Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wuchang in February was still cloudy and cold, but in the small courtyard where Wu Shigong was staying, swallows had already built their nests.Although military disasters came and went, the houses outside Wuchang City were not damaged, which means that there was no fierce battle in Wuchang before.

But now, most of the houses can not be kept.In order to attack the city, the Runing army demolished all the houses close to the city wall, and built a city outside the city like the Qing army in Jinzhou and the peasant army in Kaifeng, dug several trenches, and built several layers of soil. The wall surrounded Wuchang City like this.

However, the amount of work for the entire project is not large. It took 6 to [-] people to build it for a few days. After all, Wuchang is facing water on both sides, and the water surface can be blocked by gunboats. As long as the Runing Army is trapped Just live on both sides of the road.

But in this way, coupled with the construction of the camp, there are not many private houses left outside the city, so Wu Shigong can live in a small courtyard, which is already quite good.

But now the battle in Wuchang City has fallen into a long-term siege that the Runing Army least wants to see.

Although besieged in Wuchang City, Li Dingguo's Daxi Army was only in the early [-]s, but when he heard that the government army came to suppress them, the more than [-] people left in the city immediately felt the same hatred.They mobilized young and strong men and women to forge weapons day and night, relying on the towering and strong walls of Wuchang City and the sufficient food and grass in the city, they vowed to live and die with Wuchang City!

However, it can also be seen how bad the reputation of the government is at this time, and how harmful the government and army are. Life and death are in the hands of the officers and soldiers, even if it is a reputation for rebellion, they will not hesitate.

For this result, Wu Shigong and the others could only shake their heads and smile wryly.It is useless to persuade them to surrender. The people in the city think that once the city is broken, they will face massacre.The credibility of this official army is due to the unremitting efforts of Zuo Liangyu and his like.Finally, in the minds of the common people, it has successfully dropped to "absolute zero".

And Li Dingguo's "revolutionary will" is also quite firm.Li Dingguo, as a senior member of the Daxi Army, of course knows more.He also understands: as long as he surrenders to Xiancheng, Butcher Wu will not do anything to himself and his [-] soldiers, at most he will end up under house arrest in Runing.But for the people in the city, it's more ominous than ominous.Everything can deceive people, but nicknames can't deceive people. Who gave Mr. Wu outside the city a famous nickname-Wu Butcher?Don't say, Wu Shigong is wronged enough here.

In addition, Li Dingguo also knows that Li Zicheng's Shunjun in the north is now flourishing.The Qing army in Liaodong also entered the pass again.He just wanted to wait until the Runing army could no longer withstand the pressure from the north and withdraw their troops voluntarily, so as to find a chance for the soldiers and civilians in Wuchang City.

But to be honest, after following Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, Li Dingguo's work has become much more realistic.He was not against surrender.Just want to strive for a better condition.In addition to protecting the safety of the people in the city, Li Dingguo also believed that as soon as soldiers approached the city, they would surrender.The conditions for surrender are certainly not very good.Wait until Butcher Wu hits hard nails a few more times outside the city.We can negotiate a better condition. After all, Butcher Wu has a pretty good reputation for being trustworthy in the world.

As an important town in Huguang, Wuchang City is more than three feet thick and five feet tall. It is not something that cannons can break open overnight.In addition, the soldiers and people of the Daxi Army in the city are united, if they attack hard.There must be huge casualties.For this reason, the Runing Army can only resort to the most time-consuming siege battle.

"What? There is still no response from the city?" Wu Shigong asked Chi Ming.This questioning has now become Wu Shigong's daily routine.

Seeing Chi Ming shaking his head, Wu Shigong could only let out a long sigh, and then ordered: "No more news. Just tell the city..."

Speaking of this, Wu Shigong hesitated for a moment, and then changed his words: "Forget it, our conditions must not be lowered. Be careful to contact Director Xue in Xuzhou. As long as they have something to do, we are willing to give up Wuchang here, and the whole army will go north. You can't agree to the conditions in the city. I didn't expect that Li Dingguo is really a character!"

Wu Shigong's hesitation was not without reason.As long as Wuchang City is resolved, the Runing Army can at least dispatch more than [-] troops to Xuzhou and Heze areas, completely blocking the Qing army from entering Henan, so Wu Shigong wanted to get out of Wuchang City earlier.

As for the surrender of the Runing Army, Li Dingguo in Wuchang City did not fail to respond.However, he proposed to maintain the integrity and independence of the Daxi Army in accordance with Gucheng's regulations, and only surrendered to the imperial court in name, and did not accept the conditions of a comprehensive reorganization of the Runing Army.

But Wu Shigong would never accept such an independent army.Otherwise, it’s not worth sending troops to guard every day, and you can’t let go of the encirclement and suppression. After all, in name, the peasant army still surrenders to you, and you need to find an excuse to encircle and suppress it.How troublesome is that?

It's better not to do anything when things happen, and simply let go of the peasant army in Wuchang City.When we meet in the future, we can still attack freely without any psychological burden.

Bored, Wu Shigong started to tease Chi Ming again: "Mingzi! After you go home this time, you will marry a wife."

"It's not urgent, I don't have time for a blind date. After the world settles down, let the adults make the decisions and build a family for the villain." Faced with Wu Shigong's usual topics, now Chi Ming can be considered to be able to handle them freely.

"Don't plan on me, I'm not a matchmaker." Wu Shigong refused with a smile, "When I go back, I will tell Yang Goudan's family and ask her to find you a suitable one. But then the Yang family will probably lose money." The outsider Tian, ​​the little girl Rusong seems to be unable to escape."

Wu Shigong's words immediately elicited bursts of laughter from the people in the yard.

"Don't be in such a hurry!" When it came to the practical point, Chi Ming still hesitated.

"Don't be in a hurry, your sister is always in a hurry! If you delay, you will become an old girl. Otherwise, Xiao Ding will jump with both feet." Wu Shigong continued jokingly.

Seeing that the flames of war had provoked him, Huang Ding quickly distinguished: "Don't! My lord! I have no affair with Chi's sister."

"We don't know if there is an affair! Anyway, let Chi girl decide for herself. If she nods, you won't be able to escape."

There was another roar of laughter in the yard.

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After chatting for a while, Wu Shigong began to think about the future arrangements of the Runing Army.The number of officers and peasants from Zuo Liangyu's department captured this time is quite large, and Li Dingguo's department in Wuchang City may surrender to the Runing Army.Therefore, the Runing Army will choose the best among them and reorganize an auxiliary second-class force. (To be continued..)