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When it was still more than an hour before dark, outside the city of Baodezhou, Shanxi, countless bandits were preparing to attack the city. The number of people was so large that almost all the Ming troops on the city's head turned pale.

Seeing that his men were frightened by the bandits and their morale was low, the state guard shouted loudly: "Although there are many bandits, they are just a mob. They are just victims of the disaster in Shaanxi. They have starved to death, and they still want to attack." Come to town, this is a dream!”

"Look, how many siege tools they have? With just them, no matter how many people there are, they can't attack it!"

"..."

Under the analysis and shouting of the defenders, the Ming army on the city gradually regained their confidence. With confidence, morale will rise.

Outside the city, Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong, Ma Huihui and others reported to Wang Jiayin: "Brother, the alliance leader, the preparations are almost complete."

Wang Jiayin looked very relaxed, as if he was not worried about capturing the city. I saw him smiling and nodding: "Then let's get started!"

After the order was passed, the strongest among the thieves waved the swords and guns in their hands and began to drive away the crowd in front of them: "Get out of here, hurry up and attack the city..."

There were probably thousands of people in these crowds, most of them were old and weak, their faces were full of fear, and many women were even scared to tears. Many people glanced at the city wall in the distance and saw the Ming troops standing on top of the city. They were all very scared.

"Let's go, I won't stab you again!" The strong men raised their swords and guns in front of these people, shouted loudly, and finally drove these people to start moving towards the city.

"Haha, look, those thieves attacking the city don't even have decent weapons. Do they want to use hoes to dig open the city wall or use sickles to cut the city wall?" A tall Ming soldier saw it clearly and said mockingly.

But a frail companion beside him didn't respond, just stared outside blankly. When the tall Ming Jun saw it, he patted his thin companion on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, your family will be fine. What these thieves want is the property of the state capital, right?"

"I hope so!" said the thin companion, still staring outside, a little worried.

The Ming troops on top of this city were basically locals. A considerable number of them do not live in the city, but in villages and fortresses outside the city. Because it is very close to the border, in order to prevent the Mongols from attacking Qiugu, most of them formed strongholds to defend themselves, but it did have a certain degree of defense.

A large number of bandits were getting closer and closer to the city. The Ming army on top of the city was standing ready, ready to give these bandits a lesson so that they would not dare to attack the city again.

"Have you seen, what are the differences between these thieves and farmers? They are timid, procrastinating, just some ladders, no armor, and even women. If they can attack the city like this, there will be trouble. Guard it for me!" The guards shouted again, boosting the morale of the people on the city.

At this time, he could basically conclude that the thieves outside the city were really a mob, and they wanted to take advantage of the state capital. What a fool's errand!

But at this moment, many sharp-eyed guards saw clearly that the bandits attacking the city outside were actually the villagers they knew, and even their relatives. This time, they panicked and shouted: "Mother, mother, what's going on?"

"Dad, you are confused, why are you following these thieves?"

"..."

There were even some Ming soldiers with violent personalities who shouted angrily: "Dad, what's so good about rogues? If you follow them in rebellion, you are seeking death!"

"Brother, you have such a weak body and you are tired from all the farm work, but you still want to rob the state capital?"

"..."

Hearing these shouts from the top of the city, most of the old and weak cried. They shouted the names of their relatives on the city wall and cried about their experiences.

"The stronghold was invaded by them and everything was taken away by them. If you don't follow them, you will starve to death!"

"Son, it's not that dad is stupid, it's them who forced me to come here! The old Zhangtou next door refused to come, and they have already beaten him to death by hanging him from a tree!"

"..."

Listening to the conversation at the top of the city, the strong thieves mixed in the crowd showed a hint of pride. Those with bows and arrows had already started to set up their bows and arrows, while those without bows and arrows urged those carrying simple ladders to attack the city quickly.

Ming soldiers saw it on the top of the city and wanted to fight back. But those Ming soldiers who had relatives underneath quickly stopped them and angrily prevented them from fighting back. There was a bit of chaos on top of the city.

When the guard saw that something was wrong, he immediately shouted an order. Anyone who dared not fight back would be treated as an accomplice of the bandit. He even stepped forward in person and killed a soldier who blocked him most fiercely.

"If we let them attack, everyone in the city will suffer! Kill me!" the guard yelled at the top of his lungs, asking his servants to take the lead in fighting back.

Finally, the mutual attacks on the city and below began. From the sparse attack at the beginning, both sides had no choice but to increase their intensity. Suddenly, large numbers of casualties appeared.

Without exception, most of the old and weak people outside the city were used as cannon fodder. They were either beaten to death by bows and arrows, fire blunderbuss, rolling logs and stones from the top of the city, or were executed on the spot by the strong thieves hiding behind them.

On the top of the city, because of some scruples, a lot of people were killed and injured by the bows and arrows of those strong thieves. The simple ladder was put up, pushed away, smashed to death, and put up again, and so on, and human lives were lost in the process.

The first batch of cannon fodder was almost dead, and another batch of cannon fodder was brought in from behind. There were more and more corpses piled up under the city, and they were almost reaching the top of the city.

The intensity of the siege battle attracted almost everyone's attention. The defenders were worried that some Ming troops on the top of the city were too weak to take action, so they mobilized more soldiers from behind to replace those soldiers with problems.

Slowly, the sun set and the light dimmed a little. But the bandits outside the city are still attacking, even if the old and weak have almost exhausted their strength, they are still attacking.

The Ming army on top of the city had been fighting for more than an hour and was already a little tired. But the bandits were attacking very urgently, and they couldn't rest, so they defended with all their strength.

But at some point, there were sudden shouts of killing in the city. About a hundred thieves appeared out of nowhere, raided the city gate, and opened the city gate.

Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong saw the rebels from all walks of life pouring into the city like a tide in the distance, so he smiled and said to Wang Jiayin: "Brother, alliance leader, it's done!"

Wang Jiayin nodded and stroked his beard and replied: "We just arrived in Jin, and the Baodezhou government did not take precautions, so it allowed us to sneak into the Neiying beforehand. After the news spread, other cities may not be able to sneak into the Neiying so easily. Got it!"

After he finished speaking, he saw that Wang Ziyong's happy expression disappeared, and he smiled and said: "But there is no need to worry, since the state capital is down, we can have a good rest."

After finishing speaking, Wang Jiayin urged the war horse: "Let's go, it's the old rules!"