Chapter 244 Siege (4)
"Reported, General, twenty miles south of Nanyang City, I found a brigade of officers and soldiers coming quickly towards our army. It is expected that at most two hours, we will be able to reach the place where our army is located."
"What? Shouldn't the officers and soldiers be in Kaifeng? Why would they come to support Nanyang?" The generals were shocked, and Liu Changle even squeezed past the crowd and came to the front, asking the spy: "You have seen it clearly, and you are sure it is an official.
military?"
"Go back to the general, the villain saw clearly that it was indeed an official army." The spy said.
Liu Changle still wanted to ask, but Pei Xiaoer raised his hand to stop him. He believed that the whistle detective would not, and he did not dare to tell lies at this time, so there was no need to ask these meaningless things again, "What are the people coming to beat me?"
The banner, how many people are there, how many armored equipment, and from which direction did they come from?"
"The general returned to the general, there were about 23,000 people. In addition to the Ming flag, they also held the Deng flag. Moreover, the morale of this group of officers and soldiers was not high, but they were very well equipped. They could be seen from their every move.
, This is an elite veteran who has been through the battlefield for a long time."
"Deng? Still in the battlefield for a long time?" For a moment, the generals could not guess who they were? Where did they come from. Most of the senior executives of the Pei family army were from mud-legged backgrounds, and they could not read a lot of words. They were concerned about the officials and personnel of the court.
I don’t know anyone, let alone the world and geography.
If Liu Xianchun were here, he might have known more, but he was in the rear army now and did not follow him. There was only Qiao Chun who was counseling military affairs. Qiao Chun might have known that, after all, he had the right to read the imperial court's newspaper before.
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Pei Xiaoer then looked at him. Seeing Qiao Chun frowning, he looked like he was thinking hard. He didn't know, since he couldn't ask anything, he wouldn't waste his energy. Pei Xiaoer
2. You can only use your limited knowledge of history to judge who this group of officers and soldiers is.
'From the south, it's still a long battle?', it's okay to say that it's a long battle. If the rebels are not clean today, there will be almost no peace in the whole north. The officers and soldiers from all over the country and the rebels are fighting one after another.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it has been through the battlefield for a long time, although this name is a bit false.
But almost all of these happened in the north. As of May 6, the south, including Huguang, had not experienced the baptism of the rebel army, and could generally maintain a relatively stable environment, so there should not be a long-standing battle.
An elite teacher?
No, no, Pei Xiaoer suddenly realized that it was not that the south was not fighting, at least there was a place where there was a big war that had happened recently, and it might even be fighting now, that is Sichuan.
The broken ship of the Ming Dynasty has been in trouble everywhere and needs to be repaired everywhere. The most important problem is that taxes cannot be raised, which has led to the poor court and even rats starve to death in the granary. However, the financial and taxation is too complicated.
Let’s talk about some of the open issues in front of us, including war.
In later generations, a country clamored to win a 2.5 war all day long. Whether he could win or not, no matter whether he was the current Ming Dynasty can be said to be a three-line battle.
The distant Jurchens have now risen to a great risk of scabies, while the nearest ones are the rebels from all over the heart and the hinterland of the Central Plains have swarmed, and the more they are suppressing, making the Ming Dynasty's ministers and ministers flocked to death. A few strands of white hair on Chongzhen's head
, it is just worrying about these "anti-people" worries. And there is another war that is not valued by others, that is, the She'an Rebellion that took place in Guizhou.
She Chongming and An Bangyan, the uncle and nephew, have been fighting and fighting for nearly 13 years since the rebellion of the first year of Tianqi. During this period, when She An and his two men were the most glorious, they once surrounded Chengdu.
There are only more than 2,000 defenders in Chengdu, which is extremely dangerous. Later, under the attack of the famous female general Qin Liangyu, She'an and the other two retreated step by step. Finally, with She Chongming being killed in the Battle of Yongning, the main force of the rebels was basically
Being destroyed.
I think these people were sent by Chongzhen to go north to encircle and suppress the Sichuan Army.
After understanding the origin of the officers and soldiers, Pei Xiaoer not only did not feel relieved, but became more and more solemn. If these people were really hard to deal with.
After pondering for a while, Pei Xiaoer said in a deep voice: "Go back, continue to stare at the officers and soldiers going north, try to make a tongue (the captured enemy prisoners), and interrogate carefully. If the other party has any abnormal movements, come back and report me immediately.
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"Yes, my subordinates obeyed the order." The spy responded, then stood up and retreated.
Then, Pei Xiaoer turned his head and looked at the Pei family army, who had hundreds of people climbed to the city. Maybe he could wait for another one or two hours, or maybe he could completely take Nanyang in less than one hour, but now there is no time.
The waiter has now invested most of his troops. Once he is intercepted by the opponent when he is siege, it will be a disaster for the overthrow of the entire army. Therefore, despite his unwillingness, Pei Xiaoer still calmly ordered: "Send the order and call the gold to withdraw the troops.
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Yesterday's sound of gold sound appeared on the battlefield again. Tian Shengnian on the city wall slashed the right sword and solved an unlucky officer and soldier. Suddenly, he heard the crisp sound of gold sound under the city, and was furious and said, "Our army
You can occupy Nanyang immediately, why withdraw troops at this time? Wouldn't this be a waste of effort?"
However, even the unruly Tian Shengnian dared to complain and never dared to disobey military orders. You must know that if you do not retreat with the army, there is only a dead end to stay on the city.
However, the battle situation in the city was very anxious, especially when they retreated. However, on the top of the city, the Pei family army, who had the advantage, immediately became in chaos after hearing the order to retreat. Instead, the officers and soldiers seized the opportunity and retaliated for a wave of revenge.
The name of a soldier fell on the spot.
Not only that, some soldiers volunteered to cover their fellow colleagues' retreat, but in a blink of an eye he was stabbed to death by more than a dozen long spears; some soldiers who were seriously injured and knew that they would not live long after retreating, simply gave up on their escape, dragging blood like a spring.
The broken legs lie on the road of pursuit by the officers and soldiers; the worst thing is that the soldiers who had just escaped to the long ladder were surrounded by the counterattacking officers and soldiers, and could only be forced to jump down from the towering Nanyang City and return to their death
Yellow Spring.
After paying a huge price, the Pei family army returned to its own camp. Then, Pei Xiaoer ordered: "Close the camp and make every effort to treat the wounded, and the remaining people should strengthen their vigilance to prevent officers and soldiers from attacking the camp."
On the other hand, Nanyang City also received news that reinforcements had arrived at the South City Gate. The morale of the army was shocked, everyone was excited and the momentum was so loud that it seemed that it was about to go out of the city to attack the "thief army" camp outside the city at any time and make achievements.
Fortunately, there are still rational people in the city, such as Xu Shirou, Chen Wuke, etc. In the hall, Xu Shirou and Chen Wuke sat and stood there, neither of them spoke. Noda's meeting hall seemed particularly quiet, and in the end it was Xu Shirou
He broke the silence and asked, "Mr. Chen, I remember that our letter of help was sent out last night, right?"
"yes."
Chapter completed!