Unlike Zhang Xianzhong's repeated fiascos, Gao Yingxiang has been much smoother here. Because most of the main forces of the Ming army in Henan were attracted by Zhang Xianzhong's department, Gao Yingxiang gathered peasant troops such as Lao Hui Hui and Ma Shouying here, forming a large group of more than 300,000 people.

As soon as such a large group was formed, Zuo Liangyu and Li Xianfeng did not dare to step forward to face the battle, and even the chief soldier Wang Shaoyu cowered in Luoyang City, not daring to take a step.

But without the great enemy of the official army, Gao Yingxiang and other departments still have a big enemy, that is, food. Originally, the peasant army re-entered Henan because Shaanxi was short of grain and wanted to come to Henan to eat. However, Henan has been in chaos in recent years, and cultivation cannot be carried out at all, but there are many displaced people. Therefore, after Gao Yingxiang and other peasant troops entered Henan, those displaced people came to vote one after another, causing the peasant army's food to be even more tight.

Moreover, because the towns, villages, and Zhuangzi scattered in the countryside in Henan were almost evacuated, and all the grain was concentrated in the cities, so if the peasant army wanted to solve the food problem, it had to conquer several cities.

But those cities are not so easy to fight. Because of the frequent banditry in the cities on the border of Henan, the cities have been strengthened and heightened, and the mobilization of strong men in the cities, the establishment of combat systems, and the equipment of city defense equipment; The experience of defending the city has also been improved, so the price of fighting those cities is also very high.

But it didn't work if it didn't fight, so under the command of Gao Yingxiang, the peasant army drove to a county seat in Henan Province.

The routine division of troops prevented the Ming army from coming to help; Routinely digging trenches and earthen walls to prevent people in the city from attacking and fleeing; Routinely, they sent people to shout and persuade them to surrender. And Gao Yingxiang's troops were unhurriedly preparing for the siege.

Although the peasant army has not yet attacked the city, there is already a commotion on the city, because the peasant army outside the city is overwhelmed, and the number is too terrible.

"Don't panic! Don't panic! The magistrate who commanded the defense of the city shouted, "This county has sent fast horses to ask for help everywhere, at most ten days." Officers and soldiers from all walks of life will come to the aid of the city. Just do your part! ”

Hearing the magistrate's order, a general in charge of guarding the city, a head of the official team, and the head of the largest household in the city restrained his subordinates and told them to calm down.

The magistrate still has some confidence in holding on for ten days. In the spring and summer, Nazhi County did not care about the agricultural time, and the levy was sent to strengthen the city wall, and the city wall was raised to three and a half zhang, imagine that the height is equivalent to the height of a modern three- or four-story building, so it is difficult for the peasant army to climb the city wall. In addition, the city had long been prepared with complete gunpowder, rolling wood, boiling oil and other equipment to defend the city, so it was difficult for the peasant army to enter the county seat.

"King Chuang! It looks like this county is hard to gnaw? Yidou Gu Huanglong said. Indeed, if it is an ant-attached siege. Those homeless people are of little use, and they need the old battalion to climb the city wall and fight hand-to-hand, so the casualties of capturing this county town will definitely be very large.

But Gao Yingxiang smiled, and said confidently to Yidou Gu Huanglong: "It's not so difficult. We went into town at night! ”

This time, Gao Yingxiang returned to Shaanxi, in an exchange with Li Zicheng, a general. Xiang Li Zicheng learned a new method of attacking the city, so Gao Yingxiang was ready to use this method in this county.

Yidougu Huanglong was a little incredulous. Because the preparations for the high Yingxiang Department have been completed. There is only half a day to attack the city. So at this time, Huang Long was a little curious. He wanted to see how Gao Yingxiang did it.

Seeing that persuasion was fruitless, Gao Yingxiang first commanded a group of displaced people to fill the moat. The 20,000 displaced people were divided into ten teams, and they kept carrying the sacks of the displaced people in the rear to the moat and throwing them down. There were many people, so in less than an hour, the moat in front of the front wall was filled.

Itogu Huanglong looked at the front of the formation. I didn't find any siege equipment such as ladders, so I asked Gao Yingxiang with some confusion: "King Chuang!" How do we get up to the wall? ”

Gao Yingxiang was immediately hahadaxiao, and he replied: "Today we will not climb the city wall, we will pass through the city wall." ”

Yidou Valley Huanglong is even more confused. However, he also knew that Gao Yingxiang was selling Guanzi, so he didn't ask anymore and watched Gao Yingxiang's performance with wide eyes.

After filling the moat, the displaced people all withdrew, and dozens of teams of nearly 30,000 displaced people came up from behind. Some small leaders of Gao Yingxiang's department shouted and mobilized in front of each team of displaced people. As soon as the mobilization was over, the dozens of groups of displaced people immediately divided into several ways and rushed towards the city wall. And Gao Yingxiang's old battalion soldiers and horses were also dispatched, pressing behind these homeless people to supervise the battle.

And the strong men who defended the city were also very experienced, and the shooting of firearms and bows and arrows on the city was also sparse, and even the erected artillery was not fired. They were unwilling to waste ammunition and arrows on the cannon fodder rushing in front, so they prepared for the peasant army to attack the city, giving a large number of casualties to the elite of the peasant army besieging the city, forcing the peasant army to bear the losses and give up the siege.

Surprisingly, the homeless people who were cannon fodder did not climb the city walls at all. Of course, without siege equipment such as ladders, it is impossible to climb the city walls. The outcasts armed with hammers and shovels beat the bricks on the side of the walls.

After a while, a city brick was broken, and the surrounding homeless people swarmed up, picked up the broken bricks on the ground and ran back, while the homeless people behind still stepped forward, picking up the city bricks that had gaps, trying to make the gap bigger.

Before the outcasts charged, the leaders promised them that if they brought back a bag of broken bricks or mud from the walls, they would return to the camp and never charge again, and they would have a full meal at night. However, those who return empty-handed will be killed by all the old battalion soldiers who are supervising the battle behind, and let those homeless people choose for themselves.

Therefore, under persecution, those homeless people want to fight for a way out, anyway, there are not many broken bricks or mud, and if they are lucky, they can pick up a life and come back.

When the first batch of displaced people had successfully returned, the soldiers who supervised the battle did let them return to the camp to rest as promised, and several large openings were dug in the city wall, revealing the earthen wall in the middle.

Only then did the strong men at the head of the city understand the intention of the peasant army, and they immediately fired under the city wall with all their might, regardless of the loss of ammunition and arrows. And rolling wood and boiling oil were constantly pouring under the city walls.

Although there were also archers from the peasant army behind, the casualties of those displaced people suddenly increased. A few timid outcasts also quietly hid behind the crowd, but were immediately killed by the Overseers. Under persecution, the red-eyed outcasts once again pounced on the gaps in the city walls. (To be continued......)