Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"The official firearms on the top of the city are sharp!" Luo Rucai, who was watching the battle, couldn't help sighing.

At this time, nearly fifty rounds of firecrackers had been fired, and more than 500 refugees who filled the river had already fallen below the city.However, the intensive firing of the firecrackers made the barrels of the guns start to glow red.The musketeers in the city had to stop firing and wipe the barrel with a damp cloth to let the barrel cool down quickly.

Seeing that there was no threat of firecrackers, those refugees rushed forward, not only throwing the sandbags on their shoulders into the moat, but also the corpses on the ground.Soon, the moat will be filled.

Yang Chengzu approached Luo Rucai and asked, "Godfather! Do you think we are...?"

Such a small county was destroyed, and Luo Rucai's battalion could only get some leftovers, so people like Yang Chengzu wanted to move freely a long time ago.

Of course Luo Rucai knew what Yang Chengzu and the others were thinking.He drove his horse to Gao Yingxiang, and said, "King Chuang, I took a look. There are only a few hundred people at the top of the city, and they rely on sharp firearms. Now that the moat has been filled, it is very safe to break the city. So I am going to take Take my son Lang to the direction of Guidefu City. Let’s divide it up! Ningling and Tuocheng are all yours, what about the rest of the place being mine?”

Gao Yingxiang immediately thought about it, and felt that it was indeed a waste for so many people to stay in this small county.Besides, Luo Rucai also gave himself the two counties to the west of Guide Mansion, and the rest of the places are close to the mansion, so the danger of attack is not small.Since Luo Ru is going, there is no need to stop him.

So Gao Yingxiang nodded with a smile and said, "Success! That's the deal!"

Seeing that Gao Yingxiang had agreed, Luo Rucai wanted to drive back to his team.But just as he was leaving, Luo Ru suddenly remembered something, so he reminded Gao Yingxiang: "There is a village of thousands of households seven or eight miles southeast of Ningling County. Chuang Wang must be careful and be on guard." During the siege, those military households came out."

Gao Yingxiang laughed out loud when he heard Luo Rucai's reminder: "I knew about this stockade a long time ago. But what kind of battle will the military households in the local guards fight? Besides, there is no oil or water in the military households' stockade. So I just 2000 people were sent to watch over there. No problem!"

When Luo Rucai heard the answer, she also laughed "hehe", because she was indeed talking too much.How dare the local military households come out of their stockades?Moreover, the villages of those military households were so poor that it wasn't worth sacrificing some of the refugees who had gathered them even to take down their villages.So Luo Rucai waved to Gao Yingxiang, and then rode away.

After an hour and a half of landfilling, the peasant rebel army successfully leveled the moat in the west section of Ningling County.So on the evening of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army broke into the camp and formally attacked Ningling County.

Before attacking the county seat, Luo Rucai led his troops around Ningling county seat and entered the hinterland of Guide Mansion to plunder.And Gao Yingxiang also sent a partial division to attack Tuocheng County.And the leaders of the various small groups attached to the camp in the peasant rebel army on the East Road.He also took his own troops to scatter and plunder.

In order for their respective troops to grab more property, each battalion used most of the cavalry.Coupled with the dispatched cavalry and the cavalry guarding the rear, the number of cavalry besieging the city is relatively small, and it is impossible to completely block Ningling County.

At this time, there were five companies of the Guide Army, a militia group, more than 200 military households, and more than 600 village guards who withdrew into the fortress in the fortress of Qianhusuo.certainly.A total of more than 600 people from the small town under the fortress and family members of nearby military households also withdrew into the Qianhusuo Fortress. Among these civilians, three to four hundred young and strong people could be gathered.

Due to the terrain of Qianhusuo Fortress, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Coupled with Wu Shigong's wanton construction and a large number of firearms in the fortress.So the defense here is pretty solid.

And Chuangying is not interested in gnawing on this hard bone.They sent [-] new soldiers into the old battalion to guard the Qianhusuo fortress for possible attacks.

However, the discipline of the new soldiers who broke into the camp was quite lax. When these new soldiers saw how rich the town under the fortress was, they all dispersed in the small town to collect some private wealth for themselves.

In addition to the loose blockade, this army is not familiar with the terrain here.This allows the spies in the fortress of Qianhusuo to go out from the mountain road behind the fort very conveniently to observe the dynamics of the attacking troops.

Seeing this situation, the officers in the fortress of Qianhusuo planned to dispatch five companies of the Guide Army after discussion.Destroy the peasant rebel army in the town.And prepare to attack the siege troops to support the defense of Ningling County if possible.

However, just as the troops in Qianhusuo's fortress were ready to attack, the spies reported that a large army of peasant rebels near Ningling County was bypassing the county town and headed for the hinterland of Guide Mansion.

That was Luo Rucai's army, so the Runing Army in Qianhusuo Fortress had to temporarily suspend their attack.At this time, Ningling County also ushered in the first siege of the camp.

The first siege of Chuangying wanted to go all out, so more than 4000 people were mobilized, including more than 1000 veterans from the three sides, who were definitely the elites of Chuangying.However, compared to the number of people they used, the siege equipment used to break into the camp was quite simple. They were mainly long ladders, and there were not even a few ladders with wheels at the bottom.

However, the first siege of the camp was indeed aggressive. The veterans on the three sides withstood the fierce shooting of the firecrackers, and after paying huge casualties, they charged up the city wall.

But at this time, the young and strong in the city who were supporting the defense on the city wall, because it was the first battle, many of them moved abnormally and were hacked to death and injured by the soldiers who attacked the city wall. Soon a big gap was opened in the city wall.

Fortunately, the reserve team arranged by Qian Qi came up at this time. This reserve team has more than 200 people, all of whom are ax and gunmen in the Runing Army. The battalion was driven out of the city.

However, this confrontation also caused a large number of casualties among the defenders.In such a meeting, more than 80 soldiers of the Runing Army defending the city were killed or injured, and more than 150 young and strong soldiers were killed or injured.The guards of the city were immediately stretched.

The loss of the camp was not small, with a total loss of more than 500 soldiers.But compared to such a huge number of them, these losses don't feel like much.

As soon as Gao Yingxiang saw that his ants were effective in attacking the city, Gao Yingxiang did not let the retreating soldiers rest at all. After dispatching an additional thousand soldiers, he immediately launched a second round of attacking the city. (to be continued..)