Chapter Ninety-Five: The Abominable Tartar Artillery

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After some thought, Yanguli finally thought of a way, and he sent someone to call Ma Guangyuan.

When Ma Guangyuan came, Yanguli immediately ordered: "General Ma, Benjue ordered you to use artillery to bombard the Ming people who were repairing the city wall and make them stop." ”

"Obey." Ma Guangyuan bowed in agreement, then turned around and went out.

Soon, the spherical solid cannonballs of the Qing army, in the sound of "clang" cannons, flew towards the gap in the city wall, and the officers and soldiers who were digging pits outside the city wall and were preparing to bury the corpses of the Tartars were unprepared for a while, and more than ten were killed, and the rest hurriedly dodged and ran in.

Because there was no obstruction from the city wall, the artillery shells of the Qing army came in directly, and the houses of several families facing the gap were knocked down and broken, and they were in a mess and dusty.

The craftsmen and servants who worked were trembling with fright, and their faces changed color.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua said to Zhang Shun and Cheng Chong: "No, the threat of the Qing army's cannons is too great, and they must be destroyed, otherwise, the craftsmen will not be able to work." ”。

"I took the commandos out to blow up the artillery, and with the firepower of the commandos, I hit the artillery positions of the Tartars, and it would not be a problem to blow up their artillery," Cheng Chong said confidently.

The powerful firepower of the commando's Type 81 automatic rifle has given him the confidence to defy all opponents, and he believes that as long as the commando team fights, there is no opponent that cannot be defeated.

Hearing this, he glanced at him dissatisfied, Zhao Guohua said: "The commando is our killer weapon, and it can't be easily broken. Even if you can blow up the Tartar's cannon in the end, the losses of the commandos will not be small, and the result will not be worth the loss. The commando team is our dependence, and the damage of the commando team is our defeat. To fight a war, you need to use more brains, and courage alone is not enough. ”

Cheng Chong was speechless when he said this, and lowered his head with a red face.

Seeing that he had bowed his head and admitted his mistake, Zhao Guohua said: "You two are here to keep an eye on the movements of the Tartars, and I will interrogate the captured Tartars to see if I can ask for some information about the Tartar artillery." After speaking, he took a few commandos to find the garrison Li Xian.

Li Xian had moved the corpses of the Qing soldiers in the city to prepare for burning, the heads of the corpses had been cut off, the Qing soldiers who had not died had been tied up and held in the barracks, and all the captives had been stripped of their Tartar armor.

Seeing Zhao Guohua coming, Li Xian grinned and greeted him with a smile.

With excitement on his face, he said as he walked: "Brother Zhao, this time we have killed more than 1,820 Tartars and captured 80 people, what a big victory." ”

"Really? So many? Zhao Guohua said in surprise, he was also very happy to kill so many Tartars.

"I can't be wrong, I counted it three times, it won't be wrong, your Staff Officer Lu has also checked it" Li Xian said with a smile.

Lu Qing was a staff officer with the army, and after the battle, he came out to participate in the statistics of the results.

Zhao Guohua listened, looked at Lu Qing, and nodded with a smile

"Have all the Tartar corpses in the city been cleaned up?" Zhao Guohua asked.

Li Xian replied: "It's done, the living ones are tied, and the dead ones have been cut off and ready to be burned, do you want to go and see them?" ”。

After thinking about it, Zhao Guohua said, "It's okay, let's go and interrogate those captured Tartars and learn about the intelligence on the Tartars' side, so that it will be easier to deal with them." ”

I brought a few volunteers, and a few people came to the barracks, and saw 80 Qing soldiers who were tied up strongly, and more than 100 Ming soldiers with steel swords in their hands watching.

After a careful look, he saw that it was full of people, so he and Li Xian walked out, and Lu Qing also followed.

Zhao Guohua said: "Brother Li, you send people to find two people who understand Manchu in those Ming army troops who came over anyway." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Li Xian promised to leave the barracks quickly, and several victories gave him an extreme trust in Zhao Guohua, and he thought that as long as he listened to Zhao Guohua, he would not be wrong.

Walking on the road, thinking of several victories in Zhuozhou, Li Xian was extremely happy in his heart, he knew that as long as he withstood the attack of the Tartars, and after the Tartars retreated, with the military exploits of Zhuozhou, he would definitely be promoted, and the commander did not dare to say that it was very possible for the generals to participate in the journey.

Thinking of the future soaring, he laughed, and the pedestrians on the road looked back one after another.

The shopkeeper Sun of the tea shop was in the store, heard Li Xian's laughter, hurriedly came out to see, and saw that it was only Li Xian and a few soldiers, so he said with a flattering smile: "Li Shoubei, look at the happy way you are smiling, there is something happy in your mansion today, are you going to marry a concubine......

"Is it worth being so happy to marry a concubine?" Li Xian said with a smile.

His eyes rolled, and Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said, "It's not to marry a concubine, then you are going to be promoted?" ”

This said what Li Xian was thinking, he laughed and said: "Promotion, that is a matter of the future, this official is happy that we have won another big victory." ”

"Huh? We've won another big battle? The shopkeeper Zhao of the firecracker shop opposite asked in surprise.

Glancing at the two of them, Li Xian said with a smile: "In this battle, nearly 2,000 Tartars were killed and wounded, and 70 or 80 people were captured......

"Huh? So much? Is it true? The two shopkeepers were shocked.

In the minds of the two, the Tartars are invincible, and now they will be killed so many by the official army, it is simply impossible.

"If you don't believe me, you can follow me to the barracks and count the heads of the Tartars that have been cut off." After Li Xian finished speaking, he stroked his beard proudly and laughed.

As soon as they heard this, the two of them no longer had any doubts, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Congratulations to Master Li!" Congratulations to Lord Lee! As he spoke, he bowed respectfully and saluted Li Xian again and again.

"Do you hear, the officers and soldiers killed and wounded nearly 2,000 Tartars this time." The people passing by have passed the good news, everyone rushed to tell each other, cheering, many residents in the city also spontaneously set off firecrackers, and the people who came to the firecracker shop to buy firecrackers were endless, so that the shopkeeper Zhao made a small profit.

Li Xian found two people who understood Manchu in the surrender of the Ming army that came anyway, and took these two people to the barracks, where Zhao Guohua and Lu Qing were waiting outside the door.

I looked at these two people, one in his forties and the other in his twenties. He asked, "What are your names?" Where is your hometown? ”

"The villain's name is Fang Defu. A native of Jinzhou, Liaodong. The middle-aged man in his forties knelt down and said

The young man in his twenties said: "The villain's name is Zuo Xiaoyong, and Shanxi people are the same. ”

Hearing the names of the two, Zhao Guohua said: "I heard that you can speak the words of Tartars, right?" ”

"Yes, some." Fang Defu said, and Zuo Xiaoyong nodded.

Looking at them, Zhao Guohua said, "Do you know why I called you over?" ”

Shaking his head, Fang Defu said, "The villain doesn't know. ”

"My lord is going to interrogate the captured Tartars," Zuo Xiaoyong said, blinking.

Hearing this, Zhao Guohua looked at Li Xian, meaning to ask, how could this Zuo Xiaoyong know about this, did Li Xian tell him.

Li Xian didn't speak, just shook his head, meaning I didn't say it.

"How do you know that I called you here to interrogate the captured Tartars?" Zhao Guohua asked.

Zuo Xiaoyong said: "On the way here with Lord Li, I listened to the pedestrians on the road talking about our victory, when I came here, I guessed that there must have been a Tartar captured, and the Lord picked two of us who can speak Tartar to come here, it must be to interrogate the Tartar and learn about the Tartar's information." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Guohua and Li Xian were taken aback, they didn't expect that there was such a person in the Ming army anyway, and the two looked at Zuo Xiaoyong carefully a few times, and then Zhao Guohua asked, "Have you ever read?" ”

"Yes, I've been in a private school for a few years, and I've also been a showman." Zuo Xiaoyong said.

This Zuo Xiaoyong actually won the show, which couldn't help but surprise Li Xian, he asked in surprise: "Oh? Since you have been a showman? So why did you come to be a soldier again? ”

Sighing, Zuo Xiaoyong said: "Originally, I had a good family, my father and mother made tofu every day to buy, my family's tofu is famous in Datong, more than 100 catties of tofu can be sold out at noon every day, and the days are still passing." When I was eighteen years old, my parents set a marriage for me, and I was originally scheduled to marry at the fifteenth year of the new year, but my fiancΓ©e Xiaomei was taken by a rich man's son and snatched home and ruined. After Xiaomei was put back, because she had no face to see people, in a fit of anger, she committed suicide by jumping into a well, her father and mother were sick and bedridden, I begged for help, and I wanted to find an opportunity to assassinate the scum many times, but because he had the protection of thugs, there was no chance to start, so I was angry and joined the army, hoping that one day I would take the soldiers home to take revenge after becoming an official, but I didn't want to be forced to follow the general He Bizhong to surrender to the Tartars, and later, I was captured by the general. ”

"I see." Li Xian said.

Looking at him, Zhao Guohua said: "Zuo Xiaoyong, you are a bloody man, I like a soldier like you, as long as you follow me, I will definitely avenge you." ”

"Your Excellency, are you telling the truth?" Zuo Xiaoyong said excitedly.

Smiling slightly, Zhao Guohua said: "I hate the bully landlords who oppress the people the most, the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty is hard enough, but they still have to be oppressed by these people, if there is a chance, I will definitely avenge you." ”

"Lord Xie, from now on, I will follow the adult, the adult tells me to go east, I will go east, there is no other word." Saying that, Zuo Xiaoyong knelt on the ground and knocked his head three times in a row.