In the Guandi Army camp, dozens of steaming large pots were placed, many of which were boiling a whole pot of horse meat.

Every time we fight, the Guandi army that participated in the war always let go of their stomachs and eat meat, because there are always many casualties and horses on the battlefield.

Even Qin Chuan was very merciful and gave the thousands of prisoners a small bowl of meat soup...

This time he only brought fifteen days of military rations. Now he has eaten most of the food left, and the prisoners can only drink porridge. However, in order to give them the strength to get to Loufan, Qin Chuan gave them a small bowl of meat soup and treated it as a good person.

The elite old camps among the prisoners, or those who commit crimes, have already taken out all of them and cut off their heads, one is because they save some food, and the other is that he does not have so many troops to take these old camps to Lu'an Prefecture.

After cutting off a group of people, there were still five thousand prisoners left. If these prisoners were released, they either starved to death or continued to surrender to the bandits for a bite.

Therefore, they would be sent back to Loufan like the prisoners they had captured before and then placed them in various villages.

In the past month after Qin Chuan came out to suppress the bandits, the population of Jinglelan County has increased sharply, and with these 5,000 prisoners, it has exceeded 65,000.

Although there are many rivers in the hinterland of Luliang Mountain and many fertile land on the banks of the river, it is always a mountainous area. Jingle County, Lan County and Loufan County in later generations are all small-capacity counties, with the three counties a total of 450,000 people.

With the current farming level, these three places can accommodate up to 100,000 people.

It does not count the food brought by the iron trade, nor does it count as a matter of Qinchuan's robbery. It requires at least 400,000 acres of arable land to support these 100,000 people.

However, even if the farmland is constantly reclaimed, the arable land in Qinchuan territory is only 150,000 mu.

In other words, the population is overloaded, and the food is still less and less.

After fighting this battle, Qin Chuan would no longer deliberately come out to recruit hungry people and prisoners, and could only let the flow go and make the population grow slowly.

It's time to expand the territory next year.

It is also necessary to pacify the food in the city.

...

When the person who was passing the message for Yan Zhang was brought to Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan was gnawing a large piece of meat, eating it all over his mouth.

After hearing the person coming, he smiled and said, "I always speak in words. When the time comes, I can't see the food I want. Before dark, I will go to the city to get it myself."

The person who passed the message ran back in shame.

Yan Zhang and others were waiting nervously on the top of the city. When they saw the person who was passing the message ran back, they stretched their necks and looked down.

The person who passed the message arrived at the city and raised his head and shouted, "Mr. Yan, Lord Shao, the man surnamed Qin said that he had a word and said nothing. When the hour came, he would not see the food he wanted, and he would personally go to the city to get it before dark."

Yan Zhang's face turned pale.

Shao Anxian was furious: "Hmph! He is a small guerrilla general, so ungrateful, really thinks that his thousand soldiers can attack Pingding City?"

"Come on, transfer all the firearms from other city gates to the West Gate, and notify all the gentry and gentry in the hometown, and ask them to send more young and strong guards to assist in defending the city. When the crazy thief in Qin's surname comes, he must teach him a lesson."

Shi Chengliang, who was standing beside him, said anxiously: "Mr. Shao, no, if he transfers firearms from other city gates and attacks other city gates, what should he do if he turns to attack other city gates?"

Shao Anxian frowned in displeasure: "If he turns to attack other city gates, then transfers the firearms to the side. Do you still have to watch him turn to attack and sit still?"

Shi Chengliang hurriedly lowered his head: "The officials were just afraid... they were afraid that the soldiers would turn frequently and be exhausted. After all, those Francannons were not light."

"Hmph! How tired are you? Just a few hundred kilograms of iron, but only a few more people, not to mention that if Qin comes from afar, will he not be tired if he turns in?"

"this……"

"Shi Qianhu, are you afraid that the Qin surnamed is afraid of fighting in the battle?"

"The officials dare not."

"cough."

Yan Zhang, who had not spoken for a long time, cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Shao, what Shi Qianhu said makes some sense. Now the city gates of the South Gate and the West Gate have been burned down, and the moat has been filled. It is better to leave two Fran machine cannons at the South Gate just in case."

Seeing that Yan Zhang also spoke, Shao Anxian pretended to be pondered for a moment, then nodded: "What Master Yan said is very true, then leave two Franc cannons at the south gate."

Immediately afterwards, Yan Zhang, Shi Chengliang and others rushed to summon firearms and arrange defense.

After the gentry and gentry in the city learned that the talks with Qin had collapsed, they sent almost all their servants and guards to assist in the defense. After finally calming down, Pingding City was in a mess again.

The city was also bustling. The newly captured prisoners were busy collecting wood everywhere, and the Guandi Army was also busy using wood to build shield trucks, large shields and other equipment.

The city gates of the West Gate and the South Gate have been burned by the bandits. Qin Chuan didn't want to work hard to climb the city. According to the bandits' method, he pushed the shield cart directly to the city gate and took out the bricks and stones in the door opening.

When Qin Chuan arrived earlier, the bandits who were sieging the city had already pushed back the shield cart and were now placed outside the city.

Just repair these shield cars and reinforce them.

Before going to the war, Qin Chuan deliberately brought a lot of horse king nails. This large staple can quickly nail the wood and is extremely firm.

The bandits' big shield was also used. Four wooden wheels were added underneath, so they did not have to carry forward anymore, but pushed forward directly, thickened and widened, and added legs, and all were supported by logs, which could withstand the bombardment of the small Franca cannon at fifty steps.

There are also small holes in the middle of the large shield, allowing the musketeers to hide behind and shoot.

In addition, Qin Chuan also made four wooden towers, two feet high, as high as the walls of Pingding City, and thick wooden boards were also installed at the bottom to prevent the feet from being hit by artillery.

The first time he will choose some sharpshooters and shoot on the high platform with the best flintlock rifle.

While his subordinates were busy, Qin Chuan kept using a telescope to observe the situation at the city gates. Zhao Wu and Liao Sanqi were also observing the city gates on both sides of the north and south.

When Zhao Wu heard news that some of the bird guns and tiger squat cannons at the South Gate were removed and only two Fran machine cannons were left, Qin Chuan divided half of the troops and asked them to rush to the South Gate and build siege equipment there, making it like they were going to attack the South Gate.

The defenders in the city had just moved several tiger squat cannons, bird guns, ammunition, etc. to the west gate. After discovering the southern gate of Qin's division, they hurriedly moved the firearms and ammunition back.

However, the troops surnamed Qin ran back to the west gate again, and the defenders in the city hurriedly moved the firearms and ammunition to the west gate. Not long after, the troops surnamed Qin slipped to the south gate again, and friendly troops in the city hurriedly moved the firearms and ammunition back to the south gate...

Shao Anxian's face turned green.

Shi Chengliang shook his head from behind and sighed helplessly.

He has seen too many civil servants who do not know how to fight but insist on making trouble.

Yan Zhang couldn't see it, so he cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Shao, let's keep those firearms at the South Gate."

Shao Anxian nodded stiffly: "Master Yan is Ji Ning Bingxian, everything is followed by Master Yan."

The big head soldiers and township men who carried firearms and ammunition finally had to breathe a sigh of relief.

Qin Chuan also took all his troops back to Ximen.

In the afternoon, just after Wei Shi, Qin Chuan rode his horse alone to the west gate a hundred steps away, looking up at Yan Zhang, Shao Anxian and others on the city.

"My lords in the city, Qin only asks you one thing. The granaries of many gentry and gentry in the city are full of granaries, but why are they hungry outside the city?"

When Yan Zhang heard this, he opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Shao Anxian snorted angrily: "The hungry people are everywhere, and natural disasters have been repeated for years. The bandits are raging. What does it have to do with the gentry in the city?"

"hehe."

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "This adult said something makes sense. According to what he said, what does it have to do with me when Pingding City was besieged by bandits?"

"In order to pacify the city, hundreds of soldiers under Qin's command died in battle. This is what Pingding City owes Qin, so Qin went in to get the grain to pay off the debt."

After saying that, Qin Chuan turned his horse's head and walked back slowly, and raised his hand and waved it.

"Siege!"

"kill!"

With a command, hundreds of Guandi soldiers shouted in unison, and two shields as big as a hut, materials from four high platforms, and dozens of large shields slowly advanced towards Pingding City, followed by twenty tiger squat cannons and six small Fran machine cannons.

The road ahead has been lying flattened by bandits, not only all the trenches, but also the moat outside the city has been filled with bandits.

The heavy shield car was slowly moving forward under the guidance of dozens of Guandi Army shouting horns.

The platform is difficult to move, so it only half of it was used. The soldiers carried the remaining materials forward. When they reached a hundred steps, they quickly nailed them with the Mawang nail.

Qin Chuan's siege tactics are very simple. He uses fierce firepower to suppress the city, so that the people in the shield can successfully open the door hole, and then push the cannon into the door hole and blast it.

His tiger squat cannon and Fran machine cannon have a range of about twenty or thirty steps further than the same artillery of the Ming army. However, the Ming army was condescending at the top of the city and had a longer range than flat ground. The artillery fire strike distance between the two sides should be about the same.

But at the top of the west gate of Pingding City, there were only a dozen tiger squat cannons, two small Franchise machines, and Qin Chuan's artillery number was twice as many. There were also the ruler sights learned from Franchise people, which were more accurate and fixed-packed launching medicine, which had a faster firing rate.
Chapter completed!