Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 149 Temporary Crisis [Specially added for the lord]

"die!"

In the rain, on the west city wall.

Marko held a saber and hacked to death a brave bandit soldier who had just jumped onto the city wall.

The soldiers who had been with him also rushed to the city walls on both sides of the gate tower one by one to deal with the bandits who jumped on the walls from time to time.

Marco, the chief general and the chief soldier, did it himself. It can be seen that the situation in the west city wall is not very good.

Just as Zhang Xianzhong expected, the heavy rain had a great impact on the Ming army guarding the city.

Not only are firearms such as cannons and firecrackers useless, but also bows and crossbows are also difficult to use, and even gold juice and boiling water are also useless.

Although the fire oil can burn in water, but with such a heavy rain, the torches are all extinguished, let alone ignite the fire oil.

Moreover, under the washing of rainwater, a small amount of fire oil will be washed away when it is sprinkled, and it is difficult to burn it.

In addition, the occlusion of the rain curtain also made the soldiers' vision worse. If they were not careful, some bandit soldiers would jump up on the ladder somewhere.

It can be said that the heavy rain completely exposed the disadvantage of the small number of officers and soldiers defending the city.

In the military meeting that afternoon when Zeng Ying and others arrived in Chengdu, Li Yan once said that there were nearly 4 elites in the city, and more than [-] local officers and soldiers, guard soldiers, and civilians who had undergone certain training.

This might seem like a lot of troops, but after removing the necessary fresh troops, the rest of the troops would not be much distributed on each city wall.

It should be noted that the city of Chengdu is tall, with a circumference of more than 22 miles, and an average city wall is more than five miles long!
The nearly [-] cavalry among the elite will not be easily sent to the city wall.

Therefore, after the last Xifu military meeting, each city wall was equipped with [-] elite infantry.

The remaining [-] elite infantry were reserved as a reserve force.

In addition, each city wall was equipped with [-] combatable soldiers composed of local officers and soldiers and guard soldiers, as well as [-] civilians.

In this way, there are [-] soldiers on each wall.

It sounds like a lot, but it's not enough in practice.

Because it is impossible to put all the troops on the city wall when defending the city, but it needs to be rotated in batches.

Only in this way can we not be afraid of the enemy's long attack.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong has hundreds of thousands of soldiers capable of fighting, and it is inevitable for the soldiers under his command to continue to attack the city in turn, so it is also necessary for the defender to use the available troops in batches.

In this way, [-] elite infantry, [-] battle-ready soldiers, and [-] civilians were deployed on each wall during the war.

A city wall is more than five miles long, which is more than 2500 meters long.

That is to say, an elite infantry is responsible for defending a one-meter wall, with only two or three combatable soldiers or civilians assisting.

In this case, it is okay to deal with siege warfare of average intensity, but it is easy to fall into crisis when dealing with high-intensity siege warfare relying on close combat with cold weapons.

After the heavy rain, Zhang Xianzhong not only did not order to withdraw his troops, but instead ordered all his ministries to attack the city wall with all their strength.

As a result, the generals of the Quartet bandits no longer used [-] to [-] troops to attack the city in turn, as a cover for the "spreading stick method" as before, but used their superiority in strength as much as possible, intending to attack the city wall in one go.

Sun Kewang, who was in charge of the western city wall, was famous for his bravery and cunning.

After receiving Zhang Xianzhong's military order, he directly dispatched more than 8 combatable soldiers, ordered these soldiers to take off their armor and rush across the moat at the fastest speed to start a full-line climb to the west city wall.

This made the west city wall under Ma Ke's charge fell into a state of lack of troops in an instant.

Ma Ke immediately sent an order for the other half of the rest of the soldiers to come to support.

It's just that the attack of the bandits was too fast, and it would take a while for the reinforcements to come up, so Ma Ke had to bring hundreds of personal guards to the emergency...

He stabbed down a bandit soldier who was about to climb the top of the wall. Ma Ke turned around and saw that a ladder had been built at some time more than ten steps away, and four or five bandit soldiers jumped up in a short time.

One of them was obviously a bandit general, and he was quite brave. He even killed more than a dozen defenders in this section of the city wall very quickly.

Seeing this, Ma Ke didn't care too much, and rushed over with the few remaining soldiers around him.

The bandit general also stared at him at the same time, and rushed over with four or five bandit soldiers.

This thief will look like he is only 30 or [-] years old, and he is tall and strong.

Ma Ke is already in his 40s, with a thin body, and even wearing armor, his deterrent power seems to be inferior to that of a general.

"kill!"

The thief gave a grinning grin, and slashed at him with a big knife.

Ma Ke did not retreat but advanced, and dangerously let the thief pass the blade across the armor, drawing a knife mark.

The saber in his hand cut across the general's neck at a strange angle.

Immediately, the thief general who looked tall and strong widened his eyes, spurted blood from his neck, and fell down unwillingly.

At this time, several bandit soldiers jumped up through the ladder, but they were quickly dealt with by Marko's personal soldiers.

These soldiers are actually his former servants, all of them are skilled and experienced in fighting, and dealing with ordinary bandits is like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Push down the ladder." Marko commanded calmly.

Hearing Ma Ke's words, several soldiers immediately cut off the wooden hook on the ladder and pushed it away.

Speaking of it, the siege equipment of Zhang Xianzhong's department was crudely made. If it was a government-made ladder with iron hooks on it, once it was fastened to the city wall, it would not be so easy to knock it down. .

Ma Ke wiped the rain from his face, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he vaguely saw a group of officers and soldiers running quickly from the stairs.

But he wasn't completely relaxed.

Even if the rest of the troops come up, they are still at an absolute disadvantage compared to the number of bandits.

Of course, they had a city wall nearly four feet high to rely on, and it was not easy for the bandits to come up all at once.

On top of that, it's getting dark...
"General, it's getting dark, many people can't see anything, please withdraw your troops?"

Outside the west city wall, Sun Kewang's confidants persuaded Zhang Sheng again.

Sun Kewang frowned, staring at the city of Chengdu under the night and rain with a resigned expression.

After a while, he suddenly looked up at the sky.

But the rain stopped.

After the rain stopped, as long as the firearms were well preserved, they could be used immediately.

Thinking of the sharp firearms used by the officers and soldiers in the previous siege battle, Sun Kewang could only say with a gloomy face, "Mingjin withdraws!"

"Yes!"

clang clang clang...

The sound of ringing gold sounded from all directions in Chengdu City one after another.

Not to mention the darkness, even the rain stopped, and the defenders withstood the most violent first wave of the siege.

If the fight had to continue, the Great West Army would not only suffer heavy casualties, but the soldiers would also cause confusion due to problems such as being invisible at night, and even lead to inexplicable routs.

Therefore, no matter what they thought in their hearts, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo and others had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

When Sun Kewang returned to the camp, he ordered Zhang Sheng and other generals to gather their soldiers and look after the camp, so they took a group of personal soldiers to Zhang Xianzhong's old camp in the north.

Sun Kewang didn't need to light a torch for the night journey, but after all, there was a distance of nearly ten miles, and the horses ran slowly after the heavy rain, so it took him a quarter of an hour to arrive at Zhang Xianzhong's old camp.

After getting Zhang Xianzhong's permission, Sun Kewang entered the tent alone.

Without taking advantage of the heavy rain to capture Chengdu in one fell swoop, Zhang Xianzhong's face will naturally not look good.

He glanced at Sun Kewang and said: "Sit and wait for a while, the second and third children are probably coming too. Let's have a meal together and discuss how to attack the city tomorrow."

"Yes."

Sun Kewang agreed, but he didn't actually sit down, but stood and waited patiently.

Not long after, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu also rushed over one after another.

Zhang Xianzhong asked people to serve food, and together with Wang Zhaolin, the five of them ate and talked.

Liu Wenxiu said: "Father, the two excavations I had people dig under the south wall were washed away by the heavy rain, and they have to be dug again tomorrow."

The four of Sun Kewang ate a little cautiously, but Zhang Xianzhong ate lightly.

Hearing this, he chewed the brittle bone in his mouth and said, "Dig it again, it's not a big deal."

Li Dingguo put down the bowls and chopsticks, and couldn't help reminding, "Father, our food and grass can't last for many days."

　This chapter is to thank the leader [book friend 20220130191012516].

　　In addition to the reward of [-] plus one update, the titles of head, master, and alliance leader are all specially added.

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　　(In the end, I feel that the content of the war is a bit too much, so tomorrow the battle in Chengdu will have a result.)
　　
　
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