Sun Zhengqiang said with annoyance: "Wu Zheng didn't know that there were more than 800 soldiers in the city...... Do you think that the mobilization of Jinshanwei does not need to consume grain, grass and silver? ”

It is true that in ancient times, when the army moved, the first thing to be solved was to make up the arrears, and then the grain and grass.

Obviously only one government guard can solve the problem, who would mobilize a large army for no reason?

Isn't this a knife used to kill chickens?

Zheng Youde thought about it, so he didn't speak.

Chen Hongfan said: "Lord Zheng, what you have to do is to mobilize the people in the city to load the hoarded goods for us at all costs. Three days, three days later, you can go back to the capital with us, and then the official will definitely invite merit to the court for you. ”

When Zheng Youde heard this, he was as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and hurriedly got up and bowed his hand to Chen Hongfan and said, "Then the lower official will thank Lord Chen here first." ”

Chen Hongfan ignored him, turned to the other three merchants and said, "You go back, immediately transfer the soldiers planted in the mansion, put them under the command of this official and Lord Sun, and then assist Lord Zheng in transporting the goods...... I also reassure you that after three days, you can all leave with your officials, and at that time, the court will give you a heavy reward. ”

"Thank you, Lord Chen."

Chen Hongfan turned to Sun Zhengqiang and said: "More than 800 people are divided into two, you and I each lead a team, the city wall guard is in charge of Lord Sun, and the official is responsible for the security in the city." ”

"Yes."

……。

The composition of the soldiers of the six prefectures is the composition of the Ming army that originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and returned after the recovery.

No, to be precise, a part of the excellent ones were selected from those Ming troops to enter the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the rest were the main body of the soldiers of the Liufu Prefecture.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers can be imagined.

In fact, it's a little better than the official service.

Because the government soldiers are fully armed, and they are also training.

Therefore, when Wu Zheng saw this army of soldiers, he didn't have much expectation.

However, Wu Zheng really didn't know that in Ma Shiying's mouth, the manpower in the city was not the elite that was raised, but an army that smuggled into the country through the canal.

When the 800 Jiaxing soldiers arrived, Wu Zheng issued an order to attack.

These soldiers, in front of Wu Zheng and their top boss Sima Shiying, are still in good spirits.

In addition, it is already clear that the attack is only a small county town in Xiushui, and the other party is just a strong man in the city, all of them are "whooping", which means that they will fight down.

Wu Zheng ordered Jiang Quanyi to give full command, first, Wu Zheng did underestimate the enemy, and second, Wu Zheng also wanted to take the opportunity to observe Jiang Quanyi's command ability with his own eyes, so as to have a comprehensive judgment on it, so as to have a psychological grasp of his use in the future.

As far as Jiang Quanyi is concerned, although he was only a deputy general when he sent troops from Yingtianfu, in the past half a year, he has led troops for more than 2,000 miles, and his command experience has been stable and sophisticated, and he can command 800 people, which can be said to be at ease for him.

After the whole team was completed, Jiang Quanyi began to set up the formation.

One hundred shield soldiers in five rows of twenty men each, scattered three feet apart and two feet apart, approached the city wall with shields.

Two hundred soldiers ascended first, and followed.

Two hundred round shield soldiers, one hundred on the left and one hundred on the left, twenty steps behind, guarding the two wings.

The remaining 300 men were archers, with longbows at 80 paces away, and threw them at the head of the city to achieve the purpose of suppression.

The formation is decent, but it is very imposing.

Eight hundred men went out together, leaving not a single soldier behind.

This style of play, if it is against the army, it is definitely wrong.

But in this situation where you can almost crush the other party, you have to play with momentum.

The so-called overwhelming others with force is the only way to make the opponent collapse to the greatest extent, thereby reducing their own casualties and quickly ending the battle.

Jiang Quanyi himself was also very sure, he was even in the camp first.

If it was a big army match, Wu Zheng would have stopped it a long time ago.

But now Wu Zheng is at his mercy.

Jiang Quanyi knew very well the purpose of Wu Zheng delegating power to let him command, so he also wanted to make miraculous achievements in front of Wu Zheng.

The battle began in such a very demoralized situation.

Xiushui is a small county with low city walls.

How low is it, the walls are only one foot and two feet high.

This height is the height at which a person can climb over a wall if he stands on a person's shoulder.

Even the ladder didn't play a big role, because the ladder was too long, and at this height, the angle formed was very small, and the whole person was almost exposed to the defenders' field of vision, and it was easy to be hit.

Therefore, this siege was carried out with a bamboo pole with a calf-thick thickness, which was erected on the city wall, and the people climbed up in a way facing the sky, and then the left and right sword and shield soldiers climbed the wall with a human ladder.

In this way, the advantage lies in being fast, the so-called martial arts in the world, only fast is not broken.

But the accident happened when the besieging soldiers thought that the battle would be won.

When a hundred shield men approached the wall eighty paces, they set up bunkers for the archers in the rear.

The sword and shield soldiers on both sides quickly closed forward, increased their speed, and charged towards the city wall.

The first camp also quickly passed through the standing shield formation, roaring for the final charge.

The moment the archers began to change their bows and arrows, the moment they fired the first volley.

"Woohoo ......."

"Boom...... Rumble....... ”

The sound of muskets and cannons, along with the smoke and dust rising from Huo Ran, was noisy in the sky of the city gate.

Everyone was stunned, and the attacking soldiers were stunned as if they had been bombarded by a huge thunderbolt.

Wu Zheng was the first to react and roared: "Withdraw!" ”

The soldiers then woke up and withdrew their troops.

The attacking soldier woke up from a dream, quickly squatted, covered his head with a shield, and dragged his fallen comrades back like a tide.

It wasn't until one hundred and fifty paces away that the formation barely stabilized.

In this battle, there were 23 dead and 51 wounded, with a total of 74 casualties.

But without a single shot, it was lost by 10%.

True to the old saying, the boat capsized in the gutter.

Wu Zheng turned around and kicked Ma Shiying, shouting angrily: "This is what you said about the nursing home? For the sake of that silver, you let an enemy army hide under your nose...... You're damned! ”

Ma Shiying was kicked over by Wu Zheng, he knew that if he didn't notice at this time, he might be executed by the angry Wu Zheng, and his reaction at this time was very fast.

He rolled on a donkey, then hugged Wu Zheng's feet and cried: "Lord Wang, I really don't know...... If I had known that they were full of evil intentions, I would not have been able to bring me a mountain of gold, and I would not have been able to ....... ”

Zhang Huangyan said a fair word, "Lord Wang, you really can't blame Master Ma for this...... It's me who underestimates the enemy. ”

Wu Zheng snorted angrily, "A small county town with 20,000 households actually hides such a well-equipped army, right under his nose, he has no idea...... Don't blame him, blame the casualties? ”