Lord of Ming Dynasty

As for the [-] soldiers sent by Li Guo, he sent them to set up camp outside the city on all sides, as a forward force to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Those people were dissidents in the Loyalty Camp, and he could tell right away that they were all thorns, so Li Guo and Gao Yigong sent them here. If you leave him, there will be a problem at that time, and it will be his problem. It will consume the grain and grass of Jingmen County, which he knows.

But no matter what, it was still a usable soldier. He hoped that at least he could hold back the Huaxia Army for him, let's see how the Huaxia Army's combat effectiveness is.

His trusted general ran over and whispered to him, "General, the Huaxia Army has reached the periphery and is fighting with the troops of the Loyalty Battalion. It seems that we are surrounded on all sides this time. Why don't we go out with our elite now? How about fleeing to Henan Prefecture?"

Chen Youzheng looked at him, and said with difficulty: "But there are Huaxia Army garrisons on the road, as well as patrolling cavalry, and all-pervasive scouting cavalry, even if we can escape these cavalry, troops, we have arrived near Xiangyang Mansion, that old thief He Tengjiao Will you let us pass? He won't take the opportunity to eat us?"

The general patted the tea table next to him and said, "Brother, you are so confused. If we don't leave now, we will die. The Huaxia Army has no friendship with us. Their previous battles, whether you are the Qing army or the Ming army, As long as you are an enemy, there must be only two endings, one is to die in battle, and the other is to go to a prison camp or a hard labor camp."

He quietly looked around, "I inquired about it. You have to stay in a prison camp for at least three years. If you perform well, you can be promoted to the supervisor of the prison camp. After five years, if you are a soldier, you can have a chance to become an ordinary person. Some mid-level and lower-level officers may also be released or become regulars after seven years, and become militiamen of the Huaxia Army, or be sent to Longwu Nanming to become the Nanming Army, but such opportunities are extremely rare, and if they go, they will be divided up by the generals of the Nanming Army , it is impossible for us, because we are all senior generals, this is the position given to us by the Huaxia Army."

Chen Youzheng nodded slightly, motioning for him to continue, the general said: "We officers have a certain chance to become captives in the prison camp, the most likely is to serve in the hard labor camp. It is said that the place is used to detain serious criminals and high-ranking enemy generals. , and the heinous traitors and other people, they only have one end to work to death, toss you into death, and have no intention of letting you go."

Having said that, he checked Chen Youzheng's face, and found that the muscles on his face twitched imperceptibly, apparently being persuaded. He carefully glanced at his own soldier standing outside under the steps of the lobby, and saw He nodded slightly before continuing to persuade.

"General, the hard labor camp is really not a place for people to stay. Many people, it is said that the tens of thousands of green camps of the Qing army, Han army flags, Mongolian soldiers, Manchu soldiers and generals who were captured by the Huaxia army ten years ago are all dead now. Almost, they were all exhausted to death, or beheaded. If they were lucky, they were driven to the front of the battle as cannon fodder and shot to death by the Qing army. Those who survived by luck were either given to Longwu Nanming, or surrendered to Huaxia Army, become a member of the Huaxia Army, but it ends up being a low-level officer, at most a general of the garrison. There are only a few lucky people out of [-] who can survive and become a member of the Huaxia Army."

Chen Youzheng's heart was beating, his face was pale, he reached out and grabbed the general's hand, and asked in a trembling voice: "Then is there a way to not die?"

The general was silent for a while, and waited for Chen Youzheng to urge him to shake his hand before saying: "Some of the Ming soldiers who were captured later were the generals of the Ming army who surrendered to the Qing army, such as Ma Weixing and Qi Sansheng. He was promoted and became a garrison officer. In recent years, Bai Wenxuan, who has taken refuge in the past, is the best person. He has become a general who leads an army alone, from an officer to a lieutenant general, and depending on the situation, he can be promoted to the commander-in-chief. , we have nothing to do with the Huaxia Army in the past, and we have been fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, if we can..."

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good, the Huaxia army is coming, and it's all over the mountains and plains." The two were talking, and a man wearing a Ming Dynasty government official costume, a black gauze hat, and a Yanling knife ran away. Come in, shouting in panic.

The general took a look at him, and he knew that this guy was the former chief arrester of the Jingmen County Yamen. Anyway, he was with Chen Youzheng. He was a rebel, helping Chen Youzheng with civil affairs. He was a typical bureaucrat.

Chen Youzheng had already stood up and walked outside in a hurry, the general quickly followed, the two were led by the chief arrester, followed by their personal followers, guards, and some arresters of the yamen servants, officials, climbed up city ​​head.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and a few miles away, several military camps were burning, and a large number of army officers and soldiers were rushing towards the county town in a panic.

Behind them, the banners were fluttering, and the dust was filling the air. The cavalry of the brigade was struggling to attack the fleeing soldiers, chasing, killing, and arresting them. Turned into a hodgepodge, flustered.

Many people trampled on each other, pushed each other, slashed and killed, and fled all the way to the outskirts of the city.

But there are trenches on the outskirts of the city, horse pits, horse pits, irregular pits, and small ups and downs. Shout loudly, drive them to the other side, and don't allow them to attack the camp.

The suspension bridge on the moat at the back has been pulled up, and the city gate is closed. The young and strong on the city wall are armed with guns, spears, bows and arrows, and they have long been ready for battle.

Chapter 484 The Scariest Day in the Army Anyway

Chen Youzheng raised his head and sighed, the general was also very anxious, and said to Chen Youzheng: "General, make a decision early, the enemy is coming fiercely, flee or surrender, otherwise we will perish waiting for you and me."

Hearing the general's words, the chief arrester said to Chen Youzheng, "Brother Zheng, no, we must not mess up at this time. We still have a city to defend. With the number of defenders in the city, we can at least Persist for more than a month, and then collect some from the people's homes, and you can persist for a few days. At that time, Lord He will definitely send troops to rescue.

Li Guo's loyalty camp is not impossible to defeat the enemy. He has 20 troops and more than 6 elites. Based on the past experience of the loyalty camp, even if they are defeated, they are likely to escape and make peace with us. We still have time to spend time with the Huaxia Army to pinch the Huaxia Army. If we really can't, we can still maintain it if we flee to the hinterland of the Qing Army with the elite.

The important task of restoring Daming Rivers and Mountains is up to us. We must not be sinners through the ages together with the Huaxia Army rebels. "

The general understood that this person was sent here by He Tengjiao. The longer Chen Youzheng held the Huaxia Army here, the more space He Tengjiao could move and move, and the more time he would have.

Hearing what the chief arrester said, the general shouted at him angrily: "The enemy is coming to the door, look at the soldiers in the city, how can we hold the enemy for a month, don't you use your head ?"

Usually, there are many conflicts in the army anyway, each department does not understand each other, and quarrels are inevitable, but with Chen Youzheng's comfort and coordination, everyone lives in peace and at most bears hatred for each other, but in this situation, the generals cannot let it go The other party makes trouble, otherwise everyone will be killed, and those who are lucky will be sent to a hard labor camp. He doesn't want to enter the hard labor camp of the Huaxia Army.

"Do you still have Da Ming in your heart? Do you want to surrender to the enemy and become a disloyal minister? The emperor is still suffering in Burma. Do you want to betray the court? Do you not want to welcome the emperor back as soon as possible? Or do you have two minds about Mr. He? Be self-reliant, you traitor!" The Chief Catcher countered him with benevolence, righteousness and loyalty, messing around, and the subordinates of both sides drew their swords at each other, looking like they were about to fight each other if they disagreed with each other.

Chen Youzheng was very annoyed when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do. Usually he could use his prestige and majesty to suppress these people below, but now the situation is so urgent, if there is no trouble, these people will target him, and coercion will only force them back On the one hand, this is a common problem in the rebel army. There are many mountains, defections, and opinions are not unified. In the end, they are defeated by the enemy one by one.

At this time, it is my position to let the strong side suppress the weak one, uphold justice by myself, and finally make peace, and let the strong party compensate the weak one.

However, he can't do anything now, and even before that moment, more and more defeated soldiers are gathered under the city, and more and more enemies can be seen from a distance, with enemy flags in all directions. The [-] army and [-] soldiers completely collapsed.

Those who trampled on each other killed at least a thousand people. They rushed to the fortifications, rushed into the fortifications regardless, were killed by the soldiers guarding outside, and thousands of people were killed by the fortifications. In a breath, the outer fortification line collapsed, and even the guarding soldiers turned around and jumped into the moat, swimming towards the city.

The soldiers on the city wall didn't get orders, and they didn't dare to shoot arrows at their own people, and more and more defeated soldiers crowded under the city wall.

"The order goes on, the guards at the gates of each city are not allowed to open the gates and let the defeated soldiers in. The soldiers, take my token to patrol the gates of the cities, and no one is allowed to go to the top of the city. Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded for collaborating with the enemy, and his head will be hanged. Make a public display under the city gate." Chen Youzheng ignored the commotion of his subordinates and turned his head to deal with the situation.

As soon as the words fell, the enemy had already stopped two miles in front of the city gate. The army was in order, the flags were fluttering, steady but not chaotic. The peasants, young and strong, calmly formed a wide formation of skirmishers, slowly oppressing them with guns in hand.

After a mile, the enemy reached the trench fortification in front of the city gate, raised their guns, and then waved them along with a flanking flag. There were continuous and clear gunshots like fried beans.

Still pushing each other, scrambling to climb over the trenches, running towards the moat, or just staying by the moat and unable to swim, the soldiers of the anyway army were shot one after another, like a spinning top exhausted, slowly fell to the ground, screaming screams.

After the gunfire, white smoke rose, and in the smoke, the second row of soldiers on the other side quickly stepped forward, and then the flag was waved, another row of gunshots sounded, and a large group of soldiers from the Anti-Japanese Army fell down.

Chen Youzheng watched with horror and fear. It's not that he has never seen a firearm shoot, but it is the first time that he can shoot so neatly, with such a far-reaching and huge damage. Onion, there is no resistance.

It's not that no one is still bloody, and rushed towards the enemy, but the enemy's third row had already stood still. Seeing them rushing over, there were scattered shouts in the team, and then scattered gunshots, as if every point As if able to fight back, he can always block the rushing people in time, and block them a hundred meters away. No one can cross the death line.

"Fire the cannon, fire the cannon," the chief arrester was also terrified, he reacted first, jumped up and shouted along the city wall.

Chen Youzheng’s army also had cannons anyway. In the city of Jingmen County, there were red-clothed cannons installed by the Ming army decades ago, large generals’ cannons, and more than a dozen small generals’ cannons, as well as carrying guns and tiger squatting cannons installed by the Qing army later. There are also a lot of firearms.

After three rounds of shooting, no army wanted to attack the Huaxia Army's defense line anymore. Most of them knelt down and begged for mercy. The Huaxia Army sent out some soldiers with guns to guide them, and the soldiers who knelt down and begged for mercy ran to the rear under their guidance. , and then the enemy cavalry drove them to an open space in the distance. A group of soldiers with knives and guns rushed up in the open space, drove them to one place, and then threw them some axes, wood, and rope, so that they could stay on the spot labor.

Chen Youzheng and the generals on the top of the wall watched this strange scene.

Soon the deserters and defeated soldiers on the side of the moat order were wiped out. Except for the wounded and corpses wailing on the ground, there was no one left.

Chen Youzheng looked at the other side of the moat in disbelief, there were nearly [-] to [-] anyway troops, all of whom were coerced civilians sent by Li Guo's Loyalty Battalion.

Some escaped from the camp and disappeared, probably dead or captured by the enemy. Some were killed by fortifications outside the city or soldiers stationed on the way to escape, and the other part drowned in the moat. The moat is now dead People who are thicker than water, if they have better lightness kung fu, can step on the corpse and use the posture of sprinting to cross the moat, which is no more than ten meters wide, and reach the opposite bank before they fall into the water due to their weight.

Some of them have already gathered under the city, and the soldiers on the city are picking out those soldiers who were stationed on the other side of the moat who didn't seem to be frightened. They are pulled up one by one with hanging baskets.

Looking up again, the enemy has no time to control here. Most of the troops are maintaining order in the distance. The soldiers who surrendered were driven to several open areas less than 500 meters apart. They were repairing a fence with tools, something like a fence. .

Soon, the number of people was strong, and the fences made of wood and rope were repaired one by one. The soldiers of the anyway army who built the fence were driven in, and then a circle of Huaxia army soldiers stood around. Soldiers in the army, they put themselves in the pen as sheep.

The soldiers of the anyway army and the generals at the top of the city were stunned.

Finally, the artillerymen at the head of the city were ready with their cannons.

"Boom, boom, crackle," white smoke and black smoke rose from the top of the city, and there was a lot of noise.

The Huaxia Army didn't seem to have expected the enemy to do this, and was caught off guard. They were hit in several places by shells flying far away. Dozens of soldiers were either killed or injured immediately. The descent stabilized, and the anyway army at the head of the city saw that the Huaxia army quickly retreated a little, and retreated to a distance of about two miles.

Seeing that the enemy was killed and retreated, anyway, the morale of the army was immediately high, and cheers resounded all over the city wall, as if they had won a big victory.

However, soon they were speechless and stunned. Dozens of carriages galloped from behind the Huaxia army, and behind the carriages pulled a cannon-shaped object that they had never seen before.

The carts spread out two miles outside the city. The artillerymen of the Huaxia Army skillfully unloaded the carts and drove the carriages and horses to the back. The artillerymen behind the carriages pushed the cannons forward for more than ten meters, and then quickly passed away. It was ready for launch in half a quarter of an hour.

Chen Youzheng felt something was wrong, the fire had already started over there.

The sound of the guns was loud and deafening, and the smoke was confusing. Everyone on the city wall felt the city wall trembling under their feet, and then heard a sharp and piercing whistling sound, and the city wall was immediately shrouded in flames. Just like before, they soared into the sky, the explosion and the flames of the explosion made them shattered, staggered, tinnitus and dizziness, and stars appeared in their eyes, as if the sky and the earth had changed color, as if the world had changed.