"Mingjiao should come to help in the next few days, so be careful!"
Han Shizhong looked at Wang Yuan and said, when they first came to Xiuzhou, the city sent cavalry for help.
"Don't worry, I've sent sentries to look around!"
Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Han Shizhong nodded, but he always felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was being watched in the dark.
Xiuzhou City.
Qian Zhenpeng looked at the retreating officers and soldiers with a gloomy expression. Xiuzhou city was small and the city walls were low. Although he could temporarily block the officers and soldiers with his numerical advantage, if this continued for a long time, the city would be destroyed.
"Qian Zongzhi, when will the reinforcements come?"
Xu Ding looked at Qian Zhenpeng and asked.
"It should take another four or five days!"
Qian Zhenpeng glanced in the direction of Hangzhou and said, Hangzhou is not far from Xiuzhou, but there are wars all over the south of the Yangtze River, so it may be difficult to mobilize reinforcements.
"Control, if this continues, Xiuzhou will become the second Changzhou!"
Duan Kai walked up to the city wall with a gloomy face, looked at Qian Zhenpeng and said, his face was ugly, and it seemed that his anger could no longer be suppressed.
Qian Zhenpeng looked into Xiuzhou City, and bursts of crying could be heard from far away.
"The war just ended, and these people started again?"
Qian Zhenpeng also looked very unhappy. Among the cries were many women's sharp cries. You didn't need to think about it to know what happened.
"General Qian, I, Xiuzhou, have always been fine, but as soon as these believers came, they raped and looted in the city. If you can't control them, then don't blame me for enforcing military law!"
Duan Kai looked at Qian Zhenpeng coldly. He originally guarded Xiuzhou with thousands of people. Under his control, Xiuzhou was relatively peaceful. There were no scum and scourges like other places. But with Qian Zhenpeng arrived with a large army and his efforts were ruined.
"Jinjie, you take people there. If anyone bothers the people again, he will be executed on the spot!"
Qian Zhenpeng said to Jin Jie beside him that only some of these soldiers and horses were soldiers and horses he brought from Changzhou, and most of the rest were members of the cult who fled all the way.
Qian Zhenpeng also hated these believers who burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil, but now everyone in the Ming Cult was like this, and there was nothing he could do. Now he could only take care of himself.
Duan Kai's expression softened a little when he saw that Jin Jie had brought someone with him. Jin Jie was also very principled, so he felt relieved that he had brought someone with him.
"General Duan, this city wall is too low. I'm afraid it will have to be raised overnight."
Qian Zhenpeng looked at Duan Kai and said.
"I also know about this, but the project is too big. Now the war is urgent, so there is no rush."
Duan Kai shook his head and said, of course he knew these things, but the actual situation does not allow it now. If they raise the city wall, the government troops will definitely attack them.
"Commander, how about I go attack the camp tonight!"
Xu Ding said, there are only more than 10,000 enemies coming this time. If they successfully attack the enemy camp, the enemy will definitely retreat.
"this……"
Qian Zhenpeng was a little hesitant. The army's operations were very organized, and the camp must be heavily guarded. If too many people went there, they would be afraid of being ambushed, but if there were too few people there, it would have no effect at all.
"I'll go with you tonight!"
Qian Zhenpeng hesitated for a long time before making up his mind. Instead of being slowly killed by the enemy, it was better to go out of the city and fight.
night.
Qian Zhenpeng and Xu Ding gathered at the edge of the city with two thousand elites.
"General Qian, if something unexpected happens, you can enter from behind the city!"
Duan Kai pointed to the back city of Xiuzhou, where the city gate would always be open.
"Thank you, General Duan!"
Qian Zhenpeng clasped his fists and said, no matter whether their sneak attack succeeds or not, they cannot enter the city from the main gate. It will take a long time for two thousand people to enter the city. The enemy will pursue them. When the city gate is in chaos, the enemy will most likely take the opportunity to attack. city.
In the dark night, Qian Zhenpeng and Xu Ding quietly left the city with their people.
And all this was seen by Sun Lei.
"He's out of town!"
Sun Lei squinted his eyes and said, there were few of them and they were hiding in the dark. Although they were less than one mile away from the city at this moment, they were not discovered.
"With their little fighting power, if they attack Han Shizhong in a sneak attack, aren't they looking for death?"
Yue Fei frowned and said, he saw today's battle with his own eyes, and he was very clear about the gap in combat effectiveness between the Mingjiao and the official army. Moreover, he had fought with Han Shizhong more than once. Han Shizhong had a strict military management, and the camp was not easy to attack by surprise.
"They are facing a dead end in defending the city. Do you want to give it a try?"
Lin Chong said.
"Ignore them, let's do our thing!"
Sun Lei shook his head.
"Brother, the south gate seems to be open!"
Jiao Ting came to report.
"South? Okay, let's go in through the east gate!"
Sun Lei nodded. Han Shizhong's camp was in the north. This should be the entrance gate for the night attack army.
"How to enter the city and fight? There are at least 20,000 to 30,000 Mingjiao people in the city!"
Yue Fei looked at Sun Lei and said, they only came with a hundred people this time, how can they attack Xiuzhou with such a small number of people.
"It's just to break the city, it's not to occupy the city!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
Yue Fei still didn't understand. He always felt that it would be better not to show up in this battle.
"Let's use this!"
Sun Lei took out a black ball the size of a vegetable melon. This thing was the latest type of bomb. Although it was small, it was very powerful.
"You want to blow up the city gate?"
Yue Fei understood the meaning immediately. Although the bomb was powerful, it was still difficult to capture the city with this thing, but it was enough to cause some damage, such as blowing open the city gate and blowing down the tower.
"Smart, we came to Jiangnan just to hasten the demise of Mingjiao, not to occupy the city of Jiangnan."
Sun Lei nodded and said, Yue Fei is really becoming more and more spiritual.
Fires broke out in the north, and bursts of killing cries came. Qian Zhenpeng had already led people outside Han Shizhong's camp. He did not dare to attack by force, but went around to the rear, preparing to burn the food, grass and baggage to force Han Shizhong's army back.
"Let's go into the city!"
Sun Lei waved his hand, and everyone headed toward the south gate of Xiuzhou in secret.
At this moment, everyone in Xiuzhou City was looking north, paying attention to the status of Qian Zhenpeng's war.
The South Gate defenders' attention was completely absorbed by the fighting, and they didn't even notice anyone approaching.
"The guards are so lax? Kill them all and don't make any noise."
Sun Lei looked at the guards at the south gate and said, "There are only a few dozen people on and off the city."
Five people, Lin Chong, Yue Fei, Jiao Ting, Deng Fei and Ou Peng, led a group of people and quietly touched it.
After a while, more than a dozen people at the gate of the city were quietly beheaded, and everyone went up to the city again and killed the dozen or so people above.
"Plant a bomb!"
Sun Lei waved his hand and asked the soldiers to place bombs on the city gates and towers.
"It's troublesome if there's no timing device! You have to manually detonate it!"
Sun Lei looked at the hidden bombs and sighed. He could still tinker with the bombs, but the timers were a fantasy.
"Go to the city, hide yourself, and pretend to be members of the Ming Cult!"
Seeing that everything was ready, Sun Lei immediately called everyone to go to the city. He would be easily recognized under the city.
Suddenly there was a cry of killing from the north, and Han Shizhong led his army to fight out of the camp. (End of chapter)
