Chapter 389: The Longest Day (5)
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Li Yuanyin originally came to move the rescue soldiers, but he didn't expect these guys to fight first. Li Yuanyin stood on the side and shouted for a long time that no one listened to him, these guys were all his uncles, how could Li Yuanyin suppress them without Li Chengdong here.
Luo Chengyao was originally going to make things bigger, but when he saw that the Henan generals were angry, he shouted: "Brothers from Henan, these Shaanxi bastards are too bad things, everyone copied the guys and fought with them!" ”
Hearing Luo Chengyao's agitation, various Henan generals returned to the camp to organize the army and prepare for a firefight.
The Shaanxi generals saw that they could still be afraid of you Henan Yankees, and they also organized manpower to prepare to fight back.
Li Yuanyin saw that these guys were all preparing to fight, and no one cared about him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Yang Dafu and shouted: "Uncle Yang, fight slowly, what should the big handsome man in the city do?" ”
Yang Dafu is a reckless man, he was burned unconscious by Luo Chengyao just now, and now his head is sober up when he hears Li Yuanyin say this.
"yes, damn it, the eldest brother is still in the city. You bastards listen to me! ”
Now that Li Chengdong is not here, the Shaanxi generals still listen to Yang Dafu.
"What's wrong with Brother Yang?"
"You guys are fighting with Henan bastards here, I'll take my people to the city to save Brother Li!"
"Well, Brother Yang, don't worry, these Henan Yankees are less than us, you can go with confidence!"
Shaanxi people accounted for most of Li Chengdong's army, and there were only more than 10,000 Henan and Shandong people, so Yang Dafu took 10,000 cavalry and left more than Henan people.
Li Yuanyin couldn't help it when he saw the chaos in the barracks, he hadn't taken Li Chengdong's seat yet, these uncles didn't listen to him at all, there was no choice but to let them fight, and wait until his father was rescued.
Li Yuanyin took Yang Dafu and 10,000 cavalry out of the camp and rushed to the south gate. The route back is the same as the way out, and you have to enter the city through the south gate. It's not that the east gate can't be walked, the main east gate is closed, and it takes too long to break through the east gate, and it is not as fast as the south gate.
The ten personal soldiers left by Li Yuanyin at the south gate stayed here in fear, they were afraid that the Qing army in the city would react and occupy the south gate, so they would not stop using their ten people. Now that he heard the sound of horses' hooves vibrating in the distance, he knew that the major general had brought reinforcements, and suddenly his ten hearts were put down.
The south gate was full of people, and a large number of people were waiting to enter the city, when they suddenly heard the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and they scattered in all directions. Li Yuanyin didn't stop at the south gate with 10,000 cavalry, and at this time he couldn't take care of the common people, and countless people died under the hooves of the horses for a while.
When the officers and soldiers of the inspection department guarding the gate saw Li Chengdong's army entering the city in large numbers, they knew that it was not good, and they did not dare to stop it. No matter which side wins, they will be unlucky, so it is better to take advantage of the chaos and run away.
Nancheng is a commercial street, there are more people, Yang Dafu and Li Chengdong slaughtered many cities back then, it can be called murderous, seeing the people all over the city Yang Dafu laughed, "This is enjoyable, pass the order!" Kill all those who stand in your way! ”
10,000 cavalrymen showed their sabers one after another, slashing and killing the people on the road, and for a time the heads were rolling.
Li Yuanyin couldn't bear it, and said, "Uncle Yang, it's better to kill less!" ”
"Hehe, boy, you're not handsome yet, you can't control me, wait until you take your father's place!"
Seeing Yang Dafu say this, Li Yuanyin had no choice but to ride a horse and follow behind Yang Dafu. Although Yang Dafu's methods were cruel, but they were much more effective, the people on the street saw these troops killing, and they were so frightened that they hid in the alleys and did not dare to come out, and the originally densely populated Nancheng Street became empty, and Yang Dafu ran wildly on the street with cavalry.
Tong Guonai, who was besieging Li Chengdong, saw that the Qing army had already entered the last layer of the courtyard, and there were only more than 300 people left on Li Chengdong's side, and success was just around the corner.
Tong Guonai was overjoyed in his heart, and said to Tong Tuchang: "See, Li Chengdong will be finished in a while!" ”
As soon as Tong Guonai finished speaking, he felt the ground shake, and Tong Guonai was also experienced in battle for a long time, knowing that this was the vibration of a large group of cavalry marching.
Tong Guonai's face turned pale with fright, he didn't expect Li Chengdong's reinforcements to come so quickly, there were tens of thousands of people listening to the voice, and he had less than 3,000 people, and he was not an opponent of the cavalry at all.
Tong Guonai grabbed the commander of the Qing army and shouted hoarsely: "Quick! Organize manpower to defend against cavalry! Li Chengdong's cavalry has entered the city! ”
The commander now heard the sound of horses' hooves, and his face turned white with fright, and he hurriedly organized his men to come to the mouth of the alley to defend against the cavalry.
In fact, in street battles, infantry has an advantage over cavalry, and the cavalry's impact speed cannot be exerted, and it is easy to be divided and eliminated by infantry. However, the number of Li Chengdong's cavalry greatly exceeded that of the Qing army, and all of them were new forces. The Qing army has been fighting here for half an hour, and it is really the end of the crossbow.
The Qing army organized 500 people to line up a ten-layer defense line at the mouth of the alley, preparing to defend the cavalry with shields. If the 3,000 people of the Qing army have sufficient physical strength, coupled with a tight defensive formation, it is really difficult to say that they can win in street battles. But at this time, the Qing army was no match for the cavalry at all, and the tired soldiers had just lined up in formation at the mouth of the alley, and the cavalry had arrived before the shields had not been deployed.
It was Yang Daifu who led with a hundred heavily armored cavalry, who were responsible for breaking through the enemy formation. These people were all dressed in three layers of heavy armor, and they were completely unafraid of arrows, and the bows and arrows of the Qing army were of no use to them at all, only to shoot them in the eyes and horses. But now that the Qing army had this opportunity, Yang Dafu's heavy cavalry rushed in as soon as the formation was lined up.
Yang Dasuke rushed into the crowd and slashed to clear the way for the cavalry that followed, and the cavalry rushed into the alley like a flood. Tong Guonai, who was standing in the back, saw that the big thing was not good, and his life was going to end today.
Tong Guonai looked around, and the attention of the people around him was on the battle. Tong Guonai quietly retreated, found a horse and galloped back to Beicheng, ready to escape.
Tong Tuchang was engrossed in the battle ahead, and when he turned his head, he found that Tong Guonai had run away. Tong Tuchang wanted to find Wang Xian and ask a few people to chase after him, but after thinking about it, he still didn't go, and leaving Tong Guonai's life may be useful in the future.
Li Chengdong in the house has completely retreated to the inner house, and Li Chengdong is also ready to kill several of his wives and concubines and then commit suicide. Just when Li Chengdong was about to make a move, he suddenly found that all the Qing troops had retreated, and then there was a shocking sound of horses' hooves in the front yard. Li Chengdong knew that the reinforcements had arrived, and his life was saved.
Wang Xian also sat on the ground and gasped for breath, this battle of life and death was really dangerous. Wang Xian looked around, most of the 400 people he brought were killed and wounded, only Ding Wei was still alive in the 100 households, and Xue Yue and others were all killed in battle.
Li Chengdong looked at Wang Xian, Ding Wei and others, arched his hand and said: "Brothers, you saved me today, if there is anything that needs my squeak in the future, Li Hezi will never speak!" ”
Wang Xian and the others were so tired that they couldn't speak, so they only arched their hands.
At this time, a voice outside the door said: "General Li, now that my Shenwu Emperor needs you anyway, don't you agree?" ”
Li Chengdong looked up and saw that it was Tong Tuchang, who was the roe head rat, who came.
Seeing Tong Tuchang come in, Li Chengdong remembered what Wang Xian said about him being detained by the governor.
Li Chengdong asked with a gloomy face: "Lord Tong, let me ask you something, I don't have any deep hatred with Tong Guonai, is it that you are provoking me if he wants to kill me today?" ”
Hearing Li Chengdong say that Tong Tuchang's face was as usual, he arched his hand and said: "That's right! Tong Guonai and I are relatives, and I showed him the edict of His Majesty the Emperor to canonize you, and he made up his mind to kill you! ”
Hearing that he had fallen for Tong Tuchang's strategy, Li Chengdong was extremely angry, and he pulled out his saber and was about to hack Tong Tuchang to death. Wang Xian and other Jinyi guards saw that they hurriedly stood up to protect Tong Tuchang, and Li Chengdong's personal soldiers also pulled out their waist knives when they saw that the marshal was about to make a move, ready to do it with their comrades who were fighting side by side just now.
Tong Tuchang saw Li Chengdong's bloodstained knife, and laughed: "Li Chengdong, do you think it's okay to kill me?" If you kill me, you will completely offend Emperor Shenwu, you have become the mortal enemy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty this time, you are the enemy on your back, and there is no place for you Li Chengdong in the world! ”
Li Chengdong heard Tong Tuchang say this, and the knife in his hand stopped in mid-air. This bastard is right, he has now become mortal enemies with the Manchus. If you kill Tong Tuchang, as he said, there is no place for him in the world. But this Tong Tuchang is hateful and ruthless, his whole family almost died in his hands, and he is really unwilling not to clean up in his heart.
Tong Tuchang saw Li Chengdong hesitating, and said with a smile: "General Li, you don't know yet, just ten days ago, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren in Jiangxi had already raised the banner Anyway, all the tens of millions of people in Jiangxi Province belong to my Emperor Shenwu, do you Li Chengdong still have to be obsessed?" ”
Hearing Jin Shenghuan anyway, Li Chengdong's face turned several times, and now he was cornered, and in the end, Li Chengdong had no choice but to put down the knife, Chong Nan knelt down and said: "Minister Li Chengdong is willing to surrender to Emperor Shenwu of the Great Ming Dynasty!" After speaking, he took off his helmet and cut off the Manchu money rattail with a knife.
Seeing Li Chengdong act like this, Tong Tuchang knew that the matter in Fujian was finally completed. Tong Tuchang laughed and helped Li Chengdong up, and said: "Lord Wang, in the future, you and Tong will be ministers in the same palace!" ”
Although Li Chengdong surrendered, he hated the sinister villain Tong Tuchang very much.
"Master Tong, your methods are very dark, and it is better to stay away from you in the future!"
Hearing Li Chengdong say this, Tong Tuchang suddenly remembered that his uncle asked him to woo Li Chengdong when he left Guangdong.
Tong Tuchang first asked Wang Xian and the others to go down to rest, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Lord Li, do you think you will be fine after returning to Emperor Shenwu?" ”
Li Chengdong's eyes widened and asked, "Then what else?" Didn't His Majesty the Emperor say in his holy decree that he was not to blame for the past? ”
"No, no! Our Emperor His Majesty has great ambitions, a woman has not been put in his eyes, and it is others who look down on Lord Li! ”