Chapter 152 Drilling Gophers

However, this man surnamed Zhang also knows that these temporary villagers and braves are basically rabbles. Only dozens of people under him can be regarded as fierce characters who have seen blood. If he fights hard with Xing Tianjun in this way, he will definitely not be able to please him as last time, so he did not dare to lead his troops to kill the ancient town, but just put this batch. Xiang Yong pulled to Xiejiazhuang, east of the ancient town, and blocked the road of Xing Tianjun's next eastward attack. He planned to wait for work. Here, he delayed Xing Tianjun and waited for the arrival of the officers and soldiers.

Xing Tianjun's detailed work soon found the local armed forces in Xiejiazhuang and reported the news to Xiao Tianjian. After readjusting the generals, Xiao Tianjian once again turned his eyes to this large area east of the ancient town. This time, Xiao Tianjian decided to attack Yuanqu County for several reasons. The first is to expand the punishment. The second is to fight for a ferry in the south of Shanxi, and the third is to attract the attention of the government to Yuanqu County through this battle to create conditions for the summer harvest in Yangcheng, so that the government will not take advantage of the summer harvest season to attack Yangcheng County and destroy their summer harvest.

In addition to obtaining a large amount of urgently needed supplies for Xing Tianjun, this time, it also greatly reduced Xing Tianjun's demand for grain in Yuanqu County. Therefore, although it was delayed for a few days, it was also worth it, but Xiao Tianjian also knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer. He must Sweep the northeast of the ancient town as soon as possible, and completely level the area east of Yuanqu before a large number of officers and soldiers rush to Yuanqu County. Otherwise, he is likely to fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

In order to sweep the eastern part of the ancient town, Xiejiazhuang became the first target he chose. The vision of Haoqiang surnamed Zhang was quite good. Xiejiazhuang just firmly guarded the area east of the ancient town. If Xing Tianjun bypassed Xiejiazhuang and did not fight, they could use Xiejiazhuang to cut off Xing Tianjun. The back road cut off the grain channel of Xing Tianjun, so as long as Xing Tianjun wants to plunder the east of the ancient city, then Xiejiazhuang is the most critical stronghold.

After studying the terrain in this area with his men, Xiao Tianjian realized the importance of Xie Jiazhuang, so Xiao Tianjian ordered Diao Zheng to lead the recruited recruits to guard the ancient town, and he himself reassembling the two sentries of Luo Li and Yan Chongxi, and immediately crossed the river and rushed to Xie Jiazhuang.

When Xiao Tianjian led his troops to arrive outside Xiejiazhuang, he couldn't help but have a headache after looking at the situation of Xiejiazhuang. Speaking of which, this Xiejiazhuang is not too big, but this Xiejiazhuang has a very strong and tall wall, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder the gentry in this area took their Zhuangding Township. The brave people Chen stationed in Xiejiazhuang. It seems that if they want to capture Xiejiazhuang, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle.

Zhang Dachuan, led by Zhuangnai, also learned the news of Xing Tianjun's invasion in advance. He was already ready to resist in Xiejiazhuang, and transferred all the crossbowmen in Zhuangnai to the wall of the village. At the same time, he prepared quite a lot of rolling wood, gravel and gray bottles of fire oil, and was ready to resist.

After examining Xiejiazhuang, Xiao Tianjian sent someone to inform the people in Xiejiazhuang that they immediately surrendered, but they were immediately shot back by Zhuang's Xiangyong with a crossbow. It was clear that he was going to fight to the death with Xing Tianjun here.

Luo Li saw that the people in the village refused to surrender, so he immediately asked Xiao Tianjian to launch a strong attack on Xie Jiazhuang. Xiao Tianjian nodded and agreed, making Luo Li lead his troops to attack Xie Jiazhuang, and at the same time ordered the accompanying artillery and firemen to support outside the village.

Suddenly, Xiejiazhuang became a battlefield. Luo Li wore two layers of heavy armor, personally led his troops to carry the temporary ladder and rushed to Xiejiazhuang, and the cannons outside the village were fired at the wall of the village.

The fierce firepower of the Xing Tianjun was that even if it caused a lot of casualties to the villagers who guarded the village, the villagers on the wall were killed and injured by more than 20 villagers. They were so scared that the remaining villagers shrank down the village wall and did not dare to show up easily.

Zhang Dachuan saw that the situation was not good. He knew that if they could not stop the attack of Xing Tianjun, their foundation would definitely be completely ruined, so he was cruel and cut several fearless Zhuang Ding, forcing the rest of Zhuang Ding to return to the wall to resist the attack of Xing Tianjun.

Although Zhuang Dingxiang braves were afraid, they also knew that if they could not stop the Xing Tianjun in this battle, they would still die, so under the perscion of Zhang Dachuan, they returned to the Zhuang wall and fought fiercely with the attacking Xing Tianjun.

Although Luo Li is brave enough, and most of the Xingtian army are not afraid of death, but after all, they are attacking the tall Zhuang wall. Even under the support of fire, they have been repulsed several times in a row under the desperate resistance of Zhuangnei Zhuangding.

Yan Chongxi couldn't stand it, so he asked for an order to go to war. He replaced the tired Luo Li and continued to attack Xiejiazhuang. However, for two days, although Xing Tianjun caused a lot of casualties to the villagers in Xiejiazhuang, it also paid a high price, but failed to attack Xiejiazhuang as he wished.

And the people of Xiejiazhuang have also made a lot of money this time. They kill pigs and sheep every day to reward these villagers in the village. The big pieces of meat and bowls of wine let them eat and drink vigorously, in order to let these Zhuangdings work hard for them, and the world can eat such food every day. Many Zhuangdings feel that it is worth dying, and Zhang Da Chuan also offered a reward in public, killing one of the Xing Tianjun, ten taels of silver, and carried out two large boxes of silver on the spot to reward those brave people who dared to fight and kill.

Under such a reward **, these Zhuangding villagers in the village were also crazy. As long as the Xing Tianjun launched an attack, they would resist desperately. Even Luo Li and Yan Chongxi attacked the Zhuang wall twice, and were hit by Zhuang Ding led by Zhang Dachuan.

In the face of such fierce resistance to Xiejiazhuang, Xiao Tianjian was angry and anxious, but there was no better way. On the third day, the gopher who followed the army found Xiao Tianjian.

"Schoo, let our brothers work hard this time! I think it's better for us to attack such a Zhuangzi, otherwise the casualties of the brothers will be too heavy!" The gopher said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian saw that the gopher took the initiative to fight, so he was happy. At the beginning, the reason why he attached so much importance to the gopher was that he saw their craftsmanship. Originally, he brought them this time for this purpose. Now the gopher took the initiative to fight, which can be said to be his own intention, so even if he agreed, he agreed to the drill The gopher said, "Since Brother Liang is willing to go out, it's best. We can't delay here for too long. Be sure to take down Xiejiazhuang as soon as possible and flat the area east of the ancient city. This time there will be Brother Lao Liang!"

Drilling the gopher's iron head and immediately hugged his fist and said, "Since we have invested in the big project, we should do something!" Don't be the big head!"

"Brother Liang, if you dig a hole and enter the village, how long will it take?" Xiao Tianjian pointed to Xie Jiazhuang and asked the gopher.

After drilling the gopher to measure the distance, he replied to Xiao Tianjian, "This attack on Xiejiazhuang is not the same as what we used to do before. We used to secretly choose one in advance and dig a hole into the village from a distance, so it will take at least three or four days to open a tunnel to enter the village, and we can't be found in the middle!

But there is no need to cover it up today. Let's do it closely and ask Brother Luo and Brother Yan to attack head-on to contain the people in the village. It should take a day to dig into the village! However, the tunnel is relatively narrow, and how many people can't enter at a time!

There are a lot of Zhuangding in this village. If too few people go in, I'm afraid it won't help! I'm afraid that those who go in will die! You have to send a dead man!"

After thinking about it for a moment, Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "I don't think it's necessary to send a dead man into the village!" We have a lot of gunpowder at present. As long as you can dig the hole under the Zhuangmen, we can bury a few barrels of gunpowder under the Zhuangmen and directly blow up the Zhuangmen, and Xiejiazhuang will not break through!"

The gopher also said happily when he heard it, "It's so good! In this way, we don't have to take the risk of digging into the village, and we will save a lot of work! If it's fast, we can dig under the gate during the day today!"

"Good! That's it! Then there will be Brother Lao Liang, you brothers!" After listening to the words of the gopher, Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed.

Xiao Tianjian actually understands that digging a tunnel is not a simple thing. The underground situation is actually very complicated. If a layman does this, the progress will not be fast or slow. If you are not careful, it will cause a landslide and cause the destruction of the hole and death. Even if it is smooth, it is difficult to ensure that it is dug out underground. There is no deviation in the direction of the cave. Sometimes, as long as it deviates a little, it may cause the ability to dig the tunnel and can't be dug into the enemy's village at all. Therefore, this kind of thing must be done by insiders. It can be said that there is no more suitable than them.

After making a final say, the gopher did not neglect it. He immediately greeted his 20 or 30 brothers and began to work in a ditch outside the village, while Xiao Tianjian continued to supervise the army and feigned against Xie Jiazhuang, attracting the attention of the people in Xiejiazhuang.

And the gophers are the insiders. Digging the tunnel is a piece of cake for them, and the soil here is not very hard. For those who have been mining all year round, it is not difficult at all, so the drilling gopher and his 20 or 30 people swaving short picks and so on. Tools, led by drilling gophers, were immediately dug down, and these people were very organized in an orderly manner. When they dug in the front, the people behind them transported the soil out of the hole. The people in front were tired, so the people in the back replaced them. The progress of the project was so fast that Xiao Tianjian, a layman, looked a little straight and looked at the gophers. People, just like drilling a mountain armor, quickly fell into the cave, and the excavated earth was constantly transported out of the cave.

The people in the village don't know what Xing Tianjun is doing outside, or desperately resist the attack of the Xing Tianjun on the wall. In the distance, they shoot arrows and shoot arrows, and those nearby desperately throw down the lime bottles and fire cans to prevent the soldiers of the Xing Tianjun from approaching the wall, and Luo Li After knowing that they were a feint this time, Yan Chongxi and Yan Chongxi did not make a strong attack, but kept shouting outside the village and killing Zhuang Ding on the wall with birds and cannons, so the people in Xiejiazhuang did not notice that there was a tunnel and was digging towards Zhuangzi.