The camp of the Qing army was very simple, even the ditches were saved, the fence and antlers were only tied to the spears, and the whole camp was more like a gathering place with wind on all sides, that is, the military tents were built very neatly. The 8,000 Shaanxi Green Battalion, just like their arrogant admiral Wang Tenglong, didn't take the Chen Jiajun in Ruzhen in their eyes at all. If it weren't for the important geographical location of Linru Town, Wang Tenglong would have used this place as his headquarters for attacking Yiyang and Ruzhou Prefecture, and he would have ordered his troops to go south separately.

As for Linru Town? Hmph, just two or three hundred thieves, isn't one battalion of officers and soldiers enough to wipe them out???

It was with this idea in mind that when the Qing army hastily set up their own camp, the outposts on horseback began to run rampant. They approached Linru Town unscrupulously and pointed at the city; Spread out in all directions unscrupulously to explore the route of tomorrow's march and some places to be aware of, such as water sources and villages along the way.

Of course, the independent brigade did not dare to send troops to fight against the Shaanxi soldiers' outposts, and they only killed and wounded three Shaanxi soldiers who were too presumptuous and too close to the fortress outside the town with a neat platoon of guns.

The Qing army did not retaliate, because time was no longer allowed, and Wang Tenglong did not arrange people to harass at night, because Wang Tenglong was conceited that he would be able to take Linru Town tomorrow with only one attack on the head of the camp, so there was nothing wrong with the night.

In the early morning of July 14, just a little sun, the Shaanxi soldiers' sentinels rode fast horses and haunted the periphery of Linru Town, and soon after the hour, the Qing troops on horseback returned one after another, and a large number of Qing soldiers began to appear in the sight of the defenders of Linru Town. A large piece of black pressing, which looks very shocking.

Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua were wearing a fine iron armor, the bright red military uniform in the iron armor was as bright as blood, and a high flagpole was erected in the center of the north gate of Linru Town, on which a red battle flag fluttered in the wind. The wind whistled on the flag.

Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua were also very nervous in their hearts, this was completely different from when they blackmailed Hot Spring Town, and it was also different from when they went down the mountain to 'rob' when they were in Qingtiaoling, and they had too much anxiety and anxiety in their hearts when they were alone on the battlefield for the first time.

The two of them were eager for a beautiful result in this battle, and the independent brigade that they brought out with their hearts could fight the Shaanxi Green Battalion, which was known as the elite, on the other side. But the gap between the two sides of the 'potential' is too big and too big, and both of them regard their heart's wishes as ambitions that are not shown.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the first Qing officer rode a horse and approached a distance of 100 steps outside the north gate of Linru Town, that is, only 50 or 60 steps away from the two fortresses outside the north gate. He stood there straight, quietly looking at Linru Town. A contemptuous smile flashed at the corner of Banxiang's mouth.

This officer was the commander of the right battalion of the Xi'an City garrison, and he admitted that the fortifications of Linru Town were doing a good job, but he did not believe that the two or three hundred thieves in Linru Town could really exert the energy of these fortifications when facing the attack of several officers and soldiers. I'm afraid that now they are already trembling and eager to leave first.

As long as the officers and men's cannons sounded for a while, the officers had a hundred confidence to take the good-looking town in one fell swoop.

The cement wall became more and more white in the sun, "Is that the secret recipe for building the city in the hands of the bandits?" "The officer heard from the officials of Henan Prefecture in Luoyang that it only took a month for the thieves of the Chen family to turn an ordinary Linru town into what it is now.

Quite economically minded officers immediately saw that this was a 'business opportunity', just like many Qing officers who had followed this issue with surprise + greedy eyes. I hope that this officer will also end up in the same fate as his predecessors, but I don't know if he will be a prisoner of war or be stabbed, or will he be stabbed?

The defenders of Linru Town were ready to wait for the attack of the Qing soldiers, Wang Tenglong did not let them wait longer, and two quarters of an hour passed on time, and three trumpets sounded.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The Qing army's large and small artillery roared with a bang, regardless of whether it could reach it or not. The effect aside, the momentum alone is quite amazing. If the Chen Jiajun was really a rabble composed of a group of ordinary people, this series of cannon roars would have knocked out most of the courage of the defenders.

In this era, shotguns are not uncommon among the people, especially in the northwest, where the folk customs are fierce, and Wang Tenglong takes the standard of the northwest man to look at the people in Ruzhou, a half-mountain and semi-plain area, and it is not a crooked fight. However, the artillery is different, and if there is a 'mass incident' in the northwest region, there will be no soulless and frightened as soon as the cannon is fired.

Wang Tenglong set his old eyes on Chen Jiajun, which doomed him to bad luck.

Behind the first breastwork outside the town, a platoon of Chen Jiajun soldiers squatted in the trench behind the breastwork, they didn't need to care whether the Qing soldiers launched an attack or not, the two pillboxes behind them were two big eyes, which could observe the entire battlefield for them.

The right battalion of the Xi'an city garrison dispatched four or five hundred people, carrying long ladders, and the first group of people held shields of different sizes, and rushed towards Linru Town like a crowd.

The cannons continued to fire, and some of the cannons really hit the breastwork, smashing holes in the breastwork. But there are only a handful of cannons with such accurate heads, and most of them either go far beyond the breastwork or are weakly embellished before they reach the breastwork.

"Beep ......"

A sharp whistle came from behind him, and Chen Jiajun behind the chest wall knew that the Qing soldiers were approaching. At this time, the artillery of the Qing army gradually stopped. At least the muffled sound of those small cannons can no longer be heard, and only a few general cannons are still bombarding Linru Town without a single shot.

A platoon includes the chief and deputy platoon commanders and clerks, a total of thirty-three people. Twenty-seven muskets, armed with broadswords, spears, and grenades, each wearing a cuirass, and the last three tiger cannons.

The power of this light small cannon is indeed not great, but the killing and damage of unarmored soldiers must not be underestimated. On the other side, the Qing soldiers' green battalion were all armorless soldiers wearing uniforms.

The muzzle of the Tiger Squat Cannon is facing the hole specially set aside on the chest wall, and there are two gunners squatting behind each Tiger Squat Cannon, and each main gunner has prepared a light fire stick, and when the Qing soldiers enter the range of thirty paces, these three small cannons will emit their own roar.

Behind the breastwork were two rows of musketeers, their bayonets had been inserted into the card slots, and in front of them were two bulky grenades, which were cast iron grenades filled with half a pound of gunpowder and a small half a pound of iron sand, and the power was probably similar to that of the border area of the Eighth Road.

Behind this group was a second breastwork, and behind them there was a platoon of troops, but most of them were hand-to-hand combatants. If the platoon in front of them plays beautifully, they will also take the opportunity to kill. And the defenders of the Chen family army on the two pillboxes need to use the muskets in their hands to support the troops on the front line with salvos again and again......

"Put-"

The Qing soldiers entered the pillboxes on the left and right at a distance of forty paces.