The 300 dead soldiers who attacked Luoyang City at night were besieged by the regiments, and Wen Houyou at the head of the city did not dare to send troops out of the city to rescue them, but just sat back and watched.

The officers and soldiers defending the city saw from afar that although the three hundred dead soldiers were surrounded, they were still fighting desperately, and they were inevitably worried in their hearts.

"If it's me who is trapped, I wonder if the deputy marshal will die like now?"

The officers and men of the defenders, except for Wen Houyou, were thinking about this issue.

"Adjutant Marshal, these dead soldiers are now trapped in the enemy camp and will not be able to escape. They are attacking for our Luoyang, and they have not surrendered until now, such loyal and righteous people, we can't bear to see them die like this, and I implore the deputy marshal to send troops to attack and welcome them into the city. ”

One will kneel and speak earnestly.

"I ask the deputy marshal to grant it."

As soon as they knelt, all the generals knelt together, their eyes full of hope.

Wen Houyou, who had been looking at the city wall, slowly turned around, looked at his subordinates coldly, and said indifferently: "The enemy army is tens of thousands, sending troops to rescue is tantamount to driving sheep into the tiger's mouth, the Luoyang defenders only have 5,000 regular troops, how many do you say is appropriate, if you send less, it will not be used, if you send more, do you want to defend Luoyang, do you say?" ”

“..............”

The crowd was silent.

"With this kung fu, it's better to think about how to resist the siege of the thief army when the day dawns."

After Wen Houyou finished speaking, he didn't bother to look at the fate of the daredevils outside the city, and went straight back to the enemy tower to rest.

The master of his own family is gone, and there is no need for the generals to kneel, so they all stand up and look out of the city in unison.

Outside the city, the black circle surrounded by enemy torches was shrinking, indicating that the death squad of their own side was already more than lucky.

"Alas! At this time, the defense is still so tight, where is this thief, even the Liaodong Army is just like that! Ichisho sighed.

"It's a pity for these dead soldiers."

The crowd will be silent again.

Sending death squads to attack at night, I wanted to boost morale, but I didn't want to get demoralized, but my morale became more and more depressed.

The next day, the sky was just dark, and the sky was still falling with crystal clear snowflakes, and the beggar army divided into three routes, each with more than 10,000 people, and attacked Luoyang City at the same time.

Luoyang is a Dayi in Henan, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the city wall is as high as four zhang, and the ordinary siege ladder is only afraid that it is not enough, so Li Zicheng specially ordered his craftsmen to quickly make the siege ladder.

The front troops of the beggar army attacked the city, consumed the shells of the enemy's artillery, and when the enemy's shells ran out, they sent a ladder to appear, and Luoyang City was not far from breaking the city!

The defenders of Luoyang are divided into three roads, and each city wall has 1,500 official troops pressing the formation, and they are each guarding more than 10,000 young people defending the city.

These young men could only throw stones at the top of the city, pour gold juice, and do some work to carry the wounded and the baggage of weapons.

When the beggar army climbed to the top of the city, it still had to rely on the 5,000 official army to kill and retreat, Wen Houyou scattered 1,500 people on the four city walls, and 500 people were used as reserves, ready to fight the fire at any time.

The pioneer pathfinder team of the beggar army over there, holding a special large door panel, set out to investigate the north, east and west sides of Luoyang first, which side is the best to attack.

Behind the pathfinder team, follow the archers, the Fran cannon team and other long-range support soldiers.

As the beggars approached, the defenders at the head of the city, gunners, archers, and musketeers, were ready to concentrate their fire on relatively stationary targets as long as they stayed on the edge of the moat.

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"You all listened, General Li Chuang said, let's just explore the way today, find out the width of the moat, the depth of the river, and remember, protect yourself, King Chuang cherishes us, and makes a shield for each of us, and when we get to the river, form a shield array to protect the brothers who are probing. Do you understand everything? ”

Before leaving, Zhengjiazhuang dog Yu told his subordinates again and again.

"Mr. Bai, don't worry, we have written it down."

"Okay, listen to the orders of the Chinese army and prepare to attack."

After saying this, the dog left, who was already a hundred generals, stopped speaking, held his shield, held his knife, and prepared to sprint.

"Woo......., woo..........."

The beggar army issued a horn to attack.

"Kill!"

On the north, east and west sides of Luoyang, more than 30,000 people shouted in unison, going forward one after another, like boundless waves, covering the ground between the beggar army camp and the Luoyang moat.

At the front of the beggar army was the vanguard army responsible for reconnaissance and exploration, and in the rear were archers and furlong artillery, which were responsible for providing long-range fire and killing and wounding the defenders on the castle towers.

Sending so many beggar troops to attack the city at one time is to strengthen the momentum, put pressure on the defenders, and lay the foundation for subsequent persuasion to surrender; Second, the large number of people is scattered, which is not conducive to the defenders concentrating firepower to attack their own side.

So many beggars rushed to Luoyang City, and the defenders of the city hurriedly took their positions and organized defenses.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps.

"Here, fire."

The gunner gave the order, and the gunners lit the fuse.

..........

The fuse burned out, and the artillery fired in unison, shooting iron projectiles out of the air.

If these projectiles hit a person, they would directly bring a cloud of blood mist, and the person who was hit would be instantly torn apart. This projectile hit a person, the kinetic energy did not decrease, and continued to fly, in its flight trajectory, if someone touched it again, it would naturally be a broken bone and tendon.

If those projectiles hit the ground, they jumped several times, but if they were hit, they were also missing arms and legs, and they were either killed or injured.

The artillery on the top of the city kept firing, and the beggar army was not beaten.

In order to strike at the defenders of the city, their artillery pushed the artillery into the enemy's firing range and directly exchanged fire.

"Hey, isn't that Luo Sanpao from Yanshi County, he also voted for the thief army."

An artillery man hit the city. In addition to the cannon, I suddenly saw an acquaintance, and I couldn't help but scream.

"Hey, it's really him, he used to be cowardly to death, but now he has joined the thief army, and he is so bold."

A gunner looked at it and said to his robe.

"Damn, what benefits did the thief army give him to make him work so hard?" The first gunner was puzzled.

"You don't know this, to be honest, I want to join the beggar army."

"Damn, shut up, are you looking for death, fire quickly."

The cannon commander scolded the young gunner, who didn't know the height of the sky, and the young man knew that he had lost his words, grinned, raised the cannon body, and fired a shot at the city.

After all, the defenders had too few cannons to stop the beggars, and in a few breaths, the beggars rushed under the moat, which was only twenty steps from the city walls.

The defender archers spoke.

The Fran machine is limited, the cannonball is also limited, but there are many archers, not only in the official army, but also in the civilian hunters, who are condescending, constantly firing arrows and attacking the beggars.

If Li Zicheng had been under the rebels in the past, Li Zicheng would not care about their lives, naturally he would not have any protection, and in the face of the defenders' arrows, he could only block them with his body.

Nowadays, unlike in the past, almost everyone in the beggar army is equipped with a shield, whether it is made of door panels or captured from the official army, in short, there is a shield.

The arrows of the officers and soldiers were blocked by the shields, and the arrows could not be begged to live, and the tigers squatted and the cannons were powerful.

The defenders raised the tiger squat cannon, leaned out of the female wall, and opened fire on the beggars by the moat.

For a while, the projectiles sprayed out by the tiger squat cannon shot out in a fan shape, and the shield of the beggar army was like a paper paste, torn apart, and the beggar army behind the shield was carried backwards by the powerful kinetic energy, knocking over a lot of people behind.

"It's dangerous!"

Gou Yu looked at the robe next to him that was bombed by the tiger squatting and his face was covered with wood debris, and secretly called luck in his heart.

"How's it going, have you figured it out?"

Gou Yu asked his men who were surveying urgently.

"I found it clear, this moat is two feet deep, and the river is two feet wide."

"Okay, go back."

After the dog left, still holding his shield, he stepped back.

They surveyed the army along the way, and the speed of the survey was fast and long, and when they retreated, they became wavy.

The east retreated, and the west and north retreated at the same time. The artillery of the beggar army and the artillery of the city fought for a while, and then they also retreated.

When the defenders of Luoyang saw that the beggar army had retreated, they also said that they fought bravely and killed the thieves, so they broke out into earth-shattering cheers.

Li Zicheng saw that the defenders on the city were waving the Ming banner around, and he was not angry at all.

After a short time, after the various survey teams summarized the data, they reported to Li Zicheng.

The moats to the east and west were too deep and wide for a large-scale attack.

To the north, the river is silted up, and the bank is narrowed, only one zhang wide, which is suitable for siege.