The officers and troops arrived at the city of Jianzhou at dawn. The city of Jianzhou Prefecture is very large, with high risk, the boundary mountain is the gate, the highest place of the city wall is six zhang, the inside and outside are all bluestone barriers, impermeable. There are six city gates in the whole city, and Luo Shangwen does not want to disperse his troops too much, that is, he leads the headquarters army to be stationed outside the south gate, and Wu Mingfeng and other miscellaneous soldiers who later gathered are divided into two gates in the west and southwest, but three gates are left empty.

Zhao Dangshi guarded the south gate with the two main forces of Hou Dagui and Xu Hui, and Hao Shaoqi and Wang Laixing guarded the other gates, sitting on the bell and drum tower of the south gate, and controlled the whole city garrison. Luo Shangwen was in a hurry to fight this time, and the siege equipment was not much prepared, so he began to only shout and scold under the city, provoking Zhao to fight in the field. It was impossible for Zhao Dangshi to be tempted by him, so he found a few poisonous mouths in the camp to scold him, and arranged for Xu Hui to fire cannons from the city. After a few shots, the accuracy was a little worse, and only a few large pieces of turf were lifted in front of Luo Shangwen's formation.

Hou Dagui was beaten up, his flesh wounds did not heal, he was unable to move, and he was bedridden to recuperate. The soldiers and horses under his command were handed over to Xu Hui for unified command.

The officers and soldiers suffered several cannons, although they were not in much trouble, but due to the lack of guns, they were overwhelmed in momentum. Luo Shangwen thought that the soldiers were sharp and should not be easily defeated, and when he saw that Zhao Dangshi was strong in defending the city, he began to give the order to attack the city.

Most of the 1,500 men under his command were recruited from the Tusi guards in Sichuan, and their costumes were strangely different from those of ordinary Ming troops. Some of them even don't like to wear shoes, and they wear their hair and feet, but they also walk like flying, and they go up and down the hill like walking on the ground, which is better than ordinary people. These native soldiers often come from poor mountains and bad waters, do not engage in farming, and their lives depend on the life of licking blood with knives to make a living.

Xu Hui looked at the city and found that the officers and soldiers were mobilized, knowing that the enemy was coming, and inspired the soldiers guarding the south gate to say: "Kill people and set fire to the gold belt, if the brothers want to get ahead, it will be today!" Before the war, Zhao Dangshi had already informed the whole army that there would be a heavy reward for killing the enemy, and now Xu Hui mentioned again that the soldiers of the Zhao battalion on the south gate were all in their hearts, although they were afraid and nervous, they were suddenly overshadowed by excitement.

With the sound of thick drums in the official army, the officers and soldiers began to attack. This group of officers and soldiers worked in groups of two, carrying simple wooden ladders and bamboo ladders, and their steps were extremely fast. On the south gate, there were five cannons, such as ox ear cannons, mountain splitting cannons, and son-mother guns, and Xu Hui took out two Franc machines from the camp, a total of seven cannons to bombard the city in turn.

The shells slammed down on the officers and soldiers, and the earth and gravel flew and sand and gravel flew everywhere, and the bullets hit the people. Many people were injured by the volley of earth and rock. However, these officers and soldiers from the Tusi Guard seemed to be unconscious, and with their agile body skills to dodge the bullets and arrows from the city, they still rushed forward, and their mouths continued to let out strange screams like mandrills.

After a few rounds of cannon fire, only two shots were hit, and the barrel was hot and could not be used for the time being. Xu Hui had already prepared and organized the gunners to divide into three groups to continuously block the officers and soldiers in the front, and at the same time arranged the archers to shoot at the battlefield on the horses protruding outward on the left and right.

Projectiles and arrows were intertwined into a dense network of firepower, and the officers and troops were attacked on three sides, and Zhao Ying sprinkled a lot of thistles, wooden sticks and other things under the city, and the offensive was sluggish.

Luo Shangwen stationed at the sword to watch, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly withdrew his troops, and the officers and troops under the city withdrew one after another, and the first wave of the offensive was declared a failure.

After the official army retreated, Xu Hui ordered a hundred people to go out of the city and occupy the two high ground on the left and right of the city gate, thinking that the horns should respond - he had seen that the official army wanted to climb the heights and take risks, so he occupied them in advance at this time to prepare for the next battle.

The attack failed in the morning, and the casualties of the officers and troops were not large, so Luo Shangwen's idea of attacking the city was not dispelled. As soon as the midday sun passed, he gave the order to attack. This time, he drew a number of miscellaneous soldiers from the rest of the world and ordered them to come ahead in order to attract the fire of the city.

Xu Hui didn't know his details, and he kept the throne as usual. A few guns were used in the morning and again in the afternoon, and they could not be used again after firing only one or two rounds.

The officers and soldiers of the miscellaneous units in the front row suffered heavy casualties in the rain of arrows and bullets, and the casualty rate jumped greatly compared with the morning. There were corpses and blood flowing under the south gate of Jianzhou. The whistling sound of arrows and projectiles, the shouts of soldiers, and the wails of dying people are all in one place at this moment, one after another, and then look at the city, broken arms and stumps, flesh and blood flying, miserable, until people enter the Shura field.

Since Xu Hui joined the army, he has never fought such a tragic battle. Previously, as long as one side gained power, the other side either fell to the ground and begged or ran in all directions, which is like now, with blood in both eyes and sacrificing their lives, it is really a life for a life, and it is endless.

With the officers and soldiers in the front row basically dying, Luo Shangwen finally got the opportunity he wanted. The officers and soldiers of his headquarters successively put ladders up the city wall, raised their swords and shields, and climbed upward. The soldiers of the Zhao battalion in the city were not to be outdone, they used ramming poles to go to the top ladder, some poured hot oil downward, and some kept throwing down the sassavels and rolling stones, and for a time, the siege battle entered the most fierce part.

To say that Luo Shangwen's native soldiers are really powerful. One by one, they dangled on the unprotected bamboo ladders and wooden ladders, and they were stunned to maintain their balance, but not only that, but they could also dodge falling objects left and right without slowing down their progress. Looking at the officers and soldiers who were as agile as apes, Xu Hui was also extremely anxious. He was ready for hand-to-hand combat, and sent swordsmen, axes, and spearmen to defend himself.

When the officers and soldiers landed in the city, they were not blindly beaten, they occasionally stopped, drew their own flying hammers and flying sickles from their waists and threw them on the city to counterattack. Xu Hui witnessed a soldier beside him being hit in the face with a hammer, and his brain splattered and fell.

The soldiers asked Xu Hui to dodge backwards, but he flatly refused, did not retreat half a step, but pulled out his waist knife, raised his arms and shouted. When the soldiers in the city saw him like this, they were so inspired that the original somewhat decadent spirit was also swept away.

Finally, the first officers and soldiers landed in the city. Xu Hui waited for a long time, copied the soldier's three-eyed gun, lit the fire, only to hear a muffled sound, and the officer and soldier fell down to the city on their backs. Seeing this, the left and right were greatly encouraged, and their morale was high for a while, and they all rushed forward.

The officers and soldiers approached the city on the ladder, and saw the soldiers of the Zhao battalion poking indiscriminately with knives and guns, and some of them took out their flying claws, threw them upward, hooked them into the armor of the soldiers of the Zhao battalion, and pulled hard, and the opponent's feet were empty, and they were dragged out of the city. Some of them were stuck in the corners of the battlements, so the officers and soldiers abandoned the ladder and swung up like a monkey by ropes.

There were constant reinforcements from the back, and they all held round rattan plaques. These rattan cards are made of old rattan in the deep mountains, boiled repeatedly in hot oil and then exposed to the scorching sun, smooth and tough, for bows and arrows and even bullets have excellent protection, and they are covered with thick cowhide, which is to eliminate the possibility of being burned.

With the excellent ability of the native soldiers to climb the city and the combat style of not afraid of death, there are finally officers and soldiers who have a firm foothold in the city. Others took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward, wielding swords and guns to fight to the death, forming a small defensive circle.

Xu Hui was in a hurry, seeing a Franc machine next to his leg, he didn't care about it, he urged the soldiers to reload, and then shouted to his own horses in front of him to dodge, ignite and fire.

He risked exploding his chamber and setting off a cannon, putting life and death on the line, but fortunately he achieved the desired effect. The cannonball "boomed" into the officers and soldiers, and the skin and flesh exploded, and the officers and soldiers who were circled together in the city instantly turned into meat sauce. The shells did not stop, straight forward, hit the battlements, and exploded a large hole. And Xu Hui was also hit in the stomach by the violently recoiled cannon barrel at the moment when the cannon was ejected, and he curled up and fell backwards, vomiting two mouthfuls of blood.

He struggled to support himself, was helped up from side to side, and fought loudly. When the other officers and soldiers saw him playing with his life like this, they couldn't help but feel sorry for him, and they were already afraid to retreat.

At this time, the south gate suddenly opened. The attention of the officers and soldiers was all on the city, and before they could look back, they saw a hundred cavalry standing out, and immediately disturbed the officers and soldiers under the city. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Zhao battalion stationed on the high ground on both sides of the city also rushed down the rock slope and attacked the officers and soldiers.

This horse army is Yang Chengfu's department. Zhao Dangshi lived on the bell and drum tower, and knew the battle in Nancheng at a glance, knowing that if there was no surprise army, the victory or defeat would be unpredictable, so he ordered a surprise attack.

Where the way of soldiers, with the right fit, with the odd victory. The cavalry of the Zhao battalion was taken by surprise, and the results were immediate. The officers and soldiers under the city took care of one thing and lost the other, and the enemy was attacked on their backs, and soon fell into a bitter battle.

Luo Shangwen had already sent most of the elite to attack the city when the war was tight, and now there are only more than 300 people defending the main formation. Seeing that the success was falling short, I couldn't help but sigh. Knowing that this thief would dare to take such a risk, he should have left some men and horses as a reserve and sent people to divide the high ground on the left and right. In that way, this horse army is also in their own pockets.

Regret is regret, but he doesn't want to spend it anymore. The situation on both sides has been reversed, not to mention those miscellaneous soldiers, their own headquarters have also left behind a hundred corpses, the spirit has been broken, and there is no hope of capturing the city.

A bloody battle has come to an end.

Not to mention that Luo Shangwen gathered all the soldiers and horses and retreated to Qinglinkou to station. In Jianzhou City, Zhao Ying counted casualties, and the front and left divisions combined, and there were more than 100 casualties, which shows the combat strength of this official army.

When Luo Shangwen attacked the city, there was another commotion in Jianzhou City, intending to echo foreign aid and attack inside and outside. Hao Shaoqi continued to lead people to search and suppress, and the official army was defeated and retreated, and the city settled down again.

Although the official army is temporarily gone, it will definitely return to attack Jianzhou with greater strength and preparations than today. Zhao Dangshi had already seen the other party's methods, so he planned to take advantage of the night to open the east gate and retreat.

The order of retreat is that the rear division is the first, the front and left two divisions are in the center, and finally Hao Shaoqi takes the right division to break the rear. Yang Chengfu led the horse army back and forth. Zhao Dangshi assumed the right position and commanded the retreat.

The squires in the city noticed that Zhao Ying's men and horses were retreating, and quickly went to Qinglinkou to ask Luo Shangwen to chase down the thieves. Luo Shangwen had a headache about the high walls of Jianzhou, and when he heard that Zhao Ying took the initiative to withdraw, he was overjoyed, and regardless of the fatigue of the day, he picked up the people of the headquarters and chased after him desperately.

The official army caught up with Zhao Ying in Cangxi County, and Zhao Dangshi was already prepared and fought to the death. Hao Shaoqi's right division didn't take much of a fight during the day, and his spirit was excellent. On the other hand, Luo Shangwen, the troops fought fiercely for a day, and they could not rest at night and rushed back and forth, and they were really tired. The two battles are difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.

In the middle of the fierce battle, Luo Shangwen saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, so he first retreated to Cangxi County. Yang Chengfu pretended to chase for a while, making sure that the other party had no intention of returning. By the dawn of the day, Zhao Ying withdrew to the northwest of Cangxi along the foothills of Dahou Mountain, and was already sleepy and tired, so he could only choose a place to rest.

Zhao Dangshi dispatched Hao Shaoqi and Yang Chengfu to guard the guard, and went to see Xu Hui's injury, and after knowing that there was no major problem, he found a big pine tree and sat and rested. But I don't know if the battle is too fierce during the day and stimulated or what, as long as he closes his eyes, the scene of the intersection of soldiers and the bloody battle at the head of the city will continue to appear in front of his eyes, and at the same time, the shouts of fighting will faintly sound in his ears. After closing his eyes for a while, he felt even more upset, so he simply got up, beckoned the three soldiers on the left and right to escort him, and rode around the neighborhood to relax.

After going around, I found that this mountain is still a little famous. By the moonlight, the peaks covered by the dense forest were like ferrets fur, and they were silvery white. The stream between the trees and the sound of the murmuring water can be heard clearly on the silent hillside. Occasionally, night owls flutter their wings, adding a bit of treachery to this mountain.

Zhao Dangshi walked more and more distractedly, leading the horse to stroll on the mountain path, away from the hustle and bustle, his mood was calm, and the original restless mood gradually calmed down.

The three soldiers found that they were far away from the troops, and they couldn't even hear the sound, so they were a little worried and persuaded: "Mr. Qian, the black lights here are blinding, and I am afraid that there are fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, so it is better to go back as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Dangshi nodded, anyway, it was a lot calmer, the threat of the official army had not yet gotten rid of it, and it was not appropriate for him, the boss, to be away all the time, even if he had to turn around and go back. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, he felt a chill in his neck, and a threatening voice came from the back of his head: "If you move, your head will fall to the ground." ”

He was robbed! Zhao Dangshi was originally a thief, but he was held hostage by this mountain path cutting thief, and he couldn't cry or laugh at once. Looking at the three soldiers again, they were also held against their weapons, and they did not dare to move.

"Slow down, I'm a family, I don't have to meet each other." Zhao Dangshi raised his hand from his waist to his chest to show surrender.

"Hmph, who's with you dog officers?" The man behind him said heavily, and pressed the knife even more inward, "Look at your four well-armored soldiers, and good horses, you must be a nearby official and soldier, and you are still a big official." Now he throws himself into the net, but he wants to release you in front of the palm plate and obey the fate! ”

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Zhao Dangshi hurriedly explained, but the person behind him didn't listen to his defense and instructed the others to tie up the four people.

Taking advantage of his distraction, Zhao Dangshi swung his head back, slammed into the man's door, and at the same time turned around and hooked, knocking him down.