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may be out of the same consideration as Zhang Cheng of Admiral Jinyiwei, Liu Jin's henchmen also have a few henchmen who know the identity of the emperor, but what is much more clever than Zhang Cheng is that Liu Jin did not reveal the identity of the emperor to his subordinates, but just said that he wanted to pay attention to a person named Zhu Shou.

At this time, seeing that the flag of the incoming army said that General Zhu Shou immediately rushed away to report Liu Jin.

Liu Jin jumped up immediately when he got the news, and scolded his henchmen with joy: "Then what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and open the city gate to let General Zhu Shou enter the city?" ”

After a pause, Liu Jin directly kicked away his godson, and laughed: "No need for you, go by yourself!" ”

Before Liu Jin arrived at the city gate, there had been a change outside the north gate!

Zhu Houzhao looked at the scene in front of him with some confusion.

The defeated soldiers and exiles of the Ming Dynasty, who were originally submissive under the whip of the Tatar cavalry, turned into a pack of wolves in the blink of an eye after seeing the army led by Zhu Houzhao.

Thousands of Ming soldiers and civilians who were guarded by hundreds of Tatars turned against Zhu Houzhao the moment they saw it, and the broken knife in their hands actually slashed at the Tatars behind them.

Where would that group of Tatars, who were accustomed to commanding with arrogance, would have thought that this group of sheep-weak slaves would make such a crazy move, and half of them were dragged by the remnants of the Ming Dynasty who swarmed in, and they were chopped into meat sauce before they could get on their horses.

The Tatar soldiers who were in the rear immediately shouted loudly, and counterattacked while getting on their horses, but their numbers were really not enough, and in a short period of time, many of the soldiers who got on the horses were overturned to the ground by the forced men and horses, and they were also greeted with a knife in the head.

Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded, he was ready to fight hard with a guilty heart, but he really never thought that such a change would happen.

However, his own people and soldiers had a heart, and Zhu Houzhao naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and after a whistle, several sharpshooters on their side also opened fire, specifically aiming at the fleeing Tatars.

The distance between the two sides was not too far, and in less than a salvo, the Tatar prison army did not survive, and they were shot off their horses one after another, and the corpses were divided by the Ming army that caught up with them.

At this time, Liu Jin had already arrived at the north gate, and when he saw the chaos outside the city gate, he didn't dare to open the door, so he only cared about searching for his master in the crowd.

After destroying the Tatars, Zhu Houzhao marched forward.

The group of remnants of the Ming Dynasty who had finished venting knelt down in front of him, and Zhu Houzhao, who was kneeling, was a little blindfolded.

The northern city is chaotic, and it won't take long for the western city gate to receive the news, Zhu Houzhao has countless cattle, sheep and weapons and equipment in addition to his eight thousand men and horses, plus these Ming soldiers and civilians who suddenly turned against the water, the time is definitely not enough.

After seeing Liu Jin appear in the city, Zhu Houzhao immediately shouted: "Why don't you open the city gate soon?" ”

Liu Jin heard Zhu Houzhao's voice, and was still ecstatic, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

The city gate guard said: "Ancestor, there are rebellious soldiers outside, what should I do if they rush in when they open the city gate?" ”

Liu Jin directly slipped it with a big mouth, and scolded: "If you want to open it, you will open it, what so much nonsense, the sky is falling, and the ancestors are holding it, and they can't hit you!" ”

The rumbling city gate slowly opened, and Zhu Houzhao shouted loudly: "The army and the people enter the city first, the cattle and sheep follow, and the eight thousand soldiers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang set up a formation, ready to fight at any time to cover the brothers' entry into the city." ”

At that moment, the remnants of the defeated army would bring thousands of displaced people to flock into the city under the attention of Liu Jin and other city defense officers and soldiers.

Zhu Hou took a look, kicked a thousand households beside him, and scolded: "Why don't you go and maintain order?" Damn, it's not as good as cattle and sheep when it's messy, so we can only enter the city in the Year of the Monkey? ”

Which thousand households ran over as soon as he slipped away, and now he admires his young general, although every time he will be worried about falling into a crisis, but once he gets along, it will be a peerless good idea, not only can he survive in a desperate situation, but he can also bite off a large piece of the opponent's meat, how can he not admire.

Under the maintenance of order in the elite troops of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the speed of the group of Ming soldiers and civilians entering the city immediately accelerated a lot.

Under Zhu Houzhao's deliberate arrangement, they were accompanied by more than 1,000 heavily armed Jiangsu and Zhejiang New Army.

Then more than 1,000 new troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang entered the city with the cattle and sheep of the brigade, which invisibly relieved a lot of pressure on the brigade.

At the same time, the probe horse from the west gate of the capital had also appeared at the bend of the city wall, and Zhu Houzhao was a little anxious in his heart, believing that it would not be long before a large group of Tatar iron horsemen appeared behind the scout.

He brought these 8,000 men and horses completely to defend the city of Beijing, and he must not be consumed at the root of the city wall.

You know, in terms of the elite degree of defending the city, an army with hot weapons is definitely much stronger than an army that uses pure cold weapons, which is not comparable in any case in field warfare.

Especially Zhu Houzhao's handwritten soldiers, who carried a large number of Buddha and Tang Lian, will definitely let the little prince who returned to Beijing City have a good drink.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves had already sounded at the bend of the city wall, but the sound of galloping horses knew that there were definitely a lot of people coming.

All the cattle and sheep behind Zhu Houzhao had already entered the city at this time, and there were about 3,000 soldiers left outside the city, and it would take half an hour to enter the city no matter how fast it was.

However, with the total length of the outer city of Beijing is only 24 kilometers, and the length of the north gate is only about 12 miles from the west gate, such a distance will not take more than a quarter of an hour under the situation of horses galloping.

"Damn, you're still staring at a hammer!" As soon as Zhu Houzhao looked up, he saw a large number of people hugging the city, looking at the army slowly entering the city with worried faces, and immediately scolded.

Is it useful for this group of brainless goods to worry about only where? Is it useful to shout and cheer?

"Why don't you all get out of here and block it?" Zhu Houzhao roared next to the city gate: "If the **** let Lao Tzu's soldiers lose one at the city gate, they will kill a few of you as commanders!" ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's strong threat, the group of new troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who had just entered the city immediately rushed in the direction that the Tatar cavalry had bypassed. The field battles have never been afraid of the Tatar iron cavalry that crisscrosses the steppe, and now with the protection of the tall city walls, is it not a casual hanging?

However, the Tatar cavalry deserved to be unlucky, and they were accustomed to riding horses very close to the city walls to demonstrate their strength.

But now, it's all mighty.

Or the old saying from Lao Tzu: You are so good, why don't you go to heaven?