Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Brothers, be smart. If something goes wrong, run away if you can. If you can't, just watch my eyes."

Seeing that he really couldn't tell the difference between the men and the horses, Zhang Jiazhu had no choice but to hold on to the broken shield while winking at his brothers and slowly walked towards the city gate.

Zhang Jiazhu warned tirelessly: "Follow me closely, but don't run away without a trace..."

Zhang Jiazhu tried his best to cover his vital points with a broken shield.

A dozen former Ming soldiers huddled up and walked toward the city gate, shivering.

getting closer...

I saw the bottom of the city wall, but there was still no counterattack on the top of the city wall.

"Baihu, is this an empty city?"

Some soldiers murmured.

"I don't care, if the situation is not right, we will run away. The most important thing is to stay alive..."

While Zhang Jiazhu was talking, he quietly poked his head out and observed the deserted city.

Through the city gate, it seems that there is no one inside...

……

Chen Erniu watched Zhang Jiazhu and others walk into the city gate cave and disappear into the shadows, but the Ming army never appeared.

Could this really be an empty city?

At this moment, a mutation arose.

Suddenly, a panicked sound with a different tone was heard from within the city:

"Oops, brothers, run quickly, the army is coming to kill you!"

The quiet city suddenly became noisy, with chaotic sounds everywhere:

Some people were shouting to run away, some were howling miserably, and some were even crying for their fathers and mothers...

Suddenly another loud roar rang out: "Brothers, don't mess up. There are only about ten people in the intruder army. Come with me and drive them out!"

The ping-pong sounds of fighting and the miserable screams of wounded soldiers falling to the ground were intertwined together.

Chen Erniu's eyes lit up and he hurriedly shouted to the soldiers around him: "Quickly report to the boss that the Ming army in the city is unprepared. Hurry up and send more people to capture the city!"

Following Chen Erniu's words, the Ming army in the city had woken up from the chaos and gradually restored its organization.

I saw two or three people escaping in embarrassment from the city gate cave. After a closer look, the leader was Zhang Jiazhu.

Behind him, the Ming army was pursuing him. Through Yingying Zhuozhuo's city gate, he could see dozens of Ming troops approaching the city gate, seemingly about to close the city gate.

Great opportunity!

Chen Erniu couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately shouted: "Boys, charge at me!"

……

In the city gate cave, Zhu Youjian saw the intruders starting to charge and ordered: "Shoot them to death, leaving no one behind!"

Li Ruogui, the commander of Jinyiwei, immediately drew the bowstring.

"Shhhhhh!"

Three consecutive arrows shot Zhang Jiazhu and others who had escaped to death.

……

"Your Majesty, come up quickly!"

The Ming army on the top of the city called out, lowered the hanging basket from the inside of the city wall, and pulled Zhu Youjian and others up.

It turned out that all this was planned by Zhu Youjian.

He wants to introduce the intruders into the city, then close the door and beat the dogs!

The county town has long been set up as a hunting trap!

……

Zhu Youjian was opening a warehouse to store grain and persuade the people to leave the city, when he suddenly received news from Wang Lian.

He thought for a moment and decided on a strategy to trap and kill the intruders.

It happened that the people in the city were moved by his act of releasing grain, and they spontaneously helped, turning Xincheng County into a big trap!

Five hundred war horses!

If this is played well, it can be a big killer!

……

Seeing that the Ming army in the city didn't even bother to close the city gate, they dispersed in a rush. Chen Erniu's grin could not be closed.

This group of Ming soldiers are really money-giving boys!

Xincheng County officials and gentry sent people to deliver land registers early as a sign of surrender.

If the Ming army hadn't occupied Xincheng County again, how could I have the nerve to plunder it?

Since Xincheng County has "rebelled", don't blame him for searching for spies who are liaising with the government and the army...

Chen Erniu rode a tall horse and rushed towards the city with a roar.

The five hundred soldiers behind him all started charging at the sight of the second master, and they all ran towards the city gate.

Chen Erniu took the lead and rushed forward a few steps. When he saw the soldiers all running, he gradually tightened the reins and fell into the crowd.

The horse understood, its pace gradually slowed down, and it was overtaken by the soldiers.

"Please be smart later. If you see someone with a beautiful gatehouse, find some blood and smear it on it. If you can't find it, kill a commoner and spray some blood on their door!"

Chen Erniu ordered the soldiers around him.

The soldiers licked the corners of their mouths, and their eyes were as bright as stars:

"Don't worry, Second Master, we all know what to do."

As long as blood is sprinkled on the doors of those wealthy gentry, they will have a reason to blackmail...

Just when Chen Erniu thought that the Ming army was just like the ones he encountered before, a group of defeated troops that "could collapse at the first touch", he unknowingly passed through the city gate and entered the city. .

The streets seemed to have changed. The small alleys that were originally everywhere were blocked at some point. The soldiers were like headless flies, blindly rushing forward along the streets.

From time to time, we encountered a fork in the road, and soldiers were diverted into it.

Chen Erniu turned his head unconsciously and saw that somehow, the stairs to the top of the city gate were blocked by bricks and stones...

A thought suddenly came to mind - where are the Ming troops in the city?

Why didn't you see anyone?

……

Niu Chenghu finally felt relieved when he saw that hundreds of intruders had poured in, but there was still no counterattack from the Ming army.

I think this is probably because the Ming army detected the arrival of the Chuang army and sneaked away in advance...

It seems that the general who captured the new city is very clever!

Also, if the Ming general is mediocre, how can he seize Xincheng County, which is just in the narrow vacuum zone between the sphere of influence of King Chuang's army and the sphere of influence of Liu Fangliang's army?

At this time, the invading army was like two huge pliers stretching out from the territory of the invading army that occupied the entire territory of Henan, Hubei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, cutting directly into the land of Northern Zhili.

At this time, the Chuangwang headquarters of the Northern Pliers had already swept around the capital.

Liu Fangliang's troops in the Southern Pliers have also besieged Baoding, and their forces have swept through the southern half of Northern Zhili.

There are only a few small counties between the two intruders. Although the intruders surrendered early, there are no intruders stationed there yet. It is barely a vacuum zone...

Thoughts flashed through his mind. Niu Chenghu clenched his fists and ordered the remaining five hundred infantry:

"Send my order to let the remaining infantry enter the city too!"

Being cautious by nature, he somehow made the most conservative decision.

With five hundred cavalry in hand, even if the Ming army had any conspiracy, he would be able to escape!

……

On the wall of Xincheng County.

At this time, the city wall had already blocked all the stairs by the Ming army and became a commanding height surrounding the city.

Zhu Youjian abandoned the city and only defended the city head and the county government office.