Chapter 53: Breaking the Thief Those who betray their country and nation are usually very decisive in killing.
Probably in the hearts of this kind of people, the country, nation, family ties, and friendships are all inferior to his own personal interests.
Of course, you will never feel guilty if you plot against others.
This is the case for Dong Tuanxiao.
The reason why he has been able to rise like a kite over the years is because he has ruthlessly slaughtered the rebels and people.
So when it was time to sacrifice Cheng Mingzhong, he didn't hesitate.
Fang Guozhen, who turned around to plot against an ally, was equally relaxed.
Besides, Fang Guzi was originally a pirate, not even a scholar.
The imperial court entrusted him with important tasks out of necessity.
Dong's design to get rid of him only cut off a malignant sore for the imperial court.
If calculated carefully, it would only be a merit, not a fault.
He was doing a good job with his wishful thinking, but Fang Guozhen seemed to be very careless.
After receiving Dong Tuanxiao's invitation, he immediately agreed happily without much thought, "Okay, thank you so much, Mr.
Xuanwei for your support.
Tomorrow morning, Fang will go to meet him at the foot of Jiangwan City.
Hundred Households Your Excellency, just go back and answer your orders, and say that Fang is honored."
After finishing speaking, he stood up again and personally sent Dong Ze, the private soldier who came to invite him, out of the camp gate.
After the latter's figure was far away, he smiled mysteriously and turned back to rest.
Early the next morning, Dong Tuanxiao was beating drums to gather generals in the Chinese army tent.
First, he said some impassioned words as usual, and then ordered his brother Dong Angxiao to come and guard the camp with five thousand soldiers and horses.
He gathered all the remaining soldiers and auxiliaries and fought towards Jiangwan New City.
More than 40,000 horses and horses rolled in like a sea tide, and the smoke and dust they kicked up covered the sky and blocked the sun.
Concerned about the artillery on top of the city, the army stopped seven hundred steps away from the east wall of Jiangwan City.
Rearrange troops and adjust the order of attack.
The ballistas, artillery, assault vehicles, and city bombing vehicles carried by the army were also hurriedly lined up in front of the formation, ready to go into battle at any time.
Dong Tuanxiao's direct lineage of ten thousand troops lined up in the center of the military formation.
On the left and right sides were one thousand Mongolian soldiers and five thousand Tanma Red Army troops with strong combat effectiveness.
Each formed a loose square formation, about twenty steps away from Dong's main formation, ready to take action at any time.
Stretching further to the left and right sides, there are Mao Hulu soldiers from Yixing, Jiading, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi and other places.
They are all led by nephews of local powerful men.
Their size ranges from 3,000 to 5,000 to 10,000.
There are all kinds of flags, which look very powerful.
While I was busy, I suddenly heard a fierce sound of war drums, "dong dong dong, dong dong dong, dong dong dong."
The gate of Jiangwan City suddenly opened wide, and groups of Huai'an soldiers poured out from the gate like a trickle.
Each of their teams only had more than a hundred people, but they went one after another without any pause.
After walking out of the city gate, they immediately seized the temporary bridge built by the Zhejiang Army during yesterday's attack.
Then they divided into several groups and passed quickly across the bridge one group after another.
In the blink of an eye, they gathered into a small long snake formation with their backs against the moat.
"This" among the Zhejiang Army who were busy organizing their teams, several experienced veterans frowned in unison.
The difference in strength between the enemy and us was more than twenty times.
As the weaker side, the Huai'an Army actually gave up defending the city and took the initiative to go out to fight in the field.
Could it be that he, their general, had taken the wrong medicine?
"Come here, order the scout team to get closer immediately to determine the enemy's situation."
Not only the veterans in the team, Dong Tuanxiao, the Xuanxiao envoy in eastern Zhejiang who had also experienced hundreds of battles, was also confused by the actions of the defenders.
Confused.
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After a slight hesitation, he ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes" Dong Ze, a private soldier from Baihu, stepped forward to receive the order and rode his horse towards the scouts in the team.
After a while, more than fifty scouts mobilized their mounts and rushed towards the Huai'an army in the distance like wild birds jumping into the forest.
I am going to check for my Lord Xuanwei, why is my opponent so confident?
In order to avoid becoming targets of firearms, they all kept at least one foot away from each other, and each of them drove their horses very fast.
Despite this, when they were one hundred and fifty steps away from the Huai'an Army Commander's Snake Formation, the sound of continuous firing of firecrackers still sounded from the top of the city, "Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang" "Bang", "bang" and "bang" are monotonous and dull.
The sound was not loud, but it made the Zhejiang Army's ears feel numb.
Before each sound, a faint puff of white smoke will appear from the top of the city.
As the white smoke increased, there were scouts on horseback who fell like rotten wood.
At first there were only one or two here and there, but soon they started to increase.
When the scouts approached the Huai'an Army's Long Snake Formation and were seventy steps away, the sound of firecrackers suddenly became as dense as exploding beans.
Five or six horses were about to turn around and flee, but their bodies suddenly stiffened.
Immediately, several masses of red mist floated up from the body of the war horse.
Like plum blossoms flying in the spring breeze, it slowly rotates around the scout on its back.
Then, one or more red mist emerges from the scout's body, intertwined with the previous red mist, and floats slowly.
In mid-air, it circled around and refused to disperse for a long time.
"Bang", "bang", "bang", "bang", the sound of firecrackers continued, and in an instant, they almost became the only sound on the entire battlefield.
Other than that, everything was silent.
In a quiet world, the war horses and scouts surrounded by red mist slowly fell.
Group after group, like shadow puppets controlled by artists on the streets.
There is no mute accompaniment of the Huqin, nor the noisy narration of the singer.
Life is in a silent world, silently withering The remaining scouts retreated at a faster speed than before and at the maximum speed they could muster.
It has been seen clearly that apart from a few light artillery carriages, there is nothing worthy of attention in the Huai'an Army.
As long as they bring what they see back to the formation, they can escape from the death trap around them.
However, the sound of firecrackers coming from the city wall chased them from behind, still monotonous and calm, one wave after another, "Boom, boom, boom, boom" "Fire the cannon, fire the cannon at the city wall to knock down the arrogance of the thieves."
Dong Tuanxiao was stimulated by the monotonous sound of the gun and became furious.
Waving the command flag and shouting orders.
Too arrogant, I have never seen such an arrogant rebel.
He actually used the sharp firearms in his hands to massacre the officers and soldiers.
Their momentum must be suppressed.
Even if the artillery cannot reach the range, it must at least make enough noise to attract the attention of the brothers.
Otherwise, the morale of the Zhejiang army would have been hit hard before the war started.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The four heavy cannons that had just been deployed in front of the formation let out a dull roar.
This was the trump card that the imperial court entrusted Fang Guozhen to transport for Dong Tuanxiao by sea before sending troops.
Each door weighs more than 4,000 kilograms and requires a cart pulled by five buffaloes to move it.
However, such a behemoth has a range only as high as the six-pound cannon in the hands of the Huai'an Army.
The fired projectile only flew more than 600 steps before plunging into the ground.
Apart from throwing up a few plumes of smoke, it had no effect.
"Whoosh" "whoosh" "whoosh" "whoosh" In the enemy tower at the head of the city, the Huai'an Army's six-pound rifled cannon immediately returned fire.
Four artillery shells coated with soft lead, dragging a terrifying scream, plunged into the Zhejiang army's formation, jumped up quickly, and rolled up and down on a weird zigzag line.
At a distance of seven hundred steps, the cannonballs had no accuracy whatsoever.
But after it jumped up, the effect was still astonishing.
Among the Mongolian cavalry on the left side of Dong Tuanxiao, two war horses were immediately pushed upside down by the projectiles.
Two huge bloody holes were left in the horse's belly, and its pale ribs were clearly visible.
"Bang" and "bang" the two projectiles landed on the ground one after another, making a dull impact sound.
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Then he jumped up high again, swept over the buttocks and necks of the other two horses, and rolled strangely.
Then he hit the thigh of a Mongolian soldier again, and then stabbed a centurion in the back, plowing two dark red ditches on the ground.
"Ah" screams sounded immediately, not only among the Mongolian army.
The neighboring Changzhou soldiers and Wuxi soldiers also came one after another.
Any soldiers who were unfortunate enough to be affected by this round of shelling had their bodies change shape strangely where they came into contact with the shells.
The sharp bone fragments pierced the skin and were exposed to the air.
Together with the gurgling blood, they irritated the eyes of the surrounding companions.
"Send them on their way!"
the centurions in the team shouted loudly, raised their swords and took the lead in ending the lives of the wounded.
There was no way to save him.
In the past few days of fighting, they had already understood the severity of this injury clearly.
No matter how the body looks on the surface, wherever the cannonball touches it, the muscles, tendons and bones inside are completely shattered.
No herbs or needle stones can cure it.
And the longer it is delayed, the more painful it will be for the injured.
It is better to kill them directly to prevent their moans from affecting the morale of the surroundings.
"Whoosh" "whoosh" "whoosh" "whoosh" The wounded man's cry was just cut off by the blade, but another thrilling scream came from mid-air.
A new round of artillery bombardment arrived, and one missed its target and passed between the two phalanxes of the Zhejiang Army.
The other three got into different teams, splashing three thick and long red smoke.
"Ah" the screams started again, and the formation that had just been organized quickly became shaky.
No one wanted to stand still and be bombarded, even though the casualties caused by each shelling were insignificant compared with the 40,000-strong army.
But that is insignificant to the coach, but to the soldiers themselves, everyone has only one life, and if they lose it, they will never get it back.
"Hit, all artillery vehicles and ballistae vehicles, give me a hard hit, no matter whether they can be hit or not, fight together."
Dong Tuanxiao was keenly aware of the change in morale around him, and issued the second order without hesitation.
"Boom, boom, boom," "boom, boom, boom," the crossbowmen and gunners of the Zhejiang Army, who were already inexplicably anxious, quickly ignited the fuses around them.
Dozens of four-pound cannonballs and two-foot-long giant crossbows were fired one after another in the direction of Jiangwan City.
The range is not enough, but what they want is not to hit the opponent, but to interfere with the opponent's attack rhythm.
Soon, a yellow-brown fog wall appeared three or four hundred steps away from Jiangwan City.
The exploding ballistae and the iron egg balls falling to the ground at high speed splashed up large plumes of smoke and dust, completely cutting off the sight of both sides in the blink of an eye.
The Dong Jiajun's position could not be seen, and the cannonballs fired from the city wall became increasingly inaccurate.
The various departments of the Zhejiang Army took advantage of this opportunity to make quick adjustments.
Spread each square formation evenly in both directions, widening the distance between the soldiers again.
If two feet is not enough, then three feet.
If three feet is not enough, then four to five feet.
No matter how far the cannonballs on the city head fly and how powerful they are, if they cannot reach any target after jumping up, it will be useless.
There was such a huge disparity in numbers between the two sides that no matter how thin the Zhejiang army's formation was, they were not afraid of their opponents taking the opportunity to attack
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