The fourth battalion defeated the main force of Gao Jie's department in Fengyang, because of the assistance of the cavalry of the second battalion, the defeated soldiers did not dare to flee far, and the surrender of more than 30,000 troops was unexpectedly more than 30,000.

When Yin Xianmin arrived in Fengyang, he followed Li Zicheng's instructions and selected three regiments of soldiers from the surrendered troops, plus the regiment originally recruited in Xuzhou, which happened to be four regiments, that is, the establishment of one division.

The tide is rising, and Yin Xianmin was promoted from regiment commander to division commander in a short period of time.

The remaining more than 10,000 surrendered troops, under the supervision of the Mandate of Heaven Army, half mobilized and half forced, will move to Liaodong with their families.

Yin Xianmin realized that when he organized the group in Xuzhou that day, Li Zicheng must have thought about today's situation, and he had already prepared to make him the division commander, and he couldn't help but be full of gratitude to Li Zicheng.

A division of the Mandate of Heaven Army has more than 20,000 soldiers, and there are only a few division commanders, not everyone can be them.

Li Zicheng's selection and inspection of the division commander had long been carried out in secret, and he handed over more than 20,000 soldiers to him, and if there was any failure to meet the standards, he would not consider it.

From the beginning of the army in Huguang, Li Zicheng took the surrendered generals with him and established a talent pool of military generals, on the one hand, to inspect the generals, and on the other hand, to let these generals see how the real Heavenly Mandate Army acts.

When the army was expanded, the talent pool of military generals played a huge role.

Only the generals who change their concepts in time and fully integrate into the Mandate of Heaven Army will be reused!

Li Zicheng used the military generals in the talent pool according to his talents, and did not attach importance to the previous grade in the Ming army, the first level of the general army, and he might be the commander of the regiment, while the ordinary partial generals could not only serve as the commander of the regiment, but if they showed enough talent, they might even serve as the commander of the division.

He asked Yin Xianmin to stay in Fengyang and train the soldiers of this division as soon as possible, without a new military order, there was no need to go south for the time being.

Li Zicheng handed over Fengyang to Yin Xianmin, and only stayed in the city for one day, and then personally led the cavalry of the second battalion to the south.

When they arrived at Luzhou, the fourth battalion of three divisions of 60,000 troops had surrounded the capital city of Luzhou, and the divisions were attacking the city.

Zhao Lie's first division was attacking the city from the north gate, perhaps knowing that the emperor was supervising the army in the rear, and the artillery fire was very fierce.

First, the mountain artillery extended the artillery fire, almost ploughing the vicinity of the north city head, and then the rifle strafed the city head, completely suppressing the defenders at the city head, and after Li Zicheng dismounted, he couldn't see a single figure with a telescope.

Li Guoli was standing by Li Zicheng's side, and he had long been eager to try, but unfortunately the cavalry was suitable for field warfare, not for siege, or in other words, Li Zicheng was reluctant to use expensive cavalry to attack the city, and it took a lot of time to cultivate a real cavalry, and it was too wasteful to use cavalry to attack the city.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo, who was as uncomfortable as a wild cat, and couldn't help laughing: "Double happiness, don't worry about the siege of the city, once the city is broken, your cavalry can play a role, if you let go of the defeated soldiers at that time, I will be punished." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, if Liu Liangzuo dares to go out of the city, whether he lives or dies, the minister will definitely take him down," Li Guo thought that he would chase after the defeated soldiers for a while, and only then did a smile appear on his face, "Your Majesty, this way south, the army of the Puppet Ming is hiding in the city, if they dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle, ......"

"Isn't it good to hide in the city?" Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Those hiding in the city are always the weak side, the four towns of Jiangbei in the puppet Ming, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's troops have been defeated, Liu Liangzuo can only wait for reinforcements in Luzhou City, and the military superiority of the Mandate of Heaven Army on the battlefield has been fully reflected." ”

In his heart, he also sighed with emotion, after more than ten years of accumulation, the Mandate of Heaven Army has completely overwhelmed the army of the Puppet Ming, the army of the Puppet Ming, only the part of defending the city, and the four towns of Jiangbei are fighting for themselves, just like the warlords of later generations, waiting for the Mandate of Heaven Army to clean up one by one......

"The army of the Puppet Ming will be annihilated sooner or later," Li paused suddenly, and said: "Jiangbei is easy, but Jiangnan is ......"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Shuangxi is worried that the puppet Ming will set up a defense line in the river to prevent us from crossing the river?" ”

"Yes, the army of the Hypocrisy, I'm afraid they have collected all the ships and concentrated on the south bank, and we want to cross the river, but we can ......"

"There is no unbreakable moat in the world, it's just the length of time," Li Zicheng patted Li Guo's shoulder, and said with a faint smile: "Have you forgotten Shuangxi, we also have our own water army, which is more powerful than the pseudo-Ming water army!"

"Trolls?" Only then did Li Guo remember that after the Heavenly Mandate Army occupied Sichuan, it had moved the naval army in Qinghai to the Yangtze River, but he didn't know to what extent it had developed.

He was suddenly startled, as early as a few years ago, Qinghai's naval army moved south to the Yangtze River, could it be that the emperor was preparing for today's battle a few years ago...... No, more than ten years ago, when the Heavenly Mandate Army was still in Xining, many brothers couldn't even eat enough at that time, but the emperor overrode public opinion and formed the first naval army in Qinghai, which was said to be fishing and supplementing the army's food......

Maybe at that time, the emperor was preparing for today's battle!

This second uncle...... Li Guo found that although the two have been friends since childhood, have done a lot of things together, and even killed people, this second uncle is far beyond his imagination......

"What are you thinking?" Li Zicheng found that Li Guo's eyes wandered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he just said lightly: "Shuangxi, rest assured, whether it is the army or the navy, we are stronger than the pseudo-Ming!"

His thoughts were also wandering, and his mind was full of large warships flying the Kyushu military flag, shuttling through the vast sea......

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, the Yuan Shen was reinstated, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, are we going to camp here?" ”

"Camp?" Li Zicheng looked at the battlefield in front of him, the soldiers of the first division had already gone up the ladder, they did not carry rifles, but held waist knives in one hand.

A hundred steps away from the city, countless infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army were holding rifles, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed at the head of the city, as long as any head or body poked out, they would definitely not let go of the opportunity.

The first few soldiers, when they were about to reach the top of the ladder, suddenly stopped, fixed their bodies on the ladder with their feet, and the free hand took off the grenade from their waists, pulled out the lead, and waited for less than half a minute, and quickly threw the grenade towards the city.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The soldiers at the top of the ladder took advantage of this opportunity to take a few steps in a hurry, arrived at the battlement of the city wall, held down the daughter wall with one hand, jumped in depth, and landed firmly on the top of the city......

Li Guo was stunned, the cavalry could gallop in the plains, but they were not equipped with firearms, if they attacked the city, they would definitely not be as skilled as the infantry, he muttered: "Your Majesty, the brother of the fourth battalion, you can spend the night in the city tonight!"

"Don't worry about the overnight for now," Li Zicheng smiled and said lightly: "The brothers of the fourth battalion enter the city, that is, when the puppet Ming army breaks through, go and deter and intercept the enemy!"

"Obey the order!" Li Guo saluted Li Zicheng, hurriedly got on his horse, and said loudly to the cavalry behind him: "The first regiment, the second regiment, and the third regiment are deployed outside the eastern, southern, and western cities respectively.

"Yes, General!"

The cavalry agreed, pulled the reins with their left hands, and their horses raised their hooves and ran towards the city gates.

Li Zicheng saw with his own eyes that the soldiers of the first division of the fourth battalion were swarming into the city along the ladder, and after a while, the thick north gate slowly opened, and Zhao Lie personally led the army into the city......

It turns out that grenades can also assist in siege? When the grenade was designed that day, it was to deal with the shield of the Ming army on the battlefield, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect, which was really unexpected.

Li Zicheng's mind was still fixed on the moment when the soldiers of the First Division threw grenades at the city just now......

Today, the 1st Division of the 4th Battalion seems to have taken the firearms in the general to the extreme, mountain artillery and rifles, and scared the defenders at the head of the city.

Could this be a fixed pattern for the Mandate of Heaven to siege the city?

There may be countless ways to siege a city, such as blasting open a wooden gate with a gunpowder bag; Hit the city gate directly with the siege vertebrae; There is also the traditional use of human lives to heap, which is the so-called assault......

But today's siege battle is really beautiful, this Zhao Lie, he took the North City Gate so quickly and quietly, he didn't expect it, and Liu Liangzuo must not have thought of it!

Li Zicheng turned around and said: "Xiaomi, remember the recent battles, let the brothers of the first division summarize in time, and promote it to the whole army in the future!"

In his heart, he had already thought that in the future, as long as they were equipped with firearms, all divisions and regiments could use this mode to attack the city, which was not the only siege method, but it must be a very effective siege method.

War, only war, can bring the functions of all kinds of firearms to the extreme!

When Li Zicheng entered the city, there was already a message from the front: Liu Liangzuo saw that the city of Luzhou was broken, the general trend had gone, and the cavalry outside the city cut off the way back, so he gathered the crowd to surrender.

What Li Zicheng didn't expect was that Liu Liangzuo's troops reached 100,000 people, close to the number of Gao Jie's troops, in addition to the 50,000 soldiers in Luzhou City, there were also 50,000 soldiers scattered in the surrounding states and counties, and the speed of the Heavenly Mandate Army was too fast to go south, and these troops were not able to reinforce Luzhou for a while.

Liu Liangzuo was the first commander in charge of the four towns of Jiangbei in the puppet Ming Dynasty to surrender, and Li Zicheng decided to summon him to see how much sincerity he had.

Li Zicheng knew from Liu Liangzuo's gaze that he was frightened, and in less than half a day, the Heavenly Mandate Army broke through Luzhou, where 50,000 troops were stationed, which was not something he could come up with with his head.

However, Li Zicheng was a little disappointed that Liu Liangzuo was really not an excellent general, and perhaps because of the lack of food and salary, his army plundered the people everywhere......

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, decided to abolish the identity of Guangchangbo of the pseudo-Ming, appointed him as the prefect of Luzhou, and before Liu Liangzuo took office, he first gathered the soldiers scattered around and assisted the fourth battalion in controlling the entire Luzhou.

Tens of thousands of troops in the city, Li Zicheng personally recruited four regiments from them to form a division, with Jiang Xuan, the former general of Datong, as the division commander, stationed in Sidingshan to the north of Chaohu for training, and to protect Luzhou City.

Li Zicheng recruited a regiment of city defense troops from the surrendered troops and stationed them in the city, and the remaining surrendered troops were still too numerous to move all to Liaodong, so according to the principle of voluntariness, a small number of them moved to Liaodong, and most of them could be disarmed and demobilized as people, and after returning to their hometowns, the local government would distribute the land, or they could choose to settle down in Luzhou.

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