When there was still more than an hour before dark, outside the capital of Baodezhou Prefecture in Shanxi, countless thieves were preparing to attack the city, and the number of people was so large that the Ming army at the head of the city almost turned pale.

The garrison of the state capital saw that his subordinates were frightened by the thieves and their morale was low, so they shouted loudly: "Don't look at the number of these thieves, but they are all a rabble. It's just the victims of Shaanxi, they are starving to death, and they still want to attack the city, this is a dream! ”

"Look at how many siege tools do they have? With them, no amount of people can attack them! ”

“……”

Under the analysis and shouting of the garrison, the Ming army at the head of the city gradually regained confidence. With this confidence, morale goes up.

And outside the city, King Zijin Liang and Ma Huihui and others reported to Wang Jiayin: "Brother Alliance Leader, the preparations are almost complete. ”

Wang Jiayin's expression looked very relaxed, as if he didn't have much worry about capturing the city. I saw him smile and nodded, "Then let's start!" ”

The order was passed down, and the sturdy among the thieves brandished the swords and guns in his hands and began to drive away the crowd in front of him: "Let Lao Tzu go, hurry up and attack the city......"

There were about 1,000 of them, most of them were old and weak, their faces were full of fear, and many of them were even scared to tears. Many people looked at the city wall in the distance and saw the Ming army standing on the top of the city, and they were all very afraid.

"Let's go, I won't stab you anymore!" The sturdy men raised their swords and spears in front of them, shouting loudly, and finally drove them towards the city.

"Hehe, you see, those thieves are attacking the city, and they don't even have decent weapons, do they want to dig the city wall with a hoe or cut it with a sickle?" A tall man Ming Jun saw it clearly, so he said with a sneer.

But a weak companion beside him did not respond, but just looked out in a daze. When the tall Ming Jun saw it, he patted his thin companion on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, your family will be fine, what these thieves want is the property of the state capital, right?" ”

"I hope so!" The thin companion said with his eyes still staring out, a little worried.

The Ming army at the head of this city is basically locals. A considerable number of them do not live in the city, but in the villages and forts outside the city. Because it is very close to the borderland, in order to prevent the Mongols from attacking Qiugu, most of them are fortified and defended, but they have a certain defensive power.

A large number of thieves are getting closer and closer to the city, and the Ming army at the head of the city is ready to teach these thieves a lesson so that they don't dare to come to the state city again.

"See, what's the difference between these thieves and farmers? Cowering, procrastinating, just some ladders, no armor, even women, so if you can attack the city, there will be ghosts, and they are all guarded by this official! The shouts of the garrison rang out again, boosting the morale of the city.

At this time, he can basically conclude that the thieves outside the city are really a rabble, and they still want to fight the idea of the state capital, which is really a fool's dream!

But at this moment, many sharp-eyed guards saw clearly that the thieves who were attacking the city outside turned out to be the villagers they knew, and even their relatives. At this moment, they panicked and shouted: "Mother, mother, what's going on?" ”

"Dad, you are confused, what are you doing with these thieves?"

“……”

There were even some Ming soldiers with a more violent personality who shouted hatefully: "Dad, what's so good about being a thief, follow the rebellion, this is looking for death!" ”

"Brother, your weak figure, tired from doing farm work, and you still want to come to rob the state capital?"

“……”

Hearing these shouts from the city, most of the old and weak wept. They shouted the names of their relatives in the city and cried about what had happened to them.

"The stockade was breached by them, everything was robbed by them, and if they didn't follow them, they would starve to death!"

"Son, it's not that Dad is confused, they forced me to come! The old man next door refused to come, and he was beaten to death by them hanging from a tree! ”

“……”

Listening to the conversation under the city, the thieves mixed in the crowd showed a hint of pride, those with bows and arrows have begun to open their bows and arrows, and those who do not have bows and arrows are urging those who carry simple ladders to hurry up and attack the city.

When the Ming soldiers on the city saw it, they wanted to fight back. But those Ming soldiers who had relatives below hurriedly stopped them and angrily prevented them from firing back. At the head of the city, it's a bit of a mess.

As soon as the garrison saw that the situation was not right, they immediately ordered loudly that whoever dared not to fight back would be punished as an accomplice of the thieves. He even stepped forward in person and killed one of the soldiers who blocked the most fiercely.

"If they are allowed to attack it, all the people in the city will suffer! Kill me! The guard shouted as hard as he could, letting his men take the lead in returning fire.

Finally, the mutual attack between the city and the city began, and both sides reluctantly strengthened their strength from the sparse landing at the beginning, and suddenly, a large number of dead and wounded appeared.

Without exception, most of the old and weak outside the city became cannon fodder, either being stoned to death by bows and arrows, fire guns, and rolling wood and stones on the city's head, or by the sturdy thieves hiding behind them to correct the law on the spot.

And the head of the city, because of some scruples, was killed and injured by the bows and arrows of those strong thieves. The simple ladder was put up, pushed away, stoned to death, and then put on the rack, and so on, and human lives were consumed in the process.

The first batch of cannon fodder was almost dead, and another batch of cannon fodder came later. The corpses under the city were piled up more and more, and they were all about to reach the head of the city.

The intensity of the siege battle attracted almost everyone's attention. The garrison was worried that some Ming troops at the head of the city would not dare to make a move, so they mobilized more back soldiers and replaced those with problematic soldiers.

Slowly, as the sun set, the light dimmed a little. But the thieves outside the city are still attacking, even if the old and weak have almost consumed the land, they are still attacking.

The Ming army at the head of the city had been fighting for more than an hour, and they were already a little tired. But the thieves attacked urgently, and they couldn't rest, so they defended with all their might.

But at some point, there was a sudden shout of murder in the city, and about a hundred thieves came out of nowhere and raided the city gate.

King Zijin Liang saw all kinds of rebels flocking into the city like a tide in the distance, so he smiled and said to Wang Jiayin: "Brother Alliance Leader, it's done!" ”

Wang Jiayin nodded when he heard this, and replied: "We just arrived in Jindi, and this Baode Prefecture Government was not prepared, so we were allowed to mix in the internal response beforehand. After this news spreads, I'm afraid that other cities won't be so easy to get in! ”

After finishing speaking, he saw that Wang Ziyong's happy expression was gone, so he smiled and said, "But don't worry, now that the state capital is down, we can have a good rest." ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Jiayin urged the war horse and said: "Go, the old rules!" ”