Zhu Youzhen did not return home this night. He and Qi Meifeng took turns to be on duty at night, although it was difficult to have the opportunity to be alone, no matter who took the time to nap, they all had a sweet smile on their faces.

And the thief seems to know how to cooperate, and he didn't come back all night. Under the influence of the spirit, although he only slept for a short time, Zhu Youzhen also felt refreshed, and his whole body was full of small universes.

Just after the dawn of the next day, the Qin soldiers had just eaten breakfast, and the attack of the thieves began again. The method of attack was the same as yesterday, and under the cover of various "shields", they were still shooting at the head of the city at a distance of fifty or sixty paces.

Zhu Youzhen didn't have much to do about it. Firepower suppression is not feasible, there are only a few hundred bird guns in his hands, and in yesterday's battle, although the Qin soldiers had paid great attention to protecting the guns, they still scrapped seven or eight. If it is still fought today as it was yesterday, the number of scrapped will only increase.

Although the arsenal in Qinwangzhuang has stopped other projects and made every effort to produce bird guns, it can produce five or six pieces a day on average. If the rate of attrition is greater than the rate of production, such a tactic is obviously unsustainable.

Fortunately, the attack of the thieves was not strong, so Zhu Youzhen asked the Qin soldiers to stop using the bird guns and instead use bows and arrows to shoot at the thieves.

It turned out that when the Qin soldiers were formed, Zhu Youzhen established the idea of taking firearms as the main direction of development. However, when firearm technology is not yet mature, cold weapons cannot be abandoned. The reason why the Ming army could not defeat the Jurchens was largely because of their over-reliance on unreliable firearms, and to a large extent abandoned traditional cold weapons. This is like a toddler in Handan, not only did he not learn other people's footwork, but he even forgot how to walk the aisle, and it was strange if he didn't fall hard.

Therefore, at least for the time being, Zhu Youshi put the training of bird guns and bows and arrows in an equally important position. Although the Qin army was also divided into cavalry and infantry, these two trainings were for everyone.

Especially after obtaining ten Japanese longbows, Zhu Youzhen increased his attention to bows and arrows. With a range of up to 200 paces, this weapon can be used skillfully and flexibly, enriching the variety of tactics and inflicting surprise blows on the enemy.

But there are still too few longbows, and there are not many soldiers who can use them well. Therefore, in this battle, the Qin soldiers still used ordinary short bows.

Despite this, in this confrontation, the Qin soldiers still had the advantage. First of all, they have the advantage of the terrain, and they are condescending, and this light can be too big. Although the thieves had shields to cover, they could only block the front of them, and it was still difficult to resist the arrows shot diagonally from above, and from time to time they were shot down a few times.

As for the arrows shot by the thieves, the Qin soldiers could easily dodge as long as they lowered their bodies slightly and used the battlements of the city wall to protect their bodies. The two sides shot at each other for a long time, and the wooden doors and windows of the city gate tower were almost shot into a hornet's nest by the thieves, but there were very few injured Qin soldiers.

Secondly, the training level of the thieves and the Qin soldiers is not the same. The thieves had no professional training at all, some were highly talented and shot more accurately, while others were simply indiscriminate, and the arrows they shot were also disorganized, and they even fell with all their strength before they reached the city.

The movements of the Qin soldiers were uniform, and they maintained a steady rhythm like using bird guns. With each shot, a tight web of arrows is formed, enveloping the rogue.

The firing continued for a while, and the thieves suffered more casualties than yesterday, and had to retreat in disarray. On the Qin soldiers' side, only a few people were shot in the shoulders and upper limbs and other parts that were easily exposed, and none of them were seriously injured.

After tossing and turning like this several times, the thieves did not make any progress at all, but instead left more than a hundred corpses by the moat. If the battle continues like this, Zhu Youzhen will simply want to go back to his house and sleep.

But seeing that it was almost noon, there was a sudden uproar in the camp of thieves in the distance, and the team finally came up!

To tell the truth, whether it was Zhu Youzhen or ordinary Qin soldiers, they all hoped that the thieves would attack in a big way. After fighting for more than a day, the strength of both sides is almost understood, if the thieves rush up like this, they can only die early and survive early!

But everyone immediately realized that this group of enemies was completely different from yesterday's thieves. Not only were they all ragged and terrified, but they had no decent weapons at all: some with hoes, some with rakes, and some with their bare hands! Even though they were far away, the defenders could feel that these people did not look like soldiers who had come to attack the city, but like domestic animals driven to the slaughterhouse!

At this time, the thieves in the east, west, and south directions also launched at the same time. Zhu Youzhen was surprised, but Li Dingguo hurried over and said, "Your Highness, the last general knows what's going on!" These people are all ordinary people from neighboring counties, and they are all coerced by thieves to attack the city! ”

"Damn it!" Only then did Zhu Youzhen suddenly realize, no wonder the enemy army was missing a few thousand yesterday, it turned out that he went to a neighboring county to arrest strong men! All the generals guessed wrong, and they didn't expect Li Zicheng to be so ruthless, but in more than half a day, he coerced 10,000 or 20,000 people to join the army!

"Your Highness, what should I do?" All the generals looked at Zhu Youzhen blankly, waiting for him to make a decision. From their eyes, Zhu Youzhen clearly saw hesitation and reluctance!

It's no wonder that if the thieves who came to attack the city were thieves who did a lot of evil and killed people, of course the Qin soldiers were unceremonious to them, and they wanted to let them die as miserably as possible.

But now all the people who come are ordinary people, who were honestly farming at home yesterday, but today they are forced to come to attack the city! The Qin soldiers are also from ordinary people, who are not relatives from ten miles and eight towns. In the face of a fellow with a similar accent and may even be related to him, who can do it!

But what if you don't defend and the walls are really breached?

This is clearly a dilemma, and whoever chooses either one will suffer great pain and conscience. However, as the commander of the first army, this decision had to be made again!

Zhu Youzhen stared at the blood-red eyes, looked at the approaching siege army, was silent for a moment, and finally roared: "Bird hand, suppress the fire!" ”

"Your Highness, you can't shoot!" Xie Yong also rushed over at this time, immediately knelt down on his knees, hugged Zhu Youzhen's leg and cried bitterly, "These people are not thieves, they are all the fathers and villagers of the soldiers!" ”

Zhu Youzhen also held back his tears, but tried his best to control the twitching of the corners of his mouth, and said viciously: "Get up for me!" How does this king usually tell you, as a general, he is not in charge of the army! It is pitiful that the people are driven by thieves, but if we fail to defend the city, we will not even have a chance to avenge them! Fuck off, fire me! ”

Gunfire rang out at the head of the city, and the people who rushed to the front immediately fell in a pool of blood. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly turned his head, but two lines of tears finally burst out of his eyes!