After building the camp, Qin Liangyu let these tired soldiers and young men rest well for two days. Then Qin Liangyu didn't care whether the main force of the Ming army came behind or not, and after leaving a thousand soldiers to guard the camp, Qin Liangyu began to attack Luanzhou City.

Qin Liangyu's approach, in addition to her strong sense of competitiveness, the main reason is that Qin Liangyu knew a lot about the virtues of the Ming army in previous battles, and she did not have any hope that any friendly troops would cooperate with the battle. In the Rebellion of Lu'an, Qin Liangyu fought many times, all of which were completed independently in the "bystanders" of friendly forces.

Qin Liangyu is also very experienced in siege, at the beginning, after letting the army line up, seeing that the Houjin army in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight, she sent those young and strong people, under the protection of the soldiers, began to dig a U-shaped trench around the city gate to prevent Luanzhou City from suddenly opening the city gate and sending cavalry to impact the formation of the army attacking the city.

Wu Shigong looked at Qin Liangyu's approach and was a little puzzled, because when he attacked Li Harizi's cottage, he used artillery to attack through the gate of the cottage. And now that Qin Liangyu has dug this trench, although the cavalry in the city can't get out, the soldiers outside the city can't get in, which is equivalent to giving up the passage through the city gate to attack the city.

So, Wu Shigong asked Qin Liangyu: "Why did General Qin seal the city gate and not try to attack from the city gate?" ”

After listening to Wu Shigong's question, Qin Liangyu was not impatient, she was actually treating Wu Shigong as her junior in her heart now, so Qin Liangyu began to teach Wu Shigong the knowledge of siege: "All cities, especially these fortified cities in the north, have the strongest gate defenses. Therefore, if you attack the city through the gates, you will not necessarily be able to break the strong, well-defended gates; Second: Fighting the city gate to the death, the troops cannot be used, and there will often be a war of attrition at the city gate, and the casualties of the soldiers are too great. ”

"So, in general, they entered the city from the city walls, and then opened the gates for the army to rush into. In comparison, the casualties of the assault on the city walls were relatively small. ”

However, Qin Liangyu's explanation of the traditional siege method did not make Wu Shigong eliminate the doubts in his heart. So Wu Shigong continued: "Then Weishenme doesn't use guns and artillery to attack the city gates? If the city gate is blocked by sand and stones, there is no way for the king to do it, if it is not blocked, the use of fire and artillery will have a miraculous effect. He had also attacked a cottage before, using muskets and artillery to enter through the gate of the cottage, and there were almost no casualties. ”

"Oh?" Wu Shigong's words aroused Qin Liangyu's interest, "Tell me, how did you attack this cottage?" ”

Wu Shigong finally had the opportunity to show off in front of Qin Liangyu, so he immediately introduced himself to Qin Liangyu with foaming at the mouth. Qin Liangyu listened very carefully, and kept interrupting Wu Shigong's words and asking some questions, and Wu Shigong also answered them one by one.

After Wu Shigong introduced all the situation, Qin Liangyu thought carefully again, and then said to Wu Shigong: "The method you said may also work. Well, the old man will let you pick your men and try to storm the city gates. ”

Because the soldiers drawn from other thousand households had not received training to attack and defend the city at all, Wu Shigong also brought his 600 infantry and artillery with him. And Qin Liangyu also sent a thousand white pole soldiers led by Ma Xianglin and a part of the young and strong people to protect and cooperate with Wu Shigong to attack the city gate. Moreover, if the gates are opened, these white pole soldiers will also rush into the city first.

After all the personnel were mobilized, Wu Shigong pulled up Shumo behind him and said to him: "Shumo, this attack on the city gate is under the command of your kid." Don't embarrass me, young master! ”

After the expedition, Shumo has always been hiding behind Wu Shigong, habitually playing the role of soy sauce. In his heart, it was better for him to do nothing and go back in peace.

But now that Wu Shigong is suddenly so generalized, Shumo is a little at a loss. But Wu Shigong arranged Shumo to command, which also makes sense. In the previous offensive and defensive drill training, Shumo's performance was the best. This is also unanimously recognized by the officers under Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong felt that he might not be as good as Shumo in this regard.

And at this time, if he wants to be in the limelight in front of Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin, how could Wu Shigong not push out the calligraphy and ink that his subordinates are best at attacking and defending the city? Seeing Shumo glaring at him in surprise, Wu Shigong gave Shumo the back of his head and scolded: "What's the problem?" Don't go yet! ”

Shumo seemed to wake up all of a sudden, he hurriedly said "oh", and ran over to command with a bitter face.

Seeing Shumo's appearance, Ma Xianglin came to Wu Shigong's side and asked with a smile, "Does your pro-soldier seem to be a little wrong?" Can he really do it? ”

Wu Shigong also replied with a smile: "This kid is my scholar, he has some talent in attacking and defending cities. It's just that some people are too afraid of death, and it can't be done if they don't force him. ”

"Oh!" Ma Xianglin looked understanding, "No wonder, if there is a master, there must be a servant!" After speaking, Ma Xianglin let out a strange laugh.

Wu Shigong immediately pretended to be angry and wanted to hit Ma Xianglin, Ma Xianglin also dodged and resisted, and the surrounding soldiers also watched the fight between these two people with a grin. And those soldiers who were preparing to attack the city gate were not so nervous when they saw that their commanders were so relaxed.

Although on weekdays, Shumo is a little passable in his work, and he is perfunctory in training, plus he relies on his relationship with Wu Shigong and Xiuzhu, his style on weekdays is a bit pretentious, so in the minds of other officers, Shumo is at most a character who is unwilling to offend him, and Shumo has no prestige in their hearts at all.

However, these officers were still convinced of Shumo's ability to attack and defend the city. Therefore, seeing that it was Shumo who commanded, these officers did not have any resistance.

And Shumo was in command for the first time, although the weather was still relatively cold, but his forehead was sweating, and even the voice of the commander was a little trembling. Fortunately, he was not so nervous that he was incoherent enough to issue orders indiscriminately.

First of all, under the command of Shumo, Wu Shigong's soldiers pushed out a row of wagons. The chariot is followed by the Musketeer and the Axe Keeper who protects the Musketeer. In addition, there were also two teams of cavalry accompanying both sides of the chariot to prevent the Houjin army from rushing out of the city.

Gushan Ezhen Namutai, Turge and Tanggudai, who were observing the movements of the Ming army on the city tower, saw this situation and discussed it.

Turg said: "Look at the Ming army under this city, some of them are not good! Why don't we let the cavalry go out and charge and kill them, weakening their momentum? ”

Namutai, the highest-ranking of the three, stared at the city wall for a while, shook his head and said: "The Ming army below is well guarded, and there are fewer people who go out, but there are more people who go out, I am afraid that the Ming army that surrenders will not be stable!" ”

Thinking that there were still more than 1,000 surrendered Ming troops in the city, he needed soldiers with blue flags to suppress them and prevent them from rebelling against the city again. The other two nodded in agreement with Namuty's decision.

Seeing that the wagon was approaching, the Houjin army on the city wall tentatively shot a few arrows, but they were all blocked by the gate plate in front of the cart. On the contrary, after approaching the city wall, the firecracker behind the chariot took a small wooden plank in the middle of the gate board in front of the chariot, revealing a small hole in the middle of the gate board.

The firecracker put the loaded haode firearm into the small hole, aimed at the heads of the Houjin army exposed on the city wall, and fired a volley at them with a command.

The accuracy of the smoothbore gun is actually very low, and at such a small distance, it actually did not kill a few soldiers of the Houjin army. But it was the soldiers of the Houjin Army who were headshot, as well as the small stones that splashed on the city wall, which gave those soldiers of the Houjin Army a great psychological shock.

Now the soldiers of the Houjin army, who are defending on the city wall, are in an embarrassing situation - you can beat me, but I can't beat you. Their hearts were very aggrieved. And after a few rounds of shooting, no soldier of the Houjin army dared to show his head on the city wall.

So at this time, some white-pole soldiers specially selected by Ma Xianglin who dared to die appeared. They first used a ladder to lay flat on the moat in front of the city wall, and crossed the moat on the ladder.

Then, a few white-pole soldiers with large axes in their hands began to climb the drawbridge. The other white-pole soldiers were also under the drawbridge, holding shields, vigilantly watching the movements of the Houjin army on the city wall.

The white-pole soldiers with big axes climbed to the chains that hung the drawbridge and slashed at them with great force. At this time, there were several Houjin troops on the city wall, and they immediately leaned out and opened their bows to shoot arrows at the white pole soldiers who cut the iron chains. At once, he nailed a few white pole soldiers to the drawbridge.

However, the actions of these Houjin troops also caused a roar of firearms, and these brave Houjin troops were basically beaten on the city wall.

Then, a few more white-pole soldiers came out under the drawbridge, and they picked up the big axes that had fallen on the ground, and then crawled towards the chains above the drawbridge......

Just half an hour later, amid the cheers of Qin Liangyu's army, the suspension bridge with two iron chains cut off collapsed with a bang, revealing the gate of Luanzhou City.

At this time, Liang Hui, who had already prepared for artillery firing, waited until the truck in front of him revealed the gap in the middle, and immediately issued an order. The Franc cannon at the far end of the artillery team fired a shell at the gate of the city gate first.

Wu Shigong explained to Ma Xianglin beside him: "The function of this cannonball is to test whether the city gate is blocked. ”

After listening to Wu Shigong's explanation, Ma Xianglin nodded. Seeing that Shumo was commanding in a very orderly manner, Ma Xianglin said: "This kid does have a few brushes. You're not bad, you're a kid, you've played that kind of firearm that can only strengthen your courage to this extent. The power of this firebolt is also so great. In this way, after the war, you will give me hundreds of such firecrackers to my eldest brother. ”