The camp was only a mile away from the city where Zhou Bin was fighting, He Xiaomi hurriedly called a personal soldier and asked him to take a look, the personal soldier agreed, and immediately trotted out, and after a while, he ran back out of breath, "Dadu Governor, the Ming army has increased its troops, and the gunners are launching a new round of shooting!" ”

Li Zicheng put down the tea cup and said lightly: "Troops? How much has it increased? How many ladders did they build? ”

"Governor Yu, the Ming army has increased by five hundred soldiers to attack the city, and the ladders have not increased, and they are still the original three!"

Li Zicheng said: "Has the Ming army begun to attack the city?" ”

"No, the transport soldiers of the Ming army were killed, and the ladder is at least sixty steps away!"

Hearing that there was no siege, Li Zicheng was relieved and said, "How about the casualties of the Ming army?" ”

"According to Zhou Qianhu's estimates, in the first batch, the Ming army was shot and killed about 280 people, and this second batch has just been shot, but at least 100 casualties have been killed!" The soldier's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart, how long has it been...... The Grand Duke's cup of tea has just begun to taste.

"The siege has not yet begun, and the number of casualties has reached four hundred, this Cao Wenzhao, I see what you do to attack the city!" Li Zicheng suddenly came to his senses and said, "You go and tell Zhou Bin, let the brothers take it easy, don't scare Cao Wenzhao away!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The pro-soldier was just about to go out, but he stopped again and said: "Governor Dadu, Zhou Qianhu said that the sword and shield soldiers of the Ming army use shields to form a formation, and the bullets cannot penetrate, and when the city is attacked, the brothers are afraid that there will be casualties!" ”

"Shield?" Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and had no idea for a while, so he said: "You go to the city first and tell Zhou Bin, I will go over in a while!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

After the pro-soldier went, Li Zicheng immediately frowned, and said silently in his heart: Shield, shield, bullets can't penetrate, if there is artillery, if the cannon goes down, even people with shields will be overturned, and the gunners will have a chance to attack.

However, this is impossible, the Mandate of Heaven does not have artillery at all.

John Tang is an expert in casting artillery, and he also has drawings for casting artillery in his arms, but unfortunately, Xining lacked pig iron and copper before, and there was no research and development for the time being.

Now that there are Guangwushan Iron Mine and Hongshiya Copper Mine, when I return to Xining in the future, I must develop artillery.

Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, the artillery will not be able to be cast for a while and a half, now how to deal with the shield of the Ming army, if the gunners can't shoot the Ming soldiers in time, when they attack the city, they need auxiliary hand-to-hand combat.

Once there is hand-to-hand combat, there will be casualties, Li Zicheng is not unacceptable to casualties, as long as the battle can achieve his goal, the casualties are not too large, and he is completely acceptable.

But he had to find a way to deal with the shields of the Ming army before the Mandate of Heaven forged artillery.

The Mandate of Heaven army has occupied Longyou, and what we have to face in the future is the main force of the Ming army, the shield is one of the standard configurations of the Ming army, and we must not take it lightly, and the Ming army fights hand-to-hand, a casualty may not be large, but after a long time, if it accumulates, it will increase a large number of casualties in vain.

Unable to think of a solution for a while, Li Zicheng decided to go to the field to see, maybe according to the situation of the battlefield, he could find a way to defeat the enemy, he took He Xiaomi and other personal soldiers to the city.

When Zhou Bin saw Li Zicheng, he was immediately shocked, "The city is too dangerous, the metropolitan governor should go to the military camp and wait, his subordinates will guarantee with their heads that they will never let the Ming army attack the city!" ”

"It's really dangerous in the city," Li Zicheng first glanced at the Ming army under the city, and then said lightly: "But since the brothers can stay in the city and kill the enemy, why can't I be with the brothers?" ”

"Dadu Governor, you are the commander of the whole army, you must not ......" Zhou Bin also didn't think of a way to deal with the shield, once the Ming army began to attack the city, the city would be unsafe, he was extremely anxious, bowed close to Li Zicheng, and said: "The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Dadu Governor, please wait under the city!" ”

Li Zicheng knew that Zhou Bin cared about his own safety, and if there was a siege hand-to-hand battle, he would have to be distracted to protect himself, so he said: "What's the hurry, the Ming army only has three ladders, and it is still far from the city wall!" ”

Zhou Bin was helpless and said, "That's ...... The Metropolitan Governor observed for a while, and once the Ming army began to attack the city, the Metropolitan Governor must leave the city! ”

"Zhou Qianhu, don't worry, I won't cause you trouble." Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, when did he become a burden to the Heavenly Mandate Army, but he, the governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army, really can't have an accident now, otherwise, his efforts over the years may be in vain, and the central country will be pressed to death in the cocoon by the alien race at the moment of his feathering.

In order to save the central country and save the people of the central country, we must take one step at a time and do everything well.

Zhou Bin saw that Li Zicheng preliminarily agreed to leave the city, and his heart was a little settled, he accompanied Li Zicheng's side, "Governor, the Ming army has built several cloud ladders, I'm afraid it's going to attack the city in a while!" ”

Li Zicheng was pacing at the head of the city, and the gunmen were shooting at the city, he didn't disturb them, but he found a group of soldiers nesting under the city, so he said: "Zhou Qianhu, are they rotating gunners?" ”

Zhou Bin bowed down and said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, they are auxiliary soldiers, and when the sword and shield soldiers of the Ming army attack the city, they will block the Ming army from the front!" ”

"Front?" A thought quickly flashed in Li Zicheng's heart: Since there is a front, there will be a side!

Yes, it turned out to be this method to deal with the sword and shield soldiers of the Ming army!

Li Zicheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, beckoned Zhou Bin, and put it to his ear, like this, in a few words, he explained the method clearly, "Has Zhou Qianhu ever understood?" ”

"Understood...... Governor, is the method so simple? Zhou Bin almost didn't believe his ears, he looked at Li Zicheng blankly, the regret in his heart, why couldn't he think of such a simple way? caused the governor to go up to the city himself......

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "the easiest way may be the most effective way!" "In my heart, I secretly thought that when I returned to Xining, I still had to develop artillery, which not only threatened a lot, but also had a huge sound, which could quickly disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit.

Moreover, there are naval warships in the Western Sea, and without the assistance of artillery, the battleships are toothless tigers, which is really a blasphemy against this modern warship.

Li Zicheng was still thinking about it, Zhou Bin had fully understood the method of dealing with the shield of the Ming army, he bowed slightly, and said: "Dadu Governor, his subordinates now know how to deal with the shield, please leave the city!" ”

"Leave the city? Alright, alright, I'll leave the city! Li Zicheng took He Xiaomi, left the city with a smile, and began his artillery plan.

Outside the city, although the second group of Ming troops broke through to the city and successfully joined the first wave of Ming troops, they also lost all their archers and still could not pose a substantial threat to the Heavenly Mandate Army on the city, and even the cloud ladder remained fifty or sixty steps away from the city wall.

They had sent sword and shield soldiers to try to transport the ladder to the city wall, but as long as the sword and shield soldiers left the protection of the shield wall, they would be immediately exposed to the Heavenly Mandate Army.

The Ming army that attacked under the city wall had already lost more than half of it, and they did not have enough bows and arrows, nor did they have ladders to attack the city, so they could only use shields to protect their heads, leaning under the city walls, desperate and depressed.

Cao Wenzhao knew that his soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, but he didn't know the exact number, and now the soldiers who attacked the city needed help, so he let it go.

As soon as Li Zicheng gradually became the climate, it must be eradicated as soon as possible, and the longer it takes, the more difficult it will be to eradicate it.

Second, after the Ming army paid a heavy price, it only attacked the city, Cao Wenzhao was already red-eyed, if he gave up now, he would be completely defeated, and he didn't even touch a single hair of the other party, which made him a victorious general?

Cao Wenzhao saw that the soldiers had already built seven or eight ladders, so he asked them to stop what they were doing and devote themselves to the battle.

He can't wait!

The rest of the Ming army is almost all sword and shield soldiers, more than 1,000 soldiers, moving forward bravely, they did not hesitate and remember, for the sake of the general soldier, they fought!

This time, they hid the ladder behind the shield wall, that is, at the front of the team, and the soldiers carrying the ladder in one hand and the shield in the other, plus the shield wall in front, successfully carried the ladder to the city wall, and even the three ladders that had fallen to the ground were also carried under the city wall.

Together with the soldiers who were originally stranded under the city walls, the Ming army was close to 1,500 soldiers, and they were divided into ten groups, each guarding a ladder.

The Ming army put the ladder on the city wall, the sword and shield soldiers held the shield in their left hand, and held various short weapons in their right hand, and began to climb up along the ladder, at this moment, they were already full of expectations, as long as they climbed the city, the solid pass was theirs, the thieves in the city, shot so many brothers, after breaking the city, they must slaughter the city and avenge the brothers.

The thieves are not a simple army, they often live with their families, no accident, there should be a lot of women in Guguan, these will be the only trophies of the Ming army, I don't know if the general soldier will be gracious, the woman will be rewarded, even if it is a comfort.

Cao Wenzhao saw that the Heavenly Mandate Army had already stopped shooting, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: Could it be that the Heavenly Mandate Army has no bullets? Or is it under the protection of the shield, and the Mandate of Heaven has no way to start?

In any case, as long as the Mandate of Heaven Army stops shooting, the Ming Army will not have casualties, Cao Wenzhao subconsciously glanced at the city, and found that the firearms of the Mandate of Heaven Army had not been withdrawn, and continued to stretch out of the battlements, and his heart "groaned", could it be that the Mandate of Heaven Army was just gasping?

At the head of Guguan City, the Mandate of Heaven Army is a mixed battle of soldiers and auxiliaries, and hot and cold # weapons gather at the head of the city.

Zhou Bin had already deployed the gunners, almost evenly distributed on the section of the city wall that the Ming army attacked, and the auxiliaries prepared in advance were also evenly divided to guard the battlements of the Ming army's ladder.

Compared with the 1,500 Ming army under the city, the auxiliary soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army only have 100 households and more than 100 people, which is much less than the attacking Ming army, however, Zhou Bin believes that the Ming army will definitely not last long.

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