"It's worthy of my Eight Banners warriors, even if it's such a rapid march at night, there aren't many people left behind!"

Looking at the torch behind him, Yue Tuo nodded with satisfaction, this sentence was from the heart, not a false response to boost morale.

He Shuotu next to him also nodded again and again, marching quickly all night, and the whole team was counted, but only more than 300 people were left behind, which is a great result. After all, there are more than 70,000 horses, and they are in Jiaodong, where they are not familiar with life, and there are always people who come out to shoot cold guns along the way.

When the army marched, the tiger guard did not dare to send a few more people with muskets to attack and disturb, but there were few people in the woods on the way to let go of two cold guns. Just a few gunshots, when the Eight Banners soldiers went to besiege and kill, they couldn't even see a shadow, so it could affect their itinerary at first, but later Yue Tuo simply ordered to ignore it.

In this way, it took a whole night of hard work to arrive at the place about five miles away from Tingkou Town.

Yue Tuo's heart was also relaxed at this time, what he was most worried about at the beginning was the Jiaolai New River, if the Jiaolai New River rose, and Yu Guozhen's tiger guard was deployed on the opposite bank in advance, then he would have a blue nose and swollen face again on this trip. But fortunately, this section of the Jiaolai Xinhe was very silted up, and it could not be an obstacle at all, and after arriving near the Jiaolai Xinhe, the disturbance of the Xinxiang army also stopped completely, and he tried to send scouts, and even ran for miles to bring back the news he had detected.

Relying on scout reconnaissance, they found a place to cross the river, and almost no obstacle reached the north of the new river in Jiaolai, and the town of Tingkou in front of them seemed to be a ripe fruit, just waiting for them to pick it.

"The Scout is back!"

Hearing the sound of hooves in the distance, Ma Zhan was a little nervous, and couldn't help but muttered to himself.

He knew in his heart that the entire army had fallen to this point, which had a lot to do with his original request for help from Yue Tuo when the military situation was unknown. Therefore, he is the one who wants the trip to go smoothly the most, and only in this way will he have less responsibility on his shoulders.

Yue Tuo ignored him, just waited quietly, and after a while, the three detectives came to him and knelt down: "General, the slave is back!" ”

"You guys have worked hard, how is the situation in Tingkou Town?"

"Back to the general, Tingkou Town is just a small city, and it can be captured with just a few ladders. Although there was a duty guard at the head of the city, there were no soldiers in sight, and the defenses were very empty. We touched the city, and no one noticed! ”

Yue Tuo was overjoyed when he heard this, this is indeed good news, he may not realize it when he runs at night!

Even if Yu Guozhen later got the news from Tanma, it was too late. A small city, desirable in the blink of an eye, when his tens of thousands of troops entered the city and grabbed enough food, the initiative was in his hands at that time. Whether to fight or retreat, Yu Guozhen can't help it!

"Who wants to take down Tingkou Town for me as a striker?" He asked, looking around at the generals.

"Brother, let me go!" Ma Zhan stepped forward.

Yue Tuo looked at him deeply, a little hesitant in his heart.

Ma Zhan wanted to make more contributions, so as to make up for his mistake in judging the enemy's situation in Jiaozhou, which Yue Tuo knew very well. However, Ma Zhan's army is slightly insufficient, and it is indeed a problem, this battle of Tingkou is very important, if something happens, I am afraid that Ma Zhan will be in a desperate situation.

Ma Zhan waited for a while, but he didn't see his brother's order, his face became redder and redder, and his eyes became more and more unkind.

"Go ahead, and I'll pick you up personally." Yue Tuo finally made up his mind.

"Thank you, brother!" Ma Zhan suddenly became happy, he shouted, grabbed his helmet and urged the horse towards the headquarters.

"It's just a small city, Ma Zhan should be able to take it." Yue Tuo thought to himself.

Even so, he proceeded cautiously and ordered the army to move forward. In addition to focusing on the east, he also ordered his armies to move forward, and made a detour with cavalry, intercepting and killing civilians who might be out of the city in the north of the city.

The pavilion was faced with water on both sides, and it was expected that most of the people in the city would fall into their hands.

His main formation also moved forward, less than three miles from the city, and by this time, Ma Zhan's advance had already begun to attack the city by the dawn of the morning.

Ma Zhan was full of strength in his heart, this time the elder brother's army was behind him, he had no worries at all, all he had to do was to climb this small city, and then open the city gate - it's as simple as that!

However, the city wall was more than two zhang high, and several temporary ladders were erected up, and Ma Zhan was desperate to climb the wall first.

The expected resistance did not appear!

Originally, there were still a few figures at the head of the city, but when Ma Zhan climbed up, those figures disappeared in panic, and Ma Zhan stood on the wall, and after the initial surprise, there was an irrepressible joy.

Subjugate!

He arrived here and conquered the city - although Tingkou Town is only a small city in Daming, and even a city is a bit reluctant, but in the eyes of Jianlu, who relied on picking up the city thrown by Daming, this is a great city!

In the light of dawn, the whole town fell into his eyes, and before his eyes were the tiles of fish scales, the cornices that soared, and the narrow and deep alleys paved with bluestone!

There was surprise in Ma Zhan's eyes, then greed, and then the madness of possession.

This is the first city he captured first, if the Qing Dynasty enters the customs in the future, he must ask the emperor to seal this city to him!

"Report back to the banner master, just say that I, Ma Zhan, took the lead in the city and have captured the east wall!" He turned back and ordered: "Go, follow me to open the gates!" ”

The news quickly reached Yue Tuo's ears. Ma Zhan's report did not say that there was no resistance at the head of the city, so Yue Tuo felt that he should have killed the few defenders at the head of the city. And then news came that Ma Zhan's troops had entered the city and began to plunder.

"General, let's enter the city!" The surrounding ministries and chapters of Kyoto have asked for orders.

"Okay, okay, get into town!" Yue Tuo was also excited, and after a series of blows, he finally had a decent victory. However, he still did not forget to instruct: "Gold and silver, men and women, let you and others take it, only grain and grass, all must be put together and shared by the army!" ”

With his permission, all the generals cheered and left, but He Shuotu did not leave, like Yue Tuo, he is also a veteran for many years, and his status is noble, others will naturally send a copy to him, and there is no need to rob it directly.

"Ma Zhan has finally done something." He Shuotu said in a low voice: "The prince spoils him a little. ”

"He was lucky, he was born a few years later, and I have already settled down in the Qing Dynasty, so I don't need him to go into battle often. When the first emperor was there......" Yue Tuo said this, shook his head, and did not say any more.

What is the meaning of saying that grandfather was alive, it seems that he is criticizing the current emperor for not paying attention to them, relatives and generals.

The east gate of Tingkou Town was wide open, Ma Zhan had already left the city, and his own guards sent him a horse, and he was triumphant, and he took the lead in breaking into the middle of the town.

The streets of Tingkou Town were really not spacious, and Jianyu, who had long been impatient with his surname, began to kick the doors of the houses along the street, but to their surprise, all the houses were empty.

Originally, there were still some families who didn't believe that Jianyu would come, so they had to stay at home, and the tiger guards did not use violence, but the officials under the state envoys did not have so many scruples, as long as they did not loot or kill, they could use some corresponding means. In this way, they have become red-faced singers, while Tiger Guard is singing white-faced, they are the ones who are scolded, and Huwei, who is an outsider, has become a person who presides over justice.

Ma Zhan didn't know about it, he rushed to the town first, according to the custom, the Ming official's office should be in the north of Hengjie in the middle, he now has the merit of ascending first, if there is another merit, the battle of Tingkou Town, it is a complete achievement.

Tingkou Town was originally small, and his war horse only ran for a long time before he reached the middle of the town, and he did not encounter any resistance along the way, nor did he see a single pedestrian. Even though it was early in the morning, I didn't even see the husband, which was too strange.

The entire pavilion was quiet, only the violent voice of Jianyu, but there was no response. It's as if they've broken into a ghost town, and a conspiracy is brewing against them.

At this time, Ma Zhan realized that there was something wrong in Tingkou Town.

He reined in his horse, frowned and turned his head, no matter how abnormal it was, what could the other party do if they gave up the city wall, which could be relied on, but let them come in for street fighting?

At this moment, a voice came from behind him: "Auxiliary Guogong, Fuguo Gong!" ”

When he turned around, it was Goshha beside Yue Tuo, who should have brought Yue Tuo's order. Ma Zhan was about to turn back, but at this moment, on top of the houses on both sides, more than a dozen muskets spewed flames at the same time.

Ma Zhan was absolutely not careless, he was wearing two layers of armor, one of which was a captured new armor. But even if Xinxiangjia was hit by the Huwei C musket at a distance of less than twenty meters, it could only penetrate the life!

On Ma Zhan's body, there were several more blood holes in an instant, and blood gushed out from the tears in his clothes.

"This ...... It's ......"

Ma Zhan muttered, he didn't quite understand what was going on, he frowned, trying to concentrate himself, but he didn't know, he didn't even make the frowning action.

He turned his back to the sky, planted from his horse, everything around him, spinning, and the last thing left in his consciousness was the gray sky.

Auxiliary Gong Ma Zhan, die in battle!

As he fell from his horse, thousands of muskets fired at the same time in countless places in Tingkou Town, and those who broke into the depths of the alleys were confronted with lead bullets fired from rooftops, alleyways, hollowed-out wall decorations, and any other hidden location. For the fire of Jianyu, who was busy annihilating the silver and plundering and killing, this is the cold water poured by the cold winter!

They thought it was an unsuspecting town, where they could only harvest the fruits of victory, but the result was blood and death. The souls of the people who were slaughtered in the city of Jiaozhou, the souls of the people who were robbed and killed on the Shandong Peninsula, Lu Xiangsheng who died in Gyeonggi, and the loyal and brave Ming officers and soldiers were staring at them in the deepest part of the Nine Shadows, and with the help of the muskets of the Tiger Guard, they threw a vengeful rage at them!

In an instant, blood soaked in the streets and alleys of half of Tingkou Town, and hundreds of Jianyu were killed and injured in this sudden attack!

(To be continued)