Lin Zhaolong came to the office of the Mining Bureau and found Gu Yunkun: "Old Gu, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, we still have a batch of crude oil that has not been sent, and we will send it before the year or after the year." ”

"Before the year, don't wait for the new year, the family may be waiting to use it." Gu Yunkun replied, "Give them more wages, and someone will be willing to send them." ”

"Did you give Lin Yingrui a gift?" Lin Zhaolong asked again.

"Delivered." Gu Yunkun said angrily, "This guy's appetite is getting bigger and bigger now, and he is good at gift money every time." ”

"Forget it, no matter how you say it, it's a little money, and it's not worth tearing your face for this little thing." Lin Zhaolong asked, "Are you going back to Yulin Bay after the New Year?" ”

"Hmm. There is no problem with the oil extraction, and the family means to let me go back. Gu Yunkun stood up and patted Lin Zhaolong, "You don't have to worry, the family will send someone else to accompany you." ”

"I'm not worried about that." Lin Zhaolong smiled, "It's just a little reluctant." ”

The two of them were planning for the New Year, when suddenly there was a rapid sound of gongs from the direction of the city, followed by several cannon shots throughout the city.

A lieutenant ran in from outside: "Report to the chief, a large number of enemies have been found, five wolf smoke has appeared in the direction of the oil well, and the enemy army is more than 10,000 people." ”

"There are more than 10,000 people, how can there be so many enemies." Lin Zhaolong and Gu Yunkun shouted at the same time, "Which enemy, have you seen the banner clearly?" ”

"Report to the sir, they are playing a big banner, they should be rogues."

"Could it be Li Zicheng? How could he come to Extended County at this time. ”

"I don't know, go, old guy, go out and have a look."

The two people climbed to the head of Yanchang County, which had been closed with four gates, and thick smoke was rising from the direction of the oil well, and scattered workers and soldiers were desperately running towards the county seat.

"Open the gates and let them in." Lin Zhaolong gave the order without thinking about it.

A second lieutenant ran up to the city, and Lin Zhaolong grabbed him: "What's the situation, what's going on over there in the oil well?" ”

"Back to sir." The second lieutenant replied, "There has been a surprise attack on the oil well, and the enemy has about 50,000 troops, and it is the soldiers and horses of the thief Li Zicheng. ”

"What about the oil well, how is the oil well?" Gu Yunkun asked eagerly.

"Director Gu, he is incompetent." The second lieutenant replied, "The oil well has not been saved. ”

"Didn't you resist?" Lin Zhaolong shouted, "Are the guns in your hands all burning sticks?" ”

"Sir, the rogues also have guns and artillery in their hands, and the range is the same as ours, and there are quite a few of them, there should be two or three thousand guns."

Lin Zhaolong blinked and didn't speak, he looked at Gu Yunkun, Gu Yunkun didn't speak, he also looked at Lin Zhaolong, and both of them asked in their hearts: "What's going on, what's going on, how can Li Zicheng have so many firearms." ”

"Zhaolong, look." Gu Yunkun pulled Lin Zhaolong. A peasant army in the distance drove up, each carrying a torch on his shoulder.

"Close the city gates, level 1 battle alert." Lin Zhaolong didn't have time to think about it, and immediately gave the battle order.

"Someone." Gu Yunkun was a little more sober than Lin Zhaolong, "Taking advantage of the fact that the Liukou did not besiege the city, he quickly sent people to send a message to Datong and Xuanfu Town, saying that Yanchang County was raided by Li Zicheng, and the number of enemy troops was 50,000. ”

The musket team of the peasant army stopped at the gate of the city, and one of the generals led by it was none other than Liu Zongmin.

"Is it the Yulin Army in the city?" Liu Zongmin asked proudly with his head tilted under the city.

"Yes, I'm Lin Zhaolong from the Yulin Army." Lin Zhaolong recognized Liu Zongmin, "General Liu, we have an agreement, I don't know why you still attack Yanchang County." ”

"Hahahaha." Liu Zongmin laughed wildly for a while, "General Lin, I might as well tell you that we are here to avenge King Gao Chuang." If you know each other, open the city gate and surrender, otherwise there will be no tiles left, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

"General Liu, the matter of King Gao Chuang is a misunderstanding, and I ask the general not to listen to rumors." Lin Zhaolong also wanted to explain a few words.

"Joke, now the world knows that it was the King of Gao Chuang who was killed by you in Yulin Bay." Liu Zongmin didn't say anything more, and returned to his camp with a round of horses, "Open fire." ”

Six six-pounder guns were fired, six shells hit the walls and stirred up bursts of rubble, while hundreds of flintlock muskets began to fire at the city.

"Fire, return fire." Lin Zhaolong retracted his head behind the battlement and gave the order to fire.

The peasant army did not climb the city, and the artillery and guns of both sides exchanged fire for a while, and Liu Zongmin ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Lin Zhaolong saw that Liu Zongmin retreated and set up camp for three miles, and did not come to attack the city again, but also arranged the city defense, and returned to the regiment headquarters with Gu Yunkun.

"Zhaolong, why didn't Liu Zongmin climb the city wall today, this is a bit like their style."

"Maybe he wants to test the power of firearms, too." Lin Zhaolong frowned, "But where did they get so many firearms, and they are almost exactly the same as ours." ”

"Could it be that the Ming army sold it to them, we sold a lot of firearms in Datong and Xuanfu."

"Probably not, even if the Ming Dynasty army has the phenomenon of reselling, it is impossible to sell so much, this is thousands of muskets."

The two of them were puzzled, and a second lieutenant came in from outside: "Report to the chief, Lin Zhixian asks to see you." ”

"Let him in."

Lin Yingrui ran in from outside in a panic: "General Lin, General Lin, why are there so many rogues coming to Yanchang County." They still have so many firearms, can the county hold it? ”

"Lin Zhixian rest assured, my Yanchang County is impregnable, and the rogue can't attack it. Besides, we have already sent for the rescuers, and the rescuers will be there soon. ”

"I've extended the county to have General Lai Lin."

It was already past dinner time to send Lin Yingrui away, and Lin Zhaolong asked people to send dinner to the office of the regiment headquarters, and the two of them didn't have the heart to eat, so they took a steamed bun and nibbled on it.

"Zhaolong, thanks to Liu Zongmin for not concentrating on bombarding the city gate today, our city gate can't withstand the bombardment of the 6-pounder gun."

"Yes, this is also a blessing in misfortune, and I will find someone to strengthen the city gate tomorrow." Lin Zhaolong was halfway through his words, and the steamed bun that was delivered to his mouth suddenly stopped, "Old Gu, this is not right." Liu Zongmin is a fierce general who has experienced a hundred battles, how could he not hit the city gate and only bombard the city wall, he should know that the city wall cannot be bombed. ”

Gu Yunkun also stopped chewing: "What you said seems to be such a thing, why didn't Liu Zongmin bombard the city gate today." ”

Lin Zhaolong turned around the room twice, and suddenly slammed the steamed bun in his hand on the ground: "It's bad, Lao Gu, we were fooled." ”

"What's wrong, how did you get fooled?"

"You follow me, don't get separated." After Lin Zhaolong finished speaking, he picked up Gu Yunkun and rushed out of the room, "Herald, blow the rallying horn, and gather all the teams." ”

Lin Zhaolong suddenly figured out why Liu Zongmin didn't bombard the city gate, and the soldiers and civilians who ran back from the direction of the oil well during the day must have mixed in with the rogue. Their purpose was to secretly open the gates at night, and if they had blown them down during the day, they would not have been able to attack at night.

As soon as the loud rallying cry sounded, there were bursts of fighting and the sound of fire at the city gate.

Lin Zhaolong's barracks only gathered a team of a few hundred people, Lin Zhaolong pulled over two horses, turned over and got on the horse: "Order, target the north gate, withdraw from the city, and collect the stragglers all the way." ”

"What should Lin Yingrui do?" Gu Yunkun asked.

"You still care about him now, if you can run out, it will be his fate." After Lin Zhaolong finished speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, and waved his hand to call a lieutenant, "You take a team of cavalry to pick up Lin Zhixian, if he doesn't leave, kidnap him, and we will gather outside the north gate." ”

"Yes, sir."

There were not many peasant troops at the north gate, and Lin Zhaolong took these hundreds of people to fight and walk, gathering stragglers along the way. More than an hour later, the Yulin army withdrew to a small hillside outside the north gate of Yanchang County. Lin Yingrui and several officials were also picked up.

"General Lin." Lin Yingrui ran over and shouted: "You and the official promised that Yanchang County is impregnable, and now that the county seat has been captured by the Liukou, how can you let the official explain to the imperial court." ”

"Shut your mouth." Lin Zhaolong was so annoyed that he roared angrily and ignored him, "Come on, count the people." ”

Only more than 1,200 of the 2,000 men of a regiment were withdrawn, and not a single piece of artillery was brought out.

"Come on, send scouts to see the situation in the county, and the rest of the people will build fortifications on the spot and organize defense." Lin Zhaolong opened the map again after giving the order, and looked at it carefully by the light of the torch.

"Zhaolong, Yanchang County will definitely not be able to go back, Liu Zongmin caught us off guard." Gu Yunkun asked, "Where should we retreat?" ”

Lin Zhaolong stared at the map and thought for a while: "When the scouts come back, let's retreat in the direction of Yulinwei first, there are still more Ming troops there." Let's go to Datong to find Wang Qianxiang after stabilizing in Yulin, and now we can only do this. ”

"What do you say Li Zicheng would suddenly come to Yanchang County, and suddenly have so many firearms."

"I don't understand this either. When we meet with Wang Qianxiang and Zhou Lei, we will report to the family, maybe the family will figure it out. Lin Zhaolong scolded fiercely, "I, the colonel, am going to be masturbated, fuck, I've never fought such a shitty battle." ”

"Don't think about it so much." Gu Yunkun persuaded, "Fortunately, many of the soldiers in our regiment are locals, if they are all from Yulin Bay, I'm afraid that the family will have to fry again." ”

In the county government of Yanchang County, Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others have already regarded Tao Min as guests.

Hao Shaoqi reported loudly to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, there is a lot of grain in the city, enough for us to eat for a few months. We also captured six cannons, about 1,000 guns and countless gunpowders. ”

"Hahahaha." Li Zicheng laughed and said, "This is all the credit of the monks, and the monks are really the world's Zhuge also." ”[.]