Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

It can only be said that the timing when the rebels discovered Liu Zeqing's army entering the city was too coincidental or too unfortunate.

At that time, Kong Youde and Li Yingyuan led the rebels to resist the Ming army's siege on the west and north of Dengzhou City, while Geng Jingzhong led the defeated army to retreat to Shuicheng in the east of Dengzhou City to prepare for boarding. The family members of the army also gathered in Shuicheng and began to board the ship.

At this time, the defeated army of the rebels basically gathered in the water city in the east, and entered the water city one after another.And because the people in Dengzhou City were basically killed by the rebels, so at this time, the center of Dengzhou City became an empty city instead.And the rebels who saw the Ming army entering the city were the soldiers at the end of the defeated army that retreated to Shuicheng.

So on the one hand, the rebels discovered Liu Zeqing's army relatively late; The rebels in the city were suddenly in chaos.

All the rebels didn't think about gathering troops to take back Nancheng at all. They all wanted to retreat to and defend Shuicheng as soon as possible, board the ship as soon as possible, and leave this damn Dengzhou city.

And knowing that the rebels had discovered their entry into the city, and those Liu Zeqing troops who entered the city no longer concealed themselves, they publicly showed their banners and shouted at the same time: "We have invaded Dengzhou City! Kill all these Traitor!"

As for Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, who were commanding from the rear, they were still frowning, nervously waiting for Dengzhou City to be breached.But at this moment, there was a loud commotion in Dengzhou City, which made the two coaches confused about the situation in the city for a moment.

At this moment, the spy who was on the front line and was close to the southern city of Dengzhou City came on a flying horse. Before the horse stopped, he jumped off the horse and knelt down and said: "My lords, you have already invaded Dengzhou City! Invaded the southern city of Dengzhou!"

On the war zone.The spies who serve as the coach's eyes and ears are all the coach's cronies.And this spy is Zhu Dadian's servant.So there was a bit of crying in his voice. This spy knew that the long-term siege of Dengzhou City would not be possible. His master Zhu Dadian was under a lot of pressure now, and now that he broke through the city, he had made a great contribution.And as master and servant, the entire Zhu family will receive great honor and benefits.

"Zhu Neng, you have been with me for so long, and you still can't hold your breath. This city will be broken sooner or later, so what's so strange?" Zhu Dadian reprimanded.But he couldn't suppress the excited expression on his face.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Dadian asked again: "Which general's troops attacked the city first?"

The servant named Zhu Neng was not affected by Zhu Dadian's reprimand at all. He opened his mouth and said with a big smile, "Look at the banner, it's General Liu Shen's troops!"

Both Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian glanced at each other in surprise, but they both reacted immediately, and Zhu Dadian immediately arranged: "Okay! Ask Liu Can to guard the southern city. If we break through Dengzhou today, I will protect him as the leader." Gong. Also pass on Qiu Zongbing and Jin Zongbing, etc., and order them to step up the attack on the city. There must be no mistakes!"

After issuing the order, Zhu Dadian glanced at Gao Qiqian and asked if he had anything to add.Gao Qiqian also looked excited, and he also shouted in a high-pitched voice: "I also tell General Liu Shen that if Dengzhou City is captured today, the Zajia will protect him as a general soldier. If the other generals don't use it, Fate. Don’t think that the Zajia was so talkative in the past, he will definitely have his head today. Tell everyone again, the governor and the Zajia will not take a penny from the gains in the city. All will be rewarded to everyone who invaded the city!”

After all, Gao Qiqian has been a military supervisor for a long time, and he has a lot of experience in encouraging and motivating the army, so what he said is also on point.

For Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, although they didn't like Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, the coalition military attaches, they were also the commanders of the entire Ming army first of all.Therefore, no matter which Ming army invaded Dengzhou City first, the two of them would not be able to get away with their strategic planning. Therefore, at this time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian did not have any prejudice.

At this time, Kong Youde repelled Qiu Lei's attack. When he heard the shouts in the city, "The army is entering the city!", at first he thought that the North City had been broken by the Liaodong Army.It wasn't until the rebels who inquired about the news reported that Nancheng had invaded the government army that Kong Youde realized that the Ming army was going to fly with both wings today!

Therefore, Kong Youde immediately grabbed a rebel military officer beside him and asked him to lead [-] soldiers to Nancheng to intercept them.After the rebel military officer left, Kong Youde ordered to his own captain: "Throw down all the guards on the city wall, and we will return to Shuicheng immediately."

After hearing the order, the rebel soldiers on the front of the west city seemed to have gone crazy, ignited the swarms of bees and ten thousand enemies on the city wall, and threw them down the city wall.At the foot of the city wall of the west city, there was smoke, flames, and rockets flying randomly.Although the Ming army had already withdrawn from the city wall at this time, and the casualties were not large, but seeing the situation at the foot of the west city, no Ming army soldiers dared to approach the west city wall in a short period of time.

At this time, the rebel military officer who went to intercept the reinforcements in Nancheng also retreated.They went along the southern city wall for reinforcements.But as soon as they turned to the south city wall, they were fired by the well-prepared Ming army and the rebel army anyway, killing and wounding more than [-] rebel reinforcements at once.Seeing that the situation was not good, the rebel military officer immediately turned around and fled.

As soon as he saw Kong Youde, the military officer yelled loudly: "Marshal Kong, more than 1000 officers and soldiers have already entered the city. We can't stop it, so we should withdraw quickly, or we will be cut off from the rear, and we will have to confess to you." Here it is!"

Kong Youde cursed secretly in his heart.He cursed secretly that the war was not going well, and also cursed the rebel military officer in front of him for being ignorant.Why are you complaining so loudly?Are you afraid that other rebel soldiers won't hear you?Isn't this disturbing the morale of the army?If it wasn't an emergency, Kong Youde would have drawn his knife and chopped this guy down on the spot.

But it's no use getting angry now.Kong Youde suppressed his anger, and shouted: "Retreat to Shuicheng in an orderly manner, who dares to make a mess, my old Kong's knife doesn't know him!"

But at this time, who would obey Kong Youde's order?The soldiers of the rebel army rushed down the city wall one after another, and some of them panicked like headless chickens and just jumped off the city wall. Their result must be a tragedy anyway.

Kong Youde didn't care about the others, he got off the city wall, mounted his horse, and galloped towards Shuicheng first.And Geng Jingzhong was still showing loyalty, and he also sent a team of servants to support him.Fortunately, the Ming army that invaded the South City did not stop it at first, so most of the rebels on the West City fled back to Shuicheng.

And Li Yingyuan's Beicheng is a bitter comparison.When they heard the shouts, they happened to be attacked by a wave of Liaodong Army.Of course, the Liaodong army outside the city also heard that the Ming army had broken Dengzhou City, so those Liaodong army entangled the rebels who stayed in Beicheng, and attacked Beicheng without stopping.

At this time, Li Yingyuan was sweating.When the two armies were at war, Li Yingyuan's rebels couldn't withdraw no matter what, or they would collapse immediately.Although the rebels on the north city wall all seemed to have erupted from small universes and withstood the Liaodong Army's fierce attack one after another, their resistance had reached its limit.

However, Liu Zeqing's army who invaded Nancheng remained surprisingly calm.The number of ladders is limited, so the speed of climbing into the city wall through the ladders is not fast.

And these Ming troops who entered the city were divided into two branches.One team went to open the city gate, and the other team had to take care of Huang Qifa and the rebels anyway, or the rebels would come back anyway anyway, that would be a bit of a big deal.

At this time, Chen Zhongzhi led more than 200 Ming troops to climb the city wall. When he saw the rebels in the west city retreating in the direction of Shuicheng under the leadership of Kong Youde, he asked Huang Qifa and Song Bazong to separate Some of the rebels went together to stop the retreating rebels.

But Huang Qifa and Song Bazong tactfully and resolutely rejected Chen Zhongzhi's order.Why is this so?Because Huang Qifa and Song Ba are always scared!

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there was no Red Cross Society, and the treatment of the defeated party depended entirely on the victor's mood.And the military officers of the Ming Dynasty were notorious, and they were able to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious. It is not a trivial matter to borrow a few heads of the rebels anyway to add some military merits!

Besides, there are now more than 700 rebels anyway. Only when there are more people can they be sold at a good price.So how did Huang Qifa and Song Bazong divide their troops to stop Kong Youde's rebels?It's okay for them to defend the south city, but if they want to take the initiative to fight desperately, then they have to think carefully.

But at this time, Wu Shigong was the only military attache of the Ming army who could make Huang Qifa and Song Bazong trust. At least Wu Shigong should help him because he wanted so many benefits.So this is a ridiculous phenomenon. Wu Shigong's performance as a black-hearted profiteer made him a moral saint in the hearts of the rebels anyway.

Of course, Chen Zhongzhi didn't dare to press too hard, but he watched Kong Youde's rebels fleeing, and he jumped with both feet in anxiety.There was no other way, so he immediately contacted Wu Shigong and went to the city to negotiate with Huang Qifa and Song Bazong.But Wu Shigong, who received the news from the front, how could he enter the city at this time?

Wu Shigong would not enter the city unless the gate of the south city was opened and the Ming army had already controlled the south city.Besides, Wu Shigong and Liu Ze discussed it early in the morning. It is absolutely impossible for them to eat up the entire Dengzhou City by themselves, and they still need to control Nancheng honestly.As for the fleeing rebels, there were other Ming troops anyway.Let them lose their strength.Anyway, Liu Zeqing's first victory in breaking Dengzhou City today was always his! (To be continued..)