Inside the monoculars, Li Zhongyi clearly saw that although the lights on the city were bright, due to the angle problem, it could not illuminate the boundary outside the city.

At this moment, Li Yongtang commanded a team of officers and soldiers of the artillery corps, pushing a 6-pounder gun, and slowly advancing in the direction of the city gate hole.

Due to the slow speed of advancement, Li Zhongyi could hardly hear the noise of the axles, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, Li Yongtang deserved to be a long-tested and excellent artillery commander, and he knew the characteristics of artillery best.

The soldiers of the Li family army were all lying in ambush outside the city of Hongzhou, two miles away from the city wall, the horses had already put on muzzles, and the horses' hooves were also wrapped in thick linen.

The sackcloth was the trophies found from the house of the Liu Daguan in Liujiazhuang, and there were thousands of horses, which happened to come in handy.

The officers and men of the three armies were all ambushed in the predetermined sortie position, and everyone watched Li Yongtang and their movements with bated breath. After all, if the city gate can't be opened, no matter how strong Li Jiajun is, he can only look at the wall and sigh, and he is helpless.

Time passed minute by minute, but the progress of Li Yongtang and the artillerymen was unusually slow, Li Zhongyi was very calm, just silently watching Li Yongtang and their direction, but did not say a word.

About the fifth watch, the eastern sky was faintly white, and the lanterns and torches on the head of Hongzhou City were suddenly extinguished.

Li Zhongyi let out a sigh of relief, and it could be seen that the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty should have thought that the most dangerous moment had passed, and planned to go back to the camp to rest, right?

As expected, a noisy shout suddenly came from the city wall, "Go down to the city, go back to the camp and rest!" ”

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and nodded secretly, although the Southern Tang people had strengthened their vigilance, they were not careful after all. It is estimated that they never dreamed that the tiger and wolf army of the Qiang Han Dynasty was close at hand, right?

Since the Southern Tang people relaxed their vigilance, the strategy of attacking the city naturally had to change with it, Li Zhongyi immediately made a decision and sent someone to order Li Yongtang to start shelling the city gate after full preparation.

After Li Yongtang received the order, he carefully commanded the artillerymen and slowly advanced a 6-pounder gun to the middle of a hundred feet away from the city gate.

Hongzhou was originally a small city, but it was only because the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty was worried that Jinling was too close to the Great Zhou, so he reluctantly moved the capital here.

Therefore, although Hongzhou City was reinforced by the city wall, it did not dig a moat, but it cheapened Li Yongtang's artillery.

Li Yongtang looked at the dark city gate, commanded his artillery with gestures, and adjusted the angle of shooting.

The gunpowder and projectiles had already been loaded into the barrel of the cannon, and Li Yongtang was a little uneasy, so he personally used a wooden pole to reach into the bore of the cannon and compact the projectiles and the medicine bag.

Taking advantage of the pre-dawn dawn, Li Yongtang confirmed for the last time, calibrated the angle of the muzzle, and then took the incense from the artilleryman and lit the fuse himself.

After a loud bang, a huge hole appeared on the city gate of the west gate of Hongzhou, and in the monocular in Li Zhongyi's hand, he could vaguely see the streets in the city through the hole.......

"Kill ......" Li Zhongyi waved his right hand violently, slashed down fiercely, and gave the order for a general attack.

The loud trumpet of "Didi Da Da ......", like a huge thunder, suddenly sounded from the edge of the sky, waking up the people all over the city.

"Kill......"

"Kill ......"

"Capturing Li Yu ...... Alive"

With the sound of the loud military horn, the warriors of the Li family's army, who had been waiting for a long time, poured into the west gate of Hongzhou like a tide.

When the brave met on a narrow road, the soldiers of the Li family army urged the mounts under their crotches, waved the steel knives in their hands vigorously, and quickly entered the depths of the city.

Li Zhongyi, who was riding on the back of Xiao Xue, also wanted to wield his war knife and rush in to slash and kill the enemy. However, the horse reins were tightly dragged by Zhu Niang, and Li Zhongyi had no choice but to reluctantly raise the monocular again, watching his subordinates fight bravely to kill the enemy.

"Which door will Li Yu escape from?" Li Zhongyi deliberately embarrassed Zhu Niang and deliberately came up with a problem.

Zhu Niang pursed her lips and raised her head and said: "Our army entered from the west gate, if Li Yu is not stupid, he should escape from the east gate." However, you must have set up an ambush outside the east gate, and the remaining north and south gates, the north gate is the closest to the palace, if the concubine is not bad, Li Yu will go through the north gate. ”

Li Zhongyi looked at Zhu Niang deeply, he knew in his heart that Zhu Niang was not qualified to participate in the pre-war meeting, but she guessed part of the content of the pre-war meeting.

In this era, most of the families that can become warlord families are not vain, and they have a few brushes.

The Northwest Fold family is even more star-studded!

Putting aside the heroine of Zhe Saihua, the general of the Zhe family in history turned out to be eight generations in the army, and the family army lasted for more than 200 years, which can be said to be the first family of generals in the Celestial Empire!

"Hehe, since you said that Li Yu'er must go to the north gate, then let's go outside the north gate and try our luck." Li Zhongyi waved the horsewhip in his hand and shouted, "Sons, follow me to capture Li Yu." ”

In this sneak attack on Hongzhou, Li Zhongyi brought out a total of 15,000 people. Among them, there were 1,500 people in ambush outside the east gate, 1,500 people in ambush outside the south gate, and a total of 10,000 people entered the city from the west gate, and there were only less than 2,000 people left around Li Zhongyi.

Originally, Li Zhongyi felt that 2,000 people guarding his side was too much of a waste of combat soldiers. Helplessly, all the generals were worried about his personal safety, and the guard force of less than 2,000 people was completely unnegotiable.

There is no way, although Li Zhongyi is the emperor, he must pinch his nose and admit the correct opinions of his subordinates.

As for the troops attacking the city, as long as they do not abandon the artillery, they will definitely sweep the resistance of the Southern Tang people into the corner of history like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

Li Zhongyi led 2,000 soldiers from the Qinya Battalion to rush to the north gate, and heard the sound of shouting and killing from a long distance.

"Oh, what's going on?" Li Zhongyi was secretly a little puzzled, according to the battle plan, there were only a few throat squads for surveillance outside the north gate, and their total number did not exceed 200 people.

Soon, the Throat Battalion, who was in charge of guarding the perimeter, came running to report that when the Throat Squad saw that there were few people escaping from the north gate, they rushed forward in turn, trying to delay or delay the time of the fleeing enemy.

As soon as Li Zhongyi heard this, he immediately instructed Zhang Sanzheng: "You immediately bring troops over for reinforcements, and be sure to capture Li Yu'er." ”

"Your Majesty, if the subordinates lead the troops away, there will only be more than 100 guards with knives left around you, who will ensure your safety?" Zhang Sanzheng did not immediately receive the order, but took the initiative to raise an objection.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "The people of the Southern Tang Dynasty have almost no horses, and the guards around me are all one person and three horses, so why be afraid?" Don't be wordy, hurry up and reinforce our brethren. ”