Tianchengwei suddenly closed the city gate, causing the imperial soldiers outside the city to panic.

Many soldiers and horses of the garrison who had not had time to enter the city were crowded in front of the city gate, begging the people in the city to open the city gate and let them enter the city.

"Send the order to clear all the imperial soldiers and horses outside the city." Liu Qingzhou, who was riding on the horse, pointed his finger at the imperial soldiers and horses who were running towards the Acropolis and fleeing to the Tiancheng Acropolis.

The cavalry with the tiger flag did not arrive, and only ordinary combat soldiers were dispatched.

The two teams of about 1,000 people were each, like two big hands, advancing from both sides towards the Acropolis Gate.

In order to ensure that the formation is not messy, the two teams are not moving fast.

The imperial soldiers piled up in front of the gate of Tiancheng Acropolis, and saw the army of tiger-shaped flags advancing little by little, many people became more impatient.

Some people next to the city gate slapped the city gate vigorously, shouting constantly, but more were insults.

Unfortunately, the people in the city ignored the imperial soldiers and horses locked outside the city gate and allowed these people to beat the city gate freely. The people inside had no idea of ​​asking those outside to enter the city.

As the two soldiers and horses with the tiger flag got closer, some people who were blocking the city outside began to leave the city gate and flee along the city wall to the distance.

Before Tianchengwei's city gate opened again, more and more imperial soldiers and horses left outside the city began to flee their lives.

Only a few hundred steps away from the city gate of Tianchengwei, the two tiger-shaped soldiers who were advancing forward stopped and began to pursue the escaped imperial soldiers.

"The guards in the city are really cruel. So many people say they don't want to enter the city, so they won't let them enter the city." Liu Qingzhou put down the monocular lens in his hand, raised the corner of his mouth, and mocked him as much as possible.

Ji Kui, who was also riding on the horses beside him, said with a smile: "The guards in the city would rather throw away so many troops than rush to close the city gate, which means he is afraid of our tiger flag, which is a good thing."

"It's a pity that we didn't bring the cannon, otherwise we could attack the city now." Liu Qingzhou looked at the Tiancheng Alumina in front of him and licked his lips with his tongue.

Because of the bulk of the cannon, even if there are cannon cars, the speed of traveling too fast.

As the vanguard battalion of the army, in order to arrive at Tianchengwei earlier, the entire camp did not carry a single cannon, and only brought some tiger squat cannons that were convenient to carry.

The characteristics of the tiger squat cannon are destined to be unable to be used in siege. If you want to siege, you can only rely on four-pound cannons and six-pound cannons, which have enough power and range.

Ji Kui said: "Deputy Shizheng and his team should be able to arrive tomorrow, and the artillery team and artillery will come with you. At most one day, Tianchengwei will fall into the hands of our tiger flag."

From a distance, Tianchengwei's city wall is far taller and thicker than Xinpingbao's city wall, and it is obviously disrepaired. A city wall not far from the city gate even had cracks.

He could see clearly that such a city wall would collapse if it could not stand a few rounds.

"Before Deputy Shizheng Gao and his team came, we can't be idle. Send a few teams to clean up the resistance forces outside the city first." Liu Qingzhou said.

Ji Kui nodded and said, "We came too suddenly. Many soldiers from the garrison should be stranded outside the city. They have cleaned up these people, which can be regarded as clearing obstacles in advance for the subsequent army to clear the obstacles."

In addition to the two thousand-person teams that had been sent out, Liu Qingzhou sent another thousand-person team to chase and suppress the villages and garrisons around Tianchengwei.

A garrison has about 5,000 soldiers and horses, with thousands of households and hundreds of households under its jurisdiction. The Tiancheng garrison is a merger of two garrisons, and there should be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in name.

After so many years of development, there are naturally more and more military households, but the number of soldiers and horses in the entire Tianchengwei is getting smaller and smaller, and many of them have only one name on the list.

The number of military households has increased, but the number of soldiers and horses on the list has decreased. All of these military households are tenants of the hundreds, thousands of households, and even the commander-in-chief.

These military households living in the garrison have no chance to get military armor and train. They have even only been able to farm for generations and have long forgotten how to fight.

There are only a handful of soldiers and horses that can be fought in the entire ward.

In the Acropolis of Tiancheng.

"General Wang, what should I do? Even you and General Yang are not the opponents of these bandits. My soldiers are even more unmatched." Zhou Tong looked panicked.

He had no confidence in defending the city.

As the commander of Tianchengwei, he knew the situation of Tianchengwei. The city wall was disrepaired for a long time, and when he broke it with his hands, the earth chips fell down, which was not enough to serve as a support for defending the city. The bandits came so suddenly that there was no preparation in the city.

He was not optimistic that he could defend the city under his feet.

Wang Bao, who had a dark face, said: "Commander Zhou, don't worry too much. This official admits that the soldiers with the tiger flag are powerful in field battles, but it is not that easy to attack the city. There are thousands of troops in the city that can be used to defend the city."

"The troops defending the city are enough, but the things defending the city are not prepared either. If the bandits attack the city, we are not prepared at all." Zhou Tong said with a bitter face.

Wang Bao said: "It's not too late to prepare now. After all, there are only a few thousand riots outside the city. It should be the vanguard army sent by the riots. They may not be able to attack the city in a short while."

"President Wang also asks me to teach me what to do next?" Zhou Tong looked at Wang Bao with begging eyes.

Hearing such words, Wang Bao felt very upset.

The commander of the Tianchengwei even had to teach others how to defend the city, which was simply a shame for their generals.

But at this time he knew that it was not a time to care about these things. The most urgent thing was to defend Tiancheng Guard and wait for the senders to bring reinforcements from Datong Prefecture.

"If Commander Zhou trusts me, it is better to leave the command to me in the future. Commander Zhou only needs to stay in the back and help me check for the missing?" In order to prevent Zhou Tong from commanding randomly in the middle of the city, Wang Bao took the initiative to take control of the power of defending the city.

Zhou Tong was not angry when he heard this, but said happily: "The lower-ranking officials are not as good as General Wang, and should have been personally commanded by General Wang."

His family knows his own affairs, and he bought it for money. He knows how to make money, but he doesn't know anything about fighting against the enemy.

Zhou Tong faced Wang Bao, clasped his fists with his hands, and said, "Next, I'll have to defend the city."

The two were the commander of the Datong Guard Office and the general of the Xuanfu. They were nominally incompatible with each other. In Tiancheng Guard, Zhou Tong would not have to give Wang Bao any face.

But now it is different. He knows that defending the city depends on the troops from Xuanfu.

As the commander of Tianchengwei, he knew very well what the soldiers and horses were.

The military households of the garrison who can fight may not even be able to make up two thousand.

Faced with the defeat of the two border troops of Xuanfu and Datong, he did not even have the confidence to defend Tianchengwei in his heart.
Chapter completed!