As Li Xuan's order was conveyed, the bandits of Huangzhushan also began to prepare, but this preparation work could not be completed for a while, even if it was fast, it would take several hours, after all, it would take time to build engineering equipment such as ladders, and at the same time, it was necessary to test the reality of the city's defense, find weak points, and even fill in the moat under the city wall, which all took time.

And it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, which meant that even if all the preparations went well, it would be necessary to wait until tomorrow to launch a large-scale siege.

But it should be noted that Li Xuan and the others did not really conquer Zhengtai County, so to a certain extent, they didn't need to make too detailed preparations at all, just do a little face-saving effort, and in this way, they could launch a formal siege campaign within an hour.

The reason why he was in a hurry to attack the city in the afternoon was also to consider what unexpected changes would happen during this time of night, after all, the main force of the disappeared Ming army was where Li Xuan didn't know it yet, in case it was not far away, if he could kill it tonight, wouldn't he be in danger of being attacked from front to back.

"Let's all move, our hands and feet are sharper, and we will be scared to death by the group of grandsons who were formed, and we will leave after the fight!" Huang Xueren, who was in front, said this to his subordinates who were making preparations.

He told the young and strong bandits in the baggage team very bluntly that the big guy was pretending to scare and scare the Ming army in the city, and he didn't plan to really fight, and he would leave after the fight, and he would not spend the night under the city.

Because Huang Xueren himself was born as a bandit leader, and at the same time, a large number of the baggage team in charge of baggage logistics are those old bandits, and he knows very well what these old bandits think.

It's not impossible to fight, but it must be a tailwind battle, and your side has a good chance of winning or losing very little.

As for the kind of combat missions that seem to be obviously sending them to death, they won't do it if they are killed.

So today, if Huang Xueren dares to say to the bandits below, today they will gnaw down the hard bone of Zhengtai County, and let the soldiers risk huge casualties to charge and enter the city, those bandits can play a mutiny on the spot, what kind of joke, and let Lao Tzu go to death!

Secondly, he also made it clear, he will leave after the fight, and he will definitely not spend the night under the city, so that everyone will be more happy, after all, everyone knows that Zhengtai County is very dangerous, this is just there, if you stay one more night, maybe you will find yourself surrounded by the Ming army when you wake up tomorrow.

So just vote and go, which is in line with most people's inner thoughts!

The people led by Huang Xueren are all old bandits and young people, so it is naturally more troublesome to mobilize.

The musket team led by Wang Danxu is much simpler, the soldiers in the musket team are definitely the best quality soldiers in the Datang New Army, and they are also the most rigorously trained, and the soldiers in it have more or less the appearance of soldiers in the modern army.

There is no need to say too much about mobilization and the like, just a simple order is needed to make them obey the arrangement, of course, although these soldiers obeyed, but no one knows what they think in their hearts.

The generals under his command were busy green, and Li Xuan himself took Zeng Ziwen and Qian Mengjiu to continue to observe the county town of Zhengtai not far away on the mountain, whispering from time to time, discussing how to determine the siege plan later.

Even if it is just to scare and scare the Ming army, it has to play a full set of tricks, and it must have a certain number of results, so as to create an effective deterrent. Otherwise, it will only hang around the city, and it will not be able to detect the reality of the Ming army at all, and at the same time force the Ming army to return to defense.

Looking at Li Xuan and the others in front of him discussing something, Yang Xiucai, who was standing among the first few officials behind, also muttered in his heart.

These pseudo-Tang thief troops are so cunning that they want to pretend to attack Zhengtai County, and I don't know if they want to encircle and send reinforcements or to threaten the official army.

Although he has already put on the official skin of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, Yang Xiucai thinks that he is in Cao Ying's heart, and he is forced to commit himself to the thief army, and he will still escape with his family once he has the opportunity.

When he thought of his family, he was a little depressed.

When the new army of the Tang Dynasty left Yangjia Village a few days ago, they not only brought Yang Xiucai with them, but also brought his wife, daughter Bing'er and youngest son.

At the beginning, their family was marching on foot, and he Yang Xiucai was fine, although he was pampered and had been pampered for many years, it was very difficult to walk, but he could still hold it, but his wife and daughter were entangled in their feet, and they couldn't walk for a long time, and they couldn't hold it for a long time.

In the end, Yang Xiucai was cheeky, and once again begged Qian Mengjiu's side, said a lot of good things, and finally asked for an ox cart from the baggage team.

The ox carts of the baggage team are naturally not specially carrying people, and they can't even say that they are their own, they were originally mixed in the mountains, and the mountains are difficult to pass through vehicles, and the transportation of baggage is basically carried on the shoulder, and the cattle and horse vehicles are basically not used.

Regardless of the Ming army that entered the mountains or the Tang army, which was originally in the mountains, their baggage transportation relied on the most primitive manpower to carry them.

After leaving the mountain, the terrain outside is a small plain, and there are no mountains and dense forests, so a lot of livestock and vehicles were recruited along the way to transport baggage.

The flatbed ox cart that Yang Xiucai wanted to come was originally loaded with some things, and his family could only sit directly on the goods.

It's impossible to sit comfortably like this, but it's better to say that you don't have to walk on foot.

Rao is so, this is also a treatment that only a few people can have, the number of livestock vehicles in the baggage team is not much, and those who can sit in the vehicle are either the wounded or a very small number of female dependents, where are these female dependents?

Among them, there are the families of 'special talents' like Yang Xiucai who were forcibly recruited, mainly scholars and craftsmen, in order for these people to be able to contribute to the cause of the Tang Dynasty with peace of mind, they often bring their immediate family members with them, and the purpose is unknown.

The second is the family members of some young people who took the initiative to join the Datang New Army halfway', and now the Datang New Army no longer plays the old routine of forcibly recruiting strong men anytime and anywhere, but through the distribution of 'settling food', promising to be able to eat enough after joining the army as a selling point, to attract those young and strong people to take the initiative to join.

Most of the young people who took the initiative to join came alone, after all, they also knew that what they did when they joined the Datang New Army was to stop their heads in their pants, and maybe they would die that day, so not many people would bring their families with them.

But there will still be a small number of young people who will bring their family members, and Li Xuan will not refuse this, but will bring all of them, after all, these people are taking the initiative to join, and it is necessary to treat them well.

When Yang Xiucai was thinking wildly in his heart, he soon found that the soldiers in front of him were already gradually approaching the direction of the city wall, and the first to dispatch was the musket team that shocked Yang Xiucai so far!

"Are you going to start?" Yang Xiucai looked at the musket team that was moving slowly in front of him and muttered: "I don't know if those officers and soldiers can stop these musket teams!" ”

Yang Xiucai has also seen the strength of these musket teams, when these thieves came to attack Yangjia Village, they fired a row of guns at the courtyard wall of the Yang family, and that formation still makes Yang Xiucai unforgettable.

"But the officers and soldiers have all seen the world, and the officers and soldiers also have firearms, so I think it should be a musket team that will not be afraid of the thief army!" Yang Xiucai thought so in his heart, and at the same time continued to stare ahead.

At this time, the musket team led by Wang Danxu was already following the order given by Li Xuan, taking steady steps, with the sound of drums, and the speed of their progress was not fast, and they could even be called slow, slower than the walking speed of normal people.

They walked slowly, mainly to maintain their formation, and secondly, to ensure their physical strength.

As the musket team gradually moved forward, the Ming army at the head of the city obviously also moved, and many people could be vaguely seen running around, and several generals in armor were shouting loudly.

Wang Danxu rode a horse and slowly followed behind the array of his musket team, looking at the city in front of him with a relaxed expression.

As the commander of the musket team, he naturally knows very well that with the range advantage of his musket, as long as the opponent does not take the initiative to kill from the city gate, then his own side can ensure safety and shoot calmly.

When Wang Danxu stepped forward with the musket team, the archers and spearmen also followed behind and stepped forward one after another, which were naturally to cover the musketeers, so as not to kill the Ming army in the city.

If the enemy army goes out of the city on a large scale, the uncovered musketeers will die a miserable death, after all, the rate of fire of muskets is too slow, and the most important thing is that they are not many in number, only eighty musketeers.

If the other side rushes out with hundreds of people, these musketeers are afraid that they will suffer a big loss, not to mention that there may be cavalry on the other side.

With the speed of the cavalry charge and the ability to maneuver at short distances, it was perfectly possible to bypass the front of the musketeers and attack these musketeers from the flanks and rear positions, and the whole process did not even take a minute!

In this year, the arquebus unit wanted to fight alone, but it was still too reluctant, and it was necessary to have cold weapons such as spearmen to cooperate with each other.

However, Wang Danxu's worries were obviously in vain, because the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack out of the city at all, but continued to take it with them on the city.

This also allowed Wang Danxu and them to enter the 100-meter distance smoothly, and as soon as they entered the 100-meter distance, Wang Danxu raised his right hand and shouted at the same time: "The whole army stops!" ”

With Wang Danxu's order, the two musket teams stopped in unison, and then the soldiers, under the urging of officers at all levels, began to rearrange the formation, after all, the formation was a little loose just now.

After tidying up the formation, Wang Danxu ordered again: "Ignition!" ”

The soldiers then began to light the arquebuses with their fire breakers, and the ammunition was already loaded before the march, and the arquebuses needed to be lit before they could be fired, so there was no need to worry about misfire before the arquebuses were lit.

Lighting the arquebus, it means that the fire is about to be shot, although the burning speed of the arquebus is not fast, but it is impossible to last too long, it is impossible to light the arquebus for a long time without firing, it is a waste of the arquebus.

At this time, Wang Danxu had already pulled out the command knife on his waist, and shouted at the same time: "Aim!" ”

Suddenly, the soldiers raised their guns for aiming, and the Huangzhushan arquebus, which was equipped with a crosshairs, had the most basic aiming function.

Soon, the command knife in Wang Danxu's hand waved down violently: "Shoot!" ”