Chapter Eighty-Eight: Divide the Troops and Occupy

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Two miles outside the Xibian Gate, several figures flashed back and forth from time to time, and the ground was even more black and oppressive, if there was a flare suddenly lifted into the air, he would definitely be shocked by the scene in front of him.

At this time, the corn harvest has just ended, the new wheat has just been planted, and there is no shelter in the ground.

But the dark night obscured their figures.

"My lord, it's been a moment, and there is still no code on the side of Xibianmen, will there be an accident?" Wu Zixuan said a little nervously.

Ever since the troops lurked here, Wu Zixuan's eyes have been staring at the city gate.

The appointed time was nine o'clock in the evening, after all, they were only two miles away from the city gate, and this distance was absolutely unsafe.

"No, if there is a change in the city, we should hear the gunshots, keep waiting!" Wang Sirui said with certainty.

In any case, they also arranged a battalion of troops in the city, and it was impossible for the foreigners to deal with these more than 600 people without a sound.

And the reason why the code hasn't been sent yet, it is very likely that Ma Sanru's side has not completely dealt with the foreign soldiers in Xibianmen.

As for the safety of the troops, there is no need to worry about this.

It can even be said that with the current technology alone, as long as they do not light the torches, the defenders on the city walls will not be able to detect them in any way.

Thinking of this, Wang Sirui couldn't help but look up at the sky, the dark clouds completely obscured the light of the moon, a breeze gently blew, the moon was dark and the wind was high and the night was high, such weather conditions were suitable for the implementation of their plan.

"A handful! Two handfuls! Three! When the three torches were thrown from the Xibian Gate to the city gate, the soldier in charge of watching was overjoyed, and immediately turned around and reported to Wang Sirui: "My lord, Master Ma has issued a code. ”

"Move lightly and don't draw the attention of nearby defenders." Wang Sirui commanded to the few commanders beside him.

"Yes, sir!" Several people responded excitedly, and then quickly ran to the hiding place of their troops.

According to the order planned first, Wu Zixuan took the lead in leading the soldiers of the next battalion and quickly marched towards Xibianmen.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yang led a group of warriors to follow closely behind Wu Zixuan.

Wang Sirui took the company directly under the brigade headquarters and followed Wuyang's regiment into the city.

In about 20 minutes, more than 4,000 soldiers had quietly entered the capital through the Xibian Gate.

After Wu Zixuan's battalion crossed the city gate, it immediately deployed near the city gate to ensure that the troops behind had enough time to enter the city.

But until all the troops were in full progress, and even after the city gate was closed, there was no reaction from the foreign soldiers.

Wu Yang's regiment immediately ascended to the Xibian Gate after entering the city, and the scale of more than 2,000 people instantly filled the entire city wall, if there were two heavy machine guns sneaking up from both sides at this time, I am afraid that there would not be much left of this regiment.

"Protect your sir!" On the tower of the gate of Xibianmen, Wang Sirui looked at Ma Sanru, who was a little dizzy and couldn't even stand steadily, and commanded the soldiers next to him.

"My lord, I can still fight!" After hearing Wang Sirui's words, Ma Sanru was a little dissatisfied in an instant, he worked hard to get the city gate, but in the end he didn't have anything to do with himself, what is this called?

"Fart, your task has been completed, and the rest will be left to the other brothers to solve, now your task is to sleep well and be completely awake before dawn tomorrow." Wang Sirui scolded Ma Sanru.

It's not because you're angry and you want the horse to run, and you don't want to give the horse grass, is this possible?

As long as Ma Sanru can get the city gate, even if Ma Sanru is lying here drunk and vomiting now, Wang Sirui will not say a word even if it is not good, and even reward him heavily.

"My lord, I'm really fine! Believe it or not. Ma Sanru explained in a hurry, and immediately jumped up, but Ma Sanru, who had been occupied by alcohol, was not able to complete this performance, and when he landed, Ma Sanru's legs were weak and he sat directly on the ground.

"Old Ma, your mission has been completed, the way you are now, do you want your brothers to follow you to death? Even if you don't want to live anymore, consider whether your brothers are okay? Wang Sirui suddenly became angry, startling Ma Sanru, and then continued in a calm tone: "Besides, you have to leave a little for the other brothers, right?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Ma Sanru also knew that he was not suitable for leading the troops to fight now, and the previous resistance was just an inner unwillingness and a subconscious struggle.

"Your battalion is now under my command, and you guys are optimistic about him, if you let me see him before he sobers up, I'll ask a few of you!" Wang Sirui told again.

"Yes, sir!"

Later, the soldiers who had gone on a throat-cutting mission came back to report that all the foreign soldiers had been cleared to make sure they would not reappear.

Wang Sirui called Wu Yang and the others to the city gate tower to make the final deployment.

"I took Lao Ma's troops to clear the camp outside the British army, and the other battalions went to find their own targets according to the previous agreement. Wu Yang, you take a regiment to clear the enemy troops on the city wall, pay attention to the machine guns. It was 3 o'clock (about 9:45 p.m.) and the attack was officially launched at 11 p.m. If you encounter an enemy patrol in the middle of the road, avoid it as much as possible, and if you can't avoid it, you can engage in a firefight.

In the event of an exchange of fire, the second plan is immediately carried out, and everyone moves closer to me to attract the enemy to besiege him. Speaking of this, Wang Sirui looked at Wuyang again.

"Remember, the sound of gunfire is an order, and if you don't hear a gunshot, you will defend this place for me."

"My lord! Humble duty understood! Wu Yang nodded.

"Split up!" Wang Sirui patted the table, put away the map on the table, and put it in his arms.

The people, who had received the order, naturally dispersed separately.

It's just that Wu Yang gathered the three battalion commanders under him, because there were too many troops gathered on the city wall, which was not conducive to the spread of their battle situation, but would affect their plans because of this.

Therefore, Wu Yang intends to make some slight changes to their battle plan according to the current situation.

"The first battalion and the second battalion will attack from under the city walls, and when the third battalion attacks from the city walls, you will launch a surprise attack from below the city walls, and you must quickly occupy the city gates." Wu Yang commanded.

Two places were then pointed out on the map, and he was instructed: "The 1st and 2nd Battalions have four machine guns and two companies of troops, and as soon as the 3rd Battalion occupies these two corners, place two machine guns here." As long as we can hold this place, we can directly attack the inner city tomorrow, otherwise, the outer city will not be protected, and our efforts tonight will be useless. ”

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to financial constraints, when the city wall was built, the inner and outer city walls were not built separately. In terms of the connection between the inner and outer cities, the two cities share the same section of wall at the confluence.

In other words, as long as you completely occupy the outer city, or any of the walls in the inner city, you can attack another city at any time.

This is also the reason why the Qing army quickly lost the entire capital.