May of the fifteenth year of Orthodoxy.

Staff generals Dai Jingkui and Liu Juntao stayed in the capital of Tingzhou for a few days, and joined up with the reinforcements from Nanzhili and other places, and the reinforcements from all over the country totaled more than 14,000 people, all of whom were temporarily reorganized into the various departments of the Beijing camp by the staff general Dai Jingkui to supplement the battle losses of the various departments of the Beijing camp.

As a result, with the addition of the officers and men of the battalions under Liu Juntao, the strength of the conscription army has reached about 50,000 again, but the combat power of the army has decreased compared with before.

Subsequently, the general Dai Jingkui saw that the army was sufficient, so he took advantage of the fact that the money and food could still support an order, and the army of 50,000 bandits killed Yanping Mansion, and the army entered Yanping Mansion from Ansha Town, and rushed to Yanping Mansion in the northeast.

At the same time, the thief Kou Ye Zongliu also received the news that the official army had regrouped his troops and horses to kill at the first time, and hurriedly told Deng Bosun not to plunder the place anymore, and quickly concentrated his forces and made every effort to hold Yong'an County to block the official army from going north, so as to buy time for his southward support.

And Ye Zongliu himself immediately gave up the Yanping Mansion City that was being attacked, and led the army of 230,000 thieves to hurry south, preparing to rush to Yong'an County to join Deng Bosun's department, relying on Yong'an County to start a decisive battle with the official army.

At this time, for Ye Zongliu, it has come to the time of life and death, Wang Neng, who was in a bloody battle in Ganzhou Mansion a few days ago, sent a message that Chen Zhengjing has strong troops and sharp troops, and the bloody battles between the two sides are not up and down, the casualties are very heavy, and in general, Wang Neng is still at a disadvantage.

And in front of him, the official army has increased its strength to kill again, Ye Zongliu is already unable to advance or retreat, and has lost his foundation, if he loses this battle again, then he will really die without a place to be buried!

So, Ye Zongliu was also ruthless, and led an army of 230,000 thieves to the south, but he was not in a hurry along the way, but took advantage of the opportunity to go south to seize the time to build shield cars, shields and other things, ready to be used to deal with Liu Juntao's sharp firearms.

At the same time, the general Dai Jingkui had already led his troops to Yong'an County, and ordered Liu Juntao to lead his troops to attack Yong'an County immediately.

Liu Juntao understood that the various units of the Beijing camp had just replenished their troops and had not yet recovered in terms of combat strength, so he did not shirk and directly mobilized troops to prepare for the siege battle.

This time, Liu Juntao ordered the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to attack the east of the city, the rear battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to attack the west of the city, and the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks to attack the south of the city.

Then, Liu Juntao ordered the Iron Cavalry Battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to stand by, ready to pursue the enemy or intercept the reinforcements of the thieves.

Once everything is set up, the siege begins!

Deng Bosun in the city was not to be outdone, and pushed all the 80,000 troops to the front line, divided into three waves to take turns to defend the city, and at the same time forcibly organized the people in the city in an attempt to use them as cannon fodder.

However, not long after the war began, Deng Bosun received the news that the people in the city suddenly rioted and tried to seize the south city gate, and he was so frightened that he immediately drove all the people home, forbidding any people to go out of the house, and those who violated the order were killed!

After that, Deng Bosun commanded tens of thousands of thieves to defend the city, in the face of the fierce fire of the battalions in Yushan Town, the thieves suffered heavy casualties, but under the pressure of Deng Bosun's bullets, they miraculously persevered, and they kept firing arrows to block the soldiers of the battalions in Yushan Town from approaching the city wall!

Although if it is attacked, the battalions of Yushan Town can completely attack the city, but the battalions will inevitably increase casualties, which is not something that Liu Juntao can tolerate.

Therefore, Liu Juntao ordered the birds of each battalion to form a formation to shoot at a distance, and to shoot at each other with the thieves and archers at the head of the city.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Blockade the city!"

"Shoot those archers!"

For a time, the surrounding area of Yongan County roared loudly, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the thieves on the city were beaten to the point that they couldn't raise their heads, the thieves of the brigade were hit or killed or injured, and a layer of corpses soon piled up on the city's head, and the blood like a river flowed down the steps on the city's head, just like a waterfall, magnificent!

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Sun Xu were each in command in the army, and seeing that the soldiers were never able to rush up to the city to fight, the three of them were a little anxious.

Liu Youfu, Liu Youcai, Meng Fanchen and other thousands of presidents frequently sent people to ask for battle, asking the ants to attack the city, or directly blast the city gate open with earth-shaking thunder.

However, in the face of Liu Juntao's order, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Sun Xu did not dare to disobey, so they could only continue to consume the thieves' troops according to their temperament.

Soon, the rain of arrows shot from the head of Yongan County~ became a lot more sparse, and gradually stopped after a while.

The archers of the thieves were the main targets of the birds, and after a fierce battle, they suffered heavy casualties, and as time passed, the surviving archers were already too sore to continue shooting.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao smiled faintly, and said to the herald: "Order all battalions to go to the city to fight immediately!" ”

"Thunderbolt Charge!"

"The Blademan is ready to enter the city!"

"Bird Gunners suppress the thieves at the head of the city!"

The soldiers of the battalions that were besieging the city adjusted their deployment one after another and began the battle to break the city.

I saw that the mine-throwers of each battalion rushed out of the military formation one after another, and under the cover of thousands of bird-swordsmen, they rushed directly to the gates of Yongan County, piled up the earth-shattering thunders at the city gates and lit the fire rope!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

In an instant, there were violent explosions on the eastern, western, and southern city gates of Yongan County, and the originally heavy city gates were suddenly blown apart, and countless sawdust and fragments flew in the air, sweeping the thieves near the city gate to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaojun roared: "Rush in!" ”

The two brothers Liu Youcai and Liu Youfu were already ready, and immediately led the two birds to charge.

At the same time, Yan Hu also sent the general Fan Jing to lead the long swordsman to open the way in front and lead the army into the city.

Meng Fanchen was even more violent, leading a team of guards to rush into the city gate cave first, directly killing the surrounding thieves, and occupying the city gate and city tower in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao smiled and said to Bai Yuxing and Tao Jixin: "Report to the general, Yong'an County has been taken!" ”

Half an hour later, Liu Juntao led more than 23,000 soldiers into Yong'an County, and Dai Jingkui, a staff general, also led his troops into the city to station.

The thief Deng Bosun saw the opportunity quickly, and fled all the way north from the north gate of Yong'an County with more than 50,000 defeated soldiers.

Zhou Zongsheng led the Iron Cavalry Battalion of the Yushan Town Escort Team to chase and kill, and pursued more than 20 miles north before stopping, and killed more than 10,000 thieves and returned victoriously.

Three days later, Deng Bosun, who was like a lost dog, led more than 40,000 defeated thieves to the north, and happened to encounter the army of Ye Zongliu, who was heading south.

Hearing that Yong'an County had been lost, Ye Zongliu was so angry that he scolded, and scolded Deng Bosun so much that he was red and angry, and he was about to turn his face with Ye Zongliu.

"Why don't you hurry up and go south with me to recapture Yongan County, what kind of majesty are you doing here!"

Deng Bosun, who was angry, shouted loudly.

Ye Zongliu said angrily: "Go south now? Yongan County is lost! Now that tens of thousands of officers and troops occupy Jiancheng, what are we going south for? To send to death! ”

Deng Bosun stopped talking when he heard this, and asked after a long time: "Then what now?" ”

Ye Zongliu looked at Deng Bosun, and suddenly had an urge to cry in his heart.

Now, although Ye Zongliu still has 230,000 troops in his hands, plus more than 40,000 thieves in Deng Bosun's hands, and 270,000 troops, it can be regarded as a strong army.

However, in the face of the pressing of the official army step by step, the army of thieves at this time had nowhere to go, and the more than 200,000 troops could only retreat step by step in a group, otherwise they would be broken by the officials and soldiers.

Ye Zong thought about it for a long time before he squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "Go!" Go north to the Shaxian area! That's my hometown, maybe when I get to Shaxian, the situation will be able to turn around! ”

In this regard, Deng Bosun naturally had no opinion, and on the same day, he led more than 40,000 remnants of the defeated army to follow Ye Zongliu and retreated towards Shaxian together.

Two days later, the generals Dai Jingkui and Liu Juntao also received the news, and after the two settled the follow-up affairs in Yongan County, they immediately led an army of 50,000 to pursue them north.