Chapter 125: Entering the City

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Seeing that the Qing army, which far outnumbered their own troops, rushed towards this side, the more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion who had entered the city in advance were not afraid, but calmly lined up to meet the battle. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info they had even received the Eight Banners of Manchuria at the beginning, how could they be afraid of these green battalion soldiers? In addition, there are a large number of back-ups outside the city, so there is naturally no reason to be afraid of panic.

The two sides soon fought each other, and with the flash of sword light, the blood rain fluttered again in the gap in the city wall where the smell of blood had not yet dissipated. It didn't take long for the Qing army Qianzong, who originally wanted to rely on the numerical superiority, to completely miscalculate, although the number of the Ming army on the opposite side was small, but they were all brave and abnormal, not only were not repelled by their own first round of offensive, but broke into their own array and continued to harvest human lives. Those Qing soldiers who were the most fierce and daring to fight became the primary target of the Ming army at this moment. Moreover, compared with the Ming army on the opposite side, the fierceness of these Qing soldiers was nothing, and it didn't take long for them to be revealed, and under the influence of the last Qingyuan battle, the courage that they had finally mustered up was gradually replaced by the original fear.

When the Qing army began to be afraid, there was a more violent noise outside the city. It was a muffled sound of thousands of people stepping on the ground together, which was faintly mixed with the resistance of the collision of the blades of the sergeant's armor, followed by a tsunami-like cry of the mountains: "Daming Wansheng!" Wansheng!! Victory !! ……”

At this time, the Qing army Qian Zong completely lost his confidence, regardless of the poisonous oath he had made to Tong Yangjia in advance. The leader turned around and withdrew. But as soon as they turned around, the more than 300 Ming troops who were originally guarding the gap gave way to their positions, and then. Another large number of Ming officers and soldiers in iron armor appeared at the gap and rushed into the city like an iron stream. After a brief confrontation, the commander of the Qing army, who was sent by Tong Yangjia to support the gap, and hundreds of his subordinates were completely overwhelmed by this torrent......

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The loud noise in the northwest of the city naturally reached Li Chengdong's ears, although he didn't know what the specific situation was, but he also really felt a chill in his heart, so he hurriedly handed over the command of the Great East Gate to the general Li Hangui temporarily, and he and his son Li Yuanyin led five hundred cavalry and hundreds of miscellaneous foot soldiers to the northwest of the city to support.

Recently, due to the siege of the Ming army. Li Chengdong has ordered martial law throughout the city, and the people are hiding in their homes and dare not come out. The huge city of Guangzhou is very deserted, and there are few pedestrians on the streets. It seems empty. As a result, the speed of Li Chengdong and his entourage was quite fast, and it was almost unimpeded on the empty streets. On the way, Li Chengdong met two more village warriors patrolling the city. I can't help but say that they will also be included in the reinforcements. Together, we went to the Great North Gate area to support.

At this moment, Li Chengdong's eagerness is probably only known to him. He knew very well that Pang Yue's men and horses surpassed him in terms of combat strength and numbers, and the only thing he could rely on was a strong city. And once this barrier is lost and the Ming army breaks into the city, then he is one step closer to a dead end. Judging from the loud noise just now, the Ming army in the northwest of the city has launched a more fierce offensive than before, if they can arrive in time. Maybe it can turn the tide, if not. That means it's gone.

"Quick! Arrive at the Great North Gate early, and the handsome will be rewarded! The captain of the pro-soldier around Li Chengdong repeatedly promoted the reward. Of course, this is mainly for those miscellaneous Qing soldiers and village braves. As for Li Chengdong's 500 descendant cavalry, it can be said that Li Chengdong is both prosperous and lossy, so he naturally knows that he will serve the commander, even if Li Chengdong can't give them something to reward them for a while.

Stimulated by the silver bounty, the miscellaneous soldiers and villagers who were running forward involuntarily accelerated their speed. But this speed still doesn't seem to be able to meet Li Chengdong's requirements, hearing the faint shouting and killing sound from the northwest direction becoming more and more intense, his heart is even more anxious, and finally he simply led the cavalry of his headquarters to the Great North Gate first, and let his son Li Yuanyin lead the foot soldiers to follow.

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Near the Great North Gate

In the end, the Qing army was unable to stop the Ming offensive. As the Huguang Town Fall camp all entered the city through the gap, it became meaningless for the Qing army to defend the city. After that, the blind-eyed Tong Yangjia organized many counterattacks, but these intermittent counterattacks were like waves crashing on the embankment, and they were all crushed by the Ming army without exception. As the battle progressed, the more than 3,000 Qing troops in the area of the Great North Gate fought less and less, while the Ming army became more and more courageous.

Moreover, since the Ming army entered the city, the Qing army, especially those non-Tong and Li Yan's miscellaneous Qing soldiers, have been frightened, thinking that their numbers and combat effectiveness are not as good as the Ming army, and they have also lost the fortified city that can be relied on, where do these people still have the heart to continue fighting?

As a result, almost only the 1,000 descendants that Li Chengdong handed over to Tong Yangjia were still struggling to support, but after several hard battles, the loss of this part of the backbone force was also quite amazing. What's more, the elite of Li Chengdong's headquarters is only relative to some weak green battalions in the south, and it is far from enough compared with the main force of infantry in Huguang Town, and it really can't play a fundamental role.

In desperation, Tong Yangjia planned to use the 500 cavalry handed over to him by Li Chengdong to attack the infantry of the Ming army while the Ming cavalry had not yet entered the city, so as to reverse the situation. Although Li Chengdong, who commanded this cavalry, suffered the loss of the Ming army in Qingyuan City at that time, and knew that even if it was his own cavalry, he could not help the Ming army infantry who were waiting for him without absolute superiority, but in view of the order of the governor, he still had to lead the team to rush once.

The result was expected by the cavalry commander Qian, and his first round of charge paid the price of dozens of deaths, but it could not shake the Ming army's military formation in the slightest. After this, the cavalry commander Qianzong no longer continued to carry out Tong Yangjia's next attack order, but persuaded him bitterly: "Lord Duxian, the puppet Ming army is menacing, and the more they fight, the more courageous they are, but the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted, let's let the last general protect the adults and withdraw first!" The green mountains left behind are not afraid of no firewood! ”

"Shut up! Thanks to the emperor's grace, the governor was able to raise the flag and become a naturalized governor of Liangguang. With the responsibility of defending the land, how can you easily give up?! Although Tong Yangjia was still extremely tough on his lips, he looked at the front that was constantly advancing towards this side, and his eyes gradually flashed with horror.

Meanwhile. While the Ming army was advancing, they shouted all kinds of slogans to persuade them to surrender in unison: "Only punish Tong, Li Erthief and their henchmen!" "The first evil must be done! Those who surrender will avoid death! ”……

These slogans became the last straw that crushed the will of the motley Qing army to resist. With the first miscellaneous soldier to drop his weapon, this action quickly evolved into an overall trend, and countless people fell. It didn't take long for Tong Yangjia to be left with only a few of his own personal soldiers and the hundreds of descendants allocated to him by Li Chengdong, and as soon as the number decreased, the resistance to the Ming army became even more powerless. The entire front accelerated towards the side of the Qing army.

"Your Excellency. Withdraw! Tong Yangjia's standard camp general also joined the ranks of persuasion.

The situation has reached this point, although Tong Yangjia is unwilling to accept this reality, he has to admit that the general trend has indeed gone. They had to retreat quickly towards the city under the protection of the remaining men.

With the sound of thunderous cheers, the city near the Great North Gate was completely occupied by the Ming army. Subsequently, the Flying Tiger Battalion was also accepted into the city and divided into two ways with the trapped soldiers. The former went straight along Guide Straight Street to take the Yamen of the Admiral of Liangguang. The latter bypassed the foot of Yuexiu Mountain and attacked the Liangguang Governor's Mansion to the south.

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When the Flying Tiger Battalion and the Trap Camp all entered the city, Pang Yue also personally led the Huashan Battalion to start entering the city. At this time, the officers and men of the Huashan battalion were also issued with weapons, and their task was to follow the first two battalions to clear out the remnants of the enemy and capture prisoners. So far, the development of the war situation has always been in the direction of favoring the Ming army, and the only thing that makes Pang Yue feel a little regretful is that the Great North Gate was actually blocked by the Qing army with a large amount of earth and stones, and it could not be opened for a while. Therefore, the soldiers of the Huashan battalion had to enter through the gap in the blasted city wall like the robes of the first two battalions. Fortunately, the gap is quite wide, and the remaining earth and stone ruins are not very high. It didn't have much of an impact on the speed at which the soldiers could enter the city.

After entering the city, Pang Yue left 500 officers and soldiers of the Huashan Battalion to control the Great North Gate. In response to the return of the rebels into the city, he led the rest of the men and horses to continue to march towards the center of the city non-stop, and the target was also the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang. According to the original plan, after the Flying Tiger Battalion defeated the Qing army near the Admiral's Yamen and handed over the defense of this area to the Huashan Battalion, it would take on the task of pursuing the remnants of the enemy.

Being able to storm the city so smoothly, the officers and men of the three battalions of Huguang Town, who had already entered the city, were greatly encouraged, and the more they fought, the more courageous and excited they became. The cheers and shouts of the tide overshadowing the tide, the sound of neat marching steps, and the thrilling sound of iron hooves tumbling together formed an incomparably majestic monstrous wave, surging through the major main streets that were already basically undefended, making the already panicked and chaotic Qing army even more frightened.

Where the soldiers of Huguang Town passed, the weapons were thrown on the ground and the sound of "boom", "Willing to surrender!" "Spare your life!" The sound of such a request to surrender was endless, and Qing soldiers who knelt on the ground could be seen everywhere. In this regard, the soldiers of Huguang Town did not pay much attention to it, and they didn't even look at these Qing soldiers more, and went directly to their destination.

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The rebel army led by Chen Zizhuang also arrived at the gap in the city wall near the Great North Gate, and began to enter the city under the response of the remaining officers and soldiers of the Huashan battalion.

"Brother, look! The banner of the Ming Dynasty has been raised again in the city of Guangzhou! Outside the city, Chen Zisheng saw that the original green flag on the head of the Great North Gate had been replaced by the fiery red military flag of the Ming army, and his voice trembled with excitement.

Chen Zizhuang was also so excited that he couldn't help himself, two lines of tears burst out of his eyes, and he nodded again and again: "For this day, I don't know how many righteous people have served the country with their bodies!" Today, we can see with our own eyes that Wang Shi pacified the Tatars and recovered Guangzhou, how can we not be inspired? It seems that God is still favoring Daming, and I am hopeful of Daming Zhongxing! ”

After some emotion, Chen Zizhuang remembered something more important, and said: "Qiao Sheng, after entering the city, you will immediately lead two thousand people to control the small north gate, and you can't let Tong and Li Eryu escape!" ”

Chen Zisheng promised: "Brother, don't worry, junior brother will go!" In addition, we also arranged manpower outside the small north gate, Tong and Li Eryu want to escape from here! ”

"That's good!" Chen Zizhuang, who has always been elegant, also flashed a trace of hatred in his eyes at this time, gritted his teeth and said, "If you can capture these two captives this time, you can also avenge General Guo and the rest of the righteous soldiers who died tragically in the hands of Qing captives!" (To be continued.) )