On the 26th of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Zhengde, the tenth day after Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao issued a notice announcing the rebellion, which was also the morning of the second day of Sun Sui's first seventh day, the rebels led by Wu Sanba arrived outside Qianshan County one after another.

Nearly 7,000 rebels arrived first by land and stationed troops outside the west gate of Qianshan County. At noon, 3,000 rebels by water came upstream by boat along the Xinjiang River and landed in the north of Qianshan County, carrying a large number of siege equipment...

At noon, the sky was overcast, and the weather that had been clear for several days began to change. There was a biting wind above the city, ushering in the second late spring cold after the new year.

At this moment, Xu Jin was observing the enemy formation at the top of the west city. Xie Erjian, Wang Lin'er and other personal soldiers were guarding the surroundings as if they were facing a powerful enemy. A group of civil servants and military generals were surrounding Xu Jin, including: Magistrate Wu Linguang, County Prime Minister Meng Xuan,

Chief Bo Fang Tianlu; Thousand Households Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai, Wang Duo; Deputy Thousand Households Qiu Man and Luo Hong (temporarily reduced to Hundred Households).

At this moment, the rebels outside the city are busy setting up camp, and various siege equipment are being continuously transported from the boats in the north of the city. Since the terrain in the west of Qianshan County is relatively open and flat, and there is no moat, the numerical advantage can be maximized.

The rebels obviously planned to attack from the west of the city.

Although Qianshan County is not big, with only a few miles in radius, Wu Sanba's 10,000 troops are still unable to lay siege to the city, so the best way is to concentrate all the troops to break through one city gate.

Seeing the several archery towers and siege ladders erected high in the enemy's formation, as well as trebuchets (trebuchets), bed crossbows and other siege weapons, Wu Linguang and other civil servants could not help but turn pale. Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai and other generals also looked solemn.

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Wang Duo led his remnants into the city just yesterday evening. At this time, he was secretly observing Xu Jin. Unfortunately, he could not catch any nervousness on the latter's face, let alone fear. Looking at Xu Jin who was calm and calm,

Xu Jin, Wang Duo couldn't help but secretly muttered, is this kid really only fifteen years old?

At this moment, Xu Jin suddenly turned his head and glanced at Wang Duo. The latter's eyes touched Xu Jin's and he quickly and subconsciously looked away, because although Xu Jin's eyes were calm, they gave people a penetrating look.

The feeling of the human heart.

Wang Duo couldn't help but think of the more than two hundred rebel heads hanging outside the city. He felt even more awe-inspiring and subconsciously stood up straighter.

When he entered the city last night, Wang Duo casually asked Yu Linsheng what happened to those heads. When he learned that Xu Jin ordered the execution of more than two hundred prisoners of war at noon that day, all the households under Wang Duo fell into stern silence.

No one dares to say anything questioning.

In addition, Wang Duo also talked with Yu Linsheng last night, so he also learned that Qianhu Luohong, the deputy of Qianshan Qianhu Station, was almost shot in the head because he neglected Xu Jin, so he completely put away his previous attitude of patting his butt and leaving.

Thoughts. Faced with such an iron-fisted and powerful Lord Tongpan, if you give up your choice and leave, it will be like lighting up the toilet - looking for shit (die).

After Xu Jin glanced at Wang Duo, he turned to Yu Linsheng and said solemnly: "Yu Qianhu, are you confident in holding on?"

"Don't worry, Lord Tongpan, we can definitely hold on," Yu Linsheng said with confidence.

Although the rebels carried a large number of siege equipment, they only numbered 10,000, and most of them were untrained regular troops. At this time, there were three thousand-household residences in the city, totaling more than 3,000 people, plus three more

The number of Ban Yamen servants and Minzhuang conscripts reached nearly 5,000, and the strength ratio between the two sides was 1:2, so Yu Linsheng was still confident to defend the city.

Wu Linguang and other civil servants couldn't help but look a little more relaxed after hearing this.

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Then I will entrust the important task of defending the city to the generals. Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!" All the generals shouted in unison. In an instant, the defenders on the top of the city shouted "Wan Sheng" in unison. The sound shook for miles. The rebels outside the city subconsciously looked towards the top of the city.

At this time, Wu Sanba was leading a group of generals to stand in front of the newly erected camp, looking at the city in the distance with a livid face. The heads hanging outside the city were so dazzling.

Wu Sanba shouted in a deep voice: "Send the order, bury the pot and cook, and attack the city at Shen Shi (3 p.m.)!"

Soon, smoke was everywhere in the rebel formation, and the fire-head soldiers began to cook quickly, while some rebels were busy assembling various siege equipment. Six ladders had been set up, and there were also three arrow towers.

, two return artillery pieces and five crossbows, the firepower can be described as quite fierce.

It is worth mentioning here that ladders, crossbows, and cannons are all powerful weapons for siege.

The ladder is somewhat similar to the current fire rescue ladder. There are wheels underneath that can be pushed, and the ladder can be freely extended and retracted. It can send more than a dozen soldiers to the top of the city at a time, but it is driven by human power.

The bed crossbow is a powerful heavy arrow. Several soldiers use a noose to turn the wheel to pull the bow string. Once a heavy arrow over one meter long is launched, it can even penetrate the city gate and nail it deeply into the city wall.

, providing a focal point for the siege soldiers to climb the city wall.

Huihui artillery, also called Xiangyang artillery, is a trebuchet that uses the principle of carrying a pole. It can throw tens of kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms of gravel onto the top of the city, smashing the enemy's defenses, killing and wounding the enemy.

Army, the lethality is terrifying.

The archery tower is a square wooden tower with wheels underneath that can be pushed. The tower can accommodate a dozen archers, who can fire arrows to snipe the defenders on top of the city and cover other companions in attacking the city.

Therefore, Wu Sanba was extremely well prepared this time, and he obviously wanted to complete his victory in one battle.

The rebels were busy preparing to attack the city, and the defenders on the city were not idle either. Rolling wood, stones, kerosene, etc. were continuously transported to the city. There were also many firearms, such as Zhentian.

Mines, ten thousand enemies, mines, solid bullets, exploding bullets...

Yu Lin survived and ordered people to carry the four small artillery guns (small artillery) from the county government barracks to the top of the city and set them up. He also ordered the artillerymen to shoot down the rebels' five bed crossbows first. The bed crossbows were very accurate.

, it is powerful and poses the greatest threat to the city gate, followed by the returning artillery.

In the afternoon, the temperature was getting lower and lower. War clouds were gathering above Qianshan County, and the north wind was whining. The streets in the city were deserted, with only soldiers responsible for maintaining order patrolling the streets.

Dong dong dong...

Amidst the sound of intensive drumbeats, the rebels launched a tentative attack on Qianshan County. Hundreds of rebels carried long ladders, shouted and rushed towards the city wall, trying to use flying hook ladders and other tools to climb to the top of the city.

Yu Linsheng naturally saw that this was just a test by the enemy, so he did not order the arrows to be fired to avoid wasting arrows, but instead ordered people to use rolling logs and rocks to snipe.

Soon, the rebel attack was repulsed, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.

About half an hour later, the rebels launched a second wave of attacks. This time they were obviously serious. Three ladders began to move towards the city wall, and three crossbows were also pushed to the front of the formation.

"Fire the arrow!"

Following Yu Linsheng's order, sharp arrows rained down from the top of the city like raindrops, and thieves continued to be killed by arrows. However, the three ladders still slowly approached the city wall.

There are wheels under the ladder to push it, and there is a cloth curtain made of cowhide in front, which can block the sharp arrows fired from the city. The rebels responsible for pushing the ladder are hiding behind the cloth curtain and cannot be hurt at all.

boom……

A solid bullet fired from a bowl-mouth gun hit the ladder and pierced the cowhide curtain on the spot. The rebels hiding behind were instantly bloody. However, the power of the solid bullet from the bowl-mouth gun was still too small.

The entire ladder was not smashed.

"Damn it, I asked you to hit the crossbow first!" Yu Linsheng couldn't help but cursed, rushed forward and kicked the artilleryman on the butt.

At this moment, there was a frightening clang sound, and several iron spears fired from bed crossbows hit the city wall. Instantly sparks flew everywhere and penetrated deeply into the wall. One of them was only a few meters away from the city gate.

Half a meter away, the target of the opponent's attack was obviously the city gate, but the shot missed.

"Quickly, knock off the bed crossbow!" Xiong Bai roared loudly.

Boom boom boom...

The three bowl-muzzle cannons fired one after another, but two shots missed. Only one shot hit the target, directly smashing a crossbow of the rebels to pieces.

Yu Linsheng laughed with satisfaction: "Okay, come again!"

The accuracy of these bowl-muzzle cannons is inherently poor. At such a long distance, it is quite good to hit one out of three shots.

However, before Yu Linsheng's laughter could stop, a big stone hit the tower, causing a piece of the roof to collapse on the spot. A shrill scream immediately rang out. It turned out that a citizen was setting up a pot to heat oil.

Zhuang was hit by a boulder. One leg was bloody and bloody, even the bones were exposed, and blood gushed out like water.

Boom boom boom, more rocks roared down from the sky, and the rebels' return artillery showed off its power...

Charge, kill...

Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the two ladders were finally pushed to the base of the city wall, and dozens of rebels held up their shields and charged towards the top of the city.

At the same time, more thieves climbed up the city wall using long ladders, flying claws, etc., like maggots on rotten bones, one after another. The defenders on the top of the city continued to throw stones, roll logs, and pour hot oil down, and the thieves

The soldiers screamed and fell, suffering heavy casualties.

The war is cruel, and there are constant casualties on the defenders' side...

At this time, several defenders carried out a wooden cage, which contained a dark ball. It was the "Ten Thousand Enemies" weapon for defending the city. It weighed 80 kilograms and was made of mud on the outside.

, which was filled with gunpowder, sulfur, arsenic, croton and other wolf poisons, as well as iron filings, broken stones and other items.

Yu Linsheng personally stepped forward and ignited the fuse of the ten thousand enemy, and then several defenders simultaneously used their strength to lift the wooden cage and throw it towards the rebel ladder.

boom……

There was only a loud noise, billowing yellow smoke rose into the sky, and the entire ladder was blown into pieces, including the nearby rebels.

Soon, another ladder was also blown up by the "ten thousand enemies" of the defenders, leaving corpses on the ground. The remaining rebels covered their mouths and noses, coughed and fled, many of them running slowly.

He was shot dead on the spot by sharp arrows from the city.

"Victory!" the defenders on the city top cheered in unison.
Chapter completed!