Gu Kecheng held the Yanling Dao and stood on the tower of Nancheng, looking at the scene in the city with a solemn expression.
The air was filled with the unpleasant smell of blood, and there were noisy voices in his ears, but none of this affected Gu Kecheng's mood.
According to the original plan, the group of them sneaked out of the camp.
There were not many guards and government officials guarding Fang City, and they easily eliminated them all.
He took the weapon that had been hidden in the city for a long time and took advantage of the cover of night.
There were not many soldiers on duty, and they also focused their attention on the Ming army outside the city, and they were easily eliminated by them.
The fierce battle between Dongcheng and Beicheng attracted almost all the energy of the Ming army. They sent out the predetermined signal and immediately opened the city gate.
On the outskirts of Chunhua Nancheng, more than 800 elite cavalrymen, who had already been ready to go, lit up torches and headed straight towards Chunhua City along the foothills.
Everything went extremely smoothly, just as smoothly as when the city gate was opened in Sanshui City.
However, when the elite riders from outside the city swarmed into the city and advanced along the streets, they were not as smooth as they were in Sanshui, causing chaos in the city.
Gu Kecheng suddenly saw three groups of fires suddenly lighting up on the streets of Chunhua Nancheng.
And the light of fire was crossing the path that the fine knights must pass into the city.
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As a county town, Chunhua County has a limited population and is not large in scale.
The roads left between cities and towns are only seven or eight meters wide, but the main street is more than ten meters wide.
A group of intruders entering the city from the southern city galloped on horseback, their eyes flashing red.
After breaking the city, as elite cavalry, they were entitled to take priority in selecting the spoils in the city.
Dai Cheng held the saber in his hand and couldn't help but lick his lips. He was very lucky when Sanshui City was broken. He and several people in his team ran into the mansion of a wealthy family first.
Not only did they get a lot of gold and silver, but the rich man also had several wives, concubines, and many maids and servants, all of which were divided among them.
Thinking of the two beauties placed in the camp, Dai Cheng could not help but feel an evil fire in his lower abdomen.
He was originally a servant, and the ladies, wives and concubines of the Zhu family all lived in the boudoir compound.
In the past, the most he could do was glance at it from a distance, and he didn't even dare to think about it.
But now, those ladies and ladies were kneeling and trembling at his feet, and he was even tired of seeing them.
But it doesn't matter, if you get tired of looking at it, just grab another one.
Although Chunhua City is smaller, I heard that there are many wealthy households.
Dai Zheng smiled wildly while thinking about what would happen after the city was broken.
The surrounding elite knights also looked extremely relaxed, just waiting to kill the Ming army guarding the city, and then directly burn Chunhua to the ground.
There is no military discipline in the Chuang Army nowadays.
At first, Chen Qiyu's soldiers surrounded Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others.
Gao Yingxiang and others pretended to surrender, but Chen Qiyu believed that the rebels really surrendered when they were desperate and that he could accomplish it without any effort, so he decided to recruit them.
The result was that after Gao Yingxiang and others led their troops out of the encirclement, they received supplies and immediately switched sides to fight back.
"History of the Ming Dynasty" records it very clearly:
"Qi Yu wanted to treat the thieves lightly, so he made a promise to them. He told the generals to hold their troops and not kill them. The prefectures and counties they passed through were all embarrassing."
"As soon as the thieves crossed the inn, they made a huge noise and massacred all the seven states and counties they passed through."
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Chuang army in the early and middle periods was by no means a benevolent and righteous army.
Rebels with strict discipline and no offense only appeared in the early and late stages of the uprising.
In the mid-term, most of it is chaotic and disorderly, a mixture of good and bad.
At that time, many people had forgotten why they revolted in the first place, and many of them had not grown enough in their vision.
Now is the middle stage of the uprising, when the situation is at its most chaotic.
Dai Cheng drove his horse and followed the front team around the corner. Just when he was still thinking about what to do next, a dazzling fire in front of him made him involuntarily narrow his eyes.
Through the gap, staring at the firelight in the distance, Dai Cheng saw several strange-shaped carts blocking their way on the road they must pass.
Under the firelight, there were fiery red flags one after another - it was the Ming Army!
"Kill it!"
Without too many words, the cruel orders of the guards rang out from the cavalry formation.
When they first entered Sanshui City, the Ming army relied on the streets to stop them, but those people all fell to their swords and guns.
If the city walls are lost, what's the use of fortifying the streets.
"Woo————"
The low horn sound sounded slowly, and the elite cavalry of the invading army who were advancing rapidly on the street began to deliberately slow down.
The leading management team had already seen the vehicle frames blocking the road on the street.
He still couldn't do something stupid like driving his horse straight into the roadblock, so naturally he had to dismount and fight on foot.
Dai Cheng unhooked a round shield from the saddle, took out the saber from his waist, and stared at the Ming army not far away, with a cruel smile on his lips.
If you cut off the heads of a few more Ming soldiers and become guards, you will have greater power. How can this not make people want to have it!
But in the next moment, Dai Cheng's smile froze on his face.
Because everyone saw the smoke rising from the front.
The next moment, a huge roar rushed straight down the narrow street.
Dai Cheng watched helplessly as the management team not far in front of him, who had roared with orders before, was shot into two pieces by a cannon, and then he saw another person who was almost beaten into a sieve.
More smoke slowly rose, and more and more torches lit up.
Not only in front of the street, but also on the walls on both sides of the street, a large number of Ming troops were holding blunderbuss and shooting at them.
Dai Cheng wanted to open his mouth to shout, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt that his entire mouth and nose were filled with the smell of rust.
He lowered his head without knowing why, but saw blood flowing out from his waist and abdomen.
At the last moment, he heard an explosion like thunder.
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Gu Kecheng was shaking all over and his face was pale.
He still didn't know what happened.
At this time, guns and cannons were firing in Chunhua City, and there was a great deal of fire.
All the elite knights who entered the city were blocked.
After a huge cannon blast, a large number of Ming troops suddenly shot out from the darkness of the East City and West City walls, heading towards the towers of the South City to kill the generals.
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"History of the Ming Dynasty·Biographies·197"
"Attack the city and do not kill those who surrender. Defend and kill three out of ten in one day, seven out of ten in two days, and massacre them in three days."
"Whenever a person kills someone, the corpse is tied up and burnt, which is called lighting. The city is about to fall. Tens of thousands of infantrymen will surround the battlements, and horse soldiers will patrol. No one will be spared."
"Although offering loyalty is cruel, it is not necessary to arrest someone."
