Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 4
As the guards of Dongzhimen mobilized more troops, Zhu Cihong also transferred the guards, cavalry and sword players from the rear.

The two sides fought here, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

The Imperial Guard Fire Gun Cavalry was not only equipped with a flintlock pistol, but also carried a Yanling knife as their melee weapon.

I saw these cavalrymen riding tall horses, driving the BMWs under their crotches, galloping into the battlefield. They first pointed their muskets at the enemy and shot at them, and then pulled out the Yan Ling Dao at their waists.

They broke into the enemy's position, rushing left and right, as if they were in an uninhabited land. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the troops mobilized by the Dongzhimen defenders to form a formation, they killed them like chopping melons and vegetables.

In a short while, the guards' fire gun cavalry killed the enemy army, leaving seventy or eighty corpses and then fled. However, none of these elite cavalrymen died, only some of them were slightly injured.

Zhu Cilang saw that the Dongzhimen guard was defeated like a mountain, and it was a great opportunity, so he quickly ordered the cavalry to pursue, "The cavalry pursues, and the Dongzhimen guard will be captured by me."

After hearing Zhu Cihong's words, the guard of Dongzhimen, who originally wanted to gather the remnant soldiers and fight again, turned around and fled in fright.

In order to prevent the soldiers from arresting the wrong person, Zhu Cihong specially reminded, "The one with the tasseled helmet is the guard of Dongzhimen."

Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, the guard of Dongzhi Gate hurriedly threw down his tasseled helmet to prevent all the cavalry from rushing towards him, otherwise the horse's hooves would have trampled him into a pulp.

"The one with the big red cloak is the guard of Dongzhimen." Seeing that this guy was so clever, Zhu Cihong said again in a flash of inspiration.

The Dongzhimen guard heard this, quickly threw down his cloak, and then ran away. Unfortunately, he had no chance to escape again.

Zhu Cihong had previously dispatched some cavalry to surround them, and at this moment the guard of Dongzhimen and his remnant soldiers had been made dumplings by the cavalry guards.

"Bring him here." Seeing that these people had been captured, Zhu Cihong ordered a few cavalrymen to bring over the Dongzhimen guard who dared to attack him.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, several guards and gun cavalrymen rushed out from his side, and they rode to the guard of Dongzhi Gate. They didn't use ropes or other instruments of torture, and they grabbed an arm or calf by themselves, and took him away. Arrived in front of Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong clasped his arms in front of his chest, seeing the Dongzhimen guard brought in front of him in such a funny posture, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha, it's really funny, it's like catching a bastard, let it go."

The cavalry of the imperial guards, the firearms cavalry, didn't know whether they were too sincere, or they were doing something bad on purpose, but they just threw down the Dongzhimen guard who was hanging in the air.

The guard of Dongzhimen with disheveled hair was hit on the ground so firmly that his nose bleeds on the spot.

Suddenly Zhu Cihong changed from the joke just now, and said to him with wide-eyed anger, "It's really daring to attack the prince. If it weren't for this special season, I would definitely destroy your three clans."

The guard of Dongzhimen knows that he has fallen into Zhu Cihong's hands, and he will definitely end badly, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope for life, he will not give up.

He knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Spare your life, Your Highness, the little ones don't dare to do it anymore. They are all little ones who have no eyesight, and the little dogs are so cowardly."

The guard of Dongzhimen kowtowed crazily on the ground, leaving bloody splatters on the floor. He didn't even bother to wipe the snot and tears from his face.

But Zhu Cihong didn't show mercy to him. There are no rules, no rules, respect and inferiority, this is the real law of feudal society.

"You guys, kill him and hang him on the Dongzhi Gate as a warning to others, and then return to the team."

After saying that, Zhu Cixiang led the team behind him and walked out of the city without looking back. The incident with the Dongzhimen guard was just a small episode.

There are not many bold and ambitious people like him, and more people still maintain respect for the royal family.

Zhu Cihong even saw veterans and eunuchs armed with weapons who came to ask for his protection on the road.

However, Zhu Cihong felt that it was too dangerous to accept them. Who knew if they had any other intentions, or if the system gave his soldiers easy-to-use, loyal, and fearless death.

So Zhu Cilang met people who offered to guard him, but encouraged them, and then let them go.

Zhu Cihong didn't realize that the real danger soon appeared in front of them.

He led the team to Guangqumen, which is the east gate of the outer city of the capital. After leaving this gate, he would be considered as leaving the city and completed the task.

Looking from a distance, Zhu Cihong saw some defenders here, and their clothes seemed to be the appearance of the Ming army, so Zhu Cihong ordered several guards and cavalry to come forward and let the defenders open the city gate.

Unexpectedly, when the cavalrymen approached the city gate, an accident happened. The soldiers on the city gate tower suddenly took out their firecrackers and without saying a word, they aimed at the guards' firecrackers and fired fiercely.

Almost all the cavalry sent by Zhu Cihong were shot to death on the spot. Only one man covered the bullet hole in his arm and forced himself back to report the news to Zhu Cihong.

"Your Highness, they are the Shun Army." After finishing speaking, the cavalryman who came back to report the letter passed out due to excessive blood loss.

Zhu Cihong originally wanted to order the doctor to come over to treat the cavalryman who ran back desperately, but found that hundreds of soldiers in solid clothes came from the east.

Zhu Cihong had no choice but to abandon the fainted soldier and command other soldiers to meet the enemy, "Zhang Zhong, wait for your pikemen to stand in front."

"The heavy infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion outflanked the intruders on both wings."

As Zhu Cixiang's order was passed on, Zhang Zhongben led a hundred spearmen to form a formation in the middle of the road, leveling their spears to block the incoming troops.

Soon, the armies of the two sides collided, but the result was not as Zhu Cihuang expected. The intruder was stopped by the spear and could not move a step.

Zhu Cihong did not expect that those intruders with sharp blades and shields would use their shields to block the pikemen's stabbing attacks, and then go close to them and kill Zhu Cihong's pikemen with the sharp blades in their hands.

In a short time, Zhang Zhong's team of spearmen lost more than half of them dead or injured. Fortunately, they were soldiers produced by the system, otherwise they would have collapsed a long time ago.

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was gradually unfavorable to him, Zhu Cihong cursed angrily, "Damn it."

He felt that the only way to break the situation now was to quickly exchange for more soldiers, otherwise he would definitely be surrounded and killed here by a steady stream of invading troops if the stalemate continued.

"System, how many points do I have?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Host, you still have [-] war points."

"Okay, exchange it for two teams of heavy infantry from the Fifth Battalion." Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and was cruel, and spent all his points.

(End of this chapter)