On September 26, the sixteenth year of Zhengde, at dawn, the sky over Surabaya County was covered with battle clouds, outside the west city gate, the 7,000 Ming army composed of Gui Dewei and Yanzhou Wei opened the formation, and the siege vehicles, bed crossbows, artillery, arrow towers, stone throwers and other siege weapons were pushed to the front of the battle in an orderly manner.

After nearly a month of high-intensity training, although there must be no rebirth changes, at least at this time, the formation is strictly organized, and the spirit is also raised, and the mobilization is orderly.

Due to the arrest of Zhao Fengchun, the original commander of Yanzhou Wei, was involved in the "granary deficit case", and his henchmen in the army were cleansed, and now the main generals of Yanzhou Wei were promoted by Xu Jin, and there was no commander, only a temporary commander, whose name was Jiao Zhenwu, who was originally a commander of Linqingwei.

Therefore, in today's attack on Surabaya County, Huang Qi was commanded by Dewei as the commander-in-chief of the scene.

Huang Qi glanced back at the Xuanhuang Regiment Dragon Flag flying high behind the formation, and felt a lot of pressure, although Lord Qin Cha Xu did not come to the battlefield in person this time, but he sent three hundred Jinyi guards to supervise the battle, and before leaving, he also said that he would either take Surabaya County or come to see him.

Huang Qi took a deep breath, took out his waist knife and pointed it directly at the head of Surabaya County, and shouted: "Siege!" ”

With Commander Huang's order, the battle kicked off, ten stone throwers were launched at the same time, and the noose made a chilling sound when it turned, and then hundreds of pounds of boulders roared and smashed towards the head of Surabaya County.

Fluffy ......

In the deafening loud noise, puffs of dust rose from the head of Surabaya County, and the boulders smashed the wall battlements, smashed the roofs of the city towers, and smashed the flesh and blood of the guards, and the terrible screams rang out.

Zheng Zheng Zheng ......

As soon as the stone thrower roared, ten bed crossbows erupted, and spear-like iron arrows carried a fierce cold light, deep into the city wall, and one of them was nailed to the city gate with a muffled thud.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The artillery of the thieves at the head of the city also immediately returned fire, but unfortunately the accuracy was too poor, and not a single shell hit the Ming army's stone thrower and bed crossbow, after all, the thief soldiers were thieves and had no experience in operating firearms.

After a while, the Ming army's stone throwing machine was once again powerful, and the roaring boulders smashed the city into thousands of holes, and from time to time the thieves were killed and injured.

"Shoot back, open fire, play dead, then let's die!" The bandit leader Meng Lun scolded loudly, and at the same time rushed forward to lift up a gunner lying on the ground, raised his hand to get two big ear scrapers, and then threw it directly from the city.

The gunner screamed, and his brains flew to the ground as the wall fell to his death.

"Whoever dares to hide again, this is the end, open fire!" Meng Lun said murderously.

The rest of the thieves who were in charge of operating the cannon hurriedly got up to load ammunition, but a boulder fell from the sky, and with a loud bang, a thief soldier was knocked down on the spot, his abdomen was completely smashed, and the whole person was almost broken in two.

"Big boss, no, the Ming army's attack is too fierce!" One of the bandit leaders shouted.

Meng Lun wiped the blood from his face and looked outside the city, when the Ming army's bed crossbow was activated again, and the iron spear was fiercely nailed into the city wall, causing sparks to splash everywhere.

"Damn, let the brothers get on their horses and rush out with Lao Tzu to knock out the stone throwers and bed crossbows of the officers and soldiers." Meng Lun roared angrily and immediately rushed down the city.

It is said that in a battle outside Qufu City, the thieves were defeated, and Zhao Zhi, one of the bandit leaders, died, and Meng Lun only led less than a thousand people to flee back to Surabaya County, and the horse thieves under his hands only had about fifty horsemen left.

However, during this time, Xu Jin first asked the emperor for orders, and then transferred troops and sent generals, which took nearly a month before and after, which gave Meng Lun a chance to breathe, and continued to recruit troops and buy horses, and the thieves under his command recovered to nearly 5,000, and re-established a horse team of 200 people, of course, the combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the original team.

Rumble......

The south gate of Surabaya County was opened, and the bandit leader Meng Lun personally led two hundred horsemen to kill out, and went around the city to kill the west city gate.

Although the Ming army mainly attacked the west city gate, it also specially sent scouts to monitor the other three city gates, so Meng Lun led the cavalry to kill from the south gate, and immediately the scouts Pegasus reported back to Huang Qi.

As the saying goes, Huang Qi immediately ordered the pikemen to stand by, and then the musketeers and artillery were lined up behind the pikemen and headed towards the south of the city.

It took about a cup of tea, but seeing that the direction of the south city gate was dusty, two hundred horsemen turned out from behind the city wall, and in the roar of hooves, the thieves on horseback raised their machetes high, and screamed strangely while baring their teeth and cracking their mouths, and the sound was quite terrifying.

Meng Lun took the lead and galloped murderously, but when he saw the pikemen of the Ming army half-squatting in front of the formation, rows of spears, densely pointing diagonally to this side, he couldn't help but feel a big chill in his heart.

The pikemen's spears are more than two meters long, which is a sharp weapon against cavalry, and when used, the handle of the gun is propped on the ground, and the tip of the spear is aimed at the direction of the cavalry.

Of course, if the pikemen encounter the Mongolian cavalry riding ** Zhan, they have to cooperate with the shield hand to cover, otherwise a row of sharp arrows will be thrown over, and the pikemen will only be slaughtered, but Meng Lun, these thieves, must not have the ability to shoot bows on horseback, and they can't get so many bows and arrows.

Meng Lun saw that the Ming army was prepared, so he wanted to bypass the pikemen and attack from the flank, and the advantage of the cavalry was that it was highly mobile and could quickly occupy the initiative on the battlefield.

Zheng Hum ......

Meng Lun led the horse team to the side, and the bed crossbow of the Ming army over there was also stimulated, and the heavy arrows roared in, but seeing the flesh and blood flying in the horse thief team, a healthy horse weighing nearly six or seven hundred pounds was pierced by heavy arrows on the spot, and the heavy arrows that had not diminished were shot over a horse thief before stopping.

Zheng Zheng ......

The bed crossbows were fired in turn, and several horse thieves were killed, all of whom were directly shot. Of course, although the bed crossbow is powerful, it requires nearly twenty people to operate, and the firing cycle is long, and it is used to deal with cavalry with a bit of a cannon and flies, and the damage caused is limited, but the deterrent effect is greater.

At this time, Meng Lun had already led the horse team to bypass the spear formation of the Ming army, and was about to launch a charge, but a round of artillery bombardment came head-on, and more than a dozen horses were damaged on the spot.

Meng Lun was furious, angry and painful, it didn't matter if someone died, but it was not easy to find a strong war horse, in order to gather enough horses for two hundred people, he had to work hard.

"Kill!" Meng Lun's eyes were red, he roared and galloped his horse, taking advantage of the fact that the formation of the Ming army had not yet adjusted, and pounced at full speed towards the location of the bed crossbow and the stone thrower.

At this moment, the infantry of the Ming army spread out to both sides, and a cavalry shot out like a whirlwind, and a big man was holding an iron spear in his hand, majestic and murderous, it was Qi Jingtong, and behind him was the newly formed five hundred cavalry guards.

These cavalry are all elites selected from various guards, both weapons and mounts are the most popular, and then trained by Qi Jingtong personally for a month, although they are not as good as the world-famous Mongolian cavalry, but the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

As the so-called connoisseur will know if there is one as soon as he makes a move, Meng Lun saw the Ming cavalry rushing like a flood, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he subconsciously slowed down, and the horse thief behind him even turned his horse's head and fled.

Rumble......

The two cavalry collided violently, and the blood exploded in an instant, Qi Jingtong recognized the bandit leader Meng Lun from afar, and ran to the front and back and raised his hand to shoot: "Thief, take your life!" ”

Meng Lun raised his sword to greet him, and the two immediately fought back and forth. The cavalry of the Ming army were all young men with big shoulders and round waists, and they were more than twice as many as the thieves, so they quickly gained the upper hand.

Meng Lun originally wanted to use the mobility of the cavalry to destroy the bed crossbow and stone thrower of the Ming army, and immediately followed it far away, but who knew that there was a cavalry with such strong combat effectiveness hidden behind the infantry of the Ming army.

At this time, the infantry of the Ming army also surrounded them, harassing the thieves on the periphery, firing cold arrows and cold guns, or stabbing horses in the belly with spears, and horse thieves were constantly killed by falling from their horses.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Meng Lun opened Qi Jingtong's spear with a knife, turned his horse's head and rushed out of the encirclement, shouting: "Withdraw!" ”

A group of horse thieves fled behind Meng Lun, Qi Jingtong led the cavalry to chase all the way, a spear flew down, and horse thieves were constantly stabbed and fell off their horses.

Meng Lun led the cavalry to defeat and left, Huang Qi took the opportunity to order the troops to launch a fierce attack on Surabaya City, there was no threat of cavalry, this time the siege vehicles and arrow towers were pushed under the city wall.

Under the cover of a rain of arrows and throwing stones, the Ming army swarmed to the city wall, struggled to climb up, and slammed the city gate with a battering ram.

Under the suppression of absolute weapon superiority, the Ming army finally attacked the city after paying hundreds of lives, and the thieves on the city started a fight, and soon, the city gate was opened, and the Ming army swarmed in, cutting melons and cutting vegetables to slaughter the stubborn thieves in the city.

Seeing this, Huang Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed: "Go, follow this command into the city!" ”

Huang Qi led the generals, under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, rode into the city, about an hour later, all the stubborn thieves in the city were killed, the rest fled, surrendered, and the city of Surabaya completely fell into the control of the Ming army.

Next, Huang Qi immediately ordered the blockade of the four gates, vigorously searched for the White Lotus remnants in the city, and on the other hand, sent a fast horse back to Qufu to report the victory to Lord Qincha Xu.

Besides, Qi Jingtong led five hundred cavalry to chase and kill Meng Lun all the way, and in the end, almost all the horse thieves were killed, but the bandit leader Meng Lun abandoned his horse and fled into the mountains and forests without a trace. Qi Jingtong sent people to block the mountains and forests and search for a long time, but finally failed to capture, and finally had to order the troops to return to the city.