Daming Military Empire

Chapter 120
Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng was not rushing to reincarnate, but wanted to drive the bandits in Linfen City to reincarnate.He was attacking the city very seriously, but the thieves on the city wall were taunting him with the mentality of watching a show, so when he made a sudden move, the thieves on the city wall messed up.

After all, the thieves were well prepared. After a while of panic, they slowly rectified. Rows of huge shields appeared on the city wall, and huge boulders were thrown into the sky. Most of the boulders fell into the sky Occasionally, if it hits the well rail, it can only cause the well rail to be smashed to one side.It is not enough to smash a stone into the well, but the catapult can only aim at a range, and it is very troublesome to adjust the range, so it has almost no way to move the well.

Fortunately, this Jinglan was not a siege vehicle, so it couldn't hit the city wall directly, and it stopped when it was two hundred steps away from the city wall.The sword and shield soldiers below began to hide behind the well, and the musketeers climbed directly to the top of the well.

Watching the musketeers climb up the well, raising their muskets but not firing, a burst of laughter erupted from the upper gate of the north gate.This King Lu Yan is really sick, he always uses this trick, now he is dumbfounded, we have a giant shield, what can your musket do to me?
Lu Xiangsheng's next move almost caused the bandit chief above the city gate to laugh to the ground. He actually led tens of thousands of spearmen and rushed towards the city wall with a ladder!
Forehead kidney, this Lu Yan Wang is not crazy!
However, they stopped laughing immediately. As soon as Lu Xiangsheng rushed out, there was a roar in the Ming army formation, and a row of artillery shells flew towards the city wall, hitting the neat shield wall accurately.

All of a sudden, sawdust splashed everywhere, blood was soaring, the musketeers opened fire, and the thieves carrying rolling stones and lumber behind the shield were overturned.

Now the bandits on the city wall panicked. Although there were not many shells flying from below, they were all concentrated on the section of the city wall directly in front of King Lu Yan. Now there is no one standing there. If King Lu Yan rushed up, then It's terrible.

The thieves on both sides were driven by the little boss, and squeezed into the middle with all their strength, and blocked the opening in a short while.However, "boom boom boom" is another row of shells flying by, "pa pa pa pa" is another burst of gunfire, and the middle is empty again.

The thieves on the city wall were all terrified, no matter how much the little boss urged, they just refused to move to the middle, just kidding, didn’t you see the corpses beaten like sieves on the ground, they still squeezed there, don’t you want to die!
They are afraid of death, but Lu Xiangsheng is not afraid of death. At this time, he has led a group of spearmen to the city wall, and the sword and shield soldiers behind the well have followed. The spearmen put the ladder on the city wall, and Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate. Yu led a team of sword and shield soldiers and climbed towards the city wall.

He basically encountered no obstacles in this section, because the top was cleared twice by artillery and muskets, and no one dared to come over for the time being. Lu Xiangsheng quickly climbed up the city wall, and it was too late for them to come over.

"Swish, swipe, swipe" a knife lighted up, and countless heads fell to the ground. King Lu Yan began his essential work: harvesting heads.

He was relatively lucky in this section, but not so lucky in other places. The thieves on the city wall hid behind giant shields and threw rolling stones and wood. The ladder, no one from other places rushed up the city wall!

The thieves on both sides were driven towards Lu Xiangsheng by the little boss, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army around him began to fall one by one, and he was about to be left alone. Thieves coming in like a tide!The situation is at stake!

"Boom, boom, boom" the roar of the artillery sounded again, and the shield formations on the twenty ladders on both sides of Lu Xiangsheng were shot, and the sound of "papapa" gunfire followed, and countless thieves carrying rolling stones and wood were shot. Shooting and killing, the twenty ladders were instantly filled with Ming troops climbing up, countless Ming troops rushed up the city wall, and Lu Xiangsheng finally gained a firm foothold on the city wall.

The artillery moved to the two sides again, and more and more Ming troops rushed to the city wall. Although it was still far from capturing the entire northern city wall, the whole situation was irreversible.

All the bandit leaders on the north gate tower were dumbfounded the moment the cannon rang out. Can the cannon be moved casually?How did King Lu Yan move the artillery here!
The scattered support of the artillery in the back confirmed their conjecture. This artillery can really move around at will, and it is also very accurate. How can it be played?Guns and artillery are simply invincible!

A group of thieves looked at each other with wry smiles, and finally Zijin Liang Wang ordered helplessly: "Get out."

Lu Xiangsheng slashed wildly on the city wall for a while, and suddenly felt that the knives and guns in front of him seemed to be getting looser and looser. After he chopped down the last bandit in front of him, he looked up and said, "Fuck, the flag of the bandit chief above the city gate tower is all gone." Gone, they all ran away!
Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he yelled, "Come here."

A few personal guards came out of the Ming army at the back, knelt on one knee and said loudly: "My subordinate is here."

Lu Xiangsheng said angrily: "The order is to let the general soldier Cao Wenzhao lead [-] cavalry to pursue it. The guerrillas Li Mingfu, Zuo Guangxian, Cui Zongyin, and Li Guoqi each led [-] musketeers to follow up. Tell Cao Wenzhao not to rush too hard. When it comes to resistance, don’t force yourself, wait for the musketeers behind to support you.”

The guards cupped their hands, quickly climbed down the ladder, and passed the order.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't lose any troops in this siege, but he also didn't achieve any results. He only captured Linfen City, but all the bandits ran away.

He was very depressed, but Cao Wenzhao was very happy. There are quite a few thieves who are good escapers, such as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others are famous for running for their lives. As long as they want to escape, you Just don't try to catch up.

These few people have the specialty of escaping, but the other bandit chieftains don't. The one Cao Wenzhao caught is called Shu Shuang. After running for a mile or two, he caught a lot of them, and after running a mile or two, he caught a lot of them again. .He chased all the way from Linfen to Yicheng without encountering any resistance, and basically surrendered as soon as he surrounded them.

The guerrilla general Li Mingfu and others in the back became professional escorts. As soon as they walked a mile or two, cavalrymen came to inform them to escort the prisoners. Thousands, they don't know how many thieves Cao Wenzhao has caught, but they keep arresting them, and they can't finish them!

Cao Wenzhao finally encountered resistance after chasing to Yicheng. The thief leader Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang and others all fled into Yicheng. They assembled nearly 10 horses, which was not something Cao Wenzhao's [-] cavalry could deal with. , he could only lead his army back to Linfen with regret.

Lu Xiangsheng is not depressed now. Seeing more and more captives outside the city, he smiles like a flower on his face. It doesn’t matter whether they are caught inside the city or outside the city, as long as they are caught. .He originally thought it was a waste of work this time, and he got the consolation prize of Linfen City, but he never thought that Cao Wenzhao could catch so many thieves and come back for him. Such a large pile, probably worth more than [-]. Can he be unhappy if he catches more than half of it?

When Cao Wenzhao comes back, tell him the situation of the thieves, it's okay, the rest of the thieves have all gathered in Yicheng, and there are still a hundred thousand, no, we can't let them have a chance to breathe, or they will be killed in a few days. Months later they rose again.

So, early the next morning, he left [-] cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao and [-] infantry to stay in Linfen to guard the prisoners.

This time he was even more unlucky, before reaching Yicheng, the scouts came to report, Wang Ziyong and the others fled again, and all fled to the mountains where Shanxi and Henan meet!
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help looking up at the sky. Could it be that he didn't read the almanac when he went out? Why couldn't he catch any bandits?If he knew it earlier, he would have sent Cao Wenzhao. That guy was so lucky that he chased and picked all the way, and he could easily pick up more than [-] prisoners!

The bandits had all fled into the mountains, so Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to give up chasing them. The mountains were full of wood, and the artillery couldn't be carried in. When he encountered bandits, he could only be a musketeer. One hundred thousand against ten Wan, he doesn't have the slightest advantage.Moreover, those thieves were used to drilling into the mountains, and it was almost impossible to defeat them in the mountains as if they had returned home.

Fortunately, the main force of the thieves was either captured or fled into the mountains. There were not many thieves in other cities of Pingyang Prefecture, so it was a good time to recover.So he personally led 5 horses to sit in Yicheng to prevent the main force of the bandits from counterattacking. The remaining 5 horses were sent to the south of Linfen and west of Yicheng to recover the city occupied by the bandits.

After everything was arranged and he calmed down alone, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly realized that he hadn't reported victory to the emperor yet.This can't be blamed on him, since yesterday morning he ran all the way from Hongdong to Linfen, personally led people to attack for a while, and took down Linfen city. The bandits ran away, but the city had to receive and arrange defenses; when he was busy, he was about the same Now, the captives are being sent over in batches, and people have to be guarded, and people have to be checked and registered.The next day he went straight to Yicheng again. Although he didn't even see the bandits, receiving and arranging defenses was also inevitable; after he was busy with Yicheng, he had to arrange for people to recover other cities. , he was temporarily fine, and only then remembered to write a good news to the emperor.

For Lu Xiangsheng, who was born as a Jinshi, writing a good report is naturally extremely simple. He wrote the situation of Linfen and Yicheng in a few strokes. The use in the city battle was summarized, and they were written in the victory report, and then they were sent to the post station, and they were rushed to the capital for three hundred miles.

As soon as Zhu Cijiong returned to the capital, he received the good news from Lu Xiangsheng. Naturally, he was very happy. He originally thought that Lu Xiangsheng would have to fight the bandits for several months before he could take Linfen down. won.As for the bandits that Lu Xiangsheng was worried about fleeing into the mountains, it was not easy to suppress them, but he was not worried at all. It was good to escape into the mountains.

Zhu Cijiong knew that they would go to Henan, but he just didn't remind Lu Xiangsheng. If he reminded Lu Xiangsheng to go to Henan to wait for the rabbits and drive away the thieves, wouldn't it be a waste of money for the clan moths in Henan!
(End of this chapter)