While the city of Peiping was in a frenzy to suppress bandits, there was a night battle outside the city of Guangning.
First, they were bombarded by artillery. The artillery bombardment finally stopped. The Tatar army commander Mahachi sent people to count the battle losses and found that more than 2,000 people were dead, and the remaining 7,000 people were also injured to varying degrees, even more fatally. What's worse is that the morale of the army has seriously declined, and the soldiers are reluctant to leave the city for fear of stepping on a landmine.
Morale was seriously low, and Mahachi had to let his men rest in the ruined city first. But who would have thought that Guangning City is simply a dead city. If you draw water from a well, you will vomit and have diarrhea as soon as you drink it. In severe cases, you will even vomit. Mo's whole body convulsed. They could guess without thinking that the water was poisonous.
In addition to the water being undrinkable, there was not a grain of food in the city. There was some in the granary, but it had been burned down by a fire early, and many people were burned to death.
Because they were on their way in a hurry, the Tatar army did not bring any dry food. These thirsty and hungry soldiers went into the ruined houses and rummaged through them, but they did not find a grain of food. On the contrary, some unlucky ones accidentally When they turn over something they shouldn't touch, they will be blown away with a loud bang, scaring the other Tatars so much that they dare not move.
Without food or drink, they would be blown up by mines. The Tatar army jumped back. Mahachi gave an order to break out of the encirclement at night with these fellow sufferers. They had suffered from the mines, but they also suffered a lot. Zhi, drove the war horses forward to clear mines, and then all the horses rushed out.
Using war horses to clear mines, although many war horses were lost, was still a good idea. After a loud bang, the west gate of Guangning City was in a mess, with horse corpses everywhere, but all the minefields had been cleared. Tartar The Tatar army swarmed out and tried to escape back to Daning at night.
However, if the Tatar army wants to run away, can they run away?
No, as soon as the Tatar army ran a mile away like a lost dog, several cavalrymen who were charging in front suddenly fell to the ground together with their horses. The teammates behind suddenly felt that something was not good and immediately reined in their horses and stopped. Right here, there was a roar of war drums in the field, and countless cavalry appeared from all directions, charging towards them.
"No, we've been ambushed!" Mahachi's heart tightened, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to form a formation to fight.
As a nation of horses, the Tatars have been proficient in bows and horses since childhood and are very talented in field battles. If they encounter an ordinary cavalry team, they can use various tactics to defeat the opponent. No matter how difficult it is, they can successfully break through. However, , what they encountered was the well-equipped and well-trained Peking Army.
The bows and arrows fired were blocked by the steel armor and could not hurt anyone at all. The Tatar army lost the power of their bows and arrows. The Peiping army had already charged forward and could only fight with their swords. They took out their sabers, lassoes and hammers. Kind of "weapon" and began to fight in close quarters.
As usual, the Peiping army had a mace in each hand and a hand shield in the left hand. With one hand, it swiped the enemy with the stick, and at the same time, it raised its hand to fire arrows, hitting them at close range and shooting at long range. It was extremely intimidating. Soon, the Tatar army suffered thousands of casualties. Seeing that they could no longer resist, Mahachi had no choice but to order the entire army to break out of the encirclement with all their might.
However, no matter how the Tatar army attacked, there would always be a team of thousands of people in front to intercept them. From midnight to the early morning, the Tatar army not only failed to break through, but was squeezed back to the vicinity of Guangning City, and suffered nearly 100 casualties. Two thousand people. Mahachi also knew that it was useless to continue fighting, so he had to order the entire army to retreat to Guangning City and stand firm to wait for reinforcements.
What the Peiping Army wanted was for the Tatar Army to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. Otherwise, how could they encircle the area for reinforcements? No, as soon as the Tatar Army retreated into Guangning City, Li Chengkun, who was in charge of supervising the battle, ordered the entire army to retreat and disappeared outside Guangning City. The mountains and fields are scattered like clouds, as if they have never appeared before.
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As the morning sun rose, loud bells rang in the city of Peiping, and more than a dozen closed city gates opened at the same time. This ancient and emerging city was opened again. Because after a night of arrests, all the suspects in the bombing case were arrested. The sulfur theft from the warehouse and the poisoning and murder of the warehouse manager were all solved, and the city-wide ban was naturally lifted.
In Wan's house, Wan Lei stretched out and sat up from the recliner. A night of hard work made him feel very tired, mainly because of his heart. However, he had no regrets or complaints. Ever since he embarked on the "rebellion" He has never regretted this path. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles he encounters, he will grit his teeth and stick to his beliefs.
"Leizhi, get up, you can have breakfast." Fu Wei happened to come to the study.
"How's it going? Is the little guy naughty?" Wan Lei gently pressed his hand on his wife's belly and whispered in her ear.
"What's it like in broad daylight? Go, go, go, go wash up quickly, it stinks." Fu Wei blushed and hurriedly pushed him away.
After a busy night, Wan Lei's face was really tired. After washing up, he finally felt more energetic. In the morning, he ate some freshly made whole wheat bread and drank a bowl of hot soy milk, and then he felt full of energy. Get up. He still had a lot of finishing work to do that day, so he wiped his mouth and went back to the study.
The first thing is to review the case files. This night, Jingzhong Guard arrested a dozen people in total. There were a lot of confessions and a lot of evidence in the interrogation alone. However, the case was very simple: Liu Ti and others Colluding with Yang Shiqi and others, he defrauded fifteen barrels of sulfur from the warehouse manager, mixed several barrels of flame salt smuggled by the owner of the herbal medicine shop, and added some carbon powder to make more than a thousand kilograms of black powder.
They divided the gunpowder into many parts and secretly buried them in places where important military and political departments in Beiping City must pass. They even hid some of the gunpowder in the Iron Mansion, planning to kill Wan Lei and then take the opportunity to attack. A high-ranking official in the dead city.
However, Wan Lei was not lucky enough to die, and Beiping City had put the whole city on alert. They were afraid that they would not be able to escape, so they did not implement it immediately. Wan Lei looked at the stack of confessions, and then looked at some of the papers on the ground. The homemade "bomb" made me terrified.
Fortunately, these bombs are relatively primitive and rely on open flames to detonate. This shows that the craftsmanship of these bomb makers is still not good. If it were Wan Lei who was responsible for it, he would definitely add an ignition mechanism to these bombs to make them explode at the first touch. "Hidden thunder" is what makes people unable to guard against it.
"Brother, these are the confessions of the two women named Liu." Zhao Xueer ran and presented two more confessions. The reason why she was so enthusiastic was because she was already dissatisfied with the Liu sisters and could not be cruel. Catch their pigtails immediately.
"Oh, they all confessed honestly?" Wan Lei had read other people's confessions and mentioned to some extent about the two sisters Liu Wan and Liu Fei. However, there were different opinions. Some said they were accomplices, while others said they were coerced. In the spirit of not indulging in injustice, Wan Lei asked the sisters to be interrogated separately to see if their confessions were consistent before he could draw a conclusion.
"I have confessed honestly. They both said they were coerced and did not take the initiative to seek refuge with these thieves. But even so, Liu Wan actually agreed to assassinate you in order to save her sister, and she also carried out the execution. This is a crime. !" Zhao Xueer said bitterly.
"Haha, if someone catches your father and asks you to kill me, will you obey?" Wan Lei was not angry, but asked with a smile.
"Ah, this, this..., my father will definitely not be caught." Zhao Xueer blushed and argued forcefully.
"No matter what, as long as she is loyal to our Peking Army, we can't make people feel cold. As for the assassination, she couldn't help it. A slight punishment will be fine." Wan Lei waved his hand and shouted to the door: "Go. Bring the two sisters Liu Wan and Liu Fei here."
"Hmph, any small punishment is fine. People like this should be severely punished, otherwise there is no guarantee that they will not commit the crime again in the future." Zhao Xueer was very dissatisfied, but she didn't care.
Soon, the Liu sisters were brought in. Liu Wan felt relieved when she saw that her sister was intact. However, she was still very puzzled: How did Wan Lei rescue her sister from the devil's cave filled with explosives? of?
"Sister, are you okay?" Liu Fei's clothes were still wet because she was soaked in water not long ago, and her whole body looked like a drowned rat. As soon as she saw her sister, she asked anxiously. Because she You know: My sister became an assassin for her, and if she is caught now, she will definitely be punished with death.
"No, it's okay, as long as Xiao Fei is okay." Liu Wan burst into tears. She looked at Wan Lei sitting at the desk, then looked at her sister, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. She knew: just by Hiding out of the city and planning an assassination would be enough to kill her. She was not afraid of death, but she was most afraid of harming her sister.
"Pa!" Wan Lei slammed the table and said angrily: "Liu Wan and Liu Fei, have you ever known your crime?"
When Zhao Xueer saw Wan Lei slamming the table as soon as he came up, she couldn't help but look at the Liu sisters with some schadenfreude.
"Mr. Wan, all the crimes are my fault and have nothing to do with Liu Fei. She is just the victim." Liu Wan immediately took the blame, but the fact is that Liu Fei had nothing to do with the assassination.
"Mr. Wan, my sister couldn't help herself. She did it to save me... If she needs to be killed or punished, I am willing to bear the responsibility alone." Liu Feiye said anxiously.
"Humph! You still don't know the crime! You are so stupid!" Wan Lei shouted, his face even more ugly.
"Yes, yes, we are aware of the crime, and I am willing to bear all the punishment alone." Liu Fei turned pale with fright and said hurriedly.
"Do you know the crime? Then tell yourself, what crime did you commit?"
"I, no, my subordinate secretly colluded with the thieves, broke the curfew and sneaked out of the city, and also attempted to assassinate Mr. These are all serious crimes." Liu Wan said.
"Hmph! You said you were guilty?!" Wan Lei still snorted and said angrily: "Although what you said yourself is a serious crime, but since you were coerced and couldn't help yourself, you will not be held accountable for these things. You guys The real crime is overstepping your authority! You are just internal staff of the Jingzhong Guard and have no investigative powers. But you, on the other hand, acted privately without authorization from the headquarters and fell into the hands of the enemy. This is a serious violation of the regulations of the Jingzhong Guard."
"Ah!" Liu Zong and Liu Fei exclaimed at the same time. They never expected that the major crime of losing their heads, which they expected, could not be investigated, but what was being investigated was a minor offense such as overstepping their authority. However, Liu Wan was clueless. He also turned around quickly and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I acted privately and violated the rules. Please sir, take heavy responsibility according to the law."
"Rewards must be punished. If you make a mistake, you must be severely punished." Wan Lei touched his beard and said: "Let's do this. You two sisters will be fined for two years to make up for the losses caused by this operation."
Because he wanted to save people and capture people, he set fire to the library shop. This was considered a form of expropriation. Of course, the losses had to be compensated. Wan Lei used Liu Wan and Liu Fei's wages to offset them. This was considered very fair and humane. Yes.
"Ah." When the Liu sisters heard that they were going to be fined, they were stunned, and then they were overjoyed: This is not a severe punishment, it is obviously just a liberal approach.
"Why are you not convinced? Don't want to admit compensation?" Wan Lei rolled his eyes at the two sisters, while Zhao Xueer's little mouth on the side even pouted.
"No, no, no, we accept compensation, we accept compensation in full. Mr. Xie Wan will be more lenient, thank you..."
Wan Lei waved his hand, interrupted Liu Fei's words, and said sternly: "Remember, never break the rules again in the future. If it happens again, you will be severely punished!"