271.Chapter 271: A Ruin
The moment the three arrows were raised, the Taiping cavalry in ambush outside the city knew that they had succeeded.
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With the help of the already cloudy sky, Yan Dongxing turned over his horse, flicked his horsewhip, and rushed out first.
Behind him, more than seven hundred cavalry rushed up one after another.
The distance of more than a mile was quickly left behind by the cavalry, and rushed in front of this important city of the Omanis.
The drawbridge of the moat, which has been received by the Hue people, should be lowered.
The road to the city had been opened, Yan Dongxing was excited, slowed down a little, and controlled the war horse to trot into the city.
"Castle Coy!"
Thinking that he was likely to be the first general to lead people into the enemy country in all these years, Yan Dongxing's heart couldn't help but be excited.
Whether he was a horse bandit before, or later joined the Taiping Army, he was not as happy as galloping on a horse at this moment.
If we can turn this place upside down, maybe we will have a chance to make a name in history, right?
His eyes became more and more eager.
The cavalry of the country had already entered the city, and the black-clothed men who had been waiting here for a long time greeted them, and Ruan Chonghuan himself even got back on his horse and personally showed the way to the Taiping army.
After nearly 800 cavalry entered the city, after a simple formation, they turned around and killed a barracks near the east gate of Kou Castle.
At this moment, the castle was already on fire, and many frightened people rushed out before dawn, trying to evacuate to the safer south.
A group of troops spontaneously went to the burning neighborhood in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
More rushed out of the barracks and headed in the direction of several gates.
Although it is not clear where the disaster came from, and it is impossible to believe how the Imperials managed to sneak here, one thing is certain, if the Imperials did come, it would most likely be through the North Gate, followed by the east and west directions.
Because of this, at least one wing of the alarmed defenders flocked to the north gate.
This undoubtedly gave the Taiping army the opportunity to annihilate them separately.
Rushing towards the east gate were only three battalions of Omani defenders.
As a result, halfway through the two sides, an encounter occurred.
At this time, although the sky was not yet completely clear, it was already possible to roughly measure the situation from a few blocks away.
Seeing a large number of enemies coming, Yan Dongxing did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to charge.
"Imperial cavalry!"
The cavalry, several times their own, rushed towards him with the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, and the hundreds of Omani defenders who rushed in were stunned.
It was only after the two sides had come closer to each other that Omani realized the danger.
Some of the soldiers who faced the cavalry instinctively wanted to turn around and flee.
But the Omani soldiers in the back seemed to want to defend on the spot, and the two sides clashed.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry of the Taiping army roared along the stone road.
Compared to the wasteland, the cavalry in the city was much less mobile, but the momentum of the charge did not diminish in the slightest.
In the previous escort wing, a thousand people could not stop the cavalry charge, and the three hundred Omanis in front of them were even more unbearable.
was crushed by a wave of cavalry led by Yan Dongxing, and suffered heavy casualties.
After completely dispersing the remaining soldiers, Yan Dongxing did not stop, and the assembled team continued to rush to the barracks.
At this moment, there are still as many as two brigades of soldiers remaining in this barracks.
Hearing the dense sound of horses' hooves, the Omani soldiers on guard outside the barracks were startled and immediately called in to prepare for defense.
However, before the gate of their barracks was closed, the cavalry of the Taiping army quickly rushed over, and the cavalry at the head poured in like a tide and directly entered the barracks.
Some of the soldiers who had already come out to assemble wanted to retreat to the barracks when they saw that the situation was not good.
It's a pity that he ran a step slower, and was chased by the Taiping cavalry, slashing and killing one by one from behind.
In just a quarter of an hour, the defenders in the barracks had been largely cleared.
Subsequently, the cavalry of the Taiping army began to set fire in all directions.
Since joining the Taiping Army, the Taiping Army has been dealing with the defenders of the Empire, but they have never encountered such a situation where they can easily enter the enemy's heavy cities and rely on the mobility of cavalry to wantonly slash and destroy.
At this moment, two waves of enemies were slaughtered in succession, and the barracks were set on fire, and the unprecedented enthusiasm and refreshment greatly boosted the morale of the cavalry, and they kept looking for new targets.
By this time, the sky had completely brightened, but under the constant destruction of the Hue people, the chaos in the city continued unabated.
On the side of the granary of Koi Castle, the fire had been completely ignited, and half of the city could retreat from the flames that rushed to the sky, and the nearly 100 men in black who pulled out their hands immediately turned the target, assassinated the lone Omani soldiers in four directions, and tried to sabotage and spread rumors as much as possible.
Under intense panic, more and more Omanis fled from their homes and rushed to the south gate.
This confusion has affected the Omanis people's grasp of the shape of the city.
Even though the Taiping cavalry had wiped out the Dongmen barracks, the other defenders in the city still didn't know how the Taiping cavalry had managed to get into the city - they didn't even know how many Taiping troops had entered.
That's the benefit of having an internal response!
Without the help of these local Hue people who were familiar with the situation, even if the Taiping cavalry could enter the city, they would have to face the situation of calmly dispatching troops to intercept them.
But now, under the chaos, the shape shì has become the cavalry of the Taiping army attacking from all sides, splitting up to strangle the defenders.
With information provided by the Hue people, the Taiping cavalry quickly turned to the north gate, where they blocked the Omani infantry approaching a wing.
Fierce battles have broken out again!
This time, because it was in their own city, the Omani people's will to resist was significantly stronger.
After being dispersed, many Omanis were able to take refuge in nearby alleys and courtyards, so casualties were far lower than outside the city, and more time was wasted on the Taiping cavalry.
But this did not change the status quo of the defenders: the largest infantry army in the city was scattered by the Taiping cavalry.
Yan Dongxing understood very well from beginning to end that he did not want to occupy the castle this time, and it was impossible for him to do it.
The only goal is to destroy and destroy the war potential as much as possible.
At best, the place should be left in ruins.
Without this outpost, it would be much more difficult for the Omanis to transport food from the rear.
Under the premise of this strategic goal, after a short rest, Yan's cavalry did not pursue and kill the Omani soldiers who had fled into small groups, but after receiving intelligence support from the Hue people, they launched another charge, killed another large infantry army, and tried to storm the executive yuan in the center of the castle.
This series of actions completely broke up the connection between the defenders in the city.
Although the number of enemies in the entire Koi Castle still exceeded that of the Taiping cavalry, they were scattered everywhere, and were even carried out of the city by the fleeing civilians, making it difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Taiping cavalry.
At this time, Yan Dongxing's cavalry could finally do whatever they wanted here.
All kinds of official documents and tax certificates in the Executive Yuan were burned; 20,000 catties of sea salt and a batch of newly shipped soybean oil in the nearby treasury were burned; A batch of armor, bows, arrows, and military robes in the armory stockpile, burn what can be burned, and destroy as much as possible what cannot be burned; There are also important buildings and neighborhoods in various places...... At this moment, it was not only the Hue people who wantonly vented their anger and destruction in the city, but also the cavalry of the Taiping army also spread disasters and flames as much as possible along the way.
All the Omanis who dared to stop were all defeated by the Taiping cavalry.
For the barbarians of these feudal states, the cavalry of the Taiping army had no burden to move.
By the end of the day, the entire castle of Koi had been turned into a sea of fire.
More than a quarter of the neighborhood is covered by fires large and small.
At least 50,000 people, the south gate of Tongguò fled the city in panic.
The things of strategic value in the city were also destroyed by the Hue people who had explored them in advance.
When the entire Executive Yuan was engulfed in flames, Yan Dongxing, who was extremely tired, withdrew from the city with his cavalry along the east gate with an unparalleled sense of achievement.
Even if the people who did not leave the castle could finally extinguish the flames, this important city on the front line would be worthless.
There is not a year or two to regain one's vitality.
After this last vote, the Hue people, whose hatred in their hearts had been vented, also mixed with the fleeing crowd and evacuated.
It is conceivable that in the next few months, the Omani black-clad guards will be crazy to hunt them down.
Fortunately, in the more than ten years since the destruction of the country, the Hue people have already had a set of ways to deal with the black guards.
If that doesn't work, they can retreat into the empire for the time being.
This is the promise made by the envoy of the Chen Wu faction when negotiating with Ruan Shiming, and it is also the reason why Ruan Shiming is willing to devote all his strength to cooperate with the Taiping army to make a big fuss.
Only a day or two later than the Koi Castle, along the way further south of the Red River Valley, including the entire Chiang Mai Plain, the Hue people who Nguyen Thi Minh had bought and recruited were all moving frantically.
All plans related to the Omanis to collect food were sabotaged by them.
The granaries were set on fire, the teams carrying grain were attacked, roads and bridges were damaged...... The two counties of Hue, which had been quiet for several years, seemed to suddenly go back to ten years ago, when the Omanis had just annexed the two vassal states.
The long area of several hundred kilometers is full of riots by Hue people and the remnants of the South Thai people.
Because it was so abrupt, the local executive Yuan and the black-clothed guards of the Kingdom of Oman were completely defenseless, and they were overwhelmed by the endless attacks.
In this case, not to mention raising food to the north, they can barely ensure that the place will not fall into panic, and they have exhausted all their strength.
When this chain of events came together, from the Taiping cavalry intercepting and destroying the Kou Citadel to the ubiquitous raids and destruction of the Hue people, the end of the Omani army was basically foreordained.
And when the fire of Koi Castle was finally completely paved, the more than 100,000 Omani troops who had evacuated from Tianlong City had just retreated to the South Peak Fortress!