Fang Xitong looked at the city wall that was only a few hundred meters in front of him, and the countless Ming troops crowded under the city wall, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!

This battle was finally not in vain!

The Ming army under the city wall is at least more than 15,000 people, and there are many baggage, and now these Ming troops have completely fallen into chaos, and it is impossible to enter the city in a short time!

Next, what you have to do is to continue to advance, and then cooperate with the 1st Brigade to completely defeat them!

At the same time, Hao Bonian in the east also rode a horse to the front of the troops, and at the same time ordered left and right: "Don't stop, rush over, don't care about the surrendered Ming army, continue to keep advancing!" ”

The two infantry regiments of the First Brigade and other directly subordinate troops formed a huge and dense phalanx, crushing some of the Ming troops along the way, and did not pay attention to the Ming soldiers on both sides who had thrown down their weapons and knelt on the side to surrender, but continued to advance towards the city gate!

At this time, Zhu Zhihai also saw that the puppet Tang thief army of more than 5,000 people was advancing rapidly towards the city gate, and the Ming army along the way couldn't stop them at all, if it went on like this, I am afraid it would not take long to rush to the city gate, and then see that his five hundred elite horsemen had entered the city, and he couldn't care that his more than 2,000 Fubiao infantry were still outside, and immediately said: "Close the city gate immediately!" ”

However, although Zhu Zhihai wanted to order the city gate to be closed, in fact, the city gate could not be closed at this time, because the city gate was crowded with countless soldiers, and it was impossible to close the city gate at all!

After a while, seeing that the puppet Tang thief army was less than a hundred steps away from the city gate, Zhu Zhihai immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Hurry up and shoot arrows, you must not let the puppet Tang thief army rush over!" ”

At this time, someone reminded him: "Are there many soldiers of our army outside the city? And more than 2,000 people who raised the standard are also outside? ”

Zhu Zhihai snorted coldly: "Fighting for the dynasty and serving the emperor is their honor!" ”

Hearing Zhu Zhihai's words so domineering, the people below dared to speak, and they all fell silent immediately!

And it didn't take long for many bowls of the Ming army on the head of Liping Mansion to open fire, and many archers also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows!

It's just that most of their shotguns and bows and arrows fell on the Ming army's own people outside the city, and very few really fell on the array of the Third Infantry Regiment!

After watching the Ming army more than 100 meters away open fire and shoot arrows, Hao Bonian raised his hand, and then ordered: "The whole army stops!" ”

Now more than 100 meters is still a safe distance, if you continue to advance, I am afraid that you will be attacked by the Ming army's intensive bow and arrow, artillery fire, if you continue to advance rashly, I am afraid that there will be great casualties, although his first brigade has a lot of troops, combat effectiveness is also strong, but there is no need to bear unnecessary casualties.

However, although he did not continue to pursue, he said: "Push the battalion cannon up and prepare to open fire, and the musketeers and archers prepare to shoot the enemy outside the city!" ”

It will not work to seize the city gate in chaos, but there are still tens of thousands of chaotic Ming troops outside the city, and it will be a great achievement to annihilate them!

It didn't take long for other units of the 2nd Brigade to arrive one after another!

At this time, the tens of thousands of Ming troops under the city wall were hit by the double firepower of their own side and the pseudo-Tang thief army almost at the same time, and for a time they suffered heavy casualties!

In order to survive, many people didn't care about scolding Zhu Zhihai as a bastard, and they also gave up the idea of entering the city, but began to run to both sides.

On both sides, in fact, there are still pseudo-Tang thief troops, but those pseudo-Tang thief soldiers are shouting: "Surrender or kill!" ”

Many Ming troops just threw away their weapons and armor on the road, and then ran to the Datang New Army arrays on both sides, knelt down and surrendered directly!

At this time, as long as they can save their lives, they can still take care of so much!

In the chaos, not only many ordinary Ming soldiers and middle- and low-level officers ran to both sides to surrender to save their lives, but even a few high-ranking generals also ran to both sides in the chaos, and they didn't know whether they were willing or forced, and finally they were forced to throw away their weapons and surrender.

Song Tianbiao, who accepted the surrender of troops on the left wing of the flank, saw that several thousands of households surrendered directly with their own soldiers!

However, the battle continued, and it was impossible for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to allocate too many men to guard these prisoners, so they simply let them throw away their weapons and armor, and then tie their hands with belts with each other, and then walk out in a line.

At the same time, it is also simple to send a very small number of men to watch over them!

The battle at the front is still going on, but in the rear, there is such a scene, more than a dozen, or even a few soldiers of the Tang New Army, escorting hundreds or even hundreds of Ming soldiers to retreat backwards!

Then directly in an open field, let these Ming prisoners sit on the spot, do not move, if they move, they will be a bayonet!

When the artillery of both sides stopped, muskets and bows and arrows also stopped, about 100 meters outside the city gate, it was already full of dead and wounded Ming soldiers!

Most of their casualties were caused by the new army of the Tang Dynasty, some were caused by the Ming army at the head of the city, and even some of them fought on their own in order to win the advanced city.

There were at least 2,000 dead and wounded all over the place!

There were more than 10,000 people blocked outside the city, but where did the rest go?

A small number took advantage of the chaos to enter the city, while some took advantage of the chaos to flee to both sides, and a considerable number surrendered on the spot.

Now these Ming prisoners are divided into several large groups and sit in the field outside the city!

After the sound of guns and cannons subsided, Hao Bonian and Fang Xitong had a brief discussion, and decided not to continue the siege, but to gather troops first, clean up the battlefield, and wait for His Majesty to arrive!

After all, everyone has been fighting for a day, and the soldiers of both the first and second brigades are actually exhausted, and they have also suffered certain casualties, and they need time to rest.

As for the siege, it's not too late tomorrow!

At about nine o'clock that night, Li Xuan also arrived with the main force of the Chinese army, and listened to the post-war report of Hao Bonian and Fang Xitong for the first time!

"In the first battle outside the city, after a hard battle, the first and second brigades of our army annihilated at least 3,000 enemies, of which most of the Ming army's casualties were concentrated outside the city walls!

In addition, our army captured about 3,000 Ming troops, and about 5,000 Ming troops escaped! ”

"At that time, the battle was too chaotic, and the time for our army was too tight, otherwise, the results of the battle could continue to expand, in addition, our army also successfully intercepted a number of Ming army's baggage, according to estimates, the Ming army's baggage that was successfully transported into the city should be only sixty percent, but these intercepted baggage is still outside the city wall, and we have not been able to capture it back, I am afraid that the Ming army will take advantage of the night to rush these baggage, in this regard, our department has arranged for the duty force to closely monitor, and will definitely not let the Ming army take the baggage back!"

"And the casualties of our army, the casualties of our first brigade are not large, the total casualties are about two hundred!"

At this time, Fang Xitong also spoke: "The casualties of our second brigade are slightly larger, the total casualties are about four hundred, and the seventh infantry regiment also suffered more than three hundred casualties, and the casualties of the seventh infantry regiment are mainly due to the confusion when charging, and it was unable to retreat in time after rushing into the Ming army's array, so it was caused by the double blow of fire from both sides of the enemy and us!" ”

The casualties of the 2nd Brigade were mainly concentrated in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and the 3rd Infantry Regiment fought hard for a day and experienced many long battles, and the casualties added up to not small!

Li Xuan said at this time: "The two Aiqing have worked hard, and in today's battle, you have played the demeanor of my Tang Dynasty king, I am very relieved!" ”

"Next, let the soldiers rest well and make the most adequate preparations for the general attack!"

After listening to the post-war report, everyone did not disperse, but continued to fight at night, discussing how to attack Liping Mansion City in the future!

"Liping Mansion City, our army has attacked once before, and our army has been stationed in the city for a period of time before, and we still have a good understanding of the city defense settings in the city, and in a short period of time, the Ming army is unlikely to improve the city defense settings too much, so it will be of great benefit to our follow-up attack!"

"It is worth noting that the Ming army in the city has a lot of artillery, this West Road Ming army is Zhu Zhihai gathered from the whole province, with a large number of artillery, including hundreds of catties of artillery, and dozens of catties to hundreds of catties of bowls of artillery are more, these artillery, will be the first and biggest threat we face in the subsequent siege!"

As the head of the senior generals of the whole army, Hao Bonian continued: "If you want to attack the city of Lipingfu, we must use our army's artillery superiority to suppress the enemy's artillery and provide sufficient cover for our troops to enter the city. ”

Zeng Ziwen also nodded and said: "Yes, in the early stage of attacking the city, the suppression of artillery is extremely important, and at the same time, in order to successfully conquer the city, our army must also concentrate the heavy armor units, and the heavy armor sword and shield hands of each unit can be used intensively, as long as we invest five hundred heavy armored infantry at one time, we will definitely be able to establish a solid position on the head of the city of Lipingfu, so as to receive the follow-up main force into the city!" ”

"In addition, this time we also plan to put the grenadier troops into the first line of siege operations, the grenades should be able to give the enemy intensive damage in the first time, and the grenadiers are far more elite than the musketeers, and can more effectively cooperate with the sword and shield soldiers!"

In the battle to ascend to the city, the core of hand-to-hand combat is no longer the spearmen, because on the narrow city walls, the spearmen cannot be used at all.

At this time, the best class is the sword and shield soldier in heavy armor!

Musketeers can also be used, but grenadiers are even better!

After everyone discussed, they also dispersed to prepare.

Early the next morning, Li Xuan walked out of the tent of the Chinese army, and then took a group of senior generals to climb a small hill in ambush, looking at the city of Liping Mansion that was still bathed in the morning sun!

According to the plan made last night, it won't be long before the new army of Datang will launch a general attack on Liping Mansion City!

The length of time required to conquer Liping Mansion City, severely damage and even annihilate the Ming Army on the West Road, and even conquer Liping Mansion City is directly related to the subsequent survival of the Tang Dynasty and cannot be ignored!