I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Meeting in a narrow road

On the eighth day of the fifth month of the 13th year of the Yongli calendar, the Ming army, which rested for one night, set off from Qingyuan, marched eastward along the Longjiang River, and arrived at Liucheng at noon on the ninth day of May.

"The guilty minister, Liu Ping, see His Highness the Crown Prince and King Jin." Liu Ping, the county magistrate of Liucheng, knelt on his knees and said tremblingly with his forehead on the ground.

Zhu Cixuan looked down at Liu Ping, who was about forty years old and was wearing the uniform of the Daming county magistrate, and said calmly, "Magistrate Liu, you can be convicted."

"The guilty minister is guilty."

"Do you know what crime you committed?"

"The sinner shouldn't have surrendered the city to the Tartars when the Tartars came." Liu Ping lowered his head.

"You still know you shouldn't surrender to the Tartars!" Zhu Cixuan mocked.

"His Royal Highness, the criminals also had their own difficulties at that time! At that time, the tartars besieged the city and declared that if they did not surrender, they would slaughter the city. The criminals had no choice but to sacrifice the city and surrender for the safety of the people in the city. Please, Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the King of Jin, will learn from you! "Liu Ping said," dong dong dong" repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, get up, don't pretend to be pitiful here, tell the prince how many soldiers are still in the city, and where are the Tartars in the city."

Hearing what Zhu Cixuan said, Liu Ping's frightened heart calmed down. He knew that his head was saved.

Standing up tremblingly, he saluted respectfully and said: "His Royal Highness, His Highness Prince Jin, there are five hundred green battalion soldiers in the city. Guilin."

"All the Tartars went to Guilin?" Zhu Cixuan was taken aback, this was a new situation. "Then, are there still Tartar soldiers in Liuzhou Mansion?"

"The tartars in Liuzhou Prefecture have also been ordered to go to Guilin."

Zhu Cixuan and Li Dingguo looked at each other and said, "Do you know how many Tartars there are in Guilin?"

"His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, His Royal Highness, there are 1500 Tartars in Guilin, 5000 Tartars in Jiala, and 100 Green Battalions in a battalion. Liucheng, Luocheng, Rongxian, Huaiyuan, Luorong, Xiangzhou, Laibin, Wuxuan, and Qian Jiang, Nandanwei, Shanglin, and Binzhou each had 1500 Tartars, and Liuzhou Prefecture had one Niulu. A total of about 1000 Tartars from Liuzhou Prefecture were transferred to Guilin, plus about 4000 Tartars from other counties in Guilin Prefecture. Now Guilin has about [-] Tartars. There are [-] Tartars." Liu Ping, the county magistrate of Liucheng, replied with his hands clasped.

"Okay, the prince knows, Liuzhi County, you and the county magistrate, Bo maintain the stability of Liucheng, and don't slack off. If you find out that you have two hearts, you will definitely be executed."

"Yes, yes, yes, I would like to obey the order of His Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Ping wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, he knew his life was saved.

"Prince Jin, please send 500 troops to assist Liuzhi County in maintaining order in Liucheng, and the 500 green battalion soldiers will be included in the troops of His Royal Highness King Jin to go out with us. King Jin, what do you think of this arrangement?"

"His Royal Highness said very well, I will drop 500 soldiers to maintain order in the city." Li Dingguo cupped his hands.

The army marched into Liucheng under the leadership of Liu Ping, the magistrate of Liucheng County, and then Li Dingguo sent 3000 troops from Tai'an Bodou Minwang to recover Liuzhou Fucheng.

The next day, the army marched straight to Guilin, and two days later, Yongfu was captured without bloodshed.The next day, the army continued to march without stopping.

On the [-]th day of May, the army was still twenty miles away from Guilin. They galloped towards Zhu Cixuan when they saw Zhu Cixuan get off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and saluted with fists folded: "Your Highness, the Tartars of Guilin have left the city. Coming towards us."

"Hehe, the Tartars are quite courageous! How dare you go out of the city, do you know how many men and horses the Tartars have come?"

"His Royal Highness, the Tartars have about 5000 cavalry."

"Five thousand cavalry, the Ming army can't form a formation on the official road. If they are suddenly attacked by the Tartar cavalry, they may be scattered and defeated by the Tartar cavalry. The leader of the army is quite strategic!"

He knew that if Guilin was trapped and besieged by the Ming army, the Ming army would set up red cannons and bombard the city of Guilin. The 1 horses in the city might not be able to hold it, so he directly led the cavalry out of the city to fight the Ming army. Jun was caught off guard and had a good plan, but it was a pity that meeting the prince was destined to be a tragedy. '

So Zhu Cixuan shouted: "Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cao Xing, Mu Zhongliang come with me." After saying that, he rushed forward quickly.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cao Xing, and Mu Zhongliang agreed, and rushed to the front of the army following Zhu Cixuan. After a cup of tea, Zhu Cixuan, Zhang Liao and others rode to the front of the army.

Zhu Cixuan shouted: "The riflemen line up."

Five hundred Mauser riflemen quickly stepped forward and spread out to block the official road tightly. The 100 soldiers in the front three rows held Mauser 98K rifles and lined up in a tight formation. They all took up their Mauser rifles, and the other 300 people scattered on the hillside by the road also took up their rifles and aimed at the front.

There were also a thousand guards of the Eastern Palace who went out one hundred feet to ambush on the hillside. They took out the grenades on their waists one by one, unscrewed the safety cover, and put the grenades one by one at hand, ready to throw them at any time.

Li Dingguo organized 500 cavalry to line up fifty feet behind Zhu Cixuan's [-] riflemen, ready to charge at any time.

Zhu Cixuan and twelve Donggong guards stood on the hillside by the side of the road, holding an M79 40mm grenade launcher equipped with anti-personnel grenades.

The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes sounded, and the dust on the official road ahead was flying, like a yellow dragon rolling in with its teeth and claws.As Zhu Cixuan's internal strength became stronger, his eyesight became better and better, and soon one by one Tartar cavalry appeared in his field of vision.

Three hundred feet, two hundred feet, "ready" Zhu Cixuan let out a roar with all his internal energy. Although the hooves of the Tartars on the battlefield became louder and louder, Zhu Cixuan's voice still clearly reached the ears of the guards of the Eastern Palace within a hundred feet away. middle.

The Mauser riflemen, began to pull the bolts and load the cartridges.The grenade thrower holds the grenade in the right hand, and the fingers of the left hand hook the ring of the grenade fuse.Zhu Cixuan raised the M79 40mm grenade launcher to aim at the approaching Tartar cavalry.

150 feet, one hundred feet.Eighty feet, "Fire." Zhu Cixuan pulled the trigger of the M79 40mm grenade launcher, and a 40mm×46mm SR anti-personnel grenade flew out from the "Boom", and the "Boom" grenade exploded among the Tartar cavalry.

A Tartar galloping ahead on horseback was suddenly torn apart by the sound of the explosion, spewing a cloud of blood in the air.The explosion of the grenade was the signal. The Mauser riflemen pulled the trigger together, and the sound of "bang bang bang" sounded like popping beans. More than 100 horses galloped, waving scimitars, and the screaming Tartars suddenly He fell off his horse and fell heavily to the ground.

The Tartars at the back didn't have time to rein in their horses, and they rode over them, instantly turning them into muddy flesh.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh," grenade after grenade flew into the sky, hitting the tartar galloping on horseback. "Boom boom boom" nearly a thousand grenades exploded almost at the same time, causing smoke and shrapnel flying across the Tartar cavalry.

(End of this chapter)