On the riverside not far from the wharf, Yan Di watched the teams of Ming cavalry slaughter into the rogue as if they were in a no-man's land, and an irrepressible smile appeared on his face, and at the same time he was relieved.

Fortunately, he kept an eye on himself and was always vigilant against the escape of the rogue, so he not only sent a large number of spies to monitor the dock, but also ordered the troops to rest during the day and be vigilant at night, especially the cavalry, which was immediately saddled, with a title in his mouth, ready to attack at any time, so that he could be caught off guard in the shortest possible time after receiving the spies' report.

As for the fireworks used for lighting, it is even more miraculous.

The use of black powder in China has a long history, and the same is true for fireworks and firecrackers, and in the Ming Dynasty, the use of fireworks and firecrackers has been very extensive, but it is naturally inferior to later generations in terms of sound and light.

The reason why Yang Feng always has fireworks in the barracks is because he is afraid that he will be attacked at night, and it will not be good for people to be dizzy when the black lights are blind, so he placed these original versions of "flares" in the barracks. Tonight, these fireworks finally came in handy.

With the help of the bright light of the fireworks, the originally dark dock has now become bright, and the vision is very clear, and a personal soldier pointed to the dock and shouted excitedly: "General, the cavalry battalion has rushed up, they have broken through!" ”

"Good!"

Yan Di said without hesitation: "Immediately order, the whole army will form a phalanx and advance by surprise!" ”

"Yes!"

After the cavalry, Yan Di personally led 5,000 foot soldiers to form ten phalanxes to attack the rogue on the shore from both sides, and for a time the sound of firearms, shouts and wails became one, and the entire dock was killed and bloodied.

"Quick...... Embarkation...... Hurry up and get on board! ”

He Jin immediately realized that if he stayed on the dock, there was only a dead end, and only by hurrying on the ship could he win a glimmer of life.

His reaction was not unfast, and he immediately rushed towards the pier on the far right with dozens of henchmen, while thousands of his men followed them and chased them desperately.

On the big boat at the dock, not long after boarding the ship, Li Guo, who was directing his subordinates to board the ship, suddenly pointed not far away, "Uncle, He Jin, they rushed over." ”

Li Zicheng glanced in the direction that Li Guo knew, and immediately said: "Immediately gather our archers, string the bow, listen to my orders, and be ready to shoot arrows at any time, understand?" ”

Li Guo, who understood that he had reached the most critical juncture, gritted his teeth: "I understand!" ”

As they spoke, a leaky and angry voice came along with the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, "Li Zicheng, I know that you are on it, quickly put down the pedal and let me get on the boat." For the sake of morality, I promise to take you with me, otherwise don't blame me for being polite! ”

Listening to He Jin's half-intimidating and half-luring words, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sneer, this He Jin still wants to coax him, but I don't know that this kind of talk can only deceive a three-year-old child.

He strode over to the dozens of archers standing on the side of the ship and said, "Everyone obeys my orders, and if you don't want to die, you can shoot arrows at those people below!" ”

Li Guo also waved his weapon on the side and said sharply: "Have you heard it, release the arrows, release the arrows to Lao Tzu!" ”

"Whoosh ......"

The archers on the ship also understood that it was now a matter of life and death, the ship was so big, the number of people it could accommodate was limited, and their own brothers had not yet come up, how could they let others squeeze their brothers' lives.

With a muffled sound of the bowstring, arrows were shot out.

"Ah......h

With a few screams, several of the rogues who rushed to the front fell from their horses after being shot by arrows.

He Jin kept waving the weapon in his hand to smash the arrows that were killed, looked at the big ship close at hand, and scolded angrily: "Li Zicheng, the thief, you damn it, I must slaughter your melon today...... Ah......h

With a muffled sound, an arrow hit his wide open mouth, and the arrow pierced the back of his head, and He Jin, who was once one of the great leaders of the 36th Battalion, let out a muffled snort and fell heavily from his horse.

On the deck of the big ship, Li Zicheng put away the longbow in his hand, looked at He Jin, who fell to the ground motionless, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Now pass on my order, start the boat!" ”

"Sail!"

"Untie the cables, hoist the sails, and get out of the boat!"

After a big battle, nearly half of the rogues on the dock were wiped out, and about half of the remaining escaped by boat, and the other half fled back to Mengjin City by taking advantage of the chaos.

The long night finally passed, and the sky began to brighten, and the wharf a mile away from Mengjin City had long since lost its prosperity and noise.

One by one, the corpses fell silently on the snow, these corpses of different shapes had already frozen hard at this moment, and at least a thousand rogues who had become captives were working hard to carry these corpses under the custody of Jiang Ningjun.

Not far from here, more captives were wielding various tools to dig pits, but because the weather was too cold, they could only dig a shallow pit when they went down, and the progress was naturally not fast.

However, the number of captives was large, and by the time it was dawn, half of the dozens of large pits had been dug.

On the gate tower of the north gate of Mengjin City, Gao Yingxiang stood behind the battlements, looking at the Liukou who was trying to dig a pit in the distance, his face was unusually gray, he never thought that the originally well-planned retreat plan would have failed like this, if it wasn't for his henchmen who desperately escorted him back to Mengjin City last night, he would have either become a prisoner of the Jiangning army, or he would have become a corpse on the snow outside.

He looked around, and there were only a few of the leaders who had been crowded behind him at any time.

Sighing lightly, he said to a confidant next to him: "Brother Liu Zhe, how many of us are still in the city now?" ”

Liu Zhe's expression was gloomy for a while: "King Chuang, there are still more than 60,000 people in our city now. However, there are nearly 50,000 people who are homeless people, and there are only 10,000 people who can really wield knives and guns. ”

Gao Yingxiang's henchman Huang Long said viciously: "King Chuang, why don't we gather our brothers to break in again?" I don't believe it, these Ming troops are all iron, they have been busy all night and can still guard us like last night, as long as we break out, we can make a comeback at any time! ”

Gao Yingxiang didn't speak, just sighed: "It's late!" Although the Ming army is sleepy and lacking, how good can we be, I am afraid that we will be caught up by them if we can't run ten miles out of the city now, and we will still be a dead end at that time. By the way, isn't Gui Ying still missing? ”

"Not yet!"

Huang Long shook his head: "Miss originally followed us with dozens of female soldiers last night, but then it was dispersed by the Ming army, some people say that they saw Miss get on a boat, and I don't know if it's true or not, but King Chuang, don't worry, Miss Jiren has her own natural appearance, and she will be fine." ”

"I hope so." Gao Yingxiang smiled bitterly, who can tell what is going on in the chaotic army.

At this time, a rogue, panting, ran over to report: "King Chuang, it's not good, the brothers from the south gate have come to report, and the Ming army has arrived!" ”