Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 62 Food Crisis
At the critical juncture, Qiu Tianxing, who was watching the battle at the south gate, couldn't bear it anymore. He pushed away the guards who were covering him with shields, picked up the spear in his hand and charged forward.Seeing the head of the regiment rushing to the front line, the left and right guards turned pale with fright, and rushed up too.Just at this time, the fresh army of the Tartars was rushing under the city wall.

"Kill!" Qiu Tianxing shouted while charging.Suddenly a human head that had just been chopped off fell in front of him. Even though the head was detached from the body, the lips moved slightly, and the eyes blinked at him.Even this horrifying scene did not make Qiu Tianxing frown, he stepped over the head and continued to move forward.

Seeing that their bosses rushed to the front, the regiment members also moved forward bravely.Wherever Qiu Tianxing went, the sporadic Tartars were wiped out.

Although Qiu Tianxing's spear was not stained with any blood, the spiritual encouragement he gave was still great.

Before the enemy's follow-up troops arrived, the Tartars on the city walls were all cleared.Song Jilin saw that the soldiers who rushed forward were either killed or driven out of the city, so their morale had dropped today, and attacking the city again would be a tactic of refueling, which would only waste troops in vain.Song Jilin did the math, anyway, the troops from Hanyang Mansion will arrive in a few days, so there is still time.So he ordered his troops to retreat.

Seeing that the enemy had finally retreated, the regiments all over the city let out a long breath.It turns out that the Tartars are so fierce!The stones shot by the densely packed tiger squatting guns, the extremely precise bow and arrow, and the tenacity when the siege was defeated, and the unstoppable momentum when fighting with others.All this tells these regiments that the war is not as simple as they imagined, and the battle cannot be won by being brave.Be brave yourself, maybe the enemy is even braver.There are many reasons for the victory or defeat of a war, such as more soldiers, better soldiers, more money, more food, more equipment, high morale, home games, etc., all of which are not enough to talk about victory. All these advantages can be resolved.Luck is also a very important factor in winning a war.This time, Qiu Tianxing was lucky enough to knock down the enemies in the city before the enemy's fresh army attacked.What is even more fortunate is that the enemy did not continue to attack the city, but chose to retreat temporarily with conservative strength.At this time, most of the regiment members were too tired to lift their hands.Many people collapsed to the ground as soon as they saw the enemy retreating, too tired to move.

In this way, after fighting for more than three hours, the Tartars finally retreated.All that was left on the city wall were broken knives and broken spears except for the corpses.After making rough statistics, Qiu Tianxing was astonished to find that more than 6000 people were killed or injured in just a few hours of fighting.Of course, only one-third of them died in battle, and the rest were injured.But in this era without penicillin and other antibiotics, a small opening may be infected by bacteria and lose life.What's more, what about the knife wounds suffered in this kind of battle?You know, the death rate of tetanus is very high.However, Qiu Tianxing was already prepared for this.He asked that the drinking water must be boiled on weekdays, the wound should be washed with cold salt water, and the bandages must be boiled and dried before use.It was only due to financial pressure, otherwise Qiu Tianxing would still use high-concentration alcohol to debride the wound.High-strength baijiu is very expensive these days.

Therefore, half of the 4000 people who survived by chance will be left in the end. Many of them will eventually die in pain.The war in the cold weapon era is so cruel. No matter how brave a soldier is, he can't resist the attack of small bacteria. Getting injured means fighting with death.

Seeing so many casualties in the security team, Qiu Tianxing felt extremely sad.Including the casualties suffered by the Tatars during the first day's siege, the security team already numbered 2.Originally there were only more than 1 regiments in the city, but in this way, there were only more than 3, which can be said to be exhausting.Fortunately, [-] elites are already lurking in villages that are dozens of miles away.Persevere for a while, and when the enemy is tired, they can take advantage of the situation and rush out to encircle and annihilate the enemy here.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tianxing thought quietly in his heart: "I am sad, and the life of the Tartars is not easy! Although the Tartar soldiers are strong and have artillery to help out, but how can I say that I am also defending the city! More than 6000 casualties, the Tartars must go somewhere!"

The retreated Tartars also counted the casualties as soon as they returned to the camp. After such a count, Song Jilin found that he had lost more than 800 green battalion soldiers and nearly 3000 township braves.In such a battle, I lost less than [-] people.Including the losses on the first day of the siege, there were only [-] soldiers left from the [-] Green Battalion, of which [-] soldiers were left.But Xiangyong was only four thousand, and one-third of his troops were gone. This surprised Song Jilin who got the report, and felt extremely irritable.I was eager for quick success for a while, and I actually caused such a big loss.However, this is nothing, but what makes him anxious is still behind!
Immediately afterwards, Song Jilin received a logistics report that the food was almost exhausted, and it was less than two days away, and the food requisition team had not returned for several days.

"What? The food is running out? The food requisition team has not returned yet? Why didn't you report such a major event to me earlier?" Song Jilin angrily shouted at his subordinates to attack.

It's just that the subordinates are very wronged. He was originally from the four thousand guards, not the soldier system brought by Song Jilin.It was just because Song Jilin was a soldier and general, and because he directly led the team, he accepted Song Jilin's dispatch.A few days ago, he also reported to Song Jilin that there was not enough food in the army, so he sent a food requisition team to go around to collect food.But his report did not attract Song Jilin's attention. Although Song Jilin also agreed to send a grain requisition team, Song Jilin at that time thought that the small Yingshan County could be taken down in one go.How can Song Shenjiang, who plans to line up troops every day and build equipment, have time to pay attention to the grain requisition team?In Song Shenjiang's mind, why is it difficult for the food collection team to collect food around?If he didn't have a bit of shame, otherwise he would be able to do the thing of driving the crowd to attack the city!
At this time, after the siege failed, he realized the crisis of food, and the three armies must not go without food for a day!If there is no food, the morale of the army will be unstable, and if the morale of the army is unstable, the troops will disperse.Because the war is raging now, food is so valuable that it can be sold for several taels of silver for a stone.So when he set off from Anlu with his team, he only got ten days' food.Unexpectedly, the one-day journey from Anlu to Yingshan actually took three days, and after the initial siege failed, they continued to build ordnance for several days.Today, food is running low.Three days ago, ten food requisition teams of 50 people each set off.Originally, they were expected to bring back enough food, but in the end, none of the horses returned.

At this moment, Song Jilin's back was sweating coldly.

(End of this chapter)