"fire!"
boom!
At this time, the New Army artillery battalion was finally deployed. Qian Qian stood in the formation and roared. Hundreds of artillery of various types opened fire. All the firepower of the artillery battalion was concentrated on the east wall of Xingtang County, and the entire city was covered in an instant. Cover it.
Although the bandit tribes piled a large number of sandbags on the city wall, facing the bombardment of hundreds of artillery, the sandbags could not withstand such saturated firepower.
Sandbags that were blown away by cannonballs could be seen everywhere on the top of the city. In addition, a large number of sandbags were shattered by cannonballs. Countless sand splashed out, raising waves of yellow sand on the top of the city.
At this time, Li Zicheng was stationed on the east wall, Li Laiheng led more than 10,000 bandit troops to guard the east wall, Gu Kecheng was stationed on the north wall, Wu Sangui was on the west wall, Xia Guoxiang and Wang Pingfan were on the south wall, and Hong Chengchou and Li Yan , Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen, Hong Niangzi and others deployed troops and family members of the bandits in the city to help out.
Under the bombardment of the New Army artillery battalion, Li Laiheng's troops were beaten so hard that they could not hold their heads up. Rogue soldiers hit by artillery shells could be seen everywhere. At this time, no matter how powerful the soldiers were, they were like paper in the face of the power of the artillery shells. Usually, they are beaten to pieces in an instant.
Those thief soldiers who were directly killed by cannonballs were lucky. Some of the thief soldiers whose limbs were broken by cannonballs and fell in a pool of blood without dying for a while were the most miserable. The unbearable crying of ordinary people could be heard constantly in their ears. The sound of incoming artillery shells and the screams and wails of the companions around him seemed to make people feel like they were in Shura Hell, making the already heart-wrenching wound even more unbearable.
"Fire!"
Li Laiheng was also hiding in a folder on the city wall at this time.
Inside the corner, there were more than a dozen personal guards holding iron shields to protect the outside. Cannonballs kept falling all around, mixed with many rockets that landed on the top of the city. No one dared to change places easily.
Li Laiheng also hoped that the gunmen deployed on the city wall could fire back, but Li Laiheng forgot that at this time, the soldiers of the New Army battalions had not rushed up, and the New Army artillery battalion was two miles away from the city wall, and the bandit equipment The fire cannon can't hit that far at all, and firing now is just to comfort myself, without any actual effect.
At this time, in the north of Xingtang County, Chen Xun looked at the crowds of people on the top of the city and said to the messengers beside him: "Order all the ministries to start attacking the city!"
"yes!"
The soldiers of the front camp of the New Army had been waiting for a long time. After receiving Chen Xun's order, the soldiers of each department, led by the three generals Zhang Xun, Guo Mingxu, and Shen Donglai, formed a formation and moved forward. The rogue soldiers and horses on the city wall suddenly became commotion. stand up.
Gu Kecheng looked at the outside of the city with a pale face. More than ten thousand new army soldiers came in force, and one group advanced to a distance of dozens of steps outside the city.
However, the rogue soldiers and horses on the city at this time were all defeated troops from various ministries. They only had hundreds of bows and arrows and dozens of muskets. There were no other means of city defense. After hastily firing and releasing arrows, the damage caused was very limited. Instead, it directly triggered a fierce counterattack from the soldiers of the New Army's front camp.
For a time, a large number of bandit soldiers on the north wall were killed and wounded. Even Gu Kechengdu hurriedly threw himself to the ground. When he looked up, he saw several blood spots on the bodies of several of his subordinates, and then he fell straight. On the city wall.
"put!"
Chen Xun stood in the military formation below the city and raised his hand
He could see very clearly with a telescope, and he was very satisfied with the effect of the volley fired by his soldiers, so he was no longer in a hurry to use the Thunderbolt to break open the city gate. He fired a volley outside the city first, killing as many people as possible inside the city. Thief troops.
Just like Chen Xun, Zhang Yi led the new army's left camp to the west, and Wang Yue and Shen Tuo led the new army's middle camp to the south. They also used tactics like Chen Xun's and used cannons to block the city. The bandit soldiers and horses were used to kill and injure the bandit troops as much as possible.
The battle status of each battalion was sent to the New Army's center in the east of the city by messengers.
At this time, Liu Yan, Miao Shao, Tian Zhenbei, and Xu Ming were standing together. Hearing that the battalion leaders all adopted the same tactics, Liu Yan looked happy and said: "Okay! It seems that everyone is in the war. As we grow up, we can adopt corresponding tactics according to local conditions.”
Xu Ming had just led the cavalry battalion to withdraw and gave way to the New Army's artillery battalion to attack. After listening to Liu Yan's praise, he said: "This is not all the result of Mr. Ge. He teaches us on weekdays that we must kill and injure." The enemy's physical strength is the main force, and the occupation of the city is the supplement. Don't worry about the gains and losses of one city and one pool. I think everyone is learning now and selling it now!"
Miao Shao also said seriously: "This time, Mr. Ge led everyone to kill hundreds of thousands of thieves in mobile warfare. Isn't that the effective force to annihilate the enemy army? I think Mr. Ge is a master of tactics!"
Liu Yan laughed loudly and said to Xu Ming and Miao Shao: "Oh, that's good. I think you have obtained Wang Yue's true biography. Your ability to flatter people is really improving!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Then each battalion attacked Xingtang step by step.
County, the battle lasted for a full hour.
Liu Yan held up his telescope and saw that there was no complete facility on the east wall of Xingtang County. Even the east city tower was in dilapidated condition. The rogue soldiers on the wall had disappeared. Hidden somewhere.
So Liu Yan said to everyone on the left and right: "I think the heat is almost there, I order all the battalions to start fighting to break the city!"
"yes!"
Then the messengers of the brigade rushed towards the formations of the new army battalions.
The New Army artillery battalion in front received the order first, and immediately ordered dozens of Franco machine guns to be aimed at the east city gate, and then there was a fierce bombardment. The originally strong city gate did not last long, and was under fierce artillery fire. , turned into splinters and sawdust flying everywhere.
"Stop the shelling! Stop the shelling!"
Seeing this, Qian Qian immediately ordered the New Army artillery battalion to stop shelling. Xu Ming, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately shouted: "Cavalry battalion, follow me into the city!"
More than 10,000 soldiers from the cavalry battalion of the New Army immediately rushed towards the east city gate. Then Tian Zhenbei led the sixth battalion of the garrison, and Wang Bo led the right battalion of the New Army to attack the already wide-open city gate.
In the north, west, and south of Xingtang County, the New Army's front camp, left camp, rear camp, and middle camp also adopted the tactic of thundering and blasting doors, and mobilized a large number of gunmen to suppress the bandits on the city walls. Any soldiers who showed up, whether they were bandit soldiers or family members of bandits, were all shot with violent saturation shots to ensure that the sword and shield men of each battalion could smoothly rush to the city gate and blast them with a large number of thunderbolts. .
boom!
As bursts of explosions sounded, the north gate, west gate, and south gate of Xingtang County were blown open one after another.
Soldiers from each battalion swarmed into the city. At the same time, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo and others did not forget to leave some soldiers behind to continue to suppress the rogue soldiers on top of the city and cover the main force as they rushed into the city. go.
"His Majesty!"
Li Laiheng rushed into the east city tower in panic and said loudly: "Liu Yan's troops have entered the city. Please, your majesty, follow me and break out immediately!"
At this time, Li Zicheng had put on a bright yellow dragon robe. The style was a bit strange. It did not have the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty's imperial robes and regular clothes, but mixed with some northwest characteristics.
"Breakout? Can you still rush out now?"
As Li Zicheng spoke, he stood up, picked up a sword, walked toward the gate with a cold face, and said: "The matter is over, come with me and charge out until you die!"
Li Laiheng's eyes were red and he almost choked when he said, "Okay! I will follow your majesty to the death!"
Then the two men led dozens of knights to rush out of the city tower. At this time, they saw that the east wall was in chaos, and there were fleeing bandit soldiers everywhere. Looking inside the city, a large number of soldiers from various departments of the New Army were entering the city smoothly. , either rushing into the city, or rushing up the city wall along the horse path, killing bandits and soldiers like slaughtering pigs and sheep.
"Kill him!"
Li Zicheng ordered his men to raise his own banner with the word "Chuang", and then roared towards the walking path and rushed towards the city gate. There were continuous bandits and troops gathering around him. It seemed that as long as the banner with the word "Chong" was there, Dashun would be defeated. It will definitely not be defeated.
"That's Li Zicheng!"
Wang Bo was rushing into the city with hundreds of soldiers. He saw the banner with the word "Chuang" not far away and immediately roared: "Kill Li Zicheng!"
"Kill Li Zicheng!"
Hundreds of soldiers roared, thousands of soldiers roared, and before long, voices calling for Li Zicheng's death were heard almost everywhere inside and outside Xingtang County.
"It's not that easy to kill Gu Gu!"
Li Zicheng roared, and he and Li Laiheng rushed towards Wang Bo. Both of them were famous for their bravery, and the rogue soldiers and horses that had gathered around them were also the most brave soldiers and horses in the army. They roared and rushed towards Wang Bo and others. Soldiers.
Wang Bo sneered and immediately ordered: "Fire!"
Hundreds of soldiers had all raised their cannons. After hearing the order, they opened fire together. Hundreds of cannons roared instantly. Soldiers such as Li Zicheng and Li Laiheng were shot down in large areas. Li Laiheng even exclaimed as he blocked Li Zicheng's attack. In front of him, a little bit of blood mist appeared on his body, and he fell to the ground screaming.
"put!"
Wang Bo's soldiers were still firing volleys, and Li Zicheng and other men could not get closer at all. After a while, they were all shot dead more than ten steps away.
Wang Bo looked at the fallen Chuangzi banner and the corpses on the ground, and said coldly: "How long has it been? Are you still thinking of charging with a spear and a broadsword? King Chuang, times have changed!"
At the same time, Gu Kecheng led the remnant troops in the north of the city to withdraw into the city, but they were met head-on by the New Army cavalry battalion soldiers who rushed into the city. When Xu Ming saw this, he yelled: "Come forward and kill without mercy!"
Gu Kecheng saw that there was no way to hide, so he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Kill him!"
boom!
Xu Ming led more than a thousand soldiers of the cavalry battalion and ran directly into it. The hundreds of thieves soldiers around Gu Kecheng were like fallen leaves in autumn, being smashed into pieces by the cavalry army, leaving a mess of casualties.
Gu Kecheng was knocked into the air by the war horse, and then landed heavily on the ground.
The ground was trampled to pieces by countless iron hooves.
Near the west city wall, Wu Sangui rushed into the city with hundreds of troops and horses in a panic. He had never been so panicked before, and he couldn't pay attention at all.
At this moment, the sound of a large group of troops charging was heard from behind. Upon hearing the news, Wu Sangui turned around suddenly and saw Zhang Yizheng leading his troops to catch up.
On the battlefield in Liaodong, Wu Sangui had met Zhang Yi several times and knew that Zhang Yi was a general under Liu Yan. He was immediately overjoyed and immediately ordered to stop, then rushed forward and shouted loudly: "General Zhang Yi, I am Wu Sangui, I want to see Mr. Ge!"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yi also led his troops to listen, and randomly ordered his subordinates to surround Wu Sangui, and then said: "Wu Sangui? I heard that Wu Sangui surrendered to the bandits and killed the governor Sun Chuanting, General Cao Bianjiao and General Yang Guozhu, but in this way?"
Wu Sangui immediately said loudly: "Their deaths have nothing to do with me. I was just forced by the situation and did not really surrender to the thieves!"
"As long as Mr. Ge is willing to surrender, when I go north to regain Liaodong one day, I am willing to lead the army as a vanguard and fight for Mr. Ge in the world!"
Zhang Yi said expressionlessly: "Forget it, our new army doesn't need traitors!"
Then Zhang Yi waved his big hand fiercely, and hundreds of new army gunmen rushed forward, disarmed Wu Sangui and hundreds of others, and then escorted them all to the vicinity of the county government, preparing to be imprisoned in the prison first, waiting for Liu Yan Disposal of downfall.
