Chapter 282: Descending to Leilin Again (Page 1/1)

After the gates of Mensar were opened, there was no longer any suspense in the battle. As the White Pole Soldiers and Guards entered the city, a large number of Donghu people fell to their knees and surrendered. Ma Xianglin had the officers among the Donghu captives singled out and began to torture the situation in the next city, Lailin.

The officers of Mengsa immediately spoke at the slightest move, and after hearing that Leylin was only guarded by 700 soldiers, Ma Xianglin was impatient, and hurried to Lylin with a thousand white pole soldiers and a thousand guards.

Lailin was more than a hundred miles away from Mengsa, and by the time Ma Xianglin arrived at Lailin, it was almost dark. Ma Xianglin first let the troops rest and eat in the woods two miles away from the city, and after an hour, it was completely dark, and they carefully and slowly touched the city wall.

The city of Lailin is not big, and the city wall is only one zhang high, and the white pole soldiers set up a ladder, and Ma Xianglin quickly climbed to the top of the city. Several Donghu soldiers were gambling in the city, shouting and screaming, not paying any attention to the arrival of death.

After Ma Xianglin waited for the white pole soldiers to climb up to more than 20 people, he slowly touched the Donghu people who were surrounded by torches, and until he was about three steps behind the Donghu people, only one of the Donghu soldiers shouted: "Ah, you ......" has been stabbed in the throat by Ma Xianglin.

The white pole soldiers worked together and quickly killed these Donghu soldiers, and there was no way to even make a cry for help during the whole process. Ma Xianglin asked the people behind him to continue to climb the wall, and he took the white pole soldiers down the city wall and touched the city gate.

There was still a group of gambling soldiers in the cave of the city gate, and the white pole soldiers swarmed up, killed them together, and then opened the city gate. Ma Xianglin didn't choose cautious measures because he wanted to surprise the Donghu people out so that they could clean up together, so there was a terrible scream from the city gate, which woke up the Donghu soldiers in the city.

The guards who had been waiting at the gate of the city trotted in in line, and the white-pole soldiers who had climbed the city wall also gave up their climb and poured in through the gate. The guards quickly lined up a hundred paces in front of the city gate, crouched down and aimed their guns in front of them, and some of them rushed to the head of the city and destroyed the Donghu people on the city wall with the white pole soldiers.

The people of Donghu rushed up with a shout, and they were perfect targets with torches. After the sound of firecrackers, the Donghu people were quickly frightened and fled backwards.

The attacking side suffered too much in the night battle, so Ma Xianglin was not in a hurry, and asked people to first search a large area of houses by the city gate, drive out the Donghu people who had no time to escape, and then set up a circle of sentry posts on the periphery, and let the soldiers start to rest.

The next morning, the Ming army unceremoniously boiled and ate the food in the house, and then began to search the whole city unhurriedly. Originally, Ma Xianglin thought that the Donghu soldiers should have fled, but he didn't expect them to focus on the southern entrance and prepare to resist stubbornly. He immediately sent a group of guards out of the city and waited outside the south gate, and then began to attack the Toungoo.

The bows and arrows of the Donghu people could not effectively kill the Ming army at all, and it was impossible for the Donghu people to fight in close combat. The battle turned into a one-sided massacre, and the Donghu people surrendered on their knees when they found that there was nothing to do, but they did not flee out of the city.

Ma Xianglin was very strange, so he asked the guards of Lailin City, "Why don't you run away?" ”

The guard looked at him strangely and said, "Escape? I don't run away but die on my own, and if I run away my whole family will die, why don't you say I run away. ”

Ma Xianglin said: "Is the Donghu military law so harsh? No wonder Siam and Nanzhang have been beaten in disarray over the years. ”

The guard said: "Stern fart, if we run away, it will indeed be the whole family beheaded, but if your family is a big family in the capital, no one will dare to care about you if you run away, and the so-called strict military law is only relative to us." ”

Ma Xianglin said with a smile: "I hear that you seem to be a little resentful, if I want you to take refuge in Daming, I will give you a great preciousness in the future, I don't know if you are willing." ”

The guard officer kowtowed and said, "The villain Wu Lasu is willing to be loyal to the general and the Ming Dynasty." ”

Ma Xianglin smiled: "Aren't you afraid of being beheaded all over the house?" ”

Wu Lasu said: "The villain's parents are dead, and even if he escapes, there is nowhere to go, so he didn't run away." Today's generals are willing to take in the small ones, and the small ones are naturally willing to be loyal. ”

Ma Xianglin nodded and said, "Very good, you choose the subordinates who are willing to follow you and collect food for us around, this matter is well done, I can appoint you as the city guard of Lailin." ”

Wu Lasu said: "Please rest assured, the small one must do his best for Daming." However, the monarch was originally going to attack the Ming Dynasty again, so both Leylin City and Taunggyi City had a large amount of grain reserves, which could feed at least 50,000 people for a month. ”

Ma Xianglin didn't expect such a good thing, so he asked Wu Lasu to take the quartermaster to clean up the amount of grain. When the quartermaster returned, he was overjoyed and said, "General, there is enough food for us to eat all of us for two months, and we don't have to bring food from the country." ”

Ma Xianglin pursed his lips, before coming this time, Lu Qin told him that he must give food to the enemy, and the country was not ready to transport grain over, and the soldiers each brought five days of dry food. And the quartermaster didn't know, and thought that the large army behind would bring food.

He smiled and said: "Wu Lasu, you still have to lead people to collect grain for our forwards, we still have tens of thousands of troops behind us, and this grain can be used by them." ”

Ma Xianglin was originally going to let the people of Lailin flee to attract the Donghu people to take Lailin City, but he didn't want to encounter this situation. He discussed with Zhang Yibin, the commander of the Vanguard Independent Battalion of the Guards, about what to do next, and Zhang Yibin said: "General Lu said, General Ma can fight as much as he wants, and I will definitely obey General Ma's orders." ”

Ma Xianglin said: "I originally thought that we only had two thousand people in total, and the best way was to defend the city first, and wait for Mengsa's army to come." Now that Lailin's Taunghu people have not fled to report the news, then if we go to attack Taunggyi, we can harvest a large amount of grain and grass for more than 20,000 of us for four months, so that the follow-up troops will no longer have to worry about food at all. ”

Zhang Yibin said: "General Ma's idea is excellent, then the general will defend Lailin here, and the next official will take Dongzhi City." ”

Ma Xianglin said: "Lailin City must not be lost, but the grain and grass of Taunzhi City are even more attractive. Battalion Commander Zhang, you lead all the guards and 500 white pole soldiers to Taunggyi, be sure to take the city, and don't let the Donghu people burn the grain and grass. ”

Zhang Yibin saluted: "Please rest assured General Ma, you will definitely complete the task." There are only 500 generals, and you have to be careful of these Donghu people turning against the water. ”

Ma Xianglin said: "I know this in my heart, you quickly set off, take all the horses away, and strive to reach Dongzhi City today and capture the city at night." ”

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