Chapter 443: Huailai
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Xiao Yi rode on a horse and quietly looked at the city wall of the Acropolis in front of him.
Huailai city east and north sides across the mountain, west and south are flat land, the circumference of the city is seven miles and two hundred and twenty-two steps, three zhang and four feet high, three city towers are built on the city wall, three corner towers, there are more than 20 shops and enemy towers, nearly 1,000 battlements.
East, south and west open three city gates, each has the urn city arch guard, the east gate "Mingjing", the south gate "Ying'en", the west gate "Yong'an". There is a small north gate in the northeast corner of the city, and there is a ditch on the outside of the city wall, which is one zhang deep and wide.
Like the attack on Xuanfu Town, in order to avoid elite casualties, the Yong'an Army still gave full play to the advantages of artillery, lined up to defeat its military heart, and defeated its city with heavy artillery.
Listening to the roar around him, Xiao Yi's heart was very calm, he never thought that the road to the north would be so easy.
Just like this Huailai City, it is so tall and majestic that it is difficult to capture, but at this moment, it is like a virgin who has lost her clothes, just waiting for the Yong'an army to come down.
Xiao Yi knew that many of the important places that had been conquered, if it weren't for the Ming army's fear of death, if it weren't for the fact that the armament had been abandoned to the extreme, even the Yong'an army would need great casualties if they wanted to fight here.
The road crossed by the Yong'an army, the Ming army who was greedy for life and afraid of death was all vying for more banners, and the garrison generals around the country would not fight to the death, and the army and the people welcomed the arrival of the Yong'an army, the reason for this is the extremely erosive situation, and Shanxi, which is like a paradise in this troubled world.
But where Xiao Yi is under the jurisdiction of the Yong'an Army, the town of the Yong'an Army, the bandits are all cleared, the Tatars flee from the wind, and the army and the people live and work in peace and contentment, compared with the poor people who are struggling to survive in all parts of Gyeonggi, the Yong'an Army is simply the end of this troubled era, and only in front of the soldiers of the Yong'an Army with strict military discipline can they see the dawn of the real change of dynasty.
All the way forward, soon came to the city of Huailaiwei, which was the last place where the Yong'an army could defend before the Ming army arrived in Beijing, but the Ming army here was even far less than the number of the Yong'an army, and the result seemed to be doomed.
In modern times, Xiao Yi had been here as a tourist, when the tall Huailai Acropolis had been submerged under Guanting Lake, and only the ruins on the mountain showed the glory of the past.
Huailai City was built in the Tang Dynasty, Ming Hongwu 30 years to put Huai to guard the thousand households, Yongle 15 years to change to Huai Lai Zuo Wei, 16 years and changed to Huai Lai Wei.
Initially, Huailaiwei was directly under the military governor's office, Xuande of the Ming Dynasty changed to Wanquan in June five years to command the envoy, under the jurisdiction of the East Road, at the beginning of the year, Liu Bowen went out to inspect the city of Beijing, saw that the mountains and rivers here are quite feng shui, so the city was built here and named "Huailai".
Xiao Yi's Huailai City in front of him is where Weizhi is located, and there are Sand Castle City, Tumu Fort City, and Yulin Fort City under its jurisdiction.
But after years of mobilization and escape, now there are only more than 1,000 soldiers, and the same is true of the Sand Castle City, Tumu Fort City, and Yulin Fort City under its jurisdiction, and together there are only less than 1,000 Ming troops, and they are scattered all over the country, and they cannot compete with the 100,000 Yongan Army at all.
"The city is broken!"
"The Yong'an Army is coming, run away!"
"Don't fight anymore, we're down, down!"
Finally, with the frightened shouts of the Ming army in the city, the heavy wooden gate of the Huailai Acropolis was instantly shattered into pieces by General Yong'an's cannon, and there was no need for Xiao Yi and Shi Lu on his side to order.
The soldiers of the Yong'an Army, who had been waiting for a long time, changed into an attack formation and broke into the city with a battalion of Huangyang's trap as a sharp knife.
The first time the Yong'an army entered the city was not to clear the remnants of the Ming army, but to shout and post notices along the streets by the faster flying cavalry sergeants.
"The army of Yong'an has entered the city, and there is no crime in autumn, and the people do not need to panic!"
"We are all under the command of Xiao Shuai, the military discipline is strict, and the people just sit at home!"
The people in the city had long hated the actions of the officers and soldiers, and when they heard the soldiers of the Yong'an Army running along the street, they naturally hurried back to their homes and closed the doors and windows.
A middle-aged man heard the Yong'an Army flying on the street on horseback and shouted, and hurriedly pushed his wife and children into the courtyard, and was about to close the gate, when suddenly a big hand reached in, only to hear a "bang".
Outside the door, the three Ming soldiers sneakily ran into the house, closed the door, and the first one was a captain, he gasped a few times, and his face was frightened.
"Grandma, a bear, why did this Yong'an Army come so quickly, I only heard yesterday that it had broken through Baozhou, why did it hit Huailaiwei today?"
"Where is the attack, the garrison king of Baoan Prefecture is sharp-eyed, and he killed Zhizhou early and surrendered." Saying that, this Ming Jun had an expression of hatred on his face, obviously blaming his superiors for why he didn't surrender.
The middle-aged man hurriedly protected his wife and children behind him, and said, "You guys should flee quickly, otherwise the heroes of the Yong'an Army will not be able to leave when they come." ”
Hearing this, the leader of the armor scolded angrily: "Escape? Is Lao Tzu the kind of person who escapes? ”
The words were very tough, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like she is pretending, and the two Ming soldiers behind him said in a low voice: "Boss, be quiet, let the people of the Yong'an Army outside the door hear it!" ”
Hearing this, the captain hurriedly ran to the wooden door and listened for a while, but he was relieved that he didn't hear a sound outside, and when he turned around, he saw a good-looking peasant girl snickering.
At the moment, he looked like a pig brother, pushed away the middle-aged man and woman, and approached the woman with a lewd smile.
"The chick looks good, why don't we play again before we escape?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly lifted the flat burden, protected the woman and the woman behind him, and said viciously: "If you don't run quickly, you are not afraid that the heroes of the Yong'an Army will take your dog's life!" ”
Hearing this, the chief laughed and kicked the middle-aged man to the ground.
"The old immortal thing, the people of the Yong'an Army will not break in, who can know if we play quietly?"
"You officers and soldiers, run away!" The woman screamed miserably, and a Ming soldier next to her immediately covered his mouth when he heard it.
"Old lady, if you want to live, don't shout!"
The captain was about to kill the killer when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door and stopped in front of the door.
"Knock knock... Is there anyone at home, we are soldiers under Xiao Shuai, and we came to investigate on the military order of the Shangguan! ”
Hearing this, the Ming soldier who was holding the old woman was full of horror: "Boss? What to do? ”
The armor's eyes were shaking, and he suddenly pointed a knife at the middle-aged man's throat, and said in a low voice: "If you dare to confess Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will definitely kill these two girls in the house!" ”
After speaking, he didn't forget to glare at the middle-aged man viciously, and the two Ming soldiers hurriedly ran into the house with the struggling woman and woman.
The middle-aged man looked at his struggling wife and children, and struggled in his heart, just as there were several knocks outside the door again.
"Is there anyone in the house?"
The man glanced hatefully inside the room, and hurriedly answered and went to open the door.
When the door was opened, there were two Yong'an soldiers in iron armor outside the door, one was capable and had a tiger gun on his back, and the other was strong with a sword and shield, and the military badges on their waists were engraved on their waists.
"Captain of the first battalion of the Yong'an Army, Zheng Cuo."
"Captain of the first battalion of Yong'an Army, Ning Erhei."
Hou Yong and Ning Erhei have found that this place is different since they entered the Yong'an Army barracks, and in this Yong'an Army where the strong are respected, the two of them don't need to worry about their former tenant farmer status.
As the saying goes, a horse running alone won't see anything, but if two horses walk side by side, they will naturally get faster and faster when compared to each other.
This is the case in the Yong'an army, everyone trains hard, Hou Yong and Ning Erhei soon made a group of true brothers, Hou Yong relied on his extraordinary courage and foundation, Ning Erhei relied on extraordinary tenacity and several times the effort, and soon the two were respected by everyone in the first battalion.
After the two of them made great achievements, they were personally promoted to the position of captain by the battalion officer Huang Yang, and now they are also famous.