Chapter 914: Seizing the City
When he arrived at the agreed location, Han Yong did not see Meng Yue, but only saw his deputy Jiao Han.
Han Yong frowned and said, "Where are others in Meng Yue!"
Jiao Han said: "The guards pretended to be sending dry firewood and sneaked into the city, letting their subordinates wait for you here. We found a place for the army to hide on the side of Mudanjiang. Please rest there for a while."
Han Yong asked, "Has he just entered alone?"
Jiao Han shook his head, "There are still a few brothers who have entered the city with him. It has been three days since they entered, and there has been no big news on the Qing army. I think they have not been discovered by the enemy. By the way, guerrillas, Meng Shoujie said. If there is no notification from him, you must not act rashly."
Han Yong frowned and said after a while: "Okay! Listen to him. Leave a few more people waiting for Meng Yue's news, and take me to the place you found."
At the fourth update, the weather is cold and the earth is also the most sleepy time for people.
Outside the city, all the horses were covered with a thick layer of cotton blanket, with chews in their mouths, and were wrapped in coarse cloth under the horse's hooves. Under the traction of the soldiers, they stopped less than three hundred steps away from the city. The soldiers wore armor inside and a layer of cotton fur on the outside, standing quietly beside the horse. The hot air exhaled from the mouth condensed into ice and was stuck on their faces. The cracked holes made people feel biting pain under the blow of the cold wind. If they weren't for the occasional blinking, they would easily be mistaken for being a human-shaped sculpture. The face was already wood, but the heart was hot.
I don’t know how long it took, but a burning wooden stick suddenly stretched out from the entrance of the city wall, and then shook it left and right three times.
When Han Yong saw it, he was overjoyed and waved his hand slightly. The sound of footsteps sounded behind him. More than a hundred infantrymen only carried long swords and ran towards the city gate at a very fast speed.
The people inside were ready to open the city gate and welcome them in.
Wu Xiong walked in first. Under the city gate, the ground was in a mess, blood and snow were mixed together, and four or five Qing troops had already lost their lives. They were lazy in the rear, and they were likely to be killed in their sleep.
There were more than 20 people standing beside Meng Yue, all wearing very thin coarse linen clothes, trembling in the snowy night. But their eyes were bright and they looked very energetic. Meng Yue saw Wu Xiong and ordered directly: "Mr. Wu Qian, take half of the people to the treasury in the west of the city, where there was a large amount of food and supplies. You burn them all for me, causing chaos in the city. General Feng, if you know the specific location, you will take Mr. Wu Qian. The remaining people will follow me to the east of the city, open the prison, and let all the prisoners come out. Feng Liu, you go outside the city to find Han guerrillas and let him lead the cavalry to raid the Dutong Palace. Even if you can't take it down immediately, you must stop the people inside from going out. The Qing army's camp is in the north of the city. As long as Wu Bahai is not allowed to meet with the Qing army immediately, we have a chance of victory."
A sound of horse hooves ran from far to near, and ran from the empty streets. At first, no one of the people who had already rested took it seriously. But soon after, it sounded like thunder near the General Administration, followed by screams and fighting. The guards at the door who were unprepared were killed instantly. Han Yong led his men into the General Administration and killed them in a group with the newly-emerged guards inside.
Soon after, a fire broke out in the west of the city, and red flames rushed straight into the sky. The prison in the east of the city was also opened, and thousands of prisoners were released from it. Most of them had blood-red eyes, killed people when they saw them, and set fires everywhere. The city was full of chaos, with various sounds mixed together, covering the whole city. The chaotic scene started from the General Administration and then covered the whole city.
There was already a scattered group of people on the streets. There were Ming troops who suddenly rushed in, prisoners who took advantage of the situation to make trouble, and officials and people in the city who fled. The doors of the large households in the city were locked, shouting outside the door, and crying inside the door. There were also bannermen who organized servants at home and rushed to the street with swords and guns. When the panicked crowds made them dizzy, they didn't know which enemies were. They just chopped and killed casually, trying to stabilize order, but many were swallowed up by the angry crowd.
Wu Bahai was resting, and when he heard the movement, he hurriedly got up. He opened the door and looked around. The mansion was already in chaos. A group of people wearing Qing military uniforms were chopping down the guards in the mansion. He shouted loudly, trying to figure out what was going on, but he just exposed his place. He came over and hit his chest. Wu Bahai, who was not wearing armor and only had a thin coat, fell to the ground, and was then owled to the head by the Ming soldiers.
Han Yong dispersed the guards in the General Administration, left twenty people behind, and led the remaining people straight to the Qing army camp in the north of the city.
The road was full of chaotic people, fleeing everywhere in a mess. The sky seemed to collapse completely after that moment. The Qing army that came to reinforce was dispersed by these chaotic people. When they arrived, there were only less than four hundred people left. Han Yong shook their morale with Wu Bahai's head and then attacked continuously with cavalry. Not long after, the nearly four hundred Qing army collapsed. After that, there were no reorganized Qing army, only some scattered ones left, scattered all over the city.
The four gates in the city were opened by the people who fled in panic, and countless people fled out of the city. There were the Qing army, the big families in the city, and countless people.
Ningguta is responsible for all the prisoners with serious crimes. If there is no accident, he will stay in this bitter and cold place for the rest of his life. Whether it is the bannermen inside or the Han people, he is full of hatred for the Qing army.
In order to keep the secret, Meng Yue only told some people about the uprising. These prisoners were released when they couldn't figure out what the situation was. After seeing the panicked Qing army and the fleeing people, the demons in their hearts were also aroused. Without restrictions, they were like a group of wild beasts that had broken away from their reins, killing people everywhere and setting fire. Especially the big bannermen in the city or those who had offended them, they retaliated one by one.
Countless wealthy families of bannermen were looted, and most of them died in their families. Killing, robbery, and rape became the most common things. They even attacked some scattered Qing troops and killed them in the most cruel way.
It was not good for those who escaped from the city. Nearly a hundred Oroqen people robbed them once. Everyone they saw was killed by them and their property was taken for themselves.
By dawn, except for the scattered killings, most places had stopped. However, the people in the city did not have three or three, and the worst of them were the bannermen who were basically killed.
Han Yong gave most of the stolen gold and silver to the prisoners and the Oroqen people who arrived later, and asked them to leave immediately before the Qing army reinforcements arrived. Then he ordered the General Administration and several major buildings to burn the Tushiro Prefecture and then led his troops to evacuate with some Ming officials and generals detained here.
Chapter completed!