Chapter 806: Know My Sin About Me
With Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji and others, they led a total of more than 12,000 people into the city, and Guyuan City, which had fallen into the hands of Mu Suman for five months, returned to the hands of the official army.
More than 1,200 cavalry from the vanguard of the Wulie battalion guerrilla Tang Kyushu and the garrison Bagen were the first to enter the city and go straight to the south gate.
Yang Qizhuang, who was shouting and directing his subordinates to besiege the remaining troops of He Yilong and He Jin's subordinates, saw a large number of officers and cavalry roaring towards him, only to know that the north gate was lost and the officers and troops had entered the city.
Frightened, Yang Qizhuang ordered his Musu barbarians to turn back to face the battle, and at the same time led his cronies to flee south.
After Tang Jiuzhou and Bagen led their troops into the city, they each led a column, holding a torch in one hand and a long knife in the other, along the middle street that runs north and south in Guyuan City, and rushed towards the south gate.
Although they came quickly, they had no way to leave behind all the Mu Suman and the rogue team that had gathered in the area of the Yamen of the former trilateral governor in front of Nancheng.
There are not many forward cavalry led by two people.
The second is that Nancheng has been in a scuffle since nightfall, and the crowd is surging, blocking the way.
By the time the two of them broke through the crowd and seized the exit of the south gate, Yang Qizhuang, the imam of the Musu Barbarian Rebellion in Guyuan City, had already rushed out of the city with a group of people.
After the death of He Yilong and He Jin, the more than 4,000 thieves under their command also suffered heavy losses under the crazy siege of a large number of Mu Suman in the city.
If it weren't for the arrival of Tang Jiuzhou and the subsequent cavalry of the Wulie battalion and scattered the large number of Mu Suman besieging them, then this group of thieves and horses would have been wiped out.
More than 1,000 people who escaped from death, after hearing that the imperial court's horse infantry army had entered the city in a big way, under the leadership of several leaders, fled from the south gate of Guyuan, and went straight to the direction of Pingliang.
The leaders of these escaped thieves, one is called Hao Yongzhong, the other is called Liu Tichun, and there is a small leader named Liu Liangzuo.
These fierce generals among the thieves, at this time, are either the right-hand men of He Yilong, or He Jin's henchmen, since they followed Gao Yingxiang in northern Shaanxi, they have fought together in various places in Qin and Jin, and they can be regarded as forming a deep friendship.
After the news came that He Yilong and He Jin were lured by Po Ximu and Yang Qizhuang to be killed in the chapel of Xida Temple, these people were indignant.
Whether it was out of brotherhood or out of the desire to inherit the camp head and team under He Yilong and He Jin, in short, they refused to flee under the banner of avenging He Yilong and He Jin.
But when it was learned that the official army had entered the city in a big way, whether it was internal strife or firefighting, it was meaningless, Liu Tichun, Hao Yongzhong, and Liu Liangzuo naturally did not delay any longer, greeted the remaining team, and took advantage of the chaos in the city to escape from the city.
There is no thief leader in Guyuan City, and the remaining Musu barbarian people, although the number is still large, is a rabble.
As the officers and soldiers outside the city rushed into the city one after another, the Musu barbarians in the city either surrendered on their knees or fled in all directions.
Wang Shihu, Yao Jinzhong and other generals who were originally in Guyuan City, since they entered the inner city, took their men and horses straight to their respective houses.
When they once again confirmed the fact that their families had been killed, their belongings had been robbed, and their homes had been occupied, the last wisp of disillusionment in their hearts was shattered, and their hatred and anger could no longer be contained.
Mao Yujian, the counselor of the governor's palace of Yuan Chonghuan's staff who entered the city with the army, saw the chaos in the city, and considering Yuan Chonghuan's reputation, he went out of the city overnight and returned to the tent of the governor of the three sides of the official army camp, and reported to Yuan Chonghuan the details of the official army's large-scale killing.
In the end, Mao Yujian said to Yuan Chonghuan: "At this time, my army has entered the city, and Guyuan City has been entered!" The work of recovering the city has been established, and it should be stopped!
"And the Marquis of Dongsheng is now in Yan'an City, not far from here, why don't you write a letter and send someone to send it, one is a success, and the other is to ask for instructions! In this way, if someone in the DPRK and China is impeached in the future, your lord will also have a voice! ”
Yuan Chonghuan, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, although his eyes were red, they were shining, and his expression was quite excited.
"Knowing that I sin against me, it is only spring and autumn! Whether the corrupt Confucians in the DPRK and China impeach me for being greedy for merit, or impeaching me for killing, if this matter is successful, the northwest will be forever peaceful, and after a hundred years, the history will have its own public opinion! ”
After saying this, Yuan Chonghuan turned to face Mao Yujian, who was standing with his bow, looked at him and said, "Brother Shibata! Brother Shibata! Go and give me orders! Within three days from now on, the first rank in the city will all talk about military merits, and the soldiers will have something to gain, and it will belong to them!
"Three days later, Yuan entered the city, and the day Yuan entered the city was the time when the soldiers of each battalion collected their swords!"
Mao Yujian was also a royal historian from Qingliu, and he always cherished his reputation in Shilin, and invited himself to follow Yuan Chonghuan to the northwest to guard the border, but he did not take advantage of Yuan Chonghuan's great prestige to enhance his reputation in the border town.
However, for more than two years, the northwest has been in chaos, and the long-awaited fame has not only not arrived, but the prestige accumulated over the years has fallen all the way.
At this time, knowing Yuan Chonghuan's order, it won't be long before the government and the opposition Shilin will be scolded again.
It's just that he asked for orders to follow Yuan Chonghuan to the west, and this brand can't be changed no matter what, and now, with Yuan Chonghuan is already a loss and a glory, at this time Yuan Chonghuan has made up his mind, and what he says will only increase the suspicion, so he had to bite the head and go back to the city to pass the order.
This order does not mention the slaughter of the city, but the meaning of the slaughter of the city is obvious.
Whether it is Zhou Yuji or Cao Wenzhao, of course there is no reason to object.
And the proud soldiers and fierce generals under the command of the two people, who were either from Han Chinese or Mongol, were all energetic and morale-boosting.
The disarmed Musu barbarian army that crowded in the urn city of the north gate immediately became the prey of He Renlong's command.
Especially when Ji Rentai, the leader of the Dalat Tribe, Sukh Balu, the leader of the Hangjin Tribe, and Seleng, the leader of the West Urat Tribe, who were the last to enter the city, figured out what the order of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides, meant, and the steppe cavalry of each belt roared and rode into the city.
These steppe tribes, who have long been poor and crazy, are looking forward to this moment the most.
Previously, he followed the soldiers and horses under Li Banghua to march into the Hetao, although he won the battle, but he did not capture much, because the Ordos tribes were not rich, and there were many rules of the Ming official army.
After that, the Dalat Department from the expedition to the Hetao was sealed in the grassland north of Wuliangsuhai, and Ji Rentai was also named the commander of the Dalat Guard.
The Hangjin Department from the expedition to the Hetao was sealed in the grassland north of the Hatentau Sea west of the Wolf Mountain, and its leader Sukhbaru also became the commander of the Hangjin Guard.
The leader of the West Urat Bu, who was also known for his meritorious service in the conquest of the Hetao, was made the commander of the Urad Guard, and his tribe was placed in the grassland area west of the Wolf Mountain and south of the Hatentau Sea.
With the hereditary grassland fiefdom and the hereditary command and official position, for these small tribes who originally had little to offer, what they needed most was population, wealth, and cattle and sheep.
However, these Musu barbarian populations in the city, even these Mongolian tribes with scarce populations, knew that they could not want such people.
Now that they have the military orders of the governors of the three sides, they gallop wild in the city, killing people and stealing things, and naturally have no scruples.
The chaotic night passed, and by dawn the next day, the Wulie battalion and various Mongolian cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao, Bo of An Yuan, had cleared the resistance of the southern city and drove the remaining Mu Su barbarians in the city to the north of the city.
When the sun climbed to the top of the attic of Guyuan Saidaiji Temple, thousands of Musu barbarians in the city were all surrounded in and around Saidaiji Temple.
Inside and outside Saidaiji Temple, there are crowds of people, people with knives, people without knives, men, women, the elderly, children, crowded together.
Some of them knelt on the ground inside and outside the Saidai Temple in groups, chanting and praying for something, while some people were still shouting slogans hoarsely in the face of the officers and soldiers who were getting closer and closer in the face of the swords and guns, boosting the morale of the Musu barbarians in the holy war!
Zhou Yuji and Cao Wenzhao rode on horses, stopped behind the encirclement of the official army, and watched the crowd surging in the open area in front of the Xida Temple from a distance of more than 100 steps, without saying a word, just quietly waiting for the artillery battalion that was busy adjusting the angle of fire at the feet of the horses.
After Zhou Yuji came to the northwest, he spent more than two years reorganizing and training a musket battalion, a vehicle artillery battalion, and two grenadier battalions with the soldiers of the Beijing battalion he brought with him.
Now, now that the Governor has decided not to accept the surrender of these mobs, it is time for these firearms battalions to come in handy.
After Huang Tingbi, the capital of the artillery battalion, was ready, he raised the order flag in his hand, turned his head to look at Zhou Yuji, and waited for the order.
And Zhou Yuji saw that the flag of the car artillery battalion was held high, and he didn't speak at the moment, first raised his arm, and then waved it down.