It is said that Zhou Zongsheng led more than 1,600 young men to march all the way, and it took only two days to rush to Yinan County.

At this time, Wang Neng also led 50,000 thieves to surround the county seat of Yinan County, blocked all the four city gates, and completely turned Yinan County into an isolated city.

The magistrate of Yinan County hurriedly summoned the warden and the inspector, and took more than 200 officials and archers in the city to defend the city, and recruited the people in the city to assist in the defense.

Looking at the army of thieves outside the city who were hurrying to make a simple ladder, the magistrate of Yinan County and others were worried, even if all the young and strong people in the city were recruited, and the people who had been temporarily gathered without any training could withstand the onslaught of the army of 50,000 thieves?

The answer is obvious!

"I don't know where the Yanzhou Mansion militia has arrived, I hope to arrive as soon as possible!"

The warden of Yinan County said worriedly: "My lord, even if the Yanzhou Mansion militia is here, can a few thousand militia groups beat tens of thousands of thieves?" ”

Hearing this, the magistrate sighed and said: "Let's eat the king's fortune and be loyal to the king, this Yinan County can keep it for a while!" ”

When everyone around heard this, their expressions were gloomy and silent.

At this moment, the army of thieves outside the city suddenly thundered, and dozens of improvised ladders were concentrated, and it seemed that the army of thieves was preparing to storm the north of Yinan County.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The time has come to serve the country, think about your wives and children in the city, if you let the thieves enter the city, will they still have a way to live? Fight! ”

The inspection of Yinan County continued to run on the city wall, shouting loudly to encourage more than 1,000 people who had been temporarily recruited.

These people looked at the boundless army of thieves outside the city, all of them were terrified, the reason why they could still stick to the city wall at this time was completely because their families were in the city, and everyone had no way to retreat!

After a while, Wang Neng looked at the crowded northern city wall of Yinan County, couldn't help but sneer, and immediately ordered the siege to begin.

Among the 50,000 thieves, 15,000 men and horses were old thieves led by Wang Neng before, and the remaining 35,000 men and horses were young and strong.

At this time, Wang Neng dispatched 5,000 old thieves to step forward and rushed to the north city wall of Yinan County with 15,000 young people, preparing to use these 15,000 young people as cannon fodder to consume the defense force of Yinan County.

This style of play is exactly the same as that of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations, all of them pursued the law of battlefield elimination, and drove tens of thousands of young people into battle, and those who survived were put into the old camp, and the dead were buried on the spot.

Soon, 5,000 old thieves drove 15,000 young men to carry the ladder and began to ascend to the city.

"The thieves are coming! Defend the walls! ”

The magistrate also screamed, and he and all the officials under his command were in charge of one place, commanding the officials, the archers who patrolled the city, and the people to defend the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, countless thieves came out one after another, and those officials, city patrol archers and people also went out, waving the blades in their hands and starting to fight for their lives with those thieves who came out.

However, how can these people who are defending the city resist the army of thieves? Even those young people who were coerced were fierce, after all, they were thieves, and their families were taken as hostages by thieves, so there was no turning back, and they could only go one way to the dark!

I saw one after another thieves rushing up the city wall, pounced on the surrounding people, patrol archers, these thieves are crazy, as long as they climb the city wall, they will not look back, until they die in battle, so that the surrounding people, officials, patrol archers are terrified.

It's no wonder that these thieves are so brave, the five thousand old thieves mobilized by Wang Neng are under the city to supervise the battle, as long as someone dares to retreat, one person retreats, and the whole team is killed!

Under the deterrence of such strict military law, the young man who was originally honest and honest became a fierce bandit in a blink of an eye, and the fierce battle lasted less than a stick of incense, and the northern city wall of Yinan County was frequently in an emergency, and more than ten battlements were occupied by thieves!

Seeing that more and more battlements were occupied by thieves, Zhixian and others were like ants on a hot pot, constantly mobilizing people from other parts of the city to the north city wall, wanting to use their lives to push the thieves down.

But it backfired, at this time the people on the city wall, the officers and soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, and they retreated, and the people who came to support saw such a bloody scene, most of them were cowardly before the battle, and they couldn't get on the city wall at all.

Suddenly, the number of thieves on the northern wall increased, while the number of defenders gradually decreased, and they soon became at a disadvantage.

"Could it be that my Yinan County is going to be catastrophic today?"

The county magistrate was sad in his heart, and under the protection of his subordinates such as inspectors and wardens, he hurriedly removed the northern city wall that was about to be lost, and prepared to remobilize manpower to defend the county office.

Suddenly, everyone heard a low horn sound from outside the city, and they were instantly stunned.

"Reinforcements are coming!"

In the blink of an eye, the morale of the defenders on the north city wall was greatly boosted, and they actually stabilized their positions under the onslaught of the army of thieves and robbers, and withstood the attack of the army of thieves.

At this time, the magistrate and others also seized the opportunity and hurriedly mobilized the follow-up Minzhuang to support the city, and miraculously defended the north city wall!

At the same time, Zhou Zongsheng's men and horses, who had already rushed outside the city, were also ready to attack, and everyone rushed towards Wang Neng's thief army under the leadership of Zhou Zongsheng in a cone-shaped cavalry array.

Wang Neng looked at the army of iron cavalry rushing over, his eyes widened fiercely, and he almost burst into flames.

"Dense formation! Go up! ”

At this time, Wang Neng still had an army of 30,000 around him, including 10,000 old thieves and 20,000 young and strong.

Wang Neng directly put the 20,000 coerced young men at the front, preparing to use 20,000 lives to slow down the speed of the iron cavalry army, and then use the 10,000 old thieves behind him to pounce, wanting to kill Zhou Zongsheng's men.

Zhou Zongsheng, who was leading his troops to charge, looked at the army of thieves who were chaotic in the distance, just by looking at the enemy's momentum, he knew that the thieves at the front must not be old thieves, and it was useless to kill such a new soldier.

So, Zhou Zongsheng roared, and the heralds around him immediately blew the horn, and more than 1,600 iron horsemen instantly changed their formation, suddenly turned to the right on the battlefield, bypassed the 20,000 young people in front of them, and went straight to the rear 10,000 old thieves to kill them!

Wang Neng looked at it from afar and was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the 20,000 young men to retreat, but it was too late, Zhou Zongsheng's iron cavalry was as fast as lightning, and he rushed into the formation of 10,000 old thieves first, and killed these thieves so that they turned their backs.

Although there are only more than 1,600 iron cavalry under Zhou Zongsheng's department, in the face of the army of thieves who have no armor, no strict formation, no standard spears and other means to contain the iron cavalry, they can still enter the realm of no one and kill in all directions, at least until the iron cavalry army is sleepy and tired, they can always maintain an offensive posture and suppress Wang Neng's thieves!

In the blink of an eye, the situation on the battlefield in Yinan County began to reverse, Wang Neng's 50,000 army was divided into two parts, and the 20,000 army that was besieging the city suddenly heard that there were officers and soldiers in the rear, and the army's heart began to waver, and the whole army became in a dilemma, and the momentum of the attack was also contained by the defenders and the people.

And the 30,000 Chinese soldiers and horses led by Wang Neng were also embarrassed, and they were completely disrupted by Zhou Zongsheng's iron cavalry, and the entire battlefield was full of chaotic crowds and fleeing thieves.

At this time, except for the 10,000 old thieves, Wang Neng could no longer control the rest of the people, and seeing that his tens of thousands of troops were about to be defeated by more than 1,000 Yushan Town Escort Iron Cavalry, Wang Neng was angry in his heart.

"Let the besiegers pull down, quick!"

Wang Neng roared angrily, and nearly 20,000 thieves who were attacking Yinan County began to retreat, rushing towards Wang Neng's central army.

Looking at the army of thieves who withdrew like a tide, the magistrate of Yinan County and others all breathed a sigh of relief, and began to race against time to consolidate the city defense, reorganize the people, and prepare to fight again.

And Zhou Zongsheng also discovered the new force of nearly 20,000 thieves who were killing, and understood that although he was able to suppress the army of thieves at this time, after all, the strength was limited, and it was impossible to defeat tens of thousands of thieves by himself, so he accepted it when he saw it.

I saw Zhou Zongsheng leading 1,400 or 500 iron cavalry to rush towards the west of the battlefield, and directly rushed out of the thief formation.

As night approached, the entire battlefield fell completely silent, leaving only corpses everywhere and devastation.

At this time, although Wang Neng was unwilling, he was worried that the main force of the Yushan Town Escort would arrive later, so he decided to temporarily lead the army to retreat and camp to defend it, first observe the situation and then find an opportunity to attack Yinan County.

And Zhou Zongsheng was also worried that his troops were insufficient, and he would suffer a big loss if he continued to work hard, so he led his troops to retreat.

In the next few days, the men and horses on both sides only sent small groups of men and horses to test each other, and neither dared to fight, for fear that they would be entangled and eaten by the opponent's large forces.

The magistrate of Yinan County sent some men and horses to send some grain and grass to Zhou Zongsheng, and then he took his men to defend the city.

At the same time, Liu Juntao and Zhang Xiaojun led their troops to arrive at the city of Yishui County.