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Lin Sizu looked at Shangguan Jun on the front of the city. In front of him were dozens of corpses, not from the official army, but from the corpses that were shot to death in the previous round of attack. ±

He squatted down and examined one by one. The wounds on the body were shocking. One man lost half of his head, one was shot in the chest, and the shot was directly shot on the heart protection glass, and then the armor broke the man's heart. Another man was shot in the abdomen, half of his belly was rotten, and his intestines were flowing all over the floor. Another man was shot in his thigh, and the flesh on half of his legs was gone, leaving behind thick white bones.

Looking at these, the little overlord tried his best to remain calm, but a chill rose in his heart, which made him frightened. He had never seen such a powerful musket, which was like being hit by a lead bullet from a tiger squatting cannon.

In addition, although the attack just now ended before it was unfolded, it also made him discover many things. For example, there were many artillery on the city, which was beyond his expectations. He guessed that not only were there tiger squats but also destroyers, but also small trumpets of the Folang machine cannons, which may be less than a hundred.

The sharp muskets and the huge number of cannons began to force Lin Sizu to reconsider the situation in front of him. What made him hesitate the most was that he had just received a news that it was said that a battalion of troops led by Ma Shoucheng had already failed under the Tiger Head Fort, and the entire army was gone.

This seems to explain why the nine-headed bird in Tigerhead Castle appears here.

Lin Sizu is now a little regretful. He should have attacked the city immediately when he arrived at Huang'an City that day. He originally felt that he would not be able to deal with the official army when he returned to the left five camp this time, and he had time to attack the city calmly. In order to avoid casualties in the siege, he attacked everywhere, swept away nearby towns, and captured many people to help build siege equipment. He also planned to use these people as siege cannon fodder, but today, the plan was miscalculated.

Gently tapping the armrest of the wooden chair, what rushed into the nose were the corpses that began to rot and smell, and the smell of gunpowder everywhere in the air. The two odors mixed together made people feel even more disgusted.

Now he is in a difficult situation.

The news that Ma Shoucheng's entire army has not been confirmed, but it is very likely that it is true. This time, he returned to the left five battalions to send troops to eastern Hubei, but the main forces are concentrated in the south of Luotian, Huangmei and others. In the north, only two battalions of troops from him and Ma Shoucheng attacked Macheng and Huang'an respectively. If Ma Shoucheng is really finished, then he will be fighting alone.

He didn't know what the war was going on in the south, nor did he know if he would get reinforcements, or when the official army could come to reinforce Huang An. He didn't have to worry about food and grass issues now. He has plundered a lot in the past few days, and he has plundered a lot of food and money.

What made him most troubled was the walls of Huang'an City. The bandit army had sharp muskets and a large number of cannons, which made his attack quite difficult. This time, he sent troops, but he only carried eighteen tiger squats and six sects to destroy the enemy. He thought that so many cannons were enough, but now compared with the thief head, the difference is too far.

The artillery fire was not enough to suppress the cannons at the city, and the archers in his hand would definitely not be able to defeat the musketeers at the city, so it would be quite difficult to force the siege.

Although Lin Sizu also commanded a battalion of troops, the battalion was actually a new camp. There were not many old brothers in it, and many of them were newly recruited this year. With the large number of people or the power to avoid the real and the weak, it would be fine to take a vote. But if you force yourself to attack Huang'an City in front of you, it would be troublesome.

Lin Sizu, who was under the city, was unable to get off the tiger, but Liu Jun, who was on the city, was very relaxed and calm.

The purpose of his trip was to protect Huang An, not to annihilate the thieves under the city. Therefore, since the thieves retreated, he was happy.

"Do you open the city gate and let the people outside the city come in?" Mei Qing was a woman after all. Looking at the people who were still lying outside the city, she couldn't help but say, many of the people were hit by the lead from the cannon just now, and many of them were injured, and they were lying there and screaming.

Magistrate Wang hurriedly said, "No, don't you know that there are no spies from thieves mixed in here? What if we open the city and let them come in, they will take the opportunity to seize the city at that time."

"But it can't be like that."

"The war is ruthless, and there is no eyebrow in the swords and guns. When the city gate catches fire, it will inevitably lead to the disaster." Liu Jun sighed, not agreeing with letting people enter the city. However, he still put forward a compromise opinion, "It is better to prepare some medicine, hang them down from the top of the city, let them heal themselves, and then give them some food. Let them stay under the city wall first. In my opinion, the thief cannot stay for a long time. In most cases, they are going to retreat."

"How can I see it?" asked County Magistrate Wang.

"Is it obvious that the thieves retreated at the beginning of this attack, which shows that the thieves are hesitant. Now we only need to add more fire to them, and they will retreat." Liu Jun said confidently. After saying that, he sent someone to bring a prisoner who was captured halfway through and wrote a letter to him and gave it to Lin Sizu.

The prisoner sat down the city with a hanging basket, walked nervously from a group of people under the city and came to the bandit army.

"I want to meet the little bully, I have a letter to him."

"Bring it up." Lin Sizu shouted.

The man was brought up, and Lin Sizu was sitting there holding a millstone, grinding a knife. After a long time, he raised his eyes, "Are you from Huang'an County Order or from Jiutou?"

"When you come back to the king, the youngest one is Wu Gui, the personal soldier under Zhuantianbao."

"Yeah!" Lin Yang was surprised and walked up with a knife, twisting Wu Gui's collar, "Do you dare to lie to me?"

"The little one is really true. The little one is the servant of the Tiantian Leopard." Wu Guiru poured beans into bamboo tubes, and told the story of following the Tiantian Leopard attacking the Tigerhead Castle, and then losing and defeating.

Lin Sizu let go of Wu Gui, and his whole body was like a lightning strike. The thing he feared the most did happen.

"Is this Liu Jun so powerful?" Then he didn't say another sentence in his heart, "That Ma Shoucheng is so incompetent."

"Where is the letter that Liu Jun asked you to bring?"

"Here!" Wu Gui quickly took out the letter and delivered it.

Liu Jun's letter was full of threats and aggressive everywhere, asking Lin Sizu to lead his troops to surrender, and said that if it were not the case, it would be the same as Ma Shoucheng.

Lin Sizu gave the letter to several of his subordinates to circulate it. After reading it, the few cursed and even shouted that they immediately attacked the city again.

"Shut up." Lin Sizu stopped the few people from going crazy.

Although he was called Little Overlord, he was not a person with a bad temper, but a person who had made plans. These three thousand soldiers were the foundation of his career. Even though his father was one of the five major bosses in the Fifth Camp of the Left, in the past ten years of the rebel army's uprising, the leaders of the rebel army, who had been powerful in the last ten years, finally silent because they had a misstep, took a wrong step, and were defeated. After the troops were gone, there was nothing left.

Lin Sizu knew that his battalion was incomparable to the first battalion of Ma Shoucheng. Ma Shoucheng's battalion was all elite, and his battalion was all new, and his battalion was far inferior to Ma Shoucheng's experience in battle formations and weapons and equipment. Ma Shoucheng was defeated in front of the Nine-Headed Bird and lost all his entire army, so he had to be alert.

"But we can't just withdraw like this."

"Why don't you retreat?" Lin Sizu asked back. This time he was ordered to advance westward. If the plan went smoothly, he could attack the western foot of the Dabie Mountains and occupy Macheng Huang'an and Huangmei and other cities. Then the subsequent large troops would move westward from Huanghuo Mountain District to prepare to join Zhang Xianzhong and Cao Cao and others in Xiangyang. But now, since Ma Shoucheng has been wiped out and Macheng cannot be defeated, even the Hutou Pass and other passes have been taken back, then they will continue to stay here, even if they capture Huang'an, they will be alone and will not be able to withstand the counterattack of the government army at that time.

The green mountains left are there, and you are not afraid of burning firewood.

Lin Sizu decisively issued an order to retreat.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Liu Jun and sent Wu Gui back.

"The green mountains remain unchanged, the green water flows forever. See you next day, and there will be a date later!"

Seeing this reply, Liu Jun just sneered. This time, the Nine-Headed Bird is not strong enough. When you meet again tomorrow, you will not give you another chance to escape.

"The thief has retreated!" Liu Jun handed the letter to Mei Qing and others.

When Magistrate Wang heard the news, he sat on the ground excitedly and finally saved Huang'an City.

The next day, the reward was not recovered at night, and the thieves had already withdrawn from Huguang and returned to Guangzhou, Henan. After hearing this news, Liu Jun also brought the nine-headed bird back to Macheng. Mei Qing ignored the retention of Magistrate Wang and others, and brought the Mei family to Macheng with Liu Jun.

After Ma Shoucheng's entire army was wiped out and Lin Sizu withdrew from Huguang, several battalions of bandits in the south also retreated to Yinghuo Mountain District one after another, and once the attack of the extremely wide bandits was declared unsuccessful. In the east of Hubei, there was a cheer and celebration.

Officials call this a great victory in Qihuang.

In this great victory, the government army beheaded more than 2,000 levels, captured more than 2,000 prisoners, and seized countless swords, guns, armor and cannons. Of course, the most dazzling one was the 69-headed birds led by Liu Jun, the Macheng regiment, performed the best. In this battle, the Nine-headed birds won the brilliant Tiger Head Fort victory, and then reinforced Huang'an City, saved Huang'an County, and forced a battalion of thousands of thieves to retreat.

The nine-headed bird killed more than 1,700 levels and captured more than 2,000 people.

In fact, in this Qihuang victory, although nearly 20,000 bandits in six battalions invaded Huguang, the real battle was only the battle of Hutou Castle in Macheng. This battle was the most intense and the results were the most abundant, and it directly annihilated the entire elite bandit camp.

The other routes were mostly just blocking the attack of the thief. When the thief retreated, they were just sending each other away.

Not only did he repel the large-scale attack of 20,000 bandits at one time, he also beheaded more than 2,000 levels, captured more than 2,000 people, and killed or captured one-fifth of the invading bandits. This record is still quite dazzling.

Officials at all levels reported the results of the statistics as quickly as possible. Soon, Huangzhou Prefecture learned about this great victory, and the patrol, the guards, and the soldiers prepared the roads. The governor of Huguang also knew about this great victory. The news was even quickly spread to Xiong Wencan, the military affairs officer of the Military Leadership Department and the Right Deputy Censor, and the Prime Minister Nanji, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan.
Chapter completed!