Chapter 149: The Fall of the City

Under the city of Xuzhou, Chen Ming received a report from the flying pigeons of the dark camp, and the Anhui Green Battalion of Chenzhou Mansion had entered Zhoujiakou, and it seemed that Chen Huizu, the second generation of officials, did not plan to release Asiha's pigeons, and there was still a certain amount of cooperation between the two Qing army troops in the east.

The number of people in the Anhui Green Camp was similar to that of the Henan Green Camp in Xuzhou, but Chen Huizu also had a militia of 2,000 people under his command. Chen Ming didn't care much about the green battalion soldiers in Anhui, but the Huaibei militia brought by Chen Huizu made him very curious. Because he doesn't know if there will be Zhang Luoxing and Gong Deshu in this Huaibei militia group, the ancestors of these leaders of the original space-time twisting army? You must know that the twisted army is out of Huaibei. There are even the ancestors of a group of Huai army generals such as Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng brothers. Together with the civilian husband Ding Zhuang who accompanied the army, the total number of Qing troops in Anhui was close to 10,000 and 7,000 soldiers. It can be said that it is ten times the strength of the defenders of Yuncheng.

Chen Hongtao, who was in charge of the defense of Yuncheng, had a full battalion plus a logistics team and an artillery team, and his combat strength was 700. However, Yuncheng is one of the most important strategic places of the Chen Jiajun, since the city was controlled by the Chen Jiajun, a shipload of cement and iron bars has been transported here, and one after another iron-reinforced cement buildings have risen inside and outside Yuncheng.

They aren't necessarily that tall, but they're definitely sturdy. Just like the defense system of Linru Town, the 700 combat strength of the Chen family army relied on iron-reinforced concrete buildings and criss-crossed trenches and ditches, and it was impossible to say that the 7,000 Anhui army was turned away.

Moreover, relying on the Qing soldiers who exchanged fast horses and horses, even if the two troops cooperated with each other, the actions of the Anhui Qing soldiers were too slow. They have only now reached Zhoujiakou, so when will they be able to walk from Zhoujiakou to the city of Yuncheng, and use a powerful offensive to make the defenders of the Chen family army in Yuncheng unable to resist, and eagerly ask Chen Ming for help? Three days? Five days? Or ten days?

At that time, Chen Ming had already taken Xuzhou.

Now the Qing army has no power to stop the activities of the Chen army under the city of Xuzhou, and yesterday's all-day artillery bombardment has long made the Qing army's large army untenable in the city, and Wentu only left a few people to monitor the city, and the main force was put into the city wall to wait. Such a direct follow-up is to let Chen Jiajun dig the roots of Xuzhou City very much, and within a distance of fifty steps on the left and right flanks of the city gate, Chen Jiajun dug six deep pits. The Qing soldiers who stayed behind in the city had already reported the news to Wentu, but Wentu couldn't think of a solution, so he reported the news to Qin Guangyuan, and Qin Guangyuan certainly couldn't think of a way.

The Qing soldiers couldn't even get a foothold in the city, so how could they stop the hard-working soldiers of the Chen family army who lived under the huts built by long ladders and wooden platoons? This is like the artillery bombardment of the Chen Jiajun, the strength is clearly there, but the Qing soldiers just can't resist it, and they can't counter it. Everything was already doomed yesterday, after the Chen army defeated the artillery of the Qing soldiers, and the pontoon bridges outside the city were built one by one, the situation in Xuzhou was irreparable.

The strangest thing about Wentu now is that why didn't Qin Guangyuan think about withdrawing his troops last night? And so far, he has not shown the slightest appearance of retreating, is he really ready to fight to the death with the Chen family thieves in this Xuzhou City? It's not that Wentu looks down on Qin Guangyuan's discipline, but he really thinks it's useless and unnecessary. On the contrary, preserving the existing force as much as possible is the greatest duty to the imperial court.

However, the six small rooms under the city walls were like a time bomb, which made Wentu's heart go up and down.

It's like a sharp blade hanging over your head, knowing that it is harmful, but you don't know when it will fall, and how much damage it will produce. Ventu's heart was trembling constantly, so he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to.

"Boom...... Boom ......" suddenly a series of loud explosions sounded.

Wentu jumped up from the ground and ran out towards the temple gate. As for whether he stepped on the soldiers who were entangled and lying together like branches, he didn't care.

On a clear sunny day, the dilapidated but still strong city wall was like a beach castle destroyed by the waves, and it was turned into a pile of ruins. "Landslides and rocks crack ......" Wentu only had this thought left in his mind.

A group of pro-soldiers also ran out, and the noise in the City God Temple died down in an instant, and everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.

Hesitant, frightened, discouraged...... Waiting for the emotions to rise in the hearts of this group of people, "Can this city still be defended?" Countless people asked themselves directly from the bottom of their hearts. Instead of saying, "Will this city still hold on?" ”

"Kill, ......" outside the city, the earth-shattering sound of killing came.

"The bandits are attacking the city, the bandits are attacking the city." Countless voices shouted hoarsely, their master completely unable to control himself, only screaming in panic. A large group of Qing soldiers, village warriors, and even people fled from the west gate along the street to the east.

The hesitation and fear in the hearts of the soldiers at the head of the camp under Ventu were completely detonated with the collapse of the city wall. In the face of the high-pitched shouts of killing outside the city, they did not resist, but fled towards the east in a swarm. They don't have the slightest bit of courage anymore.

"Puff ......" Wentu's eyes flashed with a touch of ferocity, and he ordered the soldiers to line up, and he rushed forward, waving three knives at the deserters who ran over first.

The knife fell, a few bright lights flashed, and the three heads had already fallen to the ground, and red blood splashed out of the headless neck cavity, dyeing his upper body a blood-red color.

"Go back, go back, give me all back. Who dares to incite a riot and stir up the hearts of the army, there is no mercy to kill-" With crazy killing intent in his red eyes, Wentu shouted at the defeated soldiers with his waist knife. "Kill me all back, resist the ......"

Wentu's reaction was extremely fast, and he controlled the situation with dozens of soldiers who could control it at hand. With them as the overseers, he personally led the defeated soldiers to rush back towards the ruin-like gate.

Xue Liang's swords and guns were forced behind him, and seven or eight hundred Fu Pacesetters, government officials, and Minzhuang had to rush to the ruins of the Great West Gate. "Kill, ......, brothers, kill with me......" Chen Jincai took the lead in the killing, with the silver medal hanging on his chest, and a bloody sharp knife on his right arm, since the award, it was like an irresistible will acting on Chen Jincai, he became more fearless.

Chen Jincai's journey was still a little farther, and some Qing soldiers had already climbed to the top of the ruins when they were halfway up. Many Qing soldiers took materials on the spot, stretched out their legs and kicked down some city bricks, and the city bricks rolled down the ruins like a stone, and brought up a little fragment.

Dodging the two green bricks that smashed at him, Chen Jincai took a few steps forward, and the steel knife in his hand rolled upside down. The sound of the "bell" blocked the head of the Qing soldier on the opposite side, and at the same time, the fist of his left hand immediately slammed out, hitting the Qing soldier in the abdomen.

The Qing soldier snorted, dropped the waist knife in his hand, and staggered back holding his stomach. Chen Jincai shouted and pounced and slashed down with a knife......