A burst of low gunfire unique to the Mini rifle rang out on the official road. Dozens of bandits were knocked and fell on the official road, but more of them were kneeling on the official road with their heads in their hands, and some of them were walking towards the official road.
They fled in all directions.
Ignoring the fleeing bandits, hundreds of cavalrymen in black helmets surged forward like an ink-colored torrent.
As the vanguard of the fifth legion, this cavalry has a different mission from Ye Bu Shui. What they have to do is to move forward and forward until they reach the front of the large army of rogue bandits. As for those kneeling on the roadside,
These prisoners should be left to the follow-up troops behind.
"Report..."
A long voice sounded from behind, and a scout with a command on his back rode a fast horse to behind Liu Zongmin and reported loudly: "General Qi, the men and horses in charge of the rear of the palace have been with Da Zhou five hours ago.
The forward of the army took the fire, and our people suffered heavy losses. General Zhao ordered the villain to ask the general for reinforcements."
Liu Zongmin asked with a dark face: "How many troops are there in the enemy army?"
The sentry hesitated for a moment and then said: "The enemy...the enemy is estimated to be about a thousand people, but they are all cavalry. It is difficult for our brothers to withstand their attack."
When Liu Zongmin heard this, he felt his head swell and his eyesight blurred. He took a few steps forward and grabbed the collar of Tan Shao, and shouted angrily: "How much? You son of a bitch, tell me again!"
The detective's face turned purple and he struggled and said: "General Post Liu, the enemy army only has more than a thousand people, but they are all cavalry. Brothers, they can't resist it!" The detective was in a hurry.
, calling out all Liu Zongmin’s official positions before the restructuring.
"Zhao Zhongjie, you son of a bitch, can't you with more than 20,000 people even handle a mere 1,000 cavalry?"
After hearing the news, Liu Zongmin was filled with rage, and his furious shouting shook the sky.
Did you see Liu Zongmin's angry look? Hao Yaoqi on the side saw that Liu Zongmin had lost his composure. So he reminded him softly: "General, the problem now is not to hold General Zhao accountable, but how to resist Da Zhou.
Chasing soldiers."
Hearing Hao Yaoqi's words, Liu Zongmin took a few deep breaths and then calmed down. He turned around and said, "Old Hao, the goods we have here are the ones that King Chuang ordered to be transported safely to Shaanxi. We must not travel for business."
.Now it is impossible to count on the useless Zhao Zhongjie. Besides, the soldiers behind are all old, weak, sick and disabled. It is impossible to expect them to resist the pursuit of the Zhou army. If you want to resist the pursuit of the Zhou army
It’s only you who have gone out of your way to take action in person, what do you think?”
Hao Yaoqi nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, I'll go there, but I have a request. You must allocate eight thousand young soldiers and horses to me, and two thousand cavalry."
.”
"You even want a cavalry team?" Hearing this, Liu Zongmin couldn't help but hesitate. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is generally short of horses, especially for teams like rogue bandits who lack everything. Although Liu Zongmin claims to have an army of more than 100,000,
The number of the cavalry was only more than 3,000, which was Liu Zongmin's treasure. Now that Hao Yaoqi was about to leave more than half of them as soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Zongmin also hesitated.
After a while, Liu Zongmin said: "Okay, I can give you the cavalry, but you have to promise me that you must preserve their strength and not kill them all. This is our last family fortune."
Hao Yaoqi smiled and said: "Don't worry, my boss Liu, I will help you take good care of your family's assets and won't let them suffer too much loss. If it really costs too much, I won't have the shame to come see you."
Liu Zongmin also laughed when he heard this: "Okay. That's it. Go back quickly and teach them a lesson. Just tell them not to chase so close. You don't have to fight to the death with them. We will go to Sichuan after passing Yongshun Division.
As soon as we enter Sichuan territory, Zhang Xianzhong’s troops will come to greet us, which will give Zhang Xianzhong a headache.”
"I know, I'll go first." Hao Yaoqi turned around and shouted to the generals around him, then turned his horse and galloped away. Behind him were two thousand cavalry and eight thousand infantry.
........
The pursuit became more and more troublesome with the tenacious resistance of the Chuang army. Although the Zhou army relied on sharp firearms to defeat the Chuang army, the Chuang army also changed its tactics under the command of Hao Yaoqi.
They no longer blocked the Great Zhou Army on a large scale, but divided into small groups to intercept them layer by layer in various dangerous areas. This caused the casualties of the forwards of the Great Zhou Army to continue to increase. In just two days, as the forwards,
The cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties. When Wei Jiang received this result, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
The Chuang army was short of horses, and they were also short of horses. Although Pang Gang, as one of the most respected figures in the Ming Dynasty, naturally had plenty of money on hand, he also lacked war horses. Training a cavalry was expensive, even for the first
The fifth legion only had a size of over 3,000 people, and now it had lost 10% of its strength. Wei Jiang couldn't bear it anymore. He just ordered the cavalry to withdraw first and let the infantry follow. But this would greatly reduce the speed of pursuit.
After landing, another three days of back and forth passed. During these three days, Hao Yaoqi's 8,000 infantry were almost completely lost, and the 2,000 cavalry also lost hundreds. Finally, Liu Zongmin was covered and entered the territory of Sichuan.
Looking at the intersection in front of him that slowly retreated into Sichuan, Wei Jiang sighed softly. His plans always failed to keep up with changes. After the rogue bandits retreated into Sichuan, his plan to annihilate the remnants of Liu Zongmin was ruined.
Hao Dayong hurried from the front and asked Wei Jiang: "Sir, do we want to continue the pursuit?"
Wei Jiang shook his head: "No, Sichuan is now Zhang Xianzhong's territory, and the terrain in the middle of Shu has been dangerous since ancient times. If our 20,000 troops enter Sichuan rashly without sufficient preparation, we may suffer big losses."
The terrain of Sichuan is dangerous, with almost all the mountains along the way. The power of the Zhou army's firearms will be greatly limited in that terrain. Wei Jiang is a mature and prudent man, so naturally he is not willing to take this risk.
Looking at the white mist between the high mountains in the distance and the looming thieves' blocking force in the mountains, Wei Jiang reluctantly led his troops back to Hunan. Anyway, his mission had been completed. As for chasing Liu Zongmin, it was just a incidental mission.
It's good if you complete it, and it doesn't matter if you can't complete it.
Just when Weijiang regained Hunan, Pang Gang also led a mighty 40,000-strong army to invade Jiangxi.
Jiujiang is the gateway to Nanchang Prefecture, the capital of Jiangxi Province. If Jiujiang is lost, the northern gate of Nanchang will suddenly open. Therefore, everyone in the Zhou army attaches great importance to the battle to capture Jiujiang. Cheng Kai, the commander of the Third Army Corps, is responsible for the attack.
He even sharpened his sword and gathered all his strength to conquer Jiujiang in one go.
Facing the tens of thousands of Zhou army's troops pressing down on the border, Xue Zhishou, the prefect of Jiujiang, was as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Although his Jiujiang city had a population of more than 33,000 households and more than 100,000 people, he only had a few soldiers.
More than 6,000, and most of them were temporarily recruited rural warriors. Even these rural warriors were recruited by wealthy gentry households in several Jiangnan provinces a few days ago to resist the rogue bandits. Otherwise, the number would be even smaller.
At this moment, Xue Zhitao, who was wandering in the backyard of the prefect's Yamen in Jiujiang City, was anxiously waiting for someone, but seeing that the sky was getting dark, there was no sign of the person.
Just when Xue Zhitao was anxious and impatient, his wife, Mrs. Xue Wang, came into the room with two maids carrying food boxes, and advised him: "Master, you'd better have dinner first. Mr. Chen estimates that tonight
I won’t be back, and it won’t be too late for you to wait until tomorrow.”
Xue Zhitao turned around and glared: "Shut up. What do you, a woman, know? Master Chen is responsible for the wealth and lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Jiujiang during this trip. If anything goes wrong, I will be Jiujiang's eternal sinner. Hurry up."
Get back quickly!"
After saying that, Xue Zhitao waved his sleeves and walked to the front yard.
Seeing her anxious and angry husband, Mrs. Xue Wang sighed, and had to lead two maids to bring back the hot food.
At this time, outside Jiujiang City, countless densely packed armies had already surrounded Jiujiang City. There was a large tent in the military camp outside the north gate of Jiujiang City. This tent was the largest. It was more than 100 square meters in size.
Hundreds of guards outside the tent were on tight alert with their swords unsheathed and bows strung. It was estimated that even a fly wouldn't be able to get in due to the tight defense.
Dozens of candles as thick as a child's arm were lit in the big tent. Pang Gang was sitting in the middle of the tent. Dozens of military generals of more than a thousand generals were sitting on either side of his subordinates. In front of Pang Gang stood a young man.
A middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, about forty years old.
Looking at the man standing in front of him pretending to be calm, Pang Gang asked in a deep voice: "Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
"Send your name!"
Following Pang Gang's voice, dozens of generals in the tent also shouted in unison, and a murderous aura arose and rushed straight towards the middle-aged man in front of him.
Facing the murderous generals and Pang Gang, who was sitting in the middle of the tent with an unkind expression, this scholar who usually only knew how to talk about things was so frightened that his legs trembled a little. He said in a trembling voice: "General Pang, the two countries are not at war with each other.
If you kill me, you will be laughed at."
"Oh!" Pang Gang smiled playfully, "How do you know that I want to kill you? However, I think that although you are a talented person, your courage is too small and you can't even bear a little power. It's really boring.
That's all, come and give him a seat!"
When the visitor sat down, Pang Gang asked casually: "Okay, you can tell me your life and purpose of coming."
The visitor looked at Pang Gang and asked bravely: "I am Chen Zhi, the magistrate of Jiujiang Province. I have been ordered by the magistrate to come and ask you. We in Jiangxi Province have always done justice to our wells and rivers. I don't know why you want to invade our Jiangxi province."
Boundary?"
"Huh?" Pang Gang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha.........."
Not only Pang Gang, but also all the generals in the big tent were laughing so hard. Even Cheng Kai and Bin Shiqian, who were sitting next to Pang Gang's subordinates, were no exception. They were all laughing so hard that they were out of breath. This man named Chen
It's really interesting what the general judge said. It's not a good thing to offend the river. Doesn't he know that the imperial court has listed Pang Pang as a traitor and traitor, and he has also established himself as king. Now it is normal to attack Jiangxi. It's a shame.
This person asked the question righteously, which was really funny.
Everyone laughed like this, which swept away the originally solemn atmosphere, but it aroused Chen Zhi's anger. Originally, Chen Zhi was really frightened by the murderous atmosphere in the tent.
But after hearing everyone's laughter, Chen Zhi was not happy. A trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes. He looked at Pang Gang and asked: "General Pang, I don't know what's so funny about what I said.
Such a laugh.”
Pang Gang slowly stopped laughing, held Chen Zhi's arm, his face gradually became grim, and he said slowly: "Chen Tongpan, as the saying goes, the emperors take turns to come to my house next year. Lao Zhu has been in the family for hundreds of years.
The emperor has now caused chaos in China. The bandits are raging. It can be seen that the Zhu family is no longer worthy of sitting on the throne. In this case, what's the harm in changing people!"
"Be bold!"
When Chen Zhi heard this, all the hairs on his body stood up, and he suddenly got alert. He couldn't help but stood up, pointed at Pang Gang in surprise and anger, and shouted: "As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you are only from a small military household.
Why are you making such treasonous remarks? This is a serious crime to punish the Nine Clan, aren't you afraid of being executed by the whole family?"
"Hahaha........."
Pang Gang raised his head and laughed several times before waiting for Chen Zhisen to say: "Ming Taizu was just a cowherd boy back then. Since he can be the emperor, why can't I be? Could it be that the cowherds are better than the cowherds?
Isn’t the destiny of a soldier noble?”
"you you.........."
Chen Zhi was so squeezed by Pang Gang that he was speechless for a moment. He was so angry that his body was shaking, and he forgot the original purpose of coming here.
Looking at Chen Zhi who was standing speechless, Pang Gang said impatiently: "Okay, since you are here and you have something to say, just say it and fart. If not, you will go back. I'm sorry.
We want to see whether your city walls are stronger or my artillery is sharper, let’s compete on the battlefield!”
Facing the cold and ruthless Pang Gang, Chen Zhi found that he could not say a word at the moment he had prepared a bunch of words. Did he say that the monarchs and ministers were righteous to this person? I'm afraid they had already spit on him before he said it.
Using fists? Even if ten of them are tied together, they are no match for others. It is said that this guy even killed the Tatars to a bloody river, let alone a weak scholar like himself who has no power to restrain a chicken.
"Well, a gentleman doesn't argue with villains."
Chen Zhiqiang held back his anger and asked: "Then I dare to ask General Pang, what is the purpose of your attack on Jiangxi this time? If it is for money. Although Jiujiang is not rich, it can still scrape some money with you. If it is for food, the prefect
Your Excellency and the wealthy squires in the city can also help you get it together. As long as you withdraw from Jiangxi, everything can be easily discussed."
Pang Gang smiled coldly, stood up and walked slowly towards Chen Zhi, staring at him with sharp eyes and saying word by word: "Listen carefully, I don't want anything, I want all of you Jiujiang officials
Go out of the city and surrender to me. If you don't come out of the city and surrender after noon tomorrow, I will bombard Jiujiang. Do you understand?"
"you..........."
Looking at Pang Gang's firm eyes, Chen Zhi understood this man's determination in an instant. He slowly bowed and gave a salute and walked out. He couldn't make the decision in this matter, so the only thing he could do was
It is to report to the prefect in the city and let the prefect make the decision...
"What, he said he wants us to leave the city and surrender, otherwise he will bombard Jiujiang?"
In the study in the backyard of the prefecture, Xue Zhitao looked at Chen Zhi in front of him and his face turned pale.
At this time, Chen Zhi no longer had the composure he had in Pang Gang's camp. There was a look of exhaustion on his face, and he said softly: "Yes, I heard what Pang Gang said with my own ears, and I heard it with my own ears."
I also saw dozens of Hongyi cannons in the camp, and I believe that if we don't leave the city and surrender tomorrow, they will definitely bombard Jiujiang."
"How dare they bombard Jiujiang!"
Xue Zhitao suddenly felt very thirsty. He picked up the tea cup on the table and wanted to drink some fragrant tea to moisten his throat. Unexpectedly, his hands were shaking due to being too nervous and he knocked the tea cup over on the ground.
There was a crisp sound.
"嘡啷......"
There was a crisp sound, which seemed very harsh in the silent night.
"grown ups."
Chen Zhi looked at Xue Zhitao with some worry. At this time, he did not have the slightest intention to laugh at Xue Zhitao, because his mood at this time was the same as Xue Zhitao's.
Xue Zhitao was stunned for a while before gritting his teeth and saying: "Master Chen, do you think that if Pang Gang attacks with all his strength tomorrow, how long can we Jiujiang last?"
Chen Zhi gritted his teeth and said: "Two days at most, maybe even less than one day. After all, the power of the Hongyi cannon is too...too big, and our soldiers are improvised."
,Xiaguan......"
"enough!"
Xue Zhitao interrupted Chen Zhi's words. As if all the bones in his body had been ripped out, he collapsed on the chair, waved his hands helplessly and said sadly: "Okay, you don't have to say anymore, just give the order.
Let’s open the city gates and surrender tomorrow!”
"What, open the door and surrender!"
Although he was mentally prepared, Chen Zhi couldn't help but remind him in a low voice: "Sir, you have to think twice. If you come to this point, you will have no way out!"
Xue Zhitao said bitterly: "Of course I know that after surrendering, I will become a traitor and traitor to the Ming Dynasty. The world is so big, except for Pang Gang, I am afraid no one can accommodate me. But if I don't surrender, the entire Jiujiang City will be destroyed tomorrow."
It’s going to be destroyed.”
"grown ups.........."
After hearing Xue Zhitao's words, Chen Zhitao knelt on the ground and started crying sadly.
The next day, Pang Gang led a dense army and slowly approached Jiujiang City. Dong Guo led the gunners of the artillery battalion and pushed more than 120 artillery pieces to a place more than 500 steps away from Jiujiang City.
The muzzle of the cannon was also aimed at the city wall.
The time slowly approached noon, and Pang Gang's face gradually became serious. Just when he was about to order the artillery battalion to prepare, the gates of Jiujiang City slowly opened...
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