Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 317 Three Years War ([-])
There is no limit to the number of people who exceed [-], let alone [-]?Looking from the top of the city, one can see that the whole land seems to be covered, and there are moving heads everywhere.

The beating drums, the banners flapping in the wind, the light reflected from knives and guns, the creaking siege equipment, and the deafening slogans all indicate that a tragic war is about to begin. Expand.

Zhao Xing stood at the head of the city, surrounded by loyal soldiers from the security regiment, who were ready to hold their weapons tightly.

Then came the collision of steel and flesh.

Just as tens of thousands of people were fighting in Yongkang, a small county, armies hundreds of miles away from the north were rapidly approaching Yongkang.

Two days ago, Zhang Chengwu, acting commander of the First Army, received a military report from the Sanyi Column.After learning that the southern Jinli tribe led the army to attack Yongkang, Zhang Chengwu keenly felt that these fake Tartars were going to make some moves.So Zhang Chengwu hurriedly summoned troops from all over the country and began to come to Yongkang.When mobilizing the army, Zhang Chengwu did not forget to send someone to inform the Sany Column who was sitting in Jinhua Fucheng, explaining that the Sany Column should focus on defending the Fucheng, and the enemies in Yongkang County will not be dealt with until the army led by him arrives.

When Zhang Chengwu's order was transmitted to Jinhua Fucheng, Fan Zhongbao, the column leader of the Sany Column, was relieved. In fact, Fan Zhongbao didn't want to save the Sany Brigade.It's cruel to say that war is sometimes nothing more than an exchange of lives between fighters on both sides.As long as it is conducive to the final victory, even if Zhao Xing and the others are all killed in battle, it is acceptable.But sometimes there are things that can be done but cannot be said. Faced with the turmoil of his subordinates who are going to Yongkang to rescue the Sanyi Brigade, Fan Zhongbao is extremely anxious but can't explain anything.Fortunately, Zhang Chengwu's order came in time, which gave Fan Zhongbao an excuse and eased his pressure.

Of course, although Fan Zhongbao's opponents used the dispersal of troops as an excuse, it was also the truth.The Sanyi Column has nearly 3000 people scattered in seven counties, but the troops are scattered.

Of course, the 3000 people are the main combat troops, and the peasant guards and militia have reached more than [-], which together can be regarded as [-] troops.In fact, such a huge military force could logically be used to rescue the first brigade in Yongkang County.However, after several years of being an official, Fan Zhongbao has gradually become a bureaucrat who does not seek merit but seeks no faults.If you send troops without receiving orders from your superiors, you will not be credited if you win, and you will be punished if you lose.

So Fan Zhongbao sat in Fucheng and dispatched troops, but there was no soldier to rescue Yongkang County, and he sat back and watched the defeat of the Sanyi Brigade.

Of course, all the soldiers in the [-]st Brigade didn't know about it.They are still doing their duty and have demonstrated their loyalty to the security team and Qiu Tianxing with their lives.

The light of the knife passed over the head and rolled down, and the shells scattered on the body and limbs.The two sides of the same culture and the same species started a life-and-death fight for different masters.In less than an hour of fighting, both sides had thousands of casualties.Most of them are soldiers of Jin Li Geng Jimao's coalition forces.Of course, the [-]st Brigade lost a lot, and the militiamen who were pulled down on the top of the city accounted for the vast majority.Because these people have no combat experience, many times they died in vain.Fortunately, because Yongkang is on the front line, there are sufficient reserves of combat materials. This is also where Zhao Xing's confidence in defending Yongkang County lies.Of course, Zhao Xing's biggest reliance in his heart was the rescue from the column headquarters and the battalion headquarters.Zhao Xing thought that as long as he could defend for three days, reinforcements from the column headquarters would come.But now three days have passed, and the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, which makes Zhao Xing have a bad feeling in his heart.

It's just that the soldiers of the Sanyi Brigade didn't know that they were abandoned, and they were all stubbornly resisting.

Looking at the soldiers falling from the top of the wall, Geng Jimao was extremely angry.It is extremely embarrassing for the [-] army to attack the small Yongkang County and not be able to defeat it in one battle.At this moment, Geng Jimao just felt ashamed, and never thought that the soldiers who died in battle under him were also alive.Of course, at his current height, the lives of soldiers are nothing, and can even be converted into grain and gold and silver.

Different from Geng Jimao, Jin Li has been on the battlefield for a long time and has repeatedly suffered losses under the security regiment, so Jin Li is still very afraid of the security regiment's reinforcements.If it weren't for the lack of equipment for the army to attack the city, Jin Li would not have waited for two days anyway.In order to avoid being outflanked, Jin Li sent scouts all the way to Wuyi County in the northwest.What puzzled Jin Li was that the security regiment troops in the direction of Wuyi County hadn't shown any signs of supporting Yongkang in the past few days, which really puzzled Jin Li.Such a weird thing also made Jin Li very worried, so when it comes to the siege, Jin Li's mind is to spend [-]% of the siege and [-]% on guarding against the regiment reinforcements in Jinhuafu City.

Yongkang County must be captured as soon as possible, and then go north to sweep Wuyi County, Jinhuafu City and other counties. Only by taking Jinhuafu quickly can Zhejiang be shaken and the momentum of its side can be raised.The recovery of a government can arouse the fighting spirit of the Zhejiang landlords and gentry who have been declining day by day.

So after Geng Jimao's troops were exhausted from attacking the city, Jin Li took out all his elites and started the second round of attack.

Compared with the fierce siege of Yongkang on the west side of Xiandu Mountain, Taizhou Mansion on the east side of Xiandu Mountain is much calmer.

Because Jinhua Mansion was attacked by the enemy, after learning the news, the third and second columns of Taizhou Mansion immediately began to prepare for the war.When the former [-]nd Column expanded its army last time, the entire unit was designated as the [-]nd Column. This new [-]nd Column was expanded from a brigade, and the leader of the column was named Deng Chengyi.The name Deng Chengyi was obtained by himself later, and he chose the two characters from Confucius' saying, Chengren's and Meng's saying.

Because he was promoted from the position of captain, especially when he surpassed some veteran captains and suddenly became the captain of the second column, Deng Chengyi was under a lot of pressure, and of course he was also very aggressive.He didn't muddle along like Fan Zhongbao, but wanted to prove himself with military exploits and use them to consolidate his position as the column leader.After receiving information that the enemy might send troops to Taizhou Prefecture, Deng Chengyi personally led two brigades to Huangyan County, south of Taizhou Prefecture.Huangyan County is located in the east of Cangshan Mountain, and it is necessary to go through Huangyan County from Wenzhou Prefecture to Taizhou Prefecture.Originally, there was one brigade in Huangyan County, but now there are two more brigades, plus the militiamen in Huangyan County, there are tens of thousands of people.Deng Chengyi believed that he would be able to firmly defend Huangyan County with more than [-] people defending the city.

It's just that when Deng Chengyi rushed to Huangyan County, he didn't even find a single enemy.What Deng Chengyi didn't know was that although King Lu personally commanded a [-] army north to Taizhou, the [-] army had just left Wenzhou City.Although King Lu and the Ministry of Jinli had set a time to fight together, King Lu's subordinates procrastinated so that they were several days late.

For this expedition, the troops of the King of Lu sent out all the elite troops, Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Huangyan, Liu Shixun, Ruan Jin, Zhang Mingyang and other generals went out together.Only Zhang Kentang, a college student, stayed in Wenzhou Fucheng to look after Lu Wang's house.

The [-] troops lined up in a long dragon and marched towards Taizhou Prefecture to kill the general.Three days later, King Lu's army and the scouts from the [-]nd Column met in Ningxi Town, Huangyan County, and Taizhou Prefecture was also caught in the chaos of war.

(End of this chapter)