Su Jiakang had just arrived in the city, and he ordered the Ming army to prepare for the siege, wanting to take advantage of the fact that the new army of the Tang Dynasty had just entered the city, and he would fight a quick battle based on the unheard of.

Soon, some Ming troops went out to cut down trees and even directly demolished some houses outside the city to build simple siege equipment.

Small-scale siege, coupled with the urgency of time, it is naturally impossible to have any large-scale siege equipment, and like the previous Datang New Army, they also built a long ladder.

And what's interesting is that after the Datang New Army retreated into the city in a hurry, many things were thrown directly outside the city, and some food baggage was nothing, the key is that many of the long ladders prepared by the Datang New Army before were left outside the city, and now they have been obtained by the Ming army.

In order to make a quick decision, Su Jiakang did not stop for long, and only two quarters of an hour later he officially ordered the forward to approach the city gate, ready to launch a formal siege operation.

Li Xuan, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, carefully looked at the Ming army slowly approaching outside the city, and couldn't help but have some worries in his heart, the Ming army outside the city had more than 1,000 people, three times more troops than his own, and there were more than 300 Ming troops coming not far away.

Not only is it at a disadvantage in terms of troops, but it has just entered the city, and it is not very familiar with the city defense of Zhengtai County, so the hastily arranged defense work is quite imperfect.

In this way, there is also a very important point that their Datang New Army has never been trained to defend the city.

Because the Tang Dynasty itself did not have a city, Huangzhushan said that it was a village, but in fact, because of the expansion of the scope, the periphery is also some fences to prevent the invasion of wild beasts.

And even in the defensive operations of the field, to be honest, they did not fight.

Based on the characteristics of the Datang New Army itself, they prefer it, and at the same time, they are more good at mobile combat, always picking soft persimmons and taking the initiative to attack.

So far, they have not fought a defensive battle with the Ming army that is evenly matched, let alone this kind of defensive operation in which their own side is at a disadvantage of several times their own forces.

The only thing that makes Li Xuan feel at ease is that now he has a city wall to rely on!

In this day and age, the role of a wall in defensive warfare is still quite obvious, and even in the age of muskets, it is not so easy for the attacker to conquer a city.

Li Xuan was worried about the upcoming battle in his heart, but this worry was not expressed.

It has been more than a year since he was the emperor of this ravine, even if this emperor of the ravine is nondescript, but in any case, this is the supreme leader of more than 4,000 people, and this emperor of the ravine has been in office for a long time, and Li Xuan has gradually figured out how to be a boss.

One of the most important points is that don't make a fuss when there is nothing to do, and it is easy to cause panic and even distrust among your subordinates.

To be the boss should have the appearance of being the boss, to make Mount Tai collapse in front of the same color, it is best to pretend to be a breezy appearance and say: "Lao Tzu has long said that this Mount Tai will collapse, you see, it will not collapse now!" Or a sentence: "This Mount Tai collapsed and is a fart, I think the earth exploded back then, and Lao Tzu still didn't blink!" ”

Others look at it and think: Wow, this boss is so awesome!

You have to give your subordinates confidence that they can succeed by following you, and that all kinds of dangers encountered along the way are just small things, and they can be solved with a wave of your hand.

When you are the boss, you have to be able to pretend, you have to be able to brag, don't tell your subordinates that it is difficult to start a business, if you are not careful, you will die, you have to tell them, do it with Lao Tzu, in the future, you will be an official casually, money can be spent casually, and women can play casually.

After laying down the country, Lao Tzu will be the boss of the galaxy, and you will be the captain of the earth!

Well, the above is Li Xuan's own understanding, so he has never been stingy with the official position of the Tang Dynasty, some time ago it was a military general to a general, and a civil official to the prime minister, although it is slightly controlled, but the official hat is still given casually, a blacksmith is given to the Ministry of Works, a freshly snatched and double-hearted Xiucai is directly given to a Langzhong, Li Xuan even the official hat of the Ministry of Rites is ready for Yang Xiucai, as long as Yang Xiucai does not make obvious rebellion, then after returning to the mountain, Li Xuan will give him the name of the Ministry of Rites.

Well, the above are all things that can be said, and some of them can't be said, for example, when you are the boss, you have to be the boss, don't do the little things yourself, you must know how to delegate power, let your subordinates do something, throw some bones to reward them if they do a good job, hit the board if they are bad, and they can also shirk their responsibilities.

In this way, these subordinates are still grateful to Dade for giving them the opportunity to realize their ambitions, making them feel the illusion of being valued, and thus giving rise to the silly idea of dying for their confidants.

As for yourself, enjoy it, don't beep when you have nothing to do, and strive to be a good boss who eats and waits for death.

Li Xuan has been the emperor of the ravine for more than a year, and he boasts that he has found the feeling of being an emperor, so even if he is worried in his heart now, his face still does not change, and he looks like the Ming army under the city is all scum.

However, Li Xuan can do this, but the ministers around him can't do this, Zeng Ziwen frowned at this time and said: "Their vanguard is not simple, it shouldn't be the guards and soldiers, but the recruits we encountered last time!" ”

In the Ming army outside the city, the most conspicuous thing is to walk in the front, many of them are still carrying a long ladder of more than 300 people, these 300 people are obviously different from the Ming army behind, even if you just look at it from a distance, you can feel that their training level and mental outlook are far more than those serf guards.

"It should have come from the Fucheng side, didn't the spies report back some time ago, and recently another group of people came from the Fucheng side, it should be them!" Qian Mengjiu said: "But even if it's a recruitment, it's not like we haven't fought, the last time they entered the mountain, we didn't eat more than 50 people!" ”

The last time the Ming army entered the mountain, Wu Nuanzhi also led more than 200 recruits into the mountain together, and divided into several teams to go out to reconnoiter and find Huangzhu Mountain, and a detachment of dozens of people was ambushed by the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, under the musket team of the Datang New Army, these recruits were not much better than ordinary guards.

In front of the muskets and bullets of the Datang New Army, these recruits in the Ming army were not much different from the guards army, and after several rounds of platoon guns, they were still killed and wounded, and then completely collapsed.

When the siege troops of the Ming army gradually approached, the main generals of the Tang New Army in charge of various troops at the head of the city also urged the soldiers to meet the battle.

The first to react was the main force of this siege: the musketeers!

This is not only because they need to shoot first to intercept the enemy, but also because the musketeers are the most rigorously trained and the best soldiers in the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

At the orders of the officers, while the archers and spearmen were still grinding, they were already beginning to load and light the arquebuses.

The distance of the Ming army is getting closer and closer, from the previous safe distance of 300 meters, gradually approaching, 200 meters, 100 meters.

And after reaching this distance, Wang Danxu did not hesitate at all, and directly ordered: "Aim!" ”

A few seconds later, I saw him swing his command knife violently: "Shoot!" ”

Suddenly, the musketeers pulled the trigger in unison, and this time the shot was different from the usual round fire, and they used a salvo.

The wide city walls gave them enough space to arrange their formations, and at the same time, it was impossible for the Ming army to storm the city in just a few tens of seconds.

The musketeers had enough time to reload and shoot repeatedly, so there was no need to keep the rounds of fire, and directly kill and wound the enemy with round after round of volleys, while giving the enemy the greatest deterrent.

After all, the sound caused by firing 80 muskets at a time is completely different from that of less than 30 muskets.

However, even if it was a salvo, but because the distance was too far, the casualties caused to the Ming army were very limited, and only a few people were hit in total, and for the Ming army forwards of hundreds of people, the casualties of a few people were not enough to move them.

The reason why the number of casualties was only three or four people, on the one hand, was that the hit rate was relatively low, and on the other hand, it was also related to the fact that even if the opponent was hit, it was difficult to cause effective damage to the Ming army.

In order to attack the city, most of the soldiers in the front row of these Ming troops were dressed in iron armor or cotton armor, although the power of the musket is not small, it is much larger than the bow and crossbow, but it is still difficult to penetrate the heavy armor or the cotton armor that has a good defensive effect against bullets at a distance of 100 meters.

But if the Ming army continues to advance, when they enter a distance of 80 meters or even 60 meters, even if the opponent's front row troops have heavy armor, they will definitely not be able to withstand the musket attack of the Datang New Army.

Therefore, although the lethal effect of the first round of shooting was not obvious, Wang Danxu, who commanded the musket team, did not care at all, but continued to let the soldiers reload and prepare for the second round of shooting.

Next to these musketeers, dozens of archers were already ready, and they would start shooting arrows at a distance of seventy-eight meters from the Ming army.

Although the lethality of archery at this distance to the armored personnel in the front row of the Ming army is very limited, their target is not the soldiers in armor in the front row of the Ming army, but the light infantry in the back.

As the Ming army reached a distance of more than 70 meters, the archers began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, and they shot arrows continuously, and the dense arrow rain formed suddenly rushed to the Ming army outside the city!