With an order, Li Fugui personally commanded 800 troops, divided into four teams, under the cover of ten general cannons, lined up the phalanx, and began to approach the southern city of Lanzhou, just waiting for a hundred steps away, the flag waved, the front team held high the temporary planks in front, about thirty or forty people held ladders, rushed out of the formation, and began to roar and charge towards the city wall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the great drought in Shanxi, the moat was in vain, and the whole state of Qilan was lax, and there was no time to build fortifications outside the city, and this group of troops quickly approached the city effortlessly, but when they were close to thirty or forty paces away, the officers and soldiers who could barely hold on to the city suddenly came out one after another, radiating bows and crossbow firearms towards the position of the thieves.

But in order to prevent the artillery from being injured, one by one it was too late to aim, and the sparse and unsure head, a round of shooting down, only called seven or eight people to lie down, to make Li Fugui look at the back of the heart of relief, and heard the sound of killing, and the northwest two sides also launched an attack at the same time, and hurriedly ordered their own guards about 50 people, raised their guns and approached the city, and fired at each other with firearms and crossbows.

Fortunately, almost everyone in this group of troops is wearing armor, and they are not afraid of the counterattack on the city at this moment, and they can still hold on to one or two, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall braved the threat of bullets, bows and arrows, and smashed the boulders under the city one by one.

And in the south-southwest section of the city, there is a wall battlement, because it is located in a partial corner, the wall is thick and the building is high, almost no thieves hit this side, and for a while they are called to transfer other areas to resist the thieves, at this moment, a group of more than ten people, the team broke away, and came directly to this side, and when they came to the wall, the leader of the person picked up the nearby haystack, and suddenly his face was happy, only to see that a hole was only the size of a person......

"My lord, the south can't stop it, please send reinforcements quickly!" The first army threw himself down in front of Zhou Hongtu at this moment, his face was miserable, his body was in tatters, and his face was even more bloody by the fragments that came from nowhere.

"Zhou Dasheng, you should bring a hundred soldiers, immediately reinforce the south gate, and be sure to drive the thieves out of the city." Zhou Hongtu can't care about anything else, he has been stationed outside the east gate, after all, this is where the main force of the thieves is, at this moment, he saw that there was a team of about two or three hundred thieves in the east gate to the north and south, and his heart was suddenly relieved.

Although he has six or seven hundred personal soldiers under his command, more than 1,000 soldiers and horses with military households, but there are also no less than five or six hundred private soldiers of the big clan, and the manpower is still abundant, but it is useless to see it in desperation, at this moment the defense of the city head, thanks to his personal guards, at this time, in addition to the zero head with the private soldiers to patrol the city, six hundred personal soldiers, there are 100 people in the southwest and southwest, at this time, seeing that the south gate is in an emergency, he immediately weighed one or two, and directly selected 100 people from the 200 people who were ready to go out of the city to supervise the war to reinforce the south.

Seeing that outside the east gate, there were less than 500 thieves, and he was immediately happy, but he had no choice but to have insufficient troops at hand, and the entire east gate had 200 guards left, and Liu Tianwen had only 600 people with a thousand households and some guards, except for those guarding the city wall, less than 400 could be raised, and at this moment, the northwest two gates came to report urgently, so he had to divide his hands into 50 personal soldiers and 50 guards to go to reinforcements.

"I can't wait any longer, if I can go out of the city to break the formation and hurt the momentum of the thieves, I can carry it this time." Zhou Hongtu saw that the battle situation was critical, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Immediately order Liu Tianwen to go out of the city immediately to break the formation, Ren Liuqi, you lead fifty people from the headquarters to supervise the battle, but there are those who escape from the battle, so you can act cheaply." ”

A general flag whose name was pointed out immediately came out and left......

"General, in the south of the city, I saw a beacon smoke lit, it must be our people who have mixed into the city, we will also light the beacon fire and report to the city." A personal follower was instructed at this moment, and when he saw a beacon fire burning in the south of the city, he immediately rode back and reported to Zheng Renbao.

At this moment, Zheng Renbao saw that the time had come, and immediately rushed to Liu Shouwen, who was firmly guarded by his side, to confirm again, and after receiving a positive reply, he ordered the fire-raising soldier who had prepared early, "Ignite!" ”

With an order, the soldiers were already called to pick up firewood, and the wet thatch covered with water was lit one after another at this moment, and three huge puffs of smoke rose into the air, which did not dissipate for a long time.

And in that city, at this moment, the soldiers and horses of the thousand households that were forcibly assembled were gathered in the city gate hole with a reluctant face, waiting for the final decisive battle, for them, before the battle, the court officials gave three hundred people less than fifty taels of silver to the opening fee, which really made them feel cold, and they had no will to fight at all, and they planned to wait until they left the city to find a place to escape.

It's a pity that there are still people who go further than they think, such as directly sacrificing the city to save their lives.

Liu Tianwen stood on the stairs of the city wall at this moment, seeing the fireworks burning outside the city, with a sneer on his face, he glanced left and right, and those cronies who had already negotiated suddenly understood, and began to put their hands on the saber at their waists, and even took firearms, pressed the fire gate, and just waited for the fire to be fired, and listened to the city gate open......

"Huh? Why is there smoke from a bonfire outside the city? Zhou Hongtu was standing on top of the city tower at the moment, and when he saw the fire outside the city, his heart suddenly shook wildly, and the fire outside the city was ignited, if there were no ghosts, wouldn't he be crazy? When I looked back and saw the fire in the city, I was speechless, I was still my own Meng Lang, this must be an internal response in the city!

"Hurry up and stop Liu Qianhu from going out of the city, quickly!" Where did Zhou Hongtu dare to let Liu Tianwen go out of the city at this moment, it was not that he suspected Liu Tianwen of being a thief, but that the garrison in the city was empty, and this new force had never participated in the war.

In this way, the order went down, and the soldiers who were close to Liu Tianwen hurriedly ran to the front, shouting, "Lord Zhou has an order, temporarily open the city gate, Liu Qianhu is not allowed to go out of the city!" ”

It's just that these words suddenly shocked Liu Tianwen's heart, isn't it leaked? Thinking like this, he looked at the city gate that was opened by his cronies and revealed half of it, his heart suddenly burst, and he gritted his teeth and roared, "Do it!" ”

Only said a word, before the words fell, the saber in his hand was pulled out suddenly, and he directly cut down a soldier on the left side of the army to the ground, not caring at all that Fang was still talking and laughing together, and those relatives were even more prepared, and at this moment, they showed their weapons one after another, and rushed to the left and right soldiers and began to slaughter.

Originally, those pro-soldiers were only doing one way to supervise the war, and they had not left the city at the moment, and they were not on guard, plus there were originally 200 people watching, and at this moment they were supporting everywhere, only one general flag was left, and the number was almost the same, just waiting for this sudden outburst of fighting, more than 20 people were cut to the ground on the spot, and the rest were also confused, but instinctively drew their knives and fought each other...... (To be continued.) )