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The cold wind was still tight, and in this very cold weather, people stood at the city wall for a while and froze all over. In the northwest corner of the Beiguan city wall, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu were both holding clairvoyant mirrors and looking in the direction of the west gate of Luoyang.

Plumes of smoke drifted from the west to the north pass, with a pungent smell of gunpowder and a smell of blood. As far as the eye can see, the field to the west seems to be a formation of intruders covering the ground, and on the periphery are groups of cavalry and horses roaring.

About two miles away from Beiguan, on the east, north, and west sides, there are one after another intrusive army formations on the Pingchuan, and it seems that there are tens of thousands of people. The effect of these intruders on the siege of Beiguan without fighting is to contain the soldiers and horses of Beiguan, so that they cannot go out of the pass to rescue the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang City.

It seems that although Li Zicheng has a poor strategic vision, he is still proficient in various tactics of using troops.

Hearing Wang Dou's words, Chen Yongfu beside him responded thoughtfully: "Yes, but Luoyang City is guarded by my forward battalion and the 3,000 elite of the Shunxiang Army, and there should be no problem in holding the city." ”

His face was calm and unchanging, only a faint trace of worry in his eyes showed that he was not at peace in his heart.

There were shouts of killing from the east, south, and west gates of Luoyang City, but the west gate was the most violent, and it was obvious that the direction of the main attack of the soldiers was there. In fact, the soldiers also tried to attack the north gate, but Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu guarded the north pass, which was only two miles away from the north gate of Luoyang, and was within the strike range of the city's artillery.

When more than 10,000 soldiers attacked the north gate of Luoyang, the gunners of the Shunxiang army in Beiguan immediately opened fire, and the ten Hongyi cannons of the Shunxiang army and the captured thirty general Franc machine guns opened fire together, forming an extremely dense rain of bullets, and before more than a quarter of an hour, the army attacking the north gate of Luoyang collapsed.

Moreover, when the gunners of the Shunxiang Army in Beiguan opened fire, the gunners of the Ming Army at the North Gate also responded with artillery, and the front and rear flanks made these attacking troops even more painful and accelerated their collapse. In the end, Li Guangheng led the cavalry to rush out of the North Pass to chase and kill for a while, and even made them run wolf, and they did not dare to attack the idea of the north gate of Luoyang from then on.

A main city, plus the advantage of four small levels is here, if it is properly coordinated, that kind of three-dimensional defensive firepower will increase the defensive power of the city several times, but if the defenders have no fighting spirit, no matter how strong the city is, it is useless.

Wang Dou held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, it was the first moment of Shen Shi, about three o'clock in the afternoon, he estimated that the offensive of the intrusive army should be almost the same today.

Unexpectedly, after receiving a report, a personal guard beside Wang Yinchang, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, urgently came to ask for help, saying that the thieves were inexhaustible, one after another, and the artillery fire was fierce, hoping that General Wang and Chen Junmen would send reinforcements again, and in addition, he also hoped that Wang Dou would transfer the thirty general cannons to the West Gate for use.

Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu glanced at each other, and sneered in their hearts, it seems that Li Zicheng is very determined, and he wants to go to Luoyang one day, but with his own presence, he is doomed to tragedy.

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There are more than 1,000 people in Chen Yongfu's forward battalion in Beiguan, and there are Wen Fangliang, Gao Shiyin, Li Guangheng, Gao Xun and others of the Shunxiang Army, and the troops are extremely abundant.

Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu briefly discussed a few words, and decided to send a total of 1,000 troops under Gao Xun's command, together with 30 general Franc machine guns, into the city to support the battle at the west gate of Luoyang. As for the ammunition of the thirty generals' cannons, they naturally need to be supported in the city.

Under the cover of Li Guangheng's cavalry, Gao Xun led his army, as well as the relevant gunners under Zhao Xuan, to escort 30 general Franc machine guns out of the city from the south gate of Beiguan, and entered the city from the north gate of Luoyang along the official road.

Although the intruding army outside Beiguan was aware of the movement in the city, they were far away and were afraid of Beiguan's artillery fire and cavalry, so they had to watch this reinforcement enter the city.

With the support of Wang Dou's military strength, Wang Yinchang and Yang Garrison of the West Gate were overjoyed, and the morale of the cityhead army was even more uplifted. After the defenders had repelled the invading army with fire pots, they repelled another wave of attacks by the intruding army.

And this time it's quite difficult, after all, it's not as good as the ash bottle stone, and there are not many inventory of enemies and fire pots in the city, so you need to save on it. As soon as the density of these 10,000 enemies and the fire pot thrown out was low, it almost allowed the wave of troops to attack the city, and the dense siege army was too much, and the waves did not seem to stop.

Fortunately, it was still repulsed, and now with the support of the artillery of the Shunxiang Army, Wang Yinchang and others are more sure.

However, as soon as Gao Xun entered the city, his army was transferred to the south gate. Now the offensive of the East Gate and the South Gate is becoming more and more fierce, although the defenders of the South Gate are supported by Chen Yongfu's 1,000 forward battalion sergeants, but they are still not enough. ,

An artillery army under the command of Zhao Xuan pulled the thirty general Franc machine guns up to Xicheng, and did not care about greeting Wu Zhengchun and others, and immediately entered the battle, because the horn sounded again in the position of the army behind the Tutai, and another wave of attacks was about to begin.

It was customary for each wave of invading troops to perform their artillery on the platform.

For these artillery of the invading army, Wang Yinchang and others in the west city of Luoyang also suffered a lot, and the more than 100 artillery pieces of the invading army continued to bombard, and every time the defenders of the city could not raise their heads, not to mention, the strong city wall battlements were also collapsed by them several times, and then they did not suppress it, for fear that the city wall would always be blasted out of the gap by them.

However, this time was different, those Chuang army artillery encountered a strong opponent, in the west outside the city of the army just opened artillery, the Shunxiang army at the head of the city has set up artillery, under the search of the artillery mirror and clairvoyant mirror, one after another to find the target, carry out a fierce counterattack.

Thirty General Franc cannons were fired at the same time, perfectly expounding what is a rain of bullets, what is the perfect combination of speed and accuracy, and what is a classic shelling.

Perhaps a skilled Franco gunner can fire a shot in twenty seconds, but most of the original officers and soldiers in Xicheng can only shoot one shot a minute, and it is difficult to say the accuracy.

Every time the gunners of the Shunxiang Army fired a cannon, they didn't even want it for twenty seconds, they fired the cannon, then loaded the gun, and fired the cannon, accurately and ruthlessly. The perfect artillery was an eye-opener for the officers and soldiers in the city, and it turned out that the artillery could still be fought like this.

The stormy shells poured down on the various earthen platforms, but the distance of two hundred paces made the accuracy of the gunners of the Shunxiang Army amazing, and the artillery of the Chuang Army was fixed there. After determining the angle, you don't need to move, and you are condescending, just like hitting a target.

The roaring five-pound guns smashed one by one on the various earthen platforms, smashing the earthen platform gun wheels rolling, severed limbs and flesh flying, and the undead intruders scurried everywhere.

The head of the city also concentrated the general's artillery, bombarding the several big earthen platforms together, and placed some of the general's wolf machine guns on the side of the army, and those artillery were the greatest threat to Xicheng. After a rain of bullets passed, all its artillery was smashed, not to mention, and all the intruders on an earthen platform were killed.

It didn't take long for the more than 100 artillery pieces of the intruding army, which were caused by the officers and soldiers of the city, to be almost dumb, and there was no longer a threat to the city. Wang Yinchang and Yang Shoubei were dumbfounded, and the Luoyang Township Yong and the officers and soldiers in the west city also looked at each other, those Shunxiang soldiers were really gods.

The camp outside the city was also quiet for a long time, and even the fierce war drums stopped, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. It was a long time before their trumpets sounded again, and another wave of intruders came against the black pressure of the ladder.

The merciless cannonballs fell on their heads, and the five-pound cannons swept across their heads, and the charging intruders were either torn in two by the shells, and the crimson flesh and blood were flying, or a huge blood hole appeared in the body, and the inner intestines that were dissolved in the middle of the body were broken. Or the whole thigh, the whole arm is broken, the blood gushes out like a fountain, the severed limbs are fleshy, the blood mist is filled, and it looks even more cold in this cold weather.

This is an asymmetrical war, that is, there are many soldiers, but in front of this sharp firearm, it also looks so small.

This terrifying metal storm made those intruders almost collapse on the spot, but in front of the old camp of the horse team, they still endured their fear and continued to rush.

Maybe this is the last wave of attacks today, or maybe Li Zicheng has the idea of going down to Luoyang City today, so there are a lot of troops in this wave of attacks, and the frame is also extremely crazy.

Wu Zhengchun held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the crowd of black pressure outside the city, there were shield soldiers who broke into the army, and more hungry soldiers with spears and wooden sticks. Their flags were also in disarray, many of them were sticks of cloth with sticks of wood drawn on them, perhaps only they could recognize.

Of course, their expressions were the same, hoarse and desperate, their faces distorted and frenzied, and there was a kind of hope on them.

Maybe they are all thinking that after Luoyang is defeated, they and their families will be able to eat and clothe themselves, but what should they do after eating Luoyang City? This is something they can't think of, perhaps, they don't want to think about.

"Poor man."

Wu Zhengchun was silent for a long time, then turned around and shouted: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Protection!"

A thunderous shout sounded, and all the Shunxiang troops responded solemnly, although they were less than a thousand, but the momentum was better than that of thousands of troops. Their neat shouts like thunder also frightened the Luoyang garrison officers and soldiers around them, and they all looked at them in fear. ,

The Shunxiang military order was forbidden, and after Wu Zhengchun's order was handed down, the officers immediately passed down the order layer by layer, and the shouts of the city's head one after another sounded: "Prepare for battle, line up." ”

The city wall is wide, and the sergeants under the command of Wu Zhengchun are assembled and lined up on the city, with the bird soldiers in front and the pikemen in the back. This tactic was handed down after fighting the Qing soldiers at Shunxiang Fort that year, and it proved to be effective.

And the soldiers knew that this time the intrusion was very likely to attack the city, and they all clenched the weapons in their hands, and there was nervousness in their expressions, and more excitement.

For them, they are not afraid to fight the enemy, on the contrary, their hearts are full of desire.

The atmosphere of the East Road is that military merit is the most, that is, no matter how rich you are, your status in the East Road is not as good as an ordinary soldier in the Shunxiang Army. Hearing the battle and rejoicing is the general atmosphere in the Shunxiang army. The more military merits you have, the richer you will be, the more power you will have, and the more status you will have in the future.

Wang Yinchang was shocked by the influx of troops, and he couldn't help but come to Wu Zhengchun's front and said: "Mr. Wu Qian, the thieves are fierce, can you hold this city?" ”

Looking at the expectant eyes of those Luoyang soldiers and civilians, Wu Zhengchun said: "With my Shunxiang army, who can break the city?" ”

His tone was very flat, but there was an unspeakable pride in his words, which made Wang Yinchang feel relieved. He glanced at the soldiers of the Shunxiang Army lined up in the city, and was shocked: "Mr. Wu Qian, what is this?" ”

Wu Zhengchun hugged his fists and said: "Bingxian, this time the thief is very important, and the last general thinks that it is better to put the thief soldiers on the city, kill the thief at the city, and hit the thief hard." ”

Wang Yinchang was taken aback: "Put it on the city? ”

He understands his own family affairs, the local soldiers and civilians in Luoyang, if they defend the city, it is fine, if the thieves go to the city and fall into hand-to-hand combat, the city will be broken and lost.

However, looking at Wu Zhengchun's resolute expression, and then looking at the ironclad army behind him, Wang Yinchang gritted his teeth fiercely, this army is famous all over the world, Wu Zhengchun must be very sure when he says this. Although there were only a few waves of Ximen officers and soldiers and the soldiers of the Township Yongshe who fought happily, their morale still relied on this army, Wu Zhengchun was so confident and the military situation was like this, so he took a gamble.

He said viciously: "Okay, just according to what Wu Qian said." ”

He gave the order to go down and resolutely defend the city, if the thieves were really unstoppable, the officers and soldiers and the soldiers of the township warrior society would retreat to the side of the Shunxiang army.

After the order was handed down, Wang Yinchang held Wu Zhengchun's hand again and said: "Mr. Wu Qian, Luoyang City cannot be lost, it must be defended." ”

Wu Zhengchun looked resolute: "Rest assured, the city is here, and the city is dead." ”

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Sure enough, this wave of intruders was released, and under their tidal impact, no matter how the ash bottles on the city were beating stones, the ten thousand enemies, and the fire pots, the defenders at the head of the city were fighting from the front of the city wall, and attacking from the side of the horses.

The black sea of people soon filled the narrow area between the sheep and horse walls and the city wall, and they frantically erected ladders one after another, which were pushed down by the ramming rod and burned by the fire pot, and they quickly erected another ladder.

Finally, one after another ladders were erected, and the dense intruders climbed up.

Outside the city, a tidal wave of cheers rang out from the intruding army, and the city was about to be broken.

Wang Yinchang's face was pale, and next to him was the Yang garrison who was also like earth, and he couldn't hold it according to the city, so he had to count on the Shunxiang army. They looked at the soldiers of the Shunxiang Army in the direction of the inner wall, they were still standing in a solemn formation, and they didn't seem to be affected by the military situation in front of them in the slightest.

Under the shouts of the Luoyang officers, the sergeants under the command of Yang Garrison retreated to the side of the Shunxiang soldiers. The formation of the Shunxiang army is segmented, after all, there are few people, and it is impossible to take care of the entire section of the city wall. It was these officers and soldiers who filled in the blanks.

They imitated the Shunxiang army in a chaotic manner, with sergeants armed with rockets, bows and arrows, birds, and three-eyed guns in front, and soldiers armed with spears or broadswords behind. As for those township warriors, Wu Zhengchun meant to let them go down to the city to better free up open space to kill the enemy, but there were still some brave community soldiers and village warriors who stayed and were ready to behead in exchange for silver.

Especially those social soldiers wearing worry-free ribbons, they are all the children of wealthy families in the city, at this time in the unkempt times, every household is equipped with all kinds of weapons to protect. At this time, the weapons they held in their hands were either broadswords, spears, or strong bows and crossbows, and many of them also had bird guns or three-eyed guns in their hands, which were more sophisticated than those used by officers and soldiers in terms of quality. The Ming people have always been like this, and the weapons created by the people are often of better quality and more advanced than those used by the army.

Originally, these weapons were all controlled weapons, and the government has always strictly forbidden the use of them by the people, but now in the unstable world, the laws of the government have long become a dead letter, and who cares? The sale of all kinds of weapons by officers and soldiers to wealthy families was one of their sources of income. ,

After Luoyang City formed a social army under Wang Dou's suggestion, theoretically there were 50 social soldiers in each society, and those who had hundreds of gold producers had to send one soldier, and those who had thousands of gold producers had to send two soldiers.

Especially those leaders who lead a society of 50 people, as well-known students and squires in the city, they have more guards and more sophisticated weapons, although there are more than 3,000 soldiers in Luoyang City, the actual number is more.

This social soldier can be described as a typical landlord arm, and it is impossible for him to compromise with the rogue. In particular, there are some social soldiers, or landlords and squires who fled from the lost prefectures and counties of Henan Prefecture, and their family property was basically confiscated by the invading army, and they have a bitter hatred for the rogues outside the city, so it is not surprising that they stayed to kill the enemy.

The city wall seemed to be quiet, whether it was the Shunxiang army, the garrison officers and soldiers, and the township warrior soldiers, they were all breathless, just looking closely at the direction of the battlements.

The waiting time was short, but everyone felt that a century had passed, and finally, one after another felt hats poked out from the ladders, and under the felt hats, there were nervous, vicious, or distorted faces, which were the shield soldiers in the army, as the vanguard death squads.

They held shields, broadswords, axes and other weapons copied from the arsenals of the lost states and counties, and one by one they wanted to jump into the city.

In an instant, the walls of the city were filled with the shouts of those officers and soldiers and the soldiers of the village warriors, and all their firing weapons were fired at the intruders who showed their heads. Rockets, bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, bird guns, three-eyed guns, etc., for a time the arrows in the city wall roared, and the sound of guns was loud.

Under their attack, these first wave of intruders were the most unlucky, and many of them showed their heads, and their whole heads were hit by an unknown number of arrows, and they fell down the ladder screaming.

There was a bearded guy who was most unlucky, and the rockets of an officer and soldier hit him almost all on the head, and his whole head and face were densely packed, like a hedgehog or straight or obliquely inserted with dozens of rocket arrows, and he couldn't even scream, so he fell straight down the city.

The fierce hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city began, compared with the urgency of the officers and soldiers and the soldiers of the township bravery, the soldiers of the Shunxiang Army under Wu Zhengchun were much calmer, and they saw the target and then fought, and waited for the soldiers to jump on the head of the city and then fight. After all, at such a close distance, there is no one who misses the firecracker, and the difference is only between hitting the head or the body.

The sound of popping beans sounded one after another, bursts of white smoke spread from all parts of the city wall, and one by one the invading soldiers jumped down from the ladder with a howl, first the intruders who entered the city with shields and swords, and then the hungry soldiers who held spears and wrapped red scarves around their heads.

Although it was a new army, the harsh training still made the sergeants under Wu Zhengchun's command calm and composed, all of them had excellent and thick armor, iron helmets on their heads, and outstanding weapons in their hands. One by one, the intruders jumped up, though they had shields in their hands, and the shields were made of planks, except for some of them, which were simple and homemade in their army. Some of them were leather shields captured from officers and soldiers, or wooden shields covered with iron, but they did not work at all.

The Qing soldiers' several layers of heavy armor can't stop the firearms of the Shunxiang army, how can the intruding army stop it? The distance between the two sides was at most a few steps, a dozen steps, and they bombarded them with their guns, no matter what kind of shield they had in their hands, they were smashed on the spot, and the force was so strong that they almost vomited blood and flew out, and fell heavily on the city wall behind them, half dead.

If the shield did not cover the Shunxiang Army's firearms and was hit on the body, it would be even worse, and a big hole was directly broken in the body and flew out. Some of the intruders were covered with armor, but under the bombardment of the Shunxiang army, it may also bring them the slightest safety.

This is true of the intruders, not to mention the hungry soldiers who jump up, and the red turbans with spears are even more crazy because they want to enjoy the treatment of foot soldiers. From one meal a day to two meals a day, so that although they were yellow-skinned, ragged, and poorly equipped than foot soldiers, their expressions and eyes were more vicious, and their howls were more hoarse.

However, no matter whether they are vicious or calm, in the face of sharp firearms, the end is either death or injury.

The deafening sound of fire guns on the head of the city was higher and higher, watching the soldiers who jumped on the city fall one after another under the Shunxiang firearms, the officers and soldiers next to them and the soldiers of the Township Yongshe were dumbfounded, the power of the Shunxiang military bird guns made them feel cold, and everyone thought about what would happen if they were beaten with a gun.

In particular, the indifferent expression of Shun Xiangjun was like a neat and mechanical tool, which made them feel cold in their hearts. ,

Wang Yinchang and Yang Garrison, who had already hid in the city tower and handed over the command to Wu Zhengchun, were also chilled, glad that this army was not their enemy. They saw that not far from them, a Shunxiang soldier might be only two paces away at close range, and one shot could penetrate two hungry soldiers who rushed up.

The two hungry soldiers flew out with their mouths wide open and an incredible look in their eyes.

But when they crashed into the wall, they knocked down a step from a battlement that was about to climb up. The unlucky guy didn't say that he was dead, and his falling body, like a wolf's tooth slapping and a righteous night, slapped all the more than a dozen intruders on the ladder to the ground.

The queue under Wu Zhengchun's command was a group of bird soldiers, and a group of pikemen behind them, so there were two long columns in front of the inner wall, with sections of officers and soldiers and village warriors in between. After the bird soldier fired, if the intruder jumped up to the left and right in front of him did not die, then the pikeman stepped forward to assassinate him.

In this way, at first, these soldiers still fought according to the natural reaction after harsh training, and subconsciously they were a little nervous, and their cooperation was a little flustered. Soon, however, they calmed down and became more skilled in combat. War is the best way to train a person, an army.

"Bang bang bang!"

The first team of sergeants of the second and third teams of the second and third teams, they held the bird guns, calmly rushed to the front of several intruders who jumped off the ladder and pulled the board machine, these people were shot, with a look of surprise on their faces, and then the strong force made them fall out.

As they lay on the ground or leaned against the walls, they looked incredulously at the gaping holes in their bodies, at the hot blood gushing out like a fountain from there, and even at the large intestines and small intestines flowing out of them, and then they screamed loudly.

No one paid any attention to them, and after the bird-fired soldiers of the army finished firing, they immediately retreated, and a group of ironclad pikemen behind them stepped forward.

These pikemen, they are wearing fine iron armor, thick and sturdy, with an eight-petal hat and an iron-tipped helmet on their heads, only team officers in the Ming army, and even officers of the general level can have, and the upper hand is an armor-piercing steel cone spear, which can pierce the opponent's excellent armor, not to mention that there are very few people wearing iron armor in the army, not even leather armor, and there is cotton armor to snicker.

They stood silently with their guns in their arms, in an assassinating stance, and when several of the intruders came up with their guns with their swords and knives howling, they shouted at the same time, and the spears in their hands pierced into their vital parts like lightning. Although they were a team, they were actually divided into two groups, and each time two people faced each other, and the captain of the army was holding a spear to cover and command.

How can the intruders who came to the city cooperate, even if there are many people, they can't show the advantage of manpower, and they are all fighting alone.

An intruder came up with a shield cover, and a pikeman of the same army stabbed him to the right like lightning, and the intruder was also a veteran, and the shield blocked the tip of the spear, but unexpectedly another spear came viciously, "Poof! With a bang, the spear pierced his entire head, and as soon as the barrel of the spear was drawn, the flesh and blood shot out with the yellow-white brain.

When the intruder fell, he still had a dead look, he was originally an officer and soldier, and he was also a good hand after surrendering to the intruder, and he had fought several battles in his life, not that he had never seen blood and fire, but he unexpectedly died silently like this.

In the blink of an eye, the sabers and shields who had entered the city were dead, followed by a group of hungry soldiers armed with spears, and when they entered the city, they saw blood all over the ground, corpses of all kinds, and many of their own soldiers screaming in pain.

Then their eyes were drawn to the officers and soldiers with flat-ended spears on the wall ahead, their iron armor was already covered with blood, and their spears were like hedgehogs with blood dropping down, but this was no match for their palpitating cold gaze.

They looked at themselves like this, and when these hungry soldiers felt a chill in their hearts, and before they could react, the officers and soldiers had already rushed up, and these hungry soldiers subconsciously wanted to wave their spears, but how could the movements be as fast as these Shunxiang troops?

A pikeman's gun shaft pushed, the blade of the spear directly broke into the soft lower abdomen of a hungry soldier, a puff of blood mist brought out, and the bloody blade quickly sent into the heart of a hungry soldier behind him, several spears like bloodthirsty vipers stabbed, stabbed again, and left several dead corpses on the city wall.

The captain is a veteran who has experienced the battle of the giant deer, and he can't help but nod when he sees this, after this battle, several brothers under his command are considered mature.

By this time, the Birdmen behind them had already loaded their elixirs, and the pikemen retreated behind them, waiting for another cycle for themselves.

Their effective killing, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers next to them and the soldiers of the township brave society, they all breathed cold air.

These Shunxiang soldiers are really too afraid. To outsiders, their movements were neat and aesthetically pleasing, and when the birds were fired, a long line of smoke filled the city, and then it seemed to spread out a forest of silver light at the head of the city, and they continued to press forward until they devoured all the enemies in front of them.

Killing enemies is like a leisurely stroll but extremely effective, beautiful is beautiful, but it is unlucky to meet such an opponent.

Wang Yinchang and Yang Shoubei both thought: "Fortunately, it is a friendly army, otherwise it would be bad luck for eight lifetimes to meet such an opponent." I heard that Wu Qian's command is only a new army in the Shunxiang army, if it is those veterans who fought from the Battle of Julu and the Battle of Pinggu, how strong will they be? ”

At the same time, the two were secretly happy: "Wu Qian said that he could defend the city, and it was true." ”！ ~！