Chapter Five Hundred and Sixty-Three Peasant Army Debate
"Commander! Marshal!"
Hearing the shouts, Qin Yiming immediately jumped up from the bed. He wiped his face with his hands and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The bandits have crossed the river at Luohantan,"
"How many people are there?" Qin Yiming asked.
"The torches are so dotted that they can't be seen clearly. I estimate there are tens of thousands of them!"
When the peasant army crossed the river, Luo Rucai asked each of his soldiers to hold several torches, thus giving the spies sent by Qin Yiming to the Han River a misunderstanding.
"All troops gather!" Qin Yiming immediately began to put on armor with the help of his own soldiers.
The captain of the soldiers asked: "Commander! Are you going to stop the bandit army?"
Qin Yiming immediately shook his head and said: "Even if we block this road, there are two other roads. We have too few soldiers, so we should let Xiangyang Fortified City hold on. We will go to cousin Runing immediately to bring in reinforcements."
On the evening of October 13th, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai broke into the sky and Liu Guoneng crossed the river from Luohan Beach in the depths of the Han River, joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui in victory, and then attacked Xiangyang with an absolutely superior force.
These battalions of peasant soldiers all had artillery captured from the Ming army. They concentrated all the artillery and began to bombard Xiangyang City. In this absolutely superior firepower strike, the Ming army in Xiangyang City immediately attacked.
collapsed.
The civil and military forces in the city were even worse. First, King Xiang and his family boarded a boat on the Han River and fled. Then the civil and military forces in the city immediately found a reason. They also fled out of the city on the grounds of "protecting King Xiang's safety".
The entire Xiangyang City immediately fell into a leaderless situation.
So the peasant army captured Xiangyang City without any effort. They seized a large amount of grain, grass and materials in the city, and also coerced a large number of people. But before the peasant army's carnival was over, they detected a force of more than 10,000 people.
The Ming army of men and horses approached.
"That's Butcher Wu's army. There's no need to fight hard. That guy is a vicious dog that protects the family. As long as you stay far enough away, he won't chase after you." Luo Rucai said.
"Are we running west or south?" Zhang Xianzhong disagreed with Luo Rucai's statement. "To the west, we have taken over the places and there is no oil and water. To the south, we have to cross the Han River and the Yangtze River. But we are so
Do many people have time to cross the river? We might as well take advantage of our strong soldiers and horses to fight Wu Butcher. If we defeat him, then there will really be no Guan Dog army nearby. We can go east and enter the south.
Zhili. There is the rich south of the Yangtze River, which is much better than the poor places in the northwest where we wandered around!"
"Everyone can say something, but who is going to take the lead? You and I have both fought against Butcher Wu, and we know that he is not easy to get along with. To be honest, I, Lao Luo, have no confidence. I don't understand. Xiaoyao is so far away.
What's wrong? Just think about becoming the king and occupying the land. We all come from humble backgrounds, so it's good to be able to live such a prosperous life now. If we want to really be the emperor, we don't have such a fate."
Luo Rucai really didn't want to fight with Runing's army, so he exposed Zhang Xianzhong's ambition.
Seeing the smell of gunpowder, Lao Huihui Ma Shouying quickly advised: "Brothers, please discuss it carefully. But I have a few words to say. I don't know if they are correct. Please read them carefully!"
"Brother Ma, please speak!" Liu Guoneng said quickly, "Since we have all elected Brother Ma as the leader of the alliance, if you have anything to say, just say it openly!"
"We brothers have all fought against Butcher Wu one after another. To put it bluntly, we were almost defeated. I don't know if what I said is right?" Ma Shouying's words immediately silenced the leaders.
"But have you noticed that Butcher Wu's battles have one characteristic: they take advantage of our unpreparedness, approach us at high speed in a neat queue, and then use violent firearms to defeat us."
"What does that prove? It just proves that Butcher Wu's army doesn't dare to fight us face to face. As long as we find a way to destroy Butcher Wu's firearms, it's no big deal for that army."
"I can say this! I also understand this! But how to break Butcher Wu's firearm?" Luo Rucai asked.
"Cao Cao, don't be impatient, just listen to what I say one by one." Ma Shouying said with a smile, "Now that the rebels from all our battalions are gathered in Xiangyang, Butcher Wu won't be able to catch us off guard. So he has the first advantage.
It’s gone.”
"We were defeated in the past because we took the initiative to attack. This time we wanted to attract Butcher Wu to attack. We dug some trenches in front of our formation and built a few chest-high earth walls. Then Butcher Wu's array was arranged evenly.
Even though they were neat, they couldn't even climb over the trenches or climb over the earth walls neatly. This deprived Butcher Wu of his second advantage."
"We now have a large number of firearms in each battalion, and we have dismantled the artillery on top of Xiangyang City. In addition, our Shaanxi soldiers have the best archers in the world, and their long-range firepower is not inferior to Wu Butcher.
This is our third advantage."
"Now we can gather more than 16,000 cavalry in each battalion. As long as they run, there is nothing that Wu Butcher's army can withstand! This is our fourth advantage."
"And now our rebels can't retreat. If we have gathered so many battalions of rebels and don't dare to fight Wu Butcher's more than 10,000 people, what will we do in the future? Will we have to take notice of Wu Butcher's flag in the future?
Are we going to run away? In the end, as Butcher Wu expands the scope of his operations, one day we will be unable to escape."
Luo Ru thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Lao Huihui, you are right, we should fight, otherwise we would be too cowardly. But there is one thing you didn't make clear: if Butcher Wu sees that we have arranged
He doesn't take the initiative to attack, so what should we do?"
Ma Shouying smiled and nodded to Luo Rucai: "First of all, we have just captured Xiangyang and obtained a large amount of food in the city. There are no other officers and soldiers around us, so we are not afraid of spending time with Butcher Wu."
"We can also let the men and horses we just collected attack first and lure Butcher Wu to attack. We can also have the cavalry attack from two or even three sides to force back the men and horses who defeated Butcher Wu."
"Even if we get nothing, it's at least a tie. We won't suffer no matter what, so you don't need to worry, Cao Cao. When the time comes that we really advance to the east, we can also set up more ambushes, as long as Wu Butcher is killed once
Unfortunately, according to his timid temperament, he will never dare to leave Runing and return to Germany. At most, we should not touch those two places in the future. There are enough other places for us to move around!"
Luo Rucai nodded again: "Lao Huihui, you have convinced me, Lao Luo. I, Lao Luo, will not abandon my brothers and go alone. But there is one thing. If we want to fight, we can't fight half-heartedly, and we can't stay no matter what.
Hands. Otherwise, it may just sound nice, but it will be a different story in practice, and you will not be able to defeat Butcher Wu no matter what."
Ma Shouying also agreed with Luo Rucai's statement: "Thank you brothers for not giving up! My old battalion is at the forefront of the middle road. I still need more help from all the brothers!" After saying this, Ma Shouying raised his hands and saluted the leaders.
"We all listen to Brother Ma."
"My men and horses are all under the command of Brother Ma!"
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Leaders such as Scorpion Block, Ge Liyan He Yilong, and Zuo Jin Wang He Jin expressed their opinions one after another.
"My soldiers and horses are responsible for the left wing, and the cavalry is also under the command of Brother Ma!" Liu Guoneng also said.
"Then I will fight alongside Brother Ma in the middle!" Luo Rucai also expressed his stance.
At this time, all the leaders noticed Zhang Xianzhong, who had not yet spoken. Zhang Xianzhong also noticed the expressions of the leaders. He smiled and said: "I advocate fighting, how can I be willing to be behind all the brothers? Then the right wing
Be mine."
Seeing that all the leaders agreed, Ma Shouying smiled and said: "Thank you brothers for your trust! But I will be in charge of this battle. The specific command will be given to Cao Cao. In our field battles here, Brother Cao Cao is the master
The first one in line!"
Luo Rucai did not shirk, he said happily: "Sure! This time I, Lao Luo, will go all out and do it."
After hearing the arrival of the Runing Army, the Peasant Army in Xiangyang gathered 52,000 troops and set up a formation in the northeast of Xiangyang, waiting for the arrival of the Runing Army. In addition, the Peasant Army had 8,000 cavalry on each side.
They circled far to both sides of the peasant army's formation and prepared for a sudden attack on the Runing army.
October 16, Xinye County.
Looking at the dilapidated county government office and the magistrate's family hanging on a tree, Xue Yongli shook his head and said: "This Xinye County Magistrate has already escaped once, but I didn't expect that he didn't escape in the end. Let's untie them all.
Bury it well, mark it well, and wait for the county magistrate’s family to come and dig up the grave!”
Looking at Xue Yongli who was not in a hurry, Qin Yiming became a little anxious, so he said: "Xue Shoubei! Soldiers are so fast! Let's take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness so that we can regain Xiangyang as soon as possible!"
Last night, Xue Yongli's Huhou Town picked up the escaped Qin Yiming in Xinye County. But Qin Yiming is the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang after all. Although he is already responsible for the loss of the city, if Xiangyang is recovered as soon as possible, Qin Yiming's crime will always be
It was smaller, so he urged Xue Yongli to leave as soon as possible.
But Xue Yongli had his own ideas, and he replied: "General Qin, please be patient! Our army's spies have discovered that the bandit army has already formed a formation in Xiangyang and is waiting to fight us. Since they already have
Prepare, then we no longer need to be anxious. Recharge our batteries and wait for the decisive battle with them!"
In his heart, Xue Yongli also complained: Xiangyang is always a big city. He originally thought that Qin Yiming and the others could defend it for three or five days, but he did not expect that they could not hold on for even half a day, causing the Runing army to lose the ability to make a sudden attack.
possibility. Therefore, the current Runing Army is forced to fight head-on. (To be continued. (.).)