Liu Yaoben's surprise attack on Anqing Mansion this time can be said to have once again created a miracle in the history of the Xingtian Army, in the heavy rain weather, three days in the rain and rapid travel of 300 miles, suddenly appeared outside the city of Anqing Mansion, the official government was taken by surprise, did not organize any effective resistance at all, and captured Anqing Mansion in one fell swoop.

When the news reached Nanjing, it was already the third day after Anqing Mansion was conquered by Liu Yaoben, Ding Qirui was stunned, and he couldn't imagine that he would kill him, Xingtianjun would actually do such a shocking thing, and easily control the very important Anqing Mansion along the Yangtze River in their hands, so he didn't dare to slack off, seeing that the weather began to clear up that day, Ding Qirui hurriedly sent people to Jiujiang Mansion, and ordered Han and Guangmei, the chief soldiers of Jiujiang Mansion, to immediately lead the army down the river to recover Anqing Mansion, Drove away the thief army that captured Anqing Mansion, and then gritted his teeth to recover Huang Degong, who ran to Chuzhou, and ordered him to rush to Chizhou to lead Chizhou soldiers to 5,000, and at the same time attack Anqing Mansion in the west, and cooperate with Han and Guangmei to regain Anqing Mansion.

After hearing the news of Han and Guangmei, who were in Jiujiang Mansion, he was also scared half to death, he led the troops in Jiujiang to deal with the Xingtian Army in the Huguang area, and suddenly the Anqing Mansion behind the butt was lost, so that the Xingtian Army hit a nail in his back, so that Jiujiang is now under the enemy's back, once the Xingtian Army is sandwiched by each other, then Jiujiang will be difficult to preserve.

After receiving Ding Qirui's order, Han and Guangmei did not dare to slack off, and immediately gathered 10,000 soldiers and horses guarding Jiujiang Mansion, and began to go down the river by boat, heading towards Anqing Mansion.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian has led the troops to retreat to Dingyuan County, at this time the county magistrate in Dingyuan County has just collected more than 20 million yuan Ji and Kong Zhenhui under the command of the rout, as soon as I heard that the Xingtian Army army has returned to Dingyuan County, so even if these rout soldiers ran away half of them, the rest have no fighting spirit, Xiao Tianjian just sent troops to the city and roared, the defenders in the city immediately opened the city gate, went out of the city and surrendered the Xingtian Army, and the county magistrate Li Ruming had no choice but to hold the seal out of the city and surrender the Xingtian Army.

At this time, the heavy rain that had been falling for more than half a month finally stopped, so Xiao Tianjian began to rest in Dingyuan County, waiting for news from Liu Yaoben.

To be honest, although Xiao Tianjian sent Liu Yaoben to attack Anqing Mansion, but this heart did not let go, when he led the troops to evacuate Luzhou, he was still worried about Liu Yaoben's situation, until a few days later, an exhausted Liu Yaoben's subordinates rushed to Dingyuan County to report Xiao Tianjian, Liu Yaoben and their team of men and horses successfully attacked and successfully captured Anqing Mansion, Xiao Tianjian put his heart in his stomach, and at the same time he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered to rest and rereplenish the supplies after the generals, five days later, Attack Luzhou Mansion again.

With the weather clearing, the road quickly resumed traffic, a large number of materials quickly began to be responsible for the main force to provide material transportation Li Fusheng and Liu Xiyao two people urged from Fengyang Mansion and Suzhou to Dingyuan County, the entire Fengyang Mansion to Dingyuan County on the road, immediately crowded with all kinds of vehicles coming and going and transporting materials, people, a large number of materials began to pour into the Dingyuan County Xingtian Army camp.

This attack on Luzhou, because of the reason that the sky is not beautiful, Xiao Tianjian consumed a large amount of grain under the city of Luzhou, and a batch of gunpowder was also scrapped because of dampness, and a large-scale supply must be carried out in the short term to restore combat effectiveness, so this is undoubtedly very stressful for the logistics department and the baggage troops responsible for logistics support.

Li Fusheng and Liu Xiyao one is in Suzhou, the other is in Fengyang Mansion, after the weather is clear, they are busy with their feet facing the sky, almost a peaceful sleep has not slept, day and night constantly supervising the deployment of a large number of soldiers and helping the people to fight, and then transfer the materials transferred from Henan to Dingyuan County to supplement the army.

At the same time, Liu Bao also once again transferred more than 10,000 horses, from all over Henan rushed to Dingyuan County to assemble, this time to attack Luzhou City, after Liu Yaoben divided the troops, Xiao Tianjian only had less than 20,000 horses left in his hands, with these horses, if you want to capture Luzhou and hit Nanjing City is not enough, so Xiao Tianjian had to continue to strengthen the troops, fortunately, the pressure of the official army in the north has decreased a lot during this time, and the situation in Henan has gradually become more and more stable, so that Liu Bao's troops can be transferred out of a part, Yan Chongxi's Shanxi army also sent a group into Henan, part of which took over the defense of Shaanzhou, and part of it also rushed to Nanzhili to participate in this battle against Nanjing, as for Luo Rucai's side, Xiao Tianjian sent someone to send an order to him, ordering him to gather troops and start to go down the Yangtze River, attacking Nanzhili from Huguang, forcing Ding Qirui to be difficult to take care of, and at the same time, at the same time, he also planned to capture Liu Yaoben, who was currently capturing Anqing Mansion, to contain the strength of the official army and reduce the pressure on Liu Yaoben.

After all, when Liu Yaoben attacked Anqing Mansion this time, the soldiers and generals led by him were all lightly armed, and they did not carry any heavy artillery, and the musketeers only brought forty or fifty paper shells per person, although they could replenish the grain on the spot after the Anqing Mansion was captured, and they could also obtain some artillery from Anqing Mansion, but the firepower was still not strong enough, and Xiao Tianjian could foresee that after Liu Yaoben captured Anqing Mansion, he would definitely face a counterattack from the officers and troops of Nanzhili soon, and there would be a fierce battle waiting for them. Therefore, it is very necessary for Luo Rucai to contain the official and military forces of Jiujiang Mansion and reduce the pressure on Liu Yaoben in Anqing Mansion.

As long as Liu Yaoben holds Anqing Mansion, then it is equivalent to inserting a nail in the heart of Nan Zhili, so that Ding Qirui cannot concentrate the forces of Nan Zhili to deal with the Xingtian Army.

On June 15, Xiao Tianjian's main force had replenished relatively sufficient grain and straw materials in Dingyuan County, so under his order, the army once again opened up, and rushed towards Luzhou City again.

Wu Dapu, the prefect of Luzhou, had already learned the news of the destruction of Anqing Mansion at this time, and lamented the cunning and ferocity of the Xingtian Army in his heart.

But it was not many days before he learned that the Xingtian Army was once again surging towards his Luzhou City, so Wu Dapu suddenly became even more nervous, and hurriedly ordered the whole city of Luzhou City to be under martial law, close all gates, and dispatch troops to once again make a posture of defending Luzhou.

But this time Xiao Tianjian didn't give him a chance, and after the weather cleared, Tiangong no longer gave the Xingtian army any trouble, on June 17, a large number of Xingtian soldiers and horses once again returned to the Dashu Mountain camp they had established earlier, at this time although the camp here has been destroyed by the official army, but the official army was not completely destroyed, and soon under the efforts of the army, the camp was restored, and this time the strength of the Xingtian Army increased to more than 30,000 people, with a heavy artillery battalion newly transferred from Henan, It makes the firepower of the Xingtian Army much stronger.

During the period when the Xingtian Army withdrew, it was only a dozen days, and when the officials and troops in the city left the city, they carried out a liquidation of the local people, killing many people who had helped the Xingtian Army, but instead of deterring the people around the local area, it aroused the people's anger even more.

The arrival of the Xingtian Army again made the local people rush to help, and in a short period of time, thousands of people gathered to help the war, surrounding the northwest side of the entire Luzhou City.

After Xiao Tianjian led his troops over this time, he didn't talk nonsense with Wu Dapu and other officials and defenders in Luzhou City, when he set up almost all the cannons in the army, aimed at the west city wall of Luzhou City and the West Gate Tower, and began an endless artillery bombardment, the firepower intensity of this shelling even exceeded the firepower intensity of the last attack on Xiangyang City, from the morning of the 18th, such shelling almost did not stop for a moment, and the shells fell on the city wall like hail, and the bricks and stones on the city wall flew wildly. In a short time, more than a dozen artillery pieces of all kinds set up by the defenders on the west city wall were basically lifted into the sky, and the defenders on the city wall were all over the ground, and the neat battlements were only one day down, and more than half of them were blown down, and the city bricks in some places were even directly removed by the heavy artillery of the Xingtian Army, revealing the main structure of the rammed earth city wall below, and the entire west city wall was full of all kinds of craters, and some stray bullets even flew into the city wall, fell in the city, and also collapsed some houses in the city. The entire city of Luzhou fell into an extreme panic.

The defenders had never seen such a scene! One by one, the soldiers fled from the city wall by the cannonball, hiding at the foot of the city wall trembling, trembling with the vibration of the cannonballs falling, saying that they didn't dare to climb the city wall, Wu Dapu even offered a reward to recruit people who dared to die to guard the city wall, but under such a shelling, there were very few soldiers who dared to apply.

This kind of artillery bombardment lasted three days, and in the afternoon of the next day, the five-story West Gate Tower collapsed under the volley of heavy artillery, and even a group of officers and soldiers who were hiding under the city were buried under the ruins in an instant by the collapsed rocks and broken bricks.

A large number of people began to erect pontoon bridges on the wide moat under the cover of the artillery fire of the Xingtian Army, and the Xingtian Army, who had countless siege experience, is now quite familiar with this, they have a clear division of labor, some people are responsible for covering the people who build bridges, some people are responsible for dispatching the people, some people are responsible for cutting timber on the periphery, and some people are specifically responsible for transporting various materials, which are inseparable from the staff officers under Xiao Tianjian, these staff officers are not only the planners of this siege war, but also become the organizers and implementers. A clear division of labor also ensures that everything runs smoothly, and even the men know exactly what they have to do.

Xiao Tianjian generously took out a lot of food this time, and ordered the temporarily organized team of men to cook, all the people who participated in the war, after completing the tasks assigned to them, they could go to the place to eat and pick up a big bowl and open their stomachs to eat. There are people who are willing to risk their lives, so they help the people who are fighting to do their work and dare to risk their lives to open up the passage for the Xingtian Army to attack the city.

At the same time, a large number of engineer battalions who came with the army, in addition to some generals leading the people to erect pontoon bridges, a large number of soldiers and generals built a large number of various siege equipment in the area of the Dashu Mountain barracks, ready to be used to attack the city.

And Wu Dapu, the prefect of the city, was also ruthless, seeing that the thieves outside the city were sharp, and now sending people up was also sent to death, so he simply blocked the west gate, the west water gate and the north gate with big stones in the city to prevent the Xingtian army from attacking the city from the city gate, and he personally took his servants to live in the west gate of the city and sit here for defense.

He is very aware of the solidity of the city of Luzhou Mansion, as well as the width and depth of the moat outside the city, since the Xingtian Army has concentrated its forces to hit the west gate, then as long as the city gates in other places are not opened, and the drawbridge is not released, then the Xingtian Army has no chance to attack the city from other places, so he also basically concentrated the troops in the city to the west of the city to set up defenses, temporarily giving up this time to prevent the Xingtian Army from erecting pontoon bridges on the moat to fill the moat, just waiting for the Xingtian Army to attack the city wall, It was not too late for him to lead his troops to the city to personally meet the Heavenly Army.

Wu Dapu is a relatively smart person, and he also knows a little bit about the way to use soldiers, and it can be said that he made such a choice in this situation, and it can even be said to be a very wise move.

In his opinion, it is basically impossible for the Xingtian Army to use cannons to bombard the five-zhang thick city wall, and it is basically impossible to pile up tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder in ten days and half a month, and the thick city wall of Luzhou Mansion is their reliance, and the Xingtian Army may not have so many gunpowder shells to destroy the city wall, and he is not without hope to hold Luzhou City.

The artillery preparations were only carried out for three days, and indeed as Wu Dapu thought, the Xingtian Army really could not withstand such a high-intensity consumption, and in three days, the heavy artillery battalions almost wiped out more than 30% of the ammunition reserves, and no matter how much these ammunition was worth, just the cost of operating from gunpowder workshops and craftsmen in various parts of Henan was quite huge, and after three days, although they almost stripped off the city bricks outside the west city wall of Luzhou City, revealing the main body of the rammed earth city wall covered with city bricks, and the main body of the city wall was also pitted, but it is far from the extent of hurting the city wall.

Therefore, considering that a large amount of ammunition may be needed to continue attacking Chuzhou and Nanjing City in the next step, Xiao Tianjian ordered to stop such a high-intensity artillery bombardment operation and turned to scattered firing to deter the defenders of Luzhou City from landing the city to kill and injure the people who filled the moats and erected pontoon bridges.

However, after three days, the harvest of the Xingtian army was not small, and the people who helped the war gathered more and more, and many people even traveled from dozens of miles away to come in order to eat a few full meals, and the number of people reached thirty or forty thousand people, so many people started work at the same time, transporting earth, stone and timber back and forth, so that a section of the moat was finally filled, forming a solid passage, and several pontoon bridges were also erected, basically communicating the passage of the siege.

In the shelling of the defenders in the past few days, they were unable to stop the bridge building and trench filling operations of the Xingtian Army, and they could only hide in the city walls and did not dare to take the lead, so the shelling operation still played a considerable role.

On June 21, under Xiao Tianjian's order, the various departments of the Xingtian Army began a formal attack on Luzhou City, and a large number of soldiers pushed all kinds of newly built attack tools on the spot, and several people and horses launched together to attack Luzhou City.

At this time, under the supervision of Wu Dapu, the defenders finally began to climb the ruined city wall, and transferred dozens of messy artillery from the other three city walls, erected them on the city wall and began to bombard the Xingtian army under the city.

The battle was in full swing together, the cannon sound of the city and the city did not stop for almost a moment, the shells flew staggered in the sky outside the city of Luzhou, and fell on their respective enemies, the artillery fire of the Xingtian army can obviously suppress the artillery fire of the official army in the city, and the accuracy is far more than the cannon of the official army, from time to time there will be the defender's cannon shot, which is overturned into the city wall, and the official army in the city is holding his head.

But after all, the Xingtian army was a strong attack on the city, under the counterattack of the official army on the first day, the loss was not small, the two pontoon bridges erected were destroyed by the official army, many attack tools were also destroyed, nearly 200 dead and wounded soldiers, but failed to attack the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Tianjian launched a three-day onslaught on the west city wall, but in the end, because the city wall was too solid, the defenders still had a certain morale, so that their three-day strong attack action failed to make progress, and the number of soldiers and generals was increasing day by day.

However, Xiao Tianjian was not in a hurry, because he knew that Luzhou City would undoubtedly be broken this time, everything was just time, and he still had a killer weapon in his hands that he had not sacrificed, as long as he sacrificed this magic weapon, Luzhou City would definitely be taken by him.

At the same time, Liu Yaoben, who was in Anqing Mansion, was facing a very severe test, because the official troops of Jiujiang Mansion and Chizhou were killed under the city of Anqing Mansion at this time.

(After watching the reward today, it really makes me full of face!) It's been a long time since I've seen so many tips! So just give back to the brethren with a 5,000-word chapter! Today, I would like to thank feng41501 and the two brothers who don't drink the northwest wind for their tips! I'm dizzy! Han and Guang are actually forbidden words! How do I write that! Han and Guangmei are also real generals in history! ）