Chapter 410 progresses smoothly

On the 16th, in the morning, Yaozhou.

The assault troops dug the trench to a distance of about 300 meters from the enemy trench, and the helmets of the Qing army could be clearly seen in the telescope. The hot air balloon in the sky, floating over the enemy formation, kept sending back news.

The Qing army stationed in Yaozhou, with only more than 2,000 people, received an order to hold on to it. The leader of the soldiers is not the Eight Banners soldier who is rooted in the red, but the former chief soldier Ma Dengyun. Faced with the siege of the Dengzhou battalion, Ma Dengyun thought about surrendering, but he was afraid of being calculated, after all, there was no death in the first place. If you are a traitor for a day, you will be a traitor for life, and there is no way out.

Ma Dengyun had no choice but to go to the top of the city, go to the front line to command, and fight to the death. Before the battle, he said to the brothers: "Everyone knows in their hearts that Daming will not let us go." ”

While he was giving a lecture, suddenly pieces of paper flew in the sky, and a hot air balloon floated over, dropping a bunch of letters of persuasion.

Ma Dengyun stared blankly at the hot air balloon in the sky, grabbed a piece of paper, looked down, and wrote: "Ma Dengyun, surrender, spare you from death." Don't have any illusions, don't talk about conditions, surrender is the only way to survive. ”

At this time, the artillery team of the Dengzhou battalion under the city was in place, and it was not difficult to see one artillery position after another on the city. Some of the cannons are called a big one, Ma Dengyun's throat was dry when he looked at it, and when he looked back at his brothers, they all showed hesitant expressions. At this moment, a Manchurian came with more than a dozen personal soldiers, and shouted from afar: "Ma Dengyun, you actually want to surrender, Lao Tzu will cut you first." ”

Ma Dengyun was stunned, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. Why did this Manchurian, who was the prison army, bring people to kill himself? It turned out that there were two kinds of leaflets, one was seen by Ma Dengyun, and the other was written "Ma Dengyun, your surrender table has been received, and the Dengzhou battalion will accept your surrender and protect you in front of the emperor." Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and didn't clean him up, what is your crime? ”

More than a dozen Qing soldiers rushed over with knives and guns, Ma Dengyun panicked when he saw it, and said in his heart, Is this here to kill me? He immediately drew his knife. Angrily said: "Brothers. The left and right are dead, and they will be put on their backs first. ”

A group of officers and family members were fighting with more than a dozen Manchurians, and Ma Dengyun took the time to run out. Gather your subordinates. Besiege these dozen or so Manchurians. There were so many on the city. The small county town was immediately in turmoil. The soldiers were at a loss, the hot air balloon was seen clearly, and the flag was reported. Chang Shiren smiled smugly and said, "Let's start!" ”

Under the order, 24 short-barreled 24-pounder guns took the lead in attacking, this kind of cannon can only fight 800 meters, but it is to bully the Qing army without artillery. While the infighting at the head of the city continued, the rumbling cannons rang out and stopped on both sides. They each lay on the ground and glared at each other with their eyes.

The black shells fell on the top of the city, and they were still smoking, and with a bang, a Qing soldier was blown up and flew up, which was a flowering shell. The shells fired by the artillery actually exploded instead of solid iron balls, and the Qing army in Yaozhou was even more chaotic this time. No one has ever seen this thing, and when it hits the ground, it doesn't roll forward, but it explodes.

For a time, the Qing army was in chaos, the cowardly lay on the ground and trembled, and the panicked got up and ran, ignoring the trenches outside the city, and ran to the city one after another. Look at the gates of the city, which are closed, crowded at the gates, and beat the gates of the city in despair.

The large-caliber cannon stopped after only one round, and the flowering bullet was too expensive, and Chang Shiren was reluctant to use it indiscriminately. The assault troops began to charge, but there was no resistance all the way, and all the trenches along the way became decorations, and the Qing army either surrendered on their knees, or blocked the city gate and could not enter. There were only 500 people in the trenches outside the city, and the Han army, which was originally used as cannon fodder, all surrendered on their knees at this time.

The commandos shouted for them all to run over and surrender, and the grenadiers quickly piled up explosives at the gates.

With a bang, more than 100 catties of maroon fire and medicine blew open the city gate, and the Dengzhou battalion commando rushed into the city. A team of Qing troops was killed head-on, and the leader was covered in blood, which was the result of the previous battle with Ma Dengyun. The Qing army howled and rushed forward, the bow and arrow swished, and some soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. The army immediately rushed into the city, and Ma Dengyun led a Han army of more than 1,000 people to decisively surrender under a white flag.

On the 16th, after a day of fierce fighting, the Dengzhou battalion Chang Shiren was under the command of the people, and Yaozhou was lightly taken. The army then continued northward and approached Haizhou.

Ma Dengyun asked a group of cronies to tie himself up, knelt on the side of the main road in the city, and knelt behind him to surrender the Han army. The troops of the Dengzhou battalion kept passing by, and no one stopped, until Chang Renze's horse came, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward with a smile: "General Ma, please get up, it was not your fault that you were defeated at Guangqumen." To be a thief is to be a thief for today's anyway. ”

Ma Dengyun listened to the surprise in his heart, and the three souls and six spirits that had been out of his body came back. Kowtowed and said: "Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, Dengyun is willing to lead his troops to the north and kill slaves for meritorious service." ”

Chang Shiren smiled: "You still reduce the braid first, I don't look comfortable." Besides, you don't need to go to war, just send a few people who are familiar with the situation to lead the way. The people who wronged you first went to the back and acted as a heavy man, and as for General Ma, follow me to act. You are familiar with the situation, and you should be my counselor. ”

Ma Dengyun got up at this time, but he didn't follow immediately, but said to Chang Shiren: "General, wait a minute, come when you go down." After a while, he led a Manchurian woman holding a child to come, Ma Dengyun took the Manchurian woman and knelt down together and said, "General, this is the wife arranged by the Manchu Emperor, leave it to you to dispose of." ”

Chang Renxin said, if Lao Tzu doesn't spare you, these two won't come out, right? Fortunately, before the battle, the old man explained that in order to achieve the goal of the battle, don't care about these Han people who are slaves. Sure enough, making a fuss about it works wonders.

"What are you talking about? The Dengzhou battalion quickly came to treat the prisoners preferentially, and there was no habit of killing the prisoners. This is the same as the truth, as if the Dengzhou battalion had never been to Haizhou before, and had not killed people and set fires. Chang Shiren, this guy, is really bad at learning with Chen Xie.

At the mouth of the Liao River, more than 100 cargo ships with 100 materials walked along the Liao River. On the shore were light infantry advancing under red flags, a move that had been planned for a long time. These small cargo ships can carry more than 30 tons of supplies, and there is a six-pounder gun on the deck, which can be used as a transport ship as well as a gunboat. Ships are prepared specifically for the situation on the Liao River.

Niangniang Palace, Su Haochen stood in front of the map and said to Wang Ben on the side: "Chang Shiren has already taken Yaozhou, now it's up to you." After occupying Niuzhuang Station, do not hesitate in the slightest and immediately clean up the surrounding dungeons. Pay attention to the Qing army behind you, do a good job of intelligence reconnaissance, once the Qing army comes from the west, do you know what to do? ”

"Please rest assured, sir, as many as you come, you will destroy as much as you want." Wang Ben Lizheng replied, Su Haochen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead, remember, there are only five days, and if you can't take it, you don't have to come back." ”

On the 19th, Wang Ben rushed to the periphery of Niuzhuang Station with four Jiazi battalions, and after investigation, the Qing army did not have any fortifications here. The nearby Dongchang Fort, Xining Fort, and Guchengtun were garrisoned by varying numbers of Qing troops. The Qing army gave up Niuzhuangyi, and they had to thank He Xian back then for burning it clean with a fire. Later, the Qing army did not restore this place, and it has been almost abandoned in the past few years.

On the 20th, the main force of the Dengzhou battalion approached Haizhou, and a partial division approached Ximucheng one step ahead to cover the flank of the army. Although he was very uneasy, Su Haochen still went back to Dengzhou to sit in charge of the overall situation and organize sea transportation.

Haizhou, five miles outside the city, on a nameless plateau. Chang Shiren led a group of Dengzhou battalion officers to appear here, and Ma Dengyun also followed. Standing on a high place, I can see clearly in the telescope, with Haizhou as the center, within a radius of three miles, all of them are dug up in a mess. There is only one official road that can be passed normally, and there are quite a few fences and forts three or four meters high between the trenches.

"Jiannu stationed more than 20,000 troops in Haizhou, led by Li Yongfang and his son Li Tai, all of whom were Han army banners. Whether there has been an increase in troops recently, the small ones don't know. Ma Dengyun introduced the situation in a timely manner, Chang Shiren hummed, and motioned to the staff officers beside him: "Release the hot air balloon to reconnoiter the situation, see how many fortresses there are, and how many troops there are." ”

Back at the headquarters, Ma Dengyun, who was with Chang Shiren, unexpectedly saw a woman, and an officer spoke loudly at the gate of the headquarters: "You only have one day, and 30,000 young and strong people are not in place, so find a rope and hang yourself." And you, too, only have one day, 5,000 rounds of shells, and ten days of rations for the army, and you will die if you can't transport them. ”

Ma Dengyun was dumbfounded when he heard this, this woman is too tough, right? If it weren't for the jade hairpin pendant on her head shaking, I really thought she was a man. Chang Shiren saw that this woman also gave a black line, and whispered to Ma Dengyun: "This woman's name is Xia Xue, don't provoke her." As long as she gets into the working state, she won't buy anyone's account. In the Dengzhou battalion, there is only one female officer who can be the logistics supervisor. Everything else, it's all in the hospital system. ”

"That's amazing, huh?" Ma Dengyun was speechless, Chang Shiren nodded very convincingly: "It's really powerful, my army of 50,000, without her in charge of logistics, I don't know what the chaos will be." She is in charge, a qiē is well organized, and there is no mess at all. It is guaranteed that the battle of the army will not be delayed. I can't even mess with this woman, you have to go around. ”

Shenyang, night, candlelight illuminates the main hall, and the gloomy face of Huang Taiji is facing a simple map at the moment.

"But after a day's work, Yaozhou was lost. And no one ran out, and the Dengzhou camp approached Haizhou only to find out that Tong Yunfei should die, Ma Dengyun should die. Huang Taiji's tone tried his best to maintain restraint, but he still couldn't help but bring out a trace of anxiety.

"Your Majesty, there are 20,000 Han military flags in Haizhou City, and there are 5,000 elite banners, and no matter how much the Dengzhou battalion can fight, it will have to break a mouthful of teeth." Dai Shan stepped forward to persuade him, and Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "It's light, Tong Yunfei said the same thing." The result? Two thousand Han troops, deep ditches and high walls, lost Yaozhou in one day. (To be continued......)