Chapter 177: Capture Zhaoqing IV
Just when the battle under Qingyun Gate started.
There is no need to signal fireworks at all. It's already been launched here.
Almost a swipe. Countless torches were raised, and tens of thousands of torches lit up almost the entire sky.
The sound of horses' hooves rattled. Ma Sanbao took the lead and rushed towards Qingyun Gate.
When Ma Sanbao rushed into Qingyun Gate, Ding Chukui was covered in blood. With a sword in hand, he rode a horse and stood in the hole in the city gate.
Although he has white hair, he is still majestic.
Ding Chukui can count the ups and downs, and can be relied on by Ma Shiying to guard Tiannan. Far from being incompetent.
When Hao Shaoqi was left on the city tower. The soldiers under Hao Shaoqi's command had a group of dragons without a leader for a moment, and they didn't know what to do.
And Ding Chukui seized the gap at this time. Give orders to these soldiers.
Many soldiers were a little afraid of a big official like Ding Chukui, and when everyone had no idea, Ding Chukui dared to take the idea and was immediately executed.
In this way, the old man Ding Chukui talked about juvenile madness. Commanded more than 100 cavalry to gallop back and forth. And not just at the gates.
Instead, a dozen cavalry were left to guard the city gate, and dozens of other cavalry rushed out, galloping back and forth on the street near the Qingyun City Gate.
And Chen Bangyan's death also brought a lot of chaos to the Ming army.
The chaos affected the speed with which the Ming army recaptured the city gates.
Wait for Ma Sanbao to come.
Qingyunmen is still in the hands of Xia Jun.
At this moment, the arrival of the brigade, the situation in Zhaoqing City has not been repeated. The rest is just the end.
Hearing the sound of shouting and killing, it spread in all directions from the gate of Qingyun City. Hao Shaoqi took a deep breath and said, "You have also heard, now that the overall situation has been decided, no matter how stubbornly you resist, you will not be able to escape death." ”
"But if you surrender now. I could say a few nice words on it. I will be able to forgive you. ”
"Life or death is up to you."
"Jingle".
A long knife fell to the ground, and a chain reaction began. These people seem to have lost their spirits.
With the sound of "clanging", almost all of the long knives fell to the ground.
Hao Shaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, in the dark, everyone couldn't see it, Hao Shaoqi was covered in blood and sweat, and he had already beaten his armor through.
In this case, Hao Shaoqi is a human being, not a god after all, and I don't know if it is a frightened Khan or an overactive Khan. In short, Hao Shaoqi only felt that he had walked between life and death.
No matter what happened during the night? clause
The next morning, the sun still rose as usual.
The sunlight passes through tens of thousands of kilometers and shines on Qingyun Gate.
Under the sunlight, Zhang Xuan was surrounded by hundreds of riders and walked over.
Zhang Xuan is still not worried about the war here.
He handed over Guangzhou to Xu Du to guard, with Hu Tang assisting. Of course, Zheng Chenggong is also listed among them. Temporarily acting for Guangzhou affairs.
However, Zhang Xuan didn't want to stay in Zhaoqing for a long time. It's just a western barrier. What Zhang Xuan is really ready to operate is still centered on Guangzhou, the Pearl River Delta Plain.
Coming to Zhaoqing here is purely an opportunity not to be missed.
"The ministers meet the general." The group bowed down one after another.
Zhang Xuan's eyes glanced at it, and he saw that above the city gate, inside the city gate hole, and even on the ground, there were still large areas of blood stains that had not been cleaned, and the blood stains had turned black after half of the night.
The smell of blood seems to have been covered by the loess a lot, and it has become faint.
Although Zhang Xuan didn't really see last night's fight, he just looked at these traces, and from this claw and half lin, he could see the tragedy of yesterday's fight.
Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, helped Ding Chukui up and said, "Mr. is a talent of the Zhuguo, and Mr. Lai has this Xiongcheng today." Zhang was grateful, so he played His Majesty, and Zhang recommended Mr. to enter Beijing and live above the temple. ”
Ding Chukui was slightly disappointed when he heard this, in fact, what he hoped most was that Zhang Xuan could return his property in Guangzhou to him.
Probably more than a million taels.
But Ding Chukui is also an understanding person, just a little inquiry, I know that his family property has become Zhang Xuan's reward for the whole army.
Ding Chukui didn't ask at all. I knew it was impossible.
However, Ding Chukui immediately thought of going to Nanjing, which was actually not bad. Although Ding Chukui is in the position of martial arts, he is essentially the same as his nephew, Ding Qirui, who is a civil official.
For civil servants.
In fact, they prefer to control power in the center rather than lead troops outside. And there is still some friendship between Ding Chukui and Ruan Dacheng.
"I don't want to go back like this, though. I need more credit. Only when you arrive in Nanjing can you have more right to speak. Ding Chukui said secretly in his heart. He knew that the battle between civilian officials was as dangerous as killing the enemy on the battlefield of military generals. doesn't have enough capital, even in Beijing, it's just a pawn of others. What's the difference with here. Ding Chukui is used to being alone, so he naturally doesn't want to do this.
Thinking like this, he already had a plan in his mind. But now is not the time to contribute.
Ding Chukui said: "Thank you, General. The lower officials must do their best to help the general pacify Liangguang. ”
Zhang Xuan then met with another hero of this battle, he came to Hao Shaoqi's side and said: "When I first broke into Cao's camp, I heard the general's name, but he broke into the camp
The first fierce general. In order to break into the king's personal sword, and now seeing the courage of the general, I know that there are 10,000 enemies in the world. ”
"From today on, General Hao will be my vanguard general and lead thousands of cavalry. Placed under our Chinese army. ”
"If he has new achievements in the future, he will definitely reward him. I hope that General Hao will be on the battlefield in the future, breaking the army and killing generals. Make new contributions. ”
"Thank you, General." Hao Shaoqi said.
The position of a thousand cavalry households is nothing to Hao Shaoqi. In the Loyalty Camp before, his position was similar to this.
But for Hao Shaoqi, it is of great significance. Hao Shaoqi is under Li Zicheng, although he also has to be reused, as Li Zicheng's personal guard, he has three points of courtesy from top to bottom of the camp. But this is not what he wants, as a general of one side, leading the army to dominate the world, is what he wants.
He broke into the camp for many years, and finally followed Gao Yigong when the veteran of the camp withered, and was able to give the first army, and under Zhang Xuan, but only a few battles, that is, listed as a thousand cavalry households.
There is a clear difference between the two.
After Zhang Xuan rewarded the heroes, he rewarded the soldiers who followed Hao Shaoqi, each with twenty taels of silver, which was enough to support each person's income for a year. And then there was a promotion.
After doing this well, he led the crowd into the city and went straight into the Liangguang Governor's Palace.
On the street, it is a familiar scene for Zhang Xuan, every house is closed, every house is closed, on the lively street on weekdays, no one dares to go out, but Zhang Xuan is sure that there are hundreds of people through the cracks in the door, secretly looking out of the door.
Zhang Xuan has long been accustomed to such a situation.
He understands one thing more and more, that is, for the common people, there is actually no time to think about anything loyal, no matter how good the Ming court is, the people always have to live, and many people in the city do not go to work for a few days. His house will be starved of food.
Compared to the livelihood of a family. Who is in power is such a big thing, it is just a few words of nagging. Just like Guangzhou, when Zhang Xuan first conquered Guangzhou, the city of Guangzhou was also depressed, but after a few days, as long as the people knew that the army would not disturb the people, there was no rampant expropriation. They spontaneously started their own activities.
After Zhang Xuan entered the Liangguang Governor's Mansion, he immediately asked Luo Dai, "How is Zhaoqing City now?" ”
Luo Dai said: "General, the soldiers in the city have surrendered one after another, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers. It's already settled. Our men were also stationed throughout the wall. Zhaoqing City has been as stable as Mount Tai. ”
Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "Good job." He turned his head to Ding Chukui and said, "Please also ask Mr. Ding to write some letters to recruit the provinces of western Guangdong." ”
"My subordinates have been prepared." Ding Chukui immediately took out a thick stack of letters from his sleeves and said: "The subordinates have written it last night, and after asking the general to look at it, they will send hundreds of horsemen to distribute it to all prefectures and counties. But after all, there are many people who know the times. ”
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