Wu Chao and they were on this hill whose name they didn't know about twenty miles southwest of Qingxi City, and they had been holding out for more than a week since they were besieged.

The number of Hongtang soldiers has increased from more than 4,000 at the peak to only more than 1,000 now, which shows the fierceness of the fighting in the past week or so.

Of course, the loss of Prince Daishan's department under the hill was twice that of Hongtang's soldiers, and until now it has not been able to completely wipe out Wu Chao's department, and Prince Daishan has scolded a group of generals and ministers under his command for several days, and it is unspeakably miserable.

However, the resilience of the Hongtang army is by no means something that the Qing people can solve by relying on their numerical superiority and bravery, until now on the hill that is not too high and the top of the hill has been plowed several times, the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers still make the Qing people helpless.

In fact, the situation on the mountain has gradually become difficult, from the beginning of the decision to hold on, Wu Chao and they began to supply the dry food and drinking water carried by the soldiers, even so, their supplies have gradually bottomed out, and they have been completely cut off from food and water a day ago.

Even in order to last longer, Wu Chao collected all the excreted urine according to the knowledge during training, and at the same time, they were also ready to eat human flesh at the last moment.

"Commander, you can also take a bite!"

The gruel that can be seen clearly is the last staple food of the Hongtang soldiers on the hill, and it is also the last chance for them to replenish the water.

"Let's take it and share it with the wounded soldiers!"

As the main general, Wu Chao is certainly fighting on the front line when he is in danger, but to be honest, everyone still takes a lot of care of him, at least a few of his guards are not far from him, so that his situation is much better than everyone.

These cares are all voluntary from the hearts of the soldiers, although Wu Chao led everyone into such a desperate situation, but the results they have achieved are brilliant and proud.

"But your body ......"

The guards were a little unwilling and wanted to persuade Wu Chao.

"If you want me to stay away from danger as much as possible, then you must let the brethren eat more and have more strength to kill the enemy."

Wu Chao said undoubtedly.

"Commander, a few more brothers have committed suicide!"

Manpower was tight, and under the fierce battle, the Hongtang soldiers suffered serious losses, and there were many injuries, so they could only be simply bandaged and handed over to the doctors who accompanied the army to take care of them.

However, the wounded, who were seriously injured and consciously dragged down the big guy and consumed food, always committed suicide with self-defense daggers when the doctors were not paying attention, so as not to drag everyone down and at the same time, they could also consume less food.

“……”

Wu Chao fell into a bleak silence, and then spoke for a long time: "Write down their names, find out their suicide note and keep it!" ”

"Yes!"

The warriors who had come to report the news left in a hurry.

Without waiting for the sadness to fill Wu Chao's hearts for a long time, a terrible alarm rose again, and a group of soldiers including Wu Chao grabbed their weapons and ran towards the forward position, just a few steps away for those of them who lacked enough rations, a little running made them consume a lot of strength.

Another week later, this hill is still in the hands of Wu Chao and them, but the Hongtang soldiers who are stubbornly guarding the hill can still breathe until now, there are less than two hundred people left, and all of them are thin and scarred; On the other hand, the Qingqing army under the mountain has grown from more than 10,000 people at the beginning to even more huge now, with as many as 40,000 or 50,000.

At the beginning of the chaotic battle, the disciples of the Great Qing Dynasty who were scattered in a radius of more than ten miles, as well as the remaining 20,000 troops in Qingxi City who came to help, were either newly captured by Daishan in the past half a month, or automatically returned to the team, and finally made their team have another atmosphere.

It's just that Prince Daishan's temper is not very good today, and the sacrifice flag of a few low-level non-commissioned officers just now still can't offset the anger in Daishan's heart: "Hundreds of remnants of the army have been defeated, and you still can't take it down until now, do you have to personally lead the team into battle, so that you can take your life to fight with the thieves above?" ”

This is not the first time that Prince Daishan has been so angry, and he has suppressed this group of generals and ministers under his command with such heavy words, but he still can't change the thorn in the eye on the hill that is not high, and continues to stand strong.

The Jurchen and Mongolian generals were all silent, and they didn't dare to take a breath, for the invincible Qing army in the Ming border pass and the Korean battlefield in these years, this battle finally made the contempt for the Han people accumulated in the hearts of these generals over the years completely eliminated.

"I'll give you one last chance today, if you can't take this mountain, you all come to see Lao Tzu one by one!!"

The more Prince Daishan thought about it, the more angry he became, but he was also hesitant in his heart, why didn't he want to personally press the battle, but he was worried that if he couldn't even take down the Ming army on the mountain, it would be a heavy blow to their confidence and other prestige for their Qing army.

You must know that in addition to the battle situation here, Hongtang also has an army on the other line, which is wreaking havoc in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and after destroying this Ming army, Prince Daishan will also take this Qing army west to stop the other Ming army with more numbers and a more sound structure.

The good news from the west was that Liaoyang was still in the hands of the Qing army, so the western gateway of the royal capital Shengjing was not lost, and the Ming army in Dongjiang Town was even less threatening to the royal capital.

But the corresponding bad news is that the Ming army in Dongjiang Town failed to attack Liaoyang City for a long time, and learned that Prince Daishan's army was pinned down by Wu Chao on the Eastern Front, left the fortified city of Liaoyang, turned north, and looted and burned in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty, causing countless tribal villages in the Qing Dynasty to fall and the people to suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, in the royal capital of Shengjing, there are already aristocratic ministers who have begun to be dissatisfied with Prince Li, who is in charge of the overall situation of the country, and they are ready to impeach and seize power.

In this situation, Prince Daishan is bound to quickly clean up the Qingxi City side, turn around and go back to clean up the broken situation created by the Ming soldiers on the Western Front.

On the bare mountaintop, after more than ten days of Hongtang soldiers resisted while building a defensive line, making the ravines on the top of the hill vertical and horizontal, and the hills were dense, which was also the case that Hongtang held on for more than a whole week with less than 1,000 people and lack of supplies.

(End of chapter)