On the fifth day of the opening, there were only twenty miles left from Jinling County, and the child soldiers began to divide their troops, in addition to the 5,000 people of the Green Snake Army, they also divided 1,000 auxiliary soldiers.

Qiu Wei and Song Qianzhi said goodbye to everyone and rode away on horseback.

They didn't know that they walked by, and the child soldiers divided again.

"The Great Sage took 6,000 people to be stationed on the spot, waiting for news from the Jin Tomb, ready to help at any time."

Huo Bao glanced at Hou Xiaoming and Shi San, and said to Hou Xiaoming.

"Honorable Order!"

Hou Xiaoming didn't say a word, and responded happily.

Huo Bao took the remaining 8,000 people and continued to go in the direction of Yixing.

On the afternoon of 11 February, 8,000 child soldiers arrived five miles outside the city of Yixing.

Huo Bao ordered someone to send an order down and stationed on the spot.

Shi San was a little excited, and came over and said, "Bao Ye, do you want to rest for one night and attack the city tomorrow?" ”

Huo Bao was not in a hurry, pointed to the seat in front of him, let Shi San sit, and said: "The outpost sent back the news, everything is as usual in Yixing City, and the city gate has not been closed......

Shi San blinked: "Then why don't we go directly to the city, try to seize the door first?" ”

Even if the local armament of the imperial court is insufficient now, and the morale of the Chuzhou army is like a rainbow, this siege war is still the most destructive war, and it is natural to avoid it.

"How? How many people have passed? ”

Huo Bao then asked.

When Shi San heard this, he was full of excitement: "The city gate guards in the county seat are full of fifty people, counting those who eat empty salaries and take turns on holidays, it is good to have twenty or thirty people left, and twenty of his subordinates will go over." ”

As for the fact that when they were fighting Luzhou, Huo Bao and Shui Jin went up to seize the door, which cannot be used as a precedent.

The two are brave and unmatched.

At the moment, Shui Jin is not there, there is Huo Bao here, but there is no reason for him to take the lead in every battle.

In that case, what else do you want them to do?

Even Huo Bao is here, and he will not be easily involved.

Swords and guns have no eyes, but they are not for fun.

If Huo Bao is like that, after this battle, there will be no next time.

Huo Bao said: "Then try it!" ”

When fifty warriors were sent at three o'clock and their uniforms were changed, scouts came to report that the city gate was closed.

Huo Bao looked at the sky, it was not yet time to close the city gate.

This should have discovered the whereabouts of the army and got the news.

Shi San pursed his mouth, and there was no wanton calmness on his face: "Master Bao! ”

Huo Bao still looked calm, waved his hand, and beckoned the generals to come to the door.

Shi San looked at the artillery carriage on the other side of the logistics battalion, and his heart settled down again.

Siege the city, siege the city, afraid of a bird?

They have thunderbolts.

The army stretched and continued to advance in the direction of Yixing City.

Outside the city gates, it was already dusk.

"Set up camp!"

Huo Bao was not in a hurry to attack the city, so he chose a safe place and let everyone camp on the spot.

In Yixing City, the city gate is closed, torches are lit on the city wall, and there are more than enough shadows.

"It's coming, it's really coming?"

"What to do? Sent a message to Fucheng? ”

Yixing County Order, Yixing County Cheng, Yixing County Lieutenant, the three giants all rushed over.

Looking at the black head in the twilight, the Yixing county commander turned pale and held hatred in his heart.

As early as the fall of Zhenjiang in October last year, he was worried, and under the pretext of "phlegm disease", he sent a fold to the prefect's yamen who wanted to go to work and raise soldiers, and asked the prefect's yamen to take it to the imperial court.

In order to go to work smoothly, he sent three hundred taels of silver to the documents of the prefect's yamen, but because Henan and Huainan all fell, the official documents were not understood, and in the end it was still lost.

He also lacked courage, kept a wait-and-see heart, and did not wait for a turnaround, but waited for a dead end.

There were constant fires in various places, and many people who had been fooled welcomed the whiteshirts, but for local officials, the arrival of the whiteshirts was tantamount to a lifeline.

Whether it is defending the land and martyrdom, or losing the land and surrendering to the enemy, the Yixing county commander does not want to choose.

It's just that the soldiers are coming to the city, and he has to choose if he doesn't want to.

He turned his head and looked at the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant, the county magistrate's eyes flashed, and the county lieutenant looked solemn.

Yixing County Ling smiled bitterly.

These two are different from him.

Both are locals of Yixing.

He is a "dragon crossing the river" who has little courage, and after arriving in Yixing, he does not dare to offend these two "local snakes", and he pays attention to harmony in everything, unlike the chief officials and auxiliary officials in other places who fight to the death.

But the scene in front of him not only involves the life and death of individuals, but also the life and death of the entire family.

Even if the Yixing County Commander wants to fight to the death in the city, it depends on whether these two people are willing or not.

"Brother Bai, Brother Huang, the white-shirted army has come to the city, where should Yixing go, can the two of you make a decision in your heart?"

Yixing County Lingdao.

The county man shook his goatee and swore an oath: "The adults are the parents of Yixing, and our subordinate officials regard the adults as the head of the horses." Your lord has always been kind, and he will definitely think of protecting the people on this side! ”

Bad-hearted old thing!

This is a bitch who still wants to set up an archway, and he has the heart to join the enemy, and he doesn't want to take the lead, and he doesn't want to take any risks.

The Yixing County Commander took a "bah" in his heart, and looked at the Yixing County Lieutenant again.

"Anyway, let's fight first!"

The county lieutenant of Yixing said: "A few years ago, the county battalion recruited 3,000 people, and now there are a total of 3,700!" ”

That's right, not only Jinling County was conscripted, but Yixing was also conscripted years ago.

Because the roads were cut off and could not be sorted out, the Changzhou government did not get the official document of the military department for recruitment.

A few years ago, the conscription of soldiers in various counties was issued by the prefect's yamen, in the name of "drawing strong men" to repair local city defenses.

Yixing County Cheng's face changed suddenly, and he didn't dare to shrink back anymore: "How to fight?" The Chuzhou army is now in Jinling, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, not to mention Yixing, even Fucheng is afraid that it is now in danger! ”

Not to mention the adjacent Zhenjiang Mansion, the local garrison is above Changzhou; There is also Yangzhou Mansion on the other side of the river, and the defenders of Huainan Province are directly stationed, but not all of them have fallen one after another.

Yixing is a small county, and the mantis arm is used as a car, and it is not enough to do it.

The county lieutenant of Yixing looked at him like a knife and said, "Don't fight?" Lord Bai wants to vote for a white shirt? ”

The county was so choked that he couldn't speak.

What if you don't vote?

Desperate to the death?

The county magistrate looked at the county lieutenant and felt indignant in his heart.

Who still doesn't know who?

The Huang family is a big family in Yixing, with hundreds of clansmen, so he doesn't believe that the Bai County Lieutenant really dares to resist the white-shirted army to the death.

Chuzhou white shirts are not vegetarians, they made a fortune from Chuzhou, and accepted many gentry officials along the way, and also packed up many gentry officials.

Nowadays, the imperial court is weak, and the smoke is constantly flowing in various places, and Changzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang, which are among the three places of Taizhou White Shirt, Chuzhou White Shirt, and Taizhou White Shirt, have become lonely guides.

Today's Chuzhou white shirts are not coming, and tomorrow's Taizhou white shirts and Taizhou white shirts are also coming.

Taizhou Baishan was born as a bandit and had slaughtered the village; Taizhou Baishan was born as a salt bandit, and in order to collect money in Taizhou and Huai'an, he wantonly slaughtered the gentry; On the contrary, it is a Chuzhou white shirt, although he is born as a mountain bandit, but he can be found in his actions, and his reputation is more credible.

……

Under the city of Jinling.

Looking at the cannon that exploded into a pile of scrap iron, Qiu Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be ashamed of your face!" If you don't want to be obedient, you should die! ”

The Green Snake Army has been besieging the Jin Tomb for a day and night, and it has also made people shoot a letter of persuasion.

However, the Jinling County Order and the Jinling County Lieutenant did not reply to the letter, and brought the county soldiers to the city wall and made a gesture of sticking.

Qiu Wei couldn't do anything, so he ordered people to attack the city with artillery carts.

This artillery carriage, also known as the Thunderbolt, came from the firearms battalion.

The artillery of the imperial court was imitated, and the distance and power were there, but the problem of exploding the chamber was not solved.

A gun carriage, which can only be fired four times at most, turns into a pile of scrap metal.

Qiu Wei ordered people to concentrate on bombarding the city gate, saving money, and it was also bombed seven times before the city gate tower collapsed.

Scrapped a gun carriage.

You must know that the entire child soldier brought out ten thunderbolt carts from Jinling.

On the side of the Green Snake Army, five were allocated, and one was less than one broken.

This "Eastern Crusade" is not only to fight Changzhou Mansion, but also to Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion.

According to Deng Jian's previous military order, after the child soldiers took Jinling County and Yixing County, they went to Fucheng to join forces with Deng Jian to fight Suzhou.

Qiu Wei not only felt sorry for the lost artillery, but also saw that Jinling County was a hard bone.

It's just that at this time, he was not afraid, waved the big sword in his hand, and rode his horse to the city gate......