When news of the great victory on the front line came, Dengzhou became an undefended city.
Although there are still Huanglong on the Liaodong Islands, Shang Kexi and other Ming generals are eyeing them, but their strength is limited, and they are not able to protect themselves in the face of the rebels.
The rebels never thought that a lurking evil tiger would be activated at this moment.
The special forces responsible for capturing Shuicheng were led by Zhao Sanyang himself.
After they sneaked in through the sluice, they immediately carried out precise clearing of the defenders.
Just like the excitement in the city, the defenders here were also feasting and feasting. Especially at each guard post, a few soldiers gathered together and put out roasted chicken and goose, plus a jar of strong liquor.
Although it cannot be compared with the delicacies of the generals, it is still enjoyable.
The sentries were so drunk that they completely forgot about their duties.
So much so that the enemies even touched them and they were still having fun.
The special forces took out the parts from the sealed bags and assembled them into crossbows on site. After the division of labor, each person was responsible for a sentry.
Several crossbow arrows were fired almost at the same time, all hitting the throat, causing these sentinels to go to see the King of Hell without even making any unnecessary movements.
With just one stick of incense, all the sentries in the entire water city were uprooted.
The special forces opened the city gate and welcomed the second regiment from outside.
As for the map of the city, the commanders of each department are already familiar with it.
Zhao Sanyang led the special forces to attack the Chinese army's tent, Ji Conghua led the first battalion to attack the military camp, Qiao Shuangcheng led the second battalion to control the warships, and chief of staff Qiu Zhongshang led the third battalion to capture the surrounding city walls.
The person in charge of the navy was the rebel general Su Yougong.
This man was greedy for life, afraid of death, and indulged in enjoyment. When other generals were fighting fiercely, he would stay in the water city to eat, drink, and have fun, and from time to time he would kidnap civilian girls for fun.
Today the whole city is celebrating. He also held a banquet in the Chinese army camp and forced the captured women to dance naked.
The rebel generals were so drunk that some of them acted wildly and grabbed women to commit prostitution in public.
When the special forces rushed in, they saw this ridiculous scene.
Zhao Sanyang frowned and said angrily: "It's all solved."
At this time, some people also noticed the uninvited guests who rushed in. Before they could ask any questions, a group of them were shot to death by crossbows. Immediately, soldiers from the special forces rushed forward with short blades in hand.
The smell of blood surged, and the rebels who were still alive immediately understood what had happened. Unfortunately, they drank too much wine, were paralyzed, and were unable to move. They encountered another special forces unit whose killing was an art, and they were killed or injured in the blink of an eye.
Almost exhausted.
Su Yougong was even more powerful. He didn't even have the thought of resisting, so he got up and ran away.
As a result, as soon as the person jumped up, he felt a flash of knife light, and then a cold wind rushed into his throat, and his eyes fell into darkness.
The special forces can solve the problem quickly, and other troops are not slow either.
When the first battalion rushed into the military camp, a battle finally broke out.
Suddenly there was a loud sound of gunfire, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The rebels who had just picked up their swords and guns were shot by the muskets of the new army, and all resistance collapsed.
The second regiment was no longer afraid of alerting the enemy, because the battle in the city had also begun.
The first regiment was also divided into three parts under the leadership of Wei Yuanfeng and Guo Zuxin.
The first battalion captured the east city gate, the second battalion attacked the military camp, and the third battalion attacked the governor's Yamen.
When the first battalion rushed to the city gate, it attracted the attention of the defenders.
"who?"
Wei Yuanfeng's guard raised his musket and pulled the trigger. The sentry screamed "Ah" and fell from the city wall.
Seeing this, Wei Yuanfeng quickly ordered.
"The first company, seize the city gate. The rest, follow me up the city wall."
The excitement here at the east gate was gone, and the defenders were panicking and trying to assemble.
The first company rushed to the city gate and without saying a word, first fired a volley of shots to kill the enemies who were about to rush over, and then threw grenades into the city gate hole.
There were not many rebels stationed here originally, but they were quickly eliminated by the First Company.
They put away the thousand-jin gate and pushed open the city gate.
A soldier ran outside the city gate and waved a torch against the darkness in the distance. There were three circles on the left and three on the right, which were particularly obvious in the dark night.
The main force of the First Division, which had already been lurking nearby, immediately took action and ran towards the city gate.
The engineering troops at the front pushed wooden carts into the moat one after another, and soon they joined together, turning the chasm into a smooth road.
The first division rushed into the city and began to raid various designated targets.
And there was no suspense in the battle on the city wall.
Although the new army was feigning an attack, firstly, the defenders were poorly prepared, and secondly, the firepower was too different.
Guo Zuxin and his men rushed upward while ordering grenades to be thrown onto the city wall first.
Amidst the roaring explosions, the few troops the rebels had just gathered were blown away. The rest were frightened and ran one after another, not caring about defending the city.
Guo Zuxin climbed onto the city wall and immediately asked the soldiers to advance along the city wall, trying to drive off the defenders.
The explosion at the city gate woke up Li Jiucheng and others who were having fun.
"Who is causing trouble?"
At first, Li Jiucheng did not think that it was an enemy attack. He thought that someone was drunk and misbehaving and ignited the gunpowder.
When he walked into the yard to check, the people under his hands rolled over and rolled in covered in blood.
"Commander, leave quickly, the army has entered the city!"
Li Jiucheng was frightened and a little confused.
"But that guy from Huang Long is calling?"
The person who reported the news did not know what kind of injury he suffered, and he was also unclear about the situation.
"I don't know where the officers and soldiers came from. Brothers can't resist them at all."
Li Jiucheng thought it was Huang Long coming to attack at night, so he was not afraid and shouted: "Come here, order your troops and horses, and follow me to kill Huang Long."
After a while, Li Jiuzheng gathered a team of 1,800 people and rushed out of the governor's Yamen.
As soon as I came to the street, I saw a large group of broken soldiers coming towards me.
Li Jiucheng waved his hand and fired, killing many of them. When the defeated soldiers saw it was him again, they were immediately shocked.
"Why are you panicking? Follow me and kill the enemy!"
Li Jiucheng was very satisfied with his ability to control his subordinates, but the next moment, he was frightened.
But in the distance, the sound of firecrackers and gunshots, like fried beans, swept across. Wherever they passed, the rebels were knocked down one after another like wind blowing through rice.
Li Jiucheng swore that he had never seen such intensive and intense firecracker attacks in his life.
While he was in shock, there were explosions on the street.
Many houses were blown down and many rebels were killed. The black and red air masses lit up the night sky and quickly destroyed the will of the rebels.
Li Jiucheng was also frightened, but he could not escape.
Since the rebellion, he has been elected as the commander-in-chief of the rebels. But those who have been fighting at the front are Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, and he is sitting in the rear of Dengzhou.
Now that the enemy is facing him, if he just runs away, how can he be the commander-in-chief in the future?
Thinking that the people around him were also fire gun soldiers, Li Jiucheng thought it would be a good match.
He quickly asked the soldiers to line up in two rows in the street. After loading the powder, they stared straight ahead.
The ones coming were the first division and three regiments.
The regiment leader Yu Lichun ran at the front and was also the first person to see the rebel array.
He blew the whistle quickly.
The soldiers who were still running quickly slowed down their pace and completed the formation at an extremely fast speed.
When Li Jiucheng across from him saw this scene, his heart dropped.
He was a veteran of the army, and he had never seen an army that was so fast in formation in his life.
Fortunately, our side has been in formation for a long time, so we can wait for work and have a greater chance of winning.
Li Jiucheng raised his heart and commanded loudly: "Don't panic, even Guan Ning's army is not our opponent, who should we be afraid of? Wait for the enemy to advance thirty steps and listen to my order before firing."
Then, his eyes were fixed on the enemy, assessing the distance between the two sides.
What he thought was that when the enemy approached, both sides would line up to shoot and compete with the enemy's firepower.
But the enemies were still a hundred steps away from them, so they all raised their firecrackers.
Seeing this scene, Li Jiuzheng was filled with questions.
It's so far away, what's the use?
At the same time, he still had another doubt.
Why are there no sparks on the enemy's blunderbuss?
The New Army didn't give him a chance to figure it out. Following Yu Lichun's order, the New Army opened fire a hundred meters away.
Hundreds of volleys of musketry fired like a single blast, and the soldiers around Li Jiucheng suddenly disappeared.
Li Jiucheng shivered and felt a wet patch in his crotch. He heard another dense burst of gunfire, and his soldiers lost one layer of their strength again.
At this time, everyone in the rebel army collapsed.
The fire cannons in their hands can only hit thirty steps, but the fire cannons on the opposite side are so powerful from a hundred steps away. This is a one-sided massacre.
The people who were still alive didn't think about anything, and didn't care about the sin of escaping from the battle, and they ran backwards.
Li Jiucheng?
He runs faster than anyone else.
They didn't even dare to return to the governor's office, so they escaped from Dengzhou City all the way through the west gate and ran towards Laizhou in the dark.
Although the weapons of the new army are more advanced, the soldiers run at the same speed as the rebels. So if Li Jiuzheng wants to run, they have no choice.
The rebels who remained in Dengzhou City all became the new army's meal.
At dawn, the battle in Dengzhou City was completely over.
The New Army killed a total of more than 3,100 people and captured more than 3,100 people, while only a few hundred rebels escaped. The most remarkable thing is that none of the warships of the Dengzhou Navy were damaged or escaped, and they all fell into the hands of the New Army.
The rebels never expected that they would defeat the official army in the front, but they would be beaten behind by others, and even the most important Dengzhou would be lost.
