Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 186 Tragic
Li Rusong, who was in the central army, could also see the advantage of the Wuzhaibao army's firearms, and he couldn't help showing surprise on his face.There were also Wei Xuezeng, governor of the three sides, Zhu Zhengse, governor of Ningxia, and Ye Mengxiong, governor of Gansu, who were watching the battle in the rear army, and they were also very surprised.

Ye Mengxiong, governor of Gansu Province, was even more shocked.He has always been famous for his artillery and research on firearms, but in his impression, there is no firecracker used by the Ming army that is as strong as the Wuzhaibao army.

At this time, Li Rusong himself passed down the general order to let his own general Li Ning lead 1500 family members to prepare to go to the city to fight, and the rest of the sergeants from each team would follow at any time, trying to fight down with one blow.

Seeing this situation, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, also issued an order to have tens of thousands of soldiers in his rear army prepare to fight and break through Ningxia City today.The generals and officers of the towns in the northwest are all under orders, but everyone's heart is not stingy.My armies in the northwest had been besieging the city for several months, but they were helpless. They didn't expect that Li Rusong would break through Ningxia City in just one day.If the news spread, the generals of the towns in the northwest would not have any face.

When the horn sounded, Li Rusong's personal general, Li Ning, led more than 1000 Xuanfu town servants, carrying ladders, heading down the city like a tide.The generals of the remaining teams followed closely with earth bags in their hands, ready to go to the city to fight at any time.

Soon, these people rushed to the bottom of the city, or left the earthbags under the city, or rushed to the pile of earthbags, erected the ladder, and began to climb.

With the sound of war drums, the pile of soil bags under the city was getting higher and higher, and the ladders were put up one by one. The servants and soldiers on the ladders were all climbing up like ants.Seeing that the city was broken, the sound of "Wan Sheng" under the city could not help resounding through the world.

Huang Laifu led the Wuzhaibao army.There are also two brothers, Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang, who also led the Xuanfu army, and continued to shoot at the city on the big mound, covering the siege brigade.Amidst the sound of gunshots and arrows whistling, seeing that the rebels on the city wall were beaten to the point where they couldn't lift their heads, it seemed that the situation was over.

Huang Laifu's face was black and white from the gunpowder smoke, and he ordered his soldiers to fire from time to time.Although the form was good, he was always a little nervous because he had read the relevant historical materials and knew that Li Rusong's siege ended in failure.I don't know if it came with me...

Suddenly Huang Laifu heard a whistling sound, and then saw a large boulder coming from the top of the city.

"Get down!" Huang Laifu yelled, and hurriedly lay down on the big mound.The Wuzhaibao sergeants beside him could see clearly, some got down quickly, while others didn't have time to react.Especially Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang's Xuanfu army, many people were scared out of their wits, and some soldiers ran away howling.

With the sound of screams, those boulders that were bigger than a millstone hit the big mound one after another, many soil bags were smashed away, the cloth bags were smashed, and the sky was filled with sand.

Huang Laifu could see clearly that one of the huge boulders even fell on a Wuzhaibao soldier, smashing him into a pulp.The boulder still hadn't lost its power, and it bounced up and rolled down the mound. The mound was full of Wuzhaibao soldiers and soldiers from Xuanfu Town, so the effect was very good. Wherever the boulder passed, there was nothing wrong with it. The bones of the dead were broken, and a bloody road was directly waded out.

Huang Laifu saw that his eyes were red and his canthus teeth were about to crack. He could clearly see that at some point, densely packed catapults had been set up on the city, directly bombarding the soldiers on the pile of bags, and focused on the army of Wuzhai Fort. .

Huge boulders were flying, and boulders all over the sky came rushing towards them, and screams rang out from time to time, especially those boulders that were slightly round, bouncing and rolling, and the damage was astonishing. As long as they rolled down from the pile of bags, it would be a path of blood.Since those boulders were mostly facing the army of Wuzhai Fort, most of the casualties were soldiers of Wuzhai Fort.

Soldiers from Xuanfu Town ran around everywhere, crying for their fathers and mothers. Huang Laifu was frightened and angry. He lay on the mound of soil, holding a waist knife, and yelled at the top of the city: "Kill them all, fire!" The gun...the fire gun shoots..."

"Crack, clap, clap..." The firecracker sounded.

But amidst the smoke of gunpowder, huge boulders continued to come. The catapults of the rebellious army were behind the city wall, and the firecrackers had no effect on them.

The screams continued, and the stumps were flying... The strong smell of blood, the choking smell of gunpowder smoke, the stench of the corpses of the fallen soldiers not far away exposed to the scorching sun, and various strange smells made people feel like they were in hell .

For a moment, Huang Laifu was in a daze. At this moment, he heard Jiang Dazhong yelling at him, but Huang Laifu couldn't hear anything, and then he saw Jiang Dazhong rushing over and threw him aside.

Afterwards, a huge boulder hit Huang Laifu's original position, smashing a cloth bag into pieces and flying sand and dirt.Following that boulder bounced up, smashing the head of a Wuzhaibao soldier, and then the boulder bounced a few more times, taking away a few lives, and when it finally stopped, the stone was covered with flesh and blood.

"I can't stand it anymore, young master, let's go!"

Jiang Dazhong cried to Huang Laifu, at this time Huang Laifu also heard Li Rubai not far away screaming heartbreakingly: "I lost, I lost, run away, everyone run away!"

Followed by the Xuanfu army scrambling to escape like a tide.Thousands of people were crying for their fathers and mothers, and many people didn't even bother to take weapons.

Huang Laifu woke up suddenly. He waved his long knife and shouted wildly: "No one is allowed to escape, no one is allowed to escape, and whoever escapes, I will cut off his head..."

Jiang Dazhong and several Wuzhaibao servants rushed over, without any explanation, set up Huang Laifu and ran down the mound.

Huang Laifu struggled desperately and screamed, "Let me go, let me go..."
However, he was still dragged away desperately by the servants, and those who followed them were all Wuzhaibao soldiers who ran away like a jerk.

Out of the corner of his eye, Huang Laifu saw rebels from Ningxia town densely appeared on the top of the city at some point, and most of them seemed to be servants of the worshipers. Push and refuse to open the battle ladder on the top of the city, or fight with the Ming soldiers who climbed on the top of the city.Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty kept falling from the top of the city...

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The final siege failed.

The siege caused heavy losses. According to statistics after the war, the Ming army suffered hundreds of casualties, among which more than 200 were Li Rusong's servants.

And Huang Laifu also suffered heavy losses, with more than 70 casualties, and the soldiers were hit by boulders, most of them died of serious injuries, and the mortality rate was extremely high.Even if he does not die in the end, he will still be severely disabled, and it is impossible to go to the battlefield again in this life.

Such a heavy loss has never been seen since Wuzhaibao became an army. Every soldier was his own effort. Huang Laifu was so painful that he kept beating his chest with his fists.

Seeing this result, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, and the generals of the military towns in the northwest breathed a sigh of relief. It doesn't matter if they can't take the city, if Li Rusong leads the army to take the city on the first day, they will fight in the city of Ningxia People who have been here for a few months, where do they put their faces?

Originally Li Rusong was so domineering, Wei Xuezeng and Zhu Zhengse would definitely laugh at him if he failed in attacking the city, but at this time, Wei Xuezeng and others carefully comforted Li Rusong, attacking the city is not a matter of a day or two, don't rush, take your time.Then everyone went to comfort Huang Laifu, and all the officers, as well as Ye Mengxiong, governor of Gansu Province, showed great interest in the excellent firecrackers in Huang Laifu's army.

Everyone was doing all kinds of tricks, but Li Rusong looked calm, and just passed on the order to continue to attack the city the next day.

Fourth of July, late at night.

The rebels were tenacious, and it was difficult to attack the city head-on. Li Rusong also learned a lesson.In the middle of the next night, he asked his younger brother Li Ruzhang to lead hundreds of Cangtou troops to sneak up to Nancheng with a ladder in an attempt to capture it at night.

Li Ruzhang showed his true nature and took the lead in climbing the ladder.Unexpectedly, before all the family members reached the top of the city, they were discovered by the rebels on the city. Immediately, the gongs on the city were beating loudly, and the rebels on the top of the city were alarmed and came to help one after another.

The city is constantly wrapped in firewood and nitrate, and thrown down from above to burn the ladder.In the flames and smoke soaring into the sky, many of Li Rusong's servants, the Cangtou Army, were killed or injured.The ladder that Li Ruzhang climbed was also overturned, and he rolled down from the city and fell heavily on the ground. Fortunately, Li Ruzhang's skin was thick and fleshy, so he was fine.

July [-]th, morning.

Amidst the thundering cannons, the artillery battalion of Gansu governor Ye Mengxiong kept bombarding the city.Hundreds of Frangler cannons in the four hundred chariots kept emitting scorching flames, and the gunners were sweating profusely as they quickly reloaded the guns.

There were loud noises, and the fiery iron balls with traces of blue smoke kept hitting the top of the city, causing iron and stones to fly around the top of the city, causing the rebellious troops on the top of the city to scurry around in panic.In addition, the "Flying Arrow" and the "Hundred Tigers Running Together" rocket in the chariot even fired a hundred arrows, burning the towers and covering the top of the city.

The shouts of killing shot up to the sky, and under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty like a tide below the city carried the battle ladders and attacked the city.

Among them, the guerrilla Gong Zijing of Ye Mengxiong led the Miao soldiers to attack Nanguan with ladders, Dong Yikui attacked the city gate, and Li Rusong led his servants to attack with ladders.

The rebels in the city knew that they were at the critical point of life and death. Seeing that Nancheng was in an emergency, Liu Dongyang led all his elite troops to support Nancheng.There is also Qi Bai, who also gathered all his servants to defend here, and fight with the Ming soldiers who climbed to the top of the city.

All of a sudden, bows, arrows, and firecrackers flew across the sky, and there were also beating stones and rolling logs, and they couldn't stop running around.

Here, Li Rusong performed amazingly. As an admiral, he commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. It is also swarming.

Seeing Li Rusong's courageous appearance, Huang Laifu behind him was also very encouraged. He shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" Follow behind Huang Laifu.

Afterwards, the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort also rushed forward.In order to protect themselves better, among the hundreds of family members behind Huang Laifu, in addition to wearing iron armor, they also put the round cavalry shields used by cavalry on their left arms to resist the iron flying from the city. arrow.

Finally, Li Rusong, Huang Laifu and others rushed to the top of the city, the crowd cheered, and more Ming soldiers rushed to the top of the city.

The three Li Rusong brothers, under the protection of their servants, charged forward, unstoppable.Huang Laifu was in heavy armor, with blood flying all over his body and face. He swung the heavy iron-handled Guan Gong knife straight up and down, invincible.Jiang Dazhong and others closely guarded Huang Laifu's front and back.

It's a pity that the rebellious army in the city was too powerful, and there were still too few Daming soldiers who followed up. Li Rusong, Huang Laifu and others had to retreat in the end and get down from the ladder.

It was almost noon at this time, all the Ming troops were eating lunch, taking advantage of the time when the officers and soldiers under the city were eating, Chengen led the dead soldiers down to the city, and burned all the ladders.

July [-]th.

Zhao Chengguang, the former commander of the city, joined forces with Ge Chen, Yao Qin, martial arts student Zhang Xialing, Yao Qin from a hundred households, and more than [-] people. They wanted to cooperate with the inside and outside, and dedicated the gate of the city under the name of burning fire.

However, Wei Xue, the governor of the three sides, was afraid of fraud, so he only agreed to dispatch troops and generals, but did not really make preparations for the siege.Although Huang Laifu learned from later generations that the inside story was true and tried his best to persuade Wei Xuezeng, Wei Xuezeng was still hesitant.Huang Laifu lobbied Li Rusong, and Li Rusong also suspected fraud.

In the middle of the night, the Qiaolou in the city was indeed lit, and the fires at the south and north gates were also lit.Finally, the gates of the city were opened wide, but the officers and soldiers outside the city did not dare to enter the city.Huang Laifu was afraid of being alone, so he dared not enter the city.At this time, the rebels in the city were alarmed, and Zhao Chengguang and others were captured.In the end, 50 people including Zhao Chengguang and Yao Qin were beheaded, and their heads were hung on the south gate tower.

Only Ge Chen, seeing that the situation was over, led the remnants to set the grain depots in the city on fire and burn them to ashes.Although Ge Chen died, the food and grass in the city had already been cut off.This made the rebels in the city lose their spirit.

July [-]th.

Liu Chengsi, deputy commander in chief of Gansu, attacked Beiguan and dug tunnels, which were broken by Liu Dongyang.Li Rusong led the army to attack the city again, using Mingdi to attack and shoot the rebels on the city, each of them suffered casualties.

On this day, after several days of fierce siege battles, the Wuzhaibao army had suffered 150 casualties, which made Huang Laifu feel chilled.He thought to himself, this can't go on like this anymore, the elite soldiers he trained painstakingly were not wasted meaninglessly in this cruel siege battle.

Thinking of this, Huang Laifu already had an idea in his heart.

(End of this chapter)