Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

From the very beginning of commanding to block the gap, Qian Qi felt a little fluttering in her body.Days of fatigue and cold weather made him suffer from a bad cold, which made his head dizzy.

Qian Qi did not know how many times she had repelled the attacks of breaking into the camp.

The first rush to the camp suffered heavy losses. An injured gunner who fell as the city wall collapsed desperately ignited the gunpowder and caused a big explosion, causing heavy losses to the soldiers who rushed to the front of the camp.But this explosion also made the gap in the city wall even bigger.

But this explosion also made the bloody rush to the camp come up, and they began to charge repeatedly, aiming to break into Ningling County through this gap.

The battle suddenly became fierce.The two swarms finished firing; the ammunition carried by the musketeers was also fired, and they all drew their waist knives and went into battle; Some of the males also went into battle around the phalanx.

Anyone can see that Chuangying is such a mad attack on the city, so if they invade Ningling County, it may be a massacre.

And the Runing army has already retreated to about [-] steps behind the gap, because it is no longer able to fight at the gap.The gap was full of corpses, and the most important thing was that the ground was covered with a mixture of ice and water congealed by blood, making it too easy for people to fall down after stepping on it.

More than 700 people have fallen in the camp in front of this gap.It's not that no one is awake, and several leaders around Gao Yingxiang persuaded him one after another: "King Chuang! You can't continue the fight! Otherwise, we will still go in with our old base of Chuangying!"

In fact, Gao Yingxiang's heart is also hurting.But he still pursed his lips and remained silent.How can we retreat now?Since the confluence of the three rivers entered Henan, the number of peasant rebels has continued to expand, and they have easily attacked cities one by one. The morale has just risen, but they want to retreat in front of this small county that is only defended by a few hundred Ming troops. When will Chuangying transform from a bandit into a real army?

The sun is gradually setting to the west.Another siege of the camp was repulsed and returned.At this moment, several fast horses rushed to report: "King Chuang! An army of thousands of people came from thirty miles to the southwest. They are coming in the direction of this county. Our horse team can't stop them. I hope Chuang Wang quickly arranges troops to intercept it!"

When Gao Yingxiang heard that the fast horse came to report, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, because there was finally a step to go down.So he immediately ordered: "Withdraw all the siege troops. Then send more spies to the southwest. The official dog will not only have this thousand-man army. They must be followed by the main force. Also let the other troops gather. Let's go in the direction of Tuocheng County."

When the troops were almost concentrated, Gao Yingxiang first drew his horse and headed towards Tuocheng County.When Gao Yingxiang left.He took one last look at Ningling County, and murmured to himself: "If the officers and soldiers are all like this, then what's the use of our rebellion?"

But Qian Qi, who commanded at the gap, didn't know that Chuangying had already retreated, and he was still preparing for Chuangying to attack the city again.But this time the waiting time was quite long, and Qian Qi also felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

Qian Qi finally couldn't hold it anymore.Before he fainted, Qian Qi gritted his teeth and issued the last order: "Arrange people to go to the warehouse. As soon as the bandit army enters the city, burn down the warehouse!"

All the food and property in Ningling County have been concentrated in the county government.Qian Qi's order was to make breaking into the camp count as capturing Ningling County.It will also be fruitless.

On the evening of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month in the seventh year of Chongzhen, a group of the Guide Army led by Xue Yong finally arrived.They lined up the carts into two rows to form a marching vehicle formation, and under the cover of artillery, rockets and firecrackers, they broke through the barriers of the cavalry entering the camp, forcing Gao Yingxiang to give up the attack on Ningling County voluntarily.

In the battle with the cavalry, the regiment returning to the aid had a total of more than [-] casualties, but it was on a rapid march.Non-combat attrition such as frostbite and illness has more than [-] people.

And when the troops led by Xue Yong entered Ningling County, the people in the county still couldn't believe that they had been rescued.But when they understood, the whole county fell into a carnival. The singing of "Katyusha" also soared into the sky.

In this defense battle of Ningling County, only 800 of the more than 130 Runing Army soldiers brought into the city by Qian Qi survived the battle.And basically everyone gets hurt.More than 900 men were killed or injured in Ningling County.

However, the old and weak women and children in the city miraculously suffered no casualties.That is, the houses between the two city walls were basically burned down, so the entire county suffered heavy losses.

But the loss of camping was even more severe.The casualties exceeded [-], including thousands of veterans from the three sides.Moreover, breaking into the camp in this siege was nothing.But it was a blessing in disguise. After such a fierce battle, many refugees in the camp have grown up.Although they are not as good as those trilateral veterans, they have withstood the baptism of war after all.It should be said that the strength of the camp after the war was stronger than before the war.

At this time, Luo Rucai's department, which was one step ahead, had also joined the peasant rebel army on the North Road.Nearly 20 people swaggered to Guide City.However, at this time, there were more than 3000 reinforcements and nearly [-] young men from all over the city of Guide Mansion helping to defend the city.Moreover, the height and strength of the city walls of Fucheng are not comparable to that of the county town.

So after trying to attack Fucheng once but failed, this peasant rebel army immediately ravaged the area near Fucheng like a swarm of locusts.

The Nanlu peasant rebel army who returned to Henan Mansion first moved to the northeast. Because it was too close to Luoyang City, Henan Governor Xuan Mo was forced to personally lead the army to stop it.Unexpectedly, although the peasant rebel army on the South Road had 10,000+ people, after they suffered losses in front of the Runing Army, they immediately turned to avoid the Ming Army like a frightened bird, and went east to Kaifeng Mansion.

But Kaifeng Mansion had been looted by the East Road Peasant Rebel Army. Seeing that there was no oil and water, they turned back again and entered Ruzhou again.But at this time, Zhang Xianzhong and the others were still afraid that Wu Shigong's Runing Army would go crazy, so they did not attack Ruzhou City, which had almost become an empty city.Of course, Ruzhou must have been ruined by them.

After Gao Yingxiang's camp left Ningling County, he also joined the peasant rebel army and Luo Rucai's troops on the North Road.At this time, apart from Li Zicheng's troops who contained Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, the entire peasant rebel army formed two large troops in Henan, east and west, each with more than 30 people.

And on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the cavalry corps of the Runing Army also rushed to Ningling County.On the [-]th, Wu Shigong led the main force of the Runing Army into Guide Mansion. (to be continued..)