In addition to calming the anger of the imperial court as much as possible, Li Shuyao was anxious to attack the city of Guangzhou, and there was also the problem of food and grass for the mobilized army.

Due to the hasty escape, Li Shiyao's original plan for the arrival of the army had no time to transfer.

Originally, the grain and grass were not transferred in time, and they should be burned immediately to avoid supporting the enemy army. However, Li Shuyao thought that as long as the army arrived, he could capture and return to Guangzhou City, so with a thought, Li Shuyao did not let people burn the grain and grass, which cheapened Zhang Rui's bandit army.

Now the bandit army has enough food and no worries, but the Qing army that was mobilized by Li Shuyao is about to run out of food.

In order to support the rations of the 80,000 army, Li Shiyao and Henian even acquiesced to the arrival of the Qing army to "borrow grain" everywhere around Guangzhou Prefecture. Even so, it was still difficult for the people around Guangzhou to support the rations of so many Qing soldiers.

Therefore, Li Shiyao's Qing army had to fight, and if it did not fight, it would be chaotic because of lack of food. Zhang Rui's bandit army cannot afford not to fight, and there is no way to develop steadily without fighting.

Therefore, on the eighth day after the city of Guangzhou was captured by the bandit army, the Qing army gathered in the city of Guangzhou.

"General, I found out that the thieves came out of the city to fight." A scout knelt in front of Li Shiyao to report.

"Okay, great. If there is a reward, go down and receive it. Li Shiyao was in a good mood after listening to the scout's words, and couldn't help shouting out for reward.

"Hey, the villain thanked the general." The scout didn't expect a reward, so he knelt down happily and retreated.

"Ben was also worried that it would be very troublesome for the thieves to retreat in the city of Guangzhou, but I didn't expect them to dare to come out and fight us." Li Shiyao looked at the generals around him and said

"But no, the thieves actually gave up the tall walls of Guangzhou City to fight with us, it is too conceited. As the saying goes, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. They are not far from defeat. Chen Muqing hurriedly echoed Li Shiyao and said.

"Exactly, no matter how powerful they are, they are only that musket, as long as our army approaches. Could it be that their new recruits will be my opponents of the Qing Dynasty? Maybe we'll get into a mess as soon as we get close to them. "Kuyala. Nanzhi followed and said.

"Nanda is right, and that's true. A group of anti-thieves, even if they can fight a little, will definitely not be the opponent of my Qing warriors. At this time, Li Yizhang, the chief soldier of Chaozhou who came with troops from Chaozhou, agreed.

"Exactly. Ladies and gentlemen, the Holy One treats us like a mountain, and we must not disregard the Grace of the Lord and bring shame on the Holy One. Li Shiyao knelt down facing the north as he spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to repay the Holy Divine kindness with your lives. If I lose again this time, I will have no face to face the saint. ”

"I am willing to fight for the Qing Dynasty, and I am willing to die for the saints."

The people around Li Shiyao knelt down with him and shouted.

………

Many of the surrendered Green Battalion soldiers in the bandit army did not understand why Zhang Rui abandoned the tall protective walls of Guangzhou City and went out of the city to fight the Qing army that arrived. In their eyes, isn't this behavior stupid?

Not only those who surrendered, but also the recruited training recruits were a little worried, after all, the Qing army that arrived was about twice as many as they were out of the city.

However, the veterans of the bandit army scoffed at such worries.

Since they have been fighting, they have been many smaller, and twice as many enemies are just a few more shots and a few more slashes. The veterans' optimistic rhetoric has also affected the worried bandits.

In response to some generals' questions about why they didn't take the city on time, Zhang Rui explained to them: At this point, the enemy is still equipped to defend the bandit army? The bandit army is not afraid of field battles or field battles, and the real battlefield of the bandit army is outside the city and not on the city walls.

In fact, only a very small number of people see through it, and once the bandits are surrounded in the city of Guangzhou, it is dangerous.

In Zhang Rui's view, this is the time when the morale of the bandit army is strong, if they don't dare to fight at this time, they still need to revolt?

The east gate of Guangzhou City, a mile outside Donghao, an open place.

There is no rain in winter, and although there is a scorching sun in the sky, if you are thinly dressed, it is still difficult to resist the cold of the day brought by the north wind.

Unlike other leaders of the uprising, who loved to collect silver, Zhang Rui preferred to exchange silver for practical things, such as weapons, armor, clothing, food, and so on.

Zhang Rui is ready to dedicate his life to the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and as for the silver, it can only be spent if he has a life. If the uprising is not successful, what is the use of keeping it?

As seen before, the state found Zhang Xianzhongshen's million taels of silver. Even if he Zhang Xianzhong can grab so much silver and keep it out, can he spend it if he fails?

After Li Shiyao suffered the loss of the previous soldiers and horses, the men and horses of the two sides faced each other in this open space, and the two sides quickly adjusted the soldiers and horses.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer.

After tens of thousands of people, it looks like a sea of people. Although this place is empty, it is impossible to put the Qing troops to fight with all the men and horses of the bandit army.

"Report, Sixth Brother. An enemy appeared a mile ahead. "The scout came back to report

"Good. Go small! Zhang Rui replied.

"Yes, Sixth Brother." The scout saluted and stepped back.

"Taiping, pass the order. All the musketeers fired in three sections, and all the artillerymen lined up the guns and prepared them for a salvo. Zhang Rui said to Chen Taiping, the herald beside him.

"Yes, Sixth Brother. I'm going to deliver the order. Chen Taiping replied after saluting Zhang Rui.

"Hmm."

At this moment, in addition to the soldiers on both sides of the battlefield, many civilians were also watching from afar.

After all, this battle was not only a battle between the bandit army and the Qing soldiers, but also related to the interests of many people in Guangzhou.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer

"One hundred and fifty zhang, the enemy is in range." The anti-bandit army personnel in charge of observing the distance reported loudly.

"Fire..."

"Fire..."

An order was given

"Bang..."

"Jump..."

The thirty-two six-pounder guns that were lined up with the musketeers in front of the formation were quickly ignited with gunpowder, and the barrels and bullets in the barrels were removed.

The weather was good and there was no rain, and the ground was naturally dry in the place of fighting.

Thirty-two artillery guns fired a salvo with a loud sound. The cannonballs that flew out were like the scythes of thirty-two deaths, flying over and reaping a piece of casualties among the Qing army.

The ground is particularly relatively dry, and the iron bullets that flew past are still ricocheting after hitting the ground. This made the Qing soldiers even more frightened.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

The drumbeat of the Qing army's offensive continued

Because Li Shuyao was thinking that the mobilized people and horses were coming to encircle and suppress Zhang Rui, they were all asked to come lightly.

In addition, according to the rules of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the green battalion soldiers who are not the Eight Banners are absolutely not allowed to carry artillery.

This is also the reason why Li Shiyao had a headache and was afraid of the tall city wall of Guangzhou City before, and it was difficult to fight without siege artillery.

However, in the face of the bandit army that went out of the city at this time, the Qing army was not necessarily easy to fight.