"Can we hold the city of Guangzhou?"

Wu Wenhua looked at Ren Jianxiu with expectant eyes, hoping to hear an affirmative answer from Ren Jianxiu, but Ren Jianxiu's answer was destined to disappoint Wu Wenhua.

"It's hard, it's hard." Ren Jianxiu sighed and replied.

He Yan led more than 20,000 people of the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army to arrive in Guangzhou City, and Wu Wenhua wanted to hold Guangzhou City with these 6,000 Ming troops, and at worst he would hold on until reinforcements arrived, but the strength of the Ming Army was less than one-third of the People's Army.

Ren Jianxiu was the only person in Guangzhou who had experience in fighting the People's Army, so Wu Wenhua asked Ren Jianxiu to return to the Ming Army and fight against the People's Army.

Ren Jianxiu has experience in fighting with the people, but in Ren Jianxiu's own opinion, this experience is not very useful, when he led 15,000 Ming troops to attack a people's army of only 3 or 4,000 people, but suffered a big defeat, the strength of the people's army impressed Ren Jianxiu.

Guo Rong's army of nearly 30,000 people dealt with this people's army that was about to come to Guangzhou City, and it was about to collapse at the first touch, and even Guo Mian died, but this people's army did not have many casualties, and now it is going to attack Guangzhou City.

With the 6,000 men and horses in his hands, Ren Jianxiu couldn't resist the upcoming enemy no matter what he wanted, but now in this situation, Wu Wenhua, the governor of Guangdong, was unwilling to leave Guangzhou City, and he Ren Jianxiu could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, go all out, and hold it for as long as he could.

Twenty miles

Ten miles

Before dark, He Yan finally led the army to the outside of Guangzhou, and immediately, the Third Mixed Brigade was divided into three, encircling Guangzhou City on three sides, leaving only the vacancy in the south, and the main force of the Third Mixed Brigade was in the north, which was the main attack direction of the Third Mixed Brigade.

Seeing the enemy coming in the distance, many Ming soldiers in Guangzhou City trembled their legs, they all knew that there were many enemies, several times their own, in this case, it was impossible for the Ming army to hold Guangzhou City, I don't know how many people would die in the battlefield siege battle.

"Well... There are a lot of thieves. ”

"More than 20,000 people, can it be too many?"

"I heard that it was this thief army that defeated the army led by Lord Guo Mian."

"Lord Guo Mian has been defeated, can we hold the city of Guangzhou?"

……

As the People's Army got closer and closer to Guangzhou City, the Ming soldiers on the city wall stared at the People's Army with wide eyes, they wanted to see what kind of thieves defeated Guo Mian's army, and now attacked Guangzhou City, even if they died in Guangzhou City, the ghosts would not let go of these thieves who killed them.

When the Ming soldiers saw the people clearly, many Ming soldiers laughed out loud.

"Haha, because Lao Tzu is such a vicious thief, I didn't expect it to be just a group of chaotic people."

"What is there to be afraid of the rebels, no matter how many rioters there are, they are not our opponents, we will definitely be able to defend the city of Guangzhou."

……

At present, only the firearms units in the People's Army wear standard military uniforms, and the vast majority of the soldiers of the cold weapons units are wearing shabby clothes, which look like chaotic people.

At this moment, Wu Wenhua and Ren Jianxiu were both on the north city wall, looking at the People's Army array, they both heard the laughter of some Ming soldiers, and their faces were still solemn.

With the previous achievements of the People's Army, even if most of the people in the People's Army were wearing shabby clothes, Ren Jianxiu and Wu Wenhua would not think that the People's Army was really a vulnerable chaotic people, and they could defeat the 15,000 army led by Ren Jianxiu and the 25,000 army led by Guo Mian.

However, Wu Wenhua and Ren Jianxiu did not stop the soldiers from laughing, laughter can dispel fear, which is a good thing for the current Ming army, it can improve some morale, if the Ming army is very afraid of the enemy, then how much morale and combat effectiveness is there?

It was the first time for Wu Wenhua to see the People's Army with his own eyes, Wu Wenhua saw the shabby clothes worn by the soldiers of the People's Army, and Wu Wenhua even saw the regular formation of the People's Army, which was this regular formation, and Wu Wenhua could not find a Ming army that could do this.

Being able to arrange a regular formation does not mean that the combat effectiveness is strong, but being able to arrange a regular formation is enough to show that this army is extraordinary, and how can the chaotic people discharge such a regular formation.

Bang! Bang!

Just when Wu Wenhua continued to watch the People's Army, suddenly a number of solid cannonballs flew in, most of them smashed into the wall or crossed the city wall and smashed into the city, but there were also two solid cannonballs directly smashed into the city wall, one directly penetrated the chest of the two Ming soldiers in front of the other and the other smashed into the brick wall, and the splashing bricks injured several Ming soldiers.

Two people were killed by shells, and the Ming soldiers around them were directly stunned.

"My lord, get down the city wall, the thieves have set off their cannons." Ren Jianxiu, who reacted quickly, said to Wu Wenhua.

Wu Wenhua waved his hand, rejected Ren Jianxiu's words, and said at the same time: "The thieves have set off their cannons, what about our artillery, call back to this official." ”

"Fire the cannon right away, fire the cannon right away, but my lord, you go down the city wall first, it's dangerous here."

No matter what Wu Wenhua said about refusal, Ren Jianxiu directly asked Wu Wenhua, the boss, to go down the city wall, and after ordering his subordinates to open fire, Ren Jianxiu also looked for a place to avoid the cannonballs.

After the People's Army finished firing the second round of artillery, the artillery erected on the city of Guangzhou also opened fire, and dozens of solid shells were fired, even if the People's Army array was two miles away from the city, causing several casualties to the People's Army.

"The army retreated again, fired three more rounds of artillery, and the artillerymen withdrew." He Yan immediately issued a new order.

The sun is about to set, and it will definitely not be able to attack the city today, so He Yan first let the artillery with enough range in the army to fight five rounds, which can be regarded as a meeting gift to the Ming army in Guangzhou City, and every hour after that, the artillery will fight one or two rounds to harass the Ming army.

Time does not wait for me, He Yan knows the importance of time to the People's Army, and he must fight to increase the number of dead and wounded, and also take Guangzhou City as soon as possible.

Soon, the People's Army's five-round artillery was finished, and all the troops retreated and camped, and most of the Ming troops who were shelled by the People's Army finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Although there were very few casualties among the Ming troops defending the city in the bombardment, there were casualties in the end, everyone ate and drank together on weekdays, and suddenly it was gone, and no one could calm down, they were more afraid that the next one would be their turn, it didn't matter if they died, who would raise their wives and children and elderly parents at home.

Many Ming soldiers were angry with those big officials in their hearts, the enemy was so strong, they didn't know why those big officials wanted to stick to Guangzhou City, wouldn't it be good to evacuate Guangzhou City, how many people would survive in the end if they stayed in Guangzhou City.

Feeling that he might not live long, the soldier Ariake cried directly.

In the face of death, no one can face it calmly!