When Mo Li arrived with Guan Feng and others, the offensive and defensive battle at the South City Gate had reached a white-hot stage, and the recruits suffered many casualties because of their lack of combat experience.

Cheng Qingzhu was so anxious that the corners of his mouth were bubbling, and white smoke was emitting from his head. Lord Mo handed over the safety of the South City Gate to himself, if he couldn't keep it, it would be shameless to see Mo Li again.

As soon as the officers and soldiers all over the mountains appeared, Cheng Qingzhu knew that the military situation was urgent, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Moli, and then organized the soldiers to hurry up to defend the defense.

As soon as Mo Li arrived, he immediately commanded reinforcements to join the battle and fought back.

When the soldiers under Cheng Qingzhu saw that the deputy commander had arrived, the morale of the army was greatly relieved, and the hands holding the guns were not trembling much.

"Commander Cheng, how are the casualties, how are the brothers casualties?" Mo Li rushed to Cheng Qingzhu's side and asked.

"My lord, why are you here in person?" Cheng Qingzhu said with some surprise, "The brothers can still withstand it, it's very dangerous here, my lord, go down quickly!" I'm here! ”

"It's okay, I'll meet the first good general of the Ming Dynasty." Mo Li said, picking up his flintlock pistol and setting it on the battlement, aiming at the target outside the city.

Cheng Qingzhu was in a hurry, the firepower of the officers and soldiers was very fierce, and there were many troops, so it was very dangerous for Mo Li to stay on the city wall. But he also knew that Mo Li would be easily persuaded as soon as he entered the battlefield, and he could only command his subordinates to fight back at the moment, while nervously guarding Mo Li.

Guan Feng and Lin Guo also came to Mo Li's side, and both of them used their bows and arrows to shoot at the officials and soldiers outside the city.

Due to the entry of the two battalions of Guan Feng and Ba Laodao into the battlefield, the strength of the revival army increased greatly, and the firepower was also very fierce, although Cao Wenzhao had more than 20,000 men and horses, it was difficult to break through the firepower network of the defenders and attack the city wall.

Cao Wenzhao saw that his subordinate soldiers had already gained the upper hand, and the defenders were beaten to the point that they had no power to fight back, as long as they rushed a few more times, they would be able to rush up the Lingchuan city wall. Unfortunately, the defenders suddenly increased a large number of troops, which changed the situation, and changed from their own advantage to evenly matched.

Cao Wenzhao knew that it must be that the Beijing camp at the North City Gate did not entangle the defenders of the North City Gate, and they rushed over to reinforce the South City Gate, so he couldn't help but secretly scold Lin Jianyue for being incompetent.

Alas, it seems that there is no need to expect Lin Jianyue's group of Beijing camp ruffians to take the opportunity to attack the north city gate, although most of the defenders in the city are attracted to the south city gate at this time, if the Beijing camp at the north city gate can attack, there may not be no chance to attack it.

But judging from the contact in the past two days, with Cao Wenzhao's understanding of the Beijing camp, there is a chance that they will not and dare not attack the city. No, it's a once-in-a-lifetime time and can't be missed anyway!

Thinking of this, Cao Wenzhao frowned, and shouted loudly: "Wang Bao, go and inform Lin Du to command, the situation has changed, most of the bandits have been attracted to the south city gate, let him organize the siege immediately!" Just say it's my order, and let him do it! Just go! ”

"Yes!" Wang Bao replied loudly, gave a military salute, and turned around to leave.

"Wait! Take my pro-soldier camp with you! Be sharp when attacking, don't embarrass Lao Tzu! Cao Wenzhao said. Just relying on the gang of scumbags in the Beijing camp, I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed, so let Wang Bao take the pro-military camp with him, so as to set an example for the ruffian soldiers.

Wang Bao hesitated for a moment and said, "But general, the pro-military camp must protect your safety!" It's so fierce here, you don't have any extra troops on your hands right now......"

"Don't get in the way, I have so many brothers here, what are you afraid of! Besides, I, Cao Wenzhao, am not paper paste. Cao Wenzhao said indifferently, "Go quickly, don't delay the fighter, otherwise Lao Tzu will never spare you!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Bao didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and hurried towards the north city gate with his own military camp.

Under the command of Cao Wenzhao, countless officers and soldiers bravely attacked the south gate of Lingchuan City, arrows and ammunition poured towards the city wall in waves, and the scene was very spectacular.

It is worthy of being the first good general in the world, although the firepower of the defenders is not less fierce than the official army, and even better than the official army, especially after the arrival of reinforcements from Moli and Guan Feng and others, because the soldiers under Guan Feng are the elite of the whole army, and the combat quality ranks first in the whole army, so it has brought great damage to the officers and soldiers besieging the city.

But the soldiers under Cao Wenzhao continued to charge fearlessly, and several ladders were erected on the city wall, and the officers and soldiers on one ladder even rushed to the head of the city, but fortunately they were killed and retreated by Guan Feng in time, so they were not attacked.

The battle fell into a stalemate for a while, and the officers and soldiers attacked desperately under the command of Cao Wenzhao, which was indeed rare to see such a brave soldier among the officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, and it seems that Cao Wenzhao was not in vain. If the Ming Dynasty had a few more generals like Cao Wenzhao, and a few more troops like Cao Wenzhao's subordinates, it would not have perished so quickly.

Mo Li looked at Cao Wenzhao not far from the city, his command was determined, his spirit was magnificent, and he had the style of a general, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of appreciation in his heart.

Cao Wenzhao is known for his bravery in battle, and at this moment he is personally leading his subordinates to step up the attack, and he is not afraid of the danger of the battlefield.

In fact, the range of Mo Li's flintlock pistol can completely reach the position where Cao Wenzhao is, and he is not inaccurate, but looking at this unafraid commander of the official army, he has not pulled the trigger for a long time.

Cao Wenzhao in history, brave and good at fighting and resourceful, resolute character, in his early years, he successively fought against Houjin with Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong in Liaodong. Last year, when the Qing army besieged the city, Cao Wenzhao led Cao Bianjiao and other soldiers to enter the pass with Yuan Chonghuan to help, and fought many bloody battles, making great contributions.

After the Qing army retreated, Cao Wenzhao was immediately sent by the imperial court to Shaanxi to quell the civil unrest, and in the following years, Cao Wenzhao was in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and other places to conquer the exiles and bandits, and successively killed Wang Jiayin, Lighting the lamp, Li Laochai, a dragon, sweeping the king and other leaders of the popular rebellion.

Due to Cao Wenzhao's long-term conquest and suppression of the civil unrest and the indissoluble enmity with the peasant rebel army, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, Scorpion Block, Troubled King and other leaders of the rebel army joined forces and adopted means such as luring the enemy and setting up ambushes to lead Cao Wenzhao's headquarters into the encirclement.

Cao Wenzhao led his troops to fight to the death, there was no hope of breaking through, and his subordinates suffered all casualties, so he drew his sword and killed himself. The Ming court posthumously presented Cao Wenzhao to the prince Taibao and the governor of Zuodu, and ordered the Si to build an ancestral hall and pay tribute in the spring and autumn period.

Mo thought that although Cao Wenzhao was portrayed by later generations as a pioneer executioner in suppressing the peasant uprising, in the crumbling Ming Dynasty at that time, Cao Wenzhao was loyal to the monarch and the country, and it seems that he could not be said to be wrong.

If Cao Wenzhao hadn't put out fires everywhere and requisitioned and suppressed the chaotic people who had made trouble everywhere, I was afraid that the Chongzhen Imperial Court would not be able to last for seventeen years and lay down early. Of course, no one knows what kind of historical evolution it will be.

And if Cao Wenzhao does not die, and he leads his troops to suppress the peasant uprising in Guannei, it is unknown whether Li Zicheng can finally form the climate to attack Beijing. If the customs are stable, the Chongzhen court will always raise grain and grass troops to go out of the customs to resist the Qing Dynasty, and the direction of history may be another trajectory.

For Cao Wenzhao, Mo Li respects and appreciates it from the bottom of his heart, at least, Cao Wenzhao is loyal to his duties until death, and he is a man with a true temperament. And he is also Cao Bianjiao's own uncle.

Therefore, he didn't want Cao Wenzhao to be besieged and killed by the peasant rebels in the future, he wanted to turn his life trajectory in another direction.