Chapter 137: Breaking the City
Yichuan County, like Luliang County, is located on the borders of various provinces. Strictly speaking, the border between the two provinces is the border between the two counties.
The front army was lightly equipped and rushed all the way. Not long after the sun was scattered, Zhou Yuji's previous army was already under the Yichuan County.
Zhou Yuji naturally knew about the information about the bandits in Yan'an Prefecture. The bandits in Yichuan were named Wu Xuan. They were originally the patriarch of the Mizhi clan and were inspectors for generations. The Mizhi magistrate was a third-class Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi and was parachuted into the Mizhi magistrate.
No one knows how good the magistrate is. The only news that has been circulating is that the magistrate took office and made drastic reforms, obviously in order to achieve something.
But this will obviously cause a great infringement on the interests of local tyrants like Wu Xuan and destroy the political ecology of the county town.
After all, the county magistrate who is free and the iron-clad official.
Now I don’t know what the magistrate has done. Anyway, Wu Xuan has turned against him directly. The ambitious magistrate has probably turned into a dead bone.
Obviously, the advantages of the rebellion of the powerful clan are naturally not comparable to those of the grass-headed people's rebellion.
Most of the Yan'an Prefectures are now almost all in Wu Xuan's hands. The imperial court's several clearances were defeated by him personally. It is said that he is discussing the revenge with Yang He.
In Yichuan County, Wu Xuan's uncle, Wu Ming, was stationed. Obviously, the rebellion of this powerful family was different from the rebellion of other victims. Wu Xuan obviously established a certain organizational structure and was preparing to take root in Yan'an Prefecture and become the uncrowned king.
There is no doubt that Wu Xuan is another bifurcation of history.
But it is worth mentioning that his subordinates have two famous figures in history.
That is Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.
Li Xiu was not surprised by these two people. After all, Yan'an Prefecture had many celebrities. Most of the leaders of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty were born in Yan'an Prefecture.
Now Wu Xuan is the first to rebel, erect a target, and change history again. It is also normal.
Besides, there are so many famous people in history at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but those who know how many ambitious people involved in the Wu Xuan Uprising.
Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were only found out because they had a head of Wu Xuan's command and had some fame, so they were found out and sent back the news.
The army besieged the city, and there was panic in Yichuan County. Everyone knew that their family was being recruited by the court, and the envoys of the court had already reached many days. For the rebel soldiers in the city, they were fantasizing about transforming themselves and eating imperial food. Why did they suddenly come to the city?
But all this is destined to be no one explaining it to the rebel soldiers in Yichuan City.
Outside the city, when the army first arrived, Zhou Yuji was quite regretful. According to his idea, he naturally took advantage of the sudden outbreak of the army and sought an opportunity to attack the city and win the first victory.
But he was full of infantry soldiers, and Yichuan actually had a lot of regulations, so he was discovered by the thief army from a distance, so the raids were naturally not able to attack.
If the surprise attack fails, then just take a steady step.
With a military order, the military craftsmen immediately built siege equipment.
It is worth mentioning that strictly speaking, the system of the Yongwei Camp, under the control of Li Xiu, is already very different from other armies of this era.
In the Yongwei Camp, except for the infantry, cavalry, and auxiliary troops who have not yet been officially incorporated into the Yongwei Camp.
Li Xiu also organized a craftsman camp and a large-scale military medical department.
Zhou Yuji led the front army to fight, and naturally some craftsmen accompanied the craftsmen in the craftsman camp, and then they were assisted by soldiers and generals. The speed of siege equipment was naturally not slow.
Before sunset, many siege equipment were already placed in the forefront of the army.
The rebels in the city were also frightened when they looked at the huge siege equipment that had been formed one after another.
He hurriedly sent a battalion of soldiers and generals to carry out a surprise attack and destroy these siege equipment, but Zhou Yuji easily resolved it, leaving behind a body of corpse, and the defeated general fled to Yichuan City in a panic.
In this scene, Zhou Yuji sent a member to take advantage of the situation to cover the killing. What Zhou Yuji expected was that the defeated soldiers were disorderly, and the generals who blocked the killing directly attacked the city gate.
This was undoubtedly a complete surprise. Zhou Yuji would not miss it. He immediately led an elite force to break into the city and seized the city gate!
Although the bandit army sent several elite attacks to retake the city gate, each time it was repelled by Zhou Yuji.
In this era, a battle to defend the city cannot be recaptured, which means that the city's complete loss is just a matter of time.
After all, in this era, there is no foundation for street fighting.
At dusk, fireworks filled Yichuan County. The city gate was in its hands, and the brave guards also rushed into the city continuously.
There were crowds of soldiers and generals fighting on both sides everywhere. When dusk fell, the sudden battle to break the city was approaching.
The brave guards were patrolling the entire city with small flags, clearing and investigating the remaining enemies in the city. After all, they were soldiers in wartime, and there were many bandit soldiers who took off their armor when they saw that the situation was wrong and turned into the people.
At this time, the main force of the central army led by Li Xiu arrived late and arrived outside Yichuan County.
"General!"
When the main force arrived, Zhou Yuji, who was originally in charge of the city, hurried to Li Xiu.
"General, the remaining enemies in the city have not been cleared yet. General, why don't you delay entering the city? Wait for the last general..."
"Nothing happens."
Li Xiu waved his hand, looked at the dilapidated Yichuan City in front of him, and gently urged the war horses, and slowly headed towards the city.
Seeing this, Zhou Yujize didn't say anything more, turned over and followed him with his horse.
The war has not yet ended completely, and blood and smoke are still lingering in the air. The broken limbs on the streets are covered with broken arms, bricks, stones, rubble, and between the ruins, there is still a breath of wounded soldiers who are still wailing in despair. The military doctor has already entered the city and shuttled through the city to rescue the wounded soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion.
Of course, the only one who is qualified to be treated by military doctors is naturally the generals of the Yongwei Battalion. As for the wounded soldiers of the bandit army, they have long become one of the dead.
Looking around everything in front of him, Li Xiu looked indifferent and there was no fluctuation.
One general succeeds, and thousands of bones are woven!
He had already understood this sentence very clearly.
After coming to this life, there were not many thousands or hundreds of people who had been infected with him, and countless people died indirectly because of him.
In the future, there will only be more.
Just like this Yongwei Camp, if he lacks time, he will trade his life for time.
Survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest.
Use one war after another to accelerate the growth of the Yongwei Camp.
As for this growth, how many people will be killed and injured, and how many unjust souls will be left behind, it is naturally not under his consideration.
Chapter completed!