The sky was gray with boundless pressure, and there were bursts of neat shouts, as if they were about to break through the clouds.

Rogues ~ Countless rogues have an endless yellow wasteland in front of them, but at this moment it has become a black sea of thieves, and the swords and guns are like forests and there is no edge in sight. This Nanyang City stands out like a reef in the black ocean.

The elite horse thieves formed a sea of wolves like a sea of cavalry in the distance, all of them were sturdy, holding various weapons in their hands, and there were more than 20,000 cavalrymen, rolling up the dust and sand in the sky, making people feel a terrifying sense of powerlessness.

There are more than 4,000 foot thieves wearing the armor of the Ming army in the middle, all of them are well-armored, all of them are inner chain mail, and the outer layer is inlaid with iron free armor, all of them are sturdy, wearing eight-petal iron hats, red eagles on their heads are like fire, and they are holding sophisticated firearms in their hands, all of them are excellent birds, and they are all well-trained elite firecrackers by Li Dingguo, and they are also the only firecrackers among the thieves.

Countless times he wanted to prove himself in front of his colleagues and prove the strength of this firearms army, but he suffered from no chance, and the rogue who fought on a mobile basis had no chance to develop the power of the firearms at all.

The others are all kinds of foot thieves wearing captured Ming army armor, or the elite of the Ming army who surrendered, all of them have a fierce face, and there are soldiers who have just been captured under the scolding of old thieves.

A group of bandit leaders climbed the hill on the side, led by Zhang Xianzhong, who was wearing a big red felt hat, looked at the city from afar, looked at the soldiers and horses behind him, and said with an indescribable pride in his heart: "The three thousand soldiers and horses of the little Nanyang City also want to stop the 60,000 elites of my righteous army?" He laughed loudly, from the beginning of the army to the present, his army has not known how many Ming troops have been eliminated, how many victories have been fought, and said: "I have been fighting more and fighting less for more than ten years, often against the Ming army, with one enemy and ten, not a hundred, this kind of rich battle of ten to one, this king has not yet fought." Haha"

All the generals laughed, and Zhang Xianzhong suddenly thought of his sentry team, gritted his teeth and said: "After the city is broken, the city will be slaughtered for three days!" ”

His words immediately attracted the eyes of a group of people to look at the city in front of them fiercely and greedily, and their eyes could not cover the greed, Nanyang, this city with a vassal king, how much wealth and how many beauties? Massacre of the city? Isn't it possible to do whatever you want?

"Sun Kewang, this king will give you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and 10,000 hungry people to take the city!" Zhang Xianzhong said, with anger and indescribable confidence.

On the side, Wang Zhaolin shook his head painfully, and said, "Think twice, the king can't do anything about slaughtering the city!" He has been promoting benevolence and righteousness in the rebel army, and wants to build military law in this army and change the image of the rebel Zhang Xianzhong's department, so that he can truly become a rebel army, not a large thief.

"Hehe, sir, don't slaughter the city, don't rob, do you let my rebels drink the northwest wind, it's a joke!"

"That's it, that's it, you scholars just like to speak vernacular, how about the Ming Dynasty composed of those scholars, it's not that I was beaten by my righteous army."

Hearing the ridicule of the leaders, Wang Zhaofu's face was not good-looking, he opened his mouth and did not speak, Zhang Xianzhong drank angrily, looked around, and no one dared to speak, he said coldly: "When Mr. speaks in the future, who dares to talk nonsense, fight eighty!" ”

All the leaders looked frightened and stopped talking, eighty military sticks, what difference does it make if you kill them? One by one, they were silent and stopped talking, Li Dingguo nodded, among these rebels, there are three people who really respect Wang Zhaolin, one is Zhang Xianzhong, one is Sun Kewang, and the other is him.

Zhang Xianzhong walked over with a pleasant face, hugged his fists and said: "Sir, my subordinates are all rough people, talking nonsense, don't be surprised"

Wang Zhaofu sighed helplessly, his tone was full of emotion, and said: "King, the matter of slaughtering the city must not be done!" For this reason, only when our righteous army shows an unusual side can it win the hearts and minds of the people. ”

Zhang Xianzhong sighed helplessly, looked at Nanyang City, and said, "What Mr. said, I also know, you just look at Nanyang, those rich and unkind family relatives?" Don't go and rob them! What is the logistics of our rebel army? This is also a kind of helplessness for him, he also understands the importance of the people's hearts, but he also understands that to feed such a group of troops, the only way is to rob, only to plunder, he wants a solid base more than anyone else, before that he was a thief, a butcher! Only by slaughtering the city can the beastly nature of the soldier be stimulated and his army stabilized.

Wang Zhaolin didn't speak, he lowered his head silently, his expression was a little lost, he also understood the situation of the righteous army, but he didn't think it was necessary to slaughter the city.

Zhang Xianzhong breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Sir, I hunted a white tiger under my men yesterday, and I will make a tiger skin and give it to Mr. In the future, in winter, Mr. will have cold legs, so don't worry about it."

Wang Zhaolin hurriedly clenched his fists, with emotion, clenched his fists, continued to look at the city, and said: "King, I look at the city wall, but this place is a little different." ”

"Hmph, it's just a small city, 2,000 officers and soldiers, I'm afraid he will do anything," Zhang Xianzhong said, he didn't even count the local garrison.

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Stampede, a chaotic sound of footsteps, hungry people, their expressions with unspeakable madness, their eyes red, look like they have been hungry for a long time, they have all kinds of tools in their hands, some are ready to fill in the trenches outside the city.

There were also old thieves in armor, viciously shouting and scolding behind, urging the group of refugees to speed up and fill in the trenches, all with fierce faces. With all kinds of weapons in their hands, some even holding leather whips, they beat the hungry people.

There is also a kind of cart in the middle, the shape of a square, people can push the cart inside, the people on it can't get in, they can calmly push the cart under the city wall, with various tools to chisel the city wall, this kind of car, more than 50 cars, lined up in a row. It's like a wall.

"Hole!" Wang Shuang, who was beside Xiao Chuan, immediately recognized this weapon, a well-known siege weapon in history. He said in surprise.

In front of them were the hungry people who came like a tide, their expressions were crazy, and they looked like crazy demons, and they didn't know what conditions the thieves had made to make this group of hungry people so desperate

"The general can't let those holes get close to the city," Wang Shuang on the side said, with worry in his eyes, and said, "That thing is close to the city, and the thief soldiers can calmly hide in it and chisel through the city wall. He said, thinking that Xiao Chuan did not understand this siege method.

Xiao Chuan didn't care, he glanced at it, and countless burning eyes around him looked over, and the city wall was full of Huns, as well as his own barracks sergeant, waving his hand.

Stampede-After a while, one by one the soldiers walked up with black 10,000 enemies in their hands.

On the opposite hill, Zhang Xianzhong held a clairvoyant mirror, nodded approvingly, with pride in his expression, and said, "Wang'er, yes, he has been studying the history of the Song Dynasty recently. I thought of this good idea today, Dongzi? I didn't expect him to get this siege machine out. He glanced at Wang Zhaolin gratefully, if there was no Mr. by his side to teach, his adopted son would not have thought of these siege methods at all.

"It's really ingenious, this car is close to the city wall, the soldiers can easily dig the city wall inside, and the thieves can only stare at it" The leaders all patted their ass. Li Dingguo looked at the siege machine of the "hole" thoughtfully, thinking about something.

Xiao Chuan on the city wall pouted, and wanted to chisel his own city wall, which would make your teeth fall out, and with a wave of his hand, the rows of soldiers wearing iron armor on the side took out 10,000 enemies one by one, and the black 10,000 enemies were cold.

Hungry people in the distance hid behind "holes", which were covered with thick wood in front of them. The hungry people pushed the holes without any scruples.

"Quick, quick, about to approach the city" one by one the old thieves shouted, making those hungry soldiers speed up, all of them were calm, they had experienced a lot of this kind of battle, but how? What can the Ming army do? They all laughed without hesitation.

"Haha, what can these Ming dogs do with us!"

That Wang Shuang immediately ordered his subordinates to release arrows! A dark cloud rose from the wall, trampled on it, and fell on the hole, which was densely covered with clusters of arrows, like a hedgehog. When Wang Shuang saw it, he was even more shocked that his arrow cluster was useless.

Xiao Chuan waved his hand, and the firecrackers on the side moved forward with a swishing sound, but Wang Shuang was shocked, and said: "General Qin, you don't want to die, you are not afraid of blowing up the chamber" He was frightened by the shoddy firearms, and so were his soldiers, and the firecrackers in their images were guns that exploded when they were lit, and they all looked frightened, wanting to stay away from this group of soldiers who did not want to die.

Seeing that Xiao Chuan didn't pay attention to him at all, Wang Shuang ran to the back by himself and hid in a place where he thought he was safe.

Bang bang - puffs of green smoke rose from the city walls, accompanied by a sound that shook the eardrums.

Bang bang bang - there was a layer of iron on the outside of the hole. Immediately beaten to sawdust flying. There was a loud bang, and the push of the shield cart slowed down.

Some of the bullets pierced through the thick wooden wall, and the hungry people behind were immediately shot, and one by one the hungry people were shot, and from a distance, there were bursts of blood mist rising from the hole.

The leaders of Zhang Xianzhong behind were all shocked, looking at the sawdust that was beaten to the ground, and there were even firecrackers piercing the thick wood, thinking that if there was no car, I was afraid that the hungry soldiers would collapse directly.

Zhang Xianzhong swallowed his saliva, looked at the firebolt and said, "Military Division, what is that, why can the Ming army light a firearm without a fire rope" He said in surprise.

"Self-generated fire" Wang Zhaolin's eyes were straight and strange, and he said: "But I have seen this thing before, ten rounds, it is strange that five of them can be lit on fire, and it is unbelievable that this Ming army is constantly firepower." ”

"But so what?" Zhang Xianzhong laughed and said, "Hehe, in front of the shield car, what is the use of the firecracker?" He looked at the hole in front of him and said, although the power is powerful, what if it pierces the hole, it will not have much impact on the hungry people inside. He always thought that no matter how powerful the firearm was, it was enough to have a shield car, and he always wanted Li Dingguo to understand

This time, he said this to Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo's face turned blue, he didn't speak anymore, but just looked straight at the battlefield.

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