Qian Qi felt a little dizzy from the beginning of the command to seal the gap. Days of fatigue and cold weather made him suffer from a severe cold, which made his head feel dizzy.
Qian Qi has repelled countless attacks from the camp.
The first rush to break into the camp suffered heavy losses. An injured gunner who fell as the city wall collapsed tried his best to ignite the gunpowder and caused a big explosion, which caused heavy losses to the soldiers who were at the front of the camp. However, this explosion also caused heavy losses to the soldiers who rushed to the camp.
The gap in the city wall is even bigger.
But this explosion also made the camp more bloody, and they began to charge repeatedly, just to break into Ningling County through this gap.
The battle suddenly reached a fever pitch. The two swarm bees had finished firing; the gunmen had also finished firing the ammunition they carried with them, and they all drew their swords and went into the battle; the Runing soldiers on the city wall and some of the young men who defended the city also
Joined the phalanx; in the end, some men in the city also joined the battle around the phalanx.
Everyone can see that Chuangying is so crazy about attacking the city, so if they attack Ningling County, it may be a massacre.
The Runing Army has also retreated to about twenty steps behind the gap, because it is no longer possible to fight in the gap. The gap is full of corpses, and the most important thing is that the ground is covered with a mixture of ice and water condensed from blood, which makes people step on it.
It's too easy to fall down after going up.
In front of this gap, more than 700 people in the Chuang camp had fallen. It was not that no one was awake. Several leaders around Gao Yingxiang persuaded each other: "King Chuang! We can't fight on! Otherwise, our old man in the Chuang camp will
You have to go in anyway!”
In fact, Gao Yingxiang's heart ached. But he still pursed his lips and remained silent. How could he retreat in this situation? Since the confluence of the three rivers and the second flow into Henan, the number of peasant rebels has continued to expand, and they easily captured a
The morale of this city has just risen, but it has to retreat in front of this small county town defended by only a few hundred Ming troops. Then when will the camp break out from rogue bandits into a real army?
The sun was gradually setting in the west. Another attack on the camp was driven back. At this moment, several fast horses came quickly to report: "King Chuang! An army of thousands of people came thirty miles southwest.
Officers and soldiers, they are coming towards the county seat. Our cavalry cannot stop them, I hope King Chuang will quickly arrange troops to stop them!"
When Gao Yingxiang heard the news of the fast horse coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, because there was finally a step to go down. So he immediately ordered: "Withdraw all the troops attacking the city. Then send more spies to the southwest.
, Guan Gou will not only have these thousand troops, they will definitely be followed by the main force. Let the other troops gather together, and we will go in the direction of Tuocheng County."
When the troops were almost concentrated, Gao Yingxiang first drew his horse and headed towards Tuocheng County. When Gao Yingxiang left, he took one last look at Ningling County and murmured to himself: "If the officers and soldiers were all like this
, then what’s the use of our rebellion?”
Qian Qi, who was in command at the gap, didn't know that Chuangying had retreated. He still worked hard to prepare for Chuangying to attack the city again. However, the waiting time this time was quite long, and Qian Qi also felt that his eyelids were
Getting heavier and heavier.
Qian Qi finally couldn't hold it anymore. Before he fainted, Qian Qi gritted his teeth and issued the last order: "Arrange people to go to the warehouse. As soon as the bandits enter the city, burn the warehouse!"
All the food and property in Ningling County have been gathered at the county government. Qian Qi's order is to let Chuangying capture Ningling County, but there will be no harvest.
At dusk on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month in the seventh year of Chongzhen, a regiment of the returning Guide Army led by Xue Yong finally arrived. They lined up their carts in two lines to form a marching formation, and broke through under the cover of artillery, rockets and muskets.
He was blocked by the camp cavalry and forced Gao Yingxiang to voluntarily give up his attack on Ningling County.
In the battle with the cavalry, the returning regiment suffered more than thirty casualties in total, but during the forced march, there were more than seventy casualties due to frostbite, illness, and other non-combat attrition.
When the troops led by Xue Yong entered Ningling County, the people in the county still couldn't believe that they had been rescued. But when they realized it, the whole county suddenly fell into a carnival. The singing of "Katyusha" was also loud and clear.
Soar into the sky.
During this defensive battle in Ningling County, only 132 of the more than 800 Runing soldiers that Qian Qi brought into the city survived. And basically all of them were injured. The men in Ningling County were
Ding Ye suffered more than 900 casualties.
However, miraculously there were no casualties among the old, weak, women, and children in the city. However, most of the houses between the two city walls were burned down, so the entire county suffered heavy losses.
But the losses suffered during the siege were even more severe. There were more than 6,000 casualties, including thousands of veterans from the three sides. Moreover, nothing was gained during the siege. But it was a blessing in disguise, after such a fierce battle.
, many refugees in the camp have grown up. Although they are not as good as those veterans from the three sides, they have withstood the baptism of war after all. It should be said that the strength of the camp after the war is stronger than before the war.
At this time, Luo Rucai's troops, who had taken the first step, had also merged with the peasant rebel army on the North Road. These nearly 200,000 people marched to Guidefu City with great force. However, at this time, there were more than 3,000 reinforcements from various places in Guidefu City in Guidefu City.
He and nearly 5,000 young men and women helped defend the city. Moreover, the height and solidity of the city wall in Fucheng were not comparable to those in the county town.
So after trying to attack Fucheng once without success, this peasant rebel army immediately ravaged the area near Fucheng like a swarm of locusts.
The peasant rebel army on the South Road that returned to Henan Prefecture first moved northeast. Because it was too close to Luoyang City, Henan Governor Xuanmo was forced to personally lead the army to stop it. Unexpectedly, although the peasant rebel army on the South Road had more than 300,000 people,
However, after they suffered a loss in front of the Runing Army, they immediately turned to avoid the Ming Army like a frightened bird and entered Kaifeng Mansion eastward.
But Kaifeng Mansion had been looted by the East Road Peasant Rebel Army. Seeing that there was no oil and water, they turned back again and entered Ruzhou again. However, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong and the others were still afraid that Wu Shigong's Runing Army would go crazy, so they did not
Attack the city of Ruzhou, which has almost become an empty city. Of course, the place in Ruzhou will definitely be destroyed by them.
After Gao Yingxiang's camp left Ningling County, it also merged with the peasant rebel army and Luo Rucai's troops on the North Road. At this time, except for Li Zicheng's troops who were restraining Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, the entire peasant rebel army formed two branches in Henan, with more than 100 troops each in the east and west.
A large army of 300,000 people.
On the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, the cavalry regiment of the Runing Army also marched to Ningling County. On the 20th, Wu Shigong led the main force of the Runing Army into Guide Mansion. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for more novel updates.