Chapter 288: Entering Beijing at Night
Let's say that this night, the Liangshan barracks, which had been quiet outside Dongcheng for several days, suddenly became in a commotion, and the lights in the camp were bright, and the soldiers of each battalion were frequently moved. The officers and soldiers defending the city noticed the abnormality and hurriedly reported it to Wenda and Li Cheng. The two of them were shocked at the same time, could it be that the Liangshan bandits were going to attack the city overnight! Immediately rushed to the upper floor of Dongcheng. However, seeing that the enemy camp was really different from the past, the two did not dare to take it lightly, and on the one hand, they ordered the soldiers defending the city to strengthen their vigilance, and on the other hand, they transferred troops to strengthen the defensive force.
The two of them stayed in the barracks at the east gate until a moment, but they didn't see any actual action from the thieves outside the city, thinking that it might just be a bluff, so they left the east gate together to take a look around. However, not far from the barracks, he saw a faint commotion coming from the direction of the west gate. Something happened to Simon! The two of them thought of the abnormality of the enemy army outside the East City tonight, and suddenly a strong uneasiness rose in their hearts. Just as he was about to rush to check, he saw a rout coming in front of him.
Wenda stepped forward and asked, "What's going on ahead, so flustered?" ”
The sergeant looked up but recognized Wenda, and hurriedly said
"Eunuch, big—big thing is not good! The thieves have entered the West Gate! ”
"How to break the city defenses?"
"The small one is not very clear, when I heard the warning out of the barracks, the city gate was already open, more than 100 men guarded the door, I waited for a while to attack and could not get close, now countless cavalry troops have entered the city, and there is no longer anything to defend."
"It's all a bunch of rubbish!"
Wenda couldn't ask why, he scolded angrily and threw the soldier to the ground.
"Hearing that my brother's situation is urgent, it is useless to ask more, now there is only two places to defend the government and the barracks, or there is a turnaround, I immediately went to the barracks to mention Lu Junyi, and then tried to lead the troops to the government to meet, and I will trouble you to go over first."
"That's all!"
Wen Da let out a long sigh, and then the two of them left with their own guards.
In the barracks of the Daimyo's Mansion, after nightfall, due to the deployment of many troops to reinforce Dongcheng, the strength of the guards inside was sharply reduced, Wang Ding took the opportunity to bring Shi Wengong and others into the barracks, and then they took control of the cell and released Lu Junyi and Suo Chao and others.
Lu Junyi has not suffered in the prison for a while, but has been ordered by the king to eat and drink well, and his body is well-nourished. But he was persuaded by everyone, only saying that he had gone with Yan Qing, and he would not let Li Gu's gang slip away, and asked him to stay and help stabilize the situation in the military camp.
Recently, after the persuasion of Wang Ding, Xue Yong and others, Suo Chao gradually became dead to the daimyo officialdom, but it was impossible to ask him to fight against the officers and soldiers. Later, Wang Ding said to him that the soldiers in the battalion were all former brothers, and who would let him be harmed, but if Suo Ti Ha did not come forward to persuade him, he would be taken by Li Cheng and others to fight against the Liangshan men and horses, and he might die in vain. Suo Chao saw that what he said was reasonable, so he responded.
That night, Shi Wengong, Xue Yong, Wang Ding, Lu Junyi, and Suo Chao gathered more than 1,000 people who stayed in the barracks with 50 guards of the Lu family and more than 200 people under Wang Ding. There was a commotion among the sergeants, but when they saw Suo Chao coming out to ensure their safety, they slowly quieted down.
When Li Cheng came to the barracks, the overall situation had been decided, but this guy was very cunning, first sent a personal soldier into the camp to test it, and then saw that the situation was not good and immediately turned around and slipped away.
When Wen Da rushed to the mansion, it had become a pot of porridge, and when Liang Zhongshu got the news, the first thing he thought of was to abandon the city and escape, but the situation was too hasty, and there was no preparation in advance, and the family members in the mansion and the treasures full of treasures could not be taken away at all, but these were the hard work he had accumulated in the Daimyo Mansion for many years, and he was asked how to give up for a while. Just when he was anxious and had no owner, Wenda arrived, and Liang Zhongshu suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw. He grabbed Wenda's hand tightly and asked several questions urgently.
"Wen Du Prison, what is the situation outside? Where are the thieves? Can the officers and soldiers stop it? Shall I go or stay? ”
"Prime Minister Gong, I just got the news when I was inspecting with Li Dujian in the next place. At present, there are only two choices, if you go, you will start immediately, and the lower officials will desperately protect the prince out of the city, but there should not be too many people, otherwise you will not be able to leave; Liubian mobilized troops from all over the country, retreated to the government office, used the high-walled compound to confront the enemy, and waited for reinforcements to enter the city to relieve the siege. ”
Liang Zhongshu said that he couldn't help but be in a dilemma. If the wife who is the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty ignores it, even if she escapes, there will be no good life in the future. If you don't go, you're in danger, it's too dangerous. He weighed it for a moment, and then asked Nawenda:
"If you stay in the mansion, what are the chances of winning?"
"The subordinates have sent people to gather people everywhere along the way, if there are enough manpower, there should be no problem in the short term, but it can only be said that they are desperately guarding, as for whether they can hold it, it can only depend on when the reinforcements arrive."
Wen Da also has his reason for judging this, and Liangshan soldiers and horses have been fighting for a few days, he knows that his offensive strength is insufficient, and he can break the city tonight, if there is no accident, there must be an internal response, so he thinks that there is still some certainty in sticking to the government compound, of course, the time cannot be too long.
Reinforcements! Who knows when these reinforcements will arrive! Liang Zhongshu saw that Wenda finally had to pin his hopes on the reinforcements, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged, hesitated again and again, and finally the idea of saving his life still prevailed, so he ordered Wenda to lead him to lead the elite to protect his wife out of the city, but the Cai family was a woman after all, and it took a lot of time to give up those treasures and choose from east to west. When the couple packed up and got into the carriage and left the yard, there were already people shouting horses outside the palace.
"Not good! The thieves have attacked! ”
Wen Da heard that it was not good, and immediately closed the door with his sergeants, but he climbed the wall, but he saw a large group of cavalry in the courtyard in front of the ya, and on the first horse, there was a general in fine armor, but he saw a leopard's head and eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, so powerful. He didn't have much to think about getting down quickly, and escorted Liang Zhongshu and his wife to the back door, but as soon as he opened the crack in the door, he heard a thunderous sound.
"Hugh has taken away the dog officer Liang Shijie!"
Wenda was startled, and when he looked around, he saw a man with a bear's waist and a tiger's back, carrying a mace, leading a team of cavalry to kill at the back door. It was the big man who fought with him outside the city that day, and he suddenly understood that there was no possibility of escape, and the only thing left was to stick to it.
Liang Zhongshu and his wife were already frightened at this time, and the two of them collapsed in the carriage and trembled without any claim. Seeing this, Wen Da also knew that it was useless to ask him at this time, so he immediately sent him back to his room, mobilized his own forces in the ya, and deployed defenses.
Moreover, since the siege plan was decided, the Liangshan battalions took the opportunity of the sunrise camp to fight and continuously transferred their troops to the gathering point outside the west gate.
Yesterday evening, the fourth battalion of Fei Bao and Ni Yun's sailors and the fifth battalion of Li Bao and Ruan Shuisheng arrived outside the city, Gu Haotian didn't think that the fifth battalion also came, but when he asked, the fifth battalion escorted Duan Jingzhu and others to the north to buy horses, and the two battalions happened to meet in the sea off Cangzhou. Everyone was overjoyed, the arrival of the fifth battalion of sailors only relieved the tension of using the boat, and the people led by Duan Jingzhu knew how to train horses, which was just of great use.
With the arrival of the two battalions of sailors, Liangshan's troops were much more abundant, and Gu Haotian used all the five battalions of cavalry to attack the West City Gate, and ordered Lin Chong to be the commander-in-chief of the siege. The two battalions of infantry of Lu Zhishen and Zheng Yuanjue bluffed outside the east gate, ready to enter the city at any time to respond, while the two battalions of sailors stayed behind the main battalion.
After the hour, five battalions of cavalry entered the west gate together. Lin Chong ordered Gu Bo, Han Shizhong, and Yang Zaixing to still lead people to stick to this place. However, Yang Lin was ordered to assign the intelligence department to lead the battalions to kill everywhere. Lin Chong himself, Wang Yu's fifth battalion, and Qin Ming's seventh battalion were personally led by Yang Lin to kill Ben Fuya. Hu Yanzhuo's ninth battalion attacked the east gate and received the infantry from outside the city into the city. Hao Siwen's 10th battalion marched into the treasury to protect supplies. Luan Tingyu's eighth battalion rushed to the barracks to slow down the two senior brothers.
As for the two city gates in the north and south, Gu Haotian and others are not ready to occupy them at all, Beijing City has a population of hundreds of thousands, and Liangshan only has more than 10,000 troops, and it is obviously impossible to control the whole city. Therefore, only the intelligence department sent people to monitor, and did not close the door, but this move made the people in the city feel at ease, and virtually eliminated the danger of some riots.
Dongcheng is the place where the heavy troops of the Daimyo's Mansion gathered, and not long after Wenda and Li Cheng left, the garrison here also got the news that the West Gate had been breached. The officers and soldiers defending the city were suspicious and hurriedly sent people to find Wen and Li, but the personnel sent had not yet returned, and Hu Yanzhuo's cavalry had already been killed. The defenders of Dongcheng hurriedly responded to the battle, but there was someone who was Hu Yanzhuo's opponent, and I saw that he was holding a double whip in his hand like a door god, rushing left and right to be invincible, and killing several generals in a moment. Peng Xi is also an unusual person, under the leadership of the two of them, no one dares to stop the officers and soldiers wherever they go, and they soon came to the city gate. At this time, the officers and soldiers defending the city were leaderless, and they scattered in a panic.
When Luan Tingyu led the eight battalions of cavalry to the barracks in the city, the overall situation there had been decided, and the three brothers rarely got together, but they had no time to say much, he left Huang Xin to lead people to control the barracks with Wang Ding and Suo Chao, and then led the troops to the treasury to reinforce Hao Siwen. And Lu Junyi and Shi Wengong rushed back to the Lu family with the Lu family's guards.
As an important town in Hebei, since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the Daimyo Mansion has been an important barrier in the north of the capital, with countless materials and huge warehouses. When Hao Siwen arrived here, it was already in chaos, with routs and rags, scoundrels in the market, and even the officials and officials guarding the treasury who wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob. More than 700 people from the 10th battalion drove to the west, and when they were in a hurry, Luan Tingyu took the 8th battalion to kill, and immediately the two battalions joined forces to surround the north and south, and the people were rolling everywhere the sabre went, and only those speculative people who were killed were boiling in the urine, and hundreds of people were killed in a moment, and the treasury was suddenly quiet, and no one dared to covet it.
Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang and others entered the city from the east gate with the two battalions of infantry in Hai Shizhong, under the response of the ninth battalion of Huyanzhuo. Immediately, Yang Xiong led the ninth battalion of infantry to guard the city gate, and the rest went straight to the palace.
Half an hour later, Gu Haotian and two battalions of infantry rushed to the Daimyo Mansion, at this time the two battalions of cavalry had fully controlled the surrounding area, and the addition of two thousand infantry made it even more impassable. Then news continued to come from all over the place, and the progress of each battalion was very smooth, Gu Haotian and the others settled down, so they requisitioned a tavern in front of the government as a temporary command post. Then several cavalry detachments were sent to patrol all parts of the city, severely punish the lawbreakers, and avoid unrest among the people, and the rest only waited for the dawn to make plans.