Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 Conquering Xinyang
Looking at Xinyang City that was getting closer, Sun Zhi suddenly felt his mouth was very dry. He swallowed his throat, but he didn't swallow anything.

This raid on Xinyang was a temporary decision.When Qiu Tianxing assigned the task, he said that he would encircle the city with the countryside and take root in the countryside that the Tartars could not care about.However, what Ma Lin said was right, this opportunity for a sneak attack is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.If you can succeed, then the benefits will be great.Now, I don't have much food and grass in my hands. If I can't find any food, I will be hungry in a few days.Moreover, if he can win Xinyang City in one fell swoop, then he will be the most powerful among these captains.

Thinking of this, Sun Zhi secretly made up his mind that he must take Xinyang, and let Chen Chen and Li Taiping take a good look at it.

Perhaps it was the lucky star shining brightly, the guards in Xinyang didn't notice the abnormality at all.Seeing Sun Zhi and his group from a distance, they still laughed and greeted loudly, without any precautions.But when we got closer, things suddenly went wrong.

"Huh? Why don't I know these people? Where's Li Ergou? Where's Chen Damao? And Zhao Xiaoqing? There are others, why aren't they here?" A gatekeeper looked at the very strange green camp soldier in front of him and murmured Said.

Then the hissing of a little boss woke him up.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Close the city gate!"

But it was too late.Sun Zhi has successfully approached 30 meters from the city gate.

Looking at the city gate that is slowly closing tightly and the drawbridge that is gradually being pulled up.A sneer appeared at the corner of Sun Zhi's mouth, he drew out his weapon, pointed forward, and said loudly.

"Brothers, come with me!"

Immediately, the militiamen followed Sun Zhi and rushed forward, and the villagers of Chenjiazhuang who were disguised as captives loosened their slipknots one after another, picked up the spare weapons left by the militiamen, and rushed towards Xinyang City with shouts.

Sun Zhi took the lead, striding across the suspension bridge ten centimeters above the ground, and the militiamen behind him jumped up one after another, stepping heavily on the bridge deck, and forcefully pushed down the raised suspension bridge.Then, they swarmed up again, rushing towards the city gate, and pushed open the city gate that was about to close with even greater strength.Some militiamen in the middle were pierced with spears by the guards, and their bodies were covered in blood holes, but the companions behind them continued to squeeze forward with the help of the bodies of the militiamen who were pierced in front.Finally, the city gate was squeezed open.

Seeing the opening of the city gate, the guards scattered in all directions in panic as if they had encountered the end of the world.Some of them took off their clothes while running, trying to get rid of their identities as soldiers and mix into the ranks of citizens.

The army defending the city in this era has no awareness of street fighting, and most of them hold the view that breaking the city is equal to failure.Therefore, this time Sun Zhi's surprise attack caused the west city gate to fall, and the guards guarding the west city gate thought that the city was broken.If there are strong troops in the city, they can still send troops to take back the west gate, but there are not many troops in the city now.Even if civilian husbands and servants are temporarily recruited, it is too late.

Sun Zhi grinned as he watched the Green Battalion soldiers rushing straight ahead, their braids almost standing up in the wind.He knew that he had succeeded in this most critical step, and the next step was how to make Xinyang City more chaotic. After all, there were not many troops breaking into the city, and some of them had to be left to guard the city gate to meet the large troops behind.So if you don't make a surprise move, you may be counterattacked by the enemy.

Sun Zhi thought of setting fire, but he was a bit reluctant. Now he regards Xinyang as the property of the security team. Isn't burning the city the same thing as burning his own property?This is the behavior of a prodigal son.Fortunately, the things learned in the night school are not for nothing, and after a while Sun Zhi thought of a way.

"Compatriots, come out and kill the Tartars! Kill a Tartar and reward you with ten taels of silver! Thirty thousand troops of our Great Han Revenge Army have come to the city!"

The militiamen of the third brigade shouted loudly according to Sun Zhi's instructions, and rushed towards the magistrate's yamen in the direction directed by the captives while shouting.

The closer you get to the magistrate's office, the greater the resistance.Mr. Qian, the guard of Xinyang, came to the magistrate's yamen with hastily assembled guards and protected the yamen.

In this way, it happened to collide with Sun Zhi's team.

Because one small force was left to guard the west gate, another small force was sent to attack everywhere to cause more confusion.Therefore, at this time, Sun Zhi had less than 60 troops in his hands.And the other party was not much better, and only recruited more than a hundred people.It's just that compared with Sun Zhi, he still has a military advantage.Of course, compared to the aura of the militiamen of the security regiment, these green battalion soldiers were trembling and frightened.

"Kill!" Sun Zhi roared, and with the blood in his heart, he rushed towards the green camp with the militiamen.In a few breaths, swords and soldiers joined each other.

A skinny green battalion soldier, his scalp was covered with dysentery, and because he had no hair, he only saw a large thick white spot.He yelled at Sun Zhi, showing a mouthful of rotten yellow teeth.

Seeing the other party showing a ferocious expression towards him, and the smirk flowing from the corner of his mouth with missing teeth, Sun Zhi let out angrily, turning a big knife in his hand.

The spear in the hands of the mangy-headed green battalion was separated by Sun Zhi, and then a stream of blood shot up into the sky, and the headless corpse fell to the ground. A militiaman stepped on the foot, and as a result, the careless militiaman sprained his foot, causing a wounded person, and he died in peace.

After a brief contact between the two sides, swords flashed and swords flashed, stumps flew everywhere, and the war in the cold weapon era was short and bloody.After a cup of tea, many people fell down.Among them are the green battalion soldiers and the militia.Basically, one militia can be exchanged for two to three green battalions.However, there were too many green battalion soldiers. After the fight, Sun Zhi had more than 30 soldiers left, but there were still more than 60 green battalion soldiers.At this time, the militiamen, who had exhausted a lot of physical strength, were panting, and their combat power dropped sharply.Fortunately, the opponent's green battalion soldiers were even more unbearable. Almost three times as many troops were suppressed and beaten by the opponent, and the battle damage was still two or three times that of the opponent.This kind of thing is very demoralizing.And the most important thing is that the leader of the Green Battalion, Mr. Qian, was also injured, so he had to take the remnants of the defeated generals and retreat to the magistrate's yamen, lingering on his last breath.

Looking at the high wall, Sun Zhi knew that he couldn't attack.We can only wait for the arrival of follow-up troops.Fortunately, not long after, a dense, but uniform pace came.At the critical moment, Ma Lin came with a large army.

Seeing the increase in the number of enemy troops, the green battalion soldiers in the magistrate's yamen suddenly mutinied. Some of them threw away their knives and guns, jumped from the wall into the yamen, opened the back door, and rushed in all directions.Others opened the door and knelt on the ground, begging for their lives.

At this time, Xinyang City was conquered, but the chaos in the city intensified.

(End of this chapter)