Street in front of the General's Mansion.

The rebel soldiers pushed the cannon and arrived in the attention of the people around them.

This location is actually very bad for them, because it is a crossroads, leading directly to Wenchang Gate to the south and Pinghu Gate to the west.

Adding to the General's Mansion opposite the north, it just forms a firepower-covered center.

but……

Wuchang has no city defense!

What kind of city defense do you need?

The Wuchang gentry never thought of defending Wuchang to the death and then using his own sacrifice to others for victory.

Even the entire Huguang gentry did not have such noble ideals, so their defense was the Hukou front line. As long as the Red Turban Army defeated Hukou, everyone should surrender and surrender. There is no need to continue fighting. Even if they can win, their wealth will be exhausted, their homes will be destroyed, and then they will be cheaper. As long as Hukou is lost, they will be destroyed at most, and they will struggle in Jiujiang. As long as the Red Turban Army passes this barrier, they will surrender quickly.

This is different from Suzhou.

Suzhou is because there are no such favorable conditions.

Therefore, the Suzhou gentry could only find a way to defend the city, and the huge amount of silver spent in the end did not really come in handy.

With this lesson, no gentry chose to build his home into a fortress.

Their principle is to choose a barrier, then fight there, and then prepare to surrender quickly if they lose. They don’t consider the useless waste of money. Even now some gentry are thinking about digging down the city walls, which affects business. And not only the gentry of Huguang are doing this, but also the Jiangxi side. There is no city defense now. Their land defense is mainly in Guangxin. Tang Xianzu led his Chang'an army to take charge of Guangxin, defending the attack of the Red Turban Army from Quzhou to Jiangxi, while suppressing the miners of the Dexing Copper Mine.

Mainly the latter.

There are hundreds of thousands of refugees mining copper mines there, just like a barbaric world, with various armed battles and vendettas every day.

The pain of economic development.

In Nanchang, Wang Keshou was in charge.

Then the Hunan Army's bandit army he commanded was stationed in Xingzi, and together with the navy from Poyang Lake, defended the Luoxingdun Waterway. Once they were defeated...

Nanchang will definitely open the city without blood.

Since Wuchang has no city defense, there is no firepower from Wenchang Gate and Pinghu Gate.

The total number of uprising soldiers was actually less than five hundred, so they put the heavy artillery opposite the General's Mansion and aimed the guns of seven-pound cannons at the General's Mansion less than three hundred meters.

However, there were no generals here, and the Hongguang Dynasty had even abandoned military households. Of course, it would not support the generals anymore. In a sense, the Hongguang Dynasty did not have military generals in the old sense, and they were all new generals who became scholars. In this sense, they completely solved the civil and military contradictions that had plagued the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

There is no difference between civil and military affairs now.

The number one figure in the army was Jie Yuan, and his generals were either juren or tribute students.

At this time, the general's mansion, which became the brigade of the Eighth Brigade, was already rapidly deploying defenses, and the most loyal cavalry battalion had already gathered in front of the mansion.

The cavalry of the Dingsheng Army was not from the south, but from Mei Guozhen.

Among them is the competition for the general of the Ma family. After the last defeat, the latter was incorporated by Xiong Tingbi and completely left the Ma family. He is currently the commander of the cavalry brigade of the Dingsheng Army. Because the command of the 8th Brigade is Mei Guozhen's nephew, this cavalry battalion is all elite in the northwest. They have also completed musketization, but they also have a foundation of hand-to-hand combat. The combat method is a bit like the Red Turban Army. Muskets are essential weapons, but they do not rely on muskets. Instead, they prefer to rush forward with a spear after firing.

At this moment, these cavalry were lined up in front of the General's Mansion, holding up spears to prepare for the attack. Behind them was Dai Qixian, the deputy commander who was left behind. He was an exiled soldier in Tongcheng who escaped when Tongcheng fell. Most of these exiled soldiers devoted themselves to the Conquering Army.

Every exile has the dream of returning home.

"Kill, kill all these dogs!"

Deputy Commander Dai, who was the first in the second grade in history, waved his sword and shouted behind the cavalry.

On the other side of him, Zhang Pu held up the flag high, jumped onto a cannon, turned around and waved it at the back...

"You guys recognize this!"

He yelled.

Around them is crowded with people.

The battle could not stop the desire to watch the fun. There were many examples of people who were tragically affected by watching the battle because of watching the battle. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were deliberately attacking the people who watched the battle and drove the latter to disperse the enemy formation.

What's more, Wuchang hasn't seen war in many years, so this is a wonder.

Although I really don’t dare to watch the fun when I get close to it, it’s perfectly OK to stand on the surrounding roofs, climb onto the surrounding trees, and stand on the wall.

Everyone's eyes were on the flag in his hands.

"Yes, this is the banner of the Red Turban Army, this is the banner of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has arrived in Wuchang County. The Prime Minister is taking the people of Wuchang County to kill those corrupt officials, killing the local tyrants and evil gentry, and let all the poor live a good life. We are just an uprising to welcome the Prime Minister. What else do you think? Don't you want to? Don't you want to kill those corrupt officials and local tyrants and evil gentry, and live a good life like the Red Turban Army?

Then come here and follow us to open the General Office and the Governor's Office. Let's liberate Wuchang and welcome the Prime Minister!"

Zhang Pu shouted.

"Fake it, what he said is fake. Yang Feng is in Xuzhou, and Wuchang is just a civil rebellion!"

Mei Zhihuan, who was running out of breath, finally arrived, and he ran directly to the front of the cavalry and shouted.

Then he even rode his horse and galloped between the two armies regardless of the muzzles in front...

"Don't listen to him. Yang Feng is still building the Yellow River in Xuzhou. Wuchang is just a civilian change. The military has ordered severe punishment of Yang He, the magistrate who caused the civilian change. Don't believe the rumors. The court has made peace with Yang Feng. The alliance will be resolved next year. The Red Turban Army will no longer advance westward after the alliance fails. The imperial court will surrender."

He ran and shouted.

Then the people on the roofs on both sides were talking.

"Do you believe in this kind of dog official or me?"

Zhang Pu shouted.

Then he became the focus of attention again.

"What's more, even if this is the case, are you willing to live the Red Turban Army again without hope?"

He yelled immediately.

Mei Zhihuan behind him was awake instantly, and suddenly showed a panic expression. Then she pulled out her short gun and pulled the trigger at him...

"attack!"

Mei Zhihuan roared.

Of course, it is impossible to hit a short gun with such a distance.

But the cavalry lined up behind Mei Zhihuan immediately activated the war horses.

"He was scared, they were scared, these big men were scared, brothers, let's liberate Wuchang and welcome the prime minister!"

Zhang Pu waved the flag and roared.

The next moment, the cavalry rushed past Mei Zhihuan and rushed straight with spears.

At the same time, on two bunkers in the General's Mansion, flames erupted at gunpoints, and direct shells fell among the rebel soldiers.

"Open fire!"

Zhang Pu shouted.

Then he jumped out of the cannon.

As the gunners directly poked a fuse into the ignition hole, the cannon suddenly ejected flames, and the charging cavalry collapsed in an instant like weeds swept by a mower. The cavalry behind them had no time to dodge and directly hit the companion, tripping by the dense dead horse.

But at this moment, an infantry battalion originally stationed in the commander-in-chief arrived.

They appeared behind the rebel army and began to form a formation opposite.

But the problem is that the rebel army occupied the crossroads and had a sufficient number of cannons. In such street battles, cannon shotguns have an absolute advantage. Before the infantry could even enter the range, they first sprayed flames against the four cannons in their direction, five hundred and sixty shotguns, instantly knocking out the sea of ​​corpses and blood. The infantry, who did not dare to continue attacking, had to build barricades first and then push their field cannons to fire, but the field cannons would definitely not be able to bombard heavy artillery.

Before he even joined the battlefield, he was easily destroyed halfway by experienced veterans from the heavy artillery battalion.

Another team of cavalry also passed through nearby alleys and tried to attack from the flanks, but the problem was that the rebels also had field artillery for close defense.

This team of cavalry was easily blocked by a field cannon.

The fierce battle between the two sides continued, and the rebels had enough ammunition. They all had special ammunition trucks. On average, each cannon could have 150 shells, but in fact these cannons were all round-fired, so there was no pressure for at least two or three hours of battle.

The accompanying musketeers occupy nearby roofs to prevent sneak attacks.

This intersection is a solid fortress, and any attacker has to face fierce cannons and shotguns.

These soldiers who were trained to resist the Red Turban Army launched a real bloody battle in Wuchang City.

"What are you waiting for? The Prime Minister is in Wuchang, and the Prime Minister is a hundred miles away. As long as we liberate Wuchang City, the Prime Minister will definitely come!"

Zhang Pu stood on the ammunition truck filled with smoke, with his back facing the scene of corpses and blood in front of the muzzle, and continued to wave the flag and roar.

"Attack, kill all these riots!"

Mei Zhihuan yelled in panic.

He was really scared.

He had overlooked a serious problem before. If it was a league, if the people really wanted to join the Red Turban Army, then the alliance was unfavorable for them. Once Yang Feng failed, wouldn’t the people of Huguang never have the possibility of joining the Red Turban Army? In this case, it seems that it is wisest to start up on their own and force Yang Feng to fight westward. After all, if the people of Huguang really fired the Red Turban Army flag, Yang Feng would not be able to sit idly by and reason.

He must move westward.

All plans before that were shattered.

The imperial court thought that this was a way to solve the problem, but forgot that it was unacceptable to the unruly people in Huguang...

Uh, I didn't forget.

When will the princes of the Ming Dynasty regard unruly people as similar?

What they thought was not within the scope of their considerations, so they could not forget it.

But……

Now this has become fatal.

Mei Zhihuan suddenly understood why the salary-seeking incident in Wuchang led to a huge change.

The people can't wait.
Chapter completed!