With wanton spread, the news that Wan Lei was injured and recuperating in Quang Ninh spread not only to Bac Parallel Province, but also to Tatar. When Mahachi in Daning heard the news, he was naturally overjoyed and immediately led his army eastward. Because he knew that as long as Guangning was captured and Wan Lei was captured, the Peiping army would be leaderless.
Li Chengkun, who was guarding the Guangning area, heard that the Tatar army had finally reached the border. Instead of being anxious, he was overjoyed because it would save him trouble. However, the enemy-seeking tactics arranged in advance could still be used. If the drama was not fully acted, how could he let it go? The Tatar army took the bait obediently.
No, on this morning, the Peiping Army and the Tatar Army launched a series of "blocking and pursuit" battles between the mountains and fields of Guangning and Daning. The Peiping Army blocked and the Tatar Army pursued. Of course, the Peking Army The intention is not to fight, but to deceive, with the purpose of luring the Tatar army into Guangning.
The two armies chased each other. Along the way, the Peiping Army only resisted on a small scale. Then they pretended to be defeated and began to retreat. On the way back, they naturally threw horse nails behind them, causing the Tatar Army to suffer a lot of losses. war horse,
Even so, Mahachi concluded that the Peking Army was delaying the Tatar army's advance, so as to buy time to summon reinforcements to garrison in Guangning, or to cover Wan Lei's exit from Guangning City. He never expected that the Peking Army would He wished he could enter Guangning quickly, so he personally led an army of 10,000 people on a rapid march, trying to reach the city of Guangning before sunset.
The Tatars divided their troops and began a forced march. They also encountered sporadic ambushes along the way. Although hundreds of horses were lost, this made Mahachi more sure that Wan Lei was still in Guangning City. These sporadic ambushes were just The Peiping army was struggling to its death,
At sunset, the ambitious Maha Ci finally arrived at Guangning City with 10,000 elite cavalry. He saw the drums beating loudly in Guangning City, the city was covered with flags, and there were also defenders in full armor. From time to time, arrow feathers flew out, as if facing a powerful enemy.
Of course, such a posture could not scare Mahachi, who had come from afar. He waved his hand, and a group of thousands of men came forward on horseback and began to test. It was better not to try. After a try, he found that the guards on the city were Jun was just a dummy, unable to move at all. Only a few arrows flew out near the city gate.
When Mahachi saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing: "The southerners are really ridiculous. They actually used dummies to defend the city. They really thought we were fools and would fall into his empty city plan."
After laughing, Mahachi waved his hand, and the five thousand Tatar troops began to attack across the board. As Mahachi expected, there was no resistance at all outside the city gate. After just a few collisions, the city gate opened wide, and the entire city Exposed in front of him, at this time, he also gave orders, and those wolf-like subordinates rushed into the city and began to loot the city.
When the Tatars rushed into Guangning Street, they discovered that Guangning City had long been an empty city. There was not a soul anywhere, but there were still many things in the shops and houses, including copper coins, broken silver, clothes, and jewelry. and so on, scattered everywhere,
If you have money but don't earn it, then you are a bastard. There are so many good things in front of you, how can you not pick them up? The soldiers scattered around and started picking up things, and some even fought to snatch the valuable gold and silver. It is natural for a general to Not interested in this small amount of money, they took their men to rush to key places such as the government treasury, because they could grab more valuable things there.
Everyone was busy grabbing things, so naturally no one went out of the city to report the news to the general Mahachi. Mahachi saw that thousands of his men had entered the city safely, and there didn't seem to be much fighting in the city. He knew the city without guessing. It has been breached, and now it is time to seize the fruits of victory,
Of course, as a general, Mahachi's vision is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers and junior generals. The most important purpose of his trip is to capture Wan Lei, because Wan Lei is the leader of the Peking Army and his life is more valuable than gold. Therefore, he On the one hand, he sent people to block the gates of Guangning City, and on the other hand, he led people to rush into the city so that he could personally pick the fruits of victory.
But when Mahachi rushed to the city gate, he suddenly heard a violent explosion coming from the city. He subconsciously pulled the reins and looked into the city again. He saw a thick fog rolling up in the center of the city. He He yelled "no" and rode into the city quickly because he discovered that the location of the explosion was probably where the government office was.
A living leader of the Peking Army is valuable, but a dead one is worthless. Of course Mahachi understands this truth. Now it seems to him that the leader of the Peking Army is about to commit suicide. To him, this is just a matter of words. The duck is about to fly, how can he not be anxious,
Mahachi must not have known that the loud noise just now was prepared for him, otherwise he would definitely be lucky that he did not get on that earthen plane. However, his deputy general Aji was not so lucky. This unlucky guy rushed into the government office in the city with dozens of cronies and was searching for gold, silver and jewelry.
A soldier opened a large cabinet. After a while, there was a bang in the government office. A large crater more than ten meters wide appeared on the ground. The entire government office was blown into ruins. Not only did everyone inside get on the earth plane When I went to see the King of Hell, even the Tatars within a radius of dozens of meters were either dead or injured. In short, the scene was left in a mess.
Mahachi looked at the mess. Before he could figure out what happened, he heard another scream not far away. He looked over and saw thick smoke billowing from the grain depot. Many people were struggling painfully in the fire...
"Quickly, hurry up and save..." Before Ma Haci could finish his words, he was covered up by a burst of violent gunfire. These gunfire did not come from inside the city, but from outside the city. He followed the sound and saw countless bullets. The stone fell from the sky and fell into the city,
"No, we were ambushed," Mahatma's mind was spinning very quickly. In line with the principle of saving his life, he took the lead and rushed out of the city, shouting as he ran: "Retreat, retreat,"
However, his voice had long been covered up by the sound of bombs falling in the city. Many Tatar soldiers who were still looting property in private houses were stunned for a moment. They were either hit by shells or violent explosions** And, casualties were numerous, and the city suddenly became a mess.
Not only was there chaos in the city, but the Tatar troops patrolling outside the city also began to be in chaos, because from time to time a big hole would explode under their feet. Many people were blown away together with their horses and men in a daze, and the remaining people saw nothing. It doesn't take a second to spread out and run away. But it doesn't matter if you don't run. Once you run away, it will be more serious. The explosions in the underground will get louder and faster, and the further you run, the higher the possibility of being bombed.
Perhaps, these frightened Tatars did not know what landmines were, nor did they know that they were surrounded by mine arrays, but they knew one thing: if they ran around again, they would be the next ones to be blown up into the sky. , in order to save their lives, these Tatars who were lucky enough to survive stayed where they were, not even daring to move.
On a hilltop three miles away from Guangning City, more than 40 steel cannons were set up right there. The gunners calmly charged and fired without even aiming, because the gun angles had been adjusted long ago. Aiming at Guangning City, just keep firing.
However, if the artillery is used too many times in a row, it will easily cause accidents due to overheating of the gun barrel. Therefore, after firing five salvos, the bombardment stopped. More than forty artillery fired five rounds in a row. The results were very impressive. Guangning Almost all the buildings in the city had been bombed, and there were ruins everywhere. There were countless wounded soldiers screaming in the ruins.
"Commander Li, how did you come up with the idea of using Guangning City to close the door and beat the dogs? This is really brilliant." Li Chengkun was also supervising the battle beside the artillery array. His staff looked at the broken city in the distance and those hot pots. The Tatar soldiers, who were scurrying around like ants on the ground, couldn't help laughing and said,
"I didn't come up with this idea. It was Mr. Wan who planned the whole process. Even the false news that Mr. Wan was in Guangning City was released by him." Li Chengkun didn't take any credit. Anyway, he had eliminated so many Tatars. His contribution is not small at all. Maybe if this big battle is fought well, he will be promoted to commander.
When he thinks about this level, Li Chengkun is even more motivated, because once he becomes the commander, he will enter the decision-making level of the Military Commission, and his future will be even more brilliant.
"With Mr. Wan's advice, there really is no battle that cannot be won," the staff officer chuckled, and then said, "I just don't know who is so bold as to assassinate Mr. Wan. Isn't this just asking for death?"
"Those things are not our business. We just need to fight a good war." Li Chengkun touched his beard and ordered: "According to the designated plan, suspend the shelling and start implementing the siege plan."
"Suspend the bombardment. The enemy troops in the city are almost dead and wounded. Why are we suspending the bombardment?" the artillerymen asked with some confusion. They were having fun.
"Hey, didn't Mr. Wan say that if you want the enemy to despair, you have to give them a little hope? What we want to kill in this battle is not the thousands of Tatars in the city, but what we want to kill is to make the Tatars timid, so that they dare not Just half a step closer to Liaodong." Before Li Chengkun could say anything, his staff explained with a smile,
Encirclement and reinforcements, this battle called "wolf hunting" has just begun.
The "Wolf Catching" campaign got off to a good start, but in Peiping City, Wan Lei was still worried about thoroughly investigating the assassination case. Yang Shiqi and Yang Zirong had been secretly arrested by the Jingzhong Guards, but these two guys were not ordinary tough talkers. He kept scolding the Peiping army as thieves, asking for confessions indiscriminately, and clearly stirring up trouble.
These two guys refused to recruit, but Jing Zhongwei never just believed their confessions. Zhang Yan asked people to search the homes of Yang Zirong and Yang Shiqi carefully, and found a fake seal from Yang Shiqi's home, which was copied from Zhou Tianshou's. big seal,
At the same time, the provincial government headed by Tie Xuan also recovered the body of Zhang Weixian, the warehouse manager who had been missing for nearly two days in Houhai. Judging from the preliminary autopsy, it was suspected that he was poisoned and then thrown into the water. This picture shows the first death. The clues in the case of the missing sulfur bullet have been cut off.
Now, the only evidence Tie Xuan has is a bill of lading found from Zhang Weixian's home, which is stamped with Zhou Tianshou's seal. The whole case has become confusing, but all the signs point to Zhou Tianshou, which makes the trapped The officials and citizens who were unable to go out in Peiping City became even more suspicious.
Even though he knew that the officials and the people were panicking, Wan Lei did not appear in front of the officials and people immediately because he only caught two people and not all the suspects were caught. He would not let these people go because of his impatience. It will be even harder to catch such a vicious criminal in the future.