In order to avoid large-scale casualties, Hao Bonian and Li Chunjing had the same opinion, that is, they should show the attitude of a lion fighting a rabbit and go all out, so that the first time of the attack is to completely destroy the confidence of the Ming army to resist and shake the morale of the Ming army, and it is best to force the Ming army in the city to surrender on its own initiative, so as to achieve the goal of surrendering without a fight.

Even if the Ming army did not surrender voluntarily, then an all-out attack could crush the Ming army in a shorter time, thus avoiding the casualties caused by the long-term siege operation.

Therefore, in this battle, it is not difficult to conquer Li Binh, but to reduce casualties.

After everyone discussed the tactics, the whole army began to make corresponding tactical preparations.

In the past two days, the first corps has made a lot of preparations in advance, the long ladder used to storm the wall is prepared, and the artillery has continued to bombard the city wall for two days, but it is limited by the relatively small caliber of the 500-pound artillery and the limited power.

This made Hao Bonian a little disappointed, and at the same time, he was looking forward to the 800-pound guns in the artillery battalion and the 1,000-pound guns that had just been developed and were not equipped with the artillery battalion.

Early the next morning, the Ming army in the city found that the puppet Tang thief army outside the city had made a big move, and a large number of soldiers of the new Tang army began to assemble out of the barracks, and carried many siege equipment.

This made the Ming army at the head of the city notice that something was wrong for the first time, and soon reported the relevant news to the adults in the city.

It didn't take long for many adults wearing official robes to appear on the city, and they looked at the pseudo-Tang thief army from afar on the city, and their faces were not very good-looking.

Even if they are shallow and have not seen any large-scale wars, they can also see that the pseudo-Tang thief army outside the city is obviously not ready to continue to wait, but is about to launch a general attack after waiting for two days.

In fact, when they found out yesterday that as many as 2,000 puppet Tang thieves had arrived in the city, they could already guess that the day when the puppet Tang thieves army launched a general attack was not far off, and the general attack of the puppet Tang thieves army would definitely be more fierce than the tentative attack a few days ago.

A few days ago, in order to test the reality of the Ming army in the city, Hao Bonian sent troops to carry out a small-scale tentative attack, although there was no formal battle to climb the city, but also sent a musket unit to strike at the Ming army on the city.

That day, through the firing of artillery, muskets, at least dozens of Ming soldiers were killed and wounded!

And now, the puppet Tang thief army is about to launch a general attack, and the offensive will definitely be more fierce, can they hold the city of Liping Mansion today?

Also, when will the army of the provincial capital arrive?

The reinforcements have not come for a long time, how can they rely on these old and weak soldiers and young men alone to stop the 4,000 pseudo-Tang thief army staring at the city outside?

An atmosphere of despair began to permeate the city of Liping Province!

Many low-ranking officers, as well as soldiers and young men, were already thinking about how to save their lives in the next battle.

Looking at the posture of the pseudo-Tang thief army outside the city, it would be hellish if this city could be defended, and if they couldn't hold the city, they would naturally have to prioritize their own lives.

After taking a look at the city, except for the generals, most of the other civil officials have left the city, and after the battle breaks out, this city will definitely be a dangerous place, they want to return to the city, as for what to do when they return to the city, it is different for each person.

Some people asked their subordinates to prepare the clothes of ordinary people, ready to change into hiding at any time, as for the official yamen, they must not be able to stay, because after the pseudo-Tang thief army entered the city, they would conquer the government and other yamen as soon as possible.

If you want to survive, you still have to hide in ordinary houses.

However, some people asked their subordinates to start preparing poisons, ropes, etc., and they were dressed in official robes, holding poison in their right hands and white silk in their left hands.

Just wait for the puppet Tang thief army to commit suicide as soon as possible after breaking the city!

Not to mention these officials, even most of the ordinary people in the city were terrified, for fear that the puppet Tang thief army would be robbed after entering the city, especially those gentry who did not escape from the city, many people have begun to regret why they did not escape from the city.

Today, as soon as the sun rose, the entire city of Liping Mansion was already immersed in an atmosphere of despair, like a woman who had been stripped naked and thrown on the bed, looking at the strong man in front of him who was unbuttoning his pants and smiling hideously, his delicate body was trembling, and his mouth was still muttering Don't come, don't come.

However, the man obviously did not stop his movements because of the woman's scream, and when he was undressed, a hungry wolf rushed up, followed by a terrible scream from the woman and a man's rattling laughter, which was accompanied by a heavy gasp.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, the new army of the Tang Dynasty, which had completed all the preparations, finally began to move, and the five 500-pound artillery pieces that were gathered were the first to fire, and then the more than 150-pound battalion guns that were pushed up only 100 meters away from the city wall also raised the elevation angle and began to spray scattered bullets at the Ming army on the city.

The artillery was followed by a large number of musketeers, who did not rush directly, but fired at the head of the city from outside the city.

Huge solid bullets, scattered shrapnel, and lead bullets almost shattered the city, and the rubble flew everywhere, and the screams continued.

When the guns fired, many soldiers who were not armed or wearing armor, and who had only a bag of sand and gravel on their bodies, also quickly ran towards the moat.

Hundreds of soldiers acted together, enough to fill in a passage in a short period of time the moat under the city of Liping, which was only a few meters wide.

The Ming army at the head of the city obviously also wanted to counterattack, but as soon as the archers of the Ming army stood at the head of the city to counterattack, they would be hit into a hornet's nest by the musketeers outside the city with bullets as soon as possible.

You can only hide behind the battlements and use a projectile to counterattack, but it is unknown if you shoot without aiming at it, and the bow and arrow will end up there.

After paying a small number of casualties, the new army of the Tang Dynasty finally filled in the moat as a passage for the army to enter and exit.

At this time, the soldiers of the main force of the siege, the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers, also wore heavy armor and rushed forward with shields and long knives.

They were joined by the Light Armor Sword and Shield Soldiers, many of whom carried long ladders together.

When the sword and shield soldiers are dispatched, it means that the battle has entered the most critical juncture!

Because next, they will climb the city wall through a long ladder and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army!

Once the Ming army is unable to hold it, resulting in the loss of the city, even if it is only a short section of the city's head of tens of meters, then more soldiers of the Tang New Army will come up in the future, and at that time, Liping Mansion can also be declared lost!