On November 13 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the flag of Yong'an outside the city of Changping Prefecture was flying, and all kinds of counterinsurgency soldiers and horses gathered under the city, and there was a unique accent in the area everywhere.

There are unstable factors on the side of the couch, which makes Emperor Chongzhen very disgusted with the rebellion in Changping, although most of the soldiers and horses besieging Changping are now besieging Changping, but as soon as the army moves, the food and grass are spent like flowing water, and the household department is also a little unbearable, and Zhang Fengyi of the military department is helpless, but he keeps urging Wang Zhaokun and others to come up with a charter as soon as possible.

Deputy Admiral Wang Zhaokun, supervising the army Wei and the four guard battalions first stationed in Tianshou Mountain, and so on after the soldiers and horses arrived one after another, the two saw the imperial tomb worry-free, Wei handed over the task of garrisoning the imperial tomb to the eunuch Deng Liangfu, and he and Wang Zhaokun led the soldiers and horses to begin to besiege Changping, and on the road there were Yong'an battalion chief soldiers Chao Pichang and others converged one after another, and the officers and soldiers were greatly inspired.

The army was stationed in the east of Changping, cutting off the road for the regimental training battalion to harass the Beijing division, the Chinese army hung up the banner of Wang Zhaokun, and the camp was a military general's uniform, in addition to the general soldier Chao Pichang, there was also Liu Zunxian, the governor of Changping, He Qian, and the soldiers and horses of Tongzhou were stationed in the canal.

Wang Zhaokun laid out the defense line along Changping, and sent sentinels to spread out to the two wings, along the way also mobilized the township corps to train with the officers and soldiers to quell the rebellion, long before the army gathered, He Qian and other squires in the suburbs of Changping all made suggestions to Wang Zhaokun, asking Wang Zhaokun to temporarily stay in Huacheng, and sent envoys to contact Changping to solve the mutiny. Wang Zhaokun and the supervising army Wei Guo, Qin sent Liu Zunxian and others to veto this suggestion, and the army immediately arrived in Changping. Wang Zhaokun, Wei Guo and others are about to make a move.

Yesterday, Wang Xizhong, the eunuch in charge of guarding the tomb, sent a few small eunuchs out of Changping, but they were soon captured by the besieging Ming army, and the Ming soldiers searched for the letter they had hidden on their bodies Wang Xizhong was ready to play the imperial court, which said: "...... Sinners have it, but soldiers are not bloody. Changping should be caressed, blindly using strong, only afraid of extraneous changes. ”

Wang Zhaokun and the superintendent of the Wei State. Liu Zunxian and others were furious when they saw the letter, and they did not mention their merits in the letter, which made everyone extremely unhappy, and the name of the eunuch who guarded the tomb was scary. In fact, it's just an old eunuch who has lost power. Not many people cared about his opinion, so Wang Zhaokun ordered to intensify the siege on all sides, never allow a bird to fly out and communicate with the court in private, and prepare to storm Yong'an.

Wang Zhaokun and the others are not worried about the regimental training camp, there is no difference between rebellion and death in the Gyeonggi area, except for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses such as Tongzhou and Miyun, which are currently besieged, if necessary. Xuandae around Gyeonggi, Baoding. The soldiers and horses of Tianjin, Juyongguan, Shanhaiguan, and even Liaozhen and Beijing can be transferred to quell the rebellion, and no matter how powerful the training battalion of thousands of regiments is, can it withstand the siege of more than 100,000 troops? They will never let this real counterinsurgency credit fly away, the only worry is, how long will it take to lay Changping?

The proclamation written by Liu Zunxian, the imperial history, also shot into the city, Liu Zunxian said righteously: "The battle of Jiashen, Hu Gong and others did not come to the city with soldiers, and the speakers were one after another, now we cannot change the attack, now the heavenly soldiers have arrived, the rebels should quickly open the city gate, tie up the first evil, put down the equipment, and wait for the court to discuss the crime......"

After discussing with Bai Siwen, the instructor of the two battalions, Liu Chuanfang and Bai Siwen decided to make a plan, and sent soldiers to show the proclamation on Changping South Street, and sent a well-spoken instructor to spread the news along the way. In addition, he also warned those officials who had no time to escape from Changping, accusing them of indulging in the rebellion of the regimental training camp, and severely accusing them of being the masterminds of the Changping mutiny.

The two proclamations were like a bucket of oil poured on dry wood that had just been burned, and at the instigation of the slaughter of the city by the heavenly soldiers, the people and magnates in the city immediately divided into two groups after reading these two murderous proclamations, but under the pressure of the soldiers of the regimental training battalion, their commotion immediately subsided.

Wu Zhongcun and others stood at the head of the city and looked down, in the sun, the east gate direction was full of camps, many Ming troops began to slowly press towards the city, these people are old and young, wearing a variety of clothes, there are very few armor, what is even more rare is that there is a team of cavalry under the city, they gallop around the city, and the momentum is also terrifying.

Some low-level generals in the Ming army led the team, and they approached and scolded the city, asking the soldiers of the regimental training battalion to surrender immediately, otherwise there would be no chickens and dogs left immediately after the city was broken.

At this time, the head of the city has been heavily guarded, the Qingfan Battalion and the second battalion are elite full battalions, although the equipment is not as good as the brothers of the Iron Fist Brigade, but it is much better for these Ming troops outside the city, and the arquebuses are also equipped with a lot, but considering that defending the city is a long-term process, the soldiers have given up firearms, changed to long guns and shields, and the regimental training battalion has been stationed in Changping for more than two months, which has won the trust of the local people, and there are many young and strong people in Changping or voluntarily, or forced to become auxiliaries, to help transport some city defense equipment.

Wu Zhongcun divided the two battalions of more than 4,000 people into seven teams, in addition to leaving two teams to suppress the resistance forces in the city, he also formed a mobile reserve team of personal guards, all equipped with arquebuses, and also collected all the horses in the city for backup.

The two battalions of soldiers at the head of the city were all solemn, they looked indifferently at the Ming soldiers who came over like ants under the city, these people were not afraid, on the contrary, everyone had excitement on their faces, if the court was a distant, solemn, and sacred behemoth to them before, then through the killing of Zheng Sanxing, they had seen the unkindness of the imperial court, and the general siege and annihilation of the Beijing camp by cutting melons and chopping vegetables made them understand the weakness of the imperial court, the only thing to worry about was that the Qingfan battalion and the second battalion brothers were a little less, I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with so many imperial armies, but soon. The instructor told them that the temporary commander-in-chief, Battalion Commander Wu, had reported to the adults, and that the adults would soon send troops to rescue them.

"As soon as the brothers of the Iron Fist Brigade arrived. Who else in the world can trap them? Who else in the world would dare to exterminate them? The court doesn't give us an explanation, so let's wait and see" The soldiers' minds are very simple. Especially the soldiers of the Qingfan Battalion, who lost the battalion commander, were even more murderous.

The Ming army outside the city let the sentinels shout for a long time, and when they saw that the soldiers at the head of the city did not pay attention to them, they slowly gathered a few hundred steps outside the moat and began to prepare for the attack as a whole team.

After approaching the city, the Yong'an battalion of Changping's general army Chao Pichang and Wang Anlu, the commander of the Tongzhou army, divided their troops into two routes, and the Yong'an battalion attacked the east gate. The Tongzhou soldiers feinted to attack the north gate, and the other counterinsurgency armies pinned down the rest of the city gates under the leadership of the generals and colonels, and Chao Pichang knew that this was a good opportunity for him to atone for his crimes. Shaking up his spirit and preparing to attack the city, He Qian, the former governor of Changping, was reprimanded by Lord Wang, Gonggong Wei and others, and I don't know whether it was out of fear or to justify his innocence. I committed suicide by poisoning myself in the camp last night!

He Qian's suicide turned Chao Pichang into a frightened bird. The Changping Mutiny Imperial Court wanted to find a scapegoat, and now that the governor committed suicide, the biggest scapegoat became himself, although he knew that it was ill-intentioned to let him lead the main attack of the Yong'an battalion, but he was stubborn and did not dare to say more.

The soldiers gathered noisily by the moat, and Chao Pichang was draped all over his body, surrounded by more than 100 elite families. Seeing the performance of these ruffians, everyone sighed, but fortunately, the defenders of the city did not launch. Otherwise, a flurry of arrows will allow them to blow up the camp.

Chao Pichang looked at the city in disbelief, it was quiet, the soldiers of the Yong'an Battalion quickly cleared some of the rejected horses without being harassed, and laid a lot of wooden planks on the moat.

"My lord, maybe the rebels in the city have already panicked when they heard that the army is gathering, where do they dare to resist the siege of my heavenly soldiers, my lord personally braved the arrows and stones, bravely killed the enemy, and was the first to climb the city and overcome Changping, this is a great merit?" A scribe with a goat's beard shook his head and complimented Chao Pichang.

Chao Pichang was slightly stunned, and was about to grin, when a gong suddenly sounded at the head of the city, and those soldiers shouted, and countless hot gold juice poured down......

Chao Pichang pushed away those flattering guys around him, and couldn't help but be surprised after seeing the scene under the city, the distance between the left and right sides of the south gate and the moat was full of soldiers' corpses, and countless wounded soldiers who were howling non-stop, many soldiers ran wildly, and even jumped into the icy moat water, two ladders fell to the ground indiscriminately, and the casualties were so heavy before the ladders were erected, these soldiers were all Chao Pichang made a heavy promise to summon up the courage to participate in the battle, Chao Pichang in order to boost morale, They promised to ask the king for two months' rations, and promised them that they could loot after the city was broken, but the morale maintained by this verbal promise could not withstand the setback, and the ruffians frantically retreated to the camp, ignoring the wounded.

Under the hot sun, Chao Pichang endured the stench of gold juice and said to Chao Li, a henchman of the Jiading team: "Don't let them go back, tell them that whoever dares to escape will be cut down directly, and they will be guilty of the same crime as the rebels." ”

Chao Li'an was wearing dozens of pounds of heavy armor, extremely uncomfortable under the sunlight, hearing the adult's order, he nodded and waved his hand, those who were equipped with sophisticated equipment slowly stepped forward murderously, the family shouted to no avail, Chao Li'an gave an order, the family members opened their bows and arrows, and killed all the more than a dozen soldiers who rushed back first on the ground!

The battalion soldiers who fled back were in chaos, and the fierceness of the family Ding team frightened them, but they didn't dare to turn back and attack the city, so they stood in the middle of the battlefield in a daze, not knowing what to do.

The soldiers of the Yong'an battalion finally mustered up their courage under the severe pressure of the bullets, and returned to the city to prepare for the siege, but the city was still quiet, this strange scene made every soldier frightened, and finally set up two ladders, and the city head did not use any baffle to resist, and let them hang up the ladders.

"Prepare in front of the reserves!"

Geng Huowa, the temporary commander who led the reserve, hung his left hand on his chest, and after discussing with everyone just now, Wu Zhongcun thought that the fighting power of the Ming army besieging the city was really vulnerable, so they decided to simply let these soldiers come up and use arquebuses to annihilate them intensively, and crush the morale of the other party in one fell swoop.

The sound of ascending to the city came from the ladder, and the observer was also loudly reporting the enemy's situation, Geng Huowa ordered loudly

"The arquebus team lined up in front, and the crossbow team assisted on both sides."

Both the Qingfan Battalion and the 2nd Battalion were equipped with two companies of arquebuses, which were eliminated by the original Iron Fist Brigade, and Yang Bo allocated them equipment in order to enter Gyeonggi, but due to the limitation of reserves, they could not use them on a large scale.

"Check the fire rope" Geng Huowa shouted again, those soldiers immediately blew up the fire rope in their hands, and let the fire head point at the fire door, these actions are broken down They have been trained many times, there is nothing to be nervous about, the fire rope in the hand of a soldier is burning unevenly, and it is about to be extinguished, he quickly raised his hand to signal, and the team officer walked over quickly and replaced another section of fire rope for him.

"Prepare to engage the enemy and open the door!" After Geng Huowa finished shouting, she retreated to the side city wall under the protection of the crossbowmen, and the fire of the black hole was vigilantly aimed at the cloud ladder...... (To be continued......)