Chapter 301: Divine Machine Battalion
There were several loud bangs, the barracks outside the north city gate were on fire, more than a dozen camp tents were blown up without a trace, and the soldiers who were on fire were crying and scurrying everywhere, which made Ping'an, who was in a bitter battle at the head of the city, frightened, hurriedly blocked the war knife in Qiu Fu's hand, cut off half of the head of the dead soldier of Yanfu with a backhand sword, and slowly retreated behind his own soldiers.
Dozens of pro-soldiers set up shields to block the front, facing more and more rebels rushing to the city, Qiu Fu said sharply: "Ping'an, you grew up with an old man, and you have ignored your love for many years?" Do you really want to be an enemy of the prince? ”
Ping'an said coldly: "You are all anti-thieves, my father and son are deeply favored by the country, and they disdain to be with rebellious ministers." ”
Qiu Fu stopped talking nonsense at the moment, and took the lead in raising his knife to kill him, and his own soldiers shouted and raised their weapons to meet him.
Ping An took the time to rest for a while, looked at the camp where the crying and screaming shook the sky, there were fires burning everywhere, and there was a loud rumbling sound, which instantly destroyed the barracks where grain and grass were hoarded, and Ping An was dumbfounded, and he couldn't think of any firearm so powerful.
However, there are not many soldiers and horses in the Yanwang Mansion and they have divided their troops to attack the major city gates, and the city is full of scattered officers and soldiers, and it is not difficult to turn around to meet the enemy with a shout, what are the more than 200 people in Qiufu District afraid of? As long as Zhu Di can be captured alive, no matter how powerful the firearms are, there is no use.
Suddenly, a captain covered in blood stood under the city wall and shouted: "Lord Ping, Lord Ping, it's not good, Lord Liu is the opposite." ”
Ping'an's face turned green when he heard this, Liu Zhen was his deputy general, and the Miyun soldiers were almost all obeyed by him, if he rebelled against the battalion, at least 500 soldiers would rebel together.
The total strength of only a thousand people immediately knew that the general trend had gone, and the most terrible thing was that at this moment he was facing the danger of being flanked from front to back, and decisively shouted: "Open the city gate and kill me out." ”
Xu Hao, who was sitting on a horse outside the city, watched Ping An who led the troops to kill left and right in the dark night, but he didn't expect that he was a tiger general, how could he still be beaten by himself that day, and killing people desperately was as sharp as cutting leeks.
For the first time in his life, he was on the outside of a chaotic battlefield, and the horror of flesh and blood was disgusting. Xu Hao really couldn't see the stumps and broken arms scattered everywhere, and the desperate screams of the wailing wounded soldiers were shocking.
No one is born accustomed to the ruthless battlefield of swords and blood, and the ancients are the same, Xu Hao, who was pale, noticed that the faces of the brothers were a little not good-looking, on the contrary, the northern soldiers looked indifferent, and the people who had experienced the battlefield were different.
In the distance, Ping'an, who was scattered in a cape, slashed over the deputy general Liu Zhen with a knife, turned over and raised his spear, and killed this side in one go.
At the moment, Xu Hao couldn't be allowed to think wildly, and ordered: "Ignite." ”
The thirty musketeers standing in front of him quickly lit the fuse with torches. The four box cars on both sides turned their backs to the battlefield, removing the door panels, revealing hundreds of vertical and horizontal grids, which were densely filled with rockets, this weapon was called Dalian Bead Cannon, and the four swarms on the ground also emitted green smoke.
There was a crackling sound, and more than a dozen people of the oncoming enemy army instantly covered their heads and screamed, and some were too injured and fell to the ground and struggled a few times before they stopped moving.
Immediately, sparkling rockets let out a piercing scream, and the trajectory was unpredictable and flew forward. In this dark night, it is like a fire dragon winding and whistling, the visual and auditory effects are excellent, and the rockets scurrying everywhere are like the coming of death, which will make the opponent frightened. On the other hand, the blood is boiling, and the morale is greatly boosted.
There was another crackling sound, and the second-row gunners turned and retreated to the rear to reload the gunpowder, while the third-row gunners lit the fuse and charged at the enemy with their stubby bronze firearms. Rumble! Flames are sprayed.
"Withdraw." Ping An roared, and the wolf jumped off the sieve-beaten war horse, giving up his plan to flee back to Miyun. Since the rebels are lying in ambush here and waiting for the rabbit, someone may have gone to Miyun to persuade them to surrender.
Men like to fight by nature, Xu Hao is no exception, and after coming into contact with the enemy, he quickly put aside any thoughts, and became faintly excited, no longer having the previous feeling of nausea, and the irrepressible excitement of the fever all over his body, he only felt that his whole body was full of strength.
Just as he was about to be the first to ride his horse and chase him out, Mu Yi grabbed the reins with quick eyes and shouted, "The prince has a life, and the prince will never be allowed to risk his life." ”
Xu Hao suppressed the urge to scold Mu Yi for being nosy, calmed down and said in a deep voice: "The cavalry catches up, there is no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat, drive it away with horsepower, and when Ping An is exhausted, shoot it with a bow and crossbow, and be sure to come back to see me with a head." ”
"Yes." Mu Hui immediately led a hundred riders to follow unhurriedly, and drove the remnants of the defeated army to the south.
The killing intent came and went quickly, Xu Hao shook his head and turned over and dismounted and walked to the artillery position at the rear, squatted down and touched the barrel cast with pure copper, feeling the scorching temperature from the iron wall.
Xu Hao smiled excitedly at the equally excited soldiers around him: "From now on, we will call it the Divine Machine Battalion." ”
After a night of fighting, at dawn Yan Wangfu occupied all the gates of Beiping, Mu Hui and Xu Hao had the same idea, feeling that the brave of peace did not want to hurt their brothers, and chased Ping An from forty miles away was desperate, and killed himself by a river.
In history, Ping An has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the army of King Yan, and he is one of the few generals on the court side who can fight well, but he did not expect that the Battle of Jingyan died indirectly in the hands of Xu Hao at the beginning.
In the past 20 years, the soldiers and civilians in the city of Beiping have long been accustomed to obeying the orders of King Yan, and they are no strangers to war in the north, every household closes the door tightly at night, there are fleeing stragglers, men carry kitchen knives to protect their wives and daughters through the door, fortunately, most of the soldiers in the city are northerners, and there is no large-scale taking advantage of the chaos to do evil, and there are not many evil things that hurt the innocent.
Early the next morning, notices were posted everywhere, explaining that the imperial court had ordered the king of Yan to make his own side, and the officials and soldiers who had surrendered were everywhere to maintain law and order, and order was quickly restored in the city.
A large number of former Beiping civil and military officials have fallen to the side of King Yan, Zhu Di immediately appointed an official position, Daoyan monk made a senator, and Jin Zhong, who was good at divination, did the palace to remember the good, and the two of them served with them. Qianhu Tang Yun became the general soldier left behind in Beiping, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others were promoted to the commander of the capital, and all those who had meritorious service were promoted to official positions, and Xu Wen also became a general of Qianhu because of his merits.
Guo Zi, the former political envoy of Beiping, was appointed as the political envoy to assist Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, in handling internal affairs. Commanding the servants Lu Zhen, all commanding Tongzhi Li Jun, Chen Gong and others were all promoted to the title.
Xu Haoyan, a scribe from Jinyiwei, Zhang Heng was exceptionally promoted to be a senator of the judge, and Li Youzhi was promoted to a senator of the political secretary.
In the village outside the city, Pearl took her daughters-in-law and shouted "win, win" all the way to the inner house, and immediately the whole family was a sensation. Everybody gathered here.
The old lady hurriedly asked, "Are there any casualties between Hao'er and our family?" God bless, ancestors bless. ”
As Li Qiu, who came in, knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Back to the old ancestor, except for the four relatives who died in battle around the eldest young master, the people around the third young master are all safe and sound. ”
The Xiao family and other daughters of the Xu family were all ecstatic, and there was no happier news than no one died. The whole family roared with joy.
The old lady was surprised: "How is it possible? Could it be that the officers and soldiers are all made of tofu? ”
Li Qiu raised his head and said proudly: "The young master took the little ones to use firearms, it was really amazing, countless fire snakes appeared like a thunderbolt, and before the enemy could kill him, he was killed and injured more than half, and the rest of the people hurriedly hugged their heads and ran away." Then the young master ordered the cavalry to pursue the remnants of the enemy, killing more than 200 officers and soldiers so easily, and beheading the general Ping'an. ”
The old lady was shocked: "But the descendants of the first emperor Yizi Ping family? You are confused. How can you kill someone. ”
Li Qiu hurriedly said: "It was he who killed himself, not the young master who wanted to kill him." ”
"Alas!" The old lady didn't have a trace of joy on his face, and sighed, "Hao'er, he has made us so miserable." At this point, there is nothing to say. Listen to the orders of the old body, no one is allowed to talk about foreign affairs, pack up and enter the city immediately. ”
After the initial joy, the Xu family, who calmed down, couldn't help but be afraid. His own young master followed King Yan to rebel, which was a capital crime full of beheading, and the Xu family was panicked for a while. Finally, there are old ladies and other daughters of the Xu family in charge, which makes many people's anxious mood gradually calm down.
After the old lady in the house waited for the people to disperse, he hurriedly ordered the Xiao family to call his second son, and after a while, Xu Qingtang strode in, and Mu Ningxue stepped forward to give justice a blessing.
The old lady said: "Hurry up and send someone to pick up the Zengfu family, I'm afraid it's too late if it's too late." ”
Xu Qingtang said: "Mother, don't worry, the rabbit cub has written a letter early in the morning, and the third brother will be able to enter the city tonight." ”
"Good, good, your father and son are doing a good job." Hearing that the third son's family was safe and sound, the old lady was finally overjoyed.
Now the Xu family is well-trained in moving, and soon the convoy entered Beiping City in less than half an hour under the protection of Li Qiu.
Except for the bloodstains that can be seen everywhere in the city, which proves that there was a great battle last night, the corpses and everything have been cleaned up.
The Xu family's motorcade was unimpeded all the way, and no one stopped them, and slowly entered the inner city under the envious eyes of the people.
Zhu Qiaoqiao and Mu Ningxue sat together, feeling their own transcendent status in Beiping, knowing that this qiē was all exchanged by Xu Hao, otherwise even if you were a relative of the palace, you would never have even saved the inventory in the chaos.
Looking at the clear banners and armor in the royal city, the military appearance is neat, and the army of King Yan is full of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and the murderous spirit is terrifying.
On a temporary high platform, Zhu Di, the king of Yan in military uniform, was giving a lecture in public.
"Look, Hao'er is standing beside the prince."
Zhu Qiaoqiao smiled and pointed at Xu Hao, who looked stern, covered her mouth and smiled: "Yo! I thought he would shake a feather fan and pretend to be a military advisor Zhuge , a heroic young general. ”
Mu Ningxue smiled proudly, watching her husband's every move intently, not wanting to miss even a detail.
Of course, by the way, I also looked at the tall and mighty King Yan, and saw Zhu Di said angrily: "There is no righteous minister in the court, and there is evil in it, and the soldiers will be trained to fight against it, and the evil on the side of the emperor will be cleared." This calamity is forced to bow, and those who really want to survive are the last resort. Righteousness and treachery do not go hand in hand. It will be pursued by heaven, and the gods of heaven and earth will be enlightened to the heart. ”
The daughter of the Xu family looked at Xu Hao in the distance so obsessively, calmly lifted her skirt armor, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "We are willing to follow the side of King Yan Qingjun to the death, and it will be difficult to be in the sky!" ”
"Qingjun side, Qingjun side, Fengtian Jing is difficult, Fengtian Jing is difficult!"
In an instant, a deafening shout sounded everywhere inside and outside the city, and all the soldiers raised their weapons in unison, responding to King Yan's oath with actions. (To be continued......)