nanming man

Chapter 405
Li Zicheng has made up his mind, and he will not be reconciled if he does not beat Guancheng.

There were interceptions in front and pursuers in the back. The current situation made the soldiers of the Shun army feel very panic. But fortunately, the news came from behind. The Qing army who followed them just followed behind and did not attack them. Shun Jun heaved a sigh of relief.

Since Emperor Dashun gave the order, they could only cheer up and compete with Wei Wujun, ready to gnaw at the hard bones in front of them.

Li Zicheng's people came easily, and they could coerce tens of thousands of people at every turn, and because it was so easy, Li Zicheng didn't cherish it too much.

After only simple preparations, the Shun army formed an attack formation outside the pass city.

On the top of the city, Gao Yihuan observed the large formation of the Shun Army, which was full of people and horses, but there were very few equipment. The equipment of Daxing was only more than a dozen trebuchets, and all of them were simple boarding ladders composed of a few pieces of wood. There are not many shield cars built.

"Li Zicheng doesn't take the lives of his soldiers as his own!" Gao Yihuan stared outside the city. Although the Shun army was about to attack him, he still felt grief and indignation when he saw these extremely ill-prepared Shun troops.

Li Zicheng didn't take human life seriously. To be honest, he was not as important as the Qing army attached to his subordinates.

Thinking about how the more than 100 people in Gaojiabao were consumed in this way, Zhao Daxian slammed his fist on the wall brick angrily, "Gusun is really nothing!"

Despite scolding and anger, beatings are still necessary, and beatings must be severe. If Li Zicheng is to stand out, the tragedy will continue.

Gao Yihuan watched for a while, then waved his hand and said: "Order the artillery team to suppress the enemy's catapults, and then order the various departments to attack as soon as the enemy approaches."

After the military order was conveyed, the soldiers of the Wei Wu army above and below the city had already made preparations.

Li Zicheng's fighting methods and attitudes are still a few years ago, and he has not improved at all. Gao Yihuan is full of confidence in this battle.

At this time, under the banner of the Shun Army Dazhu, Li Zicheng watched Guancheng. Seeing that the army had lined up, he ordered with anger: "Let Yuan Zongdi attack, and the first person to climb to the top of the city will be rewarded with a hundred gold. The one who is promoted to a higher level and captures Gao Yihuan alive will be named Marquis!"

Li Zicheng gave an order, the military flag was waved, and the drums were beating.

The military order was passed on, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards. The five thousand Shun soldiers in front of the battle roared instantly and began to move forward, moving towards Guancheng.

Although the Shun Army has tens of thousands of troops, the area in front of the pass is narrow, and the soldiers and horses cannot be deployed at all. Only a few thousand people can be deployed at one time.

The dense Shun army, like a torrent, crowded forward.

Gao Yihuan narrowed his eyes when he saw this, and immediately ordered: "The artillery is ready!"

There are many people, which may be Li Zicheng's only advantage.

Thousands of Shun troops formed a tight formation, covering all the open space outside the pass, and the soldiers shouted again and again, making the defenders on the city feel as if the flood peak was rushing over.

However, this posture looked scary, but the generals of Wei Wujun knew that it was actually not a big threat.

The soldiers of the Shun army were in front with swords and shields, the climbers carrying ladders were in the middle, and the soldiers with trebuchets were at the back, as well as the archers who shot arrows to cover the climbers.

The dense crowd flocked to Guancheng with howls, and a random shot could kill a bunch of people. However, the artillery on the city did not bombard these soldiers, but aimed at the trebuchet behind them.

The trebuchet is big, has a short range, and is not very accurate. If there is no artillery, there is still room for use, but if there are artillery, it will become a living target.

At this time, the forward of the Shun Army was already 150 steps away from the city, and the trebuchet behind it had already entered the effective range of the artillery on the city, and could directly aim and fire.

Li Zicheng saw people like ants rushing towards Guancheng, with a trace of cruelty on his face, "I want to see how many waves of attacks Gao Yihuan can block!"

At this moment, clouds of white smoke suddenly rose from the top of the city, followed by the sound of "boom boom boom" cannons.

The roar of the artillery shells caused the soldiers of the Shun Army who were advancing to shrink their necks, but the shells flew over the heads of the soldiers of the Shun Army, and directly hit the trebuchet pushed forward by the soldiers of the Shun Army.

These trebuchets had to be within three hundred steps at least before they could set up the bombardment. Now they were only five hundred steps away, and they were attacked by artillery.

When a cannonball hit, the trebuchet exploded instantly with a "bang". The iron bullet hit the trebuchet and shot into the ground, causing wood and soil to splash immediately.

Several trebuchets were directly shattered by shells, and sawdust flew instantly, wounding the soldiers of the Shun Army below one after another, and all the soldiers and horses fell down.

Li Zicheng, who was in the back line, saw several trebuchets collapsed at once, and immediately frowned. He stood up from the saddle, stretched his neck to watch, and his face sank immediately.

Yuan Zongdi was standing near the trebuchet, commanding the soldiers to attack the city. Suddenly, a whistling sound came from his ear, and a black iron ball shot towards him rapidly.

He didn't have time to react when he heard a "bang". A stone trebuchet next to him was directly pierced by shells, and the throwing rod was broken. , have been wounded.

In an instant, countless soldiers fell to the ground and wailed, and the screams of "ahhh~" rang out everywhere, and the shells were still powerful, and hit the head of a Shun soldier behind, and the whole head exploded like a big watermelon, red Spray the white ones all around.

This made Yuan Zongdi's face change, and his heart sank, "Gao Yihuan's artillery is so accurate, I'm afraid the trebuchet has not reached the firing position, and it will be shot one by one by the artillery."

For a moment, Yuan Zongdi's face was full of bitterness.

At this moment in the rear, Li Zicheng's old face had already turned purple.

He saw with his own eyes one after another the trebuchets were knocked paralyzed on the road by the artillery, sawdust splashed down, and the nearby Shun army was shot and wounded in large numbers, so he guessed that the big earthquake thunder in his hand should be about to explode. I smashed my hand.

The generals of the Shun Army beside Li Zicheng all looked serious. The Shun Army also had cannons, but most of them were left at Tongguan, and some were left behind because of the difficult road.

Now that the trebuchet has been knocked down by the artillery of the Ming army, it is difficult to realize the plan of attacking with thunder, so it can only be filled by soldiers and human lives.

At this time, the forward of the Shun Army had already reached the fifty steps of Guancheng. Gao Yihuan looked at it, shook his head, and said to the left and right: "It's boring! You command! The commander is going down to the city!"

The Shun army was about to attack the city, and the sword had no eyes. Gao Yihuan knew his position and saw that Guan Fang was fine, so he confessed and hurried down to the city.

Just as he turned around at this time, there was a series of "bang bang bang" gunshots behind him, and the entire front was filled with gunpowder smoke on the Guancheng. Having already stepped forward, a row of orange-red flames flashed from the muzzle.

Below the city, the soldiers of the Shun Army who had just approached the low wall fell down amidst the sound of gunfire.

The dense Shunjun became thinner in an instant. A few Shunjun wanted to climb over the low wall. As soon as they stood up, a few spears stabbed directly at them.
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