"Hurry, hurry up. If you wait too long, the rebels will enter the city."
"You all run faster, don't wait with me. If you are still slower, I will engage in military law."
"You guys, I'm talking about you. Run away quickly, don't think you'll be fine just because you're lazy. If the rebels break into the city, it won't be as good as you. By then, your family property will be robbed, and your wife and daughter will be humiliated."
Mingrui urgently mobilized Qing soldiers and defenders from major city gates to advance amidst the whipping and shouting of the battalion officers.
Accompanied by the explosion of fireworks, the war in Wuchang City officially started.
Different from the traditional siege of three and one missing, Zhang Rui surrounded Wuchang City with soldiers and horses on all sides. This is not because Zhang Rui does not understand the advantages of surrounding three and missing one, but Zhang Rui wants to pacify Hubei faster.
Following the attack at Hanyang Gate, the bandit suppressing troops guarding other city gates also launched exploratory attacks at the same time.
At this time, flares (flammable rosin, etc. contained in wooden frames) were thrown out by the bandit suppressing troops all around the entire Wuchang City wall. The huge firelight illuminated the surrounding area of the city wall, as bright as day.
Due to problems with ancient production technology, the nutrition of ancient people was unbalanced, so many ancient people suffered from night blindness.
At this time, although there were nearly 50,000 green soldiers stationed in Wuchang City, only more than 20,000 could defend and fight at night.
Compared with the night blindness caused by the monotonous military rations of the Qing army, the night blindness situation of the bandit suppressing army is relatively better.
One reason is that the bandit-suppressing army recruits ordinary people and eats a lot of omnivores, so night blindness is not that serious. Second, Zhang Rui knows that the biggest problem with night blindness is lack of vitamin A.
Generally, night blindness caused by lack of vitamin A can be quickly cured by using animal liver, carrot, cod liver oil, etc.
As early as when he was in Zhilian Mountain, Zhang Rui knew that the army had night blindness.
In order to solve this problem, Zhang Rui started liver transplantation treatment from pigs, chickens, ducks, etc. in farms in Zhilian Mountain early on. At the same time, carrots and other green, yellow, and orange vegetables were also planted to assist in the treatment.
Not only that, after conquering Guangdong. The anti-bandit army forced the Guangdong Navy to land, and Zhang Rui ordered a large number of sea fish to be collected to refine cod liver fish.
Thanks to multi-pronged preventive treatment, although the bandit-suppressing army at this time cannot say that they have completely lost their night blindness, even if they do, it is not much.
The bandit suppressing troops probing the surrounding city walls held back many Qing troops defending the city. At this time, the number of Qing troops Min Rui could mobilize to support Hanyang Gate was limited.
As soon as the bandit-suppressing army arrived at Wuchang City for siege, Zhang Rui ordered the army to assemble and besiege the south gate in order to confuse the defenders of Wuchang City.
The defenders of Wuchang City did not expect that when night fell, the main force of the bandit suppression army outside the city quietly moved to the northwest near Hanyang Gate.
The night is very dark.
The rain is falling continuously.
Not heavy, but the drizzle was flying very densely.
At this time, a green battalion team supported by Hanyang Gate was holding torches and advancing amidst the shouts and curses of various team officers.
Wet and cold weather always makes people feel irritable, especially walking in this cold and wet environment.
"Brother Xu, do you think this rebel is really so cruel?" A green battalion soldier who was being sent to Hanyang Gate for support quietly asked the person in front of him after hearing the shouts of the Taoist team officer.
The person in front of the green camp soldier did not dare to look back, but quietly replied to him: "I don't know about the other rebels, but there is no need to worry about this group of rebels. I heard from a relative of mine who is a businessman that their military discipline is It’s very strict and we won’t harass people casually.”
"Is this so?" The green camp soldier was a little confused about what the person in front of him said.
"Okay, don't say any more. Act according to the opportunity. Fight if you can, and surrender if you can't. I heard that this group of rebels does not kill prisoners. Generally, prisoners will be released after the war. Three holds, one for a while Be smart and don't risk your life for that little bit of money." Xu Dongxing, known as Brother Xu, carefully looked around again and whispered after feeling that there was no danger.
"I know, Brother Xu." Zhao Sanqian nodded in agreement, and also lowered his voice and answered him quietly.
"Okay, stop talking. You'll save yourself from being whipped later." Xu Dongxing reminded him hurriedly after he spotted the team officer walking over.
"Yes." Zhao Sanqian replied.
"Come on, hurry up..."
The urging voice came again from the loosely walking team.
………
"Kill..."
"The bandit-suppressing army will advance but never retreat..."
Since the bandit-suppressing army entered Hanyangmen City in Wuchang, various shouts have been heard.
The city gate, which usually looked quite wide, seemed so crowded with the continuous influx of bandit suppressing troops.
"Dang, Dang, Dang..."
The sounds of various weapons fighting continued on the battlefield.
"ah…"
"oops…"
"Help…"
"Help me, is there anyone here to help me..."
…
At this time, the common people who heard all kinds of commotion in the city all closed the doors of their houses tightly. Thick wooden strings were used to string the doors tightly behind the doors. Because they felt that the doors were not tight enough, they all added wooden heads to hold the doors up.
Not only that, some smart people have prepared some money to use it to ward off disasters if necessary. At the same time, he also asked his female relatives to wear tattered clothes as much as possible and darken their faces.
In times of war, order is in disarray.
"The bandit-suppressing army enters the city, and those who surrender will avoid death..."
Various shouts and calls for surrender arose in the city.
Min Rui's green battalion soldiers from Hanyang Gate, who were hurriedly mobilized from other places for support, either fell to the ground or surrendered under several charges from the bandit suppressing army. The rest abandoned their torches and fled everywhere.
The war was chaotic. At this time, the bandit suppressing army did not care about capturing prisoners but wanted to occupy the entire city as quickly as possible.
At night, it caused inconvenience to both parties.
However, the bandit suppressing army with higher morale was almost overwhelming in a one-sided manner, and all the Green Camp soldiers who dared to resist were hacked to death and injured on the ground.
The night before dawn, especially dark
The rain is particularly cold under the cold wind.
Fire dragons composed of torches dispersed around Wuchang City with Hanyang City as its mouth. Even if they encountered the same fire dragon, it would be difficult to stop the scattered footsteps.
The bandit suppressing troops that entered Wuchang City also dispersed their troops to attack other city gates.
Attacked from both inside and outside, except for a few ignorant generals who resisted, most of the defenders wisely chose to surrender.
After all, judging from the information they got. This group of rebels was not as evil-doing as those generals said, burning, killing and looting everywhere. On the contrary, they are much more disciplined than themselves and others.
Therefore, surrender to such people. As long as you don't commit any crimes against them, you don't have to worry about being killed after being captured.
After all, there were so many people surrendering to them that they didn't want to wait for others.
With the arrival of the bandit suppression troops attacking other city gates, the besieged city gates were opened one after another.
The anti-bandit troops outside the city continued to pour into Wuchang City.
Dawn, after surviving the darkest and coldest night, announces its arrival through the misty eastern sky.
ps: Due to the recent Chinese New Year, various things have happened. It has only been updated now, sorry everyone. Here I would like to thank Tiandi thanks for your support!
