In the process of the brigade marching in, scouts continued to return to the team, and information continued to gather to Su Tiancheng.

After all, Su Tiancheng came to Anqing Mansion, and the main responsibility was to keep Anqing Mansion from being invaded by the rogues, and Luzhou Mansion was directly responsible for the sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing.

More than 1,000 soldiers of An Qingwei also followed him to Yingshan County to exterminate the Liukou, which was an act of exceeding his authority.

The military situation is urgent, and it is too late to report it.

Su Tiancheng could expect that the Liukou led by Zijinliang was already preparing to attack Yingshan County, and when the moon was dark and the wind was high, when the ten thousand families were reunited, who would have thought that they would be attacked by the Liukou.

If he let it go, his conscience will be troubled.

On the second day of the first month, at noon.

The brigade has entered the jurisdiction of Yingshan County.

The scout sent important information.

After the Liukou entered Yingshan County, he also sent scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, and it is estimated that he noticed that there was no imperial army around Yingshan County, so on the second day of the first lunar month, he set off boldly and went to Yingshan County.

They set up an ambush in a town seven miles away from the county seat, mainly because they were afraid that someone would copy the back road of the army, and the rogues who stayed in the town had more than 2,000 people, mainly foot soldiers.

The rogues who attacked the county seat of Yingshan County were close to 10,000 people.

Seeing this information, Su Tiancheng's brows had already wrinkled a line.

The situation was very critical, and the two battalion sergeants in the capital city of Luzhou, as well as the sergeants of Luzhou Wei, wanted to reinforce Yingshan County. It's too late, even if they know the situation and rush to Yingshan County non-stop, it will be three days later, and at this time, Yingshan County is afraid that it will have been attacked and defeated a long time ago.

But it also portends. Su Tiancheng has no reinforcements, less than 5,000 sergeants, and has to deal with more than 10,000 rogues, which is not an accurate situation.

A bloody battle is inevitable.

Zeng Yu came to Su Tiancheng's face.

"My lord, my subordinates implore me to be the vanguard and exterminate the rogues in the town."

During the march, in order not to affect the speed of the march, he asked the sergeant. Tie himself to the top of the war horse and grit his teeth and insist. Knowing that there were rogues in the town, he came to ask for battle, which was also rare.

Su Tiancheng looked at Zeng Yu, to be honest, he was really not at ease with An Qingwei's sergeant, on the march. This gap has already been reflected. An Qingwei's more than 1,000 sergeants, all of whom were cavalrymen, may have lacked training in peacetime, and on the way to the rapid march, some people kept sighing and complaining that they couldn't keep up. Some people are even ready to get off the horse to rest, if it weren't for the fact that they saw their own coach Zeng Yu, tied to the horse, still gritting their teeth and insisting, I don't know how many people have fallen behind.

Soldiers of the Jiangning County Inspection Division. Not a single person complained, the march was fast, the queue was always maintained, and the momentum was completely different.

There are about 2,000 rogues left in the town, all of them are foot soldiers, these people can't be elites, the elites must be going to attack the county seat, so it is not very difficult to exterminate these two thousand rogues, but Su Tiancheng needs to make dumplings, not chasing pigs and sheep, after all, the distance is only seven miles, if these rogues rush to the county seat to reinforce and integrate with the large army, it is also a lot of strength.

The sergeants of the guard, there is such a problem, they are still different from the sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing, they drove away the rogues, they thought they had won a big victory, they did not expect to annihilate the rogues, and they did not have such confidence and courage.

In the town, the delay can't be too long, after all, the number of people is limited, and the sergeants of An Qingwei, since they are here, will participate in the battle against the main force of the Liukou.

If the Liukou attack the county seat, the results of this rescue will be greatly reduced.

Su Tiancheng nodded, the soldiers of the Jiangning County Inspection Division, the main task is to face the elite men of Zijin Liang.

Sun Yuankun saw Su Tiancheng nodding, and immediately opened his mouth to issue an order.

"Lord Zeng, you lead the 1,120 sergeants of your headquarters, as the vanguard, to exterminate the rogues in the town, you must solve the battle within half an hour, you must ensure that the rogues are defeated, and then rush directly to the county seat to meet the brigade."

"Order."

After Zeng Yu left, Sun Yuankun immediately reported to Su Tiancheng.

"My lord, my subordinates think that Zeng Yu led An Qingwei's sergeants to exterminate the rogues in the town, I'm afraid there won't be too many results, maybe most of the rogues will escape, my subordinates are a little worried."

Deng Hui on the side also spoke.

"My lord, I think that what General Sun said is the actual situation, the sergeants of the guard, when they are fighting, are used to driving away, once the rogue routs and flee, they will not try their best to chase them."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"General Sun, what do you think?"

"The subordinates feel that after the Liukou are attacked, they will inevitably come in the direction of the county seat, seeking to join the large army, and it is necessary for us to set up an ambush on the way from the town to the county seat, and we must not let the two Liukou meet."

"Well, it makes sense, General Sun, according to your own deployment arrangement, let me remind you a word, Sergeant An Qingwei, don't participate in the battle near the county seat, just wait in the town, if the rogues are defeated, they will definitely flee in the direction of the town, they will set up the most rear-end defense line in the town, and they must not let the rogues slip away easily."

Luo Chang came over quickly.

"Luo Chang, you led the seven hundred soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to immediately rush to the middle of the county seat and the town, find a good place, set up an ambush, the rogue in the town, after being attacked, it is very likely to flee in the direction of the county seat, remember, no one is allowed to come over, otherwise you are the only one who asks." After exterminating these rogues, they cleaned up the battlefield and waited, and the rogues who attacked the county town were defeated and fled, killing and wounding them to the greatest extent. ”

Yingshan County is already in chaos.

The Liukou seemed to fall from the sky, and if it weren't for the sergeant of the Inspection Division who quickly closed the city gate, the Liukou might have entered the county seat.

There was a sudden chaos in the county seat, on the street, a team of sergeants ran by, all holding bright big knives in their hands, heading towards the city gate, the news spread quickly, and the rogues had surrounded the county seat.

Soon, the peaceful atmosphere of the Spring Festival was completely destroyed, the sound of crying came out, and the number of people on the street began to increase, and many people were like headless flies, asking around for news.

At this time, it was unrealistic to think of escaping, maybe it happened to be sent to the mouth of the rogue, and the surrounding city gates were all closed, and the area near the city gate was already under martial law.

The gentry in the county town know how powerful they are, and if the county town is breached, it will be difficult for them to keep their wealth, or even their lives.

Most of the gentry and wealthy families rushed to the county office, and the county magistrate was the backbone.

A large number of rogues outside the city, densely packed, close to 10,000 people.

The magistrate was on the city wall, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but tremble.

No one thought that the rogues would come to Yingshan County on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and in the county seat, but there were only a few hundred sergeants from the inspection department, plus officials and officials, a total of more than 1,000 people, relying on these more than 1,000 people, it was impossible to resist so many rogues outside the city, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

The officials of the county government are already mobilizing the young and strong people in the county, and at such a critical moment, everyone must be mobilized, and how long they can resist is as long as they can.

The weapons warehouse of the county government has been opened, and steel knives, spears, bows and arrows have all been distributed.

On the city wall, there are more than 3,000 people, including the gentry and wealthy families in the county, all of them have been mobilized, and if the city is broken, they will not be able to keep their family property.

This time, the gentry and wealthy families were very united, willing to give money and food, and as long as they were willing to resist the rogues, they could be rewarded.

Noon.

In the middle of the rogues, someone shouted and demanded that the people in the city surrender and open the city gates, otherwise, after the city was captured, the jade and stones would be burned.

The people on the city wall did not move, and the magistrate stood on the city wall with a grim expression.

As early as when the county government was discussing, some gentry and wealthy families put forward the idea of whether to send people out to contact the Liukou, don't they need silver and food, and provide them with it, as long as they don't come to attack the county seat.

This idea was vetoed by the magistrate, joking, and negotiate with the Liukou, if the imperial court knows such a thing, his head may not be saved, besides, the number of Liukou is large, how much silver and food, can be satisfied, if people get the silver and food, still not satisfied, or to attack the county, will not be ridiculed for the rest of his life.

The magistrate also knows very well that this time the rogue attacked the county seat, there were many auspicious and unlucky, there were no reinforcements nearby, and it was difficult to support it alone, although the imperial court sent soldiers from the two battalions of Nanjing, but it was far away in Luzhou Mansion, and it was far away from water to quench the thirst.

For today's plan, put it to death and live later, if you donate your life, you will always have a good reputation, and there will be a reward from the imperial court, besides, the Liukou come from afar, and there may not be a sharp weapon to attack the city, as long as the whole county is raised and defended to the death, the Liukou may know the difficulty and retreat.

With this thought, the magistrate went to the top of the city wall.

He went straight to the front line and was able to boost morale to the greatest extent.

The officials of the county government have already begun to arrange, a large cauldron has been carried to the top of the city wall and set up, countless firewood has been transported, some people carry water and vegetable oil, when the time comes, the boiling water and vegetable oil are poured down, the power is huge.

In the county, there are no firearms, so they can only rely on these local methods.

The morale of the Liukou is also very high, Zijinliang personally led everyone to attack Yingshan County, some people are worried that attacking Nanzhili will attract a large number of troops, it is better to attack the county seat of Huguang, Zijinliang is confident.

Now it seems that Dashuai's prediction is accurate, with such an advantage, why not be able to capture the small Yingshan County.

At a short time in the afternoon, the siege battle began...... (To be continued.) )