The situation suddenly became a bit grim, Zhang Xianzhong had to urgently convene a military meeting, the Ming army reinforcements had arrived, should they continue to attack Yinshan County, or should they withdraw from the horse and go to the Snake Ridge?

Walking snake Panling can avoid Gao Jie, Qin Liangyu, Sun Chuanting's three-way army, but it will encounter with Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, defeat Lu Xiangsheng's army, you can jump out of the encirclement, if you are entangled for about two days, you will be attacked by Cao Wenzhao's department from one side of the flank, and fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on both sides, to be honest, Zhang Xianzhong has no confidence to defeat Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army, don't look at Lu Xiangsheng is a Confucian general, and the battle is more fierce than Cao Wenzhao, the Tianxiong army is a battle-hardened army, he really doesn't want to fight against such a strong enemy.

If he can capture the county seat of Shanyin, as long as he leaves a partial division to defend it, he can block the Ming army's five-way army under the city, he can lead the army to calmly slip away, cross the Yellow River to the west, and go around to the back of several Ming troops to the north, playing a game of hide and seek, in short, the sea and the sky, he can fly wherever the king of the eight heavens wants, so he is still inclined to storm the county town of Shanyin in his bones, just now he almost captured it, and he will succeed if he works harder, the only thing to worry about is that the army that attacked the camp of Ainengqi, The Ming army burned grain and grass and other important military supplies.

He still can't figure it out, according to the distance estimated, Gao Jie's independent battalion of the Royal Guards has scuds, and it will have to arrive here tomorrow afternoon at the earliest, the whole army is in a hurry, the soldiers are tired, at least have to rest for an hour, by then it will be dark, he is equivalent to another day and a night.

A group of big leaders, including Li Dingguo, also tended to continue to storm Shanyin County, and they were also worried that Tan Biao's second battalion would suddenly kill when the army was attacking the city, and they would be caught off guard.

When they were all entangled, the scouts sent out and the messages sent by Ainengqi made Zhang Xianzhong and others breathe a sigh of relief, the so-called reinforcements were only about a thousand people, not Gao Jie's main army, just a vanguard force, all cavalry, so they could get here so quickly, Ainengqi was careless, was attacked by others, tens of thousands of troops were attacked by a thousand people, and they were beaten to the ground, and they suffered heavy losses, which was too embarrassing.

"Father-in-law, rest assured, the child has sent someone to stay behind in Shepanling." Li Dingguo said that in order to let Zhang Xianzhong attack Shanyin County with peace of mind, he shook out the hole cards, and it was also appropriate to prepare an extra back road, which was also the worst plan.

Shepan Ridge is their second retreat, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, only two or three thousand people can be defended, and the chasing Ming army is blocked under the ridge, he sent two thousand men and horses over, and let them cut down trees and stones to build a camp, as much as possible to strengthen the fortifications on Shepan Ridge, in case of accidents.

"Very good." Zhang Xianzhong slapped his thigh happily, he really forgot about this stubble, or his righteous son Li Dingguo thought comprehensively and thoughtfully, as long as he occupied Shepanling, he really dared to take a bold gamble.

After some discussion, he decided to attack the two city gates in the northwest and the two gates in the southeast to make a feint attack to prevent a sneak attack by the Ming army, and gather all the cavalry in the army to prevent Tan Biao's second battalion from sneaking attack.

The earth-shattering rumbling war drums sounded again, marking the reopening of Zhangjia's army and the beginning of a new round of siege warfare.

Zhang Xianzhong was bound to Shanyin County, not only ordered Li Dingguo to send all the elites, but even divided half of the 5,000 elites in his own hands and obeyed Li Dingguo's command.

The elite of the Zhangjia army in the first round of attack held a shield and held a knife, made an earth-shattering roar, and charged forward, behind the sword and shield soldiers were archers and a small number of musketeers, who were responsible for covering and suppressing the county soldiers on the head of the city, and behind them were many soldiers carrying long ladders and pushing siege vehicles and other heavy siege equipment.

At the head of the city, Li Liancheng looked at the dense enemy army surging like a tide, and let out a helpless sigh, he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to launch an attack so soon, it seems that there are also capable people in Zhang's army, seeing through Tan Biao's second battalion is not the main force, the next battle is probably under great pressure, because he is in a hurry, and the thunder he carries is not too much, and most of it has been consumed in the fierce battles in front of him, and there are still a lot of gunpowder and lead bullets, which are enough to support a few rounds, but they also have to be saved.

The charging Zhang Jiajun braved the rain of arrows and sparse bullets to rush to the city, put the long ladder on the city wall, the soldiers held the shield escalator, bravely climbed up, the arrow or bullet in front fell down, and the people behind continued to climb upward, one after another, causing great pressure to the soldiers and civilians defending the city.

In order to protect their own homes, protect their wives and children, the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city resisted stubbornly and swore not to retreat, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting bloodily, and Shanyin County was like a huge meat grinder, frantically devouring the young lives of soldiers on both sides.

In the woods in the southwest, Tan Biao climbed on a big tree, holding the tree with one hand and holding a telescope with the other hand to observe, the expression on his face was extremely solemn, it seemed that he still underestimated Zhang Xianzhong's madness, and the rear camp of Ainengqi's department not only failed to scare him away, but on the contrary, it also aroused his ferocity and attacked the county seat with his life.

He didn't know what the situation was in the city and how long he could hold out, but from the sparse sound of explosions, it could be concluded that the thunderbolt in Li Liancheng's hand had been almost consumed, and he had brought a lot of thunderbolts here, but he couldn't enter the city for reinforcements, and it was impossible to sneak attack the camp again, Zhang's army had taken precautions, and a cavalry force of nearly 5,000 people was cruising between the two battalions in the northwest, and at a glance he knew that it was specifically guarding him.

Sitting like this, watching Zhang Jiajun's frenzied siege of the city is not a solution, and the pressure on Li Liancheng's troops defending the city is too great, so they have to find a way to reduce their pressure.

Tan Biao slid down the tree, called the four company commanders to discuss, and finally decided to take the risk and take the initiative to attack the 5,000-strong cavalry force to deal with them.

It is normal for him to have concerns, the grassroots officers of the Royal Guards Independent Battalion are all veterans drawn from the Shenji Battalion, the Wolf Battalion, and the Phoenix Legion, but the soldiers are all new recruits, and they have only experienced the battle of blocking the private soldiers of the Donglin Party, but it is not a real battle, those private soldiers are all scum, and they cannot be compared with the Zhang Family Army, not to mention that they have to face five thousand elite cavalry.

The momentum of hundreds of war horses galloping wildly is already very scary, not to mention the number of five thousand, it is simply a landslide, even the elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles have to be so nervous that their faces are pale, let alone the eggs of new soldiers? What he was most worried about was whether his soldiers would be able to hold on when the dense iron cavalry came like a rolling torrent. This is a very test of one's mental endurance.

But now he can only make a desperate bet, a big gamble, no one can afford to bear the responsibility for the loss of Shanyin County, so he can only fight.