Blood from Daming

Chapter 401 Zhenyuan
The fire in Duoduo's mansion has already started to spread. Fortunately, there are noble houses of Jianlu aristocrats nearby. Xue Poluba must not let the fire burn hotter. The south wind blows in this season. Anyway, many houses in the north are The Tartars were still in control, and they happened to help the Ming army drive these Tartars out of the yard to eliminate them.

At this time, Zuo Ming sent someone to report that nearly [-] Tartars in Dongyue Temple had been completely wiped out. In addition, the five gates of the southern city of Liaoyang City all fell into the hands of the Ming army.

It is a pity that at least [-] or [-] Tartar traitors escaped from Liaoyang City through Guangshun Gate. Most of these people went up the Prince's Hebei River, and a small number of Tartar traitors entered Yongzhi Gate in Beicheng. Perhaps these The Tartar traitors think they can defend the northern city of Liaoyang.

Xue Polu ordered Zuo Ming to continue to clear the east side of Liao Qianwei, from the Liaodong capital, the commander-in-chief's mansion and the deputy commander-in-chief's mansion in the important town of Liaodong, where the Tartars were concentrated. The general's men went to Zhenyuanmen to watch the battle. On the way, they met Niu San and Ma Tao, who was escorting a Tartar, Mele Erzhen.

Seeing Xue Polu, Niu San and Ma Tao hurried forward to show their merits, and Xue Polu knew that Niu San and Ma Tao gave up their leader Yan Lao Yao for several streets because of the Tartar's Mele Erzhen. It took a whole hour of work and sacrificed several brothers to capture the actual military leader of Liaoyang City.

Xue Polu was very helpless for Niu San and Ma Tao's disorganization and lack of discipline, because the Ming army rewarded them based on military merits, unlike Xue's army, which was dominated by destroying the enemy's vital forces. Some rules and ways of doing things are still unclear, which needs to be explained to Niu San, Ma Tao and the others slowly in the future.

But now Xue Polu had no choice but to praise Niu San and Ma Tao greatly, and let Niu San.Ma Tao went with him to watch the battle at Zhenyuan Gate in the north, and when he heard General Xue calling him to go together, he made Niu San and Ma Tao very happy. He followed Xue Polu to Zhenyuan Gate.

Man Gui not only fought hard at Zhenyuan Gate, but also held his breath. When he just arrived at Zhenyuan Gate, he looked at the open city gate. , Thousands of Tartars were used on the north side of the city, so the two sides began a battle for the gate of Zhenyuanmen.

Although Man Gui's men are brave, it's a pity that they don't have the firearms like Xue's army, and the city walls and towers are in the hands of the Tartars. Perhaps the Tartars have always been tough or fought desperately for the safety of Liaoyang City. In short, these Tartars, including Mongols and shaved heads, broke out with amazing fighting power.

Mangui's troops were caught off guard, and they were beaten back steadily by those from Beicheng. Even if Mangui killed several deserters in a row, did they stop the Ming army from retreating? Gui's men and horses were defeated, and a large number of Tartar soldiers from the northern city joined the battle to defend Liaoyang City. At that time, it was still unknown whether the Ming army could win Liaoyang City in the end.

Lu Yaojin and Rao Guoying commanded the Xue family army to consume half of the grenades and explosives they carried with them before repelling the crazy attack of the Tartars in the North City, leaving behind five or six hundred corpses, and Man Gui also took the opportunity to pack up his own Encouraged by Xue's army's victory, the team surrounded Zhenyuan Gate again.

From then on, Lu Yaojin, Mangui's Ming army and Beicheng's Tazi army started a tug-of-war. After several small-scale attacks, the two sides were unable to kill each other, and the stalemate gradually died down. .

When Xue Polu came to Zhenyuan Gate with the Central Army of his headquarters, Wang Ping, Tao Yaofu, Niu San, and Ma Tao, the entire Zhenyuan Gate was unexpectedly quiet in the early morning, and the entire battlefield was quiet and peaceful, except for the soldiers who had not died. Weeping and whining with the wounded horse.

Lu Yaojin and Man Gui immediately ran to Xue Polu's horse, Xue Polu got off his horse with the support of his own soldiers, Lu Yaojin asked in surprise: "Second Uncle, you are injured."

Xue Polu nodded and did not speak. Lu Yaojin and Man Gui were taken aback. They all knew Xue Polu's abilities, and Xue Polu had obviously suffered internal injuries. The injured people saw that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Liaoyang City, and if they encountered difficulties, they would be able to escape unscathed.

Lu Yaojin asked: "Second Uncle, which tartar hurt you, I will destroy his whole family."

Xue Polu said: "It's the young master at the beginning of the year, whoever has iron arms and bronze legs, Dong Feiyang, who is protecting the big traitor Fan Wencheng."

Lu Yaojin understood and said, "Is that the tartar whose eyes were gouged out by the young master?"

Xue Polu nodded, and Lu Yaojin asked, "Where is Dong Feiyang with iron arms and bronze legs now, my nephew is going to blow him up to death."

Xue Polu said: "I have already killed him." Xue Polu's personal soldiers immediately showed Lu Yaojin the head of Dong Feiyang with iron arms and bronze legs.

Man Gui asked, "Is this Tartar very powerful?"

Lu Yaojin said: "Why not powerful, this iron-armed and bronze-legged Dong Feiyang is the leader of the secret camp of Jiancaptive Nurhachi, and he is one of the top ten masters in the Central Plains martial arts."

Man Gui was taken aback and said: "It turns out that he is the leader of the secret battalion of the Jian captive Nurhachi, but he is an executioner who is stained with the blood of our soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty."

Lu Yaojin laughed and said, "No matter how powerful he is, he still died at the hands of my second uncle."

Man Gui said excitedly: "Brother Polu is worthy of being a hero in this world, but you have caused great harm for Daming."

Xue Polu said: "Dong Feiyang with iron arms and bronze legs is indeed a strong martial artist, I won."

Lu Yaojin quickly blocked Xue Polu's words and asked, "Second Uncle, who is this little Tartar?"

Xue Polu said, "It's the fifteenth Argododo of Jianlu Nurhachi."

Man Gui hurriedly asked: "Is that kid the fifteenth Argododo of Nurhachi? I wish I could kill all the descendants of this old slave. This time I happened to sacrifice this little bastard to the flag."

Xue Polu smiled and said: "Since Man Zongbing has his eyes on this kid, the last general will just let you deal with him."

Man Gui smiled and said: "Brother Polu, this soldier is going to use Duoduo as a shield to attack Zhenyuan Gate."

Xue Polu said: "Why did you encounter trouble in attacking Zhenyuan Gate?"

Man Gui said? "Brother Polu, it's a pity that this soldier and General Lu came late. The Tartars at Zhenyuanmen got the support of Jianlu from Beicheng, while the east side of the city wall was still under the control of Tartars. The Tartars in the city blocked it, so now my soldiers and General Lu are in a dilemma under the Zhenyuan Gate."

Xue Polu said: "Now that Guangshun Gate has been captured by our Ming army, General Zhao Zongbing and General Liu Can from the east will come over from the city wall soon, so the bombardiers of Zuo Qianzong will be transferred here at the end. , in one fell swoop to deal with the Jianlu of Zhenyuanmen."

Just as Xue Polu dispatched his troops, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the gate of Zhenyuan. Governor Yu Anxing also returned about [-] officers and soldiers, including Zhang Sanzhu and Yu Dahui of Xue Jiajun.

Mao Yuanyi was proud of himself. Seeing Xue Polu, Man Gui, Lu Yaojin and other generals, he was so happy from ear to ear, and said to Xue Polu with a smile: "General Xue, General Man, General Lu, you set up your orders. With such a great achievement, Master Jinglue will be very happy."

Man Gui sighed: "Sir, I'm really ashamed. These are all thanks to General Xue. The last general has not even captured a single Zhenyuan Gate."

Mao Yuanyi looked at the Zhenyuan Gate and the city wall in the distance, and saw five or six thousand Tartar soldiers and civilians gathered on the city wall, crowding the Zhenyuan Gate tower and the left and right city walls. Since there was no horse face inside the city wall, many people In the Ming army's attack range, some Tartars were too close to the inner city wall, as if they would be transferred from the city wall if they were not careful.

Mao Yuanyi was puzzled and said: "Zhongqing, generals, it stands to reason that attacking the towers and walls from the inner city is much easier than attacking the city walls from the outside. Do you have any clever tricks?"

Xue Polu saw that Man Gui didn't answer, so he said to Mao Yuanyi himself: "Mr. Mao, the Man Zong and Lu Qian Zong were short of troops and missed the opportunity. When the generals gather their troops at the end, they will definitely be able to take down Zhenyuan Gate in one go."

(End of this chapter)