Xuanwuwei is only a few dozen miles away from Kaifeng, it was originally a military guard, and then because of the long period of peace, gradually abandoned, after the new army was stationed, because the place was small, a fence was built outside the guard wall, as the first barrier to resist the peasant army.

At this moment, the troops of a regiment were scattered behind the fence, waiting for the enemy to attack, and Sun Weining, the commander of the second regiment, was loudly scolding the soldiers to be vigilant, and while facing the guard on the command tower, he made a grimace, and the angry Wei was sick and scolded.

Woo woo, the horn of the peasant army's attack sounded, the crowd surged, and countless peasant army soldiers rushed towards the camp of the new army with shouts.

"Wu'er, come over and give Lao Tzu a beating on the back." An old soldier leaned lazily against the fence.

"Old Yu, the enemy is about to rush over, why haven't you entered the battle state yet?" A young recruit stared nervously at a large dark shadow in front of him.

"A recruit's egg is a recruit's egg, and my brother tells you a trick called listening to the voice! Now these turtles are still 400 meters away from us, and it will take a minute for them to rush into our range, are you nervous? "I don't think so.

"Old Yu, you really have the ability." Several recruits said adoringly, and the tension was relieved. That's where veterans come in.

"That's it, Lao Tzu has been a soldier for three years, and his men have killed no less than 10,000 enemies. Old than triumphant.

"Pull you down, even if you still killed thousands of people, why don't you say that all the enemies were killed by you alone,!" Another veteran scolded.

"Hey, squad leader, aren't I kidding these boys? Don't take it seriously. Lao Yu sneered.

"Alright, stop playing, the enemy is rushing up, all ready to fight."

Jokes aside, once they entered the battle state, these veterans became calm and cold one by one like cold-faced Yama, and there was no tension in their eyes, only a wave of murderous aura and a faint excitement.

Just as the soldiers of the New Army were about to open fire, there was a sudden burst of loud cannon fire from the rear of the peasant army, and the sharp-eyed soldiers found that more than a dozen black spots in the air were coming towards the camp at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye.

"It's a cannonball, pay attention to concealment!" Commanders at all levels discerned the situation and shouted to their soldiers to hide behind the fence.

In an instant, seven or eight of the dozen or so large iron eggs hit the wooden fence, and the sawdust flew in an instant.

"Damn, where did Li Zicheng get the cannon? Fortunately, Dashuai was prepared and built a two-layer fence, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable! When Li Dingguo saw the peasant army's shells hit the fence, he was immediately startled, and at the same time secretly rejoiced.

It turned out that Zhu Hao thought that a layer of fence was not safe, in case the peasant army also had artillery, so he added another layer behind the perimeter, the two layers of fences were half a meter apart, and the middle was filled with sand to offset the residual strength of the shells.

This trick really worked, although the new army lost the first step due to the impact of the shells, but under the double fence, the solid bullets did not penetrate the camp, some were bounced out, and some were directly embedded between the two layers.

"Leave the enemy's artillery alone, the enemy has already entered the firing range, give the order to open fire." Li Dingguo saw that the soldiers of the peasant army had rushed to a place not far from the camp, and decided that the enemy's artillery would not be fired again, so as not to injure his own people by mistake, so he decisively ordered to open fire.

In fact, Li Yan had suggested that Li Zicheng imitate the New Army and use artillery to open the New Army camp first, so that it would not be in danger to defend. But Li Zicheng hesitated again and again and refused, he was so close to the Communist Party, afraid that he would be hit by the opponent's artillery in advance, he had not yet come out of the shadow of the artillery battle at Tiger Prison Pass, and he was still very afraid of the artillery of the new army. Therefore, it can only be used as cover when the infantry charges, hoping that the new army will not have time to pay attention to his artillery fire.

If Li Dingguo knew what Li Zicheng thought, he would definitely laugh at him for being too timid, because of the particularity of the new army camp, the artillery's line of sight was greatly affected, so he did not pull out the cannon this time.

After receiving the order, the commanders of the various units on the front line hurriedly ordered their troops to line up and open fire.

At this time, the advance of the peasant army was only 100 meters away from the camp, which was the best range of muskets, and in order to give full play to the advantages of firearms, the new army made two layers of gun holes in the fence, and the number of soldiers who could fire a salvo together was doubled, which greatly improved the lethal effect.

The crackling musket rang out suddenly, continuously, and on the width of hundreds of meters in front of it, there were fallen peasant soldiers everywhere, and many soldiers who had never seen firearms thought before they died, how did I die?

Although the peasant army scattered and charged, because there was no shooting blind spot and nowhere to hide, the musket team exerted great power on the flat ground, and the peasant army surged up like a tide and retreated like a tide, so several times, more than half of the 10,000 troops participating in the attack were killed and wounded, and Li Zicheng had to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The peasant army battalion, the Chinese army is in the tent.

Li Zicheng was walking around with a frown, and the next group of civil and military officers were also silent, except for Li Zicheng's footsteps, there was silence in the big tent, which seemed very depressing.

Kaifeng hasn't seen it yet, but the peasant army is blocked on this small Xuanwuwei! Thousands of men had been lost in one morning, and the enemy had not even touched the hair, and the camp of the Forces nouvelles was like a dark whirlpool, no matter how many people were sucked in, and they could not be filled at all.

"Tell me, how can you take down this damn Xuanwuwei?" Li Zicheng was tired of walking, and sat on the handsome seat.

"King Chuang, why don't we wait a few days, maybe this Ming army will automatically withdraw like the previous few times?" General Bai Wang said.

"Quit? Do you think they look like they're going to quit? Why do you want to quit and build a camp, when you are full? Li Zicheng glared at Bai Wang fiercely.

"Yes, Xuanwuwei is the last barrier to the west of Kaifeng, if the new army really defends the city, it will not give up here at all." Song Xiance, who was good friends with Bai Wang, rounded the field.

"But the firepower of this new army is so strong, how to break the enemy, it's really a headache for his grandmother!" Liu Zongmin hugged his head and muttered.

"I think if you want to fight the new army, you have to analyze and analyze from the beginning, how the new army was established." Li Yan said suddenly.

"What time is it, and how can I think about it?" Liu Zongmin grinned.

"The so-called sharpening the knife does not mistake the woodcutter, if you don't really understand the enemy, how can you completely defeat him? In the past, the reason why we repeatedly defeated the Ming army was because we were familiar with them, but now the new army is very different from the ordinary Ming army, and we don't know anything about them at all, but from the current point of view, they are very familiar with our army. The clay figure is also a little angry, and Li Yan, who has suffered a lot of white eyes, has also changed his previous modesty and elegance, and said to Liu Zongmin angrily.

"You... I..."Liu Zongmin's face was flushed but he was speechless, because what he said did make sense.

"Li Gongzi's words do have some truth, I don't know where to start?" Song Xiance played the role of a good old man again.

"We can analyze the situation in detail as far as we know, first of all, the new army no longer relies on broadswords and spears, but all firearms, this is a problem, we have encountered countless Ming army firearms units before, but none of them have such power, figure out how they use it? This is the most important thing to break the enemy at present. Li Yan talked eloquently.

"Since the Ming army can be equipped with a large number of firearms, we can also do it, isn't there a workshop for making firearms in Luoyang City?" Bai Wang said urgently.

"Save it, you think that making firearms is a trick, our only musket team of the Righteous Army still spent countless material and financial resources and took more than a year to build, and besides, to build firearms, there must be a stable place." Liu Zongmin said angrily.

"General Liu is right, as far as I know, the new army has been using firearms for four or five years, not only has a strong manufacturing capacity, but also is very skilled in the use of firearms. But it's useless to talk about it now, let's think about how to defeat the enemy in front of you. Li Yan said lightly.

"Do we have to fight Xuanwuwei, can't we go around and open the seal directly?" Bai Wang said with a rao.

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard this, this thing was simply an idiot, and they didn't know what else he would do besides charging into battle. Li Zicheng also looked embarrassed, this Bai Wang was his old subordinate, although he was loyal and strong in martial arts, but he lacked military talent.

"Xuanwuwei is only a few dozen miles away from the blockade, if we go around, the new army will be able to outflank us from behind, and then we will fall into the front and rear attacks of the Ming army." Li Yan explained helplessly.

"King Chuang, his subordinates have a bad premonition, and they always feel that this new army is brewing a conspiracy against us." Niu Jinxing, who had not spoken all this time, said suddenly.

"Where do you start?" Li Zicheng asked with some concern.

"It is more than enough to block us with the combat effectiveness of the new army, and it is not impossible to counterattack, just drag us in Kaifeng, and then mobilize the Ming army in all directions, and then have the opportunity to encircle and annihilate us, but we have not seen the Ming army moving closer to Kaifeng so far."

"Sir's words are not unreasonable, it seems that the top priority is not to attack the seal, but to find out what this new army is going to do." Li Zicheng said with a solemn expression.

"There are all kinds of signs that the comprehensive new army shows that their target may not be in Kaifeng, but in Luoyang!" Li Yan said suddenly.

"Luoyang? If it's there, we don't have to worry, I originally had the intention of giving up Luoyang, it's better to capture Kaifeng, and then snatch Luoyang back if I can't beat it. Li Zicheng said disapprequires.

"Have you thought about it, what if Luoyang can't get it back? At that time, our westward expansion will be blocked, and it is likely that we will be caught in Henan, and the situation will be very unfavorable. Li Yan said.

"It makes sense, it seems that Luoyang must be preserved, I didn't expect this new army to be quite good at fighting." Li Zicheng frowned.

"I'm afraid that the purpose of the new army is more than these, you forgot that Luoyang City still has the treasures of the Fuwang Mansion that we have captured, which of these things is not greedy, and the new army is the same, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone." Li Yan said worriedly.

"Oops! It's not good, then let's go back to the division quickly! Li Zicheng and the others were taken aback.

"It's useless, if we return to Luoyang now, we will definitely be pursued by the new army, maybe the Ming army is waiting for this moment. Besides, it's useless to go back, since the new army is so well planned, Luoyang may have changed hands at this moment. Li Yan shook his head and said.

"Then what should Li Gongzi do?"

"Continue to attack Kaifeng, as long as Kaifeng is laid, we can still remain undefeated, even if we can't beat Kaifeng, we can't go west, but turn around and go south, cross the Huai River, go down to Huguang, go east into the south of the Yangtze River, go straight to the Ming Dynasty tax land, Xu Tu again."

"It seems that this is the only way, pass my order, and continue the siege tomorrow!" Li Zicheng hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

Back at the camp, the red lady asked out loud when she saw her husband's frowns.

"What's the husband's sorrow?"

"Alas, the new army's ambition is not in Kaifeng but in Luoyang, and I am afraid that the large amount of property of our righteous army in Luoyang will not be guaranteed."

"This is a big deal, I don't know how King Chuang decides?"

"Now we can't be separated, we can only continue to attack the seal, in order to make up for the loss."

"It's better for the concubine to take someone back to Luoyang." The red lady relieved Li Yan's worries.

"There must be a large number of new troops in Luoyang City now, and the combat power should be very strong, and it will be useless for you to go." Li Yan shook his head and said.

"In that case, let's just draw money from the bottom of the kettle, find Zhu Haolai, and assassinate him!" A fierce light flashed in the red lady's eyes.

"What do you say! It's just nonsense. Zhu Hao has the grace to save my life, although we belong to different camps, but I Li Yan can't do anything to repay virtue with grievances! Don't mention this again! Li Yan was startled when he heard the words of the red lady, and reprimanded in a fierce voice.

Li Yan has received an orthodox Confucian education, although he has taken refuge in Li Zicheng, he is still a gentleman in his bones, and he already knows about Zhu Hao's rescue of him from prison, and he is also grateful to this life-saving benefactor, but he has made an opponent because of his different beliefs, so he disdains this kind of assassination.

Since the two got married, Li Yan rarely reprimanded his wife harshly, and the red lady felt very aggrieved, but she didn't dare to speak out, so she had to agree to it.

Over the next five days, Li Zicheng organized several more small-scale tentative attacks, all of which were repulsed by the new army, losing several thousand men. There is a desire to lure the new army out of the field, but no matter how hard the new army is used, the new army will not be able to hold on to it, so that the entire peasant army generals are at a loss, even Niu Jinxing and Li Yan, who have always boasted of being resourceful, have nothing to do.