Chapter 468: The Afterglow of the Empire
Since Ning Yu took the lead in using digging ground to attack the city under Jingzhou City, this tactic has become the mainstream of this era, and correspondingly, the defense technology of the city has not kept up, resulting in the battlefield advantage is no longer so biased in favor of the defending city, even if it is a strong city, it will be breached one day.
Near the south gate of Wangdu City, smoke and dust carried a large number of fragments of stumps and flew around, and the city wall, which was not very strong, collapsed several feet, revealing the blue-brown bricks inside, and a large pile of ruins piled up into a road to the city wall, which also became a sharp knife to the defenders.
A large number of soldiers of the Fu Han Army hugged the city wall from this gap with swords and guns, while the green battalion soldiers they faced fell to their knees and raised their hands.
Shi Wazi and the veterans took the lead in raising their hands under the leadership of the general, although in their hearts, they knew that the Fu Han army would not kill innocents indiscriminately, but they were still a little apprehensive, afraid that the other party would not be able to control the killing intent and slaughter themselves and others.
Not long after, a captain of the Fu Han army stood in front of everyone, his expression was extremely solemn, although he was holding a musket in his hand, he did not aim the muzzle of the gun at the Qing army soldiers, but pointed obliquely at the sky, which also made the Qing army soldiers let go of some worries.
After initially letting go of their worries, the soldiers had some illusions that maybe after such a day, they would be able to become such a spirited figure.
The captain glanced at the surrendered soldiers, and then said in a loud voice: "You don't have to worry, our Fuhan army has good military discipline, never oppresses the people, and will not slaughter the surrendered soldiers, as long as you carefully abide by the prisoner of war regulations, we will release you and go home in the future." ”
When the soldiers heard the captain's words, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they knelt on the ground to kowtow to the captain, but at this time, the general manager raised his head, looked at the superior who was much younger than him with a complicated expression, and asked in a low voice: "I want to join you, can I?" ”
The captain had a smile on his face, "This brother, of course you can join the Fu Han Army, but this will wait until the war is over, and when the time comes, you will be reorganized and tested by our army, and as long as you pass the results, you can become a recruit of the Fu Han Army." ”
For the current Fu Han army, it is not as urgent as before in the reorganization of the prisoner army, and there is more time and energy to slowly adjust, so it is no longer as directly pulling the newly captured army for reorganization as in the past, so that it can better digest the prisoners and reduce the risk.
It's just that after hearing the captain's explanation, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "Sir, I want to join the Fu Han Army now, I will shoot and beg the commander to be fulfilled." ”
Hearing this, all the prisoners couldn't help but show a look of surprise, they were amazed at the general boldness, and a little envious, if they could join the Fu Han Army now, the future would be better.
The smile on the captain's face retracted, he hadn't seen the grass on the wall, and there were many such people, all of them saw that the Fu Han Army was strong, and wanted to join in and borrow the tiger skin to sing their own plays, but these people would only cause damage to the image of the Fu Han Army, so in principle, they were not allowed to join directly.
Just looking at the sincere look on the general manager's face, the captain couldn't help but be touched in his heart, he was also adapted from the Green Battalion, so he could understand this idea better.
"Tell me your reasoning."
"For ten acres of military land."
He almost did not hesitate to say what he thought in his heart, and his naked attitude even touched the captain, who was honest enough.
The captain admired this commander a little at this time, and said with a smile: "For the sake of ten acres of military land, this reason is reasonable." But it's too simple to enlist in the army. ”
Speaking of this, the captain raised the musket in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "The battle in the city is not over yet, follow me to continue to fight, eliminate a Qing soldier, and I will guarantee that you will join in advance, how about it?" ”
"!"
A touch of determination appeared on the general face, maybe for him, death in battle is not terrible, but death is even more terrible, and then regardless of the bird gun beside him, he directly picked up a long knife and followed the captain to the battle place in the city.
Although the Qing army had been completely defeated, the sound of gunfire like bursting beans was already echoing everywhere, and even the explosion of grenades was mixed with the pungent smell of gunsmoke.
Dong Ce, accompanied by some officers, stepped on the bloody battlefield, and from his direction, there were corpses of the Qing army everywhere, as well as some corpses of the Fu Han army, and in the center of the city, that is, the command post of the Qing army, it was filled with the sound of fighting and the sound of blades piercing into the human body.
On a narrow street, a large number of soldiers of the Fu Han Army and the Qing army pushed each other, fighting and fighting, the cruelty of cold weapons was vividly reflected at this moment, the blood of both sides almost turned this place into a river of blood, and the fallen corpses were stacked on top of each other.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that there would be people so tenacious at such a time......."
A sneer appeared on Dong Ce's face, he didn't feel how respectable the other party's courage was, he would only feel that this person knew that if he continued to fight like this, the whole army would be wiped out, but he didn't care about this result at all, it was simply stubborn.
At that moment, an officer pointed to a Qing army general in the crowd, shook his head and said: "This person is Xing Wentai of the town guarding Wangdu, he was originally a martial artist in the fifty-first year of Kangxi, and his martial arts are very strong, but he is not familiar with the times." ”
Dong Ce shook his head and sighed softly: "Although this person has courage, but after all, he is only one person, even if he adds his guards, how many nails can he make?" Even if it is the courage to fight and sacrifice, can you fight better than my iron division of the Han Army? ”
The officer also shook his head and sighed in a low voice: "When our war mode gradually becomes a science and technology, the generals of the Qing army are still fighting with the traditional old ways, and it should be normal to lose. ”
Dong Ce nodded lightly, I have to say that since the Northern Expedition of the Fu Han Army, the armament is advanced, the tactics are familiar, and even the intelligence issue has become quite mature, which can be described as invincible.
As for the Qing army encountered along the way, they were full of ugliness, some surrendered and scattered on the spot, some looted and killed people everywhere, and even more Qing troops fled when they heard the news.
Even when he was looking at the capital, the front was extremely smooth, but when facing Xing Wentai, the iron nails of the Fu Han army couldn't be nailed, which couldn't help but make Dong Ce very angry, and personally launched the order of a general attack.
"Capture Wangdu City and capture Xingwentai alive!"
Under such a slogan, another battalion of soldiers of the Fu Han Army arrived and joined the battlefield, which also made the strangulation on the battlefield more and more cruel.
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Xing Wentai's arms were all wounded, and the blood was gradually overflowing, and the Qing soldiers around him were fighting less and less, and there were more and more soldiers of the Fu Han Army, especially when he heard the Fu Han Army shouting "Capture Wangdu City and capture Xing Wentai alive", the whole person smiled deeply bitterly.
At the beginning, he was ashamed to promise Governor Li Weijun that he would be able to hold on for at least ten days, but judging from the current speed, it is two days. In just two days, Wangdu City will be completely occupied, and he will be on a dead end.
When looking at the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were gradually converging, Xing Wentai couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face, he wanted to pick up the long knife in his hand, but found that his arm had no strength.
The adjutant general beside him glanced at Xing Wentai, and then resolutely said: "Junmen, the last general will go first, and we will be brothers again in the next life!" ”
Dozens of immobile guards rushed into the crowd of soldiers of the Fu Han Army with the adjutant general, as if a drop of water was about to return to the sea, and soon they were completely submerged in the rolling crowd.
Xing Wentai was extremely struggling to hold the long knife, looking at the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were gradually approaching, but he thought of the fifty-first year of Kangxi, as a martial artist, he was valued by Kangxi, and slowly became famous in the green camp, and now in his early thirties, he has become the chief soldier of the town.
Perhaps, Xing Wentai, who was in his prime at that time, could never have imagined that it was the last splendor of the Qing Dynasty, and it was also the real peak of his life in Xing Wentai.
"That's it, just repay the favor of the first emperor with this body."
On October 22, the third year of innovation, when the 150,000 army led by Emperor Yongzheng, after just entering Baoding Mansion, Wangdu was overcome, and Zhengding Town's general soldier Xing Wentai died on the spot.
At this special time, the Central Group Army of the Fu Han Army, which had not moved for a long time, finally announced a big news that they had landed in Tianjin.