On July 5, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Jianchang Mansion, Jiangxi.

"The thief is here again!"

On Jianchang City, Huang Degong saw the fireworks warning in the distance through the telescope, and grinned.

The prefect of Jianchang next to Huang Degong had cold sweat on his forehead, and he scolded secretly in his heart, other generals were scared half to death when they saw the thief, why was this thief so happy? Is it crazy?

Not long after, everyone on the city wall could already see a large area of dense military horse banners coming in the distance, and those tattered flags had huge "Zhang" and "Luo" characters on them.

Huang Degong immediately shouted: "Order, go out of the city and line up to fight!" ”

When the prefect of Jianchang heard this, he almost fell to the ground in fright, and he trembled and said: "General Huang, there are 30,000 people who are not thieves, and you are only four or five thousand people, and the enemy is outnumbered. ”

Huang Degong glanced at him and said, "Lord Prefect, you seem to have some misunderstanding about the combat effectiveness of our Tianwu Army?" ”

The prefect of Jianchang said: "This official knows that His Royal Highness the Prince's Tianwu Army is superior in combat strength, but after all, there is still a benefit to His Royal Highness in the city, what if this ......"

Huang Degong waved his hand and said: "Okay, His Royal Highness King Yi will be fine, as for how to fight this battle, you just stand on the city and watch!" ”

was shouted arrogantly by a military general, the prefect of Jianchang was angry, if it wasn't for the current enemy, he must throw a face and show this Huang Degong!

The prefect adjusted his mood and said with a smile: "Okay, General Huang must be careful!" ”

"Well, when I wait to get out of the city, you can order the city gates to be closed!" After speaking, Huang Degong walked down the city wall.

The 5,000-day martial army had begun to line up under the city, and after Huang Degong rode out of the city, the prefect hurriedly asked people to close the city gate, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Zhang Xianzhong led the mighty army of thieves has slowly approached, only two miles away from Jianchang City, and the Tianwu army frequently travels between the two armies at night, passing on the distribution of thieves and horses.

Hearing that the officers and soldiers took the initiative to fight, Luo Rucai felt very strange, when he saw the military formation opposite, he frowned without frowning, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were not simple, just from this array, it can be seen that they are very energetic.

Luo Rucai looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said, "Huang Hu, what do you say?" Do you want to do it? ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "It's all here, doesn't it seem that my righteous army is incompetent if I withdraw like this, we can't afford to lose this person!" ”

Li Dingguo couldn't help but said: "Father, I saw the flag on the other side when I was in the Taiping Mansion, it should be the Tianwu Army, let's be careful." ”

Sun Kewang, who was on the side of the "Tianwu Army ......", shrunk his neck after hearing this, and the scene of being beaten by Zhou Yuji in Taiping Mansion appeared in front of him.......

Zhang Xianzhong said angrily: "I'm afraid of an egg!" Just press it and crush them! ”

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In the binoculars, Huang Degong saw that the thief stopped a mile away from him, and he couldn't help but say: "What are the thieves doing, it's not happy at all!" Come on, the artillery is ready, shoot him first! ”

This time, Huang Degong brought only a 5,000-strong integrated brigade, and the rest of the horses were left to Zhu Cihong.

A brigade of the Tianwu Army has three artillery bai, that is, 300 artillerymen, and dozens of artillery pieces, but most of them are easy-to-carry Franc machine guns, and there are only a few three-pound and six-pound Hongyi cannons.

"Try the gun!"

After hearing Huang Degong's order, the artillery commander raised the command flag in his hand and calmly gave the order.

"Boom!"

After adjusting the angle of the artillery, a six-pounder Hongyi cannon blasted down at the Rogue Banner.

In the huge sound of cannons, a five-pound big iron ball smashed into the army of thieves, and the tattered banner on Zhang Xianzhong's head was blown away.

Looking at the fallen banner behind him, and seeing a few righteous soldiers with broken legs and hands on the ground and howling bitterly, Zhang Xianzhong's mind was a little confused, why did the artillery of the official army hit so far? According to his own experience, the Franco cannon can't hit a mile, and there is no Hongyi cannon on Jianchang City.

In addition to the important cities of Beijing, Nanjing, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, most of the cities in the Central Plains did not have Hongyi cannons, even if they were individually, they were only installed on the city wall, and it was impossible to transport them to the front of the battle to open cannons.

The situation of the Tianwu Army made Zhang Xianzhong very uncomfortable, he didn't dare to delay, he directly stepped forward and pulled out his sword, and roared angrily: "Give it to Lao Tzu!" Kill officers and soldiers, break Jianchang! Eat and drink to your heart's content, sleep woman! ”

"Kill the officers and soldiers, break Jianchang!"

"Eat and drink enough to sleep women!"

“.......”

Countless thieves with scarves on their heads raised their weapons and shouted feverishly, their yellow and thin faces full of hope.

I heard that there was a prince in the city, who ate him, drank him, and slept with the princess....... It's a little exciting to think about!

Looking at the momentum of the countless thieves under the city, the prefect of Jianchang turned pale, his legs trembled, and he kept wiping the sweat like rain.

Seeing the army of thieves shouting and advancing, Huang Degong sneered and ordered: "Beat the drums and prepare for battle!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums sounded, and the flags of all units of the Tianwu Army were raised, and the orders of the flags echoed each other from afar.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In the Tianwu Army's military array, the neat and powerful shouts were higher and higher, faintly overshadowing the chaotic shouts of the thieves.

"Fire!"

After shouting, Huang Degong gave an order, dozens of artillery pieces shook violently, and in a deafening cannon sound, dozens of iron balls of different sizes flew towards the army of thieves.

The thieves who were still shouting slogans saw a group of iron balls flying in, and they were stunned for a while, and after a short circuit in their brains, they scattered one after another, and the scene was chaotic and crowded for a while, even more chaotic than the soup kitchen.

A wave of shells went down, and a miserable scene of flesh and blood suddenly appeared in the rogue army's array, with broken hands and feet everywhere.

Zhang Xianzhong shouted: "Press it together!" The old camp is with me! ”

Zhang Xianzhong had already been released, and the horse team and the men and horses of the old battalion kept coming out, ready to defeat the officers and soldiers by virtue of the terrain of Pingchuan.

However, when the old battalion just converged, another wave of cannonballs roared, and the artillery of the Tianwu Army stared at the thieves of these cavalry, and the cannonballs didn't know how elite their old camp was.

In this way, many old battalion soldiers on horses kept falling off their horses, and they were beaten with missing arms and legs, and they could no longer take care of themselves.

Zhang Xianzhong's heart is dripping blood, these are his own capital that dominates the world, so many people died before the fight started.

Suddenly, Zhang Xianzhong saw that the Tianwu Army began to move, and the military formation continued to move forward.