Chapter 1272: Xizhi Gate
Zhao Lianhe also saw clearly through the faint light that the person who came was really the second handsome adult, and he was even more excited. At that time, the second handsome man also helped him collect bud rice at his house, and the two of them drank most of the night wine.
It's just that at that time, he had just joined the Far Eastern Army, and he didn't know the second marshal. But this incident has made him unforgettable to this day. He once talked about this with his comrades-in-arms, but few people believed his words, and every time he ridiculed him for bragging, so Zhao Lianhe never mentioned it again.
Because Zhao Lianhe's position was at the forefront of the team, Li Ming restrained his horse, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw Zhao Lianhe in the queue next to him, so Li Ming said hello to Zhao Lianhe.
"Lao Zhao, what a coincidence......"
Zhao Lianhe saw that the second marshal took the initiative to greet him, and his face was flushed with excitement. He straightened his back as much as he could on his horse, saluted Li Ming with a standard military salute, and then shouted loudly: "Good ...... chief"
Li Ming returned a military salute, then smiled and waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be nervous, you don't need so much courtesy on the battlefield." I also have the opportunity to go to your house for a drink. ”
After he finished speaking, he and Song Tao and the others fought to the front of the queue, Zhao Lianhe looked at the back of the second handsome, and the blood on his body was about to boil.
Zhao Lianhe's comrades-in-arms looked at him with jealousy on their faces, they had heard Zhao Lianhe talk about this before, but everyone didn't believe it, thinking that he was bragging.
Isn't it nonsense that the second marshal went to an ordinary non-commissioned officer's house to drink. So this matter has always become a joke in the company, and even many people in the battalion know about it, and many people see Zhao Lianhe and always ridicule him about it.
I didn't expect that the second handsome man would personally verify it here today, which made everyone envious, jealous and hateful. Even the battalion commander and several company commanders were envious. How can you be a little non-commissioned officer, how can you sit and drink with the second marshal, and you are still on the kang of your house, which is so hateful.
Li Ming came to the forefront of the ranks, and the heads of the Central Plains Campaign Command at all levels followed behind him. Lin Hua hesitated and said, "Commander, let's wait for me to lead the assault troops to control Xizhimen, and then you can enter the city." ”
"Yes, we can't take risks, if something goes wrong, how can we explain to the company's board of directors, let's let the assault force enter the city." The powerful power next to him also persuaded.
Li Ming shook his head and said, "What are you worried about, don't you believe the information sent back by the Far East Intelligence Department in Beijing, or don't you believe in the reconnaissance of the air boat unit." ”
Song Tao also smiled and said: "Dude, in order to be foolproof, we should send a special operations team to parachute to the city of Xizhimen first, and then we will act." According to the information sent back by the Ministry of Intelligence, the city of Beijing is now full of large-caliber heavy artillery such as Hongyi cannons and thousand-pound Frankie. ”
Hearing Song Tao say this, Li Ming smiled bitterly and said, "You guys...... Hehe...... Okay, Song Tao, you arrange a special operations team to control the city. ”
Song Tao nodded with a smile when he heard this, turned around and waved his hand behind him, and a group of staff officers of the Central Plains Campaign Headquarters turned their horses away.
Li Ming thought for a moment and said, "There is less than an hour before the general attack, are you still in time to arrange it now?" ”
Lin Hua next to him smiled and said, "Actually, it has already been arranged." Ever since you insisted on entering the city with the assault troops, we have developed several plans. Don't mind, Commander, the main thing is that we are too big for us to afford this responsibility. ”
Li Ming nodded, and understood everyone's thoughts in his heart. After all, the last airship crash really caught the company off guard, and now that the company has entered the Central Plains, Li Ming can't tolerate the slightest mistake.
After a while, the radio behind a nearby communicator came with the news of the airship unit, the special operations team had made contact with the city's intelligence department, and the operation was ready.
Song Tao took the microphone from the hand of the communications staff officer and said in a deep voice: "Li Long, you must not have any luck mentality, you must completely control the city, I am the only one who asks if something happens." ”
"Please rest assured that the task will be completed. If something goes wrong, I'll come to ......."
Li Ming and Song Tao picked up the night vision binoculars and looked at the situation at the head of Xizhimen in Beijing in the distance. At this time, dozens of airships deployed by the Ministry of the Air Force in Beijing were emerging from the dark night one after another, slowly lowering their huge bodies.
At this time, there was silence in the city of Beijing, with torches and dead wind lanterns swaying in the wind. A large number of defenders were curled up and sleeping under the female wall, leaving only a few generals to monitor the situation under the city.
The defenders at the head of the city had seen a large number of torches gathering in the distance, but they did not take it seriously. Because from the day Beijing was besieged, there was such a scene almost every night under the city, and it really caused great panic at that time.
But after a while, the Far Eastern Army under the city never launched a night attack to attack the city, so the defenders at the head of the city did not care, thinking that this was a trick of the Far Eastern Army under the city, just to harass them.
There was also silence under the Xizhimen Gate, and several bonfires were lit around the city gate to illuminate the city as if it were day. In the first few days of the siege of Beijing by the Far Eastern soldiers, a large number of elite Ming troops gathered under the city every day, but as the days passed, now only a few dozen soldiers were left to keep vigil, and the rest of the soldiers and horses also slept peacefully.
Now that the Far Eastern army is approaching the city, the Ming army in the city does not understand the current situation, and they are still looking forward to the arrival of the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin from all over the city. After all, the capital of the Ming Dynasty has been besieged more than once, and the Mongolian Tatars in the north and the Jurchen Dongju in Liaodong have all been killed under the capital of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin from all over the Ming Dynasty arrive, the soldiers and horses besieging the capital city of Daming will retreat.
A group of officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion was patrolling the streets with torches, and when the team came to an alley not far from the Xizhimen City Gate, the leader raised his hand, and the patrol stopped.
Two people ran out of the dark alley on both sides, dressed in black night clothes and hoods on their heads, revealing only a pair of eyes. He also wore a waistcoat over his clothes, which was covered with all kinds of unnamed bits and pieces, and he carried a bow and crossbow behind him.
"Are you all together?"
The leader always saw the two men in black, looked at both sides carefully, and then whispered.
Seeing the two men in black nodding, the general whispered, "You follow the back of the line......"
After he finished speaking, he didn't care about the two men in black, and with a wave of his hand, he led the patrol to continue to Xizhimen, which was not far away. The two men in black waved to the alleys on both sides, and the men in black kept pouring out of the alleys on both sides, following behind the team. (To be continued.) )