Zhang Yibin took 1,500 people to Taunggyi City, Taunggyi City is about 90 miles away from Lailin, the road is not easy to walk, although they ride horses, but some roads must be dismounted and led, under the leadership of the guide, it took more than two hours to reach the outside of Taunggyi City.

Taunggyi is slightly larger than Lailin, and its walls are about five feet higher than Lailin, but it has a moat. Zhang Yibin first let the troops rest in the woods, and then took out his binoculars to observe carefully.

He summoned the officers to a meeting, and first said: "This Taunggyi City is a little troublesome, first of all, the city wall is higher than Lailin City, and the most troublesome thing is the moat, the river is two zhang wide, and after crossing the river, there is only a place less than a foot, whether it is a human ladder or an iron bar, I am afraid that there is no way to go up." ”

The leader of the white pole soldiers looked at the binoculars for a while and said: "It's really not easy to perform, the main reason is that the place is too small, the ladder is not very easy to build, and the iron bar is inserted very slowly, and the sound is loud, which will definitely alarm the people above." ”

A bureau chief said: "There is no way for the white pole soldier brothers, so they can only attack." ”

Zhang Yibin shook his head and said: "The cost of a strong attack is too great, according to Wu Lasu, there are more than 2,000 Dongzhi soldiers in Dongzhi City, and if we fight hard, we can't take Dongzhi City, so we must open the city gate first." I took a look, and the suspension bridge was fine, using a thick cable, although I don't know what it was made of, but at least it can be seen that it is not an iron cable. ”

The director said: "Isn't that simple, although we didn't bring cannons, but we have explosives packs, use explosives packs to blow up the door, and then you can rush in." ”

Zhang Yibin scolded: "Xiong Tianyi, what do you have to say about it so simple? The drawbridge was blown up when the explosives bag blew open the gates, are you going to let everyone swim over? ”

Xiong Tianyi said: "Then put down the drawbridge first, so that the explosives will not blow up the drawbridge, we will stay in front of the drawbridge, rush in as soon as the door is blown open, and catch them off guard." ”

Zhang Yibin thought for a while and said: "This is very difficult, first of all, the drawbridge must be lowered without the enemy noticing, which requires at least twenty people to support the drawbridge in the water, let it slowly descend, and immediately blow up the city gate after descending, and rush in immediately after the city gate is blown open, it will take a little longer, and the enemy will be in trouble when he reacts." ”

Xiong Tianyi said with a big grin: "I'll go and blow up the city gate, the white pole soldier brothers used the white pole to support the suspension bridge and cut the thick rope with a knife." ”

Zhang Yibin said: "First of all, we have to touch the situation of the moat, if there are sharp piles or something in it, it will be troublesome, and this matter will be solved by Qin Yongchun." Xiong Tianyi, you are responsible for leading people to plant explosives, using the kind of lead that can delay the longest time, and run away when you click it. ”

After the sky was completely dark, Qin Yongchun slowly touched the city gate with more than a dozen white-pole soldiers, first used the white-pole gun to move slowly in the water, and soon found that there were indeed sharp stakes. He secretly cursed the Donghu people for their cunning, so he and his men slowly shook the spike, and then dragged the spike to the shore after it was loosened.

Because they were afraid that the people on the city wall would find out, they could only work slowly, and they had to stop for a while while patrolling by, and it took more than an hour to finally clear the sharp piles about five steps under the drawbridge and on both sides.

Qin Yongchun climbed to the opposite bank again, first climbed along the suspension bridge to the part where the rope was tied, tried it with the steel knife in his hand, and found that it could be cut, and was greatly relieved. Then he slipped down and went into the city gate hole to observe, and found that the city gate hole was only about two steps deep, and frowned again.

The white pole soldiers returned to the woods, and Qin Yongchun said to Zhang Yibin: "Battalion commander, there is no problem with the suspension bridge, and the sharp piles have also been taken out." But the hole in the city gate is not deep, I measured it, only a little more than two steps, I was afraid that the explosives bag would damage the drawbridge. ”

Zhang Yibin said: "There is no problem with this, just wet the quilt and put it on the suspension bridge." ”

Because of the weather, the Ming army did not bring quilts, but with blankets, it should be able to achieve the same effect.

Zhang Yibin asked the troops to rest first, there were more mosquitoes in the woods, but fortunately, the military doctor prepared a potion and applied it to the bodies of people and horses, so as to avoid the horses that were clamped to move around. By one o'clock in the morning, the officers began to wake up the soldiers.

Qin Yongchun and Xiong Tianyi cautiously touched the city gate, Xiong Tianyi raised the explosives bag on his head and swam across the moat, and then began to place the explosives package. Qin Yongchun climbed onto the suspension bridge and carefully cut the sling on one side with a knife, and the white pole soldiers in the water below used a trunk about two inches thick against the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge shook for a while and returned to its original state.

Qin Yongchun climbed to the other side and began to cut the sling, and soon cut this sling, he jumped off the suspension bridge gently, and made a gesture to command the white pole soldiers to slowly lower the suspension bridge, and with a squeaky sound, the suspension bridge was lowered.

The squeak, though not loud, was particularly harsh in the quiet of the night. Two Donghu soldiers appeared at the head of the city, holding torches and began to shout and ask, "Who is it?" ”

Qin Yongchun knew that it was not easy to see below the city wall from above, so he lay motionless on the side of the suspension bridge, not wanting one of the Donghu soldiers to throw down the torches, just when he saw that the suspension bridge had been lowered, he immediately shouted.

Qin Yongchun knew that the matter was exposed, so he immediately spread the wet military blanket on the bridge deck, and beckoned the white-pole soldiers in the water to quickly retreat. Xiong Tianyi had already put away the explosives package, and blocked it with two stones outside the explosives package, which could increase the power and prevent damage to the suspension bridge.

He pulled a fuse from the explosives bag, then took out a match sealed with oiled paper and tried to light it, but he struck two matches without success.

Qin Yongchun saw it in his eyes, picked up the torch dropped by the Donghu soldiers and ran in front of Xiong Tianyi, Xiong Tianyi took the torch and scolded: "I'm so stupid." As he spoke, he lit the fuse, then threw the torch away, and pulled Qin Yongchun to run to the suspension bridge.

The screams of the Eastern Soldiers were particularly piercing in the quiet night, and there was a commotion in the city. A man who looked like a leader came to the city, dropped a torch, and just in time to see the fleeing Ming army, he shouted loudly, and some of the Donghu soldiers took out their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot.

At this moment, there was an earth-shattering loud bang, and the people on the city gate tower rolled to the ground together. The gates were blown apart, and a field of torches could be seen inside the city.

The guards who had been guarding the drawbridge for a long time took fire guns and fired at the city gate, and with the screams sounded, the guards who had not yet fired rushed into the city gate with fire guns, and Zhang Yibin's voice sounded: "Rush in quickly, hit the torches." ”

The guards who rushed into the city were a burst of bullets at the torches, and many of them fell to the ground, but they illuminated the Donghu soldiers more clearly. The sound of the guns was continuous, and the screams came and went, like a grand movement.