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Datong City, outside the south gate.

There was still half an hour before midnight, and all the artillery of the First Cavalry Division gathered again, revealing their ferocious muzzles in the darkness.

Behind the artillery group, the officers and soldiers of Zhou Cong's Brigade of the First Cavalry Division were carrying ladders and making final preparations before attacking the city.

Naturally, it would be difficult to hide such a big movement from the Datong Army at the top of the city. Wang Pu came to the city tower again. This time he learned the lesson and hid in the foyer of the city tower farthest from the city head to give command. He also used sandbags to build a wall to block the cannons, so that everything was safe.

"My lord, the Zhenming Army seems to be attacking the city at night." Deputy General Yang Zhenwei said.

"I'm not blind. I've already seen it. Lu Xiangsheng seems to have run out of skills and can only attack forcefully. This time our city is well prepared for artillery defense. We must break his big teeth." Wang Pu said disdainfully. said.

"Sir, will they attack the east and attack the west?" Yang Zhenwei asked.

"No, I have the sentries watching all day. Lu Xiangsheng's main force is at the south gate, and all the artillery is arranged here. How can there be strength to attack other city gates. After a while, the Zhenming Army began to attack the city, letting the Fan family and Wang family All the servants and guards led by him came up to support us," Wang Pu ordered.

It's five minutes to midnight.

"Fire!" Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

More than a hundred artillery roared together, and the dazzling firelight pierced the night sky.

This time Lu Xiangsheng also used the blooming ammunition that had just been developed and sent by Zhenming Ordnance Factory, but the quantity was very limited, only about a hundred rounds.

Several artillery shells landed on the top of the city and suddenly exploded, causing the defenders to run away with their heads in their hands.

"This is the new weapon of the Zhenming Army. I ordered the officers and soldiers to hide and hide from the artillery until they attack the city." Wang Pu quickly ordered.

Datong, outside the west gate.

Zhou Rui had already led a battalion of officers and soldiers to ambush two miles away from the city gate at night. He himself led a group of vanguards into the city to get a closer look near the city gate.

The Second Shanxi Combat Brigade led by Peng Xing also approached the area near the west gate of Datong.

Time passed by and it was almost midnight in a few minutes. A sudden violent shelling sound came from the direction of the south city gate. It seemed that Commander Lu's feint attack had begun.

After another two minutes, there was a sudden "creak" sound, and the west city gate opened a gap. The sounds of fighting inside the city gate could be heard.

"Enter the city!" Zhou Rui ordered.

More than a hundred vanguards of the Zhenming Army, led by a sentry officer, quickly rushed into the city gate. Inside, General Lu Biao and Hundred Household Officer Hong Guilin were opening the city gate while resisting the siege of other defenders.

Just when they were about to lose their strength, the vanguard of the Zhenming Army arrived. This vanguard was all wearing plate armor and carrying the most advanced Type 39 breech-loading rifles. As soon as they entered the city, they immediately repelled the counterattack of the defenders.

Then a safety signal was sent to the outside of the city. Zhou Rui immediately led other officers and soldiers into the city and began to seize the tower on the west gate.

The Datong garrison in the city scattered and fled under the violent attack of the breech-loaded rifles of the Zhenming Army.

Then, Peng Xing also led the Second Shanxi Combat Brigade into the city and quickly attacked the General Military Mansion and the government office in Datong City.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was preparing to command the 1st Cavalry Division to launch a strong attack at the south gate, heard the news that the west gate had been captured, and immediately ordered Urentuya to lead the second brigade to surround the east gate, while Zhou Cong's third brigade continued to stay at the south gate to contain it. The defenders took the rest of the brigade and rushed towards the west gate.

Datong City, South Gate Tower.

"Hey, why didn't the Zhenming Army outside the city attack the city again after they finished their artillery fire?" Wang Pu wondered what Lu Xiangsheng was doing.

"Commander General, no luck, the west city gate has been lost!" A sentry on horseback rushed over and shouted.

"What, the West City Gate is lost? How did it get lost?" Wang Pu asked in horror. "An insider opened the city gate, and the Zhenming Army ambushed outside entered the city," the sentry horse reported.

"What, the west city gate has been lost, so what are we still defending?" When the defenders nearby heard the news, they were so shocked that they dropped their weapons.

"Nonsense, you lied about the military situation! How could Ximen be lost?" Wang Pu swung his machete and hacked the sentry horse to death in an attempt to cover up the news.

"The commander-in-chief is crazy. Let's capture him and surrender to Governor Lu." The officers and soldiers nearby shouted.

"Hold it, I'll retreat first!" Wang Pu once again carried forward the fine tradition of taking the lead in escaping, preparing to let others resist for a while while he escaped first with a group of personal guards.

"Clang!"

Lieutenant General Yang Zhenwei drew his sword to block him.

"Yang Zhenwei, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?" Wang Puhe asked.

"Your Excellency colluded with the Shanxi merchants and the Manchu Qing Tatars. I'm afraid you are the one who rebelled. Brothers, capture Wang Pu. We will surrender to Mr. Lu." When Yang Zhenwei saw that the situation was not right, he immediately decisively joined the Zhenming Army and prepared to capture Wang Pu. Pu Dang voted for his name.

"Traitors, all traitors, kill them!" Wang Pu shouted.

In the end, only a few of his hardcore personal guards rushed forward, and were quickly killed by Yang Zhenwei and others.

Wang Pu raised his knife and wanted to commit suicide, but was unable to do so. He was quickly pushed to the ground and tied up by a group of Datong soldiers.

Zhou Rui and Peng Xing, who entered the city from the west gate, divided their forces and occupied the General Military Mansion and Datong Mansion.

When the Datong garrison in the city saw that the situation was over, they surrendered one after another. Anyway, they felt that surrendering to Governor Lu was not a shameful thing. They had accepted his commander-in-chief before.

Immediately afterwards, Peng Xing led the first unit of the Second Shanxi Combat Brigade to attack the South City Gate. Before they reached the city gate, they met Lieutenant General Yang Zhenwei and others who had captured Wang Pu and were about to surrender.

Peng Xing ordered Yang Zhenwei to hand over Wang Pu, open the city gate and let the three brigades of the First Cavalry Division enter the city. At the same time, the restrained officers and soldiers stayed in the military camp beside the city gate, preparing to be reorganized.

Yang Zhenwei had already decided to surrender, and he did so obediently without saying a word.

Zhou Cong then led the third brigade of the First Cavalry Division into the city and quickly controlled the south gate, and the entire Datong Mansion was firmly occupied.

At this time, Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, as if they had woken up from a dream, took the withdrawn city guards and prepared to leave through the east city gate and escape to Beizhili.

As soon as they opened the city gate, they were blocked back by Urentuya, who was already waiting at the city gate, leading the Second Brigade of the Cavalry Division, and took advantage of the situation to attack the city.

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others had no choice but to temporarily escape back to their houses in the city. Each of the courtyards of these wealthy Shanxi merchants is comparable to a Wubao, and the defenses are also very tight.

Because Urentuya wanted to control the east city gate, she did not pursue Fan Yongdou and others. Anyway, the monks could escape but could not escape the temple, so they could just block them back into the city.

After Lu Xiangsheng led the remaining officers and soldiers of the first brigade into the city through the west gate, the fighting in the city was basically over. Except for a small group of Datong defenders who ran away from the north gate, most of the others were wiped out.

Lu Xiangsheng has been in battle for a long time, has great experience in occupying cities, and is also aware of Lin Feng's requirements. Immediately, multiple lines of Zhenming troops were dispatched to occupy key parts of the city, patrols and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the streets to pursue Datong deserters, and local gangsters who tried to take advantage of the chaos to rob and cause chaos were arrested. The entire army was strictly ordered to obey military discipline and not to harass the people. .

In fact, the governor who accompanied the Zhenming Army had already educated the officers and soldiers, and was very strict in controlling military discipline. Zhenming officers and soldiers were very self-conscious and rarely took the initiative to violate military discipline and rob the people.

Under a series of instructions from Lu Xiangsheng, the Zhenming Army quickly took full control of the entire city of Datong, calming the city again.

(End of this chapter)