Chapter Seventy-Six: Surrender
"We've won!" Wang Zhongfeng exhaled a breath of turbidity, he naturally knew that in this case, the regular army might still have the possibility of adjusting its organization, but Liu Jiajun was already finished.
Meng Jiucheng nodded vigorously, reined in his horse's head, ran to the artillery position, called Qian Bang, and asked him to take people to wrap the cannons and shells tightly in oilcloth, and prepare to go to support the ambushed troops.
The artillery made meritorious service in the first battle, and the effect was unusually good, Qian Bang and others were overjoyed when they saw Meng Jiucheng, and he also wanted to try to pretend to be reserved and calm, but his expression could not hide his pride.
"I just played very well, and I should be the first to break the village. I hope you can guard against arrogance and rashness, and make persistent efforts. In the future, this artillery will be expanded several times, dozens of times, but it will all depend on you. ”
"General Xie praises, General Xie cultivates." Qian Bang and the others' faces flashed with joy, and they hurriedly stopped it.
Meng Jiucheng said a few words of warm encouragement, and put forward his own suggestions for the artillery bombardment just now, and then left with his personal guards.
The shouts of killing in the town have spread deeply, and groups of captives have begun to be escorted out by several Red Turban soldiers. Once the village was breached, it was equivalent to destroying most of the Liu family's army's fighting spirit, the Red Turban Army pursued bravely, and several times the enemy did not dare to turn back to fight, and there was no suspense about victory.
This is the rabble! Meng Jiucheng knew that Liu Wenzheng's men and horses were not even as good as the Red Jacket Army, and although he was under the banner of the Red Jacket Army, he had not experienced any battles. Recruiting troops and buying horses, there are mostly people who mix up and eat food, and if they win, they can say that they can only flee for their lives.
Eat food as a soldier?! Historically, until the twentieth century, weren't there many, many armies formed in this way!
Can the Red Turban Army transcend this level and become a brave and fearless iron army that knows why it is fighting? Meng Jiucheng hopes for this and is constantly working hard for this.
The town of Lingyang was already in chaos, the west gate was broken by a drum, the defeated soldiers scattered and fled, and the panic spread rapidly, which hit the morale and will of the other defenders. Liu Jiajun was not psychologically prepared to carry out street battles in the town at all, the walled wall was no longer a barrier, and the psychological blow to the soldiers was heavy and huge.
Of course, it was not without officers in other areas who organized a counterattack, but the people were panicked, and the defeated troops were difficult to retract, and after a short battle, there was an even greater rout. When the other gates were opened and the way to escape appeared, Liu Jiajun lacked the heart to fight to the death and rushed to flee first.
The crying and screaming in Liu's mansion had become loud, and Liu Wenzheng was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he was snatched back by his cronies, still unconscious. Listening to the shouts and killings outside, the family members and subordinates were frightened and frightened, at a loss, and became a pot of porridge.
"Childe, childe-" The housekeeper beat his chest and paused his feet, calling out to the stunned Liu Hongji.
After a round of eyes, Liu Hong gradually sobered up a little, slowly turned his head, and looked at the housekeeper.
"Childe, you, you have to make an idea!" The housekeeper almost cried, "There are more than 200 personal soldiers in the house, are you guarding it, or are you protecting your family to break through?" ”
"Defeated, huh?" Liu Hong asked in a daze, and without waiting for the housekeeper to answer, he sighed and shook his head dejectedly, "I didn't expect that so soon, there are walled walls and firearms, and thousands of people can't hold it for a while." ”
The housekeeper grinned, Liu Honggradually didn't expect it, Liu Wenzheng didn't expect it, no one thought that it would be defeated so quickly, and he didn't even have any preparation.
Uh, uh! Liu Wenzheng on the bed suddenly made an intermittent sound, Liu Hong gradually stood up, rushed over in two or three steps, pulled out the doctor, and looked at his father who was slowly waking up with sadness and joy.
Liu Wenzheng's eyes slowly opened, and he looked at the person in front of him laboriously.
"Father, you are a child!" Liu Hong gradually held his father's hand, tears rolling down.
Liu Wenzheng blinked his eyes slowly, and finally recognized his son, the corners of his mouth moved, and he asked in a vague voice: "Gradually, what's going on outside?" ”
Liu Hong gradually paused, lowered his head, tears fell, and choked up: "Father, we are defeated, and the enemy has rushed into the town." ”
Liu Wenzheng's eyes widened suddenly, and his grip on his son's hand tightened suddenly. But then his fingers loosened again, his lips moved a few times, and he said, "Surrender, surrender." ”
Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, as if he doubted his ears, and asked, "Father, you, what did you say?" ”
Liu Wenzheng stared, gasped heavily, and said hurriedly: "For the sake of the Liu family, surrender, let's, surrender." Quick, quick, white flag. ”
"Child, child, understood." Liu Hong gradually realized that his father was pushing him, wiped away his tears, got up and walked out.
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The battle in the town came to an end, and all but a large number of prisoners fled the town.
Meng Jiucheng did not go to the Liu family, who surrendered, but quickly rectified the people, leaving Liu Zhongfeng and more than 1,000 people to deal with the aftermath. He took Han Shouzhong and most of the artillery out of the south gate, walked along the main road, and rushed to meet Xiao Ying's headquarters.
Not long after breaking through the town, Meng Jiucheng had already heard an explosion in the distance and knew that the ambush had begun. Despite his confidence in victory, he was anxious to know the outcome.
By the time they arrived seven or eight miles south of the town, the ambush had already ended in victory. The blackened craters, the corpses and dark reddish-purple on the ground, the scattered knives and guns, and the hordes of captives all tell the people about the battle that took place here, and the fate of another enemy.
1,500 against 2,000, prepared and a surprise attack, with the throwing of gunpowder mines, the bombardment of pine cannons, Xiao Ying and Zheng Si'an's tails, plugging their heads, and flanking attacks on both sides, and they won a clean victory.
Now, Liu Tingyu only has less than 1,000 people left in the county. The Red Turban Army was not only equipped with mighty equipment, but also had an advantage in strength, and the final victory was beyond doubt.
"Look, we're preparing, and we're about to send troops to the county seat." Xiao Ying pointed to the hundreds of soldiers who were changing their costumes, and said with a smile: "This is your sixth master's idea, let them take the lead and outwit the city." ”
"The sixth master is clever, and he is better than Zhuge Zhiliang." Meng Jiucheng was quite surprised, paused, and then gave a thumbs up in admiration and complimented Zheng Si'an.
Zheng Si'an smiled and said: "It's just a small plan, I used it before, and I took my brothers to fight Liangshan County!" Moreover, the key is to have him-" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed, "Hong Xi, who has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, is willing to help our army take the city." ”
"The villain Hong Xi, I can't get used to seeing the Liu family's rampant conquest for a long time, and now I am willing to serve the general and make meritorious contributions." Law saluted with his crossed hands.
He looked like a sturdy man, but the most impressive thing was that he could see that his right hand was missing a finger when he gave it up.
Hong Xi, obviously missing a finger, why is it not Hong Qili?
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