The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 126
Nushan is only two hundred steps away from the moat.

When Chang Yongnian brought a few of his cronies to the front, he took a closer look at the few people who were not armed with weapons, then got off the horse, and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for General Chang for a long time."

Chang Yongnian was very anxious about the business of Zhu Jiu Clan, he turned around and made a "please" gesture, "Master Jia Lazhangjing, please enter the city quickly!"

Taking the surrender and seizing the city seems to be a good job, but in fact it is not a small risk. The southerners are cunning, and many Jianzhou warriors were killed in vain because of their tricks. Yinushan is also extremely cautious.

"Oh, the general calls me Nu Shan." As he spoke, he used the only two torches to observe the expressions of Chang Yongnian and the others, and nodded secretly in his heart.He had seen fifty or one hundred officials demoted in the Ming Dynasty, and it was Chang Yongnian's excited and greedy look, so he couldn't be wrong.

But he still kept his composure, and pointed to a few people under the Gongli city gate in the distance, "Let them come over."

Seeing Chang Yongnian greet him, Ma Zhong immediately took the men who opened the door and ran to Nu Shan.The latter signaled to a soldier beside him, "Ahuzhan, take your people in to see the situation." He then signaled to Ma Zhong and others, "Go with these people, and don't let them get separated."

What he said was to keep a close eye on these people, and if there was anything strange in the city, he would kill them immediately.

"Whoo!"

Ahuzhan led seven or eight riders, let Ma Zhong and others walk in front, entered the city cautiously, probed around again, and then turned around and gestured to Nu Shan, shouting a sentence in Manchu.

"The final general will be loyal to him, and he will definitely arrange it properly." Chang Yongnian said without losing the opportunity.

Seeing that there were indeed no guards in the city, and there were more than a dozen hostages including Chang Yongnian, he finally felt relieved, got on his horse and waved: "Send the order, enter the city!" In the middle, in case they escape.

After hundreds of riders entered Changting City, they saw that the defenders had been transferred away, and they walked out a street without seeing a single person.

Chang Yongnian pointed to the north side and said urgently: "Prince Nanming is in the government office, I will lead Master Nu Shan to go."

Before Nu Shan could answer, he suddenly heard several gunshots in front of him. Nu Shan exclaimed, "Be on alert", and saw countless torches lit up on the roofs of the houses on both sides of the main street at the same time. Soldiers with guns and crossbows.

Chang Yongnian's brain was racing, although he didn't understand it, but most of the things had already been revealed.

He forced himself to be calm. Most of the Ming troops in the city were brought by him. He was confident that he only needed to shout, "I am the guerrilla general Chang Yongnian. Tens of thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty have broken through the city. Brothers, don't waste your life." !” Most of these soldiers will drop their weapons and surrender.

But at this moment, a torch was suddenly lit at the end of the street directly in front of him, and two people sitting and standing appeared in front of the fire.

Sitting on the chair on the left was Jiang Zhengxi who was covered in bandages.

Isn't he seriously injured and unable to move? !Before Chang Yongnian could react, he heard Jiang Zhengxi say loudly with great difficulty: "Listen, everyone, I swear to kill the captives and not leave without permission!"

"Follow the order!"

He also heard the old man beside him shout: "General Chang Chang sacrificed his life to lure the enemy. Huang is very impressed. Your family members can rest assured to hand over to Huang! The cannons on the street are ready to wipe out the captives!" "It's the week of the zodiac.

As soon as he finished speaking, the city gate on the other side of the main street was slammed shut.

Chang Yongnian saw Nu Shan's icy eyes from the corner of his eye, and was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, "My lord, don't believe in the instigation of old man Zodiac Zhou, and you will eventually go to him sincerely!"

Ma Zhong on the side also said anxiously: "There are absolutely no cannons in Changting City! Even the tiger crouching small cannons were transported to General Shuilongdu Wang's garrison early in the morning according to the order of Pingluhou."

In an instant, there was a sound of gunfire, and lead bullets and arrows poured down on the surrounding residents. Immediately, dozens of prisoners screamed and turned over and fell off their horses.

This team of Jianlu was also very tough. Although they were ambushed, they were not in a state of confusion. They fought back against the Ming army on the roof with their bows. Only then did they realize that the number of Ming soldiers was not too large, and a short stalemate formed for a while.

Nu Shan loudly ordered his subordinates not to be chaotic, "Follow me and charge on horseback. As long as you rush into the government office and kill Prince Nanming, the Ming army will be defeated!"

Suddenly, several thunderous loud noises came from hundreds of steps ahead. Nu Shan was so shaken that his ears buzzed. When he looked intently, he saw a few big black guys pointing at him in the distance, wasn't it? What is a cannon? !

The Qing army, who had been calmly counterattacking just now, immediately began to panic. In such a narrow street, the cannons didn't even need to aim, and they could shoot through a dozen people with just one shot.
"Didn't you say that there are no cannons?!" Nu Shan yelled at Chang Yongnian who was beside him.

Chang Yongnian was also at a loss, faltering and saying nothing.

"Hmph! Desperate to lure Lao Tzu into the city? There's something!" Nu Shan snorted coldly, and swung his hand with a knife.

Chang Yongnian's head was thrown into the air with the light of the knife, his eyes saw the strange shape of the distant cannon from above, he opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't make a sound at all.

Then there was another roar of artillery. This terrifying firing speed made the Qing army even more confused. People kept screaming and dying, and it was unknown whether they were hit by cannons or died of firecrackers and crossbows.

Nu Shan knew that he would surely die if he did not think of a solution, so he desperately ordered his confidantes to rush towards the street together, trying to fight a bloody way out of the ambush circle.Driven by the habit of fighting all the year round, other Qing army cavalry also followed closely.

At this moment, the city gate behind Jianlu opened wide again, and the cavalry who had just rushed a few steps all looked back and began to hesitate whether to rush forward with Jia Lazhangjing or take the opportunity to leave the city.

Immediately there was a sound of horseshoes outside the city, and a group of people in dark green military uniforms appeared at the gate of the city, neatly lined up and in unison.

Zheng Chenggong was at the forefront of the team, and rushed up first, brandishing a saber.The cavalry behind him followed closely. First they fired a row of guns to knock down the Qing army who was about to withdraw from the city, and then drew their long swords from their waists.

Nu Shan looked back and saw a large group of Ming army cavalry rushing in. Knowing that the situation was over, he looked at the cannons in the distance with his blood red eyes, gritted his teeth and shouted to his confidant: "Follow me to grab those cannons, and then you can kill the Nikan soldiers behind you." Blast!"

A few cavalrymen immediately guarded his surroundings, and rushed towards the artillery positions of the Ming army with firecrackers and arrows desperately. When they got close, there were less than ten people left around Nu Shan.

Nu Shan got off his horse, and the gunners of the Ming army immediately ran away in fright.Nu Shan took a torch and was about to tell his subordinates to reload the ammunition, but found that there seemed to be something wrong.

He brought the torch close to the cannon, only to realize that there was no cannon there, it was just a few tree trunks lying flat, and there were some extra-large firecrackers beside them, and he thought that the deafening "cannon sound" just now was made of these things.

He lost all thoughts and threw away the torch in his hand. Turning around, he saw that the team of Ming army cavalry behind him was extremely ferocious, and they had killed most of the street in a short while.

(End of this chapter)