Yicheng County is not big, the radius is only ten miles, it is still a typical mountain city, the whole city is built on a mountain, the city stands along the mountain, the streets are bent up and down, basically they are climbing the slope, there are not many flat lands on the mountainside, they are all occupied by the government and the rich, built into yamen and houses, and the houses of the people are built on the slope.

The whole city was built like this, because this place was originally a dock fort, from the Yuan Dynasty was built by a local family to avoid disasters, because of the dangerous terrain, the nearby people have moved and depended, after years and months, the people are prosperous, and finally the Yicheng County Ya simply moved over, forming such a scale today.

Because of this, the county city wall is built on the mountainside, which is equivalent to a flat ground that is more than ten zhang high, and the road up the mountain is not easy to walk, so although Han Zhaoxuan has many people, he has nothing to do with this city.

It is to Pingyang Mansion is in flames, anti-Qing wind and waves swept the counties and states, only this place is like a paradise like the wind and waves, the county order in the first time to close the city gate, put an end to internal and external contact, recruit the people, strict precautions, but also take the lead in the city to defend the city. There are many wealthy families who fled in the city, fearing that their homes would be murdered and raided after the city was broken, so they took out real money to raise strong men.

On this day, according to the usual practice, the county order went to the city early in the morning to look, only to see that the wind and grass were low in the wilderness outside the city, and there were no half of the rebellious people, everything was still peaceful, the spring breeze was blowing, and the sun was shining.

Several soldiers at the head of the city also laughed and complained that the remnants of the Ming Dynasty were really hateful, and they made trouble and rebelled during this spring ploughing season, which not only messed up the court, but also made the people dare not work in the fields, delayed the agricultural time, and this year's grain harvest was about to fail again.

The county commander reprimanded a few words with a tiger face, telling them not to think about uselessness and to defend the city with their hearts.

However, he didn't care too much in his heart, because this period of time was really peaceful, and the rebel army from Jiezhou made a fuss for more than half a month, leaving countless dead bodies under the city, and did not shake the city at all, and retreated back in disgrace. Now that a small group of Mongolian cavalry has begun to operate in Pingyang Prefecture, the county commander is more at ease, and in time, these Ming Dynasty rebels will be wiped out by the Qing Dynasty officials and troops who rushed to the aid in one fell swoop.

After inspecting a circle, the county commander saw that there was nothing to do, so he ordered the guards to guard strictly, and hurried down the city himself, last night a small group of Mongolian cavalry came from the direction of Taiyuan, and stayed in the city at night, he had to hurry up to accompany him.

The Mongols are very difficult to serve, and they want to eat mutton, so where can they find these things during the siege? The county magistrate was very worried, and sent people from house to house to search, and he personally waited in the county office, and just sat down to drink a sip of tea, he heard someone outside shouting heartbreakingly.

The county order suddenly became popular, doesn't this make people quiet? When I stood up and was about to go out to take a look, I saw that the door was slammed open, and the county lieutenant rushed in with a sweaty face.

"County Zun, let's go up to the city and have a look!" The county lieutenant is a martial artist, tall and burly, with a body of horizontal meat, but his face is pale at the moment, and he is scared like a child: "The Ming army is here again!" ”

"Hugh is panicking!" The county commander's heart trembled, but his face was forced to be calm, and he said angrily: "There were so many people in the Ming army a few days ago, what can I do?" It's not that it has retreated on its own, and now that it is coming again, can it still break the city? ”

The county lieutenant was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and said in a panic: "This time is different, the Ming army who came is very strange, county honor, go and take a look!" ”

"Oh?!" The county commander was also a little panicked, and hurriedly jumped out of the door in a few steps, ran for a while, and shouted back to think of something: "Quick, quick, inform those Mongolian uncles who live in the official post, and ask them to hurry up and dress up neatly and go to the city together!" ”

When the Mongols in the official post poured into the city in armor and with swords, the county commander and others had already stayed on it for a long time, and the city wall was full of several rows of guards, one of the advantages of building a city by the mountain is that the city only needs to defend in one direction, and there is a mountain behind, so there is no need to worry.

There are a few small iron cannons on the head of the city, which were still made in the Ming Dynasty to defend against thieves, and at this time they were also cleaned up, and the small iron bullets were placed in the back and could be fired at any time.

However, the people in the city looked down nervously, the look of fear in their eyes was unmistakable, and the county commander and the others stood behind the battlements at the head of the city, talking in a low voice with complicated eyes.

The Mongolian cavalry came to a team of more than 50 horsemen, the number is not much, but one person and three horses, the mobility is very strong, the task is to cheer up the towns that have not yet surrendered, harass the rebels, plus all of them are veterans, experienced in a hundred battles, crisscrossing the southwest of Shanxi for more than a month, did not meet the enemy, the rebels went up to cut and kill, the rebels slipped away when they were many, so it was very arrogant, as soon as the city was headed, the cavalry leader shouted to the county order: "How many Ming troops came?" Don't panic, wait for me to retreat! ”

The county commander and the county lord looked at him, and slowly moved away, revealing a void.

The leader leaned up, looked out of the city, and was stunned.

Under the mountain outside the city, a white sea covers the earth, the Baijia Ming army of the brigade is lined up into dozens of phalanxes, like a piece of square clouds, arranged in front of you, each phalanx has a different color of the flag, the flag is flying, churning like the sea, the sound of horns, war drums, the sound is like thunder, it is long, and it makes people's eardrums hurt.

What is even more frightening is that there are dozens of huge iron cannons as big as millstones in front of the battle, and the muzzles are enough to stuff a strong man, and I don't know how big an iron bullet to shoot.

"This isn't some of the thieves who came a few days ago." The county lieutenant said in the back: "The colors of the clothes and armor are different, and the ones who come back this time are much more regular, and the fierce enemies are also!" ”

The county magistrate's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't be afraid, this group of people is just uniform in clothes and armor, no difference!" The thieves are all a rabble, what can they do? Everyone cheer up and keep the city as usual, the old rules! Kill one person and reward one or two silver, and cut one will reward one hundred taels of silver! ”

As soon as he shouted out this reward, the fear on the city dissipated slightly, and the morale of the soldiers and the people was noticeably higher, after all, the temptation of silver was still great.

The county commander turned his head and was just about to say something to the Mongolian cavalry, but he saw the cavalry leader turn around and speak first.

"Lord County, this group of Ming soldiers is powerful and arrogant, and they should have thought about it, they should take advantage of their unpreparedness first, kill him by surprise, and cut off more than a dozen of his heads to come back, so as to boost the prestige of our army and destroy his morale!" The leader is bald, with a slender pigtail dragging on the back of his head, with a wide face, very strong, and the words he says are also full of murderous intent.

The county commander was embarrassed and hesitated: "This, the soldiers in the city are all horse fast archers, there are not many people, rush out to fight, I'm afraid it will be ......"

The leader waved his hand and said arrogantly: "The people who don't eliminate the county order, this general will lead the brothers under his command, we have many horses, we can change horses if we are exhausted, and we can run faster than the thieves, and we will definitely be able to retreat!" ”

The county commander was overjoyed and said: "Even so, I'm still bothering you." ”

The leader was righteous and angry, and said heroically: "It's all for the Qing Dynasty, regardless of each other, the city is guarded, so it will trouble the county zun, wait for us to come back, and ask the county zun to open the door for us." ”

The county order hurriedly promised: "Yes, yes, yes, it must be." ”

With that, the Mongol leader stepped down from the city with dozens of cavalry, and walked quickly to the place where the horses were tied in the city.

As soon as he got out of the city, a Mongolian soldier leaned over and asked him in a low voice: "Big brother, do we really want to go out of the city to fight the Ming army?" Those Ming troops don't look simple, we have few people, I'm afraid it's very risky! ”

The leader kept at his feet, and a pair of Luo hoop legs almost ran forward, and as he ran, he replied in a low voice: "Fighting? Where to say! Didn't you see the cannons? When did the thieves have such a big cannon? Speaking of the formation, it is comparable to the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers, where is the style of the thieves? There is a problem with this batch of Ming troops! If you want me to see, this city will perish, we are going out of the back mountain at this moment, and we will slip away! ”

The person who asked the question was caught off guard, and almost fell to the ground, it turned out that the eldest brother had just said impassionedly, and it turned out that he was going to take the opportunity to escape.

But on second thought, yes, this is not his own city, so why should he do it? Let's get the wind blowing up.

Dozens of Mongolian cavalrymen didn't even take the things in the official post, they just led their horses and ran, went out through the small gate behind the mountain, and ran along the mountain road, without a trace.

Soon after they left, the deafening sound of thunder and thunder rang out from the bottom of the mountain, and the thunder of the cannon in, mixed with the loud sound of the collapse of the city wall, echoed among the mountains for a long time.

(End of chapter)