There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Jiazhou Wubao.

The main force of the Qin army led by Sun Chuanting marched 120 to 30 miles in only one day and arrived near Wubao County.

This marching speed far exceeded Lin Feng's estimate. The guardsmen could only cover fifty or sixty miles in one day, and it would take two days to cover one hundred, twenty or thirty miles.

Therefore, the reinforcements of the Zhenming Army from Suide City had only traveled more than halfway, and the Qin Army had already arrived. They have been hunting down Li Zicheng's troops since last year, and everyone has developed a pair of iron feet.

After resting for a night, Sun Chuanting ordered the siege to be launched in the early morning.

"Quick, quick, there is an emergency in the south of the city. All the people are on the city wall." Sun Zhengnan, the magistrate of Wubao, was organizing to resist the Qin army's attack.

However, the Qin army's offensive was too fierce. After only attacking for more than half an hour, the walls of Wubao were already full of dangers and could be breached at any time.

"Battle Commander Li, hurry up and bring your officers and soldiers up. We can't wait any longer. The city wall may be breached at any time." Sun Zhengnan said to Li Xiaowei, the battalion commander of the 1st Mobile Brigade.

"Okay, the whole army goes to the city wall!" Li Xiaowei ordered. He had just returned to Wubao after receiving the order. It was originally intended to be used as a reserve force, but he did not expect that the Minzhuang team could not withstand the first wave of attacks.

After Li Xiaowei led a battalion of the Zhenming Army up the city wall, they were able to repulse the first wave of Qin Army's attack, but the casualties were already heavy.

"County Magistrate Sun, we can no longer withstand the Qin army's attack on the city wall. I suggest that we withdraw into the city and rely on the county government offices, martial arts venues and other places to resist the Qin army's attack one by one and try to delay the arrival of Sir Lin's reinforcements." Li Xiaowei suggested.

Sun Zhengnan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we can evacuate the entire army from the city wall, return to the city to set up a barrier, and engage in street fighting with the Qin army."

After the first wave of the Qin army's siege attack was repelled, they took a short rest and immediately started the second wave of attack. He Renlong personally led the charge.

The attack on the city went smoothly this time. On the rows of ladders, the ant-like Qin army quickly rushed to the top of the city, only to find that the defenders had already evacuated.

Just as the Qin army was about to pursue the city, a raging fire suddenly broke out at the top of the city, making the Qin soldiers howl like ghosts. It turned out that before Sun Zhengnan organized the retreat, the city was covered with flammable hay and gunpowder. After the Qin army attacked, the officers and soldiers left behind immediately lit the gunpowder.

The raging fire effectively blocked the Qin army's attack. After they quickly organized to put out the fire, they went down to the city wall, opened the city gate, and enlarged their troops to enter the city.

At this time, more than half an hour had passed, and it also caused a lot of casualties to the Qin army.

He Renlong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had finally captured the city gate.

However, when they marched towards key places such as the county government office in the middle of the county town, they found that they were relieved too early.

The main street leading to the county government office in Wubao County is densely packed with rocks, sandbags and other obstacles. Every house has defenders struggling to defend it. Every time they take a step forward, they have to pay a heavy price in casualties.

Four or five miles outside Wubao, Hongtu's cavalry battalion finally arrived. Seeing the Qin army entering the city, they immediately organized an attack.

"Report! Lord Futai, there is a group of Zhenming Army cavalry attacking from the north of Wu Fort." The sentry horse reported loudly.

"How many people are there?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"About a thousand people." The sentry horse replied.

"Immediately send two thousand people to stop them, while the others continue to attack the city." Sun Chuanting ordered.

Chinese Army Staff General Liu Renda immediately led two thousand troops forward and collided with Hongtu's cavalry battalion, barely blocking the cavalry battalion's attack.

Both armies have a strong will to fight. The cavalry battalion is better equipped and has the spirit of winning consecutive battles.

The weapons of the Qin army were slightly inferior, especially the uniforms were worn out, but they had the unique confidence of a strong army in the world and the tenacity formed in long-term battles.

When the two armies met, they were evenly matched, and the battlefield was in a stalemate.

In Wubao County, the fighting can only be described as brutal. On the main street heading to the county government office, every house is engaged in a life-and-death struggle.

The military and civilians of Wubao County, who had just experienced ideological reform such as public trials and grievance meetings, showed a strong will to defend their homeland, and many people spontaneously participated in the defense of the city.

This also reflects the extraordinary ability of Sun Zhengnan, the new magistrate of Wubao County. In just half a month, he won the high recognition of the people of Wubao.

The soldiers of the Qin army who participated in the siege became more and more frightened as they fought. Is this the imperial court trying to suppress a rebellion? Why do you feel that you are the rebels attacking the city? Not only did the common people participate in the battle to defend the city, but even those who did not participated looked hostile to them.

However, the defenders only had more than 500 regular troops, and the Qin army that invaded the city already numbered 2,000 people.

With the advantage of their large number of people, they have advanced to the martial arts field closest to the county government. Battalion Commander Li Xiaowei and the last dozens of officers and soldiers are making desperate resistance.

The ammunition for the firecrackers had long been used up, and Li Xiaowei led the officers and soldiers to fight off another wave of Qin army's attacks with bayonets. The remaining twenty or so people were all injured, and everyone knew that they would not be spared today.

Li Xiaowei called everyone together and said: "Brothers, I can't take you out today. Mr. Lin has already said that a large-scale Martyrs' Shrine has been built in Fugu. We died fighting for the Zhenming Army, and we can all enter the Martyrs' Shrine forever in the future. I will offer incense to future generations. Are you afraid of death?"

"Boss, we are not afraid of death. Can we really enter the Martyrs' Shrine in Fugu if we die?" asked several seriously injured soldiers.

"Definitely. When the Zhenming Army takes over the world, we will be able to enjoy the offerings of incense from the world, and our descendants will definitely be proud of us!" Li Xiaowei replied firmly.

"Boss, we'll fight them!"

"Fight!"

……

When the Qin Army launched another attack, the remaining twenty or so wounded soldiers of the Zhenming Army showed an astonishing fighting power. They did not care about their own injuries and completely suppressed the Qin Army with a life-for-life strategy. . If the bayonet is bent, he will hit it with a stone. If the stone cannot be thrown out, he will pounce on him and bite him. More than 20 wounded soldiers blocked the attack of more than 100 Qin troops, leaving corpses on the ground.

The battalion commander Li Xiaowei was hit by seven or eight arrows in a row, and he collapsed after losing the last drop of blood. The surrounding Qin army was shocked by what kind of team they were fighting against.

In the temporary commander's tent at the gate of Wubao City, Sun Chuanting was listening to reports from all parties in an orderly manner and calmly commanding the battle.

He originally thought that after breaking through the city wall, a small county town would be captured soon. Unexpectedly, more than half an hour had passed and the whole city had not been occupied yet, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"Report!" A sentry horse shouted anxiously outside the tent.

"Come in!" Sun Chuanting replied.

The tent was opened, and the sentry horse rushed in and said anxiously: "Master Futai, a large Zhenming Army is rapidly approaching Wubao County."

"How many of them are there?"

"No less than a thousand people!" the sentry horse replied.

"He Renlong, haven't you taken the county seat yet?" Sun Chuanting asked a little urgently.

"Sir, the Zhenming Army's resistance is extremely tenacious, and most of the people in the city support the defense. Our progress is very slow, and we are now attacking the last fortress, Wubao County Government." He Renlong replied.

"We haven't taken control of the county government yet. It's too late. Notify all the officers and soldiers who entered the city to withdraw and organize defense based on the city wall. Follow-up reinforcements from Lin Feng's Zhenming Army are coming." Sun Chuanting gave a decisive order.

If they are still hesitating to capture the city at this time and are blocked by the Zhenming Army, and the resistance in the city has not been completely eliminated, they will be in danger.

"Yes!" He Renlong immediately went to stop the withdrawal.

"Commander, immediately order General Liu Shen to break away from the enemy and lead his troops closer to the city gate." Sun Chuanting continued to order.

At this time, he had to consider the aftermath of not being able to defeat Wu Fort. He still didn't know how many reinforcements the Zhenming Army could bring. He had to gather the remaining Qin troops to ensure the safety of the retreat.

Five or six miles away from Wubao County, Lin Feng and Wang Qin were rushing in with reinforcements from the Zhenming Army as quickly as possible.

When they were still about twenty miles away from Wubao, Lin Feng saw the fire burning on the wall of Wubao and knew that they were already a step too late. He did not expect that the Qin army was so mobile and could outrun their Zhenming army. be quick.

After about thirty minutes of running, the reinforcements from the Zhenming Army finally arrived in front of Wubao County.

The sound of fighting in the city is still heard. It seems that the county town has not been completely occupied yet.

At this time, Hong Tu and the six to seven hundred officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion also came closer. About two thousand Zhenming troops had already gathered around Lin Feng.

"Hong Tu, how is the situation?" Lin Feng asked quickly.

"Sir, when I arrived with the cavalry battalion, the Qin army had already entered the city. They sent two thousand people to resist our attack.

The Qin army was completely different from those guardsmen. They were very powerful. We tried our best and failed to break through the obstruction, but also lost three to four hundred cavalry. However, their casualties were greater, losing at least six to seven hundred people. "Hong Tu replied, he could speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin very smoothly now.

"Okay, Hong Tu, you need to take a break before continuing the battle. Don't leave the center of the central army, so as not to be surrounded by the enemy. Wang Qin, take the main force to guard the formation in the center. Fang Xiaoyu, take the personal guards with me to meet with you for a while. Qin Army." Lin Feng ordered.

"Sir, let me take the lead." Wang Qin argued.

"No, I'm going to meet the world-famous Qin Army. In terms of personal bravery, you are not as good as me. It is more suitable for you to command from the center." Recently, Lin Feng has been repeatedly tempered by space charging, and his physical strength has become one of the Zhenming Army's. top players.

Lin Feng led his personal guards and rushed towards the Qin army's banner. Seeing this, Sun Chuanting immediately asked He Renlong, who had just left the city, to support him.

Lin Feng held a specially made horizontal knife weighing several dozen kilograms, slashed two Qin soldiers to death on the left and right, and faced He Renlong.

He Renlong was known as "Crazy He", and his personal strength was naturally top-notch. He held a spear and started fighting with Lin Feng.

After more than ten rounds of fierce fighting, the two sides were evenly matched. At this time, He Renlong felt that his strength was a little weak, so he retreated with a feint. Several Qin soldiers around him came forward and blocked Lin Feng's horizontal sword.

Lin Feng fought for a while longer, feeling that his physical strength was too much, and then ordered the personal guards to slowly break away from the Qin army.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than 200 people were killed and injured on both sides. Since the armor of Lin Feng's personal guards was more sophisticated and his personal force was superior, most of the people who died were members of the Qin army.

However, there were also many injured members of the Guards, and both sides would be injured if they fought hard.

At this time, the sky gradually darkened.

Sun Chuanting commanded the Qin army to slowly retreat back to their original camp. Their retreat was organized in an orderly manner, and the security forces were always on high alert. The Zhenming Army could not find an opportunity for a sneak attack.

Lin Feng took the opportunity to lead the army and entered Wubao County.

The county town is now in ruins, with flames burning everywhere. No wonder the Qin army doesn't even want to occupy the county town.

In a county like this, not only can't get supplies, but there are enemies everywhere, and you have to be prepared for sneak attacks at any time, it is really not as safe as retreating.

"Wang Qin, organize everyone to put out the fire immediately and check carefully to see if there are any surviving brothers." Lin Feng ordered.

(End of this chapter)