The officials of the Tang Dynasty, especially those at the middle and lower levels, were not as loyal to the Tang Dynasty as Sun Yawei imagined.
So that night someone ran out to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and after revealing a lot of information to the Ming army, he successfully became the target of the Ming army.
They did not regret their death. Neither the Tang Dynasty nor the Ming army had any good impressions of the traitors. However, after they escaped from the city, they revealed a large amount of information to the Ming army.
The most important thing is that there are no regular troops guarding the city at this time, only a bandit camp of three to four hundred people and a large number of young men.
"Capture the bandit camp? Aren't they just the government servants of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army!" After hearing that there were no regular troops of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army in the city, the confidence of the Ming army generals outside the city instantly increased.
These original Ming troops from the west also heard information about the puppet Tang rebels from many officials on the way. Most of this information came from the mouth of Song Zhiwen, as well as some rumors. These rumors focused on one thing.
The thing is, the weapons of the puppet Tang rebel army are sharp.
Coupled with Song Zhiwen's disastrous defeat and the successive losses of Xingquan Mansion and Liping Mansion, there were not many Ming troops who would despise the weapons of the puppet Tang rebels.
But what they only valued was the firearms of the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army. At the same time, many people held the same view, that is, they believed that the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army only relied on the advantages of firearms, and should not be very good in other aspects.
It is powerful, and the use of firearms is inconvenient. It can only fire a few rounds when facing the enemy. In a battle, as long as our own side can rush forward and fight hand-to-hand, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy army.
Song Zhiwen must have foolishly stood still and competed with the pseudo-Tang rebels for medium and long-range firepower, which led to a tragic defeat.
They didn't know that in fact, when Song Zhiwen led his troops to fight against the puppet Tang rebels, they suffered several disastrous defeats. Of course, it was due to the sharp weapons of the puppet Tang rebels, but another very important point was that they
Unable to stop the spear and bayonet charge of the puppet Tang rebels.
Basically, in large-scale battles, although the firearms of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty performed well, it was hand-to-hand charges that often determined the outcome of the battle.
For example, in the recent Battle of Tonggu Acropolis, the cavalry wall charge and the fifth infantry battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment launched a hand-to-hand counterattack against Qiu Yu's troops.
A hand-to-hand charge launched jointly by the Chinese commandos and the 1st Infantry Regiment.
This series of cruel, hand-to-hand charges launched in dense formations was actually the most critical factor in establishing the victory several times.
Although muskets and artillery are also very useful, theoretically speaking, they are still not the decisive factor!
But why does the Ming army have the impression that the pseudo-Tang bandits have sharp weapons and are scumbag in hand-to-hand combat? This is because the performance of the firearms units of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is so eye-catching.
As for guns and artillery, the battles were fought with great momentum. It is easy to give people the illusion that all the victories of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty were fought by the musketeers and artillerymen, while other arms were fought by soy sauce.
But in fact this kind of mistake is a big mistake!
The main force in hand-to-hand combat in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was the spearmen, especially the heavily armored spearmen, which were the core force of the regular army of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
For example, the close range volleys fired by the musketeers in battle actually create favorable conditions for the charge of the heavy armored spearmen!
It can be known from many battle cases that the most powerful thing of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is not the musket shooting, artillery shooting and the like, but the spear and bayonet charge!
As we all know, the New Army of the Tang Dynasty has always liked to fight in the wild, and is unwilling to engage in defensive operations or offensive battles, because only this kind of formal decisive battle in the wild can bring out the power of the intensive charge of bayonets and spears of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty to the greatest extent.
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At the same time, it can also exert the power of muskets and artillery.
However, it is often difficult for outsiders to clearly understand this kind of thing. Nowadays, regardless of whether they have been defeated or have not had contact with the puppet Tang rebels, the Ming army only one-sidedly believes that the puppet troops of the Tang Dynasty have sharp firearms.
That’s all!
Most of the firearms units of the puppet Tang thief army are concentrated in what they call a few infantry regiments!
The Ming army also knew a little about the numbers of the Puppet Tang thief army. They knew that the Puppet Tang thief army had several units called "infantry regiments", and these troops all had a large number of firearms units.
However, the bandit-catching camp is just an auxiliary military force similar to government officials and county warriors. It is absolutely impossible to have any firearms. Even if there are estimates, there will not be many.
After knowing that the puppet Tang rebel army in the city was just a group of government officials, county warriors, and civilians, the Ming army outside the city was not willing to wait any longer.
Early the next morning, hundreds of people were sent to the city to try to launch an attack to test the authenticity of the puppet Tang rebels in the city.
Well, the most important thing is to see if there are any firearms troops of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army in the city. If so, are they large in number?
If there are many firearms troops of the Pseudo-Tang rebels in the city, they will turn around and leave without saying anything. The Pseudo-Tang rebels have sharp firearms and their current strength is only a thousand men. If they fight, they will easily suffer losses. If there are many casualties,
It would be difficult to handle.
In this case, they would rather wait a day or two for the follow-up troops to arrive before launching a counterattack on Liping City. After all, Liping City is right here and they cannot escape even if they want to.
But if there are not a large number of firearms troops of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army in the city, then they will have to plan a formal attack on the city. Maybe if one fails, they can easily capture Lipingfu City.
What happened next surprised the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side. The hundreds of people they sent rushed all the way to the city wall, and some even began to climb up the city. However, the puppet Tang rebels in the city still did not
Shoot, shoot, shoot.
Although this exploratory attack ended in failure and more than twenty people were killed, the joy on the faces of the Ming army generals could not be concealed.
This is all credit, a huge credit!
The puppet Tang rebel army in the city is only a few hundred old and weak, and their combat power is weak. Just now, I just sent a few hundred people to test the attack, and almost defeated them. If I increase my strength later, wouldn't it be possible?
Easily capture Liping Mansion!
This is equivalent to picking up the credit for nothing, and it is also a huge credit!
The puppet Tang rebel army captured Xingquan Prefecture and Liping Prefecture one after another, but so far, no one has been able to achieve any great victory, let alone such great victories as Liping Prefecture and Xingquan Prefecture.
That is to say, I heard that friendly forces in the north captured the Bronze Drum Acropolis some time ago!
But how can Tonggu Acropolis be compared with Liping Fucheng?
So it's not on the same level, okay? How can a small and dilapidated earth city be compared with the seat of a government?
The friendly forces in the north just captured the Bronze Drum Acropolis, but if they capture Liping City, they will definitely be able to stand out from the top, and even show their face in front of the governor. By then, promotion and wealth will not be a dream!
At this time, these Ming army forwards under Lipingfu City did not know that the Ming army in the north had been defeated. After all, it had only been three days since the Battle of Tonggu Acropolis.
Moreover, after the Ming army in the north was defeated, they didn't even have time to escape, so they had the time and mood to report to the friendly forces in the west that they had suffered a huge defeat.
As for the gossip, there is no news, because the two places are dozens of miles apart, and the most important thing is that at that time, the vicinity of Tonggu Acropolis was the battlefield for the decisive battle between the armies of both sides, and the rest did not dare or could not get close.
At that time, there were actually no ordinary people near the Bronze Drum Acropolis, or even within the Bronze Drum Acropolis. Even if there were, they would tremble and hide at home and not dare to come out.
Therefore, if you want to know the outcome of the battle at Bronze Drum Acropolis from the grapevine, you may have to wait for several days.
Therefore, the defeat of the North Route Ming Army did not affect the confidence of the West Route Ming Army at all, because they did not know that the North Route Ming Army was defeated at all.
In the morning of that day, the Ming army outside the city hurriedly had lunch in advance, preparing to let the soldiers have their fill of wine and food before launching a general attack on Lipingfu City in order to achieve a huge feat.
The movements of the Ming army outside the city were naturally seen by Sun Yawei and other city guarding officials and soldiers inside the city.
Standing on the blood-stained city wall, Sun Yawei's expression was not very good. Even though he knew that he would not be able to hold on to Liping City for too long, he did not expect that he would face the danger of the city being destroyed on just the first day.
The battle in the morning was just a tentative attack for the Ming army outside the city, but for the new army of the Tang Dynasty, it was an extremely uncomfortable defensive battle.
They tried their best to drive these Ming troops off the city!
However, although the Ming army retreated, they left fifty or sixty casualties to the New Army of the Tang Dynasty!
Although the number of casualties was small, the casualties were all soldiers of the bandit camp. For the bandit camp, this was already a serious injury.
After all, the bandit camp only has less than 400 people in total!
"Master Sun, what should we do now?"
"Now that the puppet Ming thief army is about to attack, this battle may not be easy to fight!"
"That's right, even if I can endure it this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to endure it the second time!"
Listening to the fearful words of his officials, Sun Yawei turned around and looked around at everyone, and then stared at everyone and said loudly: "I, the Tang Dynasty, have been appointed by destiny. Your Majesty rode a dragon and came to the throne on the day of your enthronement. This is unprecedented in the ages.
If there is something that only my emperor can encounter, these eternal sage kings will definitely lead us to clarify it and replace it!
As officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, we have no reason to be afraid of fighting, and we will fight when we encounter the enemy!"
Having said this, he paused for a moment, then took a deep breath, and said with a righteous look on his face: "The soldiers in the city are worthy of being the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, so they can live up to your majesty's high expectations and the people's expectations. In the morning,
We bravely repelled the attack of the traitor soldiers and captured a large number of soldiers. We destroyed the majesty of the puppet Ming traitor army in one battle and destroyed the morale of the puppet Ming traitor army in the first battle. I will personally write to you to report the successful journey to the emperor!"
When everyone listened to his words, several people's legs began to tremble, and they even became unsteady!