Chapter 181: Strong Suppression
The soldiers of the First Royal Brigade of the Tianwu Army attacked Fengyang Wei, Fengyang Zhongwei and Fengyang Right Guard at the same time in three ways.
Outside the Fengyang Acropolis, the flaming red dragon flag was waving in the wind, and under the dragon flag was an elite division of the Tianwu Army wearing an eight-petal hat and iron-pointed helmet.
At this moment, Fengyang Wei Gaochi's face turned pale, he knew that he was in trouble, but he didn't want to be caught like this, sit back and wait for death, he was clear about the fate of his brother-in-law.
Gao Chi hissed: "Close the city gate tightly, let all the brothers go to the city to defend it, in case the rebel army breaks the city!" Send someone to ask for help from Fengyang Zhongwei and Fengyang Right Guard, and let them support quickly! ”
The various defenders of Fengyang Wei were terrified, this army under the city was many times stronger than the rogue who attacked Fengyang the year before last, can they defend it? Besides, the people below are the crown prince's people, who is making trouble now.......
The sound of hooves under the city was like thunder, hundreds of cavalry kept running under the city, bringing up bursts of smoke and dust, and the follow-up thousands of soldiers marched slowly in a neat military formation, and there were dozens of artillery pieces in the rear army.
"That's the Shenwei Great General Cannon......." Gao Chi stared blankly at a cannon pushed by more than a dozen soldiers behind the Tianwu Army's formation, but he didn't expect them to actually bring this big killing weapon, which also made it clear that he would not be allowed to live.
Huang Degong's leading army has arrived, he took out the document and said loudly: "According to the order of the crown prince, arrest the people of cholera, take over Fengyangwei, and open the door and surrender as soon as possible, if you close the city gate and refuse to cooperate, you will be executed for the crime of rebellion!" ”
Gao Chi's eyes faintly had a few deep threads of blood, and he said in a deep voice: "Send someone to inform Huoshan that I only want to seek a position as a general in the righteous army, and I don't want any other conditions, I just ask them to send someone to support quickly!" ”
Feng Yangwei was shocked and said: "My lord, don't hit the stone with an egg, open the door and surrender, maybe the crown prince will spare my life!" ”
Gao Chi seemed to be a little crazy, he pulled out his sword with a sonorous sound, slashed him with a sword, and said coldly: "If anyone surrenders again, die!" ”
Gao Chi firmly believes that as long as he holds on for a few days, the rebels on the side of Huoshan will save themselves, and then they will take Fengyang together.
Huang Degong's face sank, and then he ordered: "Siege!" ”
Wan Junjie, the commander of the Royal Heavy Artillery Regiment, waved the command flag in his hand: "Open the cannon!" ”
Under the aim of the artillery, the huge Shenwei General Cannon lit the fuse, only to hear a loud bang, and the city gate shook violently, which made the defenders of the city even more shocked.
Driven by the Shenwei General Cannon, several other Hongyi cannons also opened fire one after another, and one after another the cannonballs whistled past, accurately shooting into the pile of people on the city wall, hitting the city with flesh and blood severed, and armor and weapon fragments everywhere.
"Ahh The defenders of Fengyang Wei ran in horror, unable to pull back with ten oxen.
After the gates burst, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Royal Brigade quickly poured into the Acropolis.
"Fire!"
As soon as they entered the acropolis, the sentry musketeers lined up and fired in ten steps, mercilessly killing the soldiers with weapons in front of them.
"Fire!"
The musketeers pulled the trigger again and fired a volley at some of the guards in front of the road with muskets and spears.
Some of the guards took the guards to fight back against the Tianwu Army with firearms, but there were a lot of dumb fires in the birdboys produced by the guards themselves, and many people lit several times in a row without releasing a shot, and two people were directly seriously injured by their own birdboys.
Each local health office has its own ordnance bureau to produce firearms, but due to too much corruption by the managers, the amount of materials used to build firearms is extremely low, and most of the products produced are defective goods.
"Fire!"
After a volley of fire, a large number of guards in front of them fell to the ground, holding on to the place where they were shot, struggling desperately, letting out hoarse screams, and more people were so frightened that they knelt directly and surrendered.
After Chongzhen's eight years of Liukou invaded Fengyang, the guards who could fight the eight guards were basically wiped out, and the current guards of the eight guards were all households that had been pulled casually in recent years.
In order to embezzle more military land and maximize their profits, the officers of the guard post specially found some old, weak, sick and disabled people to act as military households, because even if they did not pay food, these people would not make trouble, and they would not be able to make trouble if they wanted to.
The collapse of the guard system made the military households almost no combat effectiveness to speak of, and the only force of the guards and officers was their families, who were strong, well-equipped, and well-paid, and were their private property.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost every high-ranking general had a team of his own, but the number was generally not large, dozens to hundreds, and the largest number was Li Chengliang's Liaodong Iron Cavalry and Zu Dashou's Guanning Iron Cavalry.
Zhu Cihong set up a guard team of generals and officers in the establishment above the Tianwu Legion in order to prevent the generals and officers from setting up private armies alone.
Seeing his soldiers fleeing and surrendering, Gao Chi could only lead hundreds of his subordinates to start an escape-style counterattack, counterattacking while retreating, but their counterattack was extremely limited, and almost no one dared to stay and resist under the powerful firepower of the Tianwu Army.
"Fire!"
The deafening sound of the gun sounded again, and the family members of Gao Chi went out of business and died, crying and fleeing for their lives, and some of the family members looked at the big wounds on their bodies, and even saw their own white bones, and let out inhuman howls.
After several rounds of platoon fire, Gao Chi's family members were finally defeated and knelt down and surrendered, while Gao Chi, who had escaped, was captured alive by several cavalrymen.
At the same time, Fengyang Zhongwei and Fengyang Right Guard also faced the attack of various departments of the Tianwu Army, and the commander of Fengyang Right Guard saw that the army was coming, and directly opened the door and surrendered, which was very simple.
Fengyang Zhongwei wanted to resist, but the combat effectiveness of these guards was really a mess, and they didn't even hold it for a quarter of an hour, and the city gate was broken, and after a while, the three guards of Fengyang were over.
In the Huaiyuan Acropolis, the city gate was wide open, and Zhou Yuji took the city gate effortlessly with a battalion of 100 plainclothes forwards.
The Royal Third Brigade of the Tianwu Army successfully entered the city, and they used the sentry as a combat unit to clean up the city.
Everyone in the city heard the sound of fire guns everywhere, and they all looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, and the commander of Huaiyuanwei, who hurriedly ran to the drum tower, looked at the Tianwu army entering the city in a group of dumbfounded.
The people on the street only heard the sound of neat footsteps on the street, and heard someone shouting: "By the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Huaiyuanwei rebelled against the army, all the people returned to their homes, no one is allowed to stay on the street, and anyone with weapons will be killed!" ”
Originally, some landlords and gentry on the street were organizing protests and making trouble, and many people were also watching the excitement.
Huai Yuanzhi County led a group of officials to hurry over, he looked at Zhou Yuji and said angrily: "This general, what do you want to do?" Killing people? ”
Zhou Yuji said coldly: "On the order of the crown prince, the Tianwu Army will clear the chaotic army, temporarily take over Huaiyuanwei, everyone will return home, and they will not stay on the street. ”
Huai Yuanzhi County laughed angrily: "This official is the head of a county, and he can't walk around in this county yet?" ”
Zhou Yuji glanced at him and said mockingly: "Since you are the head of a county, where are you when the army is in chaos?" What are you doing when the businessmen and landlords are making trouble? ”
Huai Yuanzhixian's face turned blue and said, "This official ...... This is a matter for the county, and you don't need to put your beak in it! ”
Zhou Yuji pointed at him and said, "It's not your business now, go home, otherwise, die!" ”
"Hahaha! Is this still a Ming dynasty? How dare a military general point a knife at me? This official is ......."
Zhou Yuji's legs clamped the horse's belly, the war horse ran, the sword flashed, and the impassioned voice of the magistrate had stopped.
Zhou Yuji rode by, leaving only a cold voice: "Within ten breaths, if there are still people making trouble on the street and refusing to leave, there will be no forgiveness!" ”
This sudden operation stunned everyone, and some local tyrants and gentry and family members were so frightened that they hurriedly dropped the flag in their hands and ran home, and then closed the door of their house deadly.