On the seventh day of October in the 16th year of the Zhengde reign of the Ming Dynasty, on a sunny day, when the morning sun burst out from under the horizon, the Ming army launched a fierce attack on Xintai City from the south gate and the east gate at the same time.

Amidst the exciting sound of golden drums, the Ming army's trebuchets, artillery, and crossbows were all fired up. Huge boulders, artillery shells, and iron spears were heard roaring all over the sky. The rebel soldiers on the top of Xintai City were bombarded on the spot, causing them to fall over and scream.

There was a chorus of cries and cries, and there were many casualties.

Boom boom boom...

The iron arrows triggered by the crossbow crossed a distance of nearly a hundred meters with a terrifying scream, and penetrated deeply into the blue bricks of the city wall like cutting tofu, causing sparks to fly everywhere. That row

The iron arrows inserted in the city wall will eventually become the ladder for the Ming army to climb up.

"Kill, charge!"

The Ming army shouted and rushed towards the city wall. They climbed up to the top of the city one after another. The siege ladders and arrow towers were also pushed to the bottom of the city. The fierce and bloody battle began...

The thieves at the top of the city yelled and threw down rolling logs and stones, or dumped hot oil and dung water. Ming soldiers who climbed the city continued to scream and fell, killing and injuring countless people.

War is cruel. Either you kill the enemy and win, or you are killed by the enemy and become a corpse by the river. Siege warfare is especially cruel. The attacking party has to spend several times more lives to replace it. Of course, this is ignoring

In the case of equipment disparity between the two sides.

A fierce battle lasted from dawn to noon. Although the Ming army's offensive was fierce, the rebels' defense was also very tenacious. Therefore, the Ming army failed to attack the city and had to retreat and bury pots to cook and rest.

In the afternoon, the war drums beat again, and the general of the Ming army who had suppressed his energy came forward to supervise the battle in person. The Ming army immediately launched a more ferocious attack and attacked the wall several times. Unfortunately, follow-up support could not keep up, and they were all defeated by Zhao Quanqiu Fu.

When the masters of the White Lotus Sect led the crowd to fight back, they finally had no choice but to return without success.

At dusk, with the setting sun like blood, the Ming army retreated like a tide carrying their dead and wounded companions. The bandits on the city were relieved when they saw this, but no one cheered because they really couldn't cheer.

At this moment, the city head has been riddled with holes by the stones thrown by the Ming army, and some sections of the female wall have even been smashed. Looking around, there are corpses lying everywhere, some of the corpses are so bloody that their human shapes can no longer be distinguished;

The wounded soldiers with missing arms and legs were howling in agony, it was like hell on earth.

It is said that most of these rebel soldiers who participated in the rebellion were refugees. They joined just to share money and food. After receiving the money and food, they naturally became enthusiastic. However, a tragic battle completely knocked them back to their original shape. At this moment, their morale was extremely low.

Zhao's clothes were still stained with blood, and he patrolled the city with a sullen expression. Qiu Fu and others following him also had serious expressions on their faces, completely losing the relaxation and luck they had before the war.

When Meng Lun described how fierce the Ming army's siege firepower was before, Qiu Fu even mocked him, but now he didn't even dare to let it go. As the saying goes, seeing is believing, and now everyone knows that the Ming army

Although we were repulsed today, we have attacked the city several times. If we attack again tomorrow, we may not be able to defend it.

Zhao Quan led a group of backbones to patrol from the east to the south of the city. His eyes fell on the black and yellow Tuanlong flag flying high above the Ming army camp. A sharp light flashed in his eyes. He turned back to Qiu Fu and the others.

The man gave a few instructions in a low voice.

Soon, the north gate and west gate of Xintai City quietly opened, and several fast horses galloped towards Tai'an and Laiwu respectively.

Zhao Quan was originally hesitant to implement that bold idea. After all, it was too risky. But today's battle made him realize the gap between the rebel army and the Ming army. If he continued to defend the city, he would only end up with hatred, so he decided to take the risk.

Try. If it succeeds by luck, the rebel army will not only be able to break the siege of the Ming army, but also wipe out Xu Jin's troops in one fell swoop, and their reputation will grow from then on.

In addition, as long as Xu Jin is eliminated, the rebel army can move south and easily occupy the entire Yanzhou Prefecture. By then, the rebel army's strength will definitely grow like a snowball. Moreover, to the south of Yanzhou Prefecture is the wealthy Nanzhili.

, occupying Jinling is equivalent to taking half of the country, how quick it is!

Zhao Quan was working on his wishful thinking at the top of the city, while Xu Jin was inspecting the military camp and sympathizing with the wounded soldiers.

At this moment, hundreds of iron pots were set up outside the wounded soldiers' camp, and gauze gurgled with blood in the iron pots. Adequate sterilization and disinfection can effectively prevent bacterial infection of wounds and reduce the mortality of wounded soldiers.

In the camp, several military doctors were nervously suturing the wounds of the wounded soldiers. It is said that when King Ning rebelled, Xu Jin used the method of suturing wounds in the army to treat seriously injured soldiers. Later, Wang Shouren felt that this method was effective, so he went to the hospital.

The imperial court suggested promoting this method in the army. After more than two years, the wound suturing method has been popularized in the Ming army, and it has indeed saved the lives of many soldiers.

You must know that before the suture method was invented, a large number of soldiers would die from blood loss due to excessive wounds in every battle. Even if some wounded soldiers were lucky enough to stop the bleeding, they would heal too slowly. In the end, the wounds would become infected and they would suffer a lot of torture.

, died in pain.

"See the Imperial Envoy!"

When all the military doctors saw Xu Jin, they immediately stopped and saluted respectfully. Others may not know it, but these military doctors all knew that the wound suturing method was invented by the young imperial envoy in front of them. His merits are immeasurable!

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Don't worry about me, please continue to heal the injured brothers."

After Xu Jin condoled with the wounded soldiers, he returned to the commander's tent, where a group of generals were already waiting. Xu Jin didn't waste any time and directly asked about the statistics of casualties, and then asked the generals to summarize the gains and losses and discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle.

The casualties of the Ming army were a bit heavy today, with more than 300 people killed and more than a thousand casualties, both light and serious. However, the attacking party had suffered a loss to begin with, and it was normal for the casualties to be higher, so Xu Jin did not blame the generals.

He praised the generals for their bravery in battle, and also announced that the officers and soldiers who rushed to the city today would be heavily rewarded, with real money and silver distributed on the spot.

Xu Jin's attitude undoubtedly inspired all the soldiers in the army. They were all gearing up and vowed to capture Xintai City in one fell swoop tomorrow and capture the White Lotus Demon Zhao Quan and his gang.

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Today, the battle in Xintai City is in full swing, and the other Ming armies are also not idle.

In the west, the Linqing Guard and Tai'an Guard had just been wiped out on Gama Mountain. After receiving Xu Jin's order, they immediately sent troops to Tai'an City and stationed outside the west gate of Tai'an City to contain Wangtang's troops in the city.

To the north, the Qingzhou Guard stationed at Qingshiguan also sent troops to Laiwu and set up camp in the north of Laiwu City to contain the five thousand bandits in the city.

To the south, Xuzhou Guards, who received orders from Xu Jin, were rushing to Sishui County.

The only exception was the Jinan Guard. After receiving Xu Jin's order, the Jinan Guard did not continue southward, but stationed in Liubu Town, seventy miles north of Tai'an City.

It is said that Jinan City is the seat of the provincial capital of Shandong Province and the administrative center of the province. The chief envoys, the chief envoys and the prosecutors are all located in Jinan City, and the garrison eunuch Luo Xiang is stationed in the east of Jinan City.

suburb.

For some unknown reason, perhaps out of concern for the safety of Jinan City, Jinan Guards did not follow Xu Jin's order and marched to Tai'an City. Instead, they stopped at Liubu Town, which is seventy miles away from Tai'an City.
Chapter completed!