First of all, let's talk about Yang Wenyue in Lankao County.

After Yang Wenyue and the other 4,000 men entered the county seat, they were immediately surrounded by more than 12,000 peasant troops who followed them. The peasant army besieging the city did not carry too much artillery and siege equipment, so they besieged but did not attack.

But Yang Wenyue has no intention of defending the city. He knew that his misjudgment had buried the army, and that he was guilty of more crimes, and even if he escaped, there would be no good end. Only the chief soldier Hu Dawei is still diligently arranging the city defense.

It was already such a coincidence that the peasant army that maintained it tried to fire cannonballs into the city, and coincidentally smashed the head of Hu Dawei, who was patrolling the city. This unexpected situation can also make the officers and soldiers defending the city a mess. In addition, without Yang Wenyue's restraint, the officers and troops in Lankao County suddenly collapsed. Some of the soldiers secretly opened the gates of the city and surrendered to the peasant army outside the city; Some are like headless flies scurrying around the city; The most is to put on makeup and become ordinary people who want to get by.

And the peasant army, after a brief period of consternation, also overjoyed to attack the county seat of Lankao. With almost no casualties, he completely annihilated this officer army, and incorporated the soldiers of this officer army into his own camp.

And Yang Wenyue and these officials were all killed. Especially Yang Wenyue, after the peasant army entered the city, he still roamed the roads in the city wearing official robes and wearing a cloak, and he just kept muttering: "The Ming Dynasty is over!" Daming is over! Later, he was hacked to death by a peasant soldier he encountered, so that his spirit finally retained some of the most decent.

Then, the peasant army besieging Lankao County joined the troops besieging Yangqi Town, and the total strength of the siege had reached more than 50,000. According to the Black Cloud Army, which was defended by the town, the strength at this time was 21,000 people.

Judging from the number of people, it seems that the Black Cloud Army has not suffered any damage at all, but this is not the case. Because the more than 1,000 military households and 3,000 people requisitioned in Xuzhou were basically used as auxiliaries. He didn't go to the battlefield at all, so he didn't suffer a lot of losses when he fled, plus the remnants of more than a thousand Yang Wenyue's troops brought over by Yang Tinglin, so at this time, the losses of those recruits of the Black Cloud Army had actually exceeded two or three percent.

At this time, Yu Zilian also had two choices: one was to break through with the whole army. Although there are more than 50,000 peasant troops surrounded, they can't stop the breakthrough of more than 20,000 people.

However, because the current Black Cloud Army has just suffered a major defeat, the morale of those recruits is very unstable. It would be better to let them defend the town, if they were to obey orders. Break through in an orderly manner, and this army may be broken up as soon as it leaves the town.

The other, of course, is to defend the town. However, although this option can survive, when the large forces of the peasant army are mobilized, the encirclement around the entire town will become tighter and tighter. The worst will cause the Black Cloud Army to break through. Unless there are also outside reinforcements, then. The fate of the Black Cloud Army will be the same as in Kaifeng City. It's nothing more than a matter of delay.

However, in the end, Yu Zilian still chose to defend the town. Because Yu Zilian's methods of governing the army are very special. His personal prestige must be maintained with constant victories. Otherwise, no soldier would have obeyed such a strict military law. Therefore, once he returns from a fiasco, Yu Zilian's reputation in the army will end, and he will definitely not be able to recruit and train any new troops in the future. Of course, there was no new army. Yu Zilian's future in officialdom is also gone.

So now Yu Zilian is looking forward to the rescue of the Runing Army. In order to enhance the confidence of the soldiers, he also trumpeted in the army that he had a deep personal relationship with Wu Shigong, and those recruits of the Black Cloud Army who didn't know the truth actually believed it. What a wretch!

In addition, the defense orders issued by Yu Zilian are also well organized, and the grain and grass collected all the way have not been lost. It was enough for the whole army to use for two months, so after a period of panic, the military spirit of the Black Cloud Army gradually stabilized.

The peasant army, on the other hand, wanted to pursue a quick victory. Although it surrounded the Black Cloud Army, it also contained more than 50,000 people and horses of the peasant army, plus the troops supporting the periphery, all of which added up to more than 80,000. If it wins quickly, then this peasant army can be liberated, after all, the peasant army still has to focus on preparing the Runing Army and Zuo Liangyu in the south.

Moreover, the success of the conquest of Lankao County also gave the peasant army great confidence, and they believed that the besieged officers and troops had no fighting spirit, and as long as they launched a few small charges, this officer army would also be defeated.

However, as soon as the attack was undertaken, the peasant army knew that the road had encountered a hard bone, and before the charging troops could get close to the earthen wall built around the town, they were fired at by the firearms of the Black Cloud Army, and the peasant army was defeated after dropping hundreds of corpses.

Then, on the night of the same day, Yu Zilian personally led thousands of dead soldiers to attack the camp of the peasant army at night, causing a great chaos in the peasant army again. At dawn, the peasant army suffered a few hundred more casualties and suffered a second small defeat.

And the successive victories also made the new recruit of the Black Cloud Army, Ding full of confidence, and Yu Zilian's prestige in the army also came back unconsciously.

And now the peasant army is a little difficult to ride a tiger. There was no heavy artillery and siege equipment for the assault. Leaving aside the heavy casualties for the time being, we are not sure that we will be able to capture it.

If the heavy general artillery and general artillery placed in Kaifeng City and Zhuxian Town were transported, on the one hand, it would take a long time; On the other hand, the artillery bombardment did not necessarily work, because the number of artillery pieces of the Black Cloud Army was also quite large. Although their caliber is smaller, after all, they are launched condescendingly on an earthen wall, and they do not suffer much in terms of range.

As a result, the peasant army had only one choice: the old tricks, gathering a large number of laborers, and digging trenches around Yangqi Town again. In this way, the Black Cloud Army and the Peasant Army were in a stalemate in Yangqi Town.

"Ping'er is so handsome today! Today is the little adult. Li Yuenu looked at Xue Chengping with a smile, and today's Xue Chengping was dressed in formal clothes, and then Li Yuenu pinched Xue Chengping's little face with his hand, and said, "Wait a while to fight for Aunt Yue, and you will be able to make a big scene." ”

"Yes! Aunt Yue. Xue Chengping said with his chest straight, looking like he had grown up.

Li Yuenu took Xue Chengping's little hand and walked towards the front hall, and when she was about to arrive, she met Li Xin who was hiding behind the screen in the front hall and Wu Chengying, who was also dressed in formal clothes.

Li Yuenu immediately felt deeply blessed and said, "Meet Mrs. Li!" Meet the second son! ”

And Xue Chengping also knelt down and saluted: "Meet Aunt Li!" Meet the second brother! (To be continued......)