Chapter 403: Huai'an Ending War IV

When the guerrilla Xu Guang of the left wing battalion rushed to the outside of the camp with a large group of men, he happened to meet Li Gangtai who was carrying the head of Hana, and at this moment, Li Gangtai led his men with muskets to quell the attack of three hundred Manchurian cavalry, and even so, dozens of horsemen broke through from the other side of the camp.

"Xu Guang," Li Gangtai shouted: "Hana is dead, and now he is about to open the west gate to let the officials and soldiers enter the city, how do you choose?" ”

Xu Guang was not left and right, and then looked at the several guards and Qian Zong on his side, and the left hand holding the scabbard seemed to want to move.

Li Gangtai scolded: "Xu Guang, we are all the original Liaodong Ming army, and we were once the official army that went to war with the Tartars, but at that time, the Wanli court was mediocre, the officials bribed, and the generals followed suit, we were forced to surrender the Tartars, and now the Ming army is pressing, and Dai Shan's plan to be a bait has failed, and on the day the city is broken, you and I will fall into a place of no return, and look at the treatment of the Yang Lian Maha brothers anyway?" ”

Yang Lian Maha was originally a senior general at the level of a general, and after the surrender of the soldiers and horses with 50,000 Han army flags in Gaoyou, he was actually reused by the Ming Emperor Chen Cao, and in the siege battle a few days ago, they clearly saw the figure of the two Yang Lian brothers who commanded in the formation.

Gao Shun arrived after reflexively killing, and when he saw that Xu Guang was still hesitating in front of him, he shouted sharply: "Xu Guang, is it a battle or a surrender..."

Xu Guang withdrew from his hesitation, and then looked at the Hana head in Li Gangtai's hand that was still dripping blood, and thought of Li Gangtai's identity, and was suddenly shocked, thinking that even the concubine Li Yongfang was reversed?

"General Li, anyway, I wanted to ask the official before, does he know about this matter?"

Li Gangtai sneered, and then said, "My father is the commander of the Han Army Banner..."

One sentence let Xu Guang guess, but this sentence is enough, anyway, Li Gangtai also deceived Xu Guang, hearing this, Xu Guang let out a sigh: "The last general is willing to cooperate with General Li." ”

"Okay..."Li Gangtai smiled happily: "Gao Shun, persuade the city gate guards, kill the Tartars, open the city gate, Xu Guerrilla, follow me..."

"Yes..."

Wang Xiaojie was confused for a while after receiving Jinyiwei's order, he really didn't expect that the people of the Li family would surrender, and he changed his mind halfway.

Yuan Shizhong turned his head to look at Wang Xiaojie: "Old Wang, this..."

"I know what you want to say," Wang Xiaojie looked into the distance: "This is all the speculation of Huang Chunyao and His Majesty, whatever, follow the order, if you really open the city on our side later, the vigilance is, I don't believe that the Tartar dares to charge indiscriminately and kill it a son of a bitch." ”

"Throne... Throne..."

As soon as Wang Xiaojie's words fell, the herald ran into the big tent in a panic: "Report to the military seat, the gate of the defense area suddenly opened, and more than a dozen enemy troops are rushing towards our side." ”

Wang Xiaojie and Yuan Shizhong glanced at each other, and then went out together.

Before the battle, Wang Xiaojie saw more than a dozen horsemen stop in the middle of the road, and only two horsemen came slowly, Wang Xiaojie stopped the movement of the guards: "It's only two people, what are you afraid of, quickly bring people over to see if Li Gangtai is going to surrender." ”

When the two horses approached, Wang Xiaojie clearly saw that one of the two was young and the other was middle-aged, it was Li Gangtai and Xu Guang.

"The criminal general Li Gangtai of Liaodong came to surrender with the guerrilla Xu Guang, I don't know which general is in front of him?"

Wang Xiaojie was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was really the case, so he immediately stepped forward and gave a military salute: "Wang Xiaojie, the commander of the Shenwu Army of this seat, is waiting here for General Li Gangtai at the behestage of His Majesty, General Li, I don't know what the situation in the city is now?" ”

Li Gangtai said: "When the sin general attacked Gao Shun and purged the enemy of the Xicheng resistance, when the sin will go out of the city, Daishan's reinforcements are coming, and I specially ask General Wang to send troops into the city quickly, don't miss the time." ”

Wang Xiaojie looked at Xu Guang behind Li Gangtai again, and then turned his head and shouted: "Pass on the military order of this seat, the 31st Division will be prepared immediately, and follow General Li into the city to block the attack, and the whole army will press on it in turn and enter the city in an orderly manner." ”

"Yes..."

"Herald, quickly send a message to Your Majesty, saying that General Li has opened the door and surrendered, and the headquarters of the Shenwu Army is about to enter the city, please cut it down..."

"Yes..."

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"Rebel... Rebel..."

Li Yongfang almost couldn't fall steadily on the horse, and kept shouting the word 'rebel' in his mouth.

Li Shutai held Li Yongfang on the side, and then said urgently: "Dad, look, the Ming army is about to enter the city." ”

Outside the open city gate, Liang Huanming's department is galloping into the city, his 31st division is also an all-rifle division, before entering the city, Liang Huanming personally ordered the officers and soldiers under his command, if they enter the city and encounter an ambush, then blow up the city gate with explosives.

Therefore, more than a dozen sappers in the galloping infantry squad carried explosives and ammunition on their backs to prevent accidents.

"That rebel..."

When Li Yongfang looked, he saw Li Gangtai and Xu Guang leading hundreds of forward troops of the 31st Division into the city, helping Gao Shun to kill the defenders who were still resisting.

For a time, there was a lot of gunfire ...

"Dad..."Li Shutai shouted: "Make a choice, Yue Tuo is coming..."

Zhang Gui suddenly dodged and rushed in front of Li Yongfang, slashing the back of Li Yongfang's head with a scabbard, Li Yongfang, who was already angry, was hit by such a blow, and fainted in an instant: "Second son, go to the city gate." ”

Li Shutai can't wait so much, Yue Tuo's soldiers and horses are behind him, if he sees his third brother open the city gate and personally lead the Ming army into the city, this is the resurrection of Nurhachi, and it is difficult to say clearly, so now he can only be coerced anyway.

Yue Tuo was already furious at the moment, on the way to the city to meet the Manchurian cavalry who fled back, learned the news that the general Li Gangtai killed Hana and rebelled, in addition to reporting to his own Amadishan as soon as possible, he personally led two thousand cavalry to rush here, he just wanted to take back the city gate before Li Gangtai offered the city and let the Ming army enter the city.

At this moment, the 31st Division that entered the city has cleared the battle of the city wall with the help of Gao Shun, the military flag of the Shenwu Army has been planted at the head of the city, the 31st Division is entering the city in an orderly manner, and the follow-up troops are waiting a mile away.

After Liang Huanming entered the city, he received the news that two Tatar armies were fighting not far from the camp, but for the sake of the overall situation, he immediately ordered his troops to rush to support Li Gangtai's troops.

The 272nd Regiment, which entered the city in advance, was the first to arrive outside the battlefield, and the regiment commander Zhao Tao stepped forward and shouted to the front with a loudspeaker: "Anyway, the Han army flag troops that have returned to the Ming Dynasty will immediately evacuate to both sides of the battlefield..."

Under the chorus of officers and soldiers, Li Gangtai, who was fighting with Yue Tuo, immediately ordered Gao Shun to retreat with his troops, because he clearly knew that the Ming army was going to use firearms.

Yue Tuo looked at Li Gangtai angrily, but saw Li Gangtai staring at Yue Tuo with a sneer, and before leaving, he didn't forget to sarcastically say: "Yue Tuo, the sin you created, hahahahaha..."

"Raise your gun..."

Whew...

Zhao Tao couldn't help it for a long time, pulled out the command knife and shouted: "Shoot..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

After three volleys, the battlefield ahead was covered with the corpses of the Qing army, but Yue Tuo had already withdrawn to the inner city with his men and horses before the second volley.

Li Gangtai was not far away, seeing that there was not much smoke after the muskets of these Ming soldiers were fired, if it was placed in the musket battalion under his command, not to mention three rounds, even after a salvo, the gunpowder smoke could fill the entire battlefield.

Zhao Tao shouted: "Free fire..."

After Liang Huanming arranged the defense around the city wall, he asked his subordinates to light a signal flare to inform Wang Xiaojie's army to enter the city, and then rushed outside the camp himself.

"General Li..."Liang Huanming saluted and said: "Our department has been ordered to take over the city defense, please leave the city immediately to accept the reorganization." ”

The equipment of the Ming army is all firearms, and the military uniforms are no longer mandarin duck battle jackets, and they don't even have a piece of iron armor on them.

"Okay, may I ask Liang... General Liang, do you need our help in this city? ”

Liang Huanming saluted again: "Thank you General Li for your kindness, the order my department received is to take over the defense of Xicheng, whether you need your help has to be instructed by the headquarters." ”

Li Gangtai nodded curtly, and then left together accompanied by Gao Shun and Xu Guang.

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"Really?"

"Back to the emperor, it's true, I just received a military report from Wang Xiaojie, the 31st Division has taken over Xicheng, and repelled the Tartar department who want to recapture Xicheng, and now Wang Xiaojie has ordered Shenwu to open and enter the city, please make a decision."

Chen Cao laughed twice: "Okay, Li Gangtai is a kind of kid, and he is much more decisive than Li Yongfang." ”

"Speaking of Li Yongfang, the emperor, Li Yongfang was knocked unconscious by Li Gangtai's servants, and his son Li Shutai escaped from the city with Li Yongfang, and now he should be in the Shenwu Army camp outside the city."

Chen Cao looked at the city wall in the distance, and said in a fixed voice: "Tell Wang Xiaojie to let him attack freely in the city, and all the actions of the Shenwu Army will be commanded by him, I have only one request, I must not let go of a Qing army;

In addition, give Song Che an order to pay close attention to the movements of the Qing army in the south of the city, as long as they move to the people, the Dingwu army will attack the city immediately, at any cost, if the Qing army has no movement, let them pay attention to the signal flares, the transmission of the signal on the battlefield is unfavorable, let him decide for himself;

There are also orders to the Long Wu Army and the 1st Army, telling them to act on cameras, and the headquarters will notify them in the form of signal flares. ”

"Everyone, Huai'an City, you can take it within two days, cheer up."

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After Wang Xiaojie received the order, as soon as he entered the city, he took the original Hana battalion as the temporary headquarters, set up a command post, and ordered the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, and 35th divisions, a total of five divisions, with the west city gate as the central point, the radius spread, and the five divisions began to clear the Qing troops who wanted to resist in the city according to the temporary defense area.

"Throne..."

A herald ran into the headquarters: "Report to the military seat, the 32nd Division was attacked by a large number of Tartars when it was moving towards the center of the city, and there were Tartar troops in the north and south of the city to reinforce the center. ”

"After all, there are 200,000 of them, scattered all over the city..."

Yuan Shizhong looked at Wang Xiaojie after speaking: "Your Majesty did not give an order, and there is a lot of pressure on our side." ”

"Although the whole army is not full, there are no less than 100,000 people entering the city, and it is still a little difficult for them to drive us out, and now it is time to consume morale with Daishan," Wang Xiaojie commanded in a deep voice: "Order, all departments resolutely resist, and must not let the defense line take a step back..."