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Hong Chengchou heard the reply of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and immediately became angry, the little thief, he didn't know how to lift, and dared to shout to the imperial army, once caught, the five horses were divided.

He was confused, even if the Mandate of Heaven Army did not call him out, with his temperament, if the thieves were planted in his hands, they would be killed, and he would always think that if the thieves were killed, Shaanxi would be quiet.

No, the thieves still can't be killed, at least some thieves who don't pose a big threat must be left, the court has always been "cunning rabbits die, lackeys cook", if the thieves are killed, still earn a fart of military merit?

However, the Heavenly Mandate Army is so arrogant, they are definitely not the last part left, Hong Chengchou was very angry this time, and after retreating the envoy, he twisted his beard alone and paced back and forth in the big tent.

The Mandate of Heaven Army is so ignorant of lifting, and it is a victory in even battles, you can't take it lightly, try to attack the city tomorrow, and see with your own eyes where the Mandate of Heaven Army is, if it is a paper tiger, it will be destroyed directly, and the thieves in the north are still rampant, how can there be time to spend with them here?

Hong Chengchou suddenly stopped in front of the square table, carefully studied the march map, from the big tent to Guguan, there was only a narrow valley road, and the trees on both sides were forested, Liu Chenggong and Cao Wenzhao were ambushed here, and they had to be careful.

With 30,000 horses under his subordinates, it is no surprise that there must be much more than the thief soldiers, and he can divide his troops to guard Gu Dao, thinking of this, he called the herald outside the account, and asked his right-hand man Zhang Quanchang to come to see him immediately.

After a while, Zhang Quanchang hurriedly entered the big tent and bowed to the ground, "Lord Overseer!" ”

"Quanchang, early tomorrow morning, you take 10,000 soldiers, bring three days' worth of dry food and water, lie on both sides of the valley road, if you encounter thieves, annihilate on the spot, be sure to protect the valley road!"

"Yes, Lord Overseer!"

"Go today, rest early, and leave early tomorrow morning!" Solving the ambush of the thieves in the valley, Hong Chengchou was a little settled in his heart, and the remaining soldiers, 10,000 stayed in the big tent to prepare for the back road, and the other 10,000, led by him personally, went to knock on the pass.

Early the next morning, Zhang Quanchang's department got up early in the morning, had breakfast, the soldiers were divided into two groups, and went to the woods on both sides of Wanggu Road.

The valley road of less than ten miles, because it is relatively smooth, the marching speed is not slow, but in an hour, it has come to the solid pass.

Hong Chengchou looked at Guguan, although the city wall is very high, from the foot of the mountain, it looks very majestic, but there are not many defenders on the head of the city, and there are only one or two thousand people at the head of the city, and he doesn't feel strange in his heart, how can this defender completely annihilate Cao Wenzhao's infantry?

Wang Yongxiang and Liu Chenggong are his subordinates, and their combat effectiveness is average, but Cao Wenzhao has been on the battlefield for a long time and has killed countless thieves, how can he be wiped out? Could it be that the Mandate of Heaven is still behind?

Although Hong Chengchou hesitated, since he came to Guguan City, if he didn't see the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army with his own eyes, how could he be willing?

With a move, the Ming army immediately began to form a formation, with the sword and shield soldiers forming a huge shield wall at the front, archers in the middle, and hundreds of transport troops at the back.

Guguan City, the Kyushu military flag is fluttering in the wind, Li Zicheng has already stood under the military flag, the gunners who fought today, in addition to the soldiers of the ten hundred households of Ma Youshui, and the auxiliary soldiers who did not fight the five hundred households last time.

Although the auxiliaries are full of strength, but in the face of tens of thousands of Ming troops, the heart is still very nervous, holding the rifle hands, unconsciously trembling slightly, even aiming is a little difficult, some auxiliaries on both sides of the soldier to learn the same as the soldiers, the barrel rests on the buttress between the daughter wall, the buttress is fixed, it is more convenient to aim.

Li Zicheng saw that the Ming army had already started, so he walked to the group of soldiers and patted the auxiliary soldiers on the shoulders casually, "Brothers, do you want to become soldiers?" ”

"Yes!"

In the Mandate of Heaven Army, which auxiliary soldier doesn't want to be a soldier? The same is service and training, soldiers not only have a salary, but also have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, meritorious service and receive awards, while auxiliary soldiers only have one salary, enough to eat enough.

The Mandate of Heaven participated in various battles, not only won more and lost less, but also the casualties were generally not large, except for the time when Zhou Bin fought with the Mongols in the triangle city, the casualties rarely exceeded one percent, basically as long as they went to the battlefield, they were picking up military merits in vain.

However, it is very difficult for the auxiliaries to become soldiers, unless the Mandate of Heaven army expands on a large scale, or the soldiers are too casualties and are forced to draw soldiers from the auxiliaries to replenish them, however, these two situations are rare.

Now is an opportunity, the Metropolitan Governor said, as long as these auxiliaries can destroy more than their own number on the battlefield twice, they can directly join the army.

There are nearly 10,000 Ming troops under the city, as long as you kill more than 1,500 Ming troops, repel them, and join the soldiers, half of the work will be completed!

This is their chance, the Metropolitan Governor is watching from the top of the city, if the Metropolitan Governor is not satisfied, the next time they fight at the head of the city, it may not be them.

After receiving Li Zicheng's prompt, the auxiliaries suddenly came to their senses, clenched their rifles tightly one by one, and began to aim at the Ming army.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, the Ming army is still out of range!" ”

Several hundred household officials also saw that the soldiers were too nervous, and hurriedly said: "Little rabbit cubs, what are you nervous about, last time it was also 10,000 Ming troops, and they were all wiped out in half a day, this is the military merit given to you by the Metropolitan ......Governor."

"If you want to reward silver, it depends on your ability, if you kill less than 3,000 enemies, don't think about the monthly ticket for military achievements!"

The soldiers laughed loudly, even the soldiers around Li Zicheng were laughing crookedly, Li Zicheng also smiled slightly, before the battle, these rude words can not only shorten the distance between the officers and soldiers, but also boost morale.

He picked up the rifle in the hand of one of the soldiers, aimed it at the city, and then returned the rifle to the soldier, "Get ready, the Ming army is about to enter the firing range." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Led by the soldiers, the auxiliaries began to aim.

"Bang, bang......"

The Ming army has entered the firing range of four hundred paces, at such a distance, the accuracy of the rifle will not be too high, but the shooting is one, and now it is facing Hong Chengchou's main force, and the range of the rifle does not need to be hidden anymore.

The sword and shield soldiers hid behind the shield wall, and the Mandate of Heaven was helpless, but the archers walked in the middle of the team and were about to release arrows at the head of the city, so they did not have a shield above their heads, so they became the main target of the Mandate of Heaven.

Hong Chengchou, who was supervising the battle in the rear, was suddenly frightened, four hundred steps, at a distance of four hundred steps, the bullets of the Heavenly Mandate Army could harvest the lives of the Ming army, no wonder the Ming army was defeated again and again!

Fortunately, there was a huge shield wall in front of the Ming army, and the bullets of the Heavenly Mandate Army could not directly break through the shield wall, but could only shoot from top to bottom, and the casualties of the archers were not heavy.

But Rao is like this, Hong Chengchou's brows are still twisted into the word "Sichuan", if it weren't for the shield wall......

The rifles of the Mandate of Heaven Army shot at the city, but the Ming army's bows and arrows and firearms could not reach this distance, so they could only advance in the rain of bullets.

The Ming army had no power to fight back, and the auxiliaries of the Mandate of Heaven Army were even more energetic, they picked up their rifles one by one, looking for targets behind the shield wall of the Ming army, as long as anyone accidentally showed their heads, they would immediately be greeted by several bullets, and they had to die.

It doesn't matter who shoots it, the Ming army that is killed and wounded by the Metropolitan Governor is uniformly calculated, and the Mandate of Heaven army participating in the war today has reached 15 hundred households, more than 1,500 people, as long as the casualties of the Ming army exceed this number, even if it is an effective battle, and it has participated in two effective battles, the auxiliary soldiers will be upgraded to soldiers.

When the Ming army approached the city wall, the casualties of the soldiers were only two or three hundred, this loss, Hong Chengchou was not worried, even the Ming soldiers, did not take this casualty seriously, as long as they were close to the city wall, they would win the opportunity to counterattack.

The Ming army had approached the city wall and entered the range of bows and arrows, and the archers, under the cover of the shield wall, began to release arrows to the city, and thousands of feathered arrows floated towards the city head like locusts.

Hong Chengchou finally saw the Ming army counterattacking, holding the reins of the horse tightly with both hands, as if he was afraid that the war horse would fall off the reins, he wanted to see with his own eyes, the Heavenly Mandate Army was only one or two thousand soldiers, under this rain of arrows, how many could be left?

However, to his surprise, the Celestial Destiny Army had almost completely disappeared before the feather arrow landed on the city, apparently hiding behind the city walls.

"Shoot, throw, shoot these thieves!" Hong Chengchou was furious, the Ming army had endured such a long period of shooting, and they rushed to the city wall under the rain of bullets, and these cunning thieves ...... He suddenly thought that since the thieves were hiding behind the city wall, now was the best time for the Ming army to attack the city, "Quickly, the sword and shield soldiers and the transport soldiers will press on and attack the city immediately!" ”

The transporters took the lead in breaking away from the shield wall, carrying the siege ladder with one hand, and the shield with the other hand to protect the head and chest and other vital parts, and rushed towards the city wall at high speed.

However, at this time, the Mandate of Heaven Army has transformed the city wall, when the Ming army released arrows to the city, a huge wooden plank, from the daughter wall folded over, to protect the top of the head, the Ming army's arrows are all on these shields, these are the shields of Liu Chenggong's department captured last time, after splicing, modification, it has become the talisman of the Mandate of Heaven.

Listening to the sound of the feather arrow "crackling" falling on the shield, the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army laughed, the Ming Army used its own arrows to shoot its own shield, fortunately, the Governor of the Metropolitan was thoughtful, the last time the Ming Army released arrows to the city, the Heavenly Mandate Army still had casualties, but this time, let them rejoice!

From time to time, the observer poked his head out of the battlement, observing the position of the Ming army under the city, because there was a parapet wall in front of him and a shield on his head, but he only poked out half of his head and poked out at the battlement, unless he was particularly unlucky, the Ming army's arrows had nothing to do with him.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are leaning against the corner for the time being, and they will not poke their heads out again until the Ming army attacks the city, just like a game of civet catching mice, before the mouse is dispatched, the civet will sit patiently and wait.

The Ming army did not let them wait long before they heard the observer shouting: "The Ming army has begun to attack the city!" ”

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven turned over one by one and came out from under their shields, and their combat exploits were about to begin!