Xie Ming

Chapter 212: Outside the East Gate of Mancheng, Wu Guogui

Let’s go back in time, last night on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the whole city was at the East Gate!
Since Li Huchen started the battle in the middle of the night, because he was unclear about the enemy's situation and it was dark, he had no choice but to start a fire and endure it. He did not act rashly and defended the city to the death!

Until dawn, Wu Guogui still hadn't made any progress and couldn't make even a single step forward!
This time, the Guanning Army launched a night attack, intending to catch the enemy by surprise. They expected the city to be defenseless, so they launched a large-scale attack at night.

The army also had limited ladders, flying claws, trench bridges, etc.

What can be done? Although the city gate is small, it has such resistance.

Wu Guogui was eager to take credit, so he was tricked, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere, feeling like he was in a difficult situation!

Overnight, seven or eight hundred of the two thousand soldiers attacking the city were killed.

Enter, but not allowed.

If he retreated, he would be worried that the commander-in-chief Ajige would blame and punish him!

Then Wu Guogui rode his horse and paced outside the city, anxiously holding on, while his soldiers continued to attack the city. He and Li Huchen's troops, one inside and one outside, one high and one low, fought fiercely until dawn!

"Report——"

"Report!"

"General Wu!"

"The soldiers can't attack!"

"In the twelfth round, I lost again!"

The herald had a sad face and staggered back from the front of the battle array, kneeling down to report!

Upon hearing this, Wu Guogui frowned, his eyes widened with anger, and he lashed out with the horsewhip at the officer who reported the news.

"waste!"

"All of them are fucking trash!"

"Fuck it, we've been attacking all night and we can't even get in?!"

"What use do I have for you?!"

Wu Guogui was furious and started to curse violently.

The unlucky messenger who was whipped covered his head with his hands, grimaced, cried out in pain, dared not make a sound, and shrank back.

The adjutant Liu Kui at the side also sighed when he saw this. He knew that his commander was about to get angry, so he had to speak out to persuade him. So he hesitated and stammered, took a step forward, and timidly spoke out.

"Wu, General Wu!"

"This, this can't be entirely blamed on the people below!"

"Damn it, who could have imagined that such a small town would have such a strong resistance?!"

"You said so?!"

"In my opinion, we should just give up this city for now!"

"If it really doesn't work, we can send some people back to report that the city is difficult to attack and we can borrow a few tiger squat cannons from the Manchu army flag!"

"It's better than just standing here and killing people!"

"We have suffered over 700 casualties. If we continue to waste time like this, we won't be able to get into the city or not!" Liu Kui timidly tried to comfort them.

"Fuck you!"

"You think you haven't lost enough shame, right?!"

"Am I willing to sacrifice human lives to fill this void?!"

"We are f*cking surrendered generals, do you understand that?!"

"You even sent someone back to ask for cannons. What were you thinking? Did a donkey kick your brain?!"

"I had a fight with that bastard Leger before I even came out!"

"Are you asking me to give in and be a grandson to those Manchus?!"

It would have been better if Liu Kui didn't try to persuade him, as it failed to quench his anger and instead brought disaster upon himself.

Wu Guogui was furious and started cursing at him!

Hearing this, Liu Kui felt very wronged!

"oops!"

"This this"

"General, why are you all coming at me?"

"I'm just trying to find a solution!"

"The key is that we have lost too many soldiers and horses. Let alone the prince, we can't even explain it to Marshal Wu!"

"I heard from several eunuchs close to the Marshal that you were too eager to gain attention during this expedition. The Marshal didn't say anything, but he was complaining about it privately. It seems that he is very unhappy!"

“I’m afraid too.”

Liu Kui was like a bullied young wife, with a bitter face, trying to defend himself in vain.

"I'm afraid of your mother!"

"Is this for the sake of competing for credit?!"

"Marshal Wu didn't say it openly, so it doesn't exist!"

"have you understood?!"

"Stop listening to those bastards who are grinding their teeth and getting ulcers!"

"Why did I accept this order?!"

"How have our Guanning Army been treated since they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty?!"

"Look at those Jiannu dogs, when have they ever looked at me straight in the eye?!" "And you still say I'm competing for credit?!"

"We are the surrendered soldiers and generals. If you don't pick more battles with us, how can we turn things around?!"

"You little ones are so ignorant that you can't understand this kind of logic. Do you think Marshal Wu is on the same level as you?!"

"Stop talking nonsense to me!"

"Liu Kui! It's you!"

"Stop buzzing around me!"

"Hurry up and prepare for the thirteenth round of attack!"

"This time you have to lead the team yourself!"

Wu Guogui's order this time seems to be an attempt to abuse his power for personal gain.

Upon hearing this order, Liu Kui was horrified and his face turned green!
"Ouch!"

"Hey General!"

"I was wrong! Liu Kui knows he was wrong!"

"me"

Liu Kui was so panicked that his tongue became tied and he was unable to speak.

"Okay, okay!"

"Stop talking to me!"

"Hurry up and lead the team up!"

"If you fail in your attack, come back and see how I'll deal with you!"

"Go!"

"Come on, fuck me!"

Wu Guogui was determined to punish Liu Kui, the culprit, without further ado.

Then he blew his beard and glared, waved his hand, and ordered Liu Kui to be beaten to death. Without giving Liu Kui any chance to argue, he swung the whip in his hand hard and hit the horse's butt under Liu Kui's crotch!

"Ouch!"

Liu Kui just shouted loudly, and he was out involuntarily, carried by the horse, and rushed to the front line!

At the same time, it was 5:45 am in the morning.

All over the city, on top of the East Gate Tower!

Li Huchen leaned his back against the wall, sat on the ground with legs apart, and bit the pancake in his hand hard!
"Captain!"

"liquor!"

"Wine is coming!"

When he heard the sound and looked over, he saw Zhou Changsheng, smiling and running towards him, holding a Hu Chen wine jug.

"hey-hey!"

"Okay! Okay!"

Tons, tons, tons!
Hu Chen took the wine jug and took three big gulps.

The Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed it down.

"Come on, have a bite, too, to relieve your fatigue!"

Having said that, Hu Chen handed the wine jug back to Changsheng.

Tons!

Zhou Changsheng was also unambiguous. He picked up the pot and took two sips. After drinking, he wiped his mouth and spoke.

"Hahaha"

"Captain!"

"We beat the enemy soldiers pretty hard all night long!"

"I just came here from the north and south gates."

"According to a rough calculation, we have taken out at least seven or eight hundred enemy bandits since midnight yesterday!"

"Especially at the East Gate. Right now, the bodies of enemy soldiers outside the city are almost piled up into small hills!"

Zhou Changsheng was extremely excited as he spoke.

"Humph!"

"Are you so happy about this little bit of fanfare?!"

"Can you be a little more promising?!"

"correct!"

"While the enemy soldiers are resting during their attack, find a way to clean up the two piles of corpses on the left and right sides of the East Gate!"

"If the dead bodies keep piling up like this, the enemy soldiers will be able to jump up!"

"The city we are in is not as good as Baoding Prefecture, where the walls are high and thick!"

"If it weren't for the fact that we have a part of the enemy's army and the lack of siege equipment, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hold on so easily until now!"

"Hey, did you understand, kid?!"

"We'll find a chance to do it later!" Hu Chen explained and gave the order.

(End of this chapter)