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Chapter 112: The Apocalypse

ps: There should be another chapter tonight! There was a power outage today, I'm really sorry.&1t;/p>

Chongqing, the atmosphere has become extremely tense.&1t;/p>

The sudden rebellion of chieftain She Chongming made the people in the city panic. Since ancient times, military disasters have not been a joke. Chongqing itself is a relatively stable place. Because the commodity economy is not too flooded in Chongqing, the people of Chongqing live a good life. However, the people of Chongqing obviously have no experience with the sudden military disaster, and the whole city is full of panic for a while.&1t;/p>

Fortunately, Qin Liangyu immediately posted a notice, and then began to organize young and strong people in the city to assist in defending the city, and prepare fuel, big pot, gold juice, rolling stones, and other materials to defend the city.&1t;/p>

Although the young and strong in the city do not know how to fight, they at least know how to throw stones under the city and pour gold juice! If you don’t even dare to go up the city wall, then you can always carry materials below, right?&1t;/p>

Any organization allowed Qin Liangyu to organize 50,000 or 60,000 young and strong men. Although these young and strong men had not received any military training, their enthusiasm was quickly mobilized because Qin Liangyu directly announced: Kill one enemy and reward ten taels of silver!&1t;/p>

Suddenly, the young and strong who were organized became turbulent.&1t;/p>

"We are on the wall of the city. We can kill the enemy by throwing stones down and pouring hot water. As long as we kill one, we will have ten taels of silver!"&1t;/p>

"But what if I'm shot to death?"&1t;/p>

"Coward, wealth is naturally a risky one's life, let alone such a great opportunity, it's worth a win."&1t;/p>

Many young and strong people who were organized were eager to try, and there were also some fears. But the effect was obviously achieved. There were enough young and strong people who were willing to go up to the city wall to defend, with nearly 30,000 people. The rest were passed under the city wall to rescue the wounded and other things.&1t;/p>

With the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Qin Liangyu's hands, the city defense was quickly stabilized.&1t;/p>

The She Chongming troops outside the city are also preparing for the siege. After all, when there was no rebellion before, they dared not blatantly build siege equipment, so the siege equipment of She Chongming is not excellent.&1t;/p>

After two days of preparation, I only found some simple ladders. The Lu Gongche used to siege the city was built. But it could not be built in less than ten days or half a month.&1t;/p>

But She Chong obviously couldn't wait, and Qin Liangyu's decision made She Chongming extremely angry. Originally, She Chongming's plan was to take Chongqing with lightning speed. Then, before the Ming Dynasty could react, it captured the entire Sichuan territory, and then rely on the natural danger of being a guard who could not open ten thousand men to build his "Li Kingdom" in Sichuan.&1t;/p>

Qin Liangyu's non-cooperation caused She Chongming to suffer losses and became furious.&1t;/p>

She Chongming, who was blinded by anger, launched a siege battle just two days later. In She Chongming's eyes, the Ming army was simply vulnerable.&1t;/p>

The only thing that made him a little worried was Qin Liangyu's stone pillar white-rod soldiers, but the white-rod soldiers had just suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in Liaodong. Not long ago, another group of Qin Liangyu's troops were transferred to Liaodong to guard the border. This time, there were only three thousand white-rod soldiers, and they were basically new recruits.&1t;/p>

This made She Chongming look down upon him.&1t;/p>

Although she only prepared for the siege in two days, She Chongming had only 20,000 troops, which was extremely contrary to military common sense.&1t;/p>

However, this phenomenon was too common in the late Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

All kinds of wars in the late Ming Dynasty were actually generally wars that were worse than who.&1t;/p>

There were many battles with more than one hundred people and over ten thousand people in the late Ming Dynasty. They were basically not very good at military literacy, they were just afraid of being stunned, they were afraid of being desperate, and they were afraid of being nervous.&1t;/p>

As long as there is a desperate momentum, on the battlefield at the end of the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of people defeated tens of thousands of people would be possible.&1t;/p>

Of course, that kind of exaggeration is basically only born when officers and soldiers encircle and suppress the bandits. She Chongming is not comparable to the bandits. The 20,000 chieftain soldiers in his hands are also known as extremely good at fighting.&1t;/p>

Basically, it is because of poor mountains and bad waters, and there are many troublesome people, so they are naturally good at fighting.&1t;/p>

It is precisely because of the deterioration of the Ming army's combat effectiveness that She Chongming had the courage to rebel. She Chongming, who was extremely proud of the force, could not wait for more than ten days, and the situation did not allow him to delay in Chongqing for more than ten days. If he could not take Chongqing quickly, the Ming army would soon counterattack.&1t;/p>

Twenty thousand chieftain soldiers fought toward Chongqing with great confidence. The first step to siege was to fill the moat. The chieftain soldiers pushed their carts to approach the moat, and immediately shot a series of arrows by the Ming army on the city wall. Many arrows were scattered, and not many had accurate heads at all. However, under the random arrows, some enemy troops were still shot to death.&1t;/p>

At the same time, the sound of muskets on the city wall also sounded. The momentum was amazing, but a Ming soldier's musket exploded on the spot. He screamed and fell from the city wall.&1t;/p>

However, the Ming army's performance caused She Chongming and others to laugh loudly, making it more certain that the Ming army is vulnerable.&1t;/p>

"Erlang, shoot them to death for me." The archers of the She Chongming organization were already in place. With a command, a neat rain of arrows suddenly shot out, and the sky covered the sun and landed on the city wall.&1t;/p>

The Ming army and the young and strong on the city wall have been prepared for a long time. A lot of shields and wooden boards were prepared. Some young and strong even covered the quilts at home on the wooden boards to provide protection for themselves.&1t;/p>

The effect is pretty good. These arrows shot to the top of the city without causing too many casualties.&1t;/p>

However, the Ming army and the young and strong on the city wall were so scared that they dared not move the protection away. The She Chongming rebels who used soil to bury the moat under the city had no interference at all. They immediately seized the opportunity and frantically filled the moat.&1t;/p>

The 10,000 soldiers and horses in Qin Liangyu's hands were obviously not of good quality. Among them, three thousand white-rod soldiers were good, but they had not received long-term training.&1t;/p>

The combat effectiveness of the other 7,000 Ming troops convened from various places is indeed unsatisfactory. Qin Liangyu trained these Ming troops, but after all, time is a bit hasty, and things like archery cannot be improved in a short period of time.&1t;/p>

Under the suppression of the bows and arrows of the She Chongming rebels, the military and civilians on the city wall did not perform well. Just half a day later, the moat in Chongqing was filled with enough width required by the rebels to siege the city.&1t;/p>

The morale of the military and civilians on the city wall was hit to a certain extent, and everyone was frightened. However, Qin Liangyu was calmly paying attention to the battlefield and waiting for the rebels to attack.&1t;/p>

The moat was settled, and the rebels immediately launched a massive siege.&1t;/p>

"Kill!"&1t;/p>

"The king has an order, and the city will be broken for three days without sealing the sword."&1t;/p>

Tens of thousands of rebels were divided into three echelons. The first echelon rushed towards the south gate of Chongqing, and She Chong obviously wanted to use this direction as a breakthrough.&1t;/p>

About three thousand rebels, holding cloud ladders, under the cover of the firepower of the archers, braved the Ming army's firepower, and rushed all the way across the moat and came to the city wall. They put the cloud ladder on the city wall, then bit the steel knife, and flexibly used the cloud ladder to rush up the city wall.&1t;/p>

The Ming army and the young and strong on the city wall also began to brave the firepower of the rebels and began to launch various attacks on the rebel soldiers who were climbing up.&1t;/p>

A young man defending the city smashed a stone under the city, and was lucky enough to hit the head of a rebel soldier accurately. The rebel screamed and fell from mid-air. The young man smiled and hurriedly protected the wooden board in front of him. When the rebels were filling the moat before, the soldiers and civilians on the city walls had summarized some experience and had begun to understand when to protect themselves and when to take the opportunity to take action. It was considered that they had found some sense of rhythm.&1t;/p>

A big pot was boiling not far away, a stench spreading everywhere, and a golden color in China. This thing is called golden juice, which is a very terrifying biological and chemical weapon. It is also cheap and easy to obtain. A young man was stirring the things in the pot, while a young man scooped up a scoop of golden juice and poured it on several rebels on a ladder.&1t;/p>

"Ah!"&1t;/p>

"Uh~!"&1t;/p>

A scream suddenly sounded, and a rebel soldier was poured on his face, and he covered his face and then tilted his head down. The two rebels below were also not easy. Although it was just a jug of gold juice, some of them were poured on them. The hot golden juice made them let go of their hands in pain, and the other two soldiers also fell down from the ladder.&1t;/p>

The rebels scalded by gold juice have a high casualty rate, and this thing can easily cause infection.&1t;/p>

For a time, the city walls rolled stones, wood, gold juice, boiling water, and arrows rushed to knock down the rebels who were sieging the city. It was obviously extremely tragic to attack the city with only a ladder.&1t;/p>

The fierce siege lasted for nearly twenty minutes. The soldiers of the first echelon of the rebels rushed up the city wall several times, and after a series of slashes and slashes, they killed many Ming troops and young and strong guarding the city. However, every time they just went up, Qin Liangyu would quickly invest his superior forces and cut all the rebels who rushed up the city wall.&1t;/p>

Because She Chongming was tough this time, the direction of the siege was clear. After all, it was impossible to play the trick of attacking the east and west, and Qin Liangyu could concentrate his troops. Therefore, Qin Liangyu was not afraid of fighting with She Chongming like this. She Chongming only had 20,000 troops, and the lightweight equipment organized in the city was as high as 60,000, and there were still many that were not organized.&1t;/p>

In order to prevent the city from being broken due to cowardly fighting, all the military and civilians on the city wall retreated and immediately killed them, and at the same time they promised to be rewarded with great profits, killing a rebel army and rewarding ten taels of silver. They then promoted the barbarity of the rebels under the command of She Chongming, and announced that the imperial reinforcements would arrive soon, and the military and civilians guarding the city became extremely tenacious.&1t;/p>

The battle continued, and bricks and stones were dyed red. However, this siege battle gradually turned into a nightmare for She Chongming.&1t;/p>

He would never have thought that the military and civilians in Chongqing would be so tenacious.&1t;/p>

The rebels of three echelons have replaced two, and the third echelon is climbing up the city. However, the losses of the two echelons who retreated were extremely heavy. Each echelon originally had more than 3,000 people, but the maximum number of people when retreating was only more than 1,000 people, and most of them were injured.&1t;/p>

The unprofessional performance of the soldiers and civilians guarding the city on the wall made She Chongming see hope again and again, but disappointed him again and again.&1t;/p>

Gradually makes She Chongming difficult to get off the ground.&1t;/p>

He had already paid too much for this reckless siege, but giving up this made him extremely unwilling to accept it. The Ming army on the city wall seemed to be crumbling. Perhaps as long as a little more force was invested, it would become the last straw that would overwhelm the camel.&1t;/p>

After all, the Ming army in Chongqing was too slack. Qin Liangyu's multi-pronged arrangement did make the military and civilians tenacious, but the gap in combat effectiveness still made the scene extremely anxious. Many of the rebel soldiers who rushed up the city wall had gathered together and fought with the Ming army on the city wall.&1t;/p>

After all, the place where the city wall can stand is so big. Although the Ming army has advantageous forces facing the rebels coming up, it only invests so much at a time. Once it cannot quickly drive the rebels off the city wall, more and more rebels will kill the city wall.&1t;/p>

The city wall became the most cruel battlefield of fighting. The Ming army could still have the advantage at the beginning, but as the rebels fiercely attacked the Ming army, the barbaric fighting style of desperate attack made many Ming army frightened. Fortunately, Qin Liangyu threw the white-sling soldiers into battle at this time, and pushed forward in rows of spears, quickly 'forked' many rebels on the city wall. However, the rebel archers shot at the white-sling soldiers, disrupting the formation of the white-sling soldiers, allowing the rebels on the city to seize the opportunity. They fought desperately against the white-sling soldiers, and the scene suddenly became chaotic again.&1t;/p>

Although these white-rod soldiers have not been in the army for a long time, they do not lack the courage to fight to the death. The rebels under She Chongming's troops are not only fighting to the death, but also being elite soldiers. The two sides are hard to resolve.&1t;/p>

The battle has reached its most critical moment.&1t;/p>

Now we can compare who is more cruel. She Chongming's eldest son She Yin is quite brave. Seeing the situation is in a stalemate, he immediately asked for a fight against She Chongming: "Your father, if you commit this matter to one army, you will be able to conquer Chongqing. The child is willing to lead the army to the city to fight hard."&1t;/p>

She Chongming has already taken the banner of emperor, but it is very hasty and full of copycat atmosphere. Only some people around her call She Chongming the emperor.&1t;/p>

"Okay, you lead two thousand troops and climb the city immediately." She Chongming's expression finally became excited and immediately clapped his hands and ordered. In this matter, the rebels had occupied an area on the city wall, and the two sides were fighting a tug-of-war on the city wall. This made the subsequent rebels' follow-up troops safer to climb the city.&1t;/p>

She Yin was very happy and immediately ordered two thousand troops, and he was about to climb up the city wall along the ladder to fight with the Ming army.&1t;/p>

It was already evening, and both sides were fighting in the dark. Suddenly, a fast horse ran towards him and shouted: "Report... Report to the king, a Ming army came from behind us, only five or six miles away from our army."&1t;/p>

"What!" She Chongming was shocked. He never expected that a Ming army would appear quietly five or six miles behind him.&1t;/p>

At this moment, some of the rebel forces of She Chongming's troops, five or six miles away, were already fiercely attacked. The one who suddenly came to the Fourth Infantry Division of the Beijing Camp. In order to win a surprise, Ding Maoxin walked in the mountainous area for more than two days and finally got behind the rebels.&1t;/p>

She Chongming had no time to react and was already tragically burned. The food and grass stockpiled in the rear were burned out. (To be continued...)&1t;/>&1t;/p>
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