The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 69 Zhang Wang
On Chunhua City, the sound of gunfire was endless, and puffs of gunpowder smoke rose slowly from the crenels of the city wall.

In a short period of time, the city of Chunhua has turned into a sea of ​​blood, and the stench of blood has permeated the entire battlefield.

Ragged hungry soldiers climbed the crude ladder, but none of them managed to climb the city wall.

Either he was hit by a blunderbuss gun and fell to the bottom of the city, or he was hit by a rolling log and a pounding stone, and he was already unconscious on the spot.

The most terrifying thing is the pouring pot of golden juice. The golden juice used to defend the city is just an elegant name.

The so-called golden juice is to add the collected feces to water and put it in a large pot to boil.

When setting up a ladder to attack the city, pouring the boiled golden juice down suddenly can cause severe burns and infection.

Moreover, the stench that comes with it can also greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the enemy.

At this time, the smell under the Chunhua city was extremely unpleasant, and many rogues who attacked the city couldn't help vomiting.

But where is there any food in their stomachs, many people are just retching.

The counterattack on the Chunhua city was fierce, and the hungry soldiers who had just killed the city were already full of fear. They suffered continuous casualties along the way, and their morale had already fallen to the bottom.

No one wants to die, everyone wants a way to live.

People who don't want to live are already dead when the bandits arrive...

But their will is not important, no one expects them to really be able to attack the city wall.

Their function is just to use their lives to test out how many troops and guns there are in the officers and soldiers.

Those old soldiers mixed in the formation of hungry soldiers held their shields to protect their chest and other vital parts, while waving their knives and threatening those hungry soldiers to attack the city.

Their ferociousness is definitely not just pretending, as long as someone dares to retreat, they will never hesitate.

There is a law in the army: one person escapes and kills his team, and he retreats all the time to focus on it. The general will be beaten fifty times with sticks, the company will be fined with food, and all military schools below the team will be executed!

A hungry soldier holding a wooden spear was too frightened by the sound of the musket gun to move forward, and retreated while crying.

But he didn't retreat very far, and his throat was cut by the old bandit who supervised the battle behind him.

More people who wanted to retreat were frightened and stopped. The old bandit management team who supervised the battle stepped forward and continued to threaten, cutting down a person from time to time, which made the atmosphere of despair linger on the battlefield.

Retreating is death, and advancing is also death. If they advance and die in battle, their relatives can continue to follow the large army anyway.

Those guards all knew them and their families. If they died in battle while escaping, their relatives and family members would also suffer.

The hungry soldiers in the front line could only be pushed to continue to attack the city wall. They cried and shouted and rushed towards the city wall of Chunhua, and smashed under the strong city wall of Chunhua.

Standing in the crenel, Chen Wang had a panoramic view of all living beings above and below the city.

On the battlefield, there is no room for half-distraction and soft-heartedness.

In the era of cold weapons, routs often trigger chain reactions and even lead to the collapse of the entire army. The existence of a supervisory team is almost necessary.

It is undoubtedly unrealistic to expect soldiers to be able to resist all situations and situations by virtue of morale and training.

Tang Shiping stood beside Chen Wang, his expression was not good.

He was in charge of the logistics, and only he knew that the situation was actually not optimistic.

It seems that they have the advantage now, but the consumption of such a high-intensity battle is extremely huge.

"The gunpowder is consumed too quickly. If we continue to fight at this intensity, the gunpowder will be exhausted in less than three days."

Bullet shells and cannons are redundant, but without the firing of gunpowder, these things have no damage at all.

"I know."

Chen Wang nodded. He had also calculated the consumption, but he also had his own considerations.

"This is the first attack by the rogues. There are more than 900 guards in the city who are all timid."

"If it's difficult to win the first battle, I'm afraid they will lose their courage in the follow-up battle."

Husband war, courage also.

The battalion soldiers dared to fight against the bandits, but the guards were unbelievable.

In the later period of the Weisuo army, the military households had already become the general's domestic slaves, living a life that was not as good as a cow or a horse.

The little blood on their bodies has already been exhausted under long-term exploitation, and they have spent far more time holding farm tools than weapons.

Even ordinary bandits can't count on them, so can they be counted on on the battlefield?

Winning the first battle would at least give him a bit of courage to fight for his life, so that the enemy would not lose courage when they climbed the city wall.

"So the first battle must not only be won, but also thoroughly won."

Chen Wang clenched the Yanling Saber at his waist, his eyes gradually became sharper.

His eyes moved slowly towards the distance, passing countless banners along the way, and finally stopped when he saw the big black banner.

His guess was not wrong, the people who entered the city before were indeed mixed with spies who broke into the army.

And there were not a few of them. In order not to startle the snakes, Tang Shiping sent people to pay more attention when serving porridge.

The ones that were found out were not well hidden and had poor acting skills.

But that's it, now more than forty or fifty people have been found out.

Chen Wang felt that there should be almost the same number of people who were not found out, and it should be around a hundred.

If more than 100 people suddenly exploded in the city, it would not be impossible for them to attack the loosely guarded city gate at night by doing mental calculations or inadvertently.

Or during a fierce siege, arson and riots in the city can cause great trouble to the defenders.

"Don't worry about the west city and the north city. The main thing is to be optimistic about the two gates of the east city and the south city. When the time comes, you will divide the veterans into two groups and withdraw the guards from the east and south cities."

Chen Wang's eyes flicked back and forth on the big black banner in the distance.

"Deploy the defense at night, so as not to alarm the people in the city."

A plan has slowly taken shape in Chen Wang's mind, but this plan still lacks a vital link.

And this link lies in Gao Jie.

Now Gao Jie is just an ordinary military academy under Li Zicheng's command, and he is not very relied on.

He had an affair with Li Zicheng's wife Xing, so he betrayed Li Zicheng and surrendered to the Ming army.

In the near future, if Chen Wang didn't interfere with the process.

After surrendering, Gao Jie will join the Ming army, participate in the pursuit and suppression of the peasant army, and be promoted to the general officer along the way.

After the fall of Beijing and Chongzhen's suicide, Jiangnan and other places supported Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to the throne.

Gao Jie was granted the title of Xingping Bo, and together with Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong, they were called the Four Towns in Jiangbei, and once ruled the power.

According to historical records, it was in August that Gao Jie and the Xing family escaped from Chuangjun's barracks and joined He Renlong's command.

What is certain is that Gao Jie is in Li Zicheng's camp.

As for how to get in touch with Gao Jie, Chen Wang already had some clues.

(End of this chapter)