Chapter 22 The Siege of Taiyuan City
The sound of the arrow is whistling and flying over the city and falling into the city of Taiyuan, people are picking up the arrows one after another, and then looking at the paper.
Of course, some arrows fell to the city, and some people picked them up, but they didn't dare to dismantle them at all, because there was a roar of the soldiers: "Quickly pick it up and hand it over to the prince!" ”
At the same time, there were also wolf-like soldiers patrolling the city, and as soon as they saw anyone finding it, they immediately turned it in, and if they hesitated, it would give them a sword, and many people died for this.
"I'll let you pick it up!" A halberd stabbed an innocent man in the back, and the man immediately fell in a pool of blood. After the evolution to the extreme, the Qing army couldn't even pick up arrows.
Someone was beating gongs and drums and shouting: "Attention, everyone! Surrender all the arrows fired by the thieves! If you hesitate, the government will immediately punish you severely! No mercy! One after another resounded above Taiyuan.
Echoing with the shouts of killing on the edge of the city, "Kill! Come on! Kill the Tartars! "This is Zhang Biwu's coalition army attacking the city, Zhang Biwu has made a plan, he wants to do whatever it takes, continue to attack the city, even if the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, he has to take Taiyuan as soon as possible, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for him.
The people of Taiyuan have long felt the will of Zhang Biwu and his coalition army, of course, some of the arrows have been put away, and people are secretly watching the content.
People who look at it will spread everything out, and everyone of them is saying, Wu Weihou is incomparably powerful, no one can compete with it, and Taiyuan City will fall soon. Together, we should help Master Wu Wei to win this battle.
Of course, Xuan Jianhao sent spies into Taiyuan City before the troops were sent to Taiyuan, and these spies spread the news that the Qing army's food would run out, and they would use the people of the whole city as food in order to defend the city. Cannibalism in order to hold on. If everyone doesn't take action to protect themselves to meet the Marquis of Wuwei. They're all going to be Tartar's mouths!
Like. The people of Taiyuan City were even more afraid, they couldn't do it themselves, they tended to help Zhang Biwu break the city.
After two days of onslaught, the coalition forces suffered heavy casualties, reaching nearly 10,000 people. Even so, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi have no complaints, and they will continue to support Zhang Biwu to fight.
"Kill!" The soldiers shouted, and they rushed to Taiyuan City one after another. Let the arrows rain down your city and the rocks under it will not make them flinch in the slightest.
Mandahai and Wakda couldn't help but command men and horses to block the attack of Zhang Biwu's army.
Man Dahai also went to the front in person, and he shouted: "Block! Do your best to stop the enemy! As he spoke, he kept shooting people with his bow.
Wakda also waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone! They are a rabble, and they will not be able to break through our city! Hold! Do your best to hold on! ”
Zhang Biwu looked at the soldiers who crawled towards Taiyuan City like ants, but they were densely falling, and he was anxious!
He couldn't sit still, walking back and forth, and kept muttering to himself: "Why haven't the people of Taiyuan started to act yet?" Hurry up! ”
Lian Tong watched Zhang Biwu from the side. He understood Zhang Biwu's worries, and knew that Zhang Biwu was thinking about the soldiers. In order to break through Taiyuan City as soon as possible, he will sacrifice everything, in fact, he doesn't know how uncomfortable he is in his heart.
Lian Tong had another piece of admiration: "The lord is the lord!" Extraordinary! "Report!" A horse came in at a rapid pace.
Zhang Biwu couldn't help but stare at him and asked, "How is it?" What's the matter? The rider immediately replied, "My lord, great things have been done!" There is a riot in Taiyuan City! It seems that the Qing army's strength in defending the city is insufficient, and if it uses troops to suppress the rebellion in Taiyuan City, then it will be overstretched and unsustainable.
"Kill, kill!" The shouts of killing were louder and louder, and this was Zhang Biwu's order to shout louder, so as to encourage the people in the city to open the city gates.
When the people in the city heard the shouts of killing outside, they were deeply shocked, and they also said that they were even more in groups of threes and threes, and they were in groups of three or five, and they were all attacking together.
Some people rushed to the city gate, and they wanted to open the city gate to welcome the Ming army into the city.
Zhu Shichang was in a hurry, he asked people to suppress it on the one hand, and on the other hand, he ran to Man Dahai and Wakda, and said: "Two princes, it's not good!" Taiyuan people have to cooperate with Zhang Biwuli and outside! ”
Wakda said fiercely: "Disgusting! If I could, I'd kill them all!" Kill! Slaughter the city! ”
The vicious, cruel nature is exposed! Wakda is helpless, if he slaughters the people of Taiyuan now, first, the troops are insufficient, and second, it will cause all the people of Taiyuan to throw themselves to Zhang Biwu's side, acting as an internal response, and Taiyuan will be even more difficult to defend. Wakda wanted to kill someone, but he had to hold back.
Man Dahai said: "Fourth brother, it's useless to talk too much now!" We'll have to figure out how to keep the city! ”
When Zhu Shichang saw the appearance of the two, he understood that they had no trick to keep the city, they could only do their best to obey the fate of heaven!
Zhu Shichang personally went down to the city gate. Mandahai said to Wakda: "Fourth brother, I think the most important thing now is to hold on!" The key is to destroy the enemy army under the city first! I'll stop the thieves outside the city! And you go down there and attack the people, who are straw men, and they are easy to destroy! As long as the fourth brother slaughters a large number of people, the others will not dare to move if they are afraid, and then return to the division to help me defend the city! It seems like this is a big deal! ”
Wakda agreed with the seventh brother's opinion, he led an army to join Zhu Shichang, and then killed a lot of people.
As soon as Wakda's men moved, the people above could see clearly. Zhang Biwu said: "Up! Give it all to me! Now it's a matter of success or failure! After all, the enemy army is in full force! If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to destroy this city, I don't know how long it will take! Above! ”
As soon as Huang Qi heard this, he was excited, and rushed out of Lu first, Cao Bianjiao also rushed out of Lu, and Wu Xun also followed.
Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi could see it clearly, and they also knew that Lu Dao had to go all out. Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang also personally went to supervise the battle below.
The Hongyi cannon fired! Together, they blasted towards a city wall! Due to the lack of garrison strength of the Qing soldiers in the city, the personnel defending the battlements were seriously insufficient, and when they saw the collapsed city wall, even if they wanted to block it, it was not an easy task!
"Pour it in! Pour it all in! Huang Qi has come to the front, he pointed to the gap, and personally rushed to the front, he wants to lead by example.
"!" The soldiers were shouting and rushing towards the gap, if the garrison of the Qing army was enough, they could quickly organize people to plug the gap, but if there were not enough people, even if someone came here to block the gap, it would be powerless.
A rain of arrows came over, and a large number of Qing soldiers fell, and they didn't dare to chase after them anymore, they all shrank aside.
"Rush! Kill! "No, the roar of the voices, one after another, people rushed to the gap.
"Not good!" When Man Dahai saw it, he was stupid, all he could do was to quickly block the gap. But most of the coalition forces have already rushed in, how can they stop it?
When Mandahai saw this, he sent someone to convey his intention to Wakda, telling Wakda to leave here as soon as possible so that he could avenge him in the future.
Because when he rushed down, he was surrounded, and it was not easy to escape.
When Huang Qi and Wu Xun saw him, Huang Qi shouted: "Follow me to capture him!" Mandahai's pro-soldiers all rushed towards Huang Qi, and Huang Qi was also killed one by one.
And people came from all sides, and when Man Dahai wanted to commit suicide, his hand was shot, and the knife fell to the ground, and Man Dahai was finally captured.
As for Wakda's attempt to escape, he couldn't escape either, and was also caught. After Zhang Biwujun's generals captured the news of Man Dahai, Zhu Shichang and Mongolian Ai, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi also wanted to make contributions to show that their great shun was not bad.
Under such circumstances, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi put the last target on Wakda, and in the end, Wakda couldn't escape, and was captured by Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi.
If it weren't for the people of Taiyuan who started a rebellion to help Zhang Biwu, Zhang Biwu would not have been able to capture this city.
Zhang Biwu immediately put up a list to reassure the people, and also took out the military rations to help the people, and the people who shaved their hair and changed their clothes, Zhang Biwu did not pursue it, after all, at present, there are not many people who can become heroes.
Man Dahai and Wakda, as well as Zhu Shichang and Mongolian Ai Daren, were all brought to Zhang Biwu, who sat on the Taishi chair and looked at the four of them, as well as the Qing soldiers who were kneeling in black.
When Zhang Biwu's gaze fell on Lord Ai, he immediately got up and said, "Isn't this Lord Ai of Mongolia?" ”
He walked over and helped Master Ai untie it with his own hands, saying, "Look! Someone immediately brought a chair to Master Ai.
Master Ai opened his eyes in surprise, and he didn't know what the reason for Zhang Biwu to do this.
Zhang Biwu smiled and said to Lord Ai: "Lord Ai, I have been able to save the day many times in the past, and it is also because of the help of your Mongolia. How can I not be grateful now? Even if you help the Manchus against me, I won't care! I've decided to put you back now! ”
Lord Ai is that excited, I thought I was going to die, but now I don't have to die, he is very happy, and of course he has said it again and again.
Lord Ai's pardon made Zhu Shichang see the hope of survival. So Zhu Shichang spoke up: "Master Hou, I am willing to surrender!" I turned out to be a Han Chinese, and I had no choice but to follow the Manchus! My heart is towards us Han people! Please spare my life! (To be continued......)