Wanli 1592

Chapter 42
In front of Xiao Ruxun's eyes, the coach Wei Xuezeng fell off his horse.

The morale of the Ming army was greatly shaken!The originally tight formation suddenly vibrated!

The big thing is not good!

Xiao Ruxun immediately realized that something was wrong. Wei Xuezeng's fall from the horse shocked the morale of the Ming army, and the morale of the rebels on the top of the city was greatly boosted. Attack, the Ming army will collapse without fighting!Many days of hard work are about to go to waste!With this thought in mind, Xiao Ruxun immediately snatched the arrow from the soldiers beside him, and shot seven times at the sky!

At the Ming army camp at the North City Gate of Ningxia, Ma Gui, who was preparing soldiers to form a feint attack on the North City in response to the main attack and Xiao Ruxun's tunnel digging, suddenly heard the sound of seven arrows.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... not good! The South Gate has changed!"

Magui knew that was the signal!Xiao Ruxun made an agreement with himself to immediately send troops to attack the North Gate to contain the signal of the rebels in an emergency situation!
"The gunners immediately fired at the gate of the city! Don't care if you can get enough! Fire the cannon! After a volley, follow the army to gather! All armies! Attack with me!!"

Ma Gui's order was quickly carried out. Immediately, fifty Franco machine guns fired at the city wall of Ningxia, which could not be hit at all. Unprepared, the North City defender was shot through the hood by an arrow. He was shocked and changed his hood to fight in a hurry. The battle here immediately attracted the attention of the rebels including Nancheng.

"Who is the Ming general who fired the arrow? Could it be that he ordered the Ming army in Beicheng to attack the city?"

The cause and effect were connected together, and Baibai immediately speculated about this situation. He originally planned to take this opportunity to send troops out of the city to fight, and he immediately found that the golden opportunity had been missed, because the Ming general under the city had ordered the army to start storming the city, and the artillery of the Ming army had also begun to attack the city. It roared and seized the opportunity, and they had to back away to avoid being hit by the lead flying from the flowering bullets.

"I don't know, I don't think I've seen it before, but to be able to stand in front of the formation and give orders, this general should have a high status, probably a chief soldier or deputy chief soldier?"

Gu Chengen replied like this.

"That Ming general is not easy, pay more attention, well, I will take people to Beicheng to have a look, you take people to nail it here, and drive the Ming army back! Give them some color!"

"Yes! The boy obeys!"

Qiao Bai turned around and went down the tower, not caring about the situation here, he headed towards the North City, he thought that the more dangerous people in the Ming Army were Xiao Ruxun and Ma Gui who were besieging the North City.

Here in the Ming army, Mei Guozhen was quite satisfied with Xiao Ruxun's handling of the crisis situation, but he was also very worried about Wei Xuezeng's situation, so he ordered: "Ji Xin, if you straighten this out, hand over the command to the other generals, and go to the Central Plains. Come to the military tent!"

"promise!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, Mei Guozhen also nodded, and galloped away. Xiao Ruxun ordered the army to storm the city, and the artillery bombarded him. Seeing that the Ming army's position and morale gradually stabilized, he called the deputy commander-in-chief Li Wei over. : "General Li, I have something important to do. You will command the army to attack the city instead of me. After a strong attack by the soldiers, they will turn into a feint attack. The firearms bombardment cannot be interrupted. These firearms can be used in a swarm. The loud battles and noises terrified the enemy and made them afraid to attack, understand?!"

Li Yan still admired Xiao Ruxun very much, and knowing that Xiao Ruxun also said good things for him, Li Yan was rewarded with honors and money, and was very grateful to Xiao Ruxun, so he clasped his fists and said: "The last general obeys orders!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, inspected the situation of the soldiers, and arranged for the camp to start digging tunnels immediately. Then he rushed to the central army tent to check the situation of Wei Xuezeng.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Xiao Ruxun saw Wei Xuezeng lying pale and unconscious on the camp bed. Several military doctors were treating him, and several of his soldiers were kneeling on the ground, looking terrified. Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guozhen stood aside, His face was full of anger.

"Ye Gong, Mei Gong, what's the matter?"

Xiao Ruxun asked quickly.

"Governor Wei kept secrets from all of us, and secretly contacted Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao, and agreed on a plan to let them kill Qi Bai's father and son and surrender in exchange for their own lives, but for some reason, things came to light, Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao were killed, Governor Wei The 3 taels of military expenses handed over to them were also obtained by the rebels.

Although it doesn't mean much to them, for us, 3 taels of military expenditure is really not a small amount, not to mention the impact on the morale of the army, if it wasn't for Ji Xin's quick response, I really don't know about this matter How should it end. "

Ye Mengxiong seemed to be a little emotional: "It's really unexpected that Wei Gong would do such a thing. It's fine to do it, but he hides it from all of us and keeps us all ignorant, which makes us not prepared at all. This matter has greatly affected the morale of the army, and I am afraid it will be difficult to fight hard..."

Mei Guozhen's temper was more irritable, and he threw his sleeves and said angrily: "I am the supervisor, and my power is to supervise the commander's words and deeds. Governor Wei did this because he did not grasp that the supervisor was in his eyes, and he avoided it. Drive the deputy commander, avoid the chief general, and completely keep others from knowing. If Ji Xin is not present today, we will be in a mess, and the bandit army suddenly opens the city gate to attack. How should our army respond?! Confused! Confused! Ben The supervisor decided to submit a memorial to impeach Governor Wei!"

After all, Mei Guozhen flicked his sleeves and left the big tent. Ye Mengxiong seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it.

After Mei Guozhen left, he looked at Xiao Ruxun with some helplessness: "Ji Xin, the army will depend on you to maintain it these few days. If Wei Gong does this, his prestige will be greatly damaged. , and you can no longer command the three armies, until the new trilateral governor appointed by the imperial court arrives, you will be in control of the three armies! In addition, you must hurry up on that matter, otherwise your majesty will be furious, and I will not be able to please you."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Wei Xuezeng, whose face was as white as paper, lying on the couch, and felt uncomfortable, so he could only clasped his fists and said, "I will obey orders."

After Xiao Ruxun left the big tent, Ye Mengxiong heard the voice and asked the military doctor: "Military doctor, how is Wei Gong doing?"

A military doctor in the lead stood up and said: "The governor is old and has worked day and night. He was already emotionally unstable. Today he was greatly stimulated and suddenly fainted. After many days of accumulated fatigue, he rushed out and greatly damaged his body's vitality. I am afraid that even if I wake up, I will not be able to continue to be an official in this bitter cold place. I suggest that Futai should write a book for the governor, and please transfer the governor back to the mainland!
In addition, Futai, let me talk nonsense and say something that shouldn't be said. Wei Gong's body is almost exhausted. If he wants to continue to work hard, his time is running out. Let's take this opportunity to beg for his bones to take care of him. In the next year, if the doctor carefully adjusts the body, he will not lose the joy of playing with his grandchildren. "

Ye Mengxiong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then looked at Wei Xuezeng, whose face was blank and unconscious, with a bit of bitterness. For some reason, he felt desolate and sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Xiao Ruxun who was outside the tent did not go far away, but after listening to the whole content, he also felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Xiao Ruxun handed over the command of the battlefield to Li Yan, and went to inspect several tunnels by himself. After inspecting a circle, Xiao Ruxun confirmed that the tunnel at the entrance of the east city was the most complete, and only one-fifth of the project was left to reach the corner of the city wall. .

I just don’t know if the rebels also arranged listening urns here, but if they did, they wouldn’t know that they dug a tunnel under their feet and prepared a delicious gunpowder feast for them.

Bye, you played tricks on Wei Xuezeng, I will definitely behead your dog!
In all fairness, Wei Xuezeng treated himself very well. A literati could trust him as a military commander so much, and he went to the table twice to ask for credit for himself, pushing himself to the position of chief soldier.

He even included himself in the highest decision-making circle, and allowed himself to use unprecedented siege methods to attack the city. Worship the dog's head of father and son, and ask Emperor Wanli to pardon Wei Xuezeng's momentary confusion.

Staring at the tall Ningxia City Wall not far away, Xiao Ruxun narrowed his eyes slightly.

(End of this chapter)