Unexpectedly, Yang Rusong looked for a guide for three days. It is easy to find a guide who is familiar with the small mountainous area in the south outside the city, but it is difficult to find a guide who is familiar with the terrain of Dengzhou City. At that time, there were not a few people who escaped from Dengzhou City.

However, Wu Shigong is not in a hurry. In these days, Wu Shigong has also taken a rough look at the defense area he needs to be stationed in. The small mountainous area was not very tall, but it was steep, and it was covered with shrubs and trees. This made it difficult for the army to pass through this small mountainous area.

Of course, there is no problem for sporadic people to pass through the mountain trails. However, Wu Shigong didn't care about any sporadic rebel escapes. The rebels were outside and had no reinforcements. Wu Shigong also did not have a blood feud with Kong Youde's rebels. It's no problem to escape a few.

So Wu Shigong set up the camp of his Henan Army in a large valley in the small mountainous area. Cut down the trees and weeds around the camp to prevent the rebels from attacking, and sent people to guard the nearby mountain trails. In this way, he simply besieged the rebels in Dengzhou City in his own place.

When Yang Rusong found four guides, Wu Shigong took them from the camp and climbed over the hills in front of him to directly observe the southern wall of Dengzhou City.

After a short walk through the mountains, everyone started to go into the bush with a guide. Because this was what Wu Shigong requested, he asked the guide to take his men to the hill closest to the city wall.

Anyway, with the guards in front of him using knives and axes to open the way, Wu Shigong walked quite smoothly. The road directly to the hill was not too far, so after half an hour they came there.

Wu Shigong and the others lay behind the hill and observed. It is about 250 steps away from the southern wall of Dengzhou City. And this is not directly in the middle of the south wall, but the easternmost part of the south wall, by the sea.

Listen to the guide's introduction: The mountain where Wu Shigong is now located and the southern wall of Dengzhou City have become a non-standard trapezoid. Wu Shigong is the closest to the south city wall, with about 250 steps, and the hill at the other end. It is about 400 steps from the southern city wall.

And inside the city wall that Wu Shigong is facing is the water city of Dengzhou City. Wu Shigong looked at it and did faintly see a few ship's masts.

On one side, several pro-soldiers from the Runing battalion were nervously sketching out the terrain. Wu Shigong carefully observed the surroundings again. I found that the hill facing the wall was steeper, and there was no way to let the army drive down.

Wu Shigong couldn't help but sigh: "The location of this Dengzhou City is really good!" ”

Although it is impossible for the rebels to break through from their own side, if they want to attack this wall, they must drive their troops in from the long trapezoidal side in front. Moreover, there was only about three or four hundred paces of open space, all of which were within the range of the artillery on Dengzhou City. Let's besiege honestly. Don't dream about storming Dengju City anymore.

There was nothing too good-looking, so I just waited for the soldiers to finish the sketches and then go home. But at this moment, several rebels suddenly appeared on Dengzhou City, and they were also observing the outside of the city wall. After a while, they found Wu Shigong and his party on the mountain.

The hill where Wu Shigong was located was not high, and it was only about ten zhang higher than the Dengzhou city wall. But with a gap of two hundred and fifty paces, these height differences are negligible.

In Wu Shigong's Runing battalion, the enemy's firearms were very strictly guarded. According to the code of conduct. It is to lie on the ground and hide as it is in modern times. There are also very strict requirements for reconnaissance and concealment. It is usually not detected by enemy troops.

But. This time, Wu Shigong also brought out Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, and their arbitrariness was very great. He didn't hide himself at all, and stood high on the hill to observe Dengzhou City. They were even a little unimpressed by the cautious attitude of the Runing battalion.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's approach. Because now Wu Shigong and the others are in positions that are out of the range of firearms and bows and arrows. And the firing of artillery at that time was also quite troublesome, so as long as you saw the movements of the rebel gunners in the distance, you had time to hide in a safe place.

But Wu Shigong's Runing Camp didn't think so. Although they are outside the range of the firearms, there is also a term called "stray bullet". Again. Who's to say that there is no hidden artillery? In the final analysis, Wu Shigong is also a person who is very afraid of death.

Anyway, now the rebels on the city wall have discovered Wu Shigong and them. However, the rebels did not use artillery fire, they continued to make provocative movements towards Wu Shigong and them, and they cursed loudly.

But it's so far away. Wu Shigong and they were not interested in scolding back. It's a waste of spit. But at that moment, one of the guides suddenly looked excited, and he jumped to the front of the hill and cursed the rebels on the city wall.

The guide's speech was very fast, and he spoke the Shandong dialect, and Wu Shigong and the others saw that his face was swollen and red, and his hands and feet were dancing as if he was about to fall down the mountain.

"Pull him back!" Wu Shigong ordered.

Several soldiers stepped forward and dragged the struggling guide back to safety.

"What's going on?" Wu Shigong shouted and asked the guide, who was already limp and kneeling.

"Your Excellency!" The guide immediately fell to his knees and wept, and as he wept, he kowtowed and shouted, "My lord! You're going to avenge me! Within a few knocks, blood appeared on the guide's forehead.

"Stop kowtowing and make it clear what's going on!" Wu Shigong gave a look and asked his soldiers to pull up the injured guide.

The guide stopped kowtowing, and he told a tragic story. It is nothing more than that the guide is from Dengzhou City, and he left Dengzhou City for some reason and his family stayed in the city. Later, the whole family was killed by the rebels, and he escaped alone or something.

After listening to this story, Wu Shigong was silent. What can Wu Shigong say about this? The current Wu Shigong does not have the ability to capture Dengzhou City. Besides, the guide's fate was not the most tragic. At least he escaped. The whole family in Dengzhou City was killed by the rebels, and the people who were desperate for the family will definitely not be less.

And at this moment, one of the soldiers shouted loudly: "Look, my lord, the traitor has dragged a girl up." ”

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to the city walls. I saw a few rebels dragging a woman, tearing her clothes, and then taking turns...... things. While they were doing it, they were still shouting something to Wu Shigong and them.

"Grandma's!" Wu Shigong immediately scolded. The rebels' jiashi doesn't take these officers and grandfathers in their eyes at all.

I saw that the pro-soldier who drew the sketch had already drawn it. Wu Shigong immediately ordered: "Let's go back first." ”

Then Wu Shigong said to the guide, who was already a little anxious: "We can't clean up those traitors today. In a few days, we will bring up the artillery and kill a few traitors to avenge your family. ”

The officers and soldiers around him immediately applauded. They have long since been unable to stand the arrogance of the rebels.

But it was not easy to carry artillery up this hill. After five days of cutting down trees, opening roads, compacting roads, and opening a zigzag road on the mountain, two one-pound guns were erected on the leveled Haode artillery position behind the mountain, pulled by two oxen requisitioned from nearby.

And in the past few days, the Runing battalion has also continuously sent soldiers to demonstrate against the rebels on the mountain, and the rebels are not to be outdone and pull the woman up the city wall again and again.

"Are you ready?" Wu Shigong asked Liang Huidao.

"It's all set. Otherwise, that kid over there might have eaten me. Liang Hui replied in a low voice. Indeed, the guide had been sitting by the cannon for the past few days, and would not even let him rest.

"Pay attention, one shot will pull the cannon back. This pound of artillery is too powerful, and it has not been corrected, and it is better to kill a few traitors with luck. If you can't beat it, that's to give that kid an explanation. ”

Liang Hui immediately agreed with a grin.

There were a lot of people who came to see the excitement this time, and almost all the officers in the Runing battalion were dispatched. Even Zhizhi stayed aside with great interest because he had not seen the artillery fire with his own eyes.

Wu Shigong beckoned them all to a distance from the artillery position, and took out a few cotton regiments for the officers to block their ears. Then he made a gesture for Liang Hui to start preparing.

It was still a soldier who began to stand on the top of the hill and make provocative movements. Soon, the rebels on the city wall pulled another woman.

Liang Hui gave an order, and the two cannons that had been ready for firing were quickly pushed up the hill. The arquebus is lit immediately. After two loud bangs, two cannonballs flew straight towards the city walls.

But to everyone's surprise, there was also a cannon on the opposite city wall that fired at the same time as Liang Hui's cannon. What the hell. It turns out that the rebels are also fishing there.

The uncorrected artillery was not accurate at all, and as expected, none of the three shells hit the target. But the shells of the rebel artillery, which hit the nearby jungle, also caused a lot of chickens and dogs to jump in the Runing battalion.

"Hidden!" Wu Shigong shouted loudly, and then grabbed Zhizhi, who was still watching the excitement, and hid on the grass behind the mountain.

The artillery team also knew that they had been ambushed, and they desperately pulled the artillery back, and the group of officers who were watching the excitement also hid near Wu Shigong.

However, it seems that the rebels did not know that the Runing camp would have artillery this time, and they loaded the artillery on the city wall one after another, wanting to vent their anger on the Runing camp. (To be continued......)