"Lord Commander, the four gates of Anqing Mansion and the whole city have been controlled by our army, the Anqing garrison was killed on the spot, and the Anqing prefect is now kneeling in front of the prefect's yamen."

Zhenxianmen, a soldier with a little blood on his body knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Mingzhen and said loudly.

After more than an hour of fighting, Anqing Mansion completely fell under the control of the Ming army, although most of the Anqing defenders were unwilling to continue to resist, but there were still a few people under the leadership of the Anqing garrison who resisted stubbornly, but they were eventually killed by the Ming army one by one.

In order to prevent the news from leaking, Zhang Mingzhen ordered the capture of the four gates of Anqing as soon as the army entered the city, prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving, and the people who witnessed the battle of Zhenxianmen and fled in panic were also arrested to ensure that no one in the know fled.

Because the Ming army's attack did not have the slightest warning, all the Qing court officials in Anqing City were wiped out, and none of them could escape, and they all knelt in front of the prefect's yamen with the same trembling as the prefect of Anqing, and their eyes glanced at the soldiers around them from time to time, for fear that they would swing their butcher knives and cut themselves in the next second.

The reason why Zhang Mingzhen made such a big move to prevent the news from leaking was that his main purpose was to want to Yin Shuosai - Shuosai did not know that Anqing had been occupied by the Ming army, and Zhang Mingzhen wanted to set up an ambush in the city, and when the unaware Qing army entered the city, he suddenly attacked and caught turtles in an urn.

Therefore, after he occupied Anqing, he ordered to clean up the traces after the battle, and personally summoned the Anqing prefect to appease the other party, and the decisive surrender of the Anqing prefect was enough to prove that he was not loyal to the Qing court, so after Zhang Mingzhen personally appeased, he did not hesitate to choose to defect to the Ming army, and expressed his willingness to act this scene with Zhang Mingzhen.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Qing army forward finally appeared outside the Xian Gate of Anqing Mansion, and the leading red flag Gushan Ezhen Suo Hong Cema stood outside the city, first looked at the sparse pedestrian city gate, and then looked at the Qing court flag fluttering on the city, he thought for a long time, did not directly enter the city, but sent people to the city gate, asking the Anqing prefect and the garrison to come and meet.

Xu saw the army coming, and the people outside the Zhenxian Gate scattered in fear, and the city gate was soon crowded, except for a few guards in loose armor, there was no one else.

Suo Hong looked at the deserted people and the soldiers who looked like a rabble with disdain, and said to Laita, the commander of the escort army beside him: "These Han dogs are really cowardly, no wonder they will be taken over by my Manchurian warriors." ”

"That's true." Raita smiled and agreed: "If the battle of Luzhou hadn't been for the Han dog turtle cowering behind the high wall, we would have taken it long ago. ”

When it came to the battle of Luzhou, the two of them were inevitably a little indignant, not only them, but also the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners in the army.

They spurned and despised the persistence of the Ming army, and firmly believed that if it was replaced by a field battle, they would definitely win.

When the two were talking, Xia Kai, the prefect of Anqing, walked out of Zhenxian Gate with a group of officials who surrendered to the Ming army, and he saluted Suo Hong from afar. ”

Na Suohong's attitude was extremely domineering, he rode forward and stopped in front of Xia Kai, who could even feel the hot snort of the war horse spraying on him.

"Xia Kai, the prefect of Anqing, Xiaguan, meet Lord Dutong."

Gushan Ezhen is changed to Chinese is the capital, and there is no mistake in Xia Kai calling it so.

Suo Hong sat proudly on horseback, did not reply, his eyes swept around the crowd, and when he saw that there was no Anqing garrison, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said, "Where is the Anqing garrison, why don't you come out to meet Bendutong." ”

Hearing his bad tone, Xia Kai hurriedly replied: "If you return to Lord Dutong, the Anqing garrison occasionally feels cold and feels unwell, so I dare not come to greet you, for fear of infecting you." ”

"A little wind chill is afraid of this, Hangou is really an inferior person." Sojon sneered mercilessly.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the surrounding Han officials became ugly, and they looked angry but did not dare to speak, which made Suo Hong's heart even more contemptible.

Xia Kai endured the humiliation, and bent down and said: "Lord Dutong, the lower official has ordered someone to set a good wine and meat in the Wanghualou in the city, and please appreciate your face." ”

Sohon bowed slightly, snorted from his nose, and as soon as he put his foot down, the war horse neighed into the city gate.

What he didn't notice was that when Suo Hongzema entered the city gate, the corners of Xia Kai's mouth, who lowered his head and showed respect, slightly hooked a strange amplitude.

Because of Suo Hong's contempt for the Han people, he did not send soldiers into the city to check, but directly swaggered into the city, and the two Manmeng Eight Banners and the armor and green battalion soldiers under his command also entered the city defenselessly.

As soon as he entered the city, Sojon sensed that something was wrong.

Although there were many pedestrians in the streets of the city, and the vendors who set up stalls along the streets were shouting and haggling with the people who came to buy things, everything seemed to be not much different from usual, but Sohon still felt that there was something wrong, if he had to say, there were not a single woman, girl, child or elderly person on the street.

In other words, all the people standing in the whole street were young and strong men.

This is a bit counterintuitive.

While Suo Hong was looking at the street, the officials who came with Xia Kai to greet him all took the opportunity to blend into the crowd and stay away from the Qing army, and those Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers didn't care because they couldn't understand their words.

At the same time, the soldiers stationed at the Zhenxian Gate also took the opportunity to close the two city gates inside and outside the urn city after the Qing army entered the city, and after the city gate was closed, a large number of heavily armed Ming troops poured out at the corners of the streets on both sides of the city gate, and they deliberately slowed down, so they did not make much noise.

At this moment, the commander of the Protector Raita also sensed that something was wrong, and he stepped forward to stick to Sohon, and whispered, "My lord, it seems that something is wrong. ”

"I'm aware of it, too." Sohon nodded, and the streets in front of him were full of weirdness, as if he would fall into the abyss if he continued to move forward.

After hesitating, Suo Hong thought of Xia Kai, he turned his head and wanted to ask Xia Kai, but when he turned around, he found that Xia Kai had disappeared without knowing when.

"Where's Xia Kai?" Suo Hong was shocked and asked the Eight Banners warriors behind him.

The Eight Banners soldier who was questioned shook his head blankly, he pointed to an alley behind him, and said: "The Han man just suddenly covered his stomach and muttered a lot to us with an ugly face, and we didn't understand it, so we saw him go into an alley, and I thought he was in a hurry." ”

"Not good!"

When Suo Hong heard this, he reacted instantly, and as soon as his words fell, he suddenly heard a laugh from above his head, and they hurriedly looked up, and saw a large number of heavily armed Ming troops emerging from the rooftops on both sides of the street!