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Chapter 128 He was a rebel, he was a mining slave

Zhu Guobao wanted to go up to the city wall to observe the enemy's situation. As a government official, Fu Ruwei certainly couldn't stay in the government office, so he took Wen Shiyi and dozens of followers to the city wall.

As soon as they approached the city gate tower, they heard Zhu Guobao angrily scolding Shen Wandeng and Cui Zhen.

"You are disobedient! How are you different from military thieves?!"

It turned out that although Shen and Cui sent people to the government office to ask Fu Ruwei for orders to withdraw all the soldiers into the city.

But when Zhu Guobao arrived, he found that the two men had already withdrawn all the soldiers.

The two of them are nominally under the control of Fu Ruwei, the prefect. This is a sign of killing first and then reporting, not obeying orders.

Cui Zhen lowered his head and remained silent.

Shen Wandeng said with a cold face: "Our camp has less than 5000 troops in total, and the enemy has more than 1. What's the difference between dividing our troops and setting up a stronghold outside the city, or risking death?"

"Fart!" Zhu Guobao was so angry that he swore, "Don't you know how to be a military official? It's obvious that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and want to preserve your troops!"

Shen Wandeng said: "We should try to conserve our troops when defending the city - this city is tall and there is enough food in the city. As long as we have enough troops, the enemy will not be able to capture this city!"

"you!"

Seeing Zhu Guobao and Shen Wandeng getting more and more angry during their argument, Fu Ruwei quickly stepped forward to stop them.

"Okay Zhu Tongpan, since the camp troops have withdrawn into the city, let's forget about it. We still need to quickly understand the enemy's situation and check whether there are any loopholes in the city defense."

After saying this, Fu Ruwei pulled Zhu Guobao further away.

He whispered: "Shen Wandeng was a rebel before. Now that the rebels are attacking the city, we still need to rely on him. Zhu Tongpan must not push him into a hurry."

"Humph!"

Zhu Guobao snorted, acquiescing to Fu Ruwei's words and saying no more.

The quarrel came to an end for the time being, and several people began to look at the enemy.

At this time, the rebel army had already marched three miles outside Fucheng.

Although a few people don't have telescopes, they can still see some things with the naked eye on this great plain.

As the rebels marched and stopped, the troops of 2 people were all in order, and there was no appearance of chaos.

Both Shen, Cui, and Zhu, who knew military matters, and Fu and Wen, who did not understand military matters, all frowned and looked worried.

Fu Ruwei had some insight after all, and asked: "I'm afraid that an ordinary army of 2 or [-] people marching and stationed may not be able to achieve this level, right?"

"If tens of thousands of people in the army can advance and retreat in a controlled manner without causing chaos, they will be considered elite."

When he said this, Zhu Guobao's face looked obviously ugly.

What he said earlier that the bandit army could not possibly number ten or twenty thousand is still ringing in his ears.

He originally thought that the thieves must have kidnapped many refugees, but when he looked around, there were no traces of refugees anywhere.
They are obviously well-trained troops!
As for the equipment of the bandit army, it is difficult to tell from such a long distance.

After watching for a while, he found that it was difficult to see anything more, so Fu Ruwei asked: "It's already early in the morning (around 3 p.m.), so the bandit army won't attack the city today, right?"

Zhu Guobao shook his head, "It's hard to say."

Shen Wandeng said: "If I were the enemy's general, I would definitely try to attack the city first."

Hearing this, the other people glanced at Shen Wandeng subconsciously, feeling that Shen Wandeng's angle was a bit suspicious of "the thief's nature."

Shen Wandeng himself did not notice it.

Just as Zhu Guobao was about to say something, he saw that after the bandit army stopped, some of them moved, but they were heading east.

Cui Zhendao: "With the Ru River outside the west gate and the south gate and the moat inside, it is not easy to attack. As expected, the bandit army should only be preparing to attack the north gate and the east gate."

Zhu Guobao nodded, "This is also a strategy to open up the network on three sides. We don't want us to defend it. Your Majesty, just in case, strengthen the determination of the army and the people to defend the city, and please send people to block the west and south gates!"

"Isn't this not good?" Although Fu Ruwei didn't understand military affairs, he knew that if he did this, he would definitely arouse doubts and resentment from the big families in the city.

Dahu said that it didn't matter what he said. There was also Prince Chong's Mansion in the key city.

If King Chong also makes trouble because of this matter, it will not end well.

Having said that, the drums to announce the enemy's situation have been beaten several times. King Chong didn't even go to the city wall to boost morale. He didn't even send anyone to ask.

It really is···

Fu Ruwei didn't even know what to say.

In fact, he understood that King Chong was pretending not to know the enemy's situation, lest they take the opportunity to ask King Chong's Mansion to pay for food and defense of the city.

After Fu Ruwei finished speaking, Literary Master Yi also said: "Zhu Tongpan, the bandit army has only been here for a day and they have blocked the city gate, which may cause panic among the residents in the city.

It is better to wait until the combat strength of the rebel army is known before considering whether to make this decision.how? "

What Wen Shiyi said makes sense.

Seeing that no one else supported the idea of ​​blocking the city gate, Zhu Guobao had no choice but to give up.

Less than half an hour later, a detachment of the rebel army had circled around and parked outside the east city gate for a while.

But instead of trying to attack the city as Shen Wandeng said, they built a camp.

There were not many trees outside Ruyang City for building camps, so the rebels sent out men to boldly demolish the official and military camps built on the edge of the moat.

The moat is only thirty steps from the city wall and is three to four feet wide.

The farthest distance between the official and military camp and the city wall was only more than a mile, and the closest distance was only about a hundred steps away.

Therefore, seeing the rebels' actions, Zhu Guobao on the city wall was so angry that he flew into a rage.

"The thieves are so audacious! They actually dare to come and demolish the official camp! Your Majesty, please send troops out of the city to defeat them!"

Fu Ruwei asked: "What do Shen Youyi and Cui Youyi think?"

Cui Zhen looked at it and said: "Master, please see, 3000 rebels have gone out two miles outside the city and are ready.

If we send people out of the city to attack the team that is dismantling the camp, and if something goes wrong, we may be left behind by the rebels, and the gain outweighs the loss. "

Shen Wandeng narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the city, and said: "If you can gather five hundred riders and give them to me to lead, I am willing to go out of the city and give it a try!" Zhu Guobao was slightly surprised when he heard this, but he did not expect that Shen Wandeng would support his idea.

He immediately said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to gather five hundred horses, but I can gather four hundred horses for you in half an hour!"

In fact, it is not difficult to gather [-] horses in Ruyang City.

There are more than 200 horses in the camp itself, and there are some horses in the government offices, county offices, and rural soldiers.

Most of the wealthy families had one or several horses in their homes - after all, Ruyang was located in the plains, so it was very convenient to raise mules and horses, whether riding horses or pulling carts.

What's more, there is also Prince Chong's Mansion in the city.

A conservative estimate is that there are at least dozens of good horses in Prince Chong's palace that can serve as war horses.If you count the horses and mules, it would be even more.

In addition, there are more horses kept in various royal villages outside the city.

Requisitioning horses from the big families in the city is okay, but borrowing horses from Prince Chong's Mansion is not something that ordinary people can do, let alone within a short period of time.

Shen Wandeng also understands this.

After listening to Zhu Guobao's words, he did not ask for the missing hundred horses, but said: "I must be allowed to choose riders from each camp!"

Fu Ruwei and Zhu Guobao looked at each other, nodded and said: "I'm ready, please go and do it quickly."

"As ordered!"

When Shen Wandeng left the city wall, Cui Zhen couldn't help but said: "Master Fu, after Shen Wandeng was surrendered, all the old thieves under his command were dispersed into the camp.

Although some died in the past two years, there are still hundreds of people left. This time he may take the opportunity to summon his old troops. "

Fu Ruwei asked in confusion: "Isn't he going to choose a rider?"

Cui Zhen explained a little speechlessly: "Shen Wanteng had more than 100 horse thieves under his command when he surrendered."

Fu Ruwei frowned, not knowing how to deal with this situation.

Zhu Guobao said: "Cui Youyi, you don't dare to go out of the city to attack the bandit army. You are still here to doubt Shen Youyi's motives for going out of the city. Do you have to stay in the city like you to be happy?"

Cui Zhen turned out to be General Manager Qian under Wang Yingtai. He was promoted to guerrilla not long ago, but he did not dare to confront civil servants like Shen Wanteng.

Hearing this, he lowered his head and said, "The general will never have such intention."

"Then don't talk nonsense here, go to inspect the city defense quickly, and prepare to cooperate with Shen guerrillas to fight out of the city!"

Cui Zhen glanced at Fu Ruwei and saw that Fu Ruwei was silent, so he could only say "yes" and leave...
Because of his outstanding performance during training at the Minyong Battalion, Zhou Xing was selected into the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment of the Standing Army and became a corps commander.

Although he was very capable in the civilian camp, could he compare with the captain of the standing army?
Apart from anything else, the Mingyong camp only has food and no pay, but the standing army does have pay.

Moreover, those who have performed meritorious service will be rewarded with military fields. If they are injured and retired, or killed in battle, they will also receive pensions and fields to be divided.

I don’t know how good the treatment is.

Besides, when it comes to food alone, the standing army is much better than the civilian army.

When he became the captain of the standing army, Zhou Xing was not proud because he felt that he could still rise.

Therefore, now he is eager to make meritorious deeds.

Deputy Mao Tuan ordered the second and third battalions and two hundred tiger guards to dismantle the Ming army camp.

Because some of the soldiers in the two battalions were on the battlefield for the first time, many of them were trembling with fear when they rushed to the Ming army camp.

Zhou Xing was also trembling a little, but he was more than just scared, he was more excited.

Because it was flat land, it was only more than a mile away from the rebel army's formation. They quickly approached the Ming army's camp while pushing the vehicle used to pull wood.

At this moment, a thunderous sound suddenly sounded from the city wall, and then a black iron ball hit this side!
Zhou Xing and others were a little panicked, but there was no chaos because they came before.The sentry commander told them that there were four general cannons on the north wall of the Ming army, which could hit the camp.

But as long as they don't concentrate too much and follow the general's orders, there won't be much danger.

Sure enough, the next moment the cannon sounded, the captain at the front shouted: "Everyone squat down!"

Zhou Xing squatted beside the car and picked up the shield on the car to cover his head.

It turned out nothing happened.

The Ming army's iron ball fell into the camp and became silent, and did not hit them at all.

Then the team entered the camp and began to dismantle all kinds of wood in an orderly but rapid manner.

There was a trench outside the camp. Every quarter of an hour, the team officer led them to jump into the trench to take shelter. After the Ming army had finished firing a round of artillery shells, they came out and continued to work.

However, the sentry commander and team officers were not always able to get the timing right. Sometimes, while they were working, the Ming army's artillery shells would fall down.

Fortunately, there were only four of them each time, and they were working separately and were blocked by the buildings in the camp.

At most, a few people were shot and scratched by wooden thorns. Only a few unlucky ones were hit by cannonballs or had their vital organs scratched by wooden thorns, and died on the spot.

After working for a while, Zhou Xing was no longer so scared, so he took the opportunity to talk to the captain who was relatively kind.

"Captain, let's forget we are here to do this kind of work. Why are the guards together? And I haven't seen them actually working since I came. They hid in the trench and didn't show up."

The captain smiled and said: "Didn't you see that they came with guns and cannons? Why, just to squat us down and see if the army will come out of the city to attack."

Zhou Xing was shocked when he heard this, "The officers and soldiers still dare to come out of the city to fight?"

"Maybe you dare, maybe you don't. It's always right for us to be on guard."

Zhou Xingxian was thoughtful, then asked excitedly: "Then if the army comes, can I fight them?"

"Hahaha," the captain laughed, "Of course you can, but you kid, just don't rush in and kill someone."

Zhou Xing also grinned and said: "Captain, look at it, I can only take heads, not give them away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a rapid whistle coming from outside the camp, and then the rumble of horse hooves!
The captain's face suddenly changed, "Damn, the dog officers and soldiers really dare to leave the city! Are you listening to the noise or the cavalry?! Hurry, the first team of the fifth post of the third battalion is gathering!"

　Second more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)