Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 251 249-Under the Nine Doors (Leader Plus 24)

The sudden appearance of soldiers from the Fourth Route Army in the city made all the people terrified.

Zhen Wu's target was Nancheng, and he led more than [-] people straight to the south of the city without stopping.

There are three gates in the south city wall, the grandest one is the front gate.

The front is also the main gate of Beiping City, which is called Lizhengmen, later called Zhengyangmen, and there are two gates on the left and right, one Wenmen and one Wumen, Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen.

More than [-] of them need to take down these three gates to ensure that Beiping City is firmly in their hands.

And the entire southern city wall plus the three guards had more than [-] people.

Two hundred versus two thousand.

Ten times the difference.

But they have no choice, they can only fight, and they can only win.

Zhen Wu and others rushed into Nancheng and automatically divided into three groups. Tan Yuan led 50 people to attack Chongwenmen, Wang Zhen led 50 people to attack Xuanwumen, and Zhen Wu led the remaining 100 people to attack Qianmen.

Nowadays, Beiping is not a city that was built in two years after Yongle and Zhengtong. It has city towers, archery towers, urn castles, Qianjin gates, etc., but after all, Beiping is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the past, and now it is an important military town on the frontier of the Ming Dynasty, so protective equipment Even if it's not as scary as it will be in the future, it still shouldn't be underestimated.

The gate tower is in the middle of the gate, and there are two archery towers standing on both sides. The cross energy blocks all the way to climb the tower.

And each of the two archery towers has twenty windows.

There are a total of forty archery windows. If you don't take down the archery tower, let alone Zhen Wu only has 100 people, even if you have one or two thousand people, it will be difficult to capture.

However, they have already discussed these issues before, and they only need to act according to their opportunities.

Zhen Wu led 20 people to attack an archery tower, and Xue Lu led 20 people to attack an archery tower. When the arrow tower was in chaos, Zhang Wu and Zhu Gaoxu took the remaining 60 people and went straight to the tower. If people lead, naturally there is only the way to disperse and surrender.

And Ma Xuan, who is said to be a mighty general, should be in the tower.

I don't know when it was, it was already dark.

There was still the sound of laughing and playing in some courtyards, but Zhen Wu led the crowd to sneak around the city gate with their breaths pressed.

Zhen Wu looked back at Zhang Wu and Zhu Gaoxu, and he said in a deep voice: "After entering the city tower, killing people is not the primary purpose, killing Ma Xuan is the most important thing, if you can't kill them, let the other party mess up, as long as Ma Xuan is not allowed to Organize an effective force to fight back, and when I pass by, I will definitely kill him with a knife, do you understand?"

"Understood." The two answered in unison.

However, Zhu Gaoxu then snorted and said, "It's just Ma Xuan, I can kill him alone."

Zhen Wu ignored Zhu Gaoxu, this guy is quite capable of fighting now, but for some reason, instead of helping others, he insisted on joining his team, and he didn't know what Zhu Gaoxu was thinking.

"Okay, let's get started."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu waved his hand and took his 20 people straight to the left arrow tower.

The defenders outside the watchtower never imagined that someone would attack them from the inside. In their consciousness, the only thing everyone needs to guard against is the enemy attacking the city outside the city.

But when they saw Zhen Wu, they were puzzled again, but when one of them wanted to ask a question in doubt, Zhen Wu suddenly broke out, as if he came to the defender in a flash, and chopped down mercilessly.

The sergeant was directly killed on the spot when he couldn't even speak.

Zhen Wu shouted coldly: "Get in for me."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu had already taken the lead to charge towards the inside. After a short shock, the defenders of the watchtower immediately exclaimed, but their voices just rose.

Zhen Wu and his soldiers also shouted in unison at this time, and the voice was louder and more uniform, with a cold killing intent.

"Military security, King Yan has ordered that the guards take over the city defense. Anyone who resists will be killed, and anyone who moves abnormally will be killed. If you abandon your knife and hug your head, you will not die."

"Military security, King Yan has ordered that the guards take over the city defense. Anyone who resists will be killed, and anyone who moves abnormally will be killed. If you abandon your knife and hug your head, you will not die."

……

The voices didn't stop one after another, Zhen Wu and the others rushed in and shouted at the same time, and at this time the voices of Xue Lu and the others also rang out, their voices merged with those of Zhen Wu and the others, like a group of people in the flat ground. A thunderstorm suddenly broke the tranquility of the place.

Whether it was the defenders or the archers in the archery tower, everyone became puzzled, not understanding why King Yan would come to take over the city defense at this time.

However, Zhen Wu and the others benefited from Zhu Di's reputation accumulated in Beiping City for many years.

Many guards dropped their knives in a daze when they heard the shouts of Zhen Wu and the others, or feared that Zhen Wu and the others who rushed in with murderous aura would accidentally kill them, so they quickly dropped their knives and crowded together with their heads in their arms.

When Zhen Wu and the others saw those who surrendered, they ignored them and just rushed inside sullenly.

After rushing into the archery tower, a hundred households just happened to walk in front of them.

This hundred households were full of question marks, they were defending well, why did they switch defenses, and why the guards took over, he had many questions he wanted to ask.

But after seeing the murderous Zhen Wu and the bloody waist knife in Zhen Wu's hand, he immediately understood that the comer was not good, and he quickly organized people to fight back.

"Come on, enemy attack..."

However, before he finished speaking, Zhen Wu was already moving like a rabbit, he rushed over and chopped it down with a single knife. This hundred households were a bit skilled at being able to get into a hundred households, so he had no time to speak, and quickly rolled around on a donkey to avoid it.

But he can dodge one knife but not two.

Zhen Wu stabbed through the heart of this hundred households.

He still had some doubts in his eyes until he died, and he didn't understand why the guards would suddenly kill him.

Some of the other defenders and archers were in a daze, and some started to fight back.

The sound of fighting suddenly resounded in the archery tower.

But most of the people in Jianlou are still at a loss.

Zhen Wu would not explain these things to them, and he didn't care whether he was killed wrongly or not. After all, how could such a thing as rebellion not cause murder? !

Now his purpose is very clear, whoever organizes a counterattack will die, and he will not show any sympathy.

Unless they all abandon their knives and hug their heads.

It was also because of Zhen Wu and the others that the people in the Jianlou were killed without knowing what to do. Gradually, no one organized a counterattack. The soldiers had no choice but to abandon their swords and surrender in a panic.

Time passed little by little.

Following the rush of Zhen Wu and others, no one of the soldiers in the Arrow Tower dared to move any more, and all abandoned their knives and hugged their heads. Only then did Zhen Wu heave a sigh of relief.

At this time, a hundred households holding their heads stood up and weakly shouted: "Zhenjun horse? Zhenjun horse?"

Zhen Wu looked over and saw that he, who had just passed through the charge, was covered in blood, and there was murderous look in his eyes, which frightened the Baihu's heart.

He hastily said: "I, Lao Xu, we had a conversation when we conquered Liaodong last time."

Zhen Wu thought about it and still had no impression.

But he still said, "Old Xu, then you just stand still and don't move around, and you won't die."

Old Xu nodded quickly, but then he plucked up the courage to ask again: "Zhen Junma, what's going on here? Why did you bring people in here?"

Zhen Wu looked at him, and said lightly: "There are bad people in the army, there is no other way, we have to take over the city defense."

That's it.

Old Xu nodded understandingly, but the next moment he said bitterly: "Then there's no need to come in, just come in and say no."

Say?
Just to say, there is no blood, there are so many defenders in the watchtower, how could it be possible to obey the orders of 20 of them.

After all, it was against the rules for King Yan to take over the city defense.

He Zhen Wu is not that stupid, not to mention that Zhen Wu has to dismiss these soldiers, how could he obediently obey the dismissal without killing some people.

Zhen Wu snorted coldly, but didn't answer Lao Xu's words, and Lao Xu was so frightened that he didn't dare to talk anymore.

The next moment, Zhen Wu told Old Xu: "Old Xu, call all the people above the general banner here."

Old Xu was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask why, but seeing Zhen Wu's cannibalistic eyes, he didn't dare to ask, and quickly called all the people above the general banner position in the watchtower to Zhen Wu.

"No more? Just these three?"

"It's gone, the rest are dead." Old Xu said.

Zhen Wu nodded, then passed Lao Xu and the others, and said to the rest of the soldiers holding their heads: "Okay, you're fine, leave the saber armor behind, and then go home, don't go out when you get home, don't blame me I didn't remind you, whoever goes out tonight will die, understand?"

The soldiers looked at each other and dared not answer.

Zhen Wu was furious: "What? Do you want to die?"

"No, no." A group of people answered quickly.

"Then why don't you take off your armor and get the hell out of here? If it's a little later, I'll treat you as enemies and kill them all." Zhen Wu angrily scolded.

This group of soldiers was startled. After one of them started to lose their armor, the rest of them took off their armor like a competition, and then ran away without looking back, as if they were afraid that they would be hacked to death by Zhen Wu later.

Zhen Wu watched the group of soldiers slowly disperse, then found a room in the watchtower, let Lao Xu and the others go in, and then closed and locked the door.

In this way, the arrow tower is settled.

One of the most important signs of the army is that it is organized and led by someone. As long as there is no leader, no matter how many people there are, they are just a mob and cannot be called an army.

The soldiers were unarmed and sent home, and the generals were locked up and guarded. This is equivalent to guarding all the defenders, and there is no danger.

After all, the one who resisted just now is dead.

The rest is nothing to fear.

Zhen Wu named two of his soldiers and said: "You two stay here, if the people inside dare to come out, they will be hacked to death directly, there is no need to report."

"Yes."

Zhen Wu turned to look at the others: "The rest follow me to attack the tower."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu led the crowd to attack the tower again.

There are more soldiers in the city tower, and it is more chaotic at the moment, but with the addition of Zhen Wu and others, the control of the situation has obviously improved.

However, it was only an improvement, and it was impossible to control the situation with a final decision, because there were generals in the city tower organizing a counterattack, and their resistance in formation prevented Zhang Wu and Zhu Gaoxu from breaking through for a while.

"Fuck, you two grew up on a fucking diet?" Zhen Wu scolded after coming over.

Zhang Wu and Zhu Gaoxu felt ashamed when they heard this.

The general who organized the counterattack also angrily reprimanded Zhen Wu and others: "You rebels, when will the city gate be taken over by the King of Yan? Commander Xie surrounded the palace today. Commander Xie was not seen, but you, I see you It is rebellion, and everyone will be punished."

Zhen Wu cursed secretly, not daring to let this person say more, and rushed straight over with a knife in his hand.

His saber was heavy and fast, few soldiers could block it, even if he blocked it, he would be kicked far away by Zhen Wu's follow-up kick.

Although he can't be called a superman now, there is absolutely no problem in hitting ten of them.

With the addition of Zhen Wu, the generals who organized the counterattack immediately felt the pressure. Coupled with Zhang Wu and Zhu Gaoxu's ashamed efforts, they obviously couldn't resist the three fierce generals of Zhen Wu, and they broke through the team in a short while. shape, and then divided up and beheaded one by one.

And that general was also beheaded by Zhu Gaoxu first.

"Haha, this Ma Xuan is nothing more than that." Zhu Gaoxu said proudly, he hated people to be called titans the most in his life, except of course Zhen Wu, Zhu Neng could barely count.

The rest are like Zhang Wu, Tan Yuan, Wang Zhen, half at most.

Does this Ma Xuan dare to be called a titan? !

Shit.

Zhen Wu didn't refute, he also felt that what Zhu Gaoxu said was right, this Ma Xuan looked very ordinary.

But at this time, a soldier who surrendered said weakly: "He is not General Ma Xuan. General Ma Xuan took people to Chongwenmen today."

what? !

Zhen Wu, Zhang Wu, and Zhu Gaoxu were shocked at the same time.

Tan Yuan is in trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu didn't dare to waste any more time, and said directly: "Zhang Wu, take some people and control this place. Those who should be dismissed should be dismissed, and those who should be guarded should be guarded. I will take some people first." Go support Tan Yuan."

Zhang Wu was also worried about Tan Yuan. Speaking of which, he married the second sage, and Tan Zhong married the fourth sister. With Zhen Wu's relationship, the two of them were not outsiders, so he quickly agreed.

Zhen Wu didn't say much, and left with the host. Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu said something to Zhang Wu, and also chased Zhen Wu to support Tan Yuan.

The night gradually deepened.

The sound of fighting was resounding at the Nine Gates, and the footsteps of Zhen Wu's team could be heard far away in the silent night, but before they reached Chongwenmen, they could hear the hissing sound in the alley from far away .

This…

Not only did Tan Yuan fail to attack the tower, but he was forced into a street fight by Ma Xuan? !

Zhen Wu and the others immediately rushed to support them. As soon as they arrived on the battlefield, they directly participated. Both Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaoxu were brave and unstoppable, and quickly killed them. No one dared to get close to them.

Seeing this scene on a horse, Ma Xuanqi was a little surprised, and when he recognized Zhen Wu, he felt even more withdrawn.

He is a person who commands the first level and has his own guards. These people basically obey him [-]%, so he can organize a counterattack force in the first place, not only forcing Tan Yuan back, but also wanting to destroy Tan Yuan. Yuan et al.

But in the current situation, he also understands that there will only be more and more people in the Yan Palace. Not only will he not be able to destroy Tan Yuan, he may even be left in Beiping City.

After figuring this out, Ma Xuan didn't hesitate, and directly ordered that he lead people out of the city gate and head towards Jizhou. In his opinion, King Yan had rebelled, and Xie Gui and others were still alive and dead. If there is no help, it is better to retreat to Jizhou, gather the army, and wait for the forces of all parties to join forces to trap Beiping.

Ma Xuan wanted to run away, but Zhen Wu and others wanted to stay but did not stay, but Tan Yuan screamed in anger, as if he had suffered a lot of humiliation, but Zhen Wu was a little angry, although Tan Yuan was forced into street fighting by Ma Xuan However, you must know that Tan Yuan only has about fifty people. Even when Zhen Wu and others came over, the formation was still stable, which showed his bravery.

It's also fortunate that they are all elites, otherwise, I'm afraid it's hard to say what the result will be.

In addition, with the order of King Yan, when many soldiers were in a daze, they didn't know who to help, and they didn't take action, which allowed them to resist for so long.

After Ma Xuan retreated, Chongwenmen no longer organized a confrontation, and was quickly controlled by Zhen Wu and others. Just when Zhen Wu was planning to bring people to support Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen had already reported that Xuan Wu The door has also been locked up.

Zhen Wu was overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked someone to report to the palace.

Standing on the city wall above Chongwenmen, looking at this great city wall built of bricks and stones, he suddenly became ambitious, and the road ahead began from the city he called down.

Now the three gates of the southern city are all in my hands, not to mention the great advantages, at least if I want to run, no one can stop me. If I have all the nine gates in my hands, once the gates are closed, I can integrate the forces in the city, and then I can eat away at the surroundings.

And the surrounding guards are all Zhu Di's old subordinates. Under the direction of Bingfeng, not to mention all surrender, how many dare to stop? !

……

King Yan's Mansion, Zhu Di, Dao Yan, Zhu Gaochi and others waited quietly in the main hall for news. After Zhang Xin killed Peng Er, Zhu Di also asked Zhang Xin to take his soldiers to support the Battle of Nine Gates.

But now it was late at night, and no good news came back. Even though Zhu Di could maintain his composure on the surface, he couldn't help but clenched his hands in private.

It's a matter of life and death.

If you can't win the nine gates, then why talk about the world.

Dao Yan was also a little nervous, he had already considered everything that should be considered comprehensively, but the battlefield always needs people to fight, the result of the fight is often not shifted by one's will, and accidents often occur.

However, Dao Yan saw Zhu Di's worry, and after thinking about it, he still spoke to comfort Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Your Highness has been in Beiping for many years. No one in the guards in the city knows His Highness's name. As long as the surprise attack is appropriate and your Highness's order is added, even if there are few people, there is a great chance of winning. What's more, His Highness's generals are all the best. He is good at fighting, so His Highness still needs to relax and wait for the good news."

Although Zhu Di's bitterness persisted, he still nodded and said, "I know."

After that, following Zhu Di's words, the hall fell into silence again.

The atmosphere is slightly depressing.

But at this moment, a long "report" resounded in the main hall.

There is no need to notify during wartime, and the messengers can enter the hall directly.

The eyes of Zhu Di and the three of them brightened, and they got up to meet each other, only to see Cao Xiaoman running in covered in blood, knelt directly in the hall, and proudly said: "The three gates of the southern city wall have been captured, Commander Zhen asked the humble officer to ask His Highness , whether to send people to the guard army's Tuntian Manor overnight, and summon the guard army to enter the city."

Some of the guards were dispatched by Song Zhong, but some of the field soldiers still stayed in Zhuangzi. They didn't dare to call in a fair manner before, but now they are determined to rebel. Of course, they must call the most loyal soldiers to come. .

With the most loyal soldiers, there will be no more pressure to integrate the [-] guards in the city.

"Sure, go and tell Zhen Wu quickly." Zhu Di was in a good mood, and his voice became louder.

Cao Xiaoman stood up and planned to retreat, but he just took two steps back, relying on Zhen Wu's bodyguard and being familiar with Zhu Di, he asked on a whim: "Your Highness, can I ask one more question for my humble position?"

"Are you asking?" Zhu Di was in a good mood and didn't care about it.

"Your Highness, did we capture it later than the other three roads?" Cao Xiaoman asked.

Among the soldiers, no one wants to compete with each other.

Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, "It's not too late, you guys took the lead, the hardest fight took the least time, you didn't let me down."

Cao Xiaoman's face suddenly brightened, and his whole body was filled with pride. He knelt down again and said in a loud voice: "We guard the world's invincible right guards. As long as your Highness gives instructions, we will definitely attack and defeat everything." If you are not victorious, you will definitely be able to wipe out all enemies for Your Highness."

After hearing this, Zhu Di became even happier.

He likes soldiers like this.

Zhu Di pointed at Cao Xiaoman, and said to Dao Yan, "See, this little bastard has developed such an arrogant temper following Zhen Wu."

Dao Yan said with a smile: "If you have your generals, you will have your army, no surprise."

"Hahaha." Zhu Di laughed happily: "Okay, you can tell Zhen Wu quickly."

"Yes." Cao Xiaoman retreated contentedly this time. After he left the main hall, his footsteps seemed to be much lighter. At first, they attacked in four directions, and their right guard was responsible for one part alone, but this part was the most difficult. Yet they were the fastest.

In this way, who would dare not look up at the right guard in the future.

Zhu Gaochi watched Cao Xiaoman retreat, a little envious in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh that his big brother-in-law and his subordinates are all brave people.

And just after Cao Xiaoman withdrew, another "report" came into the main hall.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the two gates of the East City have to be taken down. Commander Zhang asked Your Highness for help in several other places. We have recruited more than [-] people, all of whom are loyal to His Highness, and have spare power to help other places. .”

Zhang Yu? !
He also wanted to overwhelm the other generals in this battle of the Nine Gates.

Zhu Di doesn't care about the comparison among his subordinates and generals. Only when there is comparison can he be motivated. He only cares about the result he wants.

He couldn't help but proclaimed that five of the nine gates had already been opened, and the rest was just a matter of time. Only then did he feel that he truly owned Beiping City.

……

Gradually, with the passage of time, all the nine gates of Beiping had been captured before dawn, and the Tuntian soldiers of the guards notified last night were also on their way.

He only needs to integrate the defenders in the city before he can attack and eat away.

Standing in the main hall, Zhu Di looked towards the direction of Nanjing City. He thought to himself, now that he has turned against him, he has not only captured Beiping City, but will soon accumulate a lot of troops. What kind of expression is Wang Hui, what kind of expression is Zhu Yunqi, and what kind of expression is the army and civilians in this world.

You must be surprised, and it must be interesting to think about it.

Zhu Di is looking forward to a duel with the person with the highest status in the world in the eyes of everyone in the world.

Let the people of the world take a look, who should sit on the throne.

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(End of this chapter)