It's not that Youshi didn't know that the bandit-suppressing army was coming. It's just that since ancient times, it has been said that wealth can only be found in danger. You Shigen thought that if he didn't give it a try, how would he know whether he would have the chance to become a famous general and be famous throughout the ages?
Moreover, Fu Heng had an agreement with him that as long as he could hold on for about ten days, there would be reinforcements. When the siege of Tongling was resolved, Fu Heng guaranteed him entry into the banner and was promoted to the third level. Fu Heng's promise made You Shili ecstatic.
The "meat" is so tempting that no matter how great the danger is, it is not worth mentioning. Even if it is a mantis blocking a car, it is not afraid.
"Kill..."
"Come on... hurry up and attack..."
Amidst the chaotic shouts, ladders were set up on the city walls of Tongling County, and the attackers continued to swarm up.
"Quick, go out and defend the city...throw rocks, throw wood...golden juice...are you ready with the golden juice..." There were also hurried shouts on the walls of Tongling.
"…boom…"
The siege tower of the bandit suppression army kept approaching the city wall with the pace of the siege troops. The muskets on the siege tower kept taking turns as a final cover for the siege people.
"…Boom…Boom…"
Near the bottom of the city wall, the archers of the bandit suppression army kept shooting arrows into the gaps in the wall.
"Kill..."
The first siege green soldier who raised his shield to reach the recessed part of the city wall shouted and jumped into the city wall. After jumping into the city wall road, I discovered that there were many defenders on the city wall road, but most of them were lying motionless in a pool of blood or holding their wounds and howling.
As the second green battalion attacking the city jumped into the city wall, the gunfire of the bandit suppressing army stopped, and the archers under the city wall also stopped shooting to avoid accidentally injuring their own troops.
The muskets and archers of the bandit-suppressing army have already made great efforts, and the rest is left to see the skills of the green battalion soldiers who attacked the city. If the defenders can't be defeated in this way, then the soldiers who attack the city will not be able to complain about suppressing the bandit army.
The Qing defenders were subjected to fierce artillery fire from the bandit suppressing forces at the beginning of the war, resulting in numerous casualties. It wasn't until the siege troops climbed into the city wall that they dared to step on the city wall to engage in hand-to-hand combat. It's strange that the morale of the Qing army was so good.
The rebels were able to scale the city wall so easily, but the enemy had nothing to do against them. We need cannons but not cannons, we need rockets but not rockets, and bows and arrows cannot shoot at others. So what if we can block this wave of people attacking the city?
Now the entire Tongling City is surrounded by the bandit-suppressing legions. Even if this wave of rebels can be blocked, waves of rebels will follow.
The generals who defended the city also said that they only needed to hold off the rebels for half a month. However, less than an hour after the war started, they were attacked so violently. How could they defend the city and resist?
Unlike the Qing troops defending the city, the surrender troops attacking the city were extremely excited at this time, and their morale was as high as ever.
They were helpless before and prepared to die heroically, but they didn't expect to attack the city wall so easily. This was completely different from what they imagined!
More and more siege troops climbed up the city wall and surrendered, but there were fewer and fewer defenders resisting.
"Those who surrender will be spared death, those who surrender will not be killed..."
Many of the surrender soldiers who had stormed the city wall were shouting loudly in an authentic Anhui dialect. Regardless of whether the shouting is useful or not, if you can shout one more person to lower yourself, you will be safer. There is nothing better than fighting without losing your life.
"You are not a skinny monkey from Guangdong, but you are also a fellow from Anhui?" A Qing soldier guarding the city asked in disbelief as he looked at the siege soldiers facing each other with swords.
"You're stupid! I'm not from Guangdong. I'm from Chizhou." Looking at his siege troops, he replied disdainfully: "You surrender or not, I won't be polite to you if you don't surrender."
"Surrender, surrender...fellow fellow, do you really want to surrender without killing me?" the defender asked.
"What are you lying to? Surrender and not kill me. Didn't I surrender here too? I won't lie to you. Not only will I not kill you, I will also get money. But if you dare to resist, don't blame me for not recognizing you as a fellow countryman." The siege troops roared arrogantly.
"This? Yes...yes, I will surrender right now..." As he said that, the defender did not dare to hesitate any longer and directly threw away his knife and knelt on the ground to surrender.
Whether it was the good situation in front of them or the loud drums behind them, the morale of the soldiers who were attacking the city was so high that they crushed them like a scourge. Except for a few professional green battalion soldiers, most of the Qing troops defending the city were rural warriors.
The shelling at the top of the city had already wiped out the courage of these improvised village warriors. Most of the remaining people were just thinking about how to save their lives. As for the few stubborn people, it was not harmful to the overall situation.
The situation of the war could not be clearer. It is either surrender or destruction.
The bandit-suppressing army invaded Tongling City so quickly that You Shi instantly understood what it meant to block a car with a mantis arm. He also understood why Fu Heng dared to promise him that as long as he completed the task, he would be promoted to the third level.
Not to mention being promoted to the third level, it is useless to tell him to be directly promoted to the rank of general soldier, because he is completely incapable of this task. Now, let alone ten days, even half a day would not be able to resist the power of the rebel army.
After a while, You Shigai remembered. Fu Heng had more than 100,000 troops and was defeated in a battle with the rebels, so he escaped here. He promised himself this huge benefit, just to stop the rebels.
I believe that even Fu Heng has not considered that he can withstand the attack of the rebels. It is ridiculous that he foolishly fantasizes about his ability to force Kuang Lan.
As the war progressed, Wang Zhuang and others, who had previously clamored to kill one and kill two, followed You Shigen and abandoned their swords one after another after being surrounded by the surrender troops attacking the city.
It wasn't until Wang Zhuang surrendered that he realized how foolish his previous clamor was. The bandit-suppressing army didn't even take action, but the troops they just drove away were enough to kill him several times.
Anhui, Chizhou, headquarters of the bandit suppression army.
At this time, many small red and green flags were planted on the huge sand table at the staff headquarters.
At this moment, the small red flag representing Tongling City was like the staff officers of the bandit suppression army deducing on the sand table, easily pulling out the blocking flag. The next goal is to follow the Yangtze River waterway and look at Wuhu. The next step was to clear the waterway and march to Nanjing.
Nanjing, one of the two capitals.
Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, among the Han regimes, only Zhu Ming's national surname Zhu Chenggong had the power to march to Nanjing. Unfortunately, he failed in the end.
Now, a hundred years later. Whether Nanjing can return to the hands of the Han again depends on the suppression of the bandits.
The whole world is looking at each other, as long as the bandit-suppressing army can take over Nanjing City and gain a firm foothold. Then the literati from all over the world will rush to invest, and the bandit-suppressing army will officially have the capital to compete in the world.
"Report...Sixth brother, there is an urgent military situation in Fujian." A voice came from outside the staff barracks.
