For a siege in the feudal era, the loss of the city wall meant the failure of the defense. The defending side would quickly lose the ability to command and organize. Things like urban warfare rarely happened. Therefore, when Zhou Qingfeng smashed open the city gate and the members of the Beijing-Tianjin Area Army swarmed in, the Ming Army defending the city immediately fled and could no longer resist.
Zhou Qingfeng was also in high spirits after killing his way in from the east gate. Tianjin City was more important than any city in Liaodong. It was a bustling city with convenient transportation, a large population, and a flourishing culture. It was a rare strategic city.
Tianjin City was laid out in a cross shape. After entering from the east gate was the east street. To the north was the Confucian Temple, and to the south was the residential alley. Along the street was the drum tower in the center of the city. It was convenient to go anywhere in the city from the drum tower.
It was beyond Zhou Qingfeng's expectations to be able to take down this city in just two days. But who asked Daming to make trouble blindly? In order to attack Liaodong, he gathered the troops from all over the country instead of conscripting troops in Liaodong. Those brainless officials of the imperial court did such a shameful thing and left the mainland defenseless. Don't blame Zhou Qingfeng for taking advantage of it.
"This is the f * cking Tianjin. Taking control of this place is equivalent to taking half of Daming's life. As long as I cut off the transportation, the emperor in the capital will have to kneel before me. "Zhou Qingfeng put away the Road Robber and looked back to see the Imperial Guard rushing in without order. He immediately called a few commanders over and asked them to control the key points of the city.
"Ye Na, send the personal guards to pass the order. First seize the drum tower, then control the other three city gates. Call in all the militias and workers to block the streets. During this critical period, the whole city is under martial law. The people from the Ministry of Security and the Department of Commerce and Trade quickly followed. They want to control the remaining Ming Army and find the local tyrants and evil gentry in the city and execute them. Such a big city won't be obedient until a thousand people are beheaded. "
Zhou Qingfeng spoke with a murderous and imposing manner. Ye Na, who was by his side, immediately left with the Grand Marshal's bodyguards. But before Ye Na could turn around, he stopped her. "Ye Na, you've been doing very well recently. You've proven your ability and loyalty."
Ye Na stared blankly. Zhou Qingfeng had already extended his hand to touch her neck and withdrew the meridian sever technique that was controlling her true essence bone frame. He continued, "The Ministry of State Security has already taken your family out of the capital. From now on, you're free and no longer anyone's slave. You're an officer of the Imperial Guard of the Revolutionary Army. I hope you can stay. "
"Time is of the essence during a war, yet you're spouting so much nonsense. Of course I'll stay. " Ye Na said calmly, as if there was no need to say more about it. She blamed Zhou Qingfeng for worrying that she would leave. She quickly turned around and shouted for the soldiers to assign tasks to her. But when she avoided Zhou Qingfeng's sight, her tears couldn't help falling.
Since Ye Na was sensible, she had been repeatedly instilled with the concept of serving the superior. She was also mentally prepared to be a slave for a lifetime, because everyone around her was the same. The happiest thing for every family was that their children could get the appreciation of high-ranking officials and dignitaries by relying on them. From then on, they would stand out and have a meteoric rise.
Men were like that, and women were even more so.
But now it was different.
"From now on, I'll live on my own ability."
Ye Na raised her big sword with one hand. She had tears in her eyes, but her face was full of excitement. She flapped her illusory wings quickly and flew several meters high. She shouted to Zhou Qingfeng's bodyguards, "Follow me and take down the drum tower in front."
The cavalrymen raised their sabers and followed closely behind the flying Valkyrie. This group of people could be said to be bursting with energy. Under the leadership of Ye Na, it was as if there was no one around. But when they were about to approach the drum tower, a group of heavy-armored spearmen suddenly turned out at the intersection ahead. There were about two or three hundred people, and they crowded the road in a horizontal line. The military formation was strengthened, and their pace was firm.
Ye Na was in high spirits and felt that she was about to break through the eighth to the ninth level of muscles and bones. Even if there was a wall in front of her, she dared to crash into it. In the face of a forest of spears, she really did that.
The tall woman also joined the military formation, and more than a hundred bodyguards' cavalry behind her were the strongest and best soldiers of the Imperial Guard. Everyone worked together to support Ye Na, so that she rushed up like a blazing angel waving a sword of flames.
The sudden appearance of this group of heavy-armored spearmen was also deeply surprised. They were originally responsible for breaking the formation, and their frontal attack was the strongest. After entering the city, the general above ordered them to push forward. Hearing that the rebels were in the east, they also went to the drum tower first and then turned to the East Street. As a result, as soon as they turned, they saw a group of fierce cavalry coming from the opposite side.
In a frontal confrontation, spearmen were not afraid of cavalry at all.
But in front of this group of cavalry was a tall woman who could fly, which made the heavy-armored spearmen even more surprised. In a breath, the two sides collided. The spearmen defended, and rows of white spears stood up like hedgehogs, waiting for the Valkyrie who was waving a big sword to hit them.
And Ye Na shouted in a delicate voice. She wanted to repay Zhou Qingfeng with her own fight. The big sword in both hands swung out a blade several meters long and slashed horizontally. More than a dozen spears on the opposite side were broken with a crackling sound. Then the blade pushed forward and broke the defense of the enemy's formation. A bloody line was cut in the line of spearmen, and five or six people were killed on the spot.
After this blow, Ye Na quickly flapped her wings and climbed up, not continuing to run into the enemy's forest of spears. Instead, she flew to the back of the enemy's spear formation and waited for an opportunity to attack. As a result, the enemy reacted quickly and immediately turned around. They were not discouraged by the setback just now and continued to aim the dense spear heads at Ye Na.
Ye Na had thought that she would be able to wipe out a large group of them with a single blow. She had not expected that the tenacity of this group of heavily armored spearmen would not lose out to the spear formation of the Imperial Guards in the slightest. She immediately realized that the opponent had changed. This was not the Ming Army that was driven away by the Imperial Guard.
In fact, this group of heavy-armored spearmen was even more surprised. They came from distant Sichuan and traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong, which they had never heard of, to kill the Tartars. When they arrived in Liaodong, they said they were going to kill the rebels. With great difficulty, they were about to set off for war, but they learned that the rebels had attacked Tianjin by sea. These spearmen, who had never seen the sea, could only turn back to help. With great difficulty, they finally reached Tianjin and started the war …
They crashed into the two-handed sword of the top general of the Imperial Guard.
This group of rebels was actually so powerful?
Not only was a woman tall, but she could also fly. With one blow, she broke the formation and killed several soldiers on her side. The general of the Ming Army who commanded this group of heavy-armored spearmen turned pale with fright. Especially when Ye Na flew to the formation, he did not dare to advance recklessly. He could only form a formation and wait for reinforcements.
The heavy-armored spearmen did not move, but the Ming Army that came from the north of the drum tower came in an endless stream. Ye Na hurriedly flapped her wings and flew away. She ordered the cavalry company that followed her to leave behind a few people to monitor from the front. The rest immediately dispersed into cavalry squads and entered the alleys on the left and right of the East Street. She asked to immediately investigate how this group of enemies came out.
At this moment, Zhou Qingfeng was at the East Gate thinking about how to use Tianjin as a base to attack from all sides and give the shaky Daming a heavy blow. He only thought that the war had stopped and this big city had been taken down. He did not expect that Ye Na would suddenly fly back to report that there was a strong Ming Army advancing.
"They are wearing iron armor and a layer of cotton armor outside. Although this cannot compare to our metal chest armor, it is something that has never been seen before. They use very long white spears and their formation is very tight. They are also calm and indifferent to life and death. This is also very different from the normal Ming Army. They have a lot of people. I have met 300 of them and there are actually more behind. "
Ye Na used a very fast speed to pour a bucket of cold water on Zhou Qingfeng. The situation of the battle had changed. He immediately ordered, "The triplane is still outside the city and I did not have time to collect it. Ye Na, you ride 'Dog Meat' to collect it and pilot the plane to explore the city.
Qiao Xuenan, you organize the front army command staff to control the militia and workers. Immediately start to demolish the houses in the east of the city and build barricades. At the same time, let the combat engineers lay pull-off mines at the intersection to prevent the enemy from approaching. Chai Jie, immediately transfer your female soldiers over. The enemy is likely to launch an attack along the east street after regrouping. Line up and use guns to beat them up.
Gao Daniu, take the spear infantry into the streets and guard the barricades to prevent the enemy from approaching us. Han Shi, gather the cavalry and go out of the city to investigate. Stop the enemy from outflanking our retreat. We were careless this time and did not pay attention to whether there were other Ming Army around Tianjin approaching. This group of Ming Army is likely to have just arrived. "
Zhou Qingfeng had just given his order when the group of heavy armored spearmen advanced along the street without fear of death. They were not fast but very steady and maintained a neat formation. Zhou Qingfeng did not even need binoculars. He only glanced at the unique clothes and headgear of the spearmen from afar and cursed, "F * * k, they are white spear soldiers from Sichuan. Why are these fellows in Tianjin? "
The army of the Daming dynasty was rotten. It was rotten to the point that the strongest fighting force was actually the wolf soldiers who came from the barren mountains and rivers. These wolf soldiers were similar to the Kennu. They also had a social structure of slavery. The soldiers at the bottom relied on fighting for a living. They had barbaric temperaments and poor military discipline but they dared to fight and were not afraid of death.
The appearance of this group of white spear soldiers indicated that the battle in Tianjin was not over. Zhou Qingfeng had to be prepared for it. He watched the other side's spear formation slowly advance and called the artillery company over to ask, "Can the ballistae still be used?"
The artillery officer was also anxious. He shook his head with a head full of sweat and said, "Sir, the last two ballistae are also damaged. The ox tendons used as torsion springs have all lost their elasticity. We are installing spare ox tendons. This will take time."
"Do you still have wooden shells?"
"We still have shells. We brought over two thousand this time. We threw over a thousand yesterday. There are still many left. "
"Go and bring the shells up."
The artillery soldiers turned around to move the shells out of the city but the heavy armored white spear soldiers did not stop. They had already slowly advanced to a position less than a hundred meters away from Zhou Qingfeng. Faced with these fierce enemies, the militia and workers who were demolishing houses and building barricades were very uneasy until a group of female firearms soldiers came to arrange.
"Line up."
Zhou Qingfeng personally acted as the commander of the firearms and stood directly in front of the line. Due to the limited width of East Street, the number of troops that could be arranged horizontally was even more limited. In addition, the formation of the firearms needed to be rotated, which made the formation of the female firearms soldiers very sparse. There were only fifteen people in a row, but the formation behind them was more than a dozen rows.
Zhou Qingfeng held a flintlock in his hand. This was what Ye Na often carried on her back. But the Caucasian woman rarely had the opportunity to use it. Zhou Qingfeng happened to borrow the full set of equipment. Facing the advancing white pole soldiers, he and the other female soldiers reloaded at a leisurely pace.
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