Chapter 528: Break the city easily
Three days later, the Dongjiang Army, under the leadership of Mao Wenlong, successfully marched under the Acropolis of Guangning. The small Guangningwei, with a garrison of less than 10,000, faced with ten times the number of Dongjiang troops, had no courage to face the battle except for closing the city gate and praying for God's blessing.
On the same day, the Dongjiang Army set up a large camp outside the Quang Ninh Acropolis, and by the way, surrounded the entire Quang Ninh Guard, and not even a single bird could fly out. In such despair, Guangningwei's Liaodong Army still did not wait for the news of Wu Sangui's increase in troops, and everyone was already disappointed in this.
In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Mao Wenlong, Cheng Zuo, Chen Jisheng and other generals of the army gathered around the hand-drawn map of Guangningwei and discussed how to attack.
Chen Jisheng is still so radical, in his opinion, Guangningwei's Liaodong Army at this moment has completely lost its will to fight. For this reason, the Dongjiang Army does not need to negotiate at all, it only needs to immediately press the army directly.
"The general army, the Guangning Guard, who has less than 10,000 defenders, does not need to be so cautious at all, give me 10,000 siege infantry, and the others will cover me to ensure that the city will be broken within a day." Chen Jisheng said fiercely.
"Don't be careless......"
Cheng Zuo immediately objected, Mao Wenlong meant that it was necessary to ensure that the Dongjiang Army would attack the city with minimal casualties, rather than the so-called bullying of the few. What Chen Jisheng said just now is contrary to Mao Wenlong's intentions.
Chen Jisheng was unconvinced: "Chengzuo, you kid Hugh is going to be alarmist, I, Chen Jisheng, do what I say, I don't believe we will give it a try tomorrow." ”
Cheng Zuo has always been pressed by Chen Jisheng, and when he saw Cheng Zuo actually refuting himself to his face, Chen Jisheng was in a hurry, and he spoke wildly.
Mao Wenlong kicked over without warning, Chen Jisheng had already sensed it, but he didn't dare to hide, so he had to suffer Mao Wenlong's kick alive.
"According to your way of fighting, the 100,000 Dongjiang army has not yet reached the provincial capital of Liaodong, so you have to lose half." After Mao Wenlong kicked Chen Jisheng, he gave another shout and reprimand, suppressing Chen Jisheng's arrogance.
When Cheng Zuo saw Chen Jisheng being beaten, he was immediately relieved, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to show it on his face, so he had to hold it in his heart.
Being beaten is already commonplace, Chen Jisheng didn't take it to heart at all, accompanied by a smiling face, and smiled at Mao Wenlong.
Mao Wenlong glared at him fiercely, as a warning, and then said seriously: "We have a chance of winning against Liaodong, and the problem is not how to quickly conquer the city. Our main aim was to attack the city with the fewest casualties among the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army. ”
Cheng Zuo put away his thoughts about making fun of Chen Jisheng, and then said to Mao Wenlong: "General soldier, at present, the Liaodong Army has no fighting spirit at all, and it seems that it is preparing to defend the city. Why don't we send out a vanguard tomorrow to persuade us to surrender first, and then formulate tactics depending on the situation. ”
Mao Wenlong pondered for a moment before he said: "Okay, according to what Chengzuo just said, everyone will go down and prepare, and we will start acting early tomorrow morning." ”
The generals immediately said yes, and then left Mao Wenlong's tent one after another.
After a day of nervous waiting, in the end, the Liaodong Army did not wait for the imaginary storm. The Dongjiang Army was only encamped, and its movements were unknown, and while the Liaodong Army was relieved, they began to worry about tomorrow.
As the sun sets, night falls, and darkness covers the land. Fires began to rise in the camp of the Dongjiang Army, and the blazing flames reflected the surrounding light.
Mao Wenlong inspected the army for a while, and waited until midnight to return to his tent to rest.
Early the next morning, the Dongjiang Army's camp sounded the horn of the assembly, followed by the beating of war drums.
10,000 pioneers, under the leadership of Cheng Zuo, took the lead in persuading the Acropolis of Quang Ninh to surrender. After an hour passed, Chengzuo's persuasion did not receive any feedback, and it seems that it has become a fact that the Liaodong army will not come out to meet the battle.
After Chengzuo asked Mao Wenlong for instructions, Mao Wenlong ordered the use of ten hot air balloons brought by the army. After the persuasion had no effect, the hot air balloon was used to prepare to give the Liaodong Army in the city a dismount, which was Mao Wenlong's second-hand preparation.
Ten hot air balloons slowly rose into the air, until they reached an altitude of 500 meters, and then they swayed towards the sky above the Quang Ninh Acropolis.
Guangningwei's Liaodong Army looked at the things floating in the sky stupidly, no one knew what was floating in the sky?
However, the many black jars that were thrown from the hot air balloon next became a nightmare for all the Liaodong troops in the Quang Ninh Acropolis.
"Smack......
More than 200 jars filled with fierce fire oil were thrown onto the east gate of the Quang Ninh Acropolis by ten hot air balloons.
The strong smell of fierce fire oil immediately filled the air of the entire East City Gate, and a fire fold was suddenly thrown from the air before the Liaodong Army could react.
The fire spread extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, it spread to the entire East City Gate, billowing black smoke into the sky. In the midst of the tumbling fire, it was vaguely seen that the Liaodong army in the fire was constantly rolling and howling.
There was no greater hell on earth, and in an instant the more than a thousand defenders were surrounded by fire, and the screams and howls began to subside in less than half an hour.
Mao Wenlong, Cheng Zuo and others watched the birth of this fire in front of the Dongjiang Army, and watched the thousand fresh lives that were still alive just now calm down in just half an hour.
Mao Wenlong's face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Chengzuo, you can start to persuade you to surrender again." ”
"Yes, Commander!" Cheng Zuo was also expressionless.
In the face of the tragic death of the enemy's officers and soldiers, it means that the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army can die many people less. War has always been cruel, and on the battlefield, either you die or I die, and there is no room for turning around.
The fire at the East Gate did not subside because of the death of the defenders, it was still burning, and it would not be extinguished for a while.
The defenders of Quang Ninh Wei were shocked, and the sudden fire hit them like a hammer that had been smashed down hard. The only remaining confidence to resist to the end was suddenly shattered.
Chengzuo persuaded him to surrender this time, without any suspense, the other three city gates were suddenly opened, and all the Liaodong troops in the guard post threw down the weapons in their hands and ran out to surrender.
Guangningwei was thus declared broken, and nearly 10,000 Liaodong troops were all guarded by the Dongjiang army. By the time the fire at the Dongcheng Gate was extinguished, the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army had completely taken over the entire Quang Ninh Wei.
Ten hot air balloons, two hundred jars of fierce fire oil, Mao Wenlong easily broke Guangningwei at a very small price. There were no casualties among the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army, and the news was transmitted back to Xi'an, encouraging everyone in the entire north.
On the contrary, Wu Sangui fell into an extreme panic, when he learned that Mao Wenlong actually used those tricks outside Jinan City. He knew he had no chance of winning.