Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 327
On the high platform, Jin Shengheng listened to Luke Dehun's words, repeatedly apologized, but did not dare to say it, Luke Dehun slightly sneered when he saw this, he wanted to attack Jin Shengheng's authority and completely control the Qing soldiers in Jiangxi, as long as he had four 5 With tens of thousands of horses in hand, even if the Qing court wanted to punish him, it would be a little scruples.

At this time, he gave a cold snort, and then waved his hand back. The flag bearer on the high platform immediately waved the battle flag, and the sound of the drum suddenly sounded again, changing into a rush of drumbeats.Outside the east city, Geng Jimao shouted, "Siege the city!"

The Qing soldiers under the city pushed nest carts and battering rams, and carried siege ladders. Taking the team as a unit, nearly [-] Qing troops rushed towards the top of the city carrying a hundred siege ladders.The moat had already been filled up in the previous attack. The Qing soldiers carried the ladder with one hand and the sword with the other. Behind them was a large group of sword and shield fighters, running wildly.

Guanning, Jiangbei Four Towns, and Wuchang Zuozhen were originally the last elites of the Ming Dynasty. They fought with Houjin and bandits for more than [-] years. From soldiers to officers, they are all experienced soldiers. After surrendering to the Qing court, the situation of Daming can be imagined.

In the military training of the Qin State, the men went to the army at fifteen and became plowmen, and the soldiers at twenty. You have to serve in the local area for a year to maintain law and order and receive training before you can become a garrison soldier, or serve in the frontier, or become the elite of the empire guarding the capital.

It took the Qin State seven years to train a farmer into an elite warrior. Ancient soldiers are not as simple as the world imagines.

Soldiers must understand the queue, master the rhythm of fast walking, slow walking, and running, keep the queue neat, stand up and kneel down, and follow orders. War is not a group fight. Tens of thousands of people intertwine on the battlefield. If the queue is not neat, how does the general command?
In addition, the voice of the general is hardly heard on the battlefield. The army's actions depend on the sound of the golden drum and the waving of the battle flag. Soldiers must judge the order according to the priority of the drum and the waving of the flag.

As far as these basic requirements are concerned, even a modern person may not necessarily learn them in a short period of time. After a month of military training, he can only go forward and shout slogans.

After completing these, there is still a large army forming a large formation. How difficult is it for each soldier to clearly define his position in a team of tens of thousands of people and understand the transformation of formation?
Even if it is the city above, it has to go through the battle, so that the soldiers can go through killing before they can become a qualified soldier.

Wang Yan was able to defeat the Qing army in Huguang not because of other things, but because he recruited a battle-hardened Shun army.

In southern Jiangxi, how big is the gap between the Ming army and the Qing army? One is the left rebels who have been fighting bandits for many years, and the other is a group of farmers who have basically never experienced wars. Their strength is not directly proportional to the city.

Since the fall of Nanjing, the Ming army has lost more than it has won, and the more than 20 Zhejiang soldiers of the Lujian Kingdom disappeared in smoke, because the newly recruited soldiers were really no match for the battle-tested Qing soldiers.

This is the case in southern Jiangxi. Wanji struggled to support it. It seemed that the soldiers were comparable to the Qing soldiers, but there was a huge difference in the quality of the soldiers.

The city fell again and again, not because they couldn't resist the Qing Dynasty, but because they really couldn't do it. Both the generals and the soldiers were too inexperienced.

The cities that have resisted must be slaughtered. This is the rule of the Qing army. After Wan'an fought for more than 20 days, a disaster was inevitable after the city was broken.

Most of the soldiers of the Qing army wore round shields, which could withstand the rain of arrows set on the city. However, while running, some Qing soldiers continued to be shot down by arrows, and the casualties gradually increased. The Qing army, fearless of death, rushed towards the city with red eyes.

The army on the left, when it was still the Ming army, often harmed the people, and now it has been fighting all the way from northern Jiangxi to southern Jiangxi, and it has done a lot of massacres, so there is basically no burden on its mind.

They thought about the silver and women they could get after breaking the city, and the Qing soldiers shouted loudly, everyone's eyes turned red.

When the Qing soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city, the shield wall immediately parted, forming several passages, and a large number of Qing soldiers carrying ladders rushed out.Gao Jinku was originally the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty. He was sent to the Qing Dynasty in the second year of Shunzhi. He was named a general and ordered by Hong Chengchou.

At this time, he commanded his troops to attack the east side of the northern city. Holding a shield in one hand and a saber in the other, he led 3000 troops to rush towards the city wall.When the Qing soldiers passed through the shield wall and rushed to the bottom of the city, Gao Jinku immediately turned his head and shouted: "On the siege ladder!" Dozens of Qing soldiers immediately rushed up holding the siege ladder and hooked the giant hook on the top After breaking the city brick, the lower part was inserted into the soil immediately to ensure that the siege ladder would not be easily overturned.

The movements of the Qing army were skillful and appeared to be very sophisticated, while the Ming army on the city had been tempered for more than 20 days, but there were still some deficiencies.

Zhao Yinxuan was injured by an arrow, and his life or death was unknown. The defense of the entire North City fell on Hu Yiqing, and his pressure immediately increased.

At this time, the Qing soldiers were besieging on all sides, and the other three walls were also in jeopardy. They had no ability to support them at all. He could only rely on limited manpower to defend to the death.

At this time, he saw a Qing general throwing away his shield, wielding a broadsword, and hacking and killing seven or eight Ming soldiers in a row. He was so brave that he had already made a gap on the city wall.Seeing this, the Qing soldiers behind him immediately seized this opportunity and jumped onto the city wall one after another. Seeing this, the Qing soldiers below the city burst into cheers, while the morale of the Ming army who had stood firm for more than 20 days was demoralized.

This is not the first time that the Qing soldiers climbed the city wall. Hu Yiqing did not lose confidence. He hastily mobilized more than 50 servants and was about to counterattack. When he drove the Qing soldiers off the city wall, a soldier stumbled over and cried : "General, Deputy General Xu in Dongcheng died in battle, and the Qing soldiers have entered the city~"

Hu Yiqing was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and protect Yangge out of the city~"

"Yang Wenzheng Public Biography" records that in June of the second year of Longwu in the Ming Dynasty, 23 captives surrounded Wan'an. The rebellious generals went up to the city from the breakthrough to fight. The officers and troops were outnumbered.

Yang Gong Tinglin, a scholar of the Wuying Temple in Longwu, couldn't get out of the city, and died by throwing himself into a pond. The Hanlin and military department gave Shi Zhongwan Faxiang, and died of poisoning. Peng Qisheng, the Qing of Taichang Temple, burned himself to death. He died in battle, Jiangxi Governor Kuang Zhao was arrested for breaking the city, and he died unyieldingly. The Cantonese general Tong Yizhen was killed, and Chen Ke was arrested and killed.

Qing soldiers entered the city and plundered the city for three days. More than ten thousand civilians were killed. The only officer in the army was Hu Yiqing, a Dian general.

(Thanks to Yuedong Woxin for the reward! Pushing the book "Yaoyuezhu")
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