There were more and more blue wolf troops outside the city, and more than 20,000 people soon gathered around, while the defenders of the Jingjie battalion inside the city only had more than 1,200 people, scattered in twelve city gates, and the troops were obviously insufficient. Fortunately, before the arrival of the Blue Wolf Army, quartermasters Zhu Rongchu and Zhang Weijun and others transferred 1 million catties of rice and a lot of dried meat from Chenzhou to make full preparations for the counter-encirclement. The defenders in the city not only occupy a strong terrain, but also have the support of the common people, so that even if they are surrounded by the blue wolf army for ten days and half a month, there will be no crisis of food shortage.

Shi Xianda learned that the defender of the city was Gong Changyu, and he hated it so much that he decided to attack the city with all his strength and take Wuyou City in one fell swoop to avenge the ambush of Fengmenling. He ordered the blue wolf army to brave the heavy artillery fire, but the city wall was too high and strong, and the blue wolf army that rushed to the city several times was repulsed. After losing thousands of men and horses, Shi Xianda changed his strategy, and asked more than 1,000 villagers from the surrounding villages to gather outside the city, and drove them to the city, while part of the blue wolf army was mixed in the villagers, and part of the blue wolf army was following behind, advancing step by step.

This move is ruthless enough, the people are in front, and it is not possible to shoot a cannon, nor is it to not open a cannon, which makes Gong Changyu have a headache. The Blue Wolf Army was slowly approaching, and once they attacked the city, the pressure on the defense would multiply, and there were not enough manpower, so it would not work to fight hard. The blue wolf army squeezed over from the Jade Belt Bridge and the Luoma Bridge.

Inside the city. Lu Zanchen, Mr. Yin, and Ma Wenling were not idle, and spontaneously organized all men over the age of fifteen to serve as reserve troops, carrying weapons, and delivering food and water to the city wall, which made Gong Changyu very grateful.

"Mr. Yin, the blue wolf army is engulfing the people to attack the city together, what should I do?" Gong Changyu asked Mr. Ji Yin.

Sun Tzu said that generals have five dangers, they must die and kill, they must live and be captured, they can be insulted by anger, they can be humiliated by honesty, and they can be annoyed by loving the people. All these five will be passed, and the disaster of using soldiers will also be used. If the army is overturned and killed, there will be five dangers, and it must not be overlooked. Mr. Yin said.

"Sir, you put it in layman's terms, General Ben has not read "The Art of War" and does not understand the truth." Gong Changyu was at a loss when he heard this.

"These civilians are innocent, and we have to let them in." Mr. Yin said.

"Old man, the blue wolf army is in the middle of the common people, let the people in, wouldn't it lead the wolves into the city?" Gong Changyu waved his hand, "It's better to kill the people one piece." ”

"General, no. Killing the people, our army's spirit will be unstable, and the people in the city will also feel that they have this fate, so how can they work together? Mr. Yin said.

"Hey, do you really want to let the enemy in?" Gong Changyu frowned.

"Open a gate and let you enter the city, fortify near that gate, and welcome all the people in, and the enemy will surely follow in, so fight the gate."

"But there's not much food in the city." Gong Changyu said.

"General, what's the use of thinking about that now. The battle at the city gate is not impossible to fight, if the enemy concentrates the main force on one gate to break through, the enemies in other directions will be reduced. The general can send fast cavalry to break through the enemy's weak gate and attack the enemy's interior or rear. Mr. Yin looked at the blue wolf army under the city, and he immediately saw through the tricks of the blue wolf army, "General, these blue wolf army are assists, and they are trying to distract us. ”

"The east gate is guarded by Hei Dashuai and Liu Dawei and others, who are the elite of our army, Master Ma, you immediately send a hundred self-defense forces over to reinforce it," Gong Changyu said anxiously to Ma Wenling.

"Yes." Ma Wenling went down the city tower and went straight to the east gate with more than 200 self-defense troops......

"The leader of the Blue Wolf Army in Ximen is Jing Dapeng, this person is not to be feared." Mr. Yin said, "General, let's open the city gate now, and have a turtle in an urn." ”

"Now that the morale of the Blue Wolf Army is high, we must avoid its edge and attack those Blue Wolf Army with poor combat effectiveness. Wait another hour for the Blue Wolf Army to bask in the sun. Gong Changyu said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's just that I pity those ordinary people." Mr. Yin sighed.

"There's no way around it." Gong Changyu ate a big bowl of rice, and said while eating, "After nightfall, I will take 300 cavalry to kill from the southwest gate, detour to the rear of the blue wolf army, rob their camp, disturb their military morale, and leave it to you." ”

Gong Changyu quickly finished his meal and patrolled the city tower with his sword. The gunners stood on the fort, and the shells were all in the barrels, just waiting for Gong Changyu to give the order to open fire.

"General, look at that Jing Dapeng, he is holding a telescope and observing the movement in the city, he is so nervous. Shall we shoot him and scare him? A gunner asked.

"No, you can't. As soon as the artillery goes off, the common people will be confused and go back, causing unnecessary accidental injuries. Gong Changyu stopped the gunner, "After the city gate is opened, give the blue wolf army a head-on attack." Brothers, let's rest for an hour and recuperate. ”

"Yes, General." All the gunners responded in unison.

"Brothers, when the gates are opened, you must defend the fort for me. They can't come down to support us unless they have to. Gong Changyu specially instructed.

The blue wolf army of Ximen was exposed to the scorching sun for less than half an hour, and they could not bear it, so they left the people who were left behind, and retreated to the shade of the trees and rested. Those ordinary people were sweating profusely, squatting in place, not daring to retreat, hungry They watched the blue wolf army eating behind, and couldn't help swallowing saliva.

When Gong Chang encountered this scene, he ordered the soldiers to open the first thousand-pound iron gate and shouted to the city: "Folks, come into the city quickly!" ”

When seven or eight hundred people saw that the city gate was open, they quickly got up from the ground and rushed to the city gate without their lives. Seeing this, those blue wolf troops were willing to give up this rare opportunity, carrying knives and guns, and rushed over. Gong Chang on the city tower is secretly happy, Lao Tzu will wait for you to enter the first city gate, I will put down the hinge iron gate and lock you inside!

The blue wolf army quickly caught up with the people behind, the city cave of more than 100 meters was densely packed with people, the blue wolf army waved its knife and slashed at the people in front, and the terrified people only flashed to the side and made way of a road, and the blue wolf army was still rushing continuously. Seeing that all the people had come in, Gong Changyu ordered the thousand-jin iron gate (semi-automatic lifting) to be put down, and with a loud bang, the blue wolf army was cut off at the waist, and many blue wolf troops under the iron gate were smashed into meat paste.

After this group rushed into the city, the soldiers of the elite battalion hidden in the houses fired a burst of arrows and muskets, and the wolf army was caught off guard, and when they reacted, Gong Changyu led the cavalry to kill, his hand was raised and his sword fell, and his arms and heads were scattered all over the ground. Where are these untrained blue wolf army opponents of the Jingnan army, in less than ten minutes, the blue wolf army was wiped out, so Jing Dapeng's strategy of using the common people to enter the city failed again. Gong Changyu hung up the war-free card and did not leave the city.

The next day, under the leadership of Jing Dapeng, the 3,000 blue wolf army lined up in the northeast, and all called for formation, they had no artillery support, so they could only use the method of agitation to lure Gong Changyu to go out of the city to fight. Gong Changyu saw that such a wolf army had gathered under the city, and scolded at the head of the city: "Are you looking for death, you are noisy early in the morning." ”

"Greedy for life and afraid of death, Gong Jichang! Greedy for life and afraid of death, Gong Jichang! The Blue Wolf Army continued to shout and curse in front of the battle.

"General Ben didn't eat breakfast, so I won't fight you!" Yang Zaixing shouted at the blue wolf army under the city.

"General, don't fall for their schemes, eat first before you have the strength to cut them." Zhang Weijun said.

"Let's go! Let's eat! Gong Changyu and Zhang Weijun went straight to the barracks.

"General, would you like to have a few cups?" Zhang Weijun said.

"Medium! I'll only drink two cups, and then I'll go and kill them, and then I'll come back and drink a few cups with you, brother. ”

"Good! The general is really about public demeanor. Zhang Weijun gave a thumbs up.

Gong Chang had two cups, quickly picked up three bowls, wiped his mouth, carried an armor-piercing gun, and led three hundred soldiers and horses out of the city gate. When the blue wolf army saw Gong Changyu coming out on a war horse, they stopped calling for battle.

Jing Dapeng was the first to rush forward, pointed at Gong Changyu with a long knife and said, "If I don't kill you under the horse today, I won't be surnamed Jing!" After speaking, he picked up the long knife and slashed at Gong Changyu, and Gong Changyu responded calmly. Seeing that Jing Dapeng was about the same height as himself, and his sword skills were full of flaws, Gong Changyu didn't take him seriously at all, and thought, just like you, you are worthy of fighting against me.

Jing Dapeng almost missed the knife, and was rebounded back by Gong Changyu's armor piercing guns one by one, which shocked him to numb his mouth and sore, and Gong Changyu only used forty percent of his strength.

Gradually, Jing Dapeng only had the strength to parry, and three strong soldiers rushed out of the blue wolf army, each holding a spear, and surrounded Gong Changyu. The four blue wolf armies fought against Gong Changyu, and after twenty or thirty rounds, they couldn't tell the winner.

Gong Chang flickered when he encountered the armor gun, rode his horse back, and Jing Dapeng chased after him. The fastest runner was Jing Dapeng, eager to win and left a few accomplices behind him a hundred paces, and he used all his strength to cut down Gong Changyu's war horse. Seeing that Jing Dapeng's big knife fell on Gong Changyu's mount's back, it was extremely critical.

"Damn, you want the life of my mount, and put me to death, what a sinister and cunning fellow." Gong Changyu looked back in his heart and scolded.

I saw Gong Changyu pick up the long knife with a backhand, and then killed a return pistol, which pierced Jing Dapeng's shoulder with a shot, and dragged it forward, and Jing Dapeng fell to the ground. Gong Changyu turned the horse's head over, stuck it on the horse's back, held the armor-piercing gun in one hand and Jing Dapeng's belt in the other, grabbed him on the horse's head, and with a punch, Jing Dapeng fainted. The three blue wolf soldiers in the back saw that the division commander Jing Dapeng was captured alive, and hurriedly rushed up, ready to snatch Jing Dapeng back. At this time, Zhang Weijun and Xiong Wanmin rushed up from the formation with spears, protecting Gong Changyu and retreating, and soon arrived at the position of the cavalry battalion.