Chapter 248: Fraudulently Opening the City Gate
The fire at the far gate of Taiyuan Chengbei Town was very strange and very fast, and it was almost impossible to extinguish it at the same time, and the tall wooden enemy tower was quickly drowned in the raging fire.
A group of men and horses hurried up to the city, and the panicked thieves in the city recognized the person at the head and exclaimed: "Yu Qianhu come and put out the fire, this is over, this is over, but how is it good!" ”
The first person was Yu Hai, he glanced back at the strong man beside him, only to see the strong man nodding slightly, then he stepped forward and smiled: "Brother Chen, isn't it just on fire, why make a fuss!" ”
"I burned the city gate building, and King Chuang didn't burn me too! Don't be verbose, help put out the fire......"
With a bang, a corner of the enemy building collapsed, and a large number of wood tiles fell to the ground with a bang, almost smashing the crying thief Qianhu squarely.
Yu Haiyi pointed to the enemy building that had been burned through, "It's definitely too late to put out the fire, and King Chuang will definitely not be able to burn you!" ”
"Don't make fun of your brother, I'm afraid that tomorrow's brother won't be able to keep his head!"
He spread his hands, knowing that he couldn't put out the fire, and his words were infinitely desolate, so he hugged the shoulders of the Qianhu surnamed Chen in front of the sea, "Don't worry, Brother Chen's good head, no one can take it away!" ”
"How is that possible?"
"As long as Brother Chen does what Yu Hai says, you will be guaranteed a long life!"
"How can there be such a good thing as this?"
The raging fire of the enemy building has spread to the outbuildings, and a large number of tiles have fallen frequently, Yu Hai quietly took a few steps towards the root of the city wall with the surname Chen, as if he was dodging the falling broken tiles.
"How not, as long as you vote for Li Dashuai, my brother will not only ensure that you will escape this catastrophe, but also be promoted and make a fortune if you make meritorious contributions!"
Li Dashuai ...... Which Li Dashuai? ”
Qianhu surnamed Chen was a little confused, and he couldn't understand who Li Dashuai was when Yu Hai was talking about. The fire roasted his face, and Yu Hai held it again, "Which one else can it be Li Dashuai, naturally it is Li Dashuai, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town in the Ming Dynasty!" ”
Yu Hai said Li Xin's official name word by word, and the Qianhu pupil surnamed Chen contracted suddenly, and just as he wanted to make a move, a pair of big hands like iron tongs had already grabbed his arms tightly, and it was actually a strong man with a big waist and a round waist who rushed over in the electric light.
"I'll take Brother Chen to see Li Dashuai, please come here!"
The action was very hard, but the mouth was very polite, and the subordinates surnamed Chen Qianhu didn't see the problem in the chaos.
Qianhu surnamed Chen was brought to the man who asked for instructions with Yu Hai's eyes before.
"Open the skylight and speak brightly, as long as you do what the commander asks, you are allowed to listen to the errand under the commander's account and take charge of a battalion of military affairs!"
Qianhu surnamed Chen is not a stupid person, and immediately understood that he was calculated by Yu Hai and the gang in front of him, and the fire in the enemy building and the current situation were all calculated by them.
"You, you, you ......" He pointed at Yu Hai, and then looked at Li Xin who lowered his head helplessly, and decided to appoint.
"What does the big man say?"
The strong man holding his arms continued: "My handsome man speaks with all his words!" ”
Li Xin nodded and smiled: "As he said!" ”
"In that case, but please command."
Li Xin laughed.
"The people who ordered you to open the city gate, the three guards have been waiting outside the city gate for a long time!"
The Taiyuan City Gate is composed of an iron gate and a city gate, and it is impossible to win the city gate by sneak attack, especially since Yu Haineng brought only a few dozen people into the city, and it is impossible to solve such a complicated process by force alone.
Since Qianhu surnamed Chen had accepted his fate, and he was afraid of being punished by King Chuang, he had to give an order under the "supervision" of Yu Hai.
"The iron gates are raised, the city gates are opened, and people are allowed to enter the city to put out the fire!"
He is a thousand households guarding the far gate of the northern town, and the following are all brothers who have followed him for many years, so it is naturally forbidden by order. With the creaking of the iron wheel, the iron gate slowly rose, and the city gate of Taiyuan City Gate, which was heavily inlaid with fists and large copper nails, was completely open with two sounds.
The people and horses who have been out of the city have already entered the city, and there are thousands of people, and the military uniforms are neat and weird, which is completely different from the various clothes of the army, and some people have already noticed the difference, but the thousand households have spoken, who can say more.
Yu Hai was extremely relaxed on the surface, but in fact, his back clothes were already soaked with cold sweat, and he knew that there were several bows and crossbows aimed at him anytime and anywhere, and if there was a slight movement, his little life would have to be finished. Fortunately, Chen Qianhu was extremely cooperative, and everything went smoothly beyond imagination.
Chen Qianhu was surprised to see that "Li Xin" had just entered the city, a young man in a red robe saluted, and said in his heart, does Li Dashuai still need to salute others, is there a higher-ranking officer in this army?
That "Li Xin" called Chen Qianhu and Yu Hai over, "Come and see Li Dashuai!" ”
Chen Qianhu was confused, how could there be another Li Dashuai, it turned out that this Li Xin was Lu Jiu, the commander of the cavalry battalion, and it was also an expedient measure to persuade this person more easily, Li Xin, as the head of the army, naturally could not take the risk lightly before the conclusion of the situation.
"Well, ...... the previous agreement"
Li Xin laughed, "Lu Jiu is Ben Shuai's brother, he promised you, Ben Shuai will take care of it!" Then he changed his words, "Chen Qianhu, oh no, I should call you Chen Yingguan, the fire on this city wall is not strong enough, can it burn more vigorously?" ”
Chen Qianhu naturally agreed repeatedly, and Yu Hai also squeezed over with a smile on his face at this time, "The handsome man promised me ......"
"After taking Taiyuan City...... It's up to you! ”
With the cooperation of Chen Qianhu and Yu Hai, the Three Guards unknowingly took control of the north gate. Before the thieves could react, they had to make a decision immediately, and Li Xin immediately assigned the task.
"Yu Hai, the cavalry battalion and the first battalion went with Ben Shuai to attack the inner city and occupy the Jin Palace. The grenadier battalion and the second battalion attacked the camp of the thieves in the south of the city, waiting for an opportunity to seize the south gate. The third battalion cooperated with the artillery battalion to seize the east, west, and south gates one by one, and the auxiliary troops were stationed at the north gate under the command of the senior supervision army, and defended together with Chen Qianhu. ”
The prison army Gao Shiming was famous for his fear of war in the Three Guards, and every major battle was guarded by layers of auxiliaries, which was not at ease, and later expanded his own guards with a scale of only 100 people after the First World War in Daizhou, becoming a well-equipped soldier in the Three Guards, but never participating in the war An absolute exception.
After everyone got the order, they dispersed one after another, and their respective armies were dispatched, and Li Xin also took Lu Jiu and Cheng Mingjiu to the north gate of the inner city.
Gao Shiming, the superintendent, was in the lair of thieves at this time, and his body was cold from the inside out, looking at Li Xin's back as he quickly walked away and disappeared into the night, and there was a trace of dependence.
"General Lee, go and return to ...... quickly"
His right hand waved twice in the void, and he felt bored, so he hurriedly ordered the Guardian Regiment to protect him.
Besides, Li Xin led Yu Hai and the Lu Jiu cavalry battalion to gallop on horseback, and there was no one to stop them along the way, while Cheng Mingjiu's infantry battalion followed closely behind, running forward in four columns.
Yu Haijian continued to cheat the city, Liu Guoneng is not specialized now, he has been living in the camp of the Chinese army, and the people are not in the inner city, so the defense and vigilance of the defenders are much worse than those in the outer city.
Li Xin immediately agreed, if the soldiers did not bloody open the city gate, it would be better.
"There are fires in many places in the city, the king has an order, and now the whole city is searching for spies, and we are ordered to enter the inner city to investigate the spies thoroughly!"
Unexpectedly, the thousand households guarding the inner city did not agree to let Yu Hai enter the city, saying that King Chuang had confessed that unless he himself came, as long as the city gate was closed after dark, it was not allowed to be opened until the sun rose.
"Brothers, it's not that I can't open the city, it's that there are really no spies in the inner city, you can go and check elsewhere......"
A while ago, the outer city was burned and looted by his own people, and it is hard to say what kind of goods these are in the city, and there are many women in the inner city. After that great robbery, thousands of soldiers who participated in the burning and looting were killed, and the tragedy is still vivid.
Cheng Mingjiu specially borrowed two twelve-pounder cannons from Heisenberg's artillery battalion, even if he wanted to blast open the city gate directly. But in the distance, there was a rumbling cannon sound one after another, the inner city guards did not know why, and they were frightened by the sound of the cannon, combined with the fact that there was a fire in the city, a bold idea made him shudder, and the power of the cannon had also been seen more than once in the official army, could it really be that the official army was attacking the city?
In the darkness, the gunners received the order to start cleaning the chambers, adjusting the gun positions, and loading the ammunition, only to hear the trembling shouts from the city: "Wait, wait, open the city gates, in case of an accident, the brothers must help the brothers defend the city!" ”
In a few moments, the inner city gate creaked open. Li Xin's intuition of this sneak attack is too nonsensical, if Liu Guoneng's subordinates are all such wine bags and rice bags, let him take Shanxi lightly, the defeat of the Ming army is extremely humiliating!
"Into town!"
With a wave of Li Xin's big hand, the cavalry and infantry entered the city, and the gate slowly closed as the last soldier of the Three Guards entered the city, only to hear the sound of ping-pong and screams.
The musketeer suddenly attacked, and the thousand households were hit by several lead bullets, and when they fell to the head of the city, a thought flashed in his mind, damn, he was tricked!
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At the same time, the grenadier battalion and the second battalion of the Chinese army attacking the main camp in the south of the city were obviously not as lucky as Li Xin, and they encountered the most difficult bones in this battle. In the outer city, especially in the south of the city, large areas were burned to the ground. When there were still 100 paces away from the Chinese battalion, all the cannons borrowed from the artillery battalion opened fire, and the battle began.
Zhang Shi has never been lucky, fraud is not his style, and he will crush all the way with his strong combat power when he wants to fight. But their targets are clearly not going to be crushed by everyone.
After the first round of shelling, a large group of thieves rushed out of the Chinese army's gate and rushed straight to the grenadier battalion that had been lined up. These thieves were able to come under the powerful artillery fire, Zhang Shi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes lit up, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.