"This is natural. They are Han people, and we are the people of Ming Dynasty. We are the army of Ming Dynasty. Of course, we must protect their interests," Lin Chengxiang said. Not to mention that the Han people fully support the Ming army's entry into the city. The army will not infringe on their interests. "You go back and tell them that when the city is broken, they must stay at home and don't walk outside."
"Yes, Army Seat, the villain thanked the Army Seat for the Han in the city." Chen Zhishan bowed his hand to Lin Chengxiang.
"You're welcome, it's all from your own family," Lin Chengxiang returned. "If the Ming army breaks into the houses of the Han people by mistake, you ask them to call for help in Chinese. Daming's soldiers will never hurt the people of Daming."
"The villain understands." After Chen Zhishan saluted again, he left the army account.
"Military seat, we can completely capture Dongyu City with artillery. Why should we cooperate with them? If we surrender, wouldn't our army suffer losses?" As soon as Chen Zhishan left, Li Yuanjiang expressed dissatisfaction.
"Yufeng, what do you think of this?" Lin Chengxiang kicked the ball to Lu Yufeng.
"Subordinates believe that if Chen Zhishan's words are credible, we should cooperate with the Han people in the city." Lu Yufeng put forward a different opinion.
"Tell me about your reasons." Lin Chengxiang motioned to Lu Yufeng to continue.
"If we cooperate with the Han people in the city and break the city in the way they expect, we will give the Han people in the city a chance to do meritorious service." Lu Yufeng looked at Lin Chengxiang and saw that he was smiling. I guess he was right.
But Sun Ke quit, "Why should we give them a chance to do meritorious service? This was originally our military merit."
Lin Chengxiang looked at Lu Yufeng and continued to smile without saying a word.
"It is not difficult for us to capture Dongkuu. The key is future rule." Lu Yufeng knew that Lin Chengxiang was asking him to continue to answer. "If the Han people in the city made merits when they broke the city, they would have a sense of identity with Daming's army. I will cherish Daming’s management in Dongyu. If a person has visited Lushan, he will have feelings for the plants and trees of Lushan in the future. The truth is the same."
"Oh..." Sun Ke stopped talking, he was thinking about something.
"As for Sun Shizuo when it comes to military merit, it is naturally ours. We just give them some soup."
"Yufeng is right," Lin Chengxiang also nodded, but he changed his head. "But Yufeng just said that he suspected Chen Zhishan was a surrender?"
"This... subordinates really can't judge, this Chen Zhishan, we don't know him." Lu Yufeng also couldn't see through.
"My soldier has already spoken to the secret words, Chen Zhishan should be the investigator," Lin Chengxiang squinted, as if still thinking, "and his Chinese is very slippery, he should be a Han."
"Yeah." Lu Yufeng, Li Yuanjiang, and Sun Ke all agreed.
"At the moment, the Ming army is in the Donggu. Not to mention the Han people, it is the Burmese and Mon people in the city. I am afraid that there will be no more than a few who are willing to submit to Daming. At this time, will the Han people still betray Daming?"
"..."
"In addition, they helped the Ming army to enter the city. In the final analysis, they wanted to protect their property in the city and prevent it from being destroyed by war. Isn't this reason enough? Does this kind of thinking not fit the character of the Han people?"
"..." Except for nodding, everyone had nothing to say. Lin Chengxiang's reasons should be relatively sufficient, but he also just learned about this, and immediately thought of this. In addition to agreeing, everyone was silently admiring in their hearts.
"Take a step back and say, even if they are surrendering, there is no loss to us. We can use the advantage of the flintlocks to make fake plays and enter the city in one fell swoop. At that time, what will happen to these people who betrayed Daming? They don’t know how to weigh?"
Everyone admired Lin Chengxiang's hotness more and more, and Sun Ke stood up, "After listening to the military seat, his subordinates have benefited a lot. Ask the military seat to assign tasks to his subordinates, and the subordinates resolutely implement it."
"You bastard, dare you not implement my military order?" Lin Chengxiang laughed.
Everyone roared with laughter.
Sun Ke stood firmer, and he also offered a military salute to Lin Chengxiang, "The subordinates dare not, the subordinates resolutely carry out the army's orders."
"Okay, then I will start dispatching troops," Lin Chengxiang said with a stern face, "Sun Ke!"
"Subordinates are here!"
"Your sixtieth division split into two groups, and attacked from the west and north gates at the same time at the third time. The more you fight, the better, but you are feigning attacks. Try to minimize the casualties of the soldiers and wait for the friendly forces to enter the city."
"Subordinates understand!"
"Li Yuanjiang!"
"Subordinates are here!"
"Your fifty-nine division, immediately rushed to ambush outside the east city gate, saw the fire on the top of the city, immediately entered the city, and accepted the sixtieth division into the city from the west and north gates."
"Subordinates promise to complete the task!"
"Lu Yufeng’s 58th Division immediately went to the South City Gate to volt. It must be completed before the three shifts. There are only 5,000 Tongyu soldiers in the city. I don’t care how many Toungoo soldiers break through the South City Gate. You can’t let one go. Toungoo soldiers."
"Yes, if the 58th Division releases a Toungoo soldier, the subordinates will ask for their own demotion to the army groom!"
Everyone laughed again, then dispersed, each to prepare for tonight's battle.
At the time of the third shift, the Sixtieth Division launched an offensive from the west and north gates on time. Suddenly, there was a rumble of artillery outside the west and north gates, and the Ming army soldiers also shouted for killing.
Dongyu defender Wu Yanzu could not have imagined that the Ming army attacked the city violently on the night of arrival, and attacked from both the west and north gates at the same time.
The actions of the Ming army were too scary, and Wu Yanzu had to divide his troops for defense. A large number of soldiers had already been gathered at the north gate, but the defense of the west gate was too weak, so he had to drop all the reserved soldiers to the west gate.
Wu Yanzu didn't know if the Ming army was a feint, so he could only take one step and count one step.
When the war was not long, a fire suddenly appeared near the inner palace of Toungoo. There seemed to be a rebellion in the city. Wu Yanzu was shocked. He was about to send someone to investigate. The soldiers came to report, and two fires appeared in the south of the city.
Obviously, someone is making trouble in the city, but Wu Yanzu has no soldiers to adjust.
In desperation, he transferred troops from the east and south gates. Originally, there were 500 soldiers at each gate. Now he has sent three hundred soldiers to fight the rebellion in the city. Wu Yanzu led his own guards and was ready. Ready to fight at any time.
The battle was stalemate, the Ming army was unable to break through the city gate, and the Dongyu army did not dare not fight. The two sides started a tug of war at the west and north city gates.
The Ming Army had no way to break the city for a while, and Wu Yanzu was not too anxious, but he was a little worried. All his troops were put on the battlefield, and he could not get a rest. If the Ming Army attacked again during the day tomorrow, his fatigued soldiers could still be used. Can you stop the Ming army
At the East City Gate, there were only two hundred defenders left. They were praying to the Buddha that they hoped that the Ming Army would not attack from the East City Gate. They only had two hundred soldiers, and at most they could only act as a messenger.
The prayer was not over yet, when the defenders suddenly discovered that a group of hundreds of people approached the city gate quickly. They were puzzled. Could it be that the soldiers wanted to escape from the city
The city guard shouted: "Who are you?"
"We are the people of the city. We are ordered by the general to help you defend the city." The leading people replied in Dongyu language.
There were only two hundred soldiers at the East City Gate. Once the Ming army came to attack, they would definitely not be able to defend it. It was reasonable to march into the temporary organization of the people to help defend the city. The defenders thought that the Buddha had appeared, but they had not forgotten to deal with them. The people's interrogation, they did not get a formal military order, "Which one of you is headed?"
"I." The citizen who spoke just now took a few steps and came to the front of Dongyu Army, and then stopped, while the crowd of people behind him, still advancing, gradually merged with the Dongyu soldiers.
"Do you have the general's order?" The defending officer raised the torch and took a picture of his face. He was not completely relieved when he found that it was some strange faces.
"Here is the military order." The chief of the people looked at his men and saw that they had been mixed with the soldiers of Toungoo, and then he whispered: "Do it!"
This sound is not very loud, incomparable with a loudspeaker, but in a silent night, it is enough for everyone in the city to hear it.
The Dongyu soldiers were taken aback. The people had already launched the attack first. Knives, guns and sticks, all kinds of weapons were flooding the Dongyu soldiers who were defending the city. At the same time, the Han soldiers hiding in the army also made a counter-attack.
Toungoo's soldiers were dumbfounded for a while, they couldn't resist, and they quickly defeated.
The people are like angry lions. They did not let up, chasing the soldiers of Tonggu and rushing violently, without any rules.
The soldiers of Tonggu fought and retreated. Their hearts were full of fear. The city was full of fires. The people should be rioting. I don't know how many people like this were hidden in the darkness.
People were being chopped down to the ground constantly. Although the Dongyu soldiers shouted, there were no other Dongyu soldiers near the Dongcheng gate, and they were not accepted by their companions.
There were less than a hundred Tongyu soldiers left. They had no intention of defending the city and fled the Dongcheng gate embarrassedly.
There were no Dongyu soldiers in the city. The Han armed forces successfully occupied the east city gate, and they opened the city gate.
Chief Wang Kun shouted: "Set fire."
The Chinese people lit the torches thrown away by the Dongyu soldiers and lit the cotton wool and straw that had been prepared long ago.
There is a sea of fire above the city, looking from a distance, it is like a campfire party.
The soldiers of the 59th Division of the Ming Army who were hiding outside the city were already impatient. If they attacked, they believed that the East City Gate would have fallen.
Seeing the fire at the head of the city, the soldiers were excited. Li Yuanjiang waved his saber, "The Han people in the city have succeeded. Brothers, hurry up and enter the city."
He divided the Ten Thousand Ming Army into three teams, namely the front, middle and back, and entered the city in turn.
Li Yuanjiang was already prepared. If he surrendered in the city, he would take advantage of the number of people and the opportunity to open the city gates to forcibly attack the city, and then he would enter the city first.
After the Ming army entered the city, they did not encounter ambushes, nor did they see Tonggu soldiers at the front of the city. Only a few hundred Han people were welcoming them with various farm tools and weapons.
When Li Yuanjiang entered the city with the rear team, the Ming army had already established a firm foothold at the East City Gate.