Kuizhou, is in the Tang Dynasty Wude two years, renamed by Xinzhou, in contemporary China, then Fengjie County, this city is located at the mouth of Qutang Gorge, surrounded by water on three sides, the terrain is steep, has always been an important town in the east of Sichuan, can be a place where soldiers must fight.

Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and only by capturing this city, Zhang Xianzhong's troops can go straight to Sichuan, plotting against Chongqing and western Sichuan.

This is why Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong both came to attack this city one after another.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, who was dressed in stainless steel armor and had a fur hat with two long pheasant feathers on his head that imitated the style of the opera troupe, saw that the naked woman he had sent to attack the city was shot by Qin Liangyu so ruthlessly, and he was so angry that he was furious.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong hated Qin Liangyu who shot these women to death and escorted the soldiers was not only because she sabotaged his siege plan, but also because he didn't want these women to die so quickly, and he also hoped that he could save these women for the rest of the day to replenish the army's food.

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong's troops, because the army was expanding too fast, caused the army to quickly run out of food, and Huguang, Yunyang and other places, because of the long-term war and seizure, villages and towns in various places were in ruins, and there was no way to grab food at all.

Without food, Zhang Xianzhong's department quickly revealed his murderous nature.

They killed all the women and children they had taken captive, skinned them and gutted them, and drenched them with salt and dried meat to feed them.

Like these women, Zhang Xianzhong originally thought that when they were tired of artillery, they would kill and replenish military rations after a while, but he didn't expect that they would all die outside this Kuizhou city now.

If you want to ensure that these dead women can be pickled into military rations urgently so that they don't stink and rot, you must quickly take Kuizhou City.

"Widow Qin, Lao Tzu is dead, you stinky slut! Lao Tzu has to take your Kuizhou City today! ”

After Zhang Xianzhong finished scolding, he immediately shouted: "Zhang Kewang! ”

(Note: This is the name that Sun Kewang changed to Zhang Xianzhong after he recognized Zhang Xianzhong as his father-in-law.)

For the convenience of the text, in addition to the dialogue, Sun Kewang is still used in the text, so as to be more in line with the reader's reading habits) "The child is here." ”

Sun Kewang, who was also wearing stainless steel armor on the side, hurriedly rode out of the column and answered loudly.

"This king orders you to lead our army of 20,000 soldiers to feint at the main gate to attract Qin Liangyu's main force of soldiers and horses!"

"The child has an order!"

"Bai Wenxuan! Zhang Nengqi! ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"The child is here!"

When the general Bai Wenxuan went out on horseback, another burly and sturdy young general with a broad face came out in response.

This Zhang Nengqi, formerly known as Ai Nengqi, also known as Ai Yunzhi and Ai Qineng, was twenty years old at the time, was a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, and was the fourth son of Zhang Xianzhong, known for his courage and ferocity in combat, and Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and called the four generals.

After Zhang Xianzhong became emperor in Chengdu, he was named the general of Dingbei, and then changed to the king of Dingbei.

In real history, after the fall of Zhang Xianzhong, he, like Li Dingguo and others, took refuge in the Southern Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately in the first year of Yongli, when he led his troops to attack Dongchuan, he encountered the local Tusi soldiers and horses, and was killed by a poisoned arrow.

After Li Xiao captured Li Dingguo in Nanzhili and Liu Wenxiu in Tielong City, Zhang Xianzhong deliberately spread the news in the army that the two of them had been executed by Li Xiao in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

Hearing the news, the youngest and simple-hearted Ai Nengqi cried bitterly for these two elder brothers, and vowed to avenge the two of them, but after Zhang Xianzhong's defeat in Iron Dragon City, he has not been able to recover, and Ai Nengqi's revenge plan had to be shelved indefinitely.

Now, taking advantage of the great loss of soldiers and horses in the imperial court due to the entry of the Qing army, Zhang Xianzhong's department has re-prospered, but to Ainengqi's disappointment, Zhang Xianzhong did not want to send troops to Shandong to attack Li Xiao, who killed Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, but wanted to attack Sichuan to find the most stable stronghold for himself.

Naturally, as Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, he could only obey Zhang Xianzhong's orders and follow him all the way up the river and into Sichuan to fight.

"Bai Wenxuan Zhang Nengqi, this king ordered the two of you, each with 20,000 elite soldiers, to go around to Kuizhou City, attack the West Gate and the South Gate respectively, and use all methods to capture Kuizhou City for me!"

"The child obeys!"

After Zhang Xianzhong's arrangement was completed, Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi's two troops and horses complied with his orders and began to feint and attack respectively.

As the saying goes, there are more than 10,000 people, boundless, Zhang Xianzhong launched 60,000 elite soldiers this time to attack the city of Kuizhou, and its situation is terrifying.

Looking at the city, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses were surging like a tide, and Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and others standing at the head of the city were all full of anxiety.

"Mother, the thieves are so powerful, I'm afraid there are no less than 60,000! There are only thousands of soldiers in the city of our army, and we can't tell where their main attack is, but how to meet the enemy? ”

Ma Xianglin's voice sounded anxiously.

Qin Liangyu let out a long sigh and replied hatefully: "Child, the enemy army is so powerful, even if our army can't do it, we can't abandon this city lightly, we still have to fight hard with the enemy army, and we can do our best!" ”

Soon, tens of thousands of thieves under Zhang Xianzhong swarmed in, filled in the deep ditch outside the city, and went straight to the city.

Sun Kewang immediately ordered his 20,000 soldiers to scold and lure the enemy, and lured Qin Liangyu's troops to resist him, thinking that he would create a more favorable offensive opportunity for the Ai Nengqi troops behind Kuizhou City.

Qin Liangyu, who was panicked by the huge momentum of the enemy, really hit the plan, she ordered half of the soldiers in the city to be concentrated at the east gate to resist Sun Kewang's possible attack.

While Qin Liangyu's troops were guarding the east gate, the Ainengqi department put the ladders and hooks on the city wall of the west gate of Kuizhou, and the carefully selected brave soldiers climbed to the west gate city with knives in their mouths.

In addition to using siege ladders and hooks to climb the city, they also organized soldiers to use huge crashes to try to break through the city wall of the south gate.

This Kuizhou city quickly fell into the dangerous situation of being besieged by the thief army on three sides.

Soon, the thieves began to attack the city wall and fought with Qin Liangyu's troops.

As more and more thieves poured into the city, Qin Liangyu's soldiers and horses decreased rapidly, and this small Kuizhou City was like a lonely boat fluttering in the stormy waves, as if it would capsize in the ocean at any time.

At this time, the situation of the Ming Dynasty defenders in the city was extremely critical, not only Ma Xianglin and others had to resist desperately, but Qin Liangyu, who was over sixty years old, also shook the silver spear, put on the battle, and fought with the thieves who kept coming.

It's just that after stabbing to death and stabbing more than ten thieves one after another, the thieves pouring in from the city came more and more, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but shout sadly: "God, it's a pity that I, Qin Liangyu I, was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that I would die here!" ”

At this moment, the smug screams of the thieves sounded next to him.

"Catch her! Catch it alive! This girl is the main general of Ming Gouzi, and if she catches her, the eight kings will definitely give us a heavy reward! ”

"That's right, don't let this old woman run away, although this old woman is old, her figure is good, I still want to taste what it's like!"

"That's right, you see that although this girl is old, her breasts are shrugged, her waist is thin, hehe, if you really do it, it may not be worse than those young women."

Hearing the obscene words of these thieves, Qin Liangyu was almost indignant, and his teeth were gritted loudly.

She mustered up her strength, roared and rushed forward, and after stabbing several thieves in succession, she only had a slight popping sound, and a knife slashed, but it cut open her own belly, and cut her back with a bloody mark.

A huge pain came, Qin Liangyu screamed in pain, almost fainted, she almost bit her chin to bleed, and she could stand firmly.

"Mother!"

There was a mournful cry from Ma Xianglin next to him, and he roared and rushed over, trying his best to kill the thieves who attacked Qin Liangyu from behind.

It's just that although the thieves were temporarily forced to retreat, they quickly regrouped and surrounded Qin Liangyu and the others.

"Son, it looks like you and I are both going to die here. No matter what, in this Kuizhou city, be loyal to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty. ”

Qin Liangyu was panting, her face was pale, and crystal tears, mixed with tears all over her face, slipped quietly from her face.

"Mother, the child is very happy to die with his mother......"

Ma Xianglin, who was bloodied and panting, forcibly squeezed out a smile on his face.

Just when Qin Liangyu's mother and son thought that they could only die in Kuizhou City next, they suddenly heard a faint sound of swans from the east.

Isn't it, at such a critical time, reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty came?

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At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, who was originally an arrow away, saw that his army was about to capture Kuizhou City, and it was Zhang Xianzhong, who had a joyful expression on his face, heard that behind his huge army, there was a louder and louder swan horn, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

"it! What's going on? Where did you come from?! Hurry up and make it clear to this king! ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face swelled with rage, and he shouted loudly at the escort cavalry on the side.

The cavalry hurriedly complied, and then dozens of horsemen immediately pulled their horses and went east.

Unexpectedly, soon there was a dense sound of popping beans, and it could be clearly heard, mixed with the screams of many cavalrymen and the mournful screams of horses.

Zhang Xianzhong's heart tightened instantly.

Soon, he saw that only two poorly armored cavalrymen fled back in disarray, and they shouted as they ran: "Eight kings, it's not good, it's the Tang army, it's the dog thief Tang Guogong Li Xiao's soldiers and horses are here!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face instantly turned pale.

Isn't it, it's Tang Jun coming?

It was actually the Tang army that was very brave, beat the thieves, and beat the Qing prisoners to obediently withdraw from the pass?

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Zhang Xianzhong almost reflexively, and quickly thought that Li Xiao would defeat himself twice in a row in the land of Suzhou in Nanzhili and Tielongcheng in Shanxian County, Shandong, and capture the old things of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

At this time, he was already in chaos, so he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, hurry up and give the order, give up attacking Kuizhou, and immediately withdraw the troops!" ”

When the loud sound of gold resounded in the ears of every thief who attacked the city and was about to destroy the Ming army in the city in one go, all the thieves could hardly believe their own ears.

Isn't it, at this critical moment when Kuizhou City is about to be captured, the Eight Kings actually ordered the troops to retreat?

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How is this possible!

However, when they clearly heard that the sound of gold was indeed clearly sounding from their own positions, all the thieves had no intention of fighting, so they could only abandon this low-hanging fruit of Kuizhou City and retreat to their own formation.

At this time, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and the others, seeing that the Liukou, who had already taken the advantage, gave up the low-hanging fruit Kuizhou City so easily, and receded like a tide, the stunned expressions on their faces could hardly be described in words.

Originally, now was a good time to lead the army to pursue, but Qin Liangyu's troops, who had suffered heavy casualties, had no ability to organize a counterattack at all, so they could only stare dryly and watch the thieves retreat step by step.

The three thief generals who led the army to retreat, Sun Kewang, Bai Wenxuan, and Ai Nengqi, each had an extremely angry and unwilling expression.

They rode up to Zhang Xianzhong, and Ai Nengqi took the lead in asking: "Father, why is this Kuizhou City already within reach, but why is it that we are so urgently retreating?!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face was as black as iron, he didn't speak, he just handed the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to the puffing Ai Nengqi, and then pointed to the back.

Ai Nengqi raised his mirror and looked, and at this moment, his face froze.

He clearly saw that on one side of the big red background black letters "Don"

Under the banner of the word army, there are at least seven or eight thousand soldiers, who are lined up in a neat military formation, slowly pressing behind their own military formation.

At the front, there were nearly 2,000 Tang army gunners with long silver guns, lined up in a vertical line, rushing towards their huge military formation.

"Ah, their firecrackers are Rumi's guns!"

Eneng couldn't help but scream.

Sun Kewang, Bai Wenxuan and others next to him were all pale.

Yes, Ainengqi is not mistaken, these Tang Army's firecrackers, holding in their hands, are Lumi guns made of stainless steel.

After Li Xiao led the army from Shandong to Taiwan, this Lu Mi gun was successfully developed by the firearms research and development team of Tielong City.

At the beginning, Zhao Jie, the chief of firearms, led the firearms research and development team to make the barrel with the traditional three-stage joint method, and then changed the barrel to the method of firearms master Zhao Shizhen, which was made in a double-layer composite style.

This method, in fact, is also recorded in Qi Shaobao's "New Book of Ji Xiao", and is widely used in the construction of firearms by Qi Jiajun.

It is recorded in the sibling chapter of this book that the price of the bird is often smelted iron, and the two are mutually reinforcing.

This two-phase package is actually a double-layer composite type.

This double-layer composite method is completely different from the three-stage joint type, the double-layer composite pipe making method is directly wrapped with red iron on a steel stamen more than three feet long, and when the first layer of iron is wrapped, another layer is wrapped on this layer of gun, so that the joint of the inner gun is wrapped by the outer layer of gunned body to form a composite body.

The joints of the barrel created in this way will be stronger, but this type of barrel cannot make a long barrel, but the mouth can be made larger than the first type of barrel, so the power at the effective distance is also greater.

In fact, Zhao Jie and others soon discovered that the most time-consuming process in the manufacturing process of this Lumi gun was actually trimming.

At the beginning, the Lumi guns were all octagonal, with one thick body and one thin end, the thick one made the belly, and the thin one made the mouth.

The crosshairs are welded in the same way after the gun body is welded.

In this way, the crosshair and the illumination are just two protrusions before processing, and they have no effect.

Before welding, the fire table and the fire table have been pre-drilled with fire transmission holes, and they should be welded in line with the position of the fire transmission holes, and should not be blocked.

At this time, Lu Mi Gong can only be regarded as a rough embryo, and he still needs to drill out of the gun chamber again and frustrate the crosshair.

However, the level of technology at this time is limited, the section of the steel is neither pure and round, the body is not straight, the boring is rough and uneven, and the boring is also drilled with a drill bit.

At the beginning, Zhao Jie and the others only drilled the bore by hand, which was laborious, laborious, and easy to drill, until later, they improved the hydraulic drilling machine.

The method of Zhao Jie et al. is that this kind of drilling machine uses wood as a frame, and a circular stone disc is used as an inertia wheel, which is tied to a leather strip and pulled by hydraulic circulation to make the stone disc drive the drill bit to rotate.

The drill bit and the frustration knife are made of hard steel, and after the drill chamber, the shaft must be scraped.

In fact, this is also the method recorded in the "New Book of Discipline", the original hole of the bird gun is very small, drilled with a steel drill, scraped an inch a day, until the end, and drilled in January.

It's just that after drilling a gun pipe in a month, it is still fast, which shows how time-consuming this process is, and it can also be seen how time-consuming and laborious the production of this Lumi gun was in the Ming Dynasty.

After the successful production of hydraulic drilling machines, Zhao Jie expanded the hydraulic drilling machines to 100 units, so that the production of Lumi guns has been rapidly improved.

As a result, as of the first two months, this kind of Lumi gun, which can accurately shoot at targets at a distance of 15 steps, has produced a total of more than 2,000 guns.

According to the number of these Lu Mi guns, Li Xiao formed a 2,000-strong fire gun team in Shandong, and then sent them to the An monk stationed in Huguang.

But I didn't expect that it would come in handy here.