Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 253 The First Eastern Expedition ([-])

After three consecutive days of siege, the city of Suzhou was still stuck, so Zhang Chengwu had no choice but to end the day's siege.At this moment, Tu Guobin, governor of Liangjiang, stood at the top of the city with a weapon in his hand, looking at the retreating gangsters, panting.

He leaned on the ground with a long knife in one hand, and leaned on the city wall with the other.At this moment, the city walls were covered with plasma, and there were countless wreckage on the ground, creating a hellish scene.It's just that the defenders on the city wall are numb at this moment. After seeing the enemy retreat, they collapsed on the ground one by one, regardless of whether the person being pressed by him is the robe Ze who fought side by side with him before, and the soft internal organs The greasy minced meat will make you feel uncomfortable.They just feel tired, so tired that they hardly want to move a finger.There are five hours in a day's battle, and five hours of non-stop waving weapons. Although they alternate in the middle, they still feel extremely tired.I was so tired that I didn't even want to eat dinner, I just wanted to go straight to sleep.

Tu Guobin glanced at the soldiers lying in disorder, but he didn't say anything.At this moment, the sun is about to set, and today's defensive battle is about to end.Of course, you still have to keep your eyes open at night, not only your eyes are bright, but your ears are also pricked up. This group of bandits has repeatedly attacked the city at night, especially the blasting attack. If they were given even a chance, the city would be destroyed. broken.

Although they repeatedly withstood the attacks of the bandits, their own losses were not small.More than half of the original officers and soldiers have been killed in battle, and the training of the regiment has changed from group to group.It made the people in the city unwilling to participate in the training of bravery, and went to earn this hard money.But now I have to earn if I don’t earn, and I don’t want to participate in group training.Under the persecution of Tu Guobin, all the people in the city have the status of practicing bravery. Regardless of men, women, young or old, as long as they can walk, they have to go up the city wall, because only those who go up the city wall to help defend the city can get the food share of the day.Although there was plenty of food in the warehouse, Tu Guobin used this method to force the people in the city to assist in the defense, because the food in their homes had been confiscated long ago.Today, Suzhou City implements this kind of policy that if you don't defend the city, you can't eat.

Relying on this method of turning all the people into soldiers, Tu Guobin was able to defend the city.Of course, he also knew that this method was just passive beating, as long as there were no reinforcements, as long as it was surrounded by bandits for a long time, the city of Suzhou would not be able to defend.

"Reinforcement, reinforcement, when will it arrive?" Tu Guobin muttered to himself.

During the defense of the city for more than half a month, Tu Guobin suffered heavy casualties, and his nephew Yang Guohai, the deputy general of the Chinese army, unfortunately died in battle.In addition to Yang Guohai, the Zuo Buzheng Sun Zhaoxing also died of injuries.And those generals, guerrillas, guards, generals, and generals suffered countless casualties.Now the entire defenders have almost collapsed. Fortunately, everyone was locked in the city, so they persevered.If it was outside the city, they would have already fled in all directions under such circumstances.In the critical moment, he fought with a weapon in his hand, and this was the only way to maintain the situation.

At this moment, Tu Guobin only hopes that the reinforcements will come soon, otherwise he will really be loyal to the court, but he doesn't want to be loyal to the court yet.He still has countless glory and wealth to enjoy, he still has a big family to support, and he wants to make his family prosperous for dozens of generations, how can he die?

Therefore, Tu Guobin once again looked forward to the arrival of reinforcements.In fact, what Tu Guobin didn't know was that reinforcements had already arrived.

Not long after this retreat, Zhang Chengwu received two pieces of information.A letter was sent from Changzhou Prefecture. The troops staying in Changzhou Prefecture discovered that the Tartars had sent troops from Huzhou Prefecture. Now they have captured Yixing County, and now the Tartar army is heading towards Wuxi.

Zhang Chengwu was not in a hurry about this force. Although he did not have many troops staying in Changzhou, it would not be easy for the Tartars to take down Changzhou Prefecture, especially Fucheng and Wuxi, which had a strong force.As for the capture of Yixing County, it is even more a sign of self-destruction.Guangde Prefecture in the south of Yixing County is the territory of the Fifth Battalion, and he once deployed two brigades in Guangde Prefecture.As long as the Fifth Battalion sends troops from Guangde Prefecture, Yixing County will naturally be recovered and the road for these Tartars to escape will be blocked.Moreover, Zhang Chengwu believes that the main purpose of this group of Tartars is to attract him to withdraw his troops, and the biggest harm is to destroy the stability of Changzhou Prefecture.Of course, Changzhou Mansion was pacified not long ago, even if it was destroyed, there would not be much loss, so Zhang Chengwu was not in a hurry.

But the second piece of information had to attract his attention.According to the report of the scouts, a large group of Tazi soldiers came northward, and now they have reached Wujiang in the south of Suzhou City.

Knowing that Tartar reinforcements were about to arrive, Zhang Chengwu was very anxious.I have been in the city for a long time. Although the resistance in the city is firm, Zhang Chengwu also feels that they should not last long.It's just that the Tartar reinforcements came unexpectedly at this time, which made Zhang Chengwu feel that all his previous efforts had been wasted.

What to do?To withdraw or to stay?Withdrawal is an expedition with a lot of labor. After paying more than 1 casualties, there is no land of size. If you stay, you will face reinforcements from the Tartars.But if he can defeat the reinforcements, will he be able to force the Tartars in the city to surrender?
Zhang Chengwu was hesitant for a while, so he summoned the trainer Xu Cheng to ask his opinion.

During this period of time, Xu Cheng's feeling towards Zhang Chengwu was that it was hard to live up to his fame.The [-] army's Eastern Expedition ended up in such a situation, which made Xu Cheng unbelievable.It seems that this Chengwu can only fight defensively and not attack.However, Zhang Chengwu was the leader of the third battalion after all, and Xu Cheng slandered him in his heart, but on the surface he still couldn't offend him.

After hearing Zhang Chengwu's thoughts, Xu Cheng's mind became active, and he calculated his gains and losses in it.

If Zhang Chengwu returned to Changzhou, although he lost the battle and lost his troops, the chairman should not blame too much. After all, victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists, and Zhang Chengwu has also made meritorious service on the western front.But if he loses the battle with the Tartar reinforcements, I am afraid that Zhang Chengwu's position as the commander of the third battalion will be lost, and he may be transferred to the military and political department for a while.At that time, wouldn't I have a chance to move?After all, I am the training officer, if I can move up a little bit, I will be the leader of the first battalion.It's just that there are only four battalions directly under the headquarters at the moment, and the positions of these four battalion commanders are one carrot and one hole. If Zhang Chengwu falls, then his chance will come.

Xu Cheng was not optimistic about Zhang Chengwu's field battle with Tartar reinforcements this time.Because the city has been under attack for a long time, the morale of the soldiers is low and the body is exhausted. This is not a good time to attack.If you lose, I'm afraid you will have to pay tens of thousands of lives!
On the one hand, it is the interests of the third battalion, and on the other hand, it is his own interests. Xu Cheng has a hard time making a choice.It's just that when he felt that Zhang Chengwu seemed to have plans to defeat the reinforcements from the Tartars, Xu Cheng finally turned to his own interests.Of course, he couldn't directly put forward the suggestion of destroying the Tartar reinforcements, but after some testing, he agreed to Zhang Chengwu's plan of concentrating troops to eliminate the Tartar reinforcements first, and then force-landing the Tartars in the city. (It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow up~click/Chinese website official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately Pay attention to qdread’s WeChat official account!) (It’s a great activity to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow~click/Chinese website official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and join now! Everyone has a prize, now immediately follow the qdread WeChat official account!)

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