This volley of flintlock pistols at a distance of about ten paces knocked the hundreds of men who rushed in front to the ground at once. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info also made the footsteps of the followers stop abruptly. Although the family members are well paid, well-trained, and their morale is higher than that of the average team, they are human beings, not machines, and their morale is not unlimited. Today's sudden change and a series of blows could not have affected their morale, and at this time, the salvo that killed hundreds of family members at one time suddenly bottomed out their morale.

Li Huajing was also hit in the right shoulder by a bullet fired from a flintlock pistol, which shattered his entire shoulder. The tremendous kinetic energy also knocked him to the ground. However, the adrenal hormones secreted in large quantities during the battle temporarily suppressed the pain, allowing him to maintain his consciousness for the time being. He even had time to look around to see the losses on his side and gauge how the form below would develop.

"It's over, this battle is going to be lost. As long as people have a backlash, I'm afraid it's going to collapse. Seeing the rest of the family members cowering, Li Huajing couldn't help but think like this. Although he hadn't read any books and didn't know anything like "husband fights, courage also", this did not prevent him from making the above judgment.

At this moment, in a sharp whistle, a row of shiny knife tips emerged from the smoke in front, followed by the long body of the flintlock pistol, and the silent soldiers holding the flintlock pistol in the back.

"I think you can put a dagger on top of a bird and use it as a short spear." Li Huajing thought so, and at the same time noticed that the soldiers around him who had stopped began to mess up, some screaming and rushing forward, and some screaming and trying to retreat. The entire queue suddenly went into chaos.

A few of the first to rush forward were brought down almost instantly. Li Huajing saw it very clearly, and waved the bird gun with a long dagger in his hand at the soldiers who rushed up, and pushed aside the weapons in the hands of the soldiers who rushed up. At the same time, a soldier next to him slid and stabbed the man to the ground with a thrust from the side.

"With such skillful cooperation, killing people is not muddy at all, these are all family members who have been on the battlefield and killed people, they can really fight......" Li Huajing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The musketeers on the opposite side quickly used their bayonets to put down the families who rushed up, and Li Huajing saw that a particularly warlike soldier slashed at the chest of a musketeer, but the waist knife in his hand rebounded high, and then this particularly warlike soldier was stabbed by several bayonets.

"This armor...... This is really unbeatable......" Seeing those enemy soldiers wearing face armor and only showing a pair of eyes approaching step by step in a rhythmic whistle, Li Huajing wanted to get up, but as soon as his left hand was on the ground, there was a sharp pain in his right shoulder, and then his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

On the city wall, Liu Zeqing, who was tied up by the five flowers, saw with his own eyes how his most elite family members were easily defeated by those musketeers, who might have been a little smaller in number, and chased them all the way, and finally only a few dozen people escaped with rolling and crawling.

Seeing these families being defeated, Liu Zeqing couldn't help but close his eyes. He knew it was all over. After being controlled, he also had the illusion that his army outside the city could defeat Ma Shiying's own soldiers and rescue him. Liu Zeqing knew that the other armies under Ma Shiying's control, especially the armies of Huang Degong and others, had been transferred to the west, and there was only one pro-soldier battalion by his side, with more than 1,000 troops. What combat effectiveness can a newly established battalion have? He felt that his subordinates would be able to defeat Ma Shiying's own soldiers and force him to finally release himself. Then, then he can simply pull the flag and rebel, which will definitely make Ma Shiying unable to eat and walk around. As for what to do after the rebellion, isn't it still possible to be recruited?

However, now, under the blow of Ma Shiying's pro-military camp, these hopes are like a porcelain plate that fell to the ground, and they were shattered all at once. He can imagine the following situation without looking, since even the most combat-effective family members have been defeated, the rest of the people naturally dare not come out to fight again, and after losing those family members, the control of those generals who are still loyal to him will also be greatly reduced, at this time, as long as the other side gives a little more passable conditions, the entire army will surrender.

Ma Shiying ordered a halt to the shelling, and then sent a loud cavalry to shout into the barracks, assuring that no one except Liu Zeqing and his relatives would be held accountable. Not long after this shout, there was some commotion in the barracks, and then a large crowd opened the camp gates, ran out and knelt down with their bare hands, and apparently all of them had surrendered.

The soldiers of the Model Army also stepped forward and tied them up one by one with ropes. Then they were brought down to see the lock-ups, and soon the whole camp was under control.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the rebels under Liu Zeqing have been brought under control. His nephew was beheaded by the generals who were determined to do the opposite. The head is right here. Kong Zhang stepped forward to report.

"Well, Hangui, you're doing a good job." Ma Shiying said, "Then can you get the evidence of Liu Zeqing's collaboration with the enemy?" ”

"My lord, I searched for these letters in Liu Zeqing's military tent, and they were all correspondence with Zhang Thief and the thief. Zhang Thief dared to come here this time because of this thief. This thief agreed with Zhang Thief that as soon as Zhang Thief arrived, he would open the city for Neiying! Kong Zhang's face was indignant.

"Sure enough, this Liu Zeqing is deeply favored by the emperor, and he doesn't want to repay the favor, but he colludes with the rogue, which really deserves death!" Ma Shiying touched his beard and said, "It's a pity that he is an official of the court after all, although the old man caught him, he could only report his crimes to the court first, and with the approval of the court, he could be punished!" ”

"My lord, then Liu Zeqing ......," Kong Zhang said.

"What's wrong?"

"Then Liu Zeqing suddenly broke the rope just now, knocked down the guards, and wanted to ......escape," Kong Zhang said.

"How's it going......" Ma Shiying looked very nervous.

The soldiers pursued him, and when they were in a hurry, he fell off the wall...... Now he's dead. Kong Zhang replied.

"My lord, this thief bird really deserves it!" A gentleman-looking man said loudly.

"How can God have eyes! It's a pity that I couldn't kill this traitor! More gentlemen also said. Liu Zeqing has been rampant in various places over the years, and there are a lot of gentry who have offended, and now that people are dead, naturally no one will help him speak.

Ma Shiying nodded with satisfaction and said, "Fortunately, I was not succeeded by this thief." Who killed Liu Thief's nephew this time? ”

"Tell the Governor that it is Zheng Longfang, a subordinate general under the command of Liu Thief. Although this person is under the command of Liu Thief, he has always been loyal and righteous, and he is not a close confidant of Liu Thief. Adults can remember that this person is the one who exposed the collusion between Liu Thief and Zhang Thief this time. Kong Zhang replied.

"Oh, the old man remembered what you said. This person has made a lot of contributions this time, and you can ask the old man what kind of reward he wants. Ma Shiying said with a smile.

"The students got it." Kong Zhang said, "Here is the evidence of Liu Thief's collaboration with the enemy, can the boss take a look?" ”

He said as he handed over some letters. These letters are naturally forged, but it should be said that the people of the Zheng family are still very serious even when they forge these things. Therefore, the handwriting on these letters not only seriously imitates Liu Zeqing and Zhang Xianzhong (Zhang Xianzhong read books when he was young, can write, and also likes to write notices by himself, so his handwriting, as long as he cares, is really not difficult to get.) And it was honestly worn-in, some of the letters looked recent, and some of the letters were not dated, but they looked like they were years old. Even in these letters, there are some secret things involved. It was not easy for outsiders to know at that time. So after these "evidences" were sent to the imperial court, many people really believed it, even many years later, when historians were discussing this matter, the mainstream opinion was that Liu Zeqing and Zhang Xianzhong colluded, and as a result, they were not secret, and they were discovered by the vigilant Ma Shiying, and they were decisively disposed of. Many people also praised Ma Shiying for his excellent handling of this matter.

Ma Shiying naturally knew that these things were forged, but he still took them and opened them one by one to check them, and even let some of the gentry next to him also look at them from time to time, which was also the meaning of asking the local gentry to express their attitude. Of course, those gentlemen naturally unanimously scolded Liu Zeqing for being mad.

By stuffing some commanders into these armies, Liu Zeqing's army was basically controlled by Ma Shiying, of course, after such a change, plus the family was almost dead, the combat effectiveness of this army must have declined, and it must not be used in field battles without a period of reorganization. At most, it is used to guard the camp next to the city gate. Fortunately, the combat effectiveness level of Liu Zeqing's department was not high, so although it decreased somewhat, it was also limited. Ma Shiying originally didn't plan to rely on them to fight with Zhang Xianzhong. The greater significance of controlling this force is that Ma Shiying can send his "pro-military battalion" to the battlefield as a mobile force.

Just when Ma Shiying solved Liu Zeqing, Zhang Xianzhong also completed the sweep of Tongcheng Township. He personally sat in the camp outside Tongcheng City, keeping an eye on Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, and in several tentative battles, he successfully repelled them. Of course, in the eyes of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, these battles should have been their initiative to attack, giving a lot of damage to the rogue, and beheading hundreds of people.

In fact, they all have a point. In Zhang Xianzhong's view, he used those exiles who were coerced with a small group of old battalion elites to repel the attack of the Ming army, firmly surrounded them in the city, and ensured that other troops could smoothly plunder in the countryside, which was of course a victory. In the eyes of Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, they took the initiative to attack in the battle with the superior enemy army, and also played a good exchange ratio, which was of course also a victory.

However, Zhang Xianzhong does not intend to continue such a win-win situation. He had already grabbed enough in the countryside to support his troops in the farther and more oily directions.

"Tomorrow morning, we will storm the city so that some of the superfluous people will die, and by the way, we will scare the cowards in the city. Then we'll go to Fengyang! I heard that it was very empty, and there was only one Liu Zeqing! On this afternoon, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, said to his godsons after carefully calculating the robbery gains.