In Tiantai County, Chen Wen and Yu Guowang each led their headquarters of soldiers and horses to line up under the city, preparing to act as a backing for the Ming army that was attached to the ant-annexed siege city.

Seeing that the hour was almost up, Chen Wen asked the officer with a louder voice to come out of the ranks, took the iron horn out of the battle formation, and went to shout.

In this era, the content of the shouts before the siege of the city is relatively simple, generally speaking, they boast of their strong troops, persuade the enemy troops defending the city to surrender as soon as possible, and they can also receive rewards, otherwise they will all be executed if they capture the city, and even threaten to slaughter the city. All in all, it is always impossible to get out of the category of coercion and temptation.

During the siege of Tiantai County this time, Chen Wen did not plan to play any new tricks in shouting. Just let the officer boast about the previous defeat of the Tibiao Battalion and the Shaoxing Green Battalion according to his own situation, and then persuade the magistrate of Tiantai County and the Qing army to give up this senseless resistance, Chen Wen can also show their merits to Lu Jianguo, and promise not to plunder the people. Otherwise, the defenders will all be executed, and that's as simple as that.

It's just that the determination of the Qing army in Tiantai County to defend the imperial city is also not small. After all, Yu Guowang also came two years ago, and he was defeated when there was an internal opening for him, and now there is just one more big thief Chen Wen, even if this guy is brave, it is also the defensive side that has the advantage in the offensive and defensive battle of the city. In this case, the garrison of the Qing army asked his team of archers to draw their bows and shoot at the officer of the Nantang battalion.

The officer of the Nantang battalion who shouted was also stubborn, and saw that the Qing army drew a bow and shot arrows and did not reflexively flee, but stood in place and drew his sword to shoot down some arrows that could pose a threat, and then scolded the Qing army guards in the cheers of the Ming army guards and scolded two discriminatory words such as the guts of rats, and then Shi Ran went back to hand over the order.

If the Qing army refuses to surrender, then there is only a strong attack.

Seeing this, Chen Wen and Yu Guowang pushed out the artillery brought by their respective armies, and ordered the musketeers and archers to carry out suppressive fire on the city head after the siege began.

At the same time, the tattered auxiliaries at the rear of the formation began to dig and put them into the cloth bags carried by the auxiliaries who were ordered to come forward. Since the ants are preparing to attack the city, the moat must first be filled, so that those siege equipment such as ladders and chariots can approach the city walls and gates, so as to play a role.

After preparing for more than half an hour, the Ming army began to attack with drums. As the artillery, firearms, and bows and arrows of both sides began to fire at each other, the Ming army's auxiliaries also put cloth bags filled with soil on their heads and rushed towards the moat.

Because the Ming army under the city is strong, and there are fierce generals like the big thief Chen Wen, the garrison of the Qing army does not plan to go out of the city to invite battle. But as a military general who has experienced war, he also did not hesitate to reject the suggestion of the county magistrate to block the city gate with a big stone, the messenger for help has been dispatched, and he will guard it for a few days, and when the reinforcements arrive, he will open the city to attack the Ming army, how can he make such an idiotic move like a civilian official when he defended the city?

At the head of the city, after the garrison confirmed that only the city wall he was on was attacked by the Ming army, and the other walls and gates were all normal, they concentrated more troops and people to defend the city. Under the command of officers at all levels, the shooters of the Qing army continued to shoot and kill the Ming army auxiliaries with dirt bags on their heads.

Correspondingly, the Ming army auxiliaries under the city kept going back and forth between the rear of the battle and the moat under the cover of their own artillery, birds, and bows and arrows.

The soldiers of the two Ming armies were already in formation, and did not launch a siege, and always let those auxiliaries fill in the moat. The moat of Tiantai County is drawn from the stream near the left, and it is not a pool of stagnant water, but after the Ming army continued to dump the soil into it, it was gradually blocked, and even some places have been filled in.

It's just that while the moat was gradually filled, those auxiliaries also suffered many casualties, and every time they returned, they only received a white stripe as the basis for post-war rewards.

The moat was gradually filled, but the day was gradually moving westward. As the sun set, the Qing army garrison, who thought that "it would be like this today", inadvertently glanced at it, and actually saw a scene that he had never seen in the army for so many years.

In front of the Ming army of Dalan Mountain, the fierce general who had defeated the Tibiao battalion was drinking and whipping the auxiliaries who did not throw the dirt bags into the moat.

Li Ke's allusion to the drunken waving of troops in the Battle of Papaya Stream, the garrison of the Qing army has not heard of it, not only he has not heard of it, but even the county magistrate, who is known as a man who reads poetry and books, does not remember this kind of thing. However, with the popularity of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the Ming Dynasty, they knew very well that Zhang Fei had done this kind of thing, and often did so, and was even warned by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang because of this, as if Zhang Fei recorded in the book was killed because of whipping the soldiers and generals.

Brave, reckless, jealous and hateful, Zhang Fei's character was immediately made up by the garrison and the magistrate's brain, and directly added to Chen Wen's body.

"The courage of the horseman is not to be worried."

After saying this, the magistrate said goodbye to the garrison and prepared to return to the county government to continue to urge his officials to organize the people and transport materials. Of course, it is also necessary to put incense on the Bodhisattva, and who makes Zhang Fei not so easy to mess with.

The sedan chair and the sedan chair man were under the city, but together with the accompanying officials, they were huddled under the city and shivering, but they didn't dare to escape to a safe place because the county magistrate was still in the city.

From the beginning of the shelling, Na Zhixian planned to run away, but since he had already landed in the city, as long as he gritted his teeth and held on, fortunately, the Ming army also had some small cannons for field use, otherwise he would not have found a reason to return to Yamen until this time.

got on the official sedan chair, and a quick walk really exposed the mind of the county master. It's just that this sentence full of eager urging in the ears of the sedan chair driver and the accompanying officials is tantamount to the sound of heaven, such as the pardoned sedan chair driver lifted the sedan chair and rushed away, and those officials only took into account the identity of the person who took the sedan chair and did not leave.

This group of people flew straight from the city to the county office in the center of the county, but this scene fell on the ears and eyes of more than a dozen pairs of people with hearts.

"Brother Cao, are you ready over there?"

"The brothers of the firearms team are all here, and those who didn't arrive should be blocked outside the city."

The person who spoke, one of them was Lin Zhongxiao, the former commander of the 21st Killer Team after the first expansion, and he was already the captain of the team at this moment. With the team's excellent performance in the flank battlefield in the battle behind the palace of Siming Mountain, and his identity as a pacification soldier, Chen Wen was selected by Chen Wen as the captain of the battle team for this stealing city, responsible for commanding a mandarin duck array killer team and a firearms team that still uses bows and arrows.

And the person who answered him was called Cao Kun, the deputy captain of the firearms team that cooperated in this operation, as for the unlucky captain, he was probably blocked outside the city and did not come in.

In this operation, Chen Wen did not intend to consume too many troops and sharp energy, so he decided to send two teams of troops to risk infiltrating Tiantai County, thinking that it would be an internal response.

It was relatively easy for people to get in, and it was not uncommon for Chen Wen's military to be Taizhou, who could pretend to be hunters, farmers, and foot merchants by shaving their heads, changing their clothes, and bringing some prey, agricultural and sideline products, and small commodities.

And so it goes. On the contrary, the armament of weapons is more troublesome. Helmets and armor don't need to be considered, bows and arrows can be temporarily made with hunting bows, but swords, shields, and spears are necessary.

As a result, Chen Wen recruited a special talent to cover a modified carbon delivery cart, and the modified mezzanine of the cart was loaded with most of the weapons of this small army. Of course, the wolf still can't bring it in.

Fortunately, the city was not completely devoid of bamboo, and it didn't take much effort to get two before they could get to the intended assembly place, but they were not very good in length, so it was better than nothing.

"Team Leader Lin, it's not good for us to fish out Captain Zhang and them first, and let them stay in the Tartar barracks all the time."

The special talent recruited by Chen Wen used to accompany the son of a large family to study in his early years. The Qing army moved south, and the family was exterminated because of its participation in the anti-Qing uprising. After this former scholar escaped, he lived a life of making a living by being abducted and abducted, but fortunately, he was also self-taught, so his life was not bad.

After the battle after the Siming Mountain Palace, the news that the Tibiao Battalion was defeated, and almost no one could come back alive soon spread among the people in the Ningshao area. With the intention of avenging the family that once treated him well, this liar came to Tiantai Mountain to join the army, but he still looked a little immature in the interview of the application paperwork, and Chen Wen was caught by Chen Wen at once The mistake between the words, so he had to tell the truth.

In this operation, Chen Wen relied on the intelligence of the officials and gatekeepers of Tiantai County brought by Yu Guowang, the head snake, and after some analysis, he formulated a plan to secretly control Chen Cang.

However, Chen Wen really couldn't believe such a liar guy without reservation, so he had to arrange for three young soldiers under him to accompany him.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that everything that was originally planned when I entered the city still had an accident. The people who entered through the other city gates were fine, but when the man surnamed Huang passed under the nose of the north gate, the cart of smuggling weapons passed, but some of the members of the firearms team were blocked outside, and even the four fake monks were escorted to the Qing army's barracks, which was really a little unprepared.

"No need, Captain Zhang's people don't have a single stupid, as long as they have the identity of that layer of monks as a cover, they should be fine."

"But ......"

"There's nothing to do, Deputy Captain Cao, the marshal ordered me to create chaos in the city and wait for an opportunity to seize the city gate. Military orders are like mountains, and there must be no disobedience! ”

"Humble, taught."

Unlike Cao Kun, the deputy captain who was born as an ordinary soldier, Lin Zhongxiao served as a pacifier, and this experience as Chen Wen's direct subordinate made him know too well the character of the commander he followed. Although Lin Zhongxiao is honest, he is not stupid, how could a commander who was personally tortured in front of him to uphold military law, and who has always tried his best to prevent officers, pacifying soldiers, and his own soldiers from bullying the soldiers, how could he tolerate his subordinates delaying the established combat mission in order to curry favor with the captain of the own army?

It was only evening at the moment, and the moat outside the city had already been filled in a lot. Lin Zhongxiao and the personnel of the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team and half of the firearms team were still lurking in a small courtyard that should be arranged by Yu Guowang on the main road between the city gate and the county government, and only that fine work was still secretly lying on the wall to observe the movement of the north gate.

"Team Leader Lin, the dog official's sedan chair is rushing to the county office."

Hearing the internal report, Lin Zhongxiao immediately called all the action team members and gave the order to attack.

At the same time, the fire and smoke erupted in the Xicheng military camp behind them, obscuring the afterglow of the setting sun.