Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Curtain Falls
The sky is already white, the sky is slowly becoming brighter, and the darkness is dissipating rapidly.
The sound of guns in the southern city was no longer loud, only scattered sounds echoed.
Chen Wang saw fiery red flags fluttering above the tower in the southern city.
Soon after, the sound of trumpets rang out again—the signal for the recapture of the southern gates.
Originally, after the city pass of the southern city was captured, the elite cavalry entered the city to make chaos first.
The army of Dongcheng can directly transfer to the direction of Nancheng, directly enter Chunhua City through the gate of Nancheng, and control the entire Chunhua City in one fell swoop.
But the intruders outside the East City obviously did not have this opportunity.
Before the elite cavalry of the breaking army had even fully entered the southern city, Chen Wang had already led more than 900 Liao cavalry out of the eastern city and directly rushed its formation into a big crush.
The army in the east city fell into collapse directly, where was the opportunity to go to the south city.
Those who entered the southern city were always only more than 800 elite cavalry.
From the very beginning of their entry into Nancheng, they jumped into the trap that Chen Wang had carefully prepared for them.
Chen Wang had already asked the craftsmen in the city to build strong shield carts and gun carriages early in the morning, with spikes on the top and cannon muzzles and guns on the bottom.
These shield and gun wagons not only protected against impacts, but also allowed the soldiers behind them to unscrupulously activate their firearms.
It's not a whimsical idea, it's not a whimsical idea.
It's just that the set of the car camp in the Ming Dynasty was moved from the plains to the streets and alleys.
At the same time, a cushion wall was set up under the wall facing the street, so that a group of bird-fired soldiers could stand just behind the wall, and only the shooting position was leaked.
As a sharp weapon in close combat and law and order warfare, the tiger squat cannon provides long-range killing, and the fang wall and car camp provide shelter.
The elite cavalry who entered the city did not expect to encounter this situation at all, they thought that the night attack was successful, and they were preparing to kill the Quartet, so they were not wary at all.
Entering the city was attacked by the Ming army in many ways and suppressed by firepower, and fell into chaos for a while, and there was no way to advance.
However, they are the elite of the army after all, and they also have plenty of experience in street fighting.
Soon, he thought of climbing over the wall of the square and passing directly through the square to directly cross the Ming army defending the streets and alleys.
But when they climbed over the wall, they found that the guards with spears behind the wall had been waiting for a long time.
The armoured officers of the Guards led a handful of men and commanded the guards who had already spread their nets and waited for them to jump into the wall.
The guards were weak and demoralized, but the spears they held in their hands were just as capable of stabbing people to death.
It's not a thousand troops to face, it's just a few troops who have climbed over the wall.
Many people climbed over the wall and didn't even take the sword, where is there any deterrent.
All the elite cavalry who climbed over the wall fell under the spears of the guards without exception.
The few bandits who were unusually brave enough to break through the gunfire were also cut down to the ground by the officers of the guards with their families.
The reason why these officers of the Guard are so desperate is not because of bravery.
It's because they know that once the city is broken, they will all be killed by the invading army.
And even if they didn't break into the army and kill them, Chen Wang couldn't spare them.
At the beginning of the school field, a thousand households were a little late, and they were on the periphery of the school field when the third drum stopped.
But Chen Wang didn't tolerate it in the slightest, and directly ordered him to be escorted to the school ground.
Hang all the thousands of households who were late and the more than ten family members who followed them.
Under the deterrence of more than a dozen lives, coupled with the orders issued by Hong Chengchou on the desk, where would anyone dare to disobey orders.
The elite horsemen of the intruding army were trapped in the streets, unable to survive.
But in the face of resistance and setbacks, they did not collapse, and they were still trying to win.
After all, they have already entered the city, and they are all in an advantage psychologically.
As a result, the battle situation in Nancheng was in a stalemate for a while, and even the elite cavalry of the invading army once gained an advantage.
However, all the advantages were made up of luck when the gates of the southern city were suddenly closed.
The breaking army guarding the gate of the southern city took the lead in fleeing directly, and the Ming army ambushed on the east and west walls of the two bureaus took the gate of the southern city almost effortlessly.
directly turned the elite cavalry of the intrusive army into a turtle in the urn, and also became the last straw that crushed the psychological defense line of the elite cavalry.
The battle situation instantly fell to the side of the Ming army from a stalemate, and more and more elite cavalry put down the swords and guns in their hands and surrendered on their knees.
In the face of the official army, the rogue's will to fight is actually not strong.
If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will flee, and if you can't escape, you will surrender, this is their purpose.
Anyway, as long as they surrendered, almost all the officers and soldiers accepted it.
Ordinary old and weak people are sent back to their hometowns, and these elite horsemen are generally incorporated into the army, and their lives are worry-free.
By the time Chen Wang led his troops to Nancheng, the battle in Nancheng had basically ended, and only sporadic resistance remained.
However, Chen Wang did not feel relieved by this, because the cavalry he sent to herald the order turned back.
When Chen Wang climbed the tower of Dongcheng, he also had a panoramic view of everything outside Chunhua City.
The entire eastern suburbs of Chunhua are full of fugitive rogues, and the crowd of people swarms in, like a wave, almost covering most of the wilderness.
The crowd surged and fled, one in the direction of the northern city, and the other in the direction of the southern city.
It is like a colony of krill that gathers together to escape the predation of whales.
"Let all the people outside the North City withdraw with their captives, immediately!"
Chen Wang's gaze turned to Beicheng and shouted in a deep voice.
The rout was preoccupied with fleeing, and fear had consumed them, and they had lost most of their sanity.
If the troops in the northern suburbs do not withdraw in time, once the rout sweeps in, they will inevitably be coerced by them.
The fire that broke into the barracks is still spreading, and it may not be long before it spreads to the entire camp.
I am afraid that more than 10,000 people will die directly or indirectly because of this fire.
"These routs ......"
Rao has fought for so many years, but Zhao Huailiang has seen this kind of scene for the first time.
The routs that stormed the front battalion were turned back by the fire.
"Close the four gates, and ignore the routs outside the city."
Chen Wang glanced at the detached rout tide, and the solution to these routs was very simple.
Let them continue to run for their lives, and by the time they come to their senses, they will be exhausted.
When the time comes, it will be easy to capture them all, without much effort.
Chen Wang paused, the sky had brightened a lot, and his vision had opened up a lot.
He had already seen a group of cavalry gathered at the foot of the hill not far outside the city, and the red flag fluttered in the cavalry.
The sky is full of red fire in the distance, and the city is silent.
The war is over, and the curtain has fallen.