Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Big guy! Big guy!"

Hearing the shout, Qin Yiming immediately jumped up from the bed.He wiped his face with his hands indiscriminately, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The thieves have crossed the river at Arhat Beach,"

"How many people are there?" Qin Yiming asked.

"The torches are so scattered that I can't see them clearly. I guess there are tens of thousands of them!"

Luo Rucai let each of his soldiers hold a few torches when the peasant army was crossing the river, so the spies sent by Qin Yiming to the banks of the Han River had an illusion.

"The whole army is assembled!" Qin Yiming immediately began to put on the armor with the help of his own soldiers.

The captain of the personal army asked: "Marshal! Are you going to block the bandit army?"

Qin Yiming immediately shook his head and said: "This road is blocked, and there are two other roads. We have too few soldiers, so we should let Xiangyang City stand firm. Let's go to Cousin Runing to rescue soldiers immediately." [

On the evening of October [-]th, Cao Cao Luo Rucai and Chuang Tatian Liu Guoneng crossed the Han River from Luohan Beach in the depths of the Han River, joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Huihui in victory, and then attacked Xiangyang with an absolutely superior force.

And these battalions of peasant troops all had artillery seized from the Ming army in their hands. They concentrated all the artillery and began to bombard Xiangyang City.Under this overwhelming firepower strike, the Ming army in Xiangyang City collapsed immediately.

And the civil and military affairs in the city are even worse.First of all, King Xiang and his family boarded a boat on the Han River and fled.So the civil and military officials in the city immediately found a reason, and they also fled out of the city on the grounds of "protecting the safety of King Xiang".

So the peasant army captured Xiangyang City effortlessly.A large amount of food, grass and supplies were seized in the city, and a large number of people were also trapped.But the carnival of the peasant army has not yet ended.They detected a Ming army with more than 1 horses approaching.

"That's Butcher Wu's army, there's no need to fight hard with him. That guy is a vicious dog who protects the family. As long as he avoids it far enough, he won't chase him." Luo Rucai said.

"Is that going west or going south?" Zhang Xianzhong disagreed with Luo Rucai's statement, "To the west, we have taken all the places we have robbed, and there is no oil and water. To the south, we have to cross the Han River and the Yangtze River. But we do so Will many people have time to cross the river? Why don't we take advantage of our strong soldiers and fight with Butcher Wu? If we defeat him, there will really be no army of officials near us. We can go east and south Zhili. That's the rich Jiangnan, it's better than the poor Northwest we wandered around!"

"Anyone can say something, but who will take the lead? You and I have fought against Butcher Wu, and we know that he is not easy to get along with. To be honest, I, Lao Luo, have no confidence. I don't understand, Xiaoyao from all over the world What's wrong? We just want to be kings and occupy land. We are all born with mud legs. It is not bad to be able to live the current life of being popular and hot. If we want to really be emperors, we don't have this kind of life." Luo Rucai really didn't want to fight with the Runing Army, so he exposed Zhang Xianzhong's ambition.

I saw the smell of gunpowder.Ma Shouying, the old man, hurriedly persuaded: "My brothers, let's discuss it carefully. However, I have a few words to say, and I don't know if what I said is right or not. Please read it carefully, brothers!"

"Brother Ma, please speak!" Liu Guoneng said hastily, "Since we all hold Brother Ma as the leader of the alliance, you can open up and speak up if you have anything to say!"

"We brothers have fought against Butcher Wu one after another, and we said something frustrating. We were almost all defeated. I don't know if what I said is right?" Ma Shouying's words immediately made the leaders quiet down.

"But have you noticed that Butcher Wu's battle has a characteristic: they all approached us in a neat queue at high speed while we were unprepared, and then defeated us with fierce firearms."

"What does that prove? It proves that Butcher Wu's army dare not fight us face to face. As long as we find a way to destroy Butcher Wu's firearm, that army is no big deal."

"You can say this! You understand the truth! But how do you break Butcher Wu's firearm?" Luo Rucai asked.

"Cao Cao, don't worry, listen to me one by one." Ma Shouying said with a smile, "Now that the rebels from our battalions are all gathered in Xiangyang, then Butcher Wu can't catch us by surprise. So the first advantage he has there is none left."

"Our previous defeats were due to our active attack. This time we want to attract Butcher Wu to attack. We dug some trenches in front of our formation and built a few chest-length earthen walls. Then Butcher Wu's formation lined up again and again. Neatly, it is not possible to climb over trenches and climb over earthen walls neatly. This makes Butcher Wu no second advantage.” [

"We now have a lot of firearms in each battalion, and the artillery on Xiangyang City has been removed. In addition, our Shaanxi soldiers have the best archers in the world. In terms of long-range firepower, they are not weaker than Butcher Wu. . That’s our third advantage.”

"Now each of our battalions can gather more than 6000 cavalry. As long as they run, it is impossible for Wu Butcher's army to resist! This is our fourth advantage."

"And now our rebels can't retreat. If we gather so many battalions of rebels and dare not fight against more than 1 people like Butcher Wu, what will we do in the future? Will we hear the news when we see Butcher Wu's banner in the future?" And escape? In the end, with the expansion of Butcher Wu's combat scope, one day, we will be able to escape."

Luo Ru thought for a while, then nodded and agreed: "Old Hui, you are right, we should fight, otherwise we would be too useless. But you didn't make it clear: if Butcher Wu sees that we have arranged If he doesn't take the initiative to attack, what should we do?"

Ma Shouying smiled and nodded to Luo Rucai: "First of all, we have just conquered Xiangyang and obtained a large amount of food in the city, and there are no other officers and troops around us, so we are not afraid to waste money with Butcher Wu."

"We can also let the troops we just recruited attack first to attract Butcher Wu to attack. We can also let the cavalry attack on two or even three sides in a detour, forcing back the troops who defeated Butcher Wu."

"Even if we get something, it's at least a tie. We won't suffer no matter what, so you don't need to worry about it, Cao Cao. We can really set up more ambushes when we advance eastward, as long as Butcher Wu eats it." One loss, according to his shy-headed nature, he will never dare to leave Runing and Guide in the future. At most, we will not touch those two places in the future, and the other places are enough for our activities!"

Luo Rucai nodded again: "Old back, you convinced me, Lao Luo. I, Lao Luo, will not leave my brother and go alone. But there is one thing, if we want to beat us, we can't be beaten half-heartedly, and we can't stay behind no matter what. Hand. Otherwise, it’s just nice to say, but it’s another way to do it, and it’s impossible to defeat Butcher Wu.”

Ma Shouying also agreed with Luo Rucai's statement: "Thank you brothers for not giving up! My old battalion is at the forefront of the middle road, and I still need a lot of help from you brothers!" After finishing speaking, Ma Shouying bowed his hands to the leaders.

"We all listen to Brother Ma."

"My men and horses are under the command of Brother Ma!"

……

Scorpion Kuai, Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuo Jinwang He Jin and other leaders expressed their opinions one after another.

"My soldiers and horses are in charge of the left wing, and the cavalry is also commanded by Brother Ma!" Chuang Tatian Liu Guoneng also said.

"Then I will fight side by side with Brother Ma in the middle!" Luo Rucai also expressed his opinion.

At this time, all the leaders noticed Zhang Xianzhong who hadn't spoken yet.Zhang Xianzhong also noticed the expressions of those leaders, he said with a smile: "I advocate fighting, how can I be willing to be the queen of all my brothers? Then the right wing will belong to me."

Seeing that all the leaders agreed, Ma Shouying said with a smile: "Thank you brothers for your trust! But I will take charge of this battle. The specific command will be handed over to Cao Cao. In our field battles, Cao Cao's brothers are the only ones in the line." The first one!"

Luo Rucai didn't ask for it either, he said happily with a "hehe": "Success! This time, I, Luo Rucai, will go all out and do it."

Hearing the arrival of the Runing Army, the peasant army in Xiangyang gathered [-] troops and formed a formation in the northeast of Xiangyang, waiting for the arrival of the Runing Army.In addition, the peasant army's two groups of [-] cavalry each circled far away on both sides of the peasant army's formation, preparing to give the Runing army a surprise attack.

October [-], Xinye County.

Looking at the magistrate's family hanging from a tree in the dilapidated county government office, Xue Yongli shook his head and said, "This county magistrate of Xinye has already escaped once, but I didn't expect that he still didn't escape in the end. Let them all be released." , bury it properly, mark it well, and wait for the county magistrate’s family to dig up the grave!”

Seeing the unhurried Xue Yongli, Qin Yiming was a little anxious, so he said: "Xue Shoubei! Soldiers are precious and fast! Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the bandit army, let's take back Xiangyang as soon as possible!"

Last night, Xue Yongli's Huhou Town received Qin Yiming who had fled in Xinye County.After all, Qin Yiming was the commander in chief of Xiangyang. Although he was responsible for losing the city, Qin Yiming's charges would always be lower if he recovered Xiangyang as soon as possible, so he urged Xue Yongli to leave as soon as possible.

But Xue Yongli had his own ideas, and he replied: "Chief Qin, don't be impatient! The spies of our army have found out that the bandit army has already lined up in Xiangyang and is waiting to fight us. Since they already have Prepare, then we don't need to worry anymore. Recharge your batteries and wait for the decisive battle with them!"

In his heart, Xue Yongli also had some slander: Xiangyang is always a big city. He thought that Qin Yiming and the others could defend for three or five days, but he didn't expect that they couldn't hold on for even half a day, which made the Runing Army lose the power to make a surprise attack. possibility.Therefore, the current Runing Army is forced to fight head-on. (to be continued...)