Lieutenant General Li Yun placed all the 10,000 troops and horses in the north of the county and led the generals to survey the terrain. In fact, a small county had no terrain, it was just four walls and a moat. This time Li Yunzhong captured a small town.

The county seat is too simple, even if they are prepared, it is useless. Because he prepared some gunpowder.

In order to fight the first battle of the uprising well, and to prevent Luo Gang and Su Sanniang from looking down on the God-worshiping religion, they deliberately let the rear army attack the city first. It was really easy for thousands of people to attack a county town defended by less than a thousand people.

Instructing the front army to prepare siege equipment, Li Yunzhong hinted to Meng Sheng that he could attack the county town first.

When everything was ready, all armies asked for instructions to attack the county town.

Meng Shengsheng volunteered and said, "My subordinates have prepared the siege equipment. Please allow me to do so, General."

"Okay, you are allowed to lead the rear army to attack the city." Li Yunzhong said.

"General, the front army should attack the city and capture the formation, and the rear army should plunder the formation." Luo Outline also asked Li Yunzhong to fight.

Li Yunzhong favored the rear army and did not attack the front army. He said, "Since the rear army proposed to attack the city first, we might as well let the rear army try it first while the front army prepares."

Li Yunzhong and the generals of the Chinese army and the front army stood on the high ground and watched the siege.

Meng Sheng ordered the people to fill in a section of the moat first, and then said "charge" and rushed to the city wall first. Followed by all the rear troops and horses, the distance of one mile could not last long, so a group of people rushed to the city gate first.

After being stunned for a while, they hit the city gate together with their bodies.

Li Yunzhong was dumbfounded as he watched from behind. Don't say that he had seen or heard of someone attacking the city in this way. He had never even thought about it. What was Meng Shengsheng doing? Could it be that the engineering equipment he prepared was blocked by the crowd?

That big wooden stick.

Maybe someone finally thought of using a big wooden stick, and quickly asked the people blocking the road to get out of the way, carried the wooden stick underground to the city gate, and hit the city gate together. At this time, some arrows sparsely fell from the city wall, and many people started to

They hid in panic. Seeing that they could not open the city gate, the attacking soldiers lifted up the injured people and quickly withdrew. This attack did not take half an hour. It really embarrassed the rebels.

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Li Yunzhong caught a glimpse of the sarcastic expressions on some of the generals of the former army. Luo Gangyou and Su Sanniang both had expressionless faces. Li Yunzhong thought that it must be very hard for them to endure it.

Meng Sheng and several of his brigade commanders stood in front of Li Yunzhong with depressed expressions. Li Yunzhong wanted to go up to them, and kicked each of them a few times to relieve his anger. He walked up to them and whispered, "I have embarrassed you all."

Luo Gang said, "General, the front army is fully prepared. Can we attack the city?"

"Attack" Li Yunzhong said.

Luo Ganguang waved his hand, and the front army slowly advanced in an orderly manner, and when they were about to approach the moat, they all stopped.

Li Yunzhong couldn't help but sigh: "Besieging a city is a technical job, and only experts can do it well."

Ten teams of people ran out from Luo Dagang's army, each team carrying a ladder and ran towards the city wall. Then a team of people ran out from the team carrying a piece of wood that was thicker than the one used to smash the door.

city ​​gate.

Li Yunzhong thought again: Why did ancient people like to hit city gates with wood? Didn't they already have explosives?

Seeing the enemy approaching the city gate, the Qing soldiers on the city wall not only shot down arrows, but also dropped large and small stones from time to time. This attack on the city was another tragedy. Li Yunzhong could not bear to see it anymore: the soldiers of the current army never

When I climbed to the top of the ladder, I found that the ladder was a little short. I couldn't climb up the city wall. I couldn't get up or down. Then the Qing soldiers from above violently knocked the ladder down and fell to the ground. I don't know if they were alive or dead.

Not understanding the situation above, I continued to climb up.

Li Yunzhong was once again "blessed" to see the scene of an unprecedented siege, and he couldn't help but sighed, "Why are the experts these days so unreliable?", turned around and gave a few instructions to Meng Shengsheng, who was watching with gusto, and ordered again.

Zeng Shuiyuan asked Luo Gang to withdraw.

No wonder the peasants were chased everywhere by the army when the peasant uprising began. This performance was too strange.

Seeing that the rebels who were attacking the city had withdrawn, the Qing soldiers on the city wall cheered. The county magistrate said to Zhang Fugui, who was defending the city, "Thanks to the general who came to help in time this time, otherwise it would be unimaginable. I didn't expect the rebels to be so fierce."

Afraid of death. If the rebels retreat, I will write to General Xunzhou to recommend you."

Zhang Fugui said, "Thank you for the recommendation, sir. I know the rebels below. One is Lai Wang, who rebelled last year. He is from the Tiandihui. I defeated him several times, but every time I let him escape into the mountains or the river."

Among them, there is also a rebel, Li Yunzhong, the cultivator who was rescued last time. They are all a mob, please don't worry, sir."

County magistrate Ni Tao stroked his beard and looked at Zhang Fugui approvingly. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that his future was unlimited, so he deliberately made friends with him, "He is really the pillar of the country. Now that the country is in turmoil, it is the place where heroes can come into play. You are called Fugui, which is a little bit...

It's tacky and will affect your future. Why not change the name to Guoliang?"

Zhang Guoliang paid homage to the county magistrate and said, "Guoliang will never forget your kindness and support, and will defend you to the death."

Li Yunzhong comforted the generals of the front army with good words: The siege failed this time, but the ladder was a little short. Next time, you must measure the length before making the ladder. You front army should also go to the back to repair it. I will arrange it later.

The Chinese army attacked the city.

Luo Gang said, "I will order someone to rebuild the ladder right now. It must be a little longer."

"No need, you stay here and watch how the Chinese army attacks the city. We will definitely be able to capture the city this time." Li Yunzhong complained that Luo Guangda always thought of making ladders to attack the city. He clearly remembered that the Yuan Dynasty had already used gunpowder to attack the city.

In the middle, no matter how strong the city gates or walls are, they can't stop the power of gunpowder.

"It turns out that the general has already made the ladders. I will ask the former army to make a few more ladders according to the ladders made by the adults." Luo Goutou showed admiration.

Li Yunzhong was speechless. He stopped discussing the attack on the city with Luo Outline and turned to look at Su Sanniang. Unexpectedly, he received a bigger blow.

Su Sanniang said: "I see that there are no less than two thousand Qing soldiers on the city, plus the Qing soldiers defending the other three directions, I am afraid that if we capture it, we will suffer heavy casualties. Then the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court will definitely come for a sneak attack. I will eventually think that,

We’d better retreat to the mountains first and then make plans.”

Li Yunzhong felt that the beautiful woman not only underestimated the Qing soldiers, but also underestimated himself. He was jealous and his voice became louder: "Since the day of the uprising, I, Li Yunzhong, have never thought about hiding in the province like a bandit. If I attack even one

The small county town is so timid that they are still talking about a great cause. You have really disappointed me. As for the other three walls, I am afraid there are not many soldiers, they are just showing off their strength."

Su Sanniang saw that he not only disagreed with her opinion, but also mocked her as a bandit. She walked away angrily, and finally remembered that on the battlefield, she was still the deputy general of the Chinese army. She came back, but stopped talking to him.

Luo Dayou also stood aside with an embarrassed look and stopped interrupting.

At this time, Meng came up and announced, "The gunpowder has been put into three boxes and is ready for use."

Feeling that his men were listless and demoralized, Li Yunzhong mounted his horse and ran in front of the team, shouting loudly: "In this siege, the squad leader and company commander will take the lead in the charge, and those who retreat will be killed. After entering the city, no looting is allowed, and those who violate it will be killed."

"Finally, most of the troops in the Chinese army were trained by Li Yunzhong, and their morale was quickly restored.

Li Yunzhong waved his hand toward the city wall, and Wang Gang, commander of the Second Brigade of the Chinese Army, personally led fifty people to rush to the city gate. The three in the middle carried a box the size of a washbasin, which contained the gunpowder prepared by Li Yunzhong.
Chapter completed!