A group of civilians were busy at the gate of Xuzhou City. They were clearing the sand and stones blocking the city gate. Behind the city gate, more than 800 fully armed soldiers gathered together, and the prefect of Xuzhou, Peng Zhifu, led the city's leading figures and was marching towards the leader.
Li Shoubei mobilized: "Fellow warriors!..."
Facing the Qing army's pressing force, the entire Xuzhou city immediately became anxious and uneasy. Fortunately, the Qing army only briefly attacked the city. Seeing that the resistance in the city was tenacious, they temporarily withdrew their troops.
There are tens of thousands of people, and it is endless as far as the eye can see, not to mention the Qing army with hundreds of thousands of troops. The soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City feel like they are small boats in the ocean. Maybe if there is another storm, they will be drowned by the torrent of Qing troops.
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Unexpectedly, the desperate situation turned out to be a support army, so Xuzhou City immediately burst into cheers, hoping to welcome the support army into the city and help defend Xuzhou City.
The people in Xuzhou are no strangers to the neighboring Runing Army. They all know that the Runing Army is one of the most powerful troops in the Ming Dynasty, but the leader of the army, General Wu, is a bit arrogant. Therefore, the Xuzhou government originally regarded the Runing Army as
I'm a little wary, but in this critical period, let's go to hell with that wariness! Is your life as big as the world?
But the next scene made the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City heartbroken and distressed. The Ming army that came to the rescue actually... did not enter the city. Instead, they camped outside the city to fight with the strong Qing army.
A wild battle.
This made the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou beat their chests. Could it be that...don't they know that the Jin soldiers are invincible? And now there are hundreds of thousands of Qing troops outside the city!
But what about the Ming army that came to help? There were only more than 10,000 people. Even if they were strong and could fight the Qing soldiers one-on-one, the huge disadvantage in numbers was always difficult to make up for. Do they want to block the car like a mantis?
If you stand in front, aren't you afraid of being shattered into pieces? What a pity for such a strong army!
However, some people still have illusions. They hope that this is just the vanguard of the reinforcements, and Commander Wu’s army will arrive soon. However, the rest of the people do not dare to be so optimistic. Even if there is a main force, Commander Wu
At most, forty or fifty thousand soldiers could come. Facing these hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, they would still end up with a crushing defeat.
Sure enough, the Qing army's attack was like an overwhelming one, but what shocked the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City was that the Ming army that came for reinforcements actually withstood it. They even launched repeated counterattacks.
If there are experts present, they will know that this kind of counterattack is actually a kind of body language of the Runing army. He is telling the Qing army: When you attack, I will counterattack at any time. This is to prevent the Qing army from investing all its energy in the attack.
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This tells the Qing army: I not only defend well, but I can also attack. When the Qing army wants to ignore me and attack Xuzhou City or bypass me, I will switch from defense to offense at any time to give you some color.
Look!
In fact, this was a way for the Runing army to contain the Qing army in place.
But in the eyes of outsiders in Xuzhou City, the counterattack of the Runing Army was commendable. They found that the army of General Wu of Runing not only knew how to defend, but also dared to attack the Qing Army. It was really exciting to watch! Our Ming Dynasty
How many years has it been since the DPRK had such troops that dared to attack the Qing army?
Obviously, there are hot-blooded people everywhere, and Xuzhou City is no exception. Soon some hot-blooded men began to take the initiative to ask for help. The reinforcements outside the city were fighting bloody battles, while the men inside the city were just watching from the sidelines.
It was a complete embarrassment to the people of Xuzhou. They had to go out of the city and fight together with the reinforcements to fight against the Qing army.
So today, more than 800 Xuzhou Death Squadrons who voluntarily signed up, under the leadership of Li Shoubei, are preparing to go out of the city to fight fiercely. In order to give them a strong march, almost all the people in Xuzhou City were mobilized and crowded at the city gate to see off these warriors.
Their departure from the city.
After Magistrate Peng finished mobilizing, everyone who left the city drank Zhuangxing wine. The leader, Li Shoubei, drank the wine in one gulp, then threw the big bowl to the ground and shouted: "Pengcheng man!"
Then the eight hundred warriors and the soldiers and civilians sending them off also shouted:
"Pengcheng man!"
"Pengcheng man!"
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The loud shouts came and went, resounding through the sky.
It was Prefect Peng who reacted quickly. He immediately told everyone to be quiet. He went out of the city for a surprise attack. If there was too much movement and was noticed by the Qing troops outside the city, the effect of a surprise attack would not be achieved.
So with concerted gestures and winks, the voice immediately became quieter and suddenly reached the level of silence. As soon as this strange scene appeared, everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt that it was particularly funny. And when
When someone burst into laughter for the first time, the laughter spread immediately, causing a burst of laughter at the city gate, which diluted the tragic atmosphere that the hero had gone and never returned.
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However, the Qing army spies observing outside Xuzhou City did not pay attention to such an anomaly. On the one hand, in recent days, due to the reputation of the Qing army, not a single mouse in Xuzhou City dared to leave the city, so those Qing army spies had long lost their
On the other hand, during the battle between the Qing army and the Runing army, Xuzhou City often cheered and cheered, so the Qing army spies were accustomed to the unusual noises in the city.
In addition, the two armies were rumbling with cannons and fighting fiercely, and the attention of the Qing army spies was also attracted.
The second line of defense of the Runing Army was about 200 steps away from the first line. When the Qing Army's oar vehicles advanced a hundred steps, the artillery arranged by the Runing Army on the second line of defense immediately became powerful.
The remaining two six-pound and five three-pound artillery pieces in Guide Town were concentrated on the second line of defense. Facing the row of oars approaching like a wall, the gunners hardly needed to aim. They faced the front.
No matter how much you fire, you can still achieve perfect results.
Especially the two six-pound artillery pieces, the power of the shells could almost penetrate two or three rows of oars. The broken wood from the door panels of the oars and the shells caused great damage to the Qing troops behind the oars.
It immediately caused huge casualties to the Qing army.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Qing army immediately pushed up the artillery cart behind the first row of oar carts. They also fired at the Runing army's artillery. Since the Qing army's artillery carts were equipped with Franco machine guns, this
The rate of fire is slightly faster than that of the Runing Army.
Of course, the artillery of the Runing Army was aimed at the artillery carts that posed the greatest threat to itself. Although the Qing army had many artillery pieces and a fast rate of fire, it was inconvenient to aim on the moving artillery carts, and there was also a gun in front of the artillery of the Runing Army.
The bunker has a small shooting target, so the shooting between the two sides was evenly matched. (To be continued...)