Twenty field guns fired three rounds, and the gate of the Great North Gate of Xiangyang City was smashed to pieces and fell to the ground. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers of the Elective Regiment brought boats and planks, carried pontoons on the moat, and attacked the city gates.

At first, the defenders on the city wall tried to throw rolling stones and logs, but the thousands of riflemen of the Chosen Front Regiment on the banks of the moat kept pointing their guns at the head of the wall and opened fire whenever they encountered the outcropping defenders. The guards on the city wall did not throw a few stones down, but they were killed by a dozen people, and they did not dare to throw the wood down.

Soon, the pontoon bridge was erected. Two thousand soldiers of the Xuanfeng Regiment stepped on the pontoon bridge and attacked the city of Xiangyang. The guards on the city wall are local defenders, who have been in arrears for a long time, and have little combat effectiveness. At this time, they saw that the Fanjiazhuang Tiger Division, which was a strong army in the world, had broken through the city gate, where did they dare to defend the city wall? Immediately dispersed.

The soldiers of the Election Regiment successfully took over the city wall and took control of Xiangyang City.

The people of Xiangyang City still don't know what's going on, yesterday I heard that the city gate was sealed by a strong man, why is there someone attacking the city today? And then so quickly, the city was taken? Where does this strong army come from? The people fled into their homes in a hurry, closing their doors for fear of being attacked by the army.

The soldiers of the Election Regiment stepped on neat steps and entered the streets of Xiangyang. The leading troops walked down the main street and shouted:

"Rejuvenate the country, rejuvenate the country, rejuvenate the division, and only carry out the criminals, and the people are not surprised!"

"Smash the gentry of the Li family's goods, kill!"

"The officials and archers who bully the miners of the alkali noodle mine, kill!"

"The prefect of Xiangyang Mansion is particularly noble, kill!"

"The rest of the people, they are safe at home, and the army will not commit any crimes!"

The soldiers took control of the main street intersections in the city and began to search for shops selling Fanjiazhuang goods. Soon, several shop owners who were dealing in Fan home improvement goods and were smashed some time ago were collected. Li Xing rode on a horse and said to these shopkeepers: "You are friends and businessmen of Fanjiazhuang, and you have been affected by this turmoil, and I apologize to you on behalf of Xingguobo." Shops, who smashed your goods, say them one by one, and this official will make the decision for you! ”

Those shopkeepers were so frightened by the Tiger Master's style that their faces turned pale, and they looked at each other a few times. The last daring shopkeeper fell to his knees with a pop and shouted, "My lord! The ten glass mirrors and eighteen sets of glass wine utensils operated by my family were smashed by the Huang family, and the losses were heavy! The Huang family originally had a holiday with my family, and this time I took the opportunity to take revenge on my family, and asked the adults to make decisions for me! ”

Li Xing waved his hand, pointed to a platoon commander next to him and said, "Lead the troops to arrest the Huang family's smashing family, kill!" The head of the Huang family who organized the smashing, kill! After the interrogation was correct, they were escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market and executed together at noon! ”

The platoon commander immediately reorganized his troops and took the shopkeeper on the ground to arrest him.

Seeing Li Xing's domineering command, several other shopkeepers became emboldened, and knelt down and said: "My shop was smashed with soap, and the Yuan family and the Zhou family came to smash it twice, please make the decision for us." ”

"My family's Li family's fine cloth was burned, and more than 100 pieces of cloth were all burned on the street, which was done by the Liu family, please make the decision for me!"

Li Xing said loudly: "Don't worry, the scum who smashed your shop will be found out, and none of them will be able to escape." ”

Li Xing waved his hand, and the two platoon commanders led the troops out of the ranks, and went with the owners of the shops to arrest the gentry who smashed the shops.

Li Xing saw that the arrest of the gentry was almost arranged, and said loudly on the horse: "Go, go to the prefect's yamen to arrest You Minggui!" ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they shouted "tiger" in unison, and attacked the prefect's yamen in unison.

At the gate of the prefect's yamen, hundreds of soldiers of the Xuanfeng Regiment have blocked the main gate of the yamen. The ramming wood for the door is also ready.

The gate of the prefect's yamen is a three-room wide gatehouse, in front of which there are two large stone lions, and in the middle hangs a huge plaque of "Xiangyang Prefecture Office". The gate of the yamen looks very sturdy, and it is estimated that it will take some time to break open.

As soon as Li Xing arrived, a company commander in front of the yamen said: "Second general, we have confirmed that You Minggui is in the yamen, and the side and back doors of the yamen have all been blocked!" ”

Li Xing nodded and said, "Shout!" ”

A platoon commander shouted loudly into the yamen: "Listen to the people inside the yamen, rejuvenate the country and the tigers, rejuvenate the divisions, and only arrest criminals, not innocents." Quickly open the gate of the yamen and surrender on your knees, lest the guns and cannons be blinded and innocent people will be injured during the attack! ”

"Surrender quickly, lest you hurt the innocent."

Li Xing saw that the platoon commander shouted a few times to no avail, so he waved his hand and said, "Attack!" ”

Li Xing gave an order, and the soldiers lit twenty grenades and threw them into the yamen. I heard dozens of loud noises of "boom" and "boom", and a miserable scream came from the courtyard of the yamen.

The soldiers of the Xuanfeng Regiment were about to hit the gate of the yamen with a ramming log, and the gate of the yamen was opened by the people inside.

An archer covered in blood, as soon as he opened the gate, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting loudly: "General, soldiers, we are not involved in the bullying of the miners, please let us live!" ”

Li Xing looked at the archer and said, "Whether or not you are involved, we will carefully examine it afterwards, and we will never let go of a guilty one." ”

Li Xing waved his hand and said, "Go in and arrest You Minggui." ”

But as soon as the soldiers of the Xuanfeng Regiment rushed to the main hall, they saw the soldiers guarding the side gate running over and reporting: "Second General, You Minggui and his two sons are wearing civilian clothes, climbing the wall and jumping out of the yamen!" Our men are chasing in the east! ”

Li Xing snorted and said, "Xiangyang City has been controlled by us, where can he go?" Send two companies of cavalry in pursuit! ”

Li Xing's subordinates shouted orders and went to arrest them.

Li Xing walked into the prefect's yamen squad to release the arrested owners of the alkali noodle mines.

The mine owners were tortured after they were arrested, and five of the 34 mine owners have died in their workshops. Li Xing opened the door of the class room and saw that the ground of the class room was covered with blood, and he didn't know whose blood it was.

Li Xing bowed his hand to these suffering mine owners and said: "You are all friends and businessmen of Fanjiazhuang, I apologize to you on behalf of Xing Guobo, we are late!" ”

Those mine owners never dreamed that Xingguobo in Tianjin would lead troops into Xiangyang City, and when they saw Li Xing release them, they were dumbfounded.

After a while, when they reacted, they stood up with joy, and many of them were so excited that they shed tears.

Not long after, the soldiers captured You Minggui, the prefect of Xiangyang, and his two sons, who were trying to escape, and escorted them to Li Xing.

Na You Minggui was a middle-aged man in his forties with a long beard. At this time, he was tied up by the soldiers, knelt in front of Li Xing with a pop, cried with tears, and said in a trembling voice: "You Minggui is confused for a while, confused for a while!" The general spares his life! ”