On the fifteenth day of the winter month of the sixteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, in the deep winter season, the weather is even colder, there has been a thick layer of snow on the top of Mount Tai, the sky is full of clouds, and it is estimated that there will be a snowstorm soon.

At night, in addition to the bright lights of the city, the rest of the city is darker and darker, the city has been besieged for more than a month, not only is there a shortage of food, even the coal, firewood and grass are about to burn out, and the thieves have begun to demolish the house to get firewood for warm lighting.

At this time, Zhao Quanqiu Fu and other backbones of the White Lotus Sect gathered here, Xue Bingxin put on a black shortfight, and the two hundred cavalry troops under her command were concentrated on the street outside the state government, ready to go after eating and drinking.

According to the plan, the "righteous army" will break through tonight, and the direction of the breakthrough is the east gate, because the east side of the siege of Tai'an City is Jinan Wei and Qingzhou Wei. Zhao Quan had already reached an agreement with Luo Xiang, the eunuch guarding the town, and at that time, Jinan Wei would give way if he pretended to resist for a moment, allowing the "righteous army" to break through the camp. Then Zhao Quan could go straight to Liubu Town and get the food and weapons stored there.

In the middle of the night, it was so dark outside the city that you couldn't see your fingers, and fine snow chips drifted sporadically in the sky. Zhao Quan was dressed in a draped body, turned over and said in a deep voice after turning over the horse: "Let's start!" ”

With Zhao Quan's order, the west gate of Tai'an City was immediately opened, and more than 4,000 thieves led by a horse bandit held torches high, shouting and killing to break into the camp of the Ming army.

That's right, it's the West City Gate, Zhao Quan played a trick to attack the west, first sent troops to kill from the West City Gate, so as to attract the main force of the Ming army to the West City Gate, and then he took the main force of the thieves to break through from the East Gate. And in order to achieve the effect of confusing the real with the fake, Zhao Quan can be said to have spent a lot of money, and sent a total of 4,000 thieves to break into the western camp of the Ming army, but they were all old and weak soldiers.

Of course, the horse bandit in charge of leading the team did not know that he had become a victim of attracting firepower, because Zhao Quan fooled him and said that he was dispersing and breaking through, and then the troops would kill from the three city gates at the same time.

"Kill!" The horse bandit who was in charge of leading the team led thousands of thieves to kill the Ming army camp violently, and the thieves had a full meal tonight, so they were very violent, and in order to survive, they rushed to the Ming army camp like chicken blood.

To the west of the city was the camp of the Linqing Guard, numbering about 2,000 people (don't ask me where the rest of the people had gone), and it was obviously prepared, when the thieves approached, the first thing was a dense rain of arrows, and the overwhelming sharp arrows poured down a large number of the thieves who were charging forward, including the horse bandit leader, who became a hedgehog with more than a dozen arrows in his body on the spot.

"Kill!"

Due to inertia, the thieves still rushed forward like a torrent, and as a result, a second round of arrow rain was shot in the officer and soldier camp, and immediately hundreds of thieves threw their balls on the ground, and after the third round of arrow rain, nearly 1,000 of the 4,000 thieves had been killed or wounded.

At this time, the gate of the Ming army suddenly opened, and a group of Ming soldiers rushed out of it, and quickly lined up on the camp, and the fire bolt in their hands was bubbling with fire.

Bang bang bang......

The sound of popping beans sounded immediately, and after the first team of Ming soldiers finished shooting, they immediately changed to the second team and the third team......

The thieves harvested a large crop like wheat, and the remaining thieves reacted and fled to the wings with a shout, and thousands of people were in a mess.

"Haha, a group of rabble, kill!" Lin Qingwei commanded Lao Daxing to laugh and wave his sword, and the pikemen, sword and shield hands of the Ming army immediately rushed out of the camp and drowned over.

In the east of the city, Xu Jin stood in front of the camp tent, calmly looking at the west of the city, and the commander of Guide Dewei next to him made Huang Qi a little excited: "My lord, the thieves have begun to break through." ”

The battle situation in Xicheng continued to be reported by spies Pegasus to the handsome tent, and Lu Song of Jinyi Wei Qianhu said with a smile: "Zhao Quan and Wang Tang are quite cunning, and they actually play with the east and the west. ”

Jin Baihu said with a smile: "And he has also made a lot of money, and sent more than 4,000 thieves as cannon fodder, if we hadn't taken precautions, it was really possible to fall for him." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "Tell Commander Lao to take it easy, don't clean up the thieves too quickly, Commander Huang, and let the brothers light torches to support Ximen." ”

Since Zhao Quan wants to act, he has to cooperate, if Lin Qingwei cleans up the thieves in the west of the city, Zhao Quan may cancel the breakthrough.

Huang Qi said with a smile: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

At that moment, Gui Dewei, who was stationed in the south of the city, lit torches and shouted to kill to the west of the city.

At the head of Tai'an City, Zhao Quan saw the Ming army in the south of the city killing to the west of the city, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile: "The Ming army has been fooled!" ”

Soon, the gate in the east of Tai'an City opened, and Zhao Quanwangtang and others led the main force of eight thousand thieves to slaughter out, and the sound of killing shook the sky in an instant, and the fire shone brightly as day for several miles.

The east of the city was guarded by Jinan Wei and Qingzhou Wei, and the thieves killed Jinan Wei's camp directly.

Whoosh ......

A rain of arrows shot out of Jinan Wei's camp, killing and wounding hundreds of thieves, followed by a second and third round......

The thieves in front of Chong Feng were shot nearly a thousand on the spot, and the thieves behind began to hesitate, didn't they say that there was an internal response, how could they do it to death?

Wang Tang said suspiciously: "Senior Brother Zhao, we won't fall for the officers and soldiers, right?" ”

Zhao Quan also played a drum in his heart at this time, but after thinking about it, Luo Xiang and Yuan Yi both had handles in their hands, so they shouldn't dare to play tricks, so they gritted their teeth and said, "Keep rushing!" ”

Now that the arrow is ready to be fired, even if the officers and soldiers are cheating, there is no turning back, so they can only rush through.

"Kill!" The thieves continued to kill the camp of Jinan Wei like a tide.

Bang bang bang......

The sound of fire guns came and went, and the thieves were killed hundreds of people before rushing to the camp of Jinan Wei, and at this time, the officers and soldiers of the nearby Qingzhou Wei also killed from the flank to attack the thieves.

Zhao Quan couldn't help but be shocked and angry, just as he was later on the officers and soldiers, Jinan Wei's resistance seemed to have weakened, and the thieves finally rushed into the camp. Zhao Quan couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seemed that he was too worried, and it was estimated that Jinan Wei deliberately resisted it in order to clear his suspicion.

"Kill!" The thieves successfully entered the camp of Jinan Wei, set fire all the way, and the entire camp fell into a raging fire in an instant.

Jinan Wei commander Tong Zhi Fang Shizhen brandished his knife and shouted hoarsely, the soldiers cowered and hid on both sides to attack, and then "watched" the thieves broke through the camp, while Qingzhou Wei was too much, like a hungry wolf to bite the flanks of the thieves, and ate a bite is a bite.

The thieves obviously had no intention of fighting, and broke through the camp of Jinan Wei at full speed, and when all the thieves passed, there were only more than 5,000 of the more than 8,000 people left, but such a loss was acceptable to Zhao Quan.

After breaking through the camp of Jinan Wei, the thieves rushed north, in the direction of Liubu Town, and Xue Bingxin led a team of two hundred horses to open the way.

Zhao Quan rode his horse in front of the team, although the cold wind carried snow chips in his face, he was still in a very happy mood, and laughed: "The carp took off the golden hook, shook its head and shook its tail and never returned." ”

During this period of time, he suffered defeats in Xu Jin's hands, and Zhao Quan, who was conceited, was naturally quite depressed, and at this time, he thought that he had put Xu Jin together, and he would have to get out of the cage from now on, so he was naturally in a very comfortable mood.

As the saying goes, Zhao Quan decided that in the future, he would no longer be confined to the gains and losses of one city and one pool, but would adopt guerrilla tactics to drag the officers and men to the point of exhaustion, and at the same time constantly recruit troops and horses in guerrilla warfare to strengthen his own strength.

Although there are only more than 5,000 people left, Zhao Quan is very confident that as long as there is grain in hand, his team will definitely be able to grow rapidly, and there are really many homeless people in Shandong who can't eat enough, especially in this cold winter when there is a shortage of food, as long as the warehouse is opened and the grain is released, a large number of people dare to rebel. When his strength is enough, he will find Xu Jin to fight in a dignified manner, and win it back with profits.

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The battalion of Jinan Wei, the commander of the Tongzhi Fang Shizhen Chenghuang sincerely knelt down on one knee in front of Xu Jin in fear, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Xu, the subordinates have no command, let the thieves break through the camp and escape, please punish the crime!" ”

Xu Jin roared with a pale face: "Waste, what do you want, come and take Fang Shizhen down, and wait for the staff on the spot!" ”

Fang Shizhen shuddered smartly and lowered his head gloomily, but compared to killing the head, he would naturally rather be dismissed, who made himself the deputy of the commander, and the deputy was used to top the cylinder.

The two brocade-clothed guards rushed forward like wolves to disarm Fang Shizhen, and then escorted him down.

"Commander Huang, Jinan Wei is temporarily under your control, and immediately pursue the thieves!" Xu Jin had a cold face, and he looked like he was still angry.

"The last will be ordered!" Huang Qi immediately formed a team and mobilized his troops to chase in the direction where the thieves fled, and at the same time, the battle in the west of the city was also coming to an end, more than half of the four thousand thieves were killed, and most of the rest were captured.

Liubu Town is about sixty miles away from Tai'an City, Xue Bingxin led the horse team to arrive first in half an hour, and there were only about a hundred soldiers in the town to guard, and they scattered when they found that the thieves arrived.

"Haha, Commander Xue, it's all grain!" Lei Jun opened the door of the town's granary, stabbed open a bag of grain with a knife, and the plump wheat grains flowed out.

Xue Bingxin looked at the stuffed granary, as well as a shiny sword, and a bow and crossbow, her cold pretty face couldn't help but show a smile, and she couldn't help but think of Xu Jin in her heart, and secretly thought, this guy is probably going to jump in anger at this time!

"Big brother, is that bullshit reliable?"

Mu Man looked at the mountains of grain, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and leaned into Tang Jing's ear and whispered. Tang Jing was also a little confused, he had obviously revealed his plan to Xu Qincha, why could he easily break through?

"Let's take a look first!" Tang Jing said in a low voice, he didn't believe that Xu Jin had no other deployments.