Chapter 18: The Surrender of the High Coast
Simbi never returned, and he did not know whether he was killed, imprisoned, or surrendered.
In order to keep it secret and to leave enough time for the family who transferred Xinbi, Gongsun Kang simply imprisoned Xinbi's entourage.
Gao Ran waited all night and didn't wait for any news. He was restless, and his heart became more and more panicked. Both eyes were bloodshot. Anyone who doesn't sleep all night won't be in good spirits.
The next day, at three poles in the sun, Liaodong soldiers and horses lined up and prepared to attack the city.
Always say a few words before you start. I saw a white horse galloping to the city, and a young general, with white helmet and white armor, shouted and asked, "Where is Gao Lan?" ”
Gao Ran hurriedly climbed to the top of the city and replied, "Gao Ran is here!" What will happen? ”
The young general said: "My father-in-law, Champion Hou, please talk about General Gao Lan." ”
Where did Gao Lan dare to go out of the city, he said loudly: "Please forgive me for being rude, my duty is inconvenient, and it is inconvenient to go out of the city!" ”
Liaodong's young general smiled coldly: "I know that you don't have the courage to go out of the city, you can just stand on the city and ask questions." ”
With that, he patted his horse and left.
Gao Ran's old face was flushed, and his own soldiers were also humiliated, and he wanted to shoot the junior general with arrows.
Gao Ran hurriedly stopped, just kidding, really shot the young general, then there was no way back. There is only one dead end.
From a distance, Gongsun Kang's Chinese army was 3 miles away from the city wall.
In the distance, you can see a high platform, which is full of civil and military generals. There is a person surrounded in the middle, and I think it is the champion Hou.
Gao Ran's heart was full of doubts, and at a distance of 3 miles, he couldn't even see each other's faces clearly. How to answer questions?
But I heard a clear voice in my ears: "When we met for the first time, General Gao was majestic and heroic, which made people admire!" ”
Gao Ran knew that this was Gongsun Kang, and he didn't know how he transmitted the sound. hurriedly replied: "Champion Hou Wei is famous, and Gao Lan has been famous for a long time. ”
"Hahaha" Gongsun Kang laughed wildly: "Since you know my murderous name, why don't you surrender?" ”
"As a soldier, where is the reason to surrender without a fight?" Gao Ran's answer is also decent.
Gongsun Kang said softly: "General Gao, I admire you very much. In Jibeiguo, you fought side by side with General Xu Rong. We had a great time working together. Why don't you throw yourself into the arms of Liaodong? ”
Gongsun Kang's voice carried a little hypnotic feeling.
Gao Ran couldn't help but think: "Yes, Xu Rong and I are brothers, why don't you throw yourself into Liaodong and fight side by side?" ”
If Gongsun Kang adds a lot of strength at this time, he can completely induce Gao Ran to surrender without a fight. But this is not the purpose of Gongsun Kang. So he stopped at it. Just try it out and forget it.
Gongsun Kang said: "I, a disciple of Liaodong, took Youzhou without blood. But the evil wolf always wants to eat meat, so let's take Bohai County. ”
Damn, why is Bohai County so unlucky? Gao Ran felt bitter, but Gao Ran couldn't say.
Gongsun Kang patiently explained to him: "Bohai County has always been a thief, picking up knives and guns to be bandits, and picking up farm tools to be farmers. When you are busy, you are a farmer, and when you are free, you are a bandit. Thank you for bringing them together, I'm just one spoonful! ”
Gao Ran, who is full of bitter water, I feel that I am helping Liaodong? I also received a thank you card.
"Alright, after gossiping, General Gao should leave the city wall as soon as possible, we will soon test the new weapon." Gongsun Kang kindly reminded.
As the commander of the city, you let me leave the city walls? Gao Ran really can't erase this face.
But after a few moments, he understood what a new weapon was.
I saw that the former army of Liaodong pushed out a large cart, and a large iron box with a height of one person was placed on the car. Peel off the black cotton cloth on it, revealing a dense black hole in the small round hole.
The lieutenant of Liaodong waved a small flag and ordered: "Get on the arrow!" ”
The two big men carried a large box, stuck it in a position at the back of the car, and fixed it.
The lieutenant continued waving the small flag, "Wind up!" ”
Two more Liaodong soldiers stepped forward and turned the handles on the left and right sides, just like the steering wheel of a car in later generations.
The crunching sound was heard clearly from the city wall 300 meters away.
The soldiers of the Yuan army defending the city panicked for a while, and felt inexplicably frightened. It's as if some man-eating monster is coming.
"Aim!" The lieutenant continued to order: "Shoot! ”。
A shirtless strong man, wielding a wooden hammer, smashed the trigger with a bang.
And I saw dense iron spears coming out of those black holes. When they came out of the big iron box, they saw that they had crashed into the city wall.
"Hum. . . Boom" two syllables in a row came into the ears of Yuan Jun on the city wall.
By this time, the walls had begun to collapse in large areas. It shows that the firing speed of these iron spears is synchronized with the speed of sound.
When Yuan Jun heard the sound of the boom, the city wall collapsed, and his body began to do a free fall movement.
The first iron spears destroyed the earthen walls.
When the second batch of iron spears arrived, they were just in time to meet the Yuan soldiers in mid-air. I saw blood raining down, and thousands of soldiers were torn apart, broken to pieces by the high-speed impact of the iron spear! I didn't even have time to scream.
On the city wall next to it, which was still intact, the soldiers of the Yuan army looked at this scene and were dumbfounded.
These iron spears, which are actually crossbow arrows, are set up to be fired in five batches at a time.
The three batches of crossbow arrows in the back completely leveled the buildings, houses and the like within 1 mile behind the city wall. Total destruction.
I saw a large opening about 100 meters long in the city wall, and this large hole included a strip more than a mile long behind, which was cleaned up.
The flesh of the people was broken into pieces and mixed with the dust of the earth.
Someone finally reflected it. The soldiers of the Yuan army began to vomit and diarrhea. It's gastric juice that's spitting, and it's peeing pants underneath.
"Mom! Devil! The devil is coming! The soldiers of the Yuan army were covered with feces and urine, rolling and crawling, crying and shouting, and rushed to escape from the city wall.
In this, there is General Gao Lan, and General Gao Lan is also ashamed to pee.
Only then did he understand why Gongsun Kang had kept him away from the city walls.
Those crossbow arrows just now don't have long eyes. As long as it is within its reach, it will completely tear apart the fragments of the city.
The soldiers of Liaodong were also stunned when they saw the power of the ballistae for the first time.
But they are the ones who enjoy the fruits of victory, and they are naturally full of joy.
Someone took the lead in striking the shield with an iron knife. At the same time, a cry of "roar, roar" was issued.
Slowly forming a joint force, the Liaodong soldiers were spontaneously "roaring, roaring" and shouting roughly, venting the joy in their hearts to the fullest.
Just one fire of a platoon ballista reduced the morale of the soldiers defending the city to a minimum.
Gongsun Kang ordered: "Drumming!" Charge! ”
"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of war were beaten with great power.
The 10,000 Liaodong iron cavalry of the front army pulled out the Xiangyang iron sword, roared "roar, roar", rode their horses and galloped, and entered through the 100-meter gap in the city wall. This was followed by the entry of the Chinese army.
Then the rear army spread out, ran around the city, and captured and killed the rout of Yuan's army that had escaped from the other city gates.
60,000 horses surrounded Fuyang City like an iron bucket, and not even a bird could fly out!
The 30,000 Yuan troops had no heart to resist at all, and surrendered on their knees.
These are the strong laborers who developed the oil fields of Bohai County, so as long as they surrendered, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry gently let go, and the horses continued to gallop.
Of course, bad luck is not good, and it happens to be kicked down by a war horse, except for those who are trampled, that is really bad luck.
Tens of thousands of Liaodong iron riders rode horses in the city, whether intentional or not, and thousands of people were trampled to death.
Gao Ran sat in the city lord's mansion, closed his eyes, and had no fighting spirit, just waiting for Gongsun Kang to drop him.
Liaodong soldiers poured into the city lord's mansion, confiscated the weapons of Gao Lan's guards, and gathered them into custody.
But no one disturbed Gao Ran, leaving him to sit motionless in the lobby.
After a quarter of an hour, the shouting and killing in the city gradually stopped. Gongsun Kang entered the city with his staff.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Gongsun Kanglong walked in a tiger step and strode in the forefront. The person has not arrived, but the voice has arrived: "Haha! Look! Tall General! If not now, but when? ”
Gao Ran opened his eyes, looked at Gongsun Kang who was approaching, and sighed. Kneeling on the ground: "The last general is willing to surrender!" ”
Gao Yan, who is good at judging the situation, is not a die-hard person in the first place. In his previous life, he and Zhang He, in order to save their lives, could take the initiative to surrender to Cao Cao. In this life, it is natural that he can surrender to Gongsun Kang when the general trend has gone. And there's no embarrassment!
"Hurry up, please!" Gongsun Kang held up Gao Lan with both hands, he really appreciated Gao Lan.
"Liaodong's domination of the world is the trend of the times, and General Gao's return to the Ming Dynasty at this time is just right to open up territory for me and make great achievements!" Gongsun Kang wants to settle down in Gao Lan's heart.
Originally, Gao Ran had already made preparations for being refrigerated, but he didn't expect Gongsun Kang to say this.
At that moment, his eyes were red with emotion, and he bowed again: "The last general is willing to serve the Lord's work of dogs and horses!" ”
"Hahaha!" Gongsun Kang's laughter rang out of the mansion and wandered in the sky.
(End of chapter)