Several sharp arrows flew past Zheng Kaicheng's body, and he was narrowly avoided...|2 Although Zheng Kaicheng was wearing plate armor covering the front, if he was shot in the face or other vital parts, he would still die.
.And these Shanxi merchants shot arrows so viciously, who knows if there is any poison on the arrows.
Seeing the division commander being attacked by a sneak attack, the soldiers around Zheng Kaicheng got angry and fired at the wall with random shots. Suddenly three archers were shot and screamed and fell behind the courtyard wall.
Zheng Kaicheng fell to the ground, patted the shoulder of his bodyguard who threw himself, and said with a smile: "What a skill!"
Zheng Kaicheng had studied for several years before becoming an official with Li Zhi, and he was a rare elegant person among Li Zhi's subordinates. Although he was on the front line at this time, Zheng Kaicheng was always indifferent, with a kind of calmness that was unfazed by favors and humiliations.
The two personal guards and secret counselors were indeed different. At this moment, they were still not surprised. They admired Zheng Kaicheng more and more. They quickly got up and helped Zheng Kaicheng up.
Zheng Kaicheng waved his hand and said: "Go find a bumper and break the door open!"
The soldiers then went to look for a big piece of wood, and finally found an iron-wrapped wooden log in Wang Pu's General Military Mansion, and carried it to the front of Tian's gate. A dozen soldiers shouted and pushed the iron-wrapped wooden piece, and bumped it dozens of times.
Then he knocked open the heavy door of Tian's house.
The soldiers rushed in, and after entering, they held loaded rifles and shot at anyone they saw. The servants in the yard seemed to be red-eyed, and they charged at the infantry who entered the yard with their swords raised, and were shot one after another behind the gatehouse.
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The properties of these Shanxi merchants, including the yard of this business, will be attributed to the Duke of Jin and then auctioned. Originally, the soldiers of the Huben Army did not want to use grenades to destroy the yard buildings, and wanted to use rifles to do it. But
Seeing that the Tian family's resistance was so fierce, they were unable to use grenades.
More than a dozen grenades were ignited by torches and thrown into the second courtyard, making a loud rumble.
Then Zheng Kaicheng heard no more gunshots, and the soldiers of the Huben Army successfully entered the yard behind and took control of the entire business.
The shop occupies a large area, with a main courtyard, a side courtyard, a side courtyard, and a side courtyard. It also has two warehouses and a bank, covering an area of more than ten acres. The soldiers searched the yard for a while and quickly cleared the Tian family's property.
The owner of the family, Tian Shenglan, caught him.
The head of the Tian family, one of the eight major Shanxi merchants, was wearing a mink fur coat and was kneeling in front of Zheng Kaicheng.
Zheng Kaicheng looked at Tian Shenglan, frowned and said, "National traitors! Have you woken up now? If you didn't communicate with the enemy and sell military supplies, how could you be held down by my soldiers and become prisoners?"
Tian Shenglan looked at Zheng Kaicheng, then suddenly jumped up from the ground and pounced on the unsuspecting Zheng Kaicheng. A soldier next to Zheng Kaicheng had quick eyesight and kicked him over, knocking back Tian Shenglan who wanted to fight Zheng Kaicheng.
Tian Shenglan fell to his knees, and before he could get up, a soldier hit him on the head with a rifle butt. After being hit several times, Tian Shenglan's head tilted and he fainted.
Zheng Kaicheng dusted himself off and looked at the unconscious Tian Shenglan with a frown.
Several soldiers ran out of the yard, all of them very excited. They rushed to Zheng Kaicheng and shouted: "Commander, there is a lot of money and food!"
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Fifteen miles east of Taiyuan City, more than 40,000 troops from Shanxi Town and 19,000 troops from Zhongfeng faced off in a valley in the mountains.
Shanxi General Zhou Yuji's 15,000 men, together with one deputy general, five generals, and three guerrillas from Shanxi Town, more than 20,000 people, formed a large army in Shanxi Town and stopped Zhong Feng who was about to attack Taiyuan.
Front.
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province and the base camp of many Shanxi merchants. Since Li Zhi wanted to thoroughly inspect the Shanxi merchants, he naturally had to occupy Taiyuan and conduct house raids.
Taiyuan is a famous fortified city, and Li Zhi has no internal support in the city. This time, Li Zhi asked Zhong Feng to bring out all the soldiers and horses of the Polu Division. In addition to the 4,000 cavalry of Xuanfeng Master Dashou, the total is 10,000.
Nine thousand people.
The 15,000-strong Polu Division is equipped with 70 small field artillery pieces and 80 18-pound heavy artillery pieces. Zu Dashou's cavalry regiment has six heavy artillery pieces and four field artillery pieces. Equipped with these artillery pieces, I believe Zhong Feng can deal with Taiyuan.
The towering walls of the city.
But what needs to be dealt with first is the Shanxi soldiers and horses outside the city.
The power of the seven Shanxi merchants in Shanxi is very important. When Li Zhi wanted to raid his home in Taiyuan, these seven Shanxi merchants mobilized all the soldiers and horses near the town of Shanxi to stop Li Zhi. These Shanxi merchants had long been married to local hereditary military attaches. In fact,
They were already a family. Li Zhi wanted the seven families to collaborate with the Shanxi merchants. This not only cut off the local military attaches' financial resources, but also killed their relatives.
Zhong Feng looked at Zu Dashou and said with a smile: "Captain Zu, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of Shanxi Town's troops?"
Zu Dashou put down the telescope, raised his hand and said: "Commander Zhong, I think the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Town are all a mob. Except for Zhou Yuji's main camp of 15,000 people, the rest are just local chickens and dogs. However, Zhou Yuji's 15,000 people
Thousands of people don’t know why, but the queues are slack and chaotic, and they don’t seem to have the determination to fight.”
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "Captain Zu has a good eye."
Turning his head, Zhong Feng asked another regiment leader, Jiang Chong: "Jiang Chong, what do you think of the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Town?"
Jiang Chong clasped his fists and said: "Commander, there seem to be many soldiers in Shanxi Town, but their equipment is old and their morale seems to be very low. This time we came to inspect Shanxi merchants because we were acting in accordance with the imperial decree. The soldiers and horses in Shanxi Town stopped us because
Those who commit rebellion will be punished! The soldiers in Shanxi Town are not determined to fight to the death."
Zhong Feng nodded and said, "That's good! Go up and bomb them with cannons."
With the flags fluttering, the Tiger and Ben troops took up their positions and pressed towards the soldiers and horses of Shanxi Town.
Zhong Feng was walking in the Central Army when he suddenly saw chaos among the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Town. A middle-aged general wearing fish scale armor suddenly rushed out from the Central Army on horseback. He rushed straight towards Zhong Feng.
, without looking back all the way.
As soon as he came out, the Central Military Department of Shanxi Soldiers and Horses chased out more than a dozen horsemen, seemingly trying to capture the middle-aged general.
But the middle-aged general was riding a fat horse, and his legs were stronger than the pursuers behind him. As they chased after each other, the distance between the general and the pursuers had been reduced to dozens of steps.
The pursuing soldiers took out their bows and started shooting arrows at the middle-aged general in front. More than a dozen arrows were thrown towards the middle-aged general, and finally one hit the middle-aged general in the back.
However, the middle-aged general's armor was of good quality, and it seemed that his vital parts were not injured by the arrows on his back. He continued to rush towards the Tiger Army. Although the pursuers were being pulled further and further away, they still pursued desperately.
Zhong Feng used his binoculars to look at the middle-aged general who was desperately trying to escape this way. He was stunned and said, "What does this mean?"
The middle-aged general rode up to the Huben army formation and shouted loudly to the soldiers: "Don't fire guns! Don't fire guns! I am Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Zhou Yuji! I was forced to join the rebel army just now!"
