The second wave of ferocious offensives by the refugee army was repulsed by the official army, and Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Due to the terrain, the south and east sides of Nanyang City are relatively wide, while the west and north sides are relatively narrow, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, outside the south gate, Jin Shenghuan's troops deployed heavy troops, while the east gate was relatively weak.
"Sir, from what I see, these refugee armies are nothing more than that! They only have this little ability, and they still want to capture our Nanyang City. This is simply a daydream!" A guerrilla next to him said with some disdain.
Jin Shenghuan did not dare to be careless at all. He frowned slightly and stared closely at the refugee army retreating like a tide. He discovered that the refugee army besieging the east gate seemed to be attacking fiercely. In fact,
But it was as if they had not exerted any force at all. As long as one or two rounds of arrows were fired by the officers and soldiers, they could be completely suppressed!
Jin Shenghuan has been following Zuo Liangyu in the Central Plains for four or five years, and he has some understanding of the nature of these refugee soldiers. They are like a bunch of hungry wolves who have not eaten any meat, so how can they give up so easily?
Moreover, according to his observation, most of the refugee armies who charged in the first two charges were disheveled, with crude weapons and extremely poor combat effectiveness. They almost collapsed in one battle, which was completely different from the main force of the refugee armies they had encountered before.
"Brothers, please be careful. We have no way out. We must not be careless!" Jin Shenghuan calmly ordered the officers around him.
"Yes!" These officers agreed happily verbally, but they disagreed in their hearts. They had fought against the refugee army many times, and now that they had a fortified city in hand, could they still defeat these beggars?
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In the refugee army camp not far away, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and more than a dozen generals surrounded the "Eight Great King" Zhang Xianzhong in the center.
Seeing that the two tentative attacks were ineffective, Sun Kewang couldn't help but feel anxious, "Commander Father, let me go! With only three thousand troops, I will definitely open the city gate for Commander Father before noon!"
Zhang Xianzhong glanced at him without saying anything, then looked at Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu standing aside, and said calmly: "Yichun, Wenxiu, what do you think?"
Liu Wenxiu is quite strategic. However, although his name is "Wenxiu", his temper is a bit irritable, even violent, even worse than Sun Kewang!
He looked thoughtfully at the disintegrating refugee army not far away, raised his fist towards Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Commander Father, are you trying to neutralize the spirit of those bastards?"
Although the Thirty-sixth Battalion of the Refugee Army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was considered a family in appearance, many conflicts inevitably arose among them since the separation of Fengyang, such as He Yilong, the leader of the fifth battalion of Gezuo, and Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.
, the two men have always been at odds with each other. After Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime, the first thing he did was to take He Yilong's head sacrifice flag!
Let's talk about Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai. The three of them can be regarded as the leaders of the refugee army, but there are many discords between them. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng gradually grew stronger and invited Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai many times.
They discussed important matters together, but the two of them did not abandon him at all. After Li Zicheng succeeded, Zhang Xianzhong retreated to the Sichuan separatist regime, while Luo Rucai was directly designed by Li Zicheng to kill him, and the rest of his army was also divided up!
As for Lao Huihui, King Sweeper, King Huntian and others, although they also intend to compete for the top spot, their strength is limited, so they have to temporarily rely on a few people.
At this time, hearing what Liu Wenxiu said, Zhang Xianzhong raised his eyebrows and angrily shouted: "What nonsense! They are all brothers of the same mother, how can they come up with so many ways!"
"Yes!" Liu Wenxiu also knew that he had made a mistake and quickly knelt down on one knee to apologize. However, when he looked at Zhang Xianzhong's slightly raised corners of his mouth, he also understood that what he said had touched his father's heart!
At this time, the Lao Hui Hui tribe, which launched the third wave of offensive, had already begun to prepare for war. Zhang Xianzhong smiled and glanced at Li Dingguo beside him, and said lightly: "Yichun, in your opinion, how should I break the city?"
Li Dingguo hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "Commander Father, you already have a plan in mind. My brother and I just need to charge into the battle for our Commander-in-Chief!"
"Hahaha!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed but said nothing.
Sun Kewang on the side said hurriedly: "Dingguo, what plan did the commander-in-chief use? Why didn't my brother see it? Say it quickly, say it quickly, my brother is almost dying of panic!"
Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who was standing aside, with a questioning look. Zhang Xianzhong smiled slightly and nodded lightly.
Zhang Xianzhong also liked this child from the bottom of his heart, who was smart, yet knew how to advance and retreat, and who was very close to his heart, and wanted to take this opportunity to establish his authority for him!
Although Li Dingguo is young and mature, he is only eighteen years old after all, and his actual age is only a little over sixteen. He shyly scratched his head and explained: "Dear brothers, my father ordered the brothers to attack the east gate and the south gate at the same time.
, the south gate is the main attack again! But that old man Jin Shenghuan is not stupid. His main force is gathered at the south gate. If we attack by force, with the power of our army, it is not impossible to attack, but it will lose troops and generals! On the other hand, the east gate,
Although the number of people sent by Commander-in-Chief Father seems to be very small, most of them are elites who have experienced hundreds of battles. They only need to charge for a few rounds to sharpen their spirit, and we continue to maintain pressure on the east gate. In the evening
, when they have finished their troubles, we only need to work hard and win the East Gate! It just takes a little time!"
After listening to Li Dingguo's words, the generals around him understood Zhang Xianzhong's intention! In name, he was the main force to attack the south gate, but his intention was under the east gate. No matter how smart Jin Shenghuan was, he probably couldn't have imagined what he would do.
As soon as he moved, Zhang Xianzhong had already put him in his trap.
"Father is handsome and wise! My children admire me!"
"Father is handsome, the child has learned a lesson!"
Several foster sons complimented one after another, and Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help laughing. He waved his hand to signal Li Dingguo to come to him, gently touched Li Dingguo's head, and said with a smile: "Yichun, you kid, you are a bit like a certain person back then."
Style! Not bad, not bad! But don’t be proud. As a father, I want to tell you something. The work we do is a business with our heads on our belts. If we are not careful, we will lose everything.
!Do you understand?"
The surrounding generals all looked at Li Dingguo with jealousy. They had never received such treatment before being taught by Zhang Xianzhong through words and deeds.
Li Dingguo was completely unaware of the gazes of his so-called brothers around him. He knelt on the ground respectfully and kowtowed several times to Zhang Xianzhong, "Father, my dear, remember this!"
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Outside the east gate, the refugee army launched several small-scale offensives, but mostly the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light. They were pushed back by Pu Sheng and Liu Ruyi, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted!
Although Liu Ruyi still had some doubts about Pu Sheng's entrustment, Liu Ruyi saw the look in his eyes, which was silent and lifeless, as if he was determined to seek death and was simply willing to risk his life with the enemy!
At ten o'clock at noon, the wealthy gentry in the city killed more than a dozen fat pigs, stewed dozens of pots of fresh meat soup, and came to work for the army accompanied by nearly a hundred civilian husbands.
Most of these people are from the Tu tribe in Nanyang City. They have lived on this land for generations. Their houses, fields, and family properties are all closely related to the city. Naturally, they do not dare to let the city suffer in the slightest.
In the Central Plains, as the area where the refugee army is most ravaged, these powerful gentry can be said to be the most direct victims! They are not poor people. They can join the refugee army just by carrying a hoe. Their family has a big business, wives, children, servants, etc.
There are so many things that they simply cannot let go of!
The refugee army does not need to say much about the poor, but they treat them directly as class enemies. There is no nonsense at all. They just confiscate their homes and exterminate their families! Therefore, they and these refugee armies are the real life-and-death enemies!
Liu Ruyi's physical strength was severely damaged by the killing in the morning. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with those squires. He directly made a bowl of broth with Pu Sheng and ate it with the soldiers on the city wall.
Slowly, as the words deepened, Liu Ruyi also understood Pu Sheng's past.
Pu Shengben is from Liaodong. His father is Korean and his mother is Han. The family travels among the high mountains of Changbai Mountain and collects medicinal herbs for a living. Although their life is difficult, they are also free and easy.
But with the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the lives of these people became increasingly difficult. In the early years of the Apocalypse, Tatar soldiers went into the mountains to capture slaves (just like the armored men, they were slaves captured by the Manchu Qing Dynasty from deep mountains and old forests, such as the Oroqen tribe, etc.
His father refused and resisted to the death. His mother was also brutally abused by the Tatar soldiers. Pu Sheng was digging a bird's nest in the big tree next to him and luckily escaped!
One year, he was only thirteen years old.
Later, he escaped from the mountains and joined the army. Due to the hunting skills passed down from his father, he quickly rose to prominence in the army. He was promoted from a small banner to a general banner and then to a hundred households. Slowly, he married
He married a wife and gave birth to two lovely daughters. Gradually, this man with a heart of steel began to feel tenderness in his heart, and they settled down in Tuenweili!
But later, the Qing soldiers entered the Shanhaiguan Pass, which was well-defended by the officers and soldiers, and penetrated from behind. The officers and soldiers could not resist, and a large number of forts fell. His wife and daughter were also massacred by the Qing soldiers. Pu Sheng was still in Jinzhou at that time.
At home, when he heard this, he was furious. He risked beheading and took dozens of soldiers to fight with the Qing soldiers. However, shortly after leaving the city, he was ambushed by the Qing army's sentries.
He was defeated, but fortunately his own soldiers fought to the death to protect him and break through, and Pu Sheng finally saved his life!
Later, Pu Sheng was confused and depressed until he met Jin Shenghuan and took him back to the Central Plains...
"Brother, this is the end of my life! When I close my eyes, I always think of my two lovely daughters! If they were still alive, they would be in their teens now. I should prepare dowries for them...
Pu Sheng said, and couldn't help but take out a broken jade bracelet from his arms, and tears couldn't stop flowing out.
Liu Ruyi didn't know what to say, so she tried to comfort her: "Brother, people cannot be resurrected after death! If my sister-in-law and two nieces knew about it, they wouldn't want my eldest brother to be like this!"
Pu Sheng shook his head feebly, "Haha! Brother, everything is fake! Only when you lose it can you understand the feeling! I have really had enough of these days of intrigue! This time, Zuo Shuai didn't do anything at all
If we don’t think about rescue at all, we will definitely die if we don’t find a way! Okay, without further ado, it’s better to die one person than two people! Let’s do what my brother said tonight!”