The chance encounter between the leaders of the two sides is just a small thing such as innocence for this imminent battlefield, and what happens next is what makes people more focused and concerned.

Although Li Tianyang has not used many firearms along the way, for Li Zicheng and others, it is actually the reason why they take Jiaxian as a key target.

The value of firearms, especially high-powered artillery, was the greatest reliance on attacking important fortified cities for peasant armies with low combat effectiveness of their soldiers.

If they can seize the firearms owned by Li Tianyang and use them for their own use, then Li Zicheng's opportunity and grasp of their attack on Luoyang will be more reliable.

Therefore, Li Zicheng became a soldier to force Luoyang, and it was imperative for Li Tianyang, a Ming army that took the initiative to set up the first line of defense to defend himself.

On the second day of the siege of Jiaxian, Li Zicheng and other peasant troops launched a siege operation against Jiaxian, which was defended by Hongtang soldiers.

Tens of thousands of peasant troops pushed simple siege equipment, rushed straight up under the cover of bows and crossbows, and then were repulsed again and again in the counterattack of Hongmen soldiers.

Hongtang's elite original team was not used, and most of the soldiers guarding the city were soldiers they had recruited in the past few months, as well as local soldiers and yacha in Jiaxian, which was more than enough in the face of the offensive of the peasant army.

The siege lasted for five days, the peasant army besieging the city was killed or wounded, and the Hongtang department defending the city was also a lost soldier, and He Sanjiang once again implemented the strategy of his tired soldiers, giving full play to the advantages of their large number of troops, so that it was almost difficult for the Ming army guarding the city to have enough rest and other time, on the other hand, their peasant army was replaced and got a better cultivation.

The more the last two days, the longer the peasant army stood on the head of the low Jiacheng city, the longer it was, and even several times the peasant army's team had already occupied a foothold on Jiacheng, if it were not for the Hongtang soldiers' reserve team to attack urgently, using grenades and other powerful means, simply and neatly defeated and repelled, I am afraid that Jiacheng has already been conquered by the other party.

But even so, if Li Tianyang has no other actions and so on, then it is only a matter of time before Jiacheng falls.

After all, it was only a county town, and in the siege of the peasant army, the low city walls were already crumbling, and they were destroyed by the scarcity of the opponent's artillery and rudimentary siege equipment, and several city walls had collapsed, becoming the focus of the opponent's attack.

"It's time!"

On the night of the fifth day, although he looked a little dusty, he was still very relaxed, and Li Tianyang, who did not see the slightest worry, summoned Hongtang, Wu Chao and others, carried out a military mobilization, and finally took action against the peasant army.

"For five days, we have been passively defending, and Li Zicheng's army must have relaxed its defensive attitude towards us."

"Wu Chao listens to orders!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"With your 6,000 musketeers, assault from the south gate, be sure to defeat the opponent's Chinese army in the first charge."

"Command!"

"Yang Yingchang listens to orders!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"When Wu Chao's troops attacked, your 2,000 artillery troops must give fire support at the first time, stop shelling three rounds at the location of the central army in the south, and then shoot at the enemy's rear army to disrupt the opponent's support team."

"Command!"

“……”

In fact, Li Tianyang's plan for them had been formulated long before they retreated to Jiaxian, but they had been supplemented with changes in the war, and today Li Tianyang assigned tasks to the soldiers, and everyone was no longer prepared, and they all understood their own tasks.

The enemy's tired tactics naturally caused a lot of damage to the defenders such as the Jiaxian City Wall Merchant, but for the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Hongtang headquarters, it was not affected, except for sending more than 1,000 soldiers to the city every day to use firearms to pretend to attack the peasant army, the rest of the elite soldiers of the Hongtang headquarters were mostly in the process of recuperating their strength.

Otherwise, if there are elite soldiers from Hongtang's headquarters to help defend the city, Jiacheng will be able to hold on for at least half a month, instead of being crumbling like the lock is now showing on the surface.

And after five days of forbearance, Li Tianyang's side finally started to do a big job.

For many days, the defenders of Jiacheng in the Ming Dynasty have been on the defensive, and there is no resistance at all, which obviously makes the defense of the peasant army a lot lax.

It was not until the Hongtang army released the first cannon and dozens of artillery pieces followed by it fired in unison, and the shells set off waves between the garrisons where the peasant army's main army camp was located, and one piece after another of land and tents were overturned, that the peasant army ran in a hurry and panic.

"What's the situation? What's the situation? ”

There were also soldiers who were stunned by the sudden artillery fire, and ran out to inquire in disheveled clothes, and were seen by Liu Zongmin and other generals who kicked them to the ground and scolded loudly: "Hurry up and pull your team out, you don't know if the Ming army has hit your eyes, damn it!" ”

"Kill !!"

Among the peasant army, there was also a foreign appearance, under the black light and blind fire, there were peasant good soldiers who rebelled on the spot, faced their former colleagues with the butcher's knife of China, and killed the killer without mercy.

"Bastard! Darn! I didn't expect him Peng Zhihai to be the lackey of the officers and soldiers, and he was really buried deeply!! ”

In the camp of the Chinese army, although he was flustered, Li Zicheng experienced countless defeats in his early years, and he had long been accustomed to the current situation, while commanding the generals under his command to prepare the army in an orderly manner, and at the same time not forgetting to viciously spit on Peng Zhihai who betrayed him.

In order to successfully achieve the goal of this war, Li Tianyang did not hesitate to use a team of Peng Zhihai hidden in the peasant army, so that he could cooperate with his attack on the peasant army tonight.

As for He Sanjiang, Bai Yushan and others, because they had a higher status in the peasant army and were more trusted by Li Zicheng and others, Li Tianyang did not use them easily, but still let them lurk.

Even before Peng Zhihai led his more than 10,000 soldiers to rebel, He Sanjiang and they didn't know Peng Zhihai's identity, until Peng Zhihai cooperated with Hongtang's troops to launch a night attack, He Sanjiang and they realized that the peasant army general who seemed to be quite shrewd and had little contact with him before was the same as himself, a son from Hongmen.

"King, the top priority now is to break the wrist of the strong man, pay a part of the loss of troops, and retreat the large army back dozens of miles, otherwise the Ming Dynasty army will really break through our Chinese army, I am afraid the loss will be even greater!"

He Sanjiang dutifully disguised his identity and made suggestions to Li Zicheng.

At this time, the front Hongtang advanced to the front of the camp of the peasant army, and the sharp flintlock spear in his hand continued to attack the peasant army, and the shooting again and again brought the death of a peasant army soldier.

In the middle of the army, the peasant army led by Peng Zhihai rushed left and right in the peasant army, and the losses caused to the chaotic peasant army were no less than those of the Ming Dynasty army in front, and even brought a worse impact than the Hongtang army.

(End of chapter)