Chapter 232: Attack on the Third Tent
The 1st Marine Brigade originally had three regiments, but one of the regiments, temporarily organized into cavalry, was monitoring the Jurchen soldiers in the north on the periphery, and in the hands of Hou Wenxing, there were now only two regiments.
He personally led a regiment of soldiers to follow Liu He to the North City Gate, and another regiment followed far behind.
"General, you wait first, I'll knock!" Liu He bowed his hand to Hou Wenxing and pointed to the north gate.
"Liu He, you don't want to run away, do you?"
"Will ...... Jun, you can put a gun at my head, no matter how fast I run, I can't compare to a bullet, right? Liu He was so frightened that his face changed color, "Only if I go, they will open the door." ”
Hou Wenxing was speechless, Liu He should have made an agreement with the Han soldiers in the city a long time ago, if he broke their agreement without authorization, it might scare the Han soldiers in the city, then they didn't even dare to open the city gate.
He had to let Liu He go and let Liu He approach the city gate, but a few flintlock pistols were always aimed at Liu He's head and back, as long as there was any abnormality, Liu He was on his back.
Liu He didn't look at the gunman behind him, he came to the city gate, hesitated for a while, and then slapped three times in the center of the city gate, but there was no movement in the city.
Liu He picked up a small stone from the ground and knocked it three times in the lower left corner of the city gate, before he spoke to the city gate: "Brothers, open the door, I am Liu He." ”
Under Hou Wenxing's gaze, the city gate squeaked and opened a gap, "Liu He, how are you talking?" ”
"The Ming army has agreed, help us find the Hun family, open the door, the Ming army is outside."
The gates shook slightly, as if hesitating, and finally they were all open.
Hou Wenxing kept looking at the city gate, and when he saw that the city gate had been completely opened, the stone in his heart was half lowered, "Brothers, enter the city and pay attention to vigilance." ”
The soldiers hurried into the city with flintlock muskets, their guns pointed at any area in front of them, but there were no ambushes inside the city gates.
More and more soldiers entered the city, and after hundreds of people entered the city, Hou Wenxing gradually relaxed his heart, even if there were ambush soldiers, his hundreds of soldiers were not vegetarians.
Hou Wenxing followed the soldiers at the rear, and also entered the city, and now the soldiers who have entered the city have exceeded 1,000, and they have established a simple defensive formation on the periphery of the city gate.
The regiment outside the city then entered the city.
Hou Wenxing saw that at the head of the city at the north gate, there were only a few sparse Han soldiers, and there were no Jurchen soldiers at all.
"Liu He, are there no Jurchen soldiers in the city?"
"General Hou, the two Jurchen soldiers, are dead, and now there are only us in the city."
"That'...... Where are the Jurchen soldiers? ”
"In their big tent, where is our Hun family, I will take the general over."
"Liu He, there are really only a few dozen Jurchen soldiers?"
"It's true, general, you can hold on to the little one, as long as you tell a little lie, the general will immediately screw off the little one's head."
"Okay, Liu He, you lead the way in front, and the rest of the people wait at the city gate for the time being."
Hou Wenxing divided a battalion of soldiers to guard the north city gate, and the rest of the soldiers, under the guidance of Liu He, slaughtered the Jurchens' big tent, and now he can basically trust Liu He.
The large tents of the Jurchens, both houses with earthen walls and tents, perhaps they were accustomed to tents, and even in the city, a large number of tents were kept.
Hou Wenxing estimated that these houses and tents could accommodate at least two Niulu soldiers, and it was possible that because the east bank of the Sancha River was tight, a large number of Jurchen soldiers were withdrawn.
The Jurchen soldiers in the big tent were alarmed by the rapid pace, and when they saw a large number of Ming troops, they began to look for war horses.
In such a small space as the big tent, the cavalry could not accelerate at all, except for sitting on horseback, high in space, and gaining a psychological advantage, there was no special benefit.
Hou Wenxing would never fight hand-to-hand with the Jurchen soldiers.
The Jurchens had just come out of the big tent, and before the speed of the horses could add up, they had already entered the range of the flintlock pistol.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
A jumble of gunfire, a brief horse crash.
Scattered blood flowers, pieces of flying in the air, and then frozen on the ground.
Dozens of Jurchen soldiers who rushed out of the big tent all fell not far from the big tent, if the Ming army could ignore it, maybe these wounded soldiers could climb back to the big tent by themselves.
Hou Wenxing saw that there were no Jurchen soldiers moving in the big tent, so he made a downward gesture to the Ming army.
This gesture was too familiar to the soldiers, and a group of Ming soldiers rushed towards the wounded soldiers on the ground, and they couldn't help but say that they all mended their knives, until the Jurchen soldiers were silent anymore, and they didn't even have a convulsive movement.
With so many Jurchen soldiers dead, Hou Wenxing already completely believed in Liu He.
The victory of a battle is often not the absolute superiority of one side, but the small mistake of the other side. The Ming army's light occupation of Gaizhou City stemmed from the greed of the Jurchen soldiers and their extreme contempt for the Han Chinese.
Hou Wenxing looked at the corpses of the Jurchen soldiers on the ground, it seemed that they were not enough ninety, "Let's go, go to the big tent to search and see if there are any Jurchen soldiers who have slipped through the net." ”
There are people in the tent.
But it was not a Jurchen soldier, the Ming army searched for twenty young women, all of them with disheveled hair, their clothes disheveled and broken, and even their eyes looked dull, as if they had come out of a mental hospital.
The soldiers brought these women to Hou Wenxing, and before Hou Wenxing could ask questions, Liu He squeezed over from the crowd: "Hun family! ”
"Boss?"
In the crowd of women, the woman with her long hair scattered and her face almost completely covered suddenly flashed in her eyes, and she stretched out her dirty fingers from the crowd, desperately trying to grab Liu He's outstretched arm.
Liu He took a step forward, wanting to meet him, but he stopped and looked back at Hou Wenxing: "General......"
Of course, Hou Wenxing understood what was going on, and he nodded at Liu He.
Liu He rushed towards the woman quickly, opened his arms, and was about to hug her; His Hun family also pushed away the woman next to her who blocked her vision and rushed towards Liu He.
Hou Wenxing was happy, he was just trying to see this earth-shattering hug, and I believe that many soldiers were watching at this time.
Liu He ignored everyone's gaze, and he hugged his Hun family fiercely.
The woman who pounced just now flashed her body and avoided Liu He's arms: "No, ......"
Liu He was stunned, he stood in front of the woman in a daze, like a sculpture, even his eyeballs stopped rolling, and his mouth just uttered a monosyllable: "You ......"
The woman shook her head, held her head in her hands, seemed to be tearing her hair, and let out a hysterical cry from her mouth: "No ......"
The call of this life simply made Liu He's soul out of his body, he also woke up in this call, his stiff body regained his vitality, he didn't care that the woman was still crying, he rushed over at once, and hugged the woman tightly in his arms......
If Liu He was a soldier of the Marine Corps, Hou Wenxing thought that he would definitely come to applause, and such a beautiful picture would definitely be permanently fixed in the hearts of every soldier, although this picture was a bit poignant.
Life and death, the soldiers have seen a lot, not to mention that this is only the rest of the life after the catastrophe, the key is that Liu He was still a Jurchen soldier just now.
Hou Wenxing made a look, and the soldiers began to urge him beside Liu He: "Liu He, your Hun family has been recovered, and there will be time in the future, you can help other women first and find them in charge!" ”
"Yes, Master Jun!" Liu He let go of the woman's back, but his hands came to the woman's face and rubbed it, he parted the woman's scattered hair, and wiped the tears from the woman's face with his sleeves.
The tears just washed away the dirt on her face, and the messy hair that was originally covering her face was also wrapped around her ears by Liu He, and a dignified and delicate face was exposed into everyone's eyes.
The woman was comforted by Liu He, and her feelings calmed down a little, and she was closing her eyes at this time, supporting Liu He's body.
"Liu He, why don't you bring your beautiful wife home? Beware ......"
Liu He glared fiercely at the source of the voice, and found that it was a soldier of the Ming army, so he didn't dare to make a move, he took the woman's right hand: "Let's go, let's go home." ”
Li Changshan then also entered the city, with Gaizhou, the first division of the marines, even if it had taken root in the east of the Sancha River, and advanced, they could threaten Dolgon's inlaid white flag at any time, retreat, with Gaizhou City, the Jurchen soldiers could not help them for a while.
But Li Changshan was not a person who was satisfied with the status quo, and that night, he was ready to go north.
Hou Wenxing and others rushed to dissuade them: "Division, now that the Second and Third Divisions of the Marine Corps have not yet caught up, is it a bit presumptuous for us to go north alone?" ”
Li Changshan nodded slowly: "I also know that I am a little rash, but Commander Yuan of Sancha Hexi, I'm afraid he has been waiting impatiently for a long time." ”
"Division, then we can't rush in, the heavy troops with white flags must be stationed on the east bank of the Sancha River, if we go north, we will face the white flags independently."
"Okay, let's stay in Gaizhou for another day, and then the second and third divisions should not be far from Gaizhou, and if the battle is fierce, they should be able to catch up."
Li Changshan was indeed only stationed for one day, and in this day, he sent out three messages one after another.
As soon as the sky was dark, the 1st Marine Division left Gaizhou, leaving only one company in the city, assisted by Liu He and others, to maintain daily order in the city, and the city gate must be closed before the 2nd and 3rd divisions arrived.
Li Changshan adhered to the coastline of the northeast of Gaizhou, avoided the sight of Yaozhou City, and went directly to the No. 3 tent of the Jurchens.
In the early afternoon, the 1st Marine Division finally found the Jurchens' No. 3 tent.
The Jurchen soldiers in the No. 3 tent also discovered the Ming army outside, and they were shocked, thinking that the Ming army had broken through the defense of the Sancha River from somewhere.
The Ming army must be beaten back!
Almost all the Jurchen soldiers came out of their big tents, and the horses' hooves stomped on the ground, like the sound of Huo Huo's knife sharpening.
Six hundred Jurchen archers, already ready with bows and arrows, were at the front of the line, like wolves hunting collectively, shouting and pounced on the opposite flock.
Li Changshan had already set up a defensive formation, and in front of the cavalry, he didn't dare to make any mistakes, and all the soldiers were quietly staring at the hundred-step line in front.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
Before the Jurchen soldiers could reach the range of their bows and arrows, they were hit by flintlock muskets.
They have already seen the flintlock pistols of the Ming army, and the range of the flintlock pistols exceeds their bows and arrows, and they have already known it, so they are not surprised at all, they just want to rely on the speed of the horses to quickly approach the Ming army, as long as they are close to the Ming army, hand-to-hand combat, it is the world of the Jurchens.
The Jurchen archers fell from their horses one after another, but the distance between them and the Ming army did not decrease, and the Ming army was too much, and the hundreds of archers were pressed a hundred paces away.
When there were still a few drops left in the soak of urine, the six hundred archers had all fallen off their horses, and the wounded soldiers all over the ground were in stark contrast to the coldness of the Ming army, and the Jurchen soldiers behind retreated.
They returned their big tent before the Ming army pressed over.
The Ming army still pressed over, and the two sides launched sporadic duels inside and outside the big tent.
If there were no reinforcements on either side, with the numerical superiority of the Ming army and the superiority of the flintlock pistol, Li Changshan believed that the Ming army would be able to annihilate all the Jurchen soldiers in the Great Tent sooner or later.
However, Li Changshan ventured into the No. 3 tent that attacked the Jurchens, and suddenly pry the balance on both sides of the Sancha River, would Dolgon be indifferent? Will Yuan Chonghuan seize this rare opportunity?