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Regarding the news that the Xingtian Army captured Lishan Town, the limited number of people who escaped from Lishan Town basically thought of running to Yuanqu County to report the news, and no one fled towards the ancient town, so when the Xingtian Army arrived in the ancient town before dark, the ancient town was still calm and did not make any preparations.

Until Zhuang Ding, who was guarding the door, saw a sentry horse suddenly appear in the distance of the road, and the Zhuang Ding thought that they didn't know which way the official army came! One by one, they straightened their waists, stretched their necks and looked vigorously at the soldiers and horses coming up on the road, but they had sharp eyes, and they looked wrong, and suddenly exclaimed: "The thief army is coming!" Then he turned around and ran into town.

It was only at this time that the rest of the people realized that something was wrong, and one by one they swarmed towards the town in terror, and closed the gates of the town before the Xingtian army rushed into the town.

And when the Xingtian Army arrived here, although it was only one step away from being able to rush into the ancient town, in the end, it was because the traces were exposed a little earlier, so that the success fell short.

And after coming here, the generals of the Xingtian Army have basically exhausted their physical strength, even if they want to attack the ancient town next, their physical strength can no longer hold on, so seeing that the ancient town closed the town gate, these generals were suddenly a little deflated, and they all sat on the ground, if there is an elite army of soldiers and horses in the ancient town at this time, the number is not much, two hundred people are enough, as long as they rush out of the town immediately, they can kill the Xingtian army and turn it over.

It's a pity that although the ancient town is lively, but the number of Zhuang Ding Township Yong is not much, here is a place where businessmen gather, there is only one general flag of the official army stationed here on weekdays, under a patrol command, when I heard that a thief army suddenly appeared outside the ancient town, the inspection here is not to mention that it is to bring the troops out of the assault, when even if I was scared, I quickly rushed out of the yard, and called the people in the town to quickly close the gate of the town on both sides, and summoned people to climb the wall of the town to make a defensive posture.

Xiao Tianjian stood out of breath outside the town, although his physical strength was relatively good, and he had already adapted to such a long-distance march for more than a year, but even so, after this day's rapid march, he was tired enough, looking at the town gate that was closed in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, in the end it was still a step slower, if it was faster, they would be able to repeat the old tricks if they didn't do it well this time, and they would be able to take this ancient town effortlessly.

But chagrin is annoyance, Xiao Tianjian also knows that everything in this world cannot go well, everything is according to his plan, the plan is in the sky, he has worked hard, and there is nothing to regret, seeing that the sky is gradually darkening, the follow-up generals are also catching up, and everyone is tired and out of breath, in this case, it must be impossible to storm the ancient town, so Xiao Tianjian ordered to camp on the spot, surround the ancient town, and at the same time sent two teams of generals to rush to the ferry outside the town to seize the ferry, Because he said that there were often many passing cargo ships parked there, and each ship was loaded with a lot of goods, which was what he urgently needed at the moment, and he couldn't let them escape.

After sending these two teams of soldiers to set off, Xiao Tianjian ordered the remaining soldiers to camp on the spot, and after dark, there was a shouting and screaming on the ferry outside the town, and then a group of fires were raised, Xiao Tianjian didn't need to look, and he knew that his men should have succeeded, and it was estimated that only a few boats could only escape from the ferry.

After a short rest, Xiao Tianjian arranged a vigilance, and then took Yan Chongxi and Luo Lizhu to go around the ancient town, the town is not big, covering an area of about 100 acres, the town's wall is not high, after nightfall, it is covered with torches of Liangzi and pine and strings of gas death lanterns, obviously the town has been mobilized, ready to prepare for the night attack of the ancient town.

"General, according to the details of this area, this is a fat place! Merchants who travel to and from the Yellow River often unload their goods here, and most of the towns are merchants' warehouses, which are full of all kinds of good things! If we can take here, the grain for the second half of the year is estimated to be settled! Trying to kill the defenders here, they didn't expect that we would suddenly kill here, haha! This time we're developed again! Haha......" Yan Chongxi did not hide his greed for this place at all, laughed and pointed to the ancient town and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"It's a pity that we are still one step slower, if we send someone to seize the town gate here in advance, we won't have to storm tomorrow!" Luo Li also said with a look of pity.

Li Lingfeng came over and said to Xiao Tianjian with a regretful face: "This time we brought too few horses, otherwise, the humble post will bring some scouts over first, seize the town gate, and wait for the general to lead most of the troops to rush over, and our big guy will sleep in the town if he can't get it tonight!" ”

Xiao Tianjian smiled slightly and said: "We have tried our best, it is impossible to do everything as we expected, there are not so many tricks!" The brothers are also very tired today, even if they attack the town, I am afraid that they will encounter the resistance of the enemy army in the town, we may not necessarily be able to take advantage of it, well, the ancient town is just like this, tonight the big guy has a good night's rest, tomorrow morning to get up, and break it in one go! Shi Ran listens to orders! ”

Shi Ran immediately stood up and ordered: "The end will be!" ”

"You and the scout brothers have worked hard tonight, take care of the camp for the brothers, don't be plotted by the enemy! Keep an eye on this ancient town, and don't let anyone run away! ”

"Obedience! ……”

There was a commotion in the ancient town, and the merchants who lived here were frightened by the gang of thieves who suddenly appeared outside the ancient town, and they wanted to escape from the ancient town, for fear that they would not be able to hold this place, and they all became the thieves' knives.

And the patrol inspector who guarded the lonely city said that no one was allowed to leave the town, and sent people to guard the town gate, and no one was allowed to open the door to let one out, for fear that in the chaos, the thief army in the town took advantage of the chaos to seize the town gate, and the inside and outside seized the town gate, so it was strictly ordered that except for the fifty officers and soldiers of the inspection department in the town, and a limited number of dozens of villagers, no one was allowed to approach the town gate, and those who violated the order were killed.

So the adults in the town scolded the women and the children for crying, and for a time there was a mess, and they could not escape from the town, so these merchants and their men and their families hid back in their own inns or inns, and waited for the dawn in fear.

And this patrol is a powerful blessing on weekdays, but at this time, it is really a little ruthless, climbed the wall and looked at the thief army outside the town, and pondered for a while, basically figured out the origin of the gang of thieves outside the town, so he scolded: "The Xingtian army of this Yangcheng is here, and no one has told Lao Tzu in advance!" I didn't even have a time to prepare for Lao Tzu! What do the people in this county eat? ”

After scolding, he inspected the town, kept cheering up his officers and soldiers and Zhuang Ding, and quickly sent someone to get the weapons stored by the inspection department and sent them to the wall, after counting his subordinates, he felt that there was too much shortage of manpower, and there were nearly a thousand thieves outside the town, and he only had more than 100 officers and soldiers and village warriors, and only with such troops, it was impossible to effectively hold the ancient town for a long time.

So he gritted his teeth and ordered his officers and soldiers to summon the men of those big families and the merchants who were blocked here in the town to come out and help him defend this place, so that more than 200 young men were collected in the town, and forced them to climb the wall and help the guard.

At the same time, he also knew that he might not be able to last long here, so he sent two of his men overnight to hang them out of the town with baskets from both sides of the town.

At the end of the night, not a single person in the town closed their eyes, and they all watched the situation nervously, waiting for the attack of the thieves outside the town at dawn.

After dawn, Xiao Tianjian ordered the soldiers to get up and feast on the war, and began to line up outside the town, preparing to attack the ancient town, but he didn't think that as soon as the formation was completed, he heard a noise from the northeast, and a group of villagers came on a road leading to the east of the ancient town, with a force of about five or six hundred people, each raising their swords and guns and rushing towards the ancient town.

Xiao Tianjian frowned, and said in his heart that this time it was really lively! There would actually be someone coming to the rescue of the ancient town, it seems that he still thought about things a little too simply, so he immediately asked Shi Ran where these people came from.

After inquiring about the details of the army, Shi Ran immediately told Xiao Tianjian: "General Qiyu, this group of people is likely to be the township Yong from nearby Wangjiazhuang, Pangjiazhuang, Fangjiabao and other places, it is estimated that they have received help from the ancient town, and they have mobilized the Zhuang Ding Xiangyong from each village to come and relieve the siege of the ancient town!" ”

As soon as Shi Ran's words fell, there was also a noise in the southwest of the ancient city, and after a while, the scouts came to report, saying that a group of soldiers and horses had also been killed from the direction of Fujiazhuang and Wangmao Town in the west, and it seemed that they were also like a group of village warriors, with a strength of about 600 people.

Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be a little happy, now the Xingtian Army is not comparable to the past, no one can bully and bully, he currently has nearly 700 soldiers in his hands, as well as scouts and meticulous soldiers and other troops of nearly 1,000 people, and the enemy army is only more than 1,000 Xiangyong together, so he wants to take down his people, it is really a little too underestimate the combat power of his Xingtian Army.

So he waved his hand and said, "Yan Chongxi, Luo Li, you each send a deputy to bring some people to blast these flies away for me, and when we clean up the ancient town, we will naturally go to them for trouble!" ”

Yan Chongxi and Luo Li both didn't care about it, and immediately nodded and agreed, and from the two sentinel generals, each drew out two hundred soldiers, and handed them to the deputy to order him to lead the troops to drive away the two ways to rescue the ancient towns, and they flew over like flies to delay the Xingtian Army to do business.

The soldiers and generals who were ordered shouted in unison, immediately went out of the ranks, turned around and greeted the local armed forces formed by the two village warriors who were rushing from both sides.