On August 11 of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Mao time.

All the Liukou began to assemble at the south gate, including the Liukou at the east gate, all of them were evacuated cleanly, and all of them began to concentrate at the south gate, and this situation was quickly reported to Su Tiancheng and Sun Chuanting.

There is no doubt that the rogues are preparing to launch a large-scale attack in a round, and the purpose of concentrating their forces is to be able to carry out the attack better.

At this time, Su Tiancheng and Sun Chuanting had to make a decision.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion guarding the capital city of Kuizhou cannot all be concentrated at the south gate, this is absolutely impossible to do, the people waiting by Zhu Cihong's side must not be less, and there must be soldiers waiting at the west gate and the north gate.

After the night passed, Di Huaixiang reported the good news, the artillery can fire, but the distance of the rogue is too close, the role of the red-coat cannon and the general cannon is not very large, but the Fran cannon and the tiger squat cannon can still exert their power.

After the arrangement, the number of soldiers of the Jiangning battalion guarding the south gate has increased to 3,000, which is already the limit, and it is impossible to have more, and the people who are waiting by Zhu Cihong's side must not be less.

At the end of the day, a large-scale offensive began again.

Su Tiancheng, Sun Chuanting and others, who had not slept all night, looked at the rogues who came over densely, Fang Fengnian was used to blood, and became a lot calmer, he finally understood the cruelty of war.

The long-lost cannon fire finally rang out.

Shells fell in the middle of the ranks.

There are also not many shells in the Jiangning battalion, and it is unlikely to last long. However, these shells can still deal a heavy blow to the rogues.

Artillery and screams came at the same time.

Su Tiancheng held a telescope and finally saw Li Zicheng.

Under the handsome banner of Liukou, a middle-aged man rode a white horse, surrounded by many people, and the middle-aged man had a national face. The expression looks very resolute, a wisp of beard is very conspicuous, the face is pale, I am afraid it is also the result of a sleepless night, and I can faintly see the black under the eye circles, and a pair of eyes are full of bloodshots.

This is his opponent, Li Zicheng, who is truly praised by Su Tiancheng as an opponent, and Li Zicheng, who is very famous in history.

Everything has changed.

A wave of pride surged up from Su Tiancheng's heart. If it weren't for his own crossing, history would not have changed, this Li Zicheng would eventually enter the city of Beijing, forcing Zhu Youzhen to commit suicide, and causing the Ming Dynasty to fall to the ground, and it was also this Li Zicheng who made a mistake in dealing with the Houjin issue, after Wu Sangui surrendered to Houjin. He fled from the city of Beijing in a hurry, completely destroying all the fruits of victory. handed Jiangshan to Houjin.

All this must not happen, because I have crossed over.

The attack of the rogues is no longer a square formation, and countless people are swarming in.

The artillery was not able to stop their charge.

Su Tiancheng sighed secretly, it seems that Li Zicheng really has good ability. Under such circumstances, some of the armies that were still able to make the Liukou desperately charge, and the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed long ago.

Courage alone is not enough, Li Zicheng relies on courage. Desperate, it seems that it is already the most difficult struggle, if the Jiangning battalion soldiers can fight this round of attack, I am afraid that Li Zicheng will change his mind and start thinking about escaping, if this situation really occurs, Su Tiancheng is still very embarrassed, the Jiangning battalion soldiers who are waiting for the capital city of Kuizhou are impossible to rush out of the city to pursue, the number is too small.

However, even if Li Zicheng leads the remnants of the defeated army to escape, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape far, this time, Su Tiancheng will never be soft, even if he chases to the ends of the earth, he will capture or kill Li Zicheng.

The brutal fight began, relying on the ladder, the rogues began to climb towards the top of the city wall, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, with the flintlock pistols in their hands, shot accurately, after the gunshot, the rogues who climbed up, kept falling, but more rogues, still desperately attacking.

Su Tiancheng didn't pay attention to the situation of the attack, his telescope has always been aimed at Li Zicheng under the Liukou Shuaiqi, that is his ultimate goal, as long as he can kill Li Zicheng, or capture Li Zicheng alive, the battle of Jiangning Battalion to exterminate Liukou will achieve a decisive victory.

Li Zicheng does not have such good conditions, he does not have a telescope in his hand, but he has been staring at the attacking sergeant, this is his most hopeful, if this attack, still not able to break through the city wall, it is estimated that there is not much hope, he does not dare to be too close, and he has to guard against the artillery on the wall all the time, by this time, he has already understood that Su Tiancheng and the Jiang Ning battalion have insight into their plans in advance, and have made sufficient preparations, firmly tying themselves and the army here for nearly a day.

Li Zicheng knew that he still underestimated Su Tiancheng.

But at this time, I am afraid it will be too late to retreat.

Since Su Tiancheng has sufficient preparations and plans, then the Jiangning camp must be nearby, if a large-scale retreat begins, it will definitely encounter the endless pursuit of the Jiangning camp, although the world is very big, but there is no place for the rebels and him.

After nearly a whole day of fierce fighting, the sergeants were exhausted, and the casualties were counted at night, and the number of casualties was only about 30,000, to say that the casualties of the sergeants were not devastating, after all, in every attack, many sergeants retreated, which was their so-called secret weapon, and the loss of the 3,000 people was only about 1,000 people, and there were nearly 2,000 people.

The key is morale, and the morale of the sergeants is extremely low.

This is a fact that Li Zicheng cannot change, after more than a year of rectification, today's righteous army is different from before, and before it, it suffered such a big loss, and the sergeants have long been dispersed.

But the scene in front of the city wall was too tragic, the corpses of countless sergeants were placed there, and it was too late to clean up, and the ground had already turned dark black, soaked in blood, and it was impossible for the attacking sergeants to turn a blind eye.

Half an hour passed, and the officer who commanded the attack couldn't help it, and did not wait for Li Zicheng to issue an order and make the decision to suspend the attack.

This time, the situation was a little strange, the order to suspend the attack had just been issued, the sergeant retreated like a tide, and the sergeant who climbed the ladder even jumped directly from the top of the ladder, some of them fell and were injured, sitting on the ground or on the corpses of their companions, moaning loudly or scolding, and some were very glad that they were not injured, and ran back for their lives.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion on the city wall also stopped shooting and let the rogues escape.

Maybe they didn't estimate that what seemed to be a fierce and large-scale attack ended like this, wouldn't it seem anticlimactic.

Su Tiancheng and Li Zicheng both understand.

Seeing this scene, Li Zicheng's face turned pale, his body even began to shake, the morale of the righteous army was scattered, the morale was lost, and it was impossible to continue to organize an effective attack, the only way was to gather the army and evacuate quickly, there may still be a glimmer of life, continue to delay here, it may be the fate of being surrounded, although it must be pursued by the Jiangning battalion, but as long as it can escape from the city, there will be a chance to make a comeback.

This is Li Zicheng's worst plan, the rest of the rebels will not be able to compete with the Jiangning battalion in the future, they are completely defeated by Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning battalion physically and mentally.

Liukou quickly retreated, Su Tiancheng did not appear happy, but his face became a little solemn.

The rogues retreated so quickly, one thing is obvious, that is, the rogues have no fighting spirit, and after nearly a day of attacking, the rogues who have not made any progress finally can't hold on in the face of huge casualties.

But then, it is very likely that the Liukou will escape, although such an escape seems a little embarrassed, and there is not much hope, but the development of things cannot be completely according to personal ideas, in case Li Zicheng escapes this time and continues to rebel in other places, the extermination of the Liukou will not obtain a decisive victory.

Li Zicheng must not be allowed to escape.

But Su Tiancheng can only have such an idea, and he can't take effective measures for the time being, the number of rogues outside the city gate still seems to be huge, if the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion rush out of the city, in such a narrow place, they can't exert their own advantages, and they are likely to be surrounded in the middle of the rogues, which will cause greater casualties.

The only thing I was looking forward to was that the army led by Hong Chengchou arrived as soon as possible.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion guarding the capital city of Kuizhou, after nearly a whole day of fierce fighting, lost nearly half, and they were also desperately persevering, all the soldiers did not close their eyes all night, and their spirits were highly nervous.

The combat effectiveness of the 90,000 Liukou did not leave too much impression on Su Tiancheng, but he felt Li Zicheng's command and coordination ability and prestige in the Liukou, which was the real danger.

Li Zicheng watched many officers quarrel, and most of the opinions were to retreat immediately, only a few of his sworn friends still insisted on attacking, saying that there was still a chance, and when the brothers retreated just now, the Ming army defending the city was not able to launch a decent attack.

In the past, these officers did not dare to argue so much in front of Li Zicheng, what kind of order Li Zicheng issued, everyone only had the part to carry it out, but now the situation is different, at least from the current situation, the righteous army will not be able to take the capital city of Kuizhou in a short period of time, unless the sergeant rests for a day or so, after cleaning up the battlefield, and then starts the attack again, but unfortunately there is still so much time. (To be continued......)