Chapter 166: Killing Hukou at Night, Attacking and Naturalizing

When Chen Yufeng and the others arrived at killing Hukou, Liu Yun, who was at the front station, had already made detailed arrangements for the order of the troops and the immigration team leaving the customs according to the plan when they left the kiln.

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were very satisfied with Liu Yun's arrangement, and basically did not make much adjustments. After resting for a while, Chen Yufeng asked Liu Yun to contact Jiang Jintong, the guard of Hukou, to determine the specific time and method of exiting the customs. Since the telegram had been repaired before the end of last year, he contacted Jiang Jintong when he was in the kiln. Things are going well. The time of exit was immediately determined.

Just when everything is ready and I am going to leave the customs tonight. Chen Yufeng received a telegram from Zhang Zhimu from the kiln.

After Chen Yufeng finished reading the telegram, he didn't have any expression, and handed the telegram to Ouyang He. Ouyang He didn't react after reading the telegram, and said, "It's not a big deal to have a few more people." We take this opportunity to teach them a lesson, and maybe we can reduce the pressure in the direction of Shanhaiguan. It also makes Huang Taiji more restrained. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Our plan remains unchanged and we will go out as usual tonight." ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He have a reason not to take Azig in their eyes, who is brave and brave in sword and horse kung fu. Those so-called brave generals outside the border, regardless of weapons and consciousness, are too far behind the kiln gang people. In the eyes of the Yaogang people, they are just a group of prey, and their IQ is not much stronger than that of prey.

According to the agreement, a curfew was imposed as soon as the city gate was closed. When there was no one on the street, Kill Hukou opened the north and south gates again. Liu Yun led a regiment of cavalry as the vanguard, first passing through the city and standing in front. Then a large group of people marched through the city and out of the customs in turn.

Last time, Liu Yun quietly went out of the customs when they passed the time, but this time it was impossible for the team to keep it secret, Chen Yufeng and they judged that from the time they began to assemble in Hukou, the information had already been transmitted. So this time, the action started as soon as it was dark, and the night operation was to prevent Na Xiaozuo from knowing the detailed number of people leaving the customs, because after the curfew, no one dared to risk being exposed and boldly come out to investigate.

Chen Yufeng: Their team walked to almost dawn before it was completely over. The Mongols in the city did not know that there were 20,000 immigrants who followed the action, so they judged that the team going out of the customs tonight was a large group of people between tens of thousands and 100,000.

Several Mongol tribes outside the northern border had received this information at the same time, and most of them did not believe that the Yaogang people would send such men. Because they knew that the Yaogang people only had more than 100,000 horses in total, and they still had to confront Li Zicheng's Dashun army, could it be that the Yaogang people would be crazy, and they didn't even care about their families to help the Tumut people to fight. But believe it or not, the intelligence is conclusive that their team did go all night.

The most frightened is the Chahar Erzhe, who was beaten by a convoy of the Yaogang people last year, and even the camps of several mountain passes besieging the Tumuts were broken, especially a caravan the size of the Yaogang people, and the material brought in was enough for them to survive the winter. The siege was a non-existent thing. Therefore, it is impossible to besiege and kill the Tumerts. I really regret that I boasted of Haikou with the Manchu Emperor Taiji, and I wanted to pacify Mo Nan in one fell swoop with my own strength.

However, no matter how many Han people there are, as long as they come to the grassland, there is absolutely no reason to watch them not fight, and Ezhe knows that his ancestors are watching him. But we must fight, but we have to wait. Because the Manchu superintendent notified that Huang Taiji would send people to assist them in their unification of Monan this year. Ezhe's abacus has already begun to pull the bead of Qingbing. However, it is okay not to take the initiative to send troops now, but the occupied naturalization (Hohhot) and Baotou must not be abandoned, which were fought down by the Chahar people with the lives of countless warriors. So Ezhe adopted a conservative stupid strategy. He wanted to guard these places and wait until the Qing soldiers arrived.

Chen Yufeng and the others left to kill Hukou, and did not camp on the spot until noon, and rested until the next day. However, the people led by Li Kui, who opened the road in front, and the engineer regiment that followed behind them did not stop. They took the first step, and repaired the road where the road was difficult to walk along the way. Because although the four-wheeled carriage behind has a large load capacity, it also has high requirements for road conditions. Fortunately, the horse-drawn carriages are all rubber wheels with wide tires, otherwise the wooden wheeled carriages are even more difficult to walk on the soft land of the grassland.

The march of the brigade should take care of the speed of the wagons and camels, which is generally controlled at more than 60 kilometers per day. And the engineer regiment, under the cover of the cavalry, had to move in advance, and when it came across a river and needed to build a bridge, the brigade would rest more. Learned the lesson of Liu Yun and their ambush. Two cavalry regiments were sent on each flank of the brigade. The cavalry regiments on both flanks were carrying telegraph planes on horseback, and they could communicate with the telegraph vehicles of the brigade at any time when they encountered a love mine. When there is no situation, Qin Peng also asks them to contact every hour to ensure safety.

Two days after leaving to kill Hukou, Chen Yufeng asked Li Kui to take a cavalry regiment according to the plan, bypassing Naturalization, not allowed to fight, and went to Daqingshan to bring out Prince Tori's team, and the two armies converged together under Naturalization City. The cavalry regiment led by Li Kui was reorganized from the cavalry brought over from Yulin. Li Kui and the others also brought someone with Prince Tori as a guide, and they also brought a radio station. Li Kui said that he must not be in love with the battle on the road, and bring Prince Tory's team out as quickly as possible.

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He sent Li Kui away, and continued to move forward slowly with a large group of people, repairing the road well along the way, whether it was a pit or a bag, it was built into a road that could allow the four-way car to pass. The bridges over the large and small rivers are also made of felled trees, because the convoys will have to travel this way.

However, what Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He didn't expect the most was that there were no Mongols coming to harass them along the way, and occasionally they could see the cavalry of detectives in the distance. They were found and soon disappeared.

Chen Yufeng said to Ouyang He: "If the weather is sunny and it doesn't rain, let's walk along the repaired road, and the transport team will be able to arrive in two or three days from killing Hukou to naturalization." ”

"This road is not the main road we have to take, after we stabilize, we still need to repair the road from Hukou to Baotou. Naturalize or leave it to Prince Tori. Let's just leave Baotou behind. Ouyang He said.

"I'm afraid that Prince Tori won't agree to give us the Baotou." Chen Yufeng said.

"Then let them guard these places themselves. We can't help them keep the place, the place is still theirs. Ouyang He said: "If they don't agree with us to keep Baotou, we can't offend them." We are far from Baotou and naturalization. Don't expect us to guard these places for them. ”

"Huh! In fact, the matter has long been out of their control. Chen Yufeng said.

When Chen Yufeng and his engineering regiment were building a bridge over the Dahei River, they received a telegram from Li Kui and them. They had already arrived at Daqingshan and met Prince Tori. Prince Tory said that the whole army immediately marched towards naturalization.

Chen Yufeng and Prince Tori made an appointment, and Prince Tori surrounded and naturalized from the west, and the Yaogang army surrounded and naturalized from the east.

In fact, there is no talk of suddenness at all, and everyone knows it, but when the encirclement is closed, it is just a little sudden.

There were more than 30,000 defenders in the naturalization, and they thought that with the naturalized tall city walls and sufficient grain and grass, there should be no problem in guarding the naturalization and waiting for the arrival of the Qing soldiers. In fact, Ezhe was misled by the intelligence, if he knew that the army sent by Yaogang only had two cavalry divisions and one infantry division, they might have taken the initiative to attack. However, the information they received was that there were tens of thousands to 100,000 people in the kiln. So they were so frightened that they had to adopt the strategy of sticking to and waiting for help. There is also a reason why they were already scared when they were beaten by the kiln gang people last year.

Although it was already April, it was still very cold. When the engineering regiment of Yaogang was building a bridge over the icy Heihe River, the sappers dared to go into the water after drinking a few sips of liquor and insisted on working for a while. Fortunately, there were many people in the kiln this time, and everyone went down to the river instead. After the construction of the Heihe Bridge, the brigade of Yaogang crossed the Heihe River, and then camped by the river to wait for Prince Tory's team. In fact, Chen Yufeng and the others can take down the naturalization themselves without waiting for Prince Tory and them. Because the guide sent by Prince Tori had already drawn the map of the Naturalized City to the people of Yaogang.

This time Prince Tori knew that this time was a battle for revenge, and he mobilized more than 15,000 people, young and old, to come out and fight. Considering their honor. Chen Yufeng gave them the task of encircling the west and north, and the Yaogang army was responsible for the east and south. This mission is to annihilate the enemy and not let a single one slip through the net.

The two sides agreed by telegram for the last time that they would act together tonight and that the encirclement of naturalization would be completed early tomorrow, April 10. Ouyang He reminded Prince Tori that they must pay attention to prevent a sudden surprise attack by the cavalry in Naturalized City.

In order to deal with the surprise attack of the cavalry, the kiln gang people are already very experienced. Their sappers had made a lot of horses early on. They also had their own special anti-cavalry tripwires. Not to mention heavy machine guns and mortars, infantry artillery.

After a while, the cavalry of Yaogang was the first to be dispatched, and after they came to the east and south gates of the naturalized city, several rows of heavy machine guns were erected to seal the city gates. The infantry, with the help of the immigrants, also built camps, arranged horses and established defensive lines.

After Chen Yufeng sent someone to contact Prince Tory, he sent out ten heavy machine guns to help Prince Tory block the West City Gate and the North City Gate.

By daybreak, the enclosure was complete. Prince Tori and Li Kui came to Chen Yufeng's big tent. As soon as they met Prince Tori, he said excitedly: "I hope that you are looking forward to it." I believe that the people of Yaogang will not forget their friends and will not ignore us. Today we finally have the opportunity to return to the place left to us by our ancestors. Let's take the city today! ”

Ouyang He said, "Don't get excited, Prince Tori, let's sit down first and discuss this matter carefully." ”

Ouyang He also said: "We came all the way here to fight. His Royal Highness the Prince will sit down first, and we will discuss how to take the Naturalization City at the lowest cost. ”

After Prince Tori sat down, Ouyang He said, "We have studied this naturalized city, and we are ready to attack and defend on both sides. ”

"What do you mean by having two sides and two sides?" Prince Torrey asked.

"Since we have more siege weapons than yours, and better than yours, we are ready to attack from the south and east gates that we have blocked. Your blockade of Ximen'er and Hebei Gate'er made a feint attack and took a defensive position. If the enemy comes out, destroy them. Ouyang He explained.

Prince Tori's face turned red when he heard this, and he stood up with a bang, and said, "Mr. Chen, you look down on us. Originally, you were here to help us fight, but you let us watch you fight, which makes us Mongolian men have the face to live. In this case, we will not be able to see our ancestors even if we die. ”

Chen Yufeng said, "Your Royal Highness, you still sit down and talk. It's not okay to fight a war, we have a firepower advantage over you, this is what you can see, if you charge your side, how many of you will be killed by the Chahars with their high walls and hard crossbows, have you thought about it. If the Chahars break out of the city gates, will you be able to use our advantages against them with heavy machine guns and muskets? ”

After Prince Tori sat down, he lowered his head and did not speak.

Ouyang He knew that Prince Tori would feel awkward when they recaptured like this, it was completely a gift from others, and they couldn't get over it in terms of face, and they would be laughed at by the tribe when they returned to the tribe.

Ouyang He thought of a way and said, "That's it, Prince Tori." There were also many of you who came this time, so you sent out 5,000 men to divide them into two parts, and attacked the city together with our siege troops from the east gate and the south gate respectively. Is that okay? ”

"Good! Do it. Prince Torrey was pleased this time, "Many of our people have been living in naturalization before, and they are very familiar with the situation in the city. Wouldn't it be more convenient for them to lead the way? ”

"Alright, let's reassign the task." Chen Yufeng pointed to the map and said.

Ouyang He said: "I think so, Prince Tori, you will go back now and assign which people to attack the city with us." Let their leaders come and assign tasks with us. However, I have one condition, and that is to obey the unified command. Otherwise, this battle will not be fought. ”

Prince Tori said: "Of course, of course. ”

"Alright, we'll send a letter of surrender to the defenders of the city now." Ouyang He said.

"They are not allowed to surrender, we must conquer and naturalize." Prince Tori was a little agitated again.

"It's the rules of our war." Ouyang He said: "We also have one condition, that is, the prisoners who surrender cannot be killed. Thinking of this, he was afraid that Prince Tori would not accept it, and said, "We need them as labor to help us clear the land and cultivate the land." ”

Prince Tori said, "All right! I will listen to you. ”

After Prince Tori left, Ouyang He wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender, asked the Mongols to translate it into Mongolian, and shot it with a bow and arrow to the castle tower.

At this time, there was still some panic in the Naturalization City. The Mongol soldiers, with their bows and arrows, rushed to the city wall. Although they had been preparing for the arrival of the Yaogang army for a long time, because they had been sending people to inquire about the movements of the Yaogang people, they did not expect that the Yaogang people, who had been slowing down, would suddenly be naturalized and surrounded by airtight. At this time, Ezhe was not in the city of naturalization at all, and he was still waiting for the arrival of the Qing army. The leader of the troops in the city was Wan Hu of Haozit Otok of the Chahar Department, who was an absolute supporter of Ezhe and was also able to fight habitually. When Ezhe handed over naturalization to him, he was not allowed to take the initiative to send troops, and he had to rely on naturalization to defend the fortified city and hold on until the arrival of the Qing army Yuan. This person has not suffered the loss of Yaogang, and he is very dissatisfied with the strategy of holding the city. He thinks that with 30,000 iron horses, it is absolutely impossible for the Han people to be low-grade on the grassland. However, the death order given to him by Ezhe was not allowed to fight, but only to hold on. In the end, this person assured that the order was carried out, saying that there was enough food and grass for naturalization, and there must be no problem in sticking to it. Ezhe is also very confident in the persistence of naturalization. Because he knew his Mongol warriors and the naturalized city defenses. The hard crossbow and the large stones piled up on the city were a nightmare for all attackers.

Therefore, when the Mongolian soldiers on the upper floor of the naturalized city sent the letter shot by the Yaogang people to this ten thousand households, after reading the letter, he laughed and said: "Don't pay attention to them, let's see how they captured the naturalization." He also said that if we did not surrender, we would attack the city. Have they ever seen the Mongols surrender? ”

He forgot that they, the Chahars, had just surrendered to the Manchus.

Prince Tori quickly came over with his men and horses to join Chen Yufeng's siege force. This time, Prince Tori brought half of the musketeers.

According to the situation, Ouyang He assigned specific tasks to Prince Tori's people on the map.

After lunch, except for the smiling Mongolian soldiers in the Naturalization City, the Yaogang people did not get any information.

Chen Yufeng said to Liu Yun: "We have done our best. Now it's up to you. Fight to settle the battle before it gets dark. ”

"Send a telegram to Prince Torrey and they, we're about to start attacking." After Liu Yun finished speaking, he came out of the big tent.

As soon as Liu Yun's order was passed down, in front of the east and south gates, the artillery of Yaogang pushed the mortars and infantry guns to the front and lined up, and the heavy machine gunners also pushed the heavy machine guns to the firing position.

Liu Yun personally came to the east gate to command. Seeing that the troops were already in place, Liu Yun ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

A platoon of mortars began to speak "knock knock". The Mongol soldiers on the city walls and towers didn't know what the Han people were doing under the city. But when the shells fell on their heads with a strange "squeak" and exploded, they understood that this thing could blow them up into the sky and blow up their arms and legs like grass. These Mongol soldiers were bombed on the city wall and the city tower with nowhere to hide, and those who did not die were relieved, leaving behind the wounded and screaming Anda, and fled off the city wall one after another.

The mortar bombardment had not stopped, and several infantry guns opened fire on the city gates. With a few explosions, the gates of the Naturalization City flew into the sky with the smoke turning into debris.

Heavy machine guns also opened fire on the tower, suppressing the Mongol soldiers who dared to show their heads on the tower.

Liu Yun waved his hand and ordered: "Up!" ”

The infantry of the kiln gang rushed towards the city gate with the cave carts. Behind several cave carts was a line of soldiers with shields. A total of one company of soldiers took the lead in rushing forward. When they reached the gate, a group of Mongol soldiers rushed through the gate, and a row of bows and arrows were fired at the same time. An infantryman behind the shield, the automatic rifle in his hand "snapped" and fired, and in just a few minutes, dozens of Mongolian soldiers who rushed into the city gate hole were all knocked down in the city gate hole. The kiln soldiers threw away the cave car, picked up automatic rifles, and rushed into the city gate. These caves were used to prevent stones from being dropped from the city, and when they entered the gates, the threat was gone.

As soon as they rushed into the gate hole, another group of Mongol soldiers rushed over, but no matter how fast they rushed, they could not shoot as fast as the automatic rifles. Before many Mongol soldiers could stand firm, they planted a few bullets and fell unwillingly.

Liu Yun saw that the soldiers in front had occupied the city gate, and immediately commanded a regiment of soldiers to rush over.

The soldiers who rushed into the gate of the city saw a large group of men and horses rushing up behind them, and they opened the way by the soldiers holding shields, and rushed into the city while rushing into the city. The soldiers who rushed into the city quickly divided into two sides and rushed towards the city walls.

The Mongol soldiers on the city wall could not let them attack on the city wall. Groups of Mongol soldiers poured up the stairs to the city, but how could the soldiers with broadswords and spears confront the soldiers armed with automatic rifles, and after throwing down a large pile of corpses, they finally couldn't stand it anymore and retreated. The infantry of the kiln hill climbed the city wall and quickly occupied the gate tower. The kiln soldiers of a regiment that followed behind quickly expanded the results on both sides of the city wall when they went up to the city wall.

Liu Yun used a telescope to see the soldiers of Yaogang ascending the city wall, and knew that the big thing had been decided. With a wave of his hand, he ordered Prince Tory's cavalry to enter the city.

These Mongol soldiers, whose eyes were red in the hope of revenge, let go of their horses and rushed towards the city gate. When they entered the city, they rushed in the direction they had predetermined. Those musketeers, when they enter the city, will go on a killing spree. Shotgun shooting at close range is extremely lethal.

At the same time that Liu Yun and the others began to open fire at the east gate, Nanmen'er also began to attack at the same time, and Nanmen'er, like Dongmen'er, was almost a one-sided battle. After Prince Tory's 5,000 cavalry entered the city, Yaogang also entered the city with two infantry regiments.

The Mongolian Qianhu, who had just returned the cattle and coaxed him, did not give any orders at all, and joined the fleeing Mongolian soldiers. They had no idea that the war could be fought like this. Without returning the hand, countless people were killed and injured. After this thousand households hid in a private house, as soon as they took a breath, they asked the soldiers around them, "What kind of cannon did their Han people use, and how could they hit it so accurately?" ”

Ten thousand households didn't know, how could the soldiers know, they all shook their heads and didn't dare to speak.

"What are they Han people holding in their hands, how can they kill several of us at once?" This Wanhu, no matter what, can't find the answer, but at this time, he can't find the heroic spirit of his ancestors.

This Wanhu knows that it can't go on like this, he just won't be killed by the Han people, and if he loses like this, Ezhe will also kill himself. He gathered dozens of Mongol soldiers in the courtyard and said: "Our defeat today is not because we are incompetent, but because the weapons of the Han people are too powerful. We are the descendants of Genghis Khan, and if we cannot defeat us, we will die in battle. Otherwise, we will not live with our glorious ancestors. Warriors get on their horses, immortal heaven bless us, rush! ”

This ten thousand households took the lead and rushed out on horseback.

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The Song army occupied Hokkaido, and Yuankou landed on the island of Kyushu. Opening up the Japanese battlefield. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".