When Li Shangquan led his army to Yicheng, Tang Xidong ordered Jia Hutun to have a heavy army in Yueyang City.

It is not clear whether it is preparing to attack Qinzhou or a heavy defense.

At the same time, Tang Xidong did not dare to hand over his back to the Ming army in Shaanxi with complete confidence, after all, there were still more than 100,000 Ming troops entrenched there.

Tang Xidong secretly ordered Zhang Xiahai and Zhang Sanshi to be transferred to Jizhou, and secretly mobilized new troops to defend five cities along the western front.

Zhang Sanshi sat in the south, and at the same time, Tang Xidong ordered Cao Ran to send a large number of spies outside the northern border to reconnoiter the movements of the Ming army.

Tang Xidong made such a big noise before, not only to let the Ming court know that he was going to send troops, but also to remind Wang Jiayin.

Get ready to defend, I'm going to fight you.

For Zezhou Tang Xidong, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to conquer it in one fell swoop, even if he was very sure, it was impossible for him to act like this.

Keeping hundreds of thousands of rebels is to rely on the other party to attract the attention of the imperial court.

Once you really cripple the Shaanxi rebels, then the next moment will be yourself.

When eating in the bowl, you can't just care about the bowl, the pot is important, otherwise a pot of rice will be spoiled, and there will be no food left.

Training and training and acting are the right things.

Now Wang Jiayin's subordinates have more than 200,000 men and horses, occupying the entire Zezhou, and Zezhou is only separated from the Jingshi territory by a Zhangde Mansion, so Wang Jiayin is the most worried force in the Ming Dynasty.

And Tang Xidong's plan is actually that he can't pull out this nail, but also has to pull this nail and press it in Zezhou, so that the Ming court will be regarded as a thorn in the side and can't go for a while.

Li Shangquan rushed to Yicheng County with a large group of men, and Tang Xidong believed that Wang Jiayin must have deployed heavy troops on the border a long time ago.

The entire western front of Zezhou was surrounded by Wuling Mountain, Jiaoshan Mountain, and Wangwu Mountain from north to south, and as long as the troops were stationed at critical passes, they could resist the new army led by Li Shangquan.

Tang Xidong felt ridiculous, if he wanted to attack others, he had to think about the defense of the other party, which was really too laborious.

For a long time, Tang Xidong asked Jia Huaizhong to accompany the imperial history sent by the imperial court to the fullest, and all kinds of requirements were met, and there was a lot of silver.

Yushi is very happy, and Tang Xidong is also worry-free.

On this day, the military report came back that Li Shangquan had reached the border of Yicheng and engaged the Shaanxi rebels stationed there in Dongwuling.

This also indicates the start of the war between Tang Xidong and Wang Jiayin.

When Tang Xidong heard the news, he just smiled and didn't give any instructions.

How to fight, how to fight, Tang Xidong has already explained clearly to Li Shangquan.

Next, it's up to Li Shangquan's own performance.

Dong Wuling is located to the west of Yicheng, separating Binh Duong Province from Zezhou.

The entire border is a series of mountains.

Only the Dongwuling Pass is passable.

The army led by Li Shangquan was not only the new army, but also a team of brocade guards sent by the imperial court, and the leader was a thousand households Xu Chi.

This man looks like a hard stone, and it's hard to deal with.

Along the way, Li Shangquan didn't take much care of it, and took care of himself and led the new army to prepare for the attack.

Anti-correct really has to be fought, but how to fight and what kind of fight still needs to be judged by him according to the situation.

There are 20,000 people under Wang Jiayin stationed in Dongwuling, and the leader of the team is the general Wang himself.

Probably the last time Tang Xidong led 5,000 people to Yangcheng to frighten Wang Jiayin, since receiving the news that the imperial court recruited Tang Xidong, he hurriedly asked Wang Ziyong to garrison Dongwuling with an army, blocking the only way from Pingyang to Zezhou.

Wang Ziyong is not an idle person, and after Li Shangquan inquired clearly, he became much more cautious.

It was stationed outside Dongwuling and did not move for two days.

The thousands of households who accompanied the army, Xu Chi, couldn't sit still and went straight to the camp.

"Why didn't General Lee attack yet?"

Li Shangquan sighed and got up to appease: "Thousands of households don't know, the terrain of this Dongwuling is dangerous, the other party is building a city here to occupy an absolute geographical advantage, the valley mouth is narrow from the outside to the inside, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the guard who sits here is the general Wang Jiayin's own use, this person is quite strategic, it is really in the absence of a perfect strategy, can not easily attack the city!" ”

"The general cherishes his soldiers, isn't he afraid of the court's decree and punishment?"

Xu Chi threatened, he came to supervise and supervise Tang Xidong's army to attack the rebel army, no matter what is difficult or not, no matter how many casualties there are, it has nothing to do with him, anyway, it is not the imperial army.

Li Shangquan lowered his face coldly: "Xu Qianhu, is this threatening Li?" Since he brought the army here, he came to suppress the thieves according to the orders of the adults, how can he not fight, Xu Qianhu just watched, and the military affairs did not bother Qianhu. ”

So Xu Chi snorted coldly, and turned away with murderous intent in his eyes.

Li Shangquan looked at the back of Xu Chi leaving, and sneered.

What he did was to let Xu Chi urge him to fight.

Otherwise, how can the drama be real?

On the second day, at sunrise, Li Shangquan led the soldiers of the New Army to press under the Dongwuling Pass.

The sun came from the east and shone right on the city walls, and the whole city seemed to be bathed in holy light.

Li Shangquan glanced back at Xu Chisel and his party of brocade guards standing at the back of the team, and sneered.

"Drums forward!"

Drums rang out on both sides.

The sword and shield hand holding the high shield began to move forward in order.

These recruits looked a little nervous, and Li Shangquan controlled the rhythm.

and when they were three hundred paces from the city, they ceased to advance.

Then the artillery team moved forward, pulled directly behind the sword and shield hand, adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at the city wall.

The drums of war sounded again, and ten cannons roared, and the cannonballs smashed down on the city.

Then explosions and fires echoed through the valley.

With a round of artillery, the earth-and-stone towers on the city walls were destroyed.

This was followed by another round of artillery, which exploded again on the walls.

The momentum is staggering.

In the rear, the hundred households beside Xu Chi swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "The artillery under this Tang thief is really powerful." ”

Xu Chi looked at the smoke and dust rising from the city tower, and sneered: "No matter how powerful you are, you don't want to be led by our nose?" ”

After two rounds of artillery, Li Shangquan waved his flag, and the morale-boosted soldiers of the New Army rushed towards the city wall.

Li Shangquan did not prepare a ladder, because the terrain in the valley was uneven, and it was difficult to advance the ladder, but asked the soldiers to carry the ladder towards the city wall.

The artillery behind him continued to bombard, and the new army under the city came in a mighty manner.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles had already rushed to the city, the artillery team began to stop firing.

Groups of new soldiers in the city set up ladders and climbed up.

It was visible from the city, and the rebels hurriedly adjusted their defenses.

The new army, you fight for me, and climb up to the city.

Li Shangquan looked at the battle in the distance and waited in his heart.

Sure enough, just as the most important soldier had climbed halfway, a large number of stones were thrown down from the city.

Suddenly, the soldiers on the ladder were smashed down and rolled down.

Tang Xidong had a pain in his flesh, and in order to act, he paid for it.

With another wave of his hand, the musketeers under the city approached.

A row of flintlock muskets fired, and people in the city were constantly shot and fell down the walls.

After the three platoons of flintlock muskets were fired, the platoon commander once again organized his men to go to the city.

So the rebels fought back again.

Throughout the morning, Li Shangquan took turns to mobilize new army recruits to continue to attack the city.

The whole battle situation is pulled between offense and defense.

The wounded recruits were rescued and treated in the rear, and the bodies were placed directly in front of Xu Chisel.

Nearly 1,000 people were killed or wounded in one morning, of which as many as 2 or 300 died.

Estimating the time, Li Shangquan Mingjin withdrew his troops.

When passing in front of Xu Chi, Li Shangquan didn't even look at the other party, and directly hit the horse and left.

You let me attack, I attacked. Lao Tzu has killed and injured so many people and horses, you have also seen it, Lao Tzu is very unhappy now.

This is what Li Shangquan meant.

Xu Chi also saw the offensive of the new army, and it was indeed not perfunctory, so although he suffered a bad face, he did not have a seizure.

Needless to say, Li Shangquan led the new army, set up a pot to cook, and after noon, taking advantage of the rising temperature, he took the killing to the city again and attacked the city.

At the end of the day, 500 new troops were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

At night, Li Shangquan once again led some people to the city, but this time Xu Chi did not come.

Li Shangquan naturally bluffed, shouted to kill, put a few cannons, and then estimated the time, and then led the team back to the camp again.

And so it went on day after day for three days, after two thousand people died.

Li Shangquan began to retreat to Yicheng County with people.