The journey from Hanzhong to Fengxian was not less than 1,000 miles, and the Breaker Army traveled day and night, almost rushing to Fengxian at the fastest speed, but because it was too late, it was still one step later than Liukou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info When Liu Fan's broken army was less than fifty miles away from Fengxian, he got a report from the outpost that Fengxian had been broken by the Liukou for more than three days.

And after three days of repairing and looting, Fengxian's supplies have basically been pocketed by the rogues, Liu Fan predicts that Li Zicheng and others will not stay in Fengxian for too long, and he must launch an attack on the rogues in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, it will be difficult to be surrounded and annihilated by the rogues who have been wandered to the Guanzhong Plain.

On August 21, the morning sun rose, and the army appeared outside Fengxian County in the golden sunshine. The sudden appearance of the Broken Army made the rogues in the city panic, and even Li Zicheng and others didn't expect that they and others had run thousands of miles, and Liu Fan still followed him.

The rousing war drums sounded, and something that frightened and frightened the rogues happened, and the officers and troops began to attack the city. Watching a cannon with a cold glow in the sunlight appear under the city. The fear of these rogues deepened again.

"King Chuang, Liu Fan is engaged in such a big battle, this is to wipe us out! What should we do? In a hidden corner of the city wall, Li Zicheng asked Gao Yingxiang beside him with a sad face

Hearing Li Zicheng's inquiry, Gao Yingxiang glared at him angrily, "You have sent someone to start packing up your things, and you still asked what to do?" Of course, he retreated first, so why don't you stay and wait for death! However, we don't have too many horses now, and it will be difficult to escape from the pursuit of the official army without horses, so we still have to defend before retreating, and at least we must buy some time for our retreat! ”

Li Zicheng smiled and asked meaningfully, "Then what should I do with this candidate to defend the city?" The officials and troops are powerful, I'm afraid everyone doesn't want to stay and wait for death! ”

Gao Yingxiang grinned and said disdainfully, "It's because you don't want to stay!" Now that the situation is critical, let's not hide it. One man sent a group of men, and then pulled the people up. If you can hold it for a day, you can withdraw if you can't stand it! Let's go, the officers and soldiers are going to open fire, and it's not safe on the city walls! ”

As if to confirm Gao Yingxiang's words, less than a quarter of an hour after Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and others left the city wall, the cannonballs of the Broken Army rained down on the city. The rogues, who had no time to make adjustments, were suddenly covered by the raging artillery fire on the city, and even the screams were covered by the sound of artillery fire.

At the same time as the attack of the Broken Army was launched, Liu Fan under the city also held a pair of binoculars and carefully observed the dynamics of the city's rogues. When he saw that the rogues were killed and wounded by the artillery, he decisively ordered, "Order the artillery position to move forward and cover the head of the city with artillery fire!" Let the demolition team prepare, and after five rounds of shelling, attack! ”

"Artillery fire extends, and the demolition team prepares to attack!" Song Cheng shouted loudly. The demolition team, which had been preparing for a long time, rushed to the city gate under the cover of artillery fire. These demolition teams were specially formed by Liu Fan to attack the city, and the team consisted of a four-wheeled cart and several shield soldiers. The cart was filled with a whole cart of black powder, and the top of the car was covered with a layer of iron sheets to protect against enemy rocket attacks. The role of the shield soldier is also set up to protect the driver.

However, Liu Fan's worries seem to be superfluous, under the bombardment of as many as 200 artillery pieces of the Broken Army, where do the rogues dare to brave the artillery fire to fight back! Therefore, the demolition team had no chance to be attacked and came to the gate of Fengxian County smoothly.

Truckloads of gunpowder were placed under the city gates by the demolition team, and a fuse that was not too long was ignited. With a loud "boom", the city gate of Fengxian County collapsed.

Seeing that the demolition team successfully blasted open the city gate, Shang Ming, who was in charge of the attack in the pioneer battalion, couldn't help but let out a loud cheer, and shouted excitedly, "Brothers, the city gate has been broken, the rogue is finished, rush with me!" With that, he took the lead and rushed towards the city gate with a big knife in hand, and the soldiers behind him also shouted "Kill!" when they heard the order. Without hesitation, he followed Shang Ming and launched an attack.

These pioneer battalions adapted from Liaodong soldiers are the most brave, and Shang Ming, who was born in the death battalion, is an outlier in the Broken Army. Unlike other battalions that are generally strong in overall strength and slightly weaker in individual strength, Shang Ming's vanguard battalions are all good at close combat. The two armies faced each other, and Shang Ming preferred to wield a broadsword to harvest the enemy's head. If the Broken Army is compared to a steel knife, then the vanguard battalion led by Shang Ming is the blade of the steel knife. Liu Fan also took a fancy to Shang Ming's bravery, so he led the pioneer battalion. Having such a fearless person take the lead can often provide a good example for the subsequent offensive troops.

But what was shocking was that Shang Ming, who had been brave in the past, suddenly stopped on the way to charge. Then he shouted a few times, turned around and ran back. Seeing this scene, Liu Fan was angry, and at the moment, regardless of 3721, he led people forward to prepare to take down Shang Ming. Just when Liu Fan was angry and wanted to take someone to set off, Song Cheng suddenly said loudly, "The overseer is slow, the city gate is not broken, and this matter is not to be complained about." It's never too late to see before you jump to conclusions! ”

"What?" Liu Fan turned his head in surprise and looked at the city gate. When the smoke cleared, Liu Fan clearly saw that the two city gates in Fengxian County, which were not too thick, had fallen to the ground, and what made Liu Fan stunned was that after the city gate fell, a stone wall composed of stones and giant trees was revealed. It turned out that the rogues actually blocked the city gate with sundries such as stones and beams on the houses. The gates fell, but the entrance to the city was not opened!

Liu Fan hated the hammer hand and said, "These cunning rogues! Song Cheng, now that the city gate has been blocked, do you have any good way to break the city? ”

Song Cheng shook his head and said, "Judging from the current situation, this temporarily piled up city wall is one or two meters thick, to say the least. I am afraid that the use of gunpowder blasting will not have much effect. For now, you can use a stupid way to send people to clean the city gate little by little! ”

Liu Fan's eyes flashed, and he said in a condensed voice, "How much time does it take?" ”

"What?" Song Cheng was puzzled

Liu Fan said word by word: "I mean, how much time does it take to clean the city gates?" ”

Song Cheng thought for a moment and replied: "If there is no enemy to make trouble, it will take at least half a day, if the enemy desperately stops it, it will be difficult to say!" Maybe it's a day, maybe it's a day and a half, I don't know very well! ”

After listening to Song Cheng's analysis, Liu Fan suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed: "It's not good, Liukou, this is going to escape!" ”

"How did the Overseers know the rogues were fleeing?"

"Nonsense, if they didn't want to escape, why did they bother to block the city gates? Not just to buy time? Do you see that there are still people in the city? (To be continued.) )