At noon on the 21st, Ji'an City

Seeing that the Qing army receded like a tide in the sound of the gong to collect the troops, Wu Zhifan sat down physically and mentally exhausted behind the female wall at the head of the city, and the saber that he had been holding tightly also fell to the side. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since yesterday, all four attacks by the Qing army have been repulsed, but the defenders in the city have also fought very hard. This time just now, some Qing troops even climbed to the top of the city through cloud ladders, and the Ming army's defense line was almost breached. Wu Zhifan personally led his own army to rush forward, only to wipe out this Qing army and stabilize the situation. At this moment, there are corpses lying on the head of the city, some of the Qing army and some of the Ming army, especially behind a few battlements, the dead bodies are almost stacked into a hill. Although the temperature is not very high at the moment, the smell of blood that pervades the air is still disgusting.

"Let the miscellaneous servants come up and clean up the city, carry the corpses of their own people down the city to be buried, and throw the corpses of the Tartars directly from the city!" Wu Zhifan was a little haggard and instructed the soldiers around him, "By the way, send another pot of water to Lao Tzu, after killing for such a while, I am almost dying of thirst." ”

"Yes, my lord!" The soldiers took the order and left.

The handymen soon went up to the city. According to Wu Zhifan's orders, the corpses of the Qing soldiers were thrown directly from the city, the corpses of the Ming soldiers were carried down for burial, and the seriously wounded were also carried on stretchers and sent to the city for medical treatment.

"Plop! Thump! ......" The corpse of the Qing soldier was thrown down the city, and after close contact with the earth, there was a muffled sound, listening to this sound, Wu Zhifan suddenly felt very happy.

"Brother Wu!" Just as Wu Zhifan was enjoying the muffled sound that had no rhythm at all, a voice came, and when he turned his head, it turned out to be Zhang Guozuo.

At this time, Zhang Guozuo's appearance was also very undignified, after taking off the helmet, he revealed a slightly scattered bun, his armor was also covered with blood, and there was a large piece of dried blood on his face, which seemed to be stained with Qing soldiers.

Zhang Guozuo came to Wu Zhifan and sat down, and sighed: "Alas, I finally got through it again!" When the fuck is this head! ”

Wu Zhifan raised his head and drank a few large sips of water, and said, "Brother Zhang also killed the Tartar with his own hands?" ”

"Kill several! But so what? It's as if the Tartars can't be killed, killing one batch and one coming another! Zhang Guozuo said, "Jin Shengheng and other dog thieves' brigade is still behind, and it is difficult for our thousands of men and horses to hold Ji'an!" ”

"As long as you hold on for some time, reinforcements from the imperial court will also arrive." Wu Zhifan looked into the distance and said expressionlessly.

"The reinforcements of the imperial court ......" Zhang Guozuo shook his head with a wry smile.

At this time, a sound of footsteps came, and Zhang Guozuo looked up, but it was Wan Yuan Ji and Liu Guangyin who went to the city again.

"Ten thousand adults!" "Lord Liu!" Wu Zhifan and Zhang Guozuo hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"No need to be polite!" Wan Yuan Ji waved his hand, "What's the situation?" ”

"In four consecutive battles, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties!" Wu Zhifan said with a solemn expression, "It would be fine if there were only so many people in Qingyu!" Once their reinforcements arrive, they don't know if they can hold on! My lord, my subordinates have the courage to ask, when will the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive? ”

"You just have to lead the soldiers to defend the city, the imperial reinforcements are already on the way, and they will arrive soon!" That being said, Wan Yuanji's tone had a faint hint of lack of confidence.

Hearing Wan Yuan Ji say this, Wu Zhifan and Zhang Guozuo are no longer easy to speak, after all, Wan Yuan Ji is the highest military and political official here, and the strict hierarchy of the Ming Dynasty and the practice of respecting and martial arts are not something they can fight.

Just when everyone was silent and the atmosphere at the scene was stagnant, a series of earth-shaking cheers broke out in the Qing army camp outside the city. Hearing this sound, Wan Yuan Ji and the others' hearts sank, and at this juncture, they really couldn't think of anything to make them happy with the Qing army. …,

Although the premonition is not very good, but it is still necessary to find out, Wu Zhifan took the first step to lie down at the battlement, looked in the direction of the Qing army's camp, and the scene in front of him almost made him fall to the ground.

I saw smoke and dust rising in the distance, and a large group of Qing troops came from afar, crowded with people, banners in the sky, and the number of people was more than Ke Yongsheng's department. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the Qing army of Ke Yongsheng's army, who had just failed in the siege, cheered indulgently, venting the depression in their hearts, and the scene was very warm.

Some people rejoice, and some people are sad. At the head of the city, Wan Yuan Ji and the others looked at the two Qing troops who were meeting, and their faces were even solemn.

"It's Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren's dog thieves who have arrived!" Squinting his eyes at the looming flags in the distance, Liu Guangyin's tone carried a hint of panic and eagerness.

At this time, the sharp-eyed Zhang Guozuo also saw a detail that surprised him, and unconsciously shouted: "Tartar's cannon!" ”

Wu Zhifan hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a cannon dragging one cannon after another in the queue of Qing army reinforcements, and a rough count showed that there were more than a dozen. Although it looks like it is just some Furlong medium artillery, not the terrifying Hongyi cannon, but now that the reinforcements of the Qing army have arrived, and the cannons have joined, the Ji'an defenders will definitely face greater pressure than before.

"What's the panic?! The imperial court reinforcements are also about to arrive, and at that time, the internal and external attacks will be carried out, and the Qing captives will be hit hard! Seeing that everyone in the city was more or less dejected, Wan Yuan Ji shouted. Although he doesn't have much bottom in his heart, he still wants to try his best to stabilize people's hearts, and now he is already outnumbered, if even people's hearts are scattered, then the situation is really irreparable.

Outside the city, the Qing army in the big tent

Jin Shengheng, who had just arrived with the army, sat in the first place, and Wang Deren, Ke Yongsheng, Gao Jinku and others sat on both sides in turn.

"Chief Ke, the siege of the city seems to be going very well?" Jin Shengheng's tone seemed to be bland, and even had a hint of concern, but there was a hint of mockery and contempt in his eyes.

Ke Yongsheng is not a fool, and his true attitude towards Jin Shengheng is naturally clear. rushed to the city of Ji'an first and worked hard to organize four sieges, but he was still ridiculed, how could Ke Yongsheng not be angry in his heart? But at this moment, he is not good at showing the unhappiness in his heart, after all, the current nominal coach is Jin Shengheng, and if he turns his face with him publicly, it will probably affect his future future.

Let's get back this face in the future! After Ke Yongsheng comforted himself, he tried hard to control his tone and said, "Jin Junmen Mingjian! This Ji'an city was the residence of the puppet Ming governor of Jiangxi and the governor of Jiangxi, and the puppet Ming army in the city resisted fiercely. Although our army fought bravely, it had no choice but to lack favorable siege equipment, and it could only return with hatred when it attacked the city several times. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Wang Deren also glanced at himself with a sneer, the anger in Ke Yongsheng's heart suddenly surged up again, and he immediately raised his voice a little: "However, the puppet Ming army in the city has also reached the end of the crossbow. Please Jin Junmen give me another chance, if I can't take the city, I am willing to accept military law! ”

Why don't you dare to say that you are willing to come to see you? Seeing that Ke Yongsheng swore so reluctantly, Wang Deren laughed secretly in his heart, and picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly.

"Mr. Ke dared to take the initiative to ask for battle, and his heart is commendable!" Jin Shengheng spoke, "But your soldiers have already fought repeatedly, and there are many casualties and fatigue, if you let your troops attack the city again, won't it seem that Jin's strength is narrow?" In this case, you should retreat and rest first, and the siege of the city will be given to me and General Wang!" ”

Although Jin Shengheng didn't mind letting Ke Yongsheng take the lead, he didn't want to give up this city-breaking effort easily, especially when the sharp energy of the defenders in the city had been consumed by Ke Yongsheng's troops. Now that he has more than 20,000 fresh troops and cannons to help, why is it difficult to break through a group of tired guarded cities? …,

After speaking, Jin Shengheng didn't wait for Ke Yongsheng to open his mouth and then instructed Wang Deren: "Go and let the soldiers get ready, and attack the city in an hour!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Deren quickly clenched his fists and replied.

Jin and Wang cooperated so tacitly, which increased the resentment in Ke Yongsheng's eyes a little more.

In less than half an hour, the melodious sound of bull horns fluttered over the Qing army camp. The Qing reinforcements who had just arrived began to divide into two groups, Wang Deren led 10,000 men to attack from the west gate, and Jin Shengheng led the rest of the men and horses to attack the north gate. The general formation is similar to the one used by Ke Yongsheng's department before, all of them are auxiliary soldiers pushing shield carts in front, and soldiers are behind, but because the number of Jin Shengheng's troops far exceeds Ke Yongsheng's department, and most of the officers and soldiers are ready to attack and energetic, they are much more fierce in momentum.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ......" After another half an hour, the drumbeat of the attack sounded, and the Qing troops in the two directions of the north gate and the west gate took the shield car formation as the lead, and advanced in the direction of the city wall at the same time.

At the head of the city, watching the tide of Qing troops coming from both sides, the hearts of the Ming soldiers began to beat drums. Although the Qing army had repelled several attacks before, this time the Qing army that came to attack the city was much larger in numbers, and it was attacked from both sides at the same time. Seeing this scene, everyone was under unprecedented psychological pressure.

"Brother Zhang, Ximen is handed over to you!" Wu Zhifan glanced at the city and shouted at Zhang Guozuo.

Zhang Guozuo didn't answer, just nodded heavily, and ran towards the West Gate with his own soldiers.

"Prepare the gunner, aim at the shield cart of the Tartars, and hit Lao Tzu hard!" The Qing soldiers' behavior of hiding behind the shield cart made Wu Zhifan a little annoyed and angry. Although the shield cart looks inconspicuous, it is also a headache for the defenders, and in addition to the cannons at the head of the city, it is difficult to pose a threat to them with firearms and bows and arrows. The first few times, the Qing soldiers hid behind the shield carts before advancing under the city walls. Now seeing that the Qing soldiers want to repeat their old tricks, Wu Zhifan is naturally angry and anxious.