"The official dog firearms on top of this city are quite sharp!" Luo Rucai, who was watching the battle from the side, couldn't help but sigh.

By this time, the fire cannons had been fired for nearly fifty rounds, and more than 500 refugees who had filled the river had fallen below the city. However, the fire cannons were fired so intensively that the barrels of the fire cannons began to turn red. The fire cannon players on the city had no choice but to

Stop firing and wipe the barrel with a damp cloth to allow the barrel to cool down quickly.

Seeing that there was no longer the threat of firecrackers, the refugees swarmed forward, not only throwing the sandbags on their shoulders into the moat, but also throwing the corpses on the ground. Soon, the moat was almost filled.

Yang Chengzu approached Luo Rucai and asked, "Godfather! Do you think we are...?"

Such a small county town was destroyed, and Luo Rucai's battalion could only make some scraps, so people like Yang Chengzu had long wanted to move freely.

Of course Luo Rucai knew what Yang Chengzu and the others were thinking. He drove his horse to Gao Yingxiang and said: "King Chuang, I took a look and found that there were only a few hundred people at the top of the city, relying on sharp firearms. Now the moat has been filled and the city has been broken.

It’s also a sure thing. So I’m going to take my son to the direction of Guide City. Let’s allocate it! Ningling and Tuocheng will be yours, and the other places will be mine. "

Gao Yingxiang immediately thought about it and felt that it was indeed a waste to have so many people staying in this small county. Besides, Luo Rucai also gave himself the two counties west of Guide Mansion, and the rest were close to the city.

The risk is not small. Since Luo Ru is going there, there is no need to stop him.

So Gao Yingxiang nodded with a smile and said, "Sure! It's settled!"

Seeing that Gao Yingxiang had agreed, Luo Rucai wanted to drive his horse back to his own team. But just as he was leaving, Luo Rucai suddenly remembered something, so he reminded Gao Yingxiang: "This is a place seven or eight miles southeast of Ningling County.

, there is a stronghold with thousands of households. King Chuang must be careful and be prepared for those military households to attack when they attack the city."

Gao Yingxiang laughed out loud when he heard Luo Rucai's reminder: "I have known about this village for a long time. But what kind of war would the military households in the local guard station fight? And there is no oil or water in the military household's village. So I

Two thousand people were sent to watch over the place. There is no problem!"

When Luo Rucai heard this answer, he also laughed "haha". He was indeed talking too much. How could the local military households dare to leave their strongholds? Moreover, the villages of those military households were so poor that they even shot them down.

It was not worth sacrificing some of the refugees to gather in the village. So Luo Rucai waved to Gao Yingxiang and left on horseback.

After an hour and a half of landfilling, the peasant rebel army successfully leveled the moat in the western section of Ningling County. So at dusk on the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army officially attacked Ningling County.

Before attacking the county seat, Luo Rucai led his troops to bypass Ningling County and enter the hinterland of Guide Prefecture to plunder. Gao Yingxiang also sent a partial division to attack Tuocheng County. The peasant rebels on the east road who were attached to the camp broke out.

The leaders of each small group also led their troops to plunder.

In order for their respective troops to grab more property, each battalion used most of the cavalry. Coupled with the reconnaissance cavalry and cavalry sent to guard the rear, the number of cavalry besieging the city was small, and Ningling County could not be completely sealed off.

At this time, there were five companies of the Guide Army, a militia group, more than 200 military households and more than 600 villagers who had withdrawn into the fortress. Of course, the people in the small town under the fortress and the nearby

A total of more than 1,600 family members of military households also evacuated into the Qianhusuo Fortress, and among these civilians, they were able to gather three to four hundred young men.

Since the terrain of Qianhusuo Fortress is easy to defend but difficult to attack, coupled with Wu Shigong's extensive construction and the large number of firearms in the fortress, the defense here is quite solid.

The Chuang camp was not interested in chewing this hard nut. They sent two thousand soldiers newly incorporated into the old camp to guard the Qianhusuo fortress for possible attacks.

However, the discipline of the new soldiers who broke into the camp was quite loose. When these new soldiers saw that the town under the fortress was so rich, they all dispersed and rummaged around in the town to collect some private wealth for themselves.

In addition to the loose seal, this force was not familiar with the terrain here. This allowed the spies in the Qianhusuo Fortress to easily go out from the mountain road behind the fortress to observe the movements of the troops attacking the city and breaking into the camp.

Seeing this situation, the officers in Qianhusuo Fortress, after discussion, prepared to send five companies of the Guide Army to defeat the peasant rebels in the town. They also prepared to attack the siege camp if possible.

Troops to support the defense of Ningling County.

However, as soon as the preparations for the attack force in Qianhusuo Fortress were completed, spies reported that there was a large force of peasant rebels near Ningling County, bypassing the county and heading towards the hinterland of Guide Prefecture.

That was Luo Rucai's army, so the Runing army in Qianhusuo Fortress had to temporarily suspend the attack. At this time, Ningling County also ushered in the first siege of the camp.

For the first siege of Camp Chuang, they wanted to attack the city in one go, so they mobilized more than 4,000 people, including more than a thousand veterans from the three sides, who were definitely the elite of Camp Chuang. However, compared to the number of people they used, the siege equipment of Camp Chuang was

It is quite simple, mainly using long ladders, and even the ladder with wheels at the bottom does not have a few steps.

However, the first siege of the camp was really fierce. The veterans from the three sides withstood the fierce fire from the cannons, and after suffering huge casualties, they charged up the city wall.

At this time, the young men in the city who were supporting the defense on the city wall, because it was the first battle, many of them acted abnormally and were hacked to death by the soldiers who stormed the city wall. Soon a large gap was opened in the city wall.

Fortunately, the reserve team arranged by Qian Qi came up at this time. This reserve team consisted of more than 200 people, all of whom were axe-shooters in the Runing army. Through their skilled combat skills and skilled cooperation, they finally defeated the attackers who had stormed the city wall.

Breaking into the camp and driving down the city.

However, this confrontation also resulted in a large number of casualties among the defenders. In just such a meeting, more than 80 soldiers of the Runing army who defended the city were killed and wounded, and more than 150 young men were killed and wounded. The defenders were immediately stretched.

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The losses incurred in breaking into the camp were not small, with a total loss of more than 500 soldiers. However, compared to such a large number of soldiers, these losses were insignificant.

As soon as he saw that his ant siege was effective, Gao Yingxiang did not let the retreating camp soldiers rest. After sending an additional thousand soldiers, he immediately launched the second round of siege. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature.
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