0528 [No matter how brave you are, it's a mess]
Li Yuchang's death is just the beginning.
The beginning of the street fighting!
Thanks to the Song-Xia War, both sides fought to the end without trust, and retaliated by slaughtering each other, and even slaughtered the enemy prisoners who surrendered in Kaesong.
These Western Xia soldiers thought that they would die, but they were aroused to ferocity and tried to pull a few Ming soldiers on the road together.
Of course, it has to be broken when it should be.
After Li Yuchang was shot and killed indiscriminately, the soldiers who had just loaded their ammunition and did not have time to shoot at Li Yuchang took aim at other Western Xia officers.
Whoever has better armor and whose clothes are more expensive is the next target.
When you really can't tell the difference, just aim for the one that rushes to the front.
Liu Huichuan led the renegade Han people, followed behind several mandarin duck squads, and saw a picture that was unimaginable before.
The brave Western Xia soldiers rushed forward with all their might, all with the idea of dying together. Two leaders rushed to the front and fell to the ground before they could engage in battle, followed by a junior officer.
By the time the Western Xia soldiers rushed in front of the Ming army, they had already turned into a plate of loose sand.
The Ming army formed a strange squad formation, and carried out a one-sided massacre quickly and effectively on the narrow streets.
Yes, street fighting has turned into massacre!
Most of the Western Xia soldiers couldn't even rush through the boring palladium, and those who rushed in sporadically were also killed by pikemen. The sword and shield bearers were of no use, and occasionally raised their shields to block arrows, because the enemy could not rush in front of them.
Liu Huichuan followed the Ming army all the way forward, and there were corpses everywhere along the way, but none of the corpses were left by the Ming army.
The Ming army was also killed and wounded when they broke through the gap in the city wall, and even after entering the city, there were very few injuries!
The seemingly brutal and fierce street fighting was actually only for the Western Xia soldiers.
More and more soldiers collided with Linglang, cut off the party's braids, defected as Han Chinese, and killed the Western Xia soldiers who were losing and retreating.
"Woo woo woo ~ ~~"
A trumpet sounded, but it was Yeli Fulu who led the cavalry to kill.
These Western Xia cavalry, who had tried to break through the siege and opened the city gate from several directions, were all killed by the Ming troops outside the city. In desperation, they could only return to the city, and due to the restrictions of the streets and alleys in the city, they scattered into multiple squads to charge.
"Phew~Hoo~"
"Junior Talent Formation! Double stacked array! ”
There were whistles one after another, and the squad leaders led the soldiers to gather, and many squads formed a horizontal dense formation, with wolves, rakes, and spears all erected diagonally upward.
The battalion commander is not here, but a battalion deputy is in command.
The small three-talent formation transformed by the Mandarin Duck Formation is a longitudinal stacked formation suitable for narrow terrain, and it can also reduce the long-range fire damage suffered.
As for the big three talent formation, it belongs to the horizontal formation placed in a wide place. After the mandarin duck squad here changed the formation and gathered, they directly blocked the street, leaving no room for the cavalry to break through the formation.
"Bang bang bang!"
A barrage of gunfire rang out, and the musketeers shot directly at the front of the barrel and on the shoulders of the pikemen in front of them.
Yeli Fulu was instantly treated with super high treatment, and even people and horses were killed by random guns, and it is estimated that he can pick up half a catty of guns when he is burned into ashes.
Have pity on the good horse under his crotch!
This fierce general from the Yeli Department, his ancestors once created the Tangut script, established the Tangut official learning system, and determined the national policy of Tangut culture.
Now, there is not much glory left of the ancestors, and he has died enough to rush into battle.
Hua Rong took back the musket and reloaded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: With the firearm in hand, what is the use of personal martial arts?
In the narrow streets, the Western Xia cavalry could not rush up to speed, and it was even more difficult to approach in the face of various long weapons.
Now that Yeli Fulu was suddenly killed, the Western Xia cavalry frantically stabbed the horse's buttocks in despair, and the horses could only accelerate their charge. But only a few war horses slammed into those long-handled weapons, and more war horses stood up with a sad roar, and automatically braked sharply without listening to the rider's orders, and refused to hit them to death if they said anything.
The gunfire was still sporadical, because it was all free fire, and the musketeers fired and reloaded at different times.
The few horses that crashed into the gun array not only suffered from spear damage, but also became the target of bullet fire.
This crushed the cavalry?
Liu Huichuan rubbed his eyes, feeling incredulous.
But this is indeed the case, the blood surged up and charged the Western Xia cavalry to the death, and the face of the mandarin duck array with muskets instantly calmed down.
The front and rear cavalry were congested with each other, and even men and horses collided together.
The Ming army took advantage of the difficulty of the cavalry to move, and the wolf milling and boring palladium stabbed the horse's head one after another, and ran away specifically for the eyes of the war horse. The pikemen stepped forward and stabbed the riders, and the musketeers took advantage of the gap to reload their ammunition.
The Western Xia cavalry turned around one after another, the front row cavalry was inconvenient, and the rear row cavalry abandoned their comrades and fled.
After a foot and cavalry battle, there were only a few wolf millers and boring palladium hands on the side of the Ming army, and because the weapon was hit by the cavalry, it was too late to get rid of it, resulting in a broken tiger's mouth, a broken arm, a dislocated wrist and so on.
"Heavenly soldiers win, heavenly soldiers win!"
Liu Huichuan roared excitedly, and the collision Linglang behind him also shouted.
Following the Ming army to kill two streets in a row, Liu Huichuan couldn't play any role except shouting and cheering, and persuading Linglang to defect, and he didn't even have a chance to connect with the enemy.
Can only shout 666!
The northern gate has been opened, and more and more Ming infantry have entered the city.
These infantry climbed the walls along the horse paths, drove the enemies who were still defending the walls, and quickly occupied the northern and eastern walls. Facing little resistance, the Western Xia soldiers on the city walls were attacked and fled from the other direction towards the center of the city.
The Ming army outside the east city wall took the opportunity to climb with ladders and ants, and soon there were troops to open the east gate.
Subsequently, the southern city wall and the southern gate were also occupied by the Ming army.
The various units of the Ming army marched forward in formation, occupying street after street, and slowly shrinking the battle line towards the center of the city.
Han Huaizhong has retreated to the Yamen of the Southern Military Division, and the Yamen of the Military Division also has a city wall, which is equivalent to a very small inner city.
The cavalry was no longer able to play a role, and all abandoned their horses to fight on foot, standing on the wall to fight with the Ming army.
Among the generals under Yang Zhi, Gong Xiu, who was in charge of the main attack, was the first to arrive.
He saw that there were nearly a thousand collisions behind Liu Huichuan, and immediately said to the herald: "Call that person over." ”
Liu Huichuan was summoned, and quickly ran over and knelt down: "Han'er Liu Huichuan, knock on the general!" ”
Gong Xiu asked, "Are there any Han'er in it?" ”
Liu Huichuan nodded and said, "Yes." ”
"You bring people to shout and make them turn against Han," Gong Xiu said, "not only can you avoid death, but you can also get a share of the land." In this river valley, each person has at least two acres of land, and those who have made meritorious contributions can be rewarded again. ”
The front-line commanders all read the order sent by Zhu Ming and knew that the Lay and Southern Army Divisions needed to be reclaimed.
These rebellions were just right, as they could not only reduce siege losses, but also settle down in the river valley to cultivate and harvest grain after the war.
"Yes!"
Liu Huichuan ran back to inform the news, and Lang Huan, who had already returned to Shun, shouted.
One by one, the sword and shield men lined up to cover those Han'er approaching the wall of the military division and prevent them from being shot by the enemy with bows and arrows.
"Han'er bumped into Linglang, and quickly cut his hair and turned back. If you defect, you will be divided into two acres of land, and you will be rewarded for killing the thieves! ”
"Kill Hu Lingtian quickly!"
"You are all kidnapped by the party members, don't give your life to the party members again!"
“……”
The colliding commanders in it all looked around, not only to see if any of their companions had defected, but also for fear that the party soldiers would suddenly do something to them.
A moment later, the Ming army, which was attacking the eastern and southern cities, came over with siege ladders to prepare.
Yang Zhi also took the Chinese army to converge here, and said to Gong Xiu: "Brother Gong, this time you should leave some credit for other brothers, right?" ”
Gong Xiu laughed: "I'll sell you face, and I don't care about these enemies." ”
Battalion after battalion changed positions, always in an orderly manner, so as not to find a flaw for the enemy to rush out. Gong Xiu's troops retreated to maintain law and order, and by the way, they searched for the Western Xia soldiers hiding in the houses, and all the lightly wounded soldiers were bandaged and treated.
Liu Huichuan was still leading people to shout, and Han Huaizhong was shocked when he heard it.
He was afraid of colliding with Linglang and defecting, but he didn't dare to take the initiative to wave his knife at him, what if he forced him to rebel?
Moreover, the Ming army was outside, and it could enter the city at any time, and he could not change the positions of the various departments before the battle. Once replaced, there will be chaos, and they will be killed by the Ming army in minutes.
"Drag the cannon in!" Yang Zhi actually didn't attack immediately.
The cast iron cannon is too heavy, and what was pulled in this time was all wrought iron field guns, with smaller caliber and power.
But the city wall used to bombard the military department's yamen is already more than enough.
Seeing the artillery pieces being rolled out, Han Huaizhong was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and shouted angrily: "That Han general outside is too deceitful, dare you fight with real knives and real guns!" ”
The iron cannonballs fired before were all barried by the Western Xia soldiers in the gap of the city wall, and they were scattered and rolled by the cannonballs.
Now, shells are picked up and carried in baskets.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
As the cannon sounded, it finally destroyed the psychological defense line of the rammers.
If you don't defect, there will be no chance, and some people quietly cut off their braids one after another, but they were soon discovered by the party soldiers.
"Kill all these Han people!"
"Cut your hair and kill the thief!"
Before the wall of the military department's yamen collapsed, it was already fighting on its own.
Yang Zhi smiled and ordered: "Stop the shelling, all the troops will go to the city!" ”
Liu Huichuan finally had a place to use this time, and led Linglang to follow the Ming army, climbed the city wall and stabbed him when he saw the party members.
"It's over, it's all over."
Han Huaizhong looked around and muttered to himself, although he was wearing armor, he did not come forward to fight in person.
He is actually a military supervisor, essentially a civilian official, and each military department in Western Xia will be assigned a supervising army.
The Han family has compiled the history of the Western Xia Kingdom for generations, and is very familiar with all the wars.
Han Huaizhong knew that even if he was captured, he would probably be able to save his life, and the Han people could use him as one of the bargaining chips.
What's more, his wife and children are all in the military department's yamen, and he doesn't want the whole family to die together.
"There's a big official here!" A Ming soldier shouted.
Liu Huichuan hurriedly pointed out: "That's Han Huaizhong, the supervisor of the Southern Military Division, his family has been a civil official in the Western Xia Dynasty!" ”
"Don't shoot arrows, capture this guy alive!"
Han Huaizhong stood with his hands in his hands, wanting to show his calmness.
Several soldiers rushed up and pinned him to the ground, slamming his face to the ground, rubbing the ground as he bound.
The demeanor is no more, only the embarrassment remains.
(End of chapter)