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Chapter 444 Times have changed
"Boom!"

With a shocking explosion, Xianxing City's not-so-solid city wall collapsed.

Zheng Jun was completely frightened. Most of these Zheng Jun soldiers were militia soldiers temporarily recruited by Zheng Fan. They were not even regular troops.

Moreover, even if Annan's regular army came, it would be useless. Zheng Fan's [-]-strong army went south, but it was still overwhelmed by Ruan Phu Su with a thousand elephants.

This Zheng Fan is a typical person who is addicted to food. Although he has no battlefield command experience, he always likes to lead troops to conquer.

On the city wall, Sergeant Zheng's soldiers had already fallen into chaos.

"Run!"

"The Han soldiers have magic skills!"

"..."

These Zheng soldiers shouted, even opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city in front of the Ming army outside the city.

They had been frightened by the shocking explosion just now, and many soldiers watched helplessly as the city wall that was so close to them collapsed under the sound of explosions. The friendly soldiers who were alive one second were reduced to pieces the next second. The souls buried under the stone city wall.

This kind of visual impact and shock was obviously not something that these ancient militiamen and villagers could bear.

Not only them, but also Zheng Fan has completely lost his mind.He had indeed thought about holding on to the city until the rainy season came and the Han soldiers retreated.

But he never expected that the Han soldiers would not follow the routine at all, and even the firearms that blew down the city wall were unheard of.

If he had known that the Han soldiers had such sharp firearms, Zheng Fan would not have dared to defend the city. If he took the initiative to go out of the city to fight... he might not be able to defeat them.

Well, this is completely useless!
The city wall cannot be defended, and it cannot be defeated in a head-on battle. So how can we fight?
Zheng Fan had no time to think about it, as the city wall had been blown down by Han soldiers.

Escape, you must escape immediately!
Otherwise, with these cannon fodder-like troops in the city alone, even the cannon fodder is in chaos. If Zheng Fan can gather one-tenth of his troops again, even if God rewards him, he will have nothing to resist the Han soldiers outside the city.

Under the protection of his own soldiers, Zheng Fan desperately killed the defeated troops around him. Li Yuzong and the prince were decisively abandoned by him, and even his own son Zheng Gang, who had rushed to Taiping Mansion to defend the city, did not care.

In fact, even if he wanted to, he couldn't, because after the Ming army discovered that Zheng Jun had divided his troops in Taiping Prefecture, they fortunately also divided their troops and attacked.According to time calculation, Taiping Mansion should have been finished by this time.

The dimension-reducing blows on the firearms were so bad that even the Manchu and Qing cavalry could not withstand it, let alone these Annan people who were fighting against the five scum.

"Dudududu da da da..."

The Ming army outside the city had already sounded the charge horn, and thousands of Guangxi wolf soldiers, who looked like wolves and tigers, launched a full-scale charge towards the gap.

"kill!"

A full thousand wolf soldiers and cavalry rushed to the front, harvesting human lives on the battlefield wantonly.

Seeing that they could not outrun the cavalry, some of Zheng's soldiers planned to rally and resist.

Unfortunately, it was useless. The wolf soldiers and cavalry did not need to assemble. They just waved their swords and charged. Before they even touched, these Annan soldiers "collapsed at the first touch".

"Da da da da!"

"Da da da da!"

Cen Jianfeng led his mountain cavalry, just like driving ducks outside the city, constantly chasing and chasing the fleeing soldiers of Zheng.

This guy is the commander-in-chief of this thousand wolf cavalry army. It is said that his ancestors have some relationship with the chieftain Cen, but when it comes to him, he is already an ordinary strong man named Cen.

The Ming army was recruiting troops in Guangxi, and Cen Jianfeng signed up to try his luck. Not only did he pass, but after many rounds of assessments and selections, he actually succeeded in becoming the commander of the cavalry.

There is no other reason than that he is one of the few strong men among the wolf soldiers who can ride a horse, and his riding skills are pretty good, especially in rugged terrain.

"Hahaha, happy!"

Cen Jianfeng waved his machete and said with a hearty laugh.

It has been almost a month since I came to Annan. I am either taking over the city or on the way to take over the city. The cavalry has not fought a single battle.

Now there is finally a chance to let this thirsty knife see a little blood.Xu Jin, who was riding his horse in the rear to watch the battle, saw that the time was about to come. He put down his telescope and waved to summon a few sentry riders: "You go to the battlefield and shout in Chinese and Annan dialect. Those who say put down your weapons and kneel down will not surrender." kill!"

Strictly speaking, these sentries are all Annan people, but they are from Annan, Guangxi. They fled to Lianzhou and settled in Lianzhou during the civil war between the north and south of Annan. They have multiplied in Guangxi for several generations, and later generations developed into the Jing nationality, a small minority in our country.

After scattering the Annan sentry cavalry, Xu Jin ordered the deputy general: "You also bring your own soldiers, go to the front line and restrain the wolf soldiers, let them suppress the battlefield, cooperate with the Annan soldiers to persuade them to surrender, and do not kill the surrendered soldiers indiscriminately. "

"The end will be ordered."

The deputy general received the order and quickly led his soldiers to follow him to the battlefield.

"Put down your weapons, those who descend don't kill!"

"Put down your weapons, those who descend don't kill!"

"..."

Those Annan sentries of the Ming army rushed back and forth on the battlefield, repeating loudly in Chinese and Annan.

Soon, Sergeant Zheng heard the shouting in Annan. Many of them were surprised and uncertain, and more tentatively put down their weapons. Some even prostrate on the ground, fearing that they would be killed by Han soldiers if they moved too slowly. .

The deputy general also rushed to the battlefield with his own soldiers, shouting at the wolf soldiers: "The general has orders, cooperate quickly to persuade them to surrender, suppress the battlefield, and do not kill the surrendered soldiers indiscriminately."

The new army of the Ming Dynasty has military orders like mountains!
"These Annan soldiers are really invincible!"

Although Cen Jianfeng hadn't had enough killing yet, since the general had given the order, he had to obey the order obediently and lead his cavalry to suppress the battlefield. He did not kill the surrendered soldiers who were lying on the ground.

The effect of this was obvious. More and more Sergeant Zheng saw that they would not die as long as they put down their weapons and lay prone on the ground.

As a result, everyone put down their weapons, some raised their hands and knelt down, and some even lay down on the spot.

Within half an hour, most of Zheng's soldiers who fled outside the city were captured by the Ming army, and only a few who ran fast were not caught up.

The cavalry suppressed and pursued the fleeing Zheng Army soldiers outside the city, while the infantry wolf soldiers had already entered the city, giving priority to controlling the city to prevent the remnants of Zheng Army inside from jumping over the wall.

Well, it turns out that the Ming army still thought too much.

These Annan soldiers are not regular troops, they are just a group of militiamen who stand up to the sky. As long as they are not killed, fools will jump over the wall with the Han soldiers.

Not only was there no one who jumped over the wall in a hurry, there was even a small group of established sergeants Zheng who took advantage of the chaos and caught Li Yuzong and the prince who were about to escape secretly.

When he saw the Ming army advancing into the city, the leading general Zheng quickly shouted in Chinese with a Cantonese accent: "The Emperor Li and the Crown Prince are here! The Emperor Li and the Crown Prince are here!"

The deputy general quickly heard the news and rushed over: "Where is the Puppet Emperor Li?"

The general of the Zheng Army quickly brought the people out and tied them up: "The general of the Celestial Dynasty beats people! This is me, Emperor Annan Li... No, I am the fake Emperor Li, and next to me is the fake prince."

The deputy general just took a look at the gorgeous clothes on the two people, and they even dared to draw dragon patterns on their clothes. He was instantly sure that they were genuine goods, and then smiled and said: "You are very good. You have made a meritorious service now. Take good care of these two people." , don’t let them escape!”

The general of the Zheng Army was overjoyed and said quickly: "General of the Heavenly Dynasty, the false King Zheng fled north."

The deputy general smiled even more happily: "Haha, okay, if I catch the fake Prince Zheng, I will remember you for your great service."

But he said that Zheng Fan risked his life to escape from Xianxing City, and was planning to escape back to Shenglong Mansion along the Red River, and then make long-term plans.

As a result, more than ten people suddenly came from the north. They were not only in a miserable state, but also stained with blood.

Zheng Fan took a closer look and his heart skipped a beat, but he still managed to calm down and asked, "Why are you here?"

The person who came was Zheng Fan's housekeeper. When he saw Zheng Fan, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately dismounted and knelt down and cried: "Prince An, Shenglong Mansion... Shenglong Mansion is gone!"

Zheng Fan's eyes widened in disbelief. He immediately dismounted and reached out to grab the old housekeeper's arm, asking: "How is it possible, Shenglong Mansion... How come there is no Shenglong Mansion?"

The old housekeeper was about to be shaken unconscious. Only then did he notice that Zheng Fan's body was covered in blood and stains just like him, but he still subconsciously replied: "Those rebellious ministers and traitors... They supported the second prince, and all the soldiers stationed in Shenglong Mansion He defected and Zheng Shangshu was also killed by them."

(End of this chapter)