Chapter 315: Thousand Knives and Ten Thousand Knives(1/2)
Chapter 315: Thousands of knife to death, thieves are being scrupulous
The city wall was directly blown up by this sufficient amount of gunpowder, and the already low-high city wall and the collapsed ruins suddenly formed a slope.
The musketeers in Ma Gang and Zhao Neng's army had long been arranged in two teams, and the ammunition was filled, and the soldiers in the middle were in the personal military camp. In order to achieve the unity and efficiency of training, most of the soldiers focused on the spear, and the training of close-fitting hand-to-hand combat weapons was generally only learned by the personal military system and the soldiers in the cavalry team.
After breaking into the city through such a small gap, spears and muskets were not suitable. At this time, Wang Hai and his personal soldiers were used.
The personal soldiers lined up with swords, axes and shields in their hands. Wang Hai held a shoulder-high short axe gun in his hand. Before the team, when the gap came out, the bricks and stone fragments fell to the ground.
The axe and gun in Wang Hai raised his hand and rushed towards the gap with great strides. The musketeers on both sides also hurriedly followed, but they always controlled their steps and did not rush to the front of the personal military camp.
With the loud noise just now, the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp standing outside the city were buzzing in their ears, and the officers and soldiers of the left army gathered behind the city gate to fight were even more uncomfortable.
Many of the Left Army officers and soldiers behind the city walls didn't even have time to react, and the sudden vibration and loud noise were shocked to death.
The commando of Shandong soldiers and horses trotted forward, but when they were about to reach the gap, no one from the left army's soldiers appeared in the gap.
When they approached the blasted slope, several soldiers rushed out with weapons shakingly, but before they could lift the weapons, they were killed by muskets on both sides.
Among the personal soldiers, Wang Hai and a dozen generals had no shields in their hands, but they were wearing fine armor made by Jiaozhou Camp, and they had strong protection capabilities.
When Wang Hai rushed through the gap and entered the city, he saw that besides the city wall, there were only a dozen people on the opposite side who came up unsteadily.
The soldiers who came up were frivolous and their clothes were torn. Some people were wearing silk robes that were robbed by wealthy families. They might think the material was good and they were reluctant to take it off when they wrapped around them. However, in such a life-and-death battle scene, how could they move flexibly in such a cumbersome garment?
Compared to the small axe on other people's axe guns, Wang Hai held more like an axe than a spear, and had an axe face the size of a small shield.
In other words, Jiaozhou Camp Weapon Manufacturing Bureau has its own unique skills in creating weapons, and the axe is also made of good steel to ensure that the weight of the double-edged axe gun will not affect the action.
Wang Hai and his personal soldiers worked harder than usual when training, but they rarely had the opportunity to fight. This time they got the opportunity to fight like this. Wang Hai felt that his whole body was full of heat and his blood seemed to be boiling.
The first person held a long knife in his hand and stabbed Wang Haidi straight into the chest. Wang Hai did not dodge or avoid it, and directly hit him with his chest armor.
The breastplate was a whole piece of steel plate. It was slightly curved. When the long knife stabbed it, it used enough strength. When Wang Haidi met it, he turned slightly, and the long knife immediately cut the armor to one side. The breastplate had no harm except a white mark.
The soldiers of the Left Army did not expect that the opponent's armor would come over without hesitation. Just as they were about to use force, Wang Hai twisted his waist and turned his body, and the axe was slanted down. The axe was wide and hard, and half of the man's body was cut down.
The person following behind had not recovered from the loud noise and the horror of the explosion. He thought he could rush up to resist, but when he rushed in front, his body suddenly turned into two sections, and blood spurted out wildly, sprinkling all over his body and face, but now he was even more invincible.
He turned his head and ran towards the back. The soldiers who fought in the gap in the left army were forced to come up by the supervisor team behind and turned around and ran away. After running a few steps, the supervisor team was beaten to the head.
Wang Hai finally stepped into the city with a big axe. Perhaps he was scared by his two-stage power. Although the sound of officers and leaders scolding and urging him on the streets around the gap was constantly heard. But no one came out for a long time, and the personal soldiers of Jiaozhou camp entered one after another with weapons.
These elite soldiers with shields were originally intended to prevent the possible resistance of the Left Army. The melee fighting in the city was the most casualty type of battle. However, after rushing in, except for the one who killed Wang Hai, the remaining people actually scattered and instead stepped forward to resist.
Such a reaction is really ridiculous, but the personal soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp did not fight wildly after coming in, but instead gathered in a team.
The officers of the Left Army who had been driving their soldiers forward finally realized from their dizziness that several soldiers who could not move forward were chopped by them. Finally, the officers and soldiers of the Left Army began to move forward, but they were at a certain distance from the gap.
It was already a little too late to move again at this time. The musket soldiers had already gone through the gap or entered the city, and those on the top of the city were already stunned and killed by the shock. Those who were preparing to resist the counterattack were directly shot by the condescending muskets so that they could not raise their heads.
Within the range of the musket, there were no soldiers from the left army. With more than a hundred steps away, soldiers outside the city began to rush in continuously.
After Zhang Guerrilla suffered a great loss at Ximen, he realized that he could not rush out at all. The best way he could deal with it now was to defend Lanyang County and wait until Zuo Liangyu learned about this matter and led a large army to rescue him.
But until the city wall exploded, he didn't believe that the officers and soldiers outside would really attack the city. Killing people is one thing, but this attack is another.
When the city wall exploded, it was too late to react. The thousands of Jiaozhou camp soldiers who carried out the first were already elite soldiers, and their counterattack could not be fought at all. When the musket soldiers and spear soldiers outside the city came in, the left army soldiers were actually sure that they had failed.
There are also some tricks in the battles in the city. Four musketeers and eight spearmen formed a team, but this time a personal barracks joined in. Each team was equipped with eight personal soldiers holding swords and shields, and they began to divide the troops.
However, there are two battalions who have not divided their troops. Their mission is to clear the resistance forces in the city, and the remaining squads are following behind the squads. Every time they push further, the squads rush into the streets and courtyards to clear out scattered enemies.
The soldiers of the two battalions lined up in columns. Such brigades usually lined up in field battles, which was not convenient in street battles. Lanyang County is not a straight and spacious road, and it is constantly required to adjust the formation and rhythm, but even so, the soldiers of the Left Army still retreated step by step.
After more than 3,000 Shandong soldiers rushed into the city, the best record for the Left Army was to rush to the front of the array and be stabbed to death by a spear. The rest could not hold on after the musket was fired.
But what a big place is Lanyang County? The other three city gates have been sealed. Now this situation cannot be defeated. Half an hour after the city wall was blown down, Zhang Guerrilla and his several generals of General Qian led hundreds of confidants and guards to guard the yamen.
Although there were still shouting for killing in Lanyang City, it gradually weakened. The soldiers of the left side were separated and there was no resistance at all. Moreover, in such street battles, there was no way to survive and kill all the way. It was much more convenient than that kind of dignified joint battle.
The soldiers in Jiaozhou Camp fought more and more easily. These soldiers were always walking on thin ice and were cautious in their fight. The officers in Suli Jiaozhou Camp promoted and taught their subordinates. The strong army outside was like clouds. We had to continue to train and train to survive on the battlefield.
But today, fighting with these soldiers from both the government and the local governments found that it was so easy, even simpler than the exercise, that the other party could hardly get close to him.
Occasionally, a few lucky ones rushed to the front, and when they acted a little, they would either have many flaws or had a very long distance between their strengths. They would also be unable to escape death.
During the training and preaching of Jiaozhou Camp, there were some explanations of all the soldiers and horses in the world, such as who were the soldiers, how many soldiers and horses were under their command, and what kind of battle examples were there.
Zuo Liangyu's army is so famous that everyone vaguely feels that this is almost the strongest army in the Central Plains. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops were defeated by Zuo Liangyu several times. Zuo Liangyu made great contributions to the city and land. He was really an amazing strong army.
But today, whether it is a battle between soldiers or street fighting, these soldiers are vulnerable candids. After the officers and soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp entered the city, they naturally saw the tragic situation of the civilians being slaughtered in the city. They thought that these beasts that slaughtered civilians were so incompetent but were called strong troops. What should our Jiaozhou Camp evaluate?
The battle between the soldiers of Jiaozhou camp against the left army was actually a one-sided massacre. Many soldiers of the Left Army had completely lost the courage to fight until the end. They would rather kneel on the ground and be killed than continue to fight. However, the soldiers of Jiaozhou camp were not ruthless because there was an order before the war - not to leave any living words.
What made the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp feel uncomfortable is that the civilians in Lanyang City are completely dead. During these days when they were harmed by these beasts, these people in Lanyang seem to have accepted their fate.
However, the battles everywhere slowly ended, and the teams gathered on the streets, and the soldiers could see confidence in each other's faces. The soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp found that they were so strong.
"The generals outside, no, the generals, we are all soldiers of the court. We have no complaints in the past and no grudges in the past..."
The guerrilla begging with a crying plea came from the surrounded yamen. There was no way to fight this battle. As soon as the fight took place, the opponent directly suppressed him. He organized several counterattacks, but he could not reach the opponent's side at all.
Moreover, these left army officers could also see that the soldiers who didn't want to beat him knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but the other party would not stop at all, and they would still kill people.
In theory, if you leave no way out and force people to death, it will easily arouse a desperate counterattack, but the advantage of Shandong soldiers is too great. Whether you fight back to death or surrender on your knees or surrender, you will kill them. Anyway, you can't beat them.
Zhang Guerrilla and several officers hid in the magistrate's yamen. They were actually desperate in their hearts, but people were always unwilling to die, and even if they had the last glimmer of hope, they had to try it.
"I have been running around over the years and have accumulated a lot of money. As long as the general outside is willing to leave me a way out, all the money will be returned..."
"I have a share of this money, why should I buy you Lao Zhang's life?"
After giving out the savings and begging for pleading for half a word, he was interrupted by his companions, and there was a swearing sound in the yard. You could still hear the sound of weapons fighting each other, and there was an internal strife at this time.
Wang Hai's face was full of disgust. Now the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou Camp have surrounded the county magistrate's office on three floors inside and three floors outside. The crowd cannons were pulled over, and the ammunition inside was obviously loaded. Wang Hai looked around and said loudly:
"After the door was opened, the whole army broke in, and the guerrillas left a living mouth!"
After saying that, Wang Hai flashed to the side, and the gunner took the red-burned iron fork into the fire door.
With a loud bang, the gate of the magistrate's magistrate's government was immediately blown away. The troops of Jiaozhou camp shouted and rushed into the opening.
The battle ended very quickly. The Zuo Army hid in this county government, and some people even dared not fight and committed suicide directly inside. Zhang Guerrilla heard that he had a living mouth, and he had no will to fight. On the contrary, several officers heard that only one person had a living mouth and wanted to kill him.
This guerrilla showed some courage in such a battle. When the Jiaozhou Camp rushed in, he actually saved his life.
Zhang Guerrilla was dragged outside like a dead dog. When he saw Wang Hai standing there watching the battle, he immediately kowtowed desperately, shouting "Give up your life".
Wang Hai said lightly:
"Zhang Guerrilla, you just left you to live. Do you think you won't kill you?"
In the Lanyang County, the disasters of the Left Army soldiers and the battles just now have been destroyed. Many houses have collapsed and destroyed. The soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp used materials locally and used beams as pillars at the entrance of the county government office, and tied Zhang Guerrilla to the wooden pillar.
The soldiers of Jiaozhou camp carried bodies everywhere, and the soldiers of the personal military camp also ran back and forth, shouting in the city. Zhang Guerrilla was tied to a wooden pillar, and was relieved for his own escape. Hearing the shouts in the city, he didn't take them seriously, thinking that he would not hit him with a whip or a stick later. He just wanted not to hit him too hard.
Who would have thought that these Shandong soldiers would put him here and ignored him at all. Instead, they carried away the bodies of other left-wing soldiers who died in the yamen.
Zuo Liangyudi's troops had many torture methods and were innovating, but he didn't know what the other party was going to tie himself to a pillar.
Seeing that there was not even a shadow of the Jiaozhou battalion soldiers around him, Zhang Guzhi was inexplicably surprised, but he also thought that he had a chance to escape. Zhang Guzhi's body shook desperately, wanting the pillar to fall off, and he could take the opportunity to break free from the binding. After shaking it a few times, the pillar became a little loose.
Zhang Guerrilled in his heart. Could it be that the Shandong soldiers did not want to do anything and left a way out for himself? Zhang Guerrill thought in his heart that when he went to General Zuo, he insisted on suing him fiercely. He was about to continue exerting force, but he heard some noise around him.
He thought it was the soldiers from Jiaozhou camp who were coming back, so he hurriedly froze and looked up, but saw some ragged civilians slowly surrounding them.
After a little pause, the guerrillas were shocked. These civilians in ragged clothes were men and women, old and young, and were clearly civilians in the interior of Lanyang City. After a closer look, these civilians were holding broken knives in their hands, short blades inside the kitchen knife, each with indifferent expressions, but their eyes were full of hatred.
Zhang Gujie, the left land, immediately understood. He raised his head and cursed. The vicious curses were all aimed at the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp, but the scolding sounded and then screamed shrillly.
On April 16th, the prince Shaobao and the general Zuo Liangyu of the pledge were led by a large army to Lanyang County. When he walked to the gate of the county government, he saw a wooden pillar tilted down. There was a white bone next to the wooden pillar, and some flesh and blood residue on the bones, and several crows were surrounding them and pecking them.
The crows and dogs in Lanyang County are no longer afraid of strangers. They bite the flesh and blood of the corpse, and they are extremely fat. Zuo Liangyu's face looks very ugly right away.
The two generals walked to the bones, and another personal soldier searched carefully nearby. The two of them whispered a few words. A general walked back and whispered to Zuo Liangyu:
"Master, I saw Zhang Guerrilla's waist card next to me. Judging from this, Zhang Guerrilla should have been cut alive..."
Zuo Liangyu's eyes twitched a few times, and he held the whip tightly with his hands. At this time, the military academies who went to search everywhere in the city were also here. Some personal soldiers came forward to ask. They ran over and reported:
"Master, this Lanyang City is empty."
Hearing these words, Zuo Liangyu almost gritted her teeth and whispered:
"This Shandong Li Meng is so brave. Is there any rules in his eyes?
After whispering a few words, Zuo Liangyu roared loudly at his subordinates:
"I will definitely seek justice for my subordinates! There are no ships on the riverside ready, and the entire army set off to the ferry and to Shandong!!!"
The left-level officers and soldiers who saw this guerrilla situation in front of the yamen were also extremely angry. The left-level soldiers and horses were rampant in the Central Plains for many years, and when have they ever experienced such a frustration, they all wanted to get this back. The commander got angry and everyone of their subordinates shouted, and they were very motivated for a moment.
Before coming to Lanyang County, Zuo Liangyu had already ordered his men to collect ships at the ferry of Taojiadian. He was preparing to pursue Li Meng's troops. Henan Governor Li Xianfeng and General Chen Yongfu failed to persuade him. Zuo Liangyu's official body and strength were far superior to them. How could he persuade him?
Moreover, when these senior officials in Kaifeng City heard the news that they had been sent back in Lanyang City, they all secretly blamed Shandong General Li Meng for being too reckless and not paying attention to rules, and this blocking would be a matter of dealing with the problem.
The army was waiting outside the city. After Zuo Liangyu came out of Lanyang County, he ordered a huge departure. He heard about the scene in the city, and the arrogant soldiers and generals under Zuo Liangyu could bear it. Everyone was filled with anger and wanted to kill to Shandong now, burn and kill and loot, except for the anger in his heart.
Lanyang County is about 30 miles away from Zhaopizhai Ferry. After leaving the city, you will get on the official road leading to Zhaopizhai Ferry. After leaving the city, the left army brigade kept clamoring, and the sound could be heard from a distance, which was amazing.
However, as soon as we got on the official road, the team behind us looked at the two sides of the official road that seemed to have a lot of trees planted, but the voice of the front team became much smaller. After the army was all on the official road, the entire team was silent.
The official road was filled with a smell of corpse stinking, and there were wooden frames with crosses on both sides. The wooden frames were nailed to the left soldiers who were doing evil in Lanyang City. The more than 6,000 people under the guerrillas were all beasts, all of whom were doing evil. Of course, none of them were spared and all were nailed to the wooden frame.
To be continued...