Until dawn, Wang Shouren's soldiers and horses did not launch a siege again, in the morning, Wan Rui really sent someone to open the south city gate, more than 20 loud cavalry rushed out of the city to the front of the officer and soldier camp hundreds of steps to shout and insult, Wang Shouren's ancestors eighteen generations were scolded, and the name of the shrinking turtle was returned as it was.

Although the officers and men vomited blood angrily, they were helpless in the face of provocation, and once they launched a pursuit, the gang fled as quickly as rabbits, and when they entered the range of fire from the Franco's machine guns, a roar immediately sounded on the city, and the shells whistled, and the smoke and dust on the ground were flying, and the soldiers were immediately injured.

Wang Shouren sat in the camp tent with a gloomy face, and all the generals sat down with anger on their faces, they didn't come up with a good siege plan until last night, and now they were so humiliated by the other party, even Wang Shouren, who was quite well-cultivated, also had a fire in his heart, not to mention his subordinates Wang Mian and other generals.

"My lord, we can't just watch, otherwise, the lowly will lead 10,000 horses to attack and see, the lowly will not believe in this evil, and he will not want to fight for his life, and he can't let them be so arrogant." Wang Mian clenched his fists.

"Yes, my lord, the last general and others also asked to fight, and it is not a way to go on like this, and my lungs are also angry. Listen, these turtle grandsons are shouting outside the camp again, you can stand it, but I can't stand it. The generals shouted.

Wang Shouren frowned and waved his hand: "The two armies are the most jealous and impetuous, yesterday you sent people to humiliate each other, and today they are still coloring, what is there to say?" A few nasty words will make you angry like this, how can you keep your composure and take the city? The south, south, and west cities had already made tentative attacks, and the enemy batteries were free to go up and down the city walls, so it was impossible to attack from either side of the city walls. Knowing that their artillery is powerful, but let the brothers send them to death, this kind of combat method I Wang Shouren will not use and cannot use. ”

"But my lord, we can't just watch it, Zhu Chenhao's main force has already left the mouth of Poyang Lake, it can be seen that they are fighting elsewhere, and they didn't put us in the eyes when we attacked Nanchang at all, we are really helpless, doesn't this make people laugh off their big teeth? If you don't think it's certain to capture Nanchang Mansion, let's just raise ships and take soldiers and horses to chase Zhu Chenhao's main rebel army, maybe it can still have some effect, and staying here is not a solution. Wang Mian spread his hands.

Wang Shouren reprimanded with a heavy face: "Shut up, if Zhu Chenhao is not worried about the safety of Nanchang, why does he return to the army to help?" The reason why they turned around and left was not to despise our inability to capture Nanchang City, according to my estimates, it must be the imminent arrival of the imperial army led by the Duke of Zhenguo. If they dare to stay in Jiangxi again, after the imperial army crosses the Yangtze River and captures Jiujiang Nankang, they will be trapped here. The current situation is that the imperial army will follow Zhu Chenhao's main force to seek battle, and we must also do something, because we have not slowed down the main force of the rebels. The idea of pursuing the main forces of the rebels is stupid, and when there is a shortage of warships, do you go to pursue them on a raft? Second, our troops are simply not enough to fight Zhu Chenhao, so it's better not to do it well to hit a stone with an egg. ”

"This can't be done, that's not possible, Lord Wang, won't our 30,000 soldiers and horses become the ears of the deaf? The counterinsurgency war was launched by us first, and now it is good, seeing that the army sent by the imperial court is fighting, we have nothing to do. ”

Wang Shouren shook his head and said: "General Wang, your mood can be understood, you are worried that you will not get credit for this counterinsurgency, you can rest assured, even if you don't fight with Zhu Chenhao's main force, as long as you take Nanchang City, it will still be a great achievement." Because after taking this place, he turned his head to purge the rebel forces in the state capitals of Jiangxi, so that Zhu Chenhao had no way back, and he would make a great contribution to the overall situation, and Zhen Guogong understood this. ”

Wang Mian didn't say anything, his face was a little embarrassed, and he coughed: "But the problem is, we can't do anything about this city." ”

Wang Shouren said: "I think about it, launching a siege tonight is indeed not a way to go on like this." The old man pondered that although the enemy's artillery fire was fierce, it was not without weaknesses, and it was dark at night, and his vision was unclear, so it was the best time to attack. I thought so, after dark today, the east and west walls each sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to feint, more loose torches to create the illusion of a strong attack on both sides of our flanks, tied up straw men to stand under the city wall, so that the artillery and troops on the south wall were scattered and scattered on the east and west city walls, reducing the enemy's frontal firepower. Wang Mian, you led 10,000 soldiers and horses to quietly approach the southern city wall when the siege on both sides began, and told the soldiers to cover their bodies with wild grass and avoid the eyes and ears of the city; Bully nearly 300 paces away and then launch a fierce attack, rushing to the city to attack the city in one fell swoop. The old man led 10,000 soldiers and horses to respond, and when you attacked under the city wall, the old man personally led the soldiers and horses to launch a second charge. I wonder what you think? ”

Everyone was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that the adults have already thought of the siege strategy, but taught us to bear the heart for a long time, so very good, I will immediately prepare the torch straw man, and wait for the evening to take Nanchang in one fell swoop." ”

Wang Shouren sighed and said: "You don't know, I have already thought of the strategy, I am just worried that even if I can attack the city, it will be difficult to attack the city wall; The city wall of Nanchang Mansion is tall, and the rebels have built sandbag fortifications on it, their bows and arrows are sufficient, and there are many firearms. But you are right, we can't do nothing here, Zhen Guogong will lead the main force of the imperial court to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the rebels, we must immediately clear the whole territory of Jiangxi, and then cooperate with the army to fight, so in any case, if you don't attack, you have to do your best not to take this city and vow not to give up. The old man's ugly words are ahead, if the siege war starts, who dares to fight cowardly and not listen to orders, the old man will not tolerate mercy. ”

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It was the beginning of the night, and the dense torches suddenly lit up outside the east and west city walls of Nanchang, and under the reflection of the torches, countless soldiers and horses rushed to the city walls on both sides with earth-shattering shouts. After receiving the report, Wan Rui reacted quickly, ordering fifteen guns to reinforce the east and west city walls, and the gunners quickly took place with the Franco machine and mother cannon installed with wheels, and after a while, the roar of the artillery covered the shouting of the charge.

Wan Rui was very disdainful of the practice of officers and soldiers, and the soldiers and horses who had the advantage in numbers often adopted the strategy of attacking from all sides at the same time, with the purpose of effectively using the troops and dispersing the limited defenders. But Wang Shouren also wanted to do this, which obviously did not work, not to mention that there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses attacking the city, and there were 15,000 defenders in the city. Besides, what is it to attack only from the east and west? Neither attacking on all sides at the same time, nor is it a dispersion of the defenders' forces, and the whole is a nondescript four.

At first, Wan Rui was still jealous of Wang Shouren in his heart, although he didn't care about it on the outside, but he was careful and meticulous in his defense, but now, Wan Rui's opinion of Wang Shouren plummeted, and he could almost conclude that this Wang Shouren was a half-witted man when he led his troops to fight.

The power of the artillery was enormous, and what was even more ridiculous was that the officers and men were still charging with torches, as if they were afraid that the gunners would not be able to aim and not be able to hit them; although there were only 15 cannons, almost every cannon blasted into the crowd, and the humanoid objects that exploded flew into the air. The excited eyes of the gunners were glowing with blue faint light, and those court soldiers and horses seemed to be stupid, and they were stupid compared to not moving much, allowing them to wantonly bombard the cannonballs into their crowd, and some soldiers were even on fire, and stood still in a daze.

Soon, the defenders realized that something was wrong, although the city was full of soldiers and horses, they did not move, and the shouts of the whole day were obviously far away, and they carefully recognized that the shouts of killing were in the dark area in the distance, and not the sound of the soldiers and horses entering the firing range. The sharp-eyed soldiers soon discovered that these immobile soldiers would catch fire in the air when they were hit, and when they landed on the ground, they would turn into a raging fire, and a moment later they would be a cloud of ashes, which was also too weird.

"No, these don't seem to be real people, they look like scarecrows." The soldiers argued.

The news was quickly reported to Wan Rui, and Wan Rui, who was standing on the tower of Dongcheng City to supervise the battle, ordered to stop fighting. Cannon, on the city tower and many soldiers together squinted and carefully identified, sure enough, after a long time, the soldiers and horses on the ground did not move at all, did not take a step forward at all, and the shouts from the rear came one after another, a desperate rush to kill, which seemed extremely incongruous.

"Damn, it's a feint." Wan Rui scolded: "What the hell is Wang Shouren, this old thing is playing." ”

As soon as Wan Rui's scolding fell, there was an earth-shattering shouting outside the South City Gate, Wan Rui's body was shocked, and he exclaimed: "It's not good, they are mainly attacking the South City Gate, Lao Tzu was fooled." ”