The second wave of shells did not come in a volley like the first wave, but instead one after another, putting psychological pressure on the enemy at all times. The thieves from the King of Taiping could not stand it anymore. How could they ask them to take it?

They soon fell into the battle. When they retreated into the pavilion, they found that the pavilion had been ignited by rockets, and the fire was beating and making people unable to get close to it.

"Continue shelling." Zhao Yan ordered, obviously losing patience with the group of thieves inside.

"Stop fighting, official, stop fighting, surrender, surrender..." A thief was the first to run out of the smokey high wall, kneeling on the ground with tears in his face.

Then, thieves who begged for surrender continued to surge out from behind. They threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground and left them to fate. The soldiers under Zhao Yan skillfully detained the prisoners.

"Go and ask which thief this is." Zhao Yan said to Zhang Buyun. Zhang Buyun responded and hurriedly went to ask. After a while, he said, "Report to the lord, this is the elite of King Taiping."

"Where is their Taiping King?" Zhao Yan asked.

"I just let the shells explode."

"Dead?" Zhao Yan didn't expect that he would wipe out a thief leader as soon as he came up, and it was the main force that invaded Fengyang this time, which was not comparable to ordinary thiefs.

Soon, the body of Taiping King was carried up, and the body was blown in half and one arm was missing. The way of death was so miserable.

Zhao Yan frowned, waved to the soldiers below, and signaled them to carry them away quickly.

...

The chaos in Zhongdu came and went quickly. Two hours after the thief entered Zhongdu, he was driven out by Zhao Yan's men.

The seven-year thief is still very weak in combat power, because there is no reason worthy of making them fight to the death.

As everyone knows, the thieves mainly win by number. They are huge, but in this huge group, no one is willing to fight desperately. They all want to hide behind and fight with the wind and get a bargain. Where can they have any combat effectiveness?

The reason why Li Zicheng was able to escape from the thieves was because he gave people a reason to work hard, to share the land equally, to get free of grain and tax.

On the surface, there were 200,000 bandits who invaded Fengyang this time, but their combat effectiveness was simply vulnerable, and most of them were hungry people who were surrounded by them.

Most of them were the people of Henan who were forced to enter Henan, and the others were hungry people who were forced to do so in Shaanxi. Shaanxi was hit by natural disasters and the thieves, and the official army was in great destruction. Many people who could not survive had to join the thieves' army, some were proactive, some were passive, or half strong.

As soon as Zhao Yan's men arrived, they were driven out directly.

Although the thieves did not enter Zhongdu for a long time, the losses in Zhongdu were huge. Xiangdian and Longxing Temple were lit by the thieves, and all the wealthy families around them were also affected.

The only thing that can make Zhu Youjian glorious is that although his ancestral tomb was dug three feet deep, it was not dug out after all.

A man in his forties and wearing the magistrate's uniform was found in the prefect's office. This man was Yan Rongxuan, who had escaped from the thief.

Zhao Yan quickly asked someone to bring him over. Liu Heng looked at the Fengyang Prefect who was walking towards him and whispered: "They all fell into trouble this time, and all the officials in Fengyang may not be spared."

Yan Rongxuan was extremely lucky. He thought he was going to be beaten to death in the hall, but suddenly reinforcements arrived. The bandits arrogantly wanted to attack, but they didn't care about him for a while and didn't come back after going out.

There was a noisy outside, and the sound of guns and cannons kept coming, which scared Yan Rongxuan so much that he hid in the door. When Zhao Yan sent someone to check the prefect's office, he found him.

Yan Rongxuan saw a group of strangely equipped officials. The iron armor they wore was different from ordinary officials, and their temperaments looked different.

Where are the soldiers?

It is definitely not the soldiers in Nanjing, and it is definitely not like this. I couldn’t help but wonder that there are only soldiers in Nanjing around me.

When Yan Rongxuan saw that the leader of the group of officials was actually a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, he was even more surprised and looked at Zhao Yan and asked, "Dare you ask the general, where are the soldiers here?"

"Mr. Yan, our general is a guerrilla guerrilla in Denglai, Shandong. After receiving the urgent report, he rushed to Zhongdu. What a pity! Alas!" Liu Heng introduced to Yan Rongxuan and sighed, "It's still one step late."

"Ah!" Yan Rongxuan suddenly reacted. Before she could think about Zhao Yan's identity, she looked at Zhongdu, which was still filled with smoke, and directly sat on the ground.

It's finished!

...

The rise and fall of Zhongdu had nothing to do with Zhao Yan. There were about 2,000 thieves killed in this battle, and more than 5,000 were captured.

Then, after less than two hours of concentration in Zhongdu, he went to command the troops to encircle the bandits.

After nearly half a day of driving away, all the bandits who rushed into Fengyang rushed to the north and west.

These thieves are estimated to be 170,000 to 180,000, which is definitely a big piece of fat in Zhao Yan's eyes. That night, Zhao Yan led the soldiers of the Second Battalion to follow the thieves.

"Our army launches an offensive Ming, Lin Yi, lead the cavalry battalion to the bandits and attack the elite bandits." Zhao Yan ordered.

"Yes." Lin Yi said with his order.

"Wang Wenyue, you will take four company-level combat units and baggage soldiers to pursue. The other two company-level combat units will also rush to the front of the thieves and block their way."

Zhao Yan quickly assigned the second combat mission. Liu Hengbian explained: "This time we attacked each other in the front and back just the first step of encirclement. It is not unknown whether we can eliminate these thieves. However, our main task is to capture those thieves. If we cannot catch them in the front, we can also let them go to Guide Mansion. The cavalry battalion mainly attacks the thieves' leaders and backbones. As long as these people die, the thieves will collapse."

The corridor between Beifeishui and Xifeishui is not too big or too long. The infantry can pass after three or four days of rushing, but it is enough to use it to surround the thieves.

All the soldiers under Zhao Yan had horses. The cavalry battalion and two infantry companies were riding on horseback. Most of the bandits had no horses, and no matter how fast the marching speed was, there was a limit.

Just as Zhao Yan was about to go to bed, the soldiers guarding the camp came to report, the eunuch Yang Ze, the eunuch who guarded the tomb, and Yan Rongxuan, the governor of Fengyang, came to pay a visit overnight...

;
Chapter completed!