As the fire gradually spread to the inner city of Hue, more and more of the rout began to flee outside the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but they were surprised to find a large wave of neat troops from nowhere outside the city gates. Holding a musket, he stared at them with a serious face.

Some of them tried to run back, but the defenders at the city gate and the enemy outside the city gate opened fire on them. Looking at the dead bodies in one place, no one dared to act rashly. Those people who fled also obediently obeyed the orders of the Ming soldiers and were captured.

By the time they arrived, nine school yards for prisoners and prisoners had been fenced off with barbed wire, covering a total area of more than 10,000 square meters. Men and women were held separately, whether civilians, soldiers, officials, or relatives of the emperor and state.

Anyway, Da Ming is busy catching prisoners now, and he doesn't have the time to screen his identity.

Around the school grounds, nearly 1,000 torches were planted to illuminate them brightly. There are also soldiers stationed in the corners and corners. In addition, there were columns of heroic soldiers patrolling around the school yard non-stop, and anyone who was not honest would be killed on the spot.

So around the barbed wire, there was a pile of corpses, which were more than two feet high. This bloody lesson has played a very good deterrent role. The captives sat honestly on the ground, preferring to squeeze rather than go near the barbed wire.

At its current size, at least 100,000 prisoners are being held on the school grounds. It looks like a pile of canned sardines, densely packed, making people feel dense and phobia. To this end, Daming fenced six school yards with barbed wire to alleviate the congestion of the school yards.

Some new captives were also sent to this school ground. It didn't take long for the four school fields to be saturated.

At this time, there were almost no civilians who fled from the city. Either high-ranking officials and dignitaries, or defeated generals. As the fires in the city dimmed, the number of people who escaped began to decrease.

Seeing this, Liu Weiguo knew that the time was almost up. He left 5,000 men to garrison outside the city, and ordered them to keep a good watch over the captives. with two thousand mercenaries and six thousand surrenders. The soldiers were divided into four routes and advanced towards the imperial city of Hue.

Compared with the outside of the city, the smell of burnt paste inside the city is even stronger. There was also a strange smell of burning corpses. After snorting, it rushed into the lungs, making people's stomachs unstoppable. Obviously, there were a lot of people burned to death in the city, otherwise the smell would not be so strong.

Mercenaries are only insensitive to the smell of blood, not to the smell of scorched corpses. Therefore, a large part of the soldiers could not stand it. Covering his mouth and spitting sour water. However, the surrendered army who was despised by them looked indifferent, and very few people were uncomfortable. Maybe I've experienced a lot of wars, or maybe I'm used to seeing this kind of smell, so I'm a little used to it.

This made the mercenary also hold his breath, and swallowed the sour water that came to his mouth in a daze, pretending to be calm.

The city was burned by fire, so the streets and neighborhoods of the past were all unrecognizable. Along the way are charred ruins, and burning sparks. When the wind blew, the dark ashes immediately pounced on them in the face, choking everyone to sneeze.

Chen Jiasheng, as the soldier who led the way, walked in the forefront. As far as the eye could see, there were collapsed ruins, and the ground could not be recognized. There are potholes, and if you are not careful, you will fall. Despite this, Chen Jiasheng also recognized the general direction.

However, his former home was destroyed in the fire.

Although I feel a little sad in my heart, it doesn't matter much. After all, his home has been settled in Xinshan Town, Daming. It was two months ago that he followed the people of Hue City and went to Daming by boat together.

When they first arrived, they were like prisoners. Every 1,000 people, in households, live together. Then Da Ming sent a captain, and everyone had to listen to his command and obey his orders.

So they toiled all day in a great wasteland. The sun rises and the sun sets. In the evening, I have to learn two or three hours of Ming cultural knowledge.

Although I don't have freedom, I'm tired. But they ate well, not very bitter. If you perform well, the captain will also give some Huayuan as a reward. And the captain also told them that as long as they planted three years of grain for Daming, the barren land that was opened up would be given to them in the future, and they would be allowed to cultivate it themselves.

It's just that in the past three years, it's not too much, and it's a lot less. But for Chen Jiasheng, it is an ordeal. Because he has no other skills than business. In desperation, I can only farm. But he had never planted land before, and this day made him miserable.

Fortunately, at this time, Da Ming suddenly announced conscription. Moreover, the soldiers who had lived in Hue City for more than five years, were between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, and could read and write 500 Chinese characters of the Ming Dynasty. The number is also very small, only 300 people are recruited.

This condition is a bit strange and a bit harsh. After all, they have only been studying for more than two months, and they don't have much time. Many people only meet the first two items and are stumped by Chinese characters. In fact, there are some Chinese characters that they also know and can write. But it is more difficult for them to read it in Da Ming dialect.

Chen Jiasheng had a little spare money at home when he was a child, and he studied in a private school. I recognize a lot of kanji, but it's a little difficult to read. However, he barely met the minimum requirement of five hundred. Age and duration of residence are also eligible. He was lucky enough to be one of the three hundred soldiers.

The so-called one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven. After he became a mercenary in the Javanese First Regiment, his wife and children moved to the military area for the first time. And when his wife is well-raised, he can go to the factory arranged by Daming to do things. You don't have to spend all day in the field planting.

When the official language of the Ming Dynasty is almost learned, and the number of years of residence is appropriate, their family can apply for national qualifications and get extra points.

Originally, he went to be a soldier for the benefit of not farming, but he didn't expect that there were so many benefits. also made him secretly rejoice.

His thoughts drifted farther and farther, and as a result, he was not paying attention, and he fell a lot. provoked the veterans behind, and they were all laughing at the uselessness of the recruits. Company Commander Wang Kai stopped everyone's ridicule, turned his head to Chen Jiasheng with a black and gray face, and said, "Do you know what Da Ming chose you for?" ”。

Chen Jiasheng immediately nodded weakly, indicating that he understood. He also arrived in Hue City, only to know that Da Ming chose them to lead the way. Otherwise, how can only only 300 people be enrolled?

Wang Kai also accepted it when he saw it and let him continue to lead the way.

Along the way, they encountered stragglers. Often, before they could shoot, those people ran away. They also do not pursue, after all, their purpose is the inner city. And those people don't always run out of the city, there are people waiting there.

When we arrived at the south gate, the gate was closed and the walls were heavily guarded. It's as if you've discovered something and are on guard. They did not startle the snakes, but secretly turned around and went to the east gate. It turns out that the same result is there.

When he finally arrived at the North City Gate, the general Liu Weiguo was also there. As soon as they came, eight thousand Ming soldiers, many of them gathered outside the city gate.

It turned out that the news of the Ming army's entry into the city had been known to the officials of the Ruan Dynasty. There is no airtight wall in the world, and it is normal for the Marquis of Daming to wait outside the city for so long, and he knows.

Therefore, the officials of the Nguyen Dynasty, who were fighting inextricably, turned out to have a 180-degree reversal of attitude. They all retreated to the inner city and shook hands. After preparing to drive the Ming out of Hue, he will continue to fight.

It was really the Ming Dynasty that put too much pressure on them, so that these camps with opposing interests came together.

Liu Weiguo is not angry! Anyway, the last siege of the city, the Xishan Dynasty perished. This siege is nothing more than a repeat of history. In the face of absolute strength, all obstacles will be wiped out.

He then sent his army into a tentative assault and found that the defender of the North Gate was a hard player. There was also a group of musket troops under his command, and with his condescending advantage, the Ming army was eaten to death.

After such a night, the soldiers came by boat, and Zhou Bo was tired, and it was time to rest. Liu Weiguo asked the soldiers to camp on the spot and recuperate.

The army of the Nguyen Dynasty in the city is estimated to be tired. There was no stupid night attack, which disappointed Java, who had been waiting.

The next day, Liu Weiguo saw a middle-aged man with a soft face standing on the head of the city through the binoculars. According to the information of the Intelligence Department, he knew that this was a high-ranking general of the Nguyen Dynasty - Le Van Yue. When Nguyen Phuc Anh was in danger many times, he rescued him. Later, he also supported Nguyen Phuc Anh to unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyen Dynasty. Don't look at him as a eunuch, but he has the talent of a general.

It was because of his kindness and talent that Nguyen Phuc Anh handed over one of the musket units of the Nguyen Dynasty to him to command. He also stationed him in the imperial city of Hue.

This person was the most staunch loyal minister of the Nguyen Dynasty and the biggest representative of the anti-Fourth Prince Nguyen Phuc Than. Because in his opinion, Ruan Phuc was sent to Daming as a proton since he was a child, and he was easily influenced by Daming and controlled by Daming. This can be seen from the experience of the crown prince Nguyen Phuc Kyung who was influenced by the French, believed in Catholicism, and spurned Confucianism.

So he did not support the four princes ascending to the throne.

With the convenience of controlling the imperial city, the camp he led has controlled most of Hue City, and it is about to decide the winner. Unexpectedly, Daming fell from the sky. The army that placed him at the city gate was completely annihilated.

After learning this earth-shattering news, he immediately negotiated peace with the camp of the four princes and other princes. The other camps were also afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty, so they agreed. So that the scorching battle situation came to a strange halt.

After watching for a while, Liu Weiguo put down the binoculars. With the thickness of this wall, it can only be effective if it is bombarded with cannons. And ordinary shells, it's useless yet. At present, the Ming Dynasty has also developed a more powerful and more powerful three-generation cannon with more firepower, which is good to use to bombard the city wall.

It's a pity that the third-generation cannon is still on the way to be delivered, and the production is not much. Here in the South Seas, I don't need it yet.

If you blow up the city gates with gunpowder, you can. But in that case, the price would be great. Especially if the other side has muskets, there are certainly heavy casualties.

This kind of combat method has always been relatively repulsive to the Ming Dynasty.

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