Chapter 7: The Destruction of the Rebels
"Give it to me! Give it all to me! Those who attack Nanjing City first will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with five hundred taels of silver! ”
Gao Jie said under the city wall, holding a big knife.
"The person below is Gao Jie!"
Zhu Cihong asked Zheng Sen on the side,
"The minister has seen his portrait, this person is indeed Gao Jie!"
Zheng Sen said.
"Give me a bird's gun!"
Zhu Cihong said to the soldiers on the side.
A soldier hurriedly took a bird gun and gave it to Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cihong skillfully loaded the projectile, lit it with a fire rope, and aimed at Gao Jie.
"Bump!"
With a gunshot rang out, a projectile flew towards Gao Jie.
"Ahh
Gao Jie immediately screamed, was hit by a projectile in the chest, and was seriously injured and fell to the ground dying.
"Hurry up and help General Gao down!"
A general in the Fu Wang's army called a few soldiers and said.
Then he carried Gao Jie down.
After Gao Jie was carried away, the morale of the Fuwang army besieging the city was greatly reduced, and they suffered heavy casualties after being unable to attack for a long time.
Gradually, it began to retreat.
"Withdraw... Evacuate...."
I don't know who shouted in the crowd.
A large number of Fu Wang troops responded one after another, and began to retreat from the ladder and run towards the rear.
"What's going on, how did the army withdraw?"
Fu Wang Zhu Yousong suddenly felt that something was wrong, hugged two beauties left and right, and came out to question Ma Shiying and others.
"Oh no! The new army went out of the city in pursuit! ”
Before Ma Shiying and the others could answer, a general came to report.
Ma Shiying hurriedly stood on a high place and looked, only to see Zheng Sen leading the Tianwu Battalion, Gu Yanwu leading the Tianyan Battalion, Zhang Huangyan leading the Tianlie Battalion, and Yan Yingyuan leading the Tianxuan Battalion out of the city to pursue.
When the morale of King Fu's army was greatly reduced, it was pursued by victory, and suffered heavy casualties.
"Not good! His Royal Highness King Fu! Come on! It's too late to leave yet! ”
Seeing that the situation was critical, Ma Shiying hurriedly said to Zhu Yousong, the blessed king.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”
Fu Wang Zhu Yousong hurriedly abandoned the two beauties beside him, and then turned over and got on his horse and shouted.
Zheng Chenggong and other four battalions of new troops, in the Fuwang army, chased and fought fiercely.
King Fu's army killed another 780,000 people.
Zhu Cihong personally led thousands of Jinyi guards to follow behind the new army.
The new army pursued for three days, and the Fuwang army was routed all the way, and many sergeants scattered and fled.
In just three days, there were only a few thousand people left around King Fu.
was surrounded by Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and other officers and soldiers of the four battalions on Qilong Mountain.
Zhu Cihong also arrived immediately.
"Your Majesty! We have surrounded King Fu, and there are only a few thousand people left around King Fu. ”
Zheng Chenggong told Zhu Cihong about the current situation.
"I didn't expect the 200,000 people of the Fu Wang Army to be so vulnerable!"
Zhu Cihong sighed casually.
Originally, I was still hoping that Fu Wang Zhu Yousong could force himself to something, but he didn't expect to be so vulnerable, and he suddenly felt lost.
"The terrain here is dangerous, and if we attack our new army, we will kill and wound a lot of people!"
Gu Yanwu on the side said.
"The mountains and forests here are dense, you can set fire to the mountain, force the Fu Wang army to give up the danger, the geographical advantage, and go out of the mountain for a decisive battle!"
Zhu Cihong said to everyone.
"The Emperor Shengming!"
Zheng Sen hurriedly praised.
"Someone! Ignition! ”
Then Zheng Sen ordered the soldiers of the Tianwu Battalion to start setting fire to the mountain.
After only half an hour, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and in an instant the whole mountain was plunged into a sea of fire.
"Ahh ....”
There were screams from the mountains.
"Tower...."
Soon, there was another sound of a rapid march.
It turned out that the soldiers of the Fuwang Army, who didn't want to be burned to death, were breaking through to this side.
"Kill!"
The soldiers of the Fuwang Army, under the leadership of Liu Liangzuo and others, rushed out.
It seems that he wants to fight with Zhu Cihong's new army.
"Tata...."
At this time, the soldiers of the New Army beside Zhu Cihong had already lined up in three rows of guns.
As soon as the order is given, the gun can be fired.
"Put!"
Zhu Cihong immediately ordered.
"Bump...."
Thousands of Forces nouvelles soldiers opened fire at the same time.
"Ahh
For a time, the soldiers of King Fu turned on their backs.
Heavy casualties.
"Stop shooting, we surrender!"
Seeing this, Liu Liangzuo knew that there was no chance of victory, so he immediately threw down his weapon and led the remaining remnants of the army to surrender.
Zheng Sen, Gu Yanwu and other soldiers of the two battalions surrounded them and immediately captured Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing.
Soon Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were escorted to Zhu Cihong.
"Gao Jie, Ma Shiying, where is Ruan Dacheng?"
Zhu Cihong immediately questioned the two.
"King Fu, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Liu Kongzhao, they broke through from the other way with Huang Degong."
Liu Liangzuo hurriedly replied.
"Report! Our army suffered hundreds of casualties, and the Huang De Power Army successfully broke through! ”
Not far away, a New Army soldier came to pray.
"Huang Degong is really a fierce general!"
Zhu Cihong praised after hearing this.
"Zhang Huangyan! King Fu is now defeated, and there are not many people left! The task of chasing down King Fu is up to you! ”
Zhu Cihong instructed Zhang Huangyan.
"Obey the order!"
Zhang Huangyan immediately obeyed.
"Your Majesty! Liu Liangzuo, how to deal with Liu Zeqing? ”
Zheng Sen stepped forward and asked.
"What is the use of such unfaithful and unrighteous people? Slashed! ”
Zhu Cihong immediately said.
"Ahh The emperor spares his life! ”
"The emperor spares his life!"
After Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing heard this, they were immediately frightened and hurriedly begged for mercy.
Several recruits stepped forward and dragged the two aside.
"Click!"
With the sound of two knives slashing people's heads, two bloody human heads rolled to the ground.
"Except for Zhang Huangyan's Tianlie Battalion, which is responsible for continuing the pursuit, the other three battalions of the New Army have returned to Nanjing!"
Zhu Cihong ordered.
"Obey your orders!"
Zheng Sen and the other three hurriedly obeyed.
The news that Zhu Cihong defeated King Fu's 200,000 troops with 40,000 new troops and killed more than 100,000 soon spread throughout Nanzhili.
Previously, when King Fu raised his army, the officials who returned to King Fu confessed their sins one after another and asked the court for forgiveness.
Due to the fact that there are too many officials of King Fu who have returned to Nanzhili this time, if all of them are executed, it will lead to a large number of vacancies in Nanzhili.
The turmoil is too great to be conducive to one's own rule.
But if a few officials are not executed, there is no way to warn other officials.
Zhu Cihong then followed the principle that the first evil must be investigated and the threat should not be asked.
After the execution of a few officials who contributed more to the Fu king, the other officials were fined and demoted.
As soon as Zhu Cihong's edict came out, it was once again supported by a large number of officials in Nanzhili, who praised the emperor and his saints.
The fall of Nanzhili returned to Zhu Cihong's hands again.
Zhu Cihong began to assist Zhang Huangyan, the commander of the Tianlie Battalion, to encircle and suppress King Fu.
Everywhere has responded.
No matter where King Fu fled, as soon as he arrived, he would immediately notice it from officials everywhere, and then secretly report it to the official, and the official reported it to Zhang Huangyan, the commander of the Tianlie Battalion.
With the assistance of officials from all over the country.
King Fu and his entourage lost soldiers one after another.