Tian Jianxiu led the troops south, he was naturally cautious, and did not dare to be as bold as Zhang Nai, entering the distance of three miles from Li Mu's camp. He stopped early five miles away, and began to build three camps on the road, which were horns of each other, and guarded them strictly.

He was only seven or eight miles away from their main camp, and released more than a hundred scouts to closely monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers. He has made up his mind, he will never provoke Li Yan's troops, and everything will be fine if he survives tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

As soon as he set off with his troops here, the sound of cannon fire outside Kaifeng City suddenly became dense. First of all, Liu Zongmin's men stepped up the offensive, and then the others followed suit, venting all the anger in their hearts on the defenders of Kaifeng City.

The thieves drove the outcasts, rushed to the walls under the cover of artillery fire, or dug holes in the bricks, or attacked the officers and soldiers stationed in the large holes they had made before them.

Before, the officers and soldiers had a headache with these big holes, and they couldn't help it. It was still a heavy reward before Zhu Chengxiang used fire to take back these big holes. Now, if the thieves take it again, the walls will be in danger. So the defenders resisted with all their might, the large and small artillery fire was fired with all their might, the bricks and stones on the city wall were all arrows, and the officers and soldiers in the big cave were also fighting hard.

"Fire! Fire! The cannon commanders at the head of the city kept shouting.

"Boom", "boom" a few sounds, followed by screams and smoke. It turned out that the cannon was fired too fast, the barrel overheated, and the gunners were nervous, and too much gunpowder was put in, and the cannon exploded.

Fragments of the broken artillery were scattered everywhere, killing and wounding many of the artillerymen who did not go far. Moreover, this time it was not one that blew up, but five or six that exploded almost at the same time.

"I can't fight, I can't fight anymore." The gunners were far away from the artillery, not daring to get any closer, let alone fire again.

Chen Yongfu suddenly couldn't hear the cannon, but the thieves on the opposite side continued to rush under the city wall, and without the blocking and deterrence of artillery, they would not be able to hold it.

"What's going on?!" Chen Yongfu ran to the edge of the gun position and shouted angrily: "Why don't you open the cannon?!" Waiting for the city to break?! ”

"Dashuai, you can't fight." A gun commander clenched his fists and replied: "The barrels are all red, you have to stop for a while." ”

Chen Yongfu ordered: "Fire!" Right away! ”

"The general forgives me, there was already a cannon explosion over there just now, and I can't fight anymore." The gunners hurriedly knelt down and pleaded.

And the thieves under the city also discovered that the artillery fire of the official army suddenly stopped, and then someone shouted: "Rush, the official army will not fire artillery." ”

Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and others also sensed the opportunity and immediately sent their elite soldiers up.

"Take advantage of his illness and kill him!" Liu Zongmin mobilized: "Kill Lao Tzu!" After the city is broken, you will grab it first! ”

"Kill it!" The thieves roared and rushed towards the city walls, weapons in hand.

Chen Yongfu looked down at the city and found that it was not only the homeless people who charged, but also many thieves wearing armor coming up behind him, so he roared angrily: "Fire now!" ”

"Dashuai, you can't open it!" The artillery commander pleaded: "The barrel of the cannon is red, and there is not an hour that cannot be dried." ”

"Fire! Otherwise die now! Chen Yongfu pressed his waist knife against the gun commander's neck and said loudly: "Ben Shuai stands with you, even if it is a bomb, Ben Shuai will accompany you!" ”

Chen Yongfu's personal soldiers persuaded: "Don't be handsome." ”

"When the city is broken, you will all die!" Chen Yongfu roared angrily: "Don't forget, we shot one of Li Chuang's eyes blind last time!" If the city is broken, everyone will die! No one can live! ”

When the people heard this, they were finally afraid. So the pro-soldiers stopped persuading, and the artillerymen began to prepare gunpowder and projectiles.

Chen Yongfu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally frightened these subordinates. The credit for shooting and wounding Li Zicheng last time, but it was all occupied by his son Chen De, after the city was broken, these subordinates didn't know, but their old Chen family must not be able to run.

The artillerymen deliberately paid attention to the gunpowder a little less. They carefully filled the gunpowder into it, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. One by one, the artillerymen were ecstatic, and began to quickly reload the projectiles, and then ignite and fire.

With a "boom", the shell was successfully launched. A bloody path was made among the spirit thieves who were surging like a tide, which made the spirit thieves who were running all the way stunned a little.

The firing of this cannon also made the gunners of the other gun positions on the city wall finally dare to continue firing artillery. "Boom", "boom" cannon sound resounded on the top of the city, whether it was solid bullets or iron filings, all of which caused some casualties to the displaced people or thieves in the forward rush.

The artillery fire on the top of the city effectively stopped the onslaught of the thieves. Although there were still some thieves rushing to the vicinity of the big hole, there were not many of them after all, and the defenders could barely cope with it.

The shouts of killing under the city, the sound of weapons intersecting, and the sound of cannons at the head of the city and outside the city were mixed together. Let Kaifeng City continue to tremble in fear and hold on in despair.

Chen Yongfu looked at the city and the city, and finally there was no worst situation, so he thanked the gods and Buddhas and took his soldiers to support the most dangerous place. In fact, what he should be most grateful for should be the cold weather when the water turns into ice, if it is a hot June, he will wait to be destroyed by Li Zicheng.

At this time, Gao Yigong found Li Zicheng, who was watching the battle, and reported anxiously: "General, there is not enough gunpowder. ”

"Isn't there still two thousand pounds?" Li Zicheng frowned and asked.

Gao Yigong pointed to Kaifeng City not far away and said, "Listen to this artillery fire, it is all gunpowder." Originally, today's gunpowder had been distributed to them, but this time the battle was too fierce, and all the battalions came to urge for gunpowder. Except for tomorrow's dosage, it is only less than 800 catties. ”

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, but he didn't scold anything. He thought for a moment and ordered: "From now on, you can't give them a single or two gunpowder!" You set aside two or three hundred catties for tomorrow, and the rest will be packed into the cave under the city wall! As long as the walls are blown down, there will be no need for cannons! ”

"Okay, then you can have 11,200 catties of gunpowder, enough to blow up the city wall." Gao Yigong agreed, and immediately went to the baggage camp. He had to go to the powder magazine himself, otherwise the others would not be able to control the field and deal with those arrogant soldiers.

Li Zicheng looked at the elite soldiers who had been beaten back again, sighed helplessly, and returned to the big tent. But he wasn't much disappointed. After all, he will be able to enter Kaifeng City tomorrow, the largest city in Henan, the north-south hub, and will become the starting point of his Li Zicheng's hegemony.

And Chen Yongfu, Gao Mingheng and others were glad that they once again repelled the attack of the thieves. What they are hoping for now is that Zuo Liangyu can come over quickly, drive the thieves away, and lift the siege of Kaifeng. As for Li Yan, no one thought about it at all. They felt that this guerrilla was no different from other generals and guerrillas, and that they could not be counted on at all.

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