Chapter 809: The City on the Dynamite Pack
Azig had made up his mind, and Shuoto and Shang Kexi understood that he had made up his mind, and of course he no longer had the courage to admonish or refute again, so they had to echo and agree with it. Azig then explained some more details to the two of them, and told them to go back on their own and prepare for it.
After a night of tossing, in the early morning of the next day, in addition to letting Shang Kexi leave more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard Gaizhou City, Azig led nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 10,000 soldiers of Shang Kexi's army, and went south together and went straight to Fuzhou.
At the same time, Azig had sent envoys overnight, ordering them to urgently go to Zhuanghe, where Kong Youde's department was located, and Xiuyan, where Geng Zhongming's department was located, so that Kong Geng and the others, after receiving the military order, immediately sent a large army to Fuzhou, and joined the army and horses of the headquarters, and then attacked Fuzhou City together.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, who received the order, did not dare to delay at all, and immediately sent a large army from their own camp and hurried to Fuzhou.
Especially Kong Youde, who has the most soldiers and horses among the three Shun kings, in order to show his loyalty and to report the great shame of being attacked by Haoge last time, he actually dispatched more than 30,000 elite soldiers and horses under him to rush to Fuzhou City. In its original station, only more than 3,000 old and weak people were left to guard here.
The news that Azig and the others were rapidly marching towards Fuzhou City quickly reached the ears of Hauge, who was returning south by boat, through the secret report of the Security Division.
got Azig's gang, and he gathered an army so ruthlessly to take revenge, but Hauge knew that his other chance to sneak attack was coming again.
This opportunity was also what Li Xiao mentioned to him in his letter that day.
This opportunity was that Haoge took advantage of Kong Youde's wanton deployment of troops and horses to participate in the attack on Fuzhou, and quietly led his troops to attack Zhuanghe, where Kong Youde's department was located.
Now, Kong Youde's troops and horses are coming in a big way, and there are only more than 3,000 old and weak guards in his Zhuanghe Department, so such a place near the sea and few weak soldiers naturally gives Haoge the best chance to sneak attack.
Considering that the enemy soldiers were all in Zhuanghe City and could be garrisoned by the city, Haoge was afraid that it would be difficult to capture it quickly for a while, so he immediately decided that the whole army would immediately go to Jinzhou, where the artillery troops of the Tang Army would go to Zhuanghe together, and be sure to take all the Zhuanghe City of Kong Youde, and the more than 3,000 defenders in it would also be wiped out.
Hauge believes that after inflicting two heavy blows on the Qing army, even if the Qing army took Fuzhou, the gains in this campaign outweighed the losses and heavy losses, and they should taste the pain to the bones.
As for Yang Shan in Fuzhou City and the 500 soldiers left behind, Haoge had already made arrangements to ensure that they could be safely evacuated from Fuzhou City.
Hauge's troops took the sailor's ship and went all the way south, and when they were about to reach the waters of Jinzhou, Azig also led his troops to arrive at the city of Fuzhou.
There is a way, as soon as there are more than 10,000 people, boundless, seeing the overwhelming Qing army, Yang Shan, the main general guarding Fuzhou City, and the five hundred Manchurian soldiers at the head of the city, they all gasped.
Grandma's, it seems that the Qing army has made a lot of money, and they are determined to take our small Fuzhou City, and they are willing to give up.
"Hmph, although the Qing army is powerful, what's the big deal. Brothers, you must know that Prince Su has already arranged everything for us, if the Qing army dares to attack the city, we will definitely not give them good fruits to eat, we will definitely give them a head-on blow and make them suffer greatly! Yang Shan snorted coldly and said, "Everyone, defend the city with peace of mind, and don't mess with yourself." As long as you do what I say, Ben will ensure that you can get out of the city smoothly, and you will have a lot of military achievements to take, do you understand? ”
"Got it!" What answered Yang Shan was the firm shouts of the soldiers at the head of the city.
At this time, seeing the Fuzhou City that appeared in the distance in sight, it was still as narrow and desolate as before, and the commander of the Qing army, Prince Ying Azig, couldn't help but smile faintly on his face.
It seems that although Haoge has occupied Fuzhou City, he has never been able to make a good living. And Li Xiao, who was far away in Nanjing, probably never thought of building this place into a strong castle like Jintang City on Xuanfu North Road or Jinzhou City at the end of southern Liaoning.
Therefore, Fuzhou has not become an unshakable border giant city, but it is still as dilapidated and lifeless as before. In this way, if you attack this time, your siege resistance and loss of troops will be reduced a lot.
Therefore, Azig immediately ordered the whole city to camp outside, and at the same time arranged a large number of soldiers to cut down trees, build siege equipment, and prepare for battle as soon as possible.
At the same time, he also assigned a lot of soldiers and horses, and ordered them to divide them into four divisions to block the four gates of Fuzhou City to prevent the Haoge soldiers and horses in the city from taking the opportunity to escape.
All this work has been done very smoothly. The city of Fuzhou soon fell into the siege of the Qing army, as Azig had predicted, like a lonely boat in the vast ocean.
Azig estimated the time, in the next few days, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's troops can also arrive, and when the whole army launches a general attack together, I believe that this small Fuzhou city can be conquered in one go.
Just when Azig was complacent, suddenly his soldiers urgently reported that there were about 20 ships on the sea outside Fuzhou City, which were rapidly heading towards the coast outside Fuzhou City.
Hearing this report, Azig's heart sank, and he immediately understood Tang Jun's intentions. Before he could scream, he heard a dull and dense shelling in the distance.
At this moment, Azig's face turned pale.
Grandma's, she was negligent for a while, and she forgot that the Tang army was very likely to have a naval division stationed outside the city, and as a result, she immediately caught the road, and the Tang army's broadside gun salvo finally came again.
The Tang army's gunwald salvo fired a total of three rounds, and the Qing army at the west end of Fuzhou City completely collapsed.
Soon, Azig clearly saw from the clairplane that from the west of Fuzhou City, there were a large number of terrified routs, fleeing south and north like scattered pigs, and escaped in embarrassment. In this situation, Azig was very angry.
Soon, another sentry came rushing to report to him.
"Report! Prince Ying, the Tang Army's naval division approached the coast, and fired a salvo at our soldiers stationed outside the west gate, but our soldiers were caught off guard and did not disperse, so they were completely dispersed by their naval divisions with three salvos. However, the casualties were limited, with a total of about 600 casualties and ......"
After listening to the report of the sentry rider, Azig frowned, but his heart became more and more irritable.
He waved his hand and replied in a deep voice, "No need to say any more." Quickly order all the defenders in the west of the city to withdraw to the south and north of the city, and only need to send sentry cavalry to monitor the movement in the west of the city. Once there is a change in the west of the city, the defenders in the south and north of the city will act immediately. ”
"Hey, the slave has to be ordered!"
Seeing the Qing army besieging the city and regaining calm, Azig let out a long sigh and entered the tent to rest.
Three days later, Kong Youde's troops and Geng Zhongming's troops, totaling more than 40,000 soldiers, arrived outside Fuzhou together.
At this point, the Qing army has been assembled, the total number has reached more than 100,000 people, if you look from the head of Fuzhou City, the Qing army outside the city is like a vast sea of people, there is no end to see at all, boundless.
In front of such a large formation of the Qing army, Yang Shan, the defender in the city, and all the guards at the head of the city, although they tried to remain calm on the surface, they all knew that a battle of life and death was already imminent.
A few days ago, the Qing army, with sufficient manpower, had quickly prepared all kinds of siege equipment, and the troops in front of them had been assembled.
As expected by Yang Shan and others, after the Qing army gathered its soldiers and horses, only two hours later, a loud conch horn sounded in the Qing army's array.
Yang Shan's heart tightened, he knew that the Qing army was finally going to attack.
"Brothers, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the Qing army is attacking the city now, and our opportunity to show meritorious service has finally come." Yang Shan shouted at the guards at the head of the city: "All listen to my orders, immediately withdraw the city road, the headquarters will be withdrawn as soon as possible, and the elites selected will lie in the key places on the streets, see me act according to the order, do you understand?!" ”
"Got it!"
The high-pitched shouts below made Yang Shan very excited. He then gave a loud order on how the troops everywhere were to prepare for the enemy's attack.
Just when Yang Shan and the defenders were acting nervously, the Qing army began to attack the city on three sides, and the whole army was surging towards the small Fuzhou City.
Looking down from the sky, Fuzhou City was surrounded by countless enemy troops pushing siege ladders, crashing cars, and many huge anti-arrow trucks on three sides.
At this time, although the flags were still flying at the head of Fuzhou City, the guards at the head of the city were strangely motionless.
Seeing this situation, the attacking Qing army could not help but be very suspicious, the momentum of the offensive suddenly slowed down a lot, and when they arrived closer, they were all furious.
Fuck it!
Fooled!
There are still any defenders in this city, and they are clearly just puppets and scarecrows in armor.
Belesotto, who was in charge of the siege with the whole army, was also very ashamed when he saw this situation, and he drew his sword with a swipe, and shouted to the people: "Obey the orders, all the armies! Hauge's house, who no longer has the courage to guard the city, has put up puppets and scarecrows to deceive us and others, which is really hateful! The whole army quickly attacked the wall, slaughtered them all in the city, and killed him without leaving a single chicken and dog! ”
Shuo Tuo gave this order, and the entire Qing army roared like wild beasts, like a violent wave on the ground, and its momentum was very terrifying.
All the Qing army accelerated the pace of siege more and more, and soon, one after another siege ladder set up the head of the city, and the Qing soldiers followed the siege ladder, there were ant-like edge ladders to go up, and soon attacked the head of the city.
The Qing army reached the city wall almost without hindrance, and found that there was not a single defender at the head of the city, and they couldn't help but become more and more proud and happy.
They cheered in unison, quickly descended the city wall road, opened the city gate, and from the city gate on three sides, a large number of Qing troops rushed in like a flood that opened the gates.
Seeing that the Qing army had entered the city so smoothly, Shuotuo, who was supervising the battle, breathed a sigh of relief, but in his heart, for a while, there was a faint unspeakable uneasiness.
With such a feeling, Azig, the main general who watched the battle in the main formation behind the north of the city, was also full of surprise.
What's going on?
This kind of siege operation is inevitably too smooth.
You must know that there are 3,000 people in the Haoge tribe, even if they lose nearly 300 people outside Gaizhou City, there are still 2,700 people under them, how can they completely abandon the most important city head and city gate without the slightest resistance, and let the Qing army enter the city to attack?
It's just that such doubts were instantly thrown away in the cheers of the Qing army entering the city, and Azig immediately thought excitedly that so many soldiers had entered the city, and that Hauge and his subordinates had already been unable to escape, and this time, no matter what, they had to give this guy and his subordinates all the results.
And himself, with the heads of Haoge, Aobai, Yang Shan and a copy of the generals, will successfully triumph from Fuzhou City. At that time, he will be the counterinsurgency hero praised by everyone in the Qing Empire, and even the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai and the regent Dolgon will have to go out of the Shengjing City in person to greet him......
When Azigeshang wanted to enter the city, the number of Qing troops who entered the city was at least 20,000, and since they entered the city gate, they rushed all the way to the official office in the center of the city along the streets that had long been deserted.
These Qing troops, who were eager to make meritorious contributions and were bent on killing Haoge, had bloodshot eyes and were already extremely crazy and feverish, and they had never considered why their actions would be so smooth, from attacking the city to entering the streets and alleys almost as if they were in a no-man's land, and whether there were hidden crises and risks in such a smooth march.
And they roared and ran all the way, but they didn't notice that in those hidden places that seemed to be dead ends, there were some cold eyes staring at them coldly.
These people are Yang Shan and the soldiers who left the city to prepare for the fire, and their number is only more than thirty.
So, where did the more than 400 soldiers go?
They have all been withdrawn.
It turned out that after the occupation of Fuzhou, Hauge ordered the sergeants to dig a tunnel from the west of the city to the sea in order to evacuate from the city in time in case something happened. In case the soldiers are surrounded, they can safely withdraw from the tunnels.
As early as more than a month ago, they had secretly dug the tunnel, but they didn't expect that in today's Fuzhou defense battle, it would come in handy.
The other 460 people, since the head of the city rushed down, sneaked into the tunnel, all the way from the west of the city, sneaked out of the city, and boarded the Tang Army's sailor ship that was anchored on the coast. And Yang Shan and more than 30 soldiers selected by others, since the Qing army landed in the city, they were all lurking in the ambush site that had already been arranged, each of them was draped in a fizzing fire rope, holding the twisted gunpowder guide wire in their hands, waiting for the Qing army to come quickly.
Seeing that the Qing army had swarmed into the city in large numbers, and it was like a tide across the streets and alleys, rushing straight to the official office in the center of the city, the main general Yang Shan knew that the best time to attack had finally arrived.
A smug smile flashed on his face, and he yelled at the soldiers next to him, "Grandma's! Immediately ignite the fire and blow up all such a son of a bitch to the western sky! ”
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