The battle of Fengjiazhuang, which had just broken out, was quite important to the Tang Dynasty today, and its importance was no less than the battle of Luohu Valley last year.

Its victory or defeat will directly affect the survival of the Tang Dynasty!

If Fengjiazhuang can be successfully taken and a large amount of grain hoarded in it can be obtained, then the food crisis in Huangzhushan will be able to be alleviated by more than half immediately, and then find a way to get some food from other villages, and Huangzhushan will be able to survive this year.

If Fengjiazhuang could not be taken, then the food crisis in Huangzhushan would not be alleviated in a short period of time, and Li Xuan and the others would have to find a way to go to more villages to raise food.

Delays in time and changes in plans mean increased risk.

After all, now that the Ming army has known that they have gone out of the mountain, and sent scouts to look for them, if the Ming army seizes the opportunity to be ambushed, then the end will be quite bad.

It is precisely because the Battle of Fengjiazhuang is so important that whether it is Li Xuan, Fang Dongquan, or Huang Xueren, they all attach great importance to each one.

During the first round of bridging operations, the two musketeers and archers were all dispatched, and the spearmen and sword and shield men in the rear were also lined up in the rear to prevent accidents.

Even for a better suppressive effect, the musketeers did not stay at the farthest effective range, but after three rounds of suppressive fire at about a hundred meters, they moved forward gradually.

In this process, a large number of bullets continued to hit the city, and the huge impact of the bullets even splashed those earth and stone fragments, and several people from Fengjiazhuang on the city did not hide in time, and then were hit by bullets.

So much so that a tragic moan sounded on the head of the city, and soon those people in Fengjiazhuang on the head of the city shrank back one by one and hid behind the city wall.

So much so that from the outside, the city is almost empty, but if you look down from the sky, then you will find that there are at least 200 people lying behind the city wall, they are holding all kinds of weapons, some are holding bows, arrows, knives and guns, and some even hold the original fire guns of the Ming army.

Just from the primitive firecrackers in their hands, it can be seen that this Fengjiazhuang is completely different from other ordinary villages.

As for the back of the city wall, several men in brocade robes looked at the bandits of Huangzhushan outside through the battlements, all with heavy faces.

From time to time, they lowered their bodies and talked to each other, obviously discussing and occupying.

Slowly, the nearly eighty musketeers of the musketeer team were already about seventy meters away from the wall of Fengjiazhuang.

This distance can be said to be a dangerous distance, if a large number of archers suddenly emerge from the city and shoot arrows at the musketeers, then it will cause a certain danger to the musketeers.

However, at this time, the archers also followed, and they even stood a little higher than the musketeers, and once a large number of archers appeared in the direction of the city, then these archers would also decisively fire arrows to support the musketeers.

At this time, after the musketeers approached, the continuous round of fire survived, and most of the musketeers reloaded their bullets under the orders of the officers, but did not pull the trigger to shoot, but kept aiming at the city.

Limited by the slow rate of fire, in order to ensure the instantaneous fire suppression effect on the city, Wang Danxu and his musketeer officers formulated a plan to adopt a gradual rotation fire mode at the beginning, but when they entered a distance of about 60 meters, they would only let a small part of the soldiers fire in turns to maintain a small scale of continuous fire suppression.

But the vast majority of the soldiers are loaded with ammunition and ready to go!

If the opponent dares to counterattack from the battlements on a large scale, then they will shoot a large number of bullets in an instant.

However, the Fengjiazhuang soldiers and horses at the head of the city were obviously unwilling to fight with the bandits of Huangzhushan for long-range firepower, except for seven or eight people who were accidentally hit at the beginning, and then they had been hiding behind the battlements, so that Li Xuan and Fang Dongquan outside couldn't even see their figures.

Those who didn't know thought they were fighting against the empty walls.

But in fact, Li Xuan and Fang Dongquan knew very well that a large number of enemies were behind the city wall, and now the real danger had not yet come.

When is the most dangerous time, when the people in Huangzhushan are responsible for carrying the trees to build the bridge, at this time, these people need to get close to the distance of only about ten meters from the city wall, which can be said to be quite dangerous.

Seeing that the musketeers had established a firepower advantage and completely suppressed the opponent's counterattack, Li Xuan nodded slightly at this time: "Let them start!" ”

With Li Xuan's order, the people behind them all took action one by one, this time building a bridge battle, the fire cover was in charge of the musket team and archers, and the safety of those people who built the bridge was in charge of the giant shield made of thick wooden planks they carried.

Due to the lack of armor, the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain were forced to use the most primitive giant wooden shields as the main protective force every time they attacked the fortified city, so as to avoid the enemy's bow and arrow strikes.

There were not many bandits in Huangzhushan this time, and there were only more than 40 people in total, and most of these more than 40 people were carrying huge wooden shields, and the remaining more than 10 people were carrying trees and planks used to lay on the trees.

The drums gradually intensified, and the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain, who were carrying huge wooden shields and trees, began to step forward, especially when they reached fifty meters, and with the officer leading the team 'rushing', all of them rushed like they were playing with their lives.

Just as they were running wildly, Wang Danxu also raised the waist knife in his hand again and shouted: "Ready!" ”

He is always ready to provide the most direct and at the same time the most advantageous cover for the bridging troops, that is, to suppress the opponent directly through a dense number of bullets at the moment when a large number of enemies are coming forward and trying to counterattack.

The bandits of Huangzhu Mountain, carrying huge wooden shields and trees, began to run, and everyone was desperately running forward, they all knew that if they stayed under the city for even a second at this time, they might die here.

At this time, the brocade-robed men at the head of the city also shouted loudly, and about twenty or thirty young men behind the battlements were already armed with bows and arrows, ready to rise at any time and bend their bows and open arrows.

At this time, time seemed to be getting slower and slower, whether it was Huangzhushan's side or Fengjiazhuang's side, the generals on both sides seemed to be able to hear their heavy breathing.

Just after the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain, who were carrying trees, rushed to a distance of about thirty meters, someone at the head of the city suddenly shouted: "Shoot! ”

Then, on the battlements, many Fengjiazhuang young men with bows and arrows appeared at the same time, they quickly bent their bows, and then prepared to aim at the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain, who were running towards the moat thirty meters away.

However, at this time, Wang Danxu outside the city had already waved his raised command knife, and at the same time shouted: "Fire!" ”

With the fierce swing of his command knife, the two musket teams instantly rang out a dense burst of gunfire, and before the white smoke could rise, there were bursts of screams from the city!