In the hall of the county government of Xingtang County, Li Guo stared at Yutu with a blue face, and at this time he had received news from various ministries that he had learned that Liu Yan's army of more than 100,000 troops had surrounded Xingtang County, and the camps outside the city had been turned into a pot of porridge.

"Liu Yanbu was still in Jingcheng Pass a few days ago, and today he ran to Xingtang County, did Liu Yan and his army grow wings and fly over!"

Although Li Guo has followed Li Zicheng to fight in the south and the north for many years, he is also a general, but the 100,000 army runs a distance of hundreds of miles in a few days, and this kind of thing is too unreal, as if it is a storyteller's speech.

"Someone!"

Li Guo suddenly shouted loudly: "Immediately send people to the various departments, and order Gao Yigong, Zhang Neng, and Ma Chongxu to organize soldiers and horses to counterattack, and not let Liu Yanbu get close to the city!" ”

"Yes!"

More than a dozen guards outside the hall immediately rushed out to give orders, but they collided with a guard head-on, only to see that the guard looked panicked, rushed directly to the lobby and knelt down, and said loudly: "General Qiyu, all the troops outside the city have been defeated, and now there are routs of all departments outside the city gates!" ”

"What!"

Li Guo couldn't believe that this was true, and after the rectification of the battalions of the Dashun Army by Hong Chengchou and others, their combat strength had increased significantly, which Li Guo saw in his eyes.

Although Li Guo was stationed in Xingtang County, he deployed 100,000 dead soldiers, 60,000 armored soldiers and 30,000 horsemen outside the city, such a force can be described as strong, even if Liu Yan's more than 100,000 elite raids succeeded, it was impossible to collapse so quickly, how could it be!

"Where are Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi, and Gao Yigong now!"

Li Guo went through the initial panic

After that, his brain also began to work rapidly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Order Gao Yi to lead the soldiers and horses in the city to guard the city gate, and rely on the city wall to kill and injure the officers and soldiers outside the city." Ordered Zhang Neng and Ma Chongxu to immediately rectify the rout outside the city and line up against the city wall to block the enemy. ”

Li Guo gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how big the casualties are, you must hold on until dawn!" ”

"Yes!"

The guards outside all went to give orders, but Li Guo had already set off a storm in his heart, the more than 200,000 troops under his command could be called elite, in Li Guo's cognition, even if he fought against Liu Yan's more than 100,000 troops head-on, it was impossible to lose so quickly.

When Li Guo was reorganizing the army, he carefully studied how to deal with the strong firepower of Liu Yan's troops, so he equipped the battalion with a large number of shield carts and sandbag carts, and also trained the soldiers and horses of the rear battalion, and taught the soldiers of each unit how to rely on various vehicles to fight.

But now a night raid has made all Li Guo's preparations go to waste, and the thousands of shield cars and sandbag trucks have become decorations, what is this?

Just when Li Guo was worried, a personal guard rushed in in a panic and said loudly: "General! The defenders at the head of the city sent people to report that the soldiers and horses outside the city in the south and west had been completely defeated, and the Daxu of Zhang Neng, the general of Zuo Guoyi, and the general Ma Chongxu of the right Guoyi, were also nowhere to be seen, and the soldiers and horses outside the city could not stop the counterattack at all! ”

At this time, Li Guo's face turned pale, and Daxu was gone?

Li Guo knew that neither Zhang Neng nor Ma Chongxu were people who fled from battle, they were all veterans who had followed King Chuang for a long time. Now that the two of them are gone, there is only one can

Neng: Zhang Neng and Ma Chongxu have died in battle!

"How many soldiers and horses did Liu Yan bring?"

Faced with such a one-sided battle situation, Li Guo had to begin to wonder how many troops there were under Liu Yan's command, and there were really only more than 100,000 people?

"General, now all the departments in the city are shaken by the morale of the army, please give the general an order on how to deal with it?"

Even if Li Guo has experienced a hundred battles, his face is like ashes at this time, and he only hates why this long dark night is not over.

"Immediately sent people to find Gao Yigong, and ordered him to immediately rectify the various departments of the city defense and inspect the city gates. General Ben will mobilize 10,000 horsemen from the city and let these 10,000 horsemen land in the city to assist in defense! ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the cavalry army gathered around the county government began to mobilize, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided into four teams and began to rush towards the four city walls.

The remaining 10,000 horsemen began to deploy defenses around the county office, preparing for street battles when the city was broken.

"Report!"

A report was heard, and when Li Guo, who was highly nervous, suddenly looked outside in astonishment, only to see a personal guard running in the desert, exclaiming: "General, the west gate of the city has been broken by the officers and soldiers, and countless officers and soldiers have rushed into the city, please break through the siege quickly!" ”

At this time, Li Guo felt a deep sense of powerlessness, the more than 200,000 troops he had carefully built in his hands, facing Liu Yan, who only had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, was so vulnerable, could it be that Liu Yan was really the nemesis of Dashun?

"General!"

Just when Li Guo was in a trance, Gao Yigong strode over covered in blood, and said anxiously: "I heard that the West City Gate was broken by the official army, please ask the general to break through from the north immediately, and I will lead people to block the West City Gate and block the officers and troops who rushed in!" ”

Li Guo took a deep breath and cheered

The spirit said: "There are still 30,000 horsemen in the north, even if they have been defeated by the official army, but the strength is still there, the remaining 10,000 horsemen here are half of you and me, I rushed out of the north city gate to gather the army of horsemen outside the city, you go to block the west city gate, this strategy is successful, then there is still room for maneuver in this battle!" ”

Gao Yigong said with a solemn face: "Okay, now it's the only way, the general is careful in everything!" ”

"Good!"

Then Li Guo led 5,000 horsemen to rush north, Gao Yigong led the last 5,000 horsemen to rush to the west city gate, and it didn't take long to see that the thousands of horsemen who had taken the first step to support this side had collapsed, and those defeated horsemen were panicking and rushing to the streets and alleys in the city, followed by a large group of new army birds.

Gao Yigong roared angrily: "Hit at full speed, stick it, and hack them to death!" ”

The five thousand horsemen were all wearing armor, and at this time, the fighting spirit was high, and they all roared angrily and rushed to the front of the new army birds.

Chen Yujing, a general in the middle of the right battalion of the New Army, looked at the thousands of thieves rushing in front of him, and shouted calmly: "Stop advancing, fire a salvo in three rows, release!" ”

Rumble!

At this time, thousands of birds and guns could not be used in the streets, but hundreds of birds and guns also formed a horizontal formation on the wide main street, and the rest of the soldiers were in separate formations on the surrounding houses, firing together.

Perhaps Chen Yujing didn't realize that the countermeasures he and his subordinates made in an emergency situation unintentionally achieved cross-fire and three-dimensional strikes.

In an instant, the fire of the new army bird gunners came from the front and the left and right sides at the same time, and from the front and the top of both sides at the same time, allowing the thieves who charged to the front to dodge

There is no way to hide, there is no way to avoid it, hundreds of people were shot in an instant, and the forward of the cavalry brigade was shot out!

Gao Yigong was also shocked at this time, he never imagined that the firepower of the new army was so fierce, and in the dark night, he didn't know how many people there were in the new army on the opposite side, and there was firepower from all directions, how could this be fought?

"Charge!"

Gao Yigong knew that he couldn't retreat at this time, and once he retreated, the only remaining cavalry army that could still maintain the formation would also be dispersed.

These horsemen were worthy of the elite who had just been reorganized, and they rushed to the front in the face of the salvo of thousands of birds and guns of the new army.

Seeing this, Chen Yujing roared angrily: "Get on the bayonet!" Earthquake thunder, throw! ”

Hundreds of sword and shield hands threw countless earth-shaking thunderbolts from the surrounding streets and alleys, and the sky-shaking thunders that fell like raindrops exploded one after another, blooming fierce sparks in the dark night, blowing up a large number of rogue horsemen and horsemen, and the speed of the team's horsemen charge down instantly.

At this time, Chen Yujing also held up a bird gun with a good bayonet on it, and roared angrily: "Follow me, rush!" ”

Thousands of new army birds roared and rushed forward, stabbing men and horses with bayonets like a dense forest, rushing from the streets and alleys in all directions, stopping and beating the army of thieves and horsemen who had lost their speed.

At this time, on the surrounding houses, there were still hundreds of new army birds who did not come down, and they were aiming at the thieves on the street and constantly releasing cold guns, and they were determined to kill the brave soldiers and grassroots officers among the thieves.

It is said that after this battle, the free fire and targeted elimination tactics inadvertently created by Chen Yujing's department, as well as the condescending and cross-fire tactics, were all written into the infantry drill code by Liu Yan's order

Among them, it was extended to the battalions of the New Army and the garrison army for drills. Of course, that's all for later.

"Ahh

A thief lieutenant was shot off his horse, and in front of Gao Yigong, even a lot of blood was splashed on Gao Yigong's face, and Gao Yigong was immediately frightened and screamed.

"Rush forward!"

Then a wave of anger surged in Gao Yigong's heart, thousands of cavalry were stopped by Liu Yan's infantry, and hand-to-hand combat was even pressed and beaten by the official infantry, how embarrassing it was!

Gao Yigong roared angrily, and the rogue thieves who had not yet collapsed were also angry, and they all charged forward, but in the crowded streets, they could only ride their horses and move forward slowly, bearing countless bayonets stabbing from all directions.

At this time, the bloody battle between the two sides entered a stalemate, the thieves and horsemen condescendingly had the advantage, and Chen Yujing's soldiers suffered many casualties.

In the same way, the rogue knight who has lost his speed is an advantage and a disadvantage on a war horse, and it is a very good target for assassination at this time.

The fierce battle in the streets and alleys was very fierce, as if two strong samurai were bleeding each other with a knife and a shot, and it was up to them to see who could not hold it up and fall first.

Gao Yigong was also shocked by this tragic street battle, and his eyes widened and he couldn't believe that this was true.

At this moment, a few rogue scouts rode horses from behind and reported to Gao Yigong: "General! The North City Gate and the East City Gate have also been breached by the official army, and now countless officers and soldiers are rushing into the city from the North City Gate and the East City Gate! ”

"What!"

Gao Yigong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Li Guozheng led his troops to the North City Gate, isn't this self-defeating?

"Withdraw!"

I don't care about high school

On the top, he shouted and was about to withdraw the army, wanting to lead his troops to join Li Guo to see if he could still rush out.

However, what made Gao Yigong feel desperate was that the streets and alleys were now full of soldiers and horses of the new army, and even many new army birds and men rushed out from behind, shooting in formation on the streets and alleys, or firing cold guns from the roofs of the rear.

Near the north city gate, Li Guo led 5,000 horsemen at this time and stopped advancing, and the thousands of horsemen sent here before were in front to block the new army's soldiers and horses, and the two sides were in full swing.

More and more soldiers and horses of the new army rushed into the city, and even the figures of the soldiers and horses of the new army had appeared on the head of the city, and the roar of birds and the explosion of earth-shaking thunder became louder and louder, like countless heavy hammers, hitting Li Guo's heart hard.

"What was the wrong step, and why was this battle so completely lost?"

Li Guo didn't know the answer, sighed, and ordered: "The whole army charges, rush out of the city with me!" ”