Chapter 37: The Siege of the Village

Zhang Xuan saw that Wang Jincai had only brought back three or five hundred people, and there were not many people who were damaged in the burning shop, and he was about to appease him, when he heard Luo Rucai say: "What? These Baoding soldiers just can't do it, so let me be on the same level. Luo Rucai didn't wait for Zhang Xuan to speak, so he qualified this matter and said: "Old black, old white, you guys, let them see the strength of my Cao Yingzhong army." ”

Luo Rucai felt that as soon as the wall was broken, the general trend had gone, and the people inside were just stubbornly resisting, and it was not a big deal at all. As soon as the elite of his headquarters rushed, he naturally broke it.

"Yes." Bai Gui, and Hei Yunxiang said loudly.

This Bai Gui and Hei Yunxiang are both old men under Luo Rucai, and they are Luo Rucai's generals in the Chinese army, especially Hei Yunxiang is a Mongolian, who fights the most hard, and is also favored by Luo Rucai.

Luo Rucai took away Zhang Xuan's command of the battlefield, and Zhang Xuan had no choice but to quietly retreat to the side, but he saw that Wang Jincai was full of disbelief, but he didn't dare to speak out. thinks that although Wang Jincai is sleek, he still has a bit of backbone, and he can be regarded as a usable person. Secretly reassure a few words.

However, after a moment's effort, Hei Yunxiang and Bai Gui brought more than 1,000 Chinese troops, and this gap could not be opened if there were too many people. They all rushed in.

As soon as they entered the burning shop, the people outside could only hear the voices inside, and they couldn't see what was going on inside.

The sound of artillery and the sound of fighting resounded throughout the camp for a while. It seems that there is no prelude to the war at all, and it suddenly enters the climax. The storm came and went quickly, and in less than half an hour, the voice suddenly became quieter, and Bai Gui escaped from the burning shop with the remnants of the defeated army.

"What's going on?" Luo Rucai grabbed Bai Gui's collar and said, "How did you escape, it's black?" What happened to Blackie? ”

Luo Ru was used to seeing life and death, and when Bai Gui escaped alone, he already had a premonition.

Sure enough, Bai Gui said with a bit of despair: "Lao Hei is dead, Lao Hei was killed by an artillery shot." It's cut in two. ”

"Corpses? Do you have Lao Hei is a brother in life and death, and even Lao Hei's corpse was lost to the official army? Luo Rucai kicked Bai Gui in anger and said, "Why don't you die?" ”

Bai Gui fell heavily to the ground, raised his head suddenly, his face blackened by gunpowder was a little hideous, and said: "Hold the plate, give me another thousand people, I will attack again, if I don't snatch the old black corpse, I will die inside." ”

Luo Rucai actually didn't want to accept defeat, but he felt that the overall situation had been decided, and sending his henchmen and old man was just a credit grab, and he never expected that such a change would happen, and he would lose a cadre, this contrast made Luo Rucai unacceptable.

"Commander, don't be angry and raise a teacher." Zhang Xuan approached Luo Rucai and said in a voice that could only be heard by Luo Rucai: "The death of General Hei is a pity, but the marshal also protects General Bai." ”

When Luo Rucai heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, remembering what he had just said, and knew that sending Bai Gui to fight at this time was to force Bai Gui to die.

As Luo Rucai said, Bai Gui and Hei Yunxiang are both old men who followed Luo Rucai to raise troops, the two are brothers in life and death, they also have a gangster name, called black and white impermanence, and they are inseparable in weekday battles, and the relationship between them is deep, deeper than his feelings for this plate.

Lao Hei died, and the saddest thing was Lao Bai. If he forces Lao Bai to fight again, it's good that Lao Bai can snatch Lao Hei's corpse, but if he can't grab it, he must die inside.

But where is the corpse so easy to grab? Luo Rucai is sure that at this moment, Lao Hei's head has been cut off by the official army for merit, how can he snatch it?

And Luo Rucai doesn't believe in Wang Jincai's combat effectiveness, but he always trusts the old brother who followed him from birth to death. Since they can't attack it, it shows that Fu Zonglong is a hard bone. Luo Rucai had the intention of quitting the army for a while, and he didn't want to throw his old foundation here.

"What's going on?" Li Zicheng said.

The fire shop and the newly established camp are not large, so the various battlefields are not far apart, such a big movement here immediately attracted Li Zicheng's attention, and Li Zicheng also rushed over to take a look, Luo Rucai saw Li Zicheng coming, his heart moved, and he sighed and said: "It's not that my Cao Ying is not good at attacking the city, my son-in-law will blow up the wall, the old black and the old white can't attack it, and even the old black is dead inside, it's really ashamed." ”

"Why bother? You and I have their own strengths, and if you attack the village, let me break into the camp. Li Zicheng seemed to be kind and said.

"Wait for that." Luo Rucai said secretly in his heart. But there was hesitation on his face, and he said after a while: "Okay, I'll leave it to Brother Li here." ”

"Don't worry." Li Zicheng said: "My old battalion is elite, and I will definitely be able to capture it." ”

"Master Overseer, the thieves are coming up again." Li Benshi said.

Fu Zonglong sat on an official hat chair, sitting upright, surrounded by soldiers on the left and right. He was in a position right across from the gap.

"It's very rigid and rigid." Fu Zonglong smiled faintly and said, "Find a tree and kill it, will this thief fight." ”

"The Overseer is right." The generals below burst into laughter.

"However, the thief should not be underestimated." Fu Zonglong said: "Send people to order everywhere to be on guard, and be careful of the sound of thieves hitting the west." And save some gunpowder arrows, the days are still long. ”

"Yes." The generals agreed. They all went down to make arrangements.

Fu Zonglong's eyes were empty, and he didn't pay attention to the situation on the battlefield at all. It's not that he doesn't have a big heart, he ambushes more than 2,000 people in the most elite Sichuan army under his command here, and the firearms bow and crossbow stand half of the whole army, and occupies a favorable position, if even they can't defeat the thieves, it is useless for him to think about it.

He wasn't worried about the situation in front of him. He Fu Zonglong is confident, then it is a small village, he Fu Zonglong will defend it, even if there are 100,000 enemy troops, he can defend it.

But there is no reinforcement outside, and there is no city to defend inside, where are his reinforcements? Without reinforcements, he could hold out for a day or two, nine days and ten days, but not for a longer period of time, and if nothing else, there would be insufficient food in the army.

That's what worries him.

This time it was Liu Zongmin who came.

Liu Zongmin is a general who breaks into the camp, and is known for his courage in battle, and Li Zicheng sent Liu Zongmin as soon as he came up, but he did not show his intention to break into the army in front of Luo Rucai. Although Chuang Ying and Cao Ying are uniting, they are fighting secretly all the time, but people who are not at this level can't feel it. For the lower-class soldiers, the two sides can be called intimate.

Liu Zongmin was not a vain person, and before attacking, he asked the defeated soldiers carefully. Knowing the arrangement of the officers and soldiers inside, he immediately arranged manpower, he did not bring many people, even if there were many people, this gap could not be opened, so he only brought 800 people, but these 800 people were all elite men, people wearing strong armor, holding swords and shields, and more than 100 people with firearms.

I don't know if Liu Zongmin is taking revenge, he ordered, Zhang Xuan's trebuchet moved forward and smashed the gunpowder into the burning shop.

But Zhang Xuan was unwilling, you must know that the range of the trebuchet was not far, far less than artillery, the reason why Zhang Xuan chose to reduce weight and only use thirty or fifty catties of things was not to want the range, even so the artillery on the opposite side was not completely out of reach of them.

It's just that Fu Zonglong's army was stationed in a hurry, and there were no cannons in the first place, and the quality of the Ming artillery, as well as the ability of the gunners, made them not have the ability to strike accurately. But if you go further, it is not safe, the wall is only a part of the collapse, and not all of it has collapsed.

But Liu Zongmin's status was above Zhang Xuan, and Luo Rucai didn't say anything, so Zhang Xuan could only do it.

However, if the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Zhang Xuan will not personally command.

Fortunately, when Zhang Xuan built these trebuchets, he installed wheels, and he may not be able to move long distances, but he can still move for hundreds of meters, and more than 100 people pushed a trebuchet to move forward slowly, which really attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers on the finished weapons.

They immediately turned in a few cannons and aimed them at the trebuchet. After a few rounds, some shells hit the back of the trebuchet, and some had to hit the front.

Just missed.

"Kill." Liu Zongmin shouted, took the lead, and rushed over with his men and horses.