"Fu Shuai, demolish the house." Li Zongxue persuaded.
Xie Xuelong's face was full of distress: "The rebels didn't demolish the house, but the governor actually demolished the house. What kind of official am I?"
Generally speaking, the defending troops will take the initiative to demolish the houses outside the city, and even burn the woods near the city wall. This is to make it more difficult for the siege party to obtain materials for making siege equipment, and it also makes it more difficult for the siege party to set up ambushes.
However, Zhao Han defended the city, but he did not demolish the house, so he wanted to leave it to Xie Xuelong!
There have been no wars in Ji'an for many years. Even under the city wall, there are many illegal residential buildings.
If Xie Xuelong wants to attack the city, these houses must be demolished. Otherwise, if Zhao Han threw the torches down, it would burn a large area, and the offensive and defensive battle would inevitably turn into a barbecue meeting.
And after the house is demolished, the wood can be used to make siege equipment.
But does Xie Xuelong really dare to demolish the houses?
Li Zongxue said: "Fu Shuai, the magistrate and county magistrate are dead. They died for the city and the country. The Fucheng fell, and the court questioned the crime. , must blame Fu Shuai for all the faults. If you don¡¯t recover Fucheng quickly, dismissal from office and imprisonment will be light!¡±
There are several staff members of the governor, but now they have all run away, leaving only one Li Zongxue.
?Including Zuo Xiaocheng who defected a few days ago, when he learned that Fucheng had fallen, he immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer." Xie Xuelong was in a dilemma, he really didn't dare to demolish the houses.
Inside and outside the city, they fell into a state of confrontation.
When Zhao Han was defending the city, he still had time to train recruits in rotation. Every morning and afternoon, 500 soldiers were dispatched for drills.
On Xie Xuelong's side, if it weren't for the troops stationed at Bailuzhou, surrounded by the Ganjiang River, it is estimated that Xiangyong has already run away.
This time is a decisive battle, not an encounter.
There is no rush for a decisive battle, and both sides are preparing patiently.
Zhao Han was busy training recruits, and Xie Xuelong was also training. The governor, while sending people to the neighboring state capital to collect food, also asked the gentry to recruit local bravery, because it was impossible for him to break through the city with the little soldiers in his hand.
In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.
Hundreds of township braves who had just been recruited mutinied before reaching the river, knocked the officer unconscious in the middle of the night and ran away.
Immediately afterwards, two of Xie Xuelong's warships also ran away, and Xiangyong from Bailuzhou began to jump into the river to escape. They knew that there was no hope of attacking the city, and they were unwilling to follow the governor to die, so they reduced their staff by one-eighth in two or three days.
Facing such a predicament, Xie Xuelong was still calm and dispatched his confidants to prevent the soldiers from fleeing. At the same time, additional meals were given to the soldiers, and soldiers who performed well were rewarded.
Deserters still exist, but the momentum has finally been contained.
Xie Xuelong still had illusions at this time. He had a good relationship with He Yingrui, the chief minister of the left. It was He Yingrui who was able to successfully recruit troops to Ruijin before, and hoped that this time, he would also be able to increase his troops and food.
However, as soon as he wrote the letter and sent it out, he suddenly received a secret letter from He Yingrui.
There are only ten words in the letter: castration, slander, and slander, I hope you will do it yourself.
Xie Xuelong put down the secret letter, his face was ashen, everything was over.
This letter clearly stated that the eunuch was going to file a lawsuit, so that Xie Xuelong could make preparations early. The subtext is, you are dead this time, and I can't help you.
During the reign of Chongzhen, the emperor kept urging taxes, but only Jiangxi province dared to defy the emperor's order to impose taxes every year.
What is pressure levy?
It is that various disasters occur in the local area, and this year's tax will be suppressed to be collected next year.
Shaanxi and Shanxi are making such a mess, the chief envoys dare not impose levy year after year, but Jiangxi, which is rich and prosperous, dares!
He Yingrui, as the political envoy of Zuobu in Jiangxi, has been criticized several times by Chongzhen Dianping. It's not how courageous he is, or how greedy he is, but that Jiangxi's taxes are not collected at all.
The land has been occupied by the gentry, and there are very few small landlords and self-cultivating farmers. How can the government collect land taxes?
There is only one family, and there is no other semicolon. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi never collected all taxes in one year.
Until now, Chongzhen thought that Jiangxi had been suffering from catastrophes year after year
He Yingrui couldn't add troops to Xie Xuelong, he had to dig out every penny of money and food, and obediently send it to the emperor. As much as you can send, anyway, if the payment is not complete, Emperor Chongzhen has long been used to it.
"Oh, let's withdraw our troops." Li Zongxue said.
Xie Xuelong said with a bitter face: "The rebels are in Fucheng, how can I withdraw my troops? Once I withdraw my troops, I'm afraid I will be executed!"
Li Zongxue asked back: "Just look at it like this?"
"That's the only way," Xie Xuelong sighed, "even if there is only: "Jie Jie, you are in vain as an official of the court, and you are not as good as a rebel!"
Xie Xuelong was also furious, feeling like a clown.
"Follow me ashore to kill thieves!"
Zhao Han sent a thousand soldiers out of the city one after another, Xie Xuelong immediately seized the opportunity, he was afraid that Zhao Han would not come out after hiding in the city.
"Blow the horn!"
Zhao Han ordered the trumpeter to use the suona to sound the rallying horn.
He himself led more than a thousand soldiers to guard the city, and all the rest were released from the city to fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers.
Xie Xuelong was afraid that Zhao Han would be hiding in the city, and Zhao Han was also afraid that Xie Xuelong would be hiding in Bailuzhou.
The two sides seem to have reached a tacit agreement, and collectively gather troops towards the north of the city, unwilling to start a war in the bustling south of the city.
The strength of Xie Xuelong Uh, it's not easy to calculate.
?Because the boat came from Bailuzhou, and in the short distance of the blink of an eye, another boat ran away.
Especially the recruited civilian husbands, seeing that a war was really going to happen, jumped into the river to escape regardless of the cold water in the river.
There are also many Chinese military officials who are unwilling to go ashore with the governor, and hide in Bailuzhou Academy and refuse to show their faces.
Array of both sides.
The rebel army consisted of 3,000 people, led by Fei Ruhe.
There are nearly three thousand officers and soldiers, led by Xie Xuelong.
Both sides have no long-range troops, and they fight purely with infantry, and both use a simplified version of the mandarin duck formation.
The battle is about to begin, and the missionary officers mixed in the army are constantly doing pre-war mobilization: "Kill the dog officer, everyone will have land to plow, everyone will have clothes to wear, and everyone will have food to eat. If we lose, our fields will be destroyed." They are about to be snatched away by the government! Brother recruits, if you win this battle, Mr. Zhao will take everyone to divide the land!"
Xie Xuelong also shouted: "Boys, be loyal to the king and serve the country, defend the hometown, and follow me to kill these rebels!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
The drums of war sounded, and the soldiers marched slowly.
The Chinese troops on both sides did not move, and sent three outposts to fight, and the left and right outposts advanced to stand by.
What's more nonsense is that neither side dared to go too fast. Once they accelerated, the formation would be chaotic, full of fucking mobs.
Before the battle, each soldier fled.
Xie Xuelong immediately dispatched a supervising team to kill the Xiangyong who fled the battle.
On the side of the rebel army, the law enforcement team stopped them with sticks, and the missionary group yelled frantically: "Old man, if you escape, you will have no farming, and if you escape, you will have a hard life! We have to farm for food!"
The missionaries kept shouting, chasing after the deserters.
Shouting and shouting, the escaped soldiers returned one after another, yelling and charging again: "Farm and eat! Farm and eat!"
"Farm and eat!"
"Farm and eat!"
The rebel army chanted collectively, as if possessed by a god, rushing forward completely regardless of life and death.
Except for the 800 veterans in Wuxing Town, the formation of the rest of the recruits was all chaotic. No matter what weapon you hold in your hand, you just charge forward anyway, and you have already forgotten the skills you mastered during training.
Wu Yong, who was born in the guard, has been found out, but Zhao Han did not expel him.
Because of Wu Yong's many meritorious deeds, he has been promoted to the rank of chief at this moment.
The old lady in the family can let the brother take care of it first. He wants to follow Mr. Zhao to the countryside to divide the land. If he meets a widow, he might be able to find a wife.
Wu Yong always dreamed of owning his own land, and dreamed of finding a wife.
"Farm and eat, farm and eat!"
Wu Yong rushed forward with his gun in hand. He forgot to command his ten-man team, and his team members would not listen to the commander's command.
Anyway, just rush and finish the job!
Wu Yong even rushed out of the army formation, ran to the front of the wolf soldiers, desperately broke into the enemy formation, and only repeatedly shouted: "Farm to eat, farm to eat!"
?The battle was quickly won and lost. The rebel army was not afraid of death, but Xiangyong was hesitant to die.
Most of these countrymen are from good families. They have fields at home and don¡¯t have to worry about food and clothing. How can they be willing to work hard with mud legs?
Xie Xuelong's supervisory team couldn't stop him, so the governor could only hold the line in person, leading the Chinese soldiers to charge: "Kill the thieves and serve the country, defend the homeland!"
"Farm and eat!"
"Farm and eat!"
The rebel army shouted even louder, and even the veterans lost their minds and gradually lost their proper formation.
Of course, there is no need to maintain formation anymore.
The sound of suona resounded on the battlefield, and the rebel army became completely fanatical, and even Fei Ruhe's Chinese army charged together.
Xie Xuelong's Xiangyong has collapsed across the board.
Xie Xuelong originally wanted to lead the Chinese army to hold down the ground, but at this moment he was scattered by the rout. His eyes were red, he suddenly drew his sword across his neck, turned to look at the north and said to himself: "Your Majesty, a minister is not responsible for the king, can the king be responsible for the minister?"
Xie Xuelong, who was supposed to jump into the river in Nanjing to die for his country, committed suicide outside Ji'an more than ten years in advance.
After learning that Xie Xuelong was defeated and committed suicide, Li Zongxue, a staff member who was far away in Bailuzhou, also resolutely jumped into the Ganjiang River to commit suicide. He did not die for the country, but followed his benefactor, and the court had no affection for him. </div>Crazy, even Fei Ruhe's Chinese army charged together.
Xie Xuelong's Xiangyong has collapsed across the board.
Xie Xuelong originally wanted to lead the Chinese army to hold down the ground, but at this moment he was scattered by the rout. His eyes were red, he suddenly drew his sword across his neck, turned to look at the north and said to himself: "Your Majesty, a minister is not responsible for the king, can the king be responsible for the minister?"
Xie Xuelong, who was supposed to jump into the river in Nanjing to die for his country, committed suicide outside Ji'an more than ten years in advance.
After learning that Xie Xuelong was defeated and committed suicide, Li Zongxue, a staff member who was far away in Bailuzhou, also resolutely jumped into the Ganjiang River to commit suicide. He did not die for the country, but followed his benefactor, and the court had no affection for him. </div>