Guarding the east gate of Yanshi City was a group of local old thieves from Henan. There were six or seven hundred of them who had gathered together to rob and rob houses for many years. In November, they saw that the rebel king Li Zicheng had regained his power, so they came here.
Depart.
Originally, I wanted to follow King Chuang to join the banditry and plunder a few more big cities to make a fortune, so I was not happy to stay in the small city of Yanshi. I always wanted to go to Luoyang.
The leader of the thieves called for a bowl of meat. It is said that he was a police officer in a certain place. After he went to collect food and came back, he was given a bowl of meat less during the merit discussion. He harbored a grudge and colluded with the local rogues to rob the prison.
He killed the county magistrate and became a bandit from then on.
On the top of the city, when he saw the officers and soldiers rushing towards him with bright armor, sophisticated weapons, and neat formations, he felt timid. However, he also knew that King Chuang's military order was very strict, and if he retreated without fighting, he would certainly not be able to escape the blame.
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In desperation, he had no choice but to loudly order his subordinates to be on guard. There were four small cannons in the east city, and the captured officers and soldiers who were originally defending the city were responsible for firing them. However, they had just fired three cannons when they heard that one bombed in the south city.
Gate, and there were heavy casualties, so they did not dare to fire any more cannons.
"Quick, quick, I will throw all the rolling logs and rocks down. Don't let the thieves and soldiers board the city."
A Bowl of Meat shouted loudly, waving a big knife in his hand and roaring angrily. Under his intimidation, all the thieves turned around and lifted up large logs, stones, and bricks and threw them at the bottom of the city.
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On the right, Li Erdan, a sword and shield soldier from the first team of the second bureau of the Jia Division, is wearing fine iron armor. He is walking quickly up the long ladder with his shield. During this period, bows and arrows are flying. He only protects his face with his shield, showing no fear.
, and his feet never stopped.
Suddenly, a large piece of wood was lifted up by the bandit soldiers and slid down the long ladder quickly. Although Li Erdan was anxious, he did not panic. He hurriedly stood firm on the long ladder and leaned tightly on the ladder.
At the same time, the upper edge of the shield in the left hand is also slightly raised close to the long ladder, and the lower edge is slightly tilted. The waist knife is bitten in the mouth, and the right hand is tightly grasped on the long ladder.
"Hi ha!"
The moment the log rolled down, the shield in his left hand raised up, tilting the log upwards and flying over his head. With a "boom", it fell to the left and fell to the city.
Li Erdan didn't stop. He endured the soreness and pain in his left arm. He held the long ladder with his right hand and ran up to the top of the city in a few steps. He held his shield in front to protect his body. He jumped up and jumped.
Climb to the top of the city.
With a "bang", it hit the shield of a bandit, knocking the bandit backwards. Li Erdan pressed the shield of his left hand down on the bandit, and used the force to roll his body forward again.
lock up.
At the same time, he also held the sword in his right hand, and saw a spear being stabbed at him. He had no time to dodge, so he had to face the spear with his standing body. Under the inertia of the direct thrust, the spear tip actually pierced his armor and went straight into his left rib.
Suddenly, a stream of bright red blood came out from the wound.
"kill……"
Li Erdan endured the severe pain and swung the saber in his right hand to chop at the neck of the bandit. The saber slashed across and blood spattered. As soon as the thief lost his strength, he rolled down into the city without having time to cry out.
"Kill...kill the thief..."
As more and more officers and soldiers boarded the city, the city wall was already in a state of melee. These thieves were quite capable of bullying the hungry people and the local defenders.
But what we encountered today were the elites of the Ming Dynasty's border troops. Not only were they well-armed and well-armed, not to mention Zhang Cheng also promised a heavy reward, and the supervising team was behind them to threaten them. They all fought bravely to be the first, and the officials who climbed to the top of the city
There are more and more troops.
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Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai each led more than ten healthy soldiers from the Boys' Battalion and rushed towards the south gate of Yanshi. They were all wearing leather armor and were very nimble and light when running. Each of their arms was wrapped with hooks and locks.
They carried leather shields on their backs, with short swords, hatchets and other short weapons stuck in them. Zhang Chengfang also held a short dagger in his mouth. They just sprinted forward without saying a word.
Separated on the left and right sides outside the south gate, they were almost clinging to the city wall and struggling to swing the hook locks. At the same time, they took off their hands and threw them towards the city wall. As a series of "ding, ding, ding" sounds came, the hook locks were hung tightly one by one.
On the city wall.
The two sides were fighting in a melee at the moment, and the defenders' attention was also attracted by the long ladders and soldiers climbing up the city. For a moment, they did not notice the boy camp soldiers who were climbing the city like little monkeys.
Zhang Cheng saw in the telescope that these children were climbing up the hooks and locks quickly and easily, just like little monkeys. They climbed to the city wall in a few seconds. They shouted loudly and used their strength to turn over.
Went up to the city wall.
He put down his telescope and said to Wang Yuanjing next to him: "These children are not bad. Not only are they not timid, they are also very agile. Each one of them is as brave as a little tiger out of the cage!"
Wang Yuanjing also put down his telescope at this time and said: "Children like Cheng Fang all respect the commander as a father. They often think that they can't repay them. When they practice on weekdays, they don't want to save any more energy. Today is the day."
Please let me ascend the city, and naturally everyone will fight bravely to be the first."
He paused for a moment and then said: "Yanshi City has been recovered, but a lot of people were injured."
Zhang Cheng looked at the battlefield in front of him and said softly to Wang Yuanjing: "In troubled times, you can only survive in death. All I can do is to make these good men die in a worthy and worthwhile way."
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He turned his head and stared at Wang Yuanjing, and said: "As the saying goes, 'kindness does not control soldiers.' If they were born in a peaceful and prosperous age, I could make these good men rich and noble for the rest of their lives.
But now they happen to be born in troubled times, and I can only guarantee that their deaths will not be in vain, and that their deaths can give their families a stable life, with food and clothing without worries!"
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The magistrate of Yanshi County, Xu Ritai, and the county magistrate, Bai Shilu, trained Liu Heng and other officials. After the former bandit leader Yuan Zongdi broke through the city, they were pulled out and beheaded in front of the county government office in front of the public.
Now that there are no officials in the city to take charge of the overall situation, Zhang Cheng's camp is located in the county government. He ordered Zhang Guodong to lead the left part of the infantry camp, the right part was stationed on the bank of Luoshui River in the south of the city, and the middle part and various cavalry units were stationed in the city.
Not far from the county government office is the county traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The wounded during the siege were all concentrated in the hospital for treatment. The sergeants and cavalrymen in the middle of the infantry camp were patrolling the city, continuing to search for the bandits who were hiding, and to maintain the people in the city.
Public security must not only prevent rogue gangsters in the city from taking the opportunity to cause trouble, but also prevent sergeants from disobeying military orders and wantonly disturbing the people.
In the county government, the fighting status of all parties was also reported one after another.
Although not much was captured in this battle, the enemy was killed quite heavily. Nearly a thousand thieves were killed during the attack and inside the city. After the remaining thieves were defeated, they scrambled to escape from the west gate.
They were driven all the way by the Mongolian cavalry led by Su Laohu and Mo Rigen, and entered the preset ambush location. More than a thousand cavalry attacked and chased them from all directions, and killed nearly a thousand bandits.
Only Gu Dacheng led a few riders to escape and ran back to Luoyang. The remaining bandits scattered in all directions and hid in the surrounding valleys. Only five or six hundred bandits were captured, and they were all imprisoned outside the city, led by Zhang Guodong.
The two battalion officers and soldiers guarded the place.
On Zhang Cheng's side, only seventeen people were killed, and only about seventy were injured, most of which were minor injuries that were not fatal.