Chapter Fifty-Nine: The City Is Broken
Near the sea.
Ren Anyi stood at the head of the city covered in blood, and outside the city, the bonfire in the Jin Bing camp dotted the sky like stars in the night.
The night wind gusted, blowing the flag of the Northern Army on the city wall to the sound of hunting, and at the same time blowing the strong smell of blood on the battlefield.
"Brother Ren, it's too bad, Chao Gang sent people out of the city to surrender to the Jin people." Zhang Yan hurriedly walked to Ren Anyi's side, "He also sent someone to arrest the two of us and prepare to hand over the name of Jin Ren to Natou." ”
Ren Anyi's expression was calm, and Chao Gang, who was about to escape when the Jin soldiers were besieging Linhai, was stopped by the two of them with the soldiers who followed them, and seeing that they could not escape, Chao Gang had to pretend to stay to resist Jin.
"Bile mice." Ren Anyi punched the battlements heavily, from the siege of the Jin soldiers to the present, he and Zhang Yan have been in charge of defending the city, Chao Gang has been hiding in the mansion from beginning to end and refusing to go out, and he was frightened by the Jin people.
"Now there are some generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death who support Chao Gang, if they cooperate with the Jin people, it will be bad, Brother Ren, the national disaster is at the head, we can't give our lives to these dog thieves." Zhang Yan showed a resolute look, "It's better to strike first, kill Chao Gang, and seize the military power of Linhai." ”
Ren Anyi shook his head, "Chao Gang has a deep background, killing him will only cause trouble for us, just imprison Chao Gang and the others." ”
"Then I'll go now!" After that, Zhang Yan ordered a group of soldiers to take advantage of the night to go to Chao Gang's mansion.
Ren Anyi dispatched soldiers to set up an ambush at the head of the city, and only waited for Chao Gang's people to come and take it immediately.
The situation in Linhai was as he guessed, the soldiers of the Hua Dynasty were afraid of gold like tigers, and many people were frightened at the end of the war, and some people only thought about how to survive, rather than thinking about holding Linhai City.
Not long after Zhang Yan left, a sound of neat footsteps came, and after a while, more than a dozen black shadows touched the city wall and came straight towards him.
But before these people could make a move, the soldiers hiding in the darkness immediately rushed forward, and the muzzle of the arquebus was aimed at Chao Gang's men.
"All of them are imprisoned." Ren Anyi ordered, and now he is not afraid of Chao Gang, because Chao Gang's performance has spurned many people and soldiers in Linhai.
Although he did not have a military talisman now, many of the people in the city and the soldiers who resolutely resisted Jin voluntarily obeyed his dispatch.
Because they understand that once the golden soldiers break through the city, this place will go to hell.
Outside the city.
Borzi and the ten commanders were in their tents discussing the siege of the city, and they had suffered more than 2,000 casualties in the storm.
"Lord Banner, Linhai City has thick walls and sufficient reserves, it is an important military town built by the Hua Dynasty, and the Chao Gang of the Northern Army in it is also considered to be well-equipped in the Northern Army, and it is indeed a difficult bone to gnaw, but as long as the Linhai is taken, the northern convenience of the Hua Dynasty will be opened, and since then it will be a flat river."
Dutong Li Yuanxiao said.
Borzi's patience had long since run out, and this time he promised Emperor Erhe that he would reach the city of Jiangning within three months, but now he was blocked by a coastal city.
According to his understanding, Chao Gang, the defender of Linhai City, was a greedy person who was afraid of death, so he thought that besieging Linhai would definitely allow this general to escape, and at that time, the Linhai City army was in turmoil, and it was easy to attack the city.
It's just that he didn't expect that in the past few days of attacking the city, the generals at the head of the city were Ren Anyi and Zhang Yan, and the Chinese Dynasty soldiers defending the city resisted very fiercely.
"You generals like to talk nonsense, who doesn't understand the truth, but now who has the means to take Linhai City." Borzi slammed his glass down.
Thirty years ago, the Jin soldiers entered the customs, and a large number of Han generals surrendered, and these surrendered Han generals were incorporated into the Han banner.
At the same time, Emperor Jin Taizu listened to the advice of Han officials, imitated Han law, and decided to reuse Han officials to govern the Jin Dynasty.
But even so, Borzi still looked down on many Han generals and Han officials, after all, the Jin Dynasty defeated them with bow horses.
The Han people were stunned when they heard this, and then he said: "The end of the method is already there, but I am afraid that the banner master will not agree." ”
"What's the solution?" Borzi was a little impatient.
"Lord Banner is now besieging Linhai City on all sides, and the people and soldiers of the Hua Dynasty in the city can only fight to the death when they see no hope of escaping, and what they want for the adults is just Linhai City, and in the end they only need to take Linhai, so it is better to besiege the city on three sides, leaving one side so that the people and soldiers in the city can escape, so that the hearts of the soldiers in Linhai City will be shaken." Li Yuanxiao's eyes flickered.
Borzi frowned, groaned for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "This is indeed a solution, but it could be more perfect, arrange a cavalry ambush in the direction of the left side, and kill it when the time comes." ”
"Hahaha......" The Jurchen generals laughed wildly.
Someone shouted: "Li Yuanxiao, are you still thinking about your Han brothers, why did you ignore such a simple step." ”
"That's it, it's ......"
Li Yuanxiao's face turned red, he snorted and sat down and stopped talking.
Borzi waved his hand to silence everyone, and he said: "Tomorrow the city gate will be blown open with a cart full of gunpowder, once the city is broken, the soldiers and people of the Chinese Dynasty will definitely flee through the south gate, and then it will be the best time to seize Linhai." ”
"Yes, Lord Bannerman." The crowd shouted.
Early the next morning, with the sound of a trumpet, Li Yuanxiao ordered 3,000 Han soldiers to rush towards Linhai City, and one of the flatbed trucks loaded with gunpowder advanced together under the guard of the soldiers.
Looking at the majestic Linhai City, Li Yuanxiao has a complicated mood, every time he fights, the Jin soldiers will always let the Han soldiers in front, and he hides behind to take credit, but what can this be, although the Jin people used Han officials and Han generals in the court, but the status of the Han people is still the lowest, even if they work hard for the Jin people, they are always Han people, and they are the objects to be guarded against.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
As soon as the charge began, the sound of cannons sounded at the head of the coastal city, which was the standard number of sieges in the past few days.
Li Yuanxiao clenched his fists and stared at the gunpowder cart, Linhai Chengpo was afraid that it would be today, and now that he was a general in the Jin Dynasty, he could only fight for the Jin Dynasty.
Linhai City Head.
Ren Anyi and Zhang Yan were directing the artillery to bombard the enemy soldiers, when an artillery piece suddenly fell silent.
"What's going on!" Ren Anyi came to the artillery, and at this time, the artillerymen removed the debris in the barrel, only to see that there was a lot of sand inside.
Seeing the gunpowder box on the ground, Ren Anyi picked up one of the gunpowder packets and tore it open, only to see that there was only a small amount of gunpowder inside, mixed with a lot of sand.
"Can such gunpowder work!" Ren Anyi said angrily.
The artilleryman said aggrievedly: "This is the gunpowder that was sent just now, and we don't know." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Yan walked over, "Oh no, most of the ammunition in reserve is shoddy." ”
Ren Anyi was so angry when he heard this, he almost vomited blood, and the ammunition he used a few days ago was taken from the top floor of the ammunition room.
He didn't expect Chao Gang to use a layer of good ammunition on top to cover up the inferior ammunition below.
"It's so strange that this guy wants to surrender, he knows it in his heart." Ren Anyi's eyes were red, "Today I am going to slash this traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people." ”
As soon as his words fell, suddenly there was a loud noise, accompanied by the shaking of the ground and the mountains, and the gate of Linhai City collapsed.