On the order of Azig, Bayan obviously brought 12,000 men and horses to Linhuai, but he was stunned that his troops were divided into three routes, stationed in Linhuai in batches, and declared to the outside world that there were 6,000 garrisons.

This not only concealed Li Guo and Liu Tiren, but also concealed many Manchu and Han generals in Fengyang City.

At present, the troops in Linhuai City, as long as Bayan is willing, can already lead the army out of the city to meet the attack when he hears that Li is coming, and there is a high probability that he will directly defeat the attacking Guangxinwei.

But Bayan did not move, what he wanted was not to be defeated, but to be completely annihilated.

Fighting a field battle, on such a large scale, even if Guangxinwei is defeated, it is very likely that most of them will escape, and in the end they will return to Dingyuan City to continue to resist stubbornly.

In this case, why not design a war of annihilation under Linhuai City to fight once and for all?

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Li Guo came prepared, and all the small cannons were given to Liu Tiren, who brought all the heavy artillery of Guangxinwei and had sufficient ammunition.

This is also Li Guo's confidence to dare to fight a desperate battle.

Although I am ready to die, it is good not to die.

To say that Bayan is vicious, in fact, Li Guo is not inferior.

When people attacked the city, most of the preparations were solid bullets, smashing the city gates and city walls, but Li Guo brought all the flowering bombs this time.

Guangxinwei hasn't fought for almost two years, and he hasn't started fighting since he entered Fengyang Mansion this time, and Li Guo's family background is thick.

Twelve rounds of shelling, nearly a hundred artillery shells, almost sprinkled a thick layer of shrapnel on the tower.

To say that the defenders suffered few casualties, I'm afraid no one can believe it.

Bayan didn't believe it either, in fact, in order not to make Li Guo suspicious, Bayan invested a lot of money, and there were many defenders patrolling the city walls and towers as usual, adding up to no less than a thousand.

This round of shelling swept away more than seventy percent of the defenders in the city.

In other words, if Bayan is not prepared, then today's round of artillery bombardment is equivalent to knocking out his most elite garrison.

It's a pity that the number of people is not small, but Bayan transferred to defend the city are all Han troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his own Han army is 6,000 people with a blue banner, and they are gathering near the south gate at this time, silently looking at the city gate in the distance, waiting for Bayan's order.

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According to Li Guo's method, no matter how thick the family foundation is, it will be exhausted.

After twelve volleys, the barrel could no longer hold up, and the sound of the cannon began to thin out.

However, it was expected, because the Guangxin Guard infantry who were besieging the city had also approached the city wall and began to erect ladders to build the wall, and many of them rushed to the car and beat the wood and began to hit the door.

But hitting the gate is also trying luck, because whenever the city is attacked by the army, the city will be prepared before, and the city gate and road will be blocked with civil engineering and stones, and the car and wood will not be able to open the city gate at all.

The most aggressive is the erection of ladders to build walls, and only soldiers can really control the walls if they climb the walls.

Until Guangxinwei began to climb the ladder, there was still no response from the city, as if the defenders had heard the news and fled.

This made Li Guo, who was commanded under the city, feel more and more uneasy.

In fact, if the besieging side really had to climb the walls in large numbers, the city would basically be broken.

But the defenders have not yet shown their strength, so they must have a safe backhand.

Li Guo can work hard, but he doesn't want to die inexplicably.

He raised his hand, just as he was about to give the order to withdraw.

There was a disturbance on the city walls.

Dozens of Guangxin guards who had already turned over and climbed the city wall were thrown down the city like dumplings.

The soldiers at the front who were climbing the ladder began to disorganize.

Then, countless human heads appeared at the battlements and fired a dense array of arrows at the Guangxin guard soldiers who were climbing upwards like long snakes.

Countless soldiers fell down the ladder with a cry of arrows.

Every sound made Li Guo's heart tug fiercely, he understood that behind each of these people, there was a family, if it wasn't for the loyal battalion dragging the family, Li Guo would not easily agree to accept Wu Zheng's incorporation.

But now, with such a way of death, more than 100,000 loyal camp families, who will raise the old and the young?

The generals behind Li Guo stared at the blood-red eyes one by one and begged for battle, even if they were sent to death.

But Li Guo gritted his teeth and just didn't agree.

When he was in a hurry, Li Guo suddenly turned around and asked, "How many shells are there?" ”

This shocked everyone, no one is a fool, Li Guo asked, what he wanted to do, everyone knew it in their hearts.

But even if he was shocked, no one persuaded him, let alone answered, and they all stared at Li Guo silently.

That kind of complicated gaze still means a lot.

Li Guo was angry and asked again, "Are you dumb...... Ben Gong is asking, how many shells are left? ”

A team leader cautiously stepped forward and replied, "Go back...... Checkmate...... words, there are more than a hundred ....... ”

Before the words fell, he was kicked to the ground by several feet, and he kicked so hard that he almost couldn't get up.

As if he hadn't seen it, Li Guo walked up to the kid and said loudly, "You...... Deliver the order to shoot all the shells...... Target...... Tower! ”

Now the kid was also stunned, he shook his head again and again, and cried: "No...... No...... General, my brother is ...... in the city. ”

"Bastard!" Li Guo shouted fiercely, "You dare to resist the order...... Believe it or not, Ben Gong cut off your head with a knife! ”

Everyone was silent, except for the boy who cried out, "General's life...... The general was merciful...... My brother is still in the city...... Those are our comrades! ”

Li Guo was really anxious, he "choked" and pulled out his saber, put it against the back of the kid's neck and said, "If you don't fire the cannon again, they will die in vain...... Don't you understand? Quickly pass the order, dare to be verbose, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

The boy finally got up with his hands propped up, wiped away his tears, and staggered backwards, howling as he ran.

The sorrow of the cry made Li Guo can't help but "choke" and drop the saber, looking up to the sky and sighing: "After today, there will be no more loyalty camp!" ”

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Bayan, who had been observing the battle situation at the head of the city with a telescope, had a smile on his face.

Indeed, he has the capital to laugh, and judging by the current situation, victory is close at hand.

Behind him, there were still 3,000 rear troops who had not moved, which was used by him to prepare to encircle and annihilate the Guangxin Guard.

Look, Bayan is ready to even clean up the battlefield.

But at this time, several artillery sounds suddenly sounded, which made Bayan's face change, but then calmed down.

It's just that the enemy army is barely breathing, and now thousands of people on both sides are stuck in the city, and the enemy's shells don't have long eyes, can you tell who is friend and who is friend?

But after a while, the cannon rang out again, a few more times.

This made Bayan frown, could it be that the enemy army wanted to kill the enemy at once?

Immediately, Bayan was shocked, but it was only for a moment, and he regained his calm.

This is impossible, but whoever does this, unless he is exhausted and has not used all his strength, the enemy army outside the city should still be able to support, this kind of indiscriminate shelling, there is a very serious sequelae, that is, the military heart is afraid that it will be dispersed in an instant!

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