Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 163 Breaking the city in half a day
The soldiers of the new army put the long ladder on the moat, laid planks on it, and rushed across it quickly.

There was almost no obstruction by the enemy, and the process went much smoother.

After crossing the moat, the soldiers of the new army poured in through the gap in the broken city wall and entered the urn city.

The urn city was originally an extension of the city's defense, and attacking the urn city was not considered an invasion of the city, and a bad one might be caught by the urn guarding the city.

Because the Wengcheng is a square or semicircular closed space with high walls.

If the gates of the Wengcheng were lowered and the gates of the main city were closed, there would be no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the earth. The defenders on the walls of the Wengcheng could attack wantonly from a condescending height, and there was no way to avoid it.

But now, the Wengcheng is in a mess, and there are few organized counterattacks on the city walls and watchtowers.

Even if there were some who took the lead, they were immediately swept away by the submachine guns of the new army.

Under the cover of the shield soldiers, several soldiers rushed to the gate of the main city. They quickly piled up two explosive packages, leaving only one soldier, and the others left immediately.

Seeing his companion retreating, the last soldier yanked the fuse, and then hid on the side of the city wall as fast as he could.

With a loud "boom", the closed main city gate was blasted open.

In the city, a team of more than [-] people was urgently dispatched by Zheng Hongkui to support in an attempt to stabilize the chaotic situation.

Suddenly hearing this loud noise and seeing the smoke rising from the direction of the city gate, many people's bodies couldn't help but tremble, and a feeling of panic spread rapidly.

The commanding officer's expression froze, and he gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Follow me and drive them out."

The north city gate was blasted open, and soldiers from the new army poured in.

"Kill..." The soldiers of the new army shouted loudly.

As soon as they entered the city, they encountered the reinforcements dispatched by the enemy, and the two sides were about to fight hand to hand.

Seeing the opponent rushing towards them in a dense formation, the soldiers of a battalion who rushed into the city first, the shield soldiers immediately raised their shields and stepped forward, squatting down and quickly erecting a flat shield wall.

Soldiers equipped with German weapons followed, two machine guns were set on the shield wall, and another team of shield soldiers quickly raised their shields to protect the sky above the soldiers' heads to prevent stray arrows and bullets from hurting them.

A simple artificial bunker was quickly formed.

"Chi Chi Chi..." There was a terrifying sound of tearing cloth, and the crowd rushing over a hundred meters away suddenly fell down in pieces like cutting leeks, and the blood rained like a slaughterhouse in purgatory.

The north city gate was quickly broken down. The morale of these soldiers was not high, and now they encountered such a horrible scene, and their bodies became weak.

"Ah... run away, run away..."

"It's too scary, it's too scary, the magic weapon is too scary..."

The team of more than 2000 people collapsed quickly, and Du Si really wanted to muster up the courage to continue to organize the team and fight again.

But his facial muscles twitched a few times, and he insisted on not issuing an order until the guard yelled: "My lord, retreat quickly, if you don't leave, it will be too late."

So Du Si also turned around in a strange way and joined the fleeing team, regardless of his own soldiers.

"Kill..." The new army soldiers of this battalion quickly chased and killed them, and more new army soldiers rushed in.

Inside the tent, Zheng Hongkui was restless. The loud noise from the North City just now seemed to knock on his heart, making him anxiously wandering around in the tent.

"Report..." Tang Bing rushed into the tent at the fastest speed, knelt in front of Zheng Hongkui, and reported out of breath: "Report, the north gate of the city has been broken, and the new army has entered the city."

"The new army is coming fiercely. General Liu is defeated and has already been defeated. The situation is very critical."

Hearing this news, Zheng Hongkui couldn't believe it, but at the same time felt sad, "Half an hour is not enough, the city gate was broken, absurd, absurd..."

Several generals in the camp hurried forward and said anxiously: "My lord, the situation is imminent, please make a decision early."

Zheng Hongkui's hand holding the handle of the knife was already trembling, obviously very unwilling.

"Kill..." There was already a faint shout of killing coming from a distance, and there was a commotion in the tent.

A guerrilla general hurried forward and said eagerly: "My lord, retreat, Zhao'an can't be protected, if you don't leave, it will be too late."

"That's right, my lord. The new army only launched an attack from the vanguard battalion and quickly broke through the city. We seriously misjudged the situation. We should evacuate as soon as possible. A long-term plan is the best policy."

"My lord, if we keep the green hills, we are not afraid of running out of firewood. We are not without gains in this battle, and we already know how the new army will attack, so we should report to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible to make preparations. This is the top priority."

Several generals took turns to persuade.

Zheng Hongkui closed his eyes, opened them after a while, and sighed: "That's all, that's all."

Therefore, without further delay, the group hurriedly reorganized their soldiers and horses, and quickly withdrew from the direction of Nancheng.

Due to the rush of time, a large amount of supplies were discarded, but even so, the defenders scattered at the east and west gates were stopped because they did not receive news of their evacuation in time.

Except for some who escaped by opening the city gate, most of them either died or surrendered.

Just after noon, Zhao'an City was fully occupied by the new army. Zheng Hongkui led less than [-] remnants of the army to abandon the city and fled in a hurry. Wu Liuqi chased after him.

Tang Ning led two thousand troops into the city, did not offend the common people, and tried his best to appease them.

"The new army only punishes traitors and does not disturb the common people."

"The people who support the new army are the people who are protected by the new army. From then on, we are a military and civilian family, sharing weal and woe."

After promulgating the previously formulated decree and quickly conveying it through the notice, the people in Zhao'an have also stabilized a lot.

Afterwards, Tang Ning left behind 1000 troops and [-] security guards who came with the army, then withdrew from Zhao'an and continued to march towards Zhangzhou Fucheng.

More than [-] prisoners were escorted to Chaozhou Prefecture by more than [-] soldiers of the new army.

The [-] city guards immediately cooperated with the security guards to stabilize the order in Zhao'an and wipe out any enemies that might be hiding.

The public security regiment already has a wealth of experience in managing local security. While propagating its own government orders, it comforts the people who have been traumatized by the war.

The wounded will be treated, and the homeless will be given relief. If you can report Zheng Jun's spies and deserters, there will be generous rewards.

For those thugs who take advantage of the chaos and loot, they will never tolerate them. If they can deal with it, they will be dealt with on the spot, otherwise, they will directly ask the new army to exterminate them.

Zhao'an is the closest county to Chaozhou Prefecture, and closer to Huanggang, the place where Tang Ning started his family, so the local people have heard about the development of Huanggang and Chaozhou Prefecture.

Now seeing that the new army has done nothing to the people and will do their best to help them, they quickly calm down and no longer panic because of the war. Most people are also happy that Zhao'an was occupied by the new army.

No one wanted to live a better life, and the common people would compare themselves. They knew that Zheng Zhilong was far behind Tangning in terms of governance, or Zheng Zhilong was far less concerned about ordinary people than Tangning.

Therefore, even though Zheng Zhilong is the king of Fujian and has ruled Fujian for so many years, he has not won the hearts of ordinary people.

After Zhao'an changed hands, the hearts of the people in the city also quickly changed hands due to good policies to appease them.

And this is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)