The fire in Qinghua City burned for two days and two nights.

The city is full of wooden buildings, and such a fire cannot be extinguished.

The horse materials and food used to defend the city have now been burned to ashes.

On the third day, it suddenly rained heavily and the fire was extinguished.

Chen Ying was very confused as he watched the raindrops fall on the back of his hand.

"Your Highness, why is the rain here black?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qiyu got up and came outside the tent. He was shocked to see the black rain accumulated on the ground.

The reason is very simple, that is, the dust ignited from the fire mixed into the rain.

But the problem is that the degree of terror of the fire can be imagined.

The rain passes by the sky, and the clouds open to see the sun.

The black dust returned to the earth along the rain, and the smell of burnt smell in the air disappeared, as if the fire had never happened at all.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath of fresh air and ordered: "Let's start!"

Chen Ying immediately sent an order: "The engineer battalion stayed at the position, the others changed their guns, loaded bullets, and entered the city!"

At this time, Qinghua City has become a hell on earth.

There are broken walls everywhere, and the ground is full of black water, corpses everywhere, and flies are flying all over the sky...

Qinghua City is the capital of Annan. There were originally more than 100,000 people, and the total number of troops and horses mobilized from various places was 200,000.

In this battle, tens of thousands of casualties were killed and injured, and the most deadly was the subsequent fire. Since the city gates were all closed, there was no place for everyone to escape. Most people were either burned to death by the fire or suffocated because they inhaled too much smoke.

Most of the people who survived have burns of varying degrees.

Although the rain has passed and the air has been filtered, many people are still coughing desperately, but it is because they inhaled too much smoke and dust, which hurt their hearts.

The south city gate and a large area of ​​city wall all collapsed. Some people left behind to guard the positions of Shenji Camp, and the rest were divided into more than ten teams, first taking over the city defense, and then entering the city in batches.

"Ming Army has entered the city!"

"Ming Army has entered the city!"

The Annan people who survived by chance learned that the Ming army had entered the city and immediately fled from the street in panic and found a corner to hide.

The Shenji Camp encountered no resistance along the way, and divided his troops to control the main entrances and exits of each street, and soon arrived at the palace.

Emperor Li Sicheng and his son had already fled, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace also fled in scattered areas.

Some ministers in the city who had no time to escape, or who were reluctant to escape due to family wealth, heard the instructions that the army entered the city, so they simply wrote a surrender form, ran outside the palace, and lined up to kneel.

The Annan people were deeply influenced by Han culture, especially the ministers of the court. Most of them read Confucius and Mencius. Here, they also pay attention to the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects.

However, at this time, what are the monarchs, ministers and ministers? As long as they can survive, whoever will be the monarch will be his minister!

The head of the Ministry of Rites was Pan Peng, the Minister of Rites. This man not only knelt down and asked for surrender, but also naked and squid on his back.

When the rest of the people saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel jealous.

The Minister of Rites is different. Everyone surrenders, and they even know that they will apologize for the crime. Are you angry?

When I was an official, I was enough to take the exam. Now that I surrendered, I am even more powerful...

At this time, a noise came from afar.

Chen Ying took people to see, but saw a man dressed in a military general, with more than a dozen soldiers coming over, and then stepped forward to stop him.

"stop!"

The leading general hurriedly knelt down and saluted, saying in stiff Chinese: "I am Fan Jinglong, the Minister of War, and I want to see the general of the Celestial Empire!"

With such a general name, it is no wonder that the Annan people do things roughly.

Since the Ming army landed in the city and drove straight in, it has only taken two months to now. Annan doesn’t even know who is leading the troops...

Anyway, it should be no mistake to call him General.

Chen Ying asked again: "What's wrong with you?"

Fan Jinglong waved his hand, and the person behind him rushed forward.

"You are the general, this man is the brother of Annan Royal Family, Li Sicheng, and Prince Gong Li Kechang, who was specially captured and presented to the general!"

Hearing this, the civil officials kneeling beside him couldn't help but look blue.

Look at the other person, he also surrendered, and he held a surrender table. Although he racked his brains and wrote as beautifully as possible, he caught a prince, and he seemed so sincere!

The Minister of Rites Pan Peng looked at the jingtou behind him and sighed in his heart. He thought he was better than the chess, but he didn't expect that there were people on the top and there were scrolls outside the scroll...

Chen Ying looked up and saw that the man was disheveled and his hair was extremely embarrassed, and he didn't look like a prince.

Fan Jinglong was still introducing himself, saying that King Gong hid in a dry well and was lucky enough to survive. When he pulled him out of the well today, he was still trembling.

It can be imagined that the horror, like a dream demon, is still coiled in his heart.

The Annan people are actually not all soft-boys. They have always had a tradition of being martial and have a more brave personality.

However, any brave man, when encountering crushing firepower, the two armies fight, and before they reach the front, they will be bombed, and the solid Qinghua City is like a paper lake in front of other people's artillery. In this case, the so-called bravery becomes ridiculous.

This is true for King Gong Li Kechang. Although this person looks like a quail, his identity cannot be underestimated. He is responsible for the city defense of Qinghua City!

Similar to the British Duke of the Ming Dynasty and the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, who was responsible for the city defense of Kyoto, he naturally had a considerable power.

Such a person cannot be a coward.

If the Ming army really entered the city that Ye, he would take the lead in the battle and try his best to deal with the Ming army to the end.

However, after personally experiencing the launch of thousands of cannons, he resolutely chose to hide in the dry well, curled up in the dark corner like a quail, and the last bit of courage also turned into ashes with the cremation.

He only had one thought left in his mind. This Ming army was a heavenly soldier who could not defeat it!

Those cannons are even more extraordinary. They can turn all the cities into nothing, and they can kill and kill hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in a flash!

In fact, if you think rationally, it is not difficult to find that the Ming army also has weaknesses.

Artillery is a good thing to attack positions, but it is difficult to attack guerrillas.

Furthermore, when the Ming army fought in a foreign land, the ammunition and supplies carried were very limited. As long as the troops were dispersed and small troops were sent to harass them, they would avoid a head-on decisive battle, or they would break them into pieces and hide in the mountains and forests, it would be extremely difficult for the Ming army to win.

However, they chose the stupidest way, which was to gather elite troops to defend the city, try to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and drag the Ming army to death.

Little did they know that the firepower of others had long exceeded the Annan people's imagination, and in the face of such artillery, even the most solid city would become meaningless.

Li Kechang curled up like a broken dog, looking helpless.

To this day, the so-called Annan Kingdom is no different from jokes.

The emperor has run away, and he, as a prince, will definitely be unable to escape death.

Chen Ying nodded and said to Fan Jinglong: "Your name is Fan Jinglong, right? What kind of assistant minister is he?"

Fan Jinglong hurriedly replied: "The criminal is Fan Jinglong, the Minister of War!"

"Good job, just right, I'll give you a task!"

"Please give orders to the general!"

Chen Ying first asked: "How many troops are there in Qinghua City now?"

Fan Jinglong's face changed and he hurriedly said, "The criminals fight against the heavenly soldiers, and they will never forgive their deaths. Today I repent and welcome the king's army. Long live His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, long live, long live! Everyone from Annan sincerely surrenders..."

Behind him, Pan Peng's eyes were red and he thought to himself that this should be my word!

What are you, a general, doing so much?

You have finished saying all the nice things, what do we civil officials say?

This is the rhythm of a dead person!

Chen Ying was too lazy to listen to these, so he waved his hand and said impatiently: "I'll ask you how many more troops you need, why are you talking so much nonsense!"

Fan Jinglong thought for a while and said, "Apart from the disabled, there are about ten thousand people."

"Okay, now you listen, immediately organize these people to clean up the dead bodies on the street, lay a layer of lime or wood ash on the street to prevent the occurrence of epidemics. Also, organize some young and strong people to go out of the city to log mountains and log wood and build houses!"

"ah?"

Fan Jinglong didn't understand. Shouldn't he have a surrender discussion first? Why did he suddenly start to arrange a job?

And, what cleaning up dead bodies, what laying lime...

Instead of counting the property of the palace, looting the people, you will have to repair houses for them?

It makes no sense!

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Chen Ying said dissatisfiedly: "Why, don't you understand?"

"This, this... I understand, but..."

"If you understand, go and execute it. I warn you that arranging tasks for you is your trust in you. If you have some good things, you will benefit you in the future. If you have some bad things, don't say that you won't give you a chance!"

"Yes, obey the order!"

Fan Jinglong dared not hesitate, so he immediately summoned his subordinates and left in a hurry.
To be continued...