Four hundred and sixtieth chapters have difficulties
The river water that broke through the ice was stained red with blood. There were more than twenty corpses lying strewn on the snow beside the river. Buckets and weapons were also scattered on the ground.
Fu Sheng shouted to his men: "Move quickly, pick up the weapons and leave!"
When more than 100,000 Zhang Xianzhong's troops first entered Runan, because the military force was so large, the local militia, village guards, and road protection teams all huddled in the county seat and two villages that served as fortresses.
Dare to leave the city at will.
But on the night of the 10th, a deputy commander of the militia led three companies of soldiers to attack the camp of the peasant rebels at night, and dispersed more than 2,000 peasant rebels at once. Although during the day, many who had fled were
They returned, but after an inventory, the peasant rebel army also lost more than 300 people.
This night attack suddenly boosted the morale of the Runan militia. Regular field battles were definitely impossible, but they could use their familiarity with the terrain to use guerrilla warfare to repeatedly attack small groups of peasant rebels.
Fu Sheng is a company commander of the militia. Today he led his company to ambush the peasant rebels who were fetching water from the river. At this time, Fu Sheng saw that the cavalry of the peasant rebels in the distance had discovered the movement here, so
He immediately called on his soldiers to evacuate quickly.
Before leaving, he glanced at a fifteen or six-year-old peasant rebel soldier lying on the ground. He had just been killed by Fu Sheng himself. The young man was skinny and had dead eyes.
Staring dead at the sky.
There was no time to express any sighs. As soon as the soldiers gathered together, Fu Sheng led them and ran away. Soon, more than 20 peasant rebels on horseback chased Fu Sheng and others along the way they escaped.
However, when passing a bend, these cavalrymen were ambushed here and fired a burst of fire from the militia gunmen. Caught off guard, more than a dozen peasant rebels were knocked down under their horses, and the rest turned their horses when they saw the ambush.
Before the large group of peasant rebels came over, Fu Sheng and the others led the captured horses back to their village through the trail.
"Eight Great Kings! This can't go on like this! In just the past two days, more than a thousand of my people have dispersed. Along the way, there are no people and no food. Except for a few big cities, there are many places in the wilderness.
I can't even see a living thing. If we keep going like this, I'm afraid our team will get separated!" the sweeper king complained bitterly to Zhang Xianzhong.
"That's right!" The Taiping King on the side agreed, "I have never been to a place like this. You said that those official dogs should hate us, but the people here also regard us as a thorn in their side. All of them.
A bunch of bitter people attack us at all hours of the day, what kind of hatred do they have?"
It is now the 13th day of the first lunar month. The peasant rebel army has entered Runan for three days. However, the main force gathered together is okay, but the scattered small units have been repeatedly guerrillaed by the local troops of the Runing Army, killing Zhang Xianzhong and others.
The harassment was quite a headache. Before I knew it, more than 3,000 of the refugees who had just gathered in the group dispersed without any discipline.
"This place is weird!" Zhang Xianzhong also shook his head, "No wonder there is a monster like Wu Butcher. Let's not stay here. Gather the troops. Tell everyone not to be alone, and march through you in a hurry.
Ning Mansion, hurry up and get to Fengyang! Otherwise, when Butcher Wu comes back, we won’t be able to get a good one no matter what!"
So after thirteen days, the peasant rebel army gathered into a group, crossed Runing Prefecture, and came from west to east toward the hinterland of Runing Prefecture.
"How's it going?" Deng Qifan asked when he saw Yang Goudan and Mr. Yang coming in and anxiously wandering back and forth in the hall.
"Mrs. Li and the others are not willing to leave. They are not even willing to enter the capital." Yang said to Deng Qifan. "They said that Daying here is your inheritance. If you are not here, they will stay here!"
"What a nonsense! When did this happen!" Deng Qifan immediately got angry.
When the peasant rebel army entered Runan, the Runing army that stayed behind immediately mobilized its entire army. Deng Qifan took charge of all the work. The military aspect was completely dependent on Xue Yongli.
Of course, Deng Qifan is most concerned about the safety of Wu Shigong's family. In his opinion, the safest thing is to send the family members to the Runing Army. The next best thing is to send the family members to Fucheng.
But when Yang went to the inner house to persuade her, Li Xin was unwilling to do so. Her reason was also very simple. The Runing Army belonged not only to Wu Shigong, but also to all members of the Runing Army. If other people's family members did not evacuate, then Li Xin would not evacuate.
They couldn't evacuate either. Otherwise, Wu Shigong wouldn't spare them even after he came back.
At this time, Xue Yongli was not in the Runing Army camp. After receiving the urgent report from Ye County on the night of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Xue Yongli immediately sent a horse to deliver a message to Wu Shigong in Xuzhou, asking him to return with the main force for reinforcements as soon as possible.
At the same time, Xue Yongli also transferred a militia group from the Rubei Mountain area back to its headquarters.
Because there are hundreds of thousands of peasant rebels entering Runan, and there are still more than 300,000 peasant rebels entrenched in Nanyang Prefecture. Therefore, Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli cannot judge the next move of the peasant rebels in Nanyang Prefecture.
.So we can only prepare for the worst first.
According to the troops and horses currently arranged by the Runing Army at its headquarters, there is no problem in resisting the peasant rebels entering Runan and protecting the Runing Army camp and Runing City. But the most terrifying thing is the more than 300,000 troops in Nanyang Palace.
If you come in, this line of defense will be very dangerous.
So on the 11th, Xue Yongli took more than 300 soldiers left behind, a militia group, 2,000 new soldiers, a new artillery team with ten artillery pieces and a thousand people from the boy camp, and advanced to Shen
In the Shuihe area, camps were set up to prevent the peasant rebels from crossing the river.
Although the Shenshui River is very narrow and the surface of the river is frozen, as long as artillery bombards the ice, the large group of peasant rebels cannot easily cross the river.
In addition, Xue Yongli's army is just delaying time. As long as it delays for one or two days, and then defends Runing Fucheng and the Runing Army camp for four or five days, then the main force of the Runing Army led by Wu Shigong will catch up.
Return to Runing Mansion to save this crisis.
So at this time, apart from Yang Goudan, who temporarily commanded the craftsmen who had turned into militiamen, the only top commander remaining in the Runing Army camp was Chi Ming, the commander of the boy camp.
At this time, Chi Ming who was standing aside suddenly interrupted: "Mr. Deng, Director Yang! In fact, since the ladies, gentlemen, and ladies are unwilling to leave, then they are safer in the camp than in the city!"
"Oh?" Looking at Chi Ming, who had just grown hair on his lips, Deng Qifan asked doubtfully, "Why is that so?"
"Although Fucheng is large, it is also an important transportation thoroughfare and is flat on all sides. The Shaanxi bandits can launch siege on all sides. Our camp was originally built as a military fortress, and its strength is no less strong than that of Fucheng.
On the contrary, it is because the city is small and easy to defend. Moreover, our camp is in a good location, with mountains behind it and a river to the north. If the Shaanxi bandits want to attack, they can only attack from two sides, so the adults chose this place with careful consideration at that time." Chi Ming
The answer was clear and logical.
"Is that so?" Deng Qifan still couldn't believe the young man's words, so he asked a company commander in the hall. This company commander was the highest-ranking person in the active Runing army who stayed in the camp.
He was an officer, so Deng Qifan also called him over to discuss matters together.
The company commander gave Deng Qifan a fist and said, "That's right, Mr. Deng! Even though Commander Chi is young, the first batch of boys who came out of their camp have already received four or five years of training. This military
Their skills and vision are no worse than those of some veterans, so all the legions of our Runing Army are rushing to get them."
Deng Qifan felt a little relieved at this time, and then asked: "How long will it take before your Excellency returns here?"
"Three days!" Chi Ming replied immediately.
"Okay!" Deng Qifan immediately decided, "Today is the 13th, go and tell Xue Shoubei in front of you, how can we hold off the Shaanxi thieves at Shenshui River for three days, and try not to let the Shaanxi thieves get close to you.
The Ning army camp is harassing the ladies, young masters and ladies! Also, urge the lord to come back as soon as possible! Chi Ming, you pick another two hundred strong men and let them ignore other things, just to protect the lord’s family members.
