The fifth day of the second month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

The battle to attack the city of Xiangyang is about to begin.

Sun Chuanting looked at the ten Hongyi cannons transported from Nanzhili, and was full of emotion, the reason why he postponed the time of attacking Xiangyang Mansion to the fifth day of the second month was to wait for these ten Hongyi cannons.

In fact, Sun Chuanting has more than 20 Hongyi cannons, but the main role of these Hongyi cannons is still in guarding the city, really used to attack the city, the role is not very large, the city wall of Xiangyang Mansion is unusually thick, after Zhang Xianzhong occupied the city, he also specially thickened the city wall, and carried out the necessary maintenance, Hongyi cannon can not blast open the city wall at all, at most it will cause some losses, and there are also Hongyi cannons on the city wall, which can play a sharp role, so that the attacking sergeants suffer a big loss, and the imperial army attacked before, It was subjected to heavy bombardment by Hongyi artillery, causing heavy losses.

The Hongyi cannon owned by the Zheng Jiajun is said to be very unusual, much more powerful than the ordinary Hongyi cannon, and it is precisely because of hearing this that Sun Chuanting turned to Zheng Xunrui for help, and Nanzhili transported these ten Hongyi cannons, of course, what kind of power does the Hongyi cannon owned by Zheng Jiajun have, Sun Chuanting is not clear, and he can know when he attacks the city.

Zheng Jiajun sent General Su Congjin with more than 30 soldiers of the artillery battalion to operate the Hongyi cannons, from the current situation, these ten Hongyi cannons were just borrowed by Sun Chuanting, and once the battle to attack Xiangyang Mansion was over, they would be transported back.

Sun Chuanting was also a little suspicious, he didn't pin all his hopes on these ten Hongyi cannons, after all, the most important thing to attack the city was the efforts of the sergeants, and it should be said that Sun Chuanting got a lot of good news.

Chen Xinjia commanded the front army to completely defeat the rogues who harassed the granaries and grain roads of the army, captured Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Li Dingguo, and completely annihilated the rogues led by Li Dingguo, which was a great victory. It is also the best omen, after this battle, I believe that the Liukou will not dare to covet the grain road and the granary.

Li Dingguo's bravery, Sun Chuanting knows, Zhang Xianzhong has four righteous sons, among which Sun Kewang has been killed by Zheng Jiajun. The remaining Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi three, among which Li Dingguo can be said to be the most brave and good at fighting, this time Li Dingguo was captured alive, which can be described as a huge blow to Liukou, of course, Zhang Xianzhong, who was stationed in Xiangyang Fucheng, did not know the news that Li Dingguo was captured alive, Sun Chuanting was already preparing to launch a large-scale attack, trying to transmit the news to Xiangyang Fucheng, which was also a huge blow to Zhang Xianzhong.

The heralds shuttled back and forth between the Chinese military tents. The scouts are also constantly entering and exiting the Chinese military tent, and all the officers above the staff general are concentrated in the Chinese military tent, looking at Sun Chuanting, who has a stern expression and a resolute expression, they are waiting for the arrival of Chenshi, waiting for Sun Chuanting to give the order to attack Xiangyang Mansion and fight.

The time is coming soon, Sun Chuanting looked at Su Congjin, who was standing at the bottom, and spoke carefully.

"General Su, you said that when the offensive began, the first thing to do was to bombard the walls of Xiangyang Mansion City with Hongyi artillery. The time lasted for a quarter of an hour or so, and this was guaranteed to destroy the Hongyi cannons on the city walls. ”

Su Congjin looked at Sun Chuanting. In the past two days, Sun Chuanting has asked this question several times, and it is no wonder that the Hongyi cannon after the improvement of the Huai'an Firearms Bureau has not changed much in appearance, and the key change is in the shells. Sun Chuanting must not be clear about this aspect, so he has many doubts.

"Great Marshal, the last general suggested that the first thing to do is to use the Hongyi cannon to destroy the fortifications of the Liukou on the wall of Xiangyang Mansion City, that is, to ensure that the attacking army can take Xiangyang Mansion City in one go, and also to make the casualties of the sergeants as small as possible. As for whether the Hongyi cannon brought by the last general will be able to destroy the fortifications of the south gate, let's still speak with facts, of course, the Hongyi cannon under the command of the marshal will also attack, causing a huge momentum and fundamentally destroying the fighting spirit of the Liukou......"

Su Congjin didn't have a detailed explanation, Sun Chuanting couldn't be completely relieved, he knew Zheng Jiajun's bravery, Su Congjin looked determined, not in a hurry, and seemed to have extraordinary confidence, which also made Sun Chuanting unable to ask carefully.

After Su Congjin finished speaking, Sun Chuanting nodded, it has come to this point, no matter what kind of power the Hongyi cannon brought by Su Congjin, the battle is going to be carried out, once the time comes, the tragic siege battle will be fully rolled out, whether the city can be captured in the shortest possible time, or the situation of a protracted war will be formed again, it depends on whether the attack started today is sharp, and see if the rogue in the city is tenacious.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the importance of this battle, I don't want to say more, if there is a person on the battlefield who is afraid or even flees from the battle, no matter what his identity is, he will be killed, I hope that you can lead all the brothers, take Xiangyang Mansion City in one go, many attacks in front, we have lost nearly 10,000 brothers, the blood of these brothers can not be shed in vain, they are looking at us underground, whether they can take Xiangyang Mansion City, today this marshal will say this, Xiangyang Mansion City must be taken, the sergeant is exhausted, The officer went up, and the officer ran out, and the marshal followed......"

"The commander is now starting to give combat orders......"

In the city of Xiangyang Mansion, there is already a bloody storm.

Zhang Xianzhong's face was gloomy, his temper had developed to the peak, after learning that the rebel army led by Li Dingguo was all annihilated and Li Dingguo himself was captured by the official army, Zhang Xianzhong could no longer bear it, and at the same time of his anger, he began to carry out brutal suppression and killing measures in the city.

At the beginning of the occupation of Xiangyang Fucheng, it was Li Dingguo who dissuaded Zhang Xianzhong, not to kill innocents indiscriminately in the city, let alone kill, and needed to win people's hearts, Zhang Xianzhong followed Li Dingguo's advice and treated many scholars and scholars well, but there were always people in the city who made small moves, and after the official army began to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, there were more small actions in private, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't bear it, Li Dingguo was captured alive and became the fuse, which completely detonated Zhang Xianzhong's anger.

Scholars, scholars and merchants who have participated in large and small gatherings have been investigated, including ordinary people, that must be killed, once the butcher's knife is raised, it is uncontrollable, and other scholars, scholars, merchants and ordinary people have become the objects of beheading at any time, of course, in the process of killing, looting wealth and robbing women are essential.

The massacre has lasted for about two days, the mountain of corpses and blood in the city of Xiangyang Mansion has become extremely gloomy, the prosperous situation in the past has long disappeared, large and small shops, restaurants, tea houses, inns and green buildings, etc., all closed their doors, no one dared to walk on the street, because the street was full of rogues with steel knives.

It is not safe to stay at home, and at any time there are rogues who kick open the house and enter the house to kill people and loot.

After such a situation, a strategist cautiously suggested to Zhang Xianzhong, saying that he should control the killing a little, but he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to directly execute the strategist without asking any questions, and no one dared to put forward any suggestions after that.

Zhang Xianzhong is not a complete reckless man, he knows that the official army is about to start a full-scale attack on Xiangyang Fucheng, and he will not be able to hold the Fucheng at all, after all, the killing in the Fucheng has completely lost the hearts of the people, although the righteous army has plundered a lot of money and food, but Xiangyang Fucheng has become a powder keg, once the officers and troops outside attack, this powder keg is very likely to detonate, and he Zhang Xianzhong and the righteous army sergeants under his command will be blown to pieces.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong has secretly prepared for evacuation, and his plan is to rely on the sailors to evacuate Xiangyang Fucheng.

In order to ensure a smooth evacuation, it is necessary to leave part of the rebel sergeants to stick to the city, engage in fierce battles with the officers and soldiers, and attract the offensive firepower of the officers and soldiers, so that a large number of rebel sergeants can calmly evacuate.

Zhang Xianzhong began to secretly issue an order to retreat, the original initiative to evacuate to the city of the water division, this time will play a major role, stick to the south gate of the righteous soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong arranged 5,000 people, the rest of the north gate and the east gate, only arranged about 1,000 people to guard, the west gate is the key position, because the evacuation needs to be carried out from here, from the deployment of the official army, the south gate should be the focus of the attack, Zhang Xianzhong put into the south gate to fight in the righteous army sergeants are only 5,000 people, the rest of the people when the battle started, you have to evacuate quickly from the west gate.

The evacuation is not as simple as it says, even if it relies on the evacuation of the naval division, it will definitely encounter the attack of the officers and troops, but the matter has reached this point, there must be losses, as long as the main force can be preserved, it will be good.

After evacuating Xiangyang Fucheng, Zhang Xianzhong planned to go to Yunyang quickly, and Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi to make peace, the righteous army in Yunyang will also carry out looting, after raising enough money and grain and grass, then enter Sichuan, to the mountains, that will be much safer, Zhang Xianzhong's righteous soldiers, basically familiar with the climate and environment in the mountains, can rely on the steep mountains and the official army around.

In order to confuse outsiders, Zhang Xianzhong arranged all the strategists to go to the south gate to assist in defending the city, which created an illusion to the outside world, he would swear to defend Xiangyang Mansion City, in order to ensure that the evacuation deployment would not leak out, Zhang Xianzhong imposed a curfew on the entire Xiangyang Mansion City, and no one was allowed to go out when it was not dark, even the strategists and sergeants stationed at the south gate were not allowed to move in the city, and the ones who could move at night were Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldiers who had been designated by him to transfer money, food, and grass.

After two nights, most of the money and grain had been loaded onto the ship.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was slightly relieved, began to give orders to the strategists and sergeants who assisted in collecting the south gate, asking them to defend the south gate to the death, and never let the officers and troops break through easily.

Zhang Xianzhong's hand made many strategists grateful, they thought that they had won Zhang Xianzhong's trust, and they all patted their chests and promised that they would desperately resist the attack of the official army and resolutely hold the city of Xiangyang. (To be continued......)