Chapter 340: The Musketeers' Merit
Looking at Du Mingyu's troops retreating after a great victory, Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, Du Mingyu has learned his lesson."
"I know how to use my own advantages to boost the morale of my subordinates."
" It seems that after a while, this guy will be able to get rid of the title of 'reckless general'."
Jiang Chen said with a smile, turning around.
It was getting dark and the sun was about to set.
After most of the day's attack, the defenders in Chunning City were already exhausted.
But at the same time, Jiang Chen had 200,000 elite soldiers from the Northern Territory.
There were also a lot of losses. According to statistics, there were subordinates of Huo Xiang and other four people.
The total loss was nearly 5,000 people...
Jiang Chen couldn't help but frown at this battle situation, but the number of casualties among the Beiming Imperial Army in the city was even greater!
The original 50,000 imperial guards were subtracted from the 10,000 imperial guards stationed in the imperial city.
The remaining 40,000 people suffered a total of 8,000 casualties!
In addition, the 30,000 city guards also lost 2,000 people.
The four secret guards suffered the least losses, but the Suzaku Secret Guards suffered losses.
This really surprised the commanders of the other three secret guards.
But Zhu Gaosui did not say anything about this. He just sat quietly in the imperial study.
…
As night fell, Bai Ze had no choice but to rearrange the defensive forces at the four city gates.
Under Bai Ze's arrangement, the imperial guards who had been tired all day...
All of them were replaced by the 10,000 imperial guards stationed in the imperial city.
Two thousand imperial guards were deployed on duty on each side of the city wall, and the remaining two thousand were generals.
They were stationed in the residential areas near the city gate together with the 32,000 imperial guards who had been relieved of their duties.
Just when the entire Chunning City had quieted down, Yuan Hao outside the city set out with five thousand musketeers!
Under the cover of night, Yuan Hao brought five thousand musketeers to the mass grave.
After finding the empty grave marked by the "ant hole" among a pile of graves.
Yuan Hao walked forward and flipped hard in the pile of earth on the grave.
Immediately afterwards, a bottomless tunnel entrance appeared before everyone.
Looking at this dark tunnel and the desolate mass graves around it.
Yuan Hao couldn't help but shudder all over and shivered.
But soon, Yuan Hao came to his senses and jumped into the tunnel with the 5,000 musketeers behind him.
After more than half an hour, all five thousand musketeers used the tunnel.
He arrived at Chunning City smoothly and without any hindrance, and hid in a dark corner near the tunnel exit.
After waiting for about half an hour, the Beiming defenders in the city were exhausted.
Yuan Hao finally issued the combat order and made a gesture to the musketeers.
The next second, five thousand musketeers who had been ready for battle, held their muskets loaded with gunpowder.
He pulled the trigger of the musket in his hand towards the Beiming City Guards who were patrolling the street.
“Bang—bang—”
Accompanied by a burst of crisp gunfire, countless Beiming city guards fell on the street.
Seeing their comrade suddenly fall, the city guards, who had been in neat formation, suddenly became chaotic.
"Oh no! The enemy is attacking at night! Hurry, run!"
No one knew who started shouting first, but the whole street suddenly fell into panic.
For a moment, all the city guards on duty and patrol were like headless flies.
Throughout the city of Chunning, people started running around in panic and loud noises.
Looking at the city guards who were already in chaos, Yuan Hao's mouth curled up slightly.
The city guards were in chaos, which would definitely attract the attention of the imperial guards and the four secret guards.
As long as we can attract the attention of the Imperial Guards and the four secret guards.
Then the plan to break into the city tonight will be able to proceed smoothly without any hindrance.
Thinking of this, Yuan Hao didn't have time to think about it anymore. He directly followed the second step of the plan and made a gesture to the group of musketeers.
Under Yuan Hao's instructions, the musketeers were divided into several teams.
Carrying the little remaining gunpowder of the Northern Army, they came to the alley near the city gate.
Although this gunpowder is not enough to blow up the gates of Chunning City, it is still useful to add some chaos to the already chaotic Chunning City.
There is still enough gunpowder!
Soon, several teams of musketeers placed explosive packs in several places very close to the resting place of the imperial guards.
Immediately afterwards, with a series of "boom" explosions, the entire ground of Chunning City began to shake!
As the flames and huge smoke dissipated, countless imperial guards who were awakened from their sleep crawled up from the ground.
Without thinking too much, they rushed out of the house where they were resting.
They began to rush in groups towards the direction where the explosion came from!
When they arrived at the source of the explosion, they saw the ruins all over the ground.
They couldn't help but stand there in a daze. They had never seen the power of a bomb!
Just as they were amazed and puzzled, the musketeers in the dark aimed their muskets at them again and pulled the triggers!
“Bang, bang, bang—”
A series of musket shots rang out, directly shooting the unprepared imperial guards into a pool of blood.
…
After hearing the continuous gunshots and explosions in the city, Huo Xiang and other four generals who had been prepared laughed at the same time.
"We will take the city tonight. Follow me and attack together!"
"Attack Chunning City and destroy Beiming!"
"kill--"
At the same time, shouts of killing were heard from the four gates of Chunning City.
The two thousand imperial guards on night watch had no time to react.
The Northern Army’s ladders were set up on the top of the city walls, and countless Northern soldiers rushed to the top of the city walls!
The four city gates, guarded by only two thousand men, were easily captured by the Northern Army.
At this time, the 35,000 imperial guards had already been attracted by the musketeers in the city!
As all four gates of Chunning City were opened, Huo Xiang led 50,000 Northern Border cavalry into the city.
Xiong Kehui, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu also led their men into Chunning City from the other three city gates.
For a time, the entire Chunning City was plunged into war.
The 35,000 imperial guards only reacted after losing thousands of people.
After realizing what was happening, the imperial guards stopped fighting and abandoned their musketeers, turning around and rushing towards the imperial city.
Now that the outer city of Chunning has been lost, it is useless for them to stop the northern army with such a small number of people.
The only thing they could do was to go to the imperial city and defend it.
At the same time, with the help of the power of the four secret guards in the imperial city, we can ensure the safety of the Zhu family's royal bloodline!
Looking at the retreating imperial guards, Yuan Hao walked out of the darkness helplessly with a group of musketeers.
