The sudden appearance of a figure on the city wall startled Zhang Zuolin, who was leading dozens of soldiers and carrying boxes of iron and antimony as they quietly moved towards the city. He quickly raised his hand to stop his men, and a group of people followed closely.
He crouched down on the ground, his gray cloak covering the gray ground, forming an excellent camouflage.
He had just come from Fujian for reinforcements. Perhaps because he was from the Northeast, he was personally named by Governor Yang to join this operation. Of course, he did not know that Yang Feng was only interested in his name. In fact, at this time he found out among the Zhongyong Army
There are several familiar names, such as Yu Xuezhong's father Yu Wenfu, and Mi Zhenbiao who was in the Yi Army together. It is a pity that the three heroes of Beiyang are now under Li Hongzhang, otherwise he could have established a Beiyang army.
A large gathering of warlords.
Yiketang'a was famous in the Northeast. When he thought of going to sneak attack Marshal Yi, who was known as General Tiger, Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but feel a little excited. He stared at the two figures at the top of the city and cursed secretly.
, to be honest, he really didn’t expect that there would be people in Ningyuan County who were so bored that they came out to patrol at this time.
However, the two people at Iketanga at the top of the city did not notice anything unusual outside. In the bare winter wilderness under the moonlight, it was simply unbelievable to find more than 30 people who were almost integrated with the ground more than 200 meters away, but the two
He had no intention of leaving. Magistrate Ningyuan was a very talkative person, and he wanted to go all out to curry favor with him, so he had a very interesting chat with Iketang'a.
Zhang Zuolin was anxious outside if they didn't leave. A whole brigade of people were waiting behind him! If he kept those guys waiting for an hour in such a cold weather, he didn't know how much trouble they would cause when they went back. He waved his hand gently,
The group of soldiers began to approach slowly. They took a few steps and paused to see the reaction on the wall. If nothing happened, they walked a few more steps and saw the reaction again. They were like a group of wild wolves ambushing their prey. Almost a moment passed like this.
Zhong, finally arrived at the moat.
At this time, the county magistrate suddenly looked down at the city in confusion, and Yiketang'a asked casually: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. Maybe I remembered it wrongly. I remember that there were no stones there originally, but there seems to be a pile of stones." The county magistrate said. Dozens of people squatting there with their heads lowered and covered with cloaks did indeed look like a pile of stones.
Pile of stones.
After all, Yiktang'a was a veteran who had fought with him on the battlefield since the days of the Monk King. He immediately realized that there was a problem and took out his own pistol without hesitation. Just as he was about to take aim, Zhang Zuolin looked up to peek at him.
On the contrary, although the distance was still tens of meters away, he immediately recognized that it was a living person, and there was no need to think about who it was at this time.
"Enemy attack!" Iketanga yelled and immediately pulled the trigger.
"Charge over!" Zhang Zuolin roared almost at the same time as him. At the moment when the bullets flew past his ears, he raised the latest submachine gun in his hand, and the dense bullets immediately whizzed towards the city head, with dozens of people around him.
Under the cover of submachine guns in the hands of twenty escort soldiers, an engineer carrying a zhayao ran like crazy across the knee-deep moat. However, the thin ice on the river greatly affected their speed. Zhang Zuolin was anxious to see it.
Of course, this is just a minor trouble. The nearest defenders are also under the city. It will probably take at least two minutes to wake up from bed and get up to rush to the top. There is only one gun on the wall and it is pressed down by a submachine gun. So those
The engineers successfully crossed the moat, piled 200 kilograms of antimony to the base of the wall, installed timed detonators, and then turned around and ran back in a hurry.
At this time, the city was already in chaos. The lights were on everywhere and countless soldiers poured out of their homes. Many of them didn't even bother to put on their clothes. They grabbed their weapons and ran towards the Chunhe Gate where gunshots were heard. The nearest ones had already begun to climb the city.
, and the attacking troops hidden in a forest 500 meters away also rushed out after the sound of gunshots. They surged through the wilderness under the moonlight and were hidden behind the female wall. They were hit by dense bullets from submachine guns.
Iketang'a, who couldn't lift his head, was frightened.
As soon as he thought about this formation, he knew that he had been attacked by Yang Feng's main force, but the question was how did they come from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan silently? He lacked maritime awareness, and it was difficult for him to think of Yang Feng's famous landing ships.
"Sir, the thieves are retreating!" The county magistrate suddenly came over and said. It's hard for him, a scholar, not to be frightened at this time. In fact, Iketang'a didn't know that there were so many bandits in the mountainous areas to the west. As a county magistrate here, he usually has a lot of courage.
I got a lot of exercise, otherwise I wouldn’t dare to look outside in this situation.
Iketang'a quickly and quietly poked his head out. Although he was hit back by machine gun bullets from a distance immediately, he did understand that the enemy who touched the city was running back like crazy. He was only slightly stunned, and then his face changed drastically.
, he grabbed the county magistrate who didn't know what was going on, and ran along the city wall at a speed completely inconsistent with his sixty-year-old age, regardless of the machine gun bullets whizzing by. Yang Feng was notorious for his habit of piling up objects and blowing them up.
Far and wide.
"Go back!" Iketang'a shouted at the oncoming subordinates as he ran, but the ones on this side were stopped by him, but those on the other side didn't know anything. Hundreds of soldiers braved the fire from a distance.
The machine gun bullets rushed towards the female wall, and then he started shooting out with his rifle. Zhang Zuolin, who had already run more than 200 meters, estimated the time and plunged into the pit next to him without hesitation.
Iketanga, who was running wildly, suddenly heard a loud noise like earth shattering behind him, and almost the same huge force hit his back. It was like being hit by a frightened war horse. He threw himself out and stood on the city wall.
He rolled several times on the hard road before he stopped, and then he felt countless gravel falling down. He squatted against the parapet with his head in his hands, and did not raise his head again until the rain of gravel stopped.
Looking back at the original position behind him, a section of the city wall that was tens of meters long had disappeared, leaving only a pile of debris piled there. The huge gap looked particularly weird in the moonlight, and just outside the city,
Countless enemy troops are swarming over.
At this time, the county magistrate appeared, shouting in panic with his mouth wide open. There was blood on his forehead, but Iketang'a couldn't hear a word of what he shouted. The sixty-year-old veteran was impatient.
He pushed him away, then raised his pistol and shouted at the frightened soldiers beside him: "Rush up and throw grenades to block the gap!"
At this moment, his hearing suddenly recovered, and he heard an officer with a yellow belt scream: "The city is broken!"
Then the guy turned around and ran away. Iketang'a raised his hand and shot him down without hesitation, and then roared: "Block the gap, and those who escape will be killed on the spot."
The soldiers then hesitantly rushed towards the gap, but after taking only a few steps, they were suppressed by machine guns in the distance and fell to the ground one by one, refusing to move forward. By this time, the attacking forward had already crossed the moat, but
However, we encountered some troubles. A group of Qing reinforcements arrived just in time, and fired a volley of gunfire, causing more than a dozen casualties in an instant.
But then the submachine guns here opened fire, and the dense bullets knocked the Qing army on the opposite side into pieces. Soldiers with rifles began to swarm in. At the same time, countless grenades were thrown to both sides, and with the dense explosion
As soon as the sound was heard, the new recruits under Iketanga who had just formed an army no longer had the courage to resist. They screamed and fled from the gap one by one. Iketanga killed five or six of them without stopping them.
With all the bullets in his gun, Yi Shuai sighed helplessly. Fortunately, he could still fight in the street. He knew very well that the Zhongyong Army could not occupy Ningyuan. Yang Feng had not openly torn off his own painting. Attacking him would be true.
, used the cover of night to make a sneak attack, inflicting serious damage on himself, and then evacuated after daybreak, and then he could not admit what he had done. In other words, as long as he persisted until dawn, these people would naturally retreat.
It's a pity that he knows that, but his soldiers don't know that most of these people are soldiers and just make a living. How many of them have the courage to resist resolutely? Coupled with the frightened people, the whole Ningyuan City was crying at this time.
There was a chaotic scene of fathers calling for mothers, and the Qing troops scattered everywhere were running around like headless flies. Soon someone smart discovered that there were no enemy troops in the other three directions. If this was the case, they shouldn't run away quickly.
Before Iketang'a could go to the county government to direct the street fighting, his soldiers had already poured out of the west and north gates and began to flee the city. After learning the news, Iketang'a was so angry that he almost fainted.
However, he was so angry that there was nothing he could do. The soldiers of the Zhongyong Army were advancing towards the county government at an extremely fast speed. Most of the Qing troops in front of them could be said to have collapsed at the first touch. They were driven away by grenades, automatic pistols, and bayonets and fled without their lives.
Especially those submachine guns that imitated the Shasha and were equipped with large drum magazines. They were like brooms cleaning up the Qing troops in front of them on the narrow streets.
"Commander, leave quickly. If you don't leave, the enemy will attack the county government." Yuan Shoushan's younger brother Yongshan said sincerely. Originally, he died on the battlefield of Sino-Japanese War, but now he is serving as Yike.
The standard of Tang A's personal soldiers.
"Why don't we go? I want to see what those thieves can do to me!" Iketang'a shouted with a bit of anger. He was really unwilling to lose this battle. As long as his soldiers have some courage, let alone defeat the enemy.
There is absolutely no problem in holding on until dawn.
How could Yuan Yongshan be in the mood to care about his temper? If he didn't leave, they would really come knocking on his door. Who knows what would happen then. As soon as he waved his hand, the soldiers next to him immediately rushed forward. Ignoring Iketang'a's angry roar, they directly picked him up.
He got up, got into a carriage, rushed north out of the city gate, and fled in a hurry. (To be continued...)