The city was chaotic for more than an hour, and when the soldiers and people calmed down again, the more than 60 troops who had climbed the city had all been cleared. And the loss of the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city is not known how much, some ran down the city and fled home, and some were thrown off the city by the intruding army, no one knows how many casualties there are, but the bodies are still being cleaned up.

But the people brought by Guo Chengdong actually killed nine and seriously injured three. A night attack caused them to lose thirty percent of their strength, which was really a heavy casualty. If it weren't for the help of those bird-gunned soldiers, if they hadn't made enough bombs, they might have been wiped out.

At this time, Wang Sixi found Guo Chengdong with a black face, and roared angrily: "He @ Niang@! Finally, three captives were left, and all of them were cut down by those bastards. When he was fighting, he was scared out of his body, and he @ Niang@ cut off his head to receive the reward! ”

Guo Chengdong was also helpless, the person had been killed, and there was nothing he could do. He waved his hand weakly and said, "It's okay if your hands aren't soft, at least you can practice your courage." Have our wounded been accommodated? If you are killed, sort out the relics in a while and cremate them. ”

"It's all arranged, let the best doctor in the city take care of it. Fortunately, we have hemostatic powder, otherwise these three would not be able to survive. The cremation thing is also ready. Wang Sixi said with some sadness.

Guo Chengdong patted Wang Sixi on the shoulder and said: "Let the brothers cheer up, there are so many brothers who have been killed and wounded, if Nanjing can't hold it, we will die in vain." ”

"." Wang Sixi said in a low voice: "If the brigade can't come, Nanjing will have to be lost sooner or later." After saying that, he lowered his head and left, to appease his subordinates and inspect the defense. After dawn, Li Zicheng probably won't give them much time to rest.

As soon as the day dawned, the head of the city saw the bandits outside the city begin to move, and they found that the bandits had split into two groups, one moving to the east of the city, and the rest remained in place. They knew that the thieves were finally going to take the form of a siege. Some people are excited, thinking that they can make bounty money too. Some people are starting to be afraid, they just want to come to the city for a few days and get some money, but they don't think about fighting hard.

And Chen Yongfu and Zhou He, on the outskirts of Dangtu County, also found something unusual. Before, they were still the same as before, leading the team to follow Li Zicheng's rear. But today, they found that Li Zicheng's troops had actually built three lines of defense on the periphery of Dangtu. Moreover, according to reports, the troops left behind by Li Zicheng were actually more than 30,000, more than ever.

Neither of them found it strange, though. Their task was to force Li Zicheng to attack Jiangnan, and they had already done a good job. If Li Zicheng wants to settle down in Nanjing, he must establish a strong enough defense line in the distance, which is not surprising.

Moreover, at this time, they not only had to guard against Li Zicheng's counterattack, but also against the attack of the remnants of the Ming forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and only a few garrisons were left in Jiujiang, Anqing, Chizhou and other places in the rear. And their supply line on the river is also very likely to be cut off by Zhang Xianzhong's Poyang sailors, so they are also cautious at this time, thinking more about how to retreat.

At this time, the happiest ones are probably Gao Yigong and Shi Jincai. This time, the task was handed over to them, and naturally it was pressure not to withstand Li Yan's offensive, which was really not easy. However, to their surprise, they were able to calmly arrange their defense for three days, which was a big surprise.

This time, Shi Jin was pushed to the front line. In previous battles, he always avoided fighting with Li Yan's troops. He knew that even if his subordinates seemed to be well-trained, they were still one level lower than Li Yan's troops.

Li Yan's subordinates were all given fields, and the soldiers had the consciousness to fight for their property. Moreover, if they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and if they are passive in combat, not only will they be punished, but their families will also be affected, and the officers and men will have the courage to not fear life and death. However, his subordinates can only be motivated by the looted property, and when they encounter a less strong enemy, they can naturally rush up. But if you want to meet an opponent who is stronger than them, you can only be defeated for a thousand miles.

This time he really couldn't dodge, so he came up with a way to establish multiple lines of defense. Anyway, there are many of them, and they are not worried that Chen Yongfu will dare to bypass them. And this time he was ingenious, making the defensive line into a shed-like style, with a roof, covered with dirt, and sandbags in front and back. In this way, even the fire pots and flowering shells fired by Li Yan's stone thrower and tiger squat cannon will be much less lethal to them.

Gao Yigong inspected the first line of defense that had been built, looked at this new line of defense that he had never thought of before, and said excitedly: "Okay, Brother Shi." With this canopy and a bunker in the rear, the brothers are much safer. How did you come up with the idea? If we could have figured out this method when we were in Xi'an, we wouldn't have ended up here. ”

"I just thought of it in the past few days." Shi Jincai was afraid that he would be misunderstood and hidden, so he hurriedly explained: "What Li Yan relies on is nothing more than artillery and trebuchets. I was thinking about the battle in Xi'an all the way, and found that the weapons that Li Yan used every time to rout our team were his trebuchet arson and tiger squat cannon bombs. Recently, I have figured out that both of these things fall from a high place, as long as we add a strong top cover on the top of our heads, and we also have precautions in the front and back, wouldn't that make Li Yan's killer feature ineffective? ”

Gao Yigong nodded again and again, and praised with a smile: "That's right, that's right, that's what it looks like." Feathered arrows also fall from the sky, and can be guarded against with a shield held above your head. As long as this top is strong enough, can't be blown up, and isn't afraid of fire, Li Yan can be helpless! ”

However, Gao Yigong thought for a moment and asked, "But, what are you doing repairing so many roads that connect to the back?" As soon as we retreat, this line of defense will be used by Li Yan's men. ”

Gao Yigong refers to the more than ten roads behind the defense line that have been leveled by rammed earth, leading straight to the second line of defense after 300 steps.

"Just in case." Shi Jincai said helplessly: "Who knows if this defense line can stop Li Yan's attack." In case we can't stop it, our artillery will have to retreat as soon as possible. All our artillery is concentrated here, and if we lose these artillery, we will have to flee to Nanjing. When the time comes, Your Majesty will blame it, and we won't be able to explain it. ”

Gao Yigong nodded and said appreciatively: "It's still Brother Shi's thoughtfulness." Thanks to Brother Shi's help this time, otherwise, I really don't know how to block Li Yan's pursuit. ”

"Where, where, Hou Ye praised it falsely. It is unknown whether this line of defense will be useful, but we still have to continue to make full preparations. Shi Jincai said politely. This time, I don't know if I can stop Li Yan, he doesn't dare to be arrogant.

Gao Yigong nodded: "Yes, I will send a letter to Your Majesty and ask for more ammunition and arrows." ”

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