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Everyone chatted for a while and informed each other of the situation, and He Renlong did not ask to see the so-called military department's order.

"General Xu, General Lin." He Renlong suddenly remembered something, and looked around at the county office, "Where has the magistrate here, and why hasn't the official seen it." ”

"The subordinate said slowly about this matter with the deputy chief soldier." Xu Lang said, "After the lower officials came to Yanchang County, they received a lot of letters from the local squires and ordinary people, all of whom accused the county of Lin Yingrui for oppressing the good and corrupt the law, but the lower officials did not have the right to govern. Moreover, Lin Zhixian refused to allow us to enter the city, and the emperor was in a hurry, so people took Lin Zhixian and these officials into custody. The lower official has ordered someone to deliver the pleadings to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department, and the lower official also knows that this matter is not done properly, and now that the deputy chief soldier is here, everything will be decided by the lord. ”

"No need." He Renlong waved his hand, and said in his heart, you actually dare to lock up the magistrate, I won't carry this black pot for you, "This official won't stay here for long, it's better for the general to deal with it himself." ”

"I don't know why Lord He came to Yanchang County." Lin Zhaolong asked, "Where else is Lord He going?" ”

"This official is also eager to win, and he is on the way of the rogue." He Renlong said, "This official was originally ordered by Lord Hong to fight against the Liukou in Yixian County, but I didn't expect them to set up an ambush. It was also a little reckless that the official was a little reckless, so he broke through in the direction of Yanchang County. If it weren't for your Yulin Army to help today, I'm afraid this official would have been martyred. ”

While everyone was talking, a sergeant came in and reported: "Sir, the army of rogues is besieging the city, and there is a rogue named Gao Yingxiang who asks Commander Xu to talk to him. ”

"What is the matter with Gao Yingxiang looking for me?" Xu Lang asked in his heart, and bowed his hand to He Renlong: "Lord He." ”

"General Xu, please." He Renlong didn't want to come forward, "This official is waiting for General Xu here." ”

"Old Gu, you can accompany Lord He." Xu Lang and Lin Zhaolong came to the city.

"This will be the guerrilla general of the imperial court from Sanpin, and the chief of the general staff of the Yulin Army." Xu Lang first reported to his home, "I don't know what King Chuang is looking for?" ”

Gao Yingxiang obviously didn't understand what kind of official the chief of the general staff was, but he didn't bother to ask: "General Xu, if there is no way today, my Ming people will be displaced, so we will rebel against the imperial court." I also heard that General Xu loves the people like a son, and your Yulin army has fought against the Tartars several times, but I don't know why General Xu has to assist the unconscious monarch. General Xu is talented, it is better to work with us for the heavens, and the general's ability is not in vain, I don't know what the general wants? ”

Gao Yingxiang came up and began to persuade him to surrender, Xu Lang laughed: "King Chuang, I also know that you are forcing the people to rebel, but since you are doing the right thing for heaven, you don't know why you want to disregard people's lives and kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

"I don't know why General Xu said this." Gao Yingxiang raised his head and asked, "When will we kill innocents indiscriminately?" ”

"In the first month of this year, you are waiting to capture Fengyang. Burn the emperor's mausoleum, burn the palace, kill more than 60 eunuchs guarding the mausoleum, release more than 100 prisoners, enter the palace city, kill the prefect Yan Rongxuan in the hall, kill six people including Wan Wenying, and 41 military attachés. ”

"General Xu." Gao Yingxiang defended, "These are corrupt officials who bend the law, why can't they be killed." ”

"Even if these people deserve to be killed." Xu Lang pointed at Gao Yingxiang, "But you dissected pregnant women in Fengyang, picked up babies, and burned more than 20,000 houses, with hundreds of miles of light." You waited for the self-proclaimed Emperor Gu Yuan Zhenlong, plundered for three days, and killed tens of thousands of people. King Gao Chuang, do you want me to continue? ”

Gao Yingxiang secretly wondered in his heart, how did Xu Lang know so clearly: "General Xu, those were not done by us, but by the Eight Great Kings." ”

"King Gaochuang." Xu Lang pointed at Liu Zongmin again, "The general Liu Zongmin behind you personally slashed and killed innocent women in front of your subordinates, which you saw with your own eyes." I would like to ask King Chuang, is this the way to do things for heaven in King Chuang's mouth? ”

Gao Yingxiang was a little speechless by what Xu Lang said, and turned his head to glare at Liu Zongmin.

Xu Lang saw that Gao Yingxiang didn't speak, and said again: "King Gao Chuang, since you are waiting for the heavens, why don't you put down your weapons and return to the court." King Chuang knew that the people of my Ming Dynasty were displaced, but why did he still fight each other with swords, so that the lives were ruined and the bones were thousands of miles away. ”

Originally, Gao Yingxiang wanted to persuade Xu Lang to surrender, but now Xu Lang has nothing to say.

Li Zicheng stepped forward immediately: "General Xu, the Son of Heaven has no way, and the world will discuss it." We are just using the Tao to defeat the non-Tao. ”

"Is there a way to cut down a way?" Xu Lang smiled coldly, "Burn the king's mansion, set up a wine conference, take the king as the food, and eat the mixed venison, and call it Fulu wine." May I ask General Li Chuang, is this also what a person with a way does? ”

Li Zicheng blinked, he didn't understand what Xu Lang said he had done a few years later.

"King Gaochuang." Xu Lang rushed down and said, "My Yulin Army doesn't have to be an enemy of you. It's just a word of advice to you below, people are doing it, and the sky is watching. ”

After Xu Lang finished speaking, he and Lin Zhaolong went down the city wall.

"Uncle, what should we do now?" Li Zicheng asked, "It seems that they don't want to surrender in Kaesong." ”

"Since they are so stubborn, then don't blame us for being rude." Gao Yingxiang said sharply, "How can such a small county town stop my tens of thousands of troops. Send the order down, and attack the city tomorrow. ”

"But uncle." Li Zicheng asked in a low voice, "There are only our own people here, the Eight Kings and Cao Cao are still on the Xi'an side." ”

"Let them drag Hong Chengchou first, and let's take Yanchang County down first." Gao Yingxiang sneered, "There are thousands of fine firearms in here. ”

Originally, Gao Yingxiang led several peasant armies to besiege Xi'an for several months, and when Gao Yingxiang was about to evacuate from Xi'an, he received reports from Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi. Gao Yingxiang was worried about these firearms of the Yulin army, but he did not tell Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others that he found a reason to secretly take the army to Yanchang County, and bumped into He Renlong on the way, which led to a fierce battle.

The next day, tens of thousands of peasant troops besieged the city on all sides and began to storm the county seat. Lin Zhaolong led the Yulin army and the people in the city to resist desperately, and He Renlong saw that he couldn't get out, so he also asked Sun Shoufa to join the defensive battle with people.

Xu Lang came to the inner courtyard of the county government to guard Lin Yingrui.

"Lord Lin." As soon as Xu Lang entered the door, he got straight to the point, "Don't say much, you and I will put it down in advance." Now that the Liukou is besieging the city, we and Lord He don't have time to manage the affairs in the city, and we hope that Lord Lin can help. ”

Lin Yingrui already knew the news that He Renlong and Gao Yingxiang had also come to extend the county seat: "It is the duty of this official to kill the enemy and defend the city, and there is no need for General Xu to arrange it." But after the thief retreats, the official will definitely join you. ”

"We'll talk about that later." Xu Lang arched his hand, "I will thank Lord Lin first." ”

In the next few days, the peasant army attacked the county seat desperately, and the corpses under the city were piled up, and the soldiers and civilians in the city also suffered heavy casualties.

"Lin Zhaolong, Gao Yingxiang has been fighting for seven or eight days, how about our casualties?" There was a truce at night, Gu Yunkun asked.

"It's not too good." Lin Zhaolong said, "Our Yulin army suffered more than 100 casualties; He Renlong didn't have any firearms on his side, and three or four hundred died; Hundreds of the people in the city died. ”

"It's not going to work." Gu Yunkun looked at Lin Zhaolong and Xu Lang, "Gao Yingxiang's people have tens of thousands, and they don't care about the lives of those people at all, their old camp hasn't moved in the past few days. None of the scouts we sent out came back, and we don't know what's going on outside. ”

"Even if you come back, you won't be able to enter the city." Xu Lang sighed slightly, "Now that the county seat of Yanchang has been besieged, it can only be defended by the city." ”

"Xu Lang." Gu Yunkun asked, "I don't mean anything else, didn't there be instructions at home when we came out, so that we had better talk to Gao Yingxiang about the conditions." ”

"I know, I'm to blame." Xu Lang replied, "I will explain to my family when I go back, I was too impulsive, but when Liu Zongmin did that, I don't think any of us would stand idly by." ”

"You can't be blamed for this." Lin Zhaolong persuaded, "It's useless to talk about this now, I'm afraid we and Gao Yongxiang won't have a chance to talk about the conditions, they must have taken a fancy to our muskets and artillery, and this can't be discussed." ”

"Let's hold on, fortunately, our food can last a few days." Xu Lang finally said, "Even if Lu Xiangsheng can't come, Wang Qianxiang should be able to come." ”

The next day, the peasant army continued the siege of the city.

"Third battalion commander." Lin Zhaolong shouted.

"Here." The commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion ran over quickly.

"Your battalion will send a company to the north gate, Lord Sun needs reinforcements there." Sun Shoufa was responsible for defending the north gate, and he also suffered heavy casualties in the past few days.

"Yes, sir." The commander of the third battalion turned and ran away.

The black-pressed peasant army carried the ladder and ran towards the county seat with weapons in hand.

"Everyone's loaded and the artillery ready." Lin Zhaolong scolded again after giving the order, "This is not tired, I fight like this every day." ”

"Look, sir." Gao Chen suddenly pointed to the camp behind the peasant army and shouted.

Lin Zhaolong and Xu Lang raised their binoculars and looked in the direction of Gao Chen's finger, there seemed to be a commotion in Gao Yingxiang's camp, as if a force had attacked the camp from behind.

Soon, a gong sounded in the camp of the peasant army, and all the peasant troops who were besieging the city turned and retreated.

"Do you see what's going on?" Lin Zhaolong asked.

"It's Wang Qianxiang here." Xu Lang replied affirmatively, "Look at their banner, it is the Yulin Army of Datong. ”

After Wang Qianxiang received Xu Lang's letter, he discussed with Fan Qiuming, and rushed to Yanchang County with 1,000 troops to escort a batch of grain and supplies. Along the way, I encountered several small groups of peasant troops, stopped and stopped, and only arrived in Yanchang County today, and encountered Gao Yingxiang besieging the city.

"You don't have to go out to meet them." Lin Zhaolong also saw it clearly, "There are not many of them, and they still carry supplies." ”

"I'll take the cavalry to pick it up." Xu Lang said, "It seems that they were blocked by Gao Yingxiang, and if they don't answer, I'm afraid they won't be able to pass." ”

"It won't be a problem." Lin Zhaolong was a little worried, "There are a lot of people in Gao Yingxiang. ”

"No problem, just be ready to take me." Xu Lang smiled, "Gao Chen, gather the cavalry and go out with me." ”

The two cavalry battalions went out of the city again with their rifles, and Gao Chen followed closely by Xu Lang's side.

"Report to the sir, the rogues are attacking us again." Zheng Zhongjun ran over to report.

All the carts led by Wang Qianxiang formed a line of defense, and hundreds of flintlock muskets stretched out from the gap in the vehicles and aimed at the peasant army on the opposite side. Wang Qianxiang did not carry artillery this time, and the cavalry only brought a company.

"Zheng Zhongjun, you are in charge. Just repel them, and don't kill too much. Wang Qianxiang's thinking was still stuck on the combat effectiveness of the previous peasant army, and he did not know that the combat strength of the current peasant army had been significantly improved compared with before.

The flintlock pistol fired.

"Change guns, fire. Change guns, fire. Zheng Zhongjun kept ordering, but the peasant army on the opposite side had no intention of retreating, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Wang Qianxiang also realized that something was wrong with the situation, why did these peasant troops be so desperate.

"Herald." Wang Qianxiang shouted, "Everyone joins the battle, and the cavalry company is ready to charge." ”

120 cavalrymen drew their rifles and waited for the order to charge, and a charge signal came from behind the peasant army, and Xu Lang and the two cavalry battalions were constantly accelerating.

"Sir, our cavalry." The herald shouted as he pointed to the cavalry battalion.