Chapter 351 Dengzhou Offensive and Defensive Battle (2)
It is common sense for army generals to carry out sneak attacks or breakouts in the early morning. This is especially true in ancient times, because the early morning is also the time when people are most tired, and at this time, the unsuspecting enemy troops have not yet had breakfast.
, there will be no physical strength when hungry, which has a particularly great impact on soldiers in the cold weapon era who pay special attention to physical strength.
But it would be easy to know that the rebels would break through. The Ming army had already run out of dry food and had laid an ambush in weak areas of their camp, waiting for the rebels to take the bait.
Wu Shigong also sent Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, who were eager to fight, to Liu Zeqing's place. He also divided his Runing army into two groups, one to cover the artillery team, and once again set up direct-fire artillery on the hilltop, and prepared to attack Liu Zeqing's troops once
After breaking into Dengzhou City, go through the open space between the hilltop and the south city wall to support.
However, because this unit has to walk through mountain trails, there are only a few thousand people. There are no cavalry. However, the time for artillery transportation and erection is probably not as fast as the time for siege. If I had known this, I would have
Why bother in the first place? Moving this artillery is so troublesome that people can only sigh: "This plan can't keep up with the changes!"
The remaining soldiers of the Runing Army, led by Wu Shigong, will also go to join Liu Zeqing's troops. After the battle begins, they will cross the open space between the hilltop and the south city wall, pass through the south wall area where Huang Qifai is stationed, and climb into the landing.
Zhoucheng.
Last night, Huang Qifai's younger brother also made it very clear that the south gate of Dengzhou City had been half blocked by the rebels, and Huang Qifai had few manpower. It was too dangerous to open the city gate, so he could only open it.
Let the Ming army break into Dengzhou City from the city wall where he was stationed.
But the timing of this siege was very subtle. We arrived early, and the main force of the rebels had not yet set off. Huang Qifa and the others were likely to be wiped out quickly. After all, by climbing over the city wall, the Ming army's entry into the city was too slow.
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But it can't be too late. If the rebels escape back to the city after being ambushed, they will have enough strength to quell Huang Qifa's rebellion anyway. Therefore, the control of this time is the key to the success of the siege, or in other words, the success of the siege.
The key is whether Liu Zeqing attacks Dengzhou City first this time.
For this reason, Wu Shigong became a bachelor instead. Since he already believed in Huang Qifai, he should believe it to the end. Wu Shigong no longer took Huang Qiqifai's brother as a hostage, and he put Huang Qiqifai's brother back to Dengzhou City. Together with Huang
Qifai discussed the secret code for communication and asked Huang Qifai to determine the best time for the Ming army to attack the city.
Wu Shigong was not afraid of Huang Qiqi betraying him. Anyway, Liu Zeqing's troops were at the forefront, and Runing's army suffered no losses. Of course Liu Zeqing knew this, but in order to get promoted, he was willing to take such a risk.
Sure enough, as soon as the morning fog dissipated, more than 10,000 rebels took advantage of the darkness before dawn to leave the city and prepare. They immediately launched a three-pronged attack on the encirclement of the Ming army under the guidance of 3,000 cavalry.
The Ming army also ambushed the rebels after they entered the ambush circle. The rebels who were blinded by a head-on blow immediately caused a large number of casualties. However, what surprised the Ming army was that the rebels on the right did not seem to react.
, the surrounded Ming army held on tightly. However, the rebels in the middle and left immediately shrank their heads and retreated into Dengzhou City.
Kong Youde, who took the lead in escaping back to Dengzhou City, immediately went up to the city tower. He said to Geng Jingzhong who followed closely: "Damn it! The officers and soldiers have been prepared for a long time. There is a traitor here."
"So what should we do now?" Geng Jingzhong asked.
"Get the artillery on top of the city ready. Cover the troops outside the city and move back. Send the flag quickly and ask Li Yingyuan to rush into the city gate. As soon as he enters the city, we will close the city gate immediately."
Li Yingyuan, who was trapped in a heavy siege, was killing from left to right. Several arrows were already inserted into his armor. Fortunately, he wore several layers of heavy armor, and these arrows did not hurt him.
"Sir, where should we fight now?" Li Yingyuan's captain asked, taking advantage of the opportunity to repulse an attack by the Ming army.
"Grandma! The damn Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong retreated so fast. They want to throw us out and make us look like monkeys. Hurry up and gather the team and retreat to the city."
At this moment, another soldier shouted to Li Yingyuan: "Sir, a flag has been raised on the city tower for us to return to the city. Let's leave quickly."
Under the fire of muskets and bows and arrows, the soldiers who were covering Li Yingyuan's escape fell one by one. Fortunately, the Ming army's troops that intercepted Li Yingyuan's retreat were still weak. After Li Yingyuan's desperate fight, he finally broke out of the encirclement.
But at this time, there were only more than 600 rebels left by Li Yingyuan's side.
The commander's escape caused a huge chaos among the entire rebel army. They had long lost any organization and were scattered all over the battlefield. And the road leading to the city gate was crowded with rebel soldiers who wanted to return to the city.
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"Cut it over!" Li Yingyuan ordered without hesitation.
His soldiers immediately raised their horses' hooves and used their sabers to slash at the rebel soldiers blocking the road, trying to clear a bloody path for themselves. Near the gate of Dengzhou City, screams and shouts of killing could be heard endlessly. The whole scene was
Suddenly it turned into a Shura field.
Seeing that everything was going well in the battle ahead, one of Zhu Dadian's staff raised his hand and congratulated him: "Congratulations to the Governor and the Supervisory Army, today is a great victory! After this battle, the Kong thief will never be able to stand up again!"
Gao Qiqian immediately laughed proudly. Zhu Dadian was good at cultivating qi. His expression was quite calm, but he couldn't help but reveal a smile at the corners of his eyes.
Zhu Dadian stroked his beard and said: "Ask General Qiu to pursue us while we are victorious. It is best to rush into Dengzhou City during the chaos to catch all the Kong thieves."
Although Li Yingyuan had already killed each other, there were too many defeated rebel troops in front of him. For a long time, he was still more than 200 steps away from the gate of Dengzhou City.
At this moment, the Ming army that was covering up the situation suddenly separated a passage. More than 2,000 Ming army cavalry gathered by Zhu Dadian charged up to completely eliminate the rebels at the gate of the city, and took advantage of the situation to rush into Dengzhou City.
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Li Yingyuan looked at the Ming cavalry charging behind him, with some despair in his eyes. Just as he was about to turn around and fight to the death, he heard a roar from the Dengzhou city wall, and the Western artillery purchased by Sun Yuanhua at that time finally showed its power.
The Western artillery erected on the city wall were basically six-pound and twelve-pound guns, and the number reached twenty-four. This burst of shelling immediately plowed twenty-four flesh-and-blood passages among the Ming army's pursuing team.
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Then, the small cannons and muskets on Dengzhou City also fired. Under the smoke, a large number of Ming troops fell within the range of the firearms.
The entire Ming army's momentum was exhausted, and Li Yingyuan also got a chance to breathe. The rebels on the tower also hung a large number of ropes to help the troops outside the city speed up their entry into the city.
Seeing that it was indeed impossible to enter the city from the city gate, Li Yingyuan turned his horse's head and ran towards a city wall with few people, and wanted to withdraw from the rope into the city. But Li Yingyuan's armor was too heavy, and he could not climb the city wall at all. So
Several soldiers held weapons to guard an empty rope, and other soldiers helped Li Yingyuan take off his armor.
Under the supervision of Zhu Dadian's Chinese army in the back row, the Ming army, which had suffered huge casualties, pressed forward again. They wanted to take advantage of the gap between artillery firings to mix with the rebels' retreating troops, so that the rebel firearms on the city wall could
Rat trap.
But a few steps before the Ming army charged again, the Western artillery on the city wall fired again. It should be admitted that the Western artillery at that time was indeed of higher quality than the Ming Dynasty's homemade artillery and could withstand high-frequency firing. In addition, those who had been trained had
The quality of the rebel gunners allowed the rebel artillery to fire at a speed that greatly exceeded the Ming army's expectations.
Another twenty-four passages of flesh and blood, and another row of metal storms. This time the attack completely defeated the Ming army's charge. And Li Yingyuan, who finally took off his armor, finally climbed up the city wall.
As soon as he saw Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong, Li Yingyuan roared angrily: "Uncle Kong, Uncle Geng! What did my nephew do to offend these two uncles? You just left them outside the city?"
"Are you a pig?" At this time, Kong Youde finally tore off his usual calm mask, "I want to leave you outside the city. Why are we working so hard to pick you up on the tower? We are not afraid of the officers and soldiers rushing into the city.
, why are you refusing to close the city gate? At this time, you still don’t understand that there is a traitor here. Our breakout today happened to be ambushed by the army!"
Kong Youde's words immediately made Li Yingyuan speechless. Geng Jingzhong saw the scene was a little awkward on the side, and immediately spoke to ease the atmosphere: "Old Kong, the officers and soldiers outside the city are approaching again. This city gate is always open.
Hidden danger, what do you think we should do?"
"How many people have come in?" Kong Youde turned around and asked.
"That's more than three thousand. There are still more than four thousand left outside the city. We can't withdraw at this moment!"
"There is nothing we can do. Close the city gate immediately and put more ropes down. Every one of us can be saved."
The gate of Dengzhou city was slowly closed, but there were too many defeated troops at the gate, and the gate could not be closed. In panic, the rebel soldiers who closed the city gate had already started to chop with their swords.
, but in order to survive, the rebel soldiers who wanted to enter the city also drew their swords and started to chop at them, and there was a melee at the gate of the city.
It wasn't until Kong Youde mobilized a team of firecrackers and fired several rows of firecrackers to disperse the defeated army at the city gate that the gates of Dengzhou City were finally closed. Seeing that they were cut off, the rebels outside the city
The army was crying in despair. The Ming army, under the supervision of Zhu Dadian, once again attacked these defeated armies.
Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong and Li Yingyuan, who had just taken a breath on the city wall, heard a burst of artillery and gunfire from the direction of Beicheng.
After a while, a rebel soldier ran over and reported: "Several marshals, there is an army attacking Beicheng. Look at their flags, they are Guan Ning Iron Cavalry." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, novels.