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"What? No one came from the north?" Two days later, the middle-aged man was shocked when he heard the report from his subordinates. He asked a little unbelievingly: "Are you saying that no businessmen came or..."

Before he finished speaking, his subordinates quickly reported: "Most of the people coming in and out of the north gate are those who work outside the city. I have been watching the city gate all day today, and it is true that no one came from the official road from the north. people!"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't sit still anymore. He turned his head to look at the sky, immediately stood up and walked out. This situation was very strange, and he had to verify it himself. Otherwise, if he rashly disturbed the adults, he might be left without food.

With his status, although he was not welcomed by Dongwu people, he could 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 hung red in the western sky, sprinkling the earth with a layer of blood, no, red.

The middle-aged man corrected his thoughts while seeing farmers outside the city returning to the city in groups of twos and threes.

Hey, that doesn’t seem right! The middle-aged man suddenly noticed something and quickly looked at the farmers who were coming in groups.

He was more concerned with farming, so he immediately sensed something was wrong. Most of the farmers outside the city are Han slaves. They work or work all day long. They have no intention of gathering in groups and keeping company. At most, two or three people who belong to the same family will go together. It seems that there are many more farmers outside the city than before!

Thinking like this, he suddenly noticed something different. There were many farmers outside the city. They were all burly men. They stood out against the lean farmers.

The middle-aged man's spirit immediately became tense. He immediately ordered the men who were following him: "Go, stop them outside the city and verify their identities!"

He spoke a little loudly on top of the city, and was heard by a farmer walking down the city. The farmer immediately turned around and shook the hoe in his hand towards the outside of the city.

When many farmers outside the city saw him, they immediately sped up and walked quickly towards the city gate.

"You guys stop, you are not allowed to enter the city anymore!" The middle-aged man panicked a little on the top of the city. He immediately pointed his finger and shouted loudly, "Whoever dares to disobey orders, be careful to deal with your family!"

When the farmers heard this, they looked up and impressed his appearance deeply in their minds. Then, instead of stopping or walking quickly, they started running.

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

I saw cavalry appearing in the distance from the official road. There were hundreds of them, galloping towards the city gate. Behind the cavalry, thanks to the muddy road, there was no dust. In the clear field of vision, it was obvious that many infantry soldiers wearing red shirts were running towards this direction.

"No, the enemy is attacking, the Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!" After the middle-aged man saw it clearly, he was so frightened that he shouted quickly.

On the top of the city, the defenders of Dongwu lazily slowed down for several beats. After the middle-aged man yelled for a while, they discovered the situation outside the city. Suddenly, everyone was panicked and didn't know what to do. At this time, in their minds, there was a dense Ming army outside the city. What should they do?

It was the middle-aged man who came to his senses first and yelled: "Quickly, close the city gate, close the city gate!"

However, at this time, those strong farmers under the city had killed the guards under the city gate, snatched their weapons, and guarded the city gate. At the same time, they shouted loudly: "Ming Dynasty's millions of heavenly soldiers are coming to kill, and those who surrender will avoid death." !”

These words made the panicked Dongwu soldiers even more at a loss. Although the middle-aged man reminded them, in their bones, they still had awe for the Celestial Kingdom. It's just because of the pride over the years that I have somewhat forgotten about it. But at this time, facing the Ming army's siege, they finally remembered.

The middle-aged man no longer cared about whether he was inferior to others. He grabbed the guard at the top of the city. He didn't know where the strength came from and shook him hard. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "If the Ming army comes in, how can they spare us? Why don't you take it back quickly?" City gate, if you are late, it will be too late!”

The city guard was awakened by him, pushed him away, and quickly ordered his men to start seizing the city gate.

After all, the city gate is the focus of the city defense, and the number of defenders is relatively large. Therefore, despite the panic, hundreds of soldiers were organized. Although few of them were wearing armor, they at least had spears and other weapons in their hands. When facing those Ming army farmers under the city gate, they at least had an advantage over the hoe.

Seeing that there were more people and better weapons than our own, the farmers of the Ming army did not show any timidity. Instead of retreating, they actively attacked and shouted loudly: "Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!" "

"Kill, kill, kill!" The farmers from the Ming army behind shouted in unison. The sound was so shocking that it even affected the Dongwu soldiers who were preparing to retake the city gate.

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

But at this moment, behind them, thick smoke and fire broke out in many places. At the same time, some people rushed over from the city with short weapons, forming a pincer attack with the Ming army in the city gate. The leader among these people is none other than Mubang Renba Dingding, one of the members of the chat group. He had sneaked into the city before, contacted the manpower previously deployed, and was waiting for this moment to seize the city!

Dongwu's soldiers panicked, but in the end, under the urging of their leader, the two sides fought together. Suddenly, people fell down from time to time in the area under the city gate, including those from the Ming army and some from Dongwu soldiers. Although the equipment of Dongwu's soldiers was better, the morale of the Ming army was obviously higher.

After a slight stalemate, they heard the sound of horse hooves outside the city getting louder and louder. Finally, the Dongwu soldiers from somewhere shouted and threw away their weapons and ran away, causing other Dongwu soldiers to follow suit and flee, forming a rout. , as the iron hoof entered the city, it inevitably spread to the whole city.

The cavalry did not stop along the way, and based on the map of the city they had already obtained, they went directly to the governor's mansion. They happened to see a bearded general coming out of the Yamen and trying to escape on horseback.

The leader of the cavalry, without saying a word, picked up his bow and nocked an arrow. He took aim, and with a whoosh of an arrow, he hit the bearded man on the back of his horse and shot him off the horse again. .

The cavalry leader seemed to be very sure about this. After shooting the arrow, he turned around and looked behind him. When he saw that the Ming army in red shirts had already rushed to the top of the city and spread to both sides along the city wall, he smiled slightly, as if He said to himself: "It seems that Dongwu people have not made any progress at all. No wonder dad was able to kill tens of thousands of them with only 500 people!"

A steady stream of Ming troops rushed into the city. Except for some who went to the top of the city, the other soldiers immediately attacked along the streets and alleys. Along the way, anyone with a sword was killed. After the killing, when I became jealous, I saw anyone with a tattoo on their forehead, and they were all killed without mercy.

This is because Dongwu's soldiers are actually called Ahmudan, and they are a military system that combines soldiers and farmers directly under the king. This is somewhat similar to the Ming Dynasty's guardhouse. These Ahmedans were both the king's tenants and the king's soldiers. King Dongwu's strength to rule largely depended on his ability to effectively control Ahmadan.

King Talon knew this very well, so he ordered an investigation of the household registration of Ahmudan personnel, re-registration, and classified them into artillery, sailors, elephant soldiers, infantry, archers, bucklers, long shield soldiers, palace guards and Shan Clan soldiers and so on.

King Talong also issued many orders, strictly prohibiting the Dongwu people of Ahmudan from mixing with Atai and slaves. This is very similar to the Ming Dynasty's garrison and military system. Many people were unwilling to be Ahmudan and wanted to escape. , King Talong issued a strict decree, warning every Dongwu people not to harbor military households who had escaped from Ahmudan, and also ordered the inspection of debt slaves to prevent Ahmudan from mixing among them. It can be seen from this that as a military householder in Akhmutan, sometimes, in fact, he is worse than a slave!

In order to curb Akhmutan's escape, King Thalong recently issued a decree to learn from the system of the Song Dynasty and strengthen the personal restraint and control of Akhmutan's military households. Those who have tattoos on their foreheads will be punished as disobedient and sent to cut elephant grass.

Most of these soldiers of the Ming army were refugees and victims of disasters. They naturally knew that most of the people who caused the destruction of their families were these Ahmudan military households, because they were the main force behind Dongwu's war. In this desperate situation, and with the promise made by King Tang before setting off, they started killing them as if all the Ahmudan military households were resisting. In fact, they were given a chance at the city gate, but they did not surrender immediately.

Besides, after Fu Yuman led more than a hundred cavalry to occupy the general's mansion, he threw them to the infantry who arrived later. He himself led more than a hundred cavalry out of the south gate and continued to pursue them forward.

Along the way, not a single Dongwu soldier dared to resist, they all threw away their weapons and ran wildly on the road. In the process of chasing the defeated soldiers, Fu Yuman and his men easily harvested human lives, whether with guns or knives. With just a slight push forward, and with the help of horse power, a human life was already obtained.

After fighting, the Dongwu people finally woke up, shouted, and all fled into the mountains and forests on both sides. Like a monkey, it jumped around and disappeared into the dense forest in a few clicks. Fu Yuman and others are cavalry and cannot catch up, and this is not their focus. They just pursued forward until they could no longer see the retreating troops.

After turning the horse's head and taking a short rest, a Ming army cavalryman said with a smile: "We are really inexperienced in attacking these holes, and we don't even have any decent resistance. I heard that the Jianlu in the north are really fierce. We understand Only a few soldiers can deal with each other!"

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 is actually only as big as our Ming Dynasty province, and it is also vast. The population is sparse, and the territory is mostly mountains and forests. This time our army raided Mubang, and they don’t know how many troops there are, and the soldiers are not elite soldiers, so it would be strange if they didn’t run away!"

Having said this, he paused, glanced in the north direction and said: "Jianlu was very powerful before, but we can see from the Di newspaper that in the past two years, our Ming Dynasty has been winning battles against the prisoners. , even though Jianlu is fierce, he can't be my opponent of the Ming Dynasty!"

His father finally retired from his guerrilla position to retire. With his father's status, it is no problem to read the Di newspaper. Compared with these subordinates, he naturally has more experience and knows more things.

"What's going on? I've never been able to defeat Jianlu before. I heard that many places in Liaodong were lost. Two years ago, the emperor even issued an edict from King Qin." One of the cavalrymen asked curiously, "Why did it happen so quickly? After a short period of time, you continue to win battles? Could it be that my Ming Dynasty has produced another unparalleled general?"

Hearing such uninformed words, Fu Yuman shook his head and smiled. He had won the battle and was in a good mood, so he explained to him: "Actually, this is the wise and powerful force of the current emperor. Jianlu's victory in the battle and the capture of Liaodong was the work of the previous dynasty. Things. After the emperor ascended the throne, he began to reform the government. Those traitorous ministers were killed and exiled. Only then did our Ming Dynasty’s national and military strength improve again. Speaking of which, our emperor is indeed a hero. You don’t know that he built hundreds of thousands of captives. When the army attacked the capital, the emperor went to the top of the city, and in front of the slave chiefs on the top of the city, he made a promise that he would personally conquer the city."

Having said this, he sighed again and said: "It's a pity that we are Southern soldiers, so we probably won't be able to go with the Holy Emperor to annihilate the Jianlu. This is really a pity!"

Yunnan is too far away from the capital, and these cavalrymen were originally ordinary people, military households, etc., so the news was limited. When they heard the unexpected news, everyone was very shocked. They didn't expect that the emperor was so powerful.

In this way, they were talking about these things, and unconsciously, they felt more proud of being Ming people. After a while, he set off again to clear out Dongwu's escaped soldiers on the official road.

One day later, the Ming army took full control of Mubang. After resting for a day, the Ming army immediately set off to attack Mengmi. The king of Tang, the nominal supreme commander, couldn't help but be happy. He was in the chat group. After the city was defeated, Ba Dengding found an opportunity to tell the news about taking Mubang.

The King of Tang could no longer stay at Hanlong Pass and repeatedly asked to go to Mubang to take charge. After receiving the good news, the Jin Yiwei escorted King Tang to Mubang.

And when King Tang arrived in Mubang, looking at the city with the flag of the Ming Dynasty flying, and watching the people kneeling to welcome his arrival, he was so excited that it was beyond words. At this moment, he seemed to feel the pride that Taizu had when he conquered the world. This is how a man should act!

However, according to the agreement, Mubang will still be the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it will be Dongwu's territory that is entrusted to him. Only after completing the first stage of the war can he conquer the world for him.