Wanli 1592

Chapter 43
Faced with internal panic, Xiao Ruxun stepped forward and convinced the entire army with his prestige that he would win every battle. When Ye Mengxiong was busy taking over Wei Xuezeng's logistics, Mei Guozhen was busy writing a letter to impeach Wei Xuezeng and electing the newest candidate. The two commanded the army and became the actual commanders of the Ming army, which continued to increase to 5 troops.

During the siege for several days in succession, Xiao Ruxun visited the scene in person and commanded in person. He constantly honed his level of commanding in front of the battle and the level of commanding the combined forces of the large corps. Combining his past experience, his level has improved dramatically.

In the past few days, Xiao Ruxun sent people to attack the southern city, while the other three cities were surrounded and feigned to attack, but if any bandit army tried to attack, the whole army would press down on it. He won the battle and beheaded nearly a thousand people, which gradually stabilized the morale of the army and restored the fighting will of the Ming army.

However, the number of cavalry in the city of the thief army became less and less, and the first time it was the most, a thousand cavalrymen were sent to attack the Ming army camp that surrounded the west city. The guard Zhao Wu was caught off guard and couldn't resist for a while. The two armies merged into one, killed the thousand cavalry in sevens and eights, and retreated to the city.

Naturally, the rebels suffered heavy losses and were unable to replenish the cavalry. This time they went back and did not attack again until the third day. This time only 500 people came out. 130 Qiqi fled back in embarrassment, and the rest were all killed.

The third attack of the bandit army was at night, only three hundred cavalry attacked in the dark, and the direction of the attack was the north. The cavalry attacked across the board and devoured all the [-] cavalry, leaving no one behind. Ma Gui alone beheaded the eighteenth rank, unstoppable, and the Ming army won another victory.

The father and son of the Qi family in the city wanted to kill someone!
After Huo merged Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao, the original [-] riders were left with about [-]. The first attack lost [-], the second attack lost [-], and the third attack lost [-]. The army was annihilated, and by counting, [-] riders had died in Huangquan.

Not only the people died, but all their horses were also damaged, which became the extra meals of the Ming army, so that all the troops of the Ming army who had made great contributions ate horse meat and drank broth, full of energy.

In Ningxia City, [-] cavalry could barely be gathered, but Qianbai would not dare to divide his troops into battle again anyway. These [-] cavalry were reserved for leading the army to break out of the encirclement, after all, infantry could not be brought in to break out of the encirclement.

In the past few days, they finally knew who it was that would surround them to death.

Xiao Ruxun, who was born as a general in the northwest, first defeated Tu Wenxiu's several thousand troops in the first battle in Pinglu City, then killed Kui Yun and Zhuo Litu, almost wiped out their [-] troops, and then led the army to take the initiative to attack from Pinglu City. The attack on the city and the fortress on the way beat them to the ground, bloodied them, and finally hit the outskirts of Ningxia Town, captured all the fortresses in the north, including the northwest and northeast, and blocked the entire north. The culprit that caused their current predicament !
It's the guard of Pinglu City that they don't care about!

God knows why this guy is so good at fighting!So fierce!

Moreover, the intensity of the Ming army's attacks on the city these days has continued unabated. Except for the fact that the number of real storms is relatively small, there are not many hours in the day without bombarding the city with firearms.

It can be said that they bombarded with firearms almost all the time, or played drums to cheer them up and pretended to attack all fronts, to play with them, and then used firearms to bombard the troops they hurried up to defend the city to catch them off guard. The number of soldiers and horses has dropped to about 6000, and the loss of the Ming army does not know if it has reached [-].

To be precise, it was [-], [-] were killed in battle, and there were more wounded, but most of the wounded survived and were rescued by the ambulance battalion, and they recovered in less than ten days Back to camp, the combat effectiveness is even better.

These tens of thousands of Ming troops admire Xiao Ruxun day by day—the soldiers’ ideas are also very simple, they are all willing to fight with a powerful general, because a powerful general will cause fewer casualties in battle, and the more you can save everyone’s lives, the better everyone will be. If you are willing to work hard for you, your morale will be strong.

The ambulance camp arranged by Xiao Ruxun is considered by Mei Guozhen to be the place with the largest number of doctors and the most professional division of labor besides the emperor's personal conquest, and it can even become a model for the whole army to promote.

Basically, the doctors in Ningxia Town who are good at treating knife and gun wounds were either invited or tied up by Xiao Ruxun to set up a special ambulance camp in the army, using strong alcohol as a disinfectant, so that the wounds of the wounded soldiers never became inflamed. The ordinary incision is covered with medicinal materials, bandages are tied, and changed every two days, and after three or two times, it will be a hero again, full of vigor and vitality.

The death rate of wounded soldiers in this army is the lowest that Mei Guozhen has seen since joining the army. Therefore, in such a fierce siege tug-of-war, the Ming army lost only a little over 2000, and most of them died in battle and could not be treated. After returning, only a few hundred people died due to deep wounds, and more than [-] returned to the team after recovering from injuries. It was never time to replenish troops.

On the one hand, Xiao Ruxun's tactics were appropriate, and on the other hand, the rescue measures were timely. After more than ten days, all ministries of the Ming Army spoke highly of Xiao Ruxun. Some generals who were not satisfied with Xiao Ruxun at first also began to admire this young general. soldier.

The military supervisor Mei Guozhen treated Xiao Ruxun with a picky attitude, but he couldn't find anything to criticize, so he respected him even more. In addition to impeaching Wei Xuezeng, he also wrote a special memorial to describe Xiao Ruxun's tactics. Tactics are recommended to Emperor Wanli, and this "good general who is difficult to emerge from the Nine Sides in 50 years" is recommended to Emperor Wanli.

Ye Mengxiong inspected the army and found that the army was well-organized, the soldiers were full of fighting spirit, and they were orderly and meticulous. The morale that had been low ten days ago was completely pulled back, so Ye Mengxiong was extremely satisfied with Xiao Ruxun's ability to command and use troops, so he assured the frontline command The power was handed over to Xiao Ruxun, and he concentrated on logistics, ensuring food supply, taking care of medicines and gunpowder, and caring about the blasting of the army's ultimate killer tunnel.

The reason why the tunnel blasting dragged on for more than ten days was because three tunnels were discovered and destroyed by the extremely sensitive rebels in the city. Xiao Ruxun personally led a team to stop the rebels' crazy counterattack, so the remaining two tunnels were carefully carried out. .

I only dare to dig every day when the army is attacking the city on a large scale. The progress has slowed down. If so, the remaining two tunnels are almost finished. One of them can be opened in about a day, and the gunpowder can be loaded. .

One day later, on the evening of April 20, 21th Wanli, Ye Mengxiong, Mei Guozhen and Xiao Ruxun held torches and went cautiously to a tunnel that had been reported opened with excitement. Looking at the tunnel propped up with wooden frames, Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guo Zhenrao had seen it many times and was amazed by this sophisticated project, especially when he saw the large space excavated under the foundation of the city wall, he was even more shocked and inexplicable.

"Ji Xin, do you want to fill such a large space with gunpowder?"

Ye Mengxiong asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)