After the mobilization of troops and horses in the city was completed, it was already dark. The bandits outside the city had set up piles of bonfires. The bandits were sitting in groups and eating. Han Baihang gave an order and opened fire to the east and south.
He personally led a suicide squad of more than 130 people out of the south gate, and Zhou Qing led a suicide squad of more than 150 people out of the east gate. The two suicide squads rushed out like a whirlwind, like hungry tigers pounced on the opening.
of bandit soldiers.
At the same time, the soldiers and civilians who had been ordered by Han Baihang earlier shouted to kill in unison on the city tower. The killing sound suddenly started to shake the world. The bandits never expected that the defenders would dare to leave the city. In panic, they dropped the dishes and chopsticks and hurriedly used their guns to fight back.
By that time, the death squads had already rushed in front of the bandit army. Various machine rifles opened fire violently, knocking the bandit soldiers off their feet.
Zhensanguan and other bandits first opened Xiaozao. When they were having a hot meal, they suddenly saw the defenders leaving the city for a sneak attack. They hurriedly ordered the troops to fight back. However, what they encountered was Han Baihang, who was very good at chasing and expanding the victory, and did not give Zhensanguan any chance.
With a chance to breathe, he chased the bandit army for several miles in one breath and made a lot of gains.
Han Baihang was deeply afraid of the danger of going deep into the city alone, so he did not fight to expand his victory. He only chased for more than ten miles and quickly broke away from the battle and returned to the city. Not long after he retreated to the city, Zhou Qing also led the death squad back to the city. After sending people to count the battle damage, the death squad
The casualties were less than a hundred, and the bandit casualties were estimated to be around four to five hundred. It was considered a great victory.
Despite the considerable victory, Han Baihang was not complacent. He knew that this sneak attack only damaged the bandits' fur, far from breaking their bones. The bandits were unwilling to fail and would definitely make a comeback. This time they would face many challenges.
An injured and vindictive hungry wolf had to be treated with care.
Han Baihang judged that it would be some time before the bandits could retreat, so he used this time to send people to reorganize the entire city's troops. Of course, this reorganization did not have the refinement of regular military reorganization. It just disrupted and reorganized people under the command of officers and soldiers.
And bound by military orders, in order to establish his authority and facilitate his command, he took the opportunity to behead a few disobedient thorns, and reluctantly formed a temporary regiment of more than 2,000 people, divided into five battalions, and stationed at the four city gates.
With the platoon leaders of the officers and soldiers as commanders, they waited for the bandits to attack.
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After retreating a full fifteen miles, Zhensanguan saw that there were no more pursuers, so he stopped the chaotic team. After checking the losses, he found that his team had lost as many as 500 people, including the dead and wounded and those who had escaped. He then
Angry and resentful, he gathered his troops and horses and rested for a while, then rushed back to Yongcheng and surrounded Yongcheng. Just when he was about to give the order to attack, a white flag suddenly stood up on the top of the city. After waving it a few times,
, someone shouted on the top of the city: "People below the city, please listen, we, Captain Han, want to talk to your boss."
Zhen Sanguan snorted coldly. Although he fell into the trap of becoming a bandit, he never felt that he was a bandit, otherwise he would not call himself the commander. Hearing this, he loudly replied: "I am the commander of the East Henan Autonomous Army, not a big boss.
I also want to meet someone named Han."
After hearing this, Han Baihang showed up and was not afraid of hidden attacks by the bandits. He said loudly: "Deputy Commander Chen, you are a dignified soldier. Why are you willing to become a bandit? I advise you to retreat quickly and stop harming the people."
He had already learned the origin of Zhensanguan from the captured bandits. The name of Zhensanguan was Chen Zuowu. He was once the deputy commander of the 17th Mixed Brigade of the Anhui Army. It was only because Shangguan embezzled military pay that he angrily led his troops to mutiny.
, had no choice but to become a bandit. He deliberately called Zhen Sanguan Deputy Commander Chen to deliberately humiliate him.
Hearing this, Zhen Sanguan was furious and said: "Han, please don't be arrogant. I'll wait until I rush into the city to see if you can be tough or not."
Han Baihang laughed and said: "Deputy Commander Chen, I have five thousand elite soldiers in the city. It will be difficult for you to enter the city. To tell you the truth, the reinforcements sent by Governor Zhao are about to arrive. I'm afraid if you don't leave now, wait.
When I want to leave, I can’t leave anymore.”
Zhen Sanguan raised his head and smiled, and said sarcastically: "Han, the five thousand elite soldiers you talk about came from your mother's belly, right? Huh, you can't scare me. Besides, I'm better than reinforcements."
You know better that it will take two days at the earliest. If there is a delay on the road, it will take three to five days. You can't even expect anyone to come and save you."
Han Baihang was not upset even if his hide was exposed. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Chen's memory is too bad. The person I chased and fled just now was you. I defeated you easily, so there was no need for anyone else to save him."
Zhen Sanguan said angrily: "Don't laugh too early, come here, attack me!"
Just as the bandits were about to make a move, Han Baihang shouted: "Wait a minute, Deputy Commander Chen wants to attack the city, why bother doing it now? I have something else to say to you."
"Don't talk nonsense. It's not too late to wait until I catch you."
With a wave of Zhensanguan's big arm, the bandit troops surged towards the city walls like a tide, attacking the city with ants. However, they continued to attack all night until midnight, and still failed to break into the city wall. The morale of the bandit army was even lower.
On the city, whenever the bandit army retreated without success after attacking, Han Baihang would send soldiers with loud voices to laugh at Zhensanguan, which made Zhensanguan so angry that he sent people crazy to attack the city. Later, Zhensanguan also knew about it.
Han Baihang deliberately provoked him and did not continue to be fooled. Instead, he withdrew his troops several miles away and sent people to guard him to prevent the defenders from leaving the city to attack again.
Zhensanguan gathered the bandit leaders to hold a military meeting. Everyone in the military meeting looked very gloomy and said nothing. Zhensanguan glanced at everyone gloomily and said: "The enemy's reinforcements are coming, what are they left for us?"
Time is running out, let’s all talk about how we can capture Yongcheng.”
The bandit leaders lowered their heads after hearing this. They had never thought it was difficult to capture a city before, but today they encountered Yongcheng and felt that they were helpless. The guard Han Baihang was really powerful. He burned the supplies first and then launched a sneak attack. Since he defended the city,
After entering the city, there were even fewer opportunities to break into the city. The team was already exhausted, and no one wanted to fight against the hard rock of Yongcheng.
When Zhen Sanguan saw that the bandit leaders were silent, he felt angry and helpless in his heart. He felt powerless. After being silent for a long time, he finally compromised and said in a hoarse voice, "It was my fault in command that led to the defeat in this battle. If we fight again, I will fight forever."
The city is of little significance. Commander, I will follow your suggestion and attack Zhe City and avenge the city later."
The bandit leaders were visibly relieved when they heard that Zhensanguan was no longer attacking the city. Seeing this, Zhensanguan became even more depressed, and everyone discussed the withdrawal of troops.
Han Baihang vaguely noticed signs of the bandit army retreating, but he couldn't see the enemy's movements at night, so he could only guard the city gate and observe closely. After half an hour, there was no bandit attack. He thought that the bandit army would not withdraw.
, hurriedly sent people out of the city to see, and sure enough, the bandits had already disappeared. He immediately ordered the entire army to go out of the city to pursue the bandits. But when he rode his horse and whipped his army out of the city, Xu Wangtang came with a large group of gentry and wealthy people.
Han Baihang turned his horse's head, looked at Xu Wangtang, frowned and said: "Mr. Xu, judging from the score of the poor bandit Mo Chai, please get out of the way quickly. If you delay the bandit, he will run away."
Xu Wangtang shook his head and said: "Captain Han, don't be greedy for merit and seek perfection. Who knows whether the bandits will cheat or not? It's better to guard the city strictly. We don't seek merit but seek no fault." Then he looked at the large gentry and said:
"Can you tell me if this is true?"
"Yes, Mr. Xu's words make sense!" the gentry all agreed.
Han Baihang suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will only take half of the troops out of the city, and the remaining troops will be handed over to Mr. Xu. As long as the city gate is strictly guarded, even if the bandits try to trick me, I can rush back to the rescue quickly. This time
If the bandits are not wiped out, they will come back next time."
However, the gentry gritted their teeth and refused to agree to Han Baihang's pursuit out of the city. When the stalemate was in progress, Mei Changyuan came with Secretary-General He Ruiliang and his party. He seemed to be addicted to acting as a peacemaker in the past few days, and he persuaded the gentry to give in as soon as he came.
, and after a long tug, the gentry relaxed and agreed to Han Baihang to pursue them, but by this time it had been more than forty minutes since the bandits withdrew.
It was useless to pursue them at this time. Han Baihang pointed his riding crop at the gentry angrily and yelled: "A bunch of short-sighted people. Next time the bandits come to fight, let's see who can keep you safe."