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Li Zicheng got the information that the Ming army was defeated and Hong Chengchou was defeated and retreated into Longzhou, and he was overjoyed.

There was only one last step left, and it was the only one he couldn't be sure of.

In order to save time, Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and rushed to Longzhou in person.

Now Longzhou, has been Liu Yunshui and Zhou Bin surrounded, although the number of the Mandate of Heaven army is only more than 2,000 people, but the Ming army in the city is less, less than a thousand, under the deterrence of cavalry, the Ming army has lost the courage to break through, Hong Chengchou is hiding in the state office, in addition to sighing, can only hope that Zhang Quanchang can break through and go back, to bring reinforcements to Longzhou.

But there are less than 1,000 soldiers in Longzhou City, and the morale has fallen to the lowest point, if the Heavenly Mandate Army attacks the city, how long can they hold it? Will you be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive?

Hong Chengchou really has no confidence.

Longzhou was besieged, and all contact between inside and outside the city was lost, so he could only sit and eat in the city and wait for death!

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind!

Just when Hong Chengchou was at a loss, the Mandate of Heaven Army was ready to attack the city, and outside the south city gate, there were three gunners from Zhou Bin's department, as well as three hundred household auxiliaries.

The auxiliaries carried several newly made ladders and stopped a hundred paces below the city, such a distance, the Ming army at the head of the city could only stare dryly, even if they were in a high position on the terrain, a hundred steps were still far beyond the range of bows and arrows.

The gunners then lined up to the place where they were two hundred paces below the city, and one by one they showed off their might like knights, and Hong Chengchou saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to hide behind the wall, but in this way, the Heavenly Mandate Army under the city could freely climb the city wall.

"Bang...... Bang bang ......"

After the gunshot, gunshots were also heard from the West City Gate, and the Ming army had to divide its troops to garrison.

The bullets of the rifles would not turn, and the gunners, knowing that they could not hit the defenders at the head of the city, still began to shoot at the point, in order to suppress the Ming army at the head of the city and cover the auxiliary troops to attack the city.

After the Ming army suffered three casualties, they finally discovered the conspiracy of the Mandate of Heaven, and Hong Chengchou was in a hurry and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot from behind the city wall.

"Whoosh...... Sou...... Whoosh......"

The arrows were first shot into the air, and then fell in free fall, but the Ming army was all blindly shot and did not have any accuracy, and the auxiliaries of the Heavenly Mandate Army were all carrying shields, and the casualties were not large.

The ladder finally leaned against the city wall, Hong Chengchou knew that once the Heavenly Mandate Army climbed to the top of the city, with the assistance of the gunners, Longzhou would be finished, and there were only hundreds of Ming troops on the city, and the weapons and morale were extremely inferior, and they would definitely not be able to resist the Heavenly Mandate Army.

He immediately called for his soldiers, even in the face of rifle bullets, to throw the rolling wood and stones, and make sure to prevent the Providential Army from ascending the city.

Although the Ming army had no morale, they also understood that once the Mandate of Heaven army broke through Longzhou, it was their time of death, and the overseer army personally pressed the formation, with the assistance of the people in the city, the soldiers returned to the light, and they were not afraid of death, braved the rain of bullets of the Mandate of Heaven, and began to release arrows to the city, and the rolling wood and stone were also transported to the head of the city, ready to give a fatal blow to the besieging Mandate of Heaven army.

But in this way, the body of the Ming army was exposed to the guns of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and the casualties were very heavy, and nearly 100 Ming troops fell to the head of the city, crying out to the heavens and the earth, ghosts and wolves howling, almost beating the guns of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

The Mandate of Heaven Army began to attack the city, but after a pillar of incense, seeing that the city was crumbling, suddenly a soldier of the Mandate of Heaven was unfortunately concentrated by the rolling logs, fell down the ladder, and died on the spot.

Li Zicheng saw that the fire was almost over, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops and stopped the siege.

The Ming army was stunned for a while, and finally made up its mind to die, why did the Heavenly Mandate Army retreat? Could it be that they were intimidated by the momentum of the Ming army? Hong Chengchou was even more surprised, if there were no reinforcements, the Mandate of Heaven Army would be able to maintain such an offensive, and within two hours, Longzhou would most likely be lost, and he, and a cadre of soldiers in the city, would either surrender or be martyred!

Why did the Mandate of Heaven withdraw? Could it be that their commander is a dumbfounder?

Impossible, absolutely impossible, yesterday's siege of the Ming army camp, the cavalry, gunners, and auxiliaries of the Mandate of Heaven Army fought in a coordinated manner, in an orderly manner, and the various departments cooperated to complement each other, such a commander would definitely not be stunned.

Could it be that because of the death of a soldier, the Mandate of Heaven Army could not bear such siege losses?

In the eyes of the Mandate of Heaven, the lives of soldiers are so important?

Hong Chengchou trembled all over his body, and shivered for no reason, the first two attacks on Guguan, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, losing tens of thousands of soldiers, but the casualties of the Heavenly Mandate Army were ...... Because the corpse was on the top of the city, and he couldn't see it under the city at all, he thought that the casualties of the Heavenly Mandate Army were not small, but now it seems that ...... The Ming army just threw some arrows at the city, and they didn't know what the casualties of the Mandate of Heaven were!

The incomprehensible Mandate Army!

Hong Chengchou stood at the head of the city, silent for a long time, and the guards knew what the Overseer was thinking, and did not dare to come and disturb him.

Fortunately, the Mandate of Heaven stopped attacking the city, and even the gunners stopped shooting, and the direction of the West City Gate, where the gunfire was originally loud, also fell silent.

The rain storm thundered during the attack, and it was silent after the retreat!

This is not a thief, much more trained than the Ming army.

"Hong Laojiu, you listen well," the voice of the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army suddenly came from under the city, "At this time tomorrow, we will use howitzers to break Longzhou and capture all the Ming troops in the city alive!" ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly rushed to the daughter wall, looked down, and saw a soldier of the Heavenly Mandate Army sitting on the horse, staring at a face, pointing to the head of the city.

A small soldier dared to shout to the overseer, Hong Chengchou was angry, and wanted to curse twice, but suddenly realized in his heart, and said loudly: "Who are you?" Let your family come and talk! ”

The soldier immediately made a disdainful expression, "Most of us are busy, how can we have the leisure to talk nonsense with you?" ”

Hong Chengchou was angry in his heart, but he didn't want to meet this soldier in general, "I have something to discuss with the governor of your family, if you delay the right thing, can you afford to be offended?" ”

"Something to discuss?" The soldier was really deflated, but he was still unwilling, and said, "Who are you?" Dare to let the governor of my family come over? ”

Hong Chengchou put his hands behind his back and raised his head to the sky, "The contemptible person is the Hong Laojiu in your mouth!" ”

"Hong Laojiu?" The soldier was a little embarrassed, scratched his face, and said, "You are our enemy, what is the matter with my family's governor?" ”

Hong Chengchou sneered, "You are a soldier, what do you know?" Don't go yet! ”

"You wait!" The soldier was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned his horse's head, screamed, and went away.

Hong Chengchou was thoughtful, he just said casually, he really wants to face the Metropolitan Governor of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and he really doesn't know what to talk about, the Mandate of Heaven Army has annihilated tens of thousands of Ming troops, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by the imperial court, the two sides are already enemies of life and death, what else is there to talk about?

However, it's not bad to talk about it, the Mandate of Heaven Army has risen strongly, and it is already very different from ordinary thieves, and the weapons equipped are even more advanced than those of the imperial court, and I don't know anything about the Mandate of Heaven Army, maybe in the conversation between the two sides, I can understand some branches and leaves.

Just when Hong Chengchou was pondering, there was movement under the city, an officer of the Heavenly Mandate Army, with several personal soldiers, galloped to a hundred steps away from the city, he looked carefully, the person who came was wearing Mingguang armor, a big red cloak on his back, and a white felt hat was not worn on his head. Holding a big black iron gun, the yellow-maned horse under his crotch looks very majestic. He arched his hand slightly, "It's the Metropolitan Governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"It's Li," Li Zicheng hung his spear on the victory hook, and he also arched his hand, "Could it be that the city is Lord Hong, the governor of the three sides?" Look up for a long time, look up for a long time! ”

Hong Chengchou has always despised thieves, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he had some sympathy, but in order to combat Li Zicheng's arrogance, he still said: "You, the governor of the capital, do you have a document for pardon by the imperial court?" ”

"Do I need a document for pardon from the imperial court?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly, like a spring breeze, "You and I meet on the battlefield, and it is okay to meet with me, but Lord Hong is the official of the imperial court......"

Hong Chengchou was shocked in his heart, he is an official of the imperial court, he talks with the thief leader on the battlefield, once he enters the imperial court, he will not be beaten into the eighteenth layer of hell by the official? This battle is another big defeat, and the consequences of the thief may be even more tragic than Yang He.

He arched his hand to Li Zicheng and smiled gratefully.

But just let Li Zicheng leave, and he didn't get any information about the Heavenly Mandate Army, he was really unwilling in his heart, and he was suffering and had no good solution.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng took out an arrow, folded the arrow, and took out a piece of white paper from his arms, tied it to the arrow, signaled to Hong Chengchou on the one hand, and handed the arrow tied with the message to a personal soldier behind him.

The soldiers took the arrows, took dozens of steps forward, came to the city, aimed at the head of the city with a bow, and gently shook the bowstring, and the arrows shot to the head of the city like flying, and landed at the feet of Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou picked up the arrow, took off the white paper, and unfolded it, but there were only a few numbers: if the Overseer wished, he could meet in the dead of night.

I didn't expect the thief to be a fine person, this message was obviously prepared a long time ago, could it be that he wanted to recruit me?

Hong Chengchou is the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and the rank of the military general is already the extreme, how can he devote himself to the thief? However, it's good to talk about it, you can somehow spy on the old bottom of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and maybe you can also deceive the thief leader and leave Longzhou to get out.

He seemed to be lost on the boundless sea, and it was a dark night, and Li Zicheng's appearance was like a glimmer of light in front of him.

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment, put the white paper sleeve into his arms, and hugged Li Zicheng again, nodding his head.

Li Zicheng also clenched his fists, then turned the horse's head and returned to the camp.

Although the Mandate of Heaven army stopped attacking the city, the four city gates in Longzhou were all camped, and with cavalry constantly patrolling, the Ming army had no chance to leave the city at all.

At night, when it was almost time, Hong Chengchou took dozens of personal soldiers and personally came to Nancheng to inspect.

"Lord Overseer!" The soldiers defending the city were busy prostrating their heads and saluting.

"You've worked hard, get up!" Hong Chengchou waved his hand, "What movement can be done outside the city?" ”

"Back to the Overseer, the thieves have not moved, there were still lights in the camp just now, but now they have been extinguished, I think the thieves have already slept!"

"Well," Hong Chengchou glanced at the night twice, and put his hand on his daughter's wall, "The thief is cunning, and it is not impossible to sneak attack at night, don't be careless!" ”

"Yes, Lord Overseer!"

Hong Chengchou frowned suddenly, and said: "Today, the Heavenly Mandate Army is attacking the city, Nancheng is the most prosperous, Nancheng must be the focus of the thief's attack, in the second half of the night today, it will be garrisoned by my personal guards, you go back to rest, there may be a battle tomorrow." ”

"Ah...... Yes, Grand Duke! ”

When the footsteps gradually disappeared, Hong Chengchou said to the black-clothed man beside him: "Yongxiang, you attacked Guguan last time, how much do you know about the Heavenly Mandate Army, this time as a secret envoy, you must find out some information about the Heavenly Mandate Army." ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, his subordinates will not fail in their mission!"

After a while, a thick rope was put down on the city, and a hanging basket was hung on the top, Wang Yongxiang sat in the hanging basket, slowly walked out of the city, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.