The day after coming to Banqiao Town, Zhang Bingzhong led tens of thousands of peasant rebels through Luzhou, and the troops approached Tongcheng. On the second day, most of the defenders of Tongcheng, Pan Ke, fought with the rebel army out of the mountain suburbs east of the county seat, the officers and troops were defeated, more than 100 casualties, and the rest fled into the city, and the momentum of the five battalions was high for a while. The county town of Tongcheng was heavily defended, and the city walls were densely covered with fire, cannons, and bows and arrows. In the early morning of the next day, the rebels connected many meat cases with ropes, covered with wet cotton wool, and struck them with fire cannons and arrows. They pushed these bunkers under the city walls, from the Dongzuo Gate Ring to the Xiangyang Gate, and then used this cover to smash the city walls with large axes, and the big guys dubbed this siege technique "wooden ox chiseling the city" method. The defenders of the city pushed the stones to the position of the rebels, and the rebels suffered heavy casualties, so they switched to a fire attack. Under the cover of fireworks, hundreds of volunteers climbed the ladder and forcibly landed on the city, but finally because the defending officers and troops desperately defended the city, the siege failed again.

Everyone has been asking Zhang Bingzhong for advice in the tent hall, especially the Tiger Camp is willing to make a military order. Bingzhong sat in front of the desk, waved his hand decisively and said: Don't fight for these senseless titles, this attack on Tongcheng, I estimate that it will only be five or five open. Attack Fengchi, first check the casualties of the soldiers, and then decide. Yes! Throughout this battle, the five battalions cooperated with each other quite tacitly, and the key was that the recruits had the courage to go into battle. In the future march and battle, think more about the workaround. In the future, if you encounter this kind of place with high walls and strong cities, you still have to send more scouts to go deep into it and disrupt the situation, so as to achieve the goal of hitting with one blow.

The raid on Fengchi came back and reported: Among the five battalions, the Huben battalion had the least number of casualties, less than 100 men, of which the Hongshan battalion fought the hardest and suffered the heaviest casualties, with losses of almost half of the people; the two battalions of the Hanzhong battalion and the Guanzhong battalion together suffered less than 1,000 casualties. There were basically no casualties in my Big Sparrow Battalion, and it remained at about 5,000 men. The overall strength is still more than 20,000. The casualties are mixed, just ...... I don't know how to go on here. Bingzhong hurriedly asked: What is it, what ...... is it? Feng Chi paused and said: The losses of this Hongshan battalion cannot be made up for a while. Bingzhong said: As long as the battle is won, the source of soldiers will be endless, and there is no need to worry. Defeat also has the advantage of defeat, and now we are going south again to catch them off guard, so as to make a strong reputation. Even if he strictly ordered Fengchi to lead his troops first, he must be clear about the enemy situation wherever he goes, and he is sure that he will win every battle.

Zhang Bingzhong Tongcheng was blocked again, and he decided to wave his army south again, wanting to disturb the rear of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Bingzhong told the Fengchi Righteous Army that the basic strategy of moving south was to follow the Yangtze River, as long as he found out the news from the front, and the battle would be fought by himself.

For a time, he was invincible all the way to conquer Anqing, Hezhou, Chuzhou and other places. All the way along the Yangtze River to the land of Yizheng in Jiangsu, when he was about to return to the west, Bingzhong received two letters from the northwest. When I received the letter, I saw a cursive six-character written on the cover. With the letters, I knew that the two letters were from Li Dacheng from the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and the other was from the Luo Youcai brothers from northern Sichuan. Bingzhong opened the letter very casually and looked at it, only then did he know that Zao'er was thriving under the leadership of Gao Yingxiang, and he could already control three battalions of people, while Luo Youcai and Luo Youneng were born like fire and water, especially in the face of Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Chongqing, only lost debts and never won the battle. I had to hide in this dense forest of mountains and rivers, hoping that Bingzhong could return to Sichuan to rescue one or two and so on. Zhang Bingzhong saw the miserable words of the two brothers who were talented and capable, and thought to himself, I was originally leading the troops to the west to avoid the edge, so we will go back to Sichuan for a walk, and see what happened to my two stupid brothers?

It is rare to be in the rich land of Yizheng, Jiangsu, Zhang Bingzhong ordered the team to rest and recruit troops to expand the team. Thinking about the situation of his two stupid brothers, he couldn't stay here for long. So he informed the raid Fengchi to invite the generals to the front of the tent to discuss the matter, and everyone came to the tent, stood around and did not dare to sit at will. When Bingzhong saw this scene, he scolded with a smile: "A few brothers, how can you think of such a stinky rule? Now that the major general has taken us out of the fire pit, everyone is sincerely admired, and there is no reason to be disrespectful. Bingzhong straightened his clothes and continued: Okay, please sit down in the lead, I have some things to discuss. So he told everyone the intention of the two letters, and at the same time said that the strength of the southward movement could not be too long-lasting, and that it could not wait until the Ming army was assembled before withdrawing, that is, it was like a sparrow entering a pocket and unable to fly with joy. Therefore, it is recommended to return to Sichuan to help Luo Youneng and Luo Youcai, and at the same time, don't be too hasty when retreating. Taking advantage of the chaos to leave a lot of hidden piles, used to develop a certain industry, mainly silk business, restaurants, darts and other industries, the nearest can be supplied to Taimu Mountain, the two are interconnected, far can be sent to the troops, transport scarce goods, and so on beneficial without any disadvantages. While returning to Sichuan to the west this time, it is bound to pass through Tongcheng. When we pass through Tongcheng this time, we must take it down to make a strong reputation. While the conscription was recuperating, the number of troops was rapidly increased, and I suggested that two more battalions be expanded, each with a standard armament of 5 to 6,000 men, and the required positions remained unchanged. Bingzhong looked back at Fengchi and said: The big bird battalion is responsible for recruiting troops, rating the number of people, and looking for brave generals. Only give everyone seven days to prepare, train recruits along the way, and practice while fighting. How to adjust depends on the arrangement of the commander of the attack on Fengchi, and his battalion must not interfere in it. Because he is most familiar with the freedom of choosing bravery, I don't know what other suggestions you have?

Five days later, he went to the big tent to report to Bingzhong about the election of Yong. "Report to the general, there are more than 10,000 recruits this time, and the big bird battalion no longer needs to expand and recruit, and the original establishment of 6,000 people will be retained. This is a rich place, and I want to leave 2,000 people behind and turn the soldiers into people as spies to exchange news for us. The remaining 30,000 people, according to the intention of the major general, can be digested by expanding the camp first and increasing the camp second. I don't know what the major general wants?" Hearing the report of the attack on Fengchi, Zhang Bingzhong ordered with considerable satisfaction: I want to add two more battalions, each battalion is based on the establishment of 6,000 people, and the excess number is my personal team.

A few days later, Feng Chi and others invited Zhang Bingzhong to review his team, and when Bingzhong walked on the platform, he couldn't help but feel a trace of excitement in his heart when he saw the flag below, and his waist was also full of confidence. "Du Weiyang of the Huben Battalion, Shan Zhongzheng of the Guanzhong Battalion, Qian Gu of the Hanzhong Battalion, Zhonghe of the Hongshan Battalion, Fengchi of the Daqi Battalion, Nangong Chang of the Changfeng Battalion, and Li Weihe of the Dingyuan Battalion, see General. Bingzhong saw that the seven commanders saluted him one by one, nodded slightly, and said to the soldiers of each battalion: We hold high the banner of righteousness, just so that the poor people can live a decent life. This time, we returned to Sichuan to find a treasure to recuperate. No longer do that thing of running around, so that everyone can live a peaceful and stable life. That's what I'm here to be, and that's what everyone wants. Now the two new battalions, the Changfeng battalion mainly attack the formation flag, the Dingyuan battalion mainly attack the sharp knife assault, and the assault veterans are transferred from the Huben battalion.

After arranging them one by one, the rebel army began to march from Yizheng to Chengdu, Sichuan. When passing through Chaohu Lake, he placed all the wealth he had obtained on Taimushan Island, and left Hanzhong to take care of the left and right .......

Chen Shifangzi sneaks, is a famous scribe in Zongyang, famous for wisdom, Zongyang Town is about 130 miles away from Tongcheng. Bingzhong stationed the team in Luzhou and Lu'an, more than 300 miles away from Tongcheng. When Fang and Yang Erzhen were still unharmed, they suddenly met a person from the same township and said to Shifang: You can drink well, I should tell you not to do anything. Shi Fang asked what was going on. The man said: Recently, I got a secret report that there are "eight kings" coming soon, and you should leave quickly. Shi Fang hesitated, and between the words and laughter, the righteous army was already full of horseback. It can be seen that the strength of the loyal team is strong, and they can march 300 miles in a day and night.

Three days later, Bingzhong set up camp at the reading platform in the Yellow Valley. The reading platform is built on the top of the mountain, and you can even look at it far away, and you must see the inside and outside of Tongcheng. Soldiers burned and plundered for three days from wherever they went, and they killed nearly 2,000 people in the official mansion, and the tigers and brave people drove them to attack the city. At present, the Bingzhong Brigade is camped five miles away from Tongcheng, and it is still trapped, and it is still difficult to instruct the big bird battalion to divide and plunder the villagers and fill the army to sneak into the city and attack the land. The method of this expulsion, Bingzhong will be the elite ten people in front of the rate, so that the plundered Xinmin Chu Yong accompanied to refine their courage, and with ten samurai to postpone, the re-order of the cavalry about ten people, the sword urges, the former has passed, and then or not continued, that is, to kill it, and the people are afraid to move like an arrow formation. Driven to the near city, into the tiger camp, although nearly a thousand people, but thirty horsemen to supervise the line, faithfully sat in the camp of the big tent, each interrogated, if promised to be detailed, that is, left for reuse.

In this raid, many literati did not kill, and forcibly retained them as advisers to replenish the think tank. There are six battalions in the second appearance, Bingzhong is in the middle with the tent, and the three battalions are stationed outside, like a tripod, and the big tent is guarded. Three battalions, one in the front battalion, two in the middle battalion, and three in the rear battalion. Bingzhong wore a pointed felt hat, a brocade walnut robe, soft boots and a cloth blanket, and sat on the ground. There is an arrow sore between the eyebrows, and pus often comes out of the eyebrow. Attack Fengchi sent two beauties to serve the side, and used white silk to count inches, and then wiped it. Both whisked, abandoned to the ground. After a while, the eyebrows were wet, and they were still wiped as before. This was an arrow sore from the previous day, that is, it was shot by Pan Keda, the garrison of Tongcheng. Although it still bursts from time to time, there are 20 generals on the left and right, with swords, bowls of wine and meat, and drinking on the ground, so that the strong man will be able to be heroic.