The horn of attack had already sounded in the fog outside the city. Magistrate Wang and others who were happy to be strong and came to support immediately changed their faces.

"The thief is going to attack the city, what should I do?"

Liu Jun was not afraid at all, but just asked his old acquaintance Zhu Chong Qianhu, "Do you know where the thief army is from outside and how strong are there?"

Zhu Chong immediately replied, "According to my no-no-spot, there are about 3,000 thieves outside. The leader of the bandit general is Lin Sizu. He is the son of Wang Lin, the chaotic king in the fifth camp in Zuowu. He has been at Huang'an City for three days, but he has been surrounded and not attacking."

Zhu Chong and Liu Jun met, and knew the strength of the nine-headed bird led by Liu Jun. He also heard that Liu Jun had just wiped out the three thousand thieves led by the old Huihui brother Ma Shoucheng at Hutou Fort, so he trusted Liu Jun more and more. He did not falsely report the enemy situation, but told the truth.

"It's only three thousand." Liu Jun turned to the county magistrate Wang and Liu Tuanjian, "Everyone, there are only three thousand thieves, but we have a strong city to rely on, so we don't have to be afraid."

"There are three thousand thieves, but we only have hundreds of them. With your reinforcements, there are not a thousand. We are still very few and we are still few."

Liu Jun shook his head, "No, Sun Tzu said, "If you use troops, you will surround them if you use troops ten times, attack them if you attack them if you are twice as big as the enemy. If you are less powerful, you will be able to fight them if you are less powerful than the enemy, and if you are less powerful than the enemy, you will be able to avoid them if you are less powerful than the enemy. If you are less powerful than the enemy, you should avoid a decisive battle."

This military strategy is easy to understand. If you have ten times the enemy's strength, you don't have to rush to fight. If you siege directly, you can siege the enemy to death, and eventually let the enemy surrender without fighting. If you only have five times the enemy's strength, the siege will not have enough force. At this time, you must launch a decisive attack and fight quickly. If the force is twice that of the enemy, you have to find a way to disperse some enemies so that you can ensure the winning rate.

Now the thief's troops are about three times that of officers and soldiers, and siege is not suitable, but direct attack is inevitable. Especially for this kind of siege battle, traditionally, the siege side requires seven times the strength of the defending city's troops to attack, and the defending city's troops can still hold on for at least ten days and half a month.

Now that the thieves are coming to attack from afar, the official army may come to rescue at any time. Under this circumstance, only more than 3,000 thieves want to capture Huang An, which seems like a fool.

Moreover, there are many advantages to defending the city and fighting. The young and strong people in the city can go to the city to assist in defense at any time. Even if they just throw stones, they can play a big role. From this perspective, the young and strong people who can mobilize the city can surpass the thieves who attack the city.

"But now it's foggy, and the thieves are siegeing the city at this time, which is so unfavorable for us." Mr. Liu Lian was not doing anything, and pointed out the current unfavorable situation.

Liu Jun looked at the heavy fog. It was probably already morning, but the fog was still very large and it seemed that it would not dissipate in a short period of time.

The thief attacked while taking advantage of the fog, which did cause many disadvantages to the defending side.

"The heavy fog is not impossible to solve." Liu Jun said distractedly, "Immediately send someone to bring straw and firewood to the city, ignite it and throw it down."

Mei Qing suddenly understood Liu Jun’s intention, “It’s a good idea to drive away the fog with fire.”

Using fire to drive away fog is not considered Liu Jun's invention. In fact, in winter, sometimes heavy fog and frost will cause great harm to crops. At this time, the people will burn straw and firewood in the fields to drive away fog and frost.

"Why didn't I think of this? Mr. Liu Lian is really wise." Magistrate Wang exclaimed sincerely.

Liu Jun didn't want to talk nonsense. The thieves had already blew up their horns and did not attack for three days. This was the first time the siege would be very fierce. He told County Magistrate Wang, "I'll ask County Magistrate Wang to organize the people to transport straw and firewood to the city, and General Liu Lian organized the young and strong people in the county to go to the city to cooperate in defense. As for the head-on response, I'll leave it to me, Zhu Qianhu and Mr. Mei, the three troops."

Magistrate Wang responded repeatedly. When he encountered such a big incident, he was eager to hand over the position of defending the city and fighting.

Liu Jun and Mei Qing came to the city with reinforcements.

"Brother Jiye, how do we fight?" Zhu Chong asked. When he was in Qiting, he called Liu Jun the nephew, but now he has given Liu Jun a lifetime and has called him brother.

"The thieves besieged the city from all sides, but I think the thieves will concentrate their forces to attack one side, and the other three sides will bluff their flags and attack." Liu Jun said.

"But how do we know which side the thief will attack?"

"So we can only defend from all sides now. I guess the thieves are most likely to attack the north gate, followed by the south gate, and the east and west gates. I plan to defend the north gate with Jiutouzhao, and the troops are led by the Qianhu master to defend the south gate, and the young and strong people in the city are led by the west gate. After the war is done, we will judge the direction of the attack of the thieves and make adjustments at that time. How about it?"

"I'm fine." Mei Qing said.

Zhu Chong originally wanted to follow Liu Jun, but seeing this, he had to nod.

Piles of straw and firewood were thrown away by firewood and then ignited. Under the city on all sides of Huang'an City, piles of fires were born, orange flames rose up, and the thick white mist gradually dissipated, and the vision became wider.

"The dog official is a little brainy."

In front of Huang Annan Gate, Lin Sizu looked at the piles of fires under the city with a gloomy face, and the increasingly thinner fog, and said sinisterly. The original excellent siege cover was suddenly broken by the government army.

"Master, do you still want to continue attacking?" asked a thief leader.

"Continue to play the trumpet and give it to me."

Although the fog has dissipated, Lin Sizu has no intention of stopping the attack. Without the fog, then just attack with force.

"Turn the captured people forward and let them fill the trench."

The little overlord said coldly that many nearby people had captured in his camp. Their property was stolen by them, and their wives and daughters were stolen. Then they were forced to help them cut down wood, set up camps, and make siege equipment. Now, they were driven up to fill the trenches.

The fog was dispelled by fireworks, and in the south city, Liu Jun and the nine-headed bird's sight were restored.

A large number of people appeared far below the city, not thieves, but the people.

"Sir, the thief drives the people to come up and carry the earth to fill the trenches"

Liu Jun stood on the city gate tower and watched all this clearly.

"Sir, what should I do?"

Liu Jun was silent. There were thousands of people under the city, densely packed. If they fired, these innocent people would fall here. If they didn't fire, they could quickly fill the trenches for the thieves, and then maybe they would have to attack the city again.

It’s not that Liu Jun didn’t understand the benefits and interests, but he was a foreign army who came to help, and he really didn’t want to give the order to shoot.

He was still hesitating, but Magistrate Wang and General Liu Lian rushed over after hearing the news. As soon as they saw the dense crowds of people below, their faces immediately changed drastically.

"Mr. Liu, shoot the arrow quickly. If they ask them to fill the trench, Huang Ancheng will be finished."

"Yes, Lord Liu, you must not be kind to a woman at this time."

Liu Jun turned his head and looked at the two of them, then turned around, "Missar Wang Liu Tuanlian has an order, and anyone who dares to approach the city wall will be killed without mercy."

Bang bang bang

There were loud noises, and the enemy cannons and tiger squat cannons on the city walls flew together. Countless iron sand and lead shots shot out, covering the moat. The people who were driven by the bandits immediately fell down a large area, and those who were not injured all lay on the ground in fear. The thieves behind were holding scabbards and whipped desperately, asking them to get up and continue filling the moat, but many people didn't get up at all. No matter how they beat them, they wouldn't get up.

The power of the cannons is so powerful that ordinary people's legs have long since seen it.

Mei Qing also brought half of his servants to Nancheng for reinforcements. When he saw the fierceness of the bandits, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"Get a gun." Liu Jun shouted to the newly acquired personal soldier Wang Ergou.

Ergou quickly handed over a flying dragon gun. Liu Qiang saw that the ammunition had been loaded and shook his head, "Don't want this, come over with the unloaded flying dragon gun."

Ergou handed Liu Jun another unloaded flying dragon gun. Liu Jun took it. Instead of using an ordinary fixed-loading paper bullet, he took out a different lead bullet from a cowhide bullet bag on his waist.

Mei Qing looked carefully and found that the lead bullet that Liu Jun took was not an ordinary round bullet, but was slightly cylindrical. It was a small round head in front, a thin neck in the middle, and then it was hollow at the back.

This way, it is actually very similar to badminton in later generations.

Liu Jun completed the loading skillfully, then put the butt on his shoulder and cheek. He aimed standing and locked the leader of a thief under the city who was desperately whipping a group of people. The man was only wearing leather armor and had already stood within Liu Jun's range. Liu Jun aimed directly at his face.

The trigger was pulled, the fire door cover opened automatically, the fuse ignited the gunpowder, and with a bang, the gun hit back.

Mei Qing quickly picked up the Qianli Mile Mile and looked at it, searching for the results of Liu Jun's shot, and she quickly found it.

In the Qianli Mile Mile, I clearly saw the thief falling down. The camera moved forward and saw the part where Liu Jun hit the shot, and one shot hit the thief in the right eye.

The mirror was filled with vague flesh and blood. The strange lead bullet was indeed different. It actually smashed half of the thief's head with one shot. Mei Qing had never seen such a terrifying killing effect. She couldn't help but feel disgusted. She hurriedly ran while holding the battlements and vomited.

It took a while to suppress the disgust, but I didn't dare to use the Qianli Mirror to look at it anymore.

"Why is this lead bullet so powerful?"

"This is one of the new special bullets developed in our military weapon shop. If you hit the face, you will die, and if you hit the armorless chest, you will die. Even if you hit the limbs, you will be disabled. Even if you wear armor, you will have a 50% chance of death." Liu Jun said proudly. Compared with the round bullet, this lead bullet has a stronger stopping effect and a larger cavity. It is already somewhat similar to the effect of the Dam bullet. Although it does not have such a terrible cavity effect, it is still considered a prototype.

"Is there any other powerful bullet?"

"Of course." As he said that, Liu Jun took out another bullet, but this time it was a pointed bullet, with a layer of copper covering the outside. What's even more peculiar is that the pointed part of the copper-covered bullet was empty, revealing a thin lead core.

"Can this pointed bullet work?" Mei Qing asked curiously.

"Well, the effect is still very strong within sixty steps. If it exceeds sixty steps, the accuracy will not work."

"Is your flying dragon gun only a range of more than a hundred steps? Now that you only have sixty steps with this pointed bullet, wouldn't it be worth the loss?" Mei Qing was puzzled.

"If you look carefully, you will know that the bullet is powerful."

Liu Jun loaded ammunition confidently, and different bullets have different functions, just like this pointed bullet. Although it greatly reduces the range, it has unique armor-breaking ability.

Liu Jun aimed at another thief under the city. This time he was aiming at a thief under the bright light armor. He looked like a leader, with iron armor all over his body, and was very arrogant. He rode his horse to the front of the moat, as if he was relying on his armor, and he was not afraid of the bows, arrows and muskets on the city at all.

In order to prove the effect of the pointed bullet, Liu Jun did not aim at the thief's face, but directly aimed at his chest. There was a large heart protection glass, which was difficult to hurt by bows and arrows.

However, Liu Jun believed in his armor-piercing bullet and pulled the trigger specifically to the heart protection mirror.

The thief shook his body a few times on the horse and finally fell down.

The officials on the top of the city couldn't wait to use the Qianli Miles to observe, and even Mei Qing couldn't help but hold the Qianli Miles to look at it again.

A few dozen steps away, the heavily armored thief was already lying on the ground and was still motionless. A blood hole in his chest was bleeding. Even with a heart-protecting glass, it could not protect his life.

"Awesome" everyone couldn't help but praise it.

"You get what you pay for." Liu Jun smiled, "This bullet is not cheap. It is completely handmade and has limited quantity, but it is indeed very lethal."

Several roars sounded again on the city, and the bandits who were still driving the people forward fell to the ground one after another.

It was Liu Jun's personal soldiers shooting. These gunmen were all excellent team members who were both good at riding and shooting. This time, Liu Jun took the lead in equipping the first batch of flying dragon guns in the workshop to his recruits, and also equipped them with the special bullets that were still being tested.

These personal soldiers equipped with flying dragon guns and special bullets also temporarily act as blockers.

The muskets, which are not very scary in the hands of the official army, were almost shot in the hands of these personal soldiers, and they would kill them with one blow. No matter how thick the armor you wear, they would not be able to block their lead bullets.

In just a moment, all the bandits who drove away the people in front were shot to death under the city.

A moment of tranquility appeared on the battlefield, and the people were lying on the ground and trembling. The thieves driven away by the brigade fell in their pools of blood.

The artillery fire in the city has stopped.

The sound of gold sounded in the thief formation under the city finally sounded, and the thief who received the signal of retreat retreated like a tide, feeling still scared.

Under the city, they left dozens of corpses and thousands of captured people.

A burst of cheers suddenly sounded from the city, and everyone was amazed and applauded by Liu Jun and his subordinates' personal soldiers' shooting.
Chapter completed!