"Grandpa Guo, this is the news from our spies in Anqing Mansion." A man dressed like an ordinary person respectfully handed a piece of information to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng took the information and read it at a glance, first shook his head with a smile, and then asked, "Is this information true?" ”

"The subordinates have verified it, and it is indeed true."

"I see, you go down first."

"Whoa!"

Yang Feng was the only one left in the big tent, and the dim oil lamp reflected his figure for a long time, and it took a long time for Yang Feng to say: "Song Ye, you go and tell Gou Xingma immediately, attack the city according to the plan early tomorrow morning!" ”

The next day, the sky was a little cloudy, and the city wall of Taihu County was already full of rogues, and everyone hid behind the battlements and nervously watched the approaching Jiangning army.

Yuan Datou looked at the Jiang Ning Army slowly approaching in the distance, although he has always publicly declared that the Jiang Ning Army is not terrible, and all the fame of the Jiang Ning Army is blown, but in fact, even he himself does not believe it, after all, the previous King Gao Yingxiang died in the hands of the Jiang Ning Army, and the 200,000 army was wiped out in one day, and the reason why he said this was just to calm the army's heart.

Taihu County is a relatively wealthy county, so its city is also much taller than the general county seat, the entire city wall is as high as two zhang (6.66 meters) which is already comparable to the state capital level of the city, the periphery of the city wall is wrapped with green bricks, and the battlements on the city wall are even placed at the baffle, which is also not in the general city.

Now there were more than 300 rogue archers hiding behind the battlements, their arrows already on the bowstrings and ready to be fired.

As the sun gradually rose, the figure of the Ming army outside the city was clearly presented in the eyes of the Liukou.

Unlike in the past, when they were only dressed in green uniforms, because it was a siege battle, all the sergeants put on iron armor and helmets, and held brown Bess fire guns, and walked slowly towards the city with firm steps.

Under the light of the morning sun, the armor on the sergeants of the Jiangning Army shone brightly and revealed a cold light, especially when these sergeants lined up one by one, walking towards the city step by step in a neat step by step in the sound of drums, the momentum could simply be described as overwhelming.

Yuan Datou turned his head to take a look, and found that the rogue around him were all as white as earth, and even the faces of the bandits in the old camp were ugly, he knew that he couldn't let this situation continue, and raised the ghost head knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, don't be afraid, those dog officers and soldiers are all good looks, and the fire guns in their hands can hit sixty or seventy steps, we don't have to be afraid of them on the city wall at all, when they get close, we will serve with bows and arrows, and let them see that our righteous army is not given for nothing!" ”

Accompanied by Yuan Datou's voice, those big and small leaders also began to do ideological work for the people around them, the content of which was nothing more than the same old fashion, either desperately belittling Jiang Ningjun and raising his own family, or intimidating and whipping, in short, there was only one purpose, that is, they could not let their morale collapse.

Yuan Datou didn't pay attention to what those leaders did, he was now lying behind the battlement, staring nervously at the Jiang Ning army under the city, with a hint of hideousness in his eyes.

Under his gaze, those Jiangning troops suddenly stopped when they came to a distance of three hundred steps from the city wall, and in the rush of drums, all the sergeants suddenly raised their right legs at the same time and stepped on the ground hard, making a muffled noise. When thousands of people stomped on the ground at the same time, even Yuan Datou on the city wall felt a shock under him.

"Damn, these melon babies are a little bit empty, if you have the ability, take a few more steps, and see if Lao Tzu doesn't shoot you!" Yuan Datou scolded in a low voice, but he also knew that he could only get over it, and the other party was not a fool, how could he come forward to eat a bow and arrow.

At the back of the military formation, Gou Xingma put down his binoculars and said, "Prepare for the artillery battalion!" ”

"Artillery camp ready!"

In a burst of neighing, a horse pulled a cannon under the city wall, and then came to a stop five hundred meters outside the city under the gaze of the rogues, and then a gunner jumped down from the carriage, and then unloaded the cannon in an orderly manner, and set it up into a firing state.

Boxes of projectiles were brought down and quickly reloaded by the gunners, all in less than a quarter of an hour.

When dozens of cannons were ready, with a roar, one after another shells rushed out of the chambers and fired towards the city wall.

"Boom ......"

A cannonball slammed into the gate tower and then exploded violently, blasting the gate tower into a table-sized hole, and the flying debris smashed into the surrounding hooligas.

"Here we go again...... Not again! ”

As a person who had fought with the Jiangning Army, Yuan Datou certainly knew the strength of the Jiangning Army, but in fact, when he knew that the Jiangning Army was pressuring the border, he knew that this Taihu County would definitely not be able to hold it.

But he had just been promoted by Li Zicheng to the commander of the army, of course, he couldn't escape without a fight, otherwise even if he fled back, Li Zicheng wouldn't be able to spare him, so his plan was to use the city of Taihu County to resist for a few more days, so that after escaping back, he would have an explanation.

But when the strange and familiar cannon sound rang out, the fear that had been buried deep in his heart was aroused again, and almost subconsciously, he immediately rushed from the battlements to the stairs behind him as fast as he could, and rushed to the cave under the city in three steps and two steps.

In fact, not only him, but all the other rogues who had seen the power of Jiangning's artillery had all made the same choice, they either hid behind the battlements or found a hiding place to hide, and those who stayed in the open space and looked around were all Tie Hanhan who had never seen the power of artillery.

"Boom ......"

An eighteen-pound cannonball landed on the city wall and exploded, sending countless shrednel and iron pellets in the shell flying everywhere, blasting the nearby bandits to flesh and blood.

Yang Feng, who had seen all this clearly through the telescope, shook his head, the fate of these rogues was already doomed, as long as a few more rounds of artillery bombardment, the Jiangning army could take this county seat effortlessly.

He turned to the herald beside him and said, "Let Gou wake up and prepare for the siege, and tell him that I will enter the city in an hour!" ”

"Whoa!"

Half an hour later, Taihu County fell for a few days and then returned to the embrace of the Ming court, led by Yuan Datou led by 3,000 Liukou did not escape, except for more than 500 people as prisoners, the rest of the more than 2,000 people all went to the west.

In fact, it stands to reason that the casualties of the rogues were not so large, but Yang Feng, who was enraged by the actions of the rogues, after recovering Taihu County, singled out all the rogues who had done evil, including Yuan Datou, and executed them all in front of the people of Taihu County, which is the reason why the prisoners were so at least.