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More than 300 bald heads and more than 100 rogues attacked the city wall, and they were greeted by [-] soldiers around Sun Chuanting and Su Tiancheng.

An even more brutal fight began. These post-gold Tartars are the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Needless to say, their personal abilities, more than 100 bandits, are the elite of an army of 400, but the 200 soldiers around Su Tiancheng are even more powerful. They were fierce, although they were small in number, they quickly suppressed the Houjin Tartars and the Tartars. There were more than [-] people against [-] people, and they could not gain any advantage.

A strange scene appeared, the rogues were still attacking, above the city wall, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were fighting bloody battles with the Houjin Tartars and the rogues who attacked the city wall, beside the city wall, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were still fighting to kill the rogues who were attacking the city.

The post-gold tartars and rogues standing on the city wall had no time to care about them.

Li Zicheng was ecstatic when he saw this scene. He thought that the time had come for the city to be broken and it was time to launch the final attack.

The drums sounded, and countless rogues began to swarm towards the city wall. However, although these rogues were all shouting and charging forward, their momentum was not good, and they were generally a little scared.

The attack of tens of thousands made the atmosphere suddenly tense.

Su Tiancheng watched this scene, still motionless.

There are not many post-gold tartars and rogue bandits on the city wall, but the loss of two hundred soldiers is more than half.

On the city wall, blood and corpses were everywhere, and everyone was so red-eyed that they didn't care.

Another group of rogues climbed up the city wall. At this time, Wang Dazhi unconsciously walked in front of Su Tiancheng, blocked Su Tiancheng with his body, and saw that the south gate was about to be overwhelmed.

Su Tiancheng still didn't move.

Some soldiers of the Jiangning battalion guarding the city stood up and began to fight the bandits, and there were even fewer soldiers guarding the city wall.

The rogues are still attacking continuously.

Wang Dazhi glanced at Su Tiancheng.It was found that Su Tiancheng's fists were clenched tightly, and his knuckles were turning white.

"Kill..."

When the huge shout sounded, the people on the city wall and the besiegers froze for a moment.

Liu Tiehan brandished a steel knife, like an angry lion, and rushed up with everyone.

The situation on the city wall changed instantly.

The scout battalion is the bravest of the Jiangning battalion.Almost reaching the point of one enemy against a hundred, a thousand soldiers of the scout battalion joined the battle group, and the situation changed instantly. Later, the golden tartars and the rogues fell down screaming.

But within 10 minutes, the post-gold tartars and rogues were no longer visible on the city wall.

The flintlock gun rang again, and the attacking bandit team began to lag, the power of the flintlock gun.They know it.

Su Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Su, let me take a look..."

A slightly frightened voice came, Su Tiancheng's body trembled, he turned his head suddenly, and saw Zhu Cihong standing behind him.

This is the most dangerous place above the city wall, why did Zhu Cihong come here.

Soon, Yao Yong, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Qin Sande, the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion, came out.Both of them lowered their heads, and they all saw the tragic scene.Their duty is to protect His Highness the Crown Prince, and guard His Highness the Crown Prince all the time, but now that His Highness the Crown Prince is in a fairyland, they have an inescapable responsibility.

"Master Su, I must come and see it. It has nothing to do with Eunuch Qin and General Yao."

Su Tiancheng suppressed his anger.

"His Royal Highness. It's too dangerous here, please leave quickly, or all the arrangements of the minister will be in vain."

Perhaps the scene above the city wall was too tragic, Zhu Cihong nodded.Did not hold on anymore.

Suddenly, Zhu Cihong spoke.

"Master Su, I see that you are surrounded by only General Wang and the rest of the soldiers."

"His Royal Highness, it is enough for me to have Wang Dazhi by my side. The soldiers guarding the city wall suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted. I don't need so many people by my side. Besides, I have also been on the battlefield. I am not so delicate, so I don't need so many people." Protected by many people."

"This is not acceptable, Master Su, I will leave three hundred brocade guards behind."

Su Tiancheng looked at Zhu Cihong with fierce eyes.

Zhu Cihong did not back down.

"If Mr. Su refuses to agree, I will not leave. I am the prince, and I will watch the soldiers kill the enemy with my own eyes."

"Your Majesty's grace, I will remember it. It is enough for me to leave a hundred brocade guards around me. If His Majesty does not agree, I will use force."

"Okay, I agree, Master Su must take care, General Yao, you bring a hundred brocade guards and follow Master Su, if anything happens to Master Su, you come to see me with your head."

Li Zicheng saw everything that happened on the city wall.

When the time came to Yinshi, two hours passed before he knew it. He didn't expect such an ending. The sergeants swarming up slowly stopped, watching the brothers on the city wall screaming and falling down. The brothers who attacked, No one could stand. You must know that the ones who attacked this time were all the best among the rebels after careful selection.

Li Zicheng was a little unsteady. From yesterday's noon to now, he attacked for half a day, leaving behind countless corpses, but he still couldn't break through the city wall. What happened?

The officers around him began to speak out, saying that they could take a break and that there was still time, and the Jiangning Battalion had suffered heavy losses, and they would launch another large-scale attack after dawn.

Li Zicheng nodded numbly, unable to express the bitterness in his heart.

The attack was temporarily halted.

Sun Chuanting, covered in blood, came in front of Su Tiancheng. Behind him, there were more than forty people left, of the two hundred soldiers, only forty people remained.

Liu Tiehan led the soldiers of the scout battalion to guard the city wall.

"My lord, I have just counted. Of the 700 soldiers guarding the south gate, there are still 41 left. Among the 220 soldiers around my lord, there are still 450 soldiers. 5000 soldiers from the north and west gates died, and [-] soldiers from the east gate. With sacrifices and seriously injured soldiers, the Jiangning battalion lost more than [-] people."

Su Tiancheng's body trembled slightly.

"I see, the rogues have suspended their attack. We survived the round of fighting just now and hit the aura of the rogues as much as possible. According to my estimation, the next round of attack may be after Maoshi. Let the patrol The soldiers and civilians of the division came to clean up the top of the city wall, and the soldiers took turns to rest in place to prepare for the next round of attack."

"My lord, go and rest for a while. If there is any situation, I will inform you immediately."

"No, I'm not in the mood to rest. It seems that the soldiers have to be adjusted appropriately. One thousand soldiers are left at the north gate and the west gate, and the rest are all transferred to the south gate. The soldiers at the east gate don't move. One thousand soldiers and soldiers have already been transferred. One Hundred Jinyiwei, General Sun, you go to the east gate to command, and I will command here."

"My lord, the last general disagrees. There is no big problem with Eunuch Qin and Commander Di at the east gate. The focus of the attack by the rogues is on the south gate. The wall of the east gate is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The rogues have launched several attacks, causing casualties. It was so severe that they basically gave up, not to mention the north and west gates, and the rogues basically did not launch any decent attacks, so the general thought that if he defended the south gate, he would be able to defend the city of Kuizhou."

Su Tiancheng nodded, he already knew about these situations.

I don't know where the army led by Hong Chengchou has gone. After the rogues rested for a while, when they come back, they must be desperate. Li Zicheng and him both know that in this decisive battle, one person must fall, or Either the rogues perished, or the Jiangning camp suffered a devastating blow.

By this time, all the veils had been torn off, revealing a bloody scene.

Li Zicheng was surrounded by many officers.

"Brothers, you have followed me for many years. Over the years, I have wronged you in many places. I will not talk about these. Most of the time has passed. We have lost countless brothers, but we still have not been able to capture Kuizhou Fucheng, we don’t have much time left. I think, after dawn, we will withdraw the brothers from the east gate, north gate and west gate, and gather at the south gate to launch an attack. We will suffer heavy losses, as will the Ming army defending the city. , we still have the advantage in numbers, but unfortunately, if we could persist just now, we would have won Kuizhou Prefecture."

Having said this, Li Zicheng's voice was a little choked up.

"Let the brothers rest a little longer when we launch an attack tomorrow. If you still can't capture Kuizhou's capital by noon, you can tie me up, or take my head, and surrender to the Ming army."

Hearing what Li Zicheng said, the surrounding officers immediately exploded, and everyone said that they would follow King Chuang, even if they fought to the end.

There was no expression on Li Zicheng's face. He had no choice but to say these words. The loss of the rebel army was too heavy. It is estimated that the loss was more than half. Under such circumstances, it is obviously irrational to continue to attack, but he has no way out. , the Jiangning battalion soldiers guarding the city of Kuizhou, that is, about 1 people, must have lost more than half of their losses after such a long fight. Facing the city of Kuizhou, which is guarded by thousands of people, if they do not continue to attack, there will be no such thing in the future opportunity.

Besides, it is even more impossible to retreat at this time, there is no place to retreat, and it is impossible to cross the capital of Kuizhou. If you can retreat in the direction of Yunyang, Wanxian or Xinning, you are facing the Jiangning battalion. The main force can be said to be defeated by the remnant soldiers. Facing the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who are staring at them, it goes without saying what the result will be.

As for the situation of Luo Rucai who sticks to Bazhou, Li Zicheng has no time to take care of it.

Although everyone spoke in unison, there were quite a few who were thinking of evacuating, and some even thought of running for their lives. If he didn't say that, the morale of the army would probably start to loose, and it would be impossible to launch an attack.

Time passed very slowly, the city walls were very quiet, the fire light gradually became weaker, the sky began to appear pale, and the day was finally approaching. (To be continued..)