Fengjiazhuang is located on a small plain with several streams running through it, and the abundance of water has also allowed the plain to be developed into rice fields.

It is precisely because of this small plain that Fengjiazhuang will become a well-known granary nearby.

It's just that this Fengjiazhuang doesn't look like an ordinary village in Li Xuan's opinion, but more like a fortress.

It has a walled wall that ordinary villages do not have, and the walled wall is quite high, from a distance, you can see that there are not a few people walking around on the wall, a very guarded appearance, obviously the people of Fengjiazhuang have already been aware of the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, and have prepared early.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to see that all the grain outside the village has been harvested, and there is no one outside the village, obviously it was harvested in advance, and hid in the village in advance.

Li Xuan looked at this Feng Jiazhuang and felt a little strange, and Huang Xueren and the others were also shocked!

"When did this Fengjiazhuang build this wall, and dug a moat, the last time we came, their wall was just a wooden fence!" Huang Xueren obviously couldn't believe what he saw.

Butcher Chen on the side said: "It must have been scared by us last year, so we built such a walled wall and dug a moat, but if they think that with such a moat and wall, they can stop us, it is simply infatuated......

Butcher Chen habitually said half an idiom, but at this time, Qian Mengjiu, a scholar who could pick up his words, had no intention of playing a two-person relationship with him, so he didn't answer his words at all, and made up for that wishful thinking.

Instead, he turned his head directly and prepared to speak to Li Xuan, which made Butcher Chen's face flush for a long time, and he didn't think of what the next two words were.

At this moment, Butcher Chen missed Liu Bagou who stayed in Huangzhu Mountain, and Liu Bagou would not ignore him like Qian Mengjiu

With a good partner, it's hard to find in the world!

At this time, Li Xuan listened to Qian Mengjiu and said: "Even though Fengjiazhuang has built a wall, but now that my Tang Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, this Fengjiazhuang is not big, and its city wall is not as good as that of Longhua Town, it is still possible for us to fight down!" ”

As the frontier fortress of the Ming army, Longhua Town is also an important logistics supply base for them to enter the mountain to encircle and suppress Huangzhushan, so whether it is Su Jiakang or Diao Leixun, they attach great importance to the construction of fortifications in Longhua Town.

Through a year's time, the town wall was perfected, and now the city wall of Longhua Town will not be much worse than Zhengtai County in terms of thickness and height, and the fortifications of all parties are quite perfect.

The reason why it was looted by Huangzhushan at the beginning of the year was not because the fortifications of Longhua Town were not perfect enough, but because there were not many Ming troops in Longhua Town at that time, only a group of young and strong.

Although the Feng family in front of him is stronger than ordinary villages, it is definitely not comparable to Longhua Town or Zhengtai County.

Li Xuan also nodded slightly: "Be cautious when you wait for the next fight, don't rush in!" ”

Li Xuan was unwilling to lose too many men and horses under Fengjiazhuang, and if the loss was too great, it would seriously affect his follow-up battle plan.

After the army successfully arrived outside Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan did not waste time on the generals for a long time, and did not even give a mobilization speech before the battle, because he knew that if the defenders in Longhua Town wanted to come, it would only take half a day, but there was no time for the bandits in Huangzhushan to grind.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Fengjiazhuang, after a brief discussion, Li Xuan ordered all departments to prepare to attack Fengjiazhuang according to the plan discussed last night, strive for a quick victory, and strive to break Fengjiazhuang today, and run away after grabbing food.

Because Fengjiazhuang has a moat and a walled wall, the plan that was planned to rush directly is naturally useless, they first plan to suppress the enemy with long-range firepower, and then fill in the small ditch that is temporarily called the moat.

Then it depends on whether the situation launches a battle in the city!

As the orders were issued one after another, the more than 500 bandits in Huangzhu Mountain began to get busy, and the more than 300 soldiers of the New Army, who were the main force of the siege, directly rested on the ground, and then ate dry food and drank water to recover their strength.

And a large number of young men of those baggage teams began to act, and the young men of these baggage teams actually did not carry much baggage all the way, because the Tang Dynasty Wang Shi did not bring any food when he came out of the mountain, and brought these young and strong bandits with him, in fact, to let them transport food back to Huangzhushan in the follow-up, and the new army itself did not need so many logistics personnel to support it.

Because they eat the enemy, they don't need any logistics transportation in the first place!

The people began to cut trees nearby, preparing to use trees to build a bridge directly over the moat, which was only one zhang wide, as for filling the ditch with earth and stones, there was no need at all, and it was too troublesome, and it was much more convenient and faster to cut some big trees and lay them on the moat, which was much more convenient and faster than digging and filling the ditch.

In addition to preparing for the bridge, some long ladders will be made to climb up the city.

Many preparations before the war are more cumbersome, and Li Xuan is also the first time to experience this kind of formal siege battle, to be honest, he doesn't understand a lot, fortunately Zeng Ziwen is here.

This person is now following Li Xuan's side, constantly reminding Li Xuan how to arrange!

At this time, Li Xuan felt even more that he was right to insist on recruiting Zeng Ziwen, even if it took half a year for this, and he wasted a lot of effort, but judging from today's situation, it was worth it.

In terms of the planning and arrangement of the formal operation, a Zeng Ziwen such as Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, Chen Butcher, and Wang Danxu all added up to be useful.

At this moment, Li Xuan wanted to directly open the title that had not been rewarded, and then give Zeng Ziwen a duke and marquis or something.

But in the end, I still endured it, the official hat of the Tang Dynasty has been worthless because of the indiscriminate issuance, if this title is given casually, then the Tang Dynasty will not be able to go all over the land in the future.

This title must be restrained and cannot be given indiscriminately, at least it must be awarded only when the Tang Dynasty is on the right track, for example, when the population exceeds 10,000.

Li Xuan resisted the urge to reward his ministers and make him a prince and a marquis, and then continued to arrange preparations for the siege.

The progress of logging was quite fast, and in less than an hour, the people of the Tang Dynasty King Division had already brought back many trees from the surrounding areas, and even the carpenters in the army made a lot of huge wooden shields and long ladders on the spot.

In the afternoon, Bai Yunqi, who was in charge of the logging business, reported that the trees needed to build the bridge had been prepared.

Immediately, Li Xuan ordered, prepare for action, don't care about the rest, build the bridge across the river first, and then talk about it, and when the bridge is completed, those long ladders are estimated to be almost made, and strive to enter the city before dark.

With Li Xuan's order, the more than 300 soldiers of the New Army who were originally resting on the ground to maintain their physical strength all got up, and then began to line up one by one.

Two of the musketeers and archers marched forward in formation, preparing to suppress the enemy at the head of Fengjiazhuang and cover the others to carry the trees up to build a bridge.

After a few moments, the 1st and 2nd musketeers had arrived at their intended location and began to load and light their arquebuses!

As Wang Danxu, who was riding on the horse, waved the waist knife in his hand, and the musketeers in the front row of the two musket teams pulled the trigger together!

Then came the second row, the third row!

In an instant, bursts of dense gunfire rang out outside Fengjiazhuang, accompanied by gunshots and a large area of white smoke!

With the musketeers firing, the Battle of Fengjiazhuang, which was huge in scale and would have a significant and far-reaching impact on the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, officially began!