Chapter 100: A sudden retreat (seeking a silver note)
After the tens of thousands of soldiers from the capital camp outside the city retreated, to be honest, Luo Rucai did have the idea of letting them test the strength of the capital's defenders, but he was very angry when he saw that they were so weak.
On the spot, he ordered the supervising team to kill a group of soldiers who were unwilling to contribute and cowered in the rear.
"General Luo, please calm down. As a general, you shouldn't be so impatient." In the big tent, watching Luo Rucai walking around, Niu Jinxing also advised him, although he was worried because no one in the city had heard the news.
But if the generals are not calm, it will be an even greater blow to the soldiers attacking the city.
"Prime Minister, it's not that I don't want to calm down, it's just that the current situation does not allow me to sit there and wait any longer."
"I'm not asking you to sit and wait, I'm just asking you to calm down."
Luo Rucai suddenly turned around and said dissatisfied to Niu Jinxing: "Prime Minister, you promised that your people would rescue you and then hide, and then we can attack the city. But now, have you been rescued? Yes.
Any news?"
I was already a little worried about this matter, but when I was suddenly questioned like this by Luo Rucai, anyone who heard it felt a little uncomfortable. Niu Jinxing immediately retorted: "It's just a little late, why are you panicking."
Hearing this, Luo Rucai couldn't help but snorted coldly and said with great disdain: "Your Majesty, I have been looking for reasons to delay for a day. If the city is not broken today, who will bear the responsibility? Li Guo, he is just a madman. If
If you can't destroy the city, I will bear all the punishments alone!"
At the end of the sentence, his voice had a bit of a roar. Although these words made Niu Jinxing uncomfortable, after all, he was most likely the heir of King Shun, so it was really not easy to yell at him.
"I share the responsibility with the general."
He stood up suddenly, and Dayi Lingran said. The restless Luo Ru was a little shocked, but Niu Jinxing continued: "I gave you the confidence to attack the city. If it weren't for me, you just had this idea.
But I will not implement it. If it fails, I will naturally be responsible."
Hearing such sincere words from the Prime Minister, Luo Rucai didn't know what to say. He just bowed to him suddenly and saluted.
"Okay, General, even if they really fail, they can still delay for a while. Now, either let the army attack the city quickly, or retreat immediately to avoid losing the army."
"Just listen to the Prime Minister!"
After a while, the invaders once again sent out troops to attack the city. This time, they finally no longer used simple ladders to drive the city. Instead, they directly sent out siege vehicles, siege towers and cannons.
When the majestic cannon appeared in front of the city, the morale of the invading army increased greatly. They shouted and raised their arms, and the shouts became louder and louder every time. As the ground trembled slightly, the towers
Meng Zhaoxiang, who was at the top, also immediately ordered everyone to prepare for battle. The moment everyone showed their weapons, everyone knew that this battle would be a bloody battle.
Zhang Mo, who was beside him, saw that the governor had not brought Liu Zongmin out to stop the invading army from attacking the city, and asked in confusion: "Sir Governor, the invading army is about to attack the city, why don't you take Liu Zongmin up in time? Wouldn't this make us less capable?"
Lost some men."
The deputy general's doubts reached his ears, and Meng Zhaoxiang smiled and explained: "The thieves have high morale at the moment and vow to take over Beijing City, but the premise of all this is that they can attack without restraint. Think about it, if they attack now
, although it will demoralize them, but after all, there are no dead people, how can they be frustrated?"
"But if we let them attack the city halfway and kill some people, then suddenly escort Liu Zongmin out and threaten them not to attack the city. But at that moment, the intruders have already suffered many casualties, how can they stop?"
"The general who invades the city will definitely stop the soldiers who are attacking the city, but who can stop them at that time? Even if he stops them, the soldiers will be very dissatisfied. After all, so many brothers have died, and they are suddenly asked to retreat.
If it were you, I wouldn't be willing to accept it."
After listening to this analysis, Zhang Mo had to admire the governor's strategy. It was indeed beyond the imagination of young generals like them.
"I will always admire you, sir!"
"What we need to do now is to stabilize the morale of the army. Our army has combat effectiveness, but why do we fail repeatedly? Is it because morale is low? If we improve morale, will it not be easy to deal with the intruders composed of insurgents?"
"By the way, has the silver reward gone?"
"Replying to your lord, because this is a special time, the general will write down the rewards for each of them first, and then distribute them after the war is over." Zhang Mo bowed and answered.
While the two were talking, the invading troops below the city had already begun to attack the city. Countless invading soldiers shouted killing sounds, carrying ladders and carrying knives as they rushed towards the city tower.
At the same time, the siege vehicles slowly moved towards the city gate under the cover of many soldiers holding up their shields. The siege tower also moved towards the city wall little by little, followed by countless soldiers covering the back.
Meng Zhaoxiang immediately ordered the Hongyi artillery to fire at the siege tower. Once the siege tower was set up on the city wall, it would definitely pose a huge threat and even end the battle directly.
"Mount the muzzle a little more!"
"Go left!"
Each cannon is equipped with a gun barrel next to it, who is responsible for all matters of the cannon. Including firing, maintenance, scheduling, etc., they are responsible for it. After all, there are not many Hongyi cannons in the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult to transport them.
Huge, very precious.
"fire!"
The flag was waved, and the sound of cannons sounded immediately. A yellow light of gunpowder flashed at the muzzle, and the cannonballs immediately fell into the intruders' formation, causing a large number of soldiers to die tragically.
Blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and countless soldiers died tragically on the spot. Faced with such tragic casualties, morale should have been greatly reduced, but because he did not trust the surrender of soldiers from the Beijing camp, Luo Ru allowed every ten people to be led by a Dashun soldier.
, in order to suppress their fear.
Therefore, in the face of such a counterattack by the defenders, the invading army almost did not retreat, but moved more tenaciously towards the city wall. Moreover, only two cannons hit the siege tower, and the damage caused was not enough to destroy it.
, the morale of the intruders increased even more.
"Just give me the cannon to blast the siege tower, and don't worry about anything else!"
"Archers, shoot as hard as you can and kill those who don't have shields!"
"The infantry behind are ready with kerosene and stones, ready to destroy the siege vehicles below at any time!"
Orders were issued one after another and resounded constantly on the city tower, making the soldiers suddenly feel like they were at the moment when Jiannu attacked the city a few years ago. No one retreated, and neither did the enemy.
Once, both sides suffered heavy casualties. General Mangui died in battle. They were evenly matched.
It was the same this time. The intruders below were not afraid of life and death and tried their best to charge upwards. Those in front died in the battle, and those behind continued to catch up. There was no sign of retreating at all. Not only were they under great pressure, but also the soldiers guarding the city.
It is extremely difficult, no one is idle, everyone is resisting the invading army.
The infantry used stones and kerosene to resist the enemy; the archers kept firing arrows; the artillery kept firing cannons to bombard the siege tower. Life and death depended on this moment. No one would think about surrendering after the city fell. From the moment they counterattacked, they would
There is no possibility of surrender.
Seeing that his soldiers continued to fall, but the progress was quite difficult, Luo Rucai, who was at the rear, was also very anxious. Later, he simply became cruel and directly drew his sword and charged forward with his guards.
"Brothers! Charge with me!"
Seeing their own generals rushing to kill them together without caring about their lives, the surrounding intruders were all excited. They roared and charged forward again with a faster and more fierce attack, their shouts shaking the sky and resounding in all directions.
He slashed the intruders who were about to rush up with a knife several times, and when he heard the shouts of killing below, Zhang Mo immediately felt the pressure doubled. After slashing and killing an intruder, he hurriedly came to Meng Zhaoxiang and begged: "Mr. Governor
! We can’t hold it anymore, 5,000 people have already been killed and more than 1,000 have been injured!”
Meng Zhaoxiang, who had been silent all this time, also knew at this moment that it was time to let Liu Zongmin out, and immediately asked someone to take Liu Zongmin up.
Seeing Liu Zongmin who was tied up and his mouth was gagged, he couldn't help but sneered, and then immediately escorted him to the city wall and shouted loudly: "Your Liu Zongmin is here! Stop the attack immediately! Otherwise, he will have to break the city."
die!"
Luo Ru, who was struggling to attack the city, already felt that the city was about to be destroyed, but suddenly he heard a shout. When he looked up, he found that it was you! He was at a loss for a moment. He was obviously about to succeed, but the other party took Ruhou with him.
came out.
If you continue to forcefully break the city, your name will definitely be in danger; but if you stop, you have to pay such a price, how can you stop so easily!
When Deniu Jinxing saw this scene in the distance, he was quite worried that Luo Ru would order the army to stop attacking the city. The battle was so fierce right now that even if it stopped, it would not be able to stop, and even stopping would make the soldiers dissatisfied.
However, Luo Rucai still ordered the army to stop. Some of the soldiers who had already killed them were unwilling to stop and wanted to continue charging, but were beheaded by Luo Rucai with a knife.
"Withdraw! Whoever dares to give orders to kill again will be killed without mercy!"
This roar came out with great reluctance and resentment. It was obvious that it would succeed soon! It would be done soon! But it got such a result.
Liu Zongmin was King Shun's life-and-death brother, and he went through life and death. He often called Liu Zongmin his uncle. If he insisted on attacking the city regardless of his life, not only would King Shun not spare him, but he himself would be an unjust person.
"The whole army retreats! Let's attack the city again."