Pingluo City is not big, but it is very strong, the city wall is more than two battles high, a large number of stones are used as a foundation, and there are a large number of fortresses connected to the periphery, it is a full battle fortress.

In addition, the most feared thing is that the Christians here account for the vast majority, they are loyal to the Ma Jiajun and extremely hostile to the Han people, especially the army. Once the sect elders come out, they can call on a large number of people to assist the army in defense, which is a very big threat to the attacking troops. Before formulating the battle jihua, Rong Zhen put in a lot of effort to find out the situation in the city.

Based on all the information, Rong Zhen believed that Pingluo must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise it would become a fortress to block the attack of the Feng army, so Rong Zhen decided to implement surprise tactics. He led his soldiers to quietly cross the Yellow River from the ice and touched the flank and rear of Pingluo.

In the darkness of the night, the engineer company rushed to the forefront with blasting canisters and explosive packs. Just when they were still more than 500 meters away from the city wall, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the side and shouted: "What person? ”

After hearing this, the company commander Zhang Honggang knew that they were exposed, and he was angry in his heart, so he threw a shot and hit this guy in the head. After the gunshots rang out, the quiet Pingluo was completely confused, and a chaotic gunfire suddenly rang out in a fortress not far away.

The man who was killed was the soldier inside the fort, and he came out to pee, only to collide with Zhang Honggang and them. Gunfire rang out from one fort, and the others opened fire one after another. Zhang Honggang saw that the situation was not good, their task was to blow up the city walls and open the way for the attack of the brigade, once they were dragged by these fortresses, they would not achieve the purpose of the raid.

So he hurriedly beckoned two soldiers to come and said to them, "Use your flamethrowers to destroy this fortress." Everyone else is rushing with me! ”

After the order was issued, Zhang Honggang led the men and horses to rush forward quickly, and bullets flew over their heads from time to time, but fortunately, the soldiers were well-trained, everyone bent over, one step did not stop, and advanced quickly, and when they reached the dangerous area, they crawled forward.

Finally they managed to reach the bottom of the city walls, and Pingluo was close to the Yellow River. There was plenty of water and a deep moat outside the city, but fortunately it was winter, and everything was frozen solidly, so it didn't cause any trouble for the soldiers.

"Hurry up and cross the river. Put the blaster under the city. ”

The soldiers quickly divided into three groups and used iron drills to cut small holes in the hard walls. One blaster after another was stuffed in.

That's when it happened. A torch also appeared on the city wall, and the defenders of the city were led by Ma Baolin, who was also one of Ma Fuxiang's most trusted generals, and was also known for his courage among Ningma, when he heard the sound of gunfire outside the city. Feeling that something was wrong, he hurriedly ordered his men to rush to the city wall.

Zhang Honggang was leading his men and horses to cover behind, and when he saw the crowds on the city, he knew that something was wrong. Therefore, they hurriedly opened fire, and so did the other soldiers, and the bullets of submachine guns and machine guns rained down on the wall, splashing countless bricks, sand and stones, and Ma Jiajun did not dare to raise his head at all.

When Ma Baolin saw it, her eyes immediately turned red, "Rush up for the and destroy them, and other people will approach the city wall." ”

These Ma Jiajun all poured up again, and with their numerical superiority, they began to return fire to the city, and the three demolition groups also suffered casualties. However, the soldiers did not care about anything, and they managed to make three zigzag holes, each with ten blasters. After doing this, the demolition team withdrew, under the dense bullets.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Three loud noises came out one after another, like an earthquake, the earth was shaking, Zhang Honggang and they were more than 100 meters away, supporting the ground with their elbows, protecting their heads with their palms, and driving most of them off the ground, in order to weaken the vibration, otherwise this violent explosion could shatter the internal organs.

Even so, they were so confused and embarrassed that everyone's ears were buzzing and they couldn't hear anything clearly. And the Ma family army in the city was worse than them, and the sudden huge shock sent them all into the air, and they fell to the ground fiercely, turning into a pile of meat and sauce.

In the violent explosion, the strong city wall also began to shake, and countless huge cracks appeared on it, and with a bang, a wall of more than 30 meters collapsed, and the shell of the Ma Jiajun in the city was finally knocked open.

As soon as Zhang Honggang saw that they had completed the task, they immediately divided into two teams, and he led the men and horses to continue to guard the gap and suppress the Ma family's army. The other two companies charged back, destroying the forts from behind, opening the way for a large attack.

The fall of the city wall was so spectacular that even in the dark of night, a loud rumbling sound could be heard, and Rong Zhen saw that the sappers had succeeded, and immediately commanded the soldiers to attack.

When other armies encounter fortresses, they may be worried, but the Feng army has already been taught in the Far East, and after the war, the Feng army immediately summed up a set of tactics to deal with the fortress.

The Feng army used blasting canisters, cluster grenades, and flamethrowers to knock down one fortress after another, and the army quickly followed the opened passage into the city.

Ma Baolin commanded the soldiers, using the ruins of the city wall as a cover, and also wanted to resist the Feng army, at this time the mortars had already followed, twelve mortars aimed at the gap, the shells fell like hailstones, the smoke enveloped everyone, and the recalcitrant Ma family army was all blown to pieces, and there were no bones.

The city gate was completely turned into a no-man's land, and the Feng army rushed into the city through the thick black smoke, and any recalcitrant Ma Jiajun was killed on the spot, and the corpses were piled up everywhere.

In the chaos, Ma Baolin still wanted to call his subordinates and fight to the death with the Feng army, but a cannonball happened to explode next to him, and the shrapnel cut off half of his head, and his brain was splashed everywhere, completely losing his life.

As soon as Ma Baolin died, the Ma Jiajun was even more leaderless and fled one after another, and those people in the city had the intention to help the Ma Jiajun, but they didn't know what to do at all, and they rushed outside the house by chance, and they would also be ruthlessly killed by the Feng army.

The battle lasted for more than three hours, and by midnight, the Feng army had basically taken control of Pingluo, and they had killed more than 1,200 of Ma's army, captured more than 500, and less than 1,000 escaped. The gateway to northern Ningxia completely fell into the hands of the Feng army.

Rong Zhen sent a good news to Zhang Tinglan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he strengthened his control over the city, and all the residents were gathered and imprisoned in the prisoner of war camp. As for the elders in the temple, they were also taken care of, and they were all arrested. Of course, there are also temples that are not willing to be captured, so they rely on their private arms and want to fight to the death with the Feng army, but they are all killed, and they are not polite at all.

It wasn't until dawn that calm was completely restored in the city, Ma Jiajun was killed, and those religious elements were also arrested, according to the original plan, these people were all escorted to Suiyuan and other places to serve as laborers for road construction, and how many people in Zuihou could survive depends on the will of God.

Of course, Zhang Tinglan did not want to engage in ethnic extermination, and facts have proved that this strategy will definitely not work, Zhang Tinglan is just to break up the large settlements, let all ethnic groups live together, influence each other, change each other, and of course, watch out for each other to avoid the problem of grouping.

No matter in any region, the Han people must maintain an advantage in numbers, at least 50 percent, and become the main force of local politics, economy, and culture, and other ethnic groups should live together in an appropriate amount. Especially in a complex place like the northwest, not only does the number of Han people increase, but the total number of other ethnic groups in a certain area cannot exceed 30 percent, and they must live in scattered areas, so as to ensure safety.

As for a place like Pingluo, where the people of the church have an absolute advantage, Zhang Tinglan also had to kill the killer and move everyone out.

At the same time as escorting the laborers, the follow-up troops of the Feng army also arrived one after another, a cavalry battalion, a heavy artillery detachment, came one after another, and the liliang in Rong Zhen's hand increased a lot, in addition, the air force sent eighteen bombers to support, which made Rong Zhen even more overjoyed, he was ready to play a bigger one.

After taking Pingluo, his eyes naturally fell on the wall of Ningxia Province, the two places are 60 kilometers apart, completely within the attack radius of the bombers, although the number of Feng troops is not large, only less than 4,000 people, but with air support, with powerful artillery, and tens of thousands of Ma Jiajun to fight, will not suffer, and can even easily win.

Especially in front of him, the main force of Ma Jiajun was attacking Zhongwei again, entangled with Feng Yuxiang's troops, Rong Zhen captured this precious fighter, and immediately ordered the troops to rush south, attack Ningxia Province, and completely knock out Ma Fuxiang's lair.

Xining has fallen into the hands of Feng Yuxiang, and if Ningxia falls into the hands of the Feng army, the end of the Ma Jiajun will really come. Fengjun was like a bamboo, the first stop to leave Luoping was Li Gang Fort, which was also a well-defended place, but the fortress of the cold weapon era could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery, Rong Zhen used the heavy artillery battalion, twelve 152 mm cannons bombarded, and in less than two hours, Li Gang Fort was completely turned into ruins.

The Feng army captured this place with great arrogance, and the next step was to point to Xiejiabao, like a flood of Feng army, which was unstoppable.

The Feng army quickly moved south, and Ma Fuxiang, who was still in the central guard, also got a telegram, and as soon as he heard the news of the loss of Pingluo, he was like being hit in the head by a thunderbolt, trembling all over, and fell into a stupor.

In the last second, he was still cheering for victory, when Ma Jiajun had broken through the wall of Zhongwei and compressed Han Fuyu to the Yellow River, as long as he worked hard, these thousands of people would only end up feeding fish in the Yellow River, but they were so happy and sad, and when they were close to victory, there was such a shocking change.

Ma Fuxiang was also completely dumbfounded, Pingluo was not safe, Ningxia was uneasy, Ningxia was not there, and he became a lost dog, so he couldn't care about anything, and immediately issued an order to let the whole army retreat and return to the province as quickly as possible. (To be continued......)