Chapter 390: Fortified City
In fact, if you want to say who wants to run the least, it's really Kong Luan himself.
As the biggest powerful man in Guide Mansion, Kong Luan was originally in the same situation as the Chuang army, he started by selling horses, and although he was called Xiangma, his status gradually improved.
Speaking of which, it took decades to become the biggest local power in Guide Province, although this is rare, but the rarity of the loyal martyr king is not enough to describe it, and it can only be described in one word - "rare in the world".
Wang Zheng's background is even more humble than Kong Luan, listening to those rumors, he actually started by selling smuggled salt, and at first there were only 100 villagers, but now, people have made the world exclaim one after another, which can be regarded as turning over.
At this time, Kong Luan has no time to be ashamed.
He only knew that if he lost the horse village near Tuocheng and lost the blessing of the marshal of the Shandong army, his status in Guide Mansion would plummet from now on, and he was afraid that he would immediately become a bullshit that everyone shouted at.
Compared with becoming worthless because of offending the loyal martyr Wang Zheng, being spurned by everyone, and being miserable for the rest of his life, it is better to fight with this loyal martyr who has become famous recently, he is much more reliable than the imperial court.
The Shandong army can even be like other Ming armies, it has nothing to do with itself, hanging high, and it is not necessarily necessary to touch the hard nail of Shandong.
But the reason why the Shandong Army is the Shandong Army is because it has a completely different "soul" from other Ming armies, and its style has always been so that people can't find any faults.
Of course, Wang Zheng has his own considerations for sending troops.
Kong Luan is not a fool, there must be interests in it, but no matter what the intention of sending troops is, in Kong Luan's eyes, this is really a righteous act of faith.
After a fierce struggle in his heart, although he did not run away, he led the men and horses to the top at the last moment, but he also kept an eye on the city wall, and Liu Zongmin personally led people to rush on the left side of the city wall.
What kind of character is Liu Zongmin, that is a general whose status in the army is second only to King Chuang, and in the Shandong army, I am afraid that only those four generals can compare.
With such a fierce combat effectiveness, he is not good at defending the city at all, and it is okay to fight and kill on the horse, even if he is desperate to go up now, it is estimated that he will not be able to bear a few knives and lose his life.
At that time, he Kong Luan will become a laughing stock for delivering food, not only will it not have the effect of delaying, but it will also make other foreign soldiers and horses who are still fighting frustrated.
So after a simple thought, Kong Luan finally led people to rush to the right city wall, relying on the soldiers and horses of the Shandong army who had not yet died, and barely supported the defense line.
He hacked a homeless person to death, looked at the Shandong soldiers who were slaughtered in the city on the other side, sighed heavily, and said in his heart, I am also benevolent and righteous, let go of everything and follow you to birth and death.
Following King Chuang, there are indeed a lot of cannon fodder just to eat, but in the final analysis, most people are still afraid of the retaliation of those officials and soldiers who eat people without spitting out bones, and they don't know what to do.
The world has become like this, it is impossible to go home and farm well, except for passively eating and waiting for death in the army, I really can't think of a better way.
In the eyes of Liu Zongmin now, these people are actually cannon fodder for consumption.
But then again, at the beginning of the beginning, the army was indeed forced by the poor to rebel in order to survive, and everyone was not brothers to each other, but better than brothers, and they also advanced and retreated together for a belief.
But after all these years of wind and rain, the current army has transformed into a complete corps, from the beginning of aimless looting everywhere, to now only serving one of Li Zicheng's ultimate goals, although this goal is still very vague.
In order to show his loyalty in the mountains, Liu Zongmin was able to kill even his wife and children with his own hands, such a cruel and cold-blooded act, I am afraid that even the loyal martyr in Shandong will not be able to do it, who can hope that he can have any mercy.
The defenders of Shandong on the right side have the largest rank of nothing more than a general battalion officer of a thousand regular soldiers, and in addition to this, there are only a few officers at the level of sentinels.
Liu Zongmin went straight to the commander of the thousand battalion, although he knew that he was invincible, the general manager of the Shandong army secretly swallowed his saliva and still held his knife to meet him.
The result is obvious, one side is the general of the army who is recuperating, and the other side is the exhausted general of the Shandong army.
That is the general soldier of the Shandong Army, and his qualifications are quite old, and he was hacked to death by Liu Zongmin several times at this level, and the surrounding soldiers saw it and cheered, as if they had defeated the army of soldiers led by Wang Zhengqin.
Liu Zongmin is an anxious man, and after personally hacking to death the last recalcitrant Shandong soldier on the right city wall, his confidence has soared, and he is really a waste in his heart.
He did not wait for the army on the other side to meet and make peace, but directly rushed down the city with the old battalion, wanting to take advantage of the situation to kill the main general of the Shandong army, get a great achievement, and fight Hao Shaoqi's face.
Xing Yidao held the big knife with a gap, and was burying his head under the city gate desperately killing, although there were constant shouts next to him, but he still didn't care, and he only had the inexhaustible thief in front of him in his heart.
At this time, he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the overhead, and Xing Yidao wondered a little in his heart, isn't there a battalion guarding that place, how could there be the sound of thieves.
Don't......
Looking at it with questions, the scene he saw made his hair stand upside down with anger.
I saw that the general of the army called Liu Zongmin was carrying the head of a thousand people in the Shandong army barracks to show off his might, and when he saw the punishment, he even raised his eyebrows proudly.
And those who were originally standing at the battlements of the Shandong army generals, but at this moment, only the thieves who were full of Dengden were left, and all the familiar figures either fell below or were trampled underfoot.
None of them retreated until they were all killed!
Thinking of this, a few muddy tears suddenly fell from the eagle's eyes, and when he saw Liu Zongmin rushing down with the old camp, he immediately turned around and greeted him.
Although the remaining Shandong soldiers are less than half of the original, they are as imposing as a rainbow and regard death as home, and this spirit makes those outcasts and soldiers stunned.
The other party kept fighting with the old battalion, and fell to the ground one after another, but the momentum was still undiminished, and the faint shouts even overshadowed the cheers of the surrounding troops for a while.
Since the old battalion joined the battle, it has always been unstoppable, but at this time, it can't take a step forward, and the remaining Shandong soldiers at the city gate are like an impregnable barrier, as long as there is still a trace of strength, they have to struggle to pull a thief on their backs.
An old battalion leader who had just joined the battle already felt a little laborious, and after a while he retreated, looking at the city gate, he had not taken it until now, and muttered solemnly:
"In the end, these officers and soldiers are still loyal to the subordinates of Bodi, they are so powerful, and it is so difficult to fight in a county town in Guide Prefecture, it seems that this Shandong army is not going to go well!"
Hearing his words, another old battalion beside him nodded without hesitation and said:
"Lao Tzu has followed King Chuang to the south and north for so many years, and it is the first time I have encountered such a difficult official army!"
"Yes, how many people are there in this Shandong army, how many are we in the army, that's hundreds of thousands, and they were blocked all day, if Wang Zheng came with soldiers, then it would be necessary?"
"Probably not, Wang Zheng is still busy chopping Tartar in Liaodong now, how can he take care of such a far."
Although the battle had come to an end, except for the cheers of the homeless, almost all of the old camps were apprehensive, and no one felt relaxed at all.
This battle was perhaps the most tragic they fought.