Looking at Li Zicheng with a cold face and Niu Jinxing, who was depressed on the surface, but showed a smug look in his eyes from time to time, Song Xiance touched the hand with the long beard under his chin and paused inadvertently, and his right hand holding the crutches turned white due to too much force.

For Li Zicheng and the Dashun army at this time, Song Xiance no longer has any expectations for them in his heart, the enemy is not thinking about how to repel the enemy army at present, but they are still keen on internal strife, can such a regime and army still be counted on?

At this time, there was a commotion everywhere on the city wall, and some low-ranking officers were ordering the soldiers who came up behind to carry the wounded and dead down the city wall.

At this time, Li Guo, who was in charge of guarding the south gate, said loudly: "King Chuang, it's not good, the enemy army has begun to attack." ”

"What, the enemy is attacking again?"

Li Zicheng was shocked, and hurriedly walked to the battlements and looked out, only to see that the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who had been staying more than 500 steps away outside the city, began to approach the city wall with neat steps.

Cheng Kai stood at the back of the team, the long knife in his hand pointed obliquely ahead, and in front of him were 20,000 heavily armed sergeants from four battalions of the Third Legion, these sergeants were wearing jet-black armor and holding mini rifles, and slowly walked to the city wall under the leadership of their respective thousand and hundred generals.

"Stop!"

When they came two hundred paces from the front of the wall, one of the guerrillas led by them shouted an order, and everyone stopped.

"Raise your gun!"

"Bang la la"

Countless Minnie rifles were raised by the sergeants, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the walls in front of them.

On the six-zhang high city wall in front, countless soldiers of the Great Shun Army were lying behind the battlements, nervously looking at the soldiers wearing those frightening black armor in front of them, these Great Zhou soldiers pinched the distance very accurately, no more, no less, exactly two hundred steps.

This distance was just outside of their attack range, and although they had the condescending advantage that their bows and arrows could shoot farther, two hundred paces was a bit too far for them.

Looking at the approaching Great Zhou army in front of him, Li Zicheng took a deep breath and asked, "Li Yan, isn't your Henan battalion equipped with a lot of firearms." Why didn't they come up and shoot at the enemy forces outside the city? ”

Looking at Li Zicheng's cold face and indifferent tone, the hearts of the surrounding generals couldn't help but tighten, this Li Zicheng was too ruthless, he had just been dismissed from the post of military advisor, and now even the title has changed. In the past, it was a call from Li Gongzi, but now it is called by Li Yan and Li Yan, and the process is very natural, without the slightest reluctance, which is chilling to hear.

But the strange Li Yan didn't seem to have any complaints about this, a trace of unknown sadness flashed in his eyes, he bowed down and bowed, and said expressionlessly: "King Qi, the Henan battalion under the command of the student does have a firecracker team, but these firecrackers are just arquebuses given to us by the Manchus, even if they can be replaced by flint after transformation, but the range has not been improved, and the farthest can only hit seventy paces, and the enemy army who wants to hit two hundred steps away is really powerless." ”

At this time, Li Yan also understood Li Zicheng for a long time, this guy who was born as a post man is purely a man who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, he can only share hardships and hardships but not wealth and prosperity, and when he was a rogue, he put on a polite and virtuous corporal appearance to everyone, in order to recruit talents, but when the glory and wealth are in hand, his greedy surname will be exposed, and anyone who does not agree with him will be kicked away by him, isn't he the best example?

"If it's not okay, pull them up first, in case someone attacks the city, they can help!" Niu Jinxing on the side spoke again, knowing that he would not die but suffer from the snake, and he was also very taboo about the Henan camp in Li Yan's hands, and he would never let go of the opportunity to consume Li Yan's strength.

Li Yan ignored Niu Jinxing's words, but turned his gaze to Li Zicheng.

I saw Li Zicheng cough lightly, nodded and said: "Niu Cheng Niu's words are very reasonable, only your Henan battalion in my Dashun army is equipped with a large number of firearms, which is very useful for defending the city, you don't have to excuse yourself, hurry up and transfer your Henan battalion up." ”

Li Yan endured the grief and indignation in his heart, bowed his head and said, "Since King Chuang has ordered so, Li Yan will obey the order." ”

After speaking, he summoned a herald and gave him a few commands, and the herald went quickly, leaving Li Yan standing alone at a battlement, and the breeze from the sky blew his sideburns to cover one side of his face, looking very lonely.

Although the surrounding generals were very sympathetic to Li Yan in their hearts, in the face of Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, they obviously took the action of protecting themselves, and even Liu Zongmin, the number two person in the powerful faction in the Dashun army, and Song Xiance did not dare to make any intimate actions against Li Yan at this time, let alone others.

At this time, the Great Zhou army in front of them moved again, only to see that the military formation in the rear gave way to the passages, and then a sergeant with a long knife, spear and shield rushed towards the city wall with a ladder, and the sound of killing resounded in the sky.

"It's not good, the enemy army is coming up, hurry up and release the arrows!"

The Great Zhou army officially kicked off the siege, which made the Dashun army on the city wall begin to panic a little, after all, the round of artillery fire just now impressed them too deeply, and the two sides have not yet begun to officially face to face They lost thousands of people, if the official start of the battle still don't know how many people will die? This worry is not only shared by ordinary soldiers, but even Li Zicheng is no exception. Although nominally he still has more than 100,000 horses, there are never too many soldiers and horses in troubled times, and Li Zicheng did not raise any objection to Niu Jinxing's practice of using Pang Gang's hand to consume Li Yan's strength.

"Archers come forward, ready to release their arrows!" Seeing the sergeant carrying the ladder in front of him, Li Zicheng hurriedly recruited archers, and in a panic, more than 3,000 archers were mobilized to the city wall.

The Great Zhou army advanced very fast, and after a while, thousands of sergeants carrying cloud ladders came to a place less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, and they were about to enter the firing range.

Li Zicheng stared closely at the soldiers rushing in front of him, and said loudly: "Archers prepare!" ”

"Prepare"

Following Li Zicheng's order, a famous archer leaned out of the battlement, and the bow and arrow in his hand pointed directly at the dense crowd below.

At this time, just as Li Zicheng was about to shout that word, a deafening burst of gunfire suddenly sounded in front of him, and at least thousands of Mini rifles were fired at the same time.

"Bang Bang"

The sound of fried beans rang out continuously, as if countless starlight in the dark night lit up in front of them, and with the peculiar white smoke of black powder, countless lead bullets the size of small fingers flew towards the city wall at a speed that exceeded that could be seen by the naked eye.

In an instant, there were screams from the city wall, and many archers who had leaned out of the battlements screamed and fell off the city wall with bows, and many more were lying on the ground and wailing loudly after being shot.

"Ah, come and save me, I'm in the picture!"

"My hands, my hands!"

The rifles outside the city were still firing, and Cheng Kai divided the entire legion into four echelons to keep the firepower continuous. The task of the riflemen below was to knock down anyone who dared to expose their heads to the city walls, so as to cover the safety of the other siege troops.

In fact, the soldiers and horses under Pang Gang's command have never had many means of attacking the city, which is nothing more than artillery bombardment, Mini rifle cover, and then the foot soldiers set up ladders to attack upwards. It seems to be very monotonous, but as the saying goes, one trick is eaten all over the world, and Pang Gang has captured so many cities with this trick. Because in this era of half cold weapons and half hot weapons, as long as you can suppress the firepower of the enemy's city, then you will win half of the battle.

Because the fire under the city was so fierce, nearly half of the 3,000 archers on the city wall were killed or wounded in a few moments, and the remaining 1,000 or so archers were so frightened that they cowered behind the thick battlements made of green bricks, and refused to show their heads no matter how much the officers scolded.

Seeing such a situation, Li Zicheng could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Li Yan, have your firecrackers come, hurry up and let them fight back." ”

After hearing Li Zicheng's words, Li Yanqiang endured the dissatisfaction in his heart and said indifferently: "King Chuang, don't worry, they have come up." ”

As soon as Li Yan's words fell, in the sound of footsteps, two thousand riflemen armed with firearms ran up the city wall in unison, and an officer wearing the armor of the commander at the head reported loudly to Li Yan: "Qiyu Gongzi, the firearms battalion is here to report, please give an order." ”

Li Yan glanced at the firecracker behind the lieutenant with a complicated expression, and said in a deep voice: "The situation is urgent now, you immediately launch a counterattack against the enemy army, and you must not let the enemy army cross the city wall one step!" ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant replied in a loud voice, then turned to the firecracker behind him and said loudly: "Everyone is in position at once, and the target is immediately fired." ”

"Yes!"

With the sound of the order, a famous firecracker quickly crouched behind the battlement, and stretched out the firecracker out of the city wall, at this time, the Great Zhou soldiers under the city had already begun to erect a cloud ladder to the city wall, and many fast-moving soldiers had begun to climb.

"Put!" With the order of the captain of the firearms battalion, the firecrackers pulled the trigger one after another, and a deafening burst of gunfire suddenly sounded on the city wall, and the sound of these firearms was so loud that for a time there was a deafening sound everywhere on the city wall, and many people covered their ears.

With the fire of the firearms battalion on the city wall, the soldiers who were climbing up fell a lot, although the siege soldiers were also holding steel shields, but the power of these firearm projectiles was still very great, many people fell from the ladder because they had nowhere to be forced, and many soldiers were also shot, lying on the ground and rolling in pain.

Cheng Kai, who was commanding in the back, became anxious when he saw such a scene, and shouted to the soldiers in front of him: "All the riflemen immediately advance a hundred steps and shoot at close range!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang"

The riflemen under the city followed the order to shoot while rushing forward quickly, as the distance was closer, the advantages of the Minnie rifle using rifles were more exerted, and at a distance of two hundred paces, the riflemen's suppression of the fire on the city head was further strengthened, and for a time countless lead bullets flew on the city wall, and many of the firearms battalion firearms men who were hiding behind the battlements and shooting outward were shot and fell.

"Fight back, hurry up and fight back!" After hiding in the battlement, Li Zicheng waved his sword and shouted loudly, he pulled over the lieutenant who was bending over and giving orders to the firecrackers around him, glared at him and shouted: "You quickly order the soldiers to increase their firepower, first knock out the enemy's firecrackers, and ignore those siege soldiers first!" ”

The lieutenant said in a loud voice with some helplessness: "King Chuang, the enemy's guns are much better than ours, and our guns can't hit a hundred paces away." ”

"Rubbish, you shit!"

Li Zicheng couldn't hold back any longer, pushed the lieutenant to the ground, and shouted: "The enemy can hit us, why can't you hit them, it's obvious that you are incompetent!" ”

The unprepared lieutenant fell to the ground at once, he looked at the angry King Chuang, but he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, Li Zicheng was about to scold something again, but heard a "snap", a soldier suddenly fell heavily in front of them, when the soldier fell to the ground, the people on the side found that the soldier's head was hit by lead bullets, and the head exploded like a bursting watermelon, and for a time the white brain was splashed everywhere with bright red blood, and Li Zicheng, who was not far from him, splashed all over his body. It happened that Li Zicheng was opening his mouth to scold the lieutenant angrily, and a brain slurry splashed into his big mouth, and suddenly a bitter and astringent taste with a strong fishy smell rushed into his nasal cavity.

"King Chuang, are you alright?"

Seeing Li Zicheng's embarrassed appearance, Niu Jinxing on the side hurriedly ran over and helped Li Zicheng up. Unexpectedly, Niu Jinxing was pushed away by Li Zicheng with a wave of his hand, and shouted angrily: "You get out, it's okay to be alone, hurry up and order the soldiers to fight back, and, Liu Zongmin, you immediately mobilize the soldiers in the rear camp to go to the city wall to defend against the enemy, and you must not let them go to the city wall!" ”

"Yes!" After Liu Zongmin got the order, he also went down the city wall and hurriedly dispatched troops.

The battle continued, Cheng Kai under the city commanded the Third Army to beat the city to the ground of stone chips, and the excellent accuracy of the Minnie rifle allowed the riflemen to calmly block the battlements on the city wall, and took the lead in this asymmetrical fire.

"Bang Bang"

"Shoot back, shoot back!"

Li Zicheng, who was hiding behind the battlement, couldn't help but order the firecrackers around him to fight back, I have to say that the firearms battalion trained by Li Yan was still very brave, they hid behind the battlements and kept fighting back with the firearms in their hands, but with the increase in casualties, they saw that their firearms could not hit the other party, and the other party easily hit their own heavy losses, even the bravest people were not willing to sacrifice in vain, so the remaining firearms retreated, they were no longer willing to lean out for nothing to be used as a target for others, At first, some people took advantage of the officers' inattention to shrink behind the battlements, and for a while, the firepower at the head of the city suddenly became sparse.

"Quick, raise your shields and knives, climb the walls and kill the enemy! Your mission is to glorify! ”

Under the city wall, a general and general urged the sergeants below to climb up the city wall along the ladder.

Among the countless sergeants under the city, a sturdy young soldier held a round shield in his left hand to protect the top of his head, and a steel knife in his mouth climbed upwards with all his might.

This soldier is the year before last in Hubei enlisted in the army of Pi Erdan, after joining the Great Zhou Army, Pi Erdan because of his own martial arts, skillful, in two years mixed into the position of the captain, now he is taking his four brothers under the order of the commander to climb in the countryside.

Thanks to the strength of the suppressed firepower of the riflemen under the city, Pi Erdan and they climbed under the city wall without paying too much price. Carefully poked his head out of the round shield, and found that there was no one guarding it, Pi Erdan turned his heart sideways, protected the round shield above his head, and jumped on the city wall as soon as he grabbed the city brick with his right hand, who knew that he just stepped on a soft thing under his feet after he climbed off the city wall, and almost tripped him.

Pi Erdan looked down and saw that there were several corpses lying at his feet, and a few muskets scattered around, and it turned out that several musketeers guarding this battlement had been named by the gunners under the city with Mini rifles, no wonder he climbed the city wall so easily.

But Pi Erdan's good luck also ended here, when he jumped on the city wall, the three firecrackers behind the other battlement and immediately found him, although the previous two firecrackers shrank behind the battlements and did not dare to show their heads, but it does not mean that they were indifferent to the Pi Erdan who jumped up, these three firecrackers immediately raised the firearms in their hands and aimed at Pi Erdan.

Pi Erdan didn't look good, he knew that no matter how fast he was, he couldn't beat the lead bullet shot by the firebolt, and the round shield in his hand couldn't be stopped at such a close distance, so he rolled to the ground without thinking in a hurry.

"Bang bang bang!"

When Pi Erdan lay on the ground, a series of firecrackers sounded, and several firecrackers struck the firecrackers into the air, and Pi Erdan, who was lying on the ground, immediately got up and rushed towards several firecrackers quickly, and the steel knife in his hand slashed at a firecracker who was still stunned.

"Ahh

A scream rang out, and the shoulders of the unprepared firecracker were removed, and he simply fainted in severe pain.

"Kill!"

Pi Erdan roared and rushed towards the remaining two firecrackers

(To be continued)