Chapter Forty-Nine: The Bloody Battle of Qingyang Mansion The whereabouts of the gold and silver of the Dashun Dynasty

The Kiln Guards who stormed the gap, wearing helmets and cuirasses, were also afraid of the fire from their opponents' muskets and crossbows, so they rushed into the gap and did not hesitate to throw their bullets in any direction they thought was threatening. The officers and men of Dashun, who had just been blown up by the shells, had not yet come to their senses, and immediately encountered the strafing of the metal storm head-on, and for a while they could not organize an effective confrontation at all, and the few bows and arrows that occasionally fired could be ignored at all. By the time the kiln men lifted the heavy machine gun to the gap in the city wall and erected it on the edge of the gap in the city wall, the situation was already settled. This time, the heavy machine gunners brought up water-cooled heavy machine guns, and they fired a continuous rain of bullets at the Dashun army, and even in the direction they thought there might be Dashun soldiers, covering the influx of a large number of Yaogang soldiers into the city. The armies that entered the city rushed to their respective goals according to their own tasks. At this time, the brigade organized by General Guo Yi rushed over, and the dense crowd blocked all the main roads here.

The two armies collided directly in this way. The automatic rifles of the Yaogang soldiers fired continuously, firing strings of bullets at the ranks of the Dashun army, without aiming at all. This street that is not wide will immediately become a meat grinder, and the close distance is shot in a dense formation, and it is almost difficult for bullets to go empty.

Poor Dashun soldiers, the people in front of them found it bad, and they didn't even have a chance to escape, because there was still a dense line behind them.

It was fought until the soldiers changed their ** again and again, and the killing hands were soft, and the mortars in the back came up. It was only the mortar shells that blew up and scattered the human flesh wall of the Dashun army.

The commander of the kiln gang people who entered the city immediately replaced the new team and rushed forward, leaving the soldiers who had almost broken the barrel of their guns to rest in the back. The team behind did not hesitate to rush forward on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.

Seeing that his team was slaughtered here without the slightest strength to fight back, that General Guo Yi knew that there was no chance of victory today. To stay in the city is to wait for slaughter. Immediately he led his men and fled to Simon. He ordered the defenders of the west gate to open the city gate and kill them through the west gate. As soon as the city gate opened, General Guo Yi took the lead in beating his horse and rushed out.

Guarding in front of the west gate was a company of kiln soldiers. The company commander was listening to the soldiers whining. When the soldiers heard the sound of artillery and gunfire in the distance, their hearts itched, and they all felt sorry for the task of looking at the back door. The sentry, who was suddenly on alert, shouted: "Company commander! The door is open! ”

The company commander looked up, and sure enough, the gate moved. He knew that the defenders inside couldn't hold it and wanted to escape from here.

"Heavy machine gun ready!" The company commander commanded loudly.

The western, southern, and northern gates were guarded by a single company, but reinforced with four heavy machine guns and four mortars.

Because four heavy machine guns blocked the city gate, the firepower was abundant.

As soon as General Guo Yi and the others rushed out of the door, heavy machine guns rained down on them. This Guo Yi general bore the brunt of the heavy machine gun bullets, and his men and horses were shattered. After dozens of men and horses who rushed out of the city gate were killed, the soldiers behind did not dare to rush anymore and retreated to the city.

At this time, two bed crossbows suddenly shot out of the city. The arrows fired from the bed crossbow whizzed across the company's position. Although it didn't hurt them, it was so terrifying that they knew that if it hit someone, it would shoot them in two.

The company commander shouted angrily: "Mortar! Hurry up and blow up the bed crossbow in the city to Lao Tzu. ”

The mortar men assigned to them hurriedly aimed at the tower of the city gate, and after firing two shots, corrected the deviation of the shot.

At this time, the bed crossbow fired two more crossbow arrows, and the shooting position was closer to their position, and it was obvious that the bed crossbow was also adjusting the shooting deviation. At this time, four mortars "dong dong" opened fire at the same time, and three shells fell on the city gate tower, and the wooden shelves of the crossbows on the city bed were blown away at once.

When the company commander saw that the bed crossbow had been blown away, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop shooting!" "The company commander is afraid that the city gate and building will be blown up. Because Liu Yun told them that this place will be ours soon, try not to sabotage. Also, how can there be any destruction of things.

The officers and soldiers of Dashun in the city first heard that the Yaogang people had entered the city by blowing up the city wall, and they all began to prepare desperately; Later, I heard that General Guo Yi had run away, and their morale fell greatly without organization, but they were also led by their own officers and fought separately; Later, when they heard that General Guo Yi had been killed, they understood that they would be defeated today, and slowly people began to surrender. However, most of the soldiers fought to the death, and the city was also bloody.

Street fighting continued into the afternoon, when the kiln soldiers began to search for the remnants from house to house. The propaganda vehicles in Yaogang also began to use loudspeakers to persuade the soldiers of the Dashun Army to surrender, and at the same time issued a notice to the people not to harbor the soldiers of the Dashun Army. At the same time, the four gates were opened, and the dead bodies of the city were transported outside the city and cremated on the hillside outside the city.

At this time, the citizens saw that the soldiers in the kiln gang did not disturb the people, and the military aircraft was very good, and they all came out to clean up the blood stains together. The soldiers of the kiln gang also used a large amount of loess pulled by horse-drawn carts to pad the bloodstained road surface.

When the corpses were pulled out of the city, they were counted, and the final count was that more than 21,000 Dashun troops were killed in this battle and more than 13,000 were captured.

Liu Yun said: "When it comes to fighting, Li Zicheng's army still has combat effectiveness, but their weapons and officers' command ability are really too poor. ”

"Their junior officers are much worse than us, with little to no organizational skills." Liu Chenghuang said.

"Needless to say, there are some lower-level military officers in the Ming Dynasty who are literate and have undergone repeated training. Our company commanders may be able to become generals when they go to them. Speaking of this, Liu Yun is very proud.

This battle had the advantage of capturing all the officials of the Dashun army in Qingyang Province. The cadres who took over from Yaogang were very happy. Most of them have been officials of the Ming Dynasty before, and they have been officials in Shanxi for two years. They have all done a lot of practical things in their posts, and they have also accumulated rich experience, the most important thing is that the officials often communicate, especially during this period of lockdown, they have studied the local information of their upcoming posts, and they are all full of ambition. This time they came to take office, it was no longer like in Shanxi, and this time they were all assigned a class. Now that they have taken office, they have a bit of an official meaning.

The officers were particularly pleased to hear that the original officials had been captured, and they knew that it would be much easier to have them working in many jobs, because they were familiar with the situation.

Therefore, the officials who Qingyang took over asked Liu Yun to hand over those officials to them. Of course, Liu Yun agreed, there is a ready-made prison in Qingyang Mansion, and it is completely possible to take custody of it. But the official said, "We are ready to do work for them, and preferably they can stay and work for the new regime." ”

Liu Yun also understood that these officials were also officials in the Dashun Dynasty for a job and a bowl of rice, and they were generally educated people, and it would be a good thing if they could be persuaded to stay. Liu Yun also knew that these officials from Yaogang were not ordinary people, and they would definitely convince them.

Therefore, Liu Yun ordered a group of officials to be handed over to the police who took over.

After discussing with the officials, Liu Yun and the others decided not to repair the gap in the city wall, and built a new city gate here.

The kiln official said: "General Liu, you can leave these trivial matters to you!" ”

Liu Yun understood that the following words of the officials were not said, that is, "You just need to fight the battle well!" ”

However, when Liu Yun heard the words of the officials, he was very emotional, it seems that Mr. Zhang is not in a hurry to use force, he was not prepared before, without these capable officials, he can't manage more places, and it is still a burden if he can't do it. It seems that it is very important to conquer the city, and it is not to be taken lightly to take over the management. Otherwise, if you leave some troops in one place, there will not be enough troops.

After handing over the affairs of Qingyang Mansion to the officials of Yaogang, Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang began to arrange their next move.

They are still divided into two ways here, one is led by Liu Chenghuang and goes straight to Guyuan, and Li Kui and they attack Guyuan in the front and back. The other road was still led by Liu Yun, and continued to go south along the Qinzhi Road, solving Huangling, Tongchuan and other places along the way.

In the Yaogang command center, after receiving the news that Liu Yun and they had defeated Qingyang, Zhang Zhimu immediately asked the radio station to broadcast the news.

Lu Chengxiang heard the news and said: "Qingyang is a terrible place, there is the rice grain river. Shaanxi, except for the Hanzhong Plain, is the best there. ”

Yan Xing said: "The officials we sent there are also very competent, they were originally in charge of Fenzhou, and he did a good job in Fenzhou. With their team, it won't take long to stabilize the situation. It is said that Li Zicheng is also building water conservancy there, and we can continue to do it after we have passed. ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't understand one thing, "It is said that Shaanxi produces grain here and there." Why is there not enough food in Shaanxi? ”

"Relatively speaking, there are still too few places in Shaanxi to produce grain, and the grain production in most areas there is not too high, and there are too many dry places." Lu Bingyi said, "Often, there are disasters here or there. Besides, after Li Zicheng passed, a large number of troops and refugees followed, and they had to send troops to fight, how much grain did they lose in Shanxi? So Shaanxi's food shortage is right. We are now able to produce fertilizer on a large scale, so it would be good to transport it as soon as possible so that they can use it as soon as possible. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "The first batch of fertilizer has been loaded on ships at Xiaolinghe Wharf, and it can be transported to Weinan by flat-bottomed boat. Our officials have all used chemical fertilizers, and this year we will let the people of Shaanxi see the power of chemical fertilizers. ”

Anyone who heard the news that the Yaogang people had conquered Qingyang knew that the war in Shaanxi was coming to an end. Because I just heard it the day before yesterday that the Yaogang people had taken Xiao Pass, the north gate of Guanzhong. This is one of the three Qin and four stops. Now the middle road Qingyang is broken, the two roads go together, and the south road converges on the edge of Weishui, and the whole territory of Shaanxi will belong to the Yaogang people.

When the east and west armies of Yaogang fought continuously, the south road was not idle, they spent a lot of time and energy to clear and round up the stragglers of the Dashun army everywhere, and at the same time took all the state capitals and counties along the Weishui. Since these local armies all received Li Zicheng's order to retreat, the Dashun army fled without a trace, and there was basically no major battle, so the progress here was really fast beyond the original expectations. Therefore, Ouyang He adjusted the deployment and took over Gongchang, Taozhou, Lintao, and Minzhou, which were originally planned to be solved by Ningde. Since Li Jing had other tasks, this task was taken over by Li Wei.

After Li Wei received the task, he rubbed his hands happily and said to Chen Yufeng: "Uncle, you can do something for me." I promise to do the work beautifully. ”

"Humph! You little bunny, just don't all the way. "Chen Yufeng likes Li Wei very much. During this time, Li Wei was obsessed with cannons and couldn't care about anything else. Chen Yufeng also knew that Li Wei was a person who used his brains in case of trouble, so he let them engage in cannons. Li Wei really lived up to his expectations and made the artillery impressive. Now letting him lead the troops to complete this extra task is somewhat of a way to compensate him a little.

"Don't worry! Teacher. When I shouldn't use a cannon, I can't wait. Li Wei said, "But when it's time to use the cannon, you still have to use it." ”

"Huh! Li Wei's words are good. Mr. Ouyang interjected, "As long as Li Wei uses a cannon, it should be used!" ”

"Huh! No, Mr. Ouyang. I know these places are our own, and we will cherish them. Li Wei hurriedly explained.

"After you take these places, immediately contact General Ningde, and after you take Lanzhou, wait for our orders before acting." Ouyang He said, "It is estimated that Meng Si'er and they are already in a hurry." ”

After Li Wei agreed and left, Chen Yufeng said: "Li Jing is not here, let this kid pick up a bargain." ”

"Yes! I think Li Jing should come back too. Ouyang He said.

When the Yaogang people began to attack, they sent a letter to Li Zicheng, and Li Jing and Meng Si'er's people have been monitoring Li Zicheng's palace. Because the Great Shun Dynasty did not have a special treasury to store silver, the newly built treasury was still under construction. Now the silver of the treasury of the Dashun Dynasty is placed in a large hall behind the palace. There is a separate yard.

After Li Zicheng received the letter from the kiln people, he knew very well in his heart that the meaning of the kiln gang people destroying half of the road was to let him live and leave gold and silver treasures. But Li Zicheng is really unwilling. How many people have bought this gold and silver with their lives?

Li Zicheng caught a total of many princes of the Ming Dynasty, and these princes handed over all their gold and silver property in exchange for their lives. Because they knew too well that without life, the gold and silver treasures would be of no use to them.

At this point, those local tyrants are better than these princes. It takes a lot of trouble to get money out of these people. Because their money is not easy to earn, most of it has been accumulated through the efforts of several generations, and they often see that their lives are more important than their own lives. But the Dashun army has a lot of methods for them, and the officers and soldiers of Dashun know that they are not afraid of beating, scolding and killing their heads, and what they are most afraid of is that the incense is broken. Finding their weaknesses makes it easy to find out where gold and silver are hidden. The brothers who have followed Li Zicheng for decades have been able to find the treasury where the rich men hid their gold and silver by experience, even without the big ones recruiting themselves. They saw more than the rich men. Without these gold and silver, the original army could still bring it, but after the establishment of the Great Shun Dynasty, it would cost a lot of silver to support the façade. Therefore, it is impossible for Li Zicheng to give up these gold and silver.

Therefore, Li Zicheng asked Li to go over and call his adopted son Li Laiheng over.

Li Zicheng didn't talk much nonsense, and said, "We are about to withdraw from the Shangyu Ancient Road to Xiangyang, the Yaogang people have destroyed the Shangyu Ancient Road, the vehicles can't pass, and we can't take the silver with us, but it must not be left to the Yaogang people." Come, take a troop of your own soldiers, go out with a silver cart, and hide the gold and silver in the cave where we used to hide things. And then ....."

"Don't worry! Grandpa Huang, if you come to hum, you will lose your life, and you don't dare to let this matter go wrong. Li Laiheng said solemnly.

Li Guo said: "Father, I'll go with Lai Huh!" ”

"No way!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "You are gone, the target is too big." Besides, if he is strong in martial arts and shrewd, if he doesn't have time to go out of business in the ancient road, he can also fool the past. If you have an arm, people will recognize you at once! ”

Until the second half of the night, Li Laiheng took Li Zicheng's personal soldiers and escorted more than 100 carriages out of the back door of the palace. They took the token and asked the soldiers guarding the city to quietly open the city gate and leave the city at night. Even those who opened the city gate didn't see Li Laiheng's face clearly, they didn't know who left the city, they only knew that they were ordered by the emperor to go out of the city.

Of course, their actions could not escape the surveillance of Li Jing and Meng Si'er. Li Laiheng can go out of the city, but it is not easy for the Yaogang people to go out of the city. However, the matter is urgent, and if you don't follow up immediately, it is likely that the convoy will disappear when it is dawn.

Li Jing's two special forces quickly found a place to use a rope to go outside the city wall. Followed in the direction of the convoy.

The relationship between Li Zicheng, Li Guo and Li Laiheng is a bit complicated.

Li Zicheng's father, Li Shouzhong, had no children after marriage, so he succeeded his nephew Li Zili as his son, but he didn't expect Li Shouzhong to bloom again twenty years after marriage and give birth to Li Zicheng. Soon after Li Zicheng was born, Li Zili died of illness, leaving behind a son who was this Li Guo. Therefore, Li Zicheng almost grew up with Li Guo. Li Laiheng was also a relative of Li Zicheng's hometown Mizhi, and later recognized Li Guo as his father-in-law.

Of course, when it comes to hiding gold and silver, you must have your own family members to do it.

When Li Zicheng was a bandit, they couldn't carry the gold and silver treasures with them, so they needed to have a place to hide the treasures. By such a coincidence, they found a cave in the dense forest north of the Qinling Mountains, and the entrance of the cave was very hidden. For a long time, this was the place where Li Zicheng hid his treasure. Very few people know about this place. Li Laiheng led people straight to this place.

The road to the treasure field was very difficult, and they walked around for two days before they arrived. It's hard for the two people who are following behind. They didn't have much to eat, and there were almost no people on the way, and there was nowhere to buy food. Just a few compressed biscuits in my pocket. Fortunately, the carriages in front of them were heavy, and the rut marks were deep, so they didn't have to follow too closely. So although Li Laiheng tried many times to see if anyone was following him, he didn't find the tail behind.

It wasn't until noon on the third day that the convoy finally stopped.

The coachmen and their soldiers carried the boxes on their horses and began to walk into the mountains. Because there is no road ahead, the car can't go.

Li Jing's two special forces went around in a big circle and came to the outside of the cave where they were hiding things. Watching them carry things into the cave again and again, the two of them didn't dare to move forward. When they had finished carrying the things, they blocked the cave with big stones, and a few more vines came to block the stones that blocked the cave. Those who don't know can't tell that this is a treasure cave. Those who saw them retreated. After making visible marks on the trees next to them, the special forces stepped back to see what they were going to do next.

When the two of them came to the place where they had just parked and looked forward, the two special forces who had killed countless people were also stunned by the scene in front of them!

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