Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 337 Don't hit the south wall and don't look back?
It’s not that I have never seen a huge crowd. I remember that when I went back to Beijing in later generations, the number of people was even greater when the train station was under the flyover. In addition, in Xingyang, the peasant army gathered from all over the world, and the momentum of the 40 army was overwhelming. , but this time it was aimed at myself.

The northeast direction of Luzhou is a little higher. From the time when the black line was discovered, to the time when the Chuangjun came to the front, it took about an hour. When we got close, the magnificence was even more shocking. It seems that the Chuangjun in Huaibei A lot of hungry people were engulfed, and the line of crossing troops carrying hoes in front was more than ten miles long. At a glance, they were either human heads shaking up and down, or knives, guns, swords, axes, hooks and forks. Nothing else.

And that shouting sound, as noisy as hundreds of beehives buzzing in the ear, can be clearly heard for tens of miles. After holding the binoculars for more than an hour, Ma Shiying put it down in shock. The governor of Lufeng who took office trembled a little, and turned his head tremblingly.

"Song Shuai, this, can this be beaten?"

"Let's try playing." Song Qingshu shrugged noncommittally.

They didn't rush forward at the first time, and the Chuangjun stopped about a mile away from Luzhou City. It is estimated that the situation in and outside the city also made them a little confused. They paused for about a quarter of an hour. The ground cavalry suddenly broke away from the large group and galloped towards the barracks by the Jindou River to the south.

It’s really different after proclaiming the emperor. Even the original big boss has become more polite. A bearded cavalry in the lead stopped in front of the ditch, pointed at the dirt hill and shouted: “Listen up, the official dog on the opposite side! The current court has no way, Corrupt officials are running rampant, making the people of the world miserable, homeless, and suffering from famines year after year. My lord, Emperor Gu Yuanzhenlong, was ordered by the heavens to punish the people for crimes. Now he leads an army of one million and comes straight to Nanjing. Those who are sensible quickly surrender the city. You can still have a wife and a son, otherwise, when the city is destroyed, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"

These words were uttered in Nanjing Mandarin, and they could be heard clearly within a mile or two. Ma Shiying's face was pale when he heard it, but Song Qingshu, who could hear it, laughed, put down his binoculars and strolled down the dirt mountain. Hurry up and follow behind, a third-rank official of the imperial court serving the frontier like a secretary, Song Qingshu's rank is high enough.

The Chuangjun messenger shouted impatiently, and suddenly a familiar voice came from the opposite camp: "Oh? Is it General Li Guo?"

I really met an acquaintance, Li Guo's dark eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help shouting in surprise: "Marshal Song!"

"It's God helping my emperor, Marshal Song, with you here, it's easy to destroy Luzhou City, come with me, King Chuang will be very happy when he sees you!"

Seeing Li Guo's surprise, Ma Shiying was extremely nervous, and before Song Qingshu could speak, he had already shouted at the top of his voice.

"Presumptuous! Mr. Song has now issued an order to the imperial court, and now it is the Huaiyou Aid Suppression Commander who specializes in exterminating you local thieves and bandits. How could it be possible to cooperate with you and destroy Luzhou!"

Only then did he come back to his senses, and noticed that there was actually a high official from the imperial court beside Song Qingshu, he was stunned for a moment, Li Guo immediately became angry and yelled angrily: "Marshal Song, have you taken refuge with the official dog?"

Ma Shiying also learned the trick of dragging people into the water, which made Song Qingshu helplessly smile and shrug his shoulders noncommittally.

"Little General Li Guo, Mr. Song can't let you go there today. The Qihuo Army has managed to gain a firm foothold in this area. If the officers and troops take this area as the main battlefield, all of Mr. Song's efforts will be ruined. "

"And now is not a good time to take Nan Zhili. The hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River are still towards the court. General Li, go back and advise King Chuang. Turn back earlier. Huguang has enough food, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Gansu. , Waiting for the changes in the world, once the situation meets, Song will personally welcome King Chuang into Nanzhili!"

Song Qingshu is really not fooling around. In history, Li Zicheng first conquered Xiangyang in Huguang, where he called Tian Shunyi the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses, established a system, and then advanced to Kaifeng, successively conquered Kaifeng, Luoyang, and killed Sun Chuanting in Tongguan. Guanzhong, then turned around and took the capital.

Now that the imperial court has not lost its strength, it is justified to stand firm in the Central Plains, the Qin and Jin Dynasties and other severely affected places. Not to mention that Gao Yingxiang cannot defeat Nanjing, even if he does, the imperial court encircles and suppresses him on all sides, and the local people do not support him. Even if he has 80 There is only one way for Wan Dajun to be defeated.

However, not everyone can listen to good words, especially at this time, Gao Yingxiang, who has already proclaimed himself emperor, has already inflated himself to a certain extent, and he is also arrogant with his subordinates. Before Song Qingshu finished speaking, Li Guo was already furious roared.

"Don't tell me those fallacies, Fool Song, I'll just ask you, today's road, are you going to let it go or not!"

"Sorry, not today!"

"Okay, you wait!" The horse whip pointed to Song Qingshu who shrugged and apologized, and pulled the horse, Li Guo ran back immediately.

"Master Ma, your wish has been granted!" Turning his head, Song Qingshu complained, and Ma Shiying also laughed dryly.

This is really a disagreement, as soon as Li Guo ran back to the barracks, the overwhelming sound of horns was heard in all directions, and through the binoculars, one by one, the battalion officers on horseback could clearly be seen. He ran out, gesticulating with knives and guns in the direction of Luzhou City, and then, the overwhelming army came rolling in like black magma in hell.

During that battle, some people in Luzhou City were so frightened that they ran down the city wall with their heads in their hands. The begging army's position was also completely silent, Song Qingshu was so anxious that he kicked the gunner's butt.

"Still fucking your sister in a daze! Don't shoot me!"

Only then did he come to his senses, the twenty gunners didn't even come to correct the cannons, so they wiped the red-hot iron sticks into the buttocks of the cannons, and only heard the roaring sound, and the twenty cannons slammed one after another. Jumping backwards, a puff of white smoke came out, and immediately saw twenty balls of blood bursting out from the zombie-like army below.

Crowded like this, you don’t even need to aim. As long as the shell hits the past, it will definitely hit people. Although it is not a flowering shell, the linear damage of the solid shot on the ground is also explosive. A round of shelling took away at least 600 people.

However, the morale of the Chuang army was high at this time. Although this round of bombardment was relatively heavy, the red-eyed hungry people were still rushing forward with all kinds of weapons.

It is a pity that the artillery positions from the Chuangjun to the Qihuo Army are 1000 meters long, and the cannons of the Qihuo Army can shoot at least 2000 meters. It takes 2 minutes to clean the barrel, load the gunpowder, and lower the muzzle to face the crowd. The gunners of the Beggar Army who had gotten used to it fired another round.

This time the damage was greater than before. The ground within 200 meters in front of the Qihuo Army was compacted, and some shells even jumped four times, flying more than 20 meters before they survived in a bloody mess. This time there was no one thousand 800 people had to be taken away, and [-] bloody lines lay across the road.

Even wildebeest herds migrating in Africa know fear and avoid crocodiles when they encounter crocodiles. Once the madness of the stock is over, the fear can no longer be suppressed. The large group of refugees who swarmed up finally collapsed, crying and retreating. Even some brave generals of the peasant army retreated a little. No matter how strong you are, Big, no matter how skilled the martial arts are, they can't hold the shells.

It was like the ebb tide again, where they came and went back, the black team scattered back and forth, and scattered the unprepared intruders a little bit. Although the strength increased greatly, the dispatching and commanding, Gao Yingxiang did not improve More or less, it was still the way of being a horse thief back then. Song Qingshu couldn't help shaking his head in disappointment after reading it, and immediately swung his command saber forward again.

"Raise the muzzle and blast his army!"

Chuangjun had never encountered Hongyi cannons before, so he never imagined that the cannons could hit so far. Even if the Jurchen Eight Banners army under the city of Ningyuan was bombarded by Yuan Chonghuan's twenty red cannons, they would inevitably retreat, let alone Chuangjun. , the artillery fire extended all the way to the west, and the army was also retreating all the way. This is not a one-on-one confrontation yet. First, we retreated wildly for nearly ten miles, and almost disappeared. This finally stopped the panic-stricken army. .

"This, this is really..., really..., the majestic majesty!" Ma Shiying, a scholar who had never been on the battlefield, was stunned.
I have seen the old beauty beat up Uncle Deng, the plane dropped bombs every day, and the bombers turned their backs on their backs but couldn't catch them in the modern battlefield. Song Qingshu shook his head disapprovingly.

"This is just the beginning, and the hardest part is yet to come!"

(End of this chapter)