A general appeared on the city tower and shouted: "This is Hanyang Pass, and it is not under the control of Dingxi Jiedushi! It is a serious crime for you to cross the border and arrest you! Leave quickly, and you can..."
The general below the city suddenly raised his gun and took aim. With a roar, a big hole appeared in the chest of the general at the top of the city!
With a look of astonishment on his face, his body fell from the tower.
Cui Yu shot the gatekeeper to death with one shot, and shouted loudly: "This man colluded with the horse bandits, obstructed the army from suppressing the bandits, and is guilty of the same crime as the horse bandits! If you don't kill anyone who puts down his weapon on the tower, otherwise he will be an accomplice of the horse bandits!"
He gave the order, and thousands of knights dismounted, strode towards the city wall, and then jumped up, taking only one step on the wall before reaching the top of the city. Hundreds of Daoji monks even took off directly into the air and flew up to the city tower.
The defenders of Guan Tower were so frightened that they regretted that they should have allowed these people to get close to the city wall. Now there was loud gunfire in the city. The Zhantian Gang had already rushed to the gate of Guan Tower, entered the shooting range, and started to fight back, beating the soldiers on the Guan Tower.
Dare to take the lead.
The defenders suddenly discovered that those who rushed up the gate were not knights, but heavily armored cavalry and infantry!
They were armed with large shields and muskets, and when they got close, they switched to chopping knives. Hundreds of Daoji charged forward, defeating the defenders in the blink of an eye.
With a creaking sound, the heavy door opened, and a large group of people rushed in and entered Hanyang Pass.
The soldiers who surrendered on the pass suddenly discovered that Jiedushi's tiger and wolf divisions and the Zhantian gang's gangsters were mixed together. Their clothes and armor were changing, and for a while they couldn't tell which ones were soldiers and which ones were bandits.
When the army entered the city, Wei Yuan immediately led Long Xiang and Long Yi to attack three military camps. He first blocked two military camps with two small troops, and then personally led the main force into the third military camp, directly captured all the officers, and
The soldiers were stripped of their armor and weapons, imprisoned in a military camp, and then left with a small team to guard them, while the army rushed to the second military camp.
It’s just the camp defenders, but the officers have all heard about how badly they failed in the first two attacks on Qingming. Some officers had just spent thousands of immortal silver to redeem themselves and were close to going bankrupt. Now they see Wei Yuan again.
He showed up and brought many tiger and wolf warriors with him, so how could he still have the heart to resist?
So in the blink of an eye, three military camps fell one after another. Wei Yuan ordered people to take all the officers away and find a quiet place to simply imprison them, while the soldiers stayed in the barracks.
Although Wei Yuan left few guards, the soldiers had no armor and only wore civilian clothes. They were completely like lambs to be slaughtered in front of these heavily armored soldiers. Naturally, they understood this truth, so no one dared to resist. What's more, Wei Yuan also fought
Under the banner of the Jiedushi, they were also the imperial officers and soldiers. These small soldiers couldn't figure out the situation for a while, so they stayed in the military camp and waited for their fate.
The garrison of Hanyang Pass originally had 50,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 civilian warriors. However, when the county was established, Yue Jinshan came and transferred 20,000 elite soldiers, and they were never returned. After the two Qingming battles, the Xu family again transferred from the garrison.
Tens of thousands of people were mobilized as the main force to attack the realm.
Therefore, although the military strength currently stationed in Guancheng is still close to 50,000, there are only a few thousand old soldiers left at the beginning of the year, and most of them are new soldiers who have been promoted from among the brave people. These new soldiers have limited combat power and no fighting spirit.
There are 10,000 defenders in each of the three camps in Guancheng. After taking the defender Yuan, they will sweep the Guan Tower in the order of the east gate, north gate, and west gate. In the end, only the 8,000 defenders of the west gate are left.
The guard at Ximen was stubborn and refused to surrender.
Wei Yuan immediately pointed at him and said: "This man is obviously an accomplice of the horse bandits. Come on, come and capture him!"
The dismounted troops of Long Xiang and Long Yi instantly overwhelmed the gate tower defenders with their military aura. Hundreds of Daoji monks flew onto the city wall and killed them.
The gate originally had a protective formation, but the formation was connected to the city defense formation, and Wei Yuan occupied the city and directly closed the gate tower's defensive formation.
Long Xiang's army put heavy shields in front, with muskets mounted on the shields. They fired slowly, and the defenders at the gate were cut down in pieces like weeds.
The defender would rather die than surrender, and eventually died in battle under the siege of several Daoji monks. Thirty of his soldiers also died in battle at the same time.
The main general died in the battle, and there were over a thousand casualties. The remaining thousands of defenders had no fighting spirit and surrendered one after another. The main reason was that when Wei Yuan's troops attacked, they kept shouting that they had colluded with the horse bandits and were guilty of genocide; and then they talked about those who surrendered on their knees.
Exoneration. In this way, the officers and soldiers cannot understand the situation, and the army has no intention to fight.
The two armies of Long Xiang and Long Yi immediately asked all the surrendered soldiers to remove their armor and assemble under the city wearing only their inner clothes. They searched the city tower and found a large amount of gold and silver, several masks and several war seals from the guard's residence.
Secret correspondence between Tian Gang.
Wei Yuan ordered people to show these to the surrendering Guan troops, and then took the officers away alone as usual, while the soldiers rushed to the outside of the pass, leaving a small group of soldiers to guard them.
Before the large group of troops returned to the pass, Cui Yu said to these thousands of prisoners: "You and other identity documents are now in our hands. Anyone who dares to escape will be punished as a deserter after being counted, which will bring harm to their families! Think about it for yourselves.
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All the soldiers were silent and squatted on the spot. Although there were only a dozen cavalry guarding these thousands of people, none of the prisoners dared to move.
The city guard Yuan worked non-stop, directly dispersed the troops, took over key areas, and then divided half of them into more than a dozen small teams, and arrived in front of various mansions in the city according to the rosters in their hands.
"Open the door!!" A Daoji officer slammed the vermilion door in front of him violently. Behind him was a group of one hundred Longxiang soldiers.
After several smashes, the vermilion door opened a small crack, revealing the face of the housekeeper, looking at the officer in front of him suspiciously. The officer was wearing unfamiliar clothes and had never seen him before.
The steward asked: "What's the matter with this military master?"
The officer said: "Someone saw Zhan Tian gang horse bandits escaping into your house! I was ordered to come and search for them."
The housekeeper sneered and said: "You can't even see whose house is here! Our Mr. Lin is the nephew of the Sixteenth Elder! You don't have eyesight, why don't you take me with you?"
Those who are here, get out of here!"
The officer smiled grimly: "You won't be searched? Then it seems that you have indeed colluded with the horse bandits!"
Without waiting for the butler's reply, the officer pulled out his sword and beheaded the butler with one blow. Then he kicked down the red lacquered door hard and a large group of heavily armored soldiers filed in.
There was a roar in the house, and a big and round Taoist monk appeared and led a group of servants to rush forward. The officer just sneered and drew his sword to greet him. Both of them were Taoist monks, but the officer was heavily armored to protect himself.
He gained the upper hand. Behind him, there was a soldier named Long Xiang who set up his muskets and blasted the Daoji Protectorate to death with a burst of gunfire.
Immediately, the soldiers entered the sheepfold like tigers, turned the mansion upside down, and found many immortal silver, antiques, medicinal materials and treasures that had collaborated with the bandits to support the enemy. These were all evidence.
The jewelry of the wife, concubine, and daughter were stolen, and in the end even Master Lin's jade-inlaid belt was stripped off. Master Lin held up his trousers with both hands, watching a gang of tigers and wolves wreaking havoc in the house, and he was so angry that he almost fainted.
Fortunately, these officers and soldiers did not molest the female relatives, and they did not kill anyone as long as they did not resist. After they left, Mr. Lin took stock of his family and found that they had just lost some money, which was not unacceptable.
Scenes like this were staged everywhere in Guancheng. Some wealthy families were already trembling with fear, but then they discovered that these officers and soldiers had not entered through their own gates, and attacked their neighbors, treating their taller and more luxurious houses as air.
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The remaining warriors of Long Xiang and Long Yi occupied the four gates and then began to dismantle the eight giant crossbows on the city wall.
Chapter completed!