Early in the morning, as soon as Song Ting woke up, before he got up from the bed, some soldiers hurriedly ran in and muttered loudly.

"Captain! Captain! ”

The soldiers nodded to the ground on one knee and reported loudly: "The anti-thief Chen Tao is attacking the north gate!"

Song Ting hurriedly put on his clothes, reorganized the musket battalion, and led 2,000 musketeers to the north gate.

At this time, on the city wall, Han Shizhong was commanding the defenders to defend the city, and the troops on the city wall were obviously insufficient, and the rolling stones were also used up.

The Song court brought the musketeers to the city wall, and looked down, the city was densely packed, and Chen Tao's rebels were everywhere.

"Han Shizhong, what's going on?"

Shout! The crossbow arrow flew straight down, hitting a rebel in the throat, and after shooting this arrow, Han Shizhong turned around.

"Captain Yudu, Chen Tao, this erection, deceived me that the defenders of Yangzhou were insufficient, and the siege began at the fourth watch last night."

Han Shizhong held the Divine Arm Crossbow, his eyes narrowed, he looked somewhere under the city, pointed to a certain place and said to Song Ting: "Duwei, that is Chen Tao!"

Hearing this, Song Ting also looked over, and could only see a vague figure in a golden battle armor and an orange cloak in the rebel bush, more than 500 meters away from the city wall, and it was a little difficult to see.

Is this Chen Tao so afraid of death?

With a slap of disdain in his heart, Song Ting immediately arranged the musketeers, and there were at least 4 musketeers next to each battlement.

suddenly thought that his troops were insufficient, and the rebels under the city were all soldiers of the imperial court, but they were just bewitched by Chen Tao, but he felt that most of them could be surrendered and taken for their own use.

It's easy to kill this Chen Tao.

But 500 meters away, even if the musket can't be fired, it's better to hold the city gate first.

Chen Tao's rebel army has about 20,000 people, and they are all the elite forbidden box army of Wu Song's battalion, this time the confrontation can be different from Chen Tai's peasant rebel army last time, the weapons, equipment, and soldier quality of the elite forbidden box army are obviously much better than the peasant army.

Looking at the armored rebels under the city, Song Ting's eyes showed a hot light, and he licked his tongue, "My 3,000 recruits should have no armor, this Chen Tao is here to send me weapons and equipment~"

The musketeers on the city wall were arranged, and the ladders of the enemy troops under the city were erected, the huge siege equipment ramming carts were also pushed over, the tall catapults were also set up, and even a few cannons were pulled to the front of the formation.

Seeing the arrangement of the anti-thief Chen Tao, Han Shizhong frowned, and said to Song Ting: "The erector has made a bloody capital this time, and he swears to take my Yangzhou City!"

Song Ting smiled and said calmly: "I'm afraid he won't come!" If this guy doesn't come by himself, I'll have to go to Chuzhou to find him! ”

After speaking, he marched along the city wall, a snow-white cloak swayed against the morning breeze, and a high-pitched voice also sounded against the morning breeze-

"Musket preparation—"

The 2,000 muskets were already hungry and thirsty, and they were quietly set up at the battlements of the city wall......

Under the city, Chen Tao's 20,000 elites launched another siege, and the artillery bombarded the wall, although it did not blow up the city wall, but it also caused a crack.

On the city wall, artillery returned fire, and explosive shells fell in the rebel soldiers, killing and wounding several rebels in an instant.

The crashing car was pushed in front of the city gate and was about to start ramming the gate.

At this time, Lu Junyi, Yan Qing, and Hu Sanniang also arrived with troops on the city wall, and Song Ting asked Yan Qing to command a musket team to deal with the collision car.

In addition, Han Shizhong was directing the soldiers to pour black oil on the cauldron and use rockets to ignite the crashing car, and the rebels pushing the cart were shot to death because they were very close to the city.

There were rebels coming up from the ladder, and the defenders on the city wall had reached 5,000 men at this time, which was more than enough troops, and one ladder was overthrown, and the rebels fell from the ladder, either into the moat, or fell to pieces, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

Only catapults caused some damage to the city walls, and some stone bullets, explosive bombs, and incendiary objects were thrown into the city from catapults, destroying many houses.

Smack-bang-bang-

The musketeers fired frequently at soldiers within 30 meters of the city, and although a few were occasionally shot by the rebels' bows and arrows, they were largely one-sided in a one-sided slaughter due to the advanced nature of their weapons.

Just an hour later, the moat, and the riverbank, were littered with rebel corpses.

Chen Tao was shocked, although he didn't know what that kind of banging sound was, he still knew very well that this was a powerful firearm.

And there were thousands of such firearms in the city, and his soldiers fell under the attack of the firearms as if they were sent to death.

Seeing that two or three thousand of his soldiers died at once, he realized the terrible nature of the matter, and immediately asked the herald to beat the drum and sound gold, preparing to withdraw his troops to the north.

"The shaft is going to run away, Han Shizhong, Lu Junyi! Captain Bendu ordered the two of you to lead 1,000 men and horses to pursue, and Captain Bendu personally led the musket battalion to follow, even if he chased to Chuzhou, he had to take off Chen Tao's head for me to sacrifice the flag! ”

Song Ting gave an order, and Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi each led 1,000 men and horses to chase after them.

Song Ting personally led the musket battalion to follow.

When Chen Tao saw Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi chasing behind, he didn't care, because although he suffered heavy losses, there were at least more than 10,000 people, and the pursuers seemed to be few, so he was not worried.

But he far underestimated the bravery of Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi, and as soon as the pursuers came up, they rushed up with a roar, destroying his front like two sharp arrows.

Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi were even more invincible, and when they raised their knives and fell, they saw their heads fall to the ground.

Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi were two, one from the west and the other from the east, one with a gun and the other with a knife, and after a while, they killed in front of Chen Tao.

"Shaft, do you dare to rebel?"

With a roar, Han Shizhong slammed his gun at Chen Tao's door, and Lu Junyi raised his knife and attacked Chen Tao's back.

Chen Tao grabbed his own soldiers and pointed them to the tip of the gun, and the soldiers were punched holes.

Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi were shocked, they couldn't imagine that this person was so despicable and vicious.

Chen Tao hurriedly beat his horse and fled.

As everyone knows, a musket was already aimed at his back.

Bang –

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, I saw Chen Tao fall from the horse, Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi caught up and took Chen Tao's head.

Lu Junyi lifted Chen Tao's head and shouted: "Chen Tao's head is here!" Others surrender and don't kill! ”

With a bang, 2,000 muskets were aimed at the rebels, and looking at this formation, the rebels also felt that there was no need to die, so they threw away their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

"Master Pony! Good marksmanship! ”

"I didn't expect the thief's head to be taken by Du Wei!"

Han Shizhong and Lu Junyi stepped forward to compliment Song Ting.

Song Ting said lightly: "Okay, if there is a musket, you can do it, next, collect the rebels!"

The work of absorbing the rebels was carried out smoothly, and these nearly 20,000 people were originally the elite forbidden troops of the imperial court, but they were deceived by Chen Tao and followed the rebellion.

The Song court selected 2,000 people from them and incorporated them into the musket battalion, which means that the total strength of the musket battalion reached 5,000 people.

And the available troops in his hands have reached more than 30,000 people, and Chen Tao's military operation is simply a send-off.

After receiving Chen Tao's territory in Chuzhou, Chuzhou, and Zhenzhou, another 5,000 recruits were recruited.

As a result, the total number of troops in the hands of the Song court reached nearly 50,000, and the banner of King Qin's army became bigger and bigger.

The Song court appointed Han Shizhong as the commander-in-chief of the infantry army, Lu Junyi as the commander-in-chief of the Ma army, and Mr. Zhu as the chief of logistics.

In the Jianghuai region, the Qinwang army is huge.

(End of chapter)