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Hong Chengchou has long been looking forward to penetrating, and the Ming army has been passively beaten, this will finally enter the range of bows and arrows, why don't you release arrows? Are the soldiers scared silly? He flicked his horsewhip fiercely, "Hurry up and give the order, let the archers release their arrows, suppress the thieves' fire # guns, and reduce the pressure of the sword and shield soldiers to attack the city!" ”

The last time the city was attacked, outside the range of the bow and arrow, the Ming army was helpless, and could only hide behind the shield wall like a turtle, but after entering the range of the bow and arrow, the Ming army relied on the advantage of numbers to completely suppress the thieves behind the city wall.

Knowing that the Overseer was angry, the herald hurriedly agreed, braving a hail of bullets to give the order, but said in his heart that he could only cry out to his brothers from afar in order to survive, and that he hoped they could hear him.

Guguan on the head of the city.

He Xiaomi saw that the Ming army entered the range of bows and arrows, and hurriedly pulled Li Zicheng into the bunker in the corner, although the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, but there were still thousands of people in the front, once the arrows were released to the city, it was still very dangerous.

After Li Zicheng got into the bunker, there was no familiar "boom" sound from the shield above his head, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Xiaomi, didn't you enter the range of the Ming army's bow and arrow?" Why didn't they release their arrows? ”

"This ...... The subordinates didn't know, "He Xiaomi originally shrank his head, leaning against the back of the daughter wall, and when he heard the Metropolitan Governor's question, he could only slowly poke his head out of the battlement, and looked at the city, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted: "There are less than 100 people in the Ming army who release arrows at the head of the city, and I don't know why, don't they have arrows?" ”

"Less than a hundred?" Li Zicheng was puzzled, the city was the main force of Hong Chengchou, it was impossible to lack arrows, he came to the direction of the battlement, looked down, and sure enough, there were only dozens of arrows in the sky, and they flew weakly towards the city.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven did not hide in bunkers, but continued to shoot at the head of the city, and when they encountered falling arrows, they could easily dodge by moving their bodies slightly.

"Huh? What's going on? Li Zicheng is also puzzled, does the Ming army have any backhand? He pushed He Mi away, stood directly by the wall of his daughter, stared closely at the pitiful archers of the Ming army, and suddenly saw an archer who was shot and fell on his back, unconsciously realized in his heart, and unconsciously shouted: "I understand, the archers of the Ming army are all killed and wounded, and they have no archers!" ”

"Ah......" He Xiaomi was stunned for a moment, his mouth opened widely, he weakly let go of Li Zicheng's arm, looked at it for a long time, and then shouted: "I understand, the archers of the Ming army are behind, lacking the protection of the shield wall, and they are all dead and wounded...... The dead and wounded are all gone, brothers, shoot harder, the Ming army has no strength to fight back! ”

Although the gunners of the Mandate of Heaven did not avoid the bunker, they were always worried, and they did not know when the archers of the Ming army began to release arrows at the head of the city.

Without the protection of the archers, the gunners of the Mandate of Heaven can shoot freely, which is more comfortable than in the usual training ground, the Ming army is numerous, and the distance is close, there is no need to worry about accuracy, the only deficiency is time.

The Xining rifle is the oldest rifle, and it is a single shot, and every time you shoot, you have to reload the bullets, and most of the time, it is consumed on reloading bullets.

However, in the daily drill training, the speed of loading bullets is also a part of the soldiers' training, so they still load bullets relatively quickly, at least faster than bows and arrows.

From a distance of seventy or eighty steps to the city, the Ming army became more and more cautious, and it was nested behind half of the shield wall, and it was impossible to get up at all, and each soldier of the Heavenly Mandate Army could fire three or four bullets, and at this distance, the casualties of the Ming army reached two or three thousand.

Li Zicheng looked at the queue of the Ming army that was getting shorter and shorter, and said with a smile: "Xiaomi, how many Ming troops are there outside the East City?" ”

"Well......" He Xiaomi looked at it, calculated for a moment according to the length of the queue, and said happily: "Governor, I'm afraid there are less than three thousand soldiers!" ”

"Three thousand?" Li Zicheng estimated that it was also about 3,000 people, and then said happily: "So, before the siege, the Ming army had lost seventy percent of its soldiers?" These soldiers were mainly annihilated by the gunners, right? ”

"It was indeed annihilated by the gunners," He Xiaomi's heart was happy, the Ming army lost the archers, and the Dadu Governor would not be in danger at the head of the city, and he didn't have to worry about it, so he could accompany the Dadu Governor to watch the battle at the head of the city with peace of mind, "However, if it wasn't for the gunners who blew up the shield wall, the gunners would not have annihilated the Ming army so easily." ”

"Yes, to fight, you still have to rely on multiple arms to fight, that is, cavalry ......" Li Zicheng paused suddenly, thought for a moment, and said: "Let's go, Xiaomi, let's go to Beicheng to have a look, Beicheng doesn't have howitzer support." ”

At this time, the Ming army was already close to the city wall, and within the closest range of the howitzers, the howitzers had stopped firing, and only rifles were whistling on the battlefield.

He Xiaomi said while walking: "Dadu Governor, the Ming army attacking Beicheng, the shield wall was also destroyed by artillery fire, but unfortunately, they only have a few columns, and the ranks are too long, and the casualties may be much smaller." ”

Li Zicheng came to the head of the north city, and looked down, there were really many more Ming troops outside the north city, at least five or six thousand soldiers, so he frowned, pondered for a moment, and said: "Let's go, let's go and see what Yunshui and Zhou Bin are doing." ”

He Xiaomi was overjoyed, the Metropolitan Governor was finally willing to leave the city, he, the chief flag officer of the pro-soldiers, finally completely relieved, although the archers of the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, but there will always be some bows and arrows falling on the city, in case of accidentally injuring the Metropolitan Governor......

When he came to the barracks, Li Zicheng immediately summoned Liu Yunshui and Zhou Bin.

"Grand Duke, I heard that the battle was particularly smooth today?" After Liu Yunshui finished asking, he gave Li Zicheng a salute.

"Subordinates knock on the Grand Governor!" Zhou Bin saluted decently.

"No need to be polite, sit down!" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid Yunshui has been impatient for a long time, right?" ”

"This ...... Hey......" Liu Yunshui sighed, "The brothers of the six hundredth household, with the assistance of the gunners, I'm afraid they won't need my cavalry......"

"I know that you have been paying attention to the battle situation," Li Zicheng pointed at Liu Yunshui's nose with his hand, "How is it, the brothers are rested?" ”

"Rested...... Well...... The Metropolitan Governor ......" Liu Yunshui was stunned for a moment, and then his face was overjoyed, and he looked at Li Zicheng with a smile.

Even Zhou Bin on the side pricked up his ears, lest he miss a word.

"The Ming army outside the eastern city has indeed been almost annihilated, but the Ming army outside the northern city still has at least five or six thousand soldiers," Li Zicheng said lightly: "There is only one ancient road outside the northern city, and the Ming army can't use it, so it has to come east slowly, so the casualties are not large." ”

Liu Yunshui suddenly clenched his fists and almost stood up from his seat, "Governor, let the cavalry attack, your subordinates will be able to kill the five thousand Ming troops outside the city in less than an hour." Li Zicheng saw his anxious appearance, and glared, "What's the hurry, first consume some Ming troops, since the Ming army has come to Guguan, can it still fly?" ”

Liu Yunshui's face was already flushed, "Governor Dadu, the Ming army has already come to the city, if it is late, it will be wiped out by the brothers of the 6,000th household......"

Li Zicheng saw that he was more anxious than entering the cave room, and he smiled secretly in his heart, this Liu Yunshui, as long as there is a chance to fight, always rush to the front, he seems to be born for war, but he said: "You go to the west gate to prepare first, wait until the signal starts, and then open the city to attack the enemy, remember, you can only pursue to the east of the city, and never enter the valley road, there are ambushes of the Ming army on both sides of the valley road." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Liu Yunshui got the military order, hurriedly left the camp, and immediately rushed to prepare.

Zhou Bin saw that he didn't have his own task, so he spoke: "The Metropolitan Governor ......"

"The Ming army outside the city has almost been consumed, so you don't have to go out of the city," Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "After half an hour, you take the soldiers to the north city to have a look, and if the situation is critical, help them defend the city." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Li Zicheng was alone in the barracks tasting the fragrant tea picked from Guanshan, while listening to the gunfire at the head of the city, less than half an hour, suddenly felt that the gunfire gradually thinned out, and said busily: "Xiaomi, go, go to the city to see!" ”

They first came to the head of the east city, the Ming army outside the city was less than 2,000, the speed of the siege slowed down, and there was a shield to protect it, Ma Youshui had ordered the soldiers to start firing to save bullets.

Li Zicheng nodded silently, and hurriedly came to the head of the north city, the Ming army outside the city was more dense, and the offensive was obviously more fierce than that of the east city, Zhou Bin had already climbed to the top of the city, ready to put the gunmen of the 5,000 households on top at any time.

Liu Yunshui sent a herald to ask when the cavalry would attack.

Li Zicheng saw that the offensive of the Ming army outside the city was unabated, so he said: "Tell Yunshui, don't be impatient!" He felt that this sentence was too weak, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress him, so he said fiercely: "If he dares to go to war without authorization, I will remove him as a guerrilla general, and don't bring the thousandth household!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The herald was frightened and hurried back to report to Liu Yunshui.

He Xiaomi saw that the situation at the north gate was much more tense than in the east city, so he asked, "Dadu Governor, when will the cavalry attack?" The gunners are about to lose their time......"

"Is this going to be unbearable?" Li Zicheng shook his head, the Mandate of Heaven Army relies on the advantage of rifles, and it has always been mostly a good fight, if they don't let them hone it, if they encounter a hard battle in the future, I'm afraid they will really not be able to withstand it, besides, there are five hundred gunmen from Zhou Bin's department at the head of Beicheng, who can go up at any time.

Li Zicheng is waiting, on the one hand, to let the gunners on the head of the north city exert the greatest energy, on the other hand, once the cavalry attack, the Ming army will definitely retreat, the cavalry is only more than 1,000 people, and it is impossible to completely annihilate the Ming army outside the city.

As long as Hong Chengchou does not give orders to the retreating Ming army, the cavalry will not attack, if the gunners of the 6,000th household are all wiped out by the Ming army outside the city, once the battle is stable, they will be stationed at Guguan, and now it is just right for them to have more experience.

Hong Chengchou, who was supervising the battle behind the battle, his expression was already numb, he knew that in today's battle, Dongcheng would definitely not be able to take the head, so Dongcheng changed to a feint, and the direction of the main attack has been changed to Beicheng, only Beicheng, there is still a little hope.

Li Zicheng glanced at Hong Chengchou and measured the distance, which should be about two thousand steps, so he came to Dongchengtou and whispered a few words to the gunners.