Daming kill

Chapter 201

On the evening of April 16rd in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the night sky in Qizhou was covered with clouds, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

When the fifth 12 weak drumbeats came from the Bell and Drum Tower in the center of the city in the distance, Malan in a courtyard in the northwest of the city opened the courtyard door.

This small yard was picked before, and it lived in a small wealthy family who had escaped the massacre by the peasant army. It was successfully occupied by Ma Lan's red-eyed peasant army yesterday under the pretext of searching.

It's five o'clock now, three o'clock in the morning on April [-]th.

With the opening of the courtyard door, dozens of soldiers wearing various civilian uniforms and peasant army sleeveless uniforms as ordinary peasant army uniforms rushed out of the small courtyard.

Each of them is strong and lean, and each of them has sharp eyes.

Although there is no armor, a discerning eye can still tell that this is a group of well-trained and experienced soldiers.

Under the leadership of Malan, they quietly marched towards Xiongwumen (North Gate) along both sides of the road.

When they passed a ruin, they stopped temporarily.Then dozens of others like them emerged from the dark ruins to join them, bringing their total number to over a hundred.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket.

But there is no more.

Infiltration into the city defenses where the enemy is no longer a stranger must be done in moderation.

When Malan was about to move on, Shouhouer, the commander who joined the team later, wanted to break the silence unexpectedly, and his whisper made Malan's face change suddenly.

Zhao Dongdong took the risk of passing on the changes that happened to Xu Wenqi to the thin monkey.

In order to prevent people from noticing and discovering, this urgent message was not delivered to Ma Lan in the middle of the night in the curfew city, but only now.

Malan knew exactly what this message meant, and he couldn't help blurting out a national curse.

What Malan was depressed was not Zhao Dongdong's mission, but himself.

Xiongwumen was built on the top of Qilin Mountain, very close to the place where Xu Wenqi was imprisoned, which means that the elite peasant army that is surrounding Xu Wenqi's prison and is on alert can quickly support Xiongwumen.

And I am afraid that all the city gates in Qizhou have also stepped up their guard.

This is by no means an ordinary trouble, and it is very likely that the conditions for a sneak attack are no longer available.

But after scolding, Ma Lan did not hesitate for a moment, but firmly decided to move on.

He couldn't afford to waste time and had no other choice.

He is not the only one in the raid, and it should have already started. No matter what happens, he can only succeed and not fail.

Perhaps because of a tacit understanding, Ma Yong, who was nervously watching the troops coming out from the back of the mountain on Daquan Mountain (now Daquan Temple Mountain), began to tremble inexplicably.

Daquan Mountain is located in the northeast of Qizhou City. It is about 6 miles away from Qizhou City. The main peak is 212 meters high. It is the highest point in Qizhou. Its easternmost point is only about 2 miles away from Fuganguan. Far.

And Fuganguan is the only land passage that can enter the city of Qizhou without taking the water or the Yangtze River.

Qizhou City faces the river on one side and is surrounded by great lakes on three sides. Except for the riverside of the Yangtze River, there is only a narrow man-made passage at the intersection of Yuanshi Lake (now Yanshi Lake) and Zhujia Lake (now Yuhu Lake) for people and horses to enter. under the city.

It was known as "Baima Ferry" in ancient times, and later it was built into a bridge and became the most important and commonly used land passage to and from Qizhou City.

In 1635, in order to prevent the peasant army from invading, Zhizhou Tang Shizhao built the Fugan Pass at the east end of the dam bridge on the basis of the pass on the riverside passage, and dug the dam to connect the water of Zhujia and Yuanshi Erhu. There is only a simple and convenient bridge left behind.

As a result, Qizhou City has become a truly wrapped city.

The relatively lax defense of Qizhou's peasant army has a lot to do with Qizhou's special geographical characteristics.They don't believe that someone can sneak attack on Qizhou, because it is necessary to sneak attack and capture an outer city gate and a city gate in the inner city at the same time, which is almost impossible.

And since the city cannot be captured by sneak attack, and there are no officers and troops nearby to approach them, why do they have to worry about tens of thousands of people defending the city!

Ma-young certainly knows what he's up against.

This is the most complicated battle he has participated in in his life, and it is also the most accident-prone battle, and it is also a battle with no retreat.

Every link cannot be lost.

In order to be cautious, the large army he was in came out to Daquan Mountain from the secret detour of Dali Mountain in the middle of the night. They did not dare to get too close to Fugan Pass, which was heavily guarded, to prevent being discovered.

The breakthrough points they chose were Fugan Pass and Xiongwu Gate.

A gate outside the city that can hide the approach of large troops as much as possible and the gate closest to this gate.

Although everything is going well so far, it is still too early to say success, and this approaching final moment is also the most accident-prone moment.

They need not only careful planning, but also good luck.

Now, Ma Yong doesn't know whether he is nervous or worried.

In addition to shaking hands, he also found that his perception of the passage of time had also disappeared, and he suddenly began to fear that their actions here would have a large deviation in time.

While all operations are required to be as synchronized as possible, they here must be slightly later than elsewhere.

When he was about to check the time, Li Ping, who was not far from him and had been silently staring in the direction of Qizhou City, turned around suddenly, and asked Ma Yong to tell him the time immediately.

It turned out that Li Ping was also nervous.

After personally confirming the consistent time displayed by the two clepsydra with the faint fire light covered, Ma Yong whispered the time to Li Ping.

Du Sanjiang, who observed the clepsydra with him, reported the time to Zhou Wen, Wu Dong and others.

Immediately there was a sound of relief from the small temporary command post on the mountainside.

Now it is the hour of Yin, and everything is in line with the planned time, and the troops who circled out from the back of the mountain can attack Fuganguan as planned.

In order to ensure that it can be basically consistent with the time of the raid on Xiongwu Gate, the troops attacking from Daquan Mountain used the same method as the clock tower of Qizhou City, dripping water clepsydra, and used two more for insurance.

Before dark, the two clepsydra were brought to the hidden preset command post in Daquan Mountain by the task force before dark, so as to ensure that the time was roughly consistent with the time in Qizhou City to the greatest extent.

Ensuring consistent reference time is the key to ensuring the success of the raid in this battle.

However, although the two clepsydra on Daquan Mountain can continue to guide the attack of large troops, they can't help the troops that have already set off in advance.

At this time, Lu Liang, the battalion commander of the Fifth Battalion, who had been swimming across Yuanshi Lake for a while, was lying on the lakeside and twisting his wet clothes vigorously, while constantly looking forward and backward.

Around 200 soldiers lying on their stomachs around Lu Liang also did the same thing as him.

They are the most confused group of people.

Although it was April and the weather was getting warmer quickly, the lake was still freezing at night. They had to control their body temperature first.

Lu Liang and the 200 best water soldiers selected from the entire army set off from Daquan Mountain an hour in advance. The task was to secretly swim across Yuanshi Lake and then control the temporary bridge and attack Fugan Pass from the rear.

Since they couldn't know the exact time, they had to wait for the large troops who could control the time to start attacking or to hear the sound of the battle coming from the direction of Xiongwumen, which was a little far away, before they could start acting.

Otherwise they can only continue to hide and freeze.

Due to his combat experience in Huangpi County, Lu Liang felt that it was unlikely that he would hear the news from Xiongwumen first.

Although the Xiongwu Gate was built on Qilin Mountain, Qilin Mountain is only 55.8 meters high, and because it is close to King Jing’s Mansion and used as a leisure place for the former Prince’s Mansion, not only has it not been cut down, but the vegetation is flourishing, so it is not very difficult to sneak attack.

The distance was more than four miles, and Malan was a veteran, so the noise he made should not reach him.

Therefore, Lu Liang decided to focus on the direction of Fuganguan.

But just as he was tremblingly staring at the still silent Fugan Pass in the darkness, there was a sudden rush of bells from the direction of Xiongwumen.

The sound of the bell was extremely clear in the silent night, and it terrified everyone who heard it.

Lu Liang was shocked immediately.

It was the last sound he wanted to hear.

Xiongwumen is the key to the whole battle. Although Fuganguan is also important, it is completely incomparable with it.

Fuganguan can sneak in from the surrounding area and attack back and forth, but Xiongwumen can only rely on the hundred or so people who sneak into the city.

The police on the Xiongwu Gate were ringing continuously, which meant that the enemy not only discovered Malan's sneak attack, but also effectively controlled the Xiongwu Gate, and then the peasant army in the entire Qizhou city would soon support the Xiongwu Gate.

Moreover, the sneak attack has turned into a strong attack, and the height advantage of Qilin Mountain will instantly increase the defense of Xiongwumen by several times. Malan's few people are simply not enough.

But the terrible thing is that this loud bell will also wake up the defenders of Fugan Pass.

And if the large army can't attack in time, there is really no hope of capturing Xiongwumen, and the whole battle will be completely defeated.

With no further delay, Lu Liang immediately raised his knife and stood up, and then shouted: "Emergency plan! Emergency plan! Emergency plan! Quick! Quick! Quick!"

After finishing speaking, he took the lead and ran towards Fugan Pass.

While running, Lu Liang watched countless movements suddenly appeared in the darkness on the other side of the wide Yuanshi Lake. It was that the large army that was approaching Fuganguan was also giving up cover.

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At the same time, in the darkness about two miles away from the northern city wall of Huangmei County, groups of black shadows were carrying countless ladders and walking quickly towards the county town.

Although many people's breathing is already very heavy, most of the branches bitten in the mouth are also very uncomfortable due to the saliva and numbness of the cheeks.

But everyone is still desperately holding on.

Each of them knew very well that the later they were discovered by the peasant army in the city, the higher the probability of their success and the lower the casualties, they must persevere.

And they have no choice but to succeed.

"Advance without retreat, if you fail, you will be benevolent! The first climber will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." This is the most simple and easy-to-understand military order Zhao Jin and Shi Ming gave them.

And the cold military law of "but those who retreat, they will be killed immediately, the rear team will supervise the front team, and the rear team will kill the front team!" Let each of them understand that they are both attackers and supervisors, and further understand the inevitability of military orders. defy.

Zhao Jin and Shi Ming adopted the simplest and most brutal attack method.

There is no reserve team, no division of troops, and no various siege equipment and methods, just concentrate the whole army and plan to climb up the city wall directly from the north.

They didn't leave a way for themselves to retreat at all, and they didn't plan to retreat, they just wanted a single blow.

(End of this chapter)