Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

On October [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Miaotan in the Hanjiang River.

"Could it be that these are the reinforcements sent by the governor?" said a chief executive beside Qin Yiming.

"These people are unreliable!" Qin Yiming, the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, shook his head and said, "It is said that five thousand were sent, but only three thousand went to Xiangyang, and only eight hundred came here to fight. Judging by their appearance, they have probably been touched in this lifetime. Pick up the hoe!"

This time, Ma Shouying's two sprints immediately pulled the Ming army out of a big gap.Coupled with the fact that there is enough food in autumn, Ma Shouying joined forces with Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and other battalions with a total of 20 horses to attack Xiangyang.And Ma Shouying was also promoted as the leader of the alliance and in charge of the plate.

With a large army in his hands, Ma Shouying immediately deployed, combined his troops, divided them into three groups, and encircled Xiangyang.

One led by Zhang Xianzhong departed from Junzhou in the northwest, the other led by Ma Shouying, an old Hui Hui, departed from Xinye to the north of Xiangyang, and the other led by Xie Zikuai departed from Tang County to the east of Xiangyang, and approached Xiangyang at the same time.

Seeing this critical situation, Wang Jiazhen, governor of Huguang, sent [-] troops to reinforce Xiangyang and carried out sniping at the Pailou Pavilion, while Qin Yiming, the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, also led [-] cavalry to cooperate.Qin Yiming focused his fortification on Miaotan in the shallow part of the Han River in an attempt to prevent Cao Cao Luo Rucai and Chuang Tatetian Liu Guoneng from smuggling here and joining forces with Zhang Xianzhong's troops on the north bank.

However, Wang Jiazhen, governor of Huguang, dispatched all local military households because of the availability of soldiers.Those military households originally fled a lot, and many soldiers were only on the roster. In addition to fleeing during the march, there were only 3000 people in Xiangyang.In order to save their lives, the civil and military forces in Xiangyang City kept the strongest among them in the city.It made those who supported Qin Yiming the weakest 800 people.

"How about! Let's retreat to Xiangyang City too!" A general next to him suggested. [

"When you enter the city, you will be dead. Our cavalry will not be effective at all. How can we defend against the attack of tens of thousands of bandits? If the city is full of our white soldiers, then we can defend it. But those crooked soldiers To be honest, I'm really worried. It's better to fight against the river here." Qin Yiming refused.

"But the river section we have to defend is too long, and we don't even know where the bandits are going to cross the river. If we make a mistake, Xiangyang City will lose us, and the fall will be certain. Even we may be killed by the bandits." Pincer attack." Another general said.

"Spicy mother! I have warned Zhang thief a long time ago that he has evil intentions, and the governor still wants to feed tigers. Even driving Zhang thief away from Xiangyang is better than now! Now the thief army is staring at our Xiangyang city It's gone." Qin Yiming cursed angrily, "You all should be smart and send more spies up and down the Han River. As soon as we see the bandit army crossing the river, we will run immediately. Remember! Run to the direction of Runing Mansion, good Damn my cousin is there."

Qin Yiming is Qin Liangyu's nephew, so he is also related to Wu Shigong.Therefore, in case of unfavorable battle situation, Qin Yiming decided to use the high-speed mobility of the cavalry to flee to Runing and accept the protection of the Runing Army.

"When will the second young general's reinforcements come?" A general asked again.

"The people who sent there didn't even see my cousin, saying that he was seriously ill. But the people who received him were very polite, saying that it was twenty days ago. Ten thousand troops will definitely be sent to support Xiangyang. Therefore, it takes more time to strike iron." We are hard on ourselves and want others to help, so we have to hold on for ten days!" Qin Yiming replied.

In fact, Qin Yiming knew very well in his heart that it was not difficult to guess the idea of ​​the Runing army sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.A few months ago, the Runing Army conducted a calming military operation in the Huguang area between Xiangyang and Wuchang, and now the Runing Army has no other operations.So no matter what, there will be no soldiers to send.

But Qin Yiming couldn't confess to his subordinates. Isn't this a slap in the face?So he can only hope that the peasant army will be blocked for nearly ten days now, and that the Runing army will keep its promise and send troops as planned.

"Boss! Did you get all these boats?" Luo Rucai asked.

"No way, godfather!" Yang Chengzu replied: "All the nearby boats were burned by the officials. These boats were hidden by the nearby fishermen."

"Then how long will it take for so many of us to cross the river?" Luo Ru became visibly irritable, "How many people can we cross this night?"

"It's [-] if you play it all!" Yang Chengzu told the truth.

"Ten thousand is worthless?" Luo Rucai cursed immediately.

The large troops of Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng have been swaying on the opposite bank of Qin Yiming.It was to attract the attention of Qin Yiming's department.On the evening of October [-]th, the two battalions of peasant troops moved to Luohan Beach in the depths of the Han River with lightning speed, preparing to cross the river here.

But Yang Chengzu, who was searching for boats here, didn't find a few boats, so Luo Rucai was furious. [

"Chengzu did a good job!" Chuang Tatian Liu Guoneng persuaded, "The official dog is really cunning, so we can't blame him. Anyway, the eight kings on the other side are already close, let them attract the main force of the official dog, we mean It means sending some people over there."

"How can this be done? After finally conquering a big city, we will have fewer people going, so what benefits can we get?" Luo Rucai spoke out what was in his heart.

"I think Cao Cao, you are reluctant to part with the daughter of the King Xiang's family in the city!" Zhu Guoneng joked about Luo Rucai.

"Who says it's not!" Luo Rucai burst out with joy, "The Eight Great Kings had a great time playing in Fengyang, and I don't know how many will be left for my brothers and me. This time I want to play with some princesses no matter what!"

When it comes to dirty jokes, Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng have more topics to talk about.The two chatted and laughed, and Luo Rucai expressed his real thoughts: "The Butcher Wu of Ru Ning and Guide didn't move, I always feel a little worried. If we cross the river slowly, I'm afraid that Butcher Wu will kill us." Ah! Xiangyang is too close to there. So I want the whole army to cross the river as soon as possible, and gather together, so it is convenient to fight or escape!"

Liu Guoneng nodded and said: "Cao Cao, your idea is also right. How about this, let Chengzu take another [-] old battalions from our army, let him cross the river as soon as possible, and collect more boats dragged by officials to the other side to speed up our crossing. speed."

Luo Ru thought for a while, then said: "Let's do it this way. First cross over 5000 people, and then pull over some horses and artillery. No matter what, we will take down Xiangyang first. After that, without the threat of Xiangyang official dogs, we will not do anything." I'm afraid of Butcher Wu. I don't believe it, we have so many battalions of rebels, can't beat an official dog?" (To be continued...)