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Qin Mu 2,300 men and horses, one person and three horses, with two days and two nights to rush 400 miles, on the way to Shangsu, Liuyang two counties ignored, all swept by, to the second night at four watch, away from Changsha City has been less than 20 miles.

If it is a real cavalryman, and one person is equipped with three horsemen, it is not surprising that he can gallop four hundred miles in a day in the plains.

But Qin Mu's men and horses are not real cavalry, but a group of "cattle herding babies", and the road from Wanzai to Changsha is mostly sparsely populated poor mountains and bad waters, and the road is difficult to travel, in this case, it can be assaulted outside Changsha in two days and two nights, which is definitely a great miracle.

Qin Mu also paid a heavy price for this, many war horses were tired to death, the inner thighs of the soldiers who gritted their teeth and insisted were worn out, and there were more than 400 young and strong people left behind in the 1,000 new formations, and Qin Mu had to leave Li Shi to collect these stragglers.

Things in the world, there is a bad side, often there is a haode side, the sparsely populated poor mountains and bad waters made Qin Mu pay a heavy price, but it also provided him with the most haode cover for this raid;

Coupled with Su Jin's messenger hunting the enemy in front, when the Qin army broke through to twenty miles outside Changsha in the night, the rebels in Changsha were still unaware.

In the Rentong branch of Jiwangfu East Street, there is no light, but under the faint moonlight, there are more than a few people, and this time Ling Zhan brought fifty people to gather in the backyard, and their task is to be responsible for seizing the east gate.

Ling Zhan and Huang Lianshan strode out of the room, and with the two of them was a man in his forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Chinese character face, a burly figure and a calm gait, he was Niu Wanchuan, the eldest of the Niu brothers. The three of them talked quietly as they walked.

"Are the Xiangzhong Martial Arts Halls' side ready?"

"General Ling, rest assured, the two hundred disciples of my Xiangzhong Martial Arts Hall and fellow Daoists will be led by my eldest brother and rush to the east gate through the kapok alley. Another 100 men were divided into 10 squads, each carrying oil and explosives, and set fire to the vicinity of two military camps in the city to delay the time for the rebels to reinforce the east gate. ”

Niu Wanchuan pondered for a while and continued, "General Ling, although the Jiwang Mansion is relatively well defended, it is still possible to sneak in and set fire to it, the rebels plundered Huguang, and most of the gold, silver, treasures, grain and grass materials plundered from nearby states and counties were concentrated in Changsha and stored in the Jiwang Mansion. If we also put a fire in King Ji's Mansion, Zhang Wenxiu will definitely bring in a large army to fight with all his might, so that we can contain Zhang Wenxiu's large number of troops. ”

Niu Wanchuan didn't say that the gold and silver treasures were okay, when it came to this stubble, Ling Zhan was still willing to do this, he sneered: "Although it is right to be cautious, don't look too highly at Zhang Wenxiu's 30,000 horses, they are just a rabble that has been pulled up for less than a month, and once there is chaos in the city." If we succeed in capturing the East Gate to receive the army into the city, it will be useless for Liu Wenxiu to double the rabble, but just to drive a few more sheep, and there will be no need to set fire to the Jiwang Mansion. ”

Although Niu Wanchuan is a martial artist. But he also knew that when the army encountered a night attack, once it collapsed, the soldiers could not find a general. There will be no soldiers, and no number of people will be able to gather;

What's more, although Zhang Wenxiu's 30,000 horses did not degrade the Changsha defenders who surrendered at the beginning, most of them were newly recruited young and strong. Even the military formations were not in order, and it was difficult to form effective resistance in the event of a night attack. So Niu Wanchuan didn't say anything more.

Ling Zhan continued: "On the east gate, whether or not you can kill the police post on the city tower is the key, once the rebels detect it in advance, things will be troublesome." ”

Niu Wanchuan clenched his fists and said: "General Ling, rest assured, now that the entire Huguang is in the hands of the rebels, no official army can threaten Changsha, the daily defense of the defenders in the city has always been very lax, my disciple is okay, and he is also alert, and it is not a problem to kill a few police posts." ”

"That's good, I hope everything goes well."

Everyone waited for a while, and was a little anxious, when the hundred-year-old pine in the courtyard heard a trembling sound, but when they saw a figure quickly sliding down from the tree, they said to Ling Zhan in an excited and suppressed voice: "General Ling, fireworks, I see fireworks." ”

Ling Zhan stepped forward, grabbed the man's collar and asked urgently, "Do you see clearly, but three before and three behind, a total of six fireworks?" ”

"General Ling, it's the three before and the second behind, a total of six red fireworks, and the small ones are definitely not mistaken."

"Okay, the adult's men and horses have finally arrived, everyone immediately act according to the original plan, hurry, be careful not to expose the action in advance."

On the upper floor of the East Gate City, Yu Laosi didn't know where to get some wine and meat tonight, and called a total of twenty police posts responsible for patrolling the night in the two teams, and everyone was afraid that Shangguan would find out, and they didn't dare to light torches, so they squatted under the battlements to eat and drink by the faint moonlight;

Yu Laosi followed Niu Wanchuan to practice martial arts since he was a child, his skills are good, after Zhang Xianzhong entered the city, he opened a warehouse and released grain, and recruited soldiers and horses, Niu Wanchuan's disciples, including Yu Laosi, a total of three people became the glorious Great Western Army, but unfortunately only Yu Laosi came in handy tonight, because he was the only one responsible for guarding the city gate.

Twenty patrol police posts have been "drunk" at this time, most of the remaining ones are also drowsy, seeing that they can't support it, this time Yu Lao Sixin can't sit still, this police post has been put down, if the army outside the city can't arrive in time, after a long time, he is only afraid that he can't cover it here.

The anxious Yu Laosi looked at the city from time to time, and when he saw six long-awaited red fireworks rising a few miles outside the city, he couldn't help but tap his palm, and turned around to continue pouring wine to the remaining patrols, but saw that several people had all fallen to the ground, and he added ingredients to the wine, these people would not wake up easily.

Ling Zhan and Niu Wanshan in the city each led a group of people, selected some remote alleys and rushed to the east gate, and met Yu Laosi who came to answer at the entrance of the alley, and then everyone quickly touched the nest shop at the city gate;

The nest shop is also commonly known as the Tibetan soldier cave, the rebels guarding the east gate are sleeping in it, this is nearly five watches, it is the most fragrant time, snoring like thunder, Ling Zhan they touch it like ghosts, one by one the rebels are sent to the west in a dream;

Ling Zhan and Niu Wanshan's nearly 300 men and horses were ready to forcibly capture the East Gate, and now they were able to successfully capture the East Gate in silence, which made everyone happy.

In the east of Changsha City, there were still 1,900 people left around Qin Mu, and after seeing the fireworks at the east gate, Qin Mu held back the joy in his heart and shouted: "Raise the fire!" ”

Immediately, a large number of torches were connected into a fire dragon, rolling towards the east gate of Changsha, the suspension bridge had been lowered, the city gate had been opened, and the Qin army who rushed to the east gate felt that the suffering suffered in the past two days had been compensated at this moment, what are you waiting for, rush!

Nearly 2,000 men rushed into the east gate like a fiery dragon, and the doors and windows on both sides of the street opened one by one in the night, and from time to time there was a cry of exclamation and then quickly shut;

No wonder the people were so frightened, Qin Mu's nearly 2,000 men and horses were painted with oil paint on their faces, and they looked extremely hideous in the firelight, looking like a group of demons released from hell.

When Qin Mu led the army to rush to the Jiwang Mansion, the group of rebels guarding the gate still woke up like a dream, and when they saw the faces of this group of "demons" clearly, they were frightened one by one, just like the people on the street, they were frightened one by one, screaming and running away, and most of Su Jin's cavalry rushed to kill.

"Explode!" Qin Mu pointed to the gate of King Ji's Mansion and roared urgently.

Rumble! A loud noise spread in the night, earth-shattering, the gate of King Ji's Mansion was blown up instantly, the explosion sound was like a signal, and a series of violent explosions came from all over the city, and one by one the fires rose up, illuminating Changsha City, and waking up the sleeping people in the city.

Qin Mu roared: "Rush, capture Liu Wenxiu alive!" Nine hundred men and horses shouted to enter the palace of the king of Ji, while Su Jin's cavalry galloped through the streets around the palace, hunting the fish that escaped from the palace.

Liu Meng and Meng Ke each took 500 people to the east and west barracks in the city, the explosions in the city came and went, the fires were everywhere, and there were bursts of gongs and drums, firecrackers, as if the army was firing guns, the whole Changsha City was boiling, there were screams, cries, and blind running figures, Niu Wanshan They had already arranged for haode people to shout in the night:

"The officers and soldiers have entered the city, and Liu Wenxiu has been killed."

"The officers and soldiers have surrounded Changsha City, and the end of the thief has arrived."

"Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 troops were wiped out, and the officers and soldiers came over."

"Flee, the officers and soldiers are coming into the city."

Bursts of shouting made people even more panicked, especially near the two military camps in the city, the explosions continued, the flames soared, and the bursts of shouts made the rebels in the camp who had just woken up into a mess, Meng Ke They had not yet killed, the rebels in the camp had fled in fright, and many people were in the city, and after throwing away their weapons and armor, they rushed home.

In King Ji's mansion, Liu Wenxiu, who was sleeping soundly with a few women in his arms, was awakened by the violent explosion, and he didn't even care about wearing clothes, grabbed a knife and rushed out of the room, only to find that the front yard was already full of fire, and the sound of killing was bursting, and the people and horses who stayed in the palace fled inside, and there were cries and shouts everywhere to capture him Liu Wenxiu.

He hurriedly grabbed a rout and asked, "What's going on, what's going on?" Where did the officers and soldiers come from? Say it. ”

"General, I don't know, the little ones don't know, their faces are as terrible as ghosts, they are not officers and soldiers, they are ghosts"

"Fuck you." Liu Wenxiu, who was furious, pushed the pawn, seeing that the killing sound in the front yard was approaching, the defenders of the palace had all collapsed, and the city outside was full of explosions and shouts of killing.

finally fled to the military camp in the west, what made Liu Wenxiu desperate was that the men and horses in the west camp had also been killed, and one by one the routed soldiers rushed to the wolves in the night, crying for their fathers and calling for their mothers, and they were in chaos.

Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but cover his head and muttered to himself in pain: "What's going on?" Can anyone tell me what's going on? Where did the Ming army come from" (to be continued......)