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Chapter 871 Conquering Ganzhou

With a loud "boom", the Ganzhou city wall finally could not withstand the bombardment of two giant siege cannons and hundreds of artillery of various caliber. A section of the city wall collapsed. "Kill!" More than 500 captive soldiers of the Eight Banners who had already been waiting behind the shield chariot formation jumped up, waving tiger-toothed swords, tiger spears and other weapons, and charged towards the gap. Following behind the old camp soldiers of Zhongzhen Camp and the iron armored soldiers of the Huai Army, Duoduo personally led 500 archers, followed closely behind.

These Eight Banners prisoners were placed in front of them, and were originally used as cannon fodder. Since they were cannon fodder, they would have to be the cannon fodder again. They would fight bravely and have a chance to survive. In the future, they would help Chu openly expand their territory and get rich rewards and gain a piece of their own territory. If they do not obey military orders and retreat without authorization, they will be executed in vain and will be in vain and will be able to get nothing.

The original Baijia Bayala soldier Xike Tengchong was the first. The Duke of Chu promised him that as long as he made more military achievements, he could send someone to take out his wife Unaji in the future and let the couple go to the New World east to expand their territory. In order to reunite with his family, Xiketeng had to fight to the death.

"Not good!" Sikteng suddenly saw the dark red light burning in front of him. He screamed, quickly rolled on the spot, hid behind a pile of soil.

The roaring gun sounded, and a stream of white smoke rose from the gap. More than a dozen captive soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners were rushing in front of him and sprayed blood mist. They were knocked into a hornet's nest by the rebel bird guns and fell in a pool of blood.

"Stay calm, don't rush around!" Sikten shouted.

The captive soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners were lying on the ground one after another. The rebels on the opposite side used a five-section attack. The rebel bird gunners hiding behind the sword chariots guarding the city were divided into five rows. The sound of guns continued and did not stop for a moment. No matter how brave the person was, he could not rush over.

Not only the captive soldiers of the Manchu Eight Banners, but also the veterans of Zhongzhen Camp and the iron-armored soldiers of the Huai Army did not dare to rush forward. After all, the gap was narrow, and the opponents had five or six hundred bird guns and handwheels shot, which could block the gap.

"Hurry, shoot the arrow!" Duoduo shouted.

Five hundred full-five Eight Banners archers opened their bows and took arrows, and a row of feather arrows shot over, and light arrows flew over the top of the knife cart and pierced into the rebels. Only the back of the knife cart was heard screaming and blood splattering. I don’t know how many bird gunmen fell down.

Seeing that the firepower of the defenders weakened, Sikteng and the prisoners of cannon fodder soldiers were ready to jump up and charge again.

"Don't rush, wait for the god warrior to get on first! Blast the knife chariot, and we will rush!" Hao Yaoqi stopped the captive soldiers who were preparing to charge.

Zhang Shiwen shouted to Duoduo: "Continue to shoot arrows, and the guardian warrior rushed in."

Behind the Huai Army formation, five god warriors were wrapped like bears. They were covered with multiple layers of cotton armor, and they looked round and round. In fact, those were specially made cotton armor, stuffed with gunpowder and wrapped layer by layer to ensure sealing.

The climate in Ganzhou is relatively hot. The god warriors wear so many layers of cotton armor, so it is naturally very hot, but they don’t need to persist for too long to feel hot.

The archers of the Eight Banners continued to shoot arrows, and everyone desperately opened their bows and shot arrows. Feather arrows flew out, and five hundred people shot arrows one after another, suppressing the rebel musketeers in the gap opposite.

Five god warriors took the opportunity to rush into the gap. Before rushing into the gap, each of them picked up a round shield to add another layer of protection.

Behind the knife car, a rebel bird gunner braved his dense arrows and extended the gun barrel from behind the knife car, aimed at the rushing god warrior and pulled the trigger. Rows of fire were emitted from the muzzle. The projectiles hit the god warrior who was rushing forward. After the bird gun projectile penetrated the shield, it could no longer penetrate the thick armor of the god warrior.

In fact, the so-called thick armor is changed from scrapped cotton armor. The scrapped cotton armor is changed into a bomb vest, and two layers of cotton armor are covered with outside. They are also scrapped broken cotton armor. They can be used after a rough repair. In short, they can block arrows and shields, and can block bird guns.

Five god warriors rushed into the gap and rushed straight towards the knife chariot. Before approaching the knife chariot, they threw away their shields, put their hands into the cotton armor, and pulled the rope.

The fuse made of matches based on the principle of the match ignited the fuse in the bomb vest. Then a series of explosions were heard. While the five god warriors were crushed to pieces, the knife chariots blocked in the gap were also blown into the sky, disintegrated in the air, turning into a pile of broken wood pieces. The rebel bird gunner behind them was seriously injured and a large area fell.

"Kill!" Sikteng jumped up first, holding a shield in his left hand and a tiger-toothed knife in his right hand, and rushed into the explosion gap.

The Manchu Eight Banners prisoners cannon fodder team rushed into the gap. Not to mention that the combat effectiveness of these prisoners was indeed strong. More than 400 Manchu Eight Banners soldiers rushed back and forth among the rebels, without a single enemy, and were chopped down and overturned.

A rebel soldier found that these people were different from other Ming troops. He looked carefully and found that these soldiers were Manchus. He was so scared that he threw away his weapons. He turned around and ran away while soaking, and shouted: "Jiannu! Jiannu! They are Jiannu!"

This sentence is like a curse, which immediately lowered the morale of the rebels to the lowest point. In the eyes of these rebels, the Eight Banners soldiers were a symbol of invincibility. They had been Green Camp soldiers, so they naturally knew the power of the Eight Banners soldiers. When these rebels followed the Ming Dynasty, they were all a group of garbage soldiers; but after joining the Green Camp, they became invincible; now that Duoduo is defeated, Gao Jinku has to join the rebels formed by Guangdong gentry, which can be regarded as returning to the ranks of the Ming army, and as a result, their combat effectiveness has declined again.

When these people heard the word "Jiannu", their hands and feet became weak and they couldn't even hold their weapons. They turned around and ran away.

Neither the veterans of Zhongzhen Camp nor the armored soldiers of the Huai Army, who were following the captive cannon fodder team, had any effect, and the rebels in front were killed by the cannon fodder team.

In another direction of Ganzhou City, simple trench bridges had already crossed the moat and simple ladders were put on the city wall. Because the main forces of the rebels were attracted to the gap, the soldiers of the Zhongzhen Camp had almost no effective resistance, so they climbed up to the city and quickly retreated the defenders at the city. Then they opened the city gate and put the Huai Army waiting outside into the city.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" The streets and alleys in the city were filled with terrified shouts from rebels.

The rebel general Gao Jinku knew that the situation was going to go and Ganzhou City could no longer be defended, so he said to his servants, "Everyone will run away, Gao is going to leave too."

"Sir, let's go together, we can't leave the adults." The servants were unwilling to leave.

Gao Jinku smiled bitterly: "You follow Gao, the target is too big, and it will be easily captured by Li Zhe. If you disguise yourself for your own escape, you may still have a chance to run out. Gao also needs to disguise yourself for escape. If you run away alone, the target is small, and it will not be easy to be discovered by Li Zhe. If you are really discovered, then leave it to fate."

The servants knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gao Jinku, and then dispersed.

Gao Jinku quickly changed into fisherman's clothes and escaped from the east gate of the city. Outside the east gate, there was the riverside pier.

A small fishing boat that had been prepared had been waiting on the shore for a long time. Gao Jinku jumped onto the fishing boat. A guy dressed in a fisherman on the boat supported a bamboo pole and pushed the boat off the shore.

"Master, are we running to Guangdong now?" asked the confidant.

"Don't worry, let's fish on the river first. It's almost dark, wait until it gets dark before leaving." Gao Jinku said.

The two stopped the boat with ingenuity, pretended to scatter the fishing net into the river, pretending to be fishing like a fisherman, to deceive the Huai Army navy patrolling the river.

The Huai Army Navy on the river was obviously not very vigilant and did not conduct a comprehensive inspection of the fishing boats fishing in the river. It just came over a small boat, looked at the outfits of the two people on the fishing boat, and the boat left.
Chapter completed!
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