When he was caught by Liu Shiliang and brought it to him, Su Tiancheng was a little stunned.

He didn't expect that Liu Shiliang led the scouts and actually caught them alive, and they were still the scouts of the rogues.

The rogue who was caught looked a little younger, no more than thirty years old.

Su Tiancheng waved his hand, he didn't have extra time, he had to interrogate as soon as possible.

"Three questions, first, how many men and horses do you have, second, whether you are Zijin Liang's people, and third, whether Zijin Liang is leading the Liukou and preparing to attack Yingshan County."

Liukou's body trembled, he couldn't imagine that this adult was so young, and the most important thing was that this adult seemed to know everything.

"Dog officer, don't come to this set, your head has fallen off, the bowl has a big scar, if you want to kill it, you can kill it, I won't say anything."

"You have a backbone, you have no food to eat, you want to live, you want to rebel, it seems that you are still the backbone of the middle of the rogue, obsessed, no matter what, the official doesn't want to delay time, give you a stick of incense time, if you want to say it, you can open your mouth, if you don't want to say, pull out the gang and cut it."

"Dog officer, I won't say it, you killed me."

"Well, since you want to die, this official will give you a chance, Liu Shiliang, first cut off his ten fingers, then cut off his toes, and then cut off his arms and thighs, so that he can be hard to the end."

Liukou's face turned pale, if he cut off his head with a knife, it would be so painful, but it was too painful to suffer such torture.

"Dog officer, it's inhumane, I won't let you go."

"Hmph, what kind of thing are you, what qualifications do you have to say such things, this official can make your life worse than death, this official has changed his mind and doesn't want to kill you. Keep you, aren't you hard-mouthed, watch the official exterminate the rogue, and then the official will track down your identity and find your family, at that time. See what else you can say. ”

With a smile on his face, Su Tiancheng said these words lightly.

Liukou's body began to tremble violently, and if his parents were implicated, he would be very unfilial.

It didn't take long for the situation to change, and the rogue opened his mouth to answer the question.

The Liukou who entered Yingshan County this time were personally led by Zijin Liang, and there were more than 11,000 people, because they had fought many fierce battles in Shanxi. After entering Henan, the grain and grass were scarce, and it was impossible to gain a foothold, and the Fuzhou counties along the way strictly guarded the city fortresses, and the people did not support it, so it was difficult to collect grain and grass, and many people had been scattered. After entering Huguang, it was almost to the point of desperation.

Zijin Liang is worthy of being the leader of the Liukou. After organizing a large gathering of the 36th Battalion in Shanxi, he decisively made a judgment that since the defense of Henan and Huguang was tight, then the defense of Nanzhili must be lax, close to Yingshan County in Huguang. It is the best target, as long as you capture the county seat, get the supply of grain, grass and silver, quickly evacuate and enter Huguang. Kill a bloody road and go directly to Sichuan, Sichuan is the land of abundance, and it is easy to supply grain and grass.

For the choice of Susong County and Yingshan County, Zijinliang also gave an explanation, Susong County is not far from Fucheng and Weisho, if it can't be attacked in a short time, reinforcements are coming, it is difficult to deal with it, and the difficulty of retreating is also great, Yingshan County is different, the distance from Fucheng and Weisuo is far, even if the reinforcements come, it will take a long time, after the county seat is laid, it can be easily evacuated.

Zijin Liang's judgment is good, after Liukou went to Yingshan County to investigate, he found that the defense here was not ordinary lax, it was simply defenseless.

This also boosted the morale of his subordinates.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Liukou entered the territory of Yingshan County, and a whole day passed, but no one was alerted. Early in the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Zijin Liang made a decision again, and the sergeants acted openly, leaving 2,000 foot soldiers in the town seven miles away from the county seat, and the remaining 2,000 cavalry and 7,000 foot soldiers all went to attack Yingshan County.

The time for the assault on the county began at noon.

Zijin Liang was still vigilant, and there were many scouts walking around, if he found anything abnormal, he immediately reported it, and there were more than 20 scouts scattered in the four directions of southeast, south, west, and north.

The captured rogue, who had gone the farthest, was already preparing to return to the town, but he didn't expect to see Liu Shiliang and others, and he was caught off guard, two of them were killed and one was captured alive.

The time has come to an early hour, that is, the Liukou has been attacking the county seat for an hour.

"General Sun, according to our current marching speed, how long will it take to reach the county seat of Yingshan County?"

"My lord, it will take an hour to move forward at full speed and reach Yingshan County."

"In other words, when the brigade arrived in Yingshan County, it was already after Shen Shi in the afternoon, and at this time, the Liukou had already attacked the city for two hours."

"My lord, my subordinates feel that there should not be much of a problem for Yingshan County to resist for two hours."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"Not necessarily, Zijin Liang is fully prepared, and he definitely needs to quickly take the county seat of Yingshan County, however, we have no good way, we can only speed up and rush to the county seat, scouts should pay attention, and if you meet the scouts sent by the rogues along the way, you will be killed, and try not to leak the news."

The county seat of Yingshan County is already in jeopardy.

The magistrate never expected that Liukou's preparation was indeed very sufficient.

The ladder has long been prepared, and when the foot soldiers begin to attack the city, they hold shields to prevent bows and arrows, and after a few rounds of arrow rain, the damage caused is very small, and they see that a lot of rogues have already reached the bottom of the city wall.

The power of boiling water and boiling oil is not small, and when Liukou added the ladder and began to climb up, the boiling oil and boiling water went down, and bursts of miserable howls came out, and the smell of meat was suddenly filled with the surroundings.

This move greatly shocked the rogue.

It's a pity that the boiling water and boiling oil are limited, and it also takes time to burn, and the rogues can't care about the losses, and the time between each round of attack is not long, and the archers of the rogues are also very powerful, and they have shot a lot of soldiers defending the city.

Zi Jin Liang looked at the soldiers besieging the city, falling down again and again, and his eyes had become blood-red.

He didn't estimate that Yingshan County's resistance was so tenacious, seeing someone go up the city wall, but unfortunately it didn't last long, and he was killed without waiting for the sergeants behind him to go up, and his body was thrown off the city wall.

The city wall of Yingshan County is not very high, the highest place, but only three meters, it is said that it is easy to break, but more than an hour has passed, and three charges have been organized, and all of them have been defeated.

He has already lost hundreds of sergeants, although the sergeants of Yingshan County who defended the city have suffered even greater losses.

These people are the backbone of Zijin Liang, and they are determined to follow the rebellion, after the fierce battle in Shanxi and the attack in Henan, they have been in a disadvantageous situation for a long time, and they can stay, which shows that they are not afraid of death, and their bones are hard.

Attacking a small Yingshan county town has such a big loss, how can Zijin Liang not be angry.

The drums of the attack continued, and Zijin Liang suddenly made a decision to stop the attack for the time being.

He had already discovered that Yingshan County's garrison was at the end of its strength.

At this time, he didn't need to be too anxious, let the sergeants take a good rest, readjust, and then launch a general attack and take the county seat of Yingshan County in one fell swoop.

Ginger is old and spicy.

Zijin Liang suddenly stopped attacking, and the team began to eat, ostensibly, to let the officers and soldiers defending the city rest for a while, and they could make adjustments, but in fact, it was not.

The magistrate of Yingshan County is dripping blood in his heart, and his morale can not be discharged, the rogues are desperately attacking the county seat, and the sergeants defending the city have forgotten their fears, if they can't kill the attacking rogues, they will die, so they can't think of anything else, but once the attack is temporarily stopped, this fear will spread rapidly, greatly damaging the confidence of the sergeants.

The most terrible thing is that these sergeants guarding the city are not regular soldiers, and their core strength is the escort of the sergeants of the inspection department and the gentry and wealthy households.

The losses were too great, the 400 sergeants of the inspection department were killed nearly 200 people, as for the young men and women who were temporarily recruited, the losses were even greater, they did not know how to avoid the rain of arrows, and many were shot, and the number of people killed on the city wall was close to 400 people, and the wounded did not have time to be counted.

There are corpses everywhere, many people are moaning, and the people who clean up the battlefield are also demoralized, at this time, they really feel fear, not long ago, these people were all alive, and now they are dying, I don't know how long the remaining sergeants on the city wall can last.

Retreat is impossible, and at this point, retreat is a dead end, and the only way to do it is to fight hard.

The atmosphere of pessimism spread above the city walls, and the words of encouragement did not have much effect.

The biggest problem is that they have no reinforcements, so they can only defend to the death and fight to the last one.

Everyone understands that this moment will eventually come, and it will only be a matter of time.

When the rogues were eating, everyone on the city wall also gathered.

Zhixian's face was pale, and he clenched his fists and spoke to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the rogues invaded my Yingshan County, relying on your stubborn resistance, we repelled the many attacks of the rogues, very good, next, the rogues will definitely launch a more fierce charge, we can only fight to the death, if the rogues break through the city, the lives will be ruined, our families will be humiliated, our property is plundered, there is no egg under the nest, this official and all the soldiers, defend the city, as long as we have one of us, we will never allow the rogues to harass the county."

These words contain helplessness, but the county doesn't know what Lu Dao said, without reinforcements, he can't deceive everyone.

In a few moments, the rumbling drums sounded.

This time the attack, the formation was completely different, the swarming rogues reached thousands of people, looking down from the city wall, dense, it seemed that Zijin Liang was in control.

Some of the sergeants guarding the walls were already trembling.

Just when they were still in fear, rounds of arrows flew over, cooperating with the rogues besieging the city.

The screams came, and many of the soldiers defending the city were unable to dodge and were hit by arrows...... (To be continued.) )