Zhang Chu quickly changed the deployment in the face of changes in the enemy's situation, and the security army chose favorable terrain more than ten miles away from Yuncheng to set up a large camp, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops.

It took two days for the security forces to assemble their troops, and the follow-up troops followed up and stationed in the main battalion, which was further reinforced, and sent troops to the periphery to guard against a possible attack by the officers and troops.

These two days are very precious for the security army, Hong Chengchou led the army is hurrying to come, if the security army can not capture Yuncheng, will face the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, this is a taboo for soldiers. But Zhang Chu still ordered two days to prepare, and the super combat effectiveness shown by the enemy guarding Yuncheng made Zhang Chu have to be careful and careful, and he brought Chen Qiang, the commander of the new 1st Division, and Hu Zhiguang, the commander of the new 2nd Division, to study the offensive plan with the staff officers.

"This time there are many more enemies than we expected, and the combat effectiveness is also stronger." Zhang Chu came to the table and looked at the map on it and said to everyone.

"It is also the first time I have encountered such officers and soldiers, not only well-equipped, but also super strong-willed, I sent people to sneak over and secretly capture a few officers and soldiers, and after interrogation, I learned that the training of officers and soldiers in Yuncheng is good, and their income is related to the salt lake. Because of the salt lake as a source of income, food and wages can be paid in full, which is much stronger than in other places. And now the places are not peaceful, and the officers and soldiers are often invited by the salt merchants to protect the caravans transporting salt with the salt ding, and can also get additional income, so these officers and soldiers are very motivated to defend the salt lake under the encouragement of the bounty. Chen Qiang reported the newly obtained information to Zhang Chu.

"The enemy army has built a strong camp outside the city, forming a horn with the inside of the city, responding to each other, we must first clear the enemy on the periphery of the city, after reconnaissance now the enemy is about 10,000 people outside the city, and we must first destroy the enemy outside the city to capture Yuncheng." Hu Zhiguang has also been studying how to capture Yuncheng in the past two days.

"Then let's start with the enemies outside the city, so that they can see the power of the security army." Zhang Chu cheered for his subordinates.

The early morning sun shone on the dry land, and a breeze swept up the dirt on the ground, and finally formed a small whirlwind, and the soldiers in the official camp held spears in their arms, and looked blankly at the open space outside the camp, which was the place where the enemy would walk when he came to attack.

Behind the camp is the high city wall, the brothers in the city are really lucky, there is no need to fight to the death with the thieves who come to attack, but the official said that this time the thieves are repulsed, and the soldiers outside the city will be rewarded with ten taels of silver more than in the city, which is somewhat comforting.

"Here it is, here comes the thief." The officers and soldiers who were stationed at high places sounded the alarm loudly.

The officers and soldiers immediately ran to their respective defensive positions and prepared for battle.

A few days ago, I found that a small group of thieves was approaching, and Mr. Qian, who led the team, rushed over with his brothers according to the previous method of dealing with thieves. I didn't expect to hit a hard bone. The thieves quickly assembled to form a phalanx, the sound of muskets rang out, and the officers and soldiers who rushed in front were knocked to the ground, and the thousands of people relied on the large number of people, regardless of the casualties of the charge, and at the same time transferred the soldiers in the camp to reinforce, and the follow-up troops of the thieves also arrived to join the battle group, and the two sides fought fiercely together. The officers and soldiers approached their own battalion reinforcements quickly, taking advantage of the advantage in numbers, and had been on the offensive, and Mr. Qian also understood that most of the thieves were using muskets, and the advantage of muskets was that they could attack from a distance, and the disadvantages were also obvious. Mr. Qian made up his mind to order his officers and soldiers to attack desperately, striving to rush into the camp of the thieves, and the officers and soldiers really rushed through the rain of bullets of the thieves under the role of the high bounty and the supervision team, and when they were about to succeed, the thieves' cavalry arrived, covering the thieves and retreating.

Although the thieves were repulsed, the calm Qian General Inspection team had a loss of thousands of people, and the thieves did not even leave a single corpse.

When reporting to the generals, of course, Mr. Qian had to praise his exploits, and the generals were overjoyed when they heard the report, and they repelled the attacks of the thieves in actual combat, and also discovered the weaknesses of the thieves, so it was not a problem to hold Yuncheng.

So the general ordered Mr. Qian to continue to garrison outside the city with his soldiers and horses, if the thieves came to attack the city, find an opportunity to rush over and fight with the thieves, so that the thieves' firearms would be ineffective, and the officers and troops in the city would respond at any time, and it would not be a problem to wipe out the thieves, not to mention that Governor Hong Chengchou's brigade was coming.

Mr. Qian couldn't wait to hide in a place where no one was and beat himself in the mouth, "Let you brag, this time you will be taxed for bragging." He knows the power of this group of thieves, and has been urging his subordinates to strengthen the camp in the past two days, not to mention that it is important to save his life first, looking at the follow-up men and horses of the thieves on the opposite side stationed in the camp, Mr. Qian's heart is getting colder and colder, and he secretly prays to the heavens that this gang of thieves will retreat in the face of difficulties, don't fight the idea of the city, and go to the next state and county to rob and retreat.

Heaven didn't hear Mr. Qian's prayers, but just quietly watched everything that happened in the world. The ranks of the security army marched forward neatly, the officers and soldiers looked at their rising and falling feet, as if they felt the tremor of the earth, and the hands of the soldiers of the officers and soldiers holding their weapons were full of sweat, and they silently muttered in their hearts: "Come here, come here, kill you to death." "In an era of disasters and famines, it is very rare to have a job that pays on time, and the soldiers of the official army cherish it very much, and if they keep the salt lake, they will also save the jobs of the family.

The security army did not rush to the camp with a shout as the officers and soldiers expected, but instead lined up outside the camp but did not attack, and the general manager in the camp was also very nervous, thinking: "Isn't it that the thieves have seen through the arrangement of the generals?" It turned out that the general also estimated that the thieves might attack the officers and troops outside the city, and arranged dozens of artillery pieces in the city on the city wall behind the camp outside the city, and also arranged a large number of archers to support the officers and troops outside the city at any time.

The wait was difficult, but fortunately, the security army did not let Mr. Qian wait too long to give an answer. The security guards in the line did not charge, but dodged to the sides, revealing hundreds of artillery pieces behind them.

With Zhang Chu's order, bang! Bang! A few test-fired shells fell into the camp of the officers and soldiers, and then the artillery quickly adjusted the muzzle, the sound of the artillery firing became a piece, the improved Franc machine shot faster, the officers and soldiers could not feel the pause of the cannonball, the shells smashed into the camp of the officers and soldiers, the camp was beaten to a pulp, and what was even more terrifying was that the sound of the artillery was endless, as if there was no stop, the fortifications and tents in the camp were vulnerable in front of the iron shells, and they collapsed one after another, and the flying debris caused huge casualties to the officers and soldiers, When there was a howl in the security army, and the rockets dragged their long flame tails into the camp of the officers and soldiers, turning into fireballs, the officers and soldiers could not support it, abandoned the camp, and turned around and fled towards Yuncheng behind them. (To be continued.) )