And just when Xu Dingguo had a headache outside the Shuangfeng Village, Zuo Guangxian was also the same as him, and stopped under the Lotus Village with a frown, since he and Xu Dingguo divided the troops to kill here, he has also repeatedly persuaded to surrender to no avail, and organized more than ten consecutive onslaughts on the Lotus Village, although the Lotus Village did not build a fortress-style wall like the Shuangfeng Village, but the wall here is on the original basis, after nearly a year of continuous repair by the Xingtian Army, the original wooden wall has added a layer of rammed earth wall, And the outer side was covered with a layer of stone, and the thickness of the wall was expanded by more than two times, and the height was also increased to about two zhang, which was already strong and abnormal.

And the terrain of the lotus village is dangerous, it is originally an easy to defend and difficult to attack place, if Xiao Tianjian did not send a surprise soldier to secretly climb the mountain from behind the mountain last year, and attacked the cottage of Xiao Butcher, with his strength at the beginning, it is estimated that it will be difficult to attack this lotus village in a short period of time.

Now after Zuo Guang came to attack first, Zuo Guangxian also encountered the same situation, in the face of such a steep terrain Lotus Village, he could only send troops to rush up again and again, but in exchange for the intensive firepower of the Xingtian Army on the wall, every attack ended in a heavy price.

What made Zuo Guangxian even more frightened was not these, this time he also brought a lot of artillery with the army, erected at the foot of the mountain, and bombarded the lotus village, but the result was that the enemy artillery counterattacked, these thieves' gunners shot very accurately, and the artillery was also quite sharp, and in terms of range, some artillery far exceeded the artillery he had at hand, almost a bit like the Hongyi cannon, and they could hit their officers and soldiers from afar, and there were several artillery battles between each other. The results all ended in the defeat of his officers and troops, and even the artillery he brought with him was damaged several times by the Xingtian Army.

Zuo Guangxian really couldn't figure it out, how could this small thief army be so powerful, not only equipped with bird guns that far exceeded the quality used by the official army, but even the light Hongyi cannon they didn't know how to get their hands on it, so it would definitely get bigger and bigger, so after the attack was frustrated for several days, he had to stop and pass the battle report to Xu Dingguo, wanting to ask Xu Dingguo to come over to help and assist him in attacking Lotus Village together.

But then he also received news from Xu Dingguo's side, Xu Dingguo was also quite frustrated when he attacked Shuangfeng Village, and he lost more than a thousand soldiers these days, and he couldn't get out for a while, and came to Lotus Village to help him.

Zuo Guang couldn't help but be taken aback after hearing it first, and said in his heart that this time they really met an opponent who pierced his hands, no wonder this time he came from Shaanxi, when he saw He Renlong, He Renlong repeatedly secretly warned him, let him be more careful, at first he didn't think so, but after the battle between Liangjiazhuang and these days, Zuo Guangxian began to believe that what He Renlong said was true, and this Xingtian army was indeed too difficult to deal with.

And Wu Fu, who is sitting in Pingyang Mansion, is also nervously paying attention to the progress of the war in Yangcheng these days, and now among the four official troops, Hu Dawei's first official army has been basically disabled, and now the two men and horses of the three road armies have entered the boundary of Yangcheng, which makes him somewhat relieved, thinking that so many troops have entered the territory of Yangcheng County, so the next extermination of this group of thieves in Yangcheng should be a sure thing.

But what he didn't expect was that after waiting for a few more days, he received the news that the attack of the officers and troops in front of him had been frustrated, and the officers and troops of the three routes were all blocked under several key passes by the Xingtian Army without exception, and the attack was fruitless for several days, and it was impossible to advance at all, which made Wu Fu couldn't help but start worrying again, so he immediately sent people to meet Xu Dingguo and others in the various armies, strictly ordered them to continue the attack, and never allowed them to stagnate, and ordered them to deal with this group of thieves of the Xingtian Army before the end of February. Completely wipe out the thieves in the southwest of Shanxi, otherwise they will be punished for delaying the military plane.

After receiving Wu Fu's order, the main generals of the three roads all thought it was true, because this time they also knew that Wu Fu and Hong Chengchou had made up their minds to completely clean up the current group of Xingtian Army so that they could not sit on it like this, and they had mobilized almost the entire Shanxi force in terms of military strength and material resources, and if they still couldn't take down this group of Xingtian Army thieves with absolute superiority in strength, then there would definitely be no good fruit to eat after going back.

Xu Dingguo, Zuo Guangxian, and He Renlong all summed up with their subordinates and informed them of Shangfeng's meaning, and these generals also had to nod their heads and agree, and they would work harder next.

Especially Zuo Guangxian, after learning that the bandit leader was in the Lotus Village, he made up his mind in his heart, no matter how much he paid, he would also capture this Lotus Village, whether he lived or died, he would kill the bandit leader surnamed Xiao, so that his contribution to this battle would be great.

So after rectifying the lotus village below, Zuo Guang first made up his mind, on the morning of February 21, he personally put on the battle, with the accompanying generals, assembled at the bottom of the mountain, and pulled out the artillery and all the siege equipment in the general, and placed them at the foot of the mountain, so as to completely take down the cottage in front of him in today's battle.

With the assembly of the official army, Xiao Tianjian immediately climbed to the top of the gatehouse of the wall, looked down the mountain, and Liu Bao, who followed Xiao Tianjian, also looked down the mountain with a pergola, and although Luo Li was not ordered to lead his troops to climb the wall to defend the palace, this guy couldn't be idle, and followed Xiao Tianjian to the top of the wall.

"Good boy! Today's official and military posture is really big enough! This fucking wants to drown us! After Luo Li saw the movement of the officials and soldiers under the mountain, he immediately muttered and scolded.

"Brother Luo is right, this time the official army seems to be in a hurry, and they want to use people to kill us! Damn it! There are too many of them! This time, more than 10,000 people moved together! Liu Bao was also a little nervous by such a big battle between the officials and the army.

After all, the number of troops that can fight in the Lotus Village is only 3,000 people, and after more than ten days of consumption, Liu Bao has less than 1,200 soldiers left in his hands, even with the addition of artillery and Shi Ran's scouts, and Luo Li's second battalion After the battle of Liangjiazhuang, there are only 1,000 troops left, and they have to face the attack of nearly 10,000 officers and troops, it is impossible to say that there is no tension.

Xiao Tianjian, on the other hand, used his telescope to carefully observe the large array of officers and troops at the foot of the mountain, and after taking a closer look, he put down the telescope, not only did not show a trace of nervous expression, but his body relaxed a little, and the corners of his mouth also showed a contemptuous smile.

"Don't be afraid of them! This lotus village is just one way up the mountain, they don't even think about it on the back mountain, a team of people is stationed there, they can't come up at all!

Don't look at the number of them, but the terrain here is very limited, even if they come with a million people, they have to come up one by one, no matter how many people there are, it is useless! Xiao Tianjian put away the telescope and said to Luo Li, Liu Bao and the others with a sneer.

Luo Li looked greedily at the leather tube containing the telescope on Xiao Tianjian's waist, swallowed and foamed, and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General! Our second battalion has been resting for more than ten days! Every day, I can only watch the brothers of the fourth battalion of Liu Bao brothers do things with the officers and soldiers, but there is nothing to do with us! Now Brother Liu's fourth battalion has also practiced their hands, I think Brother Liu and they are also tired, if they continue to do this, I'm afraid they will be tired and lie down!

Today, since the officers and soldiers have moved their real character, it is time for our brothers in the second battalion to pull them out and slip away! If it goes on like this, those bastards will all gain weight! ”

Liu Bao immediately said: "There is no such thing! Our brothers in the fourth battalion are not as good as you say, and the brothers are in good spirits! Let's move on! Isn't it just that there are more people? Lao Tzu still led the troops to kill them! Damn! ”

After Xiao Tianjian looked at the bottom of the mountain, he shook his head and said: "Luo Li, when it's time for you to get out of the horse, I won't let you be idle, today it seems that Zuo Guang has made up his mind to break through our stockade!" If you want to do something, go down and gather the brothers in the second camp to get ready! When I let you do it, you will kill me! One thousand against ten thousand, do you have the courage to fight out of the stockade? ”

After Luo Li heard this, he was first excited, and then he was slightly startled, and he heard from Xiao Tianjian's tone that Xiao Tianjian was also planning to have a showdown with the official army today, and he actually planned to scatter his second battalion, so he immediately replied: "Obey!" Since the general wants us to go out, not to mention that there are 10,000 officers and soldiers outside, even if there are more, if the brothers in our second battalion say nothing, then they will cut off my head! ”

Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "Okay! I believe that your brothers in the second battalion are not eating dry food! Give you this opportunity to go down and gather your brethren. Today we will have a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers! Let's see how capable this left light is!

Liu Bao! ”

"The last general!"

"Today's defense here is still in charge of your four battalions, no matter what you think, be sure to block the officers and soldiers for me for three hours, even if your men are dead, you must resist me! Otherwise, come to me! ”

Liu Bao's body shook after hearing this, and he immediately kicked his legs hard to tense his body, and replied loudly to Xiao Tianjian: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

At this time, the kid Liu Yaoben didn't know when he slipped to the top of the wall, stretched out his head and looked down the mountain, when he heard Xiao Tianjian command the generals, he slipped in front of Xiao Tianjian, and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General! Our youth camp can't rest forever! Why don't you let our youth camp help Uncle Liu this time? ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at Liu Yaoben, stretched out his hand to slap his head, and said with a smile: "I know that you kid can't be idle, is it that your little brothers are secretly instigating you to ask for your life?" Go back and tell your little brothers that you don't need your help for this kind of thing at the moment, so let me stay in the back honestly, watch and help carry the supplies, but you are not allowed to go to war! When you're a little older, I'll give you a chance to fight! Now you give me a little honesty, get out! Look at it from afar! Today we are going to break the official army! ”