Chapter 42 A Book of Paper
79 Read.Read.Net Ming army retreated into the city, the city gate was closed in an instant, leaving only the smoke billowing outside the city, full of devastation, the Ming army entered the city, not far from the city gate, the Yuan soldiers, the Yuan general, but unlucky, less than half an hour was killed, dispersed, Dakui summoned the whole army to count the number of people, hurriedly deployed, this battle, the Ming army killed more than 5,000 people, the camp outside the city was lost, and the grain and herbs were not much to lose
Originally, the sandbag used to block the city gate was moved by the Ming army, and the outside of the city gate hole was neatly stacked into a circle of barriers, the Ming army still had more than 40,000 at the moment, and at this moment it was divided into three parts, guarding the long street, the city wall and the city gate, Da Kui ordered people to set off wolf smoke at the head of the city to send a message, and when the army was not dispatched, Da Kui had already discussed with the marshal Xu Da that Da Kui only needed to take any city gate in Lanzhou, a great achievement, and what to do now is to stick to the help, Da Kui will not be stupid enough to take only 40,000 Ming troops in vain to take Lanzhou City, there are still 100,000 Yuan soldiers in Lanzhou City, and they are all well-equipped
As soon as the city gate was broken, Li Siqi's last hope was also dashed, and the army that planned to hold Lanzhou and other expansions of Timur would counterattack as soon as it arrived, but now the Ming army captured the east gate of Lanzhou, and strictly defended itself, and there were 100,000 troops empty, but it was Mo Zhi, who was not as good as the sky, Li Siqi was embarrassed
Knowing that the general trend had gone, Li Siqi had no choice but to convene the generals to discuss countermeasures
When night fell, a messenger from Yuan soldiers came to the city, and the messenger sent a letter of surrender, signed by: Shaanxi Pingzhang Li Siqi Dakui held this letter with confidence and knew that the general trend had been decided, so he replied to Li Siqi to accept the surrender
The morning wind breaks the dawn, the sun rises in the east, and the east city of Lanzhou is already in ruins, full of devastation
Da Kui had already planted two thousand crossbowmen in the ruins of the houses on both sides of the long street, and the dead bodies on the street were piled up in the far reaches of the long street
When people are starving, everything they eat is fragrant, although the horse meat is roasted a little burnt, and there is no seasoning, but Da Kui eats the same with relish, the dust settles, the dead horses on the battlefield are collected, enough for the rations of 40,000 Ming troops for a day, Da Kui only needs to lead the troops to guard the east gate for three days, so this grain and grass will depend on the dead horse meat
A man who rode a horse was dressed in a Confucian robe and looked calm, and he came all the way along the long street to the east gate of the city, not far away
"Someone dismounts and talks, and then we will move forward, we are going to release arrows," a Ming military academy captain flashed out from behind a low wall on the side of the road, carrying a waist knife and coming to the street to block the rider's way
The rider smiled lightly, turned over the saddle, dismounted, and arched his hand: "The contemptible Fan Pingzhi was ordered by Pingzhang Li Siqi and General Li to come to you General Zhang to discuss surrender."
The captain looked Fan Pingzhi up and down and asked, "Why didn't Li Siqi come in person?"
Fan Pingzhi replied: "General Li is sick in bed because he is sick, so he is assigned to come down."
The captain couldn't help laughing and said: "Li Siqi is worried" said coldly: "Leave the horses and go by yourself, my General Zhang is at the city gate."
"Thank you, thank you," Fan Pingzhi waved his horse to the Ming military captain and walked to the city gate alone
In front of the city gate, Gao Lei couldn't see the situation inside, Fan Pingzhi just walked closer, and was stopped again, questioned, and searched carefully, then he was taken around the sand wall to the city gate cave to see the main general of the Ming army
Da Kui sat on a Taishi chair, there was a round table in front of him, and a roasted horse leg was horizontal on the table, at this moment, Da Kui was holding a knife to cut meat and eat, although it was a soldier and a war, but as a general, he naturally could not be as casual as a soldier, and naturally he had to pay more attention to it, and this table and chair was found in a private house
"Xiaomin Fan Pingzhi has seen General Zhang," Fan Pingzhi clasped his hands into fists and gave a deep salute
Da Kui chewed the meat, raised his eyes and looked at Fan Pingzhi, and said 'En' in his nose
Fan Pingyi continued: "My General Li ordered the villain to worship General Zhang a lot."
Da Kui still didn't speak, still eating, Fan Pingzhi had no choice but to ask: "Yesterday evening, General Li has ordered someone to submit a letter of surrender, I don't know when General Zhang will be able to send troops to take over Lanzhou."
Da Kui replied nonchalantly: "There is no hurry to take over Lanzhou, I will capture the vanguard army, only attack the city, not take the city, and in two days, the army will arrive in Lanzhou, and then General Li Siqi will go to ask my marshal to surrender."
When Fan Pingzhi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, when he came, General Li Siqi repeatedly explained that Zhang Dakui was moved to take over Lanzhou, Li Siqi's original plan was to wait for Dakui's forward army to take over Lanzhou, and naturally he would divide his troops to defend everywhere, and then the troops would be scattered and would not occupy any advantage, and Li Siqi's 100,000 troops could wipe out the Ming army in one fell swoop
"General Zhang, if the people's minds are undecided today, the people of Anlan are looking forward to the general's benevolent and righteous army taking over Lanzhou, why does the general insist on staying here but ignoring the people's expectations," Fan Pingzhi's clever tongue was like a spring, and he said it with a clear eye
Da Kui smiled when he heard this: "You don't want to say more, just reply to your family, General Li said that Zhang Mou was born in a grass people, and he is used to eating and sleeping in the open, so General Li will not bother" After that, he raised his voice and ordered: "Come and send off guests"
"General Zhang is saying goodbye like this," Fan Pingzhi clasped his fists again and saluted
Da Kui smiled slightly and ordered someone to send Fan Pingzhi away
Fan Ping walked away, and the generals of the forward army came to the city gate, and this city gate hole was made into the Chinese army's big tent at this moment
Da Kui got up and looked at the generals, first smiled slightly, and then said: "Yesterday, Li Siqi sent someone to send a letter to send a letter, and today he sent a lobbyist, I don't know how everyone feels."
Sun Qianweng said: "Then it will take over, and when the marshal arrives in Lanzhou, won't it save a lot of trouble?"
Da Kui smiled and looked at Sun Qian, and then said: "The situation in Lanzhou is unknown, and the forward army must not move," said Da Kui and said: "All the generals must perform their duties and guard the east gate with this general, if there is a mistake, come and see you."
At the beginning of the siege of the city, Da Kui single-handedly killed the head of the city, and all the generals in the army were obvious to all, this time Da Kui's order, the generals were naturally obedient to their words and deeds, but Sun Qian's face was a little cloudy, but he didn't know what to do, this Sun Qian seemed to be a rough person, but his mind was rough and fine
Scattered the big tent, Da Kui took a team of guards and soldiers to personally inspect the important places above and below the city, and the places on both sides of the east city wall and the north and south city walls were guarded by the Ming army, even if the Yuan soldiers came from this, they were not afraid of Da Kui, not only deployed soldiers in these two places, but also specially placed two city defense guns
The good fighters move above the nine heavens, and the good defenders hide under the nine lands, maybe they will have concerns after more experience, Da Kui didn't think of leading troops to smash Huang Longsheng and capture Li Siqi, but after all, he didn't know the enemy's situation, and he didn't know anything about the situation in Lanzhou City, and he didn't know anything about it, and he had the lives of 40,000 Ming troops in his hands, and Da Kui didn't dare to be careless
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Da Kui ordered people to put wolf smoke on the head of the city again, to inform him that there was no war in Tanmalan, a few miles away from Lanzhou, at this moment Qingyang City only left 20,000 Ming troops to stay, Xu Da led the army to Lanzhou
If the plan fails, Li Siqi is already poor in donkey skills, the east gate of Lanzhou is guarded by the Ming army, even if it is attacked, it is difficult to make achievements every four days and a half months, and the Ming army brigade will arrive immediately, Li Siqi has no choice but to fake the show and surrender to the Ming army in the city
Da Kui was still doubting Li Siqi's sincerity, but what happened next made Da Kui dispel his concerns
Li Siqi ordered people to send grain and grass, and sent a large number of weapons and armor in hundreds of carts, these weapons and armor are the ordnance of Li Siqi's 100,000 yuan soldiers, Li Siqi knew that it was not enough to show sincerity, since it was a surrender, then it would be completely surrendered, Dakui gladly accepted Li Siqi's gift, but the Ming army guarding the east gate did not move a single soldier
Another day, Li Siqi brought a few people to the east gate in civilian clothes, and Dakui finally saw Li Siqi and the two of them were hypocritically polite, and came to the city gate cave hand in hand
There was still a table and a chair in the cave, and Da Kui ordered someone to add another chair temporarily
"Oh, I don't know if General Li is coming, so I'm not ready to come, come and sit down," Da Kui beckoned, and sat down first, and Li Siqi didn't mind, and then sat on the other side of the round table
"Come on, come to tea," Da Kui shouted at Yang Xiaohu and the others who were guarding outside the city gate
When Yang Xiaohu heard this, he held a water jar in his left hand, and took two water scoops in his right hand into the city gate hole, and the two water scoops fell heavily on the table, and then Yang Xiaohu hung Erlang when he scored, raised the water jug and began to pour water, Xu is water jug was raised higher, and for a while, the water splashed and splashed Li Siqi's body
Although Li Siqi is now a general of the defeated army, he is also a general who leads the troops, how could he have been treated so coldly
Da Kui just smiled and ignored Yang Xiaohu's recklessness
Yang Xiaohu poured the two water scoops full of water, and sprinkled some things in the scoops casually, Li Siqi looked at them, and they turned out to be some broken leaves, but they could not be humiliated, Da Kui prepared these to humiliate Li Siqi
"Oh, I came in a hurry, I didn't have time to prepare good tea, I only use this water to replace the tea, and I hope General Li won't be held responsible," Da Kui stretched out his hand to please
I thought that Li Siqi would have some complaints, which Cheng thought that Li Siqi's face did not change, and he shook his head again and again: "It all shows that the army is bitter, and when I see it today, I know that what I said is true," said it, and he actually stretched out his hand to pick up the water scoop in front of him, and drank it with his lips, and the sound of 'Gu Dong Gu Dong' was clear and audible, and Da Kui not only secretly praised when he saw this: He can bend and stretch, and he is worthy of being a hero
Putting down the water scoop in his hand, Li Siqi took out a towel from his sleeve and wiped his mouth, Da Kui saw it in his eyes, and not only said in his heart: This decent person is exquisite
"General Zhang refused to take over Lanzhou, but he didn't know when Marshal Xu would arrive," Li Siqi asked him knowingly, and he had already reported that Xu Da's army was already on the way to Lanzhou
Da Kui smiled and said, "General Li must not be anxious these days."
Li Siqi smiled when he heard this: "I have long admired General Zhang's name, but I have never had the opportunity to see each other, this time I surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Li Mou can be in the same hall with General Zhang and be a minister, it is really a blessing for three lives."
Da Kui just smiled and said: "General Ben is just a martial artist, I don't dare to be so generous as General Li"