Southern Ming Rebel Army

Chapter 523: Suksaha Attacks Camp

During that day's bloody battle and attacks from all sides, the Qian army suffered more than 1,200 casualties, and the Korean rebel army suffered even more heavy casualties, with more than 5,700 casualties in just one day.

The soldiers suffered heavy casualties due to the fierce attacks from all sides, especially in the Korean volunteer camp, where morale was low. They had never experienced such a brutal siege before.

King Yi Hao of Joseon said to his minister, Zhao Junhe, the Minister of Personnel, in private: "The generals of the Celestial Empire are incompetent in their use of the army. They only know how to attack the city with force, which only hurts the soldiers!"

Zhao Jun said: "Your Highness, in today's battle, our country's elite soldiers suffered heavy losses. If we attack the city like this again next time, within ten days, the entire army will be wiped out!"

Li Hao was thoughtful after hearing this!!

On the second day, the army rested and did not attack the city. The Qian army continued to build siege equipment, while the artillery on the west city side was still bombarding the city wall.

The Qian army concentrated their artillery together, nearly a hundred pieces of artillery, and bombarded the same location in the west city. To be on the safe side, Jirgalang rebuilt a stone wall behind the bombardment location of the city wall.

There was peace between the attacking and defending sides during the day, but after nightfall, Jirgalang appointed Suksaha as the general and led more than 2,000 cavalrymen to attack the Qian army camp in the north at night.

In fact, Jirgalang wanted to attack the Qian army's artillery formation in the west, but the defense there was too tight. There were circles of trenches and horse pits dug around the artillery formation, and the elite troops of Zhao Yongping's headquarters, Wu'an Town, were responsible for defending the artillery formation.

After a detailed analysis, Jirgalang found that judging from the strength of the siege on the four city walls, the army in the north seemed to have a lower desire to fight. After capturing several wounded prisoners, Jirgalang learned from the prisoners that the person responsible for the offensive in the north was the traitor, Jiang Xiang.

As the saying goes, if you defend for too long, you will lose. After experiencing such a large-scale siege, Jirgalang believed that if he could not disrupt the rhythm of Zhao Yongping's siege, then Shengjing City might not be able to be defended for ten days.

After Suksaha left the city, he kept thinking of Jirgalang's words: "If there is an opportunity, we must not fight for too long!"

The ground was covered with snow, a vast expanse of white. People and horses stepped on the thin snow, making a slight crunching sound.

The moonlight was still bright tonight. In the distance, in Jiang Xiang's camp, the torches of the patrolling guards were dim. Suksaha led more than 2,000 elite cavalrymen and quietly approached the northern camp of Qian's army.

Jirgalang's judgment was correct. Jiang Xiang's troops were indeed tired from yesterday's siege and their vigilance was relaxed. Jiang Xiang did not expect that the Qing army would be able to leave the city and attack the camp when they were so inferior in strength.

Suksaha gradually approached Jiang Xiang's camp. Suksaha thought that if he got any closer he might be discovered by Qian's army, and by then, he would not be able to muster any strength. Suksaha gritted his teeth, took prompt action, and personally led the cavalry to raid Jiang Xiang's camp.

Suksaha ordered his subordinates to make a lot of noise. The sudden shouting and killing suddenly woke up the soldiers in Jiang Xiang's camp. For a moment, the camp was in chaos and many soldiers ran around like headless flies.

Suksaha and the cavalrymen in the front row were all carefully selected sharpshooters, and they were all experts in riding and shooting. As they rushed to the camp gate, arrows flew everywhere. Several Qian army soldiers wanted to use barricades to block the camp gate, but they were shot dead on the spot by the Qing army, most of them dying from arrows in the face.

Suksaha rushed to the camp gate and quickly ordered his men to remove the several barricades that were blocking the camp. At this time, Jiang Xiang was dressed neatly and shouted as he deployed defenses to stop the Qing army from attacking the camp.

The Qing army attacked too quickly. The defense line that Jiang Xiang had just organized was torn apart in an instant by Suksaha. Jiang Xiang was also forced to retreat by his subordinates. The Qing cavalry broke into the camp. The Qian army was immediately thrown into chaos. The soldiers fled in all directions, forming a terrible camp roar, and the team quickly collapsed.

Jiang Xiang cried out loudly, "Where is the assistant minister? Where is Ma Yaozi?"

Just when the Qian army was in disarray, Wang Fuchen stepped forward and led more than 30 cavalry guards to rush towards the Qing army against the flow of people. After breaking into the camp, Suksaha was overjoyed and had long forgotten Jirgalang's warning. In order to achieve the greatest results, Suksaha immediately ordered his subordinates to disperse and attack the camp after defeating Jiang Xiang's obstruction.

Jiang Xiang's troops were dozens of times larger than the Qing troops that attacked the camp, but they were useless at this time. Even though the Qian troops on the other three sides were nearly a hundred times larger, it was useless. In the dark, no general dared to come to the rescue easily.

Just when Suksaha thought that the matter was settled, he suddenly discovered that a group of cavalry from the Qian army dared to turn around and charge at this time. Suksaha did not hesitate at all, and immediately led more than a hundred of his subordinates to meet that group of cavalry.

Suksaha knew that he could only kill a few more enemies by himself. The only way to help Shengjing City the most was to defeat the Qian army in the chaos and make it lose its organization.

Therefore, Suksaha had to suppress this group of Qian cavalry who dared to resist, otherwise the Qian army would gather more and more. In just a short while, more than a dozen infantrymen followed behind the cavalry.

Wang Fuchen was extremely brave. The thirty-three riders under his command galloped like thunder and rushed straight towards Suksaha. Suksaha was not afraid at all. He was very confident in his martial arts. When the two sides were confronting each other, several Qing riders drew their bows and shot arrows at Wang Fuchen, but his eyes were as sharp as torches, and he knocked down two arrows with his spear, and he dodged an arrow that was shot in the face by leaning sideways.

Wang Fuchen yelled, "Kill!" He swung his spear like a dragon entering the sea, and went straight for the enemy's head. Suksaha's eyes widened and he fell to the ground. The last sentence that came to his mind was, "What a fast spear!"

Wang Fuchen roared to the sky, broke through the formation alone, and killed several riders in succession. It can be said that even gods and ghosts feared him and no one could stop him.

Seeing their leader's bravery, the warriors under his command shouted loudly. One clever one jumped off his horse, cut off Suksaha's head, and then shouted loudly: "The captive general surrenders! The captive general surrenders!"

More than thirty riders shouted loudly and followed Wang Fuchen closely. Many of the Qian army that were still in disarray heard the captive general surrender, and Wang Fuchen rushed forward like a hero, and no one dared to confront him. For a moment, morale was boosted, and more and more soldiers followed Wang Fuchen.

Many Qing cavalrymen who were still setting fires everywhere were hesitant when they suddenly heard the voice of "the enemy general surrenders his head". As time went on, the Qing cavalrymen had not received Suksaha's orders. Some of them led their troops to break out of the Qian camp in the chaos, while others were still galloping around in the Qian camp, causing chaos.

Suksaha's sudden death prevented his troops from gathering together, causing even greater chaos. Jiang Xiang took the opportunity to reorganize his troops and did not annihilate all the Qing troops that entered the camp until dawn.

In this night attack, Jiang Xiang's troops suffered heavy losses. More than 600 tents were burned down, nearly half of the siege equipment was lost, more than 2,200 soldiers were killed, more than 2,000 were missing, and countless were injured. The Qing army only left more than 900 corpses. If Wang Fuchen had not shown his great power at the last moment and killed Suksaha in battle, the losses would have been even greater.