But what is this for these people? In order to be able to turn back and fish for a piece of their own land in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, in order to be able to eat a full meal today, this life is so worthless, not to mention that the Xingtian Army has a word first, if they, the displaced people who have only recently poured into the territory of the Xingtian Army, want to have a place to live, this time to come to help the war is the least thing, if you are not willing to work hard, I'm sorry, you can go wherever you want, but if you work hard, you will have meat to eat, and you can eat a bite of meat in this world, even if it is worth dying, Therefore, no matter how the officials and soldiers in the city released arrows and guns, they could not stop these people from carrying all kinds of dirt bags and rushing to the side of the trench to pour earth into the trench.

There are also a few rough and ugly trench bridges pushed by many people to the side of the trench, pulling the thick hemp rope, only to see the folded trench bridge immediately squeak and erect, no matter how the officers and soldiers in the city can not stop them, only to hear a few boom boom and a few muffled sounds, a few trench bridges slapped on the moat, and immediately set up a few wooden bridges on the moat.

Immediately, more people poured dirt bags on the wooden bridge deck, and the officers and soldiers wanted to use rockets to set the trench bridge on fire, but after laying this layer of soil, the rockets that fell one after another were immediately extinguished.

The three-pounder cannons that had been fired from a long distance were also pushed closer to the outside of the city wall by the gunners of the Xingtian Army, and directly raised the muzzles of the cannons, aiming directly at several of the defenders' artillery displays at the head of the city, and then fired.

The defenders' artillery just now quickly became dumb again under the blows of the gunners of the Xingtian Army, which made the morale of the defenders suffer again, and the rows of birds and guns that were fired towards the city wall without money pressed the defenders on the city wall could hardly raise their heads.

Looking at the battle that was going smoothly in front of him, the expression on Xiao Tianjian's face relaxed slightly, after a long time of secret preparations, the current siege ability of the Xingtian Army can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds, and it is no longer like back then, although Ruzhou City is also a strong city, but under the organization of these fierce generals under his command, it is only a matter of time before it is captured, and the defenders' will to resist and the quality of equipment can now be said to have completely lagged behind his Xingtian Army, If his Xingtian army can't take a city like this, then he and his generals should really find a piece of tofu to kill and pull down.

So when he saw this, Xiao Tianjian already knew that the battle situation would not be much more suspenseful, just to see when the defenders in the city collapsed, and the battle would be over.

From the beginning of the morning, the battalions continued to put their troops into the battlefield, and when the battle was in the afternoon, even the officers and soldiers of the battalions had the ability to replace the personnel in front of them to eat, and the defenders in the city were miserable, they were pressed and beaten by the Xingtian Army from the beginning, which was still under the condition that they had an absolute geographical advantage, and they were still beaten to the bitterness, but fortunately, He Zigang and other defenders of the generals were more or less bloody, although they knew that they had no hope of winning this battle, but they still repeatedly urged the soldiers to fight back, So that the defenders did not collapse on the spot.

When He Zigang led his troops to resist in the city until the afternoon, he even carried the 5,000 taels of silver he had already obtained directly to the city wall, placed it in front of the officers and soldiers on the spot, and swore that as long as he killed a thief army, he would immediately reward ten taels of silver and cash it directly on the spot.

In this way, it brought up a little bit of morale, which made the officers and soldiers who were already weak and ready to flee at any time a little excited, and they were able to block the attack of the Xingtian Army.

But after all, this kind of morale could not last long, after a slight adjustment of the Xingtian Army, when the attack was launched again, the officers and soldiers lost a lot of interest in killing thieves and receiving rewards, and some people thought that although they tried hard to kill the enemy, but this battle was already destined to lose, what was the use of receiving the bounty, but to find trouble for themselves, so that the thief army could kill them after entering the city.

Seeing that the sun had set in the west, Xiao Tianjian looked at the two armies that were still fighting fiercely at the city wall, and Tietou sent a big chair and asked Xiao Tianjian to sit down and supervise the battle.

Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "Take it!" The soldiers are fighting bloodily, how can I sit and watch them shed their blood! The battalions have done a good job today, and they will storm the city today, and when the brothers will enter the city, it will not be too late for me to sit down again! ”

After hearing Xiao Tianjian's words, the generals were even more excited, anyone could see that the resistance of the defenders was getting weaker and weaker, and several times the generals of the Xingtian Army attacked the city, but they were reluctantly blocked by the defenders, and everyone saw that the defenders were already at the end of the strong crossbow at this time, so Li Xuanzhu, Luo Li and other generals asked for battle, and they wanted to personally lead their troops to carry out the final blow to Ruzhou City.

"That's it! I can see that you guys are eager to give it a try! Since you don't want to be in command, go up and take charge! Xiao Tianjian smiled and waved his hand.

The generals immediately shouted and cheered, and one by one they rushed forward with their own guards, this attack could be said to be the most violent in the day, and the generals of the battalions saw that even their commanders had personally rushed forward, how could they not work hard?

As a result, the Xingtian army was even more like a tiger descending from the mountain, roaring and shouting what the sky shook and rushed towards the city wall......

He Zigang gasped heavily, and at this time his voice was already hoarse, and he could only roar when he opened his mouth, and he could no longer make the kind of scolding sound in the morning, looking at the corpses of the defenders all over the city wall and the wounded soldiers who were lying in a pool of blood and had not yet died of their breath, He Zigang looked bitterly towards the outside of the city, only to see the outside of the city under the sunset, a sea of people, and the various feathers on the helmet were shaking under the city, like a huge wave towards Ruzhou City, and he also knew that today's battle had come to an end.

He Zigang asked himself if he was not a greedy person who was afraid of death, but He Nai's thief army was too strong, no matter how he supervised the battle, the thief army always maintained a strong fighting spirit, and quickly organized a group after repulsing, one by one fierce and unrivaled pounced on the city wall, he couldn't figure out why the thief army was so brave, did they really not take their lives seriously?

Seeing that more and more long ladders were erected on the city wall, and many soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army were holding shields, and ants were attached to these long ladders, climbing up frantically, He Zigang sighed, and finally threw away the waist knife in his hand, which was already full of gaps, and slowly sat on a pile of rubble.

Two wounded family members pounced on him, grabbed He Zigang and shouted to him, "My lord! Let's go! Unstoppable! It's really unstoppable! ”

He Zigang forcefully retreated from the two family members, smiled bitterly and said in a hoarse voice: "Could it be that the Ming Dynasty is really doomed?" Why is this thief army so fierce, who else in the world can stop them! Let's go! I didn't give you glory and wealth, go down and find a place to hide! If your fate is good, you can join the thief army, so you can guess that you can mix rich! Let's go! Let's go! ”

The two family members hesitated, but they also knew that even if He Zigang wanted to leave now, they might not be able to leave, so both of them knelt down, kowtowed to He Zigang a few times, and then turned around and rushed down the city wall quickly, fleeing towards the city.

He Zigang looked at the two family members who had gone down the city, struggled to stand up, picked up a knife from the ground, walked to the edge of the city wall with a sad and angry face, raised his hands and shouted: "Come on! I'm here! Come to me! ”

At this moment, a soldier of the Xingtian Army climbed up the city wall from a ladder not far away, glanced at the officers and soldiers who were fleeing off the city wall, and at a glance he saw He Zigang who was not far from him, from He Zigang's armor, he recognized at a glance that this person must be the chief general of the official army, and the most unfortunate is also an important general, so he showed a cruel smile on his face, jumped on the city wall, and the eagle swooped at He Zigang.

He Zigang hoarsely screamed and fought with this soldier of the Xingtian Army, He Nai, the soldier of the Xingtian Army held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and several heavy splits were blocked by him with a shield, and he was entangled with him, as more and more of the Xingtian Army rushed to the city wall, He Zigang was soon surrounded by the Xingtian Army's troops, and he was wounded by many swords in a short time, but He Zigang was still like a mad tiger on the city wall, rushing left and right to rush to the soldiers of the Xingtian Army. He Nai's evil tiger couldn't stand the wolves, and a moment later, several spears stabbed into his body, and the fierce pawn of the Xingtian Army with a murderous expression jumped up and swung a knife, He Zigang's movements suddenly stopped, and a bloody arrow spurted out from his throat, and the entire head slowly turned up, and this knife almost cut off his head entirely, leaving only a layer of skin on the back of his neck still attached to his body......

Poor Zhao Tianci, who was still running around in the city and constantly urging the officers and soldiers on several other city walls to go to the south of the city to help, did not escape the fate of being captured in the end, originally Zhao Tianci when he learned that the city was broken, and he still wanted to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and died with Ruzhou City, but when he held his Qingfeng sword with a trembling hand, he couldn't get off his hand, cut his neck, and finally watched the rushing Xingtian army surround him, and someone knocked out the sword in his hand, He jumped up and tied him up with a rope and laid him down on the ground.

The defenders in the city basically gave up resistance when the Xingtian army conquered the south gate of the city, some people opened the east gate of the city and fled out of the city, and more were blocked in the city, kneeling down on the side of the road and abandoning their weapons to kneel and beg for surrender.