After days of heavy rain, it finally cleared.

It should have been cloudless and peaceful, but there was already a river of blood under Xuyi City.

It's not enough to take Sizhou, Xuyi's piece of meat on the mouth, Zhu Chongba is bound to win.

"Push the Lu bus up!"

The Lu bus on one side of the city wall struggled to move on the ground, saying that it was a car, but in fact this thing was a moving city tower, made of wood, and the key parts were connected by metal fasteners.

Underneath the building are more than two dozen huge wheels, propelled forward by manpower. Each floor was connected by a ladder, and after holding on, the soldiers could climb directly from the ground to the top of the building, and then through the wooden bridge built on the city wall, they continued to fight their way into the city.

"Where did the Red Turban Thieves get the siege engines?"

The defenders at the head of the city saw this big guy, and the sunlight stretched the shadow of this monster for so long.

"Put the rocket! Rocket! ”

The defending officers shouted in despair, only a bed crossbow could deal with such siege equipment. However, the Great Yuan court guarded against the southerners and did not equip the defenders with heavy weapons at all.

Rao was so under the blow of the archers at the head of the city, the siege cart was already full of corpses of soldiers in front of the cart.

"Almost, stop!"

Zhu Chongba gave an order, and the siege vehicle stopped outside the city wall, and at this moment, there was a brief silence on the battlefield.

Both sides are waiting, and the offensive is waiting for the order. The defenders waited for the monster to build the bridge at the head of the city, waiting for the final fight.

"Who's the vanguard?"

Zhu Chongba asked on the horse, waving a horsewhip.

"It's my day!"

A tall man, replied loudly. He is Zhu Chongba's fellow countryman, Xie Cheng.

"Yes, the credit can't be taken away by my brothers, and it's my turn."

The posterior who spoke was called Chen Huan, and he was also a partner of the villagers.

"Okay, it's worthy of being our Zhu Chongba's brother!" Zhu Chongba laughed, "Tiande, help the brothers beat the drum and cheer!" ”

Knock knock!

The drums of war rise, from slow to fast, one after another. Xu Da showed his strong upper body, and the muscles on his arms died suddenly.

"Township party, kill!"

The sound of the drum was beaten by Xu Da, and it was connected together, and it was even more shocking than thunder.

Crash!

Xie Cheng in the lead, Chen Huan's iron armor was drenched with water, and the two village men from the countryside of Haozhou looked at each other and smiled.

Then hundreds of people followed them up to the siege tower, and with a bang, the wooden bridge of the siege tower was built at the head of the city.

"Brother, if I don't die, I'll propose to my sister when I turn around!" Chen Huan roared.

Xie Cheng laughed, "In China, our brothers kiss each other." Kill ........."

"Shoot the arrows!"

At the moment when the wooden bridge was lowered, the archers of the defenders aimed at the exit.

When the first armor soldier howled out of it, the defenders' bows and arrows shot out like a tidal wave.

"Hmm!"

Xie Cheng snorted coldly, he held a large shield one person high, and a bow and arrow shot into his arm like an eye.

However, he was wearing a double layer of iron armor, which should only be a minor injury.

Yes!

At a distance of just a few meters, bows and arrows rained down, and many red turban soldiers screamed and fell.

However, the enemy only had a chance to shoot an arrow, and Zhu Chongba's brothers had already rushed to the city wall.

"Die, your mother begging for land!"

Xie Cheng roared, jumped in the air, and the shield in his hand directly smashed the head of an unlucky guy flat.

Chen Huan held a mace in his hand, as if he were hoeing in a field, and knocked down an officer.

"Go up, go up again!"

Zhu Chongba shouted loudly under the city, "After the city is broken, the gold and silver will be taken with you, go to the city!" Uptown! ”

In the military formation in the distance, Guo Tianxu was a little stunned.

originally wanted to let Zhu Chongba fight the vanguard, and when the official army was almost consumed, he would bring the elite up again, so as to wait for the profits of the fishermen.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Chongba's command is like so many wolf-like warriors. The funny thing is that these warriors are like his tenants, who don't have a fart with three sticks, and go crazy when they fight.

"Childe!"

Guo Zixing's general Shao Rong came over, "Let's go too, otherwise it's all the city that Zhu Chongba has built, and it's not good to say it!" ”

"It's okay!" Guo Tianxu sneered, "Why do they want to die, isn't it good for our brothers to eat ready-made?" ”

Shao Rong rubbed his nose and didn't speak, and said in his heart, Son, you made a mistake in your calculations. As the commander-in-chief, no one will say anything about you if you can't beat the city, but if you step on other people's bones to grab credit, you will never be in the army.

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and the gates of Xuyi opened.

"Follow us into the city!"

Zhu Chong took the lead and attacked like in the city.

The city of Xuyi was broken, and the defenders surrendered.

However, within a few days, Zhu Chongba, the commander of the right army of the Haozhou Red Turban Army, broke two cities in a row, and the two Huai vibrates.

There is another name in the book of thieves in the imperial court, Zhu Chongba.

……

"Okay, give me a long face!"

In Haozhou's Marshal's Mansion, Guo Zixing laughed heartily when he received the good news.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry about it this time, I'll just say that my nephew can't be wrong!" Zhang Tianyou flattered and said, "In a few days, I can capture two cities, who has the ability?" ”

Guo Zixing laughed again, and then said, "Don't praise him, this battle is also credited." As he spoke, he smiled again, "Ascending to the city in the rainstorm, Chongba is really a fierce general." ”

Guo Tianxu's battle report is half-true and half-false, he naturally won't say that the two battles are just standing on his feet and cheering and watching the excitement, all of which are all due to Zhu Chongba.

Of course, it will not be said that Zhu Chongba has no credit at all, anyway, he commanded properly, Zhu Chongba and others will fight hard to kill the enemy, in short, he accounts for seventy percent of the credit, and the rest is someone else.

"Brother-in-law, what are you going to do?" Zhang Tianyou asked with a smile, "Isn't it the same as Xiao Wu, who cares for a town?" ”

"That's what I mean!" Guo Zixing said with a smile, "If you don't reward your merits, doesn't it chill the hearts of the army!" ”

Zhang Tianyu turned his mind around and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, it's not just Chongbayi who has made meritorious contributions this time, right?" ”

Guo Zixing fell into deep thought, how could he not hear what his brother-in-law was saying. Xiao Wu occupied the two cities of Dingyuan and Zhou, both of which were cut first and then played. Haozhou is afraid of the military generals, so it is difficult to interfere.

But Zhu Chongba's side was ordered to go on the expedition, and these two cities could not all be handed over to him, otherwise his subordinates would learn to do this in the future, and whoever laid it would be given to whomever he wanted, so what was the use of him as a handsome.

"Send someone to Sizhou, Zhu Chongba has merit in promoting Sizhou to pacify, Shao Rong is his deputy, and Zhao Jizu is guarding Xuyi."

Guo Zixing thought about it and continued, "Tell Tianxu that Haozhou is in a tight situation and let him stake all the grain, grass and property of the two cities to Haozhou. ”

"Brother-in-law is wise!" Zhang Tianyou said with a smile.

Shao Rong is the confidant of the Guo family, and his soldiers are also the elite of the Guo family.

The grain, grass and property were all sent to Haozhou, leaving two dilapidated empty cities, and Guo Zixing's methods, which had no money and no food, became more and more sophisticated.

"Send someone to Xiao Wu again!" Guo Zixing continued, "Two days is his stepmother's birthday, let him go home for dinner." ”

………

Rumble!

In the open space of Hezhou, several bronze cannons spat tongues of fire, and smoke rose from the location of the target.

The artillery under Zhu Wu is undergoing shooting training, and there is a reason for firing artillery and firing guns, and only by shooting too much can they be accurate.

After a round of guns, the gunners quickly cleared the guns, reloaded, and corrected the bearings according to the landing point of the previous shot.

Don't underestimate the ancients, artillery is not Zhu Wu's exclusive invention, he just put forward a way of thinking and wind direction, these illiterate soldiers after the baptism of war, quickly figured out the use of artillery training methods.

After having sufficient raw materials, the craftsmen made bold attempts. The cast bronze cannon was getting better and better, and in addition to the gun body, there was also a gun carriage gun mount.

The smallest artillery can be pushed by several people, and the larger ones can be pulled by livestock. Although the number of artillery is not large now, the artillery under Zhu Wu already has the appearance that artillery should have.

Rumble!

Another shot was fired, and the target of the wood was wiped out.

"Third child, you will be in charge of this artillery team in the future!" Zhu Wu said to Guo Xing, who was sitting in a chair behind him.

Guo Xing has been able to walk around the ground in the past two days, but he can only move carefully, and he has to be supported by someone.

"This thing works! That night, I led people to guard the official and military camp, one cannon and one hole, and the officers and soldiers didn't know how to die. Guo Xing smiled, "Fifth brother, this thing is more neat, and in the future, in the future, I will bombard him with a few shots." ”

At this time, the pro-soldiers came to report, and the marshal of Haozhou sent a letter.

Zhu Wu opened the letter, it was nothing more than a short time for some parents, and at the end of the letter he wrote that his stepmother's birthday asked him to go back to Haozhou for a family banquet.

Guo Xing said curiously, "Fifth brother, what are you writing?" ”

"Mrs. Handsome, let me go back!" Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "Hey, I have to toss back and forth again!" ”

"Fifth brother!" Guo Xing suddenly hesitated and said, "Can you go to Haozhou and bring Lian'er back." said, intermittently, "I had a dream that day, dreaming that my mother pulled Lian'er and scolded me, saying that I didn't take good care of my sister!" ”

"I've already sent someone to deliver the letter, but not so quickly. But don't worry, this time I will go back to Haozhou and bring Lian'er back in person. Zhu Wu said with a smile, "Now that I've seen the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's reunite as a family, have a good time!" ”

Guo Xing grinned, his face showing satisfaction.

………

In Haozhou's Marshal's Mansion, Guo Lian'er was packing her luggage, and the little girl Xiu'er was sitting on the edge of the kang eating sugar.

"Yo, that's it!" Ma Xiuying came in from outside the room and said with a smile, "What's the hurry, Xiao Wu should be on the way here, and when I eat my mother's birthday banquet, you two will go back together!" ”

"I know." Lian'er smiled, "It's just that I'm anxious and unsteady." Recently, I've been panicking in my heart, as if something is wrong. ”

This is a brother and sister connection, and she still doesn't know that the Guo family brothers are injured.

Ma Xiuying felt a little guilty, held Lian'er's hand and smiled, "Sister, I miss your brother!" ”

"Hmm!" Guo Lian'er nodded, "I haven't seen them for almost half a year, and I don't know if they are thin or fat, and I don't know if the shoes I made fit or not." ”

The little girl Xiu'er suddenly said next to her, "I also want to go to Wuguoli, but he doesn't come to see me!" ”

"I'll see you soon!" Ma Xiuying smiled, and then said, "Sister Lian'er, are you going back to Hezhou this time?" ”

Guo Lian'er thought for a while, "Sister Xiuying, if you want me, I'll come back!" ”

Ma Xiuying suddenly hugged her, "Sister, listen to my sister, don't come back." Since you have left here, keep your brother and do not come back. ”