After placing all the 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Lieutenant General Li Yun in the north of the county seat, he brought the generals to survey the terrain. In fact, a small county town has no terrain, it is nothing more than four walls and a moat, Li Yunzhong is too simple to take a small county town this time, even if they have defense, it is useless. for he had some gunpowder.

In order to fight the first battle of the uprising, and in order not to let Luo Xuan and Su Sanniang underestimate the worship of God, they deliberately let the rear army take the lead in attacking the city, and it was really easy for a few thousand people to fight a county town defended by less than a thousand people.

instructed the former army to prepare siege equipment, and Li Yunzhong hinted that Meng Sheng could attack the county seat first.

Everything was ready, and all the armies asked for instructions to attack the county seat.

Meng Sheng took the initiative to ask Ying, "The subordinates have prepared siege equipment, please allow the general." ”

"Okay, I'll allow you to lead the rear army to attack the city." Li Yunzhong said.

"General, it should be that the front army should attack the city and trap the battle, and the rear army can sweep the formation." Luo Xuan also asked Li Yunzhong to fight.

Li Yunzhong favored the rear army, and did not discourage the enthusiasm of the front army. said, "Since the rear army first proposed to attack the city, then let the rear army try first, and the front army prepares." ”

Li Yunzhong and the generals of the Chinese army and the former army stood on the high ground and watched the siege.

Meng Sheng ordered people to fill in a section of the moat first, and then said "rush", and rushed to the city wall first. Followed by all the rear soldiers and horses, the distance of one mile could not run for long, a group of people ran to the city gate first, stunned for a while, and then crashed into the city gate with their bodies.

Li Yunzhong was stunned when he watched from behind, not to mention that he had seen or heard of it, someone attacked the city in such a way, but he didn't even think about it. What is Meng Sheng doing? Could it be that the engineering equipment he prepared was the big wooden stick that was blocked behind by the crowd?

Maybe someone finally remembered to use a big wooden stick, and hurriedly beckoned the people blocking the road to get out of the way, carried the wooden stick to the bottom of the city gate, and hit the city gate together, at this time, some arrows fell sparsely from the city wall, and many people began to hide in a panic. Seeing that they really couldn't open the city gate, the besieging soldiers lifted the wounded and quickly withdrew. The siege took less than half an hour. It's really a shame on the rebels.

Li Yunzhong caught a glimpse of some of the generals of the former army showing sarcastic faces, Luo Xuan and Su Sanniang were expressionless, Li Yunzhong thought that they must have endured very hard.

Meng Sheng stood in front of Li Yunzhong with a depressed look on his several brigade commanders, Li Yunzhong couldn't wait to go up, each of them kicked a few times to relieve his anger, walked up to them and whispered, "My face has been lost to you." ”

Luo Xuan said, "General, the front army is ready, can you attack the city?" ”

"Attack" Li Yunzhongdao.

With a wave of his hand, the front army slowly advanced in an orderly manner, and all of them stopped when they were about to approach the moat.

Li Yunzhong couldn't help but sigh: "Attacking the city is a technical job, and only experts can do it well." ”

From Luo Dagang's army, ten teams of people ran out, each carrying a ladder, towards the city wall, and then a team of people ran out of the team to the city gate carrying a piece of wood thicker than the previous one.

Li Yunzhong thought again: Why did the ancient people like to hit the city gate with wood, didn't there already be explosives?

Seeing the enemy approaching the city gate, the Qing soldiers on the city wall not only shot arrows, but also dropped large and small stones from time to time, this siege was a tragedy, Li Yunzhong couldn't bear to look at it again: when the soldiers of the front army climbed from the bottom of the ladder to the top of the ladder, they found that the ladder was short, and they couldn't climb the city wall, and they couldn't go up or down, and then they were beaten down the ladder by the Qing soldiers above, and they fell to the ground and didn't know whether they were alive or dead. The people below didn't understand the situation above, and continued to climb up.

Li Yunzhong once again 'blessed' saw the siege scene of no one before and no one after him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Why can't the experts of this year be reliable." Turning around, he commanded Meng Sheng, who was looking at it with relish, and ordered Zeng Shuiyuan to ask Luo Outline to withdraw.

It is no wonder that at the beginning of the peasant uprising, they were chased everywhere by the officials and soldiers, and this performance was too strange.

Seeing that the thieves who were attacking the city had withdrawn, the Qing soldiers on the city wall let out a burst of cheers, and the county commander said to Zhang Fugui, who was defending the city, "This time, thanks to the general's timely arrival to help, otherwise it would be unimaginable, I didn't expect the thieves to be so fierce and not afraid of death." When the thieves retreat, I will write to the general army of Xunzhou to recommend you. ”

Zhang Fugui said, "Thank you for your recommendation, the lowly position recognizes the following anti-thieves, one is Laiwang, who rebelled last year, he is a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the lowly has defeated him several times, but every time he let him escape into the mountains or the big river, and there is also a rebel who was rescued last time Li Yunzhong. It's all a rabble, please rest assured. ”

Ni Tao, the county magistrate, touched his beard and looked at Zhang Fugui approvingly, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his future was limitless, and he intended to make friends, "He is really a pillar of the country, and now the society is turbulent, which is where heroes come in." Your name is Fugui, it is inevitably a little cheesy, which will affect the future, it is better to change your name and call it Guoliang. ”

Zhang Guoliang bowed to the county order: "Guoliang will never forget the grace of the adult, and swear to defend the adult." ”

Li Yunzhong comforted the generals of the former army with kind words: This time the siege failed, but the ladder was made shorter, next time you must measure the length and then make the ladder, and your front army will also go to the back to repair the following, and then I will arrange for the Chinese army to attack the city.

Luo outlined and said, "The last general will order someone to rebuild the ladder, and it must be a little longer." ”

"No need, you stay here to see how the Chinese army attacked the city, and this time it will definitely be able to break through the city." Li Yunzhong complained that Luo Xuan always thought of making a ladder when he attacked the city, and he clearly remembered that the Yuan Dynasty had already used gunpowder to attack the city, and no matter how strong the city gate and city wall were, it could not block the power of gunpowder.

"It turns out that the general has already made a ladder, and the last general will let the former army make a few more ladders according to the ladders made by adults." Luo Xuan showed a look of admiration.

Li Yunzhong was directly speechless, no longer discussing the siege with Luo Xuan, and turned to look at Su Sanniang, who knew that he had been hit even harder.

Su Sanniang said: "I have no less than 2,000 Qing soldiers in the city, plus the Qing soldiers who defend the other three directions, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties if they are captured, and the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court will inevitably come to sneak attack. ”

Li Yunzhong felt that the beautiful woman not only looked down on the Qing soldiers, but also looked down on herself, ate a little jealousy, and her voice became louder: "Since the day of the incident, I, Li Yunzhong, have never thought of hiding in Tibet like bandits and rogues, if you are afraid to even attack a small county town, and talk about any great cause, you really disappoint me, as for the other three city walls, I am afraid that there are not many soldiers, but they are just arrogant." ”

Su Sanniang saw that he not only disagreed with his opinion, but also ridiculed himself as a bandit. walked away angrily, and finally remembered that on the battlefield, he was still the deputy general of the Chinese army, and he came back, but he didn't pay attention to him anymore.

Luo Xuan also stood beside him with an embarrassed face and stopped interjecting.

At this time, Meng Sheng reported that "the gunpowder has been packed into three boxes and can be used." ”

Li Yunzhong, who felt that his subordinates were listless and demoralized, rode on his horse and ran in front of the team, shouting loudly: "In this siege, the squad leader and company commander will take the lead in the charge, and those who retreat will be killed. "In the end, most of the Chinese army was trained by Li Yunzhong, and their morale quickly recovered.

Li Yunzhong waved his hand at the city wall, and Wang Gang, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Chinese Army, personally led fifty people to rush to the city gate, and the three people in the middle carried a washbasin-sized box containing gunpowder prepared by Li Yunzhong.