On October 20th of the second year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng was ordered to lead 6,000 elite troops to Fufeng County.
Li Zicheng had the original old troops under his command, and later he carefully selected strong men. It can be said that these more than 6,000 people are definitely the most capable elites in the peasant army. In order to capture Fufeng County, Gao Yingxiang had to use other cavalrymen under his command.
The most valuable troops under his command were sent up.
Li Zicheng did not hesitate. After resting for half a day, he launched a fierce attack on Fufeng County. Li Zicheng knew well the importance of Fufeng County, which could affect the lives of more than 60,000 brothers.
Since time was tight and could not be delayed, Li Zicheng could only fight quickly. In order to capture Fufeng County as soon as possible, Li Zicheng sent half of his troops and launched a mad dog-style attack on Fufeng County.
On the first day, although Li Zicheng failed to capture Fufeng, he gave Wu Guofu a head-on blow in the city. Wu Guofu thought that relying on the fortified city, he could attack the peasant army head-on, but he never thought that this peasant army was completely different from what he had seen before.
They were well-trained, and they started fighting with each other at the risk of their lives. They were about to catch up with the elite border troops of Datong Prefecture.
In just one day, one-third of the soldiers under his command were lost. If the battle continued like this, within three days, there would be no one left under his command.
Wu Guofu immediately became anxious and quickly wrote to Yang He to ask for reinforcements. He also wrote to Cao Wenzhao to see if Cao Wenzhao could find a way to provide support.
The next day, Li Zicheng continued to attack the city. Strangely enough, the siege on this day was not as fierce as the attack on the first day. He attacked the city on one day and withdrew his troops at the You hour. Taking advantage of his free time, Wu Guofu had a hasty meal and relied on
Resting on the battlements.
The night was as cold as water and starry. I don’t know how long I slept, but I was suddenly woken up by someone. Wu Guofu was old after all. He opened his sleepy eyes, his whole body was a little sluggish, "What are you doing? I don’t know who doesn’t open his eyes."
It disturbs my sleep."
"Hey, General... Listen, the thieves are attacking the city..."
The person who spoke was Wu Guofu's deputy general Cen Fang. Cen Fang shook Wu Guofu again, and Wu Guofu was driven away from sleep. After listening for a moment, the old general Wu's face immediately turned cold, "It's not yet dawn, the thieves are here."
They attacked the city, are they crazy?"
As we all know, attacking a city at night is of great benefit to the defenders. Even if it is finally captured, there will be heavy casualties. Therefore, throughout history, few people are willing to attack a city at night. It is precisely because of this that Wu Guofu would find a man after dinner.
A place to sleep. When he thought about it, Li Zicheng was from a regular frontier army. Even if he had never learned the art of war, he should know this simple military common sense.
But unexpectedly, an accident happened!
Before midnight, Li Zicheng attacked Fufeng County at night. The peasant army attacked like a tide, but with little effect. In fact, just as Wu Guofu expected, the peasant army attacked for four hours, except for sprinkling countless blood and corpses on the city.
Still failed to shake Fufeng City even half a cent.
After paying a heavy price, the peasant army quietly retreated. The dawn sun shone through the clouds and the earth slowly illuminated. I saw countless corpses under the city. Some people were not even killed, but fell to death.
No matter how you look at it, the peasant army's night attack on Fufeng County is a very stupid act. Such an attack is meaningless and is ruining people's names in vain.
Is Li Zicheng really that stupid? At least Wu Guofu doesn't think so. Li Zicheng joined the peasant army, and within just a few months, he rose to fame and became a leader. In addition to Gao Yingxiang's support, this was also inseparable from his own ability.
. If Li Zicheng was not capable enough, Gao Yingxiang would not have given him such an important task as attacking Fufeng County.
What did Li Zicheng want to do? Before Wu Guofu could figure out the reason, before the hour passed, the peasant army launched a new round of fierce attack on Fufeng County, leaving the defenders with no time to eat and rest.
At this moment, Wu Guofu somewhat understood Li Zicheng's intention. Li Zicheng wanted to use uninterrupted attacks, cost countless lives, and create a sense of exhaustion in the defenders.
After all, people have their limits, and they will get tired. Li Zicheng must have divided his people into two groups, one to rest and one to attack, taking turns. In this way, half of Li Zicheng's troops would always maintain combat effectiveness. But Wu Guofu couldn't.
, the troops at hand are limited, and the defenders are afraid of insufficient troops, so how can they dare to dedicate half of them to rest.
The defenders must concentrate on dealing with it at all times, because every attack by Li Zicheng is serious. If there is any slack, he will invade Fufeng County.
Yes, Li Zicheng was wasting his life, but he had the capital and enough troops to do whatever he wanted. As long as he could capture Fufeng County in time and rescue the tens of thousands of troops trapped in Wugong County, all the losses would be worth it.
Although the defense of Fufeng County is still very strong for the time being, Wu Guofu is worried. It has only been one day and one night, and the brothers have already shown signs of exhaustion. If this continues, how long can they hold on?
One day, two days... Wu Guofu even doubted whether he could keep it for four days.
We can't defend for long, but the order given by Governor Yang is to defend Fufeng County. Holding tightly also means that Wu Guofu's old destiny will be handed over to Fufeng County.
.......
Everything was as Wu Guofu expected. Li Zicheng's attacks continued without interruption. He turned Fufeng County into a Shura field, and the defenders in the city were so distressed by him that they could not rest for a moment.
On the third night of the battle, Wu Guofu's heart became cold when he saw the situation in Fufeng County. Based on his decades of experience in leading troops, it was not difficult to see that Fufeng County would definitely fall tomorrow.
Haha, I couldn't hold it for four days. This Li Ziguo was indeed ruthless and powerful. He was a tyrant among the chaos.
Wu Guofu was already desperate. Taking advantage of the rare rest time, he called his deputy Cen Fang to come and make arrangements for the funeral.
At Haishi, when the crescent moon hung high and the moon's shadow fell on the earth, Li Zicheng was preparing for a new round of attack. Wu Guofu was already prepared to not see the sun at dawn, but Cen Fang, who had just gone away, hurriedly returned
On the city wall.
After seeing Cen Fang, Wu Guofu was immediately furious and whispered: "Didn't I let you go? Why didn't you listen?"
"Old General, please calm down. I have your letter. It was sent by General Cao!"
"Huh." Wu Guofu took the letter, glared at Cen Fang, and then read the letter under the torch. After reading it, his eyebrows twitched and he immediately said: "Cen Fang, don't leave, follow me to meet the enemy. Go down as instructed.
, let the brothers work hard this time, as long as the traitors are driven back, we can withdraw from Fufeng County."
"Huh? Governor Yang promised to let us withdraw?"
"No, Governor Yang didn't tell us to evacuate. This was a private message from General Cao. He said that we only need to evacuate Fufeng County and leave the rest to him. Hey, don't worry about it. Even if Governor Yang is questioned afterwards, there will be
General Cao and others are carrying it with us. In order to escape and let a few brothers return to northern Sichuan alive, I will return to my hometown to farm at the worst possible time... It's all worth it..."
