Ming politicians

A dense crowd of people flocked towards the direction of Kuizhou Fucheng.

At this time, all actions were made public, and there were no secrets at all. However, the rebel army won precious time, and in Li Zicheng's view, he had achieved his goal.

When he set off on the night of the fifth day of August, Li Zicheng was still a little worried. Although the information from various sources showed that the army of the Jiangning Battalion had already set off for Bazhou, who knows if there will be any changes, who knows whether Su Tiancheng has already known the situation , or get ready.The rebel army fought against the Jiangning battalion many times, and each time they were severely hit by the Jiangning battalion. This included intelligence warfare. Li Zicheng was most impressed by the battle of Zhongdu, which was the worst defeat of the rebel army. Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ning Li Zicheng still doesn't quite understand the accurate judgment made by Yingying.

Those who make big things don't care about small details. After the rebel army set off, all the people they met along the way were detained, and those who dared to resist were killed. The news could not be revealed, but after the eighth day of August, he didn't care. Don't worry about everything around you.

The 10-strong army, the momentum is earth-shattering, it is not a problem to say that commanding tens of thousands of people to fight, but this time, Li Zicheng is particularly important, it is related to the future of the rebel army.

The terrain of Kuizhou Fucheng is a bit special. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the Yangtze River on one side. This is a typical terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, any terrain has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage of Kuizhou Fucheng is that the army is easy to attack. Concentrating the attack, the attack is not as good as the rest, which makes it difficult for the soldiers defending the city to guard against.

If the Jiangning Camp hadn't come to Sichuan, the Kuizhou Prefecture might have been controlled by the rebels. Back then, the rebels almost controlled the entire Kuizhou, Baoning and Long'an prefectures.

At noon on the tenth day of the eighth month, the rebel army advancing along the waterway was only ten miles away from the capital of Kuizhou.The land road rebels were only fifty miles away. In order to save time, Li Zicheng made an important decision, as long as they arrived at Kuizhou Fucheng, part of the daytime.Launch an attack around the clock, and rely on the advantage of numbers to take down Kuizhou's capital city in one fell swoop.

In order to successfully capture Kuizhou Fucheng, Li Zicheng has worked hard for more than half a year. When Su Tiancheng decided to let the Sichuan Guards army stick to many strongholds, Li Zicheng ordered the rebels to start small-scale attacks on these strongholds. Don't care about the personnel. Casualties, the purpose of doing so.In fact, it is to further accumulate experience in sieges. Through continuous attacks, the rebel army has indeed gained a lot of experience, and slowly began to fully familiarize themselves with siege battles.

Attacking a city is a tough battle, and sometimes you can take advantage of it, but most of the time, you need to rely on the bravery of the soldiers.Only then can there be actual effects.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng also increased the rewards for outstanding sergeants.Don't be stingy with taking out money, cash rewards for sergeants who have made great achievements in every confrontation, and severely punish those sergeants who are ineffective in combat.To a certain extent, this also made the sergeant more brave.

Now it's time to show all of this. After all the achievements have been made in one battle, a life-and-death battle is coming soon.

Li Zicheng standing on the bow.The expression on his face is calm, even though his heart is turbulent.

Kuizhou Prefecture has entered a state of high alert.

Su Tiancheng and Sun Chuanting inspected all the preparations. The battle to defend the city was divided into three steps. The first step was to use the artillery to deal heavy blows to the bandits. The second step was to rely on the soldiers to guard the city gate and deal The third step is to rely on the people of Kuizhou Prefecture to jointly defend against the attacking rogues in times of crisis.

The city wall has been temporarily reinforced. In the city of Kuizhou Prefecture, many houses have been demolished, and materials such as stone and wood have been transported to the city wall. The inspection department of Kuizhou Prefecture patrols day and night to calm the emotions of the people and crack down on gangsters who take the opportunity to make trouble Scoundrel, the entire Fucheng has already entered a state of combat readiness ahead of schedule.

On the tenth day of August in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Weishi.

The scouts outside the city quickly reported that the rogues coming along the Yangtze River had arrived at the outskirts of Kuizhou Fucheng, and countless ships were carrying a large number of rogues.

The wharf in Kuizhou Fucheng is commonly known as the Nine Wharfs, and this name has lasted for hundreds of years.

There is still a distance between Nine Wharf and Kuizhou Fucheng. The straight-line distance is about three miles, but the road is winding, and the walking distance is about five miles.

The rogues wanted to attack the city of Kuizhou by water, so they had to disembark at the Nine Wharf, and the possibility of landing in other places was not high. There were high mountains on both sides and no roads.

Both the red-clothed cannon and the general's cannon had a range of three miles, that is to say, the cannons could fire before the bandits reached the Jiu Dock.

The timing of this point is very important. If it is said that it can hit the rogue's ship and cause a blockage, it will have a great impact on the rogue's attack. These days, Di Huaixiang and Fang Fengnian, who were in charge of the artillery attack, once led The soldiers personally went to survey and carefully calculated.

Although the order to start the attack was given directly by Su Tiancheng, Di Huaixiang and Fang Fengnian were still directly responsible for the timing.

Not a moment.

The red banner at the south gate was raised, which signaled the start of the offensive.

One minute later, the muffled sound of cannons rang out, and the faces of the people in Kuizhou Prefecture, who had never heard the sound of cannons, changed in color.

The red cannon and the general cannon began to show off their power.

This battle that shocked Ming Dynasty and recorded in the annals of history started without any special ceremony.

Su Tiancheng stood on the wall of the south gate with a calm expression. The sound of the rumbling guns did not affect him at all. Sun Chuanting beside him seemed a little nervous. Such a crucial battle made Sun Chuanting more or less excited.

Many soldiers of the Jiangning Camp took their positions. No one panicked with the excitement shown on their faces. They have long been used to the conquests for many years, and Su Tiancheng and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were with them, which gave them the greatest respect. Fighting spirit and confidence.

The unprepared rogues encountered a heavy blow before they approached Kuizhou Prefecture.

The shells landed on the wooden boat and exploded in an instant. The rogues who were blown to bloody flesh did not have time to scream and fell directly into the Yangtze River. Some shells also landed in the Yangtze River and exploded. The huge shock wave made the warship shake. , The river surface became chaotic in an instant.

Li Zicheng did not expect this scene.

In his impression, the red cannon and the general's cannon are both solid bullets. Even if they are fired, it is impossible to cause too much impact on the warship. At most, the warship hit by the shell will suffer heavy losses. , or even silence, but the rest of the warships will not be affected, but this time the shells are completely different. After the explosion, not only the hit warships are affected, but also the warships on both sides Shock waves and shell fragments spread.

There was no way to do this. In order to be able to hurry, the distance between the warships was very close. Li Zicheng spent a lot of money to raise more than 300 warships.

Seeing that warships were constantly being destroyed, and the shells of the red cannon and the general's cannon formed a dense firepower net on the river, and charging hard, the losses would definitely be even greater. Li Zicheng made a bold decision to use Fran Machine guns and tiger squat guns blasted a road in the mountain peak on the right, and the army went ashore through the blasted passage and went straight to the city of Kuizhou.

The sound of the cannons became more intense. The shells of the red cannon and the general's cannon continued to explode on the river, and the bandits also started firing shells, trying to open a passage.

This move of the rogues was soon reported by scouts.

After hearing the report, a sneer appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

The rogues gave up landing from the Nine Docks, and they would encounter more difficulties. It is not so easy to open a road. Not to mention the delay, it will also cause chaos and casualties.

The rogues have made changes, so of course Su Tiancheng has to make changes too.

The yellow flag was hoisted, a signal that the firing of the artillery had slowed down.

Half an hour passed.

The rebel army abruptly opened a passage.

A large number of sergeants began to abandon the ship and land.

The sergeants who landed earlier, holding the cutting tools they had prepared long ago, cut down all the trees and shrubs that hindered their progress, and forcibly opened a passage where no one had walked.

Part of the warships began to break through the blockade of artillery fire and headed towards the Nine Docks.

Li Zicheng will not give up on the Nine Wharfs. The rebel army is divided into two groups to attack, which can disperse the possibility of being hit by artillery fire, and it can also make it difficult for the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion guarding the city of Kuizhou to take care of it. More importantly, such an action can Let the rebels spread out to avoid overcrowding. A [-] army needs more passages.

All the changes of the bandits were within Su Tiancheng's expectation.

The red flag was raised again, this time two red flags.

In an instant, the red cannons, general cannons, tiger crouching cannons, and Fran cannons on the city wall all began to roar, and the shells were fired in two directions.

The rogues who landed were caught off guard. The power of the red cannon and the general's cannon was even greater on land. The warships advancing at the pier encountered tiger crouching guns and Fran cannons.

Li Zicheng's eyes were red, he could not have imagined that he had suffered such a huge loss before launching the attack, which was unbearable, but the attack had already been launched, there was no other way but to kill a bloody path.

The rebel army began to advance against the artillery fire. No one cared about the casualties of the sergeants. Everyone rushed towards the direction of Kuizhou City. Their goal was to reach the city of Kuizhou and start a large-scale attack. (To be continued..)