Xi Changzhen felt cold in his heart as he looked at the buildings that were engulfed in flames and the soldiers who were lying in ambush in the city and were engulfed by artillery fire.
This time, it was a big stumble.
They originally wanted to trick Li Zhen into entering the city, but they didn't expect that the other party gave them such a big "surprise". The plan they set up failed to trap Li Zhen, but it trapped themselves, leaving them dumb and eating coptis.
Li Zhen carried out an indiscriminate bombardment, then led his troops away coolly and set up camp outside the city.
This situation made Xi Yinglong even more angry.
At the moment, he had nothing to do with Li Zhen, so he could only watch Li Zhen leave eagerly.
Early the next morning, Li Zhen summoned the generals in the camp and said: "Yesterday's bombing severely damaged Xi Yinglong's ambush, but there must be a large number of Xi Yinglong's soldiers hiding in the city. I plan to draw out all Xi Yinglong's soldiers."
Yang Banhou said: "Commander, what's your clever plan?"
Li Zhen shook his head slightly and said: "It's not a clever plan, it's just to let your first regiment of soldiers attack and lure out the ambush."
Yang Banhou received the order and immediately ordered him to go down.
Soon, more than 5,000 soldiers rushed towards the county seat of Lingui County in a menacing manner.
"Here it comes, here it comes, the main event is here."
Xi Changzhen received the news from the soldiers and was already gearing up to fight. He was severely beaten by Li Zhen yesterday, and he still had endless anger in his heart. Next to him, Xi Yinglong's expression became serious.
Judging from yesterday's first battle, Li Zhen is obviously not a simple character.
Xi Yinglong said seriously: "Brother, leave these people to your soldiers."
"Don't worry, we will definitely capture them and make it difficult for them to move forward."
With a confident and calm expression on his face, Xi Changzhen ordered the soldiers in the city to prepare to fight. Before the soldiers outside the city entered the city, he led the soldiers down the city tower. Xi Yinglong also followed closely with the soldiers stationed on the city tower. Xi Yinglong also got off the tower, because once the army outside the city attacked, the tower would be attacked immediately, so Xi Yinglong immediately got off the tower.
The Qing soldiers charged forward, approached the city gate, and successfully entered the city without encountering any resistance.
This situation surprised the people leading the soldiers.
The man who led the troops was named Tang Fu, and he was the deputy commander promoted by Yang Banhou.
Tang Fu said loudly: "The commander of the third battalion, led the soldiers to the left direction; the commander of the second battalion, led the soldiers to the right direction; the commander of the first battalion, led the two thousand soldiers to the straight official road leading to the center of the city. Three armies rushed towards the Governor's Mansion."
There are five thousand soldiers under Yang Banhou. The third and second battalions have one thousand soldiers each. The first battalion has three thousand soldiers. The three battalions have a total of five thousand soldiers. According to the personnel distribution in the army, one A thousand soldiers are generally a regiment, three thousand soldiers are already a brigade, and five thousand soldiers can definitely be called a strengthened brigade.
For an ordinary army, 5,000 men would be close to the size of two brigades, or half a division. Such a powerful force rushing into the city would definitely be a powerful fighting force.
Tang Fu sent soldiers to attack, leaving a thousand people at the city gate. He led the soldiers to the city tower in Lingui County and controlled the situation on the city tower. Unfortunately, the city tower was already empty, and there was no one there. The army entered the city without incident, and Li Zhen led soldiers under Smith, Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying into the city and occupied the south gate of Lingui County.
Li Zhen stood on the tower overlooking the city and saw the soldiers of a regiment under Yang Banhou divided into three groups. He said: "Yang Banhou, this is our last battle with Xi Yinglong, and it is also the time when Xi Yinglong's resistance is strongest. I hope, This large army under your command can achieve final victory."
Yang Banhou said slowly and confidently: "Don't worry, Commander, my soldiers will win."
Li Zhen chuckled and shook his head without speaking.
To be honest, he is still a little afraid of Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong. Xi Changzhen Yunwen Yunwu is not a simple character, and Xi Yinglong can transform from a martial arts scholar to a governor, and he is definitely not a simple person. With such a smooth march now, Li Zhen There was some drumming in his heart, thinking that Xi Yinglong still had some tricks up his sleeve, but Li Zhen was also confident and wanted to completely defeat Xi Yinglong.
"Bang, bang,."
A burst of gunfire rang out, and fighting began in the city.
Yang Banhou said excitedly: "Sir, the fighting has begun in the city. Just wait and see. The final victory must belong to my soldiers. Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong will definitely be defeated."
Gunshots continued to ring out, echoing in the city.
Because of the distance, Li Zhen couldn't see the real situation in the city.
"Bring the binoculars."
Li Zhen asked the soldiers to take a telescope and stand on the tower to watch. Through the telescope, he saw the situation in the city. The location of the battle was not a wide square or a vast area, but an alleyway leading to the center of the city.
The three armies under Yang Banhou all encountered such a situation.
There were soldiers under Xi Changzhen hiding on both sides of the alley. These soldiers took advantage of the houses to hide in the houses and take action. Some fired guns, threw grenades, and even used bows and arrows. All weapons that could hurt people were used. Er's was used, and the soldiers in the alley were attacked, but the counterattack seemed weak, because the other party's people were all hidden, making it difficult to deal with them.
"Street fighting."
Li Zhen murmured, his expression solemn. The streets in the city were full of streets and alleys. Xi Changzhen used street fighting to block the pace of his soldiers. He clearly wanted to use this advantage to restrain the offensive of Li Zhen's army.
Yang Banhou understood what happened and said: "Commander, the soldiers are blocked. Let's avoid their sharp edges and withdraw our troops."
"Withdraw troops,."
Li Zhen smiled coldly and said: "The army is blocked, I still have cannons that can come in handy, use cannons for me, huh, are the cannons just decorations? Bomb them, bomb them hard, kill them. Yes, don’t worry about not having enough shells.”
Yang Banhou's eyes lit up and he said: "The commander is right. They have an ambush and we have artillery fire. Moreover, even if the soldiers are blocked, the soldiers under my command are still elite. They are by no means afraid of death. Commander, I have learned a lesson from my humble position, please rest assured, Commander, the soldiers will definitely capture the entire Lingui County, capture Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong alive, and make Xi Yinglong and Xi Yinglong kneel in front of the Commander to beg for mercy."
Li Zhen nodded and said, "Go ahead and give the order."
"yes."
Yang Banhou nodded in agreement and immediately went to prepare.
Soon, cannons appeared one after another and fired at the buildings. The booming sound of artillery fire was heard, and the dense bombs fell, destroying the buildings one after another and blowing all the buildings to pieces. At the same time, people hiding on both sides of the alleys The soldiers who took action in the side building were all blown to pieces. Even if they escaped, they were killed by Yang Banhou's soldiers. They were completely restrained.
…
Governor's Palace, in the lobby.
Xi Yinglong was sitting on the main seat. Seeing Xi Changzhen approaching eagerly, he asked: "Brother, have you won?" There was no nervous expression on his face, but there was still a look of expectation in his eyes, hoping to win.
Xi Changzhen sighed and said: "That son of a bitch Li Zhen, he has a lot of cannonballs."
"ah,."
Xi Yinglong exclaimed and immediately understood the meaning of this sentence.
Obviously, it failed again.
Xi Yinglong asked: "Brother, what is going on."
Xi Changzhen sighed and said: "At first, we took advantage of the street fighting and caught the opponent off guard. But then, Li Zhen's fellow shamelessly used cannons to bombard us indiscriminately. It was so shameless and shameless. , the cannon blew up the building, and the soldiers hiding inside had no place to hide, so they naturally lost the opportunity for an ambush, so our ambush failed again."
Xi Yinglong took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I believe that we will be the ones who persist until the end."
At this moment, Xi Yinglong could only comfort himself.
Xi Changzhen mocked: "You are so confident."
Xi Yinglong said: "We must have confidence. If both of us feel that there is no hope, the soldiers below must be even more distracted and can no longer calm down to fight. Therefore, we must not give up until the last moment. Brother, in terms of fighting I'll leave everything to you, and I'll be responsible for the overall arrangements."
"Yeah, okay."
Xi Changzhen nodded and agreed.
…
Time passed, and the scorching sun emitting blazing heat set in the west, with a red sun reflecting in the sky. However, it was summer, and the weather was still quite hot. The blood-red light fell on the city wall, shining the entire city as if it had been stained with blood. The same.
Li Zhen stood on the tower, looking up at the blood-red sky, with anticipation in his eyes.
Previously, the soldiers under Yang Banhou had used the firepower of artillery to defeat the defense line established by Xi Changzhen through street fighting, so Li Zhen decided to pursue the victory and capture Xi Yinglong in one fell swoop tonight.
