Leping County has been captured twice in a row by the Liukou.

The first time was a sneak attack by the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying, the Zuojin King He Jin, and the Chaotian Star Hui Deng.

The county officials and most of the officials were beheaded by the rogues, and none of the big families in the city were spared, the men were killed, the women were all taken captive, most of the homes of the common people were robbed, and there were countless dead, and the women who were taken away by the rogues and the young and strong people who were coerced to fight were countless.

Later, Xu Dingchen sent Po Ximu to recover Leping, Lao Huihui and Zuo Jinwang escaped from Leping County, crossed Taihang Mountain and entered the area of Zhending Mansion, and was beaten by Lu Xiangsheng.

Leping County was recovered, but there were no defenders in the city, no government service, and no large families of the township Yong Nursing Home, the population plummeted by more than half, and the whole city was empty, only the cries and cries of the relatives who were killed or robbed day and night, and the screams of the ruffians when they took advantage of the chaos to rob.

Pingding Prefecture sent a judge, with more than 100 soldiers to take over the city defense, rectify public order, Leping City barely restored some order.

But not long after, a group of thieves suddenly came outside the city, mainly scorpion block Tuoyangkun, neat Wang Zhang Fatzi, Huaguan Suo Wang Guangen and several other families, a total of more than 8,000 people.

Because the way has been swept by the front of the rogues, this gang of rogues from the south out of the encirclement, along the way did not grab anything, eat a few days of bark, arrived at Leping City, did not know that this small county has been robbed once, only heard the road to explore the city said that there are few defenders in the city, the city gate is also tattered, it must be very easy to fight.

So, Tuoyangkun, Zhang Fatzi and others only discussed it for a while, and then they rushed over, thinking that they could build a county seat, and they would never worry about eating and drinking.

The county seat was defeated, but there was not much food in it at all, and the people only had a thousand people, and it was empty.

Tuoyangkun, Zhang Fatzi and others were greatly disappointed, and after seeing that there were no officers and soldiers nearby, they simply used Leping as a stronghold, plundered everywhere, coerced the hungry people, and robbed the lifeless within a radius of 100 miles.

After there was really no place to rob it, Tuoyangkun, Zhang Fatzi and others drove the hungry people who came nearby, as well as the thousands of people in Leping City, to Pingding City, and forced these people to be the vanguard and attack Pingding City day and night.

There were originally many gentry in the city, and when the rogues arrived in this area, the big families within a radius of dozens of miles also hid in the city, and now, there is a lot of food in the city.

After two days of siege, the people who came here were basically dead, but Pingdingzhou also consumed a lot of arrows and stones, the artillery blew up two, and there was little gunpowder and shells left, and the city gate was also burned by the rogues.

There are officers and soldiers stationed in Pingding City to guard the thousands of households in Pingding Prefecture, due to serious desertion, there are only more than 400 troops left, but the private soldiers of each general account for half, and they are still a little combat, and there are more than 200 officials of the state and county governments in the city, and there are nearly 1,000 township warriors of many village gentry families, and all the defensive forces add up to more than 1,500 people.

Seventy miles to the east, there is also a Guguan guarding a thousand households, about 600 officers and soldiers, but there are tens of thousands of rogues besieging the city, and those officers and soldiers in Guguan do not dare to rush to the rescue.

Yan Zhang, who was responsible for the defense of Pingding Prefecture, was the commander of Jining Soldier and Dao Soldier Preparation, and seeing that the thieves had surrounded him for two days but did not retreat, Yan Yuanzhang was restless and panicked.

Before the thieves besieged the city, he had sent several waves of fast horses out to ask for help, but now, not a single reinforcement was seen.

The south and west gates have been burned down, and in two days at most, if reinforcements have not arrived, the rogues will break through the city.

Tuoyangkun and Zhang Fatzi also know this.

On the third day of the siege, as soon as it was dawn, Tuoyangkun and Zhang Fatzi instructed Liukou to push out the camp with two shield carts built overnight, and slowly marched towards the south gate and the east gate.

They wanted to take Pingding Prefecture today, and looted the grain, gold and silver treasures in the city before the arrival of the support of the officers and soldiers.

At the west gate, seeing the thieves pushing the heavy shield cart slowly into the range of 100 steps, the defenders at the head of the city hurriedly lit the only few tiger squat cannons and a small Franco, and the vast majority of the whistling cannonballs fell near the shield cart, and the only iron bullet with a thickness of two fingers hit the front of the shield cart, making a loud "bang".

The shield car trembled a little, but the baffle made of logs on the front was not broken at all, and the iron bullet was only set on it.

Seeing this, the rogues behind let out bursts of cheers, and the shield cart continued to move forward slowly.

"Fire, keep firing!"

At the head of the city, Shi Chengliang, a thousand households in Pingding Prefecture, kept shouting.

Several cannons continued to roar, and from time to time shells hit the heavy shield cart, but the front and top of the shield cart were all logs, and they were extremely strong, and the power of the tiger squat cannon and the Franc machine could not be broken at all.

Not long after, the shield cart arrived in front of the dilapidated city gate at the west gate, and the thieves in the car removed the front baffle and pulled out the bricks and stones blocked in the doorway hole piece by piece.

The defenders at the head of the city threw down heavy bricks and stones, as well as boiling gold juice, and burning stacks of firewood drenched with fire oil.

Not only was the shield cart stone-smashed, but the top and all sides were covered with a thick layer of mud, so that the gold juice could not be poured in, and the fire could not burn.

Dozens of thieves rushed up with large shields on their backs, braving the cannon fire, and hooked away the burning stacks with long pennies with hooks, so that the accomplices in the shield cart would not be roasted alive.

Yan Zhang, who was preparing for the Jining army, happened to go up to the city, and when he saw the situation under the city, he was immediately frightened and pale, and he was at a loss.

"What should I do?"

"What to do ......"

Outside the city, Tuoyangkun and Zhang Fatzi were full of joy, their eyes were shining, and the rogues around them were also eager to try and cheer.

At this time, several fast horses suddenly galloped in the distance, and one of them turned over and dismounted, ran to Tuoyangkun's side, and said in a low voice: "Master Scorpion, the officers and soldiers are here." ”

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Tuoyangkun frowned.

"As far as I can see, about 1,500 officers and soldiers, all on horseback, hundreds of pack horses, and dozens of grain carts, have come from the west, and have already crossed the willow ditch, and they will arrive in a quarter of an hour."

"Which way is it?"

"The little ones can't see which way of soldiers and horses, they only see the handsome flag written with a Qin character."

"The surname Qin?" Tuo Yangkun couldn't help frowning, "Fat Zhang, do the officers and soldiers in this area have a general surnamed Qin?" ”

The fat man Zhang next to him also frowned suspiciously, and after thinking for a while, his face suddenly changed: "Could it be the Qin Chuan who captured Liu Guoneng alive a few days ago and defeated the eight kings and 30,000 horses with 1,500 soldiers and horses?" ”

"Huh?"

Tuoyangkun's face also changed.

"It must be him, a thousand and five troops, everyone has horses, and his surname is Qin, who else is besides him?"

Zhang Fatzi's face became more and more solemn as he spoke, and he suddenly shook his head, and then said: "This Pingding City can't be defeated, let's withdraw, even Liu Guoneng and the Eight Great Kings were defeated under the surnamed Qin, we are not his opponents." ”

Huaguan Suo Wang Guangen on the side also came over and said: "I heard that this guy is a personal slaughter, he never blinks an eye when he kills, and he also hangs the heads of three hundred officers and soldiers outside Taiyuan City to intimidate the officials who rob him of the fields, let's not slaughter with this person......

"Which of us doesn't kill people without blinking? Isn't it just 300 heads? Lao Tzu will hang 3,000 heads on the city of Pingding tomorrow. ”

On the other side, the Reincarnation King interrupted him and said with a disdainful look on his lips.

Wang Guangen opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Tuo Yangkun waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, don't fight at this juncture, let's discuss it quickly, whether to fight or run." ”

"Hit!"

Xu Chang responded without hesitation, and continued: "I have heard that the reason why the surnamed Qin was able to catch Liu Guoneng was because the guy hid the firearms on the grain cart, Liu Guoneng and Li Yangchun, those fools, underestimated the enemy, their subordinates were not prepared, and the other party was scared stupid as soon as he opened fire, and it is strange to be undefeated." ”

"The reason why that guy was able to defeat the Eight Kings was pure luck, the Eight Kings were knocked down by the chaotic army, separated from the army, and had to escape on horseback, his soldiers and horses had no backbone, and fled in a hurry overnight, and as a result, he was ambushed by the surname Qin and Cao, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Cao, the Eight Kings would not have lost so badly."

"According to me, the surname Qin is a little trick who likes to play tricks, and his luck is also very good, so he won two battles, a large open area in the west of Pingding Prefecture, and we have tens of thousands of horses and horses to fight, and his surname Qin has neither dangerous places to defend, nor tricks to use, and he is afraid that his little strength will not be successful?"

Hearing his words, Wang Guangen just wanted to speak, but Zhang Fatzi on the side nodded and said: "Well, what Xu Ye said has some truth, we may not be afraid of him in this open field." ”

Wang Guangen opened his mouth, and as soon as he spoke, he said first: "Master Scorpion, the surname Qin not only has dozens of grain trucks, but also more than a thousand military horses, and I heard that his firearms are particularly sharp, and the little tiger squat cannon hits far and hard, and the bird gun doesn't even use the fire rope, and it hits the thief accurately, if you can get these things...... Hehe, we can all do it against Cao Wenzhao. ”

"Hmmm......"

Tuoyangkun was a little moved.

"Master Scorpion, don't miss the opportunity, hurry up and give the order."

"Good!"

Tuoyangkun slapped his thigh and said, "Call the brothers who are besieging the city back, and the brothers from the south gate also call over, and everyone will gather at the west gate and line up to meet the one surnamed Qin." ”

"Let's take the things sent by the surnamed Qin first, and after getting the firearms, we will clean up the officers and soldiers at the head of the city, and after entering the city of Pingding, we will kill and rob, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

"Chickens and dogs don't stay!"

Xu Chang took the lead in raising his knife and shouted loudly, and the rogues around him suddenly became excited, dancing and shouting.

The rogues who were attacking the city were quickly called back, and thousands of people from the south gate also came quickly, and tens of thousands of rogues lined up outside the west gate in a chaotic manner.

Before the formation was formed, sporadic cavalry began to appear on the west, some watching from afar, others roaming unscrupulously to their left and right.

"Damn, these officers and soldiers are too arrogant to visit the horses, wait for me to go out and slaughter a few of him, and give the scorpion a flag."

Xu Chang kicked the war horse under his crotch, carried a big red tasseled gun, and galloped towards the two officers and soldiers on the left.

"Good!"

Tuoyangkun's spirit was lifted.

"Cheer for Xu Ye."

"Xu Ye is mighty!"

"Xu Ye is mighty!"

"Xu Ye is mighty!"