The large Ming army has been following the Qing army at a distance. Because of the last ambush, they advanced very cautiously. Scouts were everywhere, for fear of a counterattack by the trapped Qing army.
Peng Jingrong carried a radio transceiver and acted with Yuan Chonghuan's Chinese army. Marshal Yuan was very interested in this novel gadget. He praised that hot air balloons are clairvoyants and radios are ears for the wind, and planned to order more than a dozen sets of hot air balloons.
When Addison's telegram was sent, Peng Jinrong was dozing off in the carriage with her headphones on. The bumpy carriage made her drowsy. The sudden radio signal pulled her out of her dreamland and interrupted the rapid long and short words.
The short ticking sound was copied on the paper, and then compared with the telegraph code book, it was found that the meaning conveyed by this set of signals was "Hundreds of thousands of people are marching urgently, Liu Ziguang."
Peng Jinrong immediately became nervous and handed the decoded telegram to Yuan Marshal. She covered her earphones and listened for a long time, but there was no follow-up information. I wonder if there was an accident on the airship or a radio failure? The eldest lady put it
As soon as I took off my headphones, I went to Yuan Chonghuan anxiously.
Yuan Chonghuan was watching the army advance from the hill beside the official road. A thick rope was tied to the carriage next to him. The other end of the rope was connected to a hot air balloon in the sky. The flag on the balloon made the officer see what he saw.
Use a loudspeaker to tell the officers below, and then pass the orders of the central army to the front, rear, left, and right armies with command flags. Each army is also equipped with hot air balloons dragged by carriages, and they use command flags and telescopes as communication tools.
The transmission of information is much faster than the previous use of gongs, drums and messengers.
Yuan Chonghuan read the telegram with only two words in his hand several times. "Hundreds of thousands of people marching in an urgent manner?" What does it have to do with the missing Liu Ziguang's troops? Is it the discovery of Liu Ziguang's troops? Or is it a telegram signed by Liu Ziguang? No matter what the reason, it is better to go first
Order the front troops to speed up.
Just as the flag officer on the hot air balloon passed the order to the former army in flag language, Peng Jingrong came to Yuan Chonghuan and expressed concern about the loss of radio signals. It happened that the former army also sent a signal, saying that it was based on the account of the captured Qing army.
: Jinan City seems to be no longer under the control of the Qing army. Based on the above information analysis, it is very likely that the troops who occupied Jinan City were Liu Ziguang's troops who disappeared from the battlefield.
"General Liu has less than 3,000 men under his command. With this small number of people, we are unable to defend Jinan." General Zhao Lijiao said worriedly.
"The Iron Guards are all elite soldiers and should be able to support them for a period of time..." Yuan Chonghuan said, stroking his beard. Unexpectedly, the emperor's favorite man was not only strong in martial arts, but also a wizard in marching and fighting. He actually copied it quietly.
The Tatars have a way out, and we have a successor in the military circles of the Ming Dynasty.
This was an excellent opportunity. Yuan Chonghuan, who was initially unhappy with Liu Ziguang's disobedience to his orders, immediately ordered the cavalry troops of the front army to march urgently. They must rush to Jinan as quickly as possible, and the entire front army must throw away all their baggage.
When attacking Jinan, the troops marching on the left and right should also send cavalry to coordinate the operation, trying to reach Jinan City before it is breached, and encircle and annihilate the Qing army's effective forces.
At this time, the former army troops were already marching in the Changqing area. After receiving the orders conveyed by the hot air balloons, Zu Dashou led his cavalry to Jinan without hesitation. The large troops behind also dropped all kinds of equipment and ran forward, wearing blankets.
Tents, food and grass were scattered all over the place, and they would naturally be contained when the team behind them came over.
"The Han people's things are really evil. They can fly and explode. It would be great if our Qing Dynasty could build tens of thousands of them. The colorful world of Jiangnan is not yet at our fingertips. It's a pity that they let it blow up. What a pity." Seeing it.
Airship crashes and explodes
, Suksaha couldn't help but sigh.
"What's so difficult about this? Just catch that birdman. Once he's sentenced to death, you'll have to use all kinds of spells." Obai pointed at Addison, who was driving a parafoil in the distance. He was completely immune to technological knowledge.
I still thought that the airship relied on magic spells to fly.
Addison really lacked the experience of flying a paramotor. He flew crookedly, and the level kept falling. He was about to miss the city wall of Jinan. He was so anxious that he pulled the control stick randomly, and the more he pulled, the more chaotic he was. The parafoil rubbed against the city wall.
Passing by, heading towards the fields to the east of the city.
"Boys, take down the birdman and remember to keep him alive!" Suk Saha gave the order, and a group of cavalry roared out and chased the birdman in the sky, just like those chasing a Frisbee.
Excited as a hound.
Liu Ziguang discovered from the telescope that the person on the airship was Addison. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. This kid was a genius worth more than three thousand troops. How could he rush into battle and miss so many inventions?
Who else could they count on? Everyone also realized that the person flying over was one of their own. When Addison and the city wall missed him, everyone screamed anxiously. It would be a disaster if he fell outside the city.
"Li Yan, you take command, I'll go rescue people." Liu Ziguang grabbed a bow and half a pot of arrows and ran along the city wall towards the east gate. He had already seen the Qing army sending cavalry towards Addison, and now he wanted to grab it from the tiger's mouth.
Of course, the city gate could not be opened. He jumped directly from the city wall and reached the ground by picking up the uneven bricks with his hands. The Qing army that was feigning an attack in front of the east gate had already moved to the north gate.
Now, there is no one outside the city. From a distance, I saw Addison falling into a crop field, and I don't know how he fell into it.
Liu Ziguang ran as fast as he could. When the cavalry team running from the south saw him as a lone infantryman, they fired arrows at him one after another. Liu Ziguang fired back with arrows as he ran. Every arrow was sure to hit. He shot each other from a distance in two strokes. Waiting until Liu Ziguang finished half a pot of arrows.
By the end, half of the cavalry had fallen from their horses.
It was Liu Ziguang who was faster and found Addison first. The birdman made an emergency landing in a wheat field. His paraglider fell to pieces and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Even at this critical moment of life and death, he still knew how to protect his back.
The radio station on the Internet would rather use its own body as a human cushion to protect this valuable high-tech product.
As soon as Liu Ziguang ran to Addison, the Qing army's horses arrived. The remaining ten or so Qing soldiers stopped firing arrows. They wanted to kill Liu Ziguang alive and capture Addison alive.
But when a dozen or so people gathered around, something unexpected happened to Addison. As soon as these vicious guys saw Liu Ziguang's face, they showed strange expressions, froze in unison, and then their faces spasmed and their muscles tensed.
The hands holding the knife also trembled violently, as if they were having a heart attack. Then one of them suddenly turned his horse and ran away, shouting "Drive!" His voice seemed to be crying, and the others fled in a hurry.
He ran away, leaving Ai DiSheng and Liu ZiGuang looking at each other.
"Why did they run?" Addison asked.
"I don't know, maybe you know me." Liu Ziguang put the Baihong knife back into its sheath and shrugged.
The Qing soldiers who fled in a hurry talked to each other in trembling voices.
"Isn't that man the most powerful general in the Southern Dynasty who chased Prince Rui and lost his armor?"
"That's right. I've seen it clearly. It's absolutely true. Even a man as fierce as our Mr. Mangniu Beile was beheaded by him."
"No wonder he shot half of our brothers to death from such a distance. It turned out to be him. Fortunately, he recognized him, otherwise we wouldn't be enough for him to kill."
A dozen Qing soldiers were immediately grateful to have saved their lives. None of them dared to look back. They just beat their horses fiercely, hoping to get as far away from the devil as possible.
At the south gate, four thousand-man teams of the Qing army were holding the ladders and waiting for the order to attack the city. The three thousand-man teams in front were shooting arrows at the city wall frantically, each shooting four, for a total of 12,000 black arrows.
Flying towards the city wall, this was the fire suppression before the general attack. I originally wanted to throw some more poisonous smoke balls, but there were only a few of those precious and valuable things, and the last wave had already destroyed everything.
More than 10,000 arrows pierced Jinan's South Gate Tower like a hedgehog. Fortunately, the defenders hid in time so no major casualties were caused. Looking at the thousands of echelon soldiers below who were ready to go, Li Yan, who had always been calm and composed, couldn't help but
After wiping a cold sweat, it seemed that the city was defeated in an instant. Only a thousand of the 2,500 people could persist in fighting, and they had to be assigned to the four gates for defense. Even if some more people were deployed just now, Nan
The gate's defenders still did not exceed five hundred.
Unable to withstand it, he had no choice but to fight in the street. Li Yan sighed. Although that person was very righteous, he was too soft-hearted. It seemed that he was not someone who could do great things.
The tough men in the death camp looked indifferently at the Qing army advancing to the beat of the drums. They also understood that the city could not be defended. If they could not defend the city wall, they would engage in street fighting. So what if they all died? Originally, they were in the Li country.
Everyone died in the city, but now that I have lived for a few more months and killed so many people, it is worth it!
The Iron Guards also looked indifferent. They were all Han Chinese. It was natural for Han Chinese to fight against Tatars. Anyway, a thousand green soldiers fought side by side with them. Now they have lost almost all of them. They were composed of citizens.
The volunteer team was basically all dead, with less than a hundred people left. Now everyone stood together and no longer distinguished each other. Everyone was covered in blood and their faces were hideous. It was hard to tell which battalion they belonged to.
"Brother, do you think we can be buried in the cemetery by Daming Lake when we die?" a soldier from the death battalion asked Tiewei.
"Definitely. We will still be called Jinan's 2,500 Martyrs. From now on, storytellers in teahouses will have to tell our jokes." The Iron Guards who answered were soldiers from the Tiger Wing Battalion. Originally, there was still some distance between them and the Death Battalion.
Now it has disappeared as we fight side by side.
"Fellow, our Jinan is a really nice place. It's not bad to die here, but it's a pity that I haven't married yet." An iron guard said to the volunteer team members beside him.
"You're not going to die, Marshal Liu said, didn't he? The reinforcements will be here soon. Once the Tatars are defeated, brother, I will help you find a wife in Jinan." This volunteer team member is a bodyguard. Not only is his martial arts good, but his character is also standard.
Shandong style boldness.
Just when everyone was talking and laughing and looking back at death, there was an uproar in the city. A large number of people led by Lu Chengfeng came to the city to support them. After several forced conquests by the Qing army, there were not many strong men left in Jinan City. Now those who appeared at the top of the city
They were all half-grown children, strong women with big feet, and some old men with fairly nimble legs and feet.
"Didn't you come here to die? How tall is this child?" Li Yan frowned and asked, gesturing at the height of a seven or eight-year-old child holding a brick.
"The Qing army will inevitably massacre when they break the city. Instead of being slaughtered while kneeling, it is better to die in a dignified battle! The Tatars kill people no matter how tall they are, even babies." Lu Chengfeng said impassionedly.
The common people silently picked up the weapons from the corpses and stood together with the soldiers. These people were usually just traffickers, craftsmen and farmers at the bottom of society, but when facing death, they were as calm and brave as the battle-hardened soldiers.
This is because the previous massacres and the oppression and bullying of the Manchus in ordinary times have tempered their character.
Li Yan didn't speak, and neither did the soldiers. They just straightened their armor, wiped their swords and guns, and let the women and children fill the vacant battle positions. The same scene might have been played out in Jinan ten years ago.
A great hero like Governor Sun is buried in the same cemetery. He can leave his name in history like the 800 martyrs of Jinan. So why not die!
Seeing the countless heads that suddenly appeared on the top of Jinan City, the leaders of the first wave of Qing army's ladder soldiers were slightly surprised, and then grinned. The Han people pulled women and children up the city wall, and their troops were exhausted to the extreme.
It seems that this attack will definitely break through the south gate.
When the first batch of ladders were erected on the city wall, thundering horse hooves and thunderous killing sounds were heard in the distance. Three billows of smoke and dust rose in the south, and the bright Ming army battle flags danced in the smoke.