"The official dog firearms in this city are also sharp!" Luo Rucai, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, nearly fifty rounds of firecrackers had been fired, and more than 500 displaced people who had filled the river had fallen under the city. However, the dense firing of the fire bolt caused the barrel to turn red. The musketeers in the city had to stop firing and wipe the barrel with a damp cloth to cool it down quickly.

Seeing that there was no threat of firecrackers, the homeless people rushed up, not only throwing sandbags on their shoulders into the moat, but also throwing the corpses on the ground into it. Soon, the moat was about to be filled.

Yang Chengzu approached Luo Rucai and asked, "Godfather!" Do you think we are ......? ”

Such a small county town was broken, and Luo Rucai's battalion could only get some scraps, so Yang Chengzu and the others had long wanted to move freely.

Of course, Luo Rucai knew what Yang Chengzu was thinking. He drove his horse to Gao Yingxiang and said, "King Chuang, I took a look, there are only a few hundred people in the city, that is, they rely on firearms. Now that the moat has been filled, it is safe to break the city. So I am going to take my son-in-law in the direction of the city of Guide. Let's assign it! Ningling and Tuocheng are all yours, how about other places belong to me? ”

Gao Yingxiang immediately thought about it, and felt that it was indeed a waste for so many people to stay in this small county. Besides, Luo Rucai also gave himself the two county towns west of Guide Mansion, and the rest of the places were close to the capital city, and the danger of attacking was not small. Since Luo Ru is going, there is no need to stop it.

So Gao Yingxiang nodded with a smile and said, "Done!" That's it! ”

Seeing that Gao Yingxiang had agreed, Luo Rucai wanted to drive the horse back to his own team. But just as he was leaving, Luo Rucai suddenly remembered something, so he reminded Gao Yingxiang: "Seven or eight miles southeast of Ningling County, there is a village of thousands of households. King Chuang should be careful, in case those military households attack the city when they attack the city. ”

Gao Yingxiang laughed out loud when he heard Luo Rucai's reminder: "I already knew that there was this village. But what kind of battle will the military households in the local guard center fight? Moreover, there is not even oil and water in the stockades of military households. So I sent 2,000 men to watch over it. No problem! ”

When Luo Rucai heard this answer, he also became "hehe" happy, he was indeed too talkative. How dare the local military households go out of their stockades? Moreover, the poor clanging in the stockades of those military households is not worth it even to sacrifice some of the displaced people who have been collected to defeat their stockades. So Luo Rucai waved to Gao Yingxiang, and then rode away.

After an hour and a half of landfilling, the peasant rebels successfully leveled the moat in the western part of Ningling County. So on the evening of the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army broke into the camp and officially attacked the county seat of Ningling.

Before attacking the county seat, Luo Rucai led his troops to bypass the county seat of Ningling and enter the hinterland of Guide Mansion to plunder. And Gao Yingxiang also sent a partial division to attack Tuocheng County. And in the peasant rebel army on the East Road, the leaders of the small units attached to the camp. He also scattered and plundered with his own troops.

In order for their respective troops to grab more money, the battalions used most of the cavalry. Coupled with the reconnaissance cavalry sent and the cavalry guarding in the rear, the number of cavalry besieging the city was relatively small, and it was impossible to completely blockade Ningling County.

At this time, there were five companies of the Guide Regiment, a militia regiment, more than 200 military households, and more than 600 people who withdrew into the fortress. Of course. More than 1,600 people from the town under the fort and the families of nearby military families also withdrew into the fort, and among these people, they were able to make up 3 or 400 young people.

Due to the topography of the fortress of Sennohe, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Wu Shigong's large-scale construction and the large number of firearms in the fort were there. So the defenses here are pretty solid.

And the camp is not interested in gnawing this hard bone. They sent 2,000 soldiers newly incorporated into the old battalion to see for a possible sortie to defend the fortress of the Thousand Households.

However, the discipline of the recruits was rather lax, and when they saw that the town under the fort was so rich, they all scattered around the town to collect some personal wealth for themselves.

And this unit, in addition to the poor blockade, is even more unfamiliar with the terrain here. So that the spies in the fortress of Senhesu can easily go out from the mountain road behind the fortress to observe the movement of the siege troops.

Seeing this, the officers in the fortress of Sennosho prepared to send five companies of the Guide Regiment after deliberation. Defeat the peasant rebels in the town. And prepare to attack the siege troops when possible to support the defense of Ningling County.

However, as soon as the sortie troops in the fortress of Qianhusuo were prepared, they received a report from the spies, and a large army of peasant rebels near the county seat of Ningling was bypassing the county seat and heading towards the hinterland of Guide Province.

It was Luo Rucai's troops, so the Runing army in the fortress of Qianhusu had to temporarily suspend the attack. At this time, Ningling County also ushered in the first siege of the camp.

The first attack on the camp wanted to make a big move, so more than 4,000 people were mobilized, including more than 1,000 veterans from the three sides, who were definitely the elite of the camp. However, compared to the number of people they used, the siege equipment used to break into the camp was quite rudimentary, mainly long ladders, and there were not even a few steps of the ladder with wheels at the bottom.

However, the first siege of the camp was indeed violent, and the veterans on three sides withstood the heavy fire of the firearms, and after paying heavy casualties, one charged up the wall.

At this time, the young men in the city who assisted in the defense on the city wall were cut to death and wounded by the soldiers who attacked the city wall because it was the first battle, and many people were abnormal in their movements, and soon a big gap was opened in the city wall.

Fortunately, at this time, the reserve team arranged by Qian Qi came up, and this reserve team had more than 200 people, all of whom were axe and gunners in the Runing army, and they finally drove the camp that attacked the city wall out of the city through skilled combat skills and skillful cooperation.

However, this confrontation also resulted in a large number of casualties among the defenders of the city. In such a rendezvous, more than 80 soldiers of Runing defending the city were killed and wounded, and more than 150 Qingzhuang were killed and wounded. The defenders of the city were immediately overstretched.

The losses of the camp were not small, with a total loss of more than 500 soldiers. However, compared to their large numbers, these losses are not felt.

As soon as he saw that his ant attachment siege had an effect, Gao Yingxiang did not let the retreating soldiers rest at all, and immediately launched a second round of siege after sending an additional 1,000 soldiers. (To be continued......)