At night, the enemy again attacked the city, this time without moats and barriers to fill in, and the enemy attacked the walls directly.

The villagers were still the vanguards, and the Han Army Banner joined in an hour after it was launched again.

This time, the enemy's artillery fired indiscriminately, causing an increase in casualties among the captives and some Jinhua rebel infantry.

The battle lasted all night, and at the most dangerous time, Zhang Qiang still did not use the most elite firearms, but personally led the infantry of the Jinhua Righteous Army and Minzhuang to sweep the city wall and kill many enemies.

In the early morning, when the enemy launched the third large-scale attack, Zhang Qiang only had 5,000 captives in his hands, and the rebels only had a few hundred.

The rebels could only go to the city to help the people, or transport the wounded and patrol the streets, just like the people.

Zhang Qiang's Jinhua rebel infantry went into battle, and the archers relied on the city walls to inflict great damage on the enemy's large-scale attack on the Xiangyong and Han army banners.

"Boom," Zhang Qiang felt that the city wall under his feet was about to collapse.

A guard hurriedly ran over, "My lord, West Gate, West Gate, the enemy dug a tunnel and blew up a section of the city wall, Gu Qianhu asked for reinforcements. ”

Zhang Qiang didn't expect the enemy to have this trick, "Jin Qi, let the righteous army and Minzhuang build a breastwork wall at a distance of fifty meters behind the city wall, you know, it's the kind we did in Jinhuafu City, in addition, order the third battalion to reinforce the west gate, the fifth battalion, and the sixth battalion to reinforce the east gate, I think the enemy will break the city in these two places." ”

The battalion here refers to Zhang Qiang's temporary formation of small musketeers, or musketeers, two hundred households, five hundred people as a battalion.

This is to facilitate unified command and the transfer of troops; in some places, there is no need for a thousand households to have a force of 1,000 people, and a 100 households is sent to a small number of troops, so the strength of 200 households is combined into one battalion.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, the east gate also roared, and the city wall was blown down into a gap, the gap was thirty meters wide, and the lowest point that could accommodate the enemy to pass was ten meters wide, and the enemy's soldiers poured in like a tide, consuming Zhang Qiang's troops.

Zhang Qiang is a little bitter, every time he defends the city, he is broken by the enemy, it seems that there is still no strong protagonist aura of other traverser protagonists, and his golden finger is still too weak.

Fighting with the Qing soldiers, it seems that it is not a way, the Qing army actually does not have many troops, the real troops are the original Ming troops, Tartar is using the Ming soldiers to beat him.

After attacking for such a long time, the real Han army banner, that is, the half-Tartar, only invested six or seven thousand people, but Xiang Yong and Minfu invested more than 20,000 people, maybe he has consumed a lot of these cannon fodder, but the enemy still has a lot of elites.

What's even more hateful is the Portuguese, if it weren't for their artillery, firecrackers, and sent soldiers, they wouldn't have lost so many elite firecrackers, then today's battle would be easy to fight, and when he freed his hands, he must give the Portuguese a little hardship.

Now, he is not facing the enemy's attack and investing more elite troops.

At noon, the enemy's troops rushing into the city were repulsed, and the remaining 3,000 captives were escorted to strengthen the city wall.

This time, Zhang Cunren didn't seem to take down his Pingnan county and was not ready to withdraw his troops.

In the afternoon, Zhang Qiang found that Fan Shaozu's soldiers had also joined the siege team.

The western gate guarded by Gu Yuesheng was crumbling, so that Zhang Qiang had to re-engage two battalions of new infantry units, and the musketeers of the third and second battalions were transferred to face the enemy's attack.

A battalion of gunners was placed at the north gate to support it.

Below the wall of the south gate was a battalion of musketeers, and another battalion was in the county government to defend Emperor Longwu.

In the night, the north gate was also attacked, and the banner of the attacking party was Liu Liangzuo from Yanping Mansion.

In the "boom" firelight, the Portuguese Hongyi cannon finally blew open the south gate, and thousands of Han army flag elites rushed to the south gate.

Zhang Qiang has fallen into the magic barrier, and only the mechanical battle remains.

Thousands of enemy soldiers poured into the south gate, and he had to lead the remaining elite infantry to rush forward to fight the enemy, and even the Minzhuang and the rebels who transported the wounded joined the battle.

The musketeer battalion relied on the breastwork and fired freely.

From time to time, he jumped out and fought back with a long sword stuck in the muzzle.

At dawn, Zhang Cunren was still on the top of the hill before, holding a telescope to watch the battle, and said to Hu Maozhen proudly: "Lord Hu, in front of my superior forces in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it is just some walking corpses whose heads are temporarily stored on their shoulders. ”

Hu Maozhen flattered: "Your Excellency is wise and well-commanded, I wish you to capture the puppet Ming Emperor, make new contributions, and rise the next day. ”

"Newspaper,"

A herald ran over, "Report to the Governor, Chief Zhang reminds your lord that there is a puppet Ming cavalry out of the city and into the wilderness. ”

Hu Maozhen's face changed, and he asked nervously, "How many troops are there?" ”

The herald said, "Five hundred cavalry." ”

"Oh-" Hu Maozhen touched his forehead, and Zhang Cunren said: "It's okay, it's just five hundred cavalry, even if we don't have any cavalry to send out to pursue, but it is expected that they will not be able to make waves, as long as the Puppet Ming Emperor is not among them, it will not be a big deal." ”

Hu Maozhen immediately became nervous again and asked, "Have you ever found out?" ”

The herald said: "Lord Zhang captured several deserters of the enemy army, and learned from them that the puppet Ming emperor did not escape, and was still protected by hundreds of firecrackers in the county office. ”

Zhang Cunren said: "Master Hu, it seems that our attack intensity is still not enough, lead your troops, attack the city, don't entangle with the enemy, and give me the county government." ”

Hu Maozhen said: "My lord, when I go, there are only 1,000 troops left around you, but it was enough, in case these 500 cavalry raid, your safety is in danger." ”

"It doesn't matter, even if they come at me, this battalion of 1,000 governors is not vegetarian, and there is also an artillery battalion, and there are eighty Portuguese musketeers to be mobilized."

"Even if this is not enough, won't he Fan Shaozu send troops here?"

On the other side, Fan Shaozu drank tea leisurely, put down the teacup, and said to the staff around him: "This battle is very boring." ”

The staff said: "My lord is clever, let Zhang Cunren, the governor, consume the enemy's troops, and when they consume the enemy's troops, you will send someone to tell him the trick of digging tunnels, and when he digs tunnels to attack the city, let's send troops to take advantage of the fire to rob, is this merit, naturally there is an adult, not to seek full credit, but to seek no fault, to be able to get some credit, and will not be impeached by him You lost the battle, and flinched." ”

"Hehehe,"

"You guy, I'm getting more and more fond of you."

The staff continued: "My lord, you can share the credit by sending only 2,000 troops, but if you want to get credit, you have to find another way, for example, enter the city and capture the puppet emperor." ”

"Well, that's a good idea,"

"Come, lead 3,000 troops, attack the city, and attack the county government."

On the other side, Liu Liangzuo had already sent 5,000 men and horses to attack the city, and Yang Yangyang was struggling to support it.

The most bitter thing was Zhang Qiang, the enemy kept attacking from the city gate, and his soldiers retreated step by step.

Although the walls were still there, they could not spare troops to support him.

He had exhausted all his strength, he looked into the distance, hoping that Jin Qi could make a meritorious contribution and cut off the head of one of the enemy's main generals, at least he would defeat the enemy all the way.

Except for Liu Liangzuo, there are some cavalry on these roads, and the other roads have no cavalry according to the reconnaissance of the horses.

At least these people can destroy the enemy's artillery, so that he can no longer be bombed, the enemy has too many Hongyi cannons.

And a few miles away, Jin Qi with more than 400 cavalry, broke through Zhang Tianlu's continuous resistance, rushed out of the south gate, killed many enemies, escaped into the mountains and forests, until there were no pursuers, then turned around with 400 cavalry in a big circle, around the back of Zhang Cunren's camp, where there are still many enemies, probably estimated, there are more than 1,000 troops.