At the end of April, the first day of the war, 500 militiamen from the Baima Town Militia Battalion and 2,500 reserve militiamen with the army occupied Jiumen Village, Jiumen County, on the north bank of the Hutuo River.

When Nie Lieji rode a black war horse with his chest high and walked through the fox ditch in front of the village, he could still hear bursts of wind and thunder and the sound of swords, this fox ditch is said to be the ancient battlefield of the Tang general Li Guangbi and the rebel general Shi Siming during the Anshi Rebellion, there are countless bones and destroyed weapons and armor buried underground, so when people walk in the ravine, they can often hear the sound of battlefield tearing and killing.

On the river beach behind the ditch, there is a willow, poplar, birch, locust tree, mulberry tree, the slightly higher slope is dotted with more than 100 houses with gray roof and yellow wall, surrounded by the village wall made of rough stone and loess made of zhang high, at the corner of the river beach in front of the village, stands a tall windmill, and below the windmill is a mill established along the river. The tall windmill is like a small flower, and the mill is the fruit that has already borne fruit.

Nie Lieji took his Baima Town militia headquarters to live in the courtyard of Lin Jiawen in the village, Lin Jiawen's father used to be the village head, and the family was a family heirloom for generations, and the small courtyard of the farm house was cleaner and more chic than other homes. Lin Jiawen did not flee, nor did he hide, facing the three thousand "Qin Domain Soldiers" who poured into the village at once, although he was a little nervous in his heart, he was not afraid. In the past two years, he has been to Wuji County many times and has seen a lot of Qin troops. He knew that the Qin army was disciplined, and they would not rob, let alone burn. Of course, these were just the legends he had heard in Wuji City in the past, but he still felt that it was worth believing, after all, Jiumen Village and Wuji were only separated by a river. But the Qin army was stationed in Wuji for several years. But there have been no cross-border robberies. Even they went to Wuji to exchange local products for something. Nor did they overcharge. Of course, when he stayed, he was more reluctant to go home, and Qin Jun also came too quickly.

Lin Jiawen took the third child and Xiao Yong to entertain the twenty or so people who fell in his house, at first, he hid his wife, mother and daughter in the vegetable cellar, but soon, he found out. When these Qin troops were even more autumn than he imagined, he gradually relaxed, and after receiving the food money given to him by the commander of the Qin army, he simply called the women out again and asked them to go to the kitchen to prepare meals.

Nie Lieji tied the horse behind the stable, and looked around through the courtyard. The family's life was apparently quite good, with a three-way yard, painted chairs, and even a self-striking clock with a glass mirror of a wooden shell, even if it was the cheapest type of bell available today. He may have a bell and is definitely a rich peasant landlord.

Nie Lieji took off his heavy armor and hung it on the wall. Only a piece of rope armor was left on his body, and his helmet was taken off, placed on the table, and he took out a cigarette stick and put it into tobacco.

Zhao Tai walked in, leaned his rifle against the table, and said to him: "The troops have surrounded Jiumen City, and now the rice outside here is all in our pockets, and the militias of various towns and villages have been stationed in various villages. The militia of our town has taken full control of Jiumen Village, and the people of this village have not resisted. ”

"Well, that's good. A team of people was sent to patrol to supervise discipline, and no such thing as robbery, burning, rape and adultery was allowed. Then let everyone prepare, rest and wait for lunch, and start cutting rice in the afternoon. ”

At lunchtime, the smoke was boiling in the sky above Jiumen Village, and the militia of Baima Town seemed to have come to catch up with relatives for a drinking banquet, and the people of Jiumen Village were also very "warmly" entertaining them.

After eating a meal, Nie Lieji directly invited the prestigious representatives of Jiumen Village, Lin Jiawen, a scholar, as well as Lin Jiarui, the village head, and several old men of the Lin family. Sitting in the hall of his home, but at this time, Lin Jiawen was a little restrained and didn't know where to put his hands, facing the tea brought by several young militiamen, they just kept nodding to them with a somewhat stiff and flattering smile.

Nie Lieji saw all this in his eyes and coughed, attracting everyone's attention.

Then he said: "Fellow villagers, we are the militia of Baima Town, Dingzhou, Qin Domain, and we have also introduced it just now, Nie Lieji, the mayor of Baima Town. After a pause, he continued: "This time, we came on the order of the King of Qin and the order of the Son of Heaven of Chang'an to destroy the Chengde rebels. But rest assured, King Qin is benevolent, and this time he will only rebel and not hurt the people. However, there is something I would like to discuss with you folks."

After listening to the words of the commander of the Qin army, Lin Jiawen's heart was much calmer. The commander of the Qin army promised not to harm the people of Jiumen Village, so it must be counted. However, he also sighed a little at the request he had just made. Although the Qin army said that it would not harm them, it offered to requisition the grain in their fields to finance the army. When he saw Qin Jun appear, he thought of this result. The army is outside, and there is food in the field, how can it be spared.

However, to his surprise, Qin Jun actually proposed two compensation conditions.

"Rest assured, we will not take the food in vain. There are two options here, one of which is to requisition your grain and compensate you according to the price. The second is to temporarily register the requisitioned grain, and if you are willing to move to the territory of the Qin Domain, then after the settlement is completed, the government will compensate the corresponding amount of money. Or, temporarily register, and wait for our army to destroy the Chengde rebellion in the future, and then pay compensation. Looking at these conditions, which one are you willing to choose? ”

Originally, this time it was to rush to harvest grain, but specifically, there was a new order for the camp. For those people who did not resist against the Qin army, the Qin army could not directly take away their food and property, but for the sake of long-term consideration, put forward these two solutions, after all, the destruction of the two towns was imminent, and these people would be the people of the Qin domain in the near future.

Lin Jiawen turned his head and discussed softly with his brothers and uncles for a while, and finally felt that Qin Jun's conditions were very generous. Although in troubled times, everyone prefers to keep their own food, but they also know that this is impossible. This is also to encounter the Qin army, if there are other armies, which one cares about you so much, just grab the grain and leave. Originally, there were two elders who felt that they should take the money directly. There are also a few brothers who feel that they should move to the Qin Domain. They think it's like this. Although the Qin army is good to them, if the Qin army leaves in the future, it will be difficult to ensure that the German army will not settle accounts after the autumn. However, Lin Jiawen and his cousin Jiarui Village Chief are still reluctant to leave here, according to genealogical records, their Lin family has migrated here during the Shang Dynasty, so many dynasties have risen and fallen, and their Lin family has always been rooted here, to their generation. How can you abandon the foundation of your ancestral business? What's more, they also felt that the Chengde army would not be able to defeat the Qin army at all this time, and it was very likely that the Qin army would annex Chengde Town in one fell swoop. In this way, then they will also be members of the Qin clan in the future, in this case, why do they need to leave their homeland and abandon the ancestral tomb.

They quickly reached an agreement and persuaded several other delegates to stay. Meantime. They didn't dare to ask for Qin Jun's money, and only said that they would register it first. They still have some feelings in their hearts. Although the commander of the Qin army said that he was willing to give money, how dare he take this money, he only thought that this was just a rhetoric of the Qin army.

Nie Lieji called the paperwork and carefully registered the number of acres of land of each family, and then in the afternoon of the same day, the militia of 3,000 Baima Town, as well as the whole village of Jiumen Village, also went to the field together and began to harvest. Almost at the same time, the entire Hebei Plain began to enter the harvest, countless sickles were waved, countless rice and wheat fell, were tied up, and sent back to the village.

Nine Gate City.

The county magistrate and town of Jiumen County will sit in the county office with a cadre of civil and military personnel, all of them frowning, sighing for a long time.

"It's not okay to sit back and wait for death!" The town general Wang Bao slammed the table and made a loud bang. "The Qin army of the dog day played ruthlessly this time, damn, the soldiers and horses besieged the city, and then let the militia harvest our wheat in the back. If this continues, it won't take a few days, and our food will be robbed by them, how will we fight it in the future? ”

Lin Lun, the county magistrate, stroked his beard and sighed: "General Wang, don't be dry, calm down, calm down." Now the Qin army can't wait for us to go out of the city, we only have 1,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but according to the report of the horses, there are 500 cavalry and 1,500 infantry troops stationed outside the city, although these are not the most elite soldiers of the Qin army, but the defense army and the city defense army over there are not ordinary soldiers. We must not go out of the city to fight, we still stick to the help. ”

Wang Bao snorted coldly, looking down on the county order who was afraid of death. But he also knew that not only Jiumen City was besieged at the moment, but all other cities were already besieged by Qin soldiers, and I heard that the Qin army acted rapidly this time, and even sent the most elite 100,000 field troops all the way as if they were in a no-man's land, directly surrounding the eight state cities of Chengde Weibo Second Town. The current situation is that the Qin army is arrogantly encircling the cities of the two towns with elite divisions, the field army is besieging the state city, the border guards and the city defense army are besieging the county town and forts, while the militia directly occupies the countryside and grabs their rice. At the moment, they will not have reinforcements at all!

In Zhending City, Zhenzhou, where the Marshal's Mansion of Chengde Town is located, Wang Jingyin's brothers stood on the tower of the city gate, looking at the 20,000 Qin army field troops who went directly into the enemy territory, went deep into the city of Zhenzhou, and camped directly by the Hutuo River, and couldn't help but feel angry.

"Li Jing deceives people too much, is it really my Wang family that can't be made of mud?"

Anyone who is ignored by such a red fruit will be unhappy. Thinking that Chengde Town is also one of the oldest feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, it has always been controlled by Zhending, which can be described as a strong soldier, even if it has been weakened over the years, it must not be ignored like this.

The tactics of the Qin army were too arrogant, and they directly came to a whole territory interspersed with encirclement, treating them as if they were nothing.

"Third brother, tonight you immediately led the Boye army out of the city, taking advantage of the new arrival of the Qin army, the camp was not stable, and you were caught off guard. The tigers don't threaten, they really treat us like sick cats! ”

Wang Jingyi rubbed his hands and nodded in response: "Please rest assured, big brother, I will give them a few colors this time!" ”

That night, Wang Jingyi led 30,000 Boye troops out of the camp quietly, and at the end of the month, it was dark and dark, Wang Jingyi took the lead and led the army to kill the bank of the Hutuo River from three sides, preparing to directly drive the 20,000 Qin troops into the river to feed the fish. The Qin camp was getting closer and closer, the camp gate of the black hole was wide open, Wang Jingyi's blood was boiling, and he shouted, "Kill, step through the Qin camp!" ”

The shouts of killing were everywhere, and the forward cavalry of the Boye Army in Chengde Town roared past, and the horse's hooves rushed straight to the Qin camp with a rumbling sound, and one by one the Zhao soldiers began to draw their sabers and bent down, ready to teach those arrogant Qin people a hard lesson.

As soon as the camp gate rushed in, Zhao Bing, who was rushing to the front, had already thrown out the flying grab and pulled down several tents. To their surprise, they didn't scream. Screams rang out. Opposite. There was no sound in the tent except the sound of their shouts and the sound of horses' hooves.

There was a burst of uneasiness in his heart, Zhao Bing continued to rush into the camp with inertia and uneasiness, and the tents were pulled down one by one, and the follow-up Zhao Bing had already lit torches and rockets, and began to throw torches everywhere, constantly releasing rockets.

The flames were everywhere. The camp shone like day in the light of the fire.

At this time, Wang Jingyi finally realized something.

His face turned iron-blue, then pale, and then purple.

With trembling lips, he shouted loudly: "Qin Gou has already laid an ambush, and he has been tricked, retreat quickly!" ”

His voice was extremely poignant, and the nearby Zhao soldiers also changed color. However, in the Qin camp under the darkness of the night at this time, there was a roar and the sound of horses' hooves. The sound of fire, the sound of killing. The shouts of Wang Jingyi and the soldiers around him did not spread far. Under this noise, it was drowned out.

Night raids are originally a double-edged sword full of variables, and even the most elite troops will win or lose five or five at night. Not to mention the Zhao army's 30,000 soldiers and horses, and many of them were recruits and peasant soldiers, in this kind of night raid battle, once they were hit, they began to be chaotic.

The soldiers in front had already known that Lu Dao had fallen into the Qin army's plan, and they were panicked and wanted to withdraw from the camp immediately, while the Zhao army in the back didn't know what was going on in front of Lu Dao at all, and they were still rushing forward.

Chaos arose, and before the Qin army appeared, the Zhao army was already in chaos.

Wang Jingyi couldn't understand why the Qin army could have expected them to attack the camp tonight, and how they had managed to disappear without a trace all of a sudden. It's only twenty miles away from Zhenzhou City, where did they go, how did they go, and no spies found out about it, damn it. When I went back, the first thing I did was to cut down all those damn guys, Wang Jingyi thought hatefully.

At this moment, countless screams suddenly sounded in the darkness, followed by the darkness of the night, suddenly starry, and in the next moment, those stars began to fall from the sky.

Meteor showers, meteorites fall from the sky, and the sky collapses and the earth cracks!

Many of the newly recruited recruits and peasant soldiers still looked up at the sky with shocked and demented faces, and they were so surprised by the magnificent sight of the sky at that moment that they even forgot everything, completely shocked.

And those veterans of the Boye Army, when they looked up and saw the magnificent scene in the sky, they were like seeing ghosts, and their faces changed drastically, and they became extremely pale. Some of them even began to tremble all over, and then they let out a shout, throwing away the knives in their hands, and began to run frantically. There were also some people who jumped directly into the ditch in front of the fence of the Qin military camp, holding their heads and shrinking into a ball, their whole bodies trembling.

From the sound of the scream to the fall of the stars, it was only a moment, but for many Zhao Jun, it seemed like a hundred years.

Finally, the stars fell to the ground, the earth shook for a while, and many Zhao soldiers even stood unsteadily and fell to the ground. Their ears suddenly couldn't hear anything, and they only saw the frightened expressions of the brothers next to them, and they fled in all directions

Hundreds of steps around the Qin army's camp, I don't know when, the Qin army that disappeared from the camp appeared here. In front of their array, rows of flying thunder cannon barrels pointed diagonally into the sky, and under the big hand of Zhou Dewei, the commander of the Southern Expedition, they ignited the propellant almost at the same time, and then countless flying thunderbolts flew into the air and threw them towards the artillery strike point that had been preset for a long time.

Although it was dark night, the artillerymen did not need to aim at all, this artillery position was established at the same time when they were camped, and the preset target of the artillery array was the Qin army camp. In other words, when Zhou Dewei first arrived at Zhenzhou, he had already expected that the Chengde army would go out of the city and attack at night.

Zhou Dewei's prediction was right, the Chengde army really came out of the city, and it slammed into the camp of the Qin army, that is, the artillery bombardment area that had been preset for a long time.

As soon as it got dark, Zhou Dewei withdrew with the whole battalion to ten miles outside the camp, and then as soon as the Zhao army left the city, he immediately came back with his soldiers and horses, and quickly mounted the flying thunder cannon on the pre-set position. When the camp fired, Zhou Dewei waved his hand coldly, and the Qin artillery finally became powerful.

The flying thunder cannons of one door continued to roar, and the flower of death bloomed under the night sky, taking away the lives of Zhao soldiers one after another.

The greatest effect brought by the roar of the Flying Thunder Cannon was not the direct lethality, but the instant collapse of Zhao Jun's array and their will to fight. Faced with the flying thunder shooting from the sky in the darkness, facing the sky falling apart, the earth shaking, and the new recruits were the first to collapse.

The collapse of the recruits soon led to the collapse of the few veterans who were barely making ends meet.

"Thunder!" Zhou Dewei said expressionlessly, Ci is not in charge of the army, and can become the commander of the capital, Zhou Dewei has already been able to have a thunderous heart and face like a peaceful lake.

With the operation of the artillerymen, at this time, around the Qin army camp, suddenly burst out with more violent sounds, the mines planted by the artillery around the camp in advance began to exert power, and the continuous explosions continued to sound, and the entire Qin army camp instantly became a hell on earth

On the city of Zhending, Wang Jingyin heard the fire rising to the sky in the south, as well as the continuous cracking sound, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Soon, several horsemen galloped and hurried up to the castle tower.

"Report!"

"The three generals went out of the city to attack the enemy at night, the whole army was defeated, the three generals, the three generals don't know if they live or die!" (To be continued......)