Guihua City is not too far from Tianjin, about 1,200 miles.
After learning from Wang Pu that the Eight Shanxi Merchants were hiding their associates in Guihua City, Li Zhi immediately dispatched 5,000 cavalrymen from the Selective Division to attack them. The 5,000 cavalrymen set out from Tianjin with 7,000 grain and grass carriages and headed west, finally ending in
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, we arrived at the Mongolian Guihua City, which was later known as Hohhot.
Guihua City was occupied by the Chahar tribe of Mongolia at this time. The Chahar tribe has a long history. In the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it was a tribe directly under the Mongolian Khan. The lords of each tribe have always been held by descendants of the "Golden Family". They are the most important people on the Mongolian grassland.
A powerful tribe.
Of course, the era when the Mongols were galloping around the world has long passed. Originally, the Chahar tribe was defeated by the Manchus and incorporated into the Qing Dynasty. However, after the Manchus lost to the Ming Dynasty in the Jinzhou War, the Chahar tribe raised its flag and stood on its own, and was no longer subject to dissatisfaction.
Clear control.
The Chahar tribe is sitting on the cornucopia of Guihua City. It is a relatively wealthy Mongolian tribe with tens of thousands of warriors on the grassland. However, the Mongols are half herders and half soldiers. They usually herd horses and sheep on the grassland. In Guihua City, there is only one
More than a thousand Mongolians guarded the city. Facing the 5,000 Xuanfeng division cavalry led by Xue Sanku, the city defense of Guihua City appeared to be very weak.
Generally speaking, even if the enemy raids Guihua City, it will take a certain amount of time to capture the city. Other Chahar warriors on the grassland can also rush back to attack the invaders.
But what they encountered was the Tiger Guards' selected vanguard division, and they had no chance of returning reinforcements.
Twenty cavalrymen were divided into two teams, the north and the south. They galloped around the city wall and shouted loudly to the Mongols on the city wall:
"Listen up to the barbarians in Guihua City. We are the Tiger Army of the Ming Dynasty. We are ordered by the Duke of Jin to arrest the enemy Shanxi merchants. There are 416 Shanxi merchants in Guihua City now. You barbarians must pay close attention quickly.
Come out with these 416 people, otherwise the cannon will fire and everything will be destroyed."
Hearing the shouts of the cavalry of the Selection Division, Jin Liangyu's legs trembled on the city wall. Who leaked the news and told what happened in Guihua City? All the more than 400 merchants in Guihua City knew that the Shanxi merchants were collaborating with the enemy.
The bottom line is, if he is captured by Li Zhi's army, he will probably confess everything after a short interrogation!
I originally thought that Guihua City was the territory of the Mongols, and Li Zhi's troops did not dare to show off. Who knew that Li Zhi's army was so terrifying, even attacking the Mongolian cities at will. What if the Chahar tribe could be attacked?
If Khan Abnai hands over all his people, then all eight Shanxi merchants will be finished.
Jin Liangyu looked in the direction of the center of the city in panic, worried that Khan Abnai would give up on himself and other Shanxi merchants.
However, Jin Liangyu's worry was actually unnecessary, because Xue Sanku's shouting was just a show, and Khan Abnai had no chance to hand over the Shanxi merchants. There was no time for the Mongols to react, and Xue Sanku had already handed over ten
Two heavy artillery pieces were set up in front of the east gate of Guihua City and began to bombard the walls of the Mongolian city.
"boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
The cannonballs, which the Mongols had never seen before, were like heavy hammers, hitting the gate of Guihua City again and again. Not long after, the east gate of Guihua City was beaten to pieces, revealing a large door hole.
The moat of Guihua City is not wide, and the moat outside the east gate is only three feet wide. The heavy troops set up a pontoon bridge on the river, and the cavalry jumped on their horses and rushed into the city.
At the beginning, there were still Mongolian Tatars who resisted stubbornly, hiding on the city wall and shooting arrows at the cavalry of the Selective Division. However, they soon discovered that bows and arrows were no match for the firearms of the Selective Division. Each of the Selective Divisions was equipped with two short muskets. Before the battle,
The bullets have already been loaded, so you can pick them up and shoot them during a battle. Once the target is hit within twenty meters, even if it hits a bone, it will be broken immediately.
The picker also carries a standard rifle on his back. For enemies that are far away, he can also solve the problem with one shot.
The Mongolian bows and arrows have limited lethality in the face of the elite full-body plate armor of the Selectmen. Unless they hit the vital point within fifteen meters, the Mongolian bows and arrows will not be able to cause effective damage at all.
After the cavalry of the Selector Division rushed into the city, some of them rushed straight to the Khan's palace in the center of the city. The other part entered the city and dismounted to attack the Tatars defending the city on the wall.
There are only a few Tatars on those city walls, so how can they withstand the firepower of the Selection Group? The Mongols are no match for the Manchu cavalry, let alone the elite sprint of the Selection Group. Amidst the crackling gunfire, the Selection Group
The elite cavalry of the vanguard division continued to advance forward, and the Mongolian Tatars on the city wall fell one after another.
Most Mongolians had never seen such a terrifying firearms unit. They were stunned and ran away. A small number of Mongolian Tatars who had participated in the Jinzhou War and had seen the firepower of the Huben Division were even more frightened by that battle.
These firearms were about to tremble. The vanguard group only charged for a while, and just after occupying fifty meters of the city wall, the more than a thousand Tatars on the wall were completely defeated.
By the time Xue Sanku relaxed his horse and slowly entered Guihua City, the entire city had completely fallen under the control of the Selector Division.
Khan Abnai was pulled out of the Khan's palace and slammed in front of Xue Sanku.
A cavalryman got a stool from somewhere and put it behind Xue Sanku. Xue Sanku sat down and curiously looked at the Mongolian Khan in front of him.
Xue Sanku looked at it for a while and then snorted, Mongolians are nothing more than that.
"Barbarians! Are the 416 Shanxi merchants hiding in Guihua City in your city?"
Abner still doesn't understand what is going on. It only took half an hour for the cavalry and artillery of the Selected Frontier Regiment to capture the city. He doesn't know why this terrifyingly powerful Ming army came.
When I heard that the Ming army wanted the Shanxi merchant's associate, not his life, nor his city, I was immediately overjoyed.
"Yes, they are all in the city!"
"Where?"
Abnai kowtowed and said, "They are all in the courtyards of the major businesses on Luotuo Street. More than four hundred people are here."
Xue Sanku waved his hand and shouted: "Go to Luotuo Street to arrest people!"
It didn't take long for Jin Liangyu, who was shaking all over, to be caught and taken to kneel down in front of Xue Sanku. At this time, he was so frightened that he couldn't control his urination, and his pants were wet all over.
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On the 19th day of the first lunar month of the 18th year of Chongzhen, Li Xing led 5,000 new soldiers of the trapping regiment, and 7,000 guardsmen from Wanquan Left Guard, Shanfang Fort, Xinkai Fort and Ningyuan Station Fort, and the camp troops faced off in Zhangjiakou.
On Yaojiaping, fifty miles south.
After Xue Sanku raided Guihua City, Chahar Khan Abnai handed over 416 Shanxi merchants without hesitation. After interrogation overnight, these guys gave up their resistance and confessed to eight Shanxi merchants.
Negotiating with the Qing Dynasty, reselling military supplies, and even providing internal intelligence to the Qing Dynasty.
At this point, there was a breakthrough in the evidence collection work that had been sluggish for two months. With these more than 400 clerks as witnesses, Li Xing could directly confiscate the homes of the eight major Shanxi merchants, kill the traitors, and deprive them of their illegal gains.
However, the seven Shanxi merchants who were about to be raided were unwilling to surrender.
They mobilized troops from the three towns of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi to try to use force to stop Li Xing's execution.
These Shanxi merchants are too naive.
Even the soldiers and horses of General Yang Guozhu's "Main Barracks" here can only be beaten in front of the Huben Army. These ragged camp soldiers and even guardsmen mobilized by the Shanxi merchants are vulnerable to the fire cannons of the Huben Army.
There is nothing but a living target in front of you.
These vulnerable opponents serve as a training ground for newly recruited soldiers who have never seen blood.
