A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 405: Successful Night Attack
Wang Yinchang had a very good impression of Wu Zhengchun. After all, his troops contributed a lot in the Ximen defense battle a few days ago. As a world-renowned general of the Shunxiang Army, although he was taciturn, he respected himself very much and never lost his manners. .

Strong soldiers and strong generals, self-improvement and self-discipline are extremely rare in this troubled world, and even rarer in the Ming Dynasty's official army.Wang Yinchang really wanted to draw Wu Zhengchun under his command and take him as his confidant general, but after several hints, Wu Zhengchun just shook his head, and was not tempted by the guerrilla generals he promised, or even military positions such as generals.

Wang Yinchang secretly cried out that it was a pity, and felt that Wang Dou had no choice but to let so many heroes join him.However, he was more amiable towards Wu Zhengchun, thinking that it would be good to have a good relationship with this young Qian, and maybe some good fruits would be born in the future.

Liu Jianyi, the thieves inside should offer the city, and the thieves outside the city, all kinds of witnesses have proved their crimes, and Wu Zhengchun personally explained, how can Wang Yinchang not believe it?

Wang Yinchang didn't care how the Shun Township Army discovered the conspiracy of Liu Jianyi and others. For him, the most important thing was to quell the rebellion in Luoyang City as soon as possible. In the midst of war.

Wu Zhengchun, Shen Shiqi, and Gao Xun of the Luoyang Chengshun Township Army, Wu Zhengchun is the oldest. Wang Dou also entrusts Wu Zhengchun with full power to deal with the battle of chaos.The Shun Township Army has quite a lot of experience in this kind of urban chaos suppression. As early as in Baoanzhou and Donglu, it had suppressed several civil strife of various kinds and accumulated rich experience in handling them.

The nearly [-] Shunxiang army in the city was methodical, and some of them rushed to the gates of the city with the force of thunder, killing Liu Jianyi, Luo Tai and others who intended to open the city on the spot, and then guarded the gate closely, and boarded the city wall to monitor the city Intrusion into the movement of the army, to ensure that all gates are not lost.

According to Wang Dou's order, all the rebel generals and their confidantes and generals will be killed in the local area, even if they surrender.The rest are ordinary battalion soldiers. After they surrendered, they collected their weapons and took them back to the camp to guard them, preventing them from wandering in the streets and causing harm. We will discuss how to deal with them after dawn.

The rest of the Shun Township Army was patrolling the streets, and there were rebel generals who wanted to stir up trouble, murdered and set fire, and local hooligans who wanted to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the fire to rob. They were killed on the spot to keep the streets of Luoyang quiet and orderly.

At the same time, some loud soldiers from Shun Township shouted along the street, telling the residents of Luoyang not to panic, the officers and soldiers suppressed the rebels, and the matter would be resolved soon.

For the people of Luoyang, the movement from the various gates in the middle of the night made them very frightened. They did not expect such a thing to happen on the night of Shangyuan.

They couldn't think about it, but the family hugged each other tightly, hoping that things would subside.As for the big families in the city, they even recruited a group of family members to guard the door tightly. If there was any trouble, the whole family would panic.

Fortunately, the panic did not last long, maybe only half an hour, all the rebels were resolved, and Luoyang City was quiet again, only occasionally there were a few sounds of firecrackers from certain streets and alleys, which may be some rout soldiers and hooligans thinking He wanted to rob and kill but was shot dead on the spot by the patrolling Shun Township Army.

Wu Zhengchun saluted Wang Yinchang and said: "The rebellion has been decided, and the military constitution invites you."

Wang Yinchang said: "Okay, okay."

What happened tonight made him feel like he was in a dream. Yang Shoubei beside him, and the officials and generals of the prefect of Luoyang were still in shock. They lit torches, and accompanied by Wu Zhengchun and the brigade Shunxiang Army, they came to the city wall of the east gate. , Under the base of the wall, there are all the soldiers of the village brave society who are busy.

They had long dreamed from the camp, but they didn't dare to go out until the matter was resolved, they just huddled together in fear.It wasn't until the Shunxiang Army came to inform them to come out to fight the battlefield and clean up the field, that they woke up like a dream, and came out in large groups.

What Wang Yinchang saw at this time was a group of soldiers from the village brave society. They gathered many relatives and generals under Liu Jianyi's command from the city wall, under the wall, and on various steps.

One after another, those corpses were densely packed on the ground.The wounds were different, some were killed by bludgeons, some were stabbed to death by long spears, and the rest died in many ways. Without exception, they all had panicked expressions on their faces.

There were bloodstains everywhere on the ground, and the strong smell of blood permeated the cold night sky. Many soldiers of the village brave society vomited while cleaning up.Although everyone has seen a lot of blood in the battle of defending the city these days, the corpses on the ground not long ago were from our own officers and soldiers, which was extremely unbearable.

In a short period of time, countless rebel battalion soldiers were beaten to death on the ground. These Shun Township army masters killed the bandits extremely fiercely, and they were merciless towards their own rebellious soldiers.Moreover, their fighting power was too terrifying. In this section of the east gate city wall alone, hundreds of Liu Jianyi's subordinates died, and they were all his battalion soldiers and servants.

The soldiers in the guerrilla battalion were no different from the guards in the cities, they were all professional recruits, they were piled up with food and salaries on a daily basis, and they had always been the main force in the battle among the armies of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the more elite servants in the battalion.However, these people were like killing chickens. In a short period of time, they were killed by the Shun Township Army, which was too scary.

Wang Yinchang looked at the top of the city wall, where the torches were brightly lit, and there were many heavily armed and armored soldiers of Shun Township standing there. They carried guns and blunderbuss, and just watched those Xiangyongs busy.And when they passed by them, they seemed to sense their murderous intent, and many busy soldiers of the village brave society trembled all over their bodies, and hurried away from them after picking up the corpses on the ground.

There were more and more corpses under the city wall, and Wang Yinchang and others also showed signs of vomiting. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd. It turned out that a group of social soldiers had brought the bodies of Liu Jianyi and others.All the officials gathered around to watch, they all sighed, Liu Jianyi died terribly, his body was bloody and bloody, and there were countless bullet holes.The corpses beside him are all the commanders in his battalion, the chief officers, these were considered influential figures in the past, but now they are cold corpses, why bother.

Wang Yinchang covered his nose, and after looking at it for a few times, he quickly turned his head away. Liu Jianyi's unrepentant expression was too penetrating.With a hoarse voice, he choked out a sentence for a long time: "Liu Jianyi has been favored by the court, and he doesn't want to repay him. Instead, he surrenders the thief's internal response. This should be rewarded. All officials should take it as a warning."

The people around him all nodded in agreement, Wang Yinchang confessed a few words casually, and didn't have the intention to stay longer, and followed Wu Zhengchun and others to the south gate.

Here, like the east gate, the torches are brightly lit. The Shun Township Army and Chen Yongfu's Qianfeng Battalion garrison officers and soldiers are guarding the city wall. The local Xiangyong Society soldiers are busy, and they are also collecting corpses all over the ground.At the base of the city wall, there were also soldiers of Luo Tai's subordinates who had died in different ways.

In front of the pile of corpses, Shen Shiqi and the striker Yingqian were talking and laughing, pointing and pointing. Seeing Wu Zhengchun, Wang Yinchang and other large groups of people approaching, Shen Shiqi swaggered forward.

Seeing Luo Tai's corpse that was several times worse than Liu Jianyi's, Wang Yinchang and the Luoyang officials around him finally couldn't help but vomited all over the floor. They couldn't believe that this body was covered with gunshot holes and bullet holes, like a pile of meat. The mud-like thing is the Kaifeng guerrilla known for his martial arts and bravery in the past.

Wang Yinchang was unable to stay in front of the south gate, so he hurriedly turned to the north gate. Here, Gao Xun, general manager of the new army of Shun Township, was in charge of commanding and handling.Beside him, Henan General Soldier Wang Shaoyu just watched in numbness. He was so lost that he didn't even notice that Wang Yinchang and other large groups of people came.

Seeing Wang Shaoyu, Wang Yinchang was furious. Sun Wenzong and others under him actually participated in the rebellion. If it weren't for the Shunxiang Army... Wang Yinchang couldn't imagine the consequences.

"Wang Shaoyu, you have good soldiers!"

Wang Yinchang's tone was so cold that it seemed that he wanted to pierce Wang Shaoyu's heart. His whole body trembled, and he shouted in fear: "Bingxian, please listen to what the last general has to say."

"Go and explain to the court!"

Wang Yinchang coldly dropped a word, turned around and left, all the officials around him also looked at Wang Shaoyu with deadly eyes, and followed him closely.At this moment, Wang Yinchang had already decided to abandon Wang Shaoyu. Someone needs to be responsible for the mutiny in Luoyang tonight.

Of course, the person in charge cannot be him, Wang Yinchang, and the best candidate is, of course, Wang Shaoyu, the General Aid Luo Soldier.Wang Shaoyu is greedy and incompetent, he is good at making money, and he is useless in leading the army. If such a thing happens again, Wang Yinchang decides to separate himself from Wang Shaoyu and use him as a scapegoat.

He will soon write a letter of impeachment, asking for an order to judge Wang Shaoyu, the general soldier in Henan. As for the next candidate for the general soldier, Wang Yinchang already has an ideal goal, and that is Chen Yongfu.

He needs to go to the palace to explain to King Fu about what happened tonight. On the way back, Wang Yinchang told Wu Zhengchun to guard the city and be careful of thieves outside the city.

In fact, after losing the support in the city, there is no army capable of attacking the city in this dark night. Wu Zhengchun understands this, and Wang Yinchang certainly understands this.Out of his duty as a superior, he needs to explain something.But he knew in his heart that Luoyang City was safe and sound.

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For Li Zicheng and others outside the city, the loss in their hearts due to the failure of the internal response is indescribable.In the cold wind, Li Zicheng's heart was as cold as ice, and Niu Jinxing was also speechless. He boasted that Zhang Liang was alive, and Liu Ji was alive. After many days of planning, it seemed that the victory was sure, but in the end, it seemed to be a joke.

Niu Jinxing didn't understand why Nei Ying failed, and how Wang Dou and the others discovered their plot.It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, the matter of internal response is done very secretly, and it is impossible to leak it.But the facts are right in front of my eyes, I can't help but not believe it.

The movements inside the city could be heard clearly outside. The Shun Township Army was the first to suppress the chaos before Liu Jianyi and others did it. They acted in an orderly manner. It would be impossible to succeed without comprehensive intelligence.Niu Jinxing suddenly had a feeling, as if there were a pair of eyes spying on his side all the time in the dark, every move was under the control of Wang Dou and others, this feeling made his hair stand on end.

The blow tonight was unimaginably great for him. Usually Niu Jinxing is eloquent, but now he can't say a word, and he doesn't know how to turn the situation around.

After a long time, Li Zicheng in front of him sighed: "The internal response has failed, let's retreat."

The cold wind blew in the middle of the night, and the soldiers who were about to freeze had no choice but to retreat back to the camp.

Although there was a bright moon in the sky and everyone held torches, it was still a mess when they returned to the camp.When operating at night, you can't see the flag or anything. The demands on the army are too great, not to mention the night blindness everywhere and the poorly organized bandits. It is understandable that the battalion operation is in chaos this time.

Li Zicheng and others have seen this kind of situation a lot, and they don't think it's different. It's just that tonight's attack on the city failed, and the morale of the army was even worse.Maybe it's time to retreat.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. After Li Zicheng returned to the camp, he couldn't sleep no matter what. He was fascinated by the brightly lit Luoyang city.

At Beiguan, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu stood quietly on the west wall of the pass, listening to the roar of killing in Luoyang City.Not long after, news came back that Liu Jianyi, Luo Tai and other rebel generals had been executed, Wang Dou looked calm, Chen Yongfu also took it for granted.

It wasn't this that they were most concerned about. At six o'clock that night, Wen Fangliang had already led his subordinate Shunxiang Army, and Wen Daxing led the two teams of Ye Bushou out of Beiguan, and secretly went to Jianshan.I don't know if they will go well with the night attack tonight.

The two stood quietly in the wind, surrounded by the densely packed Shun Township Army and Qianfeng Battalion generals, until Yinshi, when the sky was about to dawn, they suddenly saw flames bursting into the sky at Jianshan, a dozen miles west of Luoyang. The sound of killing could be faintly heard.

"Go!"

Chen De couldn't help but said.

Everyone didn't speak, just looked over there with binoculars, hoping to see the situation there more clearly.

After an unknown amount of time, a few bright rockets shot into the sky in the night sky, and everyone in Beiguan cheered: "It's a success!"

A smile appeared on Wang Dou's face, and he looked at Chen Yongfu beside him with an expression of uncontrollable joy.

On the Luoyang West Gate Tower, looking in the direction of Jianshan, Wu Zhengchun and Gao Xun smiled, and Shen Shiqi grinned even more.The officers and soldiers of Luoyang under the city, and the soldiers of the village brave society rushed up to the city wall, pointing at the fire over there, not knowing what happened there.

Wang Yinchang, the deputy military preparation officer who had just come out of Prince Fu's mansion, also climbed up the city wall in surprise. Some of the soldiers beside him looked there, dumbfounded.

Li Zicheng on Xiguan was furious, he saw the situation on the other side of Jianshan, and some old battalion soldiers defending Jianshan had already fled back to inform the officers and soldiers of the night attack and Jianshan fell.

Under Li Zicheng's rage, he felt like falling into an ice cave. He didn't understand that there were tens of thousands of troops in Jianshan, guarded by his confidant generals Tian Jianxiu and Liu Xiyao.There are layers of military camps in the area from Xiguan to Jianhe. How did the officers and soldiers pass through and attack at night?
The misfortune in Jianshan also spread to all camps of the Chuang army. After a tiring night, the Chuang soldiers who were sleeping soundly woke up from their dreams. A thought flashed through everyone's mind: "It's over!"

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Ps: There is another chapter at twelve o'clock in the evening.

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