Discovering the attempt of the officers and soldiers to escape, the horn sounded in the security army, the artillery stopped firing and began to adjust the angle of firing, and the musketeers lined up in a neat queue to follow the rhythm of the small drum to the front of the formation, and when they reached the firing range, they stopped and began to hunt the fleeing officers and soldiers with their guns.

Liu Lianxiang, a general who was paying close attention to the battle situation on the city wall, discovered the crisis of the official army, and immediately ordered the artillery on the city wall to shoot at the musket team of the security army. At this time, the artillery of the security army had adjusted the angle and fired at the position of the artillery on the city wall, in order to suppress the artillery fire of the official army, but it was very difficult to hit the city wall with solid bullets, and the probability of hitting the artillery was even lower. The officers and soldiers fleeing from outside the city to the city took refuge in the trenches under the city base, and when the musket team of the security army tried to move forward to the officers, they were beaten back by the archers at the head of the city with a rain of arrows.

The generals in the city immediately took this opportunity to open the city gate and put the officers and soldiers into the urn city.

Zhang Chu did not order the musket team to follow the enemy's defeated soldiers into the city, according to intelligence, the defense system of Yuncheng is still very complete, there is an urn city behind the city gate, if the security army follows the defeated army and rushes to the urn city, the generals who defend the city are ruthlessly sacrificed by the defeated officers and soldiers, the security army will be hit from all sides above the city wall of the urn city, and then the defeated soldiers can not play the power of the musket at all.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers on the city wall was still firing, and in order to avoid greater losses, Zhang Chu ordered the musket team to retreat.

The officers and soldiers who could move outside the city fled to the city in a hurry, and gradually the artillery fire on both sides also stopped, and only the wounded and immobile officers and soldiers on the battlefield wailed there. On the side of the security forces, it has long been a practice during the battle, and there are ambulance crews who can transport the wounded soldiers down for treatment at any time during the battle. Now that the outside of the city is controlled by the security forces, the officers and soldiers do not dare to go down to treat the wounded, the security forces are redeploying their teams, and the wounded officers and soldiers outside the city can only resign themselves to fate, and no one cares.

The results of this round of the security army's offensive were not small, crushing the officers and troops outside the city in one fell swoop, and inflicting a large number of casualties in the process of their retreat. According to conservative estimates, there should have been about 2,000 casualties among the officers and soldiers outside the city. There is also good news that although the ditch outside the city is more than two zhang wide, it is not deep, and because of the dry weather, there is no water in the ditch. These are all favorable conditions for the security army, but Zhang Chu found a very unfavorable situation for the security army, the officers and soldiers defending the city actually have artillery, and there are dozens of them, which is beyond Zhang Chu's imagination, an officer and army led by a general is so rich, well-equipped, and has sufficient firepower.

The artillery of the official army not only caused a large number of casualties to the musket team attacking the security army, but also threatened the artillery position of the security army outside the city, if the security army concentrated artillery bombardment of the city wall, it would inevitably be counterattacked by the official artillery, and the official army took advantage of the terrain on the city wall, and the range of its artillery was extended, and the artillery of the security army concentrated together became a good target. Judging from the effect of this attack on the city wall, the city wall of Yuncheng was very strong, and it took a long time to collapse the city wall with artillery. This produced a serious problem, Zhang Chu led his troops to attack Yuncheng mainly on the basis of using artillery to collapse the city wall, and did not consider using soldiers to forcibly enter the city to fight, Zhang Chu could not bear to do so, relying on soldiers to attack the city The huge casualties were unacceptable to Zhang Chu.

After arranging his subordinates to treat the wounded and gathering the team, Chen Qiang and Hu Zhiguang came to Zhang Chu and waited for the next order.

In the past two days, the security army has prepared a large number of siege equipment, but since its establishment, the security army has mostly relied on the terrain to kill and wound the enemy, and the kind of battle that is filled with soldiers' lives has not yet been experienced. Therefore, the two of them did not dare to give the order to attack the city easily, so they had to wait for Zhang Chu's decision.

Zhang Chu thought for a long time in front of the map, and finally issued an order, and the security army shifted the location of the attack and no longer took the city gate as the focus of the attack. The first battle just now defeated the officers and troops outside the city, and they are no longer afraid of their sneak attack from the side, and it is up to the security army to decide where to attack. The security army left part of the team to monitor the gate of Yuncheng to prevent the officers and soldiers from sneaking out of the city to attack, and the rest of the men and horses moved to an open area outside the city wall on the west side of Yuncheng.

The officers and soldiers in the city noticed the movement of the security army and responded urgently, transferring artillery and men to the western city wall.

Staff General Liu Lianxiang wore a helmet and armor, and his whole body was neatly dressed, looking majestic and majestic on the city wall to cheer for the officers and soldiers.

"When the thieves attacked, we shot them back with a rain of arrows, it seems that this thief is very afraid of death, if they attack the city again, we kill a group of thieves and they will retreat. I told the salt merchant that after repelling the attack of the thieves this time, the soldiers who participated in the meeting would each be rewarded with five taels of silver, and ten taels of silver for killing a thief. The generals around Liu Lianxiang echoed.

The officers and soldiers on the city wall listened expressionlessly. The artillery bombardment of the security army just now seriously hit the morale of the officers and soldiers, and the battalion of tens of thousands of people collapsed in an instant, with thousands of casualties, all caused by the artillery of the security forces. Although the walls of Yuncheng are strong, the cannonballs will still hit the city walls, and they will die if they hide on the city walls, which has caused them huge psychological pressure.

While the defenders of Yuncheng were worried about their future, the siege troops of the security army moved again. "If you want less blood, you have to sweat more." This is the slogan put forward by Zhang Chuxin. Soldiers of the Security Army swung shovels from the range of the officers' artillery and began to dig communication trenches. More than a dozen zigzag communication trenches were constantly approaching the city wall, and the staff general immediately ordered the artillery to open fire, but it was very difficult for the shells to penetrate the communication trenches, and the shelling could not stop the work of the security forces from digging the trenches. Half a day passed, the security army's communication trench had been dug a little outside the range of the city's bow and arrow, and began to dig to form trenches on both sides, and the officers and soldiers in the city gave up after several test shots with bows and arrows, and the range of bows and arrows could not reach the security army's trenches at all. The security army was not so polite, after the trenches were dug out, while expanding to both sides, they arranged for the musketeers to keep an eye on the city wall, and when they found the figure of the officers and soldiers, they opened fire, and the new muskets showed their power, and the effective range far exceeded the bow and arrow, and the entire city wall was within the effective killing distance of the musketeers. However, after a while, the officers and soldiers also discovered the difference between muskets and bows and arrows, muskets can only be fired, not thrown, as long as they are not close to the edge of the city wall, they are safe.

The general immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to hide inside the city walls and mobilized a large number of archers. I thought to myself: "As long as the security army advances a little further and enters the range of the bow and arrow, the thrown bow and arrow can nail them to the ground, but the archers will not suffer casualties, and the attack of the security army is doomed to failure."

When General Liu Lianxiang was wishful thinking, Zhang Chu received an urgent report: "Tens of thousands of officers and troops led by Hong Chengchou are hurrying towards Yuncheng, and the vanguard is less than 100 miles away from Yuncheng, and it will be possible to arrive in another day." (To be continued.) )