"General, a cavalry was found outside the city and is approaching us."
The soldiers guarding the south gate of Julu City immediately came to Cao Bianjiao to report after discovering a large number of cavalry approaching outside the city.
After hearing the news, Cao Bianjiao immediately came to the city gate tower.
When he saw the cavalry appearing outside the city, he immediately guessed that the other party was the cavalry of the Tiger Flag.
That black breastplate was too familiar. He had seen it many times on the ground in Shandong.
To be cautious, he still sent a soldier to proactively contact the opponent.
Soon, the people sent to contact the cavalry outside the city returned to the city.
"General, we are indeed from the Tiger Flag. Except for them, no cavalry is equipped with a large number of firecrackers." The returning soldiers said to Cao Bianjiao.
Whether it is the cavalry of the Ming army, the cavalry on the grassland, or the Jurchen cavalry, the weapons they use may be knives, spears, and other long soldiers. Most of them use bows and arrows, but no cavalry ever uses fire guns.
Among the several forces, only the cavalry of the Tiger Flag are equipped with a large number of firecrackers.
"Open the city gate."
Since the people from the Tiger Character Banner arrived, Cao Bianjiao directly asked people to open the city gate.
In addition to the personal soldiers and servants of the Cao family, the people guarding the South City Gate also included some ordinary soldiers.
These soldiers were different from Cao Bianjiao. They didn't know that the uncles and nephews of the Cao family had contacted the people in the Tiger Flag, so when they heard that the city gate was about to be opened, many people were confused.
The enemy is not far outside the city. In their opinion, opening the city gate at this time will only let the enemy into the city.
Some smart soldiers slipped away secretly.
The remaining soldiers were forced to open the city gate by Cao Bianjiao and the Cao family's personal servants.
Some movies and TV shows of later generations always have a large wooden door with a wooden bolt inserted behind it to become a city gate. In fact, such a door can be regarded as a courtyard gate at most.
The outside of the real city gate is covered with a layer of iron, which cannot be burned by fire, cut by a knife, or hurt by arrows.
If the city gate is really a big wooden gate with a wooden bolt behind it, it will be easy to attack the city. You can just hit it with a car and knock it open in a few hits. If it doesn't work, you can pour oil on it and burn it with fire. The heavy armored infantry can use a big ax to chop it open. Can split.
With the joint efforts of several soldiers, the city gate was slowly opened.
At this time, the cavalry outside the city directly separated a cavalry squad of dozens of people and rushed towards the newly opened city gate.
When the soldiers behind the city gate saw the enemy cavalry approaching from outside the city, they rolled and crawled away from the city gate.
As soon as the cavalry team of the Tiger Character Banner entered the city, Cao Bianjiao came up with his own soldiers and servants.
"This general, I am Cao Bianjiao." Cao Bianjiao took the lead in introducing his identity.
The cavalry captain looked at Cao Bianjiao carefully, and then said to his subordinates: "Go and tell the captain that you can enter the city."
After explaining, he said to Cao Bianjiao: "Our captain will be here soon. If you have anything to say, tell our captain!"
Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao nodded.
Although he is brave, he is not without any brains.
Their uncle and nephew have decided to defect to the Tiger Flag, so naturally they won't be angry because the people in the Tiger Flag show a little indifference.
After the cavalry captain of the Tiger Character Banner learned that the city gate was safe, he led the remaining cavalry into Julu City through the city gate.
Cao Bianjiao was already waiting aside.
"General Cao, your uncle and nephew have made a meritorious service this time. Tiger Character Banner will not treat its own people badly." The cavalry captain said to Cao Bianjiao.
Cao Bianjiao looked happy when he heard this.
He and his uncle did this not just to become one of their own as mentioned by Tiger Ziqi.
The cavalry captain continued: "On the way here, I learned that there was a commotion in Julu City. I asked General Cao to tell me about the situation in the city."
"It should be." Cao Bianjiao explained some of the conditions in the city in detail.
This included the fact that he killed Wang Guerji, the man Wang Chengyin left behind.
The captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry nodded while listening. When Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he said: "I know everything. Next, I hope General Cao can cooperate with me to suppress the unrest in the city."
"No problem." Cao Bianjiao agreed.
In his opinion, being able to help people in the Tiger Flag is a good thing for their uncles and nephews.
The Captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry was also a resolute man. He immediately led his cavalry and Cao Bianjiao's men to suppress the unrest in the city.
Tiger Character Banner never showed mercy on any burning, killing and looting, especially since Julu City was about to fall into Tiger Character Banner's hands. Only thunderbolt methods could calm down the chaos as quickly as possible.
And Cao Bianjiao is not a soft-hearted person, let alone interceding for some rebel soldiers.
The cavalry captain of the Tiger Character Banner divided his cavalry into several teams. Under the leadership of Cao Bianjiao's men, they started cleaning up from different streets.
At this time, there are very few good people on the streets. Real people and good people will only take refuge at home.
Therefore, whenever the cavalrymen of the Tiger Banner see someone holding a murderous weapon or beating someone on the street, they will attack them with a knife or a blunderbuss, leaving a corpse behind and looking for the next target.
The bloodbath soon took place in Julu City.
It's just that the targets of the bloodbath were the rebels and some bad people in the city.
Wherever the cavalry passed, corpses were thrown to the ground one after another. There might be some wrong people killed, but most of them were people who deserved to be killed.
As the Tiger Banner cavalry advanced through the streets of the city, more and more rebels and bad people were killed. There were fewer and fewer bad people on the streets, and many bad people went into hiding.
In less than half an hour, the turmoil in Julu City was generally calmed down. Even if there were still some vandalism in a few places, it could no longer affect the stability of the city.
At this point, many corpses were left on every street, and blood was spread all over the streets.
"Who is the general of the Tiger Flag? I'm late."
As the words fell, Cao Wenzhao, whose armor was stained with blood, rode over on horseback.
He also participated in quelling the turmoil in the city, but he did not accompany Cao Bianjiao, the cavalry captain of Hu Ziqi.
"I am the captain of this cavalry, and you must be General Cao Wenzhao!" The cavalry captain of Tiger Flag looked up and down at Cao Wenzhao who appeared in front of him.
The reason why he can be recognized at a glance is entirely because of the armor on Cao Wenzhao.
The armor worn by the Ming army's lieutenant generals was generally better than that of their own soldiers and servants, and it was very easy to distinguish them, especially Cao Wenzhao, who was wearing mountain armor.
"I have met the captain." Cao Wenzhao cupped his fists and cupped his hands.
He did not insist on calling the opponent general because he knew that the title of general was not popular among the positions within the Tiger Character Banner.
"General Cao looks like he has killed a lot of enemies with the blood stains on his body!" The captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry Brigade noticed the blood stains on Cao Wenzhao's armor and said with a smile.
(End of chapter)
