When Ding Jian, He Wei, Tuge and others led a group of cavalry to play a "city race", Han Rui, the deputy general of the Fifth Army Battalion, and Tao Dinglin, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, watched them from outside the Guangqu Gate on the top of the city. Galloping past, thousands of enemy cavalry were followed not far behind.
The troops of the two lieutenants suffered heavy losses when they attacked the inner city around Chongwenmen. They fought for less than an hour, with a total casualty of no less than a thousand people. They did not break through the inner city defense line, but they lost one guerrilla and two thousand generals. The originally high morale also dropped as the war went south.
In the face of the fierce attack launched by the Beijing camp, although the Yongwei camp on the opposite side also suffered heavy losses, and the city wall became riddled with holes under the bombardment of firecrackers, there was even hope of breaking into the inner city several times, but in the end it was still After failing, they were still blocked in the outer city, unable to move.
There were still no less than 8,000 soldiers to fight, but when the soldiers below saw the dying wounded around them, as well as the limbs and flesh that had been beaten beyond recognition by fire blunderbuss, they were filled with panic and complaints. They didn't want to lose the money. To the extent that he had to take advantage of his own miserable life.
The following people are greedy, even a combination of traitor, lazy, greedy and slippery, but they can also make calculations in their hearts. They don’t have to make money, but they can’t give up their lives. If I give you five hundred taels of silver in exchange for a leg, you will do it. ?
You dare not do such an unfortunate thing, why would you let me, your grandpa, do it?
Go to hell!
If you continue to fight, you may be dead. If the superiors want to fight, let the officials go first, and we can follow behind!
Being treated as if they were a guerrilla, the other generals, while they were out of their wits, put themselves out of the situation with lingering fear. They hid as far away as they could, and wished they could hide at Zuo'anmen in the southeast corner.
Except for Commander Qian and General Commander who were supervising the battle on the front line, almost all the generals of the two battalions retreated significantly. After the soldiers saw this move, there was a lot of discussion, which directly made the army excited. Almost no one wanted to continue the attack. City, go and die.
Immediately, what worried Han Rui and Tao Dinglin the most happened. When the soldiers from the Beijing camp saw that they could not gain any advantage by attacking the city, and that the silver mountain in the imperial city might not be seen anymore, they began to attack the outer city in groups. Shops and houses were looted.
At first, the generals were a little disapproving of the retribution. By the time they tried to stop it, the situation was already out of control and rapidly developing in an increasingly violent direction.
Robbery, arson, murder, and rape. People who usually have enemies in the capital camp took this opportunity to turn robbery into vendetta and extermination. After the victims discovered the tragic situation at home, the conflict changed from "military cleansing" to Internal strife in the Chengjing camp.
Because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, the Fifth Army Camp began to fight with each other. Due to the old rift, the Fifth Army Camp and the Shenji Camp were also fighting randomly. As long as they could defeat each other, they would kill each other. They would show no mercy even to old girls. .
When they encountered someone, they would break in through their doors, loot their belongings, and then kill them all. Finally, they would burn them all, which seemed to turn half of the outer city into an inhuman "camp roar"!
When Han Rui saw this, he knew that the situation was over. These soldiers under his command had turned into raging beasts and could no longer give orders to them. They were not even rogue bandits. At least rogue bandits could still fight for many years before they were finally recruited by the court.
Facing the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Yongwei camp after dawn, the result was that they could only sit and wait for death. They would not even get a chance to be recruited. This was the destined fate of short-sighted people.
Then they discussed with Tao Dinglin that it was difficult to hold on to the outer city. If he hesitated, he would be surrounded by King Qin's troops. The two men summoned their respective kin guards, totaling about 400 horses, to join forces and plan to attack from Guangqu. Leave the city and go straight to Tianjin.
However, less than three miles out of the city, they encountered a tenacious resistance from the enemy with no less than 500 fine horsemen. No less than 100 people of Han and Tao tribes were killed, so they had to lead the remaining troops to flee back to the city, not daring to fight anymore.
In fact, they just encountered Zuo Guangxian's vanguard. Sun Chuanting deployed the main force of the Qin army in the Chaoyang Gate area, and asked Zuo Guangxian to send some troops to find out the situation. Firstly, they could detect the enemy's situation, and secondly, they could lure the snake out of the hole.
However, seeing that there were not many enemies coming out of the city, the bold cavalry of Qin Bing fortunately attacked them directly. Not only did they make some small gains, but they also drove back the enemies who came out of the city.
The troops led by Generals Han and Tao were all private soldiers. Although they came from the Beijing camp, their combat effectiveness was not low. They could break through successfully even if they fought to the death. The main reason was that the two lieutenants were afraid that fierce fighting outside the city would attract more enemies. The army, in order to preserve its strength, retreated first.
After Sun Chuanting received the report, he immediately ordered the three generals to mobilize their cavalry, forming a team of about 500 men and horses, to conduct a dragnet search from Chaoyangmen to Zuo'anmen. If they found a good opportunity, they could engage in battle without reporting it. .
After the second general of the Beijing camp saw what happened on the top of the city, he was too frightened to leave the city. If he was intercepted by the enemy again, he might not even be able to bring back his belongings.
"Alas~! Such incompetent people who don't know how to live or die!"
Han Rui looked at the city that was still being smashed, smashed, looted and burned, and felt extremely sad and depressed in his heart. He was so wise and ambitious, but he had no choice but to lose at the hands of these ignorant sparrows.
"...We must leave the city before dawn, otherwise we will become turtles in the urn!"
Now that he has discovered the cavalry of King Qin's division, his infantry will not fall too far. Tao Dinglin has realized that his side will be surrounded by opponents under the city. Before the pocket is completely closed, he must fight his way out to escape to heaven.
It is completely unrealistic to expect the gang behind them to stick to the outer city. If they can really defend the Yongwei camp and the Qin soldiers to attack from inside and outside, they will have already invaded the imperial city and divided up the Yinshan Mountain.
Tao Dinglin estimated that he didn't have to wait until noon today, the outer city would definitely be breached. By then, these thousands of idiots would realize that they were about to be in disaster, but it would be too late.
He didn't want to die without a burial place along with these animals, and be captured by the Yongwei camp. The prince would definitely be angry with him, and being executed by Lingchi could no longer be changed.
While he still had the last bit of capital in his hand, Tao Dinglin felt that he could still make a desperate move. If he was lucky, he might be able to get away.
"Yeah~! I'm afraid these two bastards Bachuwang and Liu Liangzuo have run away long ago!"
Han Rui sighed with emotion, and then cursed the two colleagues who were sneaking around. They went to Tongzhou to escort the grain and grass, but their troops did not appear outside the city. The possibility of arriving late was very small.
This meant that he had discovered unusual movements around the outer city, and he had never heard the sound of fighting coming from Chengwai, which meant that they had already fled the battle.
As for Tuge, don't expect others to save you from fire and water. It would be nice if you don't have to make fishing bait yourself. Han Rui held his hand on the crenel and looked into the distance. He really felt that there was no way to the sky and no way to the earth.
"...In this case, we will have to rely on our own efforts!"
It was impossible to have reinforcements, and whether he could survive or not depended on himself. At the moment, Tao Dinglin could only help each other with his colleague next to him, hoping that luck would be on his side.
They were just about to gather their soldiers and prepare to leave the city again when they saw dozens of cavalrymen galloping away from south to north, followed by a group of pursuers.
But soon, they returned the same way, and this time the scale became larger. But soon, the two people watching on the top of the city saw more pursuers, with a scale of more than a thousand fine cavalry.
The two of them were hesitant now. If they left the city, they might encounter an ambush again. If they stood firm, it would be difficult to defend the outer city. It was really a dilemma.
In the end, I learned from the pain and decided to give it a try. If I didn't leave the city, I would be waiting for death. If I left the city, I might have a chance of survival.
"this……"
After leaving the city for the second time and running for about five miles, Han Rui relaxed a little from his anxiety and saw no less than five hundred cavalry rushing toward him.
After the first battle, Zuo Guangxian sent people to keep an eye on the city gate, because the cavalry in the city must have come out from the city gate and could not jump down from the crenellations.
Han and Tao did not dare to go through Zuo'anmen because there was no movement at all. In this case, the quieter the place, the more dangerous it is, so this time they still went through Guangqumen.
Zuo Guangxian was also a veteran of ambushes. He specifically told the cavalry to take a long shot and catch big fish. This time, he set an ambush five miles away from the city gate to prevent the rebel cavalry from running back into the city again.
If the traitor soldiers were killed in the city, that would be considered the victory of the Yongwei camp. Only by annihilating the enemy outside the city could his own soldiers be exchanged for silver. Zuo Guangxian did not intend to let others take a share of the pie.
Sun Chuanting's order was to search back and forth. When the three self-righteous general soldiers arrived, the order changed from patrolling to squatting. At each city gate, a group of cavalry were watching from a distance.
A few detective horses were lurking at the front. If they found someone leaving the city, they would light a torch as a signal. The large troops waiting in the woods could immediately mount their horses and prepare for battle when they saw the firelight from a fixed location.
Zuo Guangxian and other generals were also cunning. Tuge led thousands of cavalry to charge back and forth, but they all turned a blind eye and watched happily as Lu Jiude led the Yongwei battalion to pursue them, while they waited for the cavalry from the city to come out. , so you can wait and see.
It is difficult for the cavalry of the Shenshu Camp to be surrounded and annihilated. The Fifth Army Camp and the Shenji Camp are different. One lacks cavalry, and the weapons equipped by the other cannot play much role at night. If they are in close combat, the Qin soldiers can attack them in one go. It was strangled to death.
How can the four-legged cavalry be as easy to capture as the two-legged infantry?
Killing each one cost ten taels of silver, so of course it was easier to kill infantry.
This is the little calculation of Zuo Guangxian, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu, the three generals under Sun Chuanting. They all know it tacitly, always thinking about how to maximize their own interests, and they all wait patiently for the capital in the city. The battalion took advantage of the darkness to break out.
As for whether the city will become a hell on earth, they will not meddle in other people's business. Since the prince has said it first, the city is no longer the defense zone of Qin soldiers. No matter what happens, as long as they do not receive the imperial edict or Sun Shaobao's order, there is no need to Pay attention.
As long as we can surround and annihilate the traitors and win the battle, what if we are selfish?
Even if the matter reaches Sun Shaobao, someone will say a few good words for him.
Their Qin soldiers did this in Shaanxi, and captured Gao Yingxiang and defeated Li Zicheng.
What's not to do in the Kifu area?
How can I get the villain in the court to make irresponsible remarks?
It’s so hopelessly pedantic!
"Follow me and fight out! Once you reach Tianjin, you can sit back and relax!"
Han Rui saw that there were not too many enemy cavalry blocking the front, so he gritted his teeth and made a decision. He wanted to fight to the death. If he turned back, it would be dawn soon, and it would be difficult to think of it.
"Go! Kill one and get a hundred taels of silver!"
Tao Dinglin also spent a lot of money. If he could not break through, the large amount of gold carried by the soldiers would be useless. It was worse than a pile of scrap copper and iron, and it was better to use it to boost morale at this time.
"With so much money, he must be a great general!"
"Brothers, kill him for me and go back to collect the reward!"
When the people on the other side heard the reward amount offered by Tao Dinglin, they immediately reacted. The Qin soldiers and cavalry became even more excited after hearing the news.
Mr. Qian, who led the team, was right. Anyone with so much money is a general. If he were caught or killed, wouldn't he be fined?
The deputy general has a reward of 10,000 taels, and the general has a reward of 3,000 taels. Besides, they also have silver with them, which is really a lot of money!
Thinking of this, the Qin soldiers clustered like a pack of wolves that had been hungry for three days in the wilderness, with little green lights emerging from their dark eyes.
Their desire for silver may be stronger than the hungry wolf's desire for fresh meat, because the wolf will be hungry for half a month at most, but they have been hungry for nearly a year.
Ever since Li Zicheng was defeated by Hong Chengchou and Sun Shaobao in Tongguan last spring, the Qin soldiers have not seen anything valuable in the past year.
After the Qing army entered the pass, the Qin soldiers rushed thousands of miles to aid Jifu and came to Qinwang. As a result, the treatment was not as good as the reinforcements from Baoding and Xuanda. Without Sun Chuanting's suppression, several generals planned to withdraw to their hometown in Shaanxi.
So don't forget that in front of you is a group of Beijing rebels who are planning to fight for their lives. Even if they fake the corpse out of the coffin, they still want to squeeze out a few ounces of oil!
Hearing Mr. Qian say that the person opposite was a general with a lot of money on him, everyone almost howled and charged towards the enemy with their horses and swords.
Although they had been frustrated in the Jifu area for a long time, they also found out clearly that under the emperor's feet, the Beijing camp was the most corrupt. The generals had no fighting spirit and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. Beating them was as easy as killing pigs and sheep.
Just now this group of overestimating things dared to fight to the death with our own side, that would be the best.
People stay!
Keep the money too!
The mounts under their crotches can also eat meat, which is really not a waste at all!
Both sides had their own clear goals, so they stopped talking and rushed forward in groups to confront each other head-on.
The horses neighed, weapons clashed, and in an instant the two groups of men and horses were strangled together, each with a fierce look on his face, intent on killing the other.
When the queues of the two sides intertwined, there were dozens of people who fell off their horses unfortunately, but those who were still riding had no time to think about anything else, and they were all fighting hard to get what they wanted.
"Well……"
Tao Dinglin, who was about to summon soldiers to protect himself, was shot in the neck by an arrow. He lowered his head in shock and looked at the sharp arrow that was stuck straight in. He instinctively covered the sore with his hand, as if to stop the steady flow of blood, but he just choked. With a cry, he fell from Anqiao to the ground and died.
"Ouch~! Escape quickly!"
Han Rui was horrified when he saw this. He was stunned for a moment. Without this helper, he didn't know whether he could escape from this dangerous place. In his confusion, he had to call Tao Dinglin's soldiers to run away as soon as possible without further delay. Both men and horses will be killed by the enemy.
From the accent of the man who spoke just now, Han Rui could tell that the other party was from Shaanxi, and must be the Qin soldiers under Sun Chuanting. It was really difficult to deal with, but he did not expect that his combat power was so terrifying, and he was almost unable to parry it. For this plan, I have no choice but to take the best step...
