Zhang Lian, the emperor of the Flying Dragon Kingdom, was undoubtedly an offensive founding emperor, leading an army of 100,000 troops to attack Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces, divided into three routes, advancing by land and water.

Zhang Lian led the East Road, and led the army with Yang Shun, Xiao Wan, and Lin Zan to go straight to Yanping; In the middle of the road, Luo Pao, Lu Xi, Liang Ning, etc. seized Jiangxi Zhitai and the north; The southern route was Lin Chaoxi, Xu Renqi, Ye Huai, and Li Wenbiao into Longchuan, Guangdong, and other places.

Here on the South Road, Lin Chaoxi chose to divide his troops into two routes, he led his troops to attack by sea, while Xu Renqi led tens of thousands of troops to bypass Chaozhou Prefecture and attack Longchuan County in Huizhou Prefecture from the Jiangxi border.

Xu Renqi tried to occupy Longchuan County, and could continue to attack the hinterland of Guangdong, and retreated to abscond back to the base camp from the Jiangxi border.

In Luojiazhuang, the torches illuminate the night as if it were day, and a group of thieves are besieging the largest house in the village.

Burst!

A thief climbed over the wall with the help of a human ladder, but just as he emerged, his head was cut off by the guard. Suddenly, a stream of blood splattered on the wall, and the corpse fell like a kite with a broken string.

A sudden war has begun, some for survival, some for money.

However, relying on the dozens of guards and family members here, they can barely survive against ordinary horse thieves, but how can they stop the attack of these thieves?

"It's really a toast and don't drink and kill them!"

Some of the thieves climbed over the wall and jumped into the house, looking menacing.

The girl who was originally frightened saw the thieves jumping in from outside the wall, screamed in fright, and fled in all directions.

"Master, run!"

A tall nurse was loyal, but he was covering the escape of a middle-aged man who looked like a member, leading a few companions to fight with a few thieves who jumped out first, killing and wounding each other.

Bang!

Under the repeated impact of the logs, the red gate finally could not withstand the impact, and the two large planks attached to it and the long logs that supported it fell one after another.

A leader led the thieves to kill in a menacing manner, and said loudly: "I am the deputy general of Xu Renqi, the general of the Flying Dragon Tribe, we are the righteous division of the Heavenly Dao, just clean up this gang of gentry and bullies, and will not kill innocent people, you quickly put down your weapons, otherwise you will be killed!" ”

Hearing this, more than a dozen guards and family members guarding the gate exchanged glances with each other, and finally threw their weapons to the ground, choosing to surrender and seek a way to survive.

"Search!"

The leader couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, and waved his big hand.

Now is the harvest season, and it is undoubtedly the best time to loot the rich. It was only to make him feel slightly disappointed, this famous squire from far and near only found three thousand taels of silver and one thousand stones of grain.

However, they are only one of them, and there must be gains everywhere else, which adds up a lot, and I am afraid that it is also a lot of gains.

In the past few days, Xu Renqi's offensive has been very smooth, capturing Laolong, Sidu and other places, capturing hundreds of bureaucrats, gentry, and big families, and obtaining a lot of grain, gold and silver.

It's just that they are not robbers after all, they are the army of the Flying Dragon Country, but they are here to expand their territory.

Xu Renqi did not stop his attack and headed towards Longchuan County, with the goal of occupying Longchuan County of the Ming Dynasty.

Longchuan County is one of the four ancient towns in Guangdong Province and one of the county seats under the jurisdiction of Huizhou Prefecture.

Because of "there is a dragon's cave mountain in the north of the county, there is a five-colored dragon in Shun, and the cloud enters and exits this cave", the name of this county began in the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang, but it has been used so far, which is undoubtedly a relatively rare phenomenon.

Qin general Zhao Tuo chose to build Tucheng in Longchuan as the county government, so there was a "Tucheng". After several changes, Tucheng expanded to build four annex cities, including Shangwuli City, Lower Wuli City, Xiakou City and Xincheng, to protect the main city.

On June 15, the army came to the city.

In the face of the attack of thieves, Longchuan County was like a great enemy, the city gate was closed, and the whole city began to strengthen its defense to deal with the invading Xu Renqi troops.

Xu Renqi was wearing battle armor and sitting on a black horse, like a general in battle, looking up at the thousand-year-old city in front of him, but his brows were sad.

Along the way, a lot of property and rice and grain were confiscated, so that their financial resources increased rapidly, but they did not gather too many subordinates, which is undoubtedly the most unfavorable situation.

Even though they only attacked the bureaucrats, gentry, and tycoons, and won the applause of many people, few people chose to join the army of their Wyvern Kingdom.

Too many voices have been heard from everywhere: "If you really have the courage to join this gang of anti-thieves in rebellion, it is better to go to Guangzhou to break through!" That Zhang Daring is now Zhang Dafu! ”

But I don't know when Guangzhou seems to have become a paradise, so that many people have gone there to explore, and even some of his subordinates have secretly fled to the city of Guangzhou.

This brought 10,000 troops all the way to kill, and if it was in the past, it would definitely get a response from many poor people, and the number of troops would have to be at least doubled. But now, his troops are less than 10,000 people, and his troops are not increasing but losing.

Facing this city at the moment, especially this city wall is much higher than he imagined, it will undoubtedly be more difficult than he imagined to capture this city, at least the price paid is much more tragic.

"Whatever! This is just a small county town, after occupying here, Lao Tzu led the troops to Guangzhou City! Let's take a look, what's so strange about the current Guangzhou City, it makes these people seem to be enchanted there! Xu Renqi's gaze was resolute, and he looked at the city and secretly made up his mind.

He often heard people talk about the Three Kingdoms in the village, although he was illiterate and could not read military books, but he was yearning for the heroism of heroes in troubled times. He is also five big and three thick, and he has experienced the tempering of his career as a bandit, and he now has extraordinary courage.

Because the movement they made along the way was too big, it was impossible to sneak attack Longchuan County now, so they could only hoard troops outside the East City Gate to call for battle, trying to find the flaws in this city.

It's just that the guards in the city faced Xu Renqi's provocation, but they resolutely did not move, putting on a defensive posture. If they dare to come near, but a small number of arrows will fly.

"A bunch of bastards!"

Xu Renqi looked at the guards on the city with disdain, took a mouthful of phlegm towards it, and then waved his hand to let his subordinates camp outside the city gate, seeking a good opportunity to attack again.

It was at this time that smoke and dust billowed on the official road less than five miles away from Tucheng, and a Ming army of several thousand came in a mighty manner. The banner is displayed, swords and guns are lined up, and a green flag with a vigorous and powerful "stone" character has just fluttered, which is Shi Huashan, a general who was transferred to Chaozhou.