On the south gate, Zhou Yuji and other generals were gathering in the city tower to eat, seeing its arrival, they all wanted to get up and salute, but Chang Yu waved to stop, and then turned around and walked to the door, standing in front of the wall and looking into the distance.

Some of the thieves by the moat are under martial law, some are making fires and cooking, and some are busy repairing the drawbridge.

Looking at the enemy camp that stretched for miles from east to west, Chang Yu estimated that at least sixty or seventy thousand horses had crossed the river.

However, the opposite shore is still dark and oppressive, and there is no edge in sight.

Nima's, how many thieves are there at this time? Chang Yu's brows furrowed, based on his speculation that Li Zicheng had recruited less than 100,000 officers and soldiers all the way east, plus his original 40,000 old capital, it would not be more than fifteen when he was full, and the rest were cannon fodder!

But this cannon fodder is indeed a headache, the young and strong can be used to supplement the soldiers at any time, and the old and weak women and children are no better than to travel on the road.

"It's amazing, isn't it?" Zhou Yuji's voice came from behind him.

Chang Yu nodded slightly: "The thief is going to be desperate and come to the last madness."

"Do you mean that the thieves will stop no matter how they beat Taiyuan or not?" Zhou Yuji asked.

"That's probably the case" Chang Yu knew that when Li Zicheng hit Taiyuan in history, he just left after he was killed, and there was just an excuse for not being able to fight, but because of Zhang Xiong's dedication to the city, he didn't have time to fight at all.

"At this time, there are sixty or seventy thousand thieves in the city, and we are equal, at this time, the water surface of the moat is not frozen, and the drawbridge has not been repaired. Zhou Yuji said suddenly.

Chang Yu turned his head and pouted: "Fishing law enforcement, Mr. Zhou, are you going to let go of me once you catch me."

Zhou Yuji laughed: "What's wrong?" It was not arrogant before, and with more than 1,000 people, he dared to go out of the city to pick five times the strength of others."

"Not True"

Chang Yu said seriously: "The thief army in Xicheng is a partial division, not the main force, the combat power is not strong, and it has just been exhausted after a fierce battle and is mainly infantry, and the commander is all elite cavalry, heavy soldiers and heavy armor, and they are attacked with anger and caught them off guard."

Saying that, he coughed lightly, pointed to the camp of the thief army under the city and said: "This is not the case here, this is the main force of the thieves, and the soldiers have a wide range of combat power, and they are like fighting chicken blood when they cross the river, which is not comparable to those partial divisions in Xicheng."

Zhou Yuji nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, there is no need to fight with them at this time, crossing the river is a foregone conclusion, when the city is defended, and the enemy can be annihilated by taking advantage of the territory, if not, wouldn't it be better to resist hard when he crossed the river before!" Chang Yu said again.

Zhou Yuji nodded again, stretched out his hand and pointed to the east: "At this time, even if you want to knock hard, the opportunity is lost."

In the southeast corner of Cheng'en Gate in the east, the thief army is transporting a large number of supplies, war horses, chariots, ladders, grain and grass on the river that has never been broken.

It seems that the thief is so anxious that he can't wait for a moment! Chang Yu smiled secretly, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and looked at Zhou Yuji: "Do it?" ”

Zhou Yuji was stunned at first, then glanced at the east and understood, and nodded slightly: "This can be had"

Five miles south of the south gate moat, there is a heavily guarded military tent behind the camp of the thief army on the edge of the trench array, which is Li Zicheng's temporary command post.

The smell of wine and meat filled the military tent, and the thieves were feasting and drinking, and today they had something to be happy and celebrate.

More than ten days later, I finally touched the city wall of Taiyuan City, and finally fought a vivid and happy battle, only half an hour to take down the moat that the officers and soldiers were strictly guarded by, and swept away all the previous grievances.

This battle was really painful and greatly boosted morale.

This is also the reason why Li Zicheng allowed his subordinates to drink, of course, because there was no siege plan in the afternoon, after all, the battle was too costly, the soldiers needed to rest, and a lot of war preparations needed to be transported to the city.

Although this battle was fought happily, it stimulated the morale of the army to the greatest extent and severely hit the morale of the officers and soldiers, but the only thing that was imperfect and made Li Zicheng sad was that not long ago, Ma Chongxi on the west wing was actually killed by officers and soldiers!

It was an absolute surprise!

An accident that no one could have imagined, it was clear that the officers and soldiers had just retreated into the city in embarrassment, but suddenly sent another army of soldiers and horses out of the city to raid, how bold and hearty was this, and they were not afraid that the righteous army would take the opportunity to attack the city?

What's more, with only more than 1,000 people and horses, they attacked several times the opponent, and they were really arrogant and not afraid of death.

That is, it was too unexpected, when the herald came to report that Xicheng had been raided, he still wondered if it was some trick by the officers and soldiers to lure the enemy, so he hesitated and did not send reinforcements in time.

In fact, even if he sent reinforcements over, it was too late, the people and horses came and went like the wind, rushed out of the city to kill for a while, and after killing the horses, they immediately retreated into the city, less than two moments before and after.

And the reason why reinforcements were not sent at that time was because there were nearly 20,000 horses over there, and there were only more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in that army, so how big a wave could it set off.

However...... When the news of Ma Chongxi's beheading came, his jaw dropped in shock.

More than 1,000 heavy armored cavalry, the combat power is amazing, everywhere you go is like entering a no-man's land, no one is invincible, and the three commanders are extremely brave, there are 10,000 enemies......

More and more information is being gathered

Soon the identity of that troop came to light, and it must be the eunuch!

"Eunuch, he will fall into the city every day, and you should be crushed to ashes!" Li Zicheng shouted angrily, smashed the wine bowl in his hand, and everyone was shocked!

A few loud bangs came faintly, as if it was just to respond to Li Zicheng's anger.

What's going on? The thieves in the account were shocked, and they felt bad, and they poured out of the tent to look, but they saw that the cannon sound in Taiyuan City continued.

After a while, there was a report from the Rebels, who first bombarded the moat on the east side, attacked the men and horses transporting supplies from the ice, and then began to shell the camp of the rebels, and the rebels suffered heavy losses.

Damn it! Liu Zongmin couldn't help but scold!

All the generals were angry and scolded the officers and soldiers for being insidious and cunning.

The moat was only three or four miles away from the city gate, and the range of bows and arrows and trebuchets was not enough, but it was within the range of artillery.

If you deliver supplies from the ice, he will blow up the ice and give you a cold shower, and when your camp is assembled there, he will send you a few cannons, causing chaos and heavy casualties.

Is it possible to fight hard and then go back? I am unwilling!

"Father, come back, anyway, it can be frozen overnight, Ming'er siege of the city is in the past, is it possible that the officers and soldiers can build another defense line on the river overnight." Li Guo persuaded Li Zicheng.

"No!"

Song Xiance stood up at this time and said to Li Zicheng: "There is a way to break this situation."

"Say," Li Zicheng looked at the city in the distance, his eyes full of hatred.

"Move your forces to the flanks!" Song Xiance smiled faintly, everyone was stunned at first, and then Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others applauded.

"Killing two birds with one stone, imaginary and real, making the officers and soldiers tired of running around, the Song military division is really a good plan!" Li Guo was the first to react, and his face was happy.

Li Zicheng also reacted and nodded with a sneer.

On the upper floor of the Great South Gate, Chang Yuzheng was smiling, he saw the thief army crossing the river to transport supplies, and he suddenly wanted to fire artillery to blow up the ice, making the thief army fall into the water and embarrassed.

However, Zhou Yuji took his bad intentions to the fullest and ordered the artillery bombardment of the bandit camp on the bank of the moat.

For a while, the camp of the thief army was in chaos, and they fled in all directions, and the two people who watched laughed.

What a pity!

Chang Yu regretted in his heart, the power of the artillery in these years was too small, the maneuverability was too poor, it took half a day to turn the muzzle, and even the accuracy was not a sure thing, of course, the most speechless thing for him was that the time for each firing was too long, so that the thieves under the city had time to dodge the combo, and even could judge the direction of the muzzle in advance.

However, there were ten artillery pieces in the city at this time, and the stoppage still caused great trouble to the thief army, and there was no peace at any time.

However, soon Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji, who were watching the play in the city, frowned, and the thief army under their noses suddenly dispersed along the moat to both sides, and soon there were heralds to report, and the thief army was assembled outside the east and west cities, and a large number of people and horses appeared outside the north gate.

"It's not good, the thief army is going to change the main attack point" Zhou Yuji raised his eyebrows.

"There is no artillery on the east and west flanks, not even trebuchets," said the deputy commander-in-chief, with a sad face.

Chang Yu was puzzled, looked south, and saw that the thief army outside the moat had also moved, transporting those siege trucks and other baggage to both sides.

"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, if the enemy moves, we will deploy troops step by step to deal with it, and now we only need to judge where he wants to choose as the main attack." Zhou Yuji whispered and glanced at Chang Yu again, "What does the factory supervisor think?" ”

Chang Yu shook his head: "Look again!" ”

Li Zicheng gave up the Great South Gate so easily and chose other city gates as the main point of attack? Chang Yu was a little unconvinced.