"Dude, this is the news that our spies have spread in Anqing Mansion." A man dressed like an ordinary citizen respectfully handed Yang Feng a piece of information.

After taking the information, Yang Feng looked at it in one glance. He first shook his head with a smile, and then asked, "Is this information true?"

"I have verified it, it's true."

"I understand, you go down first."

"Here!"

Yang Feng was the only one left in the tent. The dim oil lamp reflected his figure. After a long time, Yang Feng said: "Song Ye, go and tell Gou Xingma immediately to attack the city as planned tomorrow morning!"

The next day, it was a little shiny, and the walls of Taihu County were already full of bandits. Everyone hid behind the battlements and looked nervously at the approaching Jiangning Army.

Yuan Datou looked at the Jiangning Army slowly approaching in the distance. Although he had always publicly claimed that the Jiangning Army was not scary and that all the reputation of the Jiangning Army was blown out, even he himself did not believe this. After all, Gao Yingxiang, the last rebel king, died at the hands of the Jiangning Army. The 200,000 army was destroyed in one day. The reason why he said this was just to stabilize the morale of the army.

Taihu County is a relatively wealthy county, so its city is much taller than ordinary county towns. The entire city wall is as high as two meters (6.66 meters), which is comparable to a city of state capital level. The outer periphery of the city wall is covered with blue bricks, and even a baffle is installed at the battlements on the city wall, which is something that ordinary cities do not have.

Now more than 300 bandit archers are hiding behind battlements, and the arrows in their hands have already been placed on the bowstrings and can be shot out at any time.

As the sun gradually rose, the figures of the Ming army outside the city were clearly presented in the eyes of the bandits.

Unlike before, they were just wearing green military uniforms, because it was a siege, all the soldiers were wearing iron armor and helmets, holding brown besieged muskets, and were walking slowly towards the city with firm steps.

Under the sunset, the armor of the Jiangning Army soldiers shone with cold light, especially when these soldiers lined up in military formations and walked towards the city step by step with neat steps amid the drums, the momentum could be described as overwhelming.

Yuan Datou turned his head and looked at it. He found that the bandits around him were all looking like earth. Even the bandits in the old camp looked ugly. He knew that he could not let this situation continue. He held up the ghost-headed knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't be afraid. Those dog officers and soldiers are all good things, and the muskets in their hands can only be hit sixty or seventy steps. We don't have to be afraid of them on the city wall. When they get close, we will serve them with bows and arrows, so that they can see that our rebel army is not given in vain!"

Accompanied by Yuan Datou's voice, the big and small leaders also began to do ideological work for the people around him. The content was nothing more than the old thing. They either tried hard to belittle the Jiangning army and raise their own family, or threatened and whipped them. In short, there was only one goal, so that their morale could not be collapsed.

Yuan Datou ignored what the leaders did. He was lying behind the chassis, staring nervously at Jiang Ningjun under the city, with a hint of ferociousness in his eyes.

Under his gaze, the Jiangning troops suddenly stopped when they arrived at a distance of 300 steps from the city wall. With the rapid drum sounds, all the soldiers suddenly raised their right legs and stepped on the ground hard, making a muffled sound. When thousands of people stepped on the ground hard at the same time, even Yuan Datou on the city wall felt a shock under him.

"Damn it, these melons are just a little weak. If you have the ability, just take a few more steps. Let's see if I don't shoot you to death!" Yuan Datou whispered, but he knew that he could only enjoy his mouth. The other party was not a fool, so how could he go forward and eat bows and arrows?

Behind the military formation, Gou Xingma put down his telescope and said, "Are ready for the artillery battalion!"

"Are ready for artillery battalion!"

Amidst the neighing, pack horses pulled a cannon and came to the city wall, and stopped five hundred meters outside the city as the bandits watched. Then a gunner jumped out of the carriage, and then unloaded the cannons in an orderly manner and set them up to enter the shooting state.

Boxes of projectiles were transported down and were quickly loaded by the gunners, and it only took less than a quarter of an hour.

When dozens of artillery were ready, with a roar, shells rushed out of the cannon chamber and shot towards the city wall.

"boom……"

A shell hit the city gate tower heavily and then made a violent explosion, blowing out a hole as big as a table. Splashing fragments around it made the bandits cry and cry.

"Here...here again!"

As someone who had fought with the Jiangning Army, Yuan Datou certainly knew the power of the Jiangning Army. In fact, when he knew that the Jiangning Army soldiers were approaching, he knew that Taihu County would definitely not be able to defend.

However, he was just promoted to the commander of the commander of the army by Li Zicheng, so of course he had to flee without fighting. Otherwise, even if he escaped, Li Zicheng would not be able to spare him. Therefore, his plan was to use the city of Taihu County to resist for a few more days, so that he would have an explanation after escaping back.

But when the strange and familiar cannon sounded, the fear that had been buried deep in his heart was triggered again. Almost subconsciously, he immediately rushed from the battlement to the stairs behind him at the fastest speed, and rushed into the Tibetan soldiers cave under the city in three steps and two steps.

In fact, it was not only him, but all other bandits who had seen the power of Jiangning Army artillery made the same choice. They either hid behind battlements or found a hidden place to hide. Those who were still looking around in the open space were all iron naive who had never seen the power of artillery.

"boom……"

An eighteen-pound shell landed on the city wall and exploded. Countless shrapnel and iron balls inside the shells splattered everywhere, blowing the nearby bandits to the flesh and blood.

Yang Feng, who could see all this clearly through a telescope, shook his head. The fate of these bandits was already destined. As long as a few more rounds of artillery attacks, the Jiangning army could take the county town effortlessly.

He turned to the messenger beside him and said, "Let Gou Xingma prepare to attack the city and tell him that I will enter the city in an hour!"

"Here!"

Most of the hour later, Taihu County fell for a few days and returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty. None of the three thousand bandits led by Yuan Datou escaped. Except for more than 500 people who became prisoners, the remaining more than 2,000 people all went to the west.
Chapter completed!