Why is Zhang Bin sure that he can take Luzhou City in half a day?

Naturally, he was not having a nervous attack, because he scanned it carefully, there was no artillery on the city wall, and he had many, many artillery pieces, and the artillery of the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army combined was eight hundred!

In this way, the peasant army will only be beaten in long-range attacks, and if he has time, he can even set up artillery and bombard it non-stop until the peasant army collapses, and he does not have to spend a single soldier at all.

Not only that, but the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army also have 16,000 flintlock pistols, and the Qi family's army has also brought the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot, and the peasant army in Luzhou City is not at the same level as them at all, this is completely a crushing battle, and if you can't attack it for half a day, you will come to the ghost!

Ma Yingshou and He Yilong also sent a lot of scouts, but the scouts they sent could only hide in the distance and roughly estimate the number of officers and soldiers.

At this moment, as the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army assembled and set up, the leaders and brains of the fifth battalion of the left finally discovered that something was wrong, the tall Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots lined up together, just like monsters with thorns, they looked so hideous and terrifying; The tiger squat artillery trucks were lined up together, with a lot of gun muzzles, and they looked even more scared to death.

Since there was no artillery in the city, Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong set up a formation two miles outside the east, and the rows of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots and Tiger Squat artillery wagons were lined up together, just like a steel jungle, Ma Yingshou couldn't help but be shocked and said: "What is this, why does it look so terrifying?" ”

No one knows what this thing is, because the Qi family army used the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot when they fought with Jiannu, and fought against the peasant army, they only used the tiger squat cannon, and the number is far from so much, no wonder Ma Yingshou can't see it, He Yilong and He Jin naturally can't see it.

Maybe he was used to escaping, but at this time Ma Yingshou was retreating, he thought about it, and simply ordered: "You all transfer the newly recruited foot soldiers, and all the veterans go back to pack up their things, it's really not good, let's go, and leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood." ”

This time, no one raised any objections, they were already frightened by the rows of steel jungles in front, the unknown is the most terrifying, the Ming army will definitely not bring some useless things to the battlefield, these things are definitely not less powerful, they have lost confidence in defending the city.

Soon, the veterans on the city wall quickly retreated one after another, replaced by a team of newly recruited foot soldiers, they naturally did not want to be tough with the officers and soldiers, but there was a supervision team behind, if they dared to be cowardly and did not use the Ming army, the supervision team would cut them down!

Ma Yingshou was here to "transfer troops", Zhang Bin was naturally not idle, 40,000 troops hurriedly prepared for a morning, in the afternoon, everything was finally prepared, Zhang Bin did not hesitate to order: "Wuhan Iron and Steel car, on, start filling the moat!" ”

A wave of the order flag, hundreds of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles lined up in a neat array and rushed towards the city wall, it felt like a city wall full of spikes crashing quickly, Ma Yingshou frowned slightly, and then shouted: "Archer, prepare the rocket." ”

Preparing rockets is not for the purpose of killing, the officers and soldiers behind the chariot will definitely not be able to shoot, but most of the general chariots are wooden structures, and if you put rockets, you can burn them, and about fifty steps in front of the city wall is a moat several zhang wide, this chariot will definitely not be able to push it, so it can only stop in front of the moat and let them shoot.

His idea is good, but how could Bi Maokang not think of this when he designed the Wuhan Iron and Steel Car, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Car could not be lit at all, because its front was full of dense cast iron spikes, and a thin iron plate was inlaid on it.

Soon, hundreds of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles rushed to the front of the moat, and the rockets on the city wall suddenly rained down, but unfortunately, it was useless, all the rockets that fell on the Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles were all bounced off, and the Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles could not be lit at all!

At this time, Ma Yingshou was dumbfounded, and he could only watch the Ming army do something.

Why did Zhang Bin let the Wuhan Iron and Steel car go up to fill the moat, it is very simple, the Wuhan Iron and Steel car not only has armor, but also has a lot of space on it, which can be used to load grain at ordinary times, and at this time it is full of earth and stones, bags of soil and stones, and the soldiers of the Qi family army do not have to venture to the front to fill the soil, just throw the sack full of soil and stones to the ground, and then several people work together to retreat the sack from under the car into the moat with a palladium.

The speed of the Qi family army is called a horror, bags of earth and stone quickly slid out of the bottom of the Wuhan Iron and Steel car, falling into the moat like dumplings, and soon a car was filled, and a long slope had been piled up in the moat, and the soldiers of the Qi family army quickly retreated, filled with earth and stones two miles away, and pushed the car up, and so on, in less than an hour, the moat in the east of Luzhou City was almost filled!

At this time, all the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots began to retreat, and they were lined up in dozens of small rows about two hundred steps away from the city wall, each row was ten taels of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots, and there was a gap of zhang wide in the middle, neatly and neatly, as if measured with a ruler.

Immediately afterwards, 800 tiger squat artillery trucks began to step forward, lined up in two rows about a hundred steps behind the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot, also neatly and neatly.

Ma Yingshou and the others were already so frightened that they hid behind the arrow stacks, it was the first time they had seen so many artillery, fortunately, these cannons were not big, and they were not the kind of ones that could smash the city wall at first glance, otherwise, they would have run away in fright.

Zhang Bin looked at the arrangement of the vehicle array and artillery array in front of him, and then ordered unhurriedly: "Musketeer, get on the chariot and prepare to shoot, and the infantry of the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army carry the ladder and prepare to charge." ”

With a wave of order flags, two thousand Qi family army foot soldiers and two thousand Tianxiong army foot soldiers each carried a hundred cloud ladders, standing neatly behind the artillery array, Qi Yuangong and Lu Xiangsheng stood at the forefront of their foot soldiers!

Everything was ready, and Zhang Bin ordered without hesitation: "The tiger squat cannon and flintlock pistol are shooting non-stop, and the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army are on foot." ”

After receiving the order, Qi Yuangong and Lu Xiangsheng yelled at the same time: "Rush." ”

Then, they took the lead in running towards the city wall, and behind them, four thousand foot soldiers carried the ladder and followed without hesitation.

"Boom, boom", there was a roar of artillery, countless shells flew up the city wall, and the defenders on the smashed city wall scurried everywhere.

"Papapapa", a burst of muskets burst, as long as the defenders who accidentally exposed their bodies from behind the arrow stacks were all splashed with blood, crying dad and calling mother.

How to fight this battle, not only can you not throw stones and trees from the middle of the arrow stacks, you can't even stand in the middle of the city wall and throw arrows, there are cannonballs everywhere, bullets everywhere, only by squatting closely behind the arrow stacks will you not be beaten into a sieve!

Ma Yingshou has not yet decided whether to run or not, Qi Yuangong and Lu Xiangsheng have already rushed to the city wall with their foot soldiers, "pop pap", two hundred cloud ladders set up the city wall, Qi Yuangong and Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate to take the lead to climb up.

At this time, the roar of the artillery finally stopped, for they were afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades on the ladder; Immediately afterwards, the sound of muskets also stopped, because the foot soldiers of the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army had already rushed to the city wall.

Ma Yingshou's eyes couldn't help but show a glint of hope, without the help of muskets and artillery, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, how powerful could it be?

He had just roughly counted, the most officers and soldiers besieging the city were four or five thousand, and there were at least 20,000 people on the city wall, although they were wounded by muskets and artillery, but compared with the officers and soldiers, they still had an absolute advantage in numbers, and this wave was estimated to be able to withstand it!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be bold, stretched out his head, and looked at the city wall below, and there was a burst of blood rain in his eyes, Lu Xiangsheng was like a killing god, and the stumps danced everywhere with the sword light, and blood splashed.

"King Lu Yan, it's King Lu Yan!" , Ma Yingshou immediately let out a desperate howl.

This sword light, this scene, they are too familiar, it is definitely King Lu Yan!

Hasn't this King Lu Yan been cut down by the little emperor and rushed to Jinling to retire, why was he released again!

This battle can't be fought, King Lu Yan has no one to stop him, and it is impossible for the 20,000 recruits on the city wall to stop him, Ma Yingshou waved his hand without hesitation: "Withdraw." ”

Immediately, he took a group of guards and ran quickly to the city gate.

When He Yilong heard the name of King Lu Yan, he wilted in an instant, no matter how fierce he was, he was not as fierce as King Lu Yan, and he still spanked a fart, he waved his hand without hesitation: "Withdraw." ”

Immediately, he also took a group of guards and quickly ran to the city gate.

He Jin, Liu Xiyao and Lin Yangsheng were also frightened by the name of King Lu Yan, where did they dare to stay here, as soon as Ma Yingshou and He Yilong left, they immediately followed and ran downstairs to the city gate, and soon, the city gate tower became empty.

After a while, the east gate of Luzhou City opened, and countless cavalry swarmed out, running towards Lu'an as if fleeing for their lives.

They are indeed fleeing for their lives, because King Luyan has already climbed the eastern wall, and if they flee slowly, they will die!

At this time, the recruits on the eastern city wall had been killed by Lu Xiangsheng and Qi Yuangong, and they didn't dare to go up, nor did they dare to escape, so they could only throw their weapons and lie on the ground trembling.

In less than half an hour, the eastern city wall was taken, and the thieves on the other three city walls had already run out, and Luzhou City was recovered in this way, and the Qi family army and the Tianxiong army had no casualties at all, and some ammunition was wasted.

Zhang Bin had expected this result, the peasant army at this time still had little combat effectiveness, only when they had a territory and began to mass-produce weapons and equipment, they would slowly become stronger, and at this time, they were still just rogues, not even the border soldiers of the Ming army, and they were not a dish in front of the well-equipped Qi family army and the Tianxiong army.

Ma Yingshou didn't expect the officers and soldiers to be so strong, the terrifying car array and artillery array had exceeded his cognition, and the appearance of King Lu Yan made him fall into despair, this battle was no longer able to fight, so he hurried to hide in Dabie Mountain to avoid the limelight.

He had completely lost the courage to confront the officers and soldiers, and just wanted to flee into the Dabie Mountains to avoid the limelight, if it weren't for the tens of thousands of subordinates and some grain and grass in Lu'an City, he wouldn't even want to go to Lu'an City.

Fortunately, he went to Lu'an City and asked him to go directly to Huoshan, and it was estimated that he would be so angry that he would spurt blood.

Because he had just led the main force of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution to Lu'an, the old management team guarding the city told him that Huoshan and the mall were occupied by officers and soldiers!

The news had just arrived in Lu'an in the afternoon, and the old management team had not had time to send news to Luzhou City, and the news of the loss of Luzhou City came immediately, and he was dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to do at all.

At this time, Ma Yingshou didn't know what to do.

It's not that he has no way out, he still has a lot of options.

He can directly lead the army from Lu'an City to the south, as long as he runs more than ten miles to Dabie Mountain, unfortunately, there is no way into the mountain nearby, he must discard all the grain, grass, baggage and even horses to enter the mountain, these things are the foundation of the world, until the last resort, he is impossible to throw away.

He can also go around in a big circle from Yingshan or Macheng into the Dabie Mountains, the problem is that Huoshan and the mall are occupied by officers and soldiers, who knows what the situation is in Yingshan and Macheng, if Yingshan and Macheng are also occupied by officers and soldiers, he will not seek death when he runs over!

He can also go all the way to the west and run to Yunyang to find the alliance leader Gao Yingxiang, so that although the road is far away, there is no big problem in safety, because there are no officers and soldiers along the way, and Yunyang has gathered at least two or three hundred thousand righteous troops, even if these 40,000 officers and soldiers chase after each other, there is no need to be afraid, no matter how well-equipped the officers and soldiers are, 40,000 against 3400,000, and it is still a siege, it will be a ghost if it can be defeated.

Of course, he can also choose to lead the army to attack Huoshan or Mall, and take Huoshan or Mall back, so that he can also lead the army into the Dabie Mountains and throw off the officers and soldiers, but he really doesn't dare to take this risk, because the main force of the officers and soldiers is less than a hundred miles behind him, if he can't take Huoshan or Mall for a day, he will be attacked from front to back, in that case, he will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die!

In the end, he still chose to go all the way west to Yunyang to join Gao Yingxiang.

This was expected by Zhang Bin, he just wanted to compress all the peasant armies into the Yunyang area, let them hold together, so that they could concentrate on extermination, and if the peasant army was running around, even if he had a million troops, it would probably be useless.

Ma Yingshou did not stay in Lu'an for long, he led the main force to flee to Lu'an City, rested for a night, and led everyone to the direction of Yunyang early the next morning, Zhang Bin did not rush to catch up, because at this time, the mobility of the imperial army was not as good as the thieves, even if he led the army to run without his life, at most he would be able to capture all the foot soldiers of the peasant army, and their main cavalry, with his current mobility ability, could not catch up at all.

Since he is not in a hurry to catch up, then there is no need to be in a hurry, after the fifth battalion of Gezuo left Lu'an, he led the army Shi Shiran to Lu'an, and waited for Li Dingguo to send news that the peasant army had crossed the mall and went to the west, so he led the army to the mall, and ordered Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Feng Shuangli to lead the army to converge.

After resting in the mall for two days, until all the horses and horses were all gathered, he led the army to follow behind the 5th battalion of Gezuo and slowly moved towards Yunyang.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao had already rushed to Zhangde Mansion to join the Sichuan army, the white pole soldiers of the Sichuan army were also the elite of the Ming Dynasty, although Qin Liangyu was a woman, but he did not let the eyebrows at all, plus Cao Wenzhao, a fierce general, they were also invincible, and soon, Luo Rucai and other peasant army leaders, as well as Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing, who rushed over to support Luo Rucai, were also driven out of Kaifeng Mansion, Xingyang, and all the way to Yunyang.

Zhang Bin's goal of compressing the peasant army into the Yunyang area was initially achieved, so how could he exterminate the main force of the more than 500,000 peasant army?