Author: Use your soul to aim

With 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, Changsheng Fort has sufficient supplies and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Zhang Zongxian suddenly thought that he had released the smoke to let the good ministers come to help. The good ministers had only 500 infantry in their hands, so they were not afraid of the enemy's infantry, but the enemy also had a thousand cavalry, which was difficult to deal with.

And what if the whole army of good ministers came to support the county and was captured?

He cannot allow good ministers to come to support him and must let him defend the county seat.

He immediately told Boren his conjecture. Having experienced the battle just now, Boren also believed that he could hold Changsheng Fort without the help of good ministers.

Zhang Zongxian felt that these officers and soldiers had not withdrawn their rebellion after all.

Then he arranged for Lao Ye to take Zhang Zongxian's warrant and go quickly to prevent the good ministers from coming to help, so that the good ministers could guard the county seat.

After the arrangements were made, Zhang Zongxian summoned the disciples of the academy together.

In order to prevent emigration, Ding Bo and Su'e were arranged to be ready to break out at any time. After all, Su'e had his child. Su'e was unwilling at first, and Zhang Zongxian repeatedly assured that this was only a last resort.

Su'e picked up the scissors, put it on her chest and cried:

"Master, if you have three long and two short lives, Su'e will not survive in this world. If gangsters come in, Su'e will kill herself with these scissors to protect her reputation."

Zhang Zongxian didn't know what to say. He could only hug Su'e and comfort her softly.

After the people who took refuge in the fort learned that bandits were attacking the fort, they all stepped forward to do their part to help.

At this special moment, all kinds of things need to be decided by Zhang Zongxian, and people also want to see Zhang Zongxian come out to take charge of the overall situation and calm people's hearts.

Zhang Zongxian comforted Su'e for a while and told Uncle Ding to carry Su'e away as soon as the gangsters came in.

After delivering the instructions to Uncle Ding, Zhang Zongxian put on his official uniform and strode to the lobby. The disciples of the academy had also gathered. Zhang Zongxian assigned the task to the refugees to help the defenders carry supplies.

All the disciples took up arms and stayed with Zhang Zongxian in the compound as the last line of defense.

After seeing the smoke coming from the wolf, the good minister was worried about his master's safety and immediately prepared his troops and set off for Changsheng Fort. Before setting off, he notified the Yamen and Ma Shi to organize people to immediately build defenses on the city wall.

Fortunately, the good minister was an infantryman, so even if he marched in a hurry, he was slower than the horse. He was stopped by Lao Yebushou halfway.

The good minister who got the warrant also broke out in a cold sweat. There were so many enemies. He didn't see the enemy's brigade now. The enemies probably didn't go straight to the county seat. He asked Lao Ye Bu:

"Does the enemy infantry carry siege equipment? They can carry artillery."

"Report to the commander that the enemy only has ladders and no cannons."

The good minister wondered if the enemy could march quickly to intercept the enemy's infantry without artillery, defeat the infantry first to eliminate the threat to the infantry, and then support Changsheng Fort.

Then he told the officers his idea, and Lao Ye heard it. He quickly dissuaded the good minister and said:

"At first glance, the infantry of the battalion commander are old soldiers who have fought with the Tatars on the border. They will not be easily defeated. Our army has no cavalry and cannot cover the battlefield. Once it is attacked by the enemy from both sides, it will be defeated.

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After hearing this, Liangchen felt that he was a little arrogant, so he quickly turned back to the county seat without further delay.

The five thousand infantry troops led by Wang Qianhu were now less than five miles away from the county seat. They did not go to the north gate but rushed to the east gate. They wanted to capture the fattest part first.

After Hu Biao received the notice from Liangchen here at the east gate, he led the tax team and horse market guys to gather nearly 300 people. All of them went up the east gate city wall.

The rest of the city wall was defended by the government officials from other classes and the young men in the city.

When Wang Qianhu arrived at the east gate with his troops, he saw that the city gate was tightly closed. There were crowds of people on the city wall, and he knew that the county town had been well defended.

He did not waste time bombing the city, knowing that he could not get away with the deception. The people guarded against the government troops as well as against bandits, and would not easily let the government troops enter the city.

Wang Qianhu first ordered his hundreds of households to form five thousand-man teams, planning to have the five thousand-man teams attack the east gate city wall in sequence. For other city gates, Wang Qianhu just asked the baggage team that came later to allocate manpower to watch.

Living on the other three city walls prevented them from leaving easily to support the east gate.

After the men and horses were ready, Wang Qianhu rode up to the front of the military formation.

"Brothers, as long as they fight their way into the city, they can drink wine and eat meat. They can take free money as they please. The first person to climb the city wall is promised a hundred households in pawn."

These soldiers are so poor that they have nothing left to live for. They regard Qingjian County as a big piece of meat, and they want to rush in and take a few bites.

As soon as Wang Qianhu finished speaking, the soldiers below couldn't help but shouted loudly.

"Robbing money, grabbing food, grabbing women."

Seeing that his morale was in place, Wang Qianhu waved his hand and the first wave of thousands of troops carried ladders and brandished weapons and rushed towards the city wall.

Before that, Hu Biao saw so many soldiers with weapons lining up on the city wall, and he immediately panicked. He didn’t know what to do at all. The people on the city wall were also frightened. Some of them were already thinking about how to run away.

On the way.

After Qian Dianshi received the notice from the good ministers, he immediately began to organize the young men to go to the city wall to defend the city without any delay.

When he was young, he had seen how miserable the army was after crossing the border. It was basically no different from when the Tatars fought.

Although Qian Dianshi didn't believe that the army would attack the city, he didn't dare to relax. The Chinese New Year's attack itself was not a good sign. These poor soldiers were so poor that they couldn't even think about it. After all, Qingjian County has become famous far and wide.

The rich county is no longer a poor place.

Qian Dianshi arranged the guards for the other gates. After notifying the wealthy gentry in the city, he led the young men he had summoned to the north gate wall.

After learning that a large group of officers and soldiers had appeared at the east gate, I was shocked and already had a premonition that something was not going to happen. I quickly ran along the city wall towards the east gate.

Hu Biao was worried about what to do on the east gate wall. How could a group of officers and soldiers like Waiyi really attack the city? How could they withstand it?

Seeing Qian Dianshi coming, he quickly stepped forward and asked Qian Dianshi:

"Master Dianshi, this group of officers and soldiers are not doing well!"

Qian Dianshi saw the officers and soldiers carrying ladders under the city and almost forming their team. He immediately understood that these officers and soldiers were coming for Qingjian County.

"Anyone who comes here with bad intentions is coming for us. The whole side of Changsheng Fort is surrounded."

"What? The county magistrate also has officers and soldiers on his side."

"The officers and soldiers are just bandits! If the bandits are okay, they will only lose money. If the officers and soldiers break the city, they will massacre it!"

The people around him were so frightened that their faces turned pale when they heard what Qian Dianshi said.

Qian Dianshi also noticed the reactions of the people around him and quickly said to Hu Biao:

"Mr. Hu, hurry up and call everyone in the horse market to the city wall. If the city is broken, no one can survive."

After making arrangements, Hu Biao said to the people on the city wall:

All your wives, children, and children are all in the city. If the city is destroyed, you will not be able to survive. We in Qingjian County have finally lived a good life for a few days, and we cannot let it go away like this.

Yan'an Prefecture will not sit back and watch the bandits attack the city, and the bandits will not dare to stay here for long. As long as everyone insists on holding on to the county seat, the bandits will definitely retreat.

Today, whoever is on the city wall will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and if he defends the city wall, he will be rewarded with another five taels.

Some kindness and coaxing finally lifted the morale of everyone on the city wall.

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