Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The river water that broke the ice was already stained red with blood.There were more than [-] corpses lying in disorder on the snow by the river.Buckets and weapons were also scattered all over the ground.

Fu Sheng shouted to his subordinates: "Move faster, pick up the weapons and leave!"

When Zhang Xianzhong's 10,000+ people first entered Runan, because the army was too powerful, the local militia, village guards, and road guards also retreated in the county town and the two villages that served as fortresses. Feel free to get out of town.

But on the night of the 2000th, a deputy head of the militia led three companies of soldiers to attack the camp of the peasant rebel army at night, and broke up more than 300 peasant rebel army at once.Although many of those who escaped returned during the day, after counting, the peasant rebel army also lost more than [-] people.

And this time the night attack suddenly boosted the morale of the Runan militia.Regular field warfare is definitely impossible, but you can use your familiarity with the terrain to use guerrilla warfare to repeatedly attack small groups of peasant rebels.

Fu Sheng is a company commander of the militia, and today he led his company to ambush the peasant rebel army to fetch water from the river.At this time, Fu Sheng saw that the cavalry of the peasant rebel army in the distance had discovered the movement here, so he immediately called his soldiers to evacuate quickly.

Before leaving, he glanced at a fifteen or six-year-old peasant rebel soldier lying on the ground.He was killed by Fu Sheng himself just now. That young man was as thin as a man, with his absent-minded eyes staring at the sky.

There was no time to express any exclamations. As soon as the soldiers gathered around, Fu Sheng led them away.Soon, more than [-] peasant rebels chased Fu Sheng and the others along the way they escaped.

However, when passing through a bend, the militia musketeers who were ambushing these cavalrymen fired wildly.Caught off guard, more than a dozen peasant rebels on horseback were knocked down by their horses, and the rest turned their horses and ran away when they saw that they were in an ambush.Taking advantage of the peasant rebel army's brigade not coming.Fu Sheng and the others led the captured horses back to their village through the trail.

"Eight Great Kings! It's impossible to go on like this! In the past two days, more than 1000 of my people have dispersed. There are no people and no food along the way. Except for those big cities, the wilderness I can't see a single living creature. If we go on like this, I'm afraid that our team will all be scattered!" The Sweeping King complained to Zhang Xianzhong.

"That's right!" King Taiping agreed, "I've never been to such a place. You should say that those officials hate us, but the people in this place also regard us as a thorn in their side. A group of bitter people attacked us even in the daytime, what kind of hatred is there?"

It is now the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.The peasant rebel army has entered Runan for three days.But the main force gathered together was fine, but the scattered small units were repeatedly guerrillaized by the local troops of the Runing Army, which harassed Zhang Xianzhong and the others quite a headache.Unknowingly, more than 3000 refugees who had just been collected without discipline also dispersed.

"This place is weird!" Zhang Xianzhong also shook his head, "It's no wonder that there will be such a monster as Butcher Wu. Let's not stay here. Gather the troops. Tell everyone not to be alone, and rush to run across Ru Ning Mansion. Hurry up to Fengyang! Otherwise, when Butcher Wu comes back, we will never get a good one!"

So after thirteen days, the peasant rebel army gathered into a group, crossed Runing Mansion, and came from west to east towards the hinterland of Runing Mansion.

"How is it?" Deng Qifan, who was anxiously wandering back and forth in the hall when he saw Yang Goudan and Yang Shi coming in, asked.

"Mrs. Li and the others are not willing to leave. They are not even willing to enter Fucheng." Yang said to Deng Qifan with a blessing. "They said that this place in Daying is your lord's foundation. If your lord is not here, they will stay here!"

"What a nonsense! What time is this!" Deng Qifan immediately became angry.

When the peasant rebel army entered Runan, the Runing Army who stayed at the headquarters immediately mobilized the whole army.Deng Qifan presided over the overall work.On the military side, Xue Yongli was completely relied on.

Of course, Deng Qifan is most concerned about the safety of Wu Shigong's family members. In his opinion: Of course, the safest thing is to send the family members to the army of the Runing Army.The next best thing is to send the family members to Fucheng.

But when Mrs. Yang went to the inner house to persuade her, Li Xin refused to do so.Her reason is also very simple, the Runing Army not only belongs to Wu Shigong, but also belongs to all members of the Runing Army.If other people's family members don't evacuate, Li Xin and the others can't evacuate either.Otherwise, Wu Shigong would not spare them even after he came back.

At this time, Xue Yongli was not in the Runing army camp.After receiving the urgent report from Ye County on the evening of the ninth day of the ninth day, Xue Yongli immediately sent a horse to send a letter to Wu Shigong in Xuzhou, asking him to bring the main force back as soon as possible.At the same time, Xue Yongli also transferred a militia group from the Rubei mountainous area back to the headquarters.

Because the peasant rebel army that entered Runan had 10,000+ troops, and there were three 10,000+ peasant rebel troops entrenched in Nanyang Prefecture.So Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli couldn't judge the next move of the peasant rebel army in Nanyang Prefecture.So we can only plan for the worst first.

According to the soldiers and horses currently arranged by the Runing Army in the headquarters, it is no problem to resist the peasant rebel army entering Runan, and to keep the Runing Army camp and the Runing City.But the most frightening thing is that the three 10,000+ troops from Nanyang Mansion will also come in, so this line of defense will be very dangerous.

So on the 300th, Xue Yongli marched to Shenshui River with more than 1000 soldiers left behind, a militia group, [-] new soldiers, a new artillery team with ten artillery pieces and [-] boys from the boy battalion. In this area, camps were set up to prevent the peasant rebels from crossing the river.

Although the surface of the Shenshui River is very narrow, the surface of the river is also frozen.But as long as there are artillery bombarding the ice, the peasant rebel army in the brigade will not be able to cross the river easily.

In addition, Xue Yongli's army is just delaying time. As long as it delays for one or two days, and then defends for four or five days at the Runing Mansion City and the Runing Army Camp, the main force of the Runing Army led by Wu Shigong will catch up. Go back to Runing Mansion to save this crisis.

So at this time, the highest commander remaining in the Runing Army camp, except for Yang Goudan, who temporarily commanded the craftsmen who turned into militia, was unexpectedly only Chi Ming, the commander of the boy battalion.

At this time, Chi Ming who was standing aside suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Deng, Director Yang! In fact, since the wives, sons, and ladies refuse to leave, it is safer for them to stay in the camp than in the city!"

"Oh?" Looking at Chi Ming who had just grown fluff on his lips, Deng Qifan asked suspiciously, "Why is that so?"

"Although Fucheng is a large city, it is also an important road for transportation. It is flat on all sides, and the Shaanxi bandits can attack the city from all sides. Our camp was originally built as a military fortress, and its strength is no less than that of Fucheng. On the contrary, it is because the city is small and easy to defend. Moreover, the location of our camp is very good, with the mountains behind and the river to the north. If the Shan bandits want to attack, they can only attack from two sides, so the adults chose this place with deliberation at that time." Chi Ming The answer is clear and logical.

"Is that so?" Deng Qifan still couldn't believe the young man's words, so he asked a company commander in the hall.This company commander was the highest officer left in the camp in the current Runing Army, so at this time Deng Qifan also called him over to discuss matters.

The company commander clasped his fists at Deng Qifan and said, "Exactly. Mr. Deng! Don't look at Commander Chi's young age, but the first batch of boys from their battalion have already received four or five years of training. The skills and vision are no worse than those of some veterans, so all the regiments of our Runing Army are rushing to get them."

Deng Qifan was only slightly relieved at this time, and he continued to ask: "How long will it be before your lord returns here?"

"Three days!" Chi Ming replied immediately.

"That's good!" Deng Qifan immediately decided, "Today is the thirteenth day, hurry up and tell Xue Shoubei in front of you, no matter what, you must hold the Shan bandits in Shenshui River for three days, and try not to let the Shan bandits get close to you The Ning army camp has harassed the wives, young masters and young ladies! Also, urge the adults to come back quickly! Chiming you choose another [-] strong men, and let them ignore other things, just to protect the adults and their families Safety!"

"No!" (to be continued...)