[Chapter 405] Break the city, clean up, kill the devil!

(0405)

Chen Denglong quickly organized 3,000 people to dig tunnels from 300 meters away to the north gate of Ningxia City. The military households worked in six shifts, each shift only had two hours of work to ensure the most physical strength and the highest work efficiency. At the same time, another 3,000 people went to Helan Mountain to cut down trees to support the tunnels. The daily progress was about fifty meters. It is estimated that it could be completed in about six days.

At this time, Ningxia City was already in panic. The silence of gunfire did not mean that the battle was over. On the contrary, it meant the beginning of a more intense battle. The white-clothed army tried to dig tunnels and entered Ningxia City and was soon discovered. Because the water level of the moat had begun to drop. For experienced military commanders, this is an easy thing to judge. Not everyone among the senior officers in Ningxia City was idiots, neither Li Guozhen nor Li Maohui were.

There is really no way to solve this problem with the senior management of Ningxia City. If someone else uses this technique, the defenders of Ningxia City can still fight back. For example, if the Tartars use this technique, the defenders can dig tunnels, cut off the tunnels of the Tartars, or set up heavy troops at the exit of the tunnels, and surround them. As long as the Tartars come out, they will be cut off the tunnels immediately. Or they use gravel to block the exits of the tunnels.

However, it would be a bit troublesome if the White-Clothed Army changed to this trick. The high-level officials of Ningxia Town gradually realized the fall of Pinglu City. Obviously, the purpose of the White-Clothed Army digging tunnels was to explode, and to blow up the entire wall of Ningxia City. This was large-scale destruction. At present, there was no effective way to stop it. All the methods used to deal with the White-Clothed Army were invalid. Because, after a loud bang, the entire North Gate wall of Ningxia City might collapse and razed to the ground.

Since there is no effective stopping method, it means that the Ningxia City is just around the corner. How many days can Ningxia City exist? It is not to see how many days they can hold on, but to see how many days it will take for the White Army to dig the tunnel. Once the tunnel is completed, Ningxia City will be broken. If they continue to stay in the city, the consequences can be imagined. No wonder King Qing ran so fast and so simply. It turns out that he had long judged that Ningxia City could never be defended. It is better to leave earlier than to leave late. If he leaves late, he probably won't even be able to save his life.

When King Qing took the lead in fleeing Ningxia City, other officials of all sizes naturally had no psychological pressure when they ran away. Even the prince ran away, what are we soldiers and soldiers? Even if the court wants to do it, it will start with the prince and all the senior officials. It is not the turn of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals below. It is impossible to say that as long as there is a chance, a group of officials of all sizes, such as the commander of the guards, Qianhu, etc., quietly escaped from Ningxia City.

Xu Xingxia deliberately surrounded the three missing one, and made it open the south gate of Ningxia City, so that the officials of Ningxia City had a way to escape. The purpose of this was of course to prevent the defenders in Ningxia City from trapping beasts and even setting fire to destroy the city and burning the jade and stones. In his subconscious, he did not want to fight street battles in Ningxia City, nor did he want to turn Ningxia City into ruins. Of course, he did not want Ningxia City to be burned by a fire.

He also needs Ningxia City to create productivity and combat effectiveness for the White-Clothed Army. The resources that Ningxia City has are what he needs most at the moment. As long as he can obtain the various resources of Ningxia City, the scale and combat effectiveness of the White-Clothed Army can be improved to several levels in a short period of time. If Ningxia City becomes a ruin, there will be nothing left.

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The Prince Qing Mansion, the back garden, with flowers blooming and spring scenery.

The fierce battle outside did not seem to affect this place. In April, the back garden is in full bloom and colorful, and it is very beautiful. The fragrance of flowers is intoxicating in the air. As the princess of Prince Qing's Mansion, Su Xiaoxiao still has the heart to swing slowly. However, her expression was a little overwhelmed after all. Because the male owner of Prince Qing's Mansion had already left. The only mistress left here is always strange.

After a long time, Su Xiaoxiao sighed faintly and said helplessly: "Let's leave too! If you don't leave, it will be too late. I really didn't expect that Xu Xingxia drove us away. This damn little guy really made us underestimate it. What about the Mujian Society and the Prince Qing Mansion, you are all scumbag in front of him! I had known..."

If she had known something, she wouldn't say it. Of course, no one asked. She walked out of the back garden silently, leaving only the spring scenery in the garden. The flowers seemed to be even more beautiful. However, the flowers were no longer accompanied by beauty, and seemed to be lonely.

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In the Lin family, the eldest lady’s boudoir, there are only Mrs. Lin and Lin Feirong.

Listening to the noise coming from time to time outside, Lin Feirong said a little angrily: "Mom, Xu Xingxia, why do you have such a brainless thing? He just agreed to do a glass business with us, and said there was any better porcelain to introduce it to us, but in the blink of an eye, he launched an attack on Ningxia City. What is he doing? This is a rebellion! Does he know the consequences of the rebellion? Does he know what the rebel will end? Twenty years ago, Bobai rebelled here, but was killed by a whole family!"

Mrs. Lin smiled slightly and said slowly: "I think he is mature."

Lin Feirong said strangely: "Mom, you actually talk to him? With such a fuss, he is a famous thief in the world, and there is no place for him in the whole country! The court will definitely mobilize a large army from other places to suppress him. He still wants to do business? Who dares to do business with him? What do he really need to do this?"

Mrs. Lin said in an orderly manner: "In my opinion, he finally made up his mind to go his own way. In the past, it was probably because he had fantasies about the court and was a little unstable. After this incident, he would not continue to sway, and no one would affect him. I guess others could only accommodate him and follow his steps."

Lin Feirong frowned and said, "Then, what should we do with the glass business we agreed on?"

Mrs. Lin smiled slightly and said confidently: "Of course I will do it. Rongrong, don't worry, our business with him will not be affected."

Lin Feirong said in confusion: "But he is a thief..."

Mrs. Lin still smiled slightly and said generously: "When the founding emperor of this dynasty, wasn't he a rebel? What is this?"

Lin Feirong was slightly stunned and said subconsciously: "He? Xu Xingxia? White Dragon Fish Suit?"

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Mom just talks casually, don't take it seriously. Who is the thief and who is the White Dragon Fish Suit has nothing to do with us. Our Lin family will focus on doing business in the future. Nothing else will be bothered. Let's avoid the limelight for the time being and continue to contact him. War is war, business is business. These are two different things. If you don't want to continue to fight, your business can be done."

Lin Feirong had no choice but to say, "Okay! Let's go to Lingzhou first."

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Six days later, the tunnel excavated by Chen Denglong and others finally extended to the bottom of the northern wall of Ningxia City. During this period, the water from the moat continued to penetrate into the tunnel, which indeed brought great difficulties to the excavation. Once, a large amount of water accumulated even forced the excavation work to stop. Fortunately, the White Army had a powerful tool such as cement to ensure the smooth excavation of the tunnel. In the end, the 300-meter-long tunnel was successfully completed.

Xu Xingxia immediately ordered a total of 8,000 kilograms of explosives to be piled up. He wanted to blow up all the north gate of Ningxia City, which was about 30 meters wide. Only in this way can the collapsed city wall effectively cover the moat and open up access for the siege troops. After another night of busyness, all the explosives were loaded.

"Detonate!"

Xu Xingxia calmly ordered.

Suddenly, people felt a violent tremor underground.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, a loud noise of the sky and the earth cracked, shaking everyone's eardrums, and no other sounds could be heard. In front of them, a black smoke column rose up, and in a blink of an eye the entire north gate of Ningxia City. Another dazzling fire light flashed away. Then, a clamor sound came, and countless sand, soil and gravel flew into the air, falling down like raindrops.

The most common types of cannons in the north gate of Ningxia City were all kinds of cannons. At this time, all of these cannons were blown up. Some of the entire cannons were blown up, while others were blown up to pieces. Some of the cannon barrels flew thirty or forty feet away. Some of the cannon stands flew fifty or sixty feet away. As for the remains of the corpses of the defenders who were blown up, let alone, they were scattered everywhere in a radius of hundreds of feet.

When the black smoke gradually dissipated, Xu Xingxia saw that the north gate wall of Ningxia City had been torn apart for more than 30 feet. The collapsed city wall just buried the moat. The road to attack was opened up. Behind the gap in the city wall, some defenders were vaguely seen. However, they no longer had combat power. Without the protection of the city wall and the protection of cannons, the musket team of the white-clothed army was simply invincible.

"Run!"

Gao Meng waited for yelling.

He led the warriors of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to cross the collapsed city wall first and entered the city.

Other white-clothed soldiers and other military households who participated in the war followed them, as if they were tides, and they also entered Ningxia City. In a short time, all the white-clothed soldiers who participated in the attack entered the city and advanced along different streets. This means that Ningxia City officially fell into the hands of Xu Xingxia. Even if there are remaining enemies, they have to fight stubbornly and fight street battles, and the only thing waiting for them is the fate of death.

The defenders of Ningxia City, who had no intention of fighting, rushed towards the south gate one after another. This was a way of escape deliberately left by the White Army. However, when they arrived at the South Gate, they suddenly realized that the original way of escape had been firmly blocked by the White Army. The troops commanded by Gao Jie and Gao Yigong once again staged a good show of blocking the door. All the enemy troops who tried to rush out were killed by them with guns and were killed near the city gate.

"Damn it, I told you to run away! I told you to run away!" Gao Jie's cheeks were twisted, and he was full of murderous intentions.

In front of him, the corpses of the beating were stacked and blood flowing. However, he still felt unsatisfied. He was addicted to murder and took his troops to enter the city directly to search for more enemies. As long as the enemy was caught, he would be killed on the spot. Sometimes, the soldiers of the Mastiff Cavalry thought it was too wasteful to shoot, so they simply used bayonets. Gao Yigong, who was following behind, thought Gao Jie was a bit perverted and liked to kill too much, but Xu Xingxia was not here, so he could only watch. Except for Xu Xingxia, Gao Jie didn't listen to anyone else.

The cannons on the south gate wall were also controlled by the White Army. The White Army was not polite, turning the cannons around and bombarding the remaining defenders. In the midst of the overwhelming rain of bullets, the defenders fell in large numbers. Among them, many defenders had actually put down their weapons and surrendered. Xu Xingxia's estimate was indeed correct. Once the city was broken, the anger of the military households would need to be vented, and the situation was indeed difficult to control.

Fortunately, in key locations, key locations, and key buildings, Xu Xingxia has arranged special troops to supervise, and does not allow wanton killing or wanton destruction. However, his ability is limited. In the corners he cannot see, it is indeed impossible to explain in detail how many uncontrollable killings are there. How many people are innocent, and how many people are innocent, I am afraid no one knows. Any rebellion is actually the beginning of large-scale killings. If you kill me, I kill you, there is no reason to say.

Most of the hour later, the White Army completely controlled Ningxia City. The remaining defenders, except those who were captured, were all cleaned up. The rough battle reports of each unit were also sent to Xu Xingxia one after another. Xu Xingxia randomly counted and found that the one with the most dead was obviously near the south gate of Ningxia City, with almost 8,000 people. The battle reports sent by Gao Jie showed that his Mastiff Cavalry alone killed more than 4,800 people in one breath.

"This guy is really a murderous devil." Xu Xingxia said silently in her heart.

Such a murderous demon king is absolutely undesirable in peacetime. However, in troubled times, such people cannot be missing. No matter what kind of force, such people are indispensable. Because killing, in a sense, is actually a shock to the enemy. In this era, you talk about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame with the enemy, which is simply a joke. Only a knife can make people surrender, but killing your own people is so cruel, it is meaningless.

He decided to immediately transfer Gao Jie's Mastiff Cavalry to Bayannur Grassland after the battle and let him kill the Tatars. It is estimated that Gao Jie likes this and he also likes it. As for whether the Tatars like it, no matter whether they like it...whether they like it or not, what does it have to do with the White Army? When you kill chickens, do you have to ask what it feels like?
Chapter completed!