Zhang Xianzhong kept asking about the casualties, his brows furrowed more and more, and he ordered to go to the city again to drive out the people, as long as it was a man, under sixty and over ten years old, he would go to the city. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

This order caused chaos in the city.

Originally, there were less than 10,000 horses in the city, so fighting, heavy casualties, and hundreds of thousands of people, and tens of thousands of strong men, but the combat effectiveness of these people was too poor, and they were either killed or injured in a fight, and many people were frightened, their hands and feet were stiff, and they couldn't move, and they were finally killed by their own warlords. There was a river of blood on the city, and the blood almost reached the ankles.

Bai Qi, who was outside the city, had already seen that the Great Western Army was on the verge of collapse with his years of combat experience, and he immediately ordered a fierce attack on all fronts, and the Qin army of the Chinese army and the rear army were all pressed up.

Tens of thousands of horses roared to the sky, slaughtered them, and carried hundreds of ladders to the bottom of the city.

The Qin army, which was ascending the city, was also inspired and attacked and killed frantically one by one.

Many people in the Great Western Army were frightened, and the black pressure under the city was all the Qin Army, and it was impossible to tell how many, which had a huge psychological shock on the defending side, in addition to dealing with the Qin Army that climbed up, and also had to pay attention to the cold arrows that fell on the head from time to time, and the casualties of the Great Western Army were increasing sharply.

Zhang Xianzhong was supervising the battle, and a personal soldier ran behind him, whispering in his ear: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the city gate is about to be breached." You'd better go. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was taken aback, but he didn't reveal it, he just ordered: "Tell the defenders in the city to block the city gate to death, and not let the Qin army alone." ”

And the decree went on, and there were no men in the city who went up to the city, and there were about a thousand men, and they ran behind the gates, and brought great stones and trees, and held the gates with great strength.

The car outside hit very badly, the city gate is a wooden door with iron plates on the outside, one foot thick, but it can not withstand many impacts, at this time the iron sheet in many places has fallen, revealing the wood inside, and the axes on both sides of the city gate have also been loosened, it seems that as long as it hits for a while, the whole city gate will fall.

In a hurry, the gatekeeper officer of the Great Western Army blocked the door and ordered the firecracker team to shoot outward, and the firecracker team shot outward through the crack in the door, killing many Qin soldiers, but still could not stop the Qin army's rush.

The two gates were already crumbling, and the officer guarding the gate was so anxious that he ordered a fire.

The soldiers of the Great Western Army brought several jars of fire oil, poured them on the city gates and the huge trees, and then lit a fire.

At this moment, it was lively, and the flames rose high in the entire city gate D, and the fireworks were fired together, and the fire immediately sealed the city gate.

Several of the soldiers of the Qin army were also burned with their clothes, and hurriedly retreated, with a bang, the two city gates were burned down, smashing the two rushing cars underneath, and the Qin soldiers flashed fast and there were no casualties.

But the whole gate D has become a fire cloud D, not to mention people, not even birds dare to fly in, and the fire burned the bricks of the city to turn red.

The officer guarding the gate instructed his soldiers to bring wood in the city and continue to add it to keep the fire going.

The city gate could not be entered, so Bai Qi ordered the soldiers who attacked the city gate to withdraw, and all the troops were concentrated on the side of the city wall.

At this time, the number of Qin troops who climbed to the top of the city began to increase, and the Qin army's crossbowmen no longer fired arrows.

The Great Western Army and the Qin Army fought a bloody battle at the head of the city, and Zhang Xianzhong ordered the people to go to the city again and again, desperately resisting the attack of the Qin army.

Bai Qi also came to the side of Li Kang, the former army, and the two looked at the bloody battle at the head of the city, and they had their own plans in their hearts.

Li dared to say: "General, if we continue to fight like this, it won't take us an hour to break the city." Bai Qi said: "What I'm worried about is not the destruction of the city, but Zhang Xianzhong, do you know that these peasant troops rebelled, and the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to clean up, why is it always uneven?" ”

Li dared to say: "Isn't it because these people are very strong in combat? ”

Bai shook his head: "In terms of combat effectiveness, the official army is still much stronger, and most of the rebels are peasants, how can they be better than being soldiers?" The reason why the peasant army has been suppressed repeatedly is because of their mobility. ”

Li dared to say: "Liquidity? Is the general saying that they do not have a fixed base? ”

Bai Qi said: "If there is no base area, there will be no backup, there will be no food supply, and there will be no way out. It is precisely because there is no base area that the officers and troops cannot fight, catch up, or surround them, and even if they catch up and are surrounded, as soon as the rebel army breaks through the encirclement, they scatter again, so the officers and troops always chase behind, and the peasant army always runs in front, one active, the other passive, and the initiative is always in the hands of the peasant army. This is the biggest headache for the officers and soldiers. ”

Li Dang understood: "On the other hand, once the peasant army has a base area, the official army will be easy to deal with, just like today." ”

Bai Qi said: "Chengdu is not only Zhang Xianzhong's base, but also his burial place, but if he takes advantage of the chaos to leave the city and flee to Li Ding**, it will be endless troubles." ”

Li dared to say: "The general is right. ”

Bai Qi said: "So I'm going to give you a cavalry, you go to the east gate to ambush, once you see Zhang Xianzhong fleeing, you must not let him go." ”

Li Dang arched his hand: "General Xie trusts." Li Dang was very grateful in his heart, it stands to reason that his relationship with Zhang Xianzhong is a friend of life and death, Bai Qi will not give him this task, in case he lets Zhang Xianzhong go, then everything in the Qin army will be wasted.

Bai Qi smiled: "You bring more people and horses to monitor the east gate and the south gate, Zhang Xianzhong is most likely to go to the east gate, but it is not ruled out that he may go to the south gate, so you have to divide the troops into two ways and explore carefully." Don't miss the fighter. As long as Zhang Xianzhong can be caught, Sichuan can be determined. ”

Li dared to say: "We will never fail to live up to the trust of the general." ”

So saying, he ordered three thousand cavalry, made a detour, and went straight to the east gate.

After Bai Qi waited for Li Dang to leave, he looked at the situation in the city again, and then waved his hand and ordered his handsome flag to move forward, and the drummer and trumpeter stepped forward together.

Hundreds of drummers stood beside Bai Qi, beating drums and trumpets in unison, and Bai Qi personally gave the order and launched a general attack.

Li Dang took 3,000 cavalry, all the way to the south, went around to the east gate, looked at the city from a distance, and saw that there were not many soldiers here, so he sent the horses to disperse into the mountains and forests, guard the road, and sent a cavalry of 1,000 people to the south gate to investigate, and the two parties agreed that as long as one party found that Zhang Xianzhong had fled, they would light fireworks and notify the other party.

After giving the order, Li Dang found a forest outside the east gate, dismounted, and his own soldiers carried a water bag for him, he drank a few sips, his eyes stared at the city wall in the distance, and his heart fluctuated.

Now it seems that Chengdu cannot be defended, and the city will only be broken today.