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Yang Wenyue found out the information of the Heavenly Mandate Army in Zhongmu, but when Li Zicheng retreated westward, the march was suddenly full of speed, which made him scratch his head, and it was not until he entered the territory of Mi County that he caught up with the footsteps of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng's former army had already taken the county seat of Mixian, and the army was stationed in the city, and grain and grass were also hoarded in the city.

Mi County is built by the mountain, less than five miles in the north of the city, is Qingping Mountain, Qingping Mountain is the east-west direction, it is not more than ten miles long, the vegetation on the mountain is abundant, new shoots have grown at this time, yellow, tender, soft, sparse, layer upon layer.

The three regiments of the independent battalion were stationed at the eastern foot of Qingping Mountain, only ten miles away from the city of Mixian, and the fourth battalion in the city was a horn.

Yang Wenyue followed the Heavenly Mandate Army all the way to Mi County, and set up a large camp on the north bank of Weishui, he was worried that Li Xinbu would harass him from the rear, so he asked Hu Dawei to lead 10,000 soldiers to contain Li Xinbu's independent battalion in front of the mountain, and he personally led an army of 20,000 and set up camp in the south of the city, ready to attack the city at any time.

Mi County is just a small county town, the city wall is no more than two zhang high, compared with Luoyang and Kaifeng, it is almost unfortified, however, Li Zicheng does not rely on the city wall to defend the city, the county seat is just a place to store grain, if you want to fight a decisive battle, it can be carried out outside the city.

There are only 20,000 Ming troops outside the city, and in the county seat of Mixian County, in addition to Li Zicheng's personal soldiers, there are four regiments of the fourth battalion, more than 20,000 people, and the strength is not inferior to the Ming army, and the fourth battalion also has the first regiment and the second regiment, which is fully equipped with rifles and mountain artillery, the elite of the elite.

Li Zicheng is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to hit Yang Wenyue hard, even if he can't completely annihilate Yang Wenyue, he will leave a shadow in Yang Wenyue's heart!

He also has a thought, that is, to train soldiers, after the Mandate of Heaven Army came to Henan, a large-scale expansion was carried out in Luoyang, and the new soldiers came from a variety of sources, including newly recruited young and strong, the surrendered troops of the Ming army, and the liukou who originally belonged to the Yidou Valley Department.

The number of troops is increasing dramatically, but its combat effectiveness may not be able to rise, and it needs to be tested by battle, and it is even more necessary to use battle to improve it.

Li Zicheng arranged for Zhao Lie's department and Liu Zongmin's department to rest in the city, and the third regiment's Niu Kejing department and the fourth regiment's Luo Tai department were the main forces defending the city, on the one hand, to provide these soldiers with opportunities for actual combat, and on the other hand, it was also to hide their strength, so that Yang Wenyue thought that only these more than 10,000 soldiers in the city had combat effectiveness.

The habit of the rogues is to bluff and count their family members as soldiers, hoping that Yang Wenyue will treat the Heavenly Mandate Army as a rogue.

The third and fourth regiments, although they were the new troops of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the main generals Niu Kejing and Luo Tai, in order to prove the strength of their headquarters, let all the troops take turns to go to the city, and the battle was extremely fierce, even more than the veterans.

Hu Dawei had fought with Li Zicheng, and he was more jealous of the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he did not take the initiative to attack Li Xin's army, and Li Xin also did not move.

Yang Wenyue's main attack direction was the south city and the west city, the north city gate only had 3,000 soldiers to contain the defenders in the city, and the 10,000 soldiers of Hu Dawei outside the east city gate did not participate in the siege at all.

The siege battle lasted for three days, although it was very fierce, and the Ming army was also very brave, but there was no progress, and even the daughter wall on the head of the city was not touched, Yang Wenyue regretted it a little, the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven was far beyond his thoughts, and he should have listened to Hu Dawei's advice and returned to Baoding directly.

He is a little difficult to ride a tiger, continue to attack the city, the defenders in the city have not exhausted the momentum, I don't know when the city will be broken; If the army is withdrawn now, it will be ridiculed again, and after chasing so far, it will not cost money and food, but it will not gain anything.

The number of the Heavenly Mandate Army is about the same as the number of officers and soldiers, if such a battle is futile, how will the people of the world, as well as their civil and military colleagues, think of themselves in the future?

Yang Wenyue's head was a little dizzy, lying on the bed, but he couldn't sleep, he thought a lot for a while, and only after the morning did he fall asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Yang Wenyue was suddenly woken up by the guards, "My lord, it's not good, I heard that the Ming army stole the camp......"

"Stealing camps?" Yang Wenyue bounced up from the marching bed suddenly, and was about to ask for details, when he suddenly heard a "boom" sound outside, endlessly, and he was shocked in his heart, "The Heavenly Mandate Army has artillery?" Why didn't they use it earlier? ”

"Adult ......"

"I understand," Yang Wenyue hurriedly put on his armor and found a spear casually, "The Heavenly Mandate Army has been showing weakness, it turned out to be for today," and without waiting for the guards to answer, he said, "How is the camp now?" ”

"I couldn't see clearly in the middle of the night, and suddenly I was shelled, and the brothers had no master......"

"Don't panic, it's just artillery, although the sound is loud, it can't hurt a few people," Yang Wenyue hurriedly walked out of the big tent, looked at the roar, only saw a piece of fire, and his heart was horrified, "How can the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army burn?" Some of the tents were on fire......"

"Not only will it burn, but it will also explode when it hits the ground," the guard said, "Listen, my lord, every time a shell hits the ground, there will be an explosion, and the fire is the ...... emitted when it explodes."

"Ah......" Yang Wenyue's mind was stunned for a while, and after a while, he woke up, could this be the legendary flowering bomb? The Mandate of Heaven is just a rogue, how can there be a flowering bomb? Even if there are flowering shells, the number will not be too many, and he took it for granted: "Don't worry, the flowering shells of the Heavenly Mandate Army will be exhausted soon!" ”

However, before the Mandate of Heaven runs out of flowers, the brothers will suffer some losses.

Yang Wenyue wanted to appease the soldiers in the camp, but the sound of the artillery was too loud, and he couldn't hear it at all.

If the soldiers are allowed to mess around, before the Mandate of Heaven Army's flowering bullets are finished, the soldiers are afraid that they will bomb the camp, and they can't see clearly after dark, and there is no order from above, anything can happen.

Yang Wenyue was anxious, so he had to release all the guards around him, and shouted loudly along the way: "Don't mess up, everyone, the cannonballs of the Heavenly Mandate Army are about to run out......

The flowering bullets of the Heavenly Mandate Army, as if they were deliberately against Yang Wenyue's personal guards, not only did they not stop, but they seemed to be more violent, and there were more and more camps on fire, and the soldiers in the camp no longer cared about fighting the fire, and fled everywhere like flies.

But there seemed to be artillery explosions everywhere in the camp, and tents were on fire everywhere, and they really didn't know where it was safe.

Although the guards are hoarse, how can the human voice be compared to the machine? The chaos in the camp has not abated in the slightest, and some soldiers have begun to sneak out of the camp.

Yang Wenyue was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, there were fires everywhere in the camp, and no matter how the guards shouted, the soldiers could not be quiet.

The artillery of the Mandate of Heaven has finally stopped firing, I don't know if it is the flowering shell to tell Xin, or the Mandate of Heaven army thinks that the effect has been achieved, and there is no need to waste the precious flowering shell.

Yang Wenyue breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to organize the soldiers to extinguish the fire in the camp, when suddenly a personal guard ran over panting, "My lord...... Adult, no...... Oh no......"

"What's wrong?" Yang Wenyue didn't set off in a stomach# vent, and after listening to the words of the guard, he was immediately furious, "If you don't speak well, the official will throw you into the fire......"

The guards didn't care about Yang Wenyue's scolding, and hurriedly said, "My lord, the Mandate of Heaven Army...... The infantry of the Providence Army has come close......"

"Infantry?" Yang Wenyue was taken aback for a moment, he thought that the Heavenly Mandate Army was just an artillery attack from afar, and after shelling for so long, the officers and soldiers in the large camp had already been alarmed, and they couldn't sneak attack at all, could it be that the Heavenly Mandate Army wanted to take advantage of the chaos to force an attack?

He didn't think much about it, and hurriedly asked his soldiers to give orders to the soldiers of all departments: Don't mess up, the Mandate of Heaven Army is just a rogue!

Not long after the soldier who gave the order went out, another soldier came to report: "My lord, the Mandate of Heaven has broken through the camp from the north, they are all firearms, and the brothers can't resist it......"

Only then did Yang Wenyue understand that the purpose of the Heavenly Mandate Army's shelling of the camp of officers and soldiers was not to shoot how many soldiers or how many tents to burn, but to plunge the officers and soldiers into chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to rush open the camps......

The Mandate of Heaven Army is just a rogue, and they dare to sneak attack the camp of officers and soldiers? Yang Wenyue was furious, and immediately organized the soldiers to approach the north, and the camp was restless, but Yang Wenyue appeared, and the soldiers gradually calmed down, and some officers took the soldiers to fight the fire, and most of the soldiers still followed Yang Wenyue to the north.

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

The Mandate of Heaven army has broken into the camp from the north, they rely on their rifles, and shoot forward a wide passage, the Ming army in front is retreating one after another, and in the large camp, the Ming army is obviously unstable.

Yang Wenyue happened to arrive, and by the light of the fire, he found that the form was unfavorable, and knew that the officers and soldiers were afraid of the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he hurriedly shouted: "Shield, put the shield in front." ”

The Ming army seemed to have just woken up, and was shocked by the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army, their minds and ears were shocked, they never slowed down, and they were attacked by the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the rate of fire, the range of fire, and the penetrating power of the rifle were far beyond their imagination, and they were stunned for a while, and they all retreated backwards in a daze with the general trend.

At this time, the soldiers have no time to think about the victory or defeat of the battle, and saving their lives is the most important thing!

Yang Wenyue's appearance, the soldiers found the backbone, hearing Yang Wenyue's voice, the soldiers suddenly regained their senses, they took out shields from the camp tent, put them in front, and protected their heads, chests and other vital parts.

At the forefront of the Ming army, a large number of shields were gradually gathered, and these shields were completely the natural enemies of the rifles of the Heavenly Mandate Army, which could not be penetrated, attacked, or destroyed!

The Ming army, which stabilized the formation, began to return fire with bows and arrows, both sides were in the camp, and the distance between them was less than thirty steps, even an ordinary Ming soldier could also shoot arrows into the formation of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

However, the Ming army responded in a hurry, many camp tents were burned, and the soldiers were frightened, and they could not find a large number of bows and arrows for a while, and the arrows fired at the Heavenly Mandate Army were far less dense than the bullets of rifles.

Tonight came to steal the camp, it was the fourth battalion of the second regiment Zhao Liebu, the whole regiment of soldiers are equipped with firearms, rarely with the enemy melee combat, so there is no armor on the body, in front of the arrows of the Ming army, they can only rely on strong bodies, bear the impact of the arrows, the front soldiers, there have been many fallen under the arrows of the Ming army.