Always hiding in Yingshan and farming is not a way after all, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't bear the loneliness, and began to move again.

In March, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops out of Yingshan, broke through Taihu Lake, Qizhou, Huangzhou and other places, and camped outside Anqing City, intending to attack the city the next day.

Knowing that Shi Kefa was on his way back to help, Governor Hong Zhengchun immediately ordered the general soldier Xu Ziqiang to lead 3,000 troops, together with 2,000 village soldiers, to quietly go out of the city at night, wanting to come and meet with the outside.

Zhang Xianzhong ordered Zhang Kewang to lead an army of 20,000 to block Shi Kefa, and then personally led an army of 50,000 to outflank this official army.

And said that Xu Ziqiang led the troops out of the city, just to Fengjiadian, suddenly saw the righteous army from all directions like a tide to surround him, Xu Ziqiang secretly said that it was not good, hurriedly dismounted, took the torch from the hands of his own soldiers, climbed a small hill next to him, and shouted to the rear team: "The thieves are coming!" Hurry up and meet the enemy! ”

In just a moment, the cavalry of the rebel army had already slaughtered in front of them like a storm, cutting and surrounding Xu Ziqiang and dozens of his own soldiers on this hill.

Xu Ziqiang wanted to rush down the hill with his own soldiers, but the number of rebels was too many, and he couldn't even rush a few times.

He wiped the blood from his face, straightened his helmet again, and then roared with a tiger, carried a big knife, and rushed into the rebel formation, and everywhere the blade went, all heads fell to the ground.

slashed and killed hundreds of people in a row, until the blade of the knife curled, collapsed and weakened, still holding the knife body to the ground, shouting in a slurred voice: "Kill the thief!" ”。

Seeing his bravery, the rebels did not dare to step forward easily, so they changed to crossbowmen and fired arrows into the encirclement. Although he was shot into a hedgehog by random arrows, Xu Ziqiang still stood majestically, and it took a long time before he fell to the ground.

At the same time that Xu Ziqiang was fighting to the death with the rebels, the rebels also launched a fierce offensive against the officers and troops in the encirclement. The two armies had just met in close combat, and the general Pan Dake was pierced through the throat by a stray arrow and died instantly.

The deputy general Cheng Long was also surrounded by the Righteous Army, knowing that he could not break through, he immediately lit the gunpowder on the carriage with a torch, looking at the fuse that was gradually burning to the end, Cheng Long's face suddenly showed an imperceptible smile.

With the earth-shattering explosion, Cheng Long and the dozen or so volunteers around him were all blown to pieces.

All three generals were killed, but the resistance of the officers and soldiers did not weaken in the slightest.

Guerrilla Chen Yuwang is seven feet long, the ancestor was in the beginning of the Ming Dynasty with Emperor Taizu to conquer the east and west, and the meritorious service was awarded to Suzhou Wei Qianhu, and it was hereditary. I saw him holding a big knife in his hand, fighting for his life in the chaos of the army, and although he was seriously injured, he did not flinch in the slightest.

"What a hero!" Seeing that King Chen Yu would not retreat, Dingguo suddenly felt a trace of compassion in his heart, and he ordered his subordinates to stop attacking, get out of the way, and want to let him go.

"The second general must not, if you let Jing Shuai know, you will be punished!" Jin Tongwu reminded.

"I've made up my mind, I don't need to say more!" Dingguo hugged his fist at Chen Yuwang and said, "Zhang Dingguo in Xiaxi Camp, admire the heroism of the general, general, please take care of yourself!" ”

After hearing this, Chen Yuwang laughed, and after laughing, he staggered and stood up straight, and glanced up and down at Zhang Dingguo who was standing in front of him: "The man's husband, he will be a horse leather shroud and serve the country!" Is there any other? I don't want to have such a character among the rogues, and I can't serve the country, it's a pity! ”

"Today, the court is deaf, corrupt officials are rampant, hungry people are corpses in the wilderness, and the generals are heroes, why should they accompany that Chongzhen old man to be martyred?" Dingguo couldn't help but persuade again.

"Needless to say, my family has received the emperor's grace, and today this is the place where I am buried, very good! Very good! After that, Chen Yuchao bowed four times in the direction of the northern Jingshi, and immediately drew his sword and killed himself.

Dingguo sighed and ordered his subordinates to bury him.

"The general treats him so well today, but he doesn't know his day, if we fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the punishment of Ling Chi." Jin Tongwu was puzzled and said angrily.

"But please be worthy of your heart!" Dingguo patted Jin Tongwu on the shoulder, then raised his knife and killed the small group of officers and soldiers who were still resisting not far away.

Under the fierce offensive of the rebel army, the only remaining officer army was finally wiped out, including:

put the total Tang Shilong, the horse lost its front hooves, fell off the horse, and was hacked to death with a knife;

The general king Xihan, fought to the end, and died of exhaustion;

General Zhan Peng did not want to be captured, and died by hitting a stone;

The total king of Youli, the strength of the crown, killed the most enemies, was captured alive, and was executed by Ling Chi;

The garrison Mo Xianhua is this year's new science and technology move, he invited himself to go to the battle, and died in battle;

There were also more than 40 generals and assistants of all sizes, including Zhou Jia, Wang Dingyuan, Zhang Quanbin, Yu Wenkui, Gu Yingzong, Jiang Da, Pan Xiangqian, and Ji Jing, all of whom were killed in battle, and none of them surrendered.

At the end of the war, when cleaning the battlefield, the rebels accidentally found Wang Hongyou, a seriously injured and unconscious garrison, who was still alive in the pile of dead.

Wang Hongyou was quickly carried in front of Zhang Xianzhong, he woke up and turned around, struggling to sit up, but was held down by Zhang Xianzhong: "The general is injured, lie down quickly!" What I admire most in my old Zhang Pingsheng is a hero like you, the general is extremely brave, why should he die for the rotten court? Why don't you follow me Lao Zhang and eat and drink spicy food from now on? ”

I didn't think that Wang Hongyou would listen to it, but he scolded: "You inexhaustible thief!" Want your grandfather me to surrender? Dream! Your grandfather and I fell into your hands today, and I never thought that I would live until tomorrow! It's a pity that I can't slaughter you dog thief with my own hands and throw your dog's head into the Yangtze River to feed the fish! Hahaha...... What a pain! What a pity! ”

Zhang Xianzhong was defenseless, and was sprayed with a spit star, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry: "How can this be true!" Okay, you court eagle dog who doesn't know what to do! Come on, unload his legs for me! ”

Soon, someone stepped forward with a saw, and the two big men held down Wang Hongyou's upper body together, and the other two grabbed both sides of the saw and sawed down on his thighs.

Wang Hongyou was already seriously injured, and he was held down by two big men, and he couldn't move at all, but when he saw blood splashing everywhere, his two thighs were forcibly unloaded.

Although the pain was unbearable, Wang Hongyou still kept scolding, until he finally lost too much blood and died of exhaustion.

The tragic scene in front of him, coupled with the pungent smell of blood in the air, even though all the generals in the battalion were experienced in a hundred battles, it was unbearable for a while, and they all felt sick to their stomachs.

Although the 5,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out, it bought time for Shi Kefa, just when Zhang Xianzhong focused all his eyes on Fengjiadian, the 30,000 reinforcements led by Shi Kefa also broke through Zhang Kewang's defense line at the same time and rushed into Anqing City in one go.

After gathering and destroying the enemy of Fengjiadian, Zhang Xianzhong surrounded Anqing again.

Governor Hong Zhengchun wanted to ask Shi Kefa to lead the troops out of the city and garrison them at Jixian Pass at the gate of the western front to contain the righteous army, but Shi Kefa refused on the grounds that the thief army was too strong and could not divide the troops, but let the soldiers and civilians in the city hold on to the city and not rush to war.

Anqing was backed by the Yangtze River, and the rebel army did not have a naval army and could not besiege the city from the south, but the official army could rely on the Yangtze River to continuously transport supplies to the city.

Zhang Xianzhong knew that this attack on Anqing must be quickly resolved, and the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be to himself, so he first asked people to collect all kinds of civilian ships along the north bank of the river, and obtained hundreds of ships, and then ordered Zhang Kewang to lead 20,000 troops to deploy defenses along the river, and use civilian ships to carry troops to block the river to prevent the official army's waterway reinforcements and supply transportation.

After arranging everything, Zhang Xianzhong pressed the army in an all-round way and launched a fierce attack on Anqing from the north, east and west.

Hearing that the West Gate was tight, Zhang Xianzhong urgently ordered Zhang Dingguo to lead the Longxiang battalion to rush to reinforcements, and when they arrived at the West Gate, the battle here had fallen into a white-hot stage.

The defenders above the city wall resisted very stubbornly, constantly firing down with bows and arrows and fire guns to prevent the rebels from approaching the wall, and using rolling stones and sassal wood, they smashed at the rebels who were climbing the wall, and people kept falling from the escalators, and the corpses of the fallen were piled up under the wall.

Dingguo Lerma looked at it, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a red civil uniform, holding a sword, and a bloodstained face standing on the city wall.

After paying heavy casualties, the rebels finally reached the city wall.

Shi Kefa glanced at the surging rebels like a tide, and then looked back at the many people behind him who had come to help treat the wounded and carry the rolling stones and trees, although everyone had fear written on their faces, but no one retreated.

Shi Kefa's eyes were slightly red, he raised his sword in his hand, and shouted hoarsely: "Brothers! Behind you are our fathers, elders, brothers and sisters! To protect them is to protect ourselves! All soldiers obey orders! All thieves who climb the city will be killed! If there is a cowardly person who flees, the overseer team will correct the law on the spot! ”

Encouraged by Shi Kefa, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city was boosted, and they each picked up the guys in their hands and rushed over desperately.

One of the soldiers, who was seriously injured and unable to move, also gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, dragged his mutilated body, pounced on one of the nearest rebels, hugged him to death, and then turned sideways and exerted force, and the two fell down the wall together, and died together.

The rebels who ascended the city were completely annihilated.

"Mingjin retreats!" Dingguo witnessed the tragic scene on the city wall throughout the whole process, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

From Chen Yuwang of Fengjiadian to Shi Kefa of Anqing, what kind of belief does the iron-clad man have that makes them willing to shed blood and sacrifice for this decadent and declining dynasty? Could it be that the sky is endless? Zhang Dingguo's heart was full of doubts and incomprehension.

After a hard attack for 14 days, Anqing saw that it would not be guaranteed, and the patrol Zhang Xuan urgently asked the chief soldier Mu Wenshou to send reinforcements. If Anqing loses, he will not be able to escape the blame, Mu Wenshou did not dare to watch from the wall again, and immediately took Liu Liangzuo to lead 9,000 cavalry, known as 50,000 to the outside world, and rushed to reinforcements.