Sun Kewang and Bai Wenxuan retreated all the way, returned to the countryside of Huangzhou Mansion, gathered the remaining people, and sent people around to inquire about the news and inquire about Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts.

The news of the return of the inquiry made Sun Kewang very worried.

The official army set up a big trap in Wuchang, but Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to jump into this trap, and it was difficult to unravel it when he was firmly trapped.

The official army gave up the pursuit of Sun Kewang's troops and went all out to deal with Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong was forced to retreat to the northeast. The officers and troops were in hot pursuit, setting up ambushes at all levels, and attacking and harassing them day by day, causing heavy casualties to Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

Sun Kewang got the news that Zhang Xianzhong's troops finally forced to cross the Sixia River and were trapped on the edge of the river.

"Let's make a big fuss in Huangzhou Mansion and transfer the officers and soldiers to Huangzhou, maybe we can solve the danger of our father-in-law." Sun Kewang said.

"Macheng has a Mei Zhongcheng (Mei Guozhen), who has a prominent reputation. His son-in-law is the former secretary of the ministry, and his nephew is the governor of the bureau, and now they are all at home. We might as well storm Macheng, make a big noise, and attract officials and troops to help. ”

Macheng is only a small county town, with only a few hundred defenders at best.

Now Sun Kewang's department has nearly 7,000 people, and they are all elite old battalion soldiers. With such troops, can't you still capture a small county town?

Sun Kewang accepted Bai Wenxuan's suggestion and led the army to attack Macheng, holding high the banner with great momentum.

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"Oh no, the Liukou are attacking in a big way," the spies sent by Mei Zhihuan reported back in a panic: "The Liukou shouted the slogan 'Flatten Macheng, capture Mei Li alive', and rushed straight to Macheng." There are so many rogues that you can't see the beginning and the end......"

The remnants of the rogue army will bring disaster to Macheng, and Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng are mentally prepared. But Liukou's invasion of Macheng with such fanfare made the two feel a little surprised.

Whoever attacks, should be taken by surprise and unprepared. Now that the Liukou people have not yet arrived, the slogan of stepping on Macheng is shouting loudly, which is really incomprehensible.

"Regardless of the purpose of the rogue, it shouldn't be wrong for a large group of rogues to invade Macheng." Mei Zhihuan got up and said resolutely: "Since Liukou wants to capture Mei Zhihuan alive, I, Mei, am in Shenjiazhuang, to see if Liukou has this ability." ”

Mei Zhihuan only has a few hundred township soldiers on hand, and the city scattered in Macheng is a little stretched, and it is inevitable that there will be some omissions.

But these hundreds of township soldiers played a different role in Shenjiazhuang.

Shenjiazhuang is located in the southeast of Macheng, about ten miles away from the county seat. The east of Shenjiazhuang is the Taolin River, the north and west are steep stone mountains, only one road in the south enters and exits, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Mei Zhihuan was demoted, and when he returned to his hometown, he saw that bandits were rampant, and the Ming Dynasty was becoming more and more erosive, so he built Shenjiazhuang more solidly to protect himself.

The area of Shenjiazhuang is not large, and the city wall that needs to be defended is only about 300 zhang. The moat that diverted water from the Taolin River, the four-zhang high walled wall, the strong fortress and the well-trained village soldiers...... These are the confidence of Mei Zhihuan in the decisive battle with the Liukou.

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"My lord, my lord, you want to avenge the little one...... "The scout cried, "Mei Zhihuan is not a thing. They pretended to be ordinary people, and when the brothers were not paying attention, they suddenly attacked, killing several of our brothers and capturing a dozen of them. ”

"My lord, Mei Zhihuan tortured our brothers, but the little one didn't say anything. No, Mei Zhihuan cut off the small ear, nose, and chopped off the small thumb, how can the small one live in the future......"

Sun Kewang waved his hand and asked people to take this scout down.

Sun Kewang said to himself: "This Mei Zhihuan is very decisive, he actually gave up the industry in Macheng and retracted to Shenjiazhuang. ”

"I heard that Shenjiazhuang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult to fight." Bai Wenxuan said: "How can this Mei Zhihuan be so difficult. ”

Sun Kewang gritted his teeth and said: "Shenjiazhuang not only has the size of the Mei family, but even Li Changgeng's family is also in Shenjiazhuang. I heard that there are famous and promising big families near Macheng who gather in Shenjiazhuang. If you don't hit Shenjiazhuang, it will be difficult to create momentum. ”

"Then fight." Bai Wenxuan's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I don't know what the situation is. The more fierce we fight here, the less pressure there will be from adults. Even if we run out of people, only the adults are fine, and we can start over again at any time......"

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Thousands of rogues passed under the city walls of Macheng, frightening the guards on the city walls and the county magistrates in the city.

Fortunately, the Liukou did not attack the city, but went around the city and went straight to Shenjiazhuang in the east of the city.

Governor Mei is a good man! Use yourself as bait to lure the rogue to give up the siege, and the real me will not go to hell, who will go to hell. The people of Macheng are grateful to Mei Zhihuan.

Soon, the rogues appeared outside Shenjiazhuang, and thousands of rogues surrounded the small Shenjiazhuang, shaking the flag and imposing the momentum.

Sun Kewang's subordinates are all elites left behind after the big waves of sand, with strong physiques, strong temperaments, full of anger, and no regard for human life.

Thousands of outlaws gathered together, and the murderous aura alone was enough to scare the faint of heart into peeing their pants.

Mei Zhihuan stood on the wall, looking at the approaching rogues from afar, and his expression became solemn. Although he has not yet fought with the rogues in front of him, looking at the movements and expressions of these rogues, you can see that these rogues are not easy to get along with.

How did the general army of Huguang drive tens of thousands of such fierce rogues into a mess? Mei Zhihuan was even more curious.

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The terrain of Shenjiazhuang is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although Sun Kewang had 7,000 men, only 1,000 could be sent to the battlefield at the same time. Therefore, the advantage of Sun Kewang's large number was not obvious at first.

Bai Wenxuan personally led the team and launched an attack on Shenjiazhuang.

In the face of Shenjiazhuang, where the walls were tall and the roads were narrow, the Liukou attacked boldly and cautiously.

The cart was draped with several layers of wet quilts, acting as a simple cave cart to cover the rogue as they continued to approach the wall; The archers in the rogue kept shooting the village soldiers at the head of the city under the cover of the cave carts; The catapult continuously projected stones the size of a grinding disc into Shenjiazhuang, smashing the houses and smashing the personnel into meat sauce; From time to time, fireballs flew and set the stockade on fire.

Under the command of Mei Zhihuan, the villagers began to deal with the violent attacks of the rogues in an orderly manner after the initial panic. After all, behind them are the wives and children of these village soldiers, and it is their home. In order to defend their small family, men are able to burst out with incomparable courage and strength.

Mei Zhihuan personally went into battle, holding his iron bow, and constantly shot the particularly active rogues under the city.

Although Mei Zhihuan is a civilian official, his archery skills are very amazing. I saw that he had no arrows, and he named them one by one, and quickly shot and killed more than a dozen middle and lower-level officers of the rogue gangsters. The rogue attack was a pause.

Seeing that it was difficult to take Shenjiazhuang for a while, Sun Kewang sent the rest of the rogues to burn and loot around Shenjiazhuang, escorted the villagers to Shenjiazhuang, and forced these villagers to pick up knives and guns to attack Shenjiazhuang.

"Ume-sama......"

Faced with this situation, the township soldiers did not know what to do for a while. Under the city wall, there are familiar villagers, some of whom are still related to each other, and some of whom have been photographed yesterday.

Mei Zhihuan's face was blue, his eyes were full of fire, and the hatred for Liukou in his heart was a little deeper.

"Sons, behind us are wives and children, and this is our home. If the rogues attack the city wall, the tragic situation of the villagers in the city is the result of our wives and children. ”

"Is it difficult to choose whether someone else dies or dies yourself?" Mei Zhihuan roared: "I, Mei Zhihuan, am a layman, if someone asks me to die, I will let him die first, no matter who he is." Kill Lao Tzu ......"

Mei Zhihuan took the lead in archery, and the village soldiers behind him followed, making a choice between the death of others or his own death.

Seeing this, Sun Kewang couldn't help but sigh: "Mei Zhihuan is also a fierce general." Why are so many good ministers and generals in the opposition, but the corpses are in the temple? Why are these people still so loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but none of them are willing to join the rebels? ”

Sun Kewang gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and the bloody battle continued.