Chapter Seventy-Three: Xuzhou Breaks
The bombardment of two rounds of solid artillery shells completely defeated the defenders of Xuzhou, and the city wall was basically scrapped, and several places collapsed.
When Zhu Huan saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head.
He is the besieging party, and it stands to reason that he should be happy now, but Zhu Huan can't be happy.
If Zhu Huan is the prefect of Xuzhou, he will first use bows and arrows to suppress the momentum, and then order the work to repair the city wall and rebuild the defense line.
Xuzhou is an important town of the Southern Army, but it is so vulnerable, which is the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty.
"Give the order to go down, let the artillery battalion press forward two hundred paces, change the blasting shells, and blast the city gate open!" Zhu Huan raised his hand and ordered.
At the sound of an order, the artillery battalion located in the poplar forest began to advance.
However, when they arrived at the designated position, they had not yet loaded the shells, but they found a strange scene.
The city gate of Xuzhou is open!
"What does that mean?" Zhu Huan was a little incomprehensible.
Is it to surrender?
Zhu Huan took a closer look and found that a group of armored guards walked out of the city, escorting a man whose hands and feet were bound by hemp rope.
One kicked the man to the ground, causing him to fall to his knees. This kneeling man is wearing a four-grade official uniform, and in Xuzhou City, the four-rank senior official is also the prefect of Xuzhou.
"Zhang Fu, Zhu Gaoxu, what about people?!" Zhu Huan shouted loudly.
Hearing Zhu Huan's voice, the two of them hurriedly ran into the Chinese army camp and asked Zhu Huan: "Lord Wang (Uncle Wang), what's wrong?" ”
"Look, who is this man?" Zhu Huan asked.
"This ...... It seems to be Lu Wei, the prefect of Xuzhou? "Zhu Gaoxu's status is very different, and officials of all sizes in the Jinling area have seen it, and he recognized it at a glance.
"The prefect of Xuzhou?" Zhang Fuleng paused: "You said that the guy who was hammered on the ground was Lu Wei, the prefect of Xuzhou?" ”
Zhu Huan made a gesture and motioned for the two to shut up.
"Let's take a look first, this king wants to know what kind of moth this Xuzhou is going to do."
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"Lu Wei, this thief, deceived the Son of Heaven and abused the people, making the people of Xuzhou miserable, starving and dying, and causing the wrath of the Heavenly Father!"
Xuzhou Tongzhi took the long knife in the hands of the guards, and shouted: "I, Xuzhou Tongzhi Xie Xinrong, here to remove the thief, count on God's mercy, don't send down the heavens to punish me again, and accidentally hurt the people of Xuzhou!" ”
After speaking, Xuzhou Tongzhi raised his knife and cut off Lu Wei's head with a knife!
"May Heaven be gracious!" Xuzhou Tongzhi said to the sky, and the rest of the people also knelt down one after another, praying to heaven.
"May Heaven be gracious!"
"May Heaven be gracious!"
"May Heaven be gracious!"
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"I'm ...... Day"
Zhu Huan was amused by the bewildering behavior of the Xuzhou officials: "Are they treating the thunder and artillery bombardment of my artillery battalion as a heavenly punishment?" ”
"Looks like yes, they're ...... Sacrifice the prefect of Xuzhou to the sky? Wu Qi vaguely felt this way.
Zhu Huan was really convinced.
The last time he fought Zhenjiang, his army was mistaken for heavenly soldiers.
This time he hit Xuzhou, and his thunderous artillery bombardment was mistaken for heavenly punishment.
In his last life, did he worship God as a brother...... No, it's an older life!
"Forget it, don't worry about it so much."
Zhu Huan's eyes were sharp, and he said: "Take this opportunity, Bai Ma Yi is fighting the vanguard, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu, and the troops of the two of you follow behind Yan Gang and attack the city!" ”
"No!"
Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu glanced at each other, their eyes were fanatical.
Finally fucking good fight!
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"Brothers, the prince has an order, follow me to charge!"
Yan Gang took the lead and led the White Horse to rush to the gate of Xuzhou!
"Where righteousness goes, there is death and no life!"
White Horse Yicong shouted in unison: "Where righteousness goes, there is death and no life!" ”
This overwhelming momentum shocked even Zhang Fubu and Zhu Gaoxu, who were following Bai Mayi.
"His mother has a milky white snow, she is really a god." Zhang Fu couldn't help but sigh.
Such a strong soldier, let alone face the battle, just shouting in such a voice can already scare the enemy into losing his armor!
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After Xuzhou Tongzhi beheaded Lu Wei, he suddenly saw thousands of cavalry with white horses and white robes charging over, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Tiangong has appeared!" ”
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked, and saw Bai Ma Yi kneeling down from behind not far away: "The heavenly lord has appeared!" ”
White horse and white robe, isn't this a heavenly soldier or a heavenly general?!
Xuzhou Tongzhi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Baima Yicong: "See the Heavenly Army!" ”
"See the Heavenly Army!" The crowd echoed.
Seeing that they all rushed to the city of Xuzhou, Yan Gang restrained his horse and was stunned by the scene in front of him.
"What do you mean by that?" Yan Gang asked.
"Xiaguan Xuzhou Tongzhi Xie Xinrong, see Tianguan!" Xuzhou Tongzhi said loudly.
"Heavenly official??"
Yan Gang frowned and said: "I am not a heavenly official, I am Yan Gang, the commander of the White Horse of the Qi Palace. ”
King Qi's Mansion?
White Horse Righteous Servant?
Yan Gang?
Xuzhou Tongzhi gasped, his brain was running rapidly, and he guessed what had happened before.
Qi Shi attacked the city, but was mistaken for heavenly punishment...... The key is that he also sacrificed the prefect of Xuzhou to heaven!
Now that the city gate is wide open, the first leader of Xuzhou has been slaughtered by him, and his second-in-command is under the nose of the enemy, defending the city, how to defend it?
Unless a meteorite falls from the sky and kills all the people in King Qi's mansion......
Just kidding, he is not Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and King Qi is not Wang Mang!
However, even if he defended the city, the news that he killed his superiors was reported to the southern army commander's camp, which was a dead end.
"Xuzhou Tongzhi Xie Xinrong, respectfully invite the army of King Qi to enter the city!"
Xie Xinrong gritted his teeth and simply descended directly!
I can't beat it, and I can't defend it.
It's a dead end, it's better to surrender directly, although it is a shame to open the door and surrender, but it can save your life!
Even if he died here, future generations will not praise him, and it is estimated that it will be recorded that "at the beginning of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Huan, the king of Qi, led his troops to attack Xuzhou, and Xie Xinrong, the same governor of Xuzhou, mistakenly thought that it was a heavenly punishment, and then opened the city gate to kill the prefect of Xuzhou to sacrifice to the sky." Qi division general Yan Gang led the army to attack the city, Xie Xinrong was killed by the chaotic army, and the city of Xuzhou was broken ......"
Future generations will have to laugh to death when they see this history book!
Yan Gang was silent for a while, and gave Xie Xinrong a thumbs up: "You are very good." ”
He was speechless.
"Keep an eye on these people, and I'll report to the prince."
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"Down?"
Zhu Huan was called a galloping horse in his heart, he never thought that it would be such a joke ending.
The soldiers of King Qi's Mansion have been on the horse for several months, and he Zhu Huan has personally worked in the Beijing Arsenal for more than a month, and even used the Yan Wangfu as a guise to deceive the Southern Army. As a result, Xuzhou fell like this? It's like a joke!
The artillery battalion only released two rounds of solid shells, and they didn't even have time to shoot the blasting shells!
Seriously, my day, what a war!
"The whole army enters the city, and all the officials above the deputy thousand households in the city must be controlled, and the granary must be garrisoned with additional manpower, as for the Xuzhou Tongzhi, thank you...... Thank you for what? ”
"Xie Xinrong."
"Even if he has merit, tell him that his official position will not move, and he will wait for the time to go to Jinling City for promotion." Zhu Huan gave the order weakly, looked up at the sky, and sighed.
Although it was easy to take down Xuzhou, I felt so unaccomplished.