As soon as it was dawn, the revolutionary army was busy, and the soldiers had eaten early, and then they left the barracks, forming a loose formation outside the effective range of the city's artillery.

Naturally, such a move could not escape the eyes of the soldiers defending the city. Therefore, the attack of the revolutionary army had not yet begun, and Chen Yongshou, who had received the report, came to the tower closest to this section of the city wall. Not long after, Gao Gaoping also came in a hurry.

"Mr. Chen, are the thieves going to attack the city on a large scale?" The high school plane asked with a gloomy look.

"It's not a small gesture to look at." Chen Yongshou said, "But adults don't have to worry, because the thief army is attacking from the wrong position." ”

"What's wrong?" Gao Gaoping asked.

"When you attack the city, you must capture the city gate." Chen Yongshou hugged his fists and said, "My lord, what do you think, even if the thieves take that section of the city wall?" They went over the walls and into the city? First of all, there is no city gate, so they have to use ladders to go up and down with ladders, and neither the speed of entry and exit can be fast, and in a short time, not many people can enter. And the castle tower is in our hands, and now that you are on the castle tower, you can easily see the whole city, and every move of the enemy army cannot escape your eyes. And what about the army of thieves? Their view will be obscured by houses and trees, and they will not see the movement of our troops. In street fighting under such circumstances, our army also has a huge advantage. ”

"What if the enemy is coming along the walls towards the tower?" Gao Gaoping asked again.

Chen Yongshou replied, "My lord." The city wall is only so wide, if the thief army comes along the city wall, there are not many people in front of them, and the advantage in numbers will not be exerted. Moreover, if the thief army wants to climb up, it can't bring any big guys. What about our army? Let's not talk about anything else, let's push those big Furlong cannons there, and when they bombard it, the city wall is so wide, where are they hiding? That's really not enough of them for us to kill. ”

Hearing that what Chen Yongshou said made sense, Gao Gao Ping nodded and said, "In this way, I will rest assured." It seems that these thieves really don't know how to attack the city. ”

"It's natural, they're just rogues. Before he became a rogue, he was just a mud leg that was picked up in the soil. What do they know about siege? However, there is also a possibility that they are just practicing siege drills, so they chose a place where we are not too well defended to avoid too many casualties. If that's the case, then just look at their attacks. If they really don't have experience, they will let people into the city when they go to the city. Or follow the walls and come to us. If their purpose is to train their troops, then they rush to the top of the city, and it is estimated that as soon as we counterattack, they will retreat. ”

Chen Yongshou hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, the last general thinks that they can let them board a little people, if they really don't know how to attack the city, then we can take the opportunity to kill a group of bandits, well, the first to enter the city, or along the city wall to kill must be bandits." In this way, you can really hit the thief army hard. ”

"What if the thieves are here to train their troops?" Gao Gaoping asked.

"Then I will be able to kill some of the thieves while we regain that section of the wall." Chen Yongshou replied.

"Mr. Chen is thinking about the head of the thief army, right?" Gao Gao Ping said suddenly.

Chen Yongshou smiled and said: "What Lord Gao said is that the last general is a military general, so he is naturally worried about the head of the thief. Not to mention the last general, but those sons and daughters under the last general, which one is not thinking about some heads? But if the thieves are not allowed to come up a little, where will this head be found? ”

Gao Gao Ping said: "What if something happens?" ”

"The last general will vouch for his head, and nothing will happen." Chen Yongshou hurriedly said.

"Humph! If something really happens, it's not something that you can guarantee with the head of a general soldier, or even if you add your own officer, it's far from enough. "High school flat road.

"Your Excellency." Chen Yongshou lowered his voice, "Yesterday I heard one of the guards of the palace say: 'I thought it was so difficult to defend the city, and I earned money for selling my life, but now it seems that this money is easy to get. 'My lord, if such words reach the ears of the prince, do you think there will be a problem?' ”

"This ......" Gao Gaoping was taken aback. He knew that King Zhou was actually not a good man and a woman, and the only reason why he was willing to take out the money was because he was afraid of death, that is, he felt the threat of the rogues outside the city. If he felt that the threat of the out-of-town bandits was not as great as he thought, then he might not have taken out a penny at all. Therefore, this is really a serious problem, and it can even be said that this problem is almost no less threatening to the defense of the city than the siege that the thief army is about to embark on.

Gao Gao Ping walked back and forth in the city tower for two times, suddenly stood still, and asked, "Chief Chen, are you sure that even if you let a few thieves rush to the city, you can beat them down?" ”

"The end will vouch for the head, absolutely no problem." Chen Yongshou hurriedly said.

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After the usual shelling, the "thieves" carried the ladder and rushed towards the section of the city wall that no longer had any female walls. The cannons in the city were the first to fire, but the formation of the bandit army on the opposite side was very loose (there was no city gate here anyway, so I was not worried about being counterattacked by the enemy). So the effect of the shelling is not too obvious. Although some of the "thieves" were also defeated, they were quite small enough to prevent them from continuing to approach the walls.

Soon the "thief army" was already approaching the city walls. At this time, it was the turn of the bows and muskets in the city.

When our officers and troops were in the field, they always had a bad problem, that is, because they were nervous, they would fire frantically before the enemy entered the firing range. As a result, not only did you not hit the enemy, but you could not see the enemy due to the fog of the battlefield (the smoke from the guns) caused by the shooting. And because there was no enemy in sight, in order to prevent the enemy from suddenly rushing up, they had to fire continuously. In the end, before the enemy could rush up, our Dazhao officer and army inexplicably turned the barrels of the muskets in their hands red, so that they could no longer fire for a short time.

However, in the battle to defend the city, this problem was much better. Because there is a city wall, there is no need to worry about the enemy army rushing up at once, so my officers and troops in Dazhao can basically guarantee that they will shoot after the enemy army enters the firing range.

"Don't be in a hurry to fire yet, wait for the thief to get closer, and then get closer!" Chen Yongshou personally commanded the scene.

The "thief army" had already approached to the point where it was only a few dozen steps away from the city wall.

"Fire!" Chen Yongshou shouted. Hundreds of muskets were drawn out of the city.

"Raise your shield! Get down! There were also some thief officers shouting from the city.

However, on the battlefield where artillery is flying, there are not many "thief troops" who can quickly raise their shields and squat. Therefore, this round of shooting by the defenders knocked down more than a dozen "thief troops" at once.

In fact, if everything is normal, the shield that a person can carry will definitely not be able to stop the fire of the musket. But my Jokhang musket is generally not normal. Because of the extensive cutting of corners, it is almost inevitable that if the loading is carried out according to normal standards, the chamber will almost inevitably be exploded. In order to avoid exploding, soldiers often used muskets with only one-half of the gunpowder. However, the soldiers reduced the charge but had an unexpected result, that is, it gave the Ministry of Industry more room to cut corners, so the charge of my Zhao musket gradually evolved from a standard charge to a half-charge, a third-part charge, or even a quarter-charge.

The consequence of the reduction of the charge is naturally the decrease in power. Originally, the Jokhang Dynasty used muskets instead of the previously widely used crossbows, and the main reason was that muskets were more powerful and could penetrate various armor and shields more effectively. But today, Jokhang's musket is even weaker than a strong bow in terms of power. The white armor of the golden army is draped in double armor on the body, and the musket can be completely ignored. At this time, the shield of the revolutionary army could also block the bullets of the muskets on the city.

After this shot, the "thief army" under the city continued to rush forward. At this time, the Jokhang Dynasty still used the most basic arquebus, which was very slow to load, so at this time, all kinds of bows and arrows that could be used in the city to deal with the thieves below were all.

This round of arrow rain shot over more than a dozen people. At this time, the "thief army" had already rushed to the city.

Several revolutionary troops struggled to lean a long ladder against the city wall. Next to the long ladder, two soldiers of the revolutionary army stood on each side, one of whom held a large shield diagonally above his head, and leaned one end of the shield against the city wall, so that if any rolling log was thrown from the city, it would also roll to the side along the slope of the shield. The other, armed with a bow, fired at the officers and soldiers in the city.

As soon as the ladder was raised, several soldiers rushed up with steel knives in one hand.

But the defenders of the city also ventured out at this time, armed with spears, and stabbed the revolutionary soldier who was climbing up the ladder with a single shot. The soldier swung his steel knife to block, and although he barely managed to get the shot aside, he stood on the ladder with no roots under his feet, and suddenly lost his balance and fell off the ladder.

And behind him, another soldier followed. At the same time, more ladders were rested on the ramparts.

"Pour gold juice!" There was a shout from the city, and then a cauldron was carried in front of a ladder that was already crawling four or five people, and the hot gold juice was poured down, and several people who climbed on the ladder immediately fell down with screams.

At the same time, the soldiers of the revolutionary army under the city also continued to shoot at the city with bows and arrows and muskets. From time to time, people screamed and fell from the city.

But the number of big killers like gold juice is very limited. And there were more revolutionary soldiers, so there were still quite a few people who climbed up. Swing your knife and kill the people of the city.

"Bell", the city remembered the sound of the gong, and the soldiers defending the city quickly retreated in the direction of the tower.

"Up, up!" Farther away, Liu Jiexuan pointed to the city and shouted.

"Alright, ready to withdraw." Huang Zide said.