I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 426 Breaking into the city!

"Master He, it's windy on the city wall, so let's go down."

He Zhongwei, who had been inspecting the city wall for half an hour, also felt tired.

Now he saw that it was getting very late, and what he should arrange had already been arranged, so he stopped insisting and nodded.

But now for some reason, he always felt uneasy, feeling that there was something he had overlooked.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask the deputy general and city wall sentry around him again.

"But there is nothing missing. I always feel a little uneasy."

When the people behind him heard this, they also had puzzled expressions on their faces. He Zhongwei had been very careful when checking just now. He had seen everything that should be seen, so there was nothing uneasy about him.

But since He Zhongwei asked, everyone else could only think hard to see if there was anything missing.

"The general has everything to do, so there should be nothing left. It's getting late now, and I don't think the Ming army will make any moves. Why don't you rest first? It won't be too late to come back for inspection tomorrow."

He Zhongwei nodded when he heard it. He thought that maybe he was overthinking it, and it might be better to take a rest.

"That's right, let's go down."

But at this moment, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, and it felt like it was giving him a warning.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look outside the city and felt the figures in the army camp opposite moving around, as if there was some premeditated plan.

Although he couldn't see clearly what was going on, he still wanted to remind the city wall sentry to guard carefully to prevent the army from raiding.

"Wait~"

Just as he started speaking, his feet suddenly shook, followed by "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A thunderous explosion came from under his feet.

He hadn't reacted yet and didn't know what was going on, but it was too late to run away now.Because the stone beneath his feet cracked like porcelain, and then quickly collapsed downwards.

He Zhongwei, who had no time to react, fell straight into the flaming underground cave along with the collapsed city wall stones. All this happened among the lightning and flint. He Zhongwei and others had no time to shout, and were hit hard by the stones above. Hit by a bullet, his brain burst and he died.

But now, everyone outside the city can see this grand scene clearly.

There was a "boom" sound, and the heat and sound waves of the explosion came from the direction of Zhijin Pass, shocking Yang Zhaoji, Jiang Lin and others who were waiting.

But before they could be surprised, with a sky-shaking explosion, the bottom of the four-foot-high city wall of Zhijin Pass quickly collapsed, and flames filled the sky from it.The masonry of the city wall could no longer protect the defenders. Instead, it became a deadly sickle, burying all the defenders within it.

"The plan is done! Order Qi Jizu, Wang Jianzhong and others to attack quickly and act according to the plan without making any mistakes."

Yang Zhaoji's gunpowder was indeed effective. After such an explosion, the city wall that had been unable to be conquered for a long time was like tofu, with a huge hole blown out.

Seeing that the effect was so obvious, he definitely didn't want to let it go and quickly directed everyone to move forward.

But Qi Jizu, Wang Jianzhong and others in front did not need to tell him. They had been waiting for this time for a long time.

"The city gate has been breached, and a great victory is just around the corner. The Commander-in-Chief has an order: whoever enters the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, a hundred taels of silver for capturing An clan members, a thousand taels of platinum for capturing An Bangyan, and an official promotion of two levels, and whoever dares to retreat will be rewarded The one who killed me will be killed!”

Although everyone has known about these rewards for a long time, now that the city has been destroyed, anyone who enters the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, which makes people excited.

"kill!"

Seeing the city wall so close, everyone felt that a hundred taels of silver could be easily obtained.As soon as Qi Jizu finished speaking, the vanguard soldiers couldn't wait to rush towards the gap in the city wall that was blasted out of Zhijin Pass.

At this time, the rebels on the city wall were already in a mess, with cries, calls for help, and sounds of panic all coming together.

But their suffering was not over. Suddenly, there were loud shouts from outside the city wall.

"The officers and soldiers are coming!"

The panicked rebel soldiers on the city wall followed the sound and saw that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side had already reached the bottom of the city. Upon seeing this, they quickly began to scream in alarm.

But He Zhongwei, who was in charge of guarding the city wall, and his deputy, the city wall sentry, and so on, were now trapped under the ruins of the city wall and could no longer die.

Even if the soldiers guarding the city shouted desperately to remind them, without the command of the general, the rebel soldiers guarding the city wall could not organize themselves at all.

Now that I heard the officers and soldiers coming in, I was even more panicked.

But the official army did not allow them to mobilize their troops, and now they have climbed to the gap in the city wall.The first person to climb the city wall was a captain holding a spear. As soon as he climbed up, he quickly shouted:

"It's me, it's me! I got the silver reward."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was squeezed by other soldiers chasing after him and continued to move forward.

It was not only these soldiers who rushed to the front, but also Wang Jianzhong, the general of Datong Town. This man was wearing bright armor and holding two copper maces.

After boarding the gap, they did not dare to stop at all, and shouted to the officers and soldiers in front of them: "The white-pole soldiers occupy the city wall, and the rest will rush directly to me. We must not stop."

After saying that, he led his soldiers, jumped down the gap and went to the city wall to kill.At this time, the city wall was already in chaos. Many people had not recovered from the explosion just now, but they saw that the officers and soldiers outside the city had already entered.

Many of these people have no fighting spirit and no generals to command them. They don't know what to do now. When they see this, they all want to retreat from the city.

But at this moment, a rebel sentry officer with a blue Miao hat on his head, wearing leather armor, and carrying a long sword on his waist knew that something was wrong, so he quickly drew out his long sword and shouted:
"Don't run. If the city gate is guarded, we will all die. Follow me and kill you."

While shouting, he led more than a dozen soldiers gathered around him and began to recruit the frightened soldiers, preparing to build a defense line and resist.

But the officers and soldiers on the opposite side didn't give him a chance at all. They were like a flood that broke a bank, feeling that they were bound to break through this temporary fence, and the one who rushed forward was Wang Jianzhong.

When the sentry officer saw the Ming army general rushing towards him, he immediately rushed forward with his sword drawn.

But Wang Jianzhong took three steps and two steps together, and the copper mace in his right hand was already in front of the sentry officer, forcing him to raise his knife to resist.But Wang Jianzhong secretly sneered. Although his right mace blocked him, his left mace came again.The man had no time to dodge, and the left mace hit him hard on the head, and blood flowed out along with the serrated teeth of the mace.

The sentry officer didn't even have a chance to shout, before he was knocked to the ground by Wang Jianzhong and made no sound.The rebels who were still trying to charge at the back suddenly panicked when they saw this, and immediately dispersed. They couldn't think of any resistance at all, and they had to escape for their lives.

"Follow me and fight your way into An Mansion!"

Wang Jianzhong pulled out the mace from the corpse, and before he had time to breathe, he asked the people behind him to chase after him quickly, not to give the rebels a chance to breathe.

Seeing the bravery of the general, the officers and soldiers behind him immediately boosted their morale and rushed forward to kill him.

The battle situation in the direction of the city gate is now completely one-sided.There was a sudden explosion, the city wall collapsed and the generals were killed. The soldiers were panicked and their morale plummeted. The rebels, who had no one to command them, had no intention of fighting. They could only be described as being defeated like a mountain.

However, the elite soldiers from Guizhou and Datong Town led by Qi Jizu and Wang Jianzhong did not delay any longer. After opening up the situation and leaving the battlefield to Qin Yiming and others, they led the troops and continued to rush in. Their target was very clear, An Bangyan.

"kill!"

The approaching shouts from outside the house continued to enter An's house, making everyone in An's house panic.

"Have you received a letter from He Zhongwei and others? Has he rebelled?"

An Bangyan was wearing single clothes at this time. He had just fallen asleep when he was shaken by the explosion in the direction of the city wall and fell off the bed.

Although the time was rushed and I was still in shock, I didn’t know what was going on outside.But he still suppressed his panic and quickly asked the housekeeper to go out to check the situation.

But before the servants could report, the shouts of killing coming from outside the city told An Bangyan what had happened.

"Come here, go to the camp in the north of the city and tell An Wugong that the army has breached the city gate and has now reached the pass. Ask him to send troops to help quickly without any mistakes."

As his most trusted person, his son An Wugong sat in the military camp and helped him control the military power, while only his younger brother An Bangming was with him in the mansion.

Seeing the guards leading the troops away, An Bangming, who had been restless for a long time, immediately stood up.

"Brother, the situation outside is unclear now. He Zhongwei has not sent anyone to report. He is either dead in battle or collaborating with the government and the army. No matter what, we can't stay in the An Mansion. Just in case, An I'll guard this side of the mansion, and you should quickly retreat to the main camp to prevent any unexpected events."

An Bangyan was also pacing back and forth at this time, thinking, and he felt that what he said was true.A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. In this situation, it is better to leave first.

"Okay, then you should stay back and check the situation."

An Bangyan didn't know what he thought of as he said that, and then he looked at the soldiers around him.

"You should quickly invite the ambassador An Wei and Mrs. She over and ask them to come with me without any mistakes."

"Brother, please leave without further ado. I will send them to the camp later."

An Bangyan hesitated slightly after hearing this, but still shook his head.

"No, it will be troublesome if it falls into the hands of the army."

An Bangming also understands the importance of An position. If he is caught by the army, he can make a big fuss about him and shake up the An family, so he must be taken away.

He could only sigh and tell Anbang Yanren not to delay for a moment and to leave through the back door immediately.

After An Bangming finished speaking, he stood up and gathered hundreds of An's guards to head towards the courtyard gate.Now the officers and soldiers are definitely coming towards this direction. All he can do is strengthen his defense and try to delay An Bangyan as much time as possible.

It's just that the government and army would never give them a chance. Qi Jizu and Wang Jianzhong were already familiar with the city defense layout in Zhijin Pass before they came.

After entering the city, they were afraid that An Bangyan would react and run away, so he headed towards Anfu without caring about anything. The defenders in the city were also in a state of panic along the way, and they were unable to stop them in the face of the high morale of the officers and soldiers.

Now it only took the two of them a quarter of an hour to reach the door of An's mansion.

(End of this chapter)