There were also cannons at the head of Xi'an, and they had repelled the attack of the Zhangluo coalition army, but when Hong Chengchou was defending the city, he had already used up all the shells and all the gunpowder, and this thing could not be replenished quickly, so after Ziyi occupied Xi'an, he didn't care about these cannons, and he didn't know what they were for, so he simply treated them as waste, threw them back into the furnace, and built weapons.

Hong Chengchou did not give the order to attack, and more than 10,000 men and horses under his command all stood quietly under the gloomy sky, standing in the cold wind, staring at the magnificent and majestic Xi'an City, waiting.

There was a strange silence on the battlefield.

Li Yan had already gone to the head of Dongcheng City, looking at the cannon in the distance, to be honest, he was also a little dizzy. Although he had heard of this guy, he had never seen it spew flames, let alone comprehend its power, so he ordered the Qin army at the head of the city to hide behind the shield as much as possible.

Those Qin soldiers naturally had never seen a cannon, and they were all very curious, and some of them were pointing and talking about it, not understanding what Hong Chengchou's intention was to make a few iron pipes under the city. At this time, I heard Li Yan say that it was powerful, and I didn't believe it for a while, and in the spirit of believing it rather than believing it, I stood the shield in front of me and looked at the city intently.

According to the pre-war arrangement, each gate was defended by 300 Qin troops, and another 500 Qin troops were divided into several teams to patrol around the city to prevent spies from harassing them. The last 4,000 main Qin troops, led by Ziyi.

Ziyi was not at the head of the city, but led four thousand Qin soldiers and horses, assembled in the city, he wanted to understand which gate the official army was attacking, and then send troops to reinforce, at this time he heard the horn of the official army outside the city, so he slowly pulled out his saber and looked at the Qin soldiers beside him: "Brothers, we are all Qin people, the land under our feet is the Qin soil, no matter we live or die, we will always be on this land." I will lead you to defeat all enemies who dare to invade. Obeying my orders, the men and horses divided into four teams and prepared to go up to the city. ”

The 4,000 men and horses quickly changed formations, divided into four teams, and waited for them.

The whole city of Xi'an was silent, and the common people also heard that Governor Hong had called back, just outside the city, and brought cannons, for a while some people were happy, some people were worried, and more people were very afraid, and they closed their doors one after another, burned incense at home, and prayed that the shells would not fall on their homes.

At this time, King Qin set up a table of wine in the governor's palace and invited Fan Ju to accompany him. When he heard the sound of the horn coming from outside the city, King Qin smiled slightly: "The official army is the best. ”

Fan Ju filled a glass of wine for the King of Qin, and said: "The king is calm and relaxed, and he has already made a bamboo in his chest, and my Qin army will win this battle." ”

King Qin picked up his wine glass and glanced at Fan Ju: "Fan Xiang, when you lost Huayin a few days ago, you fell for the sneak attack of the official army." ”

Fan Ju hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said, "The king, the ministers are incompetent, and they have lost Huayin, so that our Qin army only has a lonely city, and I ask the king to punish you." ”

King Qin smiled: "You sit down, I don't mean to punish you." During the time when I was not in the army, thanks to you commanding the whole army and regaining my prestige, it was not easy to regain Huayin. ”

Fan Ju sat down again and said with a smile: "That's the credit of Li Gongzi." It was the Huayin he laid. ”

King Qin said: "In any case, you and Bai Qi have saved the main force of my Qin army, and the credit is not small. Fan Ju heard him say that his heart sank. King Qin continued: "I heard that later, Bai Qi had selfish intentions, but fortunately, you saw everything and detained him. ”

Fan Ju hurriedly said: "Bai Qi wants to take charge of the military alone, and intends to replace the king, how can I sit idly by." I didn't want to be very cunning in vain, so I even arranged for the henchmen to rob the prison, and I was too merciful and was escaped from the city by him. ”

He arched his hand: "The king, right now, Bai Qi has occupied several counties, recruited troops and horses, accumulated money and grain, and made it clear that he wants to fight against our Qin army and establish himself as the king, I don't know what the king has to do." ”

King Qin said indifferently: "A Bai Qi who has lost his master can't afford to stir up much wind and waves, and when he has killed the officials and troops outside the city, he will be arranged." ”

Fan Ju said: "King, I have a strategy, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

King Qin drank a glass of wine: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Fan Ju said: "If Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's peasant army can enter Shaanxi, can we borrow their strength, except for Bai Qi." Because in my opinion, Bai Qi is too familiar with the tactics of our Qin army, and he wants to fight against us, and no one in our Qin army is his opponent. ”

King Qin put down his wine glass and squinted at Fan Ju, Fan Ju felt that King Qin's gaze was really piercing, and he was a little afraid to oppose him, but he knew that at this time, King Qin would inevitably deny his idea, so he plucked up his courage and widened his eyes to meet King Qin's blade-like gaze.

King Qin just glanced at him, and found that Fan Ju did not flinch, so he no longer looked at him, just smiled faintly, and said: "What you said is inevitably not a good countermeasure, I will seriously consider it, if Bai Qi really dares to fight against this king, I will kill him, lest he surrender to the official army." ”

When Fan Ju heard this, he hurriedly said: "The king said very much, if Bai Qi lowers the official army, it will be too unfavorable to the Qin army. If nothing else, morale will plummet. Irremediable. ”

King Qin stood up, walked to the door, and looked at the thick clouds in the sky, his face as calm as water.

At this time, Hong Chengchou's face was the same as that of King Qin. The only difference was that he was holding a command flag in his hand, and at this time, the order flag had already been raised.

The herald stared at Hong Chengchou's arm, and suddenly saw this arm waving downward, and the herald yelled: "Attack ......"

No one moved, only the gunners.

The commander had already commanded the cannon to be filled with projectiles, and at this time, listening to the order, he shouted: "Release!" ”

The ignition soldier standing next to the cannon put the torch on the medicine line, and the medicine line immediately burst into flames, followed by a loud bang, a puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle, and the first shell was fired.

The city of Xi'an heard the sound of cannons again, but this time the cannons were under the city.

With the loud sound of the cannon, an iron projectile whistled through the air and hit the enemy tower, breaking a lot of bricks and tiles immediately, and falling on the Qin army standing on the city wall below.

Many people in the Qin army were shocked.

Although they had heard Li Yan say that the cannon was powerful, after all, they had never seen it before, and now when they looked, as soon as the iron barrel under it smoked, they didn't know what was flying up, and the sound of breaking the air was very loud, and then the enemy tower above their heads was blown out of a big hole.

If it weren't for Li Yan sitting at the head of the city, everyone would really have to flee in all directions. In their eyes, this kind of thing is simply witchcraft.

As soon as the commander saw the point of impact, he immediately ordered the base of the cannon to sink for another half a minute, and after the other four guns were test-fired, they also adjusted their positions, and the second time the cannon fired, all five shells hit the city wall.

Rubble flying.

The cannon is much more powerful than the trebuchet used by Zhang Xianzhong, only a dozen cannons went down, the battlements on the city wall were broken a lot, and the stones in the upper part of the city wall were also broken a lot, and among the rubble, more than a dozen Qin soldiers were injured under the splash of flying stones, their faces were covered with blood, and they hurriedly went down to bandage.

The artillery under the city is still bombarding, not stopping for a moment.

Hong Chengchou's military formation was very strict, in case the Qin army went out of the city and destroyed the artillery, his attitude was very clear, the Ming soldiers were not in a hurry to attack, when the city wall collapsed, and then rushed up to meet each other, so that the casualties were much smaller than climbing the ladder and attacking hard.

His cannonballs were sufficient, and the five cannons carried a total of thousands of shells, so many shells, under the concentrated bombardment, no matter how thick the city wall was, it could not withstand it. His stormtroopers were already waiting behind the battle with ladders, and as soon as the walls collapsed, they rushed up, erected ladders on the ditch, and stormed the city.

Li Yan is very anxious in the city, but there is no way, the initiative is in the hands of others, the arrows of the Qin army can't shoot the official army at all, and it is not a way to go out of the city and fight hard, Hong Chengchou has already lined up the battle array, just waiting for you to get out of the city. Zuo Liangyu's cavalry looked at the delay, as long as the Qin army left the city, it would be a melee immediately, the Ming army was strictly organized, the cavalry was fierce, and the Qin army could not take any advantage.

But round after round of shelling, endless, sooner or later the city wall will be blasted open breaches, and now we have to prepare. Li Yan ordered the Qin army to transport sandbags and stones to the city, and only waited for the official army's artillery to break through the city wall, and then immediately plugged the gap.