Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 65 Defection
Ningbo, Yincheng.

Wang Mingqian's desperate report made Chengzhong, who was already on guard, more careful.

The alarm bell was sounded, and the entire battalion of the recovery battalion went up to the city to defend.

Zhang Guozhu was annoyed, and ordered the city to be attacked instead of swindling the city. However, although Qian Sule, Ge Shizhen and others were not well-informed soldiers, the recovery battalion was composed of gentlemen and scholars, but they were real soldiers from Ningbo.

What they guard is their own homeland, and the enthusiasm for fighting is unprecedented.

"Archers cover, sword players go to the city!"

Zhang Guozhu slashed his sword and immediately shouted to command, his most elite battalion of five hundred archers drew up their strong bows and shot dense arrow rain to cover the siege.

The ones who were sent out to take the lead in attacking the city were the Dinghai Defense Battalion. These soldiers were suddenly robbed of the city before, and they were surrounded before they could defend.

After being coerced into joining Zhang Guozhu's army, many people actually regret it.

At this time, they were ordered to take the lead and go directly to attack the city. Many officers were secretly dissatisfied.Being pointed at by a knife and gun, he stepped forward, but deliberately dragged his feet.

The voice of shouting is very loud, but the thunder is loud and the rain is little.

The main force of the Dinghai Battalion was the soldiers from the former Zhejiang General Town, but they were not the old troops brought by Wang Zhiren and his son from Wu Song, but the soldiers from the original Zhejiang.It turned out that Zhu Yihai was not a confidant of the Wang family's father and son. After Zhu Yihai came, he disrupted the soldiers in Zhezhen and transferred most of them to other newly established battalions such as banner bearers and brave guards, and some went to the Beijing camp with Wang Zhiren.

Therefore, Dinghaiying has a quota of 100, but in fact Zhengyong only has [-], and there are more than [-] soldiers and servants among them. They saw that Wang Mingqian had fallen into the hands of Zhang Guozhu, and they heard what they said about Lu Jianguo and Wang Zhiren in Cixi. Being defeated and captured by Chen Wu, half-believed, he had no will to resist.

Anyway, they have always been like this.

As for the recruits, it was the first time they encountered such a situation, and they were completely at a loss.

But Wang Mingqian's performance now shows that things are not what Zhang Guozhu said, and Zhang Guozhu didn't really regard them as his brothers. Are they cannon fodder?
It should be explained that the officers and soldiers at the end of the mill were very skilled at grinding foreign workers.

Here Zhang Guozhu commanded again and again, while the Dinghai Defense Battalion pretended to shout for a long time, but it turned out to be far away from the city wall.

Angry Zhang Guozhu had no choice but to send out many recruits and strong men who he had pulled along the way when he went south, but these people were originally just ordinary people, and few of them rushed forward.

Everyone is cautious, who wants to die?

"Damn it, are you playing with me? Go and chop off the Dinghai camp's whistler and bring his head back!"

The officers of the Dinghai camp over there were also on guard all the time. Seeing a group of Zhang Guozhu's servants rushing towards them, they immediately shouted, calling for their subordinates to take the lead in mutiny.

The other officers of the Dinghai Camp were also veterans, they kept taking two steps forward, watching left and right, seeing that the situation was not right, they immediately mutinied.

It should be said that this was originally a routine operation of the Ming army.

Although Zhang Guozhu had taken some precautions in advance, for example, after defrauding Dinghai, he quickly handed over the weapons of Dinghaiying, then seized the money and food of Dinghaiying's treasury, took out some silver to pay a reward, and then made Dinghaiying do it again. Made a simple compilation.

Break up and mix with sand.

But for a while, there was no way to do too much detail. The 1000 people in the Dinghai camp mixed with the strong men he pulled down in the south into several battalions, and some old brothers were sent there.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army leaders always paid attention to saving their lives. The most trusted servants did not dare to break up too much. Therefore, the so-called old brothers are actually some mobs.

Although the Dinghai Battalion was divided into several battalions at this time, most of them were composed of whole sentries and entire teams. This was also to ensure a certain combat effectiveness.

But now, the mutiny of these Dinghai camp officers quickly caused Zhang Guozhu to lose his wife and break up the army. Not only did the original 1000 troops in Dinghai camp basically mutiny, but it also led to the chaos of two or three thousand other mixed troops.

Seeing this, some people followed Dinghaiying to mutiny, some took advantage of the chaos and ran away, and some retreated in alarm.

All of a sudden, a group of mobs in the late Ming Dynasty performed vividly.

It is commonplace to force strong men, and most people are forced to coerce them.

In troubled times, these people were forced to become soldiers from ordinary people, and finally the soldiers and bandits were separated, but no matter what, no one was willing to die.

It is also a routine operation for Zhang Guozhu to let recruits be used as cannon fodder to attack the city, but now the very unstable factor of the Dinghai Camp, coupled with the strong conscripts gathered together, quickly fermented.

Many of the recruits in the Dinghai Camp are also Ningbo natives, not to mention that Lu Jianguo gave everyone rewards and paid the salary in advance, and their hearts are still towards Lu Jianguo.

With the Dinghai battalion officer taking the lead, they rebelled and defected happily.

Zhang Guozhu jumped angrily behind.

There is no way to attack Yincheng again, firstly, there is no artillery equipment for the siege, and secondly, the cannon fodder has mutinied, so these must be dealt with first.

He led the archers and began to leave Yincheng alone, attacking the rebel soldiers.

Wang Mingqian managed to get rid of the pursuers and was hanged to the city.

As soon as he turned around, he saw the chaos in the city, and Dinghaiying turned against him.

"Please ask Qian Shilang to open the city to meet you!"

Qian Sule was very dissatisfied with Dinghaiying's performance, and was not at all willing to let them enter the city.

Wang Mingqian thought for a while, and felt a little ashamed. He himself was captured carelessly, and although the battalion under him was tricked into opening the city, but surrendered without any resistance, it also showed that he was incompetent as the leader, even if he could say that he had just taken over the battalion. But after all, the result was that Dinghaiying directly surrendered.

"I also ask Mr. Qian to have me hanged down to the city again."

"Why did General Wang leave the city?"

"Dinghaiying is already in any case, so I, the general, will naturally be with my subordinates."

Qian Sule was a little hesitant, he felt that Dinghaiying was unreliable, and it was very dangerous outside now, so he didn't dare to venture out of the city to meet him, after all, who knew whether Dinghaiying was really a mutiny or just trying to lure the enemy?
The recovery battalion was also a recruit, and if he was fooled, he would not be able to explain to the supervisor.

"I, Wang Mingqian, made a mistake, and I will atone for it myself!"

After Wang Mingqian finished speaking, he resolutely had him hanged from the city.

After Wang Mingqian was sent down the city, he rode on his horse, circled half a circle, and ran back to Dinghai camp.

Originally there were thousands of people in the Dinghai camp, but now there are three thousand people.

They ran outside the north wall of Yin City, and with their backs against the city wall, the officers of each battalion got together and pointed their knives at Zhang Guozhu.

As soon as Wang Mingqian came over, these officers brazenly came forward to plead guilty, saying that they were caught off guard before, and then they had been looking for opportunities to stab Zhang Guozhu Yunyun.

Some officers of Zhang Guozhu's original miscellaneous troops also showed their faces, saying that they were not from Zhang Guozhu's way, and they were all coerced.

"We are willing to follow the orders of Vice General Wang, and together we will attack Zhang Guozhu, the traitor, and respect Lu Jianguo together!"

These guys don't care what Yiyang King is, and now they have changed into willing to embrace Lu and supervise the country.

The switch is so fast, there is no psychological pressure. As for the sincerity, in fact, there is not even half of it.

It's just that he doesn't want to be Zhang Guozhu's cannon fodder to forcibly attack Ningbo Fucheng. Although this Ningbo Fucheng is not Dinghai City where the governor and general soldiers are stationed, it is not as strong and dangerous as it is, but Ningbo is also a large city with a big city and high walls, so it is so easy to fight.

If you insist on fighting, isn't that taking your own life?
Therefore, they were never slow-hearted and robbing with Zhang Guozhu, but if they were to go all out, they were unwilling.

Although Wang Mingqian is young, he is clear about the thoughts of these gangsters, and he doesn't say anything, he just comforts these guys in public, and says that they have merit anyway, and they will ask His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo to seal Yunyun when the time comes.

Anyway, the promise of no money is thrown away first.

Then leaning against the north wall of Yincheng, the battalions approached each other, ready to fight Zhang Guozhu.

Zhang Guozhu kept swearing, 3000 donkeys ran past him in his heart, and the treacherous plan succeeded in Dinghai City, and the number of people increased to [-]. It took only half a day, and [-] people ran to the opposite side, and he only had [-] left.

Although the elite 500 archers are still there, and there are more than [-] camp leaders who have followed for a while, it still makes him angry.

He plotted against others, how could he still be plotted against?
"Cut all these damned bastards."

He was going to wait until they were defeated, and then there would be an eleventh massacre, all the officers would be killed, and one out of ten remaining soldiers would be massacred, and then all of them would be scattered. No more betrayals would be allowed.

Wang Mingqian was also full of anger. After a long battle with his father, he didn't expect the ship to capsize so badly today. Fortunately, there is still a chance to come back.

"I swear not to be at odds with the thief, and whoever kills Zhang Guozhu will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

Although the 3000 troops were mobs, they had a city wall to rely on behind them, which made them feel at ease. They set up a spear array, raised their shields, and swore to fight to the death.

Fight for your life!

on the city.

In the end, Qian Sule didn't order reinforcements out of the city, but seeing the situation below the city, he believed it a little bit, and ordered most of the recovery battalion to be transferred to the north wall, with bows, arrows, firearms and other high-level cover.

Zhang Guozhu's five hundred archers were very elite. The arrow formation formed by them shot the rain of arrows into the sky, and then ruthlessly sprinkled them on Wang Mingqian's army formation in front of the city.

These soldiers were cannon fodder, their equipment was poor, and most of them had no armor. On the contrary, the original departments of Dinghai Camp were better.

Every wave of arrows rained down a large number of people, screaming again and again.

Fortunately, at this time, the recovery battalion and the upper and lower walls of Dinghaiying City fought back with bows and blunderbuss, which slightly restrained Zhang Guozhu's archers.

Zhang Guozhu ordered the remaining [-] people to form a phalanx of long spears and approach them step by step.

Arrows from both sides hit each other, the infantry fought on top of each other, guns were stabbed and knives were hacked, and the shouts of killing were loud.

"Chop it up for me!"

Zhang Guozhu shouted viciously.

Zhang Guozhu's [-] were against Wang Mingqian's [-], but they had the upper hand. Even if the recovery battalion supported them above the city, the troops below the city would be hard to resist.

Especially Zhang Guozhu's five hundred archers were very brave. Every shower of arrows could make Wang Mingqian's makeshift army fall down a large piece.

Within half an hour of the battle, many officers who had just shouted for atonement began to take the lead in fleeing.

Wang Mingqian rode his horse and cut down several guys one after another before barely stopping the momentum of defeat, but it was still struggling.

Seeing that he couldn't hold on, Qian Sule finally decided to take action at this time, ordered the north gate to be opened, and personally led the recovery battalion to fight back.

Zhang Guozhu became more and more excited when he saw troops coming from the city to fight.

"Come on, kill over there, kill into the city!"

This is a rare flaw, a chance to win Ningbo City.

Zhang Guozhu's personal soldiers blew the horn of the onslaught, and those sturdy longbowmen also started to run.

At this moment, a dark tide emerged in the distance.

The ground also began to shake.

A louder horn sounded.

The Governor of the Beijing Camp of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Ning Bo Wang Zhiren led the Fifth Army and two battalions of 3000 to kill them. He divided his troops with Zhu Yihai in Songpu, not far from Yincheng, and finally arrived after he rushed all the way.

When Zhang Guozhu, who was excited, turned his head and saw the Wang Ziqi, his expression changed drastically.

His lips trembled, and he finally gritted his teeth and sighed, "Withdraw!"

Wang Zhiren came back to help, he had no chance, this army leader who had also experienced many battles decisively ordered to retreat without any entanglement at all.

Even he took the lead and ran away first, followed by five hundred confidant archers, and the remaining fifteen hundred subordinates were still fighting with Wang Mingqian and others under the city at this time, regardless of whether they could withdraw.

Run as fast as you can, never fight hard.

Move the flag south.

The more than a thousand people under the city also quickly turned and fled, not willing to fight.

Wang Mingqian chopped down a running guy with a knife, looked from a distance at the Wang Qi that was approaching quickly, and then at Zhang Qi who was fleeing southward.

He clamped the horse's belly fiercely, raised his knife and shouted, "Follow me, kill Zhang thief!"

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