The sky gradually darkened, the city gate of Zhangjiakou was closed, and a curfew was entered one hour later. But at this time, the backyard of Dashengkui Business was brightly lit. In the brightly lit warehouse, more than 200 strong men changed into black night clothes. The two men in the lead wore an exquisite chain mail, and the night clothes were covered with black cloth on their heads, covering their big bald head and money rat-tail.

"Brothers, Lord Hong has sent people to the Mongolians for help. There are still 5,000 elite light cavalry outside the city. As long as we attack in the city, we will be able to seize Zhangjiakou in one fell swoop!" said Dorolong, the leader.

"I wish to die for the Lord!" More than two hundred strong men raised their fists and whispered.

The sound insulation effect of Dashengkui warehouse is quite good. The people inside are not loud and there is no sound outside.

By the hour of Hai, which was equivalent to 21 o'clock in the evening, most of the former Ming army guards and civilians in Zhangjiakou had already entered their dreams, and only a few soldiers on duty at night stood at the top of the city.

At this moment, teams of men in black came out of the Dashengkui business and headed straight to the head of Zhangjiakou city.

The soldier standing on the city tower was watching to see someone approaching the city wall. Before he could make a sound, he could only hear the sound of a crossbow arrow breaking through the air. A crossbow arrow pierced the soldier's throat. The soldier didn't even say a word and fell backwards.

Groups of men in black climbed up to the city, chopped melons and cut vegetables and killed more than a dozen sleepy former Ming army sentries.

"Success!" Dorolon took out a firework rocket from his sleeve, took off a torch inserted into the city, and lit the rocket. With a "swoosh" sound, the rocket rose into the air and exploded a gorgeous firework in the night sky.

The guards of the Dashengkui Shop opened the Zhangjiakou city gate and lowered the suspension bridge. After a while, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and Hong Chengchou and five thousand Qing soldiers rushed into the city.

Mr. Qian of Zhangjiakou was still sleeping soundly on his concubine's bed, and was dragged out of the quilt by the Qing army in his sleep. The woman begged for fear and saw a group of burly men standing in the house. She was so scared that she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Give me your life, please spare me." The poor woman knelt on the ground and begged.

Several Qing soldiers in the room saw that the woman was not covered in clothes and was somewhat beautiful, so they were ready to move and wanted to move forward, but were stopped by someone: "Stop!"

The Qing soldiers turned around and saw Hong Chengchou standing behind him. The Qing soldiers hurriedly saluted thousands of times.

"Everyone retreats! As long as this Qiang General surrenders to us, we are our own people! You can't move his women casually! Remember, the Regent Prince has an order. In addition to the Eight Great Masters in Zhangjiakou City, there are officials who surrender to us, and their families cannot move!" Hong Chengchou repelled the Qing soldiers.

Mr. Qian knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The villain is willing to surrender, don't kill me, I am willing to surrender!"

The Qing army occupied Zhangjiakou almost without bloodshed, and did not resist at all by the defenders. Most of the defenders were subdued in their sleep. A few people woke up and chose to surrender when they saw this attitude. A few rebellious soldiers were outnumbered and were quickly killed.

The sky gradually became brighter, and the entire Zhangjiakou city was completely controlled by the Qing soldiers. All the people in the city were detained by the Qing army and imprisoned. Almost no one resisted. Occasionally, a few of them were all killed.

On the school ground, more than 500 surrendered former Ming soldiers knelt on the school ground, surrounded by Qing soldiers holding swords and guns.

Hong Chengchou, who had already put on a Qing court uniform, walked to the stage in front of the colonel field. Some former Ming soldiers who were kneeling down from the stage recognized Hong Chengchou and were talking a lot.

"Isn't this Mr. Hong?"

"How did he come later when he became the Governor of Ji Liao?"

"A big shot like Master Hong surrendered to the Jurchens, and it's not embarrassing that we surrender."

Hong Chengchou stood on the stage, took off his hat, exposed the big bald head on his head and the rat-tailed braid on his head, looked around, and opened his voice and shouted loudly: "Brothers, welcome you to join my Qing army! This time we came in a hurry and didn't have time to bring you new clothes. After two days, the new clothes will be made and you can change them. You can change the ragged clothes on your body and put on the new clothes prepared by our Qing army! However, if you want to join our Qing army, you must shave your hair and keep your braids!"

"Shad your hair and braids?" Many soldiers were very resistant to this, but they also knew that their necks were not as hard as steel knives.

In the end, the soldiers chose to surrender and sat obediently on the stool, asking the Qing soldiers to shave their heads, leaving only a small strand of hair as big as a copper coin behind their heads, and tied it into a rat-tail braid and hung it behind their heads.

"Congratulations to the royal army for capturing Zhangjiakou!" Fan Yongdou walked up with his entourage.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, Shopkeeper Fan, for your help. Our army can take Zhangjiakou without any blood! By the way, Shopkeeper Fan, I have something to do if I need to ask Shopkeeper Fan for help."

"What's wrong with Lord Hong? Just speak out, and the people of the grass should help each other." Fan Yongdou replied respectfully.

Hong Chengchou spoke slowly and said, "Our army captured Zhangjiakou and obtained 500 new Green Camp soldiers, but there are too few 500 Green Camps. I hope the manager Fan will help us recruit soldiers and recruit more Green Camp soldiers."

Fan Yongdou said: "Mr. Hong, Caomin still has 500 elite guards in his hands and is willing to join the green camp."

"There is still a little fewer than a thousand green camp soldiers. It's not enough. Can Manager Fan help me contact Shanxi merchants and gentry and recruit their servants to recruit more green camp soldiers?" Hong Chengchou said.

"Yeah!" Fan Yongdou hurriedly knelt on the ground and beat a thousand. "Caomin can contact Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa and others. The seven families can get more than 2,000 elite soldiers. If you look for gentry who are in contact with our eight masters, you can recruit 2,000 elite soldiers. In this way, our army will have 5,000 elite soldiers. Caomin is willing to cooperate with Lord Hong, use his old skills again, take down Xuanda, and trick him into opening the second city gate of Xuanda, and get 5,000 elite soldiers!"

"What a slave! I am really a good slave in the Qing Dynasty!" Hong Chengchou patted Fan Yongdou's shoulder, "Shopkeeper Fan, you gave up your hand. I will pay you more than the money you have left."

"Thank you, Lord Hong, Caomin, I'm going to do it!" Fan Yongdou fought back.

In the afternoon, a team of Mongolian cavalry came from the grassland outside Zhangjiakou. The Qing army, who had occupied Zhangjiakou, quickly opened the city gate and put the Mongolian cavalry in. The Mongolian cavalry came were Tumot Mongolian cavalry. In the evening, Mongolian cavalry entered Zhangjiakou city one after another. These Mongolian cavalry came not the Eight Banners soldiers, but Mongolian soldiers from Mongolian tribes such as Tumot, Aohan tribe, Heshuot, Barhu tribe, and Chahar tribe of the Qing Dynasty.

Most Mongolians are not qualified to join the Eight Banners of Mongolia, only the Korqin people are almost all included in the banner. In other Mongolian tribes, except for a few nobles who entered the banner, ordinary Mongolian herders are also Mongolians and are not considered bannermen.

Hong Chengchou had sent envoys to various Mongolian tribes to borrow troops. The Mongols received news that the Qing Dynasty had entered the pass, and the various troops also sent troops to Zhangjiakou. They were all red-eyed and wanted to enter the flower world inside the pass to rob and make a fortune.

Next, Fan Yongdou and Hong Chengchou used their same tricks and attacked Xuanda in succession. Because the news about Zhangjiakou was blocked, Datong had surrendered to the Shun Army. Except for a few of them, all the other Ming troops were surrendered and were incorporated into the Green Camp Army by the Qing army. Zhang Tianlin, the general of the Shun Army who remained in Datong, was captured by the Qing army and was killed by the Qing army. Xuanfu was also attacked by the Qing army. The Xuanfu general Ke Tianxiang, who was left behind in the Xuanfu, died in the chaos, and all the Ming troops who had been surrendered for more than three thousand Ming troops.
Chapter completed!