Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The timing of the Liaodong Army's siege was just right.The frontal attack of the Ming army attracted all the attention of the rebels, and the rebels who retreated to the city had completely lost their organizational structure. They could not find generals, would not find soldiers, and would not be useful in a short time.Therefore, the Liaodong Army's attack this time was completely at the weakest time when the rebels were breathing.

The north city wall of Dengzhou City is the same as the south city wall. There is also a small open space outside the city wall, and behind the open space is a small mountainous area.The only advantage over the southern city wall is that this open space is wider than that of the southern city wall.

However, because there were fewer threats, there were fewer artillery pieces on the north city wall, and Kong Youde mobilized part of the soldiers here to the front, so the defense of the north city wall was at its weakest.

But this unfavorable terrain cannot stump the Liaodong Army.Since the Liaodong Army is famous for Guanning's iron cavalry, he must have a lot of firearms and armor, so he also gained the upper hand in the firearms confrontation with the rebels on the north city wall.

And of course Guan Ning cavalry has a lot of horses.Last night, they carried siege equipment and hid at the entrance of the open space between the north city wall and the small mountain.When the present opportunity came, he suddenly used horses to carry the siege soldiers and equipment, and rushed fiercely towards the north city wall.In fact, this siege tactic is similar to the tactic Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing planned to use.

Therefore, the well-equipped Liaodong Army immediately suppressed the rebels on the north wall with firepower, and then took advantage of the situation to attack the city.And the defense of the entire northern city wall became precarious.

After learning about the military situation, Kong Youde didn't hesitate any more. He ordered: "Ying Yuan, I have to go to work hard. Take the 500 people here, and my family will give you half. Go to reinforce Beicheng." Li Yingyuan Immediately, with the help of the soldiers who climbed up the city wall, they put on their armor, took a knife, and went with reinforcements.

And Geng Jingzhong asked worriedly: "Old Kong, there are only more than 1000 people left here. Some of those who have just entered the city have thrown away their knives and guns, which are of no use at all. When the front-facing officers and soldiers come over , how do you stop them here?"

Kong Youde sighed, and said: "The only thing we have to do is tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. Come here! Send five hundred soldiers from the south city." Then.Kong Youde said to Geng Jingzhong again: "Old Geng, you take the 3000 people who entered the city and retreat into the water city first, and organize them well. In case the city wall is broken, we can still support in the water city for a while. Zhoucheng doesn’t want to, and we have no food left. Let the old Liao army’s family members and boatmen, as well as food and belongings, get on the boat first, and get ready to sail.”

When Li Yingyuan rushed to the north wall with reinforcements.More than a dozen soldiers of the Liaodong Army have already climbed up the city wall.Fortunately, Li Yingyuan arrived in time.After a while of hacking and killing, the Liaodong Army's attack was finally repelled, and the reinforcements dispatched from Nancheng also reached the front of Dengzhou City.The entire city defense seemed to calm down temporarily.

But as soon as the soldiers were mobilized, there were only more than 700 rebel soldiers, including Huang Qifa's men, on the south wall.The reason why Kong Youde didn't transfer Huang Qifa this time was also because Huang Qifa went to Wu Shigong's camp to negotiate once, so Kong Youde was prepared in case everything went against him.You can also buy a way out from Wu Shigong.At that time, Huang Qifa will need to go to Wu Shigong's camp to negotiate again.

At this time, the two military officers stationed on the southern city wall were Huang Qifa and a general named Song.Although Song Bazong's official position is low, but because he was born in Kong Youde's family, he is now in command of the troops on the southern city wall.

I saw fierce fighting on the other walls.But here was calm, Mr. Song smiled and said to Huang Qifa: "It's okay! The officers and soldiers on the opposite side have an agreement with us. Otherwise, how could we be so relaxed? This is all thanks to Mr. Huang Qian's tongue at that time What's the matter!"

Huang Qifa also smiled and shook his hand and said, "It's thanks to Commander Kong's decision. Brother, I'm just running errands. It's Brother Song, come with me, I have a good thing here."

Huang Qifa led General Song to the tower, and took out a bottle of wine and a pack of dried beef in the corner of the tower.Huang Qiqi smiled and said to Song Bazong: "I don't know how long this leisurely life will last, let's have a drink or two first."

Song Bazong was also amused.At this time in Dengzhou City, wine and beef were rare items, and even generals like Huang Qifa and Song Bazong were not able to get them.So Song Bazong was rude, and reached out to grab the wine bottle.

Huang Qiqi put away the wine bottle and said to President Song: "Let's go upstairs and eat and drink here in broad daylight. It's not good for the boys to see."

Song Ba always thought so, anyway, he was familiar with Huang Qifa, so he left his own soldiers downstairs, and went up to the tower alone with Huang Qifa.The two of them took one bite for you and one bite for me on the tower, and quickly wiped out the wine and beef.

After Huang Qifa drank the last drop of wine into the wine bottle, he threw the wine bottle far away from the city wall, and said to President Song as if a little drunk: "Since Mao Shuai, our brothers have started fighting. Fighting life and death It’s been so many years. The good life has not been a few days. So what if the city is defended now? It’s almost out of food. You can’t even burn incense on your parents’ graves! Alas——!”

"Alas!" Mr. Song seemed to be aroused, "We have come to this point. I regret that there is nowhere to buy medicine! You have to complain, and you have to blame those civil servants and gentry for being too cruel to us as soldiers. I just took a few chickens and killed us, and I didn’t do anything wrong at the time! Brother, I figured it out, after all, it’s been a good year for more than a year, and it’s worth it! Sigh——!”

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's really meaningless for us to make a fuss. Apart from letting out a sigh of relief, what did we get? We robbed a lot of money, but there was nowhere to spend it. In fact, we followed Dongjiang Town When Mao Shuai was in the army, although his life was a bit bitter, he still lived a happy life. Once Mao Shuai dies, the good days will be gone!"

"What's the use of saying this? Even if we want to surrender now, the officers and soldiers outside the city will not let us go."

The two fell silent immediately, looking at the hills in the distance, both of them seemed to be thinking about something.After a while, Huang Qifa seemed to say unintentionally: "That's not necessarily true."

"What? What is not likely?" Song was a little confused by Huang Qiqi's nonsensical words.

"I'm talking about our consolation." Huang Qifa turned around and looked at Song Bazong with a serious expression.

President Song reacted immediately, and he shouted sharply: "You want to sacrifice the city?" His hand unconsciously touched the handle of his knife.

"Shua Shua Shua", several of Huang Qifa's personal soldiers on the tower pulled out their knives.Huang Qifa looked at Song Bazong's hand on the handle of the knife, then looked at Song Bazong's face, and said, "Brothers, it's just for a way to survive. You also put down a word."

Song Bazong broke out in a cold sweat, his personal soldiers were still downstairs.But Mr. Song thought about it again, what's wrong with being able to appease him?As for Marshal Kong, he can only ask for his own blessing.

So President Song immediately let go of the handle of the knife, raised his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Huang has such a good way, why didn't you tell me earlier. There is nothing to say. Anyway, I listen to Brother Huang for everything. "

The troops of Liu Zeqing and Wu Shigong stayed at the entrance of the open space between the southern city wall and the hill, watching the battle between the Ming army and the rebels.The long wait made Liu Zeqing a little restless.

Wu Shigong could only persuade: "Brother Hezhou, we must not act rashly without sending a signal. We would rather take less risk and preserve our strength. Even if Huang Qifa in the city can't succeed, at most Brother Hezhou's official position will be promoted." Slow down, there will be opportunities in the future."

Liu Zeqing rubbed his hands and replied, "I know! I know! But having such a good opportunity makes my heart itch. It makes me anxious to wait!"

At this moment, a big red flag was waved on the southern city wall in the distance. This big red flag was waved left and right according to the signal that Wu Shigong had set.Wu Shigong said with a smile: "It's done, Huang Qiqi has dedicated the city. But Brother Hezhou, you have to be careful, don't rush to the front, be careful of fraud!"

"Alas!" Liu Zeqing agreed with his mouth wrong, and now he is so desperate for the first achievement that he has no time to pay more attention to Wu Shigong.

Liu Zeqing shouted: "Let's go, the first one to climb the city wall will be rewarded with [-] silver and promoted to two ranks!"

Liu Zeqing's troops, which had been prepared long ago, together with Chen Zhongzhi's and Jiang Cheng's troops, rolled towards the city wall where the red flag signaled.

Now that he was ready to be recruited, Mr. Song began to cooperate with all his strength.He also restrained his troops to cooperate with Huang Qifa to sacrifice the southern city wall.They also dealt with several rebel soldiers who were unwilling to do anything anyway, without disturbing the rebels in other places at all.According to the agreement with Wu Shigong, a piece of white cloth was tied on the left arm of all rebels anyway.

Liu Zeqing's vanguard carried dozens of ladders and successfully climbed up the city wall. After a while, more than 500 people climbed up.They immediately divided into two groups, some went to remove the bricks and stones blocking the city gate, and put the brigade of Ming troops into the city, and some, together with the rebels anyway, monitored the actions of other rebels and were always ready to fight.

The soldiers in Liu Zeqing's army were still climbing on the ladders one by one, but those soldiers of the Ming army who went down to open the city gate were immediately discovered by the rebels.Seeing these Ming troops appearing suddenly, the rebels were shocked and screamed: "The officers and soldiers have entered the city! Dengzhou City is broken!" (To be continued...)