Chapter 226: Anqing Offensive and Defensive Battle

When King Ning came, the momentum was magnificent.

The boundless foot soldiers spread out, obscuring almost all the sight, and together with the boats that almost covered the entire surface of the river, they constituted the most majestic sight in everyone's sight.

People who are not strong-willed, when they see the whole situation, I am afraid that their legs will be weak. Zhu Houhuang looked at the people around him and found that most of them were as pale as dirt. His body trembled.

Zhu Houhuang said secretly: "At this moment, we must find a way to cheer up the army, but what should I do?" He thought about it and sent someone out to challenge. The gap in numbers is too big, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out and come back, and the only people in Anqing City who can fight are Zhu Houhuang's pro-army, and the rest of the people are strong, and it is a little difficult to defend the city. If they were to go out of the city to fight, I am afraid that they would collapse suddenly.

didn't wait for Zhu Houhuang to come up with any countermeasures. Wu Wending had already said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, King Ning rebelled, and wherever he passed, there was not an inch of grass left, think about his wife and children in his family. No matter what, you have to hold on, only need to survive for three days, and the reinforcements from the imperial court will come, and at that time, I will ask Your Majesty to reduce the taxes of Anqing. ”

Zhu Houhuang can be sure that where King Ning passes, it is definitely not that there is not an inch of grass, King Ning wants to be the emperor when he raises his army, and he will see the city for thousands of miles, how can he destroy it himself?

However, Zhu Houhuang would not feel how good Ning Wangjun's military discipline was. At least in this era, even the military discipline of Zhengde's Jingying is not much better.

However, Wu Wending does understand the thoughts of these little people.

Wu Wending's words were conveyed layer by layer, and even though all the soldiers were trembling, they also clenched the weapons in their hands, which finally stabilized their morale.

Zhu Houhuang looked at Wu Wending, and said secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, to defend Anqing City, this Wu Governor must be there." ”

At this moment, there are very few soldiers in Anqing, even if Zhu Houhuang's department is added, I am afraid that it is less than 10,000 people, with the scale of Anqing City, whether 10,000 people can stand in a circle on the city wall, Zhu Houhuang does not know.

Therefore, the focus of the battle of Anqing is to use the people of Anqing.

This Wu Wending, Wu Governor. Maybe there are problems of one kind or another. But being able to win the hearts of the people is the biggest strength. Defending a city is different from field warfare, and the quality requirements for soldiers are not so high. As long as there are enough manpower and material resources, even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops outside, they can hold it.

Zhu Houhuang looked at Ning Wangjun at the moment, and he had a clear feeling. The phalanx in the middle is neatly arranged, although it is a little immature, but it can still be Zhu Houhuang's eyes, but the military formations on both sides are too different, and they are not horizontal or vertical. From a distance, I saw a large black figure.

The middle group of people are all King Ning's private troops and guards, and they are the core force that King Ning relies on to raise troops. These soldiers are all strictly trained, although they have not experienced any major battles, but in terms of orders and prohibitions, they can be regarded as first-class strong soldiers in the land south of the Yangtze River.

But on the periphery are the Jiangxi thieves.

There have been thieves in Jiangxi for a long time, and there are even rumors of officials being killed. However, this thief has repeatedly failed to wipe it out, not because these thieves are strong, or because of the terrain of Jiangxi, but because of the support of King Ning.

With the support of King Ning, these thieves can become bigger and bigger under the encirclement and suppression of the official army. But a thief is a thief, and the so-called dog meat can't be served. These thieves may seem outnumbered, but on the real battlefield, they are no match for the regular army.

The noisy sound gradually stopped, and a few miles away, Ning Wangjun slowly stopped, and for a while only the sound of the wind blowing the banner hunting remained.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves came over. A man rode a horse and rushed out of King Ning's army array, shouting around the city wall: "King Ning has an order, surrender at this moment, Anqing is blocked as before, our army will not commit any crime in autumn, attack the city and surrender again, the prefect will be beheaded, and the chickens and dogs will not be left in the city." ”

Wu Wending snorted coldly, and said without answering at all: "Pass the order, after King Ning breaks the city, there will be no chickens and dogs." Are you ready? ”

Originally, the soldier was still a little skeptical about what Wu Wending had just said, but after King Ning shouted outside, he strengthened his belief in his heart.

Not to mention, the small people are afraid of the imperial court, although King Ning is powerful, but the Ming Dynasty has established the peace of the world for more than 100 years, so that the people of Anqing are full of information about the chaos of the imperial court. And King Ning came all the way, not without survivors ran to Anqing, Wu Wending publicized it early, so that the people of Anqing had the concept of King Ning's cruelty in their hearts, and they didn't believe that King Ning could do it without committing any crimes, but remembered that King Ning's last dangerous threat was not left.

After Wu Wending calmed the people's hearts, he said loudly: "I, Anqing will not fall." ”

"Anqing does not fall, Anqing does not fall."

The originally sparse voice gradually increased, and Zhu Houhuang instructed dozens of people around him to shout loudly in a neat manner: "Anqing will not fall." Slowly, more and more sounds mixed together, and finally became the voice of the entire Anqing City.

Anqing does not fall.

King Ning's face turned pale, Li Shishi looked at King Ning's face and said, "Your Highness, if you want to become a great cause, you must go through hardships. Since Nanchang raised troops, but more than ten days, tens of thousands of troops, even under more than a dozen cities, the world, it is also time to fight a tough battle, as long as you can pacify Anqing, go straight to Nanjing, Jingnan great cause, half of the accomplishment. ”

King Ning's face softened slightly, he was just used to it, he didn't think that there were still people who dared to resist the army, he was persuaded by Li Shishi, and he also figured it out, since ancient times, those who have fought for the world have been fought in one battle after another, where is there a smooth wind to determine the world. Moreover, King Ning also understood that he was able to successfully take so many cities before, firstly, because King Ning of Jiangxi had been sealed for a long time and had already been infiltrated by King Ning, and the counties of Nanzhili were also unprepared because of the suddenness of the incident. In the future, I am afraid that the attack and defense of the same city as Anqing City will be the norm. said: "Lone knows. This Anqing City is the last stumbling block of loneliness, pass the order, Anqing first, reward 10,000 taels of gold, and break Anqing City. Feng Earl, An Qingbo. ”

As soon as King Ning's order was delivered, there was a commotion among the soldiers below. There will be brave men under the great reward.

Wang Lun said: "Your Highness, it's still early today, so you can order the left and right armies to attack for a while to see the quality of this Anqing prefect." ”

Lu Kongzhang said: "Lord, at this moment, I am afraid that the person guarding the city is not Wu Wending, the prefect of Anqing, but His Royal Highness King Yong. The spies sent by the ministers near Anqing reported that King Yong's fleet had sailed downstream, but King Yong's men entered Anqing City with thousands of men and horses. ”

"Zhengde Xiao'er has a good calculation, if Lone kills this King Yong, will Zhengde be happier? The order was given, and the right army attacked the city first. After entering the city, everyone is not allowed to kill King Yong, and he must live. ”

As soon as King Ning gave the order, King Ning's right army began to move, and under the waving of the command flag, countless soldiers began to rush towards Anqing City.

Anqing City originally had a moat. But it's been too long, and the moat hasn't been maintained for I don't know how many years, and it has long become a shallow ditch. There are many bridges on it, and although the bridges have been demolished, the traces are still there.

As soon as King Ning arrived at the city, he prepared to attack the city, and it was not that he had not made preparations, some heavy siege equipment was not available, but there were still simple bamboo ladders.

King Ning's right army erected simple bamboo ladders, covered them on the moat, and then stepped on the bamboo ladders to cross the moat and pounced on the Anqing city wall.

However, the two-zhang high city wall makes it easy to put a bamboo ladder on the head of the city.

However, the offensive of King Ning's right army ended here. There was a chaotic sound at the head of the city, and all the messy things were smashed down, rolling stones and wood, these standing things, naturally needless to say, bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, these things that should be in the army are not to be said, and there are some lime powder, what gold juice or something, all smashed down, and for a while, under the city head, a burst of white fog spread, so that everyone's eyes could not see. There was also a lonely pungent stench.

For a while, it was not clear how many people died under the city. I could only hear a terrible scream, and after a while, even the screams became less and less.