Li Xinjian doesn't like to fight, don't look at the fact that he went to grab a lot of things yesterday, but he doesn't have a good impression of this kind of food and sleeping in the open at all.

No matter how beautiful a woman is outside, it is not as comfortable as holding a woman in her own home.

Cao Youyi called Jia Baoyu over and asked for his opinion.

Jia Baoyu also didn't want to drag it on, and said: "Lord Commander, we are officers and soldiers, the art of war is cloudy, call for a bang, now the soldiers still have a breath, if it drags on for a few days, this anger is discouraged, and if you want to attack Qingxian again, it will be difficult." ”

The two or so thousand households under his command all supported the war, and Cao Youyi was not easy to shirk, so he began to formulate combat missions.

There are a total of four city gates in Qingxian County, which are divided into Xuanwu Gate in the north, Suzaku Gate in the south, Qinglong Gate in the east and Baihu Gate in the east.

Jia Baoyu and his party were assigned to the Xuanwu Gate in the north, while Li Xinjian was assigned to the Qinglong Gate in the east.

The city of Qingxian was high and thick, so Cao Youyi ordered the craftsmen of the army to make siege vehicles and ladders.

Taking advantage of the efforts to build siege equipment, Jia Baoyu found Cao Youyi again and suggested to him to send a letter to the city and try to persuade him to surrender.

It is the so-called soldiers who surrender without a fight, and go to the army to plot.

Cao Youyi also had this intention, and he didn't want to fight, so he asked his staff to repair a letter, but the person who sent the letter was difficult, because no one wanted to risk being killed to die.

Cao Youyi was recruited in the army to see if anyone had the courage to send a letter of persuasion to the thieves.

In the end, it was a person from Jia Baoyu's army, the one who was rescued by Jia Baoyu with hot water, and he has now been incorporated into the logistics unit of the Left Guard.

"Thanks to the grace of the adults to save their lives, the small ones cannot be repaid, but they can only promise each other."

Jia Baoyu patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you can come back safely, I will promote you to a soldier." ”

So the soldier came to the city alone with a letter of persuasion.

The thieves in the city dragged him up the wall with a hanging basket and found the letter of surrender from him.

Yan Xiaoer laughed and said: "Lao Tzu has now become a fragrant glutton, and the court said that he would make me a guerrilla general!" ”

Xu Housheng said tentatively: "My lord, do you want to kill this person?" ”

Yan Xiaoer's eyes flashed, and he said: "The two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoys, haven't you seen "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" Killing him will make us lose our bearing! ”

Jia Baoyu didn't expect a thief not to watch "Journey to the West" and to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Yan Xiaoer is not a fan of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" now, he always imagines himself as Guan Yunchang, who is the righteous and thin Yuntian inside, so he almost broke into the sky and pulled him and Chu Fei Taoyuan to form a righteous alliance.

Yan Xiaoer looked at the little soldier who delivered the letter and asked, "A little bold, what's your name?" ”

"The villain's name is Chen Jinnan."

The little soldier is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is not afraid at all.

"This name is good, you are willing to stay, our army is lacking a person as brave as you."

Yan Xiaoer began to show his personal charm.

Chen Jinnan shook his head and said: "I am Lord Jia's person, Lord Jia has the grace of life for the villain, and the villain can't do anything to betray the Lord and join the enemy." ”

Yan Xiaoer exclaimed: "It's really a righteous man, come here, take ten taels of gold and give it to this righteous man!" ”

Chen Jinnan returned to the camp with 10 taels of gold.

"What will the thief say?"

Cao Youyi couldn't wait to ask.

Chen Jinnan presented a letter, and at the same time, there was also a gold ingot weighing ten taels.

Knowing that it was rewarded by Yan Xiaoer, Cao Youyi couldn't help but taste: "It's so generous!" ”

But when he finished reading the letter, he couldn't laugh, because there was only one word on the letter: "Fight!" ”

"His grandmother's really thinks of herself as some invincible general, a bandit, and dares to be so arrogant!"

"Then fight!"

The next day.

The drums of war were thundering, and thousands of temporarily conscripted men ran towards the city with dirt on their backs.

Attacking a city is not rushing forward with weapons in your imagination, and attacking the city like that, how many people die.

The first step in the siege was to fill in the earth.

Make the bottom of the wall as high as possible to facilitate the use of siege equipment.

After all, ancient engineering equipment was made of wood, and if it was built too long and too high, it would not be able to withstand the use of heavy weight and strength.

Fortunately, the thieves only cared about robbing the rich and did not burn the trestle, otherwise they would have to fill the moat first.

Jia Baoyu led the Left Guards to wait about 300 meters outside the Xuanwu Gate, watching groups of ragged civilians, carrying baskets full of dirt to the bottom of the city wall.

Yan Xiaoer would not watch the opposite side attack the city, and ordered his subordinates to prepare gold juice, boiling oil, and a lot of rolling stones and sassal wood.

When the man approached the wall, he immediately poured the boiling gold juice down.

Those people have sharp eyes, and they dodge in advance, and some stupid people are poured with hot gold juice, and their skin and flesh are immediately opened, and ghosts cry wolves.

Guarding the Xuanwu Gate is Jia Baoyu's old opponent - Xu Housheng.

Because of the distance, he wouldn't know that Jia Baoyu, who almost slaughtered him last time, is here again today.

But even if he knew, it was useless, he couldn't jump off the wall to take revenge.

Jia Baoyu looked at the people who kept falling, and said, "If only there were artillery." ”

However, even with artillery, it is not easy to blast open the walls of Qingxian.

Knock - Knock - Knock - Knock - Knock

After using the people to consume a wave, Cao Youyi sent troops to Mingjin.

I saw thousands of people, carrying dozens of siege ladders, and began to storm towards the county seat of Qingxian.

There are so many rogues that they can't be stuffed on the city walls.

Yan Xiaoer had no choice but to order 500 people to be left on each city wall, and the rest of the men and horses to stay in the city as reserves.

To be honest, he is good at robbing homes, but it is the first time he has done it according to the city.

Fortunately, there are many soldiers from the border army in the Liukou, who offer advice and impart defense experience, and Yan Xiaoer will not be in a hurry.

The city walls are densely packed with miscellaneous soldiers.

There are also many people who look like they are old thieves who have been through many battles, and they are experienced and are the core of the rogues, and in most cases they are responsible for supervising the war.

Although Jia Baoyu was reluctant to let his subordinates attack the city, there was no way.

After all, Cao Youyi and they have already sent troops to attack the city, if he doesn't act, he will be held accountable afterwards, at least it will be a crime of fear of war.

Because it was a siege battle, the firecrackers were arranged at the end.

Leading the charge was the second brigade commanded by Jin Yichuan.

But seeing Jin Yichuan holding a shield in his left hand, he took the lead, and behind him were all elite soldiers of the second brigade.

"All squad leaders, lead your own team, capture the city, and kill the enemy!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The Second Brigade of the Left Guards rushed forward with a ladder as a unit.

At the forefront, the auxiliaries pushed the shield carts, which were used to fend off the bows and arrows on the walls.

Compared to the firecrackers that are easy to blow up, the most preferred use of these rogues is the bow and arrow.

On the one hand, there are not many people who use firearms among the rogues, and on the other hand, the firearms they capture are of poor quality and are easy to explode.