The commander of the Ming army stationed outside the city of Guangdezhou is a deputy general soldier, who used to be the deputy general of the Beijing camp in the capital, although he came to Nanzhili and was promoted, and he was one step away from the general army, but he was not so happy.

The vast majority of the officers in the army are from the families of officers, as for the position of officers, the guerrilla general is a watershed, all those below the guerrilla general, are low-level officers, it is impossible to have much success in a lifetime, and after the most Lu is promoted to the post of guerrilla general, until he dies of old age, even if it is very good, but after crossing the position of guerrilla general and becoming a staff general, it is different, it is considered a senior military attaché, and the possibility of being promoted to become a general soldier is very great. In addition, with the titles of the left and right governors of the five armies, the Ming Dynasty has been promoted to the apex from the military general of the first rank.

The deputy general in the Beijing camp is even more promising, but unfortunately this deputy general was born at the wrong time and was sent to Nanzhili. And this kind of inner complaint and discomfort must be held back, the identity of the military general is not very good, even if it is Zuo Liangyu, the title of the chief soldier, he is also the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, not to say that he will be killed.

But the mood of the chief general can affect the officers below, and the officers will affect the sergeants below, because the mood of the chief general is not good, and the sergeants below are not much better, plus Guangdezhou is originally a place with average conditions in Nanzhili, not to mention Suzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion, which are adjacent to Changzhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, which are also much stronger than here.

From the deputy general to the ordinary sergeant, they all think that this place in Guangdezhou is not very important. thinks that the Jiangning battalion will never launch an attack from here, and there is a natural barrier of Kuling Pass in front, so everyone is not very concerned, even Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, who are in Nanjing, have such an understanding.

When the rumbling horses' hooves sounded, the earth began to tremble, and many of the sergeants thought it was thunder. The sky is clear, how can there be thunder, wait until the officers and sergeants react, this is the time for the cavalry to attack, everything is late.

Seeing the imposing cavalry swept in, the Ming army in the barracks was dumbfounded, and the first reaction was to flee for their lives. That's looking for death.

The deputy general soldier walked out of the barracks and saw the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion coming from afar, his mind was blank, and he even thought that he was dreaming, how did the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion come here, what did the 10,000 sergeants stationed at the Wailing Pass do, don't you know the news of the attack of the Jiangning battalion.

Su Tiancheng's reputation is in the Beijing camp. It is almost mythologized, and this is also because of the Beijing camp stationed in the capital. I know very well the courage of the Jiangning battalion, the extermination of the Liukou, and the defeat of the Golden Tartars, which is almost invincible, which is also the reason why many officers who came to Nanzhili from the Beijing camp are generally unhappy.

Seeing the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion rushing over, the deputy commander-in-chief even forgot to issue an order to resist. Standing stupidly, what he thought at this time was that Su Tiancheng had really become a god, and he must be going to be the emperor, otherwise how could the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion quietly cross the Kuling Pass. Came to the outside of the city of Guangdezhou.

If it weren't for the reminder from the officers around him, maybe this deputy chief soldier would have stood stupidly like this.

The barracks were already in chaos, no one was even firing bows and arrows, and the sergeants and officers at all levels were trying their best to maintain basic order, waiting for the deputy commander-in-chief to issue orders.

The order finally came down, but unfortunately by this time, the cavalry had already rushed to the front of the barracks.

Before the bow and arrows could be fired, the horse's hooves had already stepped on the sergeant's body, and the screams had long been drowned out by the sound of the horse's hooves and shouts of killing.

Another one-sided massacre, in the face of the unprepared Ming army, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion would not show mercy, they began to unscrupulously impact and fight, and the barracks instantly turned into a sea of blood.

Countless Ming soldiers fell screaming, and many sergeants were repeatedly trampled by the horses' hooves and became unrecognizable.

The deputy commander-in-chief who came to his senses, knew that it was futile to organize resistance at this time, and the best way was to quickly lead the army to the state city, relying on the city wall of the state city to resist the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion, and the cavalry had no advantage in attacking the city.

The deputy commander-in-chief quickly asked the staff generals around him to lead 10,000 sergeants to desperately resist the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion, no matter how many casualties they paid, they must hold on, and the rest of the sergeants quickly retreated in the direction of the state city and entered the state city.

A quarter of an hour later, the deputy general soldier and the sergeant rushed in the direction of the state city, and he secretly felt fortunate that the general resolutely carried out the order and led the sergeant to resist the attack of the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion in a suicidal manner.

The military camp is about four miles away from the state city, and one horse is flat, according to the speed of wild galloping, you can enter the state city in half an hour, and the deputy general soldier is quick to whip his horse and beg for God's blessing, so that he can quickly enter the state city, organize resistance, and at the same time quickly want to report the situation in Nanjing.

When there were still about two miles away from the state city, the city walls of the state city could be clearly seen.

The rumbling drums sounded, and a large number of cavalry appeared on the left and right sides of the road in an instant, carrying the breath of thunder, and rushed towards the army.

The deputy commander-in-chief suddenly began to tremble, and even a tear appeared in the corner of his eye, he knew that everything was over, the Jiangning battalion had made all the preparations, there were many barracks in the barracks, and it was difficult for the cavalry to deploy, but in this open area, it was simply an excellent place for the cavalry to display, and the army was ambushed by the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion here, and there was almost no way to survive, except to be slaughtered and surrendered, there was no other choice.

In just a few minutes, the sergeant began to cry miserably, accompanied by the roar of the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion, the two armies had already fought together, and the Ming army did not have the slightest fighting spirit, no matter how the officers around them roared, they all scattered and fled.

When facing the cavalry, scattering and fleeing is equivalent to looking for death, holding together there is still hope of resistance, and someone can still live, scattering and escaping is equivalent to becoming a live target, and they are easily killed one by one.

A small number of cavalry had long been scattered by the cavalry of the Jiangning battalion and were wiped out, and the remaining foot soldiers could not outrun the war horses.

A bloody air began to fill the sky over the battlefield.

In fact, the cavalry attacking the barracks was only 5,000 people, and the one person with two horses was actually amazing, which was enough to make the commander of the Ming army misjudge, and the other 10,000 cavalry were ambushed on both sides of the road from the barracks to the state city, saying that it was an ambush, in fact, it was to choose the best place to attack and wait for the arrival of the Ming army.

After giving the order to attack, he rushed to the front in the first place, and without even using a flintlock pistol, he directly cut off the head of the Ming army with a steel knife.

Because the attack was too fast, the Ming army did not have time to surrender, and it was too late to surrender, under the fierce impact of the cavalry, it could only flee for its life, and the farther away the better.

10,000 cavalry faced the Ming army of less than 30,000 and occupied an absolute advantage.

Lord Zhizhou of Guangdezhou, saw this scene on the city wall, looked up to the sky and sighed, he had no way at all, there were only some sergeants of the inspection department in the city, it was impossible to resist the attack of the Jiangning battalion soldiers, once the Ming army stationed in the military camp was exterminated, the state city was lost, there was no need to resist stubbornly, it was self-inflicted.

The surrounding officials suggested that Lord Zhizhou leave the state city quickly, Zhizhou refused, he would not leave, leave the state city at this time, return to Nanjing, and don't think about life, lost the state city, and the Ming army stationed in Guangdezhou was wiped out, if he could still save his life, it would be a miracle. In addition, in Guangdezhou City, I heard a lot about Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong, and even sent someone to see it in person, and felt that it was also a good choice to follow Su Tiancheng.

The city gate has long been closed, Zhizhou watched the fight not far away on the city wall, motionless, the officials around him, probably understood, Lord Zhizhou will not leave, some officials quietly went down the city tower, ready to leave the state city, they have long been prepared, and their families are not here.

Lord Zhizhou didn't stop him, and whoever wanted to leave would leave.

The fighting outside the city continued, and many people on the city wall couldn't stand it, the scene was too bloody, which was not something ordinary people could bear.

Finally, a sergeant knelt down and surrendered, strange to say, the kneeling sergeant, no one continued to chase and kill, this time, more sergeants knelt down, they found that the way to save their lives is so simple, as long as they kneel down, no one will be killed.

Such a move led to the complete collapse of the Ming army, originally there were sergeants who thought that they were dead both horizontally and vertically, it was better to fight with the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion, and some people had already organized to resist and fight, but because some people knelt down and surrendered, saving their lives, this kind of fighting spirit that was finally condensed collapsed in an instant, who doesn't want to live.

The deputy chief soldier saw that the general trend was gone, sighed, drew his sword, and while everyone was not paying attention, he slashed his neck, and a stream of blood splattered out, leaving the river far away.

The personal soldiers around the deputy chief soldier had no time to stop them, and several personal soldiers also drew their swords and committed suicide, and some personal soldiers dropped their weapons in their hands, turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground.

The Lord will commit suicide, which means that the resistance is completely over.

Li Dingguo looked at the corpse of the deputy commander-in-chief, thoughtfully, he ordered the soldiers around him to collect the corpse of the deputy commander-in-chief, including those who committed suicide with him, this matter, he wanted to personally report to Su Tiancheng, and asked for a thick burial of the deputy commander-in-chief, no matter what, he would rather commit suicide than surrender, such a spirit is admirable, and it can be regarded as a real opponent on the battlefield.

The gates of the state city of Guangdezhou have been opened, which indicates that the officials of the state city have surrendered and are not ready to resist.

Li Dingguo did not enter the state city immediately, he asked the herald to report quickly, and he led the army to guard outside the state city. (To be continued......)