I want to be emperor

Chapter 285 Death is Daming's Ghost

Yu Xiuwen guarded Linxiang with the determination to die, so he never wavered in his thoughts: stick to Linxiang!
He tried his best to defend Linxiang, and before the Chu army attacked the city, he had rejected his subordinates' proposals to retreat to Linxiang several times.

And this change is also a huge change from the Chu army's previous sand table deduction.

When the sand table deduction was carried out, Chen Yongfu, who played the role of the general of the Ming army, did not have so much burden on his heart, so he was able to make a more rational judgment.

Stick to it when it is time to stick to it, and lead the army decisively to break through when there is nothing to do.

In the sand table deduction, Chen Yongfu led the defenders not only to cause thousands of casualties to the attackers, but also successfully led two to three thousand elite main forces to retreat in the two sand table deduction, leaving enough space for the subsequent defense of Changsha. elite force.

But in reality, the real commander of the Linxiang garrison, General Xiuwen, never thought of retreating.

Similarly, in order to conquer the fortifications outside Linxiang City during the sand table deduction, the attacker paid the price of at least 1000 casualties.

But in actual combat, the Chu army only paid the price of two to 300 people, and conquered all the salient parts outside Linxiang City.

The difference between sand table deduction and actual combat is too great.

This is also the time for the staff to formulate the combat plan. Although the process and results of the sand table deduction will be referred to a certain extent, it will not be referred too much.

In war, the human factor has too much influence.

And people are uncontrollable.

Therefore, there will always be many accidents in wars, which is why most wars will not proceed according to the pre-war predictions of the warring parties.

The same is true for the battle against Linxiang this time.

According to the previous prediction of the Chu army, when our side captures all the fortifications outside Linxiang City, the morale of the Ming army in the city will be greatly shaken, and the Ming army is very likely to retreat and flee. If you are not good, you will also have a certain amount of strength to prepare to break through.

But in actual combat, the Ming army in the city did not do this at all.

On the third day, after clearing out the salient parts outside the city, the Chu army began to attack the front line of the city wall. It was still overwhelming shelling, and a large number of elite infantry in heavy armor began to attack the city.

The Ming army in the city also resisted very tenaciously, and sent armored elites to the top of the city many times to resist.

However, after this situation happened, Luo Zhixue and others outside the city did not feel unhappy at all, but their smiles gradually increased.

At the beginning of the battle, most of the elites of the Ming army were sent out to resist, and they still resisted head-on. This situation is a good thing for Luo Zhixue and the others.

Because the Ming army sent elites to fight at the beginning, it seemed that they could better resist the attack of the Chu army, but the same limited few elites of the Ming army would be quickly consumed in the early stage of the battle.

When the only few elite soldiers in the Ming army were exhausted, even if there were 2 or [-] soldiers left in the follow-up, it might not help.

The total strength of the Ming army guarding the city is about 2. According to the investigation of the Chu army, the number of soldiers is about 3000, and the rest are ordinary guards. Ming army.

The real core combat power of the Ming army defending the city is the three thousand soldiers who have undergone formal long-term military training and are relatively well equipped.

And these people have killed or injured hundreds of people in the previous battle for the outer salient.

In the previous battle for the outer salient, it seemed even more cruel. There was not a considerable number of elite soldiers to serve as the backbone, and it was only supported by ordinary guards.

Therefore, the Ming army at that time sent many soldiers to act as the backbone to lead the guards to resist.

After the salient areas outside the city fell one after another, although some soldiers escaped back, most of them still failed to get back, and either died in battle or became prisoners of war.

Now the Ming army defending the city sent out the only elites to resist at the first time.

It seems that the situation is okay, but it has further accelerated their collapse time.

No, when a group of garrison commandos from the Chu army rushed up from the northeast corner of the city wall and began to climb the city, a large number of Ming army soldiers in armor also appeared on the top of the city in this direction.

The attacking troops of the Chu army saw that things were not going well, and they quickly chose to retreat.

But although the infantry of the Chu army retreated, the shelling continued!
And because their own infantry retreated, they fought more intensively because they didn't have to worry about fratricide.

After doing this, they counterattacked and killed no more than [-] Chu soldiers, but the number of soldiers killed and injured by the shelling reached hundreds, half of them were elite soldiers.

And similar situations are still happening in other places, even in several places at the same time.

On this day, the Chu army only dispatched the eighth garrison division as the main force to attack the city, and lost about [-] people after a day of hard fighting.

However, at least a thousand people from the Ming army in the city were killed and half of them were soldiers from the Ming army.

On the fourth day, the Chu army replaced the sixth garrison division as the main force to continue the attack. Although Yu Xiuwen was heartbroken at the huge loss, he still had to fight hard.

But after fighting, Yu Xiuwen gradually discovered that the number of elite soldiers he could use had dropped from more than [-] before the war to less than [-] now.

The total number of casualties in the past few days is about 5000 people, but half of them are soldiers.

At the same time, he also noticed that in the siege operations for two consecutive days, all the Chu thieves dispatched were second-rate troops like the garrison. Although the real gray thieves would dispatch every time, they basically hid behind and provided firepower with guns. Support, rarely personally participate in wall climbing operations.

"The bandit army is trying to consume our troops!"

Yu Xiuwen noticed and also guessed what the thief army was thinking, but now he has no other way.

The bandit army's offensive is so fierce, if it is not for the use of soldiers to take the lead in resisting, I am afraid that they will not be able to survive the first day, and they can still defend there until now.

It's life!

If Chen Yongfu were here, he probably wouldn't agree with Yu Xiuwen's ideas and practices...You fool, you wouldn't have gathered three thousand soldiers and dispatched them to different places to serve as supervisors!

Let those guards fight with the bandit army, let the young and strong come up.

There are elite supervisors in the battle. Don't be afraid that these guards will not resist desperately.

In this way, even if we can't defend at the end of the fight, then the elite soldiers in our headquarters won't be killed or injured too much, and we can break through the siege directly...

It's good for you idiot, as soon as the battle breaks out, you will directly fill in the elite!

But Chen Yongfu will never understand Yu Xiuwen's thoughts and practices.

Similarly, Yu Xiuwen will also dismiss Chen Yongfu's ideas and practices.

In Yu Xiuwen's opinion, this battle must be lost!
Similarly, Yu Xiuwen never thought of retreating and fleeing with a group of confidant elite soldiers. He even arranged the confidant elite soldiers on the battlefield in advance.

How should I put it, I am not going to live anymore, so naturally you subordinates should not expect to live either.

If they are all dead, then even if the matter is over, he can be regarded as worthy of Yang Sichang's kindness, and he can also get rid of the current situation that makes people feel extremely tormented every day.

On the night of the fourth day after the Chu army launched the siege, Yu Xiuwen repaired many letters and asked several of his confidantes to carry the letters and leave the city in the dark and head towards the west.

Among them was a letter to his father, telling him that his son was going to fight to the death, and that the kindness of nurturing would be repaid in the next life.

The second letter is to the eldest son, saying that I am going to die, you will have a better memory in the future, and you will be more careful in doing things in the future, and take good care of your mother and grandfather.

In addition to the family letter, there is also a letter to Yang Sichang!

In his heart, Yu Xiuwen truthfully stated the situation since the Chu army attacked the city for four days, without any concealment!

He also said that there are less than [-] elite soldiers left in the city, and ordinary guard soldiers and young adults are already in panic, and many people have already escaped from the battle, and I am afraid they will not be able to survive tomorrow.

Beizhi has decided to live and die with Linxiang in order to repay the appreciation and reuse of the adults.

In the end, he even scolded the imperial court in the letter, and even Chongzhen was called a faint emperor. With so many emperors in the country for more than 200 years, you are the most stupid...

All the courtiers are full of wine bags and rice bags!

He also pulled out the false Chu for comparison, saying that the thieves of Chu, the monarch and his ministers are of one mind, the civil and military officials are clean and honest, and the bottom is also quite clean.

On the other hand, in the Guo Dynasty, the court pulled a catty of rice, and the soldiers could not even eat one or two.

In such a state, how do you let the soldiers use their lives?What is the use of life?
His people are about to die, and his words are good...

No, it should be said that Yu Xiuwen knew that he was going to die, so he didn't have any scruples in speaking, so he sprayed everything he should and shouldn't.

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The next day, that is, the fifth day after the Chu army launched the attack, as Yu Xiuwen himself expected, the Chu thieves on this day only used the garrison to attack at the beginning, and the bombardment was not too strong.

But when noon was approaching, the Chu thief generals outside the city seemed to see that the city's elite had been exhausted and a large number of guards had fled, so they immediately stepped up their attack.

The shelling density of the artillery was even comparable to that of the first morning, and the sound of the rumbling shells was very dense and non-stop.

Not only the artillery fire was very fierce, but also the garrison division was not the only force in the siege. The fifth division and the guard division, the main force of the bandit army, sent their own troops to participate in the siege.

When the Chu army sent out even the main force to participate in the battle for the top of the city, it meant that the Chu army was going to launch the final attack, and the first battle would determine the world.

In the city, after hearing that many city walls and even the gate towers were lost, Yu Xiuwen in military uniform was sitting in the lobby with a knife in his hand!
He looked left and right at several of his confidants, took a deep breath and said, "Where is Mr. Wang?"

The confidant next to him said: "Master Wang has hung the beam fifteen minutes ago, and Li Xianzun went with him, and the younger one has put them in the coffin according to their instructions before his death!"

Yu Xiuwen looked calm: "Well, it's almost time, it's time for me!"

At this time, a confidant next to him said: "Master, it's not just that, as long as we leave now, we can still leave!"

Yu Xiuwen snorted coldly: "Shut up, the army is destroyed today, Linxiang is lost, how can I live alone?"

After saying that, he swept around again and said: "After I die, two people will be left to deal with my affairs, and they will be burned directly with kerosene. It must be burned completely. The security guards must not let the thieves take my body away!"

"I, Yu Xiuwen, was born as an official of Daming, and died as a ghost of Daming. I absolutely cannot let those Chu thieves be humiliated!"

After all, Yu Xiuwen waved his hand and asked these people to go out. After everyone had gone out, Yu Xiuwen slowly pulled out his waist knife, and paused for a while when he raised the knife, until the sound of gunfire and fighting came from outside.

He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, grabbed the waist knife and wiped it on his neck...

After a while, two soldiers walked in, poured kerosene on Yu Xiuwen's body, and lit the fire.

The fire suddenly shot up into the sky, illuminating half the sky!
(End of this chapter)