Lin Tailai said casually: "That's better!"
Although this Hongda's status among the rebel generals is not ranked among the top five, his greatest value is his surname.
When the rebels who were fighting at the city gate saw that Chi Hongda was dead, they immediately lost their will to fight and dispersed.
There were only one to two hundred remnant soldiers left at the city gate, probably all of them internal responders to the uprising.
But there were still hundreds of rebels on the city wall. Seeing that the situation was over, they directly shouted to surrender.
In just a moment, the battle was over.
Lin Tailai went down to the city gate again and greeted Zhao Chengxian, the internal military attaché responsible for the incident.
Then I saw that the city gate hole had been filled and blocked with a large number of stones. No wonder the fighting just now was only near the city gate and no one entered or exited through the city gate hole.
In any case, this can be considered a success in capturing the city gate, right?
Climb first, kill the generals, and seize the door. It's a great success tonight.
However, if the rebels lose the west gate, they will definitely mobilize their troops and horses for a counterattack.
Immediately, Lin Tailai ordered all the officers and soldiers who had entered the city to gather at the west gate to prepare to resist the rebel counterattack.
Then he notified Li Yu outside the west city to quickly clear the city gate hole from the outside and completely open the entrance to the city.
That night, Lin Tailai relied on the horse roads and city walls to command more and more officers and soldiers to repel three rebel attacks.
When the stones blocking the west gate were cleared and the doorway was clear, the Xicheng rebels could no longer turn back, stopped their counterattack and retreated.
At this time, in the direction of Nancheng, the Chinese Army officer reported excitedly to Li Rusong: "The rebels guarding the south gate seem to have withdrawn! The officers and soldiers can come down with a drum!"
Li Rusong sighed: "It can be expected that Supervisor Lin will definitely capture the west gate completely."
In the layout of Ningxia City, military institutions and Kuaibai Mansion are both in the Northeast District.
Once a city gate is breached, the rebels will definitely shrink to the northeast corner and continue to resist.
That's why there are signs that the rebels are actively retreating from Nancheng, which no longer has any defensive value.
After daybreak, Li Rusong led the army and entered the city from the south gate.
The south gate leads directly to Prince Qing's Mansion in Ningxia. After the Kuaibai rebellion, Prince Qing's Mansion was hit by a military disaster and looted by the rebels.
At the gate of Prince Qing's Mansion, Supervisor Lin Tailai was sitting on the steps to rest when Li Rusong saw him.
Supervisor Lin's new armor should have been shiny, but instead it was covered in blood, and many of the plum blossom-shaped armor pieces changed from white plums to red plums.
He had an iron gun and a mace in his hand, both stained with blood.
"My army is exhausted and wants to go back to the military camp outside the city to rest. I'll leave it to you later." Lin Tailai said with a smile.
Li Rusong replied expressionlessly: "This is the last step. You can stay here to supervise the battle."
Lin Tailai opened his eyes wide again and said: "The city has been broken, why don't you laugh? You don't blame me for stealing your limelight, do you?"
Li Rusong replied from the bottom of his heart: "I can only admire you, a promising No. 1 Scholar, who dares to seize the throne first at your own expense."
When anything is done to the extreme, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
He dared to risk his life by taking the honor of being the number one scholar in the Hanlin Academy and undertaking the feat of seizing the throne first. He refused to accept it.
Not only Li Rusong, but all the generals who participated in the siege were shocked when they heard about Supervisor Lin's feat!
When civil servants perform tricks on the battlefield, they have always regarded them as a show. But if the show goes so far, can it still be called a show?
These military generals who are already in high positions now do not have the courage to go to the city and fight for their lives in person.
Lin Tailai pointed to Prince Qing's Mansion behind him, "Old Prince Qing has a son who has been hiding in the cellar of the mansion. You go and rescue him. This credit will be given to you."
Li Rusong didn't care about the affairs of Prince Qing's Mansion, but looked to the northeast and asked: "Haibai has gathered all the soldiers in the northeast, as well as some heavy artillery and musketry, and relies on the walls and streets to resist. How can we defeat the enemy?"
It can definitely be conquered, but at this point, if we can reduce the cost, we should do as little as possible. It is no longer worth paying heavy casualties.
Lin Tailai pointed out: "The top four rebels, Kuai Bai, Kuai Cheng'en, Xu Chao, and Liu Dongyang are still alive. You can continue to surrender, but you must perform meritorious service before you can accept the surrender."
People have a sense of luck, and being recruited and surrendered is their only chance, so they can't help but be tempted.
In order to perform meritorious deeds, they would probably kill each other and surrender with other people's heads."
Li Rusong said in surprise: "If someone in the rebel army kills other rebel generals, are we really going to surrender?"
Lin Tailai replied: "If anyone comes to surrender, let him come here to negotiate with me!"
So Li Rusong commanded the army and surrounded the northeast corner of Ningxia City.
In the afternoon, civil strife broke out among the rebels, and countless rebel soldiers escaped and surrendered.
Later, the No. 2 rebel general, Kuai Bai's eldest son, Kuai Cheng'en, carried the heads of the No. 3 rebel general, Xu Chao, and the No. 4 rebel general, Liu Dongyang, to seek surrender to Li Rusong on behalf of Kuai Bai.
Li Rusong informed that the terms of surrender were decided by the supervisor, and asked Yi Chengen to go to the gate of Prince Qing's Mansion to negotiate with Lin Supervisor.
But when they arrived at the gate of Prince Qing's Mansion, Supervisor Lin said: "It is Li Rusong who is trying to recruit you to surrender. What does it have to do with me, Lin Tailai?"
Then Kuai Chengen was captured on the spot, and all the one hundred guards who followed Kuai Chengen out to negotiate were also eliminated.
At the same time, Li Rusong launched a general offensive. After the civil strife, the rebels completely lost their will to resist.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible and knowing that there was no way out for him, the leader of the rebel army set fire to his house and committed suicide.
Kuai worshiped his second son as his favorite and rebelled against General Tu Wende. At that time, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, Chen Jiwu and others were captured alive one after another.
Excluding the aftermath, the war came to an end.
Li Rusong never imagined two days ago that the war would end so quickly.
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Chapter completed!