"Bang bang bang."

On the official road north of the Daimyo's Mansion, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Qi family army were running in a neat line, their movements were so neat, and the footsteps did not have the slightest sense of noise.

Zhang Bin rode at the front of the team, his face was extremely grim, because the sentry sent news that the peasant army had also begun to march rapidly, what if they reached the Daimyo's Mansion first?

They should not be able to attack the city for a while, for fear that they will swarm up and fight to the death with themselves, in that case, it will be troublesome, if you don't set up a good formation, the elite of the 10,000 Qi family army will have to kneel in front of the more than 200,000 peasant army!

He could only order his guards to risk the danger to approach and investigate, and always pay attention to the movements of the peasant army, so as not to be caught off guard by the peasant army.

At this time, the plain to the west of the Daimyo's Mansion had become a pot of porridge, and the more than 200,000 peasant troops were like locusts crossing the border, spreading frantically forward, with people shouting, horses neighing, and mules barking, making great noise, and the farmland, vegetable fields, and even ditches along the way were crushed by people and horses.

On the periphery of the crowd, there are peasant army scouts and elite special operations battalions everywhere, sometimes you chase me, sometimes I chase you, and they are very happy.

If you don't care about them, they will blatantly scout around, if you send scouts up, they will run away if there are more people, and they will kill them if there are fewer people, and they will stick to the periphery like kraft candy, and they can't get rid of it!

He can't control so much, he can only let the scouts entangle with them, anyway, his target is the Daimyo Mansion City, this has been laid out, no matter how much spying can be, he just wants to lead the army to the vicinity of the Daimyo Mansion City as soon as possible, and strive to block the officers and soldiers and prevent them from entering the city, in this way, it may be easier to take down the Daimyo Mansion City, if the officers and soldiers enter the city, even if there are only 10,000 officers and soldiers, it will be difficult and difficult to take the Daimyo Mansion City.

At this time, there were not as many mules and horses as in the heyday of the peasant army, and more than half of them had no horses to ride or sit in a car, so they could only run along, and the gap came out.

After all, the peasant army has not gone through any training, coupled with the drought for many years, everyone has not eaten much, and their physical fitness has seriously declined, running for more than ten miles, all the foot soldiers are almost out of breath like cattle, and some people have begun to cramp and fall to the ground after running for twenty miles, and if they run again, it is estimated that there will be no officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, and more than half of them will foam at the mouth and fall to the ground with cramps!

Wang Ziyong couldn't use it, so he had to order the whole army to stop and rest, replace the physical exhaustion with a carriage and mule cart, and let those who could ride a horse first change with someone to ride, but if it didn't work, two people would ride a horse, anyway, this speed was nothing for the horse at all, and it was nothing to carry two people to run slowly, so it was tossed for nearly half an hour, and Wang Ziyong ordered the army to set off again.

At this time, the Qi family army in the north of the Daimyofu City had nothing to do, because they were usually fully armed when they trained, and they ran with twenty or thirty pounds of weapons and equipment on their backs, and it was common to run for an hour or two, so no one was abnormal at this time, and everyone ran forward firmly according to a fixed rhythm, not even a single panting like a cow.

After marching for nearly an hour, good news finally came from the front, the peasant army could not hold on and began to rest, and it took more than 20 miles to march in an hour!

Zhang Bin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the report, this time he should be able to arrive in advance, because the peasant army obviously has little stamina, and the more they get to the back, the slower they will become, the first hour only ran twenty miles, and the second hour can run fifteen miles, which is good, they may not be able to run seventy miles in three hours, and the soldiers of the Qi family army can definitely reach the Daimyofu City within two hours.

Things were as he expected, half an hour later, news came from the front, the peasant army couldn't hold on anymore, and was resting more than 30 miles away from the Daimyo's Mansion City, and at this time, the Qi family's army was only more than 20 miles away from the Daimyo's Mansion City.

After another half an hour, the Daimyo's Mansion City was finally in sight, and the Daimyo's prefect had already received the news, and was waiting at the north gate with a group of officials.

The speed of the Qi family's army is simply incredible, this morning came the news, they are still one hundred and twenty miles away in the Qinghe, it is not yet noon, they actually rushed over, all the officials of the Daimyo Mansion City are ecstatic, if the peasant army arrives first, the consequences are unimaginable.

Zhang Bin didn't have time to greet them at this time, he casually said hello to a group of officials, and then took the soldiers of the Qi family into the city, at this time the soldiers of the Qi family were also tired, everyone was already sweating, and it was estimated that they would not be able to run if they wanted to run again, but it was nothing to walk slowly.

Zhang Bin and Lu Xiangsheng, Qi Yuangong and other generals took the Qi family army into the city and began to arrange the city defense, this famous city is not very big, the width of the city wall is about three miles, one city wall up to 2,000 people is about the same, 10,000 Qi family troops can still leave two thousand to maneuver in the city, Zhang Bin arranged it, let Qi Changfeng and they have no one to take a hundred teams to be responsible for a city wall, and they arranged 800 musketeers, and the number of city defense is almost arranged.

However, this tiger squat cannon is a bit troublesome, if you don't bring a gun truck, it is not easy to fix it on the city wall, if you want to carry a gun truck weighing hundreds of pounds, the Qi family soldiers really don't have the strength at this time.

Zhang Bin is having a headache, but he didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng came over with a few leaders of the Xiangyong, it turned out that these Xiangyong were the ones he recruited to go to the capital Qinwang last time, as soon as he went to Fujian, the Xiangyong who had been called up was disbanded, and when they heard that the peasant army was coming, they were called again.

In fact, these people are the original Tianxiong Army, but Lu Xiangsheng went to Fujian in the past two years and no one organized them to practice, and they still have basic combat knowledge.

As soon as Zhang Bin heard that this was the case, he was naturally happy, and he was worried that no one would carry the artillery car, so he directly said to the current daimyo prefect, asking him to hand over the two thousand township warriors to Lu Xiangsheng to command, and then asked Lu Xiangsheng to take these township warriors to carry the tiger squat cannon and the artillery cart on the city wall, and in less than an hour, the city defense was properly arranged.

At this time, more than 200,000 peasant troops grinded and grinded, and finally grinded to the west gate of the Daimyofu City, Zhang Bin raised his binoculars to take a look, and almost didn't laugh out loud, this peasant army is really a mess, this pile of them, they actually sat on the ground or lay on the ground to breathe, there was no formation at all, starting from three or four miles outside the city, and extending to the distance of I don't know how many miles away, everywhere, it was even more chaotic than escaping from the famine!

However, he found that there were tens of thousands of horsemen on both sides, but they were in a bit of a formation, lined up in rows and rows, and at least they could see the queue.

Maybe these are the main forces of the peasant army, if it weren't for these tens of thousands of cavalry, he would be ready to lead the Qi family army down to kill for a while, those foot soldiers on the ground, it is estimated that they don't even have the strength to stand up with weapons at this time, just take the rope and tie it up!

It's a pity that such a good opportunity, as long as they are allowed to rest for an hour or two, it is estimated that they will have strength again, after all, they only ran seventy miles in more than three hours, which is not much faster than the normal marching speed, and the fatigue should only be temporary, and they will be able to relieve their breath after a while.

At this time, dozens of cavalry began to gather in front of the peasant army, looking at the flags they were holding, they should be the leaders of the peasant army, what Zijin Liang, King Chuang, Eight Kings, all kinds of flags, a lot of flags.

Zhang Bin also knows a few, such as Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, the young man in his twenties behind him should be the real king Li Zicheng, and the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong, and a bunch of young generals behind him, and they don't know which one is which.

Zhang Bin was observing them, and these people had also begun to observe the situation on the city wall, and they didn't know where they got a telescope, and they were passing it around one by one.

After Wang Ziyong finished reading it, his face changed obviously, because the figure of the Ming army had already appeared on the city wall, although there were not many of them, but there were also a lot, which showed that the Ming army had entered the city.

After all the big leaders finished reading, he couldn't help but ask: "What should I do now, it seems that the supporting Ming army has entered the city." ”

At this time, the eyes of almost all the leaders looked at Zhang Xianzhong, because he was going to come to the capital to take a turn, and he had always insisted on rushing to the Daimyo's Mansion City.

Zhang Xianzhong said lightly: "There shouldn't be many Ming troops in the city, otherwise they would have rushed out to clean us up, I estimate that there will be at most 10,000 people, and there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

If you are in the wild, there is really nothing to fear from 10,000 Ming troops, because they have more than 200,000 horses, and they can pile people to death, the problem is that now people are in the city, and it is not so easy to attack the city, and their foot soldiers are equivalent to the level of the village bravery, if there are 10,000 Ming troops stationed, 100,000 foot soldiers may not be able to break through the city.

Wang Ziyong couldn't help but sigh and said: "There is nothing to be afraid of, the problem is now in the city, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said indifferently: "Of course, I am eating and resting, and I am ready to attack the city, today I will try to test and test to see how the strength of the Ming army in the city is, I really can't think of other ways." ”

Now it can only be like this, it is close to noon, Wang Ziyong directly ordered, each battalion began to bury pots and make rice, rest and rest after eating, and then prepare to attack the city.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Bin also ordered the soldiers of the Qi family army to start taking turns to make food and rest, as for the city defense facilities, he could only let Lu Xiangsheng take Xiangyong to supplement it first.

In fact, at this time, the city wall rolling stones, sasswood, iron pots and firewood and other city defense facilities have also been prepared, if only one or two thousand people to attack the city is enough, the problem is more than 200,000 ah, this little thing, it is estimated that a few waves will be consumed.

Lu Xiangsheng got the order, and began to take Xiang Yong everywhere to find rolling stones, sasswood, iron pots and firewood, while Zhang Bin walked around the city wall, he looked carefully at the city walls, he also checked the city defense facilities, and the location of the artillery, he made arrangements one by one, so busy for an hour, and hurriedly eaten, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, at this time Qi Yuanfu, who was on duty at the West Gate, came to report that the peasant army was ready to attack the city!

So fast, Zhang Bin couldn't help but be inexplicable, don't you need to prepare siege equipment for the siege, no matter how you say that this city wall is more than a zhang high, it is difficult to climb up without a ladder.

He came to the western city wall, raised his binoculars and looked at it, and immediately understood that these people had brought all the ladders for the siege of the city, and at this moment they were driving the wagons and mule carts to the front, unloading the ladders, and then turning back to the back, and in less than half an hour, hundreds of ladders were piled up in front of the peasant army!

These people are really diligent and thrifty, and they are reluctant to lose even the ladder for the siege, and they have to run away with it.

However, there is some truth in this, because the height of the city wall is about one zhang in the average small city, and it is impossible for the peasant army to attack the big city at this time.

At this time, the leaders of the peasant army gathered together again and began to discuss, and they discussed who should send people to test the siege of the city.

Siege is not a good thing, especially a city garrisoned by regular Ming troops, and if it is not done well, many people will die, so these leaders don't want to send their own people.

They discussed for a while, and finally decided that the king of Zijin Liang would use 5,000 people for himself, but there was no way, because he was the boss and had to take the lead, and the other was that Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, sent 5,000 people, and he also had no choice, because he proposed to run to the Daimyo's mansion, and in this way, if he had gathered enough 10,000 people, he could start the tentative siege.

On the city wall, boiling water and hot oil have begun to burn, and under the city wall, groups of peasant army foot soldiers have also begun to distribute ladders and line up, ready to attack the city.

Wang Ziyong was on the left, Zhang Xianzhong was on the right, each commanding his own men and horses, and just like that, he began to attack the city wall west of the Daimyo's Mansion.

These people, just like a joke, started to attack the city so easily, it really makes people speechless.

However, the momentum of tens of thousands of people is still quite scary, for the sake of insurance, Zhang Bin immediately ordered: "Pass the order, let Qi Yuangong take two thousand foot soldiers to wait under the western city wall, ready to support at any time." ”

When tens of thousands of people on both sides started carrying ladders and shouting trumpets to rush to the city wall, Zhang Bin immediately ordered again: "Tiger squat cannon preparation." ”

Because the west side is the enemy's main attack direction, there are two hundred tiger squat cannons lined up on this city wall, almost one every ten meters, and the density is still quite terrifying.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the peasant army foot soldiers carrying ladders finally rushed to the range of one mile in front of the city wall, and Zhang Bin did not hesitate to order: "The tiger squat cannon fires five rounds in a row, and the musketeers are ready." ”

"Boom, boom, boom", countless roars suddenly sounded on the city wall, and 200 shells directly covered the peasant army foot soldiers besieging the city, killing and wounding more than 100 people.

What is strange is that the besieging foot soldiers did not react at all, and still rushed towards the city wall with ladders desperately.

Something is wrong, how can there be such brave people, there must be a problem, Zhang Bin couldn't help but raise his binoculars and look behind the siege soldiers.

Sure enough, in front of Wang Ziyong and Zhang Xianzhong, there were several rows of strong men with ghost head knives in their hands, all of them fierce and vicious, and they all looked furious.

In this posture, if Ming Jin did not withdraw his troops, and the besieging foot soldiers retreated by themselves, these people would definitely not hesitate to raise the ghost head knife and cut them all!