Chapter 273

Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the roving bandits, led tens of thousands of troops to the outside of Anqing City, which caused great panic to the people in Anqing city. They sounded gongs and drums one after another.

Seeing the situation in the city, Zhang Xianzhong laughed and pointed with his whip. He said, "we can drink in Anqing City tonight, and we have to let the wife and concubine of the magistrate pour the wine for us."

When Zhang Xianzhong said that he was so proud, his hands laughed one after another and agreed with this powerful general.

Capture Fengyang and make him famous all over the world.

Zhang Xianzhong ordered one of his men to persuade him to surrender and ordered Wang Zhiwen to surrender. If he surrendered, he could spare his life, otherwise the Wang family would not stay when the city was broken.

If the general is so heroic, it also greatly encourages the morale of other soldiers. They have surrounded Anqing city on all sides according to the earlier plan. The purpose of encircling Anqing city on all sides is to prevent these people from escaping. Once these people escape, they can't catch useful people.

They have captured so many cities around anqing mansion. Anqing is just an isolated city and has no ability to compete with him. The only difference is that Anqing has a huge wharf that can unload goods directly from the Yangtze River. They all know that some dignitaries in the city have fled by water, but they suffer from their lack of water army, Can only watch these escape.

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong didn't know how many rich landlords and dignitaries escaped from here.

But others can escape. Wang Zhiwen can't escape. As the magistrate, he has a responsibility to defend the land. If he dares to throw in the roving bandits and the roving bandits don't kill him, the imperial court will investigate him for the crime of losing land.

Every county magistrate and official of the Ming Dynasty has a clear responsibility, that is, they have a responsibility to defend the land. If the county they protect is lost, even if they survive, the court will be accountable and cut off their heads. This is that once they are surrounded by exiles, they have no other way to go except to stick to it, because they surrender, not killed by exiles, Was killed by the imperial court.

However, Anqing is slightly different this time. The presence of tens of thousands of troops outside any city will bring great panic to the local people, and the people in the city are running for their lives.

But this time, although there was some panic in the city, they just kept close to the gate and couldn't get out.

Zhang Xianzhong sent an emissary to persuade him to surrender. As a result, he was shot dead by an official in the city within a hundred steps of the gate.

Zhang Xianzhong was so angry that he immediately ordered his troops to prepare to attack the city.

Their army captured the central capital Fengyang because they sent spies to sneak into Fengyang city with various identities in advance, and then took advantage of the army outside the city. When there was chaos in the city, they killed and set fire to create chaos in the city. When there was chaos in the city, these spies gathered near the city gate and attacked Fengyang city in one fell swoop.

They wanted to capture Fengyang City, but when they captured other cities, they were honest. After they took these cities, they obtained a large number of siege equipment and had a certain siege ability.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was very powerful. They could directly compete with the strongest Mongolian cavalry in the world. However, after more than 200 years of raising pigs to herd sheep, it has been completely abandoned. The army in these places simply did not have the ability of World War I.

The reason why the once prominent Ming army has reached its present level is also related to the long-term military maintenance policy of the imperial court. After more than 200 years of repression, the once prominent Ming army has shown extremely low combat capability.

Just think who can expect a department that can't eat enough to win the war, and for whom do they fight? Why fight?

On the contrary, these roving bandits of Zhang Xianzhong have survived in an extremely harsh and difficult environment. Those who can survive in such an environment are elite veterans. These veterans have strong combat ability and have the qualification to despise officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers have always claimed that the wandering bandits were driven away by them, hiding and running around, but they also have their own saying that they have always been in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the officers and soldiers just eat soil behind their hips.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong ordered his soldiers to attack the city in anger. He also issued an order because of his anger. That is, when the city is broken, chickens and dogs will not stay.

Since Zhang Xianzhong captured Fengyang, the capital of China, his reputation has spread all over the world. He has become a famous giant bandit in the world. The name of the eight kings is like thunder. He easily attacked several other major cities in one fell swoop, which is very powerful. Many people took his reputation and fled directly, Now Wang Zhiwen, the governor of Anqing, dared to order his messenger to be executed. This was to hit him in the face. He angrily ordered to attack the city.

At present, Zhang Xianzhong has Wang Zhaolin, Yan Ximing, Wang Guolin, Jiangding Town, Gong Wanjing, Wang Shangli, Wang Dingguo, Feng Shuangli, Ma Yuanli, Zhang Hualong, etc. among his rising stars are Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, AI nengqi, sun hope, etc. all of them follow the eight kings.

Although they attacked many towns, Zhang Xianzhong did not send generals to stay, but gave these cities to Gao Yingxiang and let his troops hunt.

Zhang Xianzhong has another idea now, that is, after he conquers Fengyang mansion and moves eastward along the river, he'd better hit nanzhili and conquer Nanjing, so he can have an independent place to operate, so he doesn't have to rely on others and look at Gao Yingxiang's face. This is also the reason why he has all the elite and all the great generals around him.

When Zhang Xianzhong gave his order, his men naturally swarmed out and made their own preparations to take the city in one fell swoop.

The roving bandits are planning to attack the city and preparing large siege equipment. They think that once they launch a fierce attack, they can capture the city, but what all of them can't think of is that at this time, the city gate is opened and a well-dressed and well-equipped army comes out slowly.

Zhang Xianzhong and others opened their eyes and were stunned by the scene in front of them. They attacked major cities everywhere. The city gates were locked and could not hold out. Like the magistrate of Anqing, they dared to send troops out to fight. Was he crazy?

These officers and soldiers are some garbage and waste. If they are allowed to rely on the city, they may still have the strength of a war. If they go out for a field battle, they will be crushed immediately.

The officers and soldiers dared to go out to fight in the city, which made them very happy. Zhang Xianzhong said, "for the sake of Wang Zhiwen's understanding, give him a good time today when he broke the city."

General Wang Zhaolin said to him, "in this battle, the eight kings let the last generals destroy them, cut off the head of the Lord general and give it to adults as a urinal."

Zhang Xianzhong said proudly, "I can only give you one hour at most. If you can't win the enemy within one hour, don't blame the king for waiting for you."

Zhang Xianzhong, nicknamed the eighth king, is also proud of it.

Wang Zhaolin said loudly, "you can kill each other in less than half an hour. King, you should be ready. You can drink in the magistrate's Yamen tonight and serve the magistrate's concubine."

Men are basically good at this. Wang Zhaolin said that Zhang Xianzhong and other generals all showed a knowing smile. The best thing for them is to drink wine and enjoy beauty, which is also one of the biggest driving forces for them to run around the world.

As the leader of this rebel army, conquering the enemy's city is naturally to occupy the enemy's best place and enjoy the enemy's most beautiful women, which has become a common practice.

Wang Zhaolin led his elite troops and set out immediately. After many expeditions, they also learned the methods of the imperial court to organize and militarize the army. Although they also have a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, because they have many kinds of military families. Many soldiers have military families, so they have to accompany them, But when they fight, they still use elite troops to fight. These old, weak, sick and disabled usually follow their large troops and are responsible for some logistics, laundry and cooking.

Wang Zhaolin led four elite battalions to set out first and rush at each other. He was ready to break down and destroy each other. At this time, he saw the other party's troops out of the city, about 4000 people, forming a huge square. A handsome flag was raised in the position of the Chinese Army, and a big Liu word fluttered in the wind.

Wang Zhaolin wondered, who should the senior general surnamed Liu be? There seems to be no fierce general surnamed Liu in Daming's army.

What he didn't know was that the army he faced was Liu Jiajun personally led by Liu bu. However, they didn't dare to call themselves Liu Jiajun, but Qi Jun.

After calming the Dengzhou civil uprising, Liu Bu's troops quickly loaded ships, took their equipment, went south along the coastline, quickly swam into the Yangtze River, went west along the Yangtze River, arrived in Anqing and landed in Anqing.

The advantage of this is that they can quickly mobilize their troops and carry their heavy weapons, red cannon. Their new army has not been built for a long time. Although it is well-trained and well-equipped, it has not experienced any fierce war after all, and they also use the tactics of artillery coordination in the process of training, This makes them have no cannon in the war, so they have no confidence, so this time Liu Bu and they pulled 10 red cannon.

These red cannons are now deployed to the city, but they can quickly move their red cannons by sea. If they are pulled on the ground, let them pull 10 red cannons, each weighing more than 2000 kg, which will make them doubt their life. Now they have officially arrived here, Officially joined the ranks of exterminating the roving bandits.

The leader of this army is Liu Bu, so the flag hung by their commander-in-chief is Liu Zi.