Chapter 355: Offensive and Defensive Battle of Dengzhou (5)
The south city gate was finally opened due to the unremitting efforts of the soldiers who entered the city. // Free e-book download // The Ming army staying at the door swarmed in under the leadership of Jiang Cheng. When he saw another Ming army entering the city, Chen Zhongzhi
Bubuhe Huang inspired them to waste more words, and immediately went down to the city with his soldiers to join Jiang Cheng's troops to chase down the rebels who fled towards Shuicheng.
The battle in Beicheng became more and more intense. Finally, several soldiers of the Liaodong Army attacked the city wall. Seeing this, some young military attachés from the Liaodong Army, such as Wu Sangui and Zu Kuan, personally led the attack on the city.
The small stream that the Ming army broke through on the north wall immediately turned into a big gap. Li Yingyuan's rebels discovered that Kong Youde and his companions were escaping to Shuicheng. They had no intention of fighting at all, so they all took advantage of the opportunity and ran down the city wall to escape to Shuicheng.
go.
Li Yingyuan also turned around and started to run away. At this time, there were only three or five soldiers left around him. Li Yingyuan did not dare to look back at all. He hurriedly ran down the stairs to the city wall, for fear that he would be attacked.
The Liaodong Army on the city wall was entangled.
Li Yingyuan only heard screams one after another behind him. Those voices were all very familiar. They were all soldiers he had been with day and night. So Li Yingyuan's footsteps became faster. When there were still two or three steps left, he was about to go down the city wall.
, suddenly, Li Yingyuan heard a gust of wind behind him, and then he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder, so Li Yingyuan immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Li Yingyuan struggled to turn over, but was immediately pressed to the ground by a group of Liaodong Army soldiers. During the struggle, Li Yingyuan's helmet also fell off, and his long hair fell down, making him look particularly embarrassed.
A soldier of the Liaodong Army grabbed Li Yingyuan's hair, and together with several other Liaodong Army soldiers who grabbed Li Yingyuan's hands, they lifted Li Yingyuan from the ground and escorted him to a military attaché of the Liaodong Army.
Li Yingyuan felt that the bones in his right shoulder must have been shattered, and he grimaced in pain. He also knew the military attaché of the Liaodong Army in front of him. He was Zu Kuan who shot and killed Li Yingyuan's father, Li Jiucheng, with an arrow.
You can't lose when you lose. Li Yingyuan stiffened his neck and yelled at Zu Kuan: "You son of a bitch, if you have the guts, give me a good time!"
Zu Kuan raised his leg and kicked Li Yingyuan in the lower abdomen. Then he stepped forward and patted Li Yingyuan's right cheek and said, "I killed your father first, and now I've caught you, a bastard. Don't worry, I won't kill you now.
I want to send you to the capital, and see you cut into pieces at Caishikou! Hahahaha! Take it away!"
Amid Li Yingyuan's series of angry curses, a group of soldiers from the Liaodong Army swarmed up, tied him up, and took him down. Zu Kuan immediately ordered: "Hold on tight, those Shandong dogs have already stolen our first victory.
Now we must also catch the Kong thief and the Geng thief together, so as not to disgrace our Guan Ning cavalry."
However, no matter how fast the Liaodong Army moved, it could not move faster than the coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, who had already entered the city for a long time. Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's movements were quite slow. Most of the rebels who had not yet withdrawn into Shuicheng and those who had escaped from the north wall were
They intercepted it.
Seeing that the situation was not good, a large number of rebels surrendered to the Ming army of Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng. They did not dare to surrender to the Liaodong Army. In Liaodong at that time, the contradiction between the rebels from Dongjiang Town and the Liaodong Army was too deep
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What made Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng even more excited was that before the rebels had time to move into Shuicheng, several cargo warehouses fell into their hands. In addition, there was an unexpected trophy, which was in an area composed of dozens of private houses.
, found nearly 500 ragged young women imprisoned by the rebels.
But at this time, the Liaodong Army also came over, and Qiu Lei's troops also entered the city. When they saw these prisoners and goods, the three Ming armies immediately seemed to be red-eyed. They started to snatch prisoners and goods.
The three Ming army reinforcements were so fast! Everyone was a Scud, and everyone was Wu Erlang. If Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian hadn't rushed into Dengzhou City in time, maybe these three Ming armies would have
There was going to be a fight on the spot under the noses of the rebels.
After all, this is because Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing ate so much that they didn't even leave a morsel of soup for the other Ming troops. It wasn't until Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian ordered the warehouses to be kept and distributed on their behalf that the three Ming troops
Only then did the hostility stop angrily.
But while the Ming army was confronting each other, the chaotic rebels also took this time to organize themselves. By the time the Ming army was organized again, the rebels had long been waiting on the city walls of Shuicheng. But this time Wu Shigong
and Liu Zeqing, the two "experts in picking up leaks," were already on the blacklist of all civil and military officials of the Ming army, so they were all excluded from the ranks of the Ming army attacking Shuicheng this time.
Although Wu Shigong also entered the city, he and Runing's army did not go to the confrontation place to dazzle at all. Anyway, Wu Shigong had absolute trust in Liu Zeqing. What could anyone who dared to play tricks with Sheng Yangong do at this time?
Will you make soft eggs?
Wu Shigong first asked the Runing Army to seize the Western artillery mounted on the wall of the West City. Sadly, the Western artillery sold to Sun Yuanhua by the Portuguese at that time were all ship guns and fortress guns. The power was enough, but it was difficult to
It is impossible to move, even turn the muzzle of the cannon to bombard the water city.
And later, after Qiu Lei's Ming army climbed to the west city wall, they did not allow Runing's army to move. So in the end, Wu Shigong concentrated all the manpower and horse power to transport four six-pound cannons and drag them back to the south city.
However, artillery with smaller calibers was greatly harvested. A total of twenty-seven one-pound artillery pieces were seized. This can also be seen how thorough and crazy Sun Yuanhua's firearms reform was at that time!
The others are the tools and gunpowder and shells needed for artillery. Wu Shigong, regardless of whether they are useful or not, just put these things in one pot. There are even more firecrackers and thrown weapons. Most of these are also used.
Runing's army grabbed it. Those who entered the city first really took advantage of it!
While the soldiers of the Runing Army were busy, Wu Shigong himself was not idle either. He was appeasing Huang Qifa and Commander Song.
"You don't have to worry. Since you have surrendered to me, I will protect you. Think about it for yourself first. If you are willing to stay with me, then I will make arrangements for you. If you are not willing,
I will also send you to the governor and military supervisor, so that they can reward you for your merits."
After deliberation for a while, Huang Qifa led his 230 or so soldiers to join Wu Shigong. General Song, with more than 500 rebels, decided to surrender to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.
In fact, this choice is not difficult to make. It must be whoever has the highest official position. It goes without saying that the official positions of Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian and Wu Shigong are so different from each other in this small capital.
And Huang Qifai also hesitated for a long time before deciding to take refuge in Wu Shigong. The reason why he finally took refuge in Wu Shigong was mainly because Wu Shigong's superb performance in the last negotiation was too powerful to shock Huang Qifai's soul. In modern words, it is often said
In the words used: What Huang Qifai was interested in was not Wu Shigong's official position, but Wu Shigong the person.
Wu Shigong did not break his promise. He first sent people to send General Song and others away, and then began to arrange for Huang Qifa.
"I will guarantee your personal safety. Your private property will be kept safe by me. If you still want to be a soldier, you can join my Runing Army. However, my Runing Army has very high requirements.
Only those who pass the assessment can get full salary."
"You can also inquire. I have never been in arrears with my military pay for the Runing Army and paid it in full. But being my soldier is not easy. You have to abide by discipline and endure hardship. Anyway, if you are willing to be a soldier
, you can try it for three months first, and then make a decision. I promise that you can come and go freely."
"Those who do not want to be soldiers can each receive twenty taels of silver to find their own way out. You can also follow me to Runing without any money, and each person can rent twenty acres of my land. As long as I am in office for one day, the land rent will be
It’s a fixed fee of 10%. Anyway, you can choose by yourself.”
"As for you military attachés, to be honest, I am just a governor, and it is impossible to assign you too high an official position. Let me just talk about you, Mr. Huang Qian. At most, one of you will hold the position of general."
Wu Shigong looked at Huang Qiqi's ugly face, and then said: "It sounds like my conditions are very harsh. But there is one good thing about following me. I never break my promise, so it should be your absolute responsibility."
It's yours. As for the salary, the total military pay of my officer, the Runing Army, is far more than the military pay of Qian Zongzong of the Ming Army. Of course, we in the Runing Army definitely don't have such extra money as empty pay. How to choose?
Anyway, Mr. Huang Qian will take care of it."
After saying that, Wu Shigong left. He left Yu Ji with Huang Qiqai, preparing for Huang Qiqifai's questions in case. In Wu Shigong's view, if Huang Qiqifai and other rebels could stay, that would be fine.
Well, if you can't stay, that doesn't matter. To be honest, Wu Shigong felt that his conditions were too superior.
Of course, Huang Qifai felt dissatisfied with this condition. But he had no choice. Now it was impossible to surrender to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian all the time. So Huang Qifai had no choice but to get on Wu Shigong's boat.
Wu Shigong gave these rebels enough time to discuss. It was not until that night that the rebels came up with the results. Only about 80 people were willing to stay. And everyone who wanted to leave had to pay for it.
Once you get used to living in Jian Shang, it is impossible to become a farmer again.
Wu Shigong had these unwilling rebels sent to the main camp of the Henan Army, and then simply organized the remaining people into a company.
Huang Qifai definitely didn't want to become a civilian like this, so he temporarily served as the company commander of the company and was awarded the general title. Wu Shigong didn't get the consent of Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, so he just talked to himself.
Huang Qiqi's rebels have been arranged.
Wu Shigong was busy collecting, while Liu Zeqing was busy counting the seized property. The gold and silver jewelry seized from the captured rebels were not included in the hands, and it was impossible for Liu Zeqing to hand over all the goods in the warehouse to Zhu
Ceremony and Gao Qiqian. In addition, there were armors, muskets and weapons. The only regret was that when the rebels fled in a hurry, they rode away all the horses. This time the coalition forces of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing did not capture a single weapon.
