There are city towers on the top of the four city gates of Yangxin, and the other three city towers are all single-storey, and the north city tower facing the Zhulong River can be regarded as majestic compared to the small city of Yangxin. The North City Tower is a two-storey heavy eaves brick and wood structure, four feet high from the ground, four rooms are about three feet wide, and three rooms are about two feet six feet deep.

Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang didn't have the heart to take a rest, and rushed to Beichenglou with the generals and colonels of Shaowu Town to find Lin Jian and ask to go out of the city to fight. They have a grief and anger in their hearts that is difficult to vent, and they need to find something to do so as not to crush the grief and indignation in their hearts.

They climbed the Beicheng Tower, and the more than 2,000 captives who pursued the remnants of Shao Wu Town to Yangxin did not withdraw because Shao Wu's army avoided Yangxin City, but joined forces with the outpost troops outside the city, and camped on the Zhulong Slope separating the Zhulong River from Yangxin City in the northeast corner of Yangxin, apparently waiting for the main force behind to come and prepare to storm Yangxin.

By dusk, the snow outside the city had been trampled to filth, revealing black-brown dirt, and a group of captives was on guard about three arrows away from the north gate.

Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang did not find Lin Tie, and it happened that Lin Tie and Zhou Tongzheng led the Jinzhong cavalry to attack from the north gate, harassing the captive sentry cavalry outside the north city, and when Zhu Longpo sent a large number of cavalry to support, the Jinzhong cavalry quickly avoided the north gate.

The captives were not ready to attack the city, and the Jinzhong army withdrew into the north gate and did not close the city gate in time, and they did not dare to take advantage of the situation to come over and grab the gate.

Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang looked at the armor soldiers led by Ao Canghai who were ambushed on both sides of the north gate, and knew that Zhou Tong wanted to lure the captives to seize the north gate. However, the captives who led the troops to pursue Shao Wujun were quite cautious, and when the forward cavalry approached the shooting distance of the city, he ordered to stop the pursuit and return to Zhulongpo. At this time, I saw Zhou Tong leading the cavalry of Jinzhong and Ao Canghai leading the armor to pass through the city to the south gate. The cavalry of Jinzhong attacked from the south gate and pursued the group of captives who were monitoring the south gate, and the large group of captives who had just returned to Zhulongpo were forced to gallop outside the south gate.

Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang stood on the north city tower, and they were more than 400 steps away from the south gate, and they could see it clearly.

The captives this time aroused their temperament, three or four hundred cavalry clung to the Jinzhong army to chase after the south gate, and more cavalry were two or three hundred steps away, waiting to confirm that the front cavalry would take the south gate and attack the city in one go.

The cavalry of Jinzhong retreated into the city, and Ao Canghai commanded the armor soldiers who were ambushed on both sides of the city gate to quickly push out seven or eight flying cars and stuff them into the hole of the city gate, which was five or six steps behind, and the three horses at the front could not contain the momentum, and they had no time to dodge, and the men and horses hit the spear wall that stretched out six or seven feet in parallel. Although there were three flying contradictory cars suddenly fell apart, but the momentum of the captives was successfully blocked, and there were more armor guards with high shields in the back, and the captives who bit their tails into the hole in the city gate were blocked, and the crossbowmen shot at the captives who wanted to rein in the horses from the gaps in the high shields, and the defenders on the south tower also wantonly smashed the bricks, stones, woods and other heavy objects on the heads of the captives under the city gate, and the captives quickly left more than 30 corpses in embarrassment and retreated in a hurry.

The battlefield in the cave of the south gate was cleaned up, the city gate was closed, the corpses of more than 30 captives were separated, and the heads and bodies were tied with ropes, and they were hung down from the battlement wall of the city building at the south gate to stimulate the captives. Zhou Tong and Ao Canghai collected their troops and returned to the north city, and the north gate was beaten again, but they did not send troops to attack again, which also made the captives who were watching outside the city nervous for a while.

Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang watched Ao Canghai walk up from Dengcheng Road and glanced at each other.

At the peak of the Eastern Fujian Army, there were more than 100 military attachés at their level, and there were more than 3,000 soldiers in the forward battalion of Chen Zhihu's department.

When they were in Jinan, Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang recognized Ao Canghai.

It is normal for the imperial court to transfer Chen Zhihu's troops to the north to clear the bandits, and it is normal to have escapees, but Ao Canghai is the highest-ranking fugitive, which makes Chen Zhihu lose face and be angry, and vow to arrest him and behead him, but no one knows where Ao Canghai has gone in the past year, let alone why he wants to leave Chen Zhihu's department.

When Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang were in Jinan, they couldn't understand that it was improper for Ao Canghai to give up Zhaowu lieutenant, but he was willing to be a petty officer under Lin Jian incognito? At this time, I still can't figure out what secrets are hidden in it.

Ao Canghai looked at Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and other generals and colonels of the Zhaowu Army, looking at these old people, he wanted to laugh but felt bitter in his heart, patted Geng Quanshan on the shoulder, and said: "I am also very sad about the matter of Captain Lu...... You're here to find Lord Lin, right? ”

Geng Quanshan also asked Ao Canghai why he wanted to break away from Chen Zhihu's department in the first place, pursed his lips, and said: "We are here to ask for war, Du Wei and 5,000 Shao Wuzhen generals were buried in Shandong, we can't hide in Yangxin City and do nothing......

"Look outside, Donglu obviously doesn't want to let us go easily, there is still a battle in Yangxin, and there is a chance to avenge the blood hatred of Lu Duwei and Shao Wuzhen's generals," Ao Canghai said, "A batch of supplies will be rushed into the city from Zhulong Bay along the Zhulong River tonight, so the city will frequently attack and disturb, so that the 3,000 captives outside the city are prepared everywhere and exhausted, and they cannot camp on Zhulong Slope." ”

Geng Quanshan looked outside the city, and the frequent attacks in the city forced the captives to focus their forces on monitoring the four city gates, creating favorable conditions for the mule and horse convoys transporting supplies on the periphery to approach Yangxin City. In fact, the ice-covered river with a layer of snow was easier for mule and horse convoys to rush for supplies than the post roads at this time.

Ao Canghai asked the guards on duty, and only then did he know that Lin Jian had gone to Xicheng, so he took Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and other Shao Wu generals to Xicheng to find Lin Bin.

Encounter the forest in the northwest corner.

The houses in the northwest corner were almost demolished, forming a flat vacant land, more than a dozen acres in size. Lin Jian stood there, and the county lieutenant Cheng Weiyuan gestured and instructed things, asking him to send people behind the earth ramming city wall, and build a thick brick wall with a height of six or seven steps away, and in addition, Cheng Weiyuan sent people to set up a war shed on the city wall.

Except for the four towers on the Yangxin city wall, there are no reinforced defenses at the corners. The captives are attacking the city, and the corners are the weak points that the captives are easy to break through, and setting up a war shed can effectively shield the crossbows and throwing stones, Geng Quanshan can understand, but what is the use of building a brick wall across the rammed city wall?

When he came, he saw that someone had prepared bricks and stones on the inside of the north gate, saying that they would build a brick wall there to protect the gate from being breached, and the influx of enemy soldiers would be difficult to control.

Although Geng Quanshan is a general who was born in the countryside, but under the influence of Li Zhuo, Lu Jingyan and other generals, he has his understanding and knowledge of offensive and defensive military affairs.

For Yangxin City, the city gate is always the weak point of defense, the more the city gate opens, the more weak points, if the captives who finally come to attack Yangxin exceed 10,000 soldiers, they can only be forced to defend in the city, at this time it is extremely difficult to go out of the city gate to fight back.

After Lin Jian and Cheng Weiyuan explained the matter, they came to greet Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang, and said: "I saw you go to the north city just now, and you also saw the arrangement of the captives outside the city. Maybe they will divide more than 10,000 troops to surround Yangxintuan, but in short, we must be fully prepared......"

Geng Quanshan nodded, the Jiangdong Left Army plus the Jinzhong Army was less than a thousand, and the remnants of Shao Wu who they brought to avoid Yangxin City were only a little more than a thousand, adding up to only two thousand elites. There is more than enough to defend the city, but the troops sent by the Donglu to besiege the city are more than 10,000, and they will have a hard time defending the city, and it is even more difficult to do anything.

On the contrary, after the capture of Jinan, the troops on the southern front were alive, plus the rebels, the troops of the eastern captives could mobilize the eastward advance to reach up to 30,000 troops, even if there were 10,000 captives besieging Yangxin, there would be a maximum of 20,000 captives to attack Linzi Mansion, once Linzi Mansion was attacked, the captives could continue to advance eastward regardless of the besieged and dead Yangxin, and the eastern part of Shandong would be completely crippled.

Geng Quanshan couldn't imagine how this war would develop, so he took out an arrow from his quiver, cut it in two, handed it to Lin Bin, and said: "Before his death, Du Wei asked us to join the Jiangdong Left Army, and everything was under the orders of Lin Dujian. Shaowu Town from Gengquan Mountain below, there are still 1,088 remnants in Yangxin, I heard that Lin Dujian arranged to guard the war, if you do not obey the order, willing to be dealt with by Lin Dujian military law, even so arrows will not be resentful. Please rest assured that Geng Quanshan and the generals of Shao Wu will never smear the faces of the lieutenants under Jiuquan, and will not disgrace the souls of Shao Wujun under Jiuquan......"

"Okay," Lin Jian looked at Geng Quanshan and the generals and colonels of Shao Wu Town behind Geng Quanshan, grabbed the broken arrow in his hand, and said, "Lin Jian couldn't drink a glass of wine with Lu Duwei during the banquet, which is a regret that will never be lost in this life. You are all brave under the command of Lu Duwei, Lin Jian has the honor to command you to fight the battle of Yangxin to defend the city, it is better than drinking a glass of wine with Lu Duwei, we will use this battle to pay tribute to Lu Duwei under Jiuquan! Encourage all the generals! ”

"Please command, Lord Lin!" Geng Quanshan and Zhu Shaowuzhen said in unison.

Cheng Weiyuan stood aside and was silent, the two armies united, the most difficult thing to deal with was the problem of command, the number of remnants of Shaowu who withdrew into Yangxin was not less than that of the Jiangdong Left Army, and the status of generals such as Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang was even higher than that of Lin Tie, but the generals of Shao Wuzhen headed by Geng Quanshan were willing to be under the control and control of Lin Tie, which was probably not only due to Lu Jingyan's orders before his death.

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