Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 2 Gather and annihilate stragglers to defend Chengdu

Section 6 Defending Chengdu (4)

In the middle of the night, the rebel camp had become unusually silent, except for some rebel soldiers who were constantly patrolling and guarding, there was basically no movement in the rebel camp. In the distance, Chengdu is also very quiet, and the officers and soldiers and strong men on the city wall have only left some people on duty, and most of them have already fallen asleep.

However, in the big tent of the rebel army, Hao Jiusheng still did not sleep, but was full of energy, wearing armor and holding a blade, sitting quietly in the tent alone, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise around the rebel camp, as if there was a large group of soldiers and horses marching quickly, and in an instant the entire rebel camp was awakened, and more than 20,000 rebel soldiers rushed out of their tents and began to assemble in a panic, not knowing what was going on.

Yu Jiusheng did not have a trace of panic, but smiled faintly, and said to the guards who rushed over: "Let's start." ”

A moment later, under the gaze of more than 20,000 rebels, the 2,000 soldiers and horses directly under the command of Hao Jiu quickly occupied all the key points in the rebel camp and opened the camp gate. I saw that 20,000 troops rushed into the rebel camp from the night, and quickly surrounded the rebel soldiers who had not yet assembled, and the banner of this army was extravagant!

Bursts of angry roars suddenly erupted in the rebel camp, and those rebel soldiers pushed each other with the extravagant soldiers and horses who rushed in, and the two sides gradually turned from scolding and pushing each other to confrontation, and they were ready to fight.

At this time, the eight Tusi also rushed over when they heard the news, while restraining their subordinates not to act rashly, and at the same time sending people to find Hao Jiu Ming to preside over the overall situation.

"No need to look for it, I'm here!"

I saw that Hao Jiu Ming walked over with a team of guards with an indifferent expression, and all the soldiers and horses of the luxury family along the way made way for him.

Now, even a fool knows what's going on!

A toast asked loudly, "General Hao, what do you mean by this?" We are all for the face of your luxury family, so we gambled our lives and the Ming Dynasty as enemies, and now you suddenly surrounded us, what is going on! Aren't you afraid of the guilt of the head of the luxurious family? ”

"That's it! Suddenly do it to a friend, this is your extravagant style? ”

"We're quitting! You luxury family go and fight hard with the Ming court by yourself! ”

Those toasts shouted one after another, and even threatened to lead the troops to withdraw, and where would the surrounding luxury soldiers and horses let these people go? The two sides clashed again, and the scene became chaotic again.

Hao Jiu Ming looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes were full of playfulness, and after a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, since you have already arrived here, how can you say that you will not do it?" Do you think the two armies are playing against each other is child's play! I am a luxury family, you can handle it if you want to! Come! Disarm all their horses and horses and keep them in check, and as for these men......"

Hao Jiuming glanced at the eight toasts, and then said disdainfully: "Tie them all up and take them to the big tent of the Chinese army!" ”

After speaking, the surrounding soldiers and horses of the luxury family rushed up to arrest the eight Tusi, but the many rebel soldiers around all rushed up, and they all drew their swords and wanted to fight with the soldiers and horses of the luxury family.

"What! Do you want to rebel? You have already created a rebellion against the Ming court, do you want to rebel against my extravagant family? Don't forget, your wives and children are all in Sichuan and Yunnan, and if you offend the Ming Dynasty, they may still have a way to live, but if you offend my luxury family, none of your small families will survive! Now those who put down their weapons and surrender can be incorporated into my extravagant army, and I am destined to treat everyone equally and not blame the past! However, those who are still obsessed with it, just pull your respective families and bury them with these toast masters! ”

After speaking, Yu Jiu Ming left without looking back.

The 30,000 or 40,000 horses in the camp confronted each other silently, and the words of luxury and nine lives seemed to still echo in the air, repeating in the hearts of more than 20,000 rebel soldiers. During this time, the eight toasts were all terrified, and each of them had beads of sweat on their faces, not knowing what choice their subordinates would make.

"I surrender!"

"I'm not going to fight either!"

"Don't kill us!"

One, two, and soon, more than 20,000 rebel soldiers in the camp put down their weapons one after another and surrendered to the extravagant soldiers.

After all, in the face of the army of luxury families who are ready to fight, these rebel soldiers know very well how they should choose, at least between their wives and children and the high-ranking Tusi Lord, as long as they are not bad brains, they will not hesitate to choose the former.

"What are you doing! Hurry up and protect us out! ”

"It's the other way around! It's all the other way around! ”

The eight toasts all yelled loudly, and even a few of them angrily punched and kicked the subordinates around them, but still no one stood up to speak for them, let alone protect them and leave.

The soldiers and horses of the luxury family neatly tied up the eight toasts and flowers, and then escorted them to the big tent of the Chinese army of the luxury nine lives. The more than 20,000 rebels in the camp were also under the supervision of the soldiers and horses of the Hao family, and began to assemble according to their respective formations, waiting for the further disposal of the nine lives of the luxury family.

At the same time, the movement of the rebel camp also alarmed the defenders in the city, and Wu Hang rushed to the southern city wall immediately after receiving the news. Along the way, Wu Hang was still muttering: "This battle has just begun, it stands to reason that the general should not have led the army to come, what happened to the rebel camp?" Could it be that the rebels are trying to lure me out of the city? That's too naïve, right? ”

Just thinking about it, Wu Hang had already walked quickly to the south city wall, and when he looked around, he saw that the rebel camp was brightly lit, and there were many people in the camp, and he didn't know what was going on. But one thing is certain, and that is that the rebels have more troops! There are definitely more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the rebel camp!

"It looks like the rebels have reinforcements arriving! It's going to be difficult now, tomorrow's battle will definitely be more intense, it seems that I can't sleep, I have to prepare to defend the city tomorrow! ”

Under the darkness of the night, whether it is the rebel camp or the city of Chengdu, the charming night is destined to be a sleepless night, and both sides are seizing the time to prepare.

Hao Jiu Ming reorganized the army of nearly 50,000 overnight, scattered all the soldiers and horses of the previous eight Tusi into his command, and secretly killed all the eight Tusi, and said to the outside world that he had been sent back to the rear to wait for processing.

In the daytime battle, the big rockets can be said to shine, and in one fell swoop, they defeated the attack of thousands of rebels, so Wu Hang concentrated all the big rockets in the city and moved them all to the south city wall. The rest of the arrows, cannons, rolling stones, sassal wood, gold juice and boiling water and other equipment were also transported to the city wall in large quantities.

In this way, preparations on both sides continued until dawn. When the first rays of sunshine of the new day spilled into the world, the rebel camp and Chengdu were all silent, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides were seizing the last quiet time before the big battle to recover their strength and prepare for the upcoming battle of life and death.

An hour later, Hao Jiuming led more than 40,000 rebels out of the camp, first divided the 15,000 army to attack the east, north and west of Chengdu, and then divided the remaining 30,000 troops into six huge phalanxes, which were all spread out two miles outside the south gate of Chengdu.

At this time, Wu Hang also led the garrison army to the city to prepare for battle. In the face of the menacing rebels, in addition to enriching the defensive materials on the south city wall, Wu Hang also mobilized 1,000 strong men from the other three sides to support the south city wall, preparing to start a life-and-death battle with the rebels.

Standing on the enemy platform of the Chinese army and observing the defense on the southern city wall, he saw that the city was full of officers and strong men who were waiting for the battle, and it was full of defensive equipment, which was a disaster for the rebels who did not have much advantage in strength and had no effective means of siege.

So, Hao Jiu Ming frowned and looked at the southern city wall in the distance, he never gave the order to attack the city, and he was always hesitating in his heart.

After a long while, Hao Jiu's heart suddenly moved, and then he smiled faintly and said, "Order, send five thousand troops to attack first; At the same time, order the rest of the three armies to attack together! ”

"Woo~~"

The rebel army divided into an army of 5,000 and quickly rushed towards the southern city wall with a heavy shield held high.

Seeing this, Wu Hang did not hesitate, and after the 5,000 rebel soldiers were within range of the artillery, he ordered the artillery to open fire.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The 5,000 rebel soldiers braved the heavy artillery fire from the city and charged quickly, and after paying some casualties, the large force had rushed to a distance of about 100 paces from the city wall.

Seeing this, Wu Hang laughed and said, "Rocket launch!" ”

"Ignition! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Whoosh!"

"Put it again!"

"Whoosh! Sou! Whoosh!"

Dozens of bundles of large rockets were launched without interruption, and the powerful and dense rockets immediately enveloped the five thousand rebel soldiers, and with just one cup of tea, the five thousand rebels were defeated, killing and wounding at least nearly two thousand people!

Looking at the army that had retreated, Hao Jiu's cheeks couldn't help twitching, but he still ordered: "Transfer another 5,000 people up, this time, the army will not be in formation, all of them will scatter and charge!" ”

Immediately afterwards, another 5,000 rebel soldiers roared and rushed forward, and Wu Hang hurriedly mobilized a batch of large rockets to set up and prepare for launch.

At this moment, Hao Jiu Ming quietly mobilized 5,000 troops to withdraw from the back of the large army array, and made a detour to the east city wall of Chengdu.