Chapter 233: Rainy Night Terror (2)
As the rain finally fell, Zhu Cihong listened to the sound of the rain outside the lobby spilling from the roof to the ground, and the uneasiness in his heart was expanding, this was an intuition, his intuition was not accurate, but it was unsettling enough.
"No, we must take further precautions and leave no omissions!" Zhu Cihong said very firmly.
"Spread my will, seal the four gates immediately!"
"Yes!"
Soon, more than a dozen knights rushed from the camp to the four gates.
"Drive!" The horses' hooves trampled on the ground with a clattering sound.
"The emperor has decreed that the four gates will be sealed!
Originally, because the four gates were guarded by moats and suspension bridges, it was not easy for the Qing army to attack the city before filling the moat, and in order to make the soldiers in Xuzhou City better attack, so the four gates of Xuzhou have not been sealed.
The west gate is garrisoned by the fourth army of the Yinglong army, and there is a pile of stones several meters high at the corner of the tall city gate, each stone weighs at least dozens of catties, which are ready to be used to seal the city gate.
"Move quickly, seal the city gates!" A thousand commanders of the Fourth Army of the Ying Long Army, a group of soldiers carried stones to seal the city gate.
Once the gates are sealed with stones, enemy forces outside the city can only attack the city walls, which is a defensive method that outweighs the disadvantages.
The six armies of the Yinglong Army, except for the Sixth Army, which kept the central camp in the city to protect Zhu Cihong, the other armies were all deployed by Zhu Cihong at various city gates, of which the first and second armies guarded the north gate, the third army guarded the east gate, the fourth army guarded the west gate, and the fifth army guarded the south gate.
After several battles, each of the Ying Long army was less than 20,000 people, except for the Sixth Army, which only lost 200, the other five armies, the best of which only had 18,000 people left, and Yan Yingyuan's Fourth Army, which remained to guard the West Gate, was the least, and now there were only more than 12,000 people left. However, in addition to the Fourth Army, there are also 40,000 ordinary Ming troops guarding the West Gate, so there should be no problems in terms of security.
In a street in the city, at this time, there was suddenly a Ming army of about 10,000 people was trampling on the rain on the ground towards the west gate, leading the Ming army is two generals, one surnamed Zhang, one surnamed Lan.
"Brother Lan, the situation has changed, just now the emperor suddenly ordered to seal the four gates, we must speed up the pace, otherwise once the city gate is sealed, if you want to open it again, it will take a lot of time, and the variables are too great!" The general surnamed Zhang said anxiously to the general surnamed Lan.
"Well, pick up the pace!" The general surnamed Lan nodded and shouted at the soldiers behind him.
As the order was issued, the Ming soldiers of about 10,000 people suddenly accelerated their pace, turning from trotting to running, and the rain on the ground was trampled.
"Stop! Who did you order to come here, the emperor has an order, the city gate is heavy, and those who do not have an order are not allowed to approach, please show the order! "A hundred generals with a hundred soldiers under his command set up a card near the west gate to block, saw this army of more than 10,000 people coming, immediately stepped forward, expressionless stretched out his hand to ask for an order!
The general surnamed Zhang walked up with a smile on his face.
"We are here to strengthen the defense of the city gate on the order of the emperor!" Speaking of the emperor, the general's original smile immediately became solemn, and he bowed his hand respectfully in the direction where the emperor's camp was located.
"It turned out that I was ordered by the emperor, please show the order!" Speaking of the emperor, this Bai general also looked solemn, and bowed his hand respectfully in the direction where the emperor's camp was located, but in the end, he still asked General Zhang for an order.
Zhang Shenjiang's expression flickered slightly, and he hesitated for a moment before taking out a bright yellow holy decree from his arms, but it was only exposed, and it was not handed over to Mr. Bai for everyone to see, as if he was afraid that the holy decree would be wet by the rain.
"There is no room for loss of holy relics, please forgive me!" Zhang Shenjiang said with an embarrassed face.
"Understood, understood!" Mr. Bai wanted to reach out and take it, but looking at the palm of his hand that kept dripping water droplets in the rain, he immediately smiled awkwardly.
In the past dynasties, things like holy decrees are holy things that need to be properly guarded, and there is no room for any damage.
Besides, the emperor is in Xuzhou City, and he doesn't think anyone dares to fake the holy decree.
Mr. Bai finally glanced at this army of more than 10,000 people, and saw that although everyone was wearing raincoats, the costumes of the Ming soldiers could still be seen from some places, there was no doubt that these should be the Ming army.
"Remove the barricades and let them go!" Mr. Bai immediately ordered someone to move away from the blocking wooden fence and let people pass.
General Zhang and General Lan Shen led this army of more than 10,000 people to break through the checkpoint and approach the West Gate, as the West Gate got closer and closer, the two looked at each other, fortunately, there was no danger just now, otherwise although they could kill directly from the checkpoint to the city gate, but it was always not perfect to startle the snake early.
Five hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, at the city gate, the city gate has been sealed by a third.
"The emperor has an order to strengthen the defense!" After General Zhang and General Lan Shen came to the city gate with a large army, as he shouted, a group of soldiers immediately rushed from the stone steps towards the city wall.
"That's not right! Something is wrong with these people! The Ying Long Junqian Commander, who was commanding dozens of soldiers to seal the city gate, frowned at the sudden arrival of more than 10,000 troops, and realized that something was wrong.
Because, according to reason, Yan Yingyuan, the commander of the Fourth Army, is the supreme general of Ximen, and even if this army of more than 10,000 people came by order, it should have been reported to Yan Yingyuan first, instead of rushing to the city wall.
"Stop, wait for me to report to the military seat!" Ying Longjun walked towards the two generals, General Zhang and General Lan.
General Zhang and General Lan glanced at each other, and murderous intent flashed in their eyes at the same time!
"Boom! Burst! The cold light flashed, and General Zhang suddenly drew his knife and slashed at President Ying Longjun Qian.
"Enemy attack" In the face of this sudden attack, although Ying Longjun Qianzong subconsciously dodged, he was still hit in the chest by a knife, and after falling to the ground, he only had time to roar with blood in his mouth, and he was stabbed by the blue ginseng general who rushed up, and he died of anger!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Dozens of soldiers who were originally blocking the city gate were startled by this scene and immediately shouted.
"Kill"
Under this sudden attack, more than 10,000 Qing soldiers pretending to be Ming soldiers immediately took control of the city gate.
"Remove the stones and open the gates!"
"Drop the drawbridge!" Thousands of Qing soldiers pretending to be Ming soldiers occupied the city tower on the city wall.
"Qiang Qiang !!" The iron cable that held the suspension bridge was violently chopped by more than a dozen steel knives, and it was quickly broken!
"Bang!" The huge drawbridge slammed down and landed on the moat!
The stones that sealed the gates were also quickly removed.
The "squeak" gate was opened by Qing soldiers.
Outside the city, in a dark place of more than 1,000 meters, two Qing generals were looking at the city gate from a distance on a breakthrough, and when they saw that the city gate was opened, the two Qing army generals immediately rode their horses and rushed down the hillside.
"Hahahaha! Nei deserves it, the west gate is opened, kill! Capture the little emperor of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and seal the marquis of ten thousand households! Dolgon laughed and led countless Qing troops towards the West Gate.
"Kill" Countless Qing soldiers were excited, shouting that the sound of killing shook the sky!
The "booming" war horse galloped in the rain, and the white flag and the inlaid white flag took the lead, taking the lead from the open city gate into the city gate, and then, hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers followed!
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