Sun Chuanting, who was standing on the side, had a look of excitement on his face, but then calmed down.

After a long time, Sun Chuanting said: "It's really extraordinary! ”

The artillery roared, the muskets roared.

Under the entire city of Zunyi, there was a lot of smoke.

Only when the wind blows away the smoke can you see the situation not far away.

There is no way for the people in the city to stand up and fight back, as long as they show their heads now, they will be hit.

Artillery shells smashed into the walls, and musket bullets were fired at the battlements of the walls. Countless clouds of smoke and dust were everywhere, and earth and rocks were splashed.

The dead are lying on the ground, the wounded are wailing, and the uninjured have long since lost their fighting spirit. This wall, which was less than two feet long, turned into purgatory in an instant.

The foot soldiers, dressed in heavy armor, had already walked to the city by this time.

I saw them take out their tools from their backpacks, quickly punch holes in the city wall, and then stuff a long flame stick a few times, and after connecting it with a lead, a dozen gunpowder sticks are connected together.

After completing the work, they quickly ignited the fuse, turned around and began to walk back quickly.

The city was still under fire, and no one saw it at all. Even if someone saw these foot soldiers, there was no way to stop them, because if they showed up, they would be set on fire.

This is a tactic that the Tiger Roar Battalion has practiced countless times, so it is easy to do.

Looking at the ignited fuse, Qi Yuangong gently waved the flag in his hand and said, "Forward!" ”

As Qi Yuangong's words fell, the foot soldier holding the fire gun began to walk forward.

They lined up in a phalanx one by one, stepping on neat steps, without the slightest panic, the flintlock pistols in their hands were firing thumping, and the firepower continued to suppress Zunyi City.

After firing the gun, he stepped back and reloaded, and the gunners in the back row followed closely, without stopping for a moment, and moving very fast.

Seeing this scene, Sun Chuanting was amazed, and he turned his head to Yuan Keli and said, "Lord Dutang, I talked to Qi Yuangong about this matter. He said that a good gunner, that is, a musketeer, needed to complete a thousand shots, which was not only fast, but also accurate. ”

"Only those who have completed these trainings and are qualified are qualified to become a firecracker. His Majesty has spent a lot of money cultivating these people. ”

Yuan Keli glanced at Sun Chuanting, nodded lightly, and did not speak.

Now he was a little annoyed with the young man.

He can also see this, look at the skillful posture of these people, the stable posture, if they are not tested, it is impossible to have this quality at all.

In such a situation, it must have gone through a lot of training. It is very difficult and expensive to make, and this kind of training will definitely accelerate the damage of the gun, and at the same time, the ammunition of the gun also requires a lot of money, that is, the training of these people costs money every day.

But this effect is really eye-catching, this time with me only 5,000 people. If he had 20,000 such troops in his hands, he would have pushed all the way to Chongqing a long time ago.

Just as Yuan Keli was thinking this, there was a loud bang, and the ground seemed to tremble.

Not far away, Zunyi City exploded like an earth-shattering explosion, and then the city wall collapsed as quickly as a butter block in summer.

At this moment, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the small shouts of human voices had long been swallowed up by the smoke and dust.

Although the power of black powder is not large, the power of granular black powder is still okay, and the amount used is relatively large. In addition, a small city like Zunyi City is not a big city, so it was directly blown up.

After seeing this scene, Qi Yuangong nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand at the same time.

With a wave of his hand, the entire team began to accelerate, and the foot soldiers of the guards on both sides began to rush forward.

Leading the way in front were the hoplites, who marched forward in a hurry, their steps in unison, their long knives striking their shields, making a clanging sound, and shouting loudly: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

The foot soldiers on both sides also began to go up.

Behind them were pikemen.

On the other side were the crossbowmen, who carried delicate steel crossbows with a large box on which were the arrows.

This is the latest crossbow developed by the Hundred Crafts Institute, with 20 consecutive shots, fast rate of fire and high accuracy, and can be said to be the strongest weapon in street warfare in the city.

After the heavy infantry entered the city, pikemen and crossbowmen rushed in, followed by musketeers.

Qi Yuangong walked in the middle of the team with a knife and began to arrange for his men to chase down the retreating rebels in the city.

Qi Yuangong attacked from the west gate, so the rebels are now running towards the east gate.

The Tiger Roar Battalion is a very familiar routine for the clean-up and pursuit in the city.

Twenty-five people are a small team, quickly dividing and chasing. Each squad is no more than fifty paces away from each other, and can provide rapid support at any time.

The speed of the clearing was very fast, even if they encountered a rebel army of several hundred people, two or three groups of squads quickly gathered around, and they were quickly defeated and scattered, or even directly annihilated.

The rebels simply had no way to organize an effective resistance, and it didn't take long for them to be squeezed out of the east gate. I can't stay in the city anymore, and if I don't run, I'll die here.

The leader of the rebels stationed in Zunyi is named Zhang Tong, who is a confidant of Hao Chongming.

The reason why Zhang Tong was stationed here was to allow him to resist the reinforcements from Guizhou. At the same time, if you find an opportunity, then rush into it and occupy Guizhou.

It's just that he lost the first battle, and there is no use for any plan.

Zhang Tong wiped the sweat from his face, looked at the remaining hundreds of people around him, and felt a grievance in his heart.

What kind of battle is this fighting? Defeat without even seeing anyone!

Turning around and hearing the footsteps behind him, Zhang Tong really wanted to go back and fight. But thinking back to the way his subordinates were defeated, Zhang Tong lost the courage.

He hurried to the east gate to escape from here.

In the Ming army formation not far away, Yuan Keli glanced at the sun on the horizon, and sure enough, it had not yet set.

He said to Sun Chuanting: "It seems that this Qi Yuangong has done it, and we can really eat in the city." ”

"If it's like this, the lower officials don't want to go to the city to eat." Sun Chuanting said, but there was a smile on his face.

"If you don't go into the city to eat, you won't go into the city to eat, there is still an ambush to fight at the east gate, do you want to follow Pontus over to have a look?" Yuan Keli said with a smile.

"When did Lord Todo send someone?" Sun Chuanting was stunned and said.

"It's been sent a long time ago." Yuan Keli said with a smile: "I asked Zhang Yanfang, the chief soldier of Guizhou, to lead 10,000 horses to ambush over there, and it is estimated that they will run out of the east gate." will be ambushed by Zhang Yanfang's army. ”

"I don't see when I left?" Sun Chuanting said hesitantly.

"You just looked at the one in front of you, where do you care?" Yuan Keli said angrily: "Young man, on the battlefield, you must remember that you can watch and listen to all directions at any time, and remember not to wander away. ”

"What Lord Dutang taught me is that the lower officials remembered." Sun Chuanting hurriedly said.

Sun Chuanting felt that Yuan Keli was weird. This is not teaching yourself at all, it is clear that you want to teach yourself a lesson. Do you say you've done something wrong?

Or did you offend him?

Not really.

Sun Chuanting was puzzled.

Looking at Sun Chuanting's confused look, Yuan Keli nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, he would not tell Sun Chuanting that he did it on purpose. When he let Zhang Yanfang go just now, he specially instructed him to go around from behind, Sun Chuanting didn't say look at the front, he couldn't find the movement even if he looked back.

As for the rebels at the head of Zunyi City, how could they have time to watch the movement of soldiers and horses under the city?

Besides, what if they see it?

The city of Zunyi has been breached, and the rebels have either fled or are waiting to die in the city.

Why is it that when there is a lack of one of the three encirclements, knowing that there is danger on the side that is not surrounded, it still wants to break through from that side?

The reason is also very simple, although that side is dangerous, but the other three sides are even more unsafe, all of them are heavily guarded, and you can only gamble anyway.

That's what is left for the rebels in the city now, run, don't run to a dead end. So even if they suspect that there may be an ambush ahead, there is only one way to go.

Zhang Tong felt this way at this time.

He breathed a sigh of relief and gathered as many of his men as he could.

By the time the footsteps behind him got closer and closer, there were already more than 3,000 people gathered around him.

Zhang Tong's face was not much better because of this, it was still very ugly, he knew that he was finished.

Even if he could return alive, the king would not spare him. You must know that on the side of Zunyi, there are 10,000 defenders, and now there are only more than 3,000 people left around Zhang Tong.

Needless to say, the more than 7,000 people were all folded inside, and they couldn't run out if they wanted to.

Zhang Tong also knew what the reason was, that is, the other party attacked the city too quickly. Although the opponent entered from the west gate, he wanted to defend all four city gates, and concentrated some men at the west gate, and there were also people on the other city gates, who would have thought that the other party would take it down in one round?

When the other party rushed into the west gate, it is estimated that the personnel of the other city gates have not yet received the news. By the time the news got out, the Ming army had already rushed up, and it was too late to run at this time.

In such a situation, Zhang Tong also knew that he had no choice, so he said to the people behind him: "If you kill it, you will have a way to live." Everyone follow me out of the east gate! ”

The people behind Zhang Tong were also red-eyed, and there was no need to boost morale at all at this time, everyone was playing with their lives.

Everyone knows that if you can't escape, you will die, which is called putting death and then living. At this point, it's not okay not to work hard,

So they rushed out of the east gate with Zhang Tong in one go.

After the group went out of the east gate, they found that there was nothing around, and it was calm.

This made Zhang Tong breathe a sigh of relief, and led people to run towards the east quickly, while looking back at Zunyi City with hatred.

Wait, I'll come back next time, and I won't be defeated so easily!

After running out for a few miles, Zhang Tong still didn't dare to stop.

It's just that he just had a feeling of relief, and suddenly there was a rumbling of footsteps around him, and a group of soldiers outside had already come up, all of them were Ming soldiers.

Zhang Yanfang looked at this scene with a smug face.

This time he can be regarded as having made a contribution, of course, the first credit must be Qi Yuangong's, and he didn't dare to grab it.

People break the city and kill the enemy, they just pick up the cheap. At the same time, after learning Qi Yuangong's identity, Zhang Yanfang already had an idea.

Who is Qi Yuangong?

After the famous door, the door will be the tiger. People's father is Qi Jin, and people's uncle is the famous Qi Jiguang, what is the status of the family now, and what is his status?

I heard that Qi Jin was in the capital, and he was the most trusted military general of His Majesty, responsible for commanding the Beijing camp and organizing the new army.

Look at Qi Yuangong leading these people to fight this battle today, this is the new army, how could Zhang Yanfang not be tempted?

If there is no chance, it is just that, and now the opportunity is in front of you. Who wants to spend their whole life guarding the Southwest?

Here, although I am an official, what kind of environment is this?

If he makes a meritorious contribution this time, when the time comes, let Qi Yuangong say a few good words for himself, maybe he will be able to enter Beijing.

After having such an idea, Zhang Yanfang naturally wanted to leave a good impression on Qi Yuangong, and it was impossible to do such a thing as grabbing credit.

Looking at the rebels in front of him, Zhang Yanfang didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly commanded the left and right: "Let people go up and shout, surrender to avoid death, don't resist to the end, otherwise you will be killed!" ”

At the same time, Zhang Yanfang raised his hand and said directly: "Archers prepare." ”

The meaning is obvious, if the other party does not surrender, then just shoot the arrow to death, there is nothing to say to him, and when the time comes, he will directly cut off the head and go back to make meritorious service.

Zhang Tong looked at the Ming army in front of him, his eyes were about to split, and he directly looked back at the person behind him.

Hearing the shouts of the Ming army, these people already had different expressions.

Zhang Tong's heart chuckled for a moment, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

So Zhang Tong said: "If you kill it, you can return to the king, and the king will definitely be rewarded at that time!" If you surrender, you may be killed directly! ”

"There is still a way to live if you rush out, and if you surrender, there is a dead end, follow me!" After saying this, Zhang Tong took the lead in rushing towards the front with murderous spirit.

By Zhang Tong's side, his henchmen also gritted their teeth and followed.

The others looked at each other and didn't know what to do, but they still tightened the knife in their hands and rushed forward with Zhang Tong. Apparently they also thought they could survive by killing them.

A group of people rushed forward quickly.

When Zhang Yanfang saw this scene, his face instantly showed a disdainful expression, and at the same time he said coldly to the people around him: "Release the arrow." After two rounds of arrows, rush forward. ”

"Yes, sir." The people around him agreed, and gave a quick order.

The army moved slowly, and bows and arrows flew out like rain, falling into Zhang Tong's men and horses like soybeans.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The arrow plunged into the human body, making a lot of grinding sounds, and blood sprayed on the ground in an instant, and countless dead people fell on the land.

Countless people began to panic and stray like headless flies.

Zhang Tong still gritted his teeth and rushed forward, and he was also hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but he didn't dare to stop at all.

He knew that if he stopped, he probably wouldn't have the courage to run forward.

Zhang Tong carried a knife in his hand, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the hopeless front.

Even if he was going to die, he would die on the way forward.

Zhang Yanfang looked at Zhang Tong, who gritted his teeth fiercely, waved his hand disdainfully, and directly ordered: "Catch it alive." ”