Hao Ren has the intention to help Zhao Pusheng fight Chizhou, as far as the current situation is concerned, Chizhou is in the hands of Zhao Pusheng, better than in the hands of Meng Yuan, the key is that Hao Ren's main army is the first to go from the land, Hao Ren, the last army behind the palace, is full of calculations, adding up, but three or four thousand people, heavy weapons are left to Anqing City, only seventy-two cannons on two big ships.

"Although you and I belong to the Northern and Southern Ming Sects, everyone is here to overthrow the tyranny of Meng Yuan, but my main force has returned to the east by land, and the existing troops in my hands may not be able to help Zhao Pingzhang too much!" Hao Ren said truthfully to Zhao Pusheng.

Zhao Pusheng finally gathered a lot of cottage martial arts, pretending to join forces to fight Chizhou, now the war has entered a stalemate, if it is in vain, the loss of his army is very large, he saw that Hao Ren had the intention to refuse, and quickly asked his subordinates to carry two large boxes of gold and jade wealth to send up.

"Governor Gaoyi, please help Pusheng no matter what, this little meaning is not a tribute, please accept it with a smile!" Zhao Pusheng asked for others, and said sincerely and humbly.

"You are insulting me, how can you accept wealth if your husband is in a hurry?" Hao Ren waved his hand, and righteously rejected Zhao Pusheng's golden and jade wealth, the Qingfeng Army is a red turban army, not a mercenary.

Even if Hao Ren helped Zhao Pusheng to conquer Chizhou, because the two had no friendship before, accepting this wealth, even if it was an employment relationship, the two did not owe each other, and when they met in the future, they would still be strangers.

Hao Ren does not accept his wealth and sends troops to help, no matter whether he can defeat Chizhou or not, then Zhao Pusheng will always owe Hao Ren a favor, since he owes Hao Ren a favor, then he will ask for help in the future, Zhao Pusheng is embarrassed, and he must repay this favor.

Although the wealth is good, Hao Ren thinks that the powerful figures of the Tianwan regime owe him a favor, and in the future, there will always be a place to get it, with Zhao Pusheng's energy, the value of his work is probably far higher than the value of two boxes of wealth.

He continued: "It's not that Guozuo refuses to help, it's just that there are few soldiers under him, and most of them are sailors, so they can't go ashore and fight side by side with Pingzhang's soldiers and horses, but I can send a navy to assist Zhao Pingzhang in the river!" ”

"Good!" When Zhao Pusheng heard Hao Renken's help, he patted the back of the chair and said happily: "Hao Dudu helps each other with righteousness, and Da Enrong should be hugged later." ”

Hao Ren insisted on refusing to accept Zhao Pusheng's wealth, threatening to refuse help, Zhao Pusheng had no choice but to make an offensive and defensive agreement with Hao Ren, so he had to take away the two boxes of wealth.

Chizhou, located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, is a famous historical and cultural city. Du Mu, Li Bai, Su Shi and other celebrities have left poems again, especially famous for the Wu culture, the landscape is mountainous, and the population is not large.

Hao Ren first asked the navy to shoot a cannon in the northeast corner of the city to contain the enemy's forces, and then the entire fleet went up the river and attacked the northwest corner of Chizhou with Zhao Pusheng.

"Boom-"

"Knock-knock-"

The guns of the two large ships of the Qingfeng army exploded one after another, and the shells hit the city head on the northwest side of Chizhou diagonally.

The warships had to dodge the catapults thrown at the head of the city, and the cannonballs hit the west city obliquely, and the force of the cannonballs was not straight, but the sloping city walls removed the impulse of many cannonballs, and the first round of cannonballs hit it, but it did not exert much power.

After the cannon fire, the entire battlefield fell silent, except for the "bang" and "bang" of the warship's turbines. Zhao Pusheng's army gathered momentum and prepared to launch a deadly charge, and the Mengyuan soldiers at the head of the city also hid behind the battlements, waiting for the thunderous impact of the two armies of the Red Turban Army.

"Pull the boat over!" Hao Ren saw that the power of the cannonballs was very weak, and he could not open the gap in the western city for Zhao Pusheng's army, so he moved the warships forward to increase the power of the cannonballs.

"Goo-dong!"

The huge stones thrown by the catapult on the head of the city hit the side of the ship of Shouzhou, splashing a huge column of water, and Hao Ren knew that the ship had reached the edge of the catapult shooting and could not get close.

"Fire!"

The artillery on the other side of Hao Ren's warship exploded again, but the western wall of Chizhou City was still not broken.

The corners of the city wall, because of the stability of the triangle, are also difficult to break, and Hao Ren's cannon is diagonally hitting, with the power of the cannon, it is really difficult to break the Chizhou city wall for a while.

If Hao Ren hits the city wall of the river in the north of Chizhou, it is estimated that two rounds of artillery will be able to make a gap, but Zhao Pusheng has no naval army, and Hao Ren's soldiers are few, and he can't go ashore to rush and kill, so he can only hit the west wall hard.

Zhao Pusheng saw that two rounds of shells came down, but the gap was not opened, he was impatient, and the Overseers attacked again!

For a time, the sound of killing in Chizhou City was everywhere, crossbow arrows were like locusts, and the soldiers of the Red Turban Army who charged on the ladder fell in pieces, and after paying a great price for casualties, the Red Turban Army rushed to the city again, climbed the ladder, and the defenders of the city, carried out a scorching battle for the head of the city.

The battlefield was so tragic that Hao Ren couldn't help frowning-Zhao Pusheng was too anxious.

"The muzzle of the cannon is high, and it hits the head of the city!"

Under Hao Ren's order, the artillery of the Qingfeng army's naval army, hit the cannonballs directly on the city, and the Yuan army that stormed the city, thirty-six cannons, caused major damage to the enemy, but the Yuan army at the head of the city, the death battle will not be, a cannonball injured seven or eight, and seven or eight heads popped up on the city, and the crossbowmen, ash bottles, rolling wood, and thunder stones were shot on the city, but the time of the slight delay was less than three seconds, and the time of these three seconds was not enough for the red turban army under the city to attack the city, and the attacking soldiers could only stand on the ladder and fight with the defenders at the head of the city.

The Red Turban Army has already arrived close to the Yuan Army to fight, and the artillery, at this time, is no longer needed, and it is easy to cause accidental injuries to the Red Turban Army when the artillery is fired at this time.

"The Chinese army is a thousand households, the bow and crossbow are ready, the boat is approaching, and the city is attacked!"

Hao Ren had already said to Zhao Pusheng that his army was small and he couldn't help much, since he had already stretched out his hand, he had to be a good person to the end, and he couldn't look at the red turban army with a red scarf on his head like himself, with heavy casualties and nothing to gain.

Wu Liujiu and Deputy Qianhu Futong of the Chinese army personally led the team, with 500 shields and 1,000 crossbowmen, and took a small boat to the range of the crossbow and shot the crossbow arrows at the head of the city.

The hand crossbow of the Qingfeng army is improved by the principle of moving pulleys, with great power, long range and high accuracy, a thousand crossbowmen, aiming and firing, and launching to the city head in the first place, on the city head, many defenders, the crossbow arrow fell into the city.

"Artillery fire, hit the corners of the city, cover the crossbowmen!"

The artillery of the navy rang out again, and the two catapults at the battlement of the city corner were smashed, but it was too late, and the two huge stones flew towards the crossbowman, smashing the two small boats of the Qingfeng army, and the soldiers of the two boats all fell into the water.

The crossbowmen fired two rounds of crossbow arrows, which won a lot of space for the Red Turban Army under the city, the first Red Turban Army finally jumped into the city wall, followed by the second, and the third, groups of Red Turban Army poured into the city.

Without a moment's effort, the red scarf that entered the city opened the city gate, and Zhao Pusheng personally led the cavalry to rush into Chizhou from the city gate, and the city of Chizhou was breached.

Hao Ren sent people to salvage the destroyed boat, two stones, broke eight of his soldiers, twelve were wounded, and three others, who were not salvaged, were listed as missing persons, and two additional boats were boarded.

"Day/!"

Hao Ren was distressed for the loss of the soldiers for himself, this account can only be regarded as Zhao Pusheng's debt to him for the time being, and the soldier's pension has to be paid by himself.

"Collect the troops and go home!" Hao Ren didn't wait for the battle in Chizhou to be over, gathered the army, and went down the river, thinking in his heart, how to make Zhao Pusheng repay this favor so that he would not lose money.

(To be continued.) )