The loud "bang" was deafening and startled the Ming army on the city wall.
"What happened?"
Yang Kang straightened his head and asked calmly, "Quickly go down to the city to check."
Yang Zhiwen also looked confused and nervously held the sword at his waist: "It sounds like the city gate has been knocked open? Go and have a look!"
But before their soldiers could go down to the city, the Chang'an army below the city began to cheer as they entered the city, "Open the door, the gods will open the door for us!"
"Eat his mother, drink his mother, go to the city and feast on it. We have made great achievements but are turned away. We must let the governor give us an explanation!"
The same reaction as the Ming army on the city wall, the Chang'an army who was anxiously waiting for the door to open was also frightened.
But after the shock, he quickly came to his senses. Seeing the four wide open city gates, everyone was ecstatic and rushed into the city.
"No crowding allowed. Enter the city in order of company. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
For fear of causing a stampede, Jin Zhu wielded a machete and cut off a flag, trying to maintain order. "Each company commander restrains the team. If someone in the company is crowded and pushed, the company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader will all be held accountable!"
"Slow down, are you in a hurry to die?"
"Things without eggs, what are you afraid of? Aren't Captain Jiang and the brothers from the Fourth Company standing behind us? Are they all in a damn hurry to be reincarnated?"
"Whoever dares to push and push the crowd should get out of the company. Chang'an Town doesn't want you!"
Under the strong restraint of the leaders of each company, the Chang'an Army, which had briefly fallen into chaos, became orderly again and entered the city in order.
The first team to enter the city was the second company led by Zhu Junjian, followed by the fifth company without Hou Jie, and Chen Daoming's sixth company... Every one hundred people formed a square formation, in order, and there was no more noise and panic.
"The city gate was actually knocked open. What happened?"
Seeing more than a thousand people outside the city filing into the city, Yang Kang guessed the result without waiting for the soldiers to check, but what he didn't understand was why the city gate was suddenly opened?
The city gate of Guiyang is two feet high, which is equivalent to a height of about eight meters in later generations. The width is more than ten meters, the material is made of wood and riveted iron sheets, the thickness is more than 40 centimeters, and the weight is not only 10,000 kilograms, but also seven or eight thousand kilograms.
After the city gate is closed, three latches as thick as purlins are used to lock it in. Not to mention that it cannot be pushed open by human power, even with a powerful siege cone, it is difficult to open it.
Unexpectedly, such a strong city gate could be pushed open easily. Who has such ability?
There is only one answer. This is done by gods and cannot be done by human beings.
After understanding this truth, Yang Kang suddenly felt sweat on his forehead.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty is not exhausted, and there are gods helping in the dark, or the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appear, open the city gate with magical power, and let the Chang'an army in trouble enter the city.
"Zhiwen, Zhiwen, I'm going to be killed by your bad idea!" Yang Kang's head almost exploded.
Not to mention how to explain to the governor, what's more terrible is that the rebels are already close at hand. They are only about two miles away from the city gate. If they don't close the city gate quickly, they may be beaten into the city.
Lu Zhiwen also looked horrified: "I didn't expect things to turn out like this. What the hell! The only blame is that pawn from the Qi Family Army who was so arrogant that he dared to humiliate us in person."
Yang Kang pinched his chin and said: "At this point, it is useless to say anything. You first find a scapegoat. I will organize the troops to block the rebel attack!"
"OK."
Lu Zhiwen agreed and hurriedly brought a dozen soldiers down to the city.
Yang Kang straightened his head, beat the war drum himself, and summoned the officers and soldiers in the city to quickly gather at the east gate to resist the rebel attack.
Soon, the Ming troops guarding other city gates quickly gathered towards the east gate. After receiving the news, Governor Jiang Dongzhiye raised his sword and mounted his horse. He took the inspector Guo Zizhang, the chief envoy Jia Chang and other core officials from Guizhou to inspect the east gate. .
"Charge, kill!"
Ten thousand rebels swept in with shouts, the ground trembled under their feet, and the yellow sand rolled.
Xiang Fan, the leader of the rebel army, was overjoyed when he saw that the city gates of Guiyang were wide open and a team under the banner of Minzhuang was gradually withdrawing into the city.
"Haha... I really don't know what the Ming army is doing. A team of more than a thousand people has not entered the city after taking so long. This is a God-given opportunity. Brothers, work harder and conquer Guiyang today!"
Xiang Fanfei rode his green-maned horse and carried a machete, leading the charge.
The only thing he regretted was that the Liping army did not go out in full force to pursue Liping this time. They only brought 10,000 troops with them, and there were still four to five thousand people left in the old nest.
According to speculation, there are about four to five thousand defenders in Guiyang City. According to the fighting ratio of two to one, it is not known whether the city gate can be captured?
Xiang Fan first sent one of his soldiers to return to the camp quickly, and mobilized other troops to help. He only needed to leave a thousand people to guard the base.
At the same time, he raised his voice to encourage the soldiers: "Can we capture Guiyang in one fell swoop? You all have to fight for it. I will reward you with three taels of silver for killing an enemy, and one tael of gold for killing an officer. After the city was broken, the whole army looted, and they did not stop for a day and a night. There are no restrictions, women’s treasures can be snatched away by you!”
Following Xiang Fan's order, the ten thousand rebels immediately became high-spirited and murderous.
Compared with the rewards with clearly marked prices, the reward of plundering the entire army for a day and night is undoubtedly more exciting.
In the past, those beautiful ladies and ladies were aloof, but now as long as they can break the city, they can ravage them unscrupulously.
Those yellow and white gold ingots are piled up in the treasuries of wealthy gentry and officials. As long as the city gate is breached, you can take whatever you want, and you can take as much as you want.
"Kill, grab the woman, the lady, the concubine!"
"Come on, grab the gold, the silver, the jewels, kill him without leaving any trace behind!"
"Charge, kill, kill him until rivers of blood flow, kill him until mountains of corpses pile up!"
"Brothers, work hard and turn Guiyang City into a hell!"
Tens of thousands of rebels roared at the top of their lungs as if they were crazy, and each held their shields and arrows in their hands and headed towards the east gate of Guiyang.
"Fire!"
Yang Kang's voice was almost hoarse, and he waved his sword to supervise the battle, "Firegunner, shoot me, don't fucking wait!"
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The Ming army on the city wall held up firecrackers and fired condescendingly, and rebels were constantly shot and fell to the ground.
"Archer, shoot me hard!"
Yang Kang, who was in a state of embarrassment, helped the duck with its head tilted and yelled in a hoarse voice.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
A dense rain of arrows fell from the city wall, shooting down many charging rebels.
"Where are the archers? Shoot back at the city wall to suppress the Ming army and cover the forward troops to seize the gate!"
Xiang Fan reined up his horse, stuck his sword on the ground, took the iron bow from the saddle, pulled the bow string like a full moon, and ran towards the city wall to shoot several arrows.
His archery skills were extremely good, and every arrow he shot was always a miss. He heard screams one after another, and in the blink of an eye, several rebels fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
Following Xiang Fan's guidance, more than a thousand archers looked up to the sky and fired. Dense arrows fell from the sky. They used their numerical advantage to suppress the Ming army archers on the city wall and covered their companions in charging forward.
"Where's our fire blunderbuss? Pull it out and show it to the Ming army!"
Xiang Fan's deputy general Li Changgeng stood up with his sword drawn and commanded loudly, "Where is the gunman? Come and suppress the Ming army!"
Soon, more than 500 gunmen were scattered everywhere, constantly pulling the triggers and shooting at the Ming army on the city wall.
In an instant, gunshots rang out loudly, arrows rained like rain, and countless soldiers on both sides fell to bullets and bows. Soon, the pungent smell of blood filled the city walls.
"Chang Geng, you lead the forwards to attack the goal!"
Xiang Fan immediately stood under the commander's flag and commanded loudly.
"Soldiers, follow me!"
Li Changgeng agreed, urged the yellow gelding on his hip, carried a long spear, and led hundreds of cavalry past the charging brigade and went straight to the city gate.
The rebels came with great force and were blocked by the Chang'an army at the city gate. They were as if they had hit an iron plate and could not move forward even an inch.
Therefore, they urgently need an elite team to take the lead in opening the gap before they can rush into Guiyang City.
Dressed in white robes, Jiang Guanjun held a spear, as if he were a god descending from the earth. He perfectly interpreted what is meant by "one man can block the barrier and no one can open it."
But seeing his guns flying, like goose feathers falling from the sky, the rebels who rushed to him were knocked to the ground one by one.
Yang Kang handed over the command of the city wall to Lu Zhiwen and personally led hundreds of elites down to block the gate.
Because he knew that there were only more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in Guiyang City, but the rebels had as many as 40,000.
If the city gate cannot be closed in time and as the fierce battle continues and the rebel reinforcements gradually arrive, Guiyang City will not be able to hold on.
If Guiyang is lost, Jiang Dongzhi, as the governor, will naturally be held responsible, but as the commander of the Guiyang Guards, he himself will also be held accountable. There is no need to think about your future or official position. If you don’t do it, you may not even be able to save your head!
This made Yang Kang regretful and kept saying in his heart: "Zhiwen harmed me, Zhiwen harmed me, was my Yang Kang kicked in the head by a donkey? At this critical moment, I listened to his instigation, causing the city gate to be unable to close, and was betrayed Jun seized the opportunity!"
Yang Kang was filled with regret and fear because he knew that the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great.
Even though there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses who followed Xiang Fan, they seemed to be full of fighting spirit as if they had taken medicine. The officers and soldiers who were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers could only hope for a miracle if they wanted to hold the city gate.
But when he saw Jiang Guanjun standing guard and killing all the rebels, one after another falling to the city gate, Yang Kang was completely shocked!
"Could this be the Captain Jiang that Hou mentioned?"
Yang Kang could hardly believe his eyes. Every time he thrust out a spear, he would knock down an enemy soldier. It was like an adult ravaging a child.
"It's so amazing. Not to mention our Guizhou, I'm afraid there won't be many such martial arts in the entire Ming Dynasty!"
Until this moment, Yang Kang felt ashamed and regretted his ignorance and naivety. He didn't know that there is a world outside the world and there are people outside the world. "It's me, Yang Kang, who is short-sighted!"
