The three-day celebration period passed quickly, and in the end, Lao Huihui made a decision that affirmed the statement given by Yang Kai in the banquet from the side of King An.

At the same time, another edict was ordered to attend the meeting and decided the direction of the next step.

On the east and west sides of Runing Mansion City, they were all handed over to the Collapse Heaven Division to be responsible for occupation and garrisoning, and Yang Kai was able to get his order because he asked for orders to go to the southeast Xinyang direction.

The main department of Lao Hui Hui took the remaining troops to Zhenyang, Gwangju, Mall and other places in the south of Ningfu, and the Geying and Zuoying were divided into the direction of Xincai and Huaibin to open up the passage into Nanzhili.

The Zhongdou Star Department took the lead and led the army out of the city, and the blood stains shed by the defenders during the siege had turned black.

These blood stains penetrated deep into the walls of the city gate, attracting a large number of flies and insects to adsorb, buzzing endlessly, smelling and scattering, going around and around, and re-attaching back.

Bypassing the middle of the two cities of Zhenyang and Queshan, marching for several days, coming to Minggang, it is also officially entering the wide official road, so far the way to march to Xinyang has been halfway, Gao Yingen ordered the whole army to stop camping and rest for a day for the first time.

Since the fall of Runing, all parts of the southern part of Runing Province have sent small groups of people to visit from afar. In Xinyang Prefecture and other places more than 200 miles away, Runing reported urgently, and also sent a horse ranger to spy on the military situation, but the number was too small and was beaten back by the reconnaissance battalion led by Chen Yuzhu.

With Yang Kai's order, he deliberately let some go, and let them go back with the news that those who stubbornly resisted and strangled them, those who surrendered in Kaecheng, and the officials were restored.

These are superficial tactics to shake the hearts of the enemy's troops, but they will be very effective. The news that King Chong is not dead will soon spread, and then a series of actions such as his opening of the mansion to welcome thieves will also spread.

The obvious thing is that in front of them, Yang Zhongxiang, Qian Kaijia and others, who resisted stubbornly, all sacrificed their lives to defend the city, and the key was that they could not resist the ferocity of the thief army.

This time the rogues went south, they had to face the same situation of fierce warfare, whether the rogues were really so merciful, and they would really not kill if they surrendered in Kaesong, which is difficult to distinguish between the real and the false.

The cities under their jurisdiction, the garrison army of the city is very different from the city of Runing Mansion, and when the news of this indistinguishable truth spreads, it will be enough for them to drink a pot.

Even a few rounds of riding to explore the horses, there were very few who came back, and gradually the officers and soldiers sent fewer horses, and only recalled all the soldiers north of the Huai River to preserve their strength.

After a half-break, it will be night.

After instructing Gao Yingen, Yang Kai took this opportunity to urgently assemble, so that all the troops were silent, with Han Bin and Cao Mang as the vanguard, leading the troops first, and the army followed, all of them left the camp.

All the way to the edge of the Huai River, it took a day, collecting passing boats, cutting down trees to make rafts, crossing the Huai River that night, and quietly entering the territory of Xinyang Prefecture the next day, all the way to the village and town, all ignored, left to the rear army to deal with, they only interspersed gaps, sneaked all the way, and occasionally encountered the exploration horses sent by Xinyang Prefecture, all of them were taken, and none of them were put back.

Xinyang Prefecture City could not get the news from the front, and the fear was even greater, and he did not know that Yang Kai's army had been marching for a few days, and there were only thirty or forty miles left from Xinyang, and the latter no longer rested, but only ordered to continue to march quickly.

On the afternoon of the sixth day, their Xinyang City had already appeared in their sight, and such a surprise attack was really fast. Runing Mansion fell into the hands of thieves, Xinyang is known up and down, but Xinyang is two or three hundred miles away from Runing, and there is also the Huai River separating it, and everyone did not expect that at this time, there will be an army coming quickly.

Just look at the outside of Xinyang City, in the scattered farmland, the people who are plowing in the fields, seeing thousands of troops and horses galloping forward, throwing down farm tools, ploughing cattle are too late to lead, and running to the city gate all over the mountains.

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Above the city, alarm bells, cowhide drums, and trumpets sounded in unison. In such a panic, the alarm sounded, and the officials of the various ministries who were still arguing in the government office about whether to defend it with all their might or whether to surrender the city of Kaejo, were in a hurry.

The city gate guards could no longer care about anything else, and could not wait for the higher authorities to give another order, so in a panic, like a reflex, urged the soldiers to rush to the city and also closed the city gate.

The people, who had run slower or farther away from the city gates, were turned away, and the cries were almost like a flock of lambs that had met a hungry wolf.

Some of them beat desperately in front of the city gate, some were so frightened that they were paralyzed on the ridges, and some seemed to be stupid, standing straight on the road, looking at the army approaching, only the smart ones ran straight to the near hills.

A five-party flag was erected above the city, and there were more than a dozen soldiers under it, some of whom were sharp-eyed, and saw the clothes of the vanguard of the army under the city, and hurriedly reported to the generals: "This seems to be our army, is the reinforcement that the adults ask for has arrived?" ”

The soldiers of Yang Kai's department, especially the cavalry, almost all wore the official clothes and armor pulled from the official soldiers, and only held a few flags high and rushed ahead, looking from a distance, they really didn't look like any thief army.

Another group in the city did not receive the news of the recent rogues, and they immediately thought that this was their request for reinforcements.

It's just that from this direction, what kind of reinforcements are they?

Yang Kai didn't give them a chance to think and react at all, and only waved the command flag, arranged the generals, and distributed the various armies. The city body of Xinyang City is not small, covering an area of more than ten miles, and the city has four gates.

Yang Kai wanted to be stationed at the main gate in person, but after Yin Zuochan and Discussion tried their best to dissuade them, they retreated slightly, and ordered Yanhou and Wang Biao to lead Hu Shahu to garrison at the main gate, Han Bin and Wei 13 were responsible for the west gate, Cao Mang and Yan Feng led the army to the east, leaving the south gate for those who were afraid of the dead to escape.

He is determined to take the city, not to kill.

The defenders in the city, mostly from the guards and recruited soldiers, the guards were originally a semi-professional army, since the Ming Dynasty swept the north, there were few large-scale wars, many soldiers became farmers, and then by Qi Shaobao recommended the conscription system to impact, the family soldiers gradually banned the guards, and the combat power declined greatly.

In the Chongzhen period, in addition to the crooked towns in the northwest, it evolved into a group of generals and soldiers, leading a group of rabble.

I saw that above the city, the guard general still had to ask his subordinates around him something, the Yanhou Department had already brought Yang Kai's name to come, and in the city of Runing Mansion, Yang Kai handed over all the captured firearms to him.

Yanhou is not unfamiliar with the use of firearms because it is composed of all surrendered officials, and a few days ago outside the city of Runing Mansion, he has experienced a battle with a fight, and now he is more familiar with it, and he will not try to fight this time, just waiting for Yang Kai to wave the flag and give the order, Yanhou shouted:

"Fire!"

The roar of the cannon shook the cochlea of the soldiers from far and near, and the soldiers defending the city did not expect that the rogues still had so many firearms, and even more unexpectedly, the enemy hit the head of the city with a few shots of wine.

The fire bomb exploded on the head of the city, shook a lot of sand and gravel, and after the autumn wind rolled up, sprinkled the guards of the city with dust, and after three rounds of cannons, the head of the city saw the banner rolled upside down, and the generals who commanded the battle on the head of the city also retreated. Only the soldiers who were all over the city wall remained, hurriedly carrying all kinds of equipment for defense.

The army from outside the city galloped away, and listed the shock array, and under the twilight sun, the guns were all over the place, flashing dazzlingly, and the banner pointed to the direction of the city gate, and the black smoke from the fire bombs flew together with the dust, trying to cover the entire city gate.

Under the city, the people who had gathered together, men, women, old and weak, all had all kinds of people, and after listening to the sound of artillery, all sides ran wildly, and seven or eight out of ten had dispersed.

After about two quarters of an hour at the head of the city on fire, seeing that the people at the city gate were scattered and the defense of the city was weak, Yang Kai ordered the infantry to cover the artillery and advance forward, change the target, and bombard the city gate.

"The gates are broken!"

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers in front of the battle, Yang Kai did not lose the fighter, and waved his hand to give another order.

"The whole army is crushing the city."

"Awey!"

The cavalry led the way to the city gate, but the resistance of the defenders came to an abrupt end.

Seeing this scene, Yang Kai, who was standing in the rear, knew that this city was broken.