Chapter 240: The Ming army enters the city

Because the current defenders of the security gate, the defenders who were originally transferred from the neutral gate are only about 500 people. The Zhonghe Gate was not defended, and soon the Restoration Army was attacked. As soon as these 500 people saw it, there were about 1,000 people in the Restoration Army who rushed over.

In addition, I had already heard someone shouting in the city just now, and the Ming army had entered the city. The city was full of fires, and there were screams and shouts of killing everywhere, and there was still a mood to defend the city at this time. Seeing the Fuming army rushing from a distance, these Qing soldiers all dropped their weapons and ran down the city.

At this time, the Fuming army did not care about the fleeing Qing soldiers, but only attacked along the city wall. After these Restoration Army attacked, they found that there were only a dozen people on the Wangshan Gate. Leading this Restoration Army was Xiong Yansheng, the head of Qian, who saw that there were only a dozen people in front of him, and he was running down the city at this time. Immediately shouted: "Surrender and don't kill, go up and take them down, those who dare to resist will be killed."

Suddenly, many Restoration troops rushed forward, and the Qing soldiers had just rushed to the stone staircase under the city wall. Seeing that Zhang Changgeng couldn't run away, he suddenly turned around and shouted: "Don't kill me, I surrendered, surrendered." Yang Maoxun, who was running in front of Zhang Changgeng, heard that Zhang Changgeng actually surrendered directly. Suddenly, he didn't step on the steps, and rolled down the stairs.

When Yang Maoxun got up, he saw that Zhang Changgeng had been detained by the Restoration Army. Yang Maoxun's fall was not light, and his whole body was in terrible pain. He was standing there grinning. Seeing this situation, Yang Maoxun suddenly stopped running, because he had already seen that there were quite a few Eight Banner soldiers in the city running here.

However, it seems that they are not here to defend the city, and along the way, the looted things are scattered everywhere. There are still a lot of Restoration troops chasing behind.

Seeing this, Yang Maoxun immediately did not hesitate, and said directly to the Fuming army coming down from the city: "Don't kill me, I also surrender, I surrender." When Xiong Yansheng saw him surrender, he only regarded him as an ordinary Qing army general. directly asked people to put him and Zhang Changgeng aside and watch them.

Then there were a lot of Qing soldiers in the city, and they were running towards the city gate. Hurriedly shouted: "Come down and form a formation, there are Qing soldiers running here." It seems that it should be the Eight Banners, but if it is a green battalion soldier, they don't dare to rush into battle at all. ”

Hearing Xiong Yansheng's shout, the Restoration Army in the city immediately ran towards the city excitedly. Looking at the extremely excited Ming Army, Zhang Changgeng suddenly wondered: "Where did this Ming Army come from, how did I hear that it was the Eight Banners soldiers, they didn't worry at all, and they were extremely excited?" ”

Yang Maoxun, who was detained with Zhang Changgeng, also said: "Yes, look at their expressions, where are the Eight Banners that make the world's army fearful." It's like running into a rabble. What Zhang Changgeng and Yang Maoxun couldn't understand was that the Ming army who ran down the city didn't wait for everyone to line up together. Instead, a dozen or so people formed a team, and then rushed directly to the Eight Banners on the opposite side.

Zhang Changgeng looked at the city in amazement, and Yang Maoxun was also curious: "They actually rushed over directly without forming a formation, are they killing themselves?" But what surprised Zhang Changgeng and Yang Maoxun was that after these Ming troops rushed up. Therefore, the division of labor is clear, some people go to resist the knives cut by the Qing army, some people directly attack and kill the Qing soldiers from below, and there are people behind them who hold spears and directly stab the Qing army who are about to sneak attack.

Only then did Zhang Changgeng and Yang Maoxun understand that this was the Ming army they thought before. is cooperating with this battle, it is not a strong soldier in the world, and no one will believe it when it is said. Of course, the two of them didn't know that these Restoration Soldiers were all Zhu Youdong gathered a lot of generals, and then studied tactics suitable for mountain and forest operations. Later, Zhu Youdong looked at the training methods of the Qi family's army, combined with the mandarin duck formation of the Qi family's army, and trained the Fuming army's combat method suitable for narrow terrain.

For a time, the Ming army did not have many casualties, but the Qing army was killed by the Ming army due to the direct charge. As soon as they came into contact, forty or fifty Qing soldiers were beheaded under the sword, and the Eight Banners soldiers behind saw that this Ming army was strong. Immediately, the others wanted to bypass the front and surround this Ming army from the side.

But other Ming army squads in the back also rushed over, and suddenly the Qing army was cut down to the ground one after another, and they couldn't break through the Ming army's defense line at all. Coupled with the attack of the Ming army from other directions, the Eight Banners who had just escaped from the city were only about 300 people in total, and they were all annihilated by the Ming army in just a quarter of an hour.

As soon as the Ming army was about to pursue the city, there was a noise outside the Wangshan Gate. The Ming army, which was still in the city, suddenly discovered that there were Qing troops outside the city who were about to come in. Immediately there was a shout, and one of the generals shouted: "Hurry up, there are Qing troops outside the city to come in, leave 500 people in the city, and shoot them with bows and arrows." The others followed me down to kill these Qing soldiers, they were a step slower just now, and I can't let them run this time. ”

Saying that, the general of the Ming army hurriedly ran down the city with people, afraid that the Ming army who was under the city just now would rush to fight with the Qing army in front of them. Zhang Changgeng and Yang Maoxun who watched it were all at a loss, not understanding what was going on, and suddenly it seemed that what they had experienced had become the past, as if they were in a dream.

The general of the Restoration Army who came from Wenchangmen was Mayang, who joined the Restoration Army in Guizhou. He was now a regimental garrison, and I saw him come down from the city with the Restoration Army. As soon as I arrived at the city gate, I saw a group of Qing troops outside the city, about 30 people.

Ma Yang was suddenly disappointed in his heart, he originally wanted to have more Qing soldiers and make some credit for himself, but now there are only about 30 people. However, one of them had a very good-looking armor and a very gorgeous appearance, and he looked like a great official. Ma Yang suddenly shouted: "Surrender quickly, or you will be killed." ”

The Qing army on the opposite side obviously didn't take the dozens of people in Mayang to heart. The general suddenly said arrogantly: "The Han dog from there actually dares to stand in my way, kill me, will..." Before the general finished speaking, he saw the Ming army running out of the city wall. There were hundreds of people in an instant, and the number of the Ming army was still increasing.

The Qing army general, who was still very arrogant just now, suddenly lost his momentum, and hurriedly shouted at the Qing soldiers: "Quickly withdraw, Wuchang City has been occupied by the Ming army." Come on. The Qing army, which followed in, immediately turned around and ran out of the city in a hurry.

But at this time, the Restoration Army in the city, when they saw these Qing soldiers running out of the city, immediately set up bows and shot arrows. The Qing troops under the city were hit by arrows one after another. Seeing this, the Qing army behind immediately did not dare to run out of the city anymore, so they had to return to meet the Restoration Army. But there were only thirty of them, and they were the opponents of the Restoration Army.

It didn't take long for more than 30 Qing soldiers to be killed by the Restoration Army, leaving only the Qing army general and his two personal soldiers. Looking at the constantly surrounding Restoration Army, he suddenly shouted: "Don't fight, we surrender." There are many people who bully few people, what kind of heroes are you. ”

Originally, Ma Yang didn't think it was a big credit, but when he saw the surrender of the Qing army general, he accepted it directly. Now listening to what he said about a hero, he suddenly became upset: "If you want to be twittering, I will cut you directly." lest love send two men to see you. ”

The Qing army general was suddenly frightened and didn't dare to talk nonsense, and kept saying: "Okay, I won't say it, I won't talk nonsense, you don't have to worry about it, I just don't run." Ma Yang didn't pay attention to him, and said to the Fuming army beside him: "The Qing soldiers here have been cleaned up, let's hurry into the city." It is estimated that there are not many Qing troops in the city now, but we still have a chance. ”

At this time, of course, there were not many Qing troops in the city, before Longsheng led the army and attacked the city from Zhonghe Gate, he directly attacked all the way to the city, and let all the soldiers of the Fuming Army shout: "The Ming King has arrived." 100,000 Ming troops entered the city. ”

As a result, as soon as he rushed two streets, he was stopped by a group of Qing troops, who were the Eight Banners soldiers who had just run in from Wangshan Gate to rob. Long Sheng didn't know where these Qing soldiers came from, but when he saw that these Qing soldiers were robbing the people, he shouted: "The city is broken, and the Ming army has entered the city." Long Sheng thought that some ruffians and hooligans were taking the opportunity to make trouble at this time, and he was just about to let someone stop them. I heard the Qing soldiers on the other side shouting.

These Qing soldiers who were robbing suddenly saw the Ming army in front of them, and they were also stunned. I thought to myself: "Why did the Ming army still run ahead of us, no, we have to drive these Ming troops away first." Immediately shouted to the other Eight Banner soldiers: "Come out first and drive these Ming troops away, they are military merits." ”

Hearing the shouts of these Qing soldiers, a large number of Qing soldiers suddenly ran out of the homes of the people on both sides. There were about 300 of them. These Qing soldiers were all Eight Banner soldiers, and when they saw the Ming army, they were not only not afraid, but a little excited. The Qing army, which had 300 people, was confident in dealing with a Ming army of more than 2,000, not to mention that there were only 1,000 Ming troops on the opposite side.

After these Qing soldiers came out, they immediately gathered together and rushed towards the Ming army. Long Sheng was still a little strange, why the Qing army, which was still shouting for the Ming Dynasty to enter the city just now, suddenly launched an attack on him. Seeing how large the Qing army was 300 people running out of the homes of the people on both sides, I realized that these people were Qing soldiers. But now is not the time to explain this, and immediately commanded the Restoration Army, howling and launching an attack on the Qing Army.

Both sides are unreserved, directly rushing hard, trying to defeat the other party in one fell swoop. Suddenly, in the center of the battlefield, there were swords and swords, and you fought back and forth. The Qing army on the opposite side became more and more frightened, why was the Ming army so powerful this time. No matter how these Qing troops rushed to kill, they could not break through the military formation of the Ming army, but the personnel of the Qing army were rapidly decreasing.

Now Long Sheng doesn't care about this, he just cares about letting the soldiers of the Restoration Army rush forward, just slashing and killing the Qing soldiers. It didn't take long for the Qing army to feel wrong, and the Ming army gradually formed an encirclement of the Qing army. This time, the Qing army couldn't hold its breath, and suddenly many people began to retreat, coupled with the continuous impact of the Ming army. The Qing army soon turned into a rout, and they all turned and fled.

After the Qing army ran away, Long Sheng asked a team of people to pursue the Qing army, and he grabbed a wounded Qing soldier and asked: "What did you just shout Why did the Ming army enter the city?" The Qing soldier said: "This is all said by the garrison, as long as we shout that the Ming army has entered the city, and then go to rob the people, we can count these things on the head of the Ming army afterwards, and we don't have to take responsibility." ”

When Long Sheng heard this, he was immediately furious and said, "Bastard, you are framing you, I will kill you now." The Qing soldier immediately begged for mercy: "The general spares his life, this is all said by the garrison, and I can't help it." Long Sheng said: "Are the Qing troops like this?" ”

The Qing soldier said: "No, even if the Manchurian Eight Banners are directly robbed, no one dares to say anything." We are all people of the Han Army Banner, which is why we do this. Long Sheng said suddenly: "I heard that Yue Le, the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, came to Wuchang, is he in the city or in the military camp?" ”

The Qing soldier said: "I know this, Prince An lives in Wuchang City, not in the military camp." And he dwelt in the yamen of the governor's palace. Long Sheng's eyes lit up and said, "You didn't lie to me?" The Qing soldier begged for mercy: "General, don't dare, how can I deceive the general, everyone knows this." ”