Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 18
Hong Chengchou, who was riding on a horse, was in a mess in his mind. Originally, Hong Chengchou planned to prepare the food and grass and set off, but Huang Taiji issued three imperial decrees in a row to urge Hong Chengchou to lead troops to destroy the Ming army in Songshan. Hong Chengchou had to bring [-] elite soldiers The Zhengbaiqi soldiers hurriedly set off, looking at the relaxed Zhengbaiqi elites behind him, Hong Chengchou felt inexplicably upset, shaking his cranky head and immediately thinking about the situation of Songshan City.

When the Zhengbai Banner army arrived at the foot of Songshan City, it was already the third evening when Songshan City fell. The gate of Songshan City was wide open, and there was not even a single Ming army on the city. Seeing this situation, Hong Chengchou's first reaction was There is fraud in the city. In order to prevent rushing into Songshan City and ambush, Hong Chengchou ordered the camp to cook and cook, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to prepare the siege vehicles, the siege weapon and the return gun, and all kinds of ladders were also prepared. Prepare to attack the city the next day.

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At this time, in Songshan City, all the people in Songshan City have already carried out the preparations for the city defense with the army in the spirit of seeing death as home, and all the people in the outer city were evacuated into the inner city overnight, and all the houses in the outer city were demolished. The girders were made into rolling logs for the defense of the city, and the bricks and stones were also turned into stone rings on the city pool of the inner city. The masters of the blacksmith shop worked all night long to make various weapons.

When the Qing army had just entered the border of Songshan, the sentry sent by Zhao Yi had already conveyed the message back, and Zhao Yi hurriedly called a meeting in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion of the lieutenants.

Niu Yong and others were summoned to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion before they had time to eat. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Yi said flatly, "The Tartar cavalry has arrived outside the city, but I don't know why they didn't rush to attack. Fortress, I think the opponent's commander is very cautious, our empty city plan should have taken effect, but the Tartars will definitely attack the city at dawn tomorrow morning, I don't know if you have any good opinions."

"My lord Zhao, I think we can fight the Tartars. We are well prepared now, and we have ten Frankie cannons. It should not be a problem to defend the city for three days. If we defend it for a few days, as soon as the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, Let's attack from inside and outside, and the Tartars will be defeated." After this surprise attack, Zhang Fengnian's contempt for Zhao Yi gradually became much less.

After seeing Zhang Fengnian put forward this suggestion, the other lieutenants also nodded in agreement. Zhao Yi felt a lot more at ease, turned to look at Niu Yong and said, "Very good, everyone can stay here with the same hatred and hatred. I, Zhao Yi, admire everyone's behavior. People have been sent to Datong and Xuanfu to find reinforcements, and they have also reported to the imperial court. The imperial army must be on their way. Niu Yong, how about the things I ordered you in the outer city?

"My lord, according to your instructions, explosives have been planted near the four gates of the outer city, and the humble official led the people to spray the only way the Tartars must pass into the inner city with anti-cavalry guns. The barbed wire, keep the Tartars coming and going." Niu Yong's rough voice resounded in the lobby.

"Zhang Fengnian, where's the inner city?"

Zhang Fengnian quickly got up and said: "Master Hui, there are defenders on the four walls of the inner city, and the humble officer has left a reserve team of 2000 people in the city, and a law enforcement team of 500 people to prevent people from taking advantage of the chaos in the city during wartime." Looting is a breach of law and order, and spies must be prevented from destroying the water source in the city. The ten cannons in the city have also been transported to the city wall, and sufficient ammunition has been prepared.”

"Okay, I'm repeating that those who stay to defend the city are all great heroes. We are all brothers. I will never push everyone into the fire pit. If anyone wants to leave, I, Zhao Yi, will definitely not make things difficult, as long as the weapons are left behind." The war horse can go." After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he quietly looked around at the generals in the lobby.

All the lieutenants are bloody men. They all thought that Zhao Yi was a grassroots man who relied on a little bit of luck to become the general manager. Now after this raid, they all think that Zhao Yi is a respectable boss. Everyone exchanged glances, stood up and clasped their fists to vote: "Wish to live and die with Songshan City, and swear to stick to Songshan City.

"Okay, I, Zhao Yi, thank the generals on behalf of the people of Songshan City. Let's go to the city to have a look." After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to the lieutenants. The lieutenants quickly stood up and returned the salute.

Zhao Yi and others came to the city wall of the inner city. Zhao Yi stood on the battlement of the city wall and held a binoculars to look at the outer city of Songshan City. The stars and the sound of horses neighing on their backs spread into the inner city, and the soldiers of the Qing army assembled siege equipment such as return cannons, and it was a scene of enthusiasm.Seeing that the Qing army's camp was organized so neatly and the Qing soldiers' orderly appearance, everyone felt a lot of pressure. This army is definitely a veteran soldier, and Zhao Yi was also a little worried. The lieutenants also trembled a little.

Zhao Yi himself is strong in martial arts, so he can definitely escape safely, but what about the soldiers under him?What about the people in the city who were finally freed from the exploitation of the Manchu Qing?Thinking of this, the burden on Zhao Yi's heart became even heavier.

Zhao Yi pondered bitterly, and finally made a decision: "Niu Yong, choose [-] elite soldiers, and I'm going to attack the Qing army camp at night while the Tartars are not getting a firm foothold."

The lieutenants were in an uproar, and tried to persuade them one after another: "Lord Zhao, you can't go. We can absolutely guarantee that nothing will happen if we defend the city in the city. You can still preside over the battle in the city!"

"My lord, you gave me Niu Yong's life. If you say go, I will go there. If you say go out of the city and attack me, Lao Niu will definitely follow." Niu Yong said indifferently.

Seeing the true appearance of the crowd, Zhao Yi was moved and said: "I won't show off my bravery for a while, you are like this..."

At this time, the Qing army, which was in full swing, suddenly heard the sound of war drums coming from the originally quiet Songshan City. The army was about to fight out of Songshan City, one by one hurriedly dropped the tools in their hands, ran back, picked up the weapons and jumped on the horses, ready to fight to the death with the Ming army in the city, but after waiting for a long time, no one in the city came out.

The Qing army under the city scolded their mothers angrily. These Han people were too cunning. After scolding, they ran over to work, but after a while, the sound of war drums sounded in the city again, and the soldiers of the Qing army hurried away again. Going back to fight the enemy with weapons, the Ming army still didn’t come out. After several times, the leaders of Zhengbaiqi threw away the tools in their hands, and ran to Marshal Hong’s tent to ask for instructions to send troops to kill Songshan overnight. The Ming army in the city, but Hong Chengchou didn't order the attack but said it was a trap of the Ming army.

"His grandma's Hong Chengchou, I said this Han is unreliable." A deputy commander of Zhengbaiqi yelled angrily.

"I think so. The Han people are just bluffing. They saw our warriors with the white flag coming to attack, so they did this on purpose. If I wait to organize the army to enter Songshan City, it will definitely be a great achievement."

"Damn it, this Hong Chengchou is afraid of death. We warriors of the Qing Dynasty are not afraid of death. Why don't we lead our troops into Songshan City and make a great contribution."

"Okay, motherfucker, let's go back and organize people."

"Okay, done."

Several deputy commanders came out of the tent, scolding Hong Chengchou one by one, and then the deputy commanders of the Zhengbai Banner gathered together and felt that Hong Chengchou was afraid of death and did not dare to attack Songshan City. Hong Chengchou stormed into Songshan City at night and bloodbathed these Ming soldiers and the people in the city.

In Songshan City, five hundred dead soldiers have been selected, and all of them have been dressed in black clothes. Even the weapons have been wiped with black ink, and the firearms are also fully equipped. No one's ammunition bag is full. The face of the ammunition for the firecrackers was blackened with pot ash, and the hoofs of the horses were covered with scorpions. In order to prevent the horses from neighing, a bit was placed in the horse's mouth. Zhao Yi and Niu Yong led these people to lie in ambush. He walked near the outer city gate, waited for the moment when the opportunity came, rushed into the Qing army camp to make a surprise attack, and when Zhao Yi gave the order to set off, he suddenly saw a commotion in the Qing army camp.

I saw thousands of cavalry from the camp of the Qing army. It was the commanders of the Zhengbai Banner just now. The war horse quickly killed the outer city of Songshan City. Seeing that there was no one in the outer city, everyone was very proud, thinking that the Ming army was scared and fled into the inner city, thinking that they would be the first to enter the inner city Songshan City was a great achievement, and Hong Chengchou, a coward, picked up the whip one by one to urge the horses even more.

In an instant, the three thousand cavalry of the Qing army rushed into the outer city. The deputy commander of the Qing army who rushed to the front suddenly felt the horse's legs and legs go limp, and fell to the ground. The deputy commander fell to the ground only to see the barbed wire on the horse's hoof , was about to call out that the people behind were in an ambush, but because the people behind were all thinking of rushing into the city to take credit, it was too late to pull the reins of the horse. The poor deputy commander died tragically without even saying a word. Under the hooves, it was trampled into a living flesh.

Seeing the people in front falling down one after another, the cavalry of the Qing army behind knew that there was an ambush, but there was no other way to go, and even if they hesitated for a moment, they would be trampled and trampled by the follow-up army. Death, only by rushing in can there be a chance of survival.

The Qing army fell one by one, and at the cost of losing hundreds of people in front, they finally paved the way forward. The cavalry behind rushed in very quickly. The ground stomped on the ground, no longer caring about the screams of the surviving companions on the ground.

At this time, Zhao Yi, who was going to attack at night, didn't expect that he wanted to use the sound of drums to wear down the patience of the Qing army, so he went out of the city to attack the Qing army's camp at night, but he didn't expect the Qing army to enter the city in a self-defeating manner. At this time, Zhao Yi didn't care about other things, and gave an order, and the five hundred dead men who attacked the Qing army turned into an ambush. Although it was sudden, these dead men were all selected elites, and they were quickly killed. Thousands of Qing troops who entered the city were killed in one place.

Zhao Yi didn't know where to find a long spear, and rushed into the Qing army's ranks first. A long spear was like a poisonous snake spitting out letters. Stabbing, sweeping, instantly killed more than a dozen Tartar cavalry generals.

Hundreds of dead soldiers followed closely behind, cutting off the Tartars entering the city like a sharp knife. When the Tartars saw an ambush, no one issued an order, and there was no panic of the Qing army before. All the Qing cavalry They all drew out their sharp sabers at the same time, and rushed towards the ambushing Ming army. They wanted to prove that the Qing army was not a coward, but the most noble nation, and they wanted to compete with the Ming army.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The muffled sound of the firecracker rang out, and the cavalry behind Zhao Yi held the smoking firecracker in their hands, and several blood holes exploded on the body of the tartar who had just rushed over. At the same time, The clothes on his body were also torn apart by the dense firecrackers, and his incredible eyes widened: "Why did this happen?" After finishing speaking, he fell off the horse unwillingly.

"Because you are a bunch of disgraceful people. Although you have sharp swords and strong bodies, I, Ming people, will never back down." Zhao Yi looked at the Qing soldiers who fell on the ground and said, the Qing cavalry on the ground listened Unwilling to close his eyes, Zhao Yi urged the horse to kill him after finishing speaking.

When Zhao Yi and the Qing army were inseparable from each other, the Qing army suddenly heard the sound of gongs ringing gold to withdraw troops. The cavalry of the Qing army heard the sound of retreating troops, turned their horses one by one, and dropped hundreds of corpses. Hastily withdrew from the outer city of Songshan City.

It turned out that Hong Chengchou, who had arranged everything in the big tent, was about to rest, when he suddenly heard the news that thousands of soldiers from the left army had suddenly rushed out of the big camp and rushed into Songshan City. Hurry up and ask the soldiers to call back the soldiers, otherwise the three thousand cavalry would be buried in the outer city of Songshan City, but hundreds of soldiers were still lost.

(End of this chapter)