Chapter Fifty-Six: Breaking the City
Liaoyang City of Ming Dynasty was built on the ancient city of Yuan in the Hongwu period, the circumference of the city is 24 miles, divided into two cities in the north and south, and the two cities are connected in the shape of "day".
Among them, the south city, the circumference is sixteen miles, the city wall is three zhang high, more than two zhang wide, and the rammed earth structure is inside the outer masonry.
There are six large and small city gates in the south city, among which only the urn city is built outside the east city gate, and the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, the General Military Office and most of the residents live in the south city, and the goal of the squad of sergeants this time is the small west gate of the south city, also called the clear gate.
The small group of sergeants came to the west city wall, and under the cover of the city wall, quietly slipped under the small west gate.
At this time, the gate of the gate was closed, and there seemed to be bricks, stones, rubble, and civil engineering behind it, blocking the gate of the city, and there seemed to be soldiers chatting and relieving fatigue in the city.
The sergeant didn't stop long, and after placing a large number of yellow lumps in the right place, he blew up the fire fold in his hand.
As soon as they touched the wire, the squad began to run like crazy, not afraid to alarm the city's guards.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen, who was hiding behind a small dirt bag in the distance, also raised his heart to his throat.
For the power of this hundred kilograms of TNT, he has no spectrum in his heart.
Although the Suqing Gate is a smaller city gate in Liaoyang City, there is also a two-story watchtower built on the city gate hole.
Whether these explosives can blow up the city gate cave and this two-story small building together, Zhu Youzhen also had a little drum in his heart.
If it didn't succeed this time, then Zhu Youzhen could only return the same way with 12,000 cavalry.
After losing the opportunity, it is almost impossible to think about touching the city wall without knowing it.
There was a large-caliber cannon on the ship, but that thing was so advanced that Zhu Youzhen couldn't understand how to operate it at all, let alone use it to bombard the city wall.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not use many advanced weapons, and could only use TNT as a local method to blow up the city gates.
After the soil bag, Zhu Youzhen silently counted the seconds in his heart, and Luo Yangxing beside him was also extremely nervous looking at the running figures.
At this time, the running sergeants also attracted the attention of the Tartars in the city, and in the darkness, there was a strange scream, and several arrows and feathers quickly chased after them.
The sergeants ran even more desperately.
At this time, the movement gradually attracted more Tartars to gather on the side of the Qingqing Gate, and the Qingqing Gate suddenly became chaotic.
But when Zhu Youzhen counted to twenty, with a loud thunderous sound on the ground, everything was quiet.
Although Zhu Youzhen had a long mouth and covered his ears hard, after the explosion, there were still bursts of tinnitus.
And Luo Yangxing next to him looked stupid directly.
Although Zhu Youjian had demonstrated the power of this yellow thing to the Jinyi Guard, it was all in small doses.
Although the power is not small, it is the first time he has seen a city tower directly into the sky like now.
Luo Yangxing stood straight behind the dirt bag, staring at the disappearing Suqing Gate in front of him in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.
"Go back and tell Zu Dashou that the Qingmen has been destroyed, so that he can quickly lead the army into Liaoyang!"
Zhu Youzhen commanded Luo Yangxing loudly, but Luo Yangxing still did not move.
"Soldiers, go quickly!"
Zhu Youzhen patted Luo Yangxing's head hard, and Luo Yangxing remembered Zhu Youzhen's previous explanation.
didn't bother to give Zhu Youzhen a return gift, and forgot to estimate Zhu Youzhen's safety, so he quickly ran to the rear.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen carefully took out the RPG with a high-explosive warhead from the burden carried by the guards beside him.
Turn on the safe, load the sights, aim the warhead tightly at the collapsed clearance door, and wait quietly for the Tartar soldiers to assemble here.
In the camp of the Ming army, it was already brightly lit at this time.
After hearing the explosion, officers at all levels lit the torches prepared in advance and directed their subordinates to assemble quickly.
In addition to Zhu Youzhen's Chinese army tent, Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao, Wu Sangui and other generals also waited early, but they did not see Zhu Youzhen's summons for a long time.
According to the plan set before, the explosion sounded, and the whole team immediately put on armor and waited for further instructions from Zhu Youzhen.
At this time, everyone was assembled, but they couldn't wait for Zhu Youzhen's order.
"Uncle, the soldiers are very fast, the explosion in front of you is sounding, and something big happens at a time, why didn't Your Majesty give me other orders?"
Wu Sangui was a young man, and he quickly said what he thought in his heart.
"Yes, Zu Shuai, if it is really as Your Majesty said, as soon as the city wall is broken, then I will take advantage of the time when the Tartars have no time to react, and attack the city in one go, Zu Shuai, please ask Your Majesty to give an order."
Cao Wenzhao couldn't hold back for a while, and asked Zu Shuai to break into the account.
But what about Zu Dashou, if the city wall has been broken, his 12,000 Guanning iron cavalry, which is fully equipped with armor, will be able to take the opportunity to kill the 2,000 Tartar soldiers scattered all over the city and are in shock.
In ancient times, Wei Qingxue attacked Longcheng at night, and now his ancestor ran to Liaoyang on the night of his birthday, maybe he can be named a hero with this battle.
Thinking of this, Zu Dashou finally stepped forward and fell to his knees.
"Your Majesty, the last general, please immediately send out the army and take this city with one drum!"
For a long time, no one answered in the tent.
"Your Majesty, the last general, please immediately send out the army and take this city with one drum!"
Zu Dashou then shouted for his life.
Still no movement.
The generals immediately looked at each other.
"Zu Shuai! Cao Shuai! The gate of the west of the city has been broken, and His Majesty orders the two of you to quickly lead the army into the city to kill the Tartars! ”
Just when the generals didn't know what to do, a figure stumbled over.
Looking at it by the light of the fire, it was Zhu Youzhen's personal guard Luo Yang.
"What about Your Majesty?"
Cao Wenzhao grabbed Luo Yangxing a little nervously and asked.
"Cao Qing's gate has been broken, and Your Majesty is not far from the city gate, waiting for the generals to enter the city to kill the Tartars."
Luo Yangxing panted and said, and when he saw that all the generals were looking at him, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"Oh, Your Majesty!"
Luo Yangxing shouted, snatched the war horse of a general next to him, turned over and drove back.
"The generals will listen to the order and follow your majesty into the city to kill the Tartars!"
Zu Dashou turned over and got on his horse and took the lead in running out.
A moment later, the horses' hooves burst out, like thunder, and 12,000 Ming cavalry rode towards Liaoyang City.
At this time, at the collapsed Purgegate, the Tartars were in disarray, and a few Niu Lu's real command of the Tartar soldiers, using the blown up rubble to organize the fortifications.
And behind a dirt bag not far away, Zhu Youzhen carefully lay on the ground, with the help of the scope on the RPG, looking carefully.
At this time, there was already a glimmer of light in the east, but the earth was still dark, and the dirt bag where Zhu Youzhen was located happened to be in a shadow position.
Moreover, the Tartars in the city, under the command of their respective commanders, were all gathering at the gate of the purge, and not many people would pay attention to this inconspicuous little dirt bag outside the city.
But with the help of that scope, Zhu Youzhen could see the approximate number of tartars at the gate of the Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Youzhen visually measured that there were more than 1,000 Tartar soldiers, half of the defenders in the city had gathered here, and the other Tartar soldiers were probably also on their way.
And behind Zhu Youzhen, the sound of rolling horses' hooves could already be heard at this time.
'Now is the time! ’
Zhu Youzhen muttered, and his index finger pulled the trigger.