The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 176 Overcoming Jianan
After returning to the barracks, Zhu Linmi immediately ordered three bonfires to be lit in the south of Jian'an City, using wet horse dung to make thick black smoke.

This was the secret signal that he and Shi Lang had agreed upon in advance. When the latter saw thick smoke on the south side in Jian'an City, he knew that the main force of the Dragon Guards was about to attack the city.

He also recruited the officers of the Dragon Guards and the Polu camp to his account, first briefly explained the situation of Boluo's "begging for surrender" and his suspicions, and then ordered: "The luggage in the army will start to be sorted and loaded now. Ready to go anytime."

"Exit?" Zhen Zhen couldn't help wondering: "Your Highness, are we not here to ambush and rescue the captives in Jian'an?"

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "In my judgment, Boluo should be stalling for time, although I don't know what he wants to do, but right now it seems that he is planning to give up Jian'an.

"So we should capture Jian'an City as soon as possible, and then drive the main force to Yanping. No matter what the hell Boluo is doing, we can't let him go too well."

He said to Yu Xin again: "Chuangzhi, you personally lead a battalion of infantry to Gutian to intercept the grain and grass distributed to Boluo."

"Yes!"

Zhu Linmei looked at Yu Xin, "If the person who delivered the food claimed to be acting according to the order, what should you do?"

Yu Xin's reaction was also very fast, and he immediately saluted and said loudly: "My courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are utterly loyal, the king is wise and sage, and will never contribute to the enemy's decree!"

"very good."

Zhu Linmei nodded in relief, and was about to say something more when a personal soldier reported, "My lord, Bai Daqi, Eunuch Bai, has arrived outside the camp and said that there is an imperial edict for you."

Zhu Linmei thought for a while, first ordered Yu Xin to hide Lin Yuji and others, and not to let him have any contact with the eunuch Xuanzhi, and then got up and went out of the tent to greet him.

Bai Daqi and him had met several times in Changting, and after a short exchange of greetings, he took out the imperial decree and read it out: "Following the heavens to carry the emperor, the imperial decree said that when the country is in danger, only the king of Chen prepares his troops and forgets to die. Xiazhong Pass, Quzhou was conquered, Jian'an was encircled, great achievements were made to establish the country, heroic and brave Yongshao...

"Today, the captives were overwhelmed, and the leader was begging for surrender. The general situation in northern Fujian was initially determined. However, Quanzhou was still occupied by the rebellious minister Zheng Zhilong, which was a serious problem for the court. Therefore, the troops of King Chen were sent south to Nan'an to suppress the bandits to show the world...

"The defense of Jianning Mansion and Xianxiaguan should be transferred to Ruan Qinghao, so as to take care of the overall situation... this is it."

After Zhu Linmi received the imperial decree, Bai Daqi leaned forward again and said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager ordered you to hand over as soon as possible, so she set off to the south, and after Zheng Zhilong is wiped out, Fujing will be at peace. "

Zhu Linmei also responded with a smile: "Eunuch Bai, don't worry, I have left the camp to Yanping today, and Xianxia Pass has my subordinate Huang Qishou in charge of the handover."

Yanping Mansion is the only way to go south to Quanzhou, Bai Daqi immediately cupped his hands and said: "That's very good, then I will leave now."

"I'm busy with military affairs here, so I won't keep my father-in-law."

Zhu Linmi waited for Bai Daqi to disappear outside the camp, and immediately asked someone to fetch a pen and paper, and wrote a secret letter for the soldiers to send to Xianxia Pass.In the letter, Huang Qishou was instructed to try every means to hold that Ruan Qinghao back and not let him enter Xianxia Pass.

As soon as the personal soldier left with the secret letter, he saw Shi Lin rushing over in a hurry, saluted Zhu Linming, and said anxiously: "My lord, this subordinate should be damned, just now he didn't pay attention, and that Jing Gule unexpectedly Take poison and commit suicide!"

Zhu Lin's eyes were fixed, "Did you commit suicide?"

"The subordinates took him to the back of the camp for interrogation, but this fellow evasively and repeatedly prevaricated. The subordinates expected that there must be something hidden, so they wanted to be punished. As a result, before the punishment was executed, Jian Nu bit his cuff, and immediately He vomited blood and died.

"The subordinates inspected his sleeves, and there was something highly poisonous sewn into them."

"It seems that this 'envoy' knows some important secret." Zhu Linmi patted Shi Lin, "Forget it, I can't blame you. In this way, we should have done the right thing in detaining Lin Yuji and others. "

He looked to the south, "Everything will be resolved after arriving in Yanping."

That night.

Dahasu is sleeping soundly with his arms around Shinna's concubine.

Thousands of Ming troops besieged the city for several days. Although they fired artillery shells from time to time, the siege soldiers never dared to come within [-] paces of the city, and the city was safe for a while.

He suddenly heard the sound of artillery guns in the west of the city, but he didn't care too much. When would the Ming army besieging the city not fire more than a hundred artillery pieces?However, all they used were small cannons, which could not shake Jian'an's thick city walls at all.

But a moment later, someone knocked hard on the door, Dahasu was about to get angry, when he heard his guard shout loudly: "General, the Ming army's troops are attacking the city from the west gate!"

Dahasu was shocked, he hurriedly got up, wrapped his clothes casually, went out with a knife, and hurried towards the west of the city with his confidants.

At the same time, in the east of Jian'an City, Zhu Linmi stared at the gate of the city with a telescope, and when she approached the gate, she finally saw someone outside the city holding a torch and drawing several circles.

He immediately ordered the second and third infantry battalions that had been prepared to run quietly towards the city gate.No one used torches, and it wasn't until dozens of steps away from the city that Li Ying ordered people to light torches, shouted, and led an assault force of more than a thousand people towards the gate.

Seventy percent of the defenders on the city were transferred to the west of the city by Dahasu. The remaining nearly one hundred Jian captives at the top of the city woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly took out their bows, crossbows and firecrackers.

But before they had time to shoot down the city, they heard the Ming army shouting in unison, "Let go!"

Immediately, dense lead bullets flew towards them, and immediately pushed back the captive soldiers who had just poked their heads out of the battlements. They watched with lingering fear that the people beside them who shrank their heads slowly were shot to bloody flesh, and suddenly lost their fighting spirit—— Just now, seeing the flames of the bird guns under the city, I was afraid that there would be thousands of Ming troops.Based on this calculation, there must be many swordsmen, spearmen, etc., which means that there should be at least two or three thousand Ming troops attacking the city at this time!
Li Ying let the raiding infantry fire a round of guns, and then rushed to the city.Then the torch was bright, and the city gate had already been pushed open a crack.

On the other side, Shi Lang led more than a dozen generals to wrap their heads in black cloth, cut down the Qing soldiers guarding the climbing ladder, and quickly touched the top of the city.

The guards on the city were still curled up beside the battlements and watching the Ming army attacking the city with stealthy eyes. Suddenly, a group of people rushed out from behind. They were shocked and didn't know whether to turn back to meet the enemy or continue to shoot outside the city.In just a moment of stupefaction, dozens of people were beheaded and killed by Shi Lang on the spot.

Dahasu rushed to the west of the city with his men, and hurriedly arranged, but found that the Ming army who attacked the city was thunderous and rainy, and no one really attacked the city for a long time.

He was laughing secretly at the Ming army's cowardice, when he saw someone running wildly, shouting in fear all the way.

"The east gate was attacked by the Nanman!"

"The Ming army has entered the city!"

Dahasu was terrified, and ordered three hundred cavalry to rush to the east of the city to rescue him, but before he ran two streets away, he heard a burst of artillery roaring in front of him, and all thoughts were lost immediately.This Ming army has even dragged the cannon into the city. This speed is definitely not something that more than a thousand people can do. The opponent must be the main force of the Ming army.

Without much thought, he greeted the soldiers beside him, steered his horse and ran south of the city.

Before the time passed, the head of Jian'an City had been replaced with the Sun and Moon Tonghui Army Banner of the Dragon Guards.Due to the fast speed of capturing the city and the fact that Jianlu guard Dahasu fled in front of the battle, the Qing soldiers guarding the grain depot were all annihilated by the hussars of the Dragon Guards before they even had time to set fire to the grain.

(End of this chapter)