Anti Qing

116 The Fall
The city suddenly burst into flames, and a sentinel galloped back, clasped his fists in salute on the horse, and roared loudly.

"Reporting to the army gate, the Shun Bandits in the city set fire to the granary and armory, looting wantonly in the city! Retreat into the streets and alleys, and fight our army for the last time!"

Wang Guangen sneered and took the rein of the horse with one hand.

"Humph!"

"These rogues must be at their end of the road. We can't let them burn all their supplies and tell the generals of the various sects."

"Siege the city in an all-round way, and rescue food and grass as soon as possible after entering the city!"

The sentinel clasped his fist again, then turned and walked away.

It didn't take long before deafening shouts and gunfire rang out everywhere in Gucheng, and the army reserved for the reserve team had all pressed down.

Countless Ming troops poured into the city like a tide.

The Dashun flag was still standing under the blood-red sunset, but like a crumbling city gate, even this flag no longer looked stable.

At this moment, the gate of Nancheng was suddenly opened, and the charging Ming army stopped in their tracks and looked at them stupidly.

"kill!!"

Even on the high slope, several generals of the Ming army in Yunyang beside Wang Guangen showed expressions of disbelief.

"Could it be that there is an ambush?"

"They actually took the initiative to go out of the city to attack our army!"

Wang Guangen narrowed his eyes slightly. As one of the 36 families in Xingyang, he was very familiar with the style of rogues, and he did not waver in the slightest.

With a sneer, he raised his hand to order the army to continue attacking.

On the high slope where Wang Guangen immediately stood, the soldiers of the standard battalion immediately waved the triangular command flag in their hands, and issued orders in an orderly manner.

Under the urging of the Lingqi, the Ming army in the front line regained its stability, and immediately changed to a defensive formation, lined up neatly, and ready to fight.

At the top of the city, a cannon shot suddenly.

After the cannon rang, countless Dashun troops swarmed out.

This is the soldiers of the Dashun Army defending the city, knowing that they were hopeless, they went out of the city to make a desperate charge against the Ming army outside the city, and a general was slowly raised from the flagpole.

All I could see was the body of this Dashun general, shining like blood under the setting sun, staring at the battlefield outside the city.

Wang Guangen and Dong Yunlin looked at each other, and for a moment, a deep shock rose in their eyes.

He really couldn't figure out, where did these former camp rogues come from with such great energy and spirit, they dared to take the initiative to attack.

Shouldn't they surrender?

Recalcitrance is nothing but a dead end, what good does it do them.

As the commander-in-chief of the 36 families who surrendered to the imperial court, Wang Guangen sneered at Li Zicheng.

In his impression, although these garrisons in Dashun were isolated and isolated, almost none of them voluntarily surrendered, and those who surrendered or fled before the battle accounted for only a very small number.

Most of the Dashun garrison will choose to live and die with the city, and very few like Dong Yunlin will launch an active attack on the eve of the city's collapse and make the last struggle.

Wang Guangen stared slightly at the Dashun soldiers rushing over. Behind them, there were many people from Gucheng.

These people are actually willing to follow Dashun to die, and they are unwilling to return to the rule of Ming Dynasty. Why is there such a big difference?

Facing such an opponent, Wang Guangen didn't know in his heart whether to admire or dismiss him. His eyes sparkled, and he regained his composure after a while.

He slowly raised his hand and made a backward move.

The standard battalion soldiers on the high slope immediately issued a round of flags.

The generals of the Ming army who recognized the semaphore in front of the formation immediately issued a series of orders to the formation, and then, countless gunmen suddenly appeared in front of the formation of the Ming army.

These Ming soldiers held their guns flat and aimed at the rushing Dashun army.

The soldiers of the Shun army who rushed out of the city had long been determined to die, and without any hesitation, they continued to charge forward under the flag of a flag officer.

"Bang bang bang!"

After the continuous explosions like fried beans, the gunpowder smoke cleared, and the hundreds of Dashun soldiers who charged were already bloody and wailing everywhere.

Even though many Dashun soldiers had their arms shattered and their chests hit, they still struggled to crawl forward with the last of their strength.

The flag officer was among the corpses, waving the flag of Dashun continuously.

Seeing this, Wang Guangen took a hard bow from his hand, pointed it at the flag officer, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then let go of his hand.

The cluster of arrows twirled and shot out quickly, and the flag officer fell in response, no longer having the strength to hold the flag tightly.

With his fall, the final charge of the Gucheng Dashun Army ended in failure as expected, although it did not leave any casualties to the Yunyang Ming Army.

But it was obvious that the faces of these Ming soldiers were all shocked, and the last desperate charge of the Dashun Army caused quite a shock in their hearts.

At this time, a fire suddenly rose from the top of the city.

Everyone looked around, but they saw that it was the chief general of Gucheng, the captain of Dashun Dong Yunlin, after seeing the failure of the charge, he ignited the flagpole without hesitation.

Accompanied by screams, Dashun's general and Dashun's banner burned to the ground in the setting sun, and Gucheng finally fell.

The attacking Ming army outside the city stopped unconsciously, looking at the flames in Gucheng, without the slightest joy after victory.

They didn't understand why a desperate regime of rogues still had such spiritual strength. Even a small city was killed in battle, and no one surrendered.

How can such an army be defeated?

"Report to the military gate!"

"There are still many rogues in the city, infiltrating the houses, relying on the streets and alleys, fighting trapped beasts, Zhang Ba, who broke into the north gate, can't attack the government office for a long time!"

When Wang Guangen heard the words, he immediately cursed.

"What does Zhang Liang do to eat!"

"Already entered the city, how can you still be unable to attack for a long time?"

"If he can't take down the whole city by tonight, he doesn't have to come back, pack up for me as soon as possible!"

The sentinel shuddered all over, and immediately retreated.

Wang Guangen's anger for no reason was also because he had gained nothing from this battle.

After five days of fighting, all he got was an empty city.

The people in the city did not welcome them, but instead helped the rogues to fight. None of the rogues guarding Gucheng surrendered, and they continued to resist until now.

Wang Guangen's mood fell to the bottom, and he also knew the news of Dashun's victory in Tongguan.

Now, the front battalion that defeated Duduo in Tongguan has come to Xiangyang, and it is so difficult to defeat even a garrison. He doesn't know how to fight Li Zijing.

Just as I was thinking, a horse came galloping from the east.

"Report to Junmen, the rogues from Xiangyang have come out!"

"An army of rogues carrying the banner of Li Zihao set off from Xiangyang early yesterday morning. When they heard the sound of flags and drums, there seemed to be more than ten thousand people!"

Hearing this, the lieutenant beside Wang Guangen sneered.

"Junmen, it seems that Futai's strategy has worked."

"The rogues heard that Gucheng was besieged, and our army kept spreading rumors about attacking Xiangyang, so they really believed it and they all came out."

With a calm face, Wang Guangen said slowly.

"The banner of Li's name cannot be Li Zicheng, so it is only his third brother, the former camp of Li Zijing, the little Chuang Wang."

Yunyang Mingjun had heard of Li Zijing's reputation for a long time.

Li Zijing assisted Li Zicheng in Tongguan to defeat Duoduo, and used the cave city method to dig several miles to attack the Qing army's camp. This is not something everyone can do.

The reason why Li Zijing's reputation was exposed in the First World War was mainly because he attacked Duduo's camp, and Duduo was not an ordinary person.

Duoduo has a long history of combat skills, and he was a megastar in Liaodong many years ago, and he is known for his bravery and proficiency.

Even Wang Guangen was not at all sure that he could defeat Duoduo in the wild, but this Li Zijing did it.

Digging the soil under Duduo's nose and under his feet is a testament to Li Zijing's ability.

The Cave City Method is not a strange strategy, it has been used by many rogues, Li Zicheng used this method when he attacked Xiangyang, and Zhang Xianzhong attacked Chongqing.

But speaking of it, most of them are just rough and superficial, not so proficient.

In particular, it is even more difficult for the defender to attack the attacker's camp.

Wang Guangen looked at the fire in Gucheng and smiled coldly.

"The news that Gucheng has been captured by our army hasn't reached Xiangyang yet, has it?"

"Then it's easy to handle. Send someone to change into the clothes of the garrison in the city. When the army dies down, let's give him a urn to catch the turtle."

(End of this chapter)