"Deputy Camp Chief, the gate of Xinpingbao has been opened. Maybe it was our people with the Tiger Flag in the city who captured the gate."
Li Shaoyang, who was always paying attention to the movements in the direction of Xinping Fort, immediately discovered that the gate of Xinping Fort had been opened.
The closed city gate can only be opened from the inside except through violence.
At this time, the Tiger-Character Banner army had not forced its way through the city gate, so when the Xinpingbao gate was opened at this time, it could only be that the people inside deliberately opened the gate.
Du Yan, who noticed this situation through a monocular telescope, said: "Arrange a brigade to come forward and protect the artillery team."
The messenger ran to deliver the order.
"Someone came out from inside. It seems to be a soldier guarding the city. Isn't he about to surrender?" Li Shaoyang saw a man walking out of the gate of Xinpingbao and walked towards the artillery team with the tiger flag with his hands raised.
The man who walked out of the Xinpingbao city gate raised his hands in the air. There were no weapons on his body, and he only wore a piece of cotton armor to distinguish himself from ordinary people.
"It seems that the round of shelling just now scared the guards in the city." Du Yan chuckled, and then said, "Bring them over when they arrive. I want to see what the guards of Xinpingbao want to do."
When people were sent out from Xinpingbao City, whether they came to surrender or to do something else, he could tell that the defenders in Xinpingbao City were scared out of their wits.
If it were their tiger-character flag, there would never be a situation where the messenger would go to the other side's camp as soon as the battle started.
After a short time, the soldier from Xinpingbao was brought to Du Yan.
"I've seen the general." The soldier knew that Du Yan was the commander of the tiger-character banner army and hurriedly saluted Du Yan.
Du Yan looked at the other party and asked, "Who are you from Xinpingbao guard Huang An?"
"The young one is a soldier next to General Huang." The soldier introduced his identity, and then said, "The young one came here under the order of my general, and wanted to discuss surrender with the general. matter."
Du Yan raised his eyelids and asked, "So Huang An is ready to surrender?"
"My guard general hopes that the soldiers of the Tiger Flag will be kind to his family after entering the city. As long as the general agrees, my guard will immediately open the city gate and let the soldiers of the Tiger Flag enter the city." After the soldier finished speaking, he looked secretly To Du Yan in front of him.
Huang An, who knew that he could not hold Xinping Fort, now only hoped that after the tiger-character banner army entered the city, he could save his family property.
"Yes, but I also have a request." Du Yan said, "Let Huang An bring all the soldiers in the city to the outside of Xinpingbao City, hand over their weapons, and we will accept his surrender."
When the soldier saw that Du Yan agreed, he nodded hurriedly and said: "General, don't worry. As soon as I get back, I will bring the general's words to my guard, and let my guard lead the soldiers in the city out of the city as soon as possible."
"Go back and bring the message to Huang An now." Du Yan waved his hand, indicating that Huang An's cavalry could leave.
The soldier saluted Du Yan again, and then saluted the people holding the Tiger Flag next to him. Then he walked backwards, taking five or six steps back before he dared to turn around.
"If we don't see Huang An coming out of the city to surrender in half an hour, the cannons of the Tiger Flag will bomb Xinping Fort." Du Yan's voice came over leisurely.
The soldier knew that this was the time the Tiger Character Banner had given them to surrender, so he did not dare to delay and trotted away from the Tiger Character Banner army and ran towards Xinping Fort.
I want to bring the news back quickly.
Li Shaoyang watched the visitors from Xinping Fort walk away, and then said to Du Yan: "I didn't expect that Huang An was so timid. After a round of artillery fire, he couldn't bear it and surrendered. Originally, I thought it would take a while to win. Xinpingbao.”
"There is not even a single cannon in the city. The last time we were attacked by our Tiger Flag, all the cannons were taken away by the proprietors." Du Yan said with a smile, "There are no cannons in the city. They faced the threats we brought. These dozen or so cannons can only be passively beaten and unable to defeat them."
Li Shaoyang said: "Even so, the surrender was too quick. If all parts of the Ming Dynasty use such people as guards, the Ming Dynasty will be over sooner or later."
"Isn't it just right that the Ming Dynasty is over?" Du Yan laughed.
The Tiger Character Banner has the grassland as its foundation and is already qualified to compete for hegemony, so he doesn't mind if the Ming Dynasty is over. Only when the Ming Dynasty is over can their Tiger Character Banner take over the Central Plains.
Li Shaoyang said: "I believe that the news that we have captured Xinping Fort will be sent back to Datong Mansion soon. I am afraid that before long, border troops will arrive, and the next step will be a tough battle."
"You've never experienced fighting against an army, have you?" Du Yan suddenly asked.
Li Shaoyang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said: "No, but I participated in the suppression of bandits, and later entered the martial arts hall, but missed several battles when the army marched north to the grassland."
"No wonder!" Du Yan said, "The battle between our Tiger Banner army and the border army is not a tough battle. The border army is stronger than the soldiers of the Lingqiu garrison camp, but their strength is limited."
Li Shaoyang frowned and said, "I heard that Datong General Yang Guozhu is a tiger general. He shouldn't be that easy to deal with!"
"Then what's so hard to deal with?" Du Yan curled his lips disdainfully and said, "Back then, Yang Guozhu brought soldiers and horses from the Xuanfu to Lingqiu to pacify our proprietor, but he was beaten to the point of running away by us. Otherwise, why do you think the imperial court would recruit our Tiger Flag and give the proprietor the position of guard of Xinpingbao?"
Li Shaoyang said: "It's different. At the beginning, the proprietor led the elite soldiers of our Tiger Flag. Now, except for the artillery team, the rest of our troops are either heavy troops or miners who temporarily joined from Dongshan. The combat effectiveness is It cannot be compared with the troops that defeated the official army at that time."
"Don't worry, we are defending the city, and I have sent people to deliver messages to the grassland. I believe it won't be long before a large army comes to the grassland to help." Du Yan said with a smile.
Although the decision to capture Xinping Fort was made by Liao Junkai, he and Ye Yuncheng, they also sent people to the grassland immediately and sent the plan to Qingcheng.
The imperial court has an 800-mile express service, and Tiger Character Banner also has its own 800-mile express service.
As long as they leave Xinping Fort, there are Tiger Flag's own forts along the road, and there is no shortage of riding horses. They can still deliver important letters to Qingcheng Liu Heng as quickly as possible.
It had been several days since he received the news about the imperial government's suppression of the Tiger Flag. Du Yan believed that this news had already been sent to Qingcheng, and even their plans to capture Xinping Fort should have been almost sent to Qingcheng.
Next they just need to wait for reinforcements from the grassland.
Half an hour passed quickly.
In the direction of the Xinpingbao city gate, groups of soldiers guarding the city will come out of the city.
