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Chapter 1012

"What? No one came from the north?" Two days later, the middle-aged man was shocked when he heard the report from his subordinates, and asked a little disbelievingly: "Do you mean that no merchants came or..."

Before he finished speaking, his subordinates hurriedly reported: "The people who come in and out from the north gate are mostly those who go out to work in the city. The villain has been watching the city gate for a whole day today, and it is true that he did not come up from the official road in the north." people!"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't sit still any longer. He turned his head to look at the sky, and immediately stood up and walked out.This situation is very strange, he has to check it himself, otherwise, if he rashly disturbs the adults, he may be overwhelmed and walk away.

In his capacity, although he is not seen by Dongwu people, he can still go to the top of the city.

After reaching the top of the city, he carefully looked at everything outside the city.At this time, it was already evening, and the setting sun was hanging red in the western sky, casting a layer of blood on the earth, no, it was red.

The middle-aged man corrected his thoughts, and at the same time saw that the farmers outside the city were returning to the city in twos and threes.

Hey, it seems wrong!The middle-aged man suddenly noticed something, and quickly looked at the farmers who came in groups.

He paid more attention to farming, so he immediately realized that something was wrong.The peasants outside the city are mostly Han slaves. They work all day long, so they don’t want to go in groups and travel as companions.It seems that there are many more farmers outside the city than before!
Thinking of this, he suddenly noticed another difference. There were many farmers outside the city, all of them were burly men, and they were very conspicuous against the lean farmers.

The spirit of the middle-aged man immediately tensed up, and he immediately ordered the subordinates who followed him: "Go, stop outside the city, and verify their identities!"

His voice on the top of the city was a bit loud, and he happened to be heard by a farmer walking below the city.The farmer immediately turned around and shook the hoe in his hand towards the outside of the city.

Seeing this, many farmers outside the city immediately speeded up and walked towards the city gate.

"Stop, don't enter the city again!" The middle-aged man was a little panicked on the top of the city, and immediately pointed his finger and said loudly, "Whoever dares to disobey orders, carefully clean up your family!"

Those farmers heard it, looked up, and imprinted his appearance deeply in their minds, and then they not only stopped, but also ran instead of walking fast.

When the middle-aged man saw it, he knew something was wrong, and when he was about to shout, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, and immediately looked up.

I saw a cavalry army appearing in the distance of the official road, and there were hundreds of them galloping towards the city gate.Behind the cavalry, thanks to the muddy road, no dust was brought up. In the clear vision, many infantrymen wearing red shirts were obviously running towards this side.

"No, the enemy is attacking, the Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!" The middle-aged man shouted in fright after seeing clearly.

On the top of the city, the lazy Dongwu defenders were slow for a few beats. After the middle-aged man yelled for a while, he realized the situation outside the city. Suddenly, everyone panicked and didn't know what to do?In their minds at this moment, there are densely packed Ming troops outside the city, what should they do?
It was the middle-aged man who came to his senses first, and hurriedly shouted, "Quick, close the city gate, close the city gate!"

However, under the city at this time, those strong farmers had already killed the guards under the city gate, robbed their weapons, and guarded the city gate hole, and at the same time shouted loudly: "The Ming Dynasty has a million heavenly soldiers to kill, and those who surrender will not die!" !"

These words made the panicked Dongwu soldiers even more at a loss. Although they were reminded by middle-aged men, they still had awe of the heavenly kingdom in their bones.Just because of the pride of these years, some have forgotten.But facing the siege of the Ming army at this time, they finally remembered.

The middle-aged man didn't care whether he was inferior to others, he grabbed the guard at the top of the city, and with the strength he didn't know where he came from, he shook it vigorously, and at the same time shouted loudly: "If the Ming army comes in, how can they spare us? Hurry up and take it back!" City gate, if it’s too late, it’s too late!”

The guard at the top of the city was awakened by him, pushed him away, and quickly directed his men to seize the city gate.

The city gate is, after all, the key point of defending the city, and there are more guards.Therefore, under the panic, hundreds of soldiers were still organized. Although few of them wore armor, at least they all held long guns and other weapons in their hands.When facing the Ming army farmers under the gate of the upper city, at least they have an advantage over hoes.

Seeing that there were more people than their own side and their weapons were better than their own, those Ming army farmers showed no signs of timidity, and instead of retreating, they took the initiative to kill them and shouted loudly: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy! "

"Kill, kill, kill!" The Ming army farmers behind shouted in unison, the momentum was astonishing, and even affected the Dongwu soldiers who were about to retake the city gate.

However, the city guard and the middle-aged man were shouting orders, and Dongwu's soldiers finally stepped forward hesitantly, preparing for a contact battle.

But at this moment, thick smoke rose from many places behind them, and fires were ignited. At the same time, some people rushed over from the city with short weapons, forming a front and back attack with the Ming army in the city gate.The leader of these people is one of the members of the chat group, Badending from Mubang.He had already sneaked into the city before, contacted the manpower he had arranged before, and was just waiting for the moment to seize the city!
Dongwu's soldiers panicked, but at the urging of their leader, the two sides fought together.All of a sudden, in the area under the city gate, people fell down from time to time, some from the Ming army, and some from Dongwu soldiers.Although Dongwu soldiers were better equipped, the morale of the Ming army was significantly higher.

After a little stalemate, the sound of horseshoes outside the city became louder and louder. Finally, Dongwu soldiers from somewhere shouted, threw their weapons and fled, causing other Dongwu soldiers to follow suit, and they were defeated. , as the iron hoof entered the city, it inevitably spread to the whole city.

The cavalry didn't stop all the way, and according to the map of the city they had already obtained, they went directly to the guard's mansion, just in time to see a bearded general leaving the Yamen, and wanted to escape on horseback.

The leader of the cavalry army, without saying a word, picked up his bow and set up an arrow, but he didn't see him take a look. With a "swish", the arrow hit the back of the bearded man who had just turned over on the horse, and shot him off the horse again. .

The leader of the cavalry army seemed to be very sure about this. After shooting the arrow, he turned his head and looked behind him. When he saw that the Ming army in the red shirt had already killed the top of the city and spread along the city wall to both sides, he smiled slightly, as if He said to himself: "It seems that Dongwu people have not improved at all, no wonder Dad was able to kill tens of thousands of them with 500 people back then!"

A steady stream of Ming troops rushed into the city. Except for a part of the top of the city, the other soldiers immediately attacked along the streets and alleys.When I was jealous later, I saw tattoos on my forehead, and I would kill them without mercy.

This is because Dongwu's soldiers are actually called Akhmutan, which is a military system that combines soldiers and farmers directly under the king.This is somewhat similar to the guards of the Ming Dynasty. These Akhmedans are both the king's tenant farmers and the king's soldiers.Whether King Dongwu has the power to rule depends to a large extent on whether he can effectively control Akhmedan.

King Talong knew this very well, so he ordered to investigate the household registration of Ahmedan's personnel, and re-registered them as artillery, sailors, elephant soldiers, infantry, archers, round shield soldiers, long shield soldiers, palace guards and Shan soldiers. Clan soldiers and so on.

King Talong ordered many times to strictly prohibit the Dongwu people of Ahmedan from mixing with Atai and slaves.This is very similar to the military system of the guards in the Ming Dynasty. Many people are unwilling to be this Akhmedan and want to escape. , King Talong issued a strict decree, warning every Dongwu not to harbor military households who escaped from Akhmutan, and also ordered to check debt slaves to prevent Akhmutan from mixing with them.It can be seen from this that, as a military household of Ahmedan, sometimes he is worse than a slave!

In order to curb Akhmutan's escape, King Talong issued a decree not long ago, imitating the system of the Song Dynasty, and strengthening the personal restraint and control of Akhmutan's military households. Those who tattoo patterns on their foreheads will be punished as a crime of violating orders and sent to cut elephant grass.

Most of these Ming army soldiers were refugees and disaster victims. They naturally knew that most of the people who caused their families to be destroyed were these Akhmutan military households, because they were the main force in Dongwu's war.In this red-eyed situation, and with the promise made by King Tang before departure, they immediately killed them, assuming that all the Akhmutan military households resisted.In fact, they were given a chance at the city gate, but they didn't surrender right away.

Besides, after Fu Yuman led more than a hundred cavalry to occupy the guard's mansion, he threw it to the infantry who arrived later, and he himself, leading another hundred cavalry, left the south gate and continued to chase forward.

Along the way, not a single Dongwu soldier dared to resist, and they all threw away their weapons and ran wildly on the road.Fu Yuman and his men easily reaped human lives in the process of chasing and chasing the rout. They just sent their guns or knives forward lightly, and with the help of horsepower, a life was already taken.

After the killing, the Dongwu people finally came to their senses, shouted, and all fled into the mountains and forests on both sides.Just like a monkey, it hops three times and then disappears in the dense forest.Fu Yuman and the others were cavalrymen, so they couldn't catch up, and this wasn't their focus.They just chased forward until there were no routs in sight.

Turning the horse's head and resting for a while, the Ming army cavalry said with a smile: "We really don't have to fight these holes, and we don't even have a decent resistance. I heard that the Jianlu in the north is a fierce one. We understand The army usually has several to deal with one!"

After hearing this, Fu Yuman smiled and said: "These Dongwu people are actually afraid of our imperial army in their bones. Think about it, Dongwu's side is actually only as big as a province of our Ming Dynasty, and it's also vast. The population is sparse, and the territory is mostly forests. This time when our army raided Mubang, they don’t know how many troops there are, and the soldiers are not elite soldiers, so it’s strange if they don’t run away!”

Having said that, he paused, glanced north and said, "Jianlu used to be very powerful, but from the newspapers in the mansion, we can see that in the past two years, my Ming Dynasty has won many battles against the captives. , although Jianlu is fierce, he can't be my opponent!"

His father eventually retired as a guerrilla to retire for the elderly. With his father's status, there is no problem if he wants to see the mansion newspaper. Compared with these subordinates, he has more experience and knows more things.

"What's the matter? I have never been able to defeat Jianlu before. I heard that many places in Liaodong have been lost. Two years ago, the emperor issued an edict to King Qin." A cavalry pawn asked curiously, "Why is it that in a blink of an eye? In a short time, he kept winning battles again? Could it be that my Ming Dynasty has produced a peerless general?"

Hearing such ignorant words, Fu Yuman shook his head and smiled, and after winning the battle, he was in a good mood, so he explained to him: "Actually, this is the emperor's brilliance and martial arts. Jianlu won the battle and captured Liaodong. Things. After the current emperor ascended the throne, he began to reform the government. Those treacherous officials were killed and exiled, and our Ming’s national power and military strength improved again. Speaking of which, our emperor is indeed a hero. You don’t know, a hundred thousand Jianlu When the army attacked the capital, the emperor went to the top of the city, and in front of the slave chiefs, he made a promise of his own conquest."

Speaking of this, he sighed again: "It's a pity that I'm a soldier from the South, and I guess it's impossible to follow Shengjia to exterminate Jianlu. What a pity!"

Yunnan was too far away from the capital, and these cavalry soldiers were originally ordinary people, military households, etc., and the news was limited. At this time, they were all shocked when they heard the unexpected news.They didn't expect the emperor to be so powerful.

Just like that, they talked about these things in a hurry, and unconsciously, they felt more proud of being Daming people.After a while, he set off again to clean up the fugitives of Dongwu on the official road.

A day later, the Ming army had fully controlled Mubang, and after a day's rest, the army set off immediately to attack Meng Mi.But Tang Wang, the nominal supreme commander, couldn't help but be overjoyed.In the chat group, after the city was broken, Ba Dengding took the opportunity to tell the news about taking down Mubang.

Tang Wang couldn't stay in Hanlong Pass any longer, and repeatedly asked to go to Mubang to sit in town.After Jin Yiwei received the good news, he escorted King Tang to Mubang.

And when the king of Tang arrived in Mubang, he saw the city with the flag of Ming Dynasty fluttering, and the people knelt down to welcome him, he was so excited that it was hard to express.At this moment, he seemed to feel the pride of Taizu when he conquered the world.Manly man, so be it!
However, according to the agreement, Mubang will still be the territory of Daming in the future, and Dongwu's territory will be entrusted to him. After the first stage of the war is completed, he will fight the world for him.

(End of this chapter)