The two sides fighting fiercely on the city wall were stunned by the sudden change of fighting conditions below the city.

Whether it was the officers, soldiers, civilians or the other side, they all unconsciously stopped and watched. Miraculously, there was a moment of calm on the top of the city.

It was the officers, soldiers and civilians who were the first to react. Their morale instantly rose. They shouted loudly, raised their weapons, and slashed viciously at the panicked bandits.

The situation of the bandits at this time was the opposite of that of the officers and soldiers. They lost all morale and started running towards the ladder in panic, all thinking of escaping as soon as possible. Many bandits threw away their weapons in order to escape quickly from the city...

It is easier to go up to the city than to go down. The top of the ladder is still a short distance from the crenel. So many bandits crowded in the ladder in order to escape, and no one can escape in a short time.

In order to make their escape easier, some of the bandits threw away their weapons. As a result, they were unable to fight back when officers, soldiers and civilians attacked them wildly. Many people were hacked to death on the spot.

The officers, soldiers and civilians chased and slashed their butts. Many bandits had no time to get off the ladder. Many people jumped directly from the top of the city. Of course, some of them were squeezed off the top of the city in panic. The scene was chaotic...

Seeing the instant defeat of the bandits, Shi Kefa was overjoyed and suddenly had a strong fighting spirit.

He picked up a big knife, rushed forward, and slashed hard at a bandit who was looking at the city in a daze. The unsuspecting bandit was chopped off the city head by Shi Kefa.

The second time he killed someone with his own hands was different from the first time. This time Shi Kefa even felt inexplicably excited, making him instantly feel like he was possessed by the God of War, and he immediately rushed behind another bandit.

But just as he was about to chop the man to death with his knife, the man flew up and kicked Shi Kefa more than two meters away. He immediately threw him to the ground and chewed his shit. His nose was covered with blood when he wiped it with his hand. Shi Kefa's dream of being the God of War was shattered immediately.

If it weren't for the fact that the bandits were unwilling to fight and focused on escaping, Shi Kefa's reckless rush would be almost equivalent to killing the bandits, but his courage is indeed commendable...

"Sir, please protect me quickly..."

The soldier who was responsible for protecting Shi Kefa was shocked when he saw this. He slashed a bandit to death in front of him with a knife. He ran over and helped Shi Kefa up.

At this time, Shi Kefa felt pain all over his body. He did not dare to go up and kill anyone anymore, and hurriedly shouted:

"Kill the thief, go and kill the thief..."

…

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had been fighting with officers and soldiers for many years. When they heard that 10,000 officers and soldiers were coming for reinforcements, they didn't pay much attention at all.

When their coalition forces reached nearly 100,000, how could they care about only 10,000 officers and soldiers? They sent Shake Tiandong and Sun Kewang to meet the enemy, and they continued drinking.

The intelligence capabilities of the rogue bandits were indeed poor, or their scouts had been killed by Ye Bushou. Huang Deqiang arrived with 20,000 tiger and benign troops, but they actually thought there were only 10,000 people.

In addition, the Soaring Dragon Army led by Sun Yingyuan also quickly rushed out from the foot of Qianshan Mountain. They were already about two miles away from the rogue army, and the rogue bandits had not yet received the information.

Sun Kewang originally led his troops to support Shake Tiandong, but when he received the news that another group of troops had been killed in Qianshan, he was shocked:

"Damn you, scout. My foster father and the others don't know that two reinforcements are coming from Anqing. Go and inform your foster father. I, the general, will immediately go to repel the enemy reinforcements."

It was too late to rescue Shake Tiandong, so Sun Kewang hurriedly led his five thousand troops to intercept Long Teng's army.

But how could his 5,000 troops stop the 20,000 Longteng Army led by Sun Yingyuan? It was like an egg against a rock.

As a result, Qi Guangan gave the order just after being attacked by the Long Teng Army, and field artillery shells were fired at the rogue bandits violently.

"Rumble..."

Under the fierce blow of field artillery shells, the bandits fell in pieces. The unlucky Sun Kewang was also killed by a cannonball, giving him no chance to surrender to the slaves again in his life.

Shake Tiandong led five thousand rogue bandits to make contact with the Ming Dynasty's Tiger and Beni Army. Huang Degong gave an order, and thousands of musket arrays quickly spewed out their fury. Two rounds and three rows of volleys defeated them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shaotiandong urged his horse to escape, but Huang Degong had already led his cavalry to chase him. He hid in a stirrup on the horse's back, picked up a lance, and threw the spear at Shaotiandong with all his strength:

"Whoosh..."

The spear carried a strong wind and quickly flew towards the back of Shake Tiandong, directly nailing Shake Tiandong to the horse's back.

"puff……"

The war horse neighed in pain, suddenly raised its two front hooves, threw the shaking corpse off the horse's back, and then ran away with all four hooves.

After Huang Degong killed Shaking Tiandong, he waved his iron whip in the air and shouted orders;

"Kill, follow my general into the middle army of rogue pirates, capture Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai..."

"Come on, capture the thief alive and show your loyalty to Luo Rucai for the first time..."

The two armies defeated Shake Tiandong and Sun Kewang in less than half an hour, and quickly launched an attack on the rogue camp below Anqing City.

The rogue bandits had never seen such a ferocious army. They had no power to fight back. The two armies were instantly defeated and fled in all directions.

If Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru hadn't had rich escape experience, they might have been killed by the Tiger Army and the Dragon Army.

The National Guard Army pursued them for a while, killing thousands of people and capturing tens of thousands of people. Seeing the rogue bandits crawling into the mountains, Huang Degong turned around and asked Sun Yingyuan beside him:

"Young pretty boy, what should I do? Do you want to continue hunting? Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai haven't been caught yet."

Sun Yingyuan smiled and shook his head:

"There is no need to continue the pursuit. The soldiers are exhausted and go back to rest. Before leaving, the Crown Prince gave an order to let the bandits cross the river."

Huang Degong laughed loudly:

"Hahaha, Zhang Xianzhong is too weak. It's really not fun to beat them. I can't bear to kill those hungry people!"

Sun Yingyuan also laughed:

"Well, you Huang Chuangzi, when His Highness destroys the Jiannu, I'll let you and the Tiger Army have a good time. The rogue bandits are really too weak, hahaha..."

The two joked a few more words before giving their orders:

"Stop the pursuit, change from the front to the rear, and return to Anqing to clean up the battlefield. I heard that the bandits all have money on them. All should be handed over for unified distribution."

"promise!"

Anqing is just north of the Yangtze River. In order to enter the south of the Yangtze River smoothly, Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan were ordered to let Zhang Xianzhong go and prepare for the future entry into the south of the Yangtze River.

The Ming army's food and grass for suppressing bandits were provided by the local government. The National Guard Army only carried food and grass for the march when they left Beijing, and they had to be replenished in Anqing.

After the officers, soldiers and people on the city worked together to kill all the rogues who remained on the city, the rescue troops below the city had already chased the rogues away.

Shi Kefa stood on the city wall and stared blankly at the mighty army going away.

He didn't know where this army came from or why it was so brave and could quickly defeat hundreds of thousands of rogues with inferior strength.

There is no such a powerful army in the Ming Dynasty in Guannei. Although Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army is very powerful, its number is only a few thousand. The reinforcements this time are at least 30,000.

"Border troops and Guanlin cavalry?"

Suddenly he thought about where the reinforcements would come from. Except for the border troops in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty could not find such a brave army. But the border troops would come tens of thousands to support Anqing? Probably not...

Just when Shi Kefa was guessing where the reinforcements were coming from, thousands of people learned about the arrival of the reinforcements and rushed to the top of the city to watch. But they saw nothing, so they asked:

"Where are the reinforcements? Aren't there reinforcements arriving?"

The people in the city who did not die in the battle said:

"There are reinforcements, tens of thousands in total, and they are all pressing hard. They are chasing the bandits..."

Soon those officials who were hiding at home and dared not go out also got the news. They all came to Shi Kefa with shame on their faces and knelt down and kowtowed:

"My lord is mighty, but I am really ashamed of myself. Please punish me..."

Shi Kefa looked at these local officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death. He suppressed his anger and said:

"If no reinforcements arrive, I and you will both die. I ordered people to carry the seriously injured Commander-in-Chief Huang Ding and the injured soldiers and civilians down to the city for treatment. You follow me out of the city to reward the reinforcements."

"Yes, I will immediately prepare money and food to reward the reinforcements..."

Several local officials received the order and immediately called on the government officials and soldiers to treat the injured soldiers and civilians in the city.

Shi Kefa was honest and caring for the people, and was deeply loved by the people of Anqing. The bandits were defeated and fled, and the people in the city took the initiative to go to the top of the city to clean up the battlefield.

Shi Kefa was also a member of the Donglin Party. He was an upright and honest official, loyal to the emperor and loved the people, and he was also a national hero.

Shi Kefa's heroic status cannot be changed.

Like Wen Tianxiang, the national hero in the late Song Dynasty, he was loyal and loyal throughout the ages and will be remembered forever!

He dedicated his life to serving the country and gave the best interpretation of the saying "wealth cannot be lustful, power cannot be subjugated".

His national justice and national integrity are always worthy of future generations looking up to, worshiping, learning and imitating.

However, he has flaws in his character and limited abilities, making him hesitant and indecisive when it comes to big things.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen Long Yu Bintian, Shi Kefa was the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and was in charge of the military power in Nanjing.

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, he was ranked first among the officials in the capital at that time, but he had no idea on the issue of establishing a monarch, and he gave up his support and meritorious service to Ma Shiying, who lived in Pukou at that time.

Originally, based on blood relations, the person most qualified to be emperor at that time was King Fu Zhu Yousong, who later became Emperor Hongguang.

Shi Kefa was hesitant and hesitant on this issue, which resulted in the loss of power.

The domineering generals also caused a serious lack of prestige after Hongguang came to the throne, digging a grave for the downfall of the Hongguang Dynasty.

Some people in the Donglin Party compared Shi Kefa and Yu Qian.

But upon careful comparison, it is not difficult to find that Shi Kefa and Yu Qian are simply different in several ways.

During the Tumubao Incident, Yingzong was still there, but Yu Qian was able to clearly judge the overall situation and decisively appointed the emperor to the throne. This kind of wisdom and courage cannot be achieved by extraordinary people.

What's ridiculous is that Chongzhen has collapsed, and the plan to establish the throne is clearly in Shi Kefa's hands.

However, he was indecisive and could not make up his mind for a long time. He rushed to Pukou to ask Ma Shiying for advice.

Facts have proved that Ma Shiying's decisiveness is several times stronger than that of Shi Kefa.

After King Fu came to the throne, the situation in the world at that time was that the three forces were coexisting, Nanming, Dashun, and Jiannu.
To be continued...