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Chapter 191 The Ming army goes south and besieges the city!
"These two words, one is 'fate' and the other is 'wealth'." Liu Sheng said with a smile, "When you meet Li Zicheng, Lao Song, you can give full play to your skills and talk about 'fate' with him.

It doesn't matter whether you're talking about destiny, life, or any fate, as long as you can fool him into trusting you.

Li Zicheng also had a military adviser who was a Juren named Niu Jinxing.This person is greedy for money. If you bring some gold, silver and jewelry and bribe this person, you can ask him to help you. "

After hearing Liu Sheng's words, Song Xiance suddenly gained some confidence and was no longer so afraid.

At this time, Liu Sheng added: "The most important thing is to convince Li Zicheng and his subordinates based on their interests, and let them understand that only by joining forces with our troops at this stage can we fight against the Ming army.

I will write down the stakes of joining forces in a letter to Li Zicheng, and you can just hand the letter to him when the time comes.

Of course, if Lao Song can memorize the contents of this letter and understand it thoroughly, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort when persuading Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others. "

Hearing that Liu Sheng had thought so carefully, Song Xiance felt that if he continued to shirk, he would really be sorry for the few months of hard work and salary he had received in Guibu.

So he bowed to Liu Sheng and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I will do my best to accomplish this!"

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Not two days after Yan Ermei and Song Xiance left, Liu Sheng received an urgent secret report from Xunfengwei from Kaifeng.

Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue led Governor Biao, General Hu Dawei, and Deputy General Zhang Dechang, totaling more than [-] Ming troops to go south!

Xinghua Generalissimo's Mansion.

Military Hall.

Liu Sheng convened a meeting with brigade-level generals of the fifth and sixth brigades and battalion-level generals of the Guards Corps.

Although Li Changwen did not understand the specific matters of marching and fighting, he knew some about strategy, and had an overview of administrative and logistical affairs, so he also served as a temporary "strategist".

Liu Gaosheng sat on the main seat and said loudly: "General Yang Wenyue's army went south, obviously to besiege Runing with the Ming army commanded by Gao Douguang in the east. It seems that we Yibu rebels are really being treated as soft persimmons!"

Today is the eighth day of April.

One month has passed since the last expansion of the Yibu Rebel Army and the change of military structure. After this period of training and running-in, all the units of the Guards and the Standing Army have felt that their combat effectiveness has returned to the level before the expansion.

Coupled with the continuous development of iron armor, cloth armor, matchlock guns, artillery and other equipment, the actual combat effectiveness of each unit has improved compared with before.

After hearing what Liu Sheng said, He Lianyue was the first to say: "Commander, if the Ming army dares to come, we will make them lose their teeth!"

Mao Chengguo was relatively cautious and suggested: "The Ming army from the north will definitely attack Suiping and Runing. The Ming army from the east will most likely attack Xincai, Gucheng, and Zhugao. These places must be more vigilant to avoid Was attacked by the army."

After the two brigade commanders finished speaking, the other generals did not speak for the time being.

Liu Sheng then looked at Li Dingguo and asked, "What do you think, Commander Li?"

Li Dingguo said: "I think we still need to be careful of Gao Douguang and Huang Degong's troops taking Yingshui to go north to Shenqiu, directly attack Longkou and Yangbu, and join forces with Yang Wenyue's troops to attack Runing.

Also, passive defense is not a good option.It will take several days for Yang Wenyue's troops to go south. Even if they come, Suiping and Runing will not be easily captured by the Ming army.

That being the case, why don't we first concentrate some of our forces to defeat or even eliminate the troops of Gao Douguang and Huang Degong in the east? "

After hearing these words, many generals nodded.

Liu Sheng also smiled and affirmed: "Commander Li is right - since the Ming army has targeted our troops, instead of passively waiting for encirclement and suppression, it is better to take the initiative and defeat a Ming army first!"

The main tone of this military meeting was set.

Then Liu Sheng and the generals began to discuss specific battle plans.

While they were having a meeting, suddenly the guards shouted from outside.

"Report——" After the guard came in, he presented a wax-sealed bamboo tube, "Urgent report from Xincai, eight hundred miles away!"

The so-called "eight hundred miles urgent message" does not refer to the distance the letter is sent, but to the speed of transmission.

Under the existing traffic conditions, the [-]-mile express is the fastest!

When Liu Sheng opened the letter and read it, he frowned slightly at first, and then laughed loudly: "Haha! I didn't expect that there would be a pillow when I dozed off - we were just trying to figure out where the Ming Army from the East Road would attack, but now we have No more guessing.

Peng Youyi urgently reported that Huang Degong's troops of the Ming army were storming Gucheng, and Zhugao Town was also under siege by the Ming army.

There is no doubt that the Ming army wanted to capture these two places first, relying on Gushi and Shangcheng, and then attack the cities in Ru River or the cities in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. "

After hearing the news, Li Dingguo said: "If this is the case, we only need to support Gucheng as soon as possible to fight the Donglu Ming army."

"Commander Li is right." Liu Sheng said and stood up, "The generals below will obey my command!"

Swish!
All the generals of the Yibu rebel army immediately held their heads high and looked at Liu Sheng.

In the end, Liu Sheng decided that he would personally lead the Guards, the Sixth Brigade and a regiment of the Fifth Brigade, totaling more than 2 troops, to support Gucheng and Zhu Gao...

Guchengcang, commonly known as Gucheng.

It was originally a place for Ming Dynasty supplies to be transferred and an important road for land and water transportation. Therefore, after the expansion of the First Brigade, it arranged three standing military camps, a guard camp, and a civilian camp, with a total of more than [-] people stationed there.

The city guard will be Qu Xiaofeng, deputy of the third regiment of the first brigade.

His and other names look quite different from the names of contemporary Ming people, and are more similar to the names of later generations. In fact, they were all changed by military and political officials.

As for the original name, most of them were called Danniu, Ermao, Shuanzhu, etc. There were not even big names, only nicknames such as Gou Sheng and Shitou.

Being an officer is equivalent to being prosperous. Being able to read and read, it is natural to choose a nicer name.

Qu Xiaofeng is in his early thirties, lean and short, with ordinary appearance.However, he led the more than 1 men under his command and held on for most of the day under the fierce attack of more than [-] Ming troops under Huang Degong's command.

Seeing the sun setting and the Ming army retreating under the sound of gold, Qu Xiaofeng did not bother to rest and asked the health soldiers to take care of two minor injuries on his body. Then he led the guards to inspect the city wall to understand his own casualties.

The Gucheng is square in shape, with a wall that is no more than three hundred steps long but more than two feet high.

There is no urn city, but there is a moat that is four to five feet wide, making it a relatively easy-to-defend city.

After the Ming army besieged the city, relying on its large number of people, they attacked fiercely from three sides. They fought from morning to sunset. Although the city was defended, the rebels suffered many casualties.

According to the final statistics, more than 200 people were killed, and more than 200 people were injured and could no longer fight!

In other words, after only defending the city for most of the day, the rebel army lost nearly [-] men!

After learning about this casualty data, Qu Xiaofeng felt heavy in his heart.

He had studied various war cases in the military class before and knew that in some famous city defense battles in history, the defenders often defended the city for ten days and a half, even half a year, or even more than a year.

When Qu Xiaofeng received the order to garrison the city, he thought: no matter how many people come to attack the city in front of him, he and more than [-] people will have to defend it for at least ten days.

But after a long day of hard fighting, he realized that the rebels had too little experience in defending the city - in fact, there was no practical experience, it was all theory.

In addition, it was the first time for him and his soldiers to encounter the Ming army who fought so bravely. Even though they were not inferior in terms of equipment, they were still mounted on the city wall by the Ming army several times today.

If the soldiers who defended the city had not fought desperately at the critical moment to wipe out the Ming army who was attacking the city, the city would have been destroyed.

After inspecting the last city wall that the Ming army did not attack, Qu Xiaofeng repeated what he said on the other three walls when he saw that the hundreds of rebel troops defending this side also looked worried and their morale was low.

"Everyone, before the Ming army attacks the city, I have sent a messenger to Xincai to ask for reinforcements. The reinforcements will arrive tomorrow at the earliest, and no later than the day after tomorrow. As long as we persist until the reinforcements arrive, we will be able to defend the city! "

Qu Xiaofeng is not very good at words, but these words finally restored some morale of the soldiers.

After inspecting the city wall, Qu Xiaofeng went to inspect the city again.

Although there was a standing military camp commander in the city who was keeping an eye on him, he was still worried.

The rebels have zero experience in defending the city, but they have a lot of experience in attacking the city. Many sieges have relied on internal responses, so they have to be most vigilant in this aspect...

outside the city.

Ming army camp.

Inside the Chinese army tent.

A red-robed civil servant with a white beard and white hair sat on the Grand Master's chair with a cold face.

The military commander below, who had a black beard and was of average height but extremely strong, had an equally ugly expression.

"Supervisor, there is no need to look down on me. Tonight I will personally lead the servants to attack at night and seize this solid city warehouse!"

It turns out that the person sitting high up here is Gao Douguang, the governor of Fengyang.

He snorted coldly and said: "The Xincai bandit army is nothing to worry about, but Ruyang is the Liu bandit's lair, and there must be a large number of troops. It is only more than 200 miles away by water, and we can arrive there in a day just down the river!"
If we can't break the city tonight, we will probably face a pincer attack by the bandits tomorrow. It's up to you! "

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.

Huang Degong also returned to his big tent, picked up the wine jar on the table and drank a few gulps, just like drinking boiled water.

The generals and servants who followed him didn't take it seriously, they were obviously used to it.

General Tian Xiong said: "In the main town, judging from the daytime siege battles, although this city-defending bandit army seems to have little experience in defending the city, the soldiers are fighting to the death. Towards the end, the defense becomes more and more tight. I am afraid that at night It's not easy to attack.

The commander-in-chief didn't know about soldiers and was always afraid of the rebels coming for reinforcements, but he didn't know that it was the right way to fight the rebels and reinforcements in the wild. Why did the main town have to take the risk of a night attack? "

Huang Degong glared at Tian Xiong with his eyes as big as copper bells and said, "I attacked Gucheng at night. Wouldn't it be better to attack the bandits for reinforcements tomorrow?"

Tian Xiong was speechless for a moment.

After all, Huang Degong is confident, courageous and not afraid of taking risks.

However, Huang Degong is not a fool, and he has many years of experience in marching in the army, so he is very good at fighting.

After dinner with more than a thousand of his servants, he put on his armor and slept normally.

It wasn't until Yinshi (3 o'clock in the morning) that I was woken up by someone, and I ran towards Gucheng under the cover of night.

The servants had plenty of meat on weekdays, and almost no one was night-blind. Some of them even had a lot of experience in night fighting.

More than a thousand people attacked at night from three sides, and quietly passed through the trench bridge built during the day and reached the underground of the city wall.

Huang Degong personally led more than 400 men to attack the northern city wall.

　First more.

　　I was delayed, so I came late.

　　The second update is before 12 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)