On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Zhengde, the tenth day of the rebellion announced by Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, that is, the morning of the second day of Sun Sui's first seventh, the rebels led by Wu Sanba arrived outside the city of Leadshan County one after another.

Nearly 7,000 rebels by land were the first to arrive, and the troops were stationed outside the west gate of Leadshan County. At noon, 3,000 rebels by waterway sailed along the Xinjiang River and landed in the north of Leadshan County, carrying a large number of siege equipment......

At noon, the sky was overcast, and the weather, which had been clear for several days, began to change, and the wind was cold on the city, ushering in the second cold spring after the year.

At this moment, Xu Jin was observing the enemy formation below at the head of Xicheng, Xie Erjian Wang Lin'er and other personal soldiers were guarding the enemy as if they were facing a great enemy, and a group of civil officials and military generals were clustered around Xu Jin, a total of including: Wu Linguang of Zhixian County, Meng Xuan of County, and Tianlu of the Lord Bo Fang; Thousands of households Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai, Wang Duo; Deputy thousand households Qiu Man, Luo Hong (temporarily reduced to 100 households).

At this moment, the rebels outside the city are busy setting up camp, and all kinds of siege equipment are constantly being carried by ships north of the city. Since the terrain in the west of the county was relatively open and flat, and there was no moat, which could maximize the numerical advantage, the rebels obviously intended to attack from the west of the city.

Although the county seat of Leadshan is not large, only a few miles in radius, it is still impossible to besiege the city with Wu Sanba's 10,000 troops, so the best way is to concentrate troops to break through a city gate.

Looking at the several arrow towers and siege ladders erected high in the enemy's formation, as well as siege weapons such as return cannons (stone throwers) and bed crossbows, Wu Linguang and other civil officials couldn't help but look like earth. Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai and other generals also looked solemn.

Wang Duo had only led the remnants of his army into the city at dusk yesterday, and was secretly observing Xu Jin at this time, but unfortunately he could not catch any nervousness, let alone fear, on the latter's face. Looking at the calm and calm Xu Jin, Wang Duo couldn't help but muttered secretly, is this kid really only fifteen years old?

At this moment, Xu Jin suddenly turned his head and glanced at Wang Duo lightly, the latter's gaze touched Xu Jin, and hurriedly subconsciously looked away, because although Xu Jin's gaze was calm, it gave people a feeling that could penetrate people's hearts.

Wang Duo couldn't help but think of the more than two hundred rebel heads hanging outside the city, and his heart became even more awe-inspiring, and he subconsciously stood up straighter.

It is said that when he entered the city last night, Wang Duo casually asked Yu Linsheng what was going on with those heads, and when he learned that Xu Jin ordered more than 200 thieves to be captured at noon that day, Wang Duo's hundreds of households were silent, and no one dared to say anything questioning.

In addition, Wang Duo talked to Yu Linsheng last night, so he also learned that Luo Hong, the deputy of the Qianhu Office of the Lead Mountain, was almost shot in the head because he neglected Xu Jin, so he completely put away the previous idea of patting his ass and leaving. In the face of such an iron-fisted and strong judge, if you pick a child and leave, it is simply a toilet light - looking for (death).

After Xu Jin glanced at Wang Duo, his eyes turned to Yu Linsheng, and said solemnly: "Yu Qianhu, do you have the confidence to hold on?" ”

"Don't worry, you can definitely hold it," Yu Linsheng said confidently.

Although the rebels carried a large number of siege equipment, they numbered only 10,000, and most of them were untrained regular troops. At this time, there were three thousand households in the city, with a total of more than 3,000 people, plus the three classes of officials and the people who were recruited, the number reached nearly 5,000, and the strength ratio of the two sides was 1:2, so Yu Linsheng was still confident that he would hold the city.

Wu Linguang and other civil officials couldn't help but look a little lighter when they heard this.

Xu Jin nodded and said, "Then the official will entrust the important task of defending the city to the generals. Wansheng! ”

"Wan Sheng!" The generals shouted in unison, and in an instant, the defenders at the head of the city shouted in unison, and the sound shook for miles, and the rebels outside the city subconsciously looked at the city.

At this time, Wu Sanba was leading a group of generals to stand in front of the newly erected tent, looking at the city in the distance with a blue face, and the heads of those hanging outside the city were so dazzling.

Wu Sanba shouted in a deep voice: "Pass the order, bury the pot and cook, and attack the city at 3 o'clock in the afternoon!" ”

Soon, smoke rose from the rebels' formations, and the firemen began to step up their cooking, while some of the rebels were in full swing assembling various siege equipment, and six ladders had been erected, as well as three arrow towers and two return guns. The five-door bed crossbow can be described as quite fierce.

It is worth mentioning here that ladders, bed crossbows, and return cannons are all sharp weapons for siege.

The ladder is somewhat similar to the current fire rescue ladder, with wheels underneath that can be pushed, and the ladder can be freely retracted and can send a dozen soldiers to the city at a time, but they are all driven by human power.

The bed crossbow is a powerful heavy arrow, several soldiers use a noose to turn the wheel to pull the bowstring, once the heavy arrow is more than a meter long, it can even penetrate the city gate, can also be nailed deep into the city wall, providing a point of focus for the besieging soldiers to climb the city wall.

Huihui cannon is also called Xiangyang cannon, is a kind of stone throwing machine that uses the principle of carrying the pole, can throw dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties of gravel on the city, smash the enemy's fortifications, smash to death and smash the enemy, and the lethality is very terrifying.

The Arrow Tower is a kind of square wooden building, which also has wheels to push underneath, and can accommodate more than a dozen archers on the platform, firing arrows to snipe the defenders on the head of the city and cover the siege of other companions.

Therefore, Wu Sanba was extremely well prepared this time, and obviously wanted to finish the battle.

The rebels are preparing to attack the city, and the defenders at the head of the city are not idle, rolling wood, stones, fire oil, etc. are constantly transported to the city, and there are also many firearms, such as earth-shaking thunder, 10,000 enemies, mines, solid bullets, and flowering bullets......

Yu Linsheng also ordered someone to carry the four bowl-mouth guns (small artillery) in the county government barracks to the head of the city and set them up, and instructed the artillery to first bomb the rebels' five bed crossbows.

In the afternoon, the temperature is getting lower and lower, and the battle clouds are dense on the head of the county town of Leadshan, and the north wind is whining. The streets of the city were deserted, except for soldiers in charge of maintaining order.

Knock knock knock......

In the dense drumbeat, the rebels launched a tentative attack on the county town of Leadshan, and hundreds of thieves carried long ladders and shouted to rush to the city wall, trying to climb the city head with flying hook ladders and other tools.

Yu Linsheng naturally saw that this was just a temptation of the enemy, so he did not order the arrows to be released, so as not to waste the arrows, but ordered someone to snipe with rolling wood and stones.

Soon, the rebel attack was repulsed, leaving behind a dozen corpses.

About half an hour later, the rebels launched a second wave of attack, this time apparently in earnest, with three ladders beginning to move towards the city walls, and three bed crossbows being pushed in front of the formation.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Yu Linsheng's order, the sharp arrows on the city head poured down like raindrops, and thieves were constantly killed by arrows, but the three ladders still slowly approached the city wall.

There were wheels under the ladder to push, and in front of it was a curtain made of cowhide, which could block the sharp arrows fired from the city, and the rebels who were responsible for pushing the ladder hid behind the curtain and could not be hurt at all.

Rumble......

A solid bullet fired from the bowl smashed into the ladder, piercing the cowhide curtain on the spot, and the rebels hiding behind instantly flew flesh and blood. The power of the solid bullet at the mouth of the bowl was still too small, and it did not smash the entire ladder.

"Damn, I'll let you hit the bed crossbow first!" Yu Linsheng couldn't help but curse, rushed forward and kicked the artilleryman in the ass.

At this moment, there was a terrifying clang, and several iron spears fired from the bed crossbow hit the city wall, and instantly sparks splashed and pierced deeply into the wall, one of which was only half a meter away from the city gate, and the target of the opponent's attack was obviously the city gate, but it missed.

"Quick, knock out the bed crossbow!" Xiong Bai roared loudly.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Three bowls fired in quick succession, but both missed, and only one hit the target, smashing one of the rebels' bed crossbows to shreds.

Yu Linsheng laughed with satisfaction: "Okay, come again!" ”

The accuracy of these bowl cannons is already poor, and at such a long distance, it is quite wrong to be able to hit one of the three shots.

However, before Yu Linsheng's laughter fell, a big stone smashed the city tower, smashing the roof on the spot, and a terrible scream sounded immediately. It turned out that a Minzhuang who was setting up a pot to heat oil was hit by a boulder, and the flesh and blood on one leg were blurred, even the bones were exposed, and blood gushed out like water.

Boom, boom, more stones roared down from the sky, and the rebels' return artillery was in full swing......

Rush, kill......

Amid the deafening shouts of killing, the two ladders were finally pushed under the city wall, and dozens of rebels raised their shields to kill the city.

At the same time, more thieves used long ladders, flying claws, etc. to climb the city wall, like maggots of rotten bones, one after the other. The defenders at the head of the city kept throwing stones, rolling logs, and pouring hot oil, and the thieves fell screaming, suffering heavy casualties.

The war was brutal, and there were constant casualties on the defenders' side......

At this time, several defenders shouted and carried out a wooden cage, which contained a black lacquer ball, which was the weapon of defending the city "Ten Thousand Enemies", weighing 80 catties, and the appearance was made of mud, which was filled with gunpowder, sulfur, arsenic, croton and other wolf poisons, as well as iron filings and stone fragments.

Yu Linsheng personally stepped forward and lit the lead of the 10,000 enemies, and then the defenders simultaneously lifted the wooden cage and threw it towards the rebels' ladder.

Rumble......

A loud bang was heard, and yellow smoke rose into the sky, and the entire ladder was blown to pieces, including the nearby rebels.

Soon, another ladder was also blown up by the defenders' "10,000 enemies", leaving corpses all over the ground, and the remaining rebels covered their mouths and noses, coughing while fleeing, and many of the slow runners were killed on the spot by the sharp arrows at the head of the city.

"Wan Sheng!" The defenders at the head of the city cheered in unison.

The second wave of the rebel attack was finally repulsed, leaving hundreds of corpses behind.