Chapter Forty-Eight: Bloody Xiaoguan Qingyang City Broken

Li Kui attached great importance to this Xiao Pass itself, especially when he saw that the flag in the city was yellow, he didn't dare to be careless. Because of the banner of the Li Guo team in the rear camp of the Great Shun Army.

Because Li Guo took people to Shanxi to assassinate Zhang Zhimu and did not come back, when Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi on a large scale, he did not bring soldiers and horses with him. This is not only the reason for Li Guo's absence, but also the factor that Li Zicheng, the guard on this side, does not dare to be careless, Xiaoguan is the north gate of Hanzhong, and it is necessary to put the elite soldiers who can be trusted all the way.

After Li Zicheng and them returned to Shaanxi, Li Guo never returned to the back camp, first, he was captured and had no shame to see his old subordinates, and Li Zicheng didn't trust the people around him, so he also let Li Guo stay by his side. The defense of Guyuan's side was handed over to General Guo Yi.

Originally, Xiao Pass was garrisoned by the elite of the rear battalion, and when he heard that the Yaogang people were coming from the north, General Guo Yi strengthened some men here.

The soldiers and horses in these rear battalions are all Li Guo's elite, and they have followed Li Guo to fight many vicious battles, known as invincible. In particular, they have not fought with the Yaogang people, and they don't know that there are many more powerful opponents than them, so they have always looked forward to fighting with Yaogang to avenge the defeat of the prince in Shanxi.

Li Kui's team rushed into the city, and mixed up with such a team, it was impossible to think of killing.

Originally, the officers and soldiers of Dashun in the rear camp gritted their teeth and waited for the Yaogang people, and when they heard that the Yaogang people had sneaked into the city, they were so angry that they went crazy. In the face of danger, they carried out a frantic counterattack under the organization of officers at all levels.

The men who rushed into the city gate quickly dispersed on both sides, so as not to block the soldiers behind, so that they could give full play to their firepower advantage. In the face of groups of soldiers of the Dashun Army who rushed over with shouts, the automatic rifles in the hands of the Yaogang soldiers did not stop firing. When Li Kui mobilized before entering the city, he told them, "Our opponent today is the elite of the Dashun army, you must not be soft when you enter the city, if you hesitate a little this time, you will give the opponent a chance, and you will fall like that." ”

The Yaogang soldiers rushed out of the second gate of the urn city, and the Dashun army hedged together, and fought for a long ten minutes, until the Yaogang heavy machine gun mount began to strafe on the city wall, and the Dashun soldiers were stopped from charging one after another. The corpses piled up in the middle of the two armies were about to separate the sight of the two armies. On the brick floor of the city, sticky blood flowed everywhere.

Although Li Kui had seen too many dead people, when he entered the city, he was also panicked by what he saw. He immediately ordered the troops entering the city behind to continue the attack, not giving the opponent a chance to breathe.

The soldiers who entered the city rushed through the corpses and blood, and when they saw the tragic scene, they all raised their spirits and did not dare to slack off. The officers shouted that they should not be soft-hearted, because the officers were not worried about the courage and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but they were worried that they would kill too many people. There is no suspense in the first place for an automatic rifle to deal with a broadsword spear.

The attacking team rushed into the city, and immediately gunfire rang out again in the city, which was the street battle between the soldiers of Yaogang and the Dashun army who had entered the city. The elite of the rear camp of the Dashun army rarely encounters defeat, like Li Guo, they are usually very crazy, and today they almost did not think of surrendering, they all fought to the death. In particular, the people in the city had a very good impression of the Dashun army stationed there, because they were disciplined and loved the people very much. The people didn't know what team was coming, they were afraid that the Dashun army would not be able to hold on, and they would also suffer, so the people of the whole city participated in the bloody battle against the Yaogang people. After paying the price, the kiln gang people had no choice but to shoot indiscriminately.

Li Kui asked the soldiers who had been fighting for a while just now to rest on the city wall, because in the past ten minutes, each of them had shot too many soldiers of the Dashun Army face to face. Not only are their bodies tired, but their hearts are even more tired. It was a living person, one by one, under his own gun, falling in front of him with blood. As soon as they stopped, some recruits couldn't help but vomit.

Li Kui had just come to the city wall, and gunshots rang out again on the city walls on both sides of Xiao Pass. It turned out that the soldiers of the Dashun army on both sides of the Great Wall also began to attack. Not only were there gunshots, but also the sound of "knock-dong" cannons. Li Kui was happy when he heard the sound of the cannon. Because this is the sound of the tiger squat cannon of the Dashun army. Li Kui thought to himself, it's okay to bluff others with such a cannon, but it's a joke to fight us. The range of such Tiger squat cannons is within the range of the rifle, and after they finish firing a shot, at least one of the artillerymen will not be able to run. Without mortar fire, the rifles in the hands of the infantry could not get around them.

According to the plan, people and horses continued to climb the city wall, and Li Kui commanded them to attack on both sides along the city wall connected to Xiao Pass according to their own tasks. They need to clean up the Great Shun Army on the Great Wall.

At this time, Li Kui had time to come to the side of those special forces who were resting on the city wall.

Seeing Li Kui coming, everyone hurriedly got up and saluted, Li Kui gestured with both hands and said, "Rest, rest!" Don't move, everyone, you are the heroes today. Without you, it would be difficult for us to complete the Xiao Pass. I want to thank you. Li Kui also learned to talk to Zhang Zhimu. After speaking, Li Kui's heart felt very beautiful. I didn't expect to say something kind, and the brothers were happy in their hearts, and they were happy in their own hearts.

The squadron leader said, "Deputy commander, I don't know where we are?" He asked Li Jing.

"You don't have to worry about him. I know that Mr. Chen and Mr. Ouyang are the commanders of the South Road, but in fact, the work is done by Li Jing's kid. They had already cleared all the cities along Weishui. But their work isn't as interesting as ours. They ran away when they met the people in the city. However, they did not take many prisoners south of Weishui. "Li Kui is in a good mood today, and he is willing to chat with the special forces.

"When we fight Guyuan, let's catch more prisoners." A special forces soldier said, "Actually, they can't eat in the Dashun army and become soldiers." Catch one more and maybe we'll have one more person on the team. ”

"The kid has a point. Let's catch more people, and if we learn from Mr. Chen, they will kill people. Li Kui said, "However, we must ensure our own safety when captives, otherwise Lao Tzu would rather not have a captive." If you look at these Dashun troops in Xiao Pass, don't think about capturing prisoners. ”

Li Kui was talking to the special forces with great interest, and there was an explosion of hands in Xiao Guancheng, and there was an explosion of mortars after a while. Li Kui and the others stood up and looked into the city. Smoke has begun to rise in some parts of the city, and as you can imagine, the street fighting in the city must be very cruel. However, Li Kui has always wondered, before leaving, Ouyang He repeatedly reminded them that there was intelligence that after the defeat of the Dashun army and returned to Shaanxi, the military advisor Song Xiance personally supervised a lot of **, but why didn't he see the Dashun army? If the Dashun army had **, fighting to the death like this, their own casualties would not be small. Thank goodness! They don't**.

The gunfire in the city did not gradually cease until noon.

The kiln soldiers who stormed the city were two regiments. When the two regiment leaders came to Li Kui, they couldn't raise their heads a little. Li Kui asked, "What's wrong?" After the battle, it still looks like a frosted eggplant! ”

One of the regiment commanders said: "It's miserable! There are no few people left in the city, these people don't know what's wrong, they are all crazy, you say you can't beat us, why do you have to send us to death? ”

Another said: "Our soldiers are really a little soft on their hands. ”

"What's the deal with those hands and mortars?" Li Kui asked.

"In the end, there were some people who withdrew to a courtyard and resolutely did not come out, and we couldn't get in, so we pitched into the courtyard without a way. Some soldiers were puzzled and set up mortars to fire a few shots. As a result, the Dashun army in this courtyard later surrendered. It seems that the mortar still works. A regimental commander said.

"Hurry up and transport all the corpses out of the city before dark, and burn all the wood on the shelves. It's already hot, don't get the plague out. Remove all the blood from the city, and pull some new earthen mats from outside the city. After Li Kui finished arranging, he returned to the headquarters outside the city, sent a telegram to Ningde and the front-line command center, and after reporting the situation here, he said that the troops would be sent to Guyuan tomorrow.

After Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang divided their troops, they swept all the way to the sixteen counties under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Mansion, and when they approached Yan'an Mansion, the Dashun army closed the city gates, how to persuade them to surrender, and the defenders in the city did not surrender. In fact, there are not many defenders in Yan'an Mansion now, and Liu Yun doesn't want this ancient city to have too much damage, so he uses a loudspeaker to persuade him to surrender and shoots a letter of persuasion into the city, hoping that the defenders in the city will surrender. But the defenders in the city were stubborn, and there was no way, so Liu Yun had to use infantry artillery to open the city gate, suppress the defenders in the city with heavy machine guns, rush into the city, and eliminate the stubborn defenders in the city.

After occupying Yan'an Mansion, the troops were divided into two routes, all the way to the east and along the Yellow River to the south; Liu Yun personally led all the way to the southwest, and Liu Chenghuang's troops were in Qingyang Mansion.

Liu Chenghuang: It is much more convenient for them to go from Dingbian to Qingyang. Because there is the Qin Straight Road built by Qin Shi Huang, and now the Qin Straight Road is still unimpeded.

Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang were naturally happy to see each other again, and they had to introduce the situation after the division of troops. I thought it was going well, but it took a little more time as expected. It's been more than a month since the troops were dispatched.

Liu Yun said: "Mr. Ouyang said, we don't have to be in a hurry, but we must try to clean up the places we pass, and we can't leave hidden dangers for the officials behind. ”

"Yes, we have to wait for General Ningde and them all the way, anyway, the Dashun army has nowhere to run." Liu Chenghuang said, "Let's take a good look at the Qingyang Mansion in front of us." According to the investigation, many Dashun officers and soldiers who did not have time to leave have fled to Qingyang Mansion, which was originally the 'Longdong granary', and Li Zicheng had a lot of soldiers and horses here. Now there are more people. ”

"Qingyang Mansion is a good place, Zhou Wen Wang Ji Chang laid the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years in Qingyang, such a place Li Zicheng can defend with his heart. It is said that Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of the Great Shun Dynasty, is very optimistic about this place. Liu Yun said, "The Ming Dynasty set up a government and a guard here, and governed Ningzhou and Anhua, Heshui, Huanxian, and Zhenning 4 counties. I think we will first arrange some soldiers and horses to monitor Qingyang Prefecture, and first sweep away Ningzhou and the four counties of Anhua, Heshui, Huanxian, and Zhenning. Finally, clean up Qingyang Mansion. If we stay in the city, they will be uncomfortable for a day. ”

"Yes, don't forget to use the loudspeaker to promote the shouting." Liu Chenghuang agreed with Liu Yun's suggestion.

Liu Yun and his troops were divided into several routes, and it took three days to completely solve Ningzhou and the four counties of Anhua, Heshui, Huanxian and Zhenning.

During this period, the defenders in Qingyang Mansion really couldn't stand the propaganda of the loudspeakers of the Yaogang people, and suddenly sent a team of cavalry to raid the propaganda vehicles of the Yaogang people. Of course, the kiln gang people were prepared, and before the cavalry approached, several heavy machine guns and mortars opened fire at the same time, killing more than 300 cavalrymen at once. The rest fled into the city.

After Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang came back, they heard that there was still such a thing. Liu Yun said: "They know how powerful we are this time. Let's persuade us to surrender first, I really don't want to open fire again like in Yan'an Mansion. ”

"Look, this time we won't be able to fire the artillery, maybe we will have to use heavy artillery." "They have been preparing for a long time, and we can't even blast the city wall apart without finding a weak spot." They must have taken a lot of measures at the city gates. In the past, I think it can only be used as a reference. ”

"Tomorrow the two of us will go around Qingyang City again to see where to break through, and it is best not to destroy it. I feel that Qingyang is already ours. Broke the distress. Liu Yun said this because he already felt that there was no suspense about defeating Qingyang. I want to take Qingyang at the lowest cost as much as possible.

However, after Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang took people around outside Qingyang City, they did not find a place to break through. In the end, Liu Yun said: "In the future, if we occupy this place, we will not need to guard it with the city wall, and I think those city gates will not be destroyed." Let's open another gate for Qingyang on the east gate and the southeast city wall! ”

"You mean, just blast a hole through the wall right there?" Liu Chenghuang somewhat understood what Liu Yun meant.

"That's right! Today, we will inform the people of the city through loudspeakers and letters to move out of that place as soon as possible. to reduce the losses of the people. Tomorrow morning we will bombard the city. Liu Yun said.

The general of the Dashun army defending the city in Qingyang City was a general Guo Yi, and now he has gathered more than 30,000 soldiers and horses here. Originally, there were less than 10,000 defenders in Qingyang, and most of the later ones were Dashun officers and soldiers who did not cross the Weishui and escaped. General Guo Yi was also a little angry that Li Zicheng left them without a fight, but there was no way to be angry, since Li Zicheng did not order them to retreat, they had to defend Qingyang City. General Guo Yi also knew that he couldn't defend the city himself, but it was a big deal that the city was broken and died. Now, he is calm. Now it's time to do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, and to keep it until when it is. However, there is still a little hope in my heart that the people of Yaogang will leave if they can't beat Qingyang, although this possibility is very small, but this is the only hope, and no one wants to give up. Those officers and soldiers of Dashun who fled here also knew that there was nowhere to retreat now but to fight to the death.

Hearing the loudspeakers of the Yaogang people outside the city, they shook the morale of the army, and they organized a cavalry sneak attack. Unexpectedly, the weapons of the Yaogang people were too powerful, and many people were killed before they got close to others. Since then, they have been firm in their beliefs and resolutely not to go out, so they will carry it to the end with the strong city and kiln people of Qingyang City.

They didn't expect the kiln gang people to come to tricks again, the kiln gang people shot a lot of letters into the city, and shouted with a loudspeaker, informing the officers and soldiers in the city that they were going to blow up a section of the east city wall and let the people move out as soon as possible. When General Guo Yi heard the news, he was almost angry.

He said: "Don't listen to them, if they want to blow up the walls there, will they inform us?" I think they're going to play some tricks, so be careful. ”

A few generals said, "My lord, I think we have to guard against it, and if they do blow up the walls from there, we really have to take precautions." ”

"What the generals said is that you must arrange archers, and once there is a hole in the city wall, you must use the archers to cover and block the city wall as soon as possible. In addition, there are more fire oil in the city, and some people who send ** to the city will be poured with fire oil and burned to death. I see who dares to blow up our walls. "Although General Guo Yi didn't believe that the Yaogang people would come to blow up the city wall, he didn't dare not prepare.

At dawn the next day, after breakfast, the Yaogang soldiers sent a part of the soldiers and horses to block the gates of Qingyang Mansion as planned. The team followed Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang to the outside of the east city wall. Last night, the heavy artillery division had pulled ten 130 heavy guns out of the city, and then covered them with canvas.

After Liu Yun and the others arrived, he ordered the commander of the heavy artillery division and said, "It's up to you today, and you must open another city gate for Qingyang." ”

"No problem, let's see the fun!" The commander of the heavy artillery division finished speaking and left.

At this time, on the east city wall of Qingyang Mansion, there were still many people standing alive and dead, and they wanted to see how the Yaogang people blew up the city wall.

The commander of the heavy artillery division personally instructed the artillerymen to raise the muzzle of the cannon and aim at the designated position of the designated city wall, and then gave the order: "Open the gun!" ”

"Knock knock!" Ten 130 cannons fired at the walls at close range. Shells exploded in the city.

The sound of the 130 heavy cannon firing was already shaking people's hearts, and the explosive power of the shells was even more terrifying. Many of the officers and soldiers of Dashun on the city wall were directly shocked to the bottom of the city, and a large number of bricks on the city wall collapsed with the sound of explosions.

But the ten guns did not pause and fired continuously. Not only did they blow a hole in the wall, but 120 heavy mortars were also involved in clearing the bricks and dirt that had piled up beneath the holes. This time the kiln gang people were very extravagant, they not only used 130 heavy guns to blow up the city walls, but also used cannonballs to clear the road.

At this time, the defenders of the city knew that the kiln people were talking about it. Sure enough, they blew up a big hole more than three battles wide in the eastern city wall.

General Guo Yi is also experienced in battle, and he understands that the time for a decisive battle has come, and the location of the decisive battle is at that opening. So he immediately mobilized a large number of people to flock to this opening. The defenders in the city, when the kiln men stopped shelling, immediately sent people to carry wood and stones to the gap, trying to plug the gap. But then the mortars of the kiln men opened fire again, and the shells killed all the soldiers who rushed by.

At this time, Liu Yun ordered the mortar to extend the fire. Dozens of mortars outside the city began to shoot around the gap, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were waiting around the gap wanted to wait for the kiln people to rush in before they could start shooting arrows and fighting. But with a strange "squeak" sound, shells fell from the sky. Then it exploded right under their feet. For a while, arms and legs flew everywhere, and the area around the gap suddenly became a hell on earth. The continuous explosion of "boom" muffled the sound of crying dad and mother. After some rage, artillery fire continued to extend.

At this time, the soldiers of the kiln gang also rushed into the gap in the city wall with automatic rifles.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".