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Chapter 160 Thunder and Red Sun
August 29.

noon.

After midnight and a whole morning of preparations, the Shenrui Army suddenly launched an attack on the east wall of Tongshan County.

The city wall of Tongshan County is not considered towering, only more than two feet.

Fortunately, the opponent's preparations were not sufficient, and the siege equipment only had dozens of simple ladders built overnight.

But it still put a lot of pressure on Tongshan City. After all, most of the people guarding the top of the city are people who have never experienced battlefields.

The siege began, and the last bit of luck for the people in the city was gone.

"Don't panic! Don't panic! Raise the wooden shield in your hand!"

Zhang Bao, who was walking quickly at the top of the city, avoided the arrows flying from time to time, while loudly reminding the slightly panicked defenders.

Chen Jingyan, who hadn't slept all night, stood in the east gate watchtower, his eyes were red and his lips were blistered.

At this moment, he is not only worried about the battle situation, but also about his son, daughter and nephew who sneaked away yesterday and still have no news.

outside the city.

Zheng Yigao sat on his horseback, watching the sporadic counterattack arrows shot from the top of the city, and he had some calculations in his mind.

At this time, most of the soldiers who were driven to climb the ladder were old and weak.

To put it bluntly, it was just cannon fodder and a tentative attack.

He really relied on the more than 200 personal soldiers who have been staying in the camp to recharge their batteries since they entered the city yesterday.

Although the combat strength of the Xiang army was low, Zheng Yi had been on the battlefield after all, so he naturally knew many ways to siege cities that could reduce casualties.

For example, using the "goose cart cave" as a cover, the soldiers hid in the tunnel with special tools such as sharp blades, crow's beaks, spades, square shovels, and shovels to dig soil and carry out underground tunnel operations.

Once the tunnel is dug, it can directly lead to the city and break through the city defense system.

Secondly, you can also dig under the city wall to destroy the city wall.

It's just that this method requires more people and more time.

People and time are what Zheng Yi lacks the most.

This battle must be resolved quickly, and there will be changes in the long run.

Da Qi's generals attacked Da Qi's city and Shangguan was caught off guard for a short time, but he would not let Zheng Yi beat him for a month or two.

The only way is to quickly take down the county seat, capture the people you want to capture, take the profits you want, and then withdraw to the Caizhou camp, and then go to the court to say "Tongshan officials killed my father and brother", because of a moment of anger.
In this way, not only did Shangguan feel that Zheng Yi's soldiers would be strong, but also had "excusable" reasons, so that the court could come down this step.

Observe silently for a while.

After one or two probing attacks, there was a scene of panic at the top of the city, and Zheng Yi was going to change his soldiers to play.

At this moment, the outer guard sentry reported that a team of more than [-] people appeared on the south side and was rushing here.

Zheng Yi turned his head and looked over.

After a cup of tea, there were dust and smoke billowing two miles to the south, about 80 to [-] knights on horseback in front, followed by dozens of folks in different clothes, holding steel forks and hoes.

The panicked young and strong people on the top of the city also saw this team and cheered one after another, converging into a thick and noisy 'buzzing' sound.

Zheng Yi laughed out of anger. Do you really think that I, Shen Ruijun, are worthless?Just such a team of more than a hundred people wants to attack the camp?
"Fourth, stop the siege, and lead someone to kill this group of people first!"

"Order!"

Zheng Ding then ordered the [-]-horse infantry to march out towards the enemy.

The sergeants of the Xiang army who went out to battle were quite nervous. There were rumors in the camp that Tongshan was very evil. Of the more than 300 horses and infantry who left the camp last night, only a few dozen returned this morning.

But as soon as I got in touch, I found that these menacing Tongshan people were very cowardly!
As soon as they met each other, they retreated towards the small ridge on the west side.

Zheng Ding was worried about fraud, so he didn't pursue it immediately.

Then he carefully observed the terrain. This unnamed hill was about thirty feet high.

Only then did Zheng Ding feel relieved, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, attack the mountain! Kill this group of rioters, and then take down Tongshan County, a lot of money is spent, and women can play whatever they want!"

These words were more effective than any encouragement, and all the sergeants rushed up screaming.

Unity time.

Tangzhou City.

At sunset, Zuo Guoen, the man of the Ministry of War, and Cao Xiaojian, the eunuch in front of the palace, entered the city.

Zhang Chunxiao, the appeasement envoy of Henan Road Economic Strategy, together with Tangzhou magistrate, Tongpan and other officials visited the imperial envoy at the posthouse overnight.

"It's already started?" Zuo Guoen and Cao Xiaojian couldn't help being surprised when they heard the news that the war had started in Tongshan County, dozens of miles away.

"Yeah, I can't wait to persuade you." Zhang Chunxiao was slightly annoyed when talking about this matter.

"Master Zhang, what's the situation in Tongshan right now?" Cao Xiaojian asked, his voice became sharper because of his anxiety.

"At noon today, the Divine Army has begun to attack the city. I don't know the specific news, but" Zhang Chunxiao sighed, and continued: "I think Tongshan County won't last long, and the city will only be broken in a day or two."

Zuo Guoen and Cao Xiaojian looked at each other and remained silent.

"Zuo Langzhong, did the court dispatch soldiers to suppress it? Tongshan is close to the border, so it must not be corrupted here, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

Zhang Chunxiao said again.

Zuo Guoen shook his head, "Hebei Road and Shandong Road are in turmoil. In addition to the necessary defenders in Tokyo, there are no soldiers available. For this matter, Master Zhang needs to be transferred from Henan Road."

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If he could command and control the armies all over the South Road, how could he be in such a difficult situation, Zhang Chunxiao sighed again, and asked: "What do you mean by the official family and the imperial court?"

This time Zuo Guoen stopped talking, Cao Xiaojian pondered for a while, and said: "The official's intention is to appease, the border is close, so there should be no chaos."

Cao Xiaojian came here, although he did not bring the official imperial decree, but he brought a few imperial decrees, which roughly read: I already know that Zheng Qing’s family has been killed and wronged. Zheng Qing upholds justice.

In addition to oral instructions, the officials also rewarded a set of gold armor with silver dragon scales.

I don't want to, Zheng Yi and Tongshan have already started to fight, and they are still a step late.

Everyone was silent, Zhang Chunxiao sighed for the third time, and thought: Zheng Yi's domineering deed is no different from conspiracy, but the court still only knows how to appease.
At night time.

Tongshan County South Sanli, unnamed Xiaoling.

"Damn, are the lotus flowers outside your Zhuangzi blooming?"

Lin Feng of Xilin Village was lying behind a boulder with some weeds spread under his body, but a broken arrow was stabbed obliquely in his chest.

"Well, Brother Lin, the lotus blossoms are in full bloom, so pretty."

Liu Maodan who was sitting beside Baoxi hurriedly said.

"My kid has been clamoring to see it, but unfortunately he has been busy digging sand to make money some time ago, and he hasn't taken him there yet cough~cough~cough."

Lin Feng coughed for a while, coughing up a ball of blood foam from his mouth.

"Fengzi, don't talk anymore, just rest well."

Lin Dali, the young and strong leader of Xilin Village, instructed.

"No problem~"

Lin Feng raised his hand slowly, wiped the blood from his mouth indiscriminately, "Brother Dali, if I can't survive this, you can help me raise my son"

"Don't talk nonsense! You just had a good few days, and you can't die!"

"Hey, I don't want to die either. With such a good day, who would want to die?"

More than ten feet away.

Standing under the dim starlight, Chen Chu and Peng Er overlooked the Shen Rui Army camp below the mountain.

Both of them looked exhausted, and their clothes were cut by a sharp knife and traces of blood.

When the night wind blows, the opening flutters, a bit ragged.

This afternoon, Zheng Ding led people to rush up the mountain three times.

Chen Chu took advantage of the geographical advantage to let the opponent leave dozens of corpses and return without success.

However, there were more than a dozen casualties on the ridge, most of whom were injured by bows and arrows.

The state of Qi strictly forbids the private possession of bows and arrows, and there are only a few seven-dou hunting bows used by escaped households in Luliuxu.

This is the biggest shortcoming on Chen Chu's side right now.

Fortunately, the Xiang army lacked training, was unfamiliar with the bow, and had to shoot from the back, otherwise the casualties on the mountain would be even greater.

"Brother Chu, when are we going to let Tie Dan and the others do it?" Second Brother Peng was a little anxious.

"No hurry, at least wait until Zheng Yi's elite soldiers enter the field." Chen Chu turned his head to look at the brightly lit Tongshan County, and said quietly, "Otherwise, we are not sure about the field battle."

After finishing speaking, Chen Chu walked towards the wounded.

"Brother Feng, how do you feel?"

"Brother Lin, my boss is here to see you."

He didn't hear Lin Feng's reply, so Liu Maodan pushed Lin Feng's arm lightly. The latter was lying on the ground with his eyes slightly open, but there was still no response.

Liu Maodan's heart tightened, and he quickly put his finger under Lin Feng's nose, then raised his head to look at Chen Chu.

Under the faint starlight, before the dusty young face could speak, tears rolled down, "Dongdong's house, brother Lin has gone. Just now, he... He still talked to me, and said he was going to see the lotus in our Zhuangzi."

Hearing the sound, Lin Dali hurriedly walked over from the other wounded, and also stretched out his finger under Lin Feng's nose. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his hand and slowly touched Lin Feng's eyelids.
late at night.

Min Zhuang Fan Guanghan, who was about to escape to the outside of the county but turned back, huddled behind the wall and kept looking sideways to the south.

The small ridge three miles away is like a giant beast dormant in the thick night.

Coincidentally, when Zhang Bao, who was patrolling the city, passed by here, Fan Guanghan subconsciously asked, "Captain Zhang, why don't we go save the brothers on Xiaoling?"

Today, Chengshang Minzhuang saw with his own eyes a team of more than a hundred people coming to support the county, but was surrounded by Caizhou soldiers on the small ridge to the south.

With the containment of these people, Caizhou soldiers never attacked the city again.

However, more and more Caizhou soldiers besieged Xiaoling.

Although Fan Guanghan didn't know who was guarding the small ridge, he knew that the other party was his brother who fought side by side with him and defended Tongshan together.

In his mind, after dawn, the brothers on the small ridge are afraid that there will be more than 1000 young and strong men guarding the top of the city. It is better to rush out and fight with Caizhou soldiers, so as to save them. Those brothers on the hill.

Hearing this, Zhang Bao slowly sat down beside Fan Guanghan.

He explained: "Brother, we haven't practiced, and we can barely defend for a while with the advantage of the city wall. If we go out to fight in waves, we may be washed away by others in one round. If we get to that kind of field, there will be more than 1 people in our city. Uncles, aunts and sisters will become fish on the chopping board."

Fan Guanghan had no way to refute, hesitatingly said: "Then shall we just watch the brothers on Xiaoling trapped to death?"

Zhang Bao, who knew some inside information, chuckled and patted Fan Guanghan on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Chen Dutou is on the small ridge, he may have other plans."

"Chen Du's head is on the mountain?"

Fan Guanghan said in surprise, but Zhang Bao suddenly turned his head to look to the south, and Fan Guanghan also turned his head.

Afterwards, the young and strong in the city got up one by one and looked south.

Chen Jingyan, who was haggard in the watchtower, also walked to the window.
People who have not yet fallen asleep put on their clothes and took to the streets.
Hui Zhilan thought about the cat who was embroidering something on a large red cloth, and suddenly stopped
Autumn breeze blows.

Waves of majestic singing came into the city from the small ridge in the south with the wind.

"A big river has broad waves and a friend has good wine when he comes. If the jackal comes, he will be greeted with a shotgun."

The singing of more than 100 men.

It can also be said to roar.

like an unyielding cry
outside the city.

Zheng Yi was discussing with his subordinates whether to attack the county first or eat the gang of villagers on Xiaoling first, when he suddenly heard the singing in the middle of the night, he couldn't help cursing, "These stupid villagers still have the heart to sing ditties! Tomorrow At the time of Mao, Deputy General Zheng Ding led his own soldiers, Guangziying, and Shanziying to attack Xiaoling! Lianziying stayed in the camp to monitor the movement of the county."

"Yes!"

All the generals stood up to take orders, and the nail leaves rattled.

Mao Shizhong.

The sky broke.

The sound of killing suddenly shook the sky under Wuming Xiaoling.

The north, south and west sides of Xiaoling are full of broken rocks, which are difficult to climb.

There is only a relatively flat mountain depression in the east, which is convenient for climbing to the summit.

Zheng Ding led the army to choose this path.

Although the terrain of the mountain depression would make the soldiers too dense, Zheng Ding had found out yesterday that the group of people on the mountain did not have a few long-range attack bows and arrows in their hands, so there is no need to worry.

On the ridge, Chen Chu and the others were suppressed by the arrows thrown from the ridge, unable to lift their heads.

Almost all of these personal soldiers can shoot arrows, and their strength is much greater than those ordinary soldiers yesterday.

As soon as they appeared on the stage, Chen Chu and the others felt a lot of pressure.

Through the cracks in the rocks, Chen Chu, who had been keeping an eye on the positions of the mountaineering soldiers, saw that the leader had climbed up to a wooden stick sticking out of the gravel, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Madam, Baoxi, ignition."

Hearing the sound, the two people who were each hiding behind a boulder hurriedly pushed aside the gravel under their bodies, revealing a section of hollow bamboo tube, and a section of lead wire was exposed in the bamboo tube.
In the dense forest three miles west of Xiaoling, Tie Dan, who arrived here in the middle of the night, rode a horse with curly hair and green mane.

The doll's face was full of solemnity.

The sound of shouting and killing could be heard several miles away.

In the cool morning breeze, the green-maned horse spewed white mist, pawing its hooves and arching its back, as if it was about to rush out at any time.

But Tie Dan held on to the reins tightly, not allowing the green-maned horse to move rashly.

Shen Zaixing on the side watched anxiously for a while, and asked in a low voice: "My dear girl, why don't we go up? If we wait any longer, Mr. Chen may be eaten by the officers and soldiers."

Tie Dan rubbed his little nose which was blown cold by the wind, and said sullenly, "Wait for the signal!"

"What signal?"

"You'll know in a while."

"Oh."

Shen Zaixing retreated angrily.

Pang Shengyi, the escapee leader of Mistress Mountain, hurried over, "Brother Shen, didn't we come down the mountain to help in the battle? What are you doing here all this time?"

"You know what! You have to wait for the signal!"

"What's the signal?"

Just as Pang Shengyi finished speaking, he suddenly heard a muffled sound like heaven and earth bursting from the east!
Like thunder, the earth seemed to shake.

Even if it was several miles away, the horses in the forest couldn't help backing away in fright.

Looking up, I saw a puff of thick black smoke rising from the foot of the small ridge three miles away, together with the rising dust, the whole small ridge was engulfed in it.

Everyone was still in a daze, but Tie Dan turned his head and shouted arrogantly: "Go!"

Immediately, one person and one horse came out through the forest first.

"Good girl! Don't rush too far, wait for Daddy!"

On the small ridge.

Chen Chu covered his head with both hands, and did not raise his head to look at Peng Er, the eldest son and others lying beside him until the sound of falling gravel stopped.

"Damn, there are too many medicine packs!"

"Brother Chu, are you alright?"

"What are you talking about? I can't hear you." It was as if a group of villains were beating gongs and drums in their ears, and their heads were humming endlessly.

"I said, it's okay, right?" The eldest son, whose face was slightly bruised by gravel in Guozi, yelled while lying next to Chen Chu's ear.

"Do you love to death? Who do you love? Do you love me?"

Chen Chu picked out his ears and eyes, and decided not to have a romantic relationship with his eldest son on the battlefield.

Glancing down the mountain, Chen Chu hurriedly shouted: "Damn, dank, blow the charge!"

Liu Maodan saw Chen Chu yelling at him, but he was completely stunned and couldn't hear clearly what his boss said for a moment.

So Chen Chu covered his mouth with his hands and made a blowing movement.

Liu Maodan understood, jumped onto a big rock in two steps, grabbed the suona and held it in his mouth.

"Did Didi Wa~ Didi Didi Wa~ Didi Didi"

But the hearing of everyone on the mountain was more or less affected, and many people didn't react when the charge horn sounded.

Seeing this, Chen Chu simply rushed down the mountain with a simple knife.

This scene was even more useful than the charge. The people on the mountain who had been surrounded all night immediately rushed down like tigers.

Beyond the smoke and dust.

The Caizhou army at Lingxia hadn't recovered from the horrific scene just now, they were either running around in panic like headless chickens, or standing in place like a wooden sculpture made of clay.

In the eastern sky, a round of red sun will appear on the horizon.

In the ten thousand-zhang glow, a silver-armored and white-robed female general, holding a steel pear flower gun, swept into the enemy's formation like a gust of wind, bringing blood mist one after another.
(End of this chapter)