Pingding City is indeed hopeless.

The doorway, which was less than ten paces deep, could not be stuffed with much masonry and stone, and the rogues had already dug it out once, and after only half an hour, this doorway was hollowed out.

Two tiger squatting cannons had already been placed on the inside of the doorway, and as soon as they saw that the other party had hollowed out the doorway, they hurriedly lit the gunpowder of the fire door.

The Guan Emperor army inside had already bent down and hid behind the bulging pile of masonry.

There were two loud "booms", and hundreds of lead bullets, iron bullets, and even small pebbles were woven into a network of fire in the small doorway, and although all the imperial troops were hiding behind the bricks and stones, there were still a few unlucky ones who were hit by the scurrying ricochet.

Fortunately, the Guan Emperor troops who stormed the door hole wore double armor, a layer of cotton armor inside, and a layer of cloth iron armor outside, and the power of the refracted ricochet was also greatly reduced, and the Guan Emperor soldiers who were hit were only injured to varying degrees.

When the defenders were still loading the tiger squat cannons, two tiger squat cannons were also advanced outside the doorway, and even the aiming was omitted, and the ignition powder was ignited.

The defenders on the inside of the doorway scattered in a hurry, and fled to the sides in the blink of an eye.

As soon as the two tiger squat cannons of the Guan Emperor army erupted tongues of fire, two small Fulong machine guns were advanced from behind, each with five loaded ammunition sub-guns.

Immediately afterwards, another man wearing iron armor and a hideous scar on his face came in, it was Liu Youzhu, the battalion officer of the Wudang battalion, and there were several Guan Emperor soldiers holding long bamboo pennies behind him.

The group of defenders ran back to fire the cannons, but when they saw the two Franc machines in the doorway, they fled in a swarm.

The Guan Emperor's army waited for the battle while throwing bricks and stones into the city.

Not long after, two bundles of lighted firewood were thrown in from both sides, and then two cans of kerosene, and when the crockpots broke, the kerosene spilled out, and a raging fire was ignited on the ground and on the firewood.

"Cover your face with a damp cloth, poke the firewood into it, and extinguish the fire with bricks and stones!"

Liu Youzhu shouted urgently, picked up two bricks and threw them at the fire, and hurriedly covered his face with the wet cloth that had been hung around his neck in advance to avoid choking on the smoke.

The Guan Emperor army beside him also covered their faces, and hurriedly poked the two bundles of burning firewood into the city with a penny, and the defenders inside kept throwing firewood into the doorway, and the two sides just went back and forth.

The rest of the men flew with their hands and kept throwing bricks and stones on the burning kerosene on the ground.

Soon, the puddle of kerosene was covered with masonry, and the fire was also covered, and the newly thrown firewood could not ignite the fire.

"The musketeers come in."

Liu Youzhu shouted, then rushed in to lift a bundle of firewood and threw it to the left side of the wall, and there was a sudden scream on the other side of the wall.

The other Guan Di troops also followed, and two tiger squat cannons and two small Francos also pushed in, stretched out the muzzles of the cannons, aimed one left and one right at the sides, and then ignited the ignition powder.

After a few loud bangs, a scream rang out from the walls on both sides of the doorway.

More than a dozen musketeers followed, Liu Youzhu poked out half of his head and glanced at it, and saw that there was already a mess outside, with dead and wounded everywhere, and countless people who escaped.

"Listen to the people inside, my Lord Qin just went in to get the food of the big family, this matter has nothing to do with you, Lord Qin will never embarrass you, after taking the food, he will also give the big guy a full meal, you can't afford to sell your life to those big masters."

"After ten breaths, if there are still people outside who resist, don't blame me for being polite."

After that, Liu Youzhu began to count, several gunners were loading the Tiger Squat Cannon with explosives, and the gunners of the Franco machine gun had already changed their guns and were ready to fire at any time.

After ten breaths, Liu Youzhu nodded at the musketeers behind him, and a dozen musketeers stretched out their muzzles and released a round of random guns on both sides.

There seemed to be no new screams outside, Liu Youzhu poked his head out again, only to see that the defenders on both sides had run out, leaving only corpses and wounded in one place.

"Outside, come in." Liu Youzhu shouted out of the city.

The Guan Emperor army, who was waiting outside, rushed in and soon filled the small doorway.

"Follow me up to the wall, and the Franco's cannon will stay here to suppress the other defenders."

Liu Youzhu took a shield from his subordinates, glanced out quickly, and after seeing that there were no defenders outside, he strode out.

The Guan Emperor army behind them either held flintlock pistols, or long knives and javelins, and some carried two tiger squat cannons, followed behind Liu Youzhu, and killed the city wall along the stairs.

Yan Yuzhang, Shao Anxian, Shi Chengliang and other officials saw that the situation was not good, so they ran away a long time ago, and several gentry also ran away, and the defenders at the head of the city soon ran away.

When Liu Youzhu went up to the city, it was empty.

Outside the city, after Qin Chuan saw Liu Youzhu at the head of the city from the telescope, he shouted "enter the city", then turned over his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

He was followed by the red-clothed attendants, as well as more than a thousand Guan Imperial Army.

The rogues were left outside the city, unattended, and Qin Chuan only told them that they would have food to eat if they waited here, and they would always have it in the future, and those who wanted to escape would flee casually, and they would choose whether to go or stay.

As a result, most of the captives remained, and only a very few of the captives who wanted to fight the world with various kings and wanted to be the founding heroes ran away.

After Qin Chuan led Emperor Guan's army into the city, he swept from west to east, along several streets.

There is a very strange phenomenon on the streets of Pingdingcheng, although the doors of some large families are closed, there are grains piled up outside the doors, ranging from dozens of stones to hundreds of stones, and there are boxes containing white flowers and silver taels next to them

This is the gentry and old men in the city spending money to buy peace.

Seeing this, the other people also took out the small amount of food at home and placed it in front of their homes, hoping that these rebels would not rush into their homes and rob them of all their surplus food.

Qin Chuan repeatedly emphasized that after entering the city, civilians must not be harassed, and they must not loot at will, but must be organized and disciplined.

Violators will be dealt with by military law.

Therefore, Guan Dijun knocked on the doors of the common people's homes, asked them to take back the grain, and asked them who in the city was the landlord and wealthy, and who often did some things as traitors.

It didn't take long for a list to be listed, including those who should have raided their homes, those who should have been raided and those who should be killed, and some officials and ruffians who were legged by the landlord and the old wealth on weekdays, and who did a lot of evil for the tiger.

After the list came out, Emperor Guan's army raided his house and killed people, and Qin Chuan led his red-clothed attendants to go towards the Zhizhou Yamen.

The gate of the Zhizhou Yamen was open, most of the officials of the state and county yamen had fled, and most of the officers and soldiers of the Pingding Qianhu Office had surrendered near the city wall, and there were only Yan Zhang, Shao Anxian, Shi Chengliang, and officials of the state and county yamen.

When Qin Chuan strode into the yamen, Yan Yuzhang, Shao Anxian and others were neatly dressed, their black gauze hats and official uniforms were the same, and they were sitting in the yamen hall upright.

Seeing Qin Chuan come in, some people's faces were full of anger, some were trembling, and some showed flattering smiles.

"Hello everyone."

Qin Chuan arched his hand towards the lobby and said with a smile.

Shao Anxian snorted coldly.

Yan Yuzhang arched his hand and said, "General Qin."

Shi Chengliang and several other officials also bowed their hands to Qin Chuan one after another.

"Hey, hey, hey."

Qin Chuan walked up to Shao Anxian, who was sitting at the top of the lobby, and said with a smile: "This is Lord Shao of Zhizhou, right?" Lord Shao, can you let me go? ”

Shao Anxian's face changed and he snorted angrily, but he still stood up obediently and went to sit down.

Qin Chuan sat on the wide chair at the top, looked around, and cleared his throat: "Cough, everyone, Qin is here to do three things, one is to take the heads of a few officials who are traitors and common people. ”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan took out a list from his arms and read it according to the list.

Every time he read a name, Guan Dijun rushed up, and after figuring out the object, he dragged the official down.

Not long after, seven officials knelt outside the lobby, weeping bitterly or scolding.

"Ahem."

Qin Chuan cleared his throat again and said: "My lords, Qin is a person who is jealous and hateful, and he has been having the same strange dream since he was a child, dreaming that Taizu, Chengzu and other ancestors of the Holy Emperor took turns to face each other, and ordered Qin to hunt for the heavens, kill the traitors and eliminate the evil, and return the Ming Dynasty to a prosperous and peaceful world. ”

"Those kneeling outside are the people who have repeatedly committed adultery and coupons, and they will be beheaded by the decree of the Holy Emperor!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a clicking sound outside the lobby.

Seven court officials saw that the Holy Emperor had gone.

There was a scream in the hall, and all the officials were frightened and trembling, and some even knelt on the ground to ask Qin Chuan for mercy.

Shao Anxian's face turned blue and white for a while, and his body trembled.

Yan Yuzhang's face was also pale, his hands and feet trembled, and he couldn't say a word.

Qin Chuan looked at these people with a smile, and said: "The second reason why Qin came here is to ask Lord Yan to write a letter for Qin, stating today's events, and denouncing the squires in the city for harming the township, hoarding and harming the people. ”

"Ahem...... Qin's handwriting is too ugly, and no one in the army can handle it, so there can only be Lord Lao Yan. ”

Hearing his words, the muscles on Yan Zhang's face twitched inexplicably.