was covered with dust, and his hair was loose.
Chen Dahan, who was chasing after Wu Sangui, although his face was covered with dust and his armor was loose, he seemed to be mentally disturbed. While riding his horse, he shouted: "General Wu, you still have time to regret now. Mu Shuai is a man who loves talents. You are like this."
A great talent, Mu Shuai will definitely be entrusted with important responsibilities!"
Wu Sangui rode his horse, then turned around and said with a smile: "I don't think you have such endurance, and you are still chasing after hundreds of miles. Didn't you see that the people in front of you are our Huai'an army?"
Chen Dahan raised his head and looked forward. There was indeed a large number of troops stationed in the distance. The handsome flag was marked "Hong". He also saw a group of more than a thousand troops heading here, obviously coming to help Wu Sangui.
Chen Dahan was not surprised but smiled and said: "These thousand people must be here to die!"
After hearing this, Wu Sangui looked back at Chen Dahan and said curiously: "I didn't expect that most of Mu Shuai's subordinates would be braggarts. Now it's time for Wu to say something. Marshal Hong is also a man who loves talents. I saw Brother Chen is so brave.
Why don't you surrender to the imperial court and Wu will keep you a part-time official?"
Chen Dahan laughed when he heard this, pointed to the place in front where Hong Chengchou was stationed, and said with a smile: "Do you think Chen will join such a miserable army?"
Just at this moment, the thousand cavalrymen had already rushed in front of him. Chen Dahan immediately clenched his spear and galloped into the camp, knocking down several cavalrymen on the spot. The hundred or ten cavalrymen following behind Chen Dahan were all
The brave men who were naturally selected from the brutal battles along the way instantly became one with the Huai'an army.
Wu Sangui took the opportunity to escape and rode his horse towards Hong Chengchou. Then he reined in the reins and said to Hong Chengchou: "This man is a fierce general. I hope the commander will spare his life!"
Hong Chengchou glanced at it and then said: "Since the eldest uncle said so..." Then he ordered a soldier beside him and said: "Go and tell General Rong to keep alive!"
Before the soldier went to report, someone came to report in a panic: "Commander, Huai'an has been attacked by Mu Linfeng...it has fallen..."
When Hong Chengchou heard this, he felt dizzy and almost fell off his horse. Fortunately, the soldiers on the side held him.
Wu Sangui quickly jumped off his horse, supported Hong Chengchou, and said: "Commander..."
Hong Chengchou sat on the ground and sighed: "Heaven is going to destroy you and me!"
Wu Sangui said curiously: "Huai'an is lost, we can just go and capture it. In the battle with the main force of the Yangzhou Army just now, I believe that Mu Linfeng doesn't have many men. Even if he has extraordinary abilities, he is no match for my men here, right?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Confused!" Then he said: "I have left 10,000 troops in Huai'an. How do you think Mu Linfeng can capture Huai'an with thousands of troops?"
Wu Sangui's expression changed and he said: "This...could it be true that the rumor that Mu Linfeng possesses a weapon of mass destruction is true?"
Hong Chengchou said: "What rumors? This is already an ironclad fact!"
Wu Sangui said quickly: "Even so, Sangui has to go see it. At most, Huai'an will be lost, and our army can retreat to Xuzhou!"
Hong Chengchou said: "I'm afraid that the whole court can no longer tolerate you and me!"
Then someone shouted: "General Rong has been killed!"
Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui were both startled when they heard this. They quickly looked into the distance and saw a human head on the head of Chen Dahan's spear. His horse was roaring there, but he did not come over.
Hong Chengchou immediately jumped on his horse and shouted: "March to Huai'an immediately and be sure to capture Huai'an!" As he said this, he led the army towards Huai'an.
Chen Dahan also received news that Mu Linfeng had captured Huai'an, so Chen Dahan excitedly cut off the head of Lieutenant General Hong Chengchou and hung it on a spearhead to show off, and then led a hundred cavalry to grab it immediately.
In front of Hong Chengchou, head towards Huai'an.
Mu Linfeng was already impatient to wait in Huai'an. At this time, he had learned from Huai'an officials that the commander of the Huai'an army this time was Hong Chengchou, and Wu Sangui was among the lieutenants. He sighed in his heart: "If we knew that it was these two people,
, I will stay in Yangzhou and wait!"
Mu Linfeng originally guessed that Shi Kefa should have dragged Hong Chengchou's army to Yangzhou City. If so, even if Hong Chengchou was defeated, it would have to wait until tomorrow. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to go to Huai'an to have a look, but at this time, the guards on the city tower
Said: "Mu Shuai, something strange is found ahead!"
Mu Linfeng immediately took out his telescope and looked to the southwest. He saw a mighty team marching towards Huai'an City. After a closer look, the handsome flag was the word "Hong". He wondered in his heart: "Why so fast?"
Just came back? Could it be that Yangzhou has been captured? Or was he defeated by Shi Kefa so quickly?"
Just as Mu Linfeng was thinking about it, he saw another team rushing towards Hong Chengchou's army at a high speed. Mu Linfeng took a closer look and saw that the leader was Chen Dahan, and he quickly asked the soldiers guarding the city gate to prepare to let them go.
When Chen Dahan entered Huai'an City, he immediately reported to Mu Linfenghui: "Mu Shuai, the enemy's main force of 200,000 people was ambushed and defeated by our army. At this moment, there are only 67,000 people. I guess we also know that Huai'an has been captured by Mu Shuai.
At this moment, I am afraid that I am determined to seize the city!"
Mu Linfeng quickly asked people to prepare water for Chen Dahan, and also gave some to the soldiers accompanying Chen Dahan. He then said to Chen Dahan: "We will talk about this later!" and then ordered the soldiers guarding the city to make all preparations.
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