Reincarnation Guest of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 72
When a military order from Han Ting came out, the troops from Jiujiang and Jianmen went straight to Youzhou through the waterway.

At this time, Dingcheng Zuo Houde also received good news from Hanzhou and Qingzhou.

Zuo Houde looked at the messenger in front of him and opened a letter, which read,
"My lord, the last general, Zhang Yuan, was ordered to crusade against Qingzhou. Wherever the army went, the enemy army fled. I set off on July 25rd and surrendered Wuchao on July [-]th. I officially occupied Qingzhou and lived up to my lord. Entrusted by the public!"

As for Shi Wansui's good news, he arrived before Zhang Yuan's good news. Hanzhou is farther away than Qingzhou, and Zuo Houde gave Shi Wansui an extra month.

After seeing the information about these two people, Zuo Houde showed excitement, and muttered in his mouth: "You can get the Northland! You can get the Northland!"

But I didn't expect it to be so smooth this time, the troops were divided into two groups, and the two states were captured in less than a month.Although Zuo Houde knew that artillery had a great advantage, he didn't expect it to be so great.

Of course, Zuo Houde also knew that this was the first appearance of the cannon. Many people were frightened by this weapon, and their morale was no longer the slightest, so they surrendered directly.

In Zuo Houde's previous life, when he used tanks for the first time, the British army used tanks for the first time, and achieved unexpected results.49 tanks were put into the first battle, but due to various failures of a large number of tanks during transportation and maneuvering.

In fact, there were only 1916 vehicles when the first charge was launched in the early morning of September 9, 16.The German soldiers, who were confused about the situation, heard the deafening roar of the engine, and saw these steel monsters slowly killing out of the morning fog, they completely collapsed.

In the battle that day, one tank captured a village; another tank captured a trench and captured more than 300 German officers and soldiers who were too frightened to flee before.

……

Zuo Houde returned to the mansion and invited Ying.

Zuo Houde looked at the shadow in front of him, and said: "The battle situation reported from Hanzhou and Qingzhou! Has the shadow guard ever heard it!"

The shadow guard handed over a book in his hand.

Although Zuo Houde had already seen the good news of Zhang Yuan and Shi Wansui, he still wanted to understand the details of this incident carefully.

Zuo Houde opened the book, Zuo Houde's shadow guards not only existed in the army, but also existed in the cities of Hanzhou and Qingzhou, so the book Zuo Houde read described the war in detail!

Zuo Houde nodded his head after reading the battle report. This is similar to what Zuo Houde imagined. Most cities surrendered as soon as the cannons were fired.

But Wu Chao wasted some time, so Zhang Yuan was much slower than Shi Wansui!

Zuo Houde looked at Mingqian's shadow again, and said, "Has there ever been news of the war in Nanjing!"

Ying Yi cupped his hands and said, "Master, Hong Zaixing has retreated to Tongguan, and now the battlefield is already in Tongguan!"

Hearing what Ying said, Zuo Houde said, "Tongguan! Guanzhong! Hong Zaixing wants to avoid Nanming's navy!"

Zuo Houde asked again: "Do you know what Han Tingzhi is doing at this time?"

"My lord, there's news from the shadow guard that Han Tingzhi also led the army to Tongguan!" Ying clasped his hands and said!

"How is the battle between the two sides at this time?"

"My lord, the intelligence came from the spies earlier, that the Nanming pioneer Lu Xiaoxian and Dayan's army were fighting evenly, and the two sides retreated separately! This is the news three days ago, and we still don't know it yet!"

Zuo Houde nodded, turned his back, walked back and forth, and began to think!
"How is Youzhou now?"

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, Ying couldn't help but tighten his heart, and said: "These days Youzhou is heavily guarded, and there is no news about the military situation of the Shadow Guards!"

"How many defenders are there in the city?"

"My lord, before Youzhou expanded its army, although Hong Zaixing's army went south, there are still no less than 20 defenders in the city!"

Zuo Houde walked back and forth, "20, 20!"

Zuo Houde suddenly turned around, with a serious face, and said: "Pass down the order, let Shi Wansui lead [-] troops to Youzhou! At the same time, I will personally lead [-] troops from Dingcheng to Youzhou!"

……

Jiujiang, Navy Commander's Mansion.

Zhou Tai looked at the people present and said, "Your Majesty sent us to join the Jianmen defenders and attack Youzhou!"

"promise!"

Zhou Tai waved his hand and said, "The army is moving out!"

After everyone left, Zhou Tai drew out the long sword on his waist, and said in his mouth: "This is the time for me, Zhou Tai, to fight and become famous all over the world!"

At Tongguan at this time, Hong Zaixing hadn't expected that his Youzhou would be attacked by the two sides. Now the two armies are facing each other. Although the war has not yet started, daily friction is inevitable. Yan's army gained the upper hand.

For a while, the morale of the entire army continued to rise, and Hong Zaixing was very proud!

Time flies, ten days in a blink of an eye.

Under Zuo Houde's special control, plus Zuo Houde's blitzkrieg was too fast, the news failed to spread in time, and Youzhou did not know the news of Hanzhou and Qingzhou, let alone Hong Zaixing .

What's more, Zuo Houde's army is already approaching the city at this time, and Youzhou is hard to protect itself!

Looking at Youzhou City in front of him, Zuo Houde also sighed. He has so many good memories in this city. He studied medicine, got married, joined the army, and became a general here.

Shi Wansui, who was standing beside Zuo Houde, saw his lord's face full of memories, and didn't dare to disturb him for a while.

Zuo Houde recalled alone, finally came to his senses, and ordered: "Send someone to surrender first!"

At this time, the defenders in the city had already discovered this army outside the city, and they couldn't figure out the origin of this army for a while, so they didn't dare to act rashly.

After Hong Zaixing left, the main general in the city was King Qin Hong Dingyuan—the younger brother of Hong Zaixing. When Hong Zaixing heard the report from his subordinates, Hong Zaixing frowned and asked, "How many troops, and whose banner is it?"

The little school said: "I want to report to the prince, the people here are flying the Zuozi flag, and there are about 20 people!"

Hong Dingyuan murmured: "Zuo Ziqi! Zuo Houde?"

For a while, Hong Dingyuan also hesitated, Zuo Houde was the only famous general named Zuo, but Zuo Houde was still in the southeast, could he cross Hanzhou and Qingzhou to attack?

Of course, the main reason is that the time is too short, Zuo Houde conquered Hanzhou and Qingzhou within a month, and even came directly to Youzhou, this time made Hong Dingyuan unpredictable.

Hong Dingyuan ordered: "Send someone to inquire!"

Before anyone could wait for Hong Dingyuan to send someone, a voice came from outside the city,
"My lord is General Zhengdong Zuo Houde. He heard that there are traitors making trouble around His Majesty, so he came to the Qing Dynasty! Open the door quickly!"

When Hong Dingyuan heard the voice, he was suddenly angry, and he scolded: "My brother is not in the city yet, this is treason! Rebel!"

"Put on the armor and take the gun for me! I will go out of the city and kill this traitor!"

Hong Dingyuan picked up the long spear in his hand, made people put on armor, and then led a group of people out of the city.

As soon as he got out of the city gate, Hong Dingyuan immediately looked at Zuo Houde's army, and shouted loudly: "Zuo Houde, you are a despicable villain without a king and a father! You dare to raise troops to make trouble when you deceive my elder brother! , the crime cannot be punished! I shall capture and eat your flesh alive!"

In the army barracks outside the city, Zuo Houde looked at the army leaving the city indifferently, and without saying much, he ordered: "Shi Wansui, lead the army and capture Hong Dingyuan alive!"

Shi Wansui originally wanted to invite troops when he heard Hong Dingyuan insulted his lord, but now he heard Zuo Houde's words, he didn't say much, and brought his own army to meet Hong Dingyuan's army.

For a moment, the two armies met, Shi Wansui approached Hong Dingyuan, and the spear in his hand directly met the spear in Hong Dingyuan's hand. For a moment, the two were tied!
Zuo Houde looked at Hong Dingyuan's martial arts from a distance, Zhangkou sighed and said: "The second son of King Yan is extraordinary!"

Shi Wansui is a wolf general. He joined the army to kill people at the age of 15. He was never reused because of his violent temper. Later, he was recruited by Zuo Houde into the personal guard camp in the second martial arts performance. Since then, he has been reused!

Shi Wansui was invincible among the 60 troops in the southeast with a spear, except for Zuo Houde who was slightly better than him, he was even more invincible!

When Shi Wansui and Hong Dingyuan fought to the fiftieth round, Hong Dingyuan made a careless move and was picked off by Shi Wansui with the spear in his hand.

"The last general insulted the lord's military orders and failed to capture Hong Dingyuan!"

Shi Wansui clasped his fists and looked at Zuo Houde with guilt.

Zuo Houde lifted him up and said a few words of comfort!

"Pass my military order, the artillery battalion is in formation!" Zuo Houde gave an order.

The flag bearer next to him quickly waved the flag in his hand, and thousands of cannons lined up at once, with their muzzles facing Youzhou!

Zuo Houde ordered: "Fire!"

boom!boom!boom!
Countless cannon sounds came out, and the gunners used cotton to plug their ears so as not to be disturbed by the sound!
Youzhou was originally a heavy city on the northern frontier, and with the accumulation of three generations of Hong Zhenbei's father and son, the city wall is extremely thick, far exceeding twenty feet, and thousands of cannonballs hit it, and only some of the gravel on the outer wall of the city wall was hit. fall!
The cannon didn't succeed for a while, but Hong Dingyuan on the city wall was shocked!Ask left and right: "What is this?"

Hearing Hong Dingyuan's words, the left and right shook their heads.

Hong Dingyuan forced himself to calm down, he knew that going on like this was not an option, even if the city wall didn't fall down, the soldiers on the city wall would not dare to stand on the city wall.

After all, my own bows and arrows can't hit the opponent. If this continues, even if the enemy forces forcefully attack the city, it is not impossible!

Hong Dingyuan ordered the left and right, and said: "Go and bring the Zuo clan, Zuo Houde's father-in-law and teacher to the city!"

……

After a round of cannon fire, Zuo Houde saw that there were still no major defects in the city wall, and wanted to give orders for a while, but he didn't expect a white flag to be shot over the city!
Of course Zuo Houde didn't think that the other party wanted to surrender, so he frowned, showing doubts: "What does Hong Dingyuan want to do!"

Seeing Zuo Houde's cannon stopped, Hong Dingyuan sent someone to the city to deliver a message: "Zuo Houde, hundreds of people from your Zuo clan, your father-in-law's family, and your teacher are all in the city. If you dare to attack the city again, Their lives may be at stake!"

After Zuo Houde heard this, he couldn't help laughing, picked up the loudspeaker himself, and shouted: "Hong Dingyuan, if the two families are fighting, don't behead envoys, let alone family members! Your Hong family is still in the city, if you touch my family , when I break the city, I will definitely kill your Hong clan!"

Putting down the horn, Zuo Houde ordered again: "Fire! Break the city!"

With Zuo Houde's order, thousands of cannons fired again. This time, they still failed to open a hole in front of this solid city, but this time, the whole city wall kept shaking .

For a while, no soldiers still dared to stay on the city wall. Seeing this situation, Zuo Houde knew that his waiting time had come. Zuo Houde didn't want to blow down the city wall of Youzhou City, so he immediately ordered: "Siege!"

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, Shi Wansui immediately stepped forward to convey the order, there was no one in the city, the army pressed on, and the city gate was blasted open without any effort!

Zuo Houde's infantry walked in front, followed by the Three Thousand Musketeers Battalion, and quickly entered the city.

At this time Zuo Houde knew that although the city gate was broken at this time, resistance was still indispensable in the city at this time, but Zuo Houde had the Three Thousand Musketeers Battalion in his hand, so naturally he was not afraid.

In the city, the morale of most of the soldiers has died. When facing an unknown weapon with a huge threat, the first reaction of most of the soldiers is not to fight, but to avoid!Therefore, most of the soldiers had been defeated. Of course, Hong Dingyuan still organized tens of thousands of troops to resist in the city, and the battle in the city was imminent.

The left Houde infantry pressed forward, and the three thousand musketeers lined up in a vertical row, firing in turn. Within a short distance, the power of the muskets was much greater than that of bows and arrows. The production is expensive, but it is also worth the money, and they can be sent in bursts.

During the battle in the city, the manpower that Hong Dingyuan managed to organize with great difficulty was defeated by the volley of three rounds of musketeers.

At this time, the city was full of defeated troops, unable to threaten Zuo Houde's army at all, Zuo Houde immediately ordered Shi Wansui to capture these soldiers as much as possible.

……

After the battle is over.

"How is it? Has the battle situation been counted?" Zuo Houde looked at the scribe in front of him.

After bowing his hands and saluting, the man said: "My lord, according to statistics this time, more than [-] people were captured, more than [-] people were beheaded, and many soldiers have already fled!"

After hearing this, Zuo Houde nodded. This is the same as the previous attack on Hanzhou and Qingzhou. It was also the same before. After facing such a sharp weapon as artillery, once the city was broken, most of the soldiers collapsed and fled to the battlefield!

"How about Hong Dingyuan?" Zuo Houde asked curiously.

Shi Wansui cupped his hands and said: "Master, Hong Dingyuan killed himself!"

Zuo Houde was silent for a while, and then said: "Gorgeous burial!"

……

Zhou Tai's navy, at this time Zhou Tai didn't expect that the Youzhou City he was going to had been destroyed at this time, and he was still thinking about making a name for himself in this battle!
And Hong Zaixing, who was in Tongguan at this time, did not expect that Youzhou would be destroyed, his younger brother would kill himself, and his food supply would be cut off. The balance of victory in the North-South War had already turned to Nanming.

Of course, Zuo Houde will also become the biggest beneficiary of this war!
Five days later, Tongguan.

Hong Zaixing looked at the military situation in his hand, and his face was silent at this moment!
Hong Zaixing knew the news of Youzhou's destruction. For a while, Hong Zaixing couldn't accept the result. Youzhou was hard to break. Even if 50 troops besieged the city, Hong Zaixing believed that Youzhou would be able to defend it.

Zhou Tai, the faction of Han Ting, just wanted to cut off the grain road. Breaking the city is not the key, and it may not be possible to break the city! !
After all, Hong Zaixing's family has been operating here for decades, with deep roots, and has always won the support of the people. It is difficult for Hong Zaixing to accept the news that Youzhou has been destroyed in a short period of time, but at this time Hong Dingyuan is dead, and Hong Zaixing is also natural Can only accept this result!

"My Hong family has raised generals for 70 years, but I never expected to raise such a character! What a Zuo Houde!" Hong Zaixing said through gritted teeth.

At this time, the grain road had been cut off, even if Hong Zaixing wanted to return to Youzhou, he still didn't have enough grain!

Hong Zaixing made a decisive decision and immediately ordered: "The whole army will only keep food and grass for three days, and burn the rest! Within three days, the winner will be determined!"

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