Chapter 393 Swimming Attack on Gaoyou II
When the smoke cleared, there were more than a dozen corpses lying inside the door, and the flintlocks they used were scattered aside.
"Come in..."
Li Yangeng was sitting in the middle hall. His soldiers tried to break out from the back door with him, but they were scattered by the well-prepared Ming army. He himself could only choose to retreat.
Then he chose to escape through the garden wall again. As a result, the soldier was shot by a musket as soon as he showed his head on the wall, and a small part of his head was cut off.
Li Yangeng, who had no way to escape, realized that he was trapped in a tight siege. Now he had no source of information and did not know how many Ming troops had entered the city. If he had known that only a few hundred people had entered the city, he would have organized it anyway. The men broke through the encirclement and went to the camp in the south of the city to mobilize troops to save their lives.
After a burst of fierce gunfire, followed by the sound of messy footsteps, the door of the central hall was kicked open by more than a dozen soldiers. Li Xuanjun walked into the lobby carrying a gun: "Li Yangeng?"
"This general is Li Yangeng of Liaodong. Who are you?"
Li Yangeng originally wanted to deal with this person, but he didn't know that Li Xuanjun didn't give him a chance. After confirming Li Yangeng's identity, he said: "It is impossible for you to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender."
After speaking, he placed the musket flat on his shoulder and hit Li Yangeng in the chest with just one shot.
Li Yangeng had blood pouring from his mouth, and his body trembled for more than ten times before he died on his seat.
"Cut off his head and let us borrow his head for use..."
The person who pursued first was none other than Yang Lian Zhengong, who had previously escaped to find Yang Lian Mahar for help. He met two thousand soldiers who came for reinforcements halfway, and immediately took on his guerrilla identity and led the two men. Thousands of people, and then pulled away to chase.
However, they were blocked a street corner away from the Tongli Yamen, and dozens of people were killed or injured.
The musketry team that came for reinforcements only had a hundred people, so they started a musketry exchange with the one hundred people who were responsible for blocking.
Obviously, these people's fighting ability at night was not very high. They fired blindly when both sides were unable to see at night, but when they got close, they were caught off guard.
Yang Lian Zhengong was worried about the safety of the commander's mansion, so he ordered the entire army to rush over.
At this moment, Li Xuanjun, who had returned, came with his people. Under the care of countless torches, Yang Lianmaha saw the head with eyes open.
"This...this...this is..."
"Sir, Master Li is dead..."
The guard beside him said.
Yang Lian's real skill trembled all over. Li Yangeng's identity was not simple. He was not only the commander of Gaoyou Prefecture, but also the son of the consort Li Yongfang. Even Yang Lian's maha was Li Yongfang's subordinate, and the general of Gaoyou was dead. Now... .
"Li Yangeng is dead, let Yang Lianmaha come to see me..."
Li Xuanjun raised his head and shouted: "Call your generals to have a conversation."
Yang Lian Zhen Gong actually walked forward without knowing what was going on, and then shouted: "I am Yang Lian Zhen Gong, Gaoyou guerrilla general."
When Li Xuanjun heard this, he shouted: "Yang Lian Zhengong, listen carefully. My emperor has come personally to drive out the Tartars. As long as you are not Jurchens, you will be spared death. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally ordered that all the people of the Ming Dynasty Chinese people who submit themselves to slavery for any reason are exempted from death. Those who have performed major meritorious services can be transferred to their original posts;
Yang Lian Zhengong, please listen carefully. Our Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops will arrive in Gaoyou soon. There is still a chance to surrender. If we resist stubbornly, Gaoyou has been conquered by our army. If we don't surrender, we will die. Do you want your men to surrender? Are your soldiers going to die with your Yang Lian family? "
Yang Lian Zhengong was shocked. Now that Li Yangeng was dead and there was no real Tatar supervisor in the city, as long as his brother Yang Lian Mahar surrendered, the other generals would also surrender.
Yang Lian Zhengong looked back at the soldiers behind him and found that many people were staring at him. Damn it, the Ming army general opposite seemed to have destroyed the trust of his subordinates in him. If he said not to surrender at this moment, it is very likely that he would Will be killed by his men.
"The guilty general Yang Lian has made great achievements and is willing to make meritorious deeds."
Li Xuanjun took a deep breath, and then immediately led the way forward. Hundreds of people came forward with muskets. Li Xuanjun revealed his face under the care of the torch: "I am Li Xuanjun, the commander of the 351st Regiment of the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division of the Shenwu Army. I have been ordered to attack Gaoyou. Yang Lian Zhengong, you also saw Li Yangeng’s head, you immediately follow me to persuade Yang Lian to surrender;”
After speaking, he looked at the more than two thousand puppet troops behind Yang Lian Zhengong and shouted: "Soldiers of the Han Army Banner, you are all my original sergeants of the Ming Dynasty. The Zhu family is incompetent and has lost its country. I, the Chen family, have taken over the Ming Dynasty." , now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has come to conquer the country in person. You are all our subjects of the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty has said that you and others will never be held accountable for your choice to join the enemy. As long as you choose to accept your crimes and perform meritorious service, after the slaves are eliminated, you can all become common people again. , no need to be a soldier anymore.”
With a clanging sound, more than two thousand people threw away their weapons. Seeing this, Li Xuanjun shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to persuade other brothers in the city to surrender, and tell them not to resist needlessly, because you Defending Gaoyou is a certain death situation. Li Yangeng deceived you, Li Yongfang deceived you, and the purpose of establishing slave Tatars is to make you block the gun and let us Han people kill each other."
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Chen Cao is still thirty miles away from Gaoyou by water, and it only takes half a day to arrive. Then halfway, he received news that shocked him.
"What? 800 people captured Gaoyou, and 130,000 defenders were forced to land?"
Xin Zhao smiled: "It's your Majesty, Li Xuanjun, the commander of the 351st Regiment of the 39th Division, 117th Brigade, personally led 800 people. They swam from the lake in the east city of Gaoyou, blew up the corner gate at night and entered the city, and then rushed straight into the city like a tornado. When he arrived at the commander's mansion, he beheaded Gaoyou guard Li Yangeng in the mansion and used his head to forcefully land two brothers, Yang Lian Maha and Yang Lian Zhengong. With the surrender of these two men, other generals at all levels in Gaoyou City chose to surrender. , and Yang Lianmaha personally killed the deputy general Longtang;
In this operation, 14 of the 800 people were killed and 57 injured, and the cost was almost zero. "
"Hahaha..." Chen Cao raised his head and laughed several times: "Did you see that our Ming Dynasty has countless capable soldiers? This Li Xuanjun actually captured Gaoyou with only 800 men, and even forced the landing of 130,000 defenders. Tell me, is it the puppet army that is incompetent, or is it that our soldiers are more powerful?"
Huang Chunyao also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, so to speak, the expulsion of the Tartars this time is your Majesty's destiny."
Chen Cao smiled and shook his head: "Oh, this Li Xuanjun is a bit interesting. He single-handedly captured Gaoyou City, which was heavily guarded by 130,000 people. It is really a reward. It seems that we have to let the soldiers on the front line do some work. Pass the order, Li Xuanjun was awarded the rank of fourth-class military meritorious officer, his military rank was changed to brigadier general, his merits were recorded, and the 351st Regiment was left at his disposal;
The official schools at all levels of the 351 Regiment will award military honors as appropriate according to Li Xuanjun's report. All soldiers of the 351 Regiment will be awarded military honors of the 20th class corps commander;
Each member of the 351st Regiment will receive an extra year's pay, and will be awarded the title of Heroic Regiment of the 351st Regiment;
The decree was announced to reward 39 divisions. The division commander Zhang Chengfeng recorded his merits and listened to them...
Announce Li Xuanjun's deeds to the whole army, and let the military personnel who are returning to society immediately publish the news to the world..."
Huang Chunyao wrote quickly, and the ink on the feather pen dried quickly. Chen Cao took a look and said: "Okay, that's it, stamp..."
Li Xuanjun's deeds were soon announced among the armies. Wang Xiaojie laughed and patted this young man from Guangdong. The commander of his regiment was the first to be awarded military honors in the army, and he was also a fourth-class general. This honor was It's not simple, and there are words in the decree that can be used to record merits. It is obvious that Li Xuanjun will honor his ancestors in the future.
"You can do it. In my opinion, His Majesty has given you such an honor and reward. When the meritorious service begins in the future, even if you are not a marquis, at least the earl will not be able to escape."
Li Xuanjun looked serious: "In addition to His Majesty's divine power, the military throne also contributed to this great victory."
"Don't you fucking flatter me," Wang Xiaojie scolded with a smile: "You can't not know the strictness of military regulations. No one can take away your credit. People from the Jinyiwei will come to confirm the implementation of the reward. Who will Dare to bury your military exploits? Besides, you don’t have to give me any icing on the cake. Your meritorious service is the face of our Shenwu Army. If our Shenwu Army has made meritorious service, hehe, I, as a member of the Shenwu Army, naturally deserve less credit."
Li Xuanjun saluted: "It is not an honor to hold a humble position..."
"You should have a good rest. His Majesty will rest in Gaoyou for two days after arriving. Our Shenwu Army will continue to set off to Huai'an for reinforcements. The credit will be indispensable by then."
"yes..."
After Chen Cao arrived in Gaoyou, Wang Xiaojie's troops had already set off for Huai'an. Chen Cao did not enter the city, but set up a camp outside the city. The theme of today's meeting was how to place the surrendered 130,000 troops.
Yang Lian Mahar and Yang Lian Zhengong were kneeling outside the tent. They were very uneasy. They didn't know whether Chen Cao would fulfill his promise to let them live and then keep them in their original positions.
It wasn't until they met Chen Cao that the big stone in their hearts was relieved.
Chen Cao looked at the two people in front of him and asked, "People from the northwest?"
Yang Lian maha knelt in front of Chen Cao, but was called up, and then said: "Yes, the guilty general is from the northwest, originally from Suningwei. This is the true skill of my younger brother Yang Lian."
"You two are still smart. Answer me honestly. How did you feel when you knew that there were only 800 people who could make an emergency landing on you?"
Zhao Xin said: "Answer honestly."
"I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I really want to kill the leader of the 351st regiment."
"Hahaha..." Chen Cao laughed twice: "You are smart. I might as well tell you that even if the 351st Regiment attacked Gaoyou at night, I could use cannons to destroy Gaoyou City in one day. You guys are huddled in this place. In the city, a lot of people died at that time, and you are not standing talking to me now."
The two were about to kneel down again when Chen Cao stopped them: "It's impossible to disband more than 100,000 people on the spot, but it would be a waste to put you into a prisoner-of-war camp. Shi Xiu, please go and screen it yourself. After the selection, you will still be Under the command of the two of them, all the personnel who were screened and eliminated were sent to the Yangzhou Prisoner of War Camp for training."
Song Che was right next to him: "Yes, let's do it now..."
