Turbulent Times Chapter 1549: It’s time for Yang Guang to die

Outside the city of Yangzhou, five soldiers held horns and puffed their cheeks, "Woo..." The vigorous sound of the horn tore through the sky. "Dong dong dong..." In front of the erected drum, five big men swung their hammers desperately to hit the drum surface.

The command of the Far East Army, a solitary naval division, to attack Yangzhou City in an all-round way was quickly spread, but the army did not continue to attack the east city, but rushed to the north gate of Yangzhou City in an all-round way.

On a hillside in the northeast corner, Huang Shaoqiu deliberately stood on it today. In fact, there were 13,000 infantry in the northeast corner ready to go, and there were 2,000 cavalry beside them, ready to attack at any time. Only 5,000 infantry were actually used for siege.

Huang Shaoqiu originally wanted to notify Shen Guang and Xu Jingzong to open the north gate of Yangzhou City from the inside with the sound of plum blossom drums during the third wave of siege, but unexpectedly, an accident happened and the north gate opened ahead of time.

Fortunately, Huang Shaoqiu has been ordering his soldiers to stare at the north gate with binoculars, so the north gate of Yangzhou City suddenly opened ahead of time, and his soldiers discovered it immediately, and reported to him in time, and then he sent a message immediately out the order.

Two thousand cavalry shouted and rushed towards the north gate at the fastest speed, followed by more than 10,000 infantry.

Thousands of people shouted, the sound resounded through the sky and shook the mountains and rivers.

The pervasive cavalry, crowd, and iron armor surged to the north, like a flood, like a sea tide!

Two thousand iron cavalry were formed by Huang Shaoqiu's accumulated horses in Yangzhou City in the past few years. Every unit of the Far East Army Navy took turns to conduct infantry and cavalry training in the Snake Island training camp, and they must reach a qualified level. . It's just that the navy is inconvenient to transport cavalry, and in order not to arouse the suspicion of Yang Guang before, there are not many cavalry in the army.

The two thousand iron cavalrymen have been hidden by Huang Shaoqiu in Yangzhou for more than a year, and they have been idle for more than a year. In the **** battle at the city gate, there were more than 70 of the 100 military intelligence experts left, but they still guarded the city gate tightly.

At the same time, many people suddenly appeared from all over the city of Yangzhou, shouting: "The gate of the city is broken, the Far East Army has already entered the city, everyone run for their lives!"

Accompanied by the loud shouts, some places in the city suddenly caught fire, and the people of the whole city were thrown into chaos.

Soon, the streets and alleys in Yangzhou City were filled with people. Liu Zhifei got the news that there was a change at the North Gate, and the dispatched elite soldiers were blocked by layers of civilians

, it is difficult to reach for a while.

There are thousands of people in the Natural Light Rain Theater, Wulin Guild, Military Intelligence Office, and Blue Clothes Guard who spread rumors and set fire to chaos. This was originally arranged in advance, and it was part of the plan made by Shen Guang and Xu Jingzong.

At the north city gate, a thousand defenders besieged more than a hundred and seventy experts from the Military Intelligence House.

On the other hand, more than 400 people died on the side of the defenders, and they were already terrified. In addition, Huang Weiyang and Ma Daxiong were dead, and there were no generals in command. Go, the two sides temporarily stopped, into a confrontational state.

At this time, the chaos in the city finally extended to this place, and the morale of the remaining 500 defenders at the gate was shaken. Then they saw that the two thousand cavalry were less than 500 meters away from the gate, but the reinforcements It never came, and finally someone yelled and turned around and ran away, fleeing for his life.

With the first one, there will be the second one, and soon all the more than five hundred defenders escaped.

Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang led the remaining 70 or so masters naturally not to chase and kill them, nor did they cheer, but silently welcomed the two thousand cavalry into the city.

More than 10,000 infantry followed closely behind under the leadership of Huang Shaoqiu.

Under the urgency of Liu Zhifei in the city, he had already ordered the massacre of the civilians blocking the way. Some civilians escaped from the fire, but were immediately shot, killed and trampled by the guards. The situation was terrible.

Thousands of elite infantry and cavalry soldiers of the Far Eastern Army continued to enter the city from the north gate.

"Crack, click, click..." A large number of infantry passed through the city gate like a torrent of black steel, and the sound of orderly footsteps, drums and horns merged with the chaotic scene ahead.

The city of Yangzhou was destroyed, but Liu Zhifei thought he still had 20,000 to 30,000 troops, and he still had a chance, so he organized his troops to fight the Far East Army in street battles.

It's a pity that among the 20,000 to 30,000 defenders, less than 5,000 soldiers have actually been on the battlefield, and many of them were soldiers who surrendered after Liu Zhifei took control of Yangzhou City. The military gap is not generally large.

As a result, after some street fighting, less than half an hour later, the defenders finally began to be defeated. Even if Liu Zhifei ordered his personal soldiers to kill dozens of deserters, he gradually lost control of the situation.

At this time, there were fires everywhere in the city, thick smoke billowed into chaos, shouts of killing and screams came and went one after another.

Affected by the people running around, and guard

The Far Eastern Army has also been disrupted because of the army's intention to fight in the streets. When Huang Shaoqiu entered the city, there was no one there except the soldiers guarding the north gate.

Huang Shaoqiu led his soldiers to climb up the deserted city wall, and asked two hundred soldiers to shout together: "If you can't find someone who goes up to the peak after entering the city, you can fight on your own, and the generals at all levels will make a decision on the fly."

"Anyone who captures or kills Liu Zhifei alive, whether it is our Far East Army, Yangzhou civilians or Yangzhou garrison soldiers, can be promoted to three ranks in our Far East Army and rewarded ten thousand gold."

The roar of two hundred soldiers came out together, like thunder rolling, even half of Yangzhou City could hear it clearly.

As soon as the words of these soldiers came out, it was the last straw that overwhelmed the camel.

In the south of the city, Liu Zhifei was tightly surrounded by five hundred guards, and he didn't dare to let other soldiers get close to him. Except for the five hundred guards he trusted most, the other guards and people looked at him as if There is a difference, the greed in the eyes is hard to hide.

Sad in Liu Zhifei's heart, he suddenly found that their army was really a mob compared with the Far East Army.

The only ones who are really fighting against the Far Eastern Army are Yu Wenzhi and his 5,000 direct descendants supported by a lot of money and food, but now nearly half of them have been killed or injured, and most of the other 20,000 defenders have already run away or surrendered directly on their knees .

Under such circumstances, there is no way to fight this battle.

But Liu Zhifei, who wanted to be the prime minister, was really not reconciled, and still persisted, and did not want to order the withdrawal of troops.

However, the whole city of Yangzhou was groaning and trembling under the flames of war and iron cavalry!

The city was in chaos, and Huang Shaoqiu couldn't figure out which one was where.

But he couldn't figure it out. Liu Zhifei had completely lost control of the army. During the melee, many defenders surrendered, and the overall situation was settled.

The ancient army was good at field battles, but not so easy to fight in street battles. After losing the formation, it was entirely up to the low-level generals to control their subordinates.

Huang Shaoqiu, Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang had already given orders to their subordinates to try their best not to let Liu Zhifei escape, life or death would be fine.

But they knew it would be difficult to do this. After all, there were a lot of defenders, and Liu Zhifei also had thousands of soldiers capable of fighting under his command. cost.

At the same time, the death date of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty in the Jiangdu Palace next to the Grand Canal in the south of Yangzhou City also arrived.

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