Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Unexpectedly, Yang Rusong spent three days looking for a guide.It is easy to find a guide who is familiar with the small mountainous area in the south of the city, but it is difficult to find someone who is familiar with the topography of Dengzhou City.At that time, few people escaped from the city of Dengzhou.

But Wu Shigong was not in a hurry.In these days, Wu Shigong has also roughly looked at the defense zone he needs to guard.Although the small mountains are not very tall, they are very steep, and the mountains are also covered with shrubs and trees.This makes it difficult for large armies to pass through this small mountainous area.

Of course, there is no problem with sporadic people passing through the mountain trails.But Wu Shigong didn't care about some sporadic rebels escaping.The rebels had no reinforcements outside.Wu Shigong didn't have a blood feud with Kong Youde's rebels either.It's no problem to escape a few.

So Wu Shigong set up his Henan army camp in a larger valley in a small mountain area.The trees and weeds around the camp were cut down to prevent the rebels from attacking, and then some people were sent to guard the nearby mountain trails.In this way, he simply besieged the rebels in Dengzhou City in his own place.

After Yang Rusong found four guides, Wu Shigong took them to set off from the camp, climbed the few hills in front, and went directly to observe the southern city wall of Dengzhou City.

After walking a mountain trail, everyone began to enter the bushes under the guidance of the guide.Because this is what Wu Shigong requested, he asked the guide to take himself and others to the hill closest to the city wall.

Anyway, with the guards in front opening the way with knives and axes, Wu Shigong walked quite smoothly.The road directly to the top of the mountain is not too far away, so after half an hour, they came there.

Wu Shigong and the others lay on the back of the hill and watched.It is about 250 steps away from the south wall of Dengzhou City.And this is not facing the middle of the south city wall, but facing the easternmost part of the south city wall near the sea.

According to the guide's introduction: The mountain where Wu Shigong is now and the south wall of Dengzhou City form a non-standard trapezoid.Wu Shigong is the closest to the south city wall, about 250 steps away, and there is a hill on the other side.It is about four hundred steps away from the south city wall.

And inside the city wall that Wu Shigong was facing was the Water City of Dengzhou City.Wu Shigong took a look, and indeed saw the masts of several ships faintly.

On one side, several soldiers of the Runing Battalion are nervously drawing a sketch of the terrain.Wu Shigong looked around carefully again.It was found that the hillside facing the city wall was steeper, and there was no way for the army to drive down.

Wu Shigong couldn't help sighing: "The location of Dengzhou City is really good!"

Although it is impossible for the rebels to break through from their own side, if they want to attack this city wall, they must drive in from the long side of the front trapezoid.And there is only an open space of about three or four hundred steps, all of which are within the range of the artillery on Dengzhou City.Still besieged honestly.Stop dreaming about storming Dengzhou City.

There is nothing too much to look at, just wait for the soldiers to finish their sketches and go back home.But at this moment, several rebels suddenly appeared on Dengzhou City, and they were also observing the outside of the city wall.After a while, they found Wu Shigong and his group on the hill.

The hill where Wu Shigong was located was not high, and it was only about ten feet higher than the Dengzhou City Wall by visual inspection.But 250 steps apart, these height differences are negligible.

In Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, the defense against enemy firearms was very strict.According to the code of practice.Just like modern times, lying on the ground and hiding.There are also very strict requirements for reconnaissance and concealment.Usually not found by the enemy.

but.This time Wu Shigong also brought out people like Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, and they were very random.He didn't hide himself at all, standing high on the hill and observing Dengzhou City.They even disapproved of the cautious attitude of the Runing Camp.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng did.Because now Wu Shigong and the others are all out of range of firecrackers and bows and arrows.And the firing of the artillery was quite troublesome at that time, so as long as you saw the movements of the rebel gunners in the distance, you would have time to hide yourself in a safe place.

But Wu Shigong's Runing Camp doesn't think so.Although they are outside the range of the firecrackers, there is another term called "stray bullets".Besides.Who's to say there's no hidden artillery?After all, Wu Shigong is also a person who is very afraid of death.

Anyway, the rebels on the city wall have discovered Wu Shigong and the others.However, the rebels did not use artillery to shoot. They kept making provocative gestures at Wu Shigong and the others, and cursed loudly.

But the distance is so far.Wu Shigong and the others were not interested in scolding back.What a waste of saliva.But at this moment, a guide suddenly became agitated. He jumped to the forefront of the hill and scolded the rebels on the city wall.

The guide spoke fast and spoke the Shandong dialect. Wu Shigong and the others saw that his face was flushed and he danced and danced as if he was about to fall down the mountain.

"Pull him back!" Wu Shigong ordered.

Several personal soldiers stepped forward and dragged the struggling guide back to a safe place.

"What's going on?" Wu Shigong sternly asked the guide who had already collapsed to his knees.

"My lord!" The guide immediately knelt down and wailed loudly, kowtowed while crying, "My lord! You want to avenge me!" After a few kowtows, the guide saw blood.

"Stop kowtowing, explain clearly what's going on!" Wu Shigong winked and asked the soldiers to pull up the injured guide.

The guide stopped kowtowing, and then he told a sad story.It was nothing more than that the guide was from Dengzhou City. He left Dengzhou City for some reason and his family stayed in the city.Then the whole family was killed by rebels, and he escaped alone or something.

After hearing this story, Wu Shigong was silent.So what can Wu Shigong say?Now Wu Shigong has no ability to capture Dengzhou City.Besides, relatively speaking, the experience of this guide is not the most tragic.At least he escaped.The whole family in Dengzhou City was killed by the rebels, and there will definitely be many people who have lost their families.

And at this moment, a soldier shouted loudly: "My lord, look quickly, the traitor has dragged a girl up."

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the city wall.I only saw a few rebels dragging a woman, tearing her clothes, and then took turns doing... things.While they were doing it, they also yelled something to Wu Shigong and the others showing off.

"Grandma's!" Wu Shigong cursed immediately.The posture of the rebels doesn't take their grandpas like officers and soldiers seriously at all.

The soldier who saw the sketch has already drawn it.Wu Shigong immediately ordered: "Let's go back first."

Then Wu Shigong said to the anxious guide: "We can't deal with those traitors today. In a few days, we will drag the artillery up and kill a few traitors to avenge your family."

The officers and soldiers around him immediately applauded.They have long been unable to stand the arrogant attitude of the rebels.

But it was not easy to transport the artillery up the mountain.But after all, the Henan army has a large number of people. After five days of cutting down trees, opening roads, compacting the road surface, and opening a "zigzag" road on the mountain, under the pull of two cows requisitioned from nearby, the two gates The one-pound artillery was erected on the flat artillery position behind the mountain.

In the past few days, the Runing Battalion has also continuously sent soldiers to demonstrate against the rebels on the top of the hill, and the rebels, not to be outdone, dragged the woman up to the city wall time and time again.

"Are you ready?" Wu Shigong asked Liang Hui.

"It's all ready. Otherwise, that kid over there might have eaten me up." Liang Hui replied in a low voice.Indeed, the guide had been standing beside the cannon with green eyes for the past few days, even refusing to let him take a break.

"Pay attention, the cannon will be pulled back after one shot. The power of this one-pound cannon is too small, and it has not been corrected. It is best to kill a few rebels if you are lucky. If you can't hit it, then you will give that kid a shot." explain."

Liang Hui immediately agreed with a smile.

There were a lot of people watching this time, and almost all the officers in the Runing Battalion were dispatched.Even Zhizhi stayed aside happily because he hadn't seen the artillery launch with his own eyes.

Wu Shigong greeted them all to a place some distance away from the artillery position, took out a few cotton balls and asked the officers to plug their ears.Then he made a gesture for Liang Hui to start preparing.

It was still a soldier who started to stand on the top of the hill and made provocative movements.Soon, the rebels on the city wall pulled another woman over.

With Liang Hui's order, the two cannons that had been ready for firing were quickly pushed up the hill.The matchlock is lit immediately.After two loud noises, the two shells flew straight towards the city wall.

But to everyone's surprise, there was also a cannon fired at the same time as Liang Hui's cannon on the opposite city wall.What the hell.It turned out that the rebels were also fishing there.

Uncorrected artillery is not accurate at all, and as expected, none of the three shells hit the target at all.However, the shells of the rebel artillery hit the nearby jungle and caused a panic in the Runing camp.

"Hidden!" Wu Shigong yelled loudly, and then grabbed Zhi Zhi, who was still watching the fun, and hid on the grass behind the mountain.

The artillery team also knew that they were in an ambush, and they desperately pulled the artillery back, and the group of officers watching the excitement also hid near Wu Shigong.

However, it seemed that the rebels did not know that there would be artillery in the Runing Camp this time, and they loaded the artillery on the city wall one after another, intending to vent their anger on the Runing Camp. (to be continued..)