Chapter 972: Capture
Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 inforeadx;? The Feng army only sent an advance team of twenty people, and the Qingcheng city army of one corps was thrown into chaos, some of the Ningnan soldiers were deployed on the spot, and some of the Ningnan troops gave up resistance and fled in a hurry.
Two quarters of an hour later, there were bursts of drums in the distance, and from the east side of the Ningnan army's defense line, one after another wind army flags were erected.
When the Ningnan army in the defense line heard the movement, they poked their heads out and looked out, only to see that on the distant horizon, the figure of the wind army gradually appeared.
The ranks of the Wind Army marched forward in a long horizontal row, and with the sound of drums and the footsteps of people advancing, the soldiers of the Wind Army shouted in unison: "Wind, wind, wind-"
"It's the Wind Army, the Wind Army's brigade is coming," the faces of the thousands of Qingcheng City troops who were still in the defense line changed greatly, and many people climbed out of the bunker in panic and ran backwards,
No matter how panicked the enemy on the opposite side was, the wind army advanced at a uniform speed, and when the team was advancing, the battalion commanders of each battalion issued orders from time to time, whether fast or slow, so that the soldiers of this battalion and the soldiers of other battalions could maintain a good formation.
When the distance between the two sides was still three or four hundred meters, they were still in the defensive line, and the defenders who had no leader and had already been distracted gradually became uncontrollable, and fired sporadically outward, and the sparse gunfire rang out from time to time.
At such a long distance, with the accuracy of the firearm, it couldn't hit the target at all, and the projectile shot out from the side of the Ningnan Army's defense line, and when it hit the side of the Wind Army, they didn't know where they flew.
In comparison, the wind army is much calmer, and no one in the whole army fired back indiscriminately, but the voices of orders in the camp came and went.
"Forward, keep going," "Reload, prepare to shoot,"
When the distance between the two sides was less than 200 meters, the battalion commanders of the various battalions of the Wind Army shouted in unison: "Open fire—"
Bang Bang Bang -
As the order to open fire was given, the first row of wind troops walking in front pulled the trigger in unison, and the explosion sounded at the same time, and a long line composed of gunpowder smoke rose above the heads of the front row wind army.
The projectiles that shot out of the muzzle poured overwhelmingly into the defense line of the Ningnan Army, hitting the sandbags, and the muffled sound of popping was endless, at the same time, I don't know how many Ningnan Army's helmets were pierced, and the corpses of Ningnan Army turned over on their backs continued one after another.
After firing a shot, the wind army advanced and loaded the ammunition, and the wind army in the second row behind began to concentrate fire, bang bang, and there was a series of gunshots like popping beans,
Under the continuous suppression of Fengjun's firepower, the Ningnan army hiding in the defense line did not even dare to show their heads, and many soldiers hugged the fire gun tightly, curled up on the ground, snot and tears flowed out together,
Fighting against the Wind Army, and their usual encirclement and suppression of a bandit gang and arresting a few bandits, this is a real war,
The shooting of the wind army is cotton, round after round, as if it is endless, the advance of the wind army is extremely oppressive, constantly advancing forward and moving forward, as if even if the sky collapses, it cannot stop the pace of the wind army's advance,
It didn't take long for the wind army in the front row to be less than fifty meters away from the defense line of the Ningnan army, and the enemy's front line was close at hand.
Boom, boom, boom
Hundreds, thousands of stone mines exploded inside and outside the defenders' defensive line, and in an instant, the outermost trenches of the defense line were as if they had exploded, dusty, gunsmoke, obscuring the sky and the sun, and from time to time there were heart-rending screams of people.
"The first battalion, sword on, ready to charge,"
"Second Battalion, sword on hand, ready to charge,"
Lying in the pit of the trench, I could clearly hear the orders of the generals of the wind army outside, but people didn't dare to raise their heads, let alone rush out of the bunker and escape, just huddled in the trench with their heads in their hands, trembling and shivering.
"Kill—"
With the shouting of killing, the charge of the wind army began, and the originally neat array of the wind army surged forward like a tide, and the swords mounted on the fire guns flashed in the air with cold light.
The surging crowd instantly flooded the first trench of the Ningnan army's defense line, and the Ningnan soldiers hiding in the trenches didn't even see the enemy who rushed over to kill clearly, so they were pierced through the head or chest by sharp swords.
Immediately afterwards, the crowd of the Feng army crossed the first trench, and then rushed to the second trench behind, the number of Ningnan troops here was more, and the people had completely lost their fighting spirit, one by one, holding their heads, kneeling in the trenches, their bodies curled up, trembling,
This is not a battle between the two armies at all, it is a completely one-sided situation,
In this battle, the first corps of the Qingcheng defenders was defeated, the corps commander and two battalion captains were killed, less than 500 soldiers were killed and wounded, but the number of captured people reached 5,000, and the other 4,000 people, without firing a shot, all fled back to Qingcheng City.
Compared with the Zhenjun army, the Seventh Army treated the prisoners much more politely, and the Feng army gathered all the captured five thousand Ningnan troops together, leaving only one battalion of troops to guard, and the rest of the Feng army continued to advance in the direction of Qingcheng.
The defenders of a corps, a full 10,000 soldiers, were defeated in less than an hour after leaving the city, and only 4,000 people fled back, which made the city lord Liu Chenen also dumbfounded.
He hurriedly ordered to transfer the Second Corps to Dongcheng, unite the remnants of the First Corps and defend the city.
Qingcheng's city defense is quite strong, Liu Chenen thinks that even if his own city army can't defeat the wind army, but relying on the city defense, he can still resist the wind army outside the city.
However, the defenders who were waiting in the east city did not wait for the wind army, but first waited for the news that the north city and the south city had encountered the enemy at the same time.
Where did Liu Chenen think that the Feng Army attacking from the east was actually just a disguise, and the people only used a feint attack strategy, and did not use all their strength to launch an attack, the purpose was to attract all the defenders of Qingcheng to Dongcheng, and on the side of the Feng Army, it was the Fifth and Sixth Corps that really undertook the heavy responsibility of the main attack.
As a result, he did not use all his strength, just the Seventh Corps, which feinted to attack, had already killed the defenders, and the gap in combat power between the two sides was too big.
Now, the defenders of Qingcheng are concentrated in the east city, the defense of the south city and the north city, in a virtual form, the fifth and sixth corps that launched an attack from the north and south sides almost bloodlessly blasted open the gate of Qingcheng, and the army drove straight into the city, rushing into the city,
From hearing that the southern and northern cities were attacked, to the southern and northern cities were captured, the interval between the two was less than a quarter of an hour.
Liu Chenen, who was in the gate tower of Dongcheng, was weak, slumped on the ground, his eyes were dull, his eyes were straight, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead and cheeks, constantly rolling down.
"Big ...... Adult, Wind ...... The Wind Army has broken the city, and now ...... What should I do now," the commander of the Second Corps asked with a pale face and stammered,
"...... with the enemy" Liu Chenen, who came back to his senses, wanted to say that he would fight to the death with the enemy, but when he heard the shouting and killing sound coming from inside and outside the city, he shivered again, shrunk his neck, and said in a trembling voice: "The wind army is menacing, and it is beyond my generation to fight, so we will wait...... Have tried their best......"
As soon as his words fell, the commander of the Second Corps couldn't wait to shout to the side: "Hang the white flag, quickly hang up the white flag, surrender, surrender to the Wind Army, the city lord has already given the order, surrender to the Wind Army,"
At this time, the city defense has been broken by the Feng Army, who is willing to continue to fight against the Feng Army, as soon as the order of the corps commander is conveyed, there are immediately countless soldiers of the Ningnan Army who raised the white flag high on the head of the city,
The three corps of the Seventh Army of the Wind Country easily captured Qingcheng almost as soon as they walked.
In this battle, the troops invested by both sides are not small, but the scale of the battle is not large, the casualties on the side of the Feng army are almost negligible, even the defeated Ningnan army, the casualties are only a few hundred,
After the city army entered the city, all the prisoners were locked up in the barracks, and as for the weapons and ammunition of the Ningnan army, the wind army could use it, and naturally all of them were taken away, and those that could not be used were destroyed on the spot.
Shangguan Xiu's carriage did not stop for a moment along the way, and went directly to Qingcheng,
Walking with the carriage, there are also Jiang Leopard, Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and others,
When he entered the city, the city was already full of wind army, the banner of the wind country, the army flag of the seventh army, had been erected high on the top of the city gate tower.
Seeing Shangguan Xiu's carriage entering the city, up and down the city wall, and the wind army on both sides of the road, they all raised their arms and shouted: "Wind, wind, wind-"
Jiang Leopard urged the horse to come to the carriage, knocked on the wall of the carriage twice, and when the curtain was raised, he bent down and grinned at Shangguan Xiu in the car: "Brother Xiu, the combat power of the 20,000 defenders of Qingcheng is probably not as good as the combat strength of the 2,000 Central Army, and our army has used three corps to attack the city, which has become a humiliation to our soldiers,"
Shangguan Xiu also smiled when he heard this, the combat strength of the Ningnan local army is indeed not flattering, along the way, not to mention that you can't see the corpses of your own soldiers on the side of the road, even the corpses of the soldiers of the Ningnan Army can't be seen, and even the traces of the battle are pitiful.
The reason why this is the case, of course, is also for a reason, after all, firearms have just just emerged, just been widely used, the central army that often goes to the battlefield, the experience is naturally much richer than the local army, and on the battlefield of firearms, experience is often the key to determining the victory or defeat of both sides, if the commander of the Ningnan Army was not because of lack of experience, first killed by the spirit spear shooters of the Feng Army, the defenders may not be defeated so quickly,
The curtain of the carriage was opened, and the soldiers of the Feng Army on the side of the road could directly see Shangguan Xiu in the car, and people's faces were all full of excitement.
Seeing this, Shangguan Xiu lowered the curtain and walked out of the carriage.
The wind army on both sides of the road was even more excited, and people pulled their necks and shouted in unison: "Wind, wind, wind, wind, wind, wind, wind—"
No one in the city came out to greet the Feng Army, and Shangguan Xiu's carriage was sent to the City Lord's Mansion by his own Feng Army soldiers all the way.
Walking into the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, there were two people kneeling inside, one was Liu Chenen, the city lord of Qingcheng, and the other was the commander of the Second Corps of the garrison, Jiang Han,
When walking past the two, Shangguan Xiu glanced at them lightly, didn't say anything, walked directly to the chair in the lobby, and sat down.
When Jiang Leopard passed by the two of them, he kicked each of them, came to Shangguan Xiu's side, and stood still,
Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei brought the tea, Shangguan Xiu took the tea cup and drank the tea slowly and methodically, while the leopard used a big bowl and made a big bang, and a big bowl of tea went directly to his stomach.
Shangguan Xiu drank a few sips of tea, and felt that his dry throat and eyes were finally more comfortable.
He slowly put down the teacup, his eyes fell on the two kneeling on the ground, and just as he was about to speak, he heard someone outside the lobby yelling: "Let go of my father, you bastards, wind thieves, if there is a seed, let my father go, and fight with Lao Tzu,"