Li Dongshao wore two layers of heavy armor. He also held a stainless steel waist knife and an iron-clad wooden shield in his hands. He also carried a pair of walking bows and a barrel of arrows behind him. The whole person's load had reached several dozen kilograms.
Even though Li Dongshao was strong, he didn't dare to run too fast. He needed to conserve his physical strength to deal with the subsequent battle to seize the city gate.
Now the city is completely in chaos, and it is the last period of darkness before dawn, which is the best time for them to seize the city gate.
With the efforts of dozens of colleagues from the intelligence department in the city, they fanned the flames and spread rumors everywhere, which not only created great panic, but also greatly distracted the attention of the officers and soldiers in the city.
In addition, people everywhere were shouting that the city had been breached and the rebels had entered the city. The Ming army on duty at the West Gate at night must have been greatly panicked. This was the time for them to launch a forceful attack.
Along the way, we met a few watchmen and government servants along the way, as well as some green-skinned gangsters who took advantage of the chaos to plunder.
But these people were ignored by Li Dongshao and the others.
Anyway, these people are not stupid. When they saw a group of heavily armored soldiers approaching on the street, no matter whether they were thieves or soldiers, they did not dare to approach easily.
The active avoidance of everyone along the way also allowed Li Dongshao to successfully reach the west gate with his troops.
At this time, the west city gate was closed, the city wall and the city gate tower were brightly lit, and a large number of people could be vaguely seen.
At this time, Li Dongshao stopped for a moment, looked back at the more than 70 robes behind him, took a deep breath and gathered his strength and said: "Come up with me and open the city gate to welcome the army into the city!"
"This battle is a life and death battle. We have no retreat and we dare not open the city gate no matter what."
"If you win this battle, you will be rich and glorious!"
"Kill with me!"
After that, Li Dongshao took off the bow and arrow from his back, strode forward a few steps, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and shot the first arrow of the battle towards the city gate.
Immediately, the soldiers in his personal camp also bent their bows and shot arrows or fired with muskets!
The Ming army at the city gate was already in a panic. When they saw dozens of people rushing over, they thought they were reinforcements at first, but they didn't expect these people to shoot arrows when they came up.
And they soon discovered that most of these people were actually wearing armor.
Li Dongshao and the others did not come here empty-handed. In addition to people, they also used the cargo on the ship to bring a large amount of equipment. In addition, people from the intelligence department also secretly transported in a batch of equipment.
So now they are equipped with armor, bows and arrows, muskets, knives, and spears, truly fully armed!
Even the Musketeers are wearing full armor!
All this is to seize the city gate in the chaos and welcome the army into the city.
A Qianhu at the west city gate looked at the large group of armored soldiers rushing towards him. He didn't even understand the specific identity of the other party, so the other side opened fire with arrows.
He immediately hurriedly said: "They are thieves, hurry up, stop them."
It's a good thing that the thieves didn't shout this time. The shout of thieves almost let everyone know that the thieves had entered the city.
Many people would not immediately think that these thieves had sneaked in before. They would only think that the thieves had made breakthroughs from other city gates and then entered the city gate.
"The thieves have entered the city, run!"
"Run for your life, the bandits have entered the city!"
When Li Dongshao and others charged, they did not forget to shout slogans such as the rebels entering the city, and continued to shake the morale of the defenders at the West City Gate.
This made many of the defenders at the West City Gate panic and uneasy. They didn't even understand what was happening. However, the only thing they were sure of now was that the bandits had entered the city, and a group of bandits were killing them. come over.
Some officers and soldiers, led by the grassroots generals of the Ming army, hurriedly started shooting arrows at Li Dongshao and the others. However, most of Li Dongshao and the others were wearing armor, and they were not accurate enough in the hurry, so the arrows did not cause much damage to Li Dongshao and the others.
After a while, Li Dongshao had already rushed to the city gate. Li Dongshao dropped his bow and arrow, took out his sword and shield again, and rushed forward.
He directly slashed at a Ming army.
The Ming army soldier was full of panic and couldn't help but retreat several steps, but in the end he failed to resist with the iron knife in his hand, and was finally killed by Li Dongshao with a direct knife.
After killing an enemy, Li Dongshao raised his sword high and shouted: "Kill!"
Behind him, the soldiers from the personal camp also rushed forward. They either used swords, shields, or spears to fight directly.
A group of people broke into the chaotic city gate defenders with their sophisticated armor, knives and spears, just like a group of tigers breaking into a flock of sheep.
In just a few breaths, many Ming soldiers were killed and injured. Even though some of the remaining Ming soldiers wanted to resist, they soon discovered that most of the rebels on the opposite side were wearing armor, and the knives in their hands were useless when they were slashed.
Some people turned around and ran away, crying.
Escape has always been a matter of first and second. If the momentum of soldiers' escape cannot be stopped, more and more people will escape, leading to the collapse of the entire army.
There were at least several hundred defenders in the west city gate, and there were hundreds of people on duty at night. However, these hundreds of people could not stop Li Dongshao's men, who were as fierce as tigers. While hundreds of other Ming troops who were originally sleeping and resting were killed one by one by chance. , but many people didn't even have time to put on armor and picked up weapons and hurriedly fought.
confusion!
This is the current situation of the Ming army stationed at the West City Gate. Many people are confused about what happened, and some even thought it was an attack launched by the bandit army from outside the city.
In the chaos, Li Dongshao and the others fought directly from the city gate to the city wall, and then to the small town where soldiers were hiding. Dozens of armored soldiers seemed to be in no one's land, and the hundreds of defenders in the west city gate were unable to resist. .
After dozens of people were killed and injured by the defenders at the West City Gate, no one dared to rush forward to resist. Many people turned around and ran towards other places in the city, while many of the remaining people knelt down and shouted. Saying words like spare your life.
Li Dongshao looked at the Ming army deserters running around like headless flies in front of him. He looked at the surrendering soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and shouting for mercy. Regardless of the blood stains on their faces, he shouted loudly to the left and right: "Send the signal!"
"Open the city gate and lower the drawbridge!"
"Welcome the army into the city!"
"The first team hunts and kills the remaining enemies, the second team goes up to the top of the city to set up defenses, and the third team sets up defenses at the inner city gate."
Immediately afterwards, a bright firework rose in the sky above the west city gate, and at the same time several lanterns on the city head flickered and went out.
More than two hundred meters away from the West City Gate, Blind Wang, who had been watching the movement of the West City Gate, immediately got on his horse, wearing armor, he raised his sword and said: "Let's go into the city!"
Wang Xiazi led the cavalry brigade with two hundred horses, one horse at a time, and rode directly towards the West City Gate. Just when they were about to rush to the West City Gate, the suspension bridge that had been put away by the defenders was also lowered!
Immediately afterwards, Wang Xiazi led the cavalry directly onto the suspension bridge and rushed in!
After blind man Wang led his troops into the west city gate, he saw Li Dongshao covered in blood. He immediately nodded slightly and said: "Brother Li, you fought well and beautifully. In terms of bravery, you can be among the top five in our army to protect our hometown!"
Li Dongshao grinned, licked away the blood on his lips, then spit on the ground and said, "It's not bad!"
Blind Wang said: "You have worked hard fighting in the army camp. Next, you can garrison the city gate and rest.
As he said that, he pointed to a group of officers and soldiers running towards the city avenue in front of him, trying to rescue the west city gate: "Leave it to me next."
After that, Blind Wang said loudly to the cavalry behind him: "The first sentry rushes up and kills them!"
Faced with such an urgent rush of soldiers, who didn't even have a formation and didn't have many armored soldiers. In addition, the street in front was wide enough for the cavalry to charge. Blind Wang didn't hesitate and let the first cavalry sentry under his command charge over.
As hundreds of cavalry rushed forward, emergency reinforcements came from the front. Hundreds of officers and soldiers, who still didn't know what happened, looked at it and thought, oh my god, the rebels have really entered the city!
Not only did they enter the city, but the cavalry also rushed in directly, and they could still run away.
As a result, many people turned around and ran away on the spot. Some of the smarter ones ran towards both sides of the street, trying to avoid the charging cavalry. Only a few soldiers were confused and stayed in place stupidly.
Then he was attacked by hundreds of horsemen and hacked to death with swords.
Within a few tens of seconds, the hundreds of reinforcements of officers and soldiers were defeated. Dozens of them were killed or injured on the spot, and the rest dispersed in a rush.
After the cavalry brigade dispersed the enemy reinforcements, they did not immediately continue to penetrate into the city. Wang Xiazi knew very well the task of these cavalrymen, which was to respond to Li Dongshao's personal camp as soon as possible, occupy the west city gate, and then cover the first The main force of the infantry battalion entered the city.
In the battle within the city, the 1st Infantry Brigade will be the absolute main force.
Blind Wang and the others did not wait too long. Only five or six minutes later, Huang Dingquan personally led the First Infantry Battalion to rush forward and arrived at the West City Gate.
After watching Huang Dingquan lead his troops into the city, Li Dongshao and Wang Xiazi looked at each other and saw the relaxation in each other's eyes.
Regardless of whether it is a personal barracks or a cavalry brigade, they are actually not suitable for fighting in this kind of urban area.
There were simply too few troops in the personal barracks. There were only more than seventy people at the beginning. After a fight, more than ten people were killed and injured, and less than fifty people were left.
As for the cavalry brigade, it is possible to seize the city gate as soon as possible, and it is barely possible to charge on the broad street in an emergency, but it will not be easy to do next.
But the 1st Infantry Brigade is different!
There are nearly two thousand people in the First Infantry Brigade, and the First Infantry Brigade is the most elite infantry brigade in the rural protection army. Fighting after entering the city is their specialty.
Now that the main force of the 1st Infantry Brigade has entered the city, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Xiangyang City is stable!
