Cao Lifeng did make a long preparation. Under the ground of Cao Weijiazhuang, there was a secret passage leading to Minghu. At the end of the secret passage, several small sampans were waiting there for emergencies. In a secret farm in Cao Jiazhuang on the other side of Minghu, he also raised more than a hundred good horses. As long as he got there, he could drive his horse away and go to Bolu of Yanzhou City, and incite Meng people to raise troops to avenge himself. Under more than a hundred strong guards, Cao Lifeng led an important figure of the Cao family to run from the passage to the bank of Minghu. He had to seize all the time. Once the war started, Cao Jiazhuang would not last long. Once Cao Jiazhuang fell, the Northern Army would free up his hands and check his whereabouts. Then this Zhuangzi, which was not too far from Cao Jiazhuang, would have nothing to do.

Chapter 516: Pozhuang Menggao was patrolling the camp. The soldiers were very satisfied with the state of the soldiers. Even when facing a local army with weak combat power, the soldiers remained full of vigilance. This was very necessary. He always remembered what the governor once said to them, "Never underestimate any enemy in front of you." Even if the opponent is a rabbit, you should take the courage and strength to fight the lion to ensure that you are not harmed."

"General Meng!" An officer rushed over. "The governor sent an urgent order and attacked the city immediately! Before dawn, take down Caojiazhuang! This is a death order!"

Meng Gao was slightly stunned, "Surprising the city overnight?"

"Yes!" The officer's face was a little heavy. "The messenger told me, General Li, he......"

"What's wrong with General Li?" Meng Gao sealed the officer's collar: "Tell me what's wrong with General Li?" He shouted loudly, feeling a little strange in his heart.

"General Li has died! Yu Qixia Mountain was killed, and the governor was furious and almost ordered the killing of tens of thousands of people who besieged our army in Qixia Mountain."

"It's time to kill!" Meng Gao roared angrily, "Why not kill?" His face was extremely ferocious, "You can only vent my anger if you kill them!" With a choking sound, he pulled out the sword on his waist and strode towards the middle Chapter 516: Breaking the tent of the Zhuang Army.

"Central officer, beat the drum and gather the generals!" Angry roar echoed in the camp.

The quiet Fifth Battalion suddenly came alive, and teams of soldiers lined up from the camp and lined up about two miles outside the Caojia Village. In front of the formation, countless fires were lit, reflecting the entire Caojia Village under the firelight, and the sound of war drums was earth-shaking.

The movement outside the city had already alarmed the Cao Lifu and Cao Zhui Jin in Caojiazhuang, Liucheng. The two rushed to the city wall and looked at the movement outside the city and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle, they are going to attack the city!"

Kusari Fu nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect that they wouldn't be willing to wait for a night. They made gold and cheered up. We have no way out! If we can't hold on, we will die!"

Outside the city, Meng Gao's sword was raised high and fell heavily: "Attack!"

The long throwing arm of the thunderbolt suddenly bounced from the ground, and dozens of kilograms of stone bullets cut through the sky under the reflection of the fire, hitting heavily on the fort wall of Caojiazhuang. The entire city wall seemed to be shattered by Gu Dou's walls.

"Extend the shooting range! Launch!" an officer shouted sternly.

This time, after adjustment, ten thunderbolt cannons exerted force at the same time. Ten stone bombs fell accurately on the front city wall under the gaze of thousands of soldiers. The city tower fell down with loud noises and screams were heard one after another. The flying splashing stone forced the soldiers hiding behind the battlements, running around the city walls, but the castle city in Caojiazhuang was not a city in the capital, and its length was limited and its depth was limited. Under the attack of the thunderbolt cannon, there were very few places to hide.

The figures running around on the fortress immediately attracted the attack of the demon crossbow under the city. This kind of powerful crossbow with more than a dozen of them shot up the city wall with the sound of ghosts and howlings, sweeping across all the moving figures on the city wall.

Meng Gao's first round of attacks fell on the Zibao in Caojiazhuang Fort. After several rounds of attacks, the Zibao was beyond recognition. When the thunder cannon turned around and began to attack the main fort, a large number of soldiers from the Fifth Battalion carried the ladder, carried the siege cart, pushed the siege cart, and rushed towards the Zibao with a roar.

The whole Caojiazhuang was trembling.

In the tunnel, everyone stopped, and above their heads, trembling waves shook the dust and fell down. Everyone looked at each other in horror. "The Northern Army has begun to attack the city overnight!" Kusato gritted his teeth and said, "Hurry, go!"

People in the Tao run forward almost at the fastest speed in their lives. Time is life. At this moment, they deeply understand this.

These local soldiers in Caojiazhuang have never suffered such a intensive heavy weapon attack in their lifetime. Many of them have never seen what the thunder cannon looks like. Seeing dozens of kilograms of stone bullets being gently thrown into the air like toys, falling down like rain, the rest is just lost. Crossbow arrows shaped like spears are like locusts, making people unable to raise their heads at all. Although they also have bows and arrows in their hands, none of them dared to rush up to the city wall and launch a counterattack against the enemy outside.

The infantry of the Fifth Battalion rushed up, and the cat hook at the top of the cloud ladder hooked tightly against the battlements. The soldiers quickly ants came up, and the tall siege car leaned on the city wall. The archers on the car poured out the arrows in their hands and shot all the living figures in the city. The soldiers carrying the wooden slammed the trumpet, shouting trumpet, and the pointed top of the wooden slammed heavily on the thick fort gate, making a loud bang, and the solid fort gate sank deep inward.

After one impact, the soldiers immediately turned back, retreated for more than ten meters, and shouted,

He ran forward with force again. With the whistling sound, there was another loud noise. A huge crack appeared at the junction of the two city gates.

The war was unusually smooth, and it surprised Meng Gao a little. Since the establishment of the Fifth Battalion, almost every battle has been extremely cruel. In the entire Northern Expedition Army, the only one who fought tragic battles that could defeat them was the third battalion, which is now the Lucheng Camp. Meng Gao was used to wandering on the verge of life and death in every battle. But this time, he witnessed the most relaxed battle in his life. The soldiers of the Fifth Battalion, who were eager to prepare for a fierce battle, conquered a sub-fort in Caojiazhuang without any effort.

"With this little ability, I dare to challenge our Northern Army. I really hang myself for the birthday boy, and I think I have a long life!" Meng Gao murmured.

"Concentrate troops and attack the main fortress. The governor has an order to take down Caojiazhuang before dawn!" Meng Gao shouted sternly.

I looked up at the sky and saw a bright moon hanging high in the sky. At this time, the moon was in the middle of the night. If the attack on the main fort was so smooth, I was afraid that by dawn, my work would have begun to clean up the ruins of Caojiazhuang and deal with the funeral.

On the Ming Lake, dozens of sampans rowed out of the hidden waterway covered by water and grass, and went straight into the center of Ming Lake. On the bow of the boat, Cao Lifeng's eyes were red. Looking at Cao Jiazhuang, which was igniting the sky, he knelt down at the bow of the boat, grabbed the ground with his head, and kowtowed a few heads, roaring: "The ancestors of the Cao family are above, Cao Lifeng swears here that he will definitely return to Pinghu and build Cao Jiazhuang again. Cao Lifeng will kill Yun Zhao and destroy the Northern Army."

The slurry penetrated into the water and stirred up the water. After a while, the sampan drove away from the range of the flames and disappeared into the night. In the dark night, there was still a cry of Beilifeng screaming at the top of his lungs.

The battle in Caojiazhuang cannot even be called a battle. The Fifth Battalion has been fighting for many years, which is far from comparable to the miscellaneous brands of the Caojia Army. What's more, because the owner Cao Lifeng of the Zhuang family left the soldiers, the soldiers of the soldiers fell to the bottom. In less than an hour, the main fortress fell. The infantrymen of the Fifth Battalion rushed in along the city gate that was knocked open. The ladders covered with the castle walls were full of soldiers attached to the ladder ants.

Above the city, a very small number of people were still resisting stubbornly, but their resistance was like snow hitting the June sunshine, and it was melted invisible in an instant, and the ground was covered with soldiers who were throwing their weapons and squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms.

The law of the grass is rich, and the straw is so powerful that it is impossible to turn the world back. The illusion in my heart was shattered in the face of cruel reality. Not to mention defending the city wall, they did not even last for a day. From the beginning of the attack to the attack, until the Caojiazhuang was broken, it took less than three hours. The two of them led their last personal soldiers to retreat to the Caojia Mansion and make the final resistance. As direct participants in the battle in Qixia Mountain, they knew that even if they surrendered, they would not have a good end.

As the first target of this war, the Cao Family Mansion immediately surrounded it on all sides after the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion attacked the city.

"Attack!" An officer danced with a big knife, and thousands of soldiers rushed towards the not-high courtyard wall. The fort wall outside Caojiazhuang was extremely strong. In the fort, even in the core area like Caojiazhuang, the courtyard wall was less than two people high. The soldiers who attacked outside the wall were too lazy to carry the ladder. The two of them were in groups, with their hands together. The people behind rushed over and stepped on the big feet. The two below held his feet and held them with force. Later, the man had already jumped up to the sky and climbed straight up to the city wall. On the top of the wall, hundreds of soldiers from the fifth battalion were immediately added. They jumped down from the wall, and the sound of fierce fighting came from the courtyard. Then the door was opened and more soldiers rushed in.

Outside the city, Meng Gao shook his head slowly. This intensity of battle was the easiest battle he had in the army for several years.

"Enter the city!" He whispered loudly: "There is the food we urgently need in Caojiazhuang. After the troops enter the city, the first thing they do is to find the grain warehouse and protect it, so as to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to fight and destroying the food and grass!" "Abide by the order!"

"No one shall massacre any prisoners captured at will, and will be left to the governor himself!"
Chapter completed!