Qiu Shike withdrew all the soldiers, but he did not go far, he took the soldiers, four or five hundred steps away from the wall, quietly observing the defenders at the head of the city, his lips squirming, not knowing what to say.

Li Zicheng asked his relatives to call Ma Youshui, and said in a deep voice: "There is water, now it's up to you, let the Lanzhou Army see, it is their honor to join the Mandate of Heaven Army!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Ma Youshui clenched his hands into fists, first saluted Li Zicheng, and then quickly returned to the headquarters.

In a moment, the gunners began to move, they lined up in a horizontal line, marched in order, slowly approached the wall, and seven or eight paces behind the gunners, four soldiers carrying two white cloth wraps, also followed towards the wall.

What made Qiu Shike rush to the strange thing was that the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army who fought this time did not have the kind of Mingguang armor that was common in the Ming army, but were wearing light green cloth clothes, although they were neat, but they were not resistant to bows and arrows and firearms, and his heart suddenly "chuckled", could it be that the Heavenly Mandate Army was so poor that it couldn't even equip the Mingguang armor? Is there really a future for such an army, following them?

Ma Youshui personally followed the soldiers towards the wall of the palace, but when they reached a hundred paces, the soldiers stopped, three columns, the first column of soldiers was half-kneeling, the second and third columns of soldiers were standing, all the soldiers were holding rifles, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed at the wall.

The soldiers of the defenders on the wall pointed and laughed at the group of dirt buns.

"Where is this soldier, wearing such a strange costume? Not even Mingguang armor, it must be a poor and crazy thief! ”

"Whatever, there is no bright light armor, see how they can resist our bows and arrows, swords and spears!"

"What a bunch of fools, holding a gun so far away, it's not too tired!"

……

Although Ma Youshui couldn't hear what the defenders on the wall were saying, he knew that what they said was definitely not a good thing, a contemptuous sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then his right hand waved down violently, "Save bullets, shoot!" ”

"Bang, bang......"

The first row of soldiers fired, the gunfire was dull and messy, and the defenders on the wall responded one after another, either being hit by rifles, or subconsciously hiding behind the wall, and in just a short moment, the defenders disappeared without a trace.

There was no screaming sound from the top of the wall, and the defenders who were on the wall just now were exposed to the head, chest and other vital parts, and if they were shot, even the cries were released.

From time to time, the gunners in the second row fired a bullet or two, mainly as a deterrent, and the defenders could no longer be seen on the wall.

Ma Youshui is a trick, the four soldiers who followed behind immediately lifted the package, and rushed to the corner of the wall like a raccoon, and before the defending soldiers on the wall found them, they had already jumped into front of the city gate and disappeared.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The rifle was fired at the wall one by one, and under the huge pressure, the defenders had long disappeared without a trace, which made Qiu Shike even more surprised that the Mandate of Heaven Army did not take the opportunity to approach the city wall and climb along the ladder to the head of the wall, but confronted the defenders at a distance of 100 steps, due to the problem of range, the defenders have not used bows and firearms so far, and the Mandate of Heaven Army has not suffered casualties.

Could this force the defenders to surrender? There is at least one guard in the city, even if there is a serious shortage of soldiers like Lanzhou Wei, there should be no less than a thousand soldiers, will they come out and surrender?

Qiu Shi couldn't believe it, but he hadn't officially joined the Heavenly Mandate Army yet, so he could only watch from the sidelines, bandaging the wounds of the soldier who was injured just now by the way.

Suddenly, the four soldiers who rushed into front of the city gate appeared in everyone's field of vision, but they were backwards and bent up, not knowing what they were busy with, and suddenly there was a loud gunfire on the wall, pressing the defenders behind the wall.

Is the Mandate of Heaven going to cover those soldiers to get out? What exactly did they do at the city gates?

Just when Qiu Shike was entangled, several soldiers over there gestured to each other, and three of them quickly ran back, and the soldier who stayed behind took out the fire fold in his arms unhurriedly, lit something, and then ran back with him.

A swimming fire snake suddenly appeared on the ground, and at a speed beyond imagination, it quickly rushed towards the city gate, Qiu Shike suddenly understood: gunpowder, the Heavenly Mandate Army wants to use gunpowder to blow up the city gate!

No wonder the Manifest Destiny Army doesn't need a ladder!

Just as Qiu Shike was almost screaming that he was born, the gunmen of the Heavenly Mandate Army also quickly retreated, retreating to a position four or five hundred steps away from the wall, almost parallel to him.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

With two loud bangs, a puff of black smoke rose from the front of the city gate, rose to the sky, was blown by the wind, and drifted in the opposite direction to the south, and did not disperse for a long time.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, who were facing the direction of the city gate, observed it and shouted violently: "Exploded, the palace gate exploded!" ”

Ma Youshui made another move, and said a little coldly: "When you enter the city, there are blockers, don't be killed!" ”

"......"

The spearmen of the Providence Army howled, and one by one they quickly pounced in the direction of the city gate with their guns......

Qiu Shike rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe it, the Heavenly Mandate Army was entering the city? It's as if they haven't suffered casualties...... This Mandate Army......

"Bang, bang......"

There was a chaotic sound of gunfire in the city, Qiu Shike knew that it was the Heavenly Mandate Army chasing and killing the sporadic defenders in the city, the explosion just now, the defenders must have been stunned, even if they were not killed, it was almost the six gods without a master, at this time the Heavenly Mandate Army entered the city, it was simply a mountain forest hunt......

After a long while, a dense gunfire suddenly sounded in the city, which lasted for less than half a pillar of incense, and then the gunfire became sparse again, like a fight, and there was no sound.

Qiu Shike's heart was shocked, the entire Ganzhou guards in the city were over so soon? I don't know how many soldiers surrendered, listening to the gunfire just now, there were not a few soldiers who died, he secretly rejoiced, fortunately he knew the current affairs, otherwise, the Lanzhou army would probably end up like this.

"Guerrilla general, what are you thinking?" Li Zicheng came to Qiu Shike's side, "The battle in the mansion is about to end, let's go, let's go see Prince Su!" ”

"Ah...... Be! Qiu Shike hurriedly nodded and bent down, saluted Li Zicheng, and then followed behind, entering the city from the south gate, there was only a small flag soldier guarding the city gate, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Governor!" ”

Qiu Shike originally walked behind Li Zicheng, saw the soldiers saluting, and hurriedly retreated to the side, he didn't dare to accept the soldiers' salute, even if it was stained with Li Zicheng's light, he was not yet the Mandate of Heaven Army, and he didn't deserve the soldiers to salute.

"Haha, get up, no need to be polite!" Li Zicheng waved his hand, walked through the city gate, and walked inside.

Although the Su Wangfu is in the remote Lanzhou, the furnishings inside are not shabby at all, and there is not much difference from the palace in the south of the Yangtze River.

Facing is a large hall, on both sides of the hall, there are several houses, at the end of the whole house, near the courtyard walls on both sides, there are three houses in a horizontal row, symmetrical left and right, I don't know what it is.

The hall is resplendent with gold, except for a large square table in the middle, there is a high wooden table on the left and right sides against the wall, in addition to the two huge porcelain vases at the top, there are also various fine porcelain objects placed in the middle compartment.

Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "This King Su, can't you keep a low profile?" Even the living room is so luxurious! ”

Unfortunately, there were no servants and maids in the current hall, and there were several corpses lying on the ground, the corpses were not yet stiff, and warm blood was still flowing from the wounds.

Passing through the hall, there is a huge garden behind it, the southeast and northwest corners, there is a pond each, covering an area of nearly one acre, the pond is planted with river lotus, the lotus is mostly red, there are also pink, white dotted among them, at first glance, the purple and red, showing the trend of wealth.

Both ponds have half-foot-wide wooden bridges deep into them, and there are handrails on the wooden bridges, and the round balls on the top of the handrails are polished smooth and shiny, and it is obvious that people often admire lotus flowers here.

Between the two ponds, there is a covered cloister that connects them, so that even in the rainy season, they will not be wet by the rain, and under the cloister near the pond, there is a small wooden table three feet square, with a chessboard carved on the wooden table, and a wooden chair on each side.

"Drinking tea by the lotus pond, there are one or two confidants playing against each other, a gust of wind blows, and the fragrance of tea is accompanied by the fragrance of lotus...... This Su Wang Ye is really an interesting person! ”

Qiu Shike hurriedly bowed over and came over, "Metropolitan Governor, this Prince Su, I heard that in addition to making money, he has two hobbies: drinking tea and playing chess!" ”

"Haha, that's the case," Li Zicheng had a faint smile on his face, "However, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, apart from this, there doesn't seem to be anything big to do!" ”

It's a pity that such a resort in the house was ruined by the Heavenly Mandate Army, Qiu Shike looked around, around the two lotus ponds, there were at least more than 20 soldiers guarding in Ganzhou, and they were all motionless, obviously all of them were corpses, and the same as in the hall, the corpses were still bleeding, and gradually seeped into the lotus pond, causing the fish in the pond to throb.

Further on, there is a row of blue brick and blue tile houses, in the middle of which is a three-story circular attic, and in front of the roof extends outward a painting boat, on which are carved two long dragons with their heads side by side, the long dragon has a wide open mouth and a bright red tongue......

Li Zicheng felt strange, how big is this Su Wangfu, hundreds of soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, more than 1,000 soldiers guarding Ganzhou, and the palace's own servants, etc., nearly 2,000 people, are they all hiding in the backyard?

"Big City!" When the soldiers saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly came over to salute.

"How is it, has the palace been completely taken?" Li Zicheng said lightly.

"Back to the big city, completely taken, all the soldiers who resisted have been shot, we are looking for people who have slipped through the net," the soldier's face was full of joy, "It's a pity that the people in the palace are all dead, only Prince Su and some slaves are left!" ”

Li Zicheng's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "Dead? Who killed it? ”

The soldier fell to his knees in fright, "My subordinates don't know, when we entered the backyard, they were already dead, maybe ...... Maybe it's because the government is killing people and stealing things......"

"Let's go, take me to the back!" Li Zicheng didn't say it anymore, but he moved forward quickly.

"Dadu Governor, there is some chaos in the back, whether the enemy soldiers are completely cleared, I don't know ...... yet"

"What are you afraid of, at this time, even if there are remnants of enemy soldiers, you can still hurt me?"

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The soldier had no choice but to lead the way in front of his head, leading Li Zicheng inside, not wanting to run into several soldiers, escorting a young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old, the young man was dressed in luxurious clothes, but at this moment his body was bound, his hair was scattered, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

The soldier approached Li Zicheng and whispered, "This is Lord Su!" ”

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, then put on a smiling face, clenched his hands into fists, bowed down and said, "Lord Su is frightened!" ”