"What? Didn't come from the north? Two days later, the middle-aged man was taken aback when he heard the message from his subordinates, and asked in disbelief, "Do you mean that there are no merchants coming or do you mean ......?"

Before he finished his words, his subordinates hurriedly announced: "It's the people who come in and out of the north gate are mostly those who go out to work in the city, and the villain has been watching the city gate for a day today, and there is indeed no one from the official road in the north!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't sit still any longer, he turned his head to look at the sky, and immediately stood up and walked out. This situation is very strange, he has to check it in person, otherwise if he rushes to disturb the adults, he is afraid that he will not be able to eat and walk around.

With his identity, although he is not treated well by the Dongwu people, he can still go to the city.

After going up to the city, he took a closer look at everything outside the city. At this time, it was already evening, and the setting sun hung red in the western sky, sprinkling the earth with a layer of blood, no, red.

The middle-aged man corrected his thoughts, and at the same time saw that the farmers outside the city were returning to the city in groups.

Hey, it doesn't seem right! The middle-aged man suddenly noticed something, and quickly fixed his eyes on the farmers who came in groups.

He was more concerned with farming, so he immediately sensed that something was wrong. The farmers outside the city, most of whom are Han slaves, all day long, either work or work, how can they have the mind to form groups and be companions, at most two or three people who belong to a family of cave people, will go together. It seems that there are many more farmers outside the city than before!

Thinking like this, he suddenly noticed a little different, there were many farmers outside the city, all of them were burly men, and they were very conspicuous against the background of the lean farmers.

The middle-aged man's spirit immediately tensed, and he immediately ordered his subordinates who followed him: "Go, stop outside the city and verify their identities!" ”

He was talking a little loudly at the head of the city, and was heard by a farmer walking down the city. The farmer immediately turned around and shook his hoe out of the city.

When many of the peasants outside the city saw this, they immediately quickened their speed and walked briskly towards the city gate.

"Stand still, and don't go into the city again!" The middle-aged man was a little panicked in the city, and immediately pointed his finger and said loudly, "Whoever dares to disobey, be careful to clean up your family!" ”

When the peasants heard this, they looked up and imprinted his appearance in their minds, and then they not stopped, not at a fast pace, but ran.

When the middle-aged man saw it, he knew that something was wrong, and when he was about to shout, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, and immediately looked up.

I saw that in the distance of the official road, a cavalry army appeared, and there were hundreds of horsemen, who were galloping towards the city gate at a rapid pace. Behind the cavalry, thanks to the mud of the road, there was no dust to bring up, and in a clear vision, it was obvious that many infantry soldiers wearing red robes were rushing towards this side.

"It's not good, the enemy is attacking, the Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!" After the middle-aged man saw it clearly, he was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted.

At the head of the city, the lazy Dongwu defenders slowed down several beats, and after the middle-aged man shouted for a while, he found out about the situation outside the city, and suddenly, they all panicked, not knowing what to do? In their minds at this time, there was a dense Ming army outside the city, what should they do?

It was still the middle-aged man who came back to his senses first, and hurriedly yelled and explained: "Quick, close the city gate, close the city gate!" ”

However, at this time under the city, those strong farmers had already killed the guards under the city gate, robbed their weapons, and guarded the city gate hole, and at the same time shouted loudly: "The Ming Dynasty has been killed by millions of heavenly soldiers, and those who descend will not die!" ”

These words made those panicked Dongwu soldiers even more at a loss, although there was a reminder from the middle-aged man, but in their bones, there was actually still a reverence for the Heavenly Empire. It's just that because of the pride over the years, I have forgotten a little. But at this time, in the face of the siege of the Ming army, they finally remembered.

The middle-aged man didn't care if he was inferior, grabbed the city guard, didn't know where the strength came from, shook vigorously, and shouted loudly: "If the Ming army comes in, how will it spare us, and if we don't recapture the city gate soon, it's too late!" ”

The castle guard was awakened by him, pushed him away, and hurriedly commanded his men to begin to seize the city gate.

This side of the city gate, after all, is the focus of defending the city, and the number of defenders is relatively large. Therefore, in the panic, hundreds of soldiers were organized, although few of them wore armor, but at least they all carried spears and other weapons in their hands. When dealing with those Ming army farmers under the gate of the upper city, at least they have an advantage over hoes.

Seeing that there were more people than their own and their weapons were superior to their own, those Ming army farmers did not show any timidity, and not even retreated, but took the initiative to kill them, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who dare to resist will be killed!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill!" The Ming farmers in the back roared in unison, and the momentum was amazing, and it even affected the Dongwu soldiers who were preparing to recapture the city gate.

However, the guards at the head of the castle and the middle-aged man were shouting orders, and Donggo's soldiers finally stepped forward hesitantly, ready for a contact battle.

But at this moment, behind them, thick smoke and fires were lit in many places, and at the same time, some people rushed over from the city with short weapons, forming a front and rear attack with the Ming army in the city gate. The leader of these people is one of the members of the chat group, Mubang Ba Dengding. He had already infiltrated the city before, contacted the people who had been arranged before, and was waiting for the moment to take the city!

The Dongwu soldiers panicked, but in the end, at the urging of their leader, the two sides fought together. All of a sudden, in this place under the city gate, people fell from time to time, including those of the Ming army and those of the Dongwu soldiers. Although the Dongwu soldiers were better equipped, the morale of the Ming army was significantly higher.

After a little stalemate, I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the city getting louder and louder, and finally, the Dongwu soldiers who didn't know where let out a shout, threw their weapons and fled, causing other Dongwu soldiers to flee with them, and the rout, with the iron hooves entering the city, inevitably spread to the whole city.

The cavalry did not stop all the way, and according to the map of the city that they had already obtained, they went directly to the side of the guard's mansion, and happened to see a bearded general out of the yamen and wanted to escape on horseback.

The leader of the cavalry, without saying a word, took off his bow and arrows, and did not see him take a look, and with a "whoosh" arrow, he hit the bearded back of the horse and shot him off the horse directly.

The leader of the cavalry seemed to be very sure of this, and after shooting the arrow, he turned his head to look at the rear, and saw that the Ming army in the red robe had already killed the head of the city and spread along the city wall to both sides, he smiled slightly, and seemed to say to himself: "It seems that the Dongwu people have not grown up at all, no wonder Dad was able to kill tens of thousands of them with five hundred people back then!" ”

A steady stream of Ming troops continued to rush into the city, except for a part of the upper city, other soldiers immediately attacked along the streets and alleys, along the way, as long as they saw a sword, they were all killed. Later, when his eyes were red, he saw a tattoo on his forehead, and he was killed.

This is because Dongwu's soldiers are actually called Ahmudan, and they are an army system that integrates soldiers and peasants directly under the king. This is somewhat similar to the Ming guards, these Ahmudan are both the king's tenant farmers and the king's soldiers. Whether or not King Dong Wu had the power to rule depended largely on his ability to effectively control Ahmudan.

King Talung was well aware of this, so he ordered the household registration of the Ahmudan men to be investigated and re-registered, and they were organized into artillerymen, sailors, elephants, infantry, archers, round shields, long shields, palace guards, and Shan soldiers.

King Taron issued several orders forbidding the Dongwu people of Ahmudan to mingle with Atai and the slaves. This is very imaginary with the military system of the Ming Kingdom, and many people are unwilling to be this Ahmudan and want to escape. The king of Talong issued a strict decree warning every Dongwu people not to harbor the military households who had escaped from Ahmudan, and also ordered the inspection of debt slaves to prevent Ahmudan from being mixed in. It can be seen that as a military household in Ahmudan, in fact, sometimes, it is worse than a slave!

In order to curb Ahmudan's escape, King Talong recently issued a decree to learn from the system of the Song Dynasty and strengthen the personal restraint and control of Ahmudan's military households, and issued a decree that those who did not want to tattoo patterns on their foreheads were punished for violating the order and sent to cut elephant grass.

Most of these Ming soldiers were fugitives and disaster victims, and they naturally knew that most of the people who caused the destruction of their families were these Ahmudan military households, because they were the main force in the war launched by Dongwu. In this red-eyed situation, and with the promise of the Tang King before leaving, they killed them easily, as if all these Ahmudan military households resisted. In fact, they had been given a chance at the city gates, but they did not surrender immediately.

Besides, after Fu Yuman led more than 100 cavalry to occupy the guard's mansion, he threw it to the infantry who arrived later, and he himself, leading more than 100 cavalry, went out of the south gate and continued to chase forward.

Along the way, none of the Dongwu soldiers dared to resist, and they all threw their weapons and ran wildly on the road. In the process of pursuing and defeating the soldiers, Fu Yuman and his men easily harvested human lives, or spears or knives, just lightly sent forward, with the help of horsepower, a human life was already in hand.

After the killing, the Dongwu people finally came to their senses, let out a shout, and all fled into the mountains and forests on both sides. Just like a monkey, it jumps three times and two times, and disappears in the dense forest in a few clicks. Fu Yuman and the others are cavalry, so they can't chase them, and that's not their point. They just pursued until they could not see the rout.

Turning the horse's head and resting for a while, the Ming army cavalry said with a smile: "These Dongwu people really don't fight, and they don't even have a decent resistance." I heard that the Jianju in the north is called a fierce one, and our Ming army often has to deal with one by one! ”

Fu Yuman listened, smiled and said: "These Dongwu people are actually afraid of our imperial army in their bones. Think about it, Dongwu's side is actually as big as a province in our Ming Dynasty, and it is also vast and sparsely populated, and the territory is mostly mountains and forests. This time, our army raided Mubang, and they don't know how many troops there are, and the soldiers are not elite soldiers, so it's strange if they don't run! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced in the direction of the north and said: "Jianyu used to be powerful, but it can be seen from the newspaper that in the past two years, my Ming Dynasty has been constantly winning battles against the captives, and although Jianyu is fierce, it is impossible for me to be the opponent of my Daming!" ”

His father eventually retired as a guerrilla to retire, and with his father's status, if he wanted to see the Di Bao, there was naturally no problem, compared to these subordinates, he naturally had more knowledge and knew more things.

"What's going on, I haven't been able to beat Jianyu before, I heard that many places in Liaodong have been lost, and two years ago, the emperor also issued an edict from King Qin." One of the horsemen asked a little curiously, "Why do you keep winning battles in the blink of an eye?" Could it be that my Ming Dynasty has produced a peerless general again, right? ”

Hearing this kind of uninformed words, Fu Yuman shook his head and smiled, won the battle, and was in a good mood, so he explained to him: "Actually, this is the wisdom of the emperor today. Jianyu won the battle and captured Liaodong was a matter of the previous dynasty. After the emperor ascended the throne today, he began to reform the government, and those traitorous ministers were killed and exiled, and the national strength and military strength of our Ming Dynasty improved again. Speaking of which, our emperor is indeed a hero, you don't know, when the army of 100,000 Jianyu attacked the Beijing Division, the emperor went to the city, and in front of the slave chieftain at the head of the city, he made a promise to drive the emperor to conquer in person. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed again and said: "It's a pity that we are waiting for the southern soldiers, and it is estimated that it is impossible to go with the holy car to exterminate the Jianyu, which is really a pity!" ”

Yunnan is too far away from the Beijing Division, and these cavalry soldiers were originally ordinary people, military households, etc., and the news is limited, and they are all very shocked when they hear these unexpected news. They didn't expect the emperor to be so powerful.

In this way, they talked about these things, and unconsciously, they had more pride in being a Ming person in their hearts. After a while, he set off again and went to clear the cave on the official road.

A day later, the Ming army had taken full control of Mubang, and after a day's rest, the army immediately moved out to attack Mengmi. And the titular supreme commander, Tang Wang, couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was in the chat group, and after the city was broken, Ba Dengding found an opportunity to say the news of taking Mubang.

The king of Tang could no longer stay in Hanlong Pass, and repeatedly asked to go to Mubang to take the town. After receiving the good news, Jinyiwei escorted Tang Wang to Mubang.

And when the Tang King arrived in Mubang, looked at this city fluttering with the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and watched the people kneel to welcome his arrival, he was excited in his heart, and it was indescribable. At this moment, he seemed to feel the pride of Taizu when he fought the world. Men and sons, that's it!

However, according to the agreement, Mubang will still be the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it is Dongwu's territory that will be divided into him, and it will be after completing the first stage of the war that he will fight for him.