The Ming army retreated into the city, and the city gates were closed instantly. Only the beacon smoke billowing outside the city was left covered with devastation. When the Ming army entered the city, Yuan Bing Yuan Ke, who was not far from the city gate, was unlucky. He was killed in less than half an hour.
They were killed and dispersed. Dakui summoned the whole army, counted the number of people, and quickly deployed defenses. In this battle, more than 5,000 Ming troops were killed, and the camp outside the city was lost. There was not much food and grass, so it was fine to lose it.
The sandbags originally used to block the city gate were moved outside the city gate by the Ming army and neatly piled up to form a circle of barriers. The Ming army, which now numbered more than 40,000, was divided into three groups to guard the long street, city wall and city gate. Dakui again
He ordered people to light up smoke at the top of the city to send a message. Before sending out troops, Da Kui had already secretly discussed with Marshal Xu Da that as long as Da Kui captured any city gate in Lanzhou, it would be a great achievement. What he had to do now was to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.
Dakui would not be so stupid as to attempt to capture Lanzhou City with only 40,000 Ming troops. There were 100,000 Yuan soldiers in Lanzhou City, and they were all well-equipped.
As soon as the city gate was broken, Li Siqi's last hope was shattered. He originally planned to hold on to Lanzhou and launch a massive counterattack when Timur's army arrived to expand its territory. However, now that the Ming army has captured the east gate of Lanzhou and defended it to the death, he had ten days left.
But the army of ten thousand people was helpless. Man's calculation was not as good as God's calculation, and Li Siqi couldn't help but sigh.
Knowing that the situation was over, Li Siqi could only summon the generals to discuss countermeasures.
As night fell, a messenger from the Yuan soldiers came to the city. The messenger sent a letter of surrender, signed: Shaanxi Pingzhang Li Siqi. Holding this letter, Da Kui was confident that the situation was settled, so he replied to Li Siqi to accept the surrender.
The morning breeze breaks through and the sun rises in the east. The east city of Lanzhou is full of ruins and ruins.
Dakui has placed two thousand crossbowmen in the ruins of residential buildings on both sides of the long street. The dead bodies on the street are piled up to the far side of the long street. Even if the Yuan soldiers invade, it is a fool's errand to drive straight in.
When people are hungry, everything they eat tastes delicious. Although the horse meat was a little burnt and no seasoning was added, Dakui still ate it with gusto. When the dust settled, there were many dead horses on the battlefield. Collecting it would be enough for four people.
One day's rations for Wanming's army. Dakui only had to lead his troops to guard the east gate for three days, so all the food and grass depended on dead horse meat.
As soon as he was able to ride, the man on the horse, dressed in Confucian robes and looking calm, walked along the long street not far from the east gate of the city.
"Who are you? Get off your horse and talk to me. We're going to shoot arrows if we go forward." A Ming military captain appeared from behind a low wall on the roadside and came to the street with a sword in his hand to block the rider's path.
The rider smiled softly, dismounted from his saddle and raised his hands, saying: "I, Fan Pingzhi, have been ordered by General Pingzhang and Li Siqi to come to your General Zhang to propose surrender."
The captain looked Fan Pingzhi up and down and asked, "Since we are proposing to surrender, why doesn't Li Siqi come in person?"
Fan Pingzhi replied: "General Li is ill and ill in bed, so I have sent you here."
The captain couldn't help laughing and said: "Li Siqi is worried, right?" After saying that, he said coldly: "Leave the horses and go there by yourself. My General Zhang is at the city gate."
"Thank you very much." Fan Pingzhi bowed repeatedly, handed the horse to the Ming military captain, and walked to the city gate alone.
Gao Lei was a sandbag in front of the city gate and could not see what was going on inside. As soon as Fan Pingzhi came closer, he was stopped again. After being questioned and searched carefully, he was led around the sand wall to the city gate opening and saw him.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Army.
Dakui was sitting on a Taishi chair, with a round table in front of him. There was a roasted horse leg lying across the table. At this moment, Dakui was cutting the meat with a knife and eating it. Although the war was in chaos, as a general, he couldn't be as casual as a soldier. Naturally,
It needs to be more particular. This table and chairs were found in a private house.
"Fan Pingzhi, a common man, has he seen General Zhang?" Fan Pingzhi clasped his hands and bowed deeply.
Dakui chewed the meat, raised his eyes to look at Fan Pingzhi, and let out a "hmm" in his nose.
Fan Ping was stunned, and then continued: "My General Li ordered me to pay homage to General Zhang."
Dakui still didn't speak and was still eating. Fan Pingzhi had no choice but to ask: "Yesterday evening, General Li ordered people to surrender. I wonder when General Zhang will send troops to take over Lanzhou?"
Da Kui replied nonchalantly: "There is no rush to take over Lanzhou. My vanguard army will only attack the city, not take it. In two days, the marshal's army will arrive in Lanzhou. At that time, General Li Siqi will go to my marshal to ask for surrender."
Already."
Fan Pingzhi couldn't help but be stunned when he came. General Li Siqi had repeatedly told Zhang Dakui to take over Lanzhou. It turned out that Li Siqi's plan was to wait for Dakui's forward army to take over Lanzhou, and then naturally divide his troops to defend various places.
Occupying a favorable position, Li Siqi's 100,000-strong army could wipe out the Ming army in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Dakui ignored everything else and focused on guarding the east gate.
"General Zhang, the people of Lanzhou are still waiting for peace of mind. The people of Lanzhou are looking forward to the general's benevolent troops to take over Lanzhou. Why does the general insist on staying here, but ignores the people's hope?" Fan Pingzhi was eloquent and spoke clearly.
Da Kui heard the words and said with a smile: "Don't say much, just reply to your General Li. Just say that Zhang is from a commoner background and is used to living in the open air, so I won't bother General Li." After saying this, he raised his voice and ordered: "Come here.
People, see off guests."
"General Zhang, in that case I take my leave." Fan Pingzhi clasped his fists and saluted again.
Dakui smiled slightly and ordered Fan Pingzhi to be sent away.
As soon as Fan Ping left, the generals of the vanguard army came to the city gate, and the city gate hole was now used as the main tent of the Chinese army.
Dakui stood up and looked at the generals, first smiled slightly, and then said: "Yesterday Li Siqi sent someone to deliver a letter of surrender, and today he sent someone to visit him. I wonder what you all think?"
Sun Qianweng said: "Then just take it over. When the marshal arrives in Lanzhou, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?"
Dakui looked at Sun Qian with a smile, and then said: "The situation in Lanzhou is still unclear, so the forward troops must not move rashly." Dakui then deployed and said: "Generals, you must perform your duties and guard the east gate with me. If there is any
If something goes wrong, come back and see me."
At the beginning of the siege, Dakui single-handedly attacked the city, which was witnessed by all the generals in the army. This time, the generals naturally obeyed Dakui's orders, but Sun Qian's face was a little uncertain, but he didn't know what to do.
What idea did you have? Sun Qian seemed to be a rough guy, but his thoughts were both rough and subtle.
After dispersing the tent, Dakui led a group of guards and personally inspected the important places above and below the city. Ming troops were guarding both sides of the east city wall where it connected with the north and south city walls. Even if the Yuan soldiers invaded, Dakui was not afraid.
Not only were soldiers deployed in these two places, but also two city defense cannons were specially installed.
Those who are good at fighting move above the Nine Heavens, and those who are good at defending hide under the Nine Earths. Perhaps because of more experience, they will have concerns. It’s not that Dakui never thought of leading his troops to Huanglong to capture Li Siqi alive, but after all, he did not know the enemy’s situation. In Lanzhou Street
There was no clue everywhere. With the lives of 40,000 Ming troops in his hands, Da Kui did not dare to be careless.
At three quarters of noon, Da Kui ordered people to set off more smoke on the top of the city to inform Tan Ma, who was several miles away in Lanzhou, that there was no war in Lanzhou. At this time, only 20,000 Ming troops were left in Qingyang City, and Xu Da led the army.
Heading towards Lanzhou.
The plan failed, and Li Siqi was at the end of his rope. The east gate of Lanzhou was guarded by the Ming army like an iron barrel. Even if it was attacked by force, it would be difficult to achieve anything every four days and a half, and the Ming army's troops would arrive immediately. Li Siqi had no choice but to
He had no choice but to fake it and surrender to the Ming army in the city.
Dakui originally doubted Li Siqi's sincerity, but what happened next made Dakui give up his worries.
Li Siqi ordered people to send food and grass, and sent a large number of weapons and armor in hundreds of carts. These weapons and armor were the ordnance of Li Siqi's 100,000 yuan soldiers. Li Siqi knew that if he did not do this, he would not be able to show his sincerity. Since he was surrendering,
That would be a more thorough surrender. Dakui happily accepted Li Siqi's gift, but the Ming army guarding the east gate did not move a single soldier.
Another day, Li Siqi brought several people with him, dressed in casual clothes, and came to the east gate. Dakui finally met Li Siqi, and the two of them exchanged pretentious politeness and came to the city gate cave hand in hand.
There was still a table and a chair in the cave, but Dakui ordered someone to temporarily add another chair.
"Oh, I didn't know that General Li was coming, so I didn't have any preparations. Come on, come on, sit down!" Dakui greeted him and took his seat first. Li Siqi didn't mind, and then sat with him on the other side of the round table.
"Come here, serve tea!" Dakui shouted to Yang Xiaohu and others who were guarding outside the city gate.
After hearing this, Yang Xiaohu held a water jug in his left hand and two water ladles in his right hand and entered the city gate. The two water ladles fell heavily on the table, and then Yang Xiaohu raised the jug and started pouring water.
.Maybe the water jug was raised a little higher, and the water splashed all over Li Siqi.
Although Li Siqi is now the general of the defeated army, he is still the general leading the army. How has he ever received such a cold reception?
Dakui just smiled and turned a blind eye to Yang Xiaohu's rudeness.
Yang Xiaohu filled two water gourds with water and sprinkled some things into the gourds. Li Siqi took a closer look and saw that they were some broken tree leaves. Shi Ke was indestructible, so Dakui had prepared these just to humiliate Li Siqi.
"Oh, I came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare good tea, so I just used water instead of tea. I hope General Li won't take responsibility." Dakui laughed and extended his hand to invite him.
I thought that Li Siqi would complain, but I didn't expect that Li Siqi's expression remained unchanged and he shook his head repeatedly: "It all shows that the army is poor and miserable. Only when I see it today do I know that what I said is true." As he said this, he stretched out his hand to pick up the water ladle in front of him, but his lips hurt.
Drinking, the sound of "gu dong, gu dong" can be heard clearly. Seeing this, Da Kui not only praised secretly: he is capable of bending and stretching, he is worthy of being a hero.
Putting down the water ladle in his hand, Li Siqi took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth. Dakui saw this and thought to himself: This kind of decent person is very particular.
"General Zhang, even if he refuses to take over Lanzhou, he doesn't know when Marshal Xu will arrive?" Li Siqi asked knowingly. He had already reported that Xu Da's army was on the way to Lanzhou.
Dakui chuckled and said: "In these few days, General Li must not be impatient."
Hearing this, Li Siqi smiled and said: "I have admired General Zhang's name for a long time, but have never had the opportunity to meet him. Now that he has returned to the Ming Dynasty, it is a great honor for Li to be able to serve as ministers in the same palace as General Zhang." Li Siqi came here today to show his goodwill.
, so what is good to hear is what it is.
But Dakui just smiled and said: "General, I am just a martial artist. I dare not think that General Li is so kind."