Near the East Cross Avenue near the Yamen of the Tianjin Governor and the Yamen of the General Army, the fighting had reached its most tragic time.

Chen Yongfu's men took advantage of the civil uprising in the southern city of Tianjin, and at the beginning they took the new army by surprise, seized the city gate, and drove the brigade in. I thought that the battle of Tianjin City was a foregone conclusion, but what happened next was unexpected.

If it is an ordinary Ming army, the battle will be over until the city is broken, and it is too late to escape, who will fight to the death? And now that Beijing has been lost, and Dashun is the co-owner of the world, how much morale can these Ming troops have in Tianjin?

Therefore, the Dashun army that attacked the southern city of Tianjin began to grab things while fighting - they had no pay to eat on weekdays, and most of them were adapted from the original Ming army, so of course the discipline was poor.

The last time Beijing was broken, there was no robbery, and the soldiers had already complained, but this time they broke Tianjin, so they had to grab it.

Moreover, with the lesson of the Beijing City, the soldiers under Chen Yongfu were afraid that there would be an order prohibiting robbery, so they couldn't wait for the battle to end, so they plundered on a large scale.

Speaking of which, the people of Tianjin City are really pitiful, they were suppressed twice by Zhu Cihong's army because of King Chuang, and now they are looted by King Chuang's army...... This is really welcoming the king and looking forward to the king, but the king is coming but he suffers even more!

And Chen Yongfu's generals were busy robbing, but they gave Wu Xiang, Zhu Chunchen and other Ming generals the opportunity to reorganize the front.

Of course, the reason why the front of Tianjin Weinan City can still be reorganized is also related to the particularity of overcoming difficulties and new troops.

Although this army was newly established and its combat effectiveness was not very good, its morale and cohesion were no less than Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers.

All the soldiers of the New Army, everyone carries Zhu Cihong's "white note" (not necessarily Zhu Cihong's own handwriting, but it is all issued in his name, and there is also an archive, and if it is lost, it will be recognized)! Somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River, at least 50 acres of paddy fields are waiting for them...... As long as Zhu Cihong can be guaranteed to reach Jiangnan, then everyone will be a landlord!

In addition to the white stripes, Zhu Cihong is not soft when giving rewards and salaries, and he can also ensure that the full amount is distributed to the soldiers - although the new army of the new army has the Wu family as the original backbone, but now I don't know how much sand it is mixed with. It has long been without the nature of the Wu family's private soldiers, so no one can cover the sky in the army. You don't have to think about deducting military salaries and eating empty quotas!

In addition, the food for the troops is also very good. Zhu Cihong is the crown prince, and he has at least one meal a day to go down to the grassroots level to eat with the soldiers.

And the flag team that went down was random, and even Wu Sanmei didn't know in advance. No one dares to make up their minds about food, and that's to pin their heads to their belts.

It is precisely because the daily treatment and future painting cakes are guaranteed, so the cohesion of the new army is unusually strong.

Even if the city is broken, everyone still wants to follow suit!

And Wu Xiang is also one of the many soldiers of the New Army who want to follow Zhu Cihong.

He also wants to "Zhu and Wu, Jiangnan"! Even if you don't keep Chongzhen now, you have to keep the more than four million taels of silver in the Generalissimo's Mansion of the Fu Army, right? That's the prince's lifeline!

So the old man also became ferocious, and personally led a group of white-haired family members to the front line. First, he led the cavalry to charge into battle, rushed back and forth on the East Cross Street, and rushed the Dashun army, which was busy robbing and scattered, with heavy casualties, and almost beat the old man.

Zhu Chunchen, who had just discovered that his martial arts were not weak, also came to the momentum, pulling the British prince Zhang Shize and Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen, and gathered a group of nobles and ministers, and brought their henchmen to the front line. Hand-to-hand combat can't be beaten, but some of them can shoot arrows, and some can play with firecrackers, and now they all show their powers, or put cold arrows, or hit cold guns, and they are actually impressive.

However, Chen Yongfu is not an ordinary person, and when he found that the situation was wrong, he immediately took his family to pounce, and finally resisted Wu Xiang's charge.

Immediately after, the fight began on East Cross Street. After all, the terrain on this side was narrow, and the horse team was not very open, and after the infantry troops on both sides formed a formation with long blades, Wu Xiang also returned to the back of the formation and began to take command.

Because Wu Xiang actually took over the command of the left division of the New Army, Li Ruolian became the de facto deputy general, and the deputy general Wang Zhou went down to command the Huojiao battalion.

The fire battalion of the left division had been trained in the battle of Beicheng in Tianjin, and under the personal supervision of Zhu Cihong, they learned to shoot a platoon of guns within a specified distance, and they could also use fixed ammunition.

And their firecrackers are also good, most of them are turtledove-footed firecrackers from Guangdong, and a small number of them are northern imitations of acceptable quality.

In the fierce battle on the East Cross Street, these more than 300 firearms actually exerted great power, firing round after round of volleys under the cover of pikemen and sword and shield hands, killing and wounding the elite soldiers under Chen Yongfu's command. Several rounds of assault were repelled by heavy salvo fire, leaving dead bodies everywhere.

After several battles, he couldn't succeed, and Chen Yongfu also became ruthless, ordering people to set fire to the vicinity of East Cross Street, trying to burn an open battlefield - as soon as the battlefield expanded, more than 300 guns could not be blocked!

Because of the heavy rain before, the fire didn't start quickly. However, the soldiers of the Dashun army who could not stand it snatched the sundries that came to the fire everywhere and kept throwing them into the fire. The fire burned for a while and finally broke out, and in an instant, it became one piece and rose to the sky, and even the sky was reflected in a large area.

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"Chitose Lord, Tianjin Nancheng fire!"

"Looks like there's still a lot of fighting in the city! Raise the flag of the three armed forces! With the big dragon head as the pioneer, move forward at full speed...... Let's go to the rescue together! ”

"Whoa!"

Zhu Cihong, who had already taken off his iron armor and was only wearing close-fitting cotton armor, was on the top of the cabin of the Dalongtou at this time, accompanied by Shen Tingyang, Cao Youyi, and Wu Sanmei.

The fire in the south of Tianjin was raging, rising to the sky, and Zhu Cihong could see it from afar.

The fire is still burning, which may indicate that the resistance in the city is not over. Zhu Cihong, who is equipped with two 12-pound red-coated cannons, is also full of confidence at this time, and of course he refuses to see death or save him.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the fleet to attack, and with the Dalongtou he was riding, he rushed at full speed to the river where the north and south cities of Tianjin Weibei were located.

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"Madam Hong, the dragon flag of the Zhu thief, and it seems that there is also a flag of the three armies, all hanging on a big ship of the Zheng family......"

On a large boat, on the high mast, a thin man with bare feet was as nimble as a horse monkey, climbed up the mast and looked around with a telescope with one hand for a while, and then reported loudly to the red lady on the deck.

"Dragon Banner plus Three Army Flags? Could it be the prince of the Zhu thief? The red lady remembered that during the Battle of Tianjin Weibei City in the past few days, Zhu Cihong used these two flags at the same time as the symbol of the Chinese army.

"Madame Red, there are a lot of sand boats on the Wei River! It seems that the Zheng family's ship is back! It was the big ship with the dragon flag and the three military flags at the head! ”

"Back again? Also headed by the ship of the prince of the Zhu thief? The red lady snorted, "This prince of the Zhu thief is really daring!" ”

"Madam Red, will there be a fraud?" There is a red lady's subordinate on the side to remind in a whisper.

"What if there is fraud?" The red lady raised her eyebrows, "The old lady is still afraid of the tricks of the Zhu thief?"

Moreover, the fleet of the Zhu thieves is now swimming against the current, and there is no southeast wind to help, how can they compete with our boats? We now have the advantage of going with the flow. This little prince must have seen the fire in the south of Tianjin, knew that his parents were in danger, and was eager to save people's hearts before he ventured to come. It's a filial son, but it's a pity that he lacks a little brain. ”

The red lady swept her beautiful eyes on both sides, and saw that her ordinary brothers were eager to try, so she chuckled: "Brothers, do you still have the strength?" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone responded with a bang.

The red lady giggled again: "Okay, let's go catch the little prince of the Zhu family!" ”