379. Huguang Zaoyang

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The knight was hurrying with his head bowed, when suddenly a thunderous sound came to his ears. Thinking of his mission, the knight reined in his horse with a pale face, and then climbed the low slope on the left side of the road and tried to look in the direction where the thunder came. Soon a thrilling scene appeared in front of his eyes, only to see countless fleeing crowds being cut down one by one by the chasing horseback warriors, and only those who fell to the ground and begged to surrender could escape death.

Frightened, the knight stiffened and almost completely forgot what he was trying to do, but the tricolor banners that appeared later finally brought back his mind. Like an old cat that had been blown up, the knight subconsciously turned around and ran down the dirt slope, so that he tripped over a few inconspicuous stones and fell to the ground in a hurry. However, the knight, apparently concerned about the pain, clutched his bleeding forehead, hurried back to his horse, and then drove his mount, which was already quite tired, towards the way he came

Unaware that the envoys of Galtu had been frightened back, the Zheng cavalry was finally ordered to gather their formation after a hearty slaughter. Although the killing stopped, thousands of corpses were already lying under the hooves of their horses, and nearly 10,000 Green Battalion soldiers had been taken prisoner in horror.

Of course, some Qing troops escaped, but the Zheng army was obviously not worried that they would flee into Xiangfan to strengthen the defenders. Compared with these unfamiliar Northland Green Battalion routs, it was even more of a headache for Commander Zheng Fang to clean up the battlefield before dusk and monitor the more than 10,000 troops in front of him.

"There are no artillery, which means that the outer firearms battalion should be pulled last." Le Minyue judged according to what was happening on the battlefield. "It's just that I don't know where this Tartar has reached now, and if the forty cannons let them escape, it will be intolerable. Brother Long Jie, what do you think about this? ”

Yin Mintong took the handkerchief from the hand of the attendant soldier and wiped the sweat on his head, and then responded: "Brother Long Jie, Lin Zongzhen had expected it before the battle, and obviously there was no need for us to attack Xiangfan. What I mean is to simply go north, take the entire Nanyang Mansion into your hands, and completely cut off the road for the Qing to flee north to Henan and west to Ganshan. ”

"Take down the entire Nanyang Mansion." Le Minyue took the kettle and drank a sip of water, and couldn't help but smile on his face, Yin Mintong's so-called statement of completely cutting off the Qing army's flight north and west is actually not true, in fact, there are many open roads in Nanyang, not only there is Bauhinia Pass in the west to pass through Ganshan, but also adjacent to Kaifeng Mansion and Xuzhou Zhili Prefecture in the north, and Runing Mansion in the east. The saying that Nanyang is the hometown of the emperor is not the other way around.

"Taking Nanyang Mansion is also a front station to bypass Huanghuai and peek north into the Central Plains." Le Minyue paused to show that he understood Yin Mintong's true thoughts. "But Mr. Lin didn't let us participate in the attack on Xiangfan because our cavalry was precious, and in the same way, Brother Long Jie was willing to use cavalry to attack Jiancheng?"

Yin Mintong laughed: "Brother Zhicai is really good at joking, no matter whether the city is strong or not, it is just a cavalry siege, I will never agree with it." ”

Yin Mintong pointed to the prisoners in one place: "Regardless of whether our army will open the city and beg for surrender, even if it is to face the strong city, what are these, it will not let them eat our military rations in vain." ”

Le Minyue also meant this, and the two immediately hit it off: "Then it's decided, come on!" ”

Le Minyue shouted at the staff officers beside him: "Immediately send someone to report to Lin Zongzhen, and say that our department has defeated 20,000 Qing army reinforcements, killed 5,000, captured 10,000 enemies, and our army suffered no more than 500 casualties, but the flag battalion artillery team is nowhere to be seen." Therefore, our department will take a short rest and recuperate, and tomorrow we will go north to find the Qing artillery and wait for an opportunity to seize Nanyang Mansion and the surrounding counties. ”

Le Minyue's report was obviously embellished, linking the capture of Nanyang County with the search for the follow-up troops of the Qing army, Yin Mintong only reminded him: "The Qing captives who fled north are afraid that they will return the same way, so the brigade may be able to advance tomorrow, but in order not to leak the news, it is better to send a group of elite soldiers to block the four gates of Tang County first." ”

"Brother Long Jie has a point." Le Minyue nodded. "Then it's decided." Le Minyue explained two sentences, and soon a small unit broke away from the brigade and drove straight along the river to the direction of Tang County. "Now it's time to pack up the troops." Le Minyue pointed at the head of the black press in the distance with his horsewhip. "Pass the order, let them hand over more than a thousand official bibliographies by themselves, if it is hidden, the old rules, eleven killing"

Just when the cavalry reported its achievements and future plans, the battle in Zaoyang also came to the last moment. Zaoyang is a county under the rule of Xiangyang Prefecture, and it does not have perfect city fortifications like the two prefectures of Xiangyang and De'an, and it is not as rich as the two front-line cities of De'an and Suizhou. Therefore, when the defenders of De'an changed banners, and Suizhou was deceived by Yue Shenglong to open and control the city gate, and then quickly lost, Zaoyang fell into the siege of the Zheng army in a sudden situation.

In the face of the military situation in full swing outside the city, the Qing army defending the city naturally wanted to surrender, but Fu Tu, who was participating in the political rank of grain storage in Zaoyang, beheaded two thousand generals who surrendered in a row, and continued to resist with his subordinates holding the guards and Zaoyang County orders hostage. Speaking of which, even if Fu Tu moved the people in the city to resist at the head of the city, he would be a mantis arm, but Zheng Jun did not attack at the first time in order to avoid his own casualties. It wasn't until the arrival of Yue Shenglong's department, which had incorporated the Suizhou garrison, that the war really broke out.

On the occasion of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the new annexed army has always been the most brutal help of the Qing army, and vice versa, in order to show his ability in front of the new master, Yue Shenglong did not hesitate to take the small Zaoyang knife, so the war was extremely hot as soon as it started - although the Qing army built the artillery workmanship was poor, and the firepower was far inferior to the field artillery used by the Zheng army, but because Yue Shenglong immediately called more than 50 city fire cannons from De'an and Suizhou to bombard Zaoyang indiscriminately, he quickly collapsed the city wall of Zaoyang East City- The two sides then fought back and forth over the crumbling wall.

Although the defenders of Zaoyang put up a stubborn resistance under the coercion of the Mandaotai, although there were many dead and wounded in the city, it was only half an hour before the end of the shelling, Yue Shenglong's troops still used the advantage of manpower to rush into Zaoyang City, and then launched a new round of fighting in the small county town.

"Lord Yue," the shouting and killing sound in the city had gradually faded, and the black smoke that rushed to the sky was also slightly dimmed in the twilight, and at this time, the Zheng Domain's eunuch who followed Yue Shenglong's side had a stern expression and warned someone who had just completed a gorgeous turn. "Since this city is about to change hands, it is the territory under the rule of this domain, and I ask Lord Yue to immediately restrain the troops and not injure innocents by mistake."

If others said so, Yue Shenglong would have been blocked back with a word of mercy and not taking charge of the army, but now is different from the past, after all, he is a newcomer who has just taken refuge in the past, and he can't be too domineering, who knows what kind of way the prison army around him comes from can he go directly to the sky, so Yue Shenglong accepted Jian Yiyi as a matter of course.

"What Lord Hao said is very true, come here," Yue Shenglong took off the sword at his waist and threw it in front of his horse. "Patrol the whole city with the sword of this official, and anyone who violates military discipline will be killed!" The general took the order, and after waiting for a while, Yue Shenglong made a gesture of please. "How about Lord Hao go into the city together?"

The supervisor surnamed Hao didn't dare to embarrass Yue Shenglong, who was smiling, after all, they first dedicated the city of De'an Mansion and provided detailed information on the reinforcements of the Qing army, and then lured the gate of Suizhou City, so that Zheng Jun could break into the city along the way, plus he had just conquered De'an, these merits added up, not to mention that Lin Sheng had promised to sponsor the other party as the chief soldier and earl, even if the merit was re-credited, this could also make the other party occupy a high position in the Zheng Domain, so he nodded and agreed.

However, before the two entered the city, several captives had already pulled up to the horses: "Military Gate, this is"

"Needless to say, this official knows." Yue Shenglong looked down at someone in front of him who had a broken joint. "Master Fu, don't come unharmed." Fu Tu scolded, but Yue Shenglong was like a breeze, not angry at all. "Yue is a descendant of Wu Mu, and the original Qu Jie was also because he was helpless, but now he is just a person who forgets his ancestors without being a number dictionary, Master Fu, why bother chattering." Of course, Yue Shenglong's words were not for Fu Tu, but to figure out why he would belong to the top level of Ming Zheng, of course, this is just some kind of Cheng DΓΉ's covering his ears and stealing the bell, but the world may eat this set. "Someone," since Hao Jianjun had already heard it, Yue Shenglong naturally wouldn't continue to talk to Fu Tu. "Send Master Fu to Lord Lin."

"The military gate, the small one, didn't mean to resist the heavenly soldiers!" The guerrilla who was hijacked by Fu Tu didn't know who Lord Lin was, and he thought he was going to send him on the road, so he immediately crawled in front of Yue Shenglong's horse and cried and pleaded. "Junmen, give the lowly job a way out, the lowly job must be a cow and a horse to repay the great kindness of the Junmen!"

Yue Shenglong listened with a smile at first, but the afterglow of his eyes suddenly noticed Hao Jianjun's disdainful expression, and his heart suddenly moved, yes, taking the initiative to return and make great contributions, it is naturally his own capital to gain a foothold in Zheng Jun, but this self-satisfaction is the way to take trouble, as soon as he thought of this, Yue Shenglong suddenly turned his smile into a sneer: "Quack, come here, take it down." ”

When the Qing army guerrillas who were shouting all the way were dragged away along with Fu Tu, who was like a dead dog, Hao Jianjun suddenly spoke: "Lord Yue, I won't enter Zaoyang, and you also need to exit as soon as possible after your inspection, and the city should be handed over to Lin Zongzhen to send someone to garrison." ”

Yue Shenglong's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he listened to Hao Jianjun continue: "Early tomorrow morning, our army will continue to advance eastward, only by taking Xiangfan and blocking the road for the Qing army to retreat north in Zhennan, can you have a place in front of the king." ”

Yue Shenglong was shocked, and immediately responded: "What the lord said is very true, this official will give an order"

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