On May 20, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, two o'clock.

Standing on the city wall that had just been repaired and was not very flat, Zheng Xunrui's face was calm, according to Wang Xiaoer's intelligence and everyone's analysis, it was very likely that the Liukou would attack at the end of the day, and the Liukou's attack must be huge in scale and a large number of people, most of Li Zicheng's food and money were in Luoyang Fucheng, and he would attack at all costs to recapture what belonged to him.

Zheng Xunrui believes that the direction of Liukou's main attack should be the South Gate.

Through these years, I have also seen some siege battles, until I really participated in the siege of the city, Zheng Xunrui only knew why many siege battles, almost all of them are attacking the south gate, will not choose other places, it is said that almost every city has four city gates in the south, east and west, choose those dilapidated city gates or the city gates with slightly lower city walls to attack, isn't it easier, in fact, this has a lot to do with sunlight and climate, the siege battles are carried out during the day, Moreover, in summer, the exposure of sunlight has a great impact, and the attacking side will not choose to attack the city against direct sunlight, and over time, this has become a habit.

At the same time, the south gate is generally the main gate of each city, the largest number of people entering and exiting, the city gate is the largest, once the attacker takes the south gate, it is almost equivalent to controlling one-third of the city.

Of course, there are also battles in winter, but the battles in the north in winter are extremely brutal, because the climate in the north is unusually cold, and the walls are prone to ice, which makes the attack more difficult and the casualties increase, unless it is a last resort, no one chooses to attack the city in winter.

Zheng Xunrui will not personally participate in the battle, the commander-in-chief of the battle is Zheng Jinhong, he will not overstep his bounds, at this time he appeared on the city wall, nothing more than to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Twenty Hongyi cannons were placed on the wall of the south gate, and the black muzzles were facing ahead. These cannons will be the key to destroying the fighting spirit of the rogue, and the condescending firing can show the power of the artillery.

"Young Master. The battle is about to begin, so you might as well go to the government. ”

"Got it."

Zheng Xunrui turned his head to look at Zheng Jinhong, and slowly walked towards the back, with Zheng Jinhong by his side.

When he was about to walk down the city wall, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Zheng Jinhong again.

"Jinhong. In this battle, you are the commander in charge of the battle, even if you talk to me, you can give orders, once the Zheng family army enters the state of combat readiness, no matter who you are, you must abide by the orders given by the commander. ”

"The subordinates don't dare, no matter when, the subordinates are like this in front of the young master."

Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, this is loyalty, he believes in most of the soldiers of the Zheng family's army. is such a performance, even if it is in the face of the emperor and the court's official wishes, it will not change the original intention.

Li Zicheng's determined attack time is Mao, the righteous army occupies an absolute advantage in numbers, so the attack must be rapid, although the city wall of Luoyang Mansion City is tall, but with the advantage of numbers, he can make the officers and soldiers on the city wall take care of one or the other.

The number of rebel sergeants in the first round of charging reached 20,000, which is a terrifying number. Such a large charging team means that the casualties are also very large, but Li Zicheng can't manage so much, he firmly believes that the rebel sergeants who can survive the battle. is qualified to become an elite, no matter what kind of army it is, it is not qualified to fight without fighting, although the righteous army under his command has 90,000 people, but it has not experienced a brutal battle. The combat effectiveness cannot be strong, I am afraid that the 20,000 righteous soldiers left behind at the beginning were not able to guard the city of Luoyang, and there is a reason for this.

The offensive formation lined up by the rebels was only five miles away from the city wall, and Li Zicheng's central army tent was only six miles away from the city wall, and the formation of 90,000 people looked indeed terrifying.

At three o'clock, Lin Chengcheng, who was in charge of leading the first round of sergeant charges, came to receive the military order.

Li Zicheng looked at Lin Chengcheng and spoke with a serious face.

"General Lin, this king believes that you can lead your brothers to rush to the city wall in one go, and when the time comes, this king will remember your merits."

Lin Cheng hugged his fist and led his life.

Li Zicheng arranged the formation of three rounds of charges, the commander of the first round of charges was Lin Yangsheng, the commander of the second round of charges was Zhang Yichuan, and the commander of the third round of charges was Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin was Li Zicheng's absolute henchman, and he must have arranged to launch a charge at the rear, so the biggest credit for capturing Luoyang Mansion City was Liu Zongmin.

Li Zicheng would not believe that the first round of charging would be able to take Luoyang Mansion City, which was almost impossible, unless all the officers and soldiers on the city wall were rice buckets and puppets.

At the end of the day, a dense drum beat sounded, and the earth began to tremble.

The 20,000 soldiers of the Righteous Army led by Lin Yangcheng carried a large number of ladders and began to rush towards the city wall, and the rain of arrows in the sky was dense, all towards the city wall.

Strangely, there has not yet been any major movement on the city walls.

Zheng Jinhong has been using a monocular to observe the offensive formation of the Liukou.

The herald ran to Zheng Jinhong's side.

"Report, the Liukou is already within the range of the Hongyi cannon."

"Order the artillery battalion, start the offensive."

The deafening sound of cannon fire soon overpowered the drums.

A tragic scene appeared in an instant.

The cannonballs exploded in the dense crowd, and the charging rogues fell in large groups, and the heads and limbs that were instantly blown into the air made the souls of the charging rogues frighten.

Liukou has never seen such a sharp artillery, even the most powerful Hongyi cannon, at most, it is the place where it has been hit, there will be a bloody path, but it will not spread widely, but the bombs that can continue to land and explode, as if they have eyes, swept a large area of people.

Cannonballs continued to fall into the charging crowd.

The formation of the rogues was chaotic, some people began to turn their heads and run back, some people stayed in place, not daring to continue to charge, only a small number of people continued to charge forward, there were too many people charging, the formation was chaotic, the pace was inconsistent, it was fatal.

Lin Chengcheng, who was in charge of commanding the charge, gave orders to the soldiers around him with red eyes, and anyone who dared to retreat would be killed.

Soon, a crisp gunfire rang out, and more rogues fell in the midst of the gunfire.

This scene made Lin Yangcheng dumbfounded, he didn't know that the official army had such a magical firearm, and the righteous sergeant who rushed to the front was still about three hundred meters away from the city wall, how could he be hit by the arquebus, it is said that the arquebus does not have such great power, it is difficult for the official army to have some new firearms.

Outside the Chinese military tent, Li Zicheng, who was holding a monocular, was also trembling slightly.

The rebel army has already suffered a large number of casualties, but the official army has not suffered any losses, if it is attacked according to this situation, not to mention that there are 90,000 people under his command, even if there are 900,000 people, it may not be able to take Luoyang Mansion City.

What made Li Zicheng even more frightened was the firearm owned by the official army, what kind of firearm was this, so magical.

It was not until this time that Li Zicheng really believed that Li Yan and the Red Lady might be more than lucky, and in the face of such sharp firearms from the official army, the two of them could not deal with it, and it was natural that Luoyang Mansion City was attacked in a short period of time.

After a short period of shock and fear, Li Zicheng needed to think about the next move, whether to continue to order the rebels to charge the city, or to consider other ways to attack the city, and give up attacking Luoyang City, which Li Zicheng was unwilling to, and he believed that if he could capture Luoyang City, he could also get the firearms owned by the official army, so that the combat effectiveness of the Righteous Army would be greatly enhanced.

The attack was fierce, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others also saw it clearly, I don't know why, they suddenly regretted it in their hearts, they thought that the official army was vulnerable, who knew that the official army that attacked Luoyang Mansion City this time had such powerful firearms, does this mean that the official army will completely exterminate the righteous army.

The first round of the charge soon ended in a fiasco, leaving countless corpses, Lin Yangyang finally retreated, such an attack is meaningless, the rebels can't get close to the city wall at all, even if they are lucky enough to avoid the artillery attack, but before they get close to the city wall, they are hit by firearms.

The drumming stopped, and the battlefield fell silent for a while.

Li Zicheng didn't have any expression on his face, and everyone was looking at him.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Zicheng gave the order again, or to continue the attack, but the number of attacking rebel sergeants was reduced, and each charge was subject to 3,000 to 5,000 people, so that the firearms of the officers and soldiers could be avoided, and even if there were losses, they would not be so heavy.

Li Zicheng didn't believe it, it was possible that the official army had countless firearms, and besides, if the firearms were fired for a long time, they would lose their effectiveness, and Li Zicheng also knew a lot about firearms.

A quarter of an hour later, the drums beat again.

On the city wall, Zheng Jinhong looked at the rogue who was greatly reduced in number and desperately charged towards the city wall, with a disdainful smile on his face, and he ordered the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to protect themselves from being shot by bows and arrows, and wait until the rogue was within range of the Mauser gun before attacking.

Zheng Jinhong didn't even give the order to fire a bow and arrow, he felt that there was no need.

The rogues charged in the direction of the city wall with a clamour, and when they were still two hundred meters away from the city wall, the gunfire appeared again, and the screams appeared instantly, and the rogues who rushed to the front fell in groups, without even having time to dodge......

Strictly speaking, Li Zicheng's prediction is still accurate, Zheng Jiajun cannot completely rely on the Hongyi cannon and the Mauser gun, after all, the ammunition carried is limited, and the Hongyi cannon and the Mauser gun cannot be used after a long period of firing, and the barrel and barrel are heated, and they must wait until they cool down.

But what Li Zicheng didn't expect was that after the hellish bombardment and shooting, the hearts of the righteous sergeants had developed a huge fear, and this fear spread in the shortest possible time, ruthlessly hitting the fighting spirit, so that many people had a fear mentality, and they were unwilling to die in vain. (To be continued.) )