please make me king

Chapter 1257 Siege
After Song Xiance and Wukong left, Zhang Shun continued to order his soldiers to attack Taiyuan County in turn, and returned without success for three or five consecutive days.

On this day, Zhang Shun was considering whether to change the center of attack from Taiyuan County to the Ming army camp in Geta, Jiuxian County.

Sun Chuanting suddenly pushed the door open and reported happily: "King Shun, 'General Qingtian' has arrived!"

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "Who led the troops here this time?"

The "General Qingtian Cannon" of the rebel army weighed ten thousand catties and was extremely powerful. It was a military weapon.

Therefore, during the transportation, there is naturally a large group of people and horses to guard it.

Although the rebel army has arrived near Taiyuan, since Zhang Shun has less than [-] soldiers and horses, he actually does not have the conditions for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

Therefore, when he attacked Taiyuan County, he actually deliberately controlled the intensity and progress of the war.

"The leader of the army is Xu Quan, and under his command there are two battalions of Lu Xiangjin and Shen Jingbang, a total of eleven thousand soldiers and horses, guarding forty 'General Qingtian Cannons'." Sun Chuanting responded quickly.

"Now I am setting up camp outside, and I will come to see King Shun later."

"Forty doors? Forty doors can be used!" Zhang Shun nodded, and then ordered.

"The soldiers have been resting for too long, and it's time to move their muscles and bones. Let them come and meet me in a while, and prepare to attack the city tomorrow morning!"

Not to mention how the rebels plan, let's say that Jiang Xiang has been trapped by the rebels for the past few days and is sitting in Taiyuan County.

At the beginning, I was suspicious and uncertain, for fear that I would be captured by the rebel army.After waiting for a long time, seeing that the rebels were unable to break through the city, they didn't care much.

He even said triumphantly: "Then Houjin is a human being, and the Shun thief must also be a human being. Everyone was raised by their fathers and mothers, so there must be no three heads and six arms."

"Now I have a strong weapon in my hand, even if I make a big statement"

It was just dawn on this day, and soldiers reported early on: "General Jiang, Shun Bandits set up artillery outside the city again!"

"Let's go, go out and have a look!" Jiang Xiangnian was vigorous, but he was in good spirits. He went to bed early and got up early, so he couldn't help but put on his armor and said.

When Jiang Xiang went to the top of the city to have a look, he saw more than a dozen cannons in full swing not far away.

Jiang Xiang couldn't help feeling a sudden in his heart, and quickly asked: "Did the bandits outside come to reinforce the army, why are there so many cannons?"

It turns out that the generals of the Ming army in this era were more keen on leading a small group of elites and servants to conduct surprise attacks than investigating the enemy's situation.

As a result, the reinforcements from the rebel brigade arrived last night, but they were not discovered by the Ming army who was hiding in Taiyuan City.

"Big... probably, there seems to be an extra camp there, with about [-] people." The general beside Jiang Xiang stretched his neck and watched for a long while, in the spirit of playing "everyone find fault", and finally found today and yesterday. slightly different.

"There are more than ten thousand people here?" Jiang Xiang was startled when he heard this, "This Shun thief belongs to the rabbit, how can there be so many soldiers and horses?"

"No, no, hurry up and send someone to Taiyuan Fucheng, please send someone to support the left governor as soon as possible."

Are you kidding me, a small city like mine can withstand so many soldiers and horses?
"Outside the city?" Seeing that Jiang Xiang was about to leave, the soldier asked worriedly.

"It's okay, let them continue to bombard, and when his cannon hits red, let the cavalry go out of the city to charge for a while." Jiang Xiang said disapprovingly.

The city of Taiyuan is strong, can they still collapse it?

"Boom!" Just as Jiang Xiang finished speaking, there was a sudden loud noise, which made everyone's ears buzz, and then a huge collision sounded.

Jiang Xiang only felt that his footing was not stable, and his feet trembled, as if the earth dragon had turned over.

He couldn't help turning his head abruptly, looking in horror at an artillery position not far away filled with gunpowder smoke.

"This... this... the sound of the cannon is wrong!" Jiang Xiang couldn't help but said uneasy.

Due to the different caliber, length and charge of the artillery, the sound when firing the cannon is also different.

As a veteran of many years, Jiang Xiang knew that something big was coming this time as soon as he heard the sound of the cannon.

"Hongyi Cannon, it's Hongyi Cannon!" someone had already exclaimed.

Jiang Xiang shook her head secretly, what is the Hongyi cannon.

There are also many Hongyi cannons in Datong City, which one has such a sound?
However, Jiang Xiang stood on the tower, unable to check the situation of the city wall for a while.

However, soon Jiang Xiang would not have to worry about this matter.

Because the second and third shots of the rebels came immediately.

All artillerymen must first calibrate their fire and then fire in salvo.

Jiang Xiang saw the rebel army fired one cannon after another, all aimed at the southwest corner of Taiyuan County, and immediately reacted.

"The thieves want to blast the city and then attack." Jiang Xiang couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Come on, prepare a thousand infantry for me, and when the gunfire of the bandits is over, go up and defend the southwest corner!"

"Prepare another five hundred cavalry for me, and I will go out of the city to destroy those Hongyi cannons!"

If you keep it for a long time, you will lose. If you let the "Shun thief" bombard it so far, even if it is a city wall made of iron, it will still not be able to stand it.

"General, absolutely not!" Unexpectedly, just as Jiang Xiang finished speaking, someone advised him.

"There are so many thieves and cannons, I'm afraid there are more than a hundred of them. If the general puts himself in danger, wouldn't it be a sheep!"

"What are you afraid of!" Jiang Xiang couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Although the thieves have many cannons, what do they do if they can't hit them?"

It turns out that Jiang Xiang and other frontier soldiers have never encountered opponents with artillery, and they have already figured out the way
When confronting artillery, you only need to lure the enemy to fire outside its range, and then rush while it is reloading.

The artillery that was approached by the cavalry was basically left to be slaughtered.

Not long after, the south gate of Taiyuan County suddenly opened wide, and then a cavalry filed out.

The leader is none other than Jiang Xiang, the guard general of the Ming army.

After going down the city tower, I lost the advantage of climbing high and looking far away, and saw that the outside of the city was densely packed with rebels.

Jiang Xiang frowned, chose a direction, and couldn't help but order: "Go, the whole army will disperse in units of sentries."

"Be sure not to be arrogant or impetuous. First trick the enemy into firing, and then charge."

"If you lie to a gun, you will hit it; if you hit it, you will destroy it. Don't be greedy for too much!"

Not long after, Jiang Xiang made a detour to the west of the city by relying on his previous memory, and found the artillery position of the rebel army closest to the northwest.

"The first sentry comes forward, you are only allowed to lose, not to win!" Jiang Xiang stopped immediately and ordered loudly.

"The second sentry follows closely. Once the thief fires the cannon, the horse will be released to charge. Only advance and no retreat are allowed. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy!"

"The third post and the fourth post are bluffing left and right, beware of enemy cavalry."

"At the fifth post, I will watch the battle here and be ready to support at any time!"

"Here!" The five hundred elite cavalry under Jiang Xiang's command were almost all of his belongings, and naturally they were ordered by him, which was no small matter.

Hearing Jiang Xiang's order, all the cavalry dispersed.

With only five hundred riders, he actually used the momentum of thousands of troops.

"Who knows that there is no one in the Ming army, I think this person's level is not bad!" At this moment, Zhang Shun was standing on the high platform, seeing the cavalry of the Ming army coming out in a file, and the formation changed, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhang Shun also has some cavalry under his command, in fact, the standard is not much higher than the opponent's.

"King Shun's subordinates are soldiers, but the five hundred horsemen of the Ming army are servants!" Sun Chuanting knew this well, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Therefore, in small-scale confrontations, the Ming army is not inferior to the Yi army and Houjin. If it is a large-scale decisive battle, it is far behind the Yi army and Houjin."

(End of this chapter)