At this time, Li Zicheng was on the head of Fancheng. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. He smiled as he watched Sun Chuanting's troops retreat, watching as one box truck after another was destroyed.

"Hehe," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This box truck is far worse than our earthen truck, how can wood stop the shells?" This Sun Chuanting also didn't grow up, and he 'made' this thing. ”

Liu Zongmin also said with a smile: "That's right, this thing looks good, but it's not practical." It seems that Li Yan is really trustworthy, Sun Chuanting came from Henan, and he didn't give him a point. ”

Li Zicheng also nodded with satisfaction: "Well, that's good." If that's the case, Sun Chuanting will be dead this time. Hahaha. ”

He crossed the river this time to come to Fancheng to sit in charge in person, and it was not any danger. There is a sheep and horse wall outside the city, and there is Tian Jianxiu behind him to reinforce at any time. The idea of 'making' a sheep and horse wall outside the city was given by Shi Jin. As soon as Li Zicheng and the others heard it, they remembered that there were many villages in Li Yan's territory that had this kind of thing. With artillery and crossbows, whoever comes will have to pay a lot of money.

And they now have no shortage of artillery, ammunition, crossbows, and arrows. When they came to Huguang, Zuo Liang's 'jade' ran a little slower, and they robbed a lot of baggage boats and got a lot of gunpowder arrows. captured Xiangyang, Chengtian and the surrounding prefectures and counties, and also 'gets' a lot of artillery. So when Sun Chuanting came to attack this time, he hit his head on the iron plate and killed himself.

"Li Guo, they should be coming soon, right?" Li Zicheng asked.

Liu Zongmin nodded: "The carrier pigeon was released yesterday, and at most tomorrow Sun Chuanting will be surrounded." ”

Since the last time they 'shot' a carrier pigeon in Yanling, Li Zicheng and others decided to learn this thing. They are very sensitive to Li Yan's things now, and they have to 'get' them and use whatever Li Yan has. So now Shi Jincai's status has improved a lot, and he has been named General Guoyi of Zhongying.

However, carrier pigeons need to be trained and timed, so after they established themselves in Huguang, they began to train carrier pigeons in various places. And their gun carriage was finally made, loaded with the front cart, put on the mule and horse, and moved much faster. Therefore, this time they are still looking forward to the speed of Li Guo and others.

At this time, Sun Chuanting didn't realize it, and he was still serious about military law. He invited Shang Fang's sword, blocked the face of the whole army, and beheaded two generals and one thousand generals.

"If you don't listen to the order and retreat without authorization, this inspector will not be lenient!" Sun Chuanting said loudly: "Your Majesty gave Shang Fang the sword, and the following will be cut first and then played!" Even if the deputy general and the chief soldier do not obey the order, the superintendent will not be pardoned! ”

The generals below were all quiet, no one dared to speak, and no one was willing to speak. They all knew that if Fancheng's defense system was attacked, the casualties would be extremely heavy. Originally, the siege was relatively simple in this case, but the south bank of the Han River was Xiangyang City, and the two cities were connected by pontoon bridges, so it was meaningless for them to besiege the city.

Sun Chuanting saw that the soldiers and generals were silent, and knew that the effect had been achieved. So he ordered: "After two quarters of an hour, go on the offensive!" Those who retreat without an order will be beheaded! ”

Soon, the officers and troops began a new round of offensive. This time, they not only used the train as cover, but also rushed to Fancheng with water when the train could not travel into the paddy fields.

The war drums behind were pounding, and the soldiers rushed forward with shields and shouts. Even the infantrymen behind the train were urged by the officers to cross the train and rush forward quickly.

The thieves did not panic at this time, their guns continued to 'fire' projectiles, and the Tiger Squat cannon behind was ready. After the officers and soldiers had entered the 60 paces, the tiger squat cannon began to 'fire,' and one after another 'flower' bombs flew towards the officers and soldiers who rushed over, exploding in the crowd, killing and wounding the officers and soldiers.

The crossbowmen who stood by behind the sheep and horse wall began to 'shoot' arrows under the command of the leaders. Crossbow arrows and feather arrows flew out densely, leaving no room for the officers and soldiers who rushed up to dodge.

The officers and soldiers were hit by shotguns, bombed by 'flower' shells, and 'shot' by arrows, and some of the shields in their hands were shattered, and some fell and threw them somewhere. Only a handful of them wore armor, others were just wearing their winter jackets to make themselves feel a little safer.

After several defeats in the previous few years, Shaanxi's border soldiers are not as good as before, both in terms of soldiers and armor. Shaanxi's 'elite' soldiers are now on the opposite side of the official army, either 'shooting' arrows and projectiles at the official army, or waiting for the hand-to-hand combat afterwards.

Therefore, at this time, under the blows of various long-range weapons of the thieves, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties. They were just able to eat, so naturally they didn't have the heart to fight to the death. At this time, there were still forty or fifty paces away from the wall of sheep and horses of the thieves, and they all fled backwards in unison.

By this time, the train behind had only advanced a hundred paces, and the archers had only just lined up, and had not yet 'fired' feathered arrows at the thieves.

"Inspector, the casualties are too heavy, let's retreat." Bai Guangen looked at the thief's firepower display and made some timid suggestions.

They stood on the watchtower and naturally saw clearly. Sun Chuanting said dissatisfiedly: "Next time you attack, won't there be casualties?!" You should understand the truth of one blow! ”

"But the soldiers have already retreated, and any more 'force' may cause a catastrophe."

Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth and ordered: "Release the arrow!" Shoot arrows at the thieves! Can't let them kill and injure my soldiers so easily! ”

After a while, the feathered arrows of the officers and soldiers fell from the sky, finally causing some casualties to the thieves. And those officers and soldiers who fled back were also very 'excited' when they saw their comrades behind them providing them with cover, and their anger and despair were finally no longer so strong.

Li Zicheng at the head of the city, he looked at the retreating officers and soldiers, and there were many complicated things in his eyes. There is joy, but there seems to be some pity and guilt.

"At the beginning, when we fought with Li Yan, our brothers were also killed and injured like this, right?" Li Zicheng asked a little sadly. He finally knew now why the old brothers were reluctant to fight Li Yan, and it was indeed desperate to be beaten passively and basically had no countermeasures.

Liu Zongmin suddenly laughed and said, "It's slightly better than them, we have more armor than them." ”

"What would happen if it was Li Yan who came to attack the city?" Li Zicheng frowned and asked.

Liu Zongmin shook his head: "Who knows, that guy, maybe there is some way." ”

The officers and soldiers retreated after firing a burst of arrows, as the thieves' artillery began to strike the train in front of them with all their might. So Sun Chuanting had to withdraw the trains, and he also counted on using these trains to deal with the thieves' cavalry.

Sun Chuanting did not attack again for an afternoon, and the soldiers were discouraged, and attacking again would only increase casualties. He decided to wait for Gao Jie to 'get' a ferry, find a suitable place to break through the Han River, and attack Xiangyang directly.

However, in the evening, Niu Chenghu fled back with his own soldiers in embarrassment.