Chapter Seventy-Seven: Morale

The sky is dark, and the outline of Nanchang City in the distance is faintly visible in the night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Zhangtang hid in the bushes, quietly observing the Qing army camps dotted under the mountain. Behind him were more than a hundred soldiers who were also on high alert.

Since arriving around Nanchang City the night before, they have been hiding on this mountain. Perhaps because they surrounded and annihilated the Qing army along the way, and their own numbers were not large, so their whereabouts were never discovered.

During this day or so, they carefully observed the distribution of the Qing army's camps outside the city and the patrol pattern of the Qing army, which was to prepare for today's operation.

It seems inconceivable that more than 100 or even fewer people crossed the camp of tens of thousands of troops outside the city to communicate with the city, but in fact it is not impossible.

In the siege battles throughout the ages, in order to prevent the defenders in the city from sneaking attack, the besieging side would not set up the camp too close to the city, and it was generally relatively close within ten miles. Moreover, unless there is an overwhelming superiority in troops, it is very rare to be able to really enclose the city so much that not even a bird can fly. It is usually enough to camp in the right place, cut off the defenders of the city to obtain supplies, and break out.

Therefore, there are many successful examples of the defenders of the city being able to communicate with the outside world and ask for reinforcements even when the enemy is besieging the city. For example, Tai Shici at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty went out to Beihai to ask for help, and Nanjiyun in the Tang Dynasty went out to Suiyang to ask for help.

But what Wang Zhangtang has to do today is undoubtedly more difficult. His plan was to first cross the Qing military camp outside the city to deliver the news to the city, and then return, or kill.

When ordinary people hear this plan, their first reaction must be that a madman would do it.

It is not too difficult to get past the enemy camp outside the city and get close to the city, as long as you are careful. But then you have to break through the same way? At that time, the enemy army must have been alarmed, even if it was too late to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress it, but tens of thousands of people outside the city were all joking?

"Lao Zhang, have you all thought about it? Would you really like to do this with me? I don't know if I can come back this time. Wang Zhangtang turned his head and asked Zhang Youtian, the deputy next to him and the general manager of the Flying Tiger Battalion.

It is not a lie to die nine times in this life. A more secure plan is not nothing, but the effect will definitely be greatly reduced, and it is definitely not what Wang Zhangtang wants. As for life and death, he has long been out of his mind, he can emulate Zhao Zilong and other brave generals in ancient times, and be able to bathe in the bloody battlefield like those predecessors of the Qi family army in his hometown, he is already satisfied and has nothing else to ask for.

It's just that he can't bear the more than 100 officials and soldiers in front of him, these siblings who get along with him day and night. He could have risked his own lives, but it was hard to ignore the lives of his brothers.

"Lao Wang, what's wrong with you? You can ask this kind of a hundred times. Zhang Youtian, whose face was crisscrossed with scars, sneered, "Are you not afraid of fucking death, and more than 100 of us are all eggs in the crotch?" You have figured out what to do, let's just follow it, even if you go to see the king of Hades, don't you have your kid to take the lead? ”

If it had been in the past, Wang Zhangtang's temperament would have scolded Zhang Youtian a long time ago, and even fought, but today...... looked at Zhang Youtian, and then looked at the brothers around him, but he felt a blockage in his throat, sighed, and punched Zhang Youtian in the shoulder: "I will be a brother in the next life!"

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At the head of Nanchang City, Jin Shenghuan was lying in the city tower tossing and turning.

The Qing army has been besieging the city for two months, during which there have been dozens of battles. If it weren't for the fact that the officers and men of the whole army knew that there was no way out and fought desperately and bloodily, the city would have almost been broken several times.

Now, he, Wang Deren and the main generals in the army have moved to the city tower to eat and live. As a manager, it's nothing more than doing it yourself.

But now the situation is ......

The casualties among the officers and men of the army are increasing day by day, and the morale is declining day by day.

There is only a month's worth of food left in the army, and although it has not yet reached the point of interruption, this day will always come as time goes by.

Yesterday, he had ordered that all the grain stocks in the city be forcibly requisitioned, distributed uniformly, and given priority to the supply of officers and men in the army. This move caused a lot of resentment in the city, but there was no other way. Moreover, it is unknown how long this method will last.

The only solution is only if reinforcements arrive as soon as possible and the siege of Nanchang is lifted as soon as possible, so that the people in the city can really have a way to live.

But where are the reinforcements now?

In recent days, Jin Shenghuan has had nightmares almost every day, dreaming that the Qing army had broken through Nanchang and his heart was gouged out. And all the soldiers of the city, and the people, and all their families, were slaughtered.

Each time, he would be awakened by the boundless sea of blood in the nightmare.

Could it be that Da Ming is really exhausted? Is the Manchu Qing Dynasty really bestowed by God?

I thought about it for most of the night, but I don't know when I fell asleep in a daze. I don't know how long I slept, and I was suddenly woken up by a commotion outside.

"What's going on out there?" Jin Shenghuan has been sleeping without undressing and sleeping on his pillow these days, and he is even more sleepy at the moment, so he got up and shouted outside. After asking, he didn't wait for the soldiers to answer, grabbed his weapon and rushed out.

The sky was already dark, and someone in the city was shouting: "Please come out and speak!"

Jin Shenghuan looked at it, and saw a cavalry parked under the city, with about a hundred people, looking at the banner, it seemed to be ...... Huguang Town.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had mixed feelings, and forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and replied loudly: "Jin is here!" Dare to ask if the strong man is a subordinate of Dingwu Hou? ”

One of the leaders of the cavalry under the city arched his hand on his horse: "I've seen the Jin Army Gate!" Wang Zhangtang, deputy general manager of the Flying Tiger Battalion in Huguang Town, was ordered by Pang Shuai to report the news! 100,000 reinforcements have arrived in Ji'an! After taking Liu Wuyuan's dog head, you can wave your army north to relieve the siege of Nanchang! Nanchang and Ji'an, which are only hundreds of miles apart, please don't panic at Jinjunmen and the soldiers and civilians in the city, guard the city, and wait for Tan Tai and He Luohui to fall to the ground! There is also a small courtesy, not a tribute, and I hope that Jin Junmen will accept it with a smile! ”

After speaking, the horses behind him scattered in formation and rode their horses back and forth under the city. With each ride, something was thrown down.

Jin Shenghuan and the generals in the city all saw clearly, it was a human head, helmets, flags and other things.

Look at the human head, there are hundreds, bare heads, dragging braids.

Looking at the helmets, flags and other items, a considerable part of them were exclusive to the Manchurian soldiers and even the white-armored soldiers.

If the leading knight's bold words just now were just inspiring, then what was thrown under the city at this moment was undoubtedly more reassuring to the generals at the head of the city.

"Good!" Someone took the lead, and the soldiers of the city began to cheer and shout, from the few to the many, and finally formed a sea of cheers.

After being besieged for many days and being pressed and beaten by the Qing army for many days, the morale of the soldiers in the city was depressed and the mood was depressed. With such a breakthrough today, how can they not vent to their heart's content?

In the distance, the Qing army's camp also began to react. Groups of cavalry drove out of the camp and slowly gathered, as if they were about to come over soon to kill the Ming cavalry who did not know the height of the sky.

Jin Shenghuan hurriedly said: "Thank you for coming to report the news and boost my morale!" Now that the Tartars are coming, please hurry into the city! ”

Due to the siege of the Qing army, the gates of various places have been sealed, but in order to facilitate the entry and exit of messengers, there has always been a soft ladder at the head of the city. After Jin Shenghuan finished speaking, he asked the soldiers to put down the soft ladder.

But Wang Zhangtang, the deputy general manager of Huguang Town under the city, arched his hand with a smile: "Hahaha, thank you Jin Junmen for your kindness!" I'll go back as soon as possible, so I won't bother! No matter how many Tartars there are, they are just beasts, only animals are afraid of people, how can anyone be afraid of animals! Alright, Jin Junmen, take care! There will be a period later! ”

After speaking, more than 100 horsemen did not look back, and galloped away along the way they came.

In front of them, a large number of Qing cavalry were already in formation, more and more. But they were not afraid, shouting and laughing all the way, greeting the wild boar skin family with all kinds of words.

Jin Shenghuan was stunned, and all the generals and soldiers who witnessed this scene in the city were also stunned.

There are only more than 100 horses, all the way north, killing more than 100 enemies, what a fierce!

Regard the tens of thousands of Tartars outside the city as nothing, swaggering straight to the city, how heroic!

"No matter how many Tartars there are, they are just beasts", what blood!

The big husband should be like this!

The pride and blood in the hearts of the soldiers of the Jinshenghuan army at the head of the city were ignited at that moment.

They have also taken many crooked paths and done many evils. But no one is born willing to be cowardly, no one is born willing to be evil, everyone has such a heroic dream in their hearts, and there is no shortage of heroic pride in everyone's heart, what is missing is just an opportunity to ignite this passionate pride.

Thankfully, they got it today.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng!! Victory !! ......" The surging sound at the head of the city rose to the sky, cheering for the more than 100 warriors who were indomitable, and it seemed that they were going to swallow everything that stood in front of them.

Jin Shenghuan's heart shook, and he muttered to himself: "What kind of generals are what kind of soldiers, Pang madman, Pang madman, it's really a fucking ......" (to be continued.) )