Lu Xiangsheng's army could only occasionally find some stragglers or small troops of the Qing army, and fought several small victories, but these victories did not play a role in the main military situation.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's friend Yang Tinglin gave a piece to Chongzhen, offended Chongzhen, and was demoted to Lu Xiangsheng's army by Yang Sichang to praise the painting. Yang Tinglin and Yang Sichang have many grievances, Yang Sichang hates Yang Tinglin in his heart, and he takes this opportunity to get rid of him.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng heard the news of the danger in Gaoyang, although Gaoyang is only a small county town, but Gaoyang lives in a highly respected minister - Sun Chengzong. Lu Xiangsheng has great trust in Sun Chengzong, and he is afraid that Sun Chengzong will have a case, which will not be good!

Lu Xiangsheng called Zhang Biwu and said, "Biwu! You hurry up to Gaoyang City, if you can keep Sun Ge Lao, it will be a great achievement! If Gaoyang City is broken, then forget it! This is the last thing Lu Xiangsheng wants to accept, but he knows that it is really difficult to save Sun Chengzong.

Even so, Zhang Biwu immediately led his headquarters to Gaoyang to rescue Sun Chengzong.

At this time, Gaocheng was attacked by the Qing army. Before this, Sun Chengzong's friend Cai Ding persuaded Sun Chengzong to take refuge in Baoding. Mao Yuanyi said that Sun Chengzong went to the south. Sun Chengzong refused, saying that he died in battle, and he deserved to die for the country.

In this way, Sun Chengzong stayed in Gaoyang, and he and his family all went to the city with the people to defend the city.

Sun Chengzong's flowers and hair are all white, and he stands proudly in the cold wind. At present, there are very few defenders in Gaoyang County, and the county has long since abandoned the city and fled. There are only more than 200 servants left, and the tun army. It is the people who do the heavy lifting. These people were untrained, and they came to defend the city with kitchen knives and hoes.

Outside the city, the Qing army gathered, and it seemed that there were tens of thousands of people, and it was not difficult to break through Gaoyang.

Sun Chengzong still stood tall under the banner of Mingzi, and he shouted: "I, Elder Sun Ge, will defend our homeland with all the fathers and villagers!" We want to let the Tartars know that we Gaoyang people are not bad seeds! In the future, as long as they hear about the Gaoyang people, the Tartars will remember how powerful our Gaoyang people are today! ”

Sun Chengzong then waved his hand and roared: "For our honor as Gaoyang people!" For our parents, wives and children! All the folks follow me to repel the Tartars! Swear to live and die with your hometown! ”

"Swear to live and die with your hometown!" The people all over the city, as well as the 200 officials and officers and soldiers who stayed behind, raised their arms and shouted! They have no way out, they can only defend to the death!

"Prepare the rocket!" Then someone lit the oil that had been placed in a trench dug in the ground with torches, and then the archers lit rockets wrapped in tarpaulins to the trench of fire, and the rockets were formed.

A dozen or so birdmen were also in place, aiming at the stacks to shoot the invaders.

Duoduo looked at Gaoyang City, and then ordered a general to shout around the city three times, and the defenders of the city responded three times in a row. Duoduo did this to try to see how the city defense of Gaoyang City was, and by the way, to find out how many regular troops there were in the city defense, whether there were many civilians or officers and soldiers.

"Ha Lu Ha!" Duoduo laughed and said, "The defense of this city is ridiculous! Routinely speaking, it will definitely be breached! Most of the people who guard the city are ordinary people, they don't know how to defend the city, they are just some horsemen who pick up hoes, it is okay to fight in groups, but it is absolutely impossible to fight! ”

Duoduo was a war horse, he pointed directly at Gaoyang City, and shouted: "Kill! Take Gaoyang! "The Qing army flocked to Gaoyang City like a tide.

"Shoot!" The people of the city all shot arrows at the robbers. Duoduo shouted, "Protection! What he meant was that he wanted the infantry to shield the besieging soldiers.

One of the Qing soldiers who rushed forward was hit by an arrow in the chest, his body trembled violently, and then he fell to the ground. One of the soldiers was shot in the foot, and he had just fallen to the ground when a fire bolt followed, plunging deep into his chest and ending his sinful life.

"Shoot!" Duoduo yelled at his cavalry, then pointed to Gaoyang City. "Xiu Xiu Xiu" The arrows in the Qing army poured like rain towards Gaoyang City.

Most of the peasants with wooden rakes and shovels fell in a pool of blood after being hit by arrows. "Defend your homeland! We are proud Gaoyang people! "They are real men who have not retreated! After the townsfolk in front of them fall, they will take over and defend the city! Knowing that there are many enemy troops, they still have to defend their homeland with blood to make the enemy respect them! They must be worthy of their relatives, worthy of their fellow villagers, and worthy of being a Gaoyang person!

"Shoot! Shoot! Sun Chengzong stood under the banner of the Ming army, and he shouted loudly. Sun Chengzong's son, Sun Jie, came to him and said, "Dad, it's too dangerous here! As he spoke, several more arrows flew past them.

"Get out of here! I want the folks to see that I'm guarding the city! Thinking about my military career, when I was fighting against the Tartars in Liaodong, when was I not the first to take the lead and not avoid arrows, but this time I became a coward at home? ”

Seeing this, Sun Ji couldn't say anything more, he could only stand next to his father to protect his father.

The sound of "Xiu Xiu" arrows is endless. The "whoosh" arrow hit Sun Jiao, and Sun Jiao fell to the ground.

When Sun Chengzong saw his son die, his teeth were crushed, but he could only endure his grief: "Okay! My son Sun Chengzong died for the country! Dear children and grandchildren, dear fathers and fellow villagers, defend our homeland! We are Gaoyang people! ”

Under the encouragement of Sun Chengzong, these peasants with lotus forks were not afraid, and they kept throwing stones and skulls down to the city.

The Qing soldiers who approached the city began an atrocity attack. "Cast!" Just listen to a shout. The Qing soldiers were already armed with guns in hand, and they were ready to be escorted by their shield-wielding companions, and immediately began to move at the sound of an order.

"Whoosh" guns were thrown at the city! The city of Gaoyang City is not high, and the guns are thrown at the soldiers and civilians defending the city.

An officer with a bow who had just drawn an arrow was stabbed in the chest with a shot, and the bow and arrow in his hand fell to the ground, and then he threw himself on the low wall and died.

Another civilian, who had raised a rock and wanted to smash it, was also shot in the chest. "I am a high ......" He wanted to throw the stone out of the city, but he fell weakly and weakly to the bottom of the city. He hit the low wall first, then slid down and died on the edge of the low wall.

"Bastard!" A bird-sturgeon watched carefully, and he shot at it, just in time to shoot the Qing soldiers who wanted to throw spears. When the other Qing soldier saw that his companion had been killed, he was naturally very angry, and he threw his gun out. The bird gunner just wanted to continue shooting another Qing soldier, but he was shot this time, and then died heroically.

I heard the shouts of the Qing generals: "Rush! Kill! Most of the defenders of the city are civilians! Storm the city! The riches and beauties of the city are all ours! "As soon as this shout came out, the robbers suddenly came to their senses!" Wealth! Belle! "They roared and attacked the city!

And when the civilians defending the city heard this, they were even more angry! As long as they have a breath left, they will defend their homeland! They will fight for the last drop of blood!

At this time, the collision of the Qing army has arrived! A Qing soldier who was next to the crash was shot in the arm and immediately fell, and the Qing general pointed his sword at him and shouted at him: "Get up for me!" Or I'll cut off your head! This Qing soldier didn't dare to slack off, and he had to get up regardless of the arrow in his hand.

At this time, there were more and more Qing soldiers under the city, and the Qing soldiers under the city were constantly throwing their guns out. The people of the city did the same, and they threw their four-toothed rakes, six-toothed rakes, and lotus forks into the city. But how can these farm tools compare to sharp guns? What's more important is that they are not trained, and the crosshairs will naturally not be able to keep up with the Qing soldiers.

"Crash! Bang! "The roar of the Qing soldiers! The crash is pounding against the city gates! And inside the city gate are some farmers, they are lined up in rows, turn by turn, with their bodies to guard the city gate!

The gates can't be slammed open! If they want to run away, their wives, children, and parents will be killed by robbers! They're all hot-blooded men, and of course they're going to do everything they can to stop this from happening!

There was a loud "bang", and under the strong impact of the crash, several civilians in front fell to the ground. The people behind hurriedly pulled them up and said, "Fellow! Don't pour! Remember that we are defending our homeland! We will defend the lives of our wives and children! We are Gaoyang people! ”

"That's right! We are Gaoyang people! We are men! We are Gaoyang men! We want to protect our wives and children! "They've cried out their hearts!

"Bang" hit the city gate again, and a man at the city gate was hit on the head by the iron gate, his forehead was bleeding, and he was dizzy, but he still muttered: "I'm a Gaoyang man!" Protecting ......"

When he was about to fall, the man behind him held him up and said, "Yes! We are Gaoyang men! We want to protect our wives and children! ”

The man who had been headbutted laughed, he was held up and did not fall, but his head was resting on the city gate, which was extremely dangerous.

I heard the shouts of the Qing soldiers outside the city gate: "Hit hard!" Hard! Use all the strength to feed! There is treasure of gold and silver in the city! There are beautiful women! "Good!" "Hohoo!" The Qing soldiers were all drooling, and they were all slamming the city gate hard.

"Bang", another strong impact. The man with the head wound was hit again, his head was broken, and he fell to the ground. And the person who helped him stepped over his body and pressed against the city gate with his own body, and he grinned and shouted: "We are Gaoyang men!" Parents! Wife and children! We want to protect you! ”

With his shout, the men at the city gate shouted out together! The sound moves the world! The Qing soldiers who hit the city gate outside the city gate didn't know if they were afraid of this shout, they were actually afraid and temporarily stopped the impact on the city gate.