Chapter Ninety-Three: Night Attack on Ningbo City
Updated: 20-02-7
The fires in Zhaobao Mountain and Jinji Mountain lasted for a whole day, and in the middle of the night, looking east from Ningbo City, the night sky in the direction of Zhenhai was flushed.
In the middle of the night, Tan Ke led a fireteam, under the protection of a platoon of soldiers, and quietly sneaked to the north bank of the Yao River by the dim moonlight, opposite the river bank is the north city wall of Ningbo.
The lights on the north city wall were dim, and there was not a trace of people, only the melodious knocking of the husband's bangzi could be heard.
After the soldiers who defended the city and the people were given money, they all became energetic. They were excited for a long time, and they never saw the shadow of the Ming army, and they all slacked off in the middle of the night.
On the bank of the Yao River, Tan Ke chose a relatively hidden place as a fire launch position, and the soldiers spread out a cordon around the position, and the two fighters of the fire team carried the M220 launcher and placed it on the position.
The M220 tripod is mounted on the BGM-7 Dow missile launcher. More than three months ago, at the U.S. military arsenal, the crossing team made 20 TOM2A (BGM-7E), which have not been used since they arrived.
The Tom2A (BGM-7E) is a standard weapon of the US military, and although Tan Ke is from the P field unit, he only studied it carefully before this mission, and test-fired a Tao 2A missile at the shooting range.
Tan Ke installed a Tom2A missile in the launch canister, aimed at the city wall 400 meters away through the forward-looking infrared night vision system, and gently pressed the button.
The Tao 2 missile flew out at once, dragging a long flame in the night sky and flying towards the city wall.
With a loud "boom", the armor-piercing warhead penetrated into the seven-meter-thick north city wall of Ningbo and exploded, and a large hole with a diameter of three meters appeared in the city wall.
This loud noise suddenly woke up the sleeping Ningbo City.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "There was chaos above and below the city, and the shock wave of the missile explosion on the city wall scared all the defenders of the city wall in this area.
TNND, the walls are too thick to be blown up yet!
Tan Ke thought so in his heart, and his mouth didn't stop, "Quick, another one!" ”
At this time, some soldiers were urged by the officers to rush to the edge of the city wall, pick up muskets and fire them indiscriminately.
"Hit!"
The fighters in charge of the guard, under the command of the platoon commander, aimed at the gunfire above the city walls and fired several volleys.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
The Qing soldiers on the city wall were beaten to the point of crying wolf, and they no longer dared to approach the edge of the city wall.
So, Tan Ke aimed at the big hole in the city wall that had just been blown up, and "boom" and "boom" twice.
Three Tao-2 missiles attacked continuously, blasting through the seven-meter-thick city wall, and the north city wall of Ningbo exposed a big opening.
"The city is broken! The city is broken! ”
The whole northern city was in a commotion at once, and the soldiers threw away their weapons, turned around and ran down the city, fleeing in all directions. The people in the city shouted that the horses were neighing, and the gongs were beating desperately, and in the panic, several houses accidentally caught fire and burned, which made it even more chaotic.
"Oh no, the Ming army is attacking with fire again!"
"It's amazing, the Ming army has entered the city!"
Wangjing Gate is located in the west city of Ningbo, which is considered to be the main gate of Ningbo City. The soldiers guarding the Wangjing Gate went to the north city of Ningbo with guns and cannons, and several fires in the city broke out, and they immediately panicked, and there was no movement outside the west gate, so there were officers taking the lead, and the soldiers opened the city gate and ran in the direction of Shangyu.
"Lord Duan is a Qing official, a good official, he just sent us the salary for defending the city, you just ran away like this, are you worthy of Lord Duan?"
"Niang Xipi, you want to die yourself, don't stop the brothers!"
Some people want to stop, but the people's hearts are scattered, and they can't stop it, and soon the soldiers around the east gate all fled out of the east gate, followed by many people who also fled outside the city, adults shouted, children cried, and made a fuss.
Seeing the chaos in the city, Tan Ke said proudly, "Let's go, let's evacuate!" ”
The commotion in Ningbo City soon spread to the Daotai Yamen, and there was crying in the front and back yards.
Duan Guangqing slept in his clothes, and when he heard the sound of gunfire, he was immediately awakened, and walked out in his clothes, "What are you crying about, the master is still here!" ”
When Duan Guangqing arrived, everyone's mood suddenly settled down.
Duan Guangqing led more than 100 people to organize the family and the yamen to defend the Daotai yamen to the death.
Many stragglers and hooligans in the city went to the Daotai Yamen to be heavily defended, and they all bypassed and ran to the south of the Daotai Yamen.
The banknote customs is the customs office of the Zhehai banknote customs, which stores a large amount of tax silver, and these guys want to take advantage of the fire to rob.
Zhang Jingqu and Li Yeting of Ningbo Prefecture happened to pass by here with a large team of Xiangyong, and they were immediately beaten.
On the evening of the 2nd of the month, as soon as Li Zhiying and Li Yeting came to Dinghai, they were entertained by Ding Yusu and other officials of the Ming Dynasty Rite Department, and the next day Bai Jianguo personally received them. After Li Yeting was fully brainwashed, he returned to Ningbo on the afternoon of the 3rd, while Li Zhiying stayed in Dinghai.
Zhang Jingqu, the prefect of Ningbo, organized the brave people of the township to defend the city, and the North Boat helped the family to have a great cause, so it was naturally the target of the collection. Because Li Yeting was more active, the errand of the Beipiao Boat fell on his head.
Li Yeting gathered 200 shipwrights and sailors, led the team by himself, and let his nephew Li Mingshun be in charge of commanding to assist the city guards guarding the Lingqiao Gate and defending the city walls around the Lingqiao Gate.
After Tan Ke shelled the city walls, there was panic in the city, and it was reported that the city guards guarding the Lingqiao Gate had all fled.
The boatmen also panicked, "Let's run too!" ”
Li Yeting immediately scolded, "Run!" Where to run? Those green battalion soldiers are not from Ningbo, so they can walk away, but we can't. This is the home where we have lived for generations, and we are not going anywhere! ”
"Master Li, what are we going to do now?"
"There is no movement in the city, only chaotic soldiers, there is no trace of the Ming army, the most important thing now is to find out the situation."
He sent a few clever and courageous sailors to the city wall to reconnoiter the situation at the north gate first.
Standing on the city wall, there were fires several times in the city, and there was a commotion everywhere. Some people were scared and muttered, "The Ming army is coming!" The officers and soldiers also ran away, what are we still doing on the city walls? ”
"What are you afraid of, who hasn't seen the Ming army at sea?! Nor are they three-headed and six-armed. Li Yeting knew that the Ming army was only harassing and would not enter the city, so he suppressed the panic of the shipwrights with a few words.
Not long after, the sailors who went to reconnoiter came to report that the defenders and villagers in the north gate area had all run out, and there was not a single figure on the city wall, and the Ming army besieging the city was not seen.
Some sailors proposed to return to the ship, the soldiers of the green battalion ran out, and the other villagers ran away, and there were only 200 people in the north, and they could not defend the city wall.
At this time, the rebellion in the city had risen, burning and looting, and the fire and wailing filled the whole city.
"Have you arrived, there are no Ming troops in the city, only chaotic soldiers. The ruffians are already burning, killing, and plundering. Li Yeting waved his hand, "Let's go, we can't let those stragglers ruin our Ningbo City!" ”
At the instigation of Li Yeting, Li Mingshun rushed into Ningbo City with two hundred brothers, all the way to suppress the rebels who robbed ~ robbery, and at the same time incorporated those panicked villagers, near the county government of Yinxian County, and happened to meet Zhang Jingqu of Ningbo Mansion.
Zhang Jingqu thought that the city was broken, so he ran out of the palace with more than a dozen family members and officials, and after meeting Li Yeting, they ran to the Daotai Yamen together.
When they arrived at the Daotai Yamen, Li Yeting's team had been incorporated all the way, and the number of people had reached thousands.
Hearing Li Yeting's report, the Ming bandits may have been just a small group of harassment, firing a few shells, as if they had not yet entered the city, and the explosion of the shells caused the soldiers in the city to bomb the camp and flee from the city!
Duan Guangqing was angry, and he dared to throw away last night's 100,000 taels of silver in vain, "What about Zhang Qiguang?" To Zhang guerrilla no? ”
Li Yeting and Zhang Jingqu shook their heads together, "I haven't arrived, I may have left the city." ”
Duan Guangqing learned that Li Yeting had now gathered more than 1,000 Xiangyong, and immediately assigned Zhang Jingqu and Li Yeting to lead Xiangyong to inspect the four gates and monitor the movements outside the city; He personally led more than 100 Ding officials in the palace to suppress the rebellious soldiers in the city.
The city was in chaos for a whole night, and it was not until the next morning that there was no trace of the Ming army outside the city, and Duan Guangqing completely settled down Ningbo City.
On the morning of the 5th of the month, just after dawn, Duan Guangqing, whose eyes were full of bloodshots, ate a little and personally came to the north gate of Ningbo to check the enemy's situation.
On the 20-foot-thick city wall, a large hole with a diameter of about 7 feet was blasted through, and the chrysanthemums of Duan Daotai tightened, and his voice became dry, "This is the big hole opened by thieves?!" ”
"Yes, there were three loud bangs last night, and the thieves blasted open the city wall!"
Daming has such a powerful cannon, can this Ningbo City still be able to hold it?! Duan Daotai was a little desperate and a little puzzled, "Why didn't the thief take the opportunity to attack the city?" ”
"My subordinates don't know!" Zhang Jingqu of Ningbo Mansion is also puzzled.
Li Yeting raised his hand, "Maybe the heavens have eyes, the emperor's grace is mighty, and the thieves are afraid of the heavens?!" It is also the master of the Daotai who commands and dispatches well! ”
Duan Guangqing's face was expressionless, but he was just staring at this explosion for a long time, and the hard work during this period of time made him a lot older all of a sudden, and his thin body looked a little rickety.
"Alas!" He let out a long sigh, "Let's go, go to Dongdumen!" ”
Dongdu Gate is facing the direction of Zhenhai. With the green smoke in the distance, Duan Daotai was a little sad, and the two forts built by mobilizing the manpower and material resources of the entire Ningbo and rushing to build them were wiped out.
Bu Xing is such a jerk! Zhang Qiguang is also a bastard!
Thinking of this, Duan Guangqing couldn't help coughing twice, held the pheasant stack with his hand, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm viciously.
Under the city is the mouth of the three rivers, the Taohuadu that originally flowed endlessly below became very deserted, the merchant ships coming and going on the river were gone, and the merchant ships and civilian ships outside the city were afraid of getting into the war, and all fled to Fenghua, Cixi, Yuyao and other places upstream.
Duan Guangqing raised his head and walked towards the north bank of the river, where there were still a few Yiren merchant ships. In this time of war and chaos, only the Yi people are not afraid of the fire.
Hey, what kind of ship is that? Isn't it Buddha who wears official uniforms on the ship?
Fo Zhi has been nervous in the Zhenhai Wu Temple, thinking that the Ming army is going to use him, a Manchurian, to establish his authority. The eyes of everyone in the audience were also full of sympathy and pity, and they didn't want Ming Jun to give him two books and send him back the way he came.
In the evening, the Ming army got another small boat and drove the Fozhi family out of Zhenhai directly. The army was in chaos, and the boat did not dare to drive at night, and did not come to Ningbo until dawn.
"You're already a thief!" Duan Guangqing saw that Fozhi's short hair was draped behind his head, and his tone was solemn, "This time, I guess I came to persuade the old man to surrender?" ”
Buddha Zhi was so frightened that he knelt on his knees, "Lord Daotai Mingjian, I am a Manchurian, what good is it to be a thief." ”
He told me everything about it.
Duan Guangqing heard it, it turned out that although the Ming army had strong ships and artillery, it was not enough troops, and they used steady tactics and did not want to attack cities and capture land too much.
This Ming army will not really have a Zhuge Kongming, acting so cautiously! Duan Guangqing shook his head and picked up the books "World Geography" and "The Coming of the Iron Curtain" brought by Buddha Zhi.
"The Fall of the Iron Curtain" is the first version of "The Origin of Confucianism" being compiled by the Ministry of Rites. Its main content is to tell the source of Yanhuang, promote the excellence of Chinese culture, and the destruction of Chinese civilization after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs; At the same time, it details the progress brought by the British Industrial Revolution to the entire human society, and the small-scale peasant economy of one family and one family has fallen behind the whole era; Explain the truth of "no learning, no wisdom, no work, no food, no stability, no soldiers, no business, no wealth"; It shows that the Ming Dynasty wants to build a "well-off" society for the past and the present, and the West for China, serve the people internally, defend the dignity of China externally, and implement the development of agriculture and industry together, and an industrialized power of steel will come in the center of the world.
"World Geography", this book introduces the customs and customs of various countries in the world in detail, Duan Guangqing hastily flipped through it, and felt refreshed, and said that this Ming heritage has been overseas for 200 years, but it is also quite insightful.
He picked up "The Iron Curtain Descending" again, turned a few pages slightly, and threw it on the table, "It's a bunch of nonsense, my Qing Dynasty has fallen behind the times, and he, the Ming relics who returned from overseas, represents the future of China, it's really a joke." ”