When Huang Rusong's head hung on the city wall, it announced the attitude of the Han army, that is, not to die. This choice completely cut off all possibilities and drove Voerdan to a dead end.

Fu Erdan actually has many options, in addition to attacking Wuchang head-on, you can also choose to make a detour to attack Hanyang or Xiaogan County, these two places are not important to the Fu Han army, but there are almost no guards, which is also the reason why Ning Zhongyuan took the risk to stick to Xianning, only by holding Xianning, can Fu Erdan be blocked on the periphery.

But due to Ning Zhongyuan's carelessness, Xianning was lost, so in desperation, Ning Zhongyuan could only concentrate all his troops in Wuchang in order to protect himself. If Fu Erdan bypassed Wuchang to attack Hanyang at this time, the Fu Han army would not have a very good way, and at Cui Wancai's suggestion, the city wall would be covered with soldiers, so that Fu Erdan could not distinguish between the virtual and the real, and then let the soldiers deliberately sing and make up the smooth slip to provoke Fu Erdan.

Originally, these measures were just emergency countermeasures in desperation, and I didn't expect Fu Erdan to be fooled, but I didn't expect that Fu Erdan sent Huang Rusong to persuade him to surrender, which made Ning Zhongyuan overjoyed, and decisively cut off Huang Rusong's head and hung it on the city wall.

Seeing that Huang Rusong was beheaded, Fu Erdan was furious, and directly waved his army to attack Wuchang, but it was a bit inappropriate to describe Wuchang City as indestructible, but it was definitely not something that these thousands of people could take, and the remnants of the army led by Ning Zhongyuan were able to capture Wuchang, but it was also because they first lured the enemy outside the city, wiped out most of the Qing army, and then should have taken it under the external alliance.

But now the Qing army did not have such conditions, so they had to attack hard against the artillery and muskets on the head of the city, and a large number of bullets fell in the crowd, creating patches of blood mist, and even the flowering bombs developed by the Hanyang Arsenal, although the number was a little rare, but the explosion in the crowd took away one after another corpses.

This siege battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, after the Qing army dropped hundreds of corpses, but it found nothing, not to mention attacking the city wall, even the Fu Han army on the city wall did not kill a few, in this way, but it made Fu Erdan feel a little desperate in his heart, he knew his current situation very well, if he couldn't take Wuchang, there would be no way to advance or retreat when the time came, he Fu Erdan plus these thousands of people, none of them wanted to live.

Most of the Qing army also understood the current situation, but everyone knew in their hearts that it was not easy to survive this time, and if they didn't work hard, when the reinforcements of the Fu Han army arrived, there would be no way out. In addition, these people are also the Eight Banners Army, and their military education and literacy are very good, so they are not directly lying in the nest like the Green Battalion.

After nightfall, Fu Erdan summoned all the generals, looking at the slightly sparse generals, his face was a little ugly, don't look at the loss of only a few hundred people during the day, but these people are elites, and four of them were killed in the battle alone.

"Everyone should understand that the situation of our army is very bad now, and if it is just an ordinary attack, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of the city."

Fu Erdan said this, looked around, and saw that everyone's expressions were calm, so he continued: "At that time, I will lead a group of men to attack at night, which can not only attack them unprepared, but also reduce the power of the artillery as much as possible. Everyone go and prepare, and I need 800 men to go with me first. ”

When the generals heard this, they nodded without hesitation, and these generals of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty knew very well in their hearts that if this battle was lost, maybe ordinary soldiers would still have a way to live, and they would have no choice but to die.

In that case, let's fight!

The Qing army quickly selected 800 people who dared to die, they were the final essence of this Qing army, and it can be said that if this battle was lost, Fu Erdan had no choice but to die. Therefore, in order to motivate the fighting spirit, Fu Erdan chose to attack the city with them.

Yin Zheng, there was silence all around, and there was nothing in the air except the smoke and bloody smell left over from the battle during the day, just like in the past, without any abnormality.

A full 800 Qing soldiers and sergeants slowly approached Wuchang City under the cover of the night, they did not bring shotguns, everyone was armed with spears, swords and shields, ready to fight with the Han army at close range.

Eight hundred steps......

500 steps......

300 steps......

The whole process was unimaginably smooth, and soon the Qing army was in the corner, Fu Erdan looked at the sleeping soldiers of the Fu Han army at the head of the city, and couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart, this everyone said that the Fu Han soldiers were well trained and the military discipline was strong, but now how long has it been, and the Fu Han army has decayed, just like the green battalion, it is no longer helpful.

Fu Erdan looked back at the 800 Qing troops under his command, and felt a little complacent, it seems that this Han is really unreliable, or our Eight Banners warriors are brave and elite, even if they suffer a little loss in front? When Wuchang is taken, all the profits will come back!

It's just that before Fu Erdan imagined the future, suddenly a black ball with fire was thrown down, and they fell in the Qing army, with a rumbling sound, the entire Qing army was suddenly in chaos, and a large number of soldiers were blown up so directly, poor these Qing soldiers, just touched the city wall of Wuchang, and gave their lives.

Fu Erdan's face was a little pale, he didn't expect that the Fu Han army seemed to be ready, just waiting for the Qing army to be fooled, and his heart was down, so he retreated back with the remnants of the Qing army, but the artillery on the city also fired at this time, and a large number of projectiles flew into the crowd of the Qing army, although the night reduced the hit rate of the artillery, but it still killed and injured hundreds of Qing soldiers.

Voerdan was also almost hit by a bullet, but fortunately, the guards around him fought hard and used their bodies to block the debris that exploded, so that Voerdan escaped by luck.

After returning to the camp, Fu Erdan counted the remnants of the Qing army, and instantly felt half of his heart cold, the eight hundred Qing troops when he went, but now there are only less than three hundred left, and more than five hundred people died under the city, this is the most courageous group of people in the Qing army at present, without them, let alone defeat Wuchang, it is a little unbearable to fight head-on.

In the next two days, Fu Erdan tried to attack the city twice, but to no avail, but lost another seven or eight hundred lives under the city in vain, so far, Fu Erdan's Eight Banners soldiers have less than 3,000 people, which makes him have to start thinking about his own retreat.

It's just that before Fu Erdan has any new movements, the five hundred guards led by Ning Yu finally arrived in Wuchang City after five days.

Looking at the banner of the Fu Han Army fluttering on Wuchang City, Ning Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the city was still there, there was hope. As for Voerdan, he is not far from death.