Chapter 65: Recovering Chongqing
Wang Henian would never have thought that Gao Minzhan would dare to come out and even try to make peace.
"What are you still doing, do it!"
Wang Henian made a decision.
It is true that Gao Minzhan who is alive is more valuable, but if the news of Gao Minzhan's death comes out at this moment, it will also be a huge blow to the morale of the Qing army.
As long as the Qing army is disheartened, Chongqing will inevitably not be able to hold it.
Before he finished speaking, Qi Si's arrows were already on the bowstring.
Qi Si was a hunter before going to the Wang family to work as a nurse, and archery was his housekeeping skill.
In his opinion, there is no essential difference between prey and man, and man is even inferior to these prey in terms of reflexes.
But with a whoosh, arrows flew out and headed straight for Gao Minzhan's front door.
Gao Min was stupid when he boarded, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead and he couldn't move at all.
Seeing that Gao Minzhan was about to be killed by an arrow, his family hurriedly flew and pounced on Gao Minzhan to the ground.
In this way, although Gao Minzhan fell and gnawed on the mud, fortunately, he saved his life.
Seeing that his success fell short, Qi Si was not disappointed, but drew arrows and shots!
Arrows!
A long-lost arrow!
I saw Qi Siyi shoot three arrows in a row, calculating Gao Minzhan's possible retreat to death.
Before Gao Minzhan could stand up, he saw an arrow flying towards him, and he was stunned.
Burst!
An arrow straight through the throat!
Uh, uh...
Gao Minzhan wanted to call for help, but he couldn't speak.
He tried his best to pull the arrow out of his throat, but he couldn't pull it out with all his might.
Blood continued to flow from the wound, Gao Minzhan gradually exhausted his strength, and his body fell to the ground with a limp.
He instinctively twitched and struggled, and then stopped moving.
"The puppet governor Gao Minzhan is dead, and the rest will be captured before they are tied!"
Seeing this, Wang Henian immediately shouted loudly.
"Give up resistance, don't kill those who surrender!"
The henchmen of those Gao Minzhan were dumbfounded when they saw this, and they were stunned for a moment and threw away their blades one after another.
The governors are dead, what are they fighting for?
As for the Ming army's statement that they would give up resistance and not kill those who surrendered, they just had the mentality of giving it a try.
Anyway, resistance is death, and there is still a glimmer of life in surrender.
Smart people know what to choose.
"Tie them all up, cut off the head of the high thief!"
Wang Henian suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and ordered in a deep voice.
In his opinion, as soon as Gao Minzhan died, the Qing army was already leaderless, and it was already one step away from recovering Chongqing City.
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"Lord Commander, the Chaotian Gate has been opened! There is a thief in the city! ”
A personal soldier ran to Wang Mingde with a sad face and said almost wailing.
Wang Mingde's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is the governor now?" ”
The Chaotian Gate was opened, the Ming army poured into the city, and it was already a matter of time before Chongqing was broken.
If you don't leave now, it's too late.
Gao Minzhan is Wang Mingde's benefactor, and he has the grace of knowing Wang Mingde.
Although the situation is urgent now, Wang Mingde still doesn't want to leave Gao Minzhan and run away alone.
"Lord Governor, Lord Governor, he..."
"What's wrong with the Governor? You mean! ”
Wang Mingde's face was red in a hurry, and he asked again and again.
"Lord Governor, he was killed by the thief, and now the head is in the hands of the thief, and the brothers have seen it."
Bang!
Wang Mingde only felt that his brain exploded, and the whole person was stupid.
Governor Gao was killed?
Who did it?
He had a myriad of questions at the moment, but apparently he didn't have time to think about them.
"Lord Commander, let's break through as soon as possible. If you wait until the Ming army enters the city, it will be too late to leave. ”
The relationship between the pro-soldier and Wang Mingde is like that between Wang Mingde and Gao Minzhan.
His chain of allegiance and interests is only Wang Mingde, so as long as Wang Mingde is still there, he will have the day to turn over.
"That's the only way to do it now."
Wang Mingde sighed and ordered in a deep voice: "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will break through from the East Water Gate." ”
There is a Cuiwei Gate between the East Water Gate and the Chaotian Gate, don't look at it as only such a little distance, but the water system channel is completely different.
From here, out of the city, Wang Mingde can directly lead the sailor into the Jialing River!
"Order!"
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When the news of Gao Minzhan being beheaded, the morale of the Qing army in Chongqing completely collapsed.
Not only did Wang Mingde lead his troops to escape from the East Water Gate, but Cheng Tingjun, Tan Zhi, Tan Hong and others also ran away.
It's just that the Ming army seems to have been prepared, except for Wang Mingde's department who escaped by a time difference, the rest of the troops were intercepted and killed by the Ming army.
Blood stained the river, and the banks were littered with floating corpses.
Seeing this, Zhu Youlang knew that it was the city that should have played a role, and he was overjoyed in his heart.
This battle was a huge artillery consumption for the Ming army, and if it continued to fight, it would face an embarrassing situation of running out of artillery shells.
Fortunately, the dark pile was stuck at this critical juncture, which reduced many unnecessary losses for the Ming army.
These are all living lives!
Now the Ming army has basically controlled all the city gates and is entering the city one after another.
According to Li Dingguo's report, in addition to the resistance of a small Qing army in the city, it is basically under control.
However, Li Dingguo still hoped that the Son of Heaven would wait a little longer and wait until the situation in Chongqing was completely stable before entering the city.
In this regard, Zhu Youlang naturally has no opinion.
He fully respected Li Dingguo's views on such a matter as warfare, and there would never be a situation in which a layman commanded an insider.
"Your Majesty, Chongqing has been restored!"
Wen Anzhi saw that the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty was replanted at the head of Chongqing City, and his beard trembled with excitement.
He had dreamed of this scene countless times in his dreams, but when he actually saw it with his own eyes, he still found it a little unbelievable.
Chongqing is like a fishbone stuck between the Ming army in Sichuan and the thirteen families in Kuidong, so that the sphere of influence of the Ming army cannot be connected.
Now the recovery of Chongqing means that the Ming army can concentrate superior forces to resist the foreign enemy.
Whether Wu Sangui or anyone else comes, the Ming army will deal with it calmly and without worrying at all.
Maybe the next step can be to test the attack on Huguang?
Of course, this idea only came out for a moment, and then it was suppressed by Wen Anzhi.
No one knows better than him the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty today.
The king of Jin cultivated in the southwest for several years, and only barely fed more than 100,000 troops. It is to unite the strength of the whole Sichuan, and the absolute strength of the Ming army and the Qing army is still very different.
Under such circumstances, it was not a wise choice to rashly attack Huguang, and it was likely to lead the Ming army into a quagmire.
At that time, if the military situation is unfavorable, it will be difficult to get out again.
The immediate priority is to restore livelihoods and stock up on food and grass for the next big war.
He has another ten years to live, and he wants to see with his own eyes the Ming army recovering his hometown of Yiling!
Wen Anzhi secretly swore in his heart.
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