41o Li Guo temporarily retired

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"Damn, how could these officers and soldiers have been prepared for it a long time ago!"

At this time, Li Guo stood a mile outside the city of Ruzhou on horseback, looking at the bandits who had just climbed the city wall, and were caught off guard by the white dragon soldiers who suddenly appeared, and drove down the city wall one after another.

There are also iron-shelled mines thrown down from the city wall, I don't know how many bandits have been killed and injured, anyway, the sneak attack of the bandits at this time is obviously a complete failure.

Even, they fell headlong into the trap set by Qi Wei, and the bandits who were completely blinded were pitiful in their weak resistance at this time.

"What the hell are those things, like thunder, that have hurt so many of my men." Li Guo's face was gloomy like a drop of water, and he was horrified in his heart.

He didn't expect that the officials and soldiers in the city not only dug traps and waited for them to jump in, but also had such terrifying weapons in their hands.

Look at the bandits who fell under the city wall in front of them, screaming and wailing all over the ground, you can see how terrible this thunder weapon is.

This was originally a feudal society, and the people mostly believed in ghosts and gods.

The appearance of the iron-shelled thunder made these bandits think that this was a punishment from heaven, and they were terrified, how could they still have the heart to fight!

"Withdraw, Mingjin collects the troops, let them withdraw."

Li Guo roared sharply, his face hideous and terrifying.

He knew that at this time, the bandits attacking in front were all stunned, and they were unable to attack at all, and if they didn't retreat, they would only suffer more casualties.

"General, the bandits have withdrawn."

Inside the city tower, Qi Wei followed the hand of his personal soldier Zhang Ming and looked out.

Sure enough, the sound of the bandits' golden gong sounded outside the city, and the bandits retreated, and their sneak attack attempt was completely thwarted by Qi Wei.

Because it was a sneak attack, the bandits only prepared a small number of ladders, which was a big failure.

As a result, when the White Dragon Army launched a sudden counterattack, the first batch of bandits who rushed to the head of the city, before they could stand their ground, were already killed at the head of the city by the elite of the White Dragon Army who rushed over.

And the bandits under the city, because they gathered densely under the ladder, withstood the wanton fire of musketeers and archers, and suffered heavy casualties.

In addition, they were violently bombed by iron-shelled thunder, causing injuries to a large number of bandits, and the miserable screams and thunderous explosions seriously hit the morale of the bandits, making them have no intention of fighting again.

As a result, when the sky turned white in the east and the first rays of morning light shone on Ruzhou City, those bandits had already cried and shouted for their mother, and they withdrew in embarrassment.

"Alright, let the medics go up and transport the wounded soldiers back to the city for the doctor to heal."

Qi Wei looked at the bandits who retreated like a tide, and his face was full of smiles.

"Send people to clean up the battlefield, and then let the men bring the meals, and let the soldiers take turns to eat." Qi Wei ordered one after another.

Although the bandits retreated, they did not completely retreat, and they began to regroup two miles below the city.

It seems that these bandits are still thieves and have not completely retreated because of the failure of the sneak attack, and this battle is not over!

Liu Datou is an old bandit soldier and the leader of Li Guo's subordinates, and it is he who led people to be responsible for this sneak attack, and he led people to rush to the front.

At this time, Li Guo ordered a retreat, but he couldn't retreat, and he was besieged by the white dragon soldiers at the head of the city.

The bandits who climbed the city wall with him at the beginning were instantly killed by the White Dragon Army that had been prepared for a long time, and although he relied on his keen reactions, his superb martial arts survived the first wave.

At his feet were the brothers who had followed him to the top of the city, but by this time they were all lying to the ground, with all their bodies full of wounds and limbs.

But as the bandits around him fell one by one, he was also quickly covered in bruises, and he fought with all his might, trying to rely on himself to hold a cloud ladder entrance, so that the bandits behind him could continue to climb up.

Unfortunately, he failed in the end.

At this time, he gasped for breath, and he desperately waved the long knife in his hand, slashing left and right, but unfortunately although he was brave, he could not defeat four hands with two fists.

Every time his knife was slashed, there was always a shield or two, or a spear or two, to block it.

Swinging the knife again and again, and being blocked again and again, the white dragon sergeant often has a team of three or five people.

The combination of pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, with tacit understanding, worked together to strangle the bandits who had just climbed the city wall and had not yet gained a firm foothold.

"Come on, you lackeys of the court, there are kinds, one-on-one with Lao Tzu!"

Liu Datou shouted angrily, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him at all.

These white dragon soldiers are not stupid, of course, they can see that he has superb martial arts, otherwise it would be impossible to face the attack of five white dragon soldiers, and they have survived until now, and they have injured two of them.

Liu Datou turned his head and glanced at the city, the sky was already faintly bright, no one jumped up from the cloud ladder anymore, and his brothers were retreating, retreating like a tide.

The brothers who had ascended to the top of the city were almost dead.

Without follow-up support, there were fewer and fewer brothers in the city, and they had been divided and surrounded by officers and soldiers, and their results did not need to be thought about to know.

"Come on! You Xuzhou soldiers are all cowards, a group of soft eggs, no one dares to fight with Lao Tzu! ”

Liu Datou roared angrily, he wanted to provoke the White Dragon Sergeant and fight him alone, otherwise if he continued, he would be killed by the five White Dragon Sergeant on the opposite side sooner or later.

It's a pity that in the face of their own humiliation and stimulation, the five White Dragon soldiers on the opposite side were so not angry, and even showed a look of sarcasm in their eyes.

"What are you doing, don't you hurry up and decide." There was a scolding from the commander of the White Dragon Army from behind.

The five White Dragon sergeants, after hearing the reprimand of the commander behind them, immediately raised their guns and shields and attacked Liu Datou.

Poof!

A moment later, when the exhausted Liu Datou was cutting off a spear and trying to stab his long knife into the body of a white dragon sergeant, a spear head that emerged from the side pierced into his ribs in advance.

And the long knife he stabbed out was finally blocked by a shield that emerged. Falling short.

"I'm finally relieved, my mother, I can come and see you."

Liu Datou felt that the strength in his body was about to pass, and with a 'bang', the long knife fell to the ground, and with the last look of relief, he closed his eyes and fell.

The sky was getting brighter, and the battle of the sneak attack and ambush came to an end for the time being, and the thieves retreated to a place two miles outside the south gate to gather and rest. And Ruzhou City also began to clean up the battlefield and take turns to rest.

However, this battle was a beautiful victory for Ruzhou City.

Qi Wei ordered the results of the battle to be reported to the whole city as soon as possible to stabilize the uncertain hearts of the people in the city.

Groups of officers and soldiers rode horses, beat gongs and drums, and reported to the people in the city over and over again.

The vendors and people who were asked by Qi Wei to close their doors at home before also opened their doors at this time, walked to the front of their homes, walked to the street, and celebrated with their neighbors and fellow villagers, and congratulated each other.

It was almost early in the morning that they were awakened by the sound of muskets and the violent explosions on the walls of the north and south.

However, Qi Wei sent the commander of the army to inform him over and over again, door to door, so that the non-soldiers and others in the city should close their doors and stay at home, and they should not move at will, otherwise they will be punished as a chaotic army.

The people in the city were worried all night, and they were all worried, afraid that the rebellious army would attack the city.

At this time, the vast majority of the people in Ruzhou City did not have much good impression of the so-called rebels, whether they were squires or traders, or even ordinary people.

Because up to now, no so-called rebel army has done anything good, they are just a group of bandits and thieves, sweeping everywhere, everywhere they go, except for looting, they are coerced.

The gentry and merchants hated the bandits, needless to say, because of the bandits, the first one would cut them, after all, who let them have money and food in their hands, and it would be strange if they didn't rob them.

And the ordinary people of Ruzhou City also hate bandits, even if the people in Ruzhou at this time, although their lives are relatively difficult, they have not yet reached the point where they can't go on.

Since they can barely get by, these ordinary people will not rebel, and they don't want the bandits to come, because once the bandits come, they won't even have their homes.

Perhaps at this time, only some people in areas with locust plagues, droughts, and no crops in the fields will hope that the bandits can arrive, at least once the bandits arrive, they can bring them a glimmer of life.

First of all, there are still a lot of such areas in the Ming Dynasty at this time, such as Shaanxi, which has been plagued by natural disasters for more than ten years, and there are also western Henan, northern Huguang and other regions that have just been affected not long ago.

Now, the people in Ruzhou City are very excited when they hear that the officers and soldiers have defeated the bandits and did not let the bandits enter the city.

The men in the city had already prepared a steaming meal, packed it in large barrels and steamers, and brought it to the city.

At the same time, the merchants and big families in the city also joined forces to start a condolence and reward action, and when Qi Wei learned the news, he immediately sent people to stop them.

At this time, the bandits were only repulsed, not completely retreated, at this time, Qi Wei didn't want his subordinates to relax their vigilance, reward, reward or something, if they wanted to do it, they had to wait for the bandits to completely retreat.

As the bandits under the city retreated, they took their wounded soldiers with them, but left behind corpses in a single place, layer upon layer, at least six or seven hundred people.

In addition, the one or two hundred bandits who fell on the city wall, this time Li Guo's sneak attack failed, but left more than 1,000 corpses.

Although not many died, more than 2,000 people were injured, and this defeat, as well as the impact of the 'iron shell thunder', caused the morale of the bandits under Li Guo to plummet.

"Are our casualties counted?"

Qi Wei looked at the pile of corpses under the city, and was also quite surprised, but he still calmly asked his own soldier Zhang Ming.

"Thirty-one were killed in battle, forty-five were seriously wounded, and nearly a hundred were lightly wounded. However, most of the dead and wounded were recruits and Ruzhou defenders, and our headquarters did not suffer much losses. ”

Zhang Ming, a personal soldier, took the casualty statistics that had just been completed and reported to Qi Weiyu.

Hearing this casualty figure, Qi Wei also felt very happy, and a smile appeared on his face.

Killing and wounding two or three thousand enemy soldiers at one time, his son's side only reduced less than two hundred people, and only about thirty people died, this result Qi Wei was already very satisfied.

Moreover, the losses of the soldiers of the White Dragon Army were even less, accounting for less than one-fifth of the total number of casualties, after all, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army were much stronger than the defenders of Ruzhou City and those recruits.

In addition, in addition to the white dragon sergeants who served as commandos, the other white dragon sergeants were mostly in the arrow tower, serving as musketeers and archers, and the combat danger was not high.

Last night was a very special battle, and Qi Wei took advantage of the news of the bandits' attack in advance, as well as the carelessness of the bandits.

It's a defensive counterattack again, occupying a geographical advantage, in this case, if they don't win again, it will be unreasonable.

"Dress the brothers who died in battle, prepare coffins, park them in the Chenghuang Temple in Xicheng, and then hold a grand funeral for them after the battle."

Qi Wei's tone was a little heavy, and he continued: "Those injured brothers, let the military doctor do his best to heal them. ”

"It is also necessary to send people to record the merits of the soldiers, carefully check them, and reduce omissions and mistakes.

Zhang Ming and other officers immediately nodded one after another.

"What to do with the corpses of these bandits under the city",

Zhang Ming asked, it is already spring, the weather is gradually getting warmer, and the corpses are piled up here, and after a long time, they are easy to decay.

For this aspect, Qi Wei was also influenced by Li Zixiao and attached more importance to it.

Because Qi Wei also knew that the corpse could not sit idly by, otherwise there would be a plague, and the corpse under the city must be disposed of as soon as possible.

Qi Wei said coldly: "Send some soldiers out of the city, move the bodies of those bandits to one place, find a random place outside the city, dig a big pit, and bury it."

It's a pity that we don't have much fire oil in our hands, so we have to keep it just in case, otherwise we can cremate them. ”

"I don't know the general, do you know that our Ruzhou City has been attacked by bandits at this time, will you bring people to support us?"

Zhang Ming stood next to Qi Wei and spoke.

"At this time, it is estimated that the situation in Yiyang is much more severe than ours here, and the pressure on General Xu is very great, and I don't want the general to be distracted by us.

I have already sent someone to send a message to the general, and promised to absolutely defend the city of Ruzhou, the city is in the people, and the city is dead.

If we can hold it back in Ruzhou City, Li Guo's army of 20,000 bandits can be regarded as the greatest support of General Yiyang Xu. ”

Qi Wei sighed and said.

Of course, Qi Wei could guess that the situation in Yiyang must be very dangerous at this time, and Li Zixiao led his troops to hide in the mountains and forests, looking for fighters who could take the initiative to attack.

At this time, Qi Wei couldn't drag Li Zixiao's hind legs, so he sent someone to inform Li Zixiao and made a military order at the same time.

At this time, it has been five full days since Li Zicheng stormed Yiyang, and the small Yiyang City is crumbling, and Li Zicheng's bandits have repeatedly attacked the Yiyang city wall, but they are always beaten down.

Although Yiyang was in danger one after another, Xu Wei was able to hold on.

And Li Zixiao has always been very patient, taking Luo's cavalry battalion and Li Tianba's half of the 'Tiger Battalion', hidden in the mountains and forests north of Yiyang, and has never appeared.

When Li Zixiao received the news sent by Qi Wei and learned that Ruzhou City was attacked by the 20,000 chaotic army led by Li Guo, he was also taken aback at first, and almost didn't calm down, so Luo led his troops to Ruzhou City.

But in the end, Li Zixiao still held back, chose to believe in Qi Wei, and continued to hide.

Li Zixiao believed that if he couldn't attack Yiyang for a long time, Li Zicheng's chaotic army would definitely show flaws, and that was when he would fight back.

(End of chapter)

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