Tang Zhangwei learned that two more forces were coming, and he was happy on the contrary.

Tang Zhangwei said to Bai Cunxiao, who rushed back from afar: "If Gao Biao changes his mind and reuses his subordinates, I am still a little afraid of him, and I never thought that he would rush to the hospital and lead troops from foreign domains, which would really kill himself." ”

Sure enough, Shi Pu, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu, only personally led 10,000 people to join Gao Biao, and the 25,000 strong soldiers in his domain town besieged Shouzhou.

The people of Shouzhou have been in war for a long time, and they finally met a master who is kind to the people, but the warlords from all walks of life continue to harass, which makes the people of Shouzhou overwhelmed.

Wei Youji sent the weapons of Shouzhou City to the people in the city, and said: "Now that Wuning's soldiers are strong, we may let the city not leave. ”

There was an old man in Shouzhou who was over 60 a year, and he said: "I am a butcher, but before General Tang Zhangwei arrived, I couldn't eat a single bite of meat. Before the Yellow Nest Rebellion, we could still have a full stomach, but since the Yellow Nest Rebellion, we have been unable to breathe due to the harsh taxes everywhere. When the general came, he canceled the arrears so that I could have meat to eat. Today, even if I fought for my life, I couldn't let the Wu Ning Army enter the city. ”

The Wuning army was led by Chen Fan and Zhang Wen, who were known to be greedy and violent in Shouzhou City, and made the people miserable in Suzhou, not only in Shouzhou, but even people near Shouzhou heard that this person was coming, and they raised hoes and machetes.

Therefore, Wei Youji's military power was greatly enhanced. Originally, in Shouzhou City, there were 5,000 elite soldiers and 2,000 soldiers, but now with the surrounding people taking the initiative to enlist, the number has increased greatly. Since the supply of weapons could not be supplied, everyone came to join the army with machetes, straw knives and hoes, and after a short training, Wei Youji took these people to prepare for the battlefield.

Seeing the large number of his army, the general Li Shijie was very proud, and he sent someone to find Chen Fan to take the initiative to invite the battle.

Chen Fan said with a smile: "The ignorant Jingshi defeated Li Shijie, and he actually won by people. ”

Wei Youji looked into the distance, and he used the telescope of the secret device given to him by Tang Zhangwei, which was ground into a spherical shape with crystal glass, which could be seen thousands of meters away.

When he was in Youzhou, Tang Zhangwei often asked a group of craftsmen to create this object, which made Wei Youji puzzled, and it was only when he fought that he understood the wonderful use of this object.

However, this thing was kept strictly secret, and among the generals of Tang Zhangwei's entire army, less than 100 people knew about it.

According to Tang Zhangwei's instructions, Wei Youji collected a lot of sulfur and charcoal, plus saltpeter, mixed into medicine according to a specific proportion, and put it into a clay pot, and twisted cotton thread or paper as a lead outside.

This is no secret among the Taoist priests of the Tang Dynasty and among the alchemists, and it was applied in the army as early as the Jin Dynasty.

Liu Yu, who once dominated half of the south of the Yangtze River, relied on this gunpowder to defeat the Hu people in the north.

By the time the late Tang Dynasty arrived, many generals had forgotten the power of gunpowder.

When the armies of the two sides were fighting, as the battle between the Tang army and the Huangchao rebels continued, a large number of outstanding generals and military talents continued to die.

Many combat skills and common sense have been forgotten by the soldiers and generals, and all that remains is the instinct to survive in troubled times.

Chen Fan was so arrogant because he was promoted to the assassin of Suzhou.

Tang Zhangwei regarded every sergeant and every ordinary person as a human being, because he himself was a living person, not just a bureaucrat.

Everyone attracts like-minded people, so Wei Youji and others gathered under his tent.

Before the arrival of the Wuning Army, everyone was seriously engaged in military training, and they used the simple throwing machinery proposed by Tang Zhangwei and designed by those Youzhou craftsmen.

However, a rope and a few pieces of wood can drop an improvised bomb far away.

In Tang Zhangwei's army, 200 people were selected to practice this throwing technique, and they could not only throw earth-made bombs, but also stones.

Humble people are humble only because they don't have a chance, and when they have the opportunity, they can just as shine.

When the people of Shouzhou City, as well as the men from other regions who joined Tang Zhangwei's army, dared to face the army of a feudal town with only a machete, they were actually victorious.

Chen Fan didn't know the strength of Tang Zhangwei's army, he only knew that his soldiers would have been in war for a long time.

The first to fight were the 3,000 cavalry led by Li Shijie and Wei Youji, followed by 20,000 relatively strong recruits, and then 5,000 weak recruits with machetes and other weapons in their hands.

Wei Youji shot down several of Chen Fan's trapped soldiers with several arrows, which made Chen Fan slightly restrain his arrogance.

The two sides launched a fierce battle under the city of Shouzhou, three thousand iron horsemen rushed back and forth to kill, first extinguished the prestige of the Wuning army, after half a day of fighting, the Shouzhou recruits who rested for half a day, under the leadership of the general Li Shijie, rushed to the Wuning army formation that was already somewhat chaotic, and the two sides slashed and killed for half an hour.

Blood soaked the ground, and the wounded moaned.

After all, the Shouzhou recruits were recruits, and they were gradually overwhelmed by the impact of the Wuning army, and they began to retreat. Shouzhou City eliminated 2,000 elite soldiers to meet them, and 3,000 iron cavalry also rushed back and forth to cover the retreat of the recruits.

The army of Shouzhou finally withdrew to the city of Shouzhou, but before the drawbridge could be pulled up, the army led by Chen Fan arrived, and they rushed back and forth.

The more than 500 receiving troops under the city walls could barely resist.

At this time, Wei Youji, who had returned to the city, waved his hand, and those home-made bombs flew towards the Wuning army.

With that, improvised bombs continued to explode.

The Wuning army began to disorganize, and at this time the few Tang Zhangwei troops under the city wall resumed their positions, and the five thousand recruits with machetes and hoes and clubs in their hands rushed out first, and they did not fight much, these people pounced on the enemy formation with courage.

Then came the five thousand cavalry of the city, brandishing sabers and spears, and charged at the enemy's ranks.

The Wuning army was in chaos, the soldiers screamed and retreated, Chen Fan led a group of guards in the hope of stopping these soldiers from retreating, but it was all in vain.

Chen Fan looked at those defeated soldiers blankly, they were like a tide, constantly surging backwards.

As the people and soldiers in Shouzhou City rushed out, this unstoppable torrent finally swallowed the Wuning Army.

Those soldiers of the Wuning Army wearing iron armor and leather armor were actually chased by the people with machetes, and many of them fell into the small rivers and drowned in the water towns.

Chen Fan and Zhang Wen were still under the protection of the guards and escaped by chance, but Chen Fan knew that he would definitely be punished by Shi Pu, the envoy of Wu Ningjiedu.

At this time, Gao Biao took the Huainan Mule Army, and Zhou Bao, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu from the south, and Shi Pu, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu from the north, rushed to Luzhou with great momentum.

For a time, Luzhou was in danger, and the newly attached Huainan people were restless.

Under the city of Luzhou, Tang Zhangwei's army and Bai Cunxiao's army, plus the newly expanded militia. However, there were 40,000 people, and Gao Biao led an army of 70,000, Wuning Jiedu made Shi Pu lead an army of 10,000 people, and Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao lead an army of 15,000 people.

Gao Biao claimed to have 100,000 soldiers, and he thought that he would only be able to break through Luzhou.

Gao Biao fought 100,000 against 40,000, and it seemed that the victory was in hand, and the people of Luzhou were also very frightened.

Although Tang Zhangwei talked and laughed, he also organized a cavalry team of 1,000 people, which was used as a general reserve, but in case the enemy broke through Luzhou, so that he could run away.