The two of them had their own little plans, and they hit it off immediately. Li Zicheng stood up immediately, and Huang Taiji also stood up and gave Li Zicheng a hug. "Then, it's settled between the two families," Huang Taiji said. Li Zicheng nodded and said:

"It's a deal." Huang Taiji was also going to invite Li Zicheng to have dinner with him, but Li Zicheng refused on the excuse of being busy with military affairs. In fact, Li Zicheng didn't lie. He was in a hurry this time, and the army was about to launch an attack on Zhending Mansion.

Li Zicheng must rush back after the attack. The army must immediately launch an attack and then head for the capital.

"Coming!" At the top of the city of Zhending Mansion, a red sun slowly rose from the horizon. It was just dawn, but the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to be careless at all. A few days ago, they received news that the forwards of the Dashun Army had entered Zhending City.

According to the news from Dingfu, if they march with all their strength, the enemy army should be able to reach the gate of Zhending City in one or two days. However, three days have passed, and the enemy has stopped, as if waiting for something. But Fan

Zhiwan and Qiao Xu did not dare to relax their vigilance. Since Dashun's army entered the territory of Zhending Mansion, they have strengthened the city defense. The city defenders worked in three shifts and patrolled day and night. Early this morning, the city defenders discovered unusual movements outside the city.

, at the end of the plain, a large number of black spots appeared. As the black spots got closer and closer, everyone finally saw clearly that they were cavalry. Hundreds of cavalry were divided into several teams, circling around the city, with horses inserted behind them.

Carrying a small flag, they were obviously sentry cavalry from rogue thieves, but such a large number of sentinel cavalry meant that the main force was not far away.

Dang, dang, dang, alarm bells blared at the top of the city, and a large number of soldiers woke up from their sleep. They were also nervous these days. In fact, for the officers and soldiers, if the bandits really came, it might be better for everyone to fight with real swords and guns, but

This kind of endless waiting is unacceptable to everyone. They know that the main force of the Dashun Army is dozens of miles away, but what are they waiting for if they don't launch an attack? In fact, the reason is not as complicated as they thought.

Just because Li Zicheng went to see Huang Taiji, before leaving, he ordered the entire army not to attack because he didn't know what medicine was sold in Huang Taiji's gourd. Only when he knew it clearly could he proceed to the next step. Sure enough, as soon as Li Zicheng came back,

The whole army immediately set out to attack Zhending Mansion. The millions of troops consumed countless supplies every day. Even if the hungry barracks only distributed one black-faced steamed bun mixed with bark, wheat bran and other impurities a day, it was an astronomical figure, so the remaining

There was not much time left for Li Zicheng. Since Huang Taiji had given up the right to attack the capital, they would not wait any longer. It would be best to fight quickly.

Just after the New Year in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhending Mansion was attacked by millions of thieves. Fan Zhiwan did not fall asleep until late at night. When he heard the alarm bell, he immediately turned over and sat up, wearing a piece of clothing.

He rushed out. Qiao Xu simply slept with his armor on and immediately went to the top of the city. After Fan Zhi arrived, he immediately asked: "General Qiao, how are you?" Qiao Xu pointed to the outside of the city and said: "

Unfortunately, the number of sentries and cavalry is still increasing, which is a signal of the arrival of the main force of the bandits. Except for the old camp, the bandits don't have that many cavalry." Fan Zhiwan swallowed, and he also knew that he had a small truth.

Dingfu was like a mantis in front of millions of thieves, but he had no choice but to defend the territory. He had the responsibility to defend the country. He could not give up easily and must buy time for the capital.

Boom, boom, boom, in the red light of the morning sun, a black line first appeared at the junction of heaven and earth, followed by a black ocean. A black sea of ​​people appeared in the field of vision of Fan Zhiwan and Qiao Xu, and the area of ​​the ocean continued to expand.

Expanding, the rumbling sound became louder and louder, clearly reaching the ears of everyone in the city. Fan Zhiwan's pupils suddenly shrank. Is this the momentum of a million-strong army of thieves? The endless sea of ​​people, like

Spears towering like mountains and forests, flags waving, war drums rumbling, tens of thousands of cavalry riding horses, and behind them are endless infantry. Even if they are arranged in a dense formation, because there are too many people, this terrifying pressure is still there

All the officers and soldiers in the city were suffocated. A young soldier fell to the ground with a thud and murmured: "Oh my god, this, this is too much."

Creaking, the cavalry and infantry slowed down, and a large number of artillerymen appeared in the team pushing large and small artillery. They pushed the artillery to the front of the team. These were all artillery collected by the Dashun Army along the way, and some were from the emperor.

With Taiji's support, Li Zicheng has deeply realized the power of artillery in many battles. Firearms are likely to be the key to determining the outcome of the war in the future. At present, Huang Taiji's Qing army is one step ahead of the Dashun army and has begun to develop firearms.

, after capturing the capital in the future, they will completely take over the Ordnance Bureau of the capital, and also have the Dashun Army's own artillery construction system.

"Aim! Aim! Aim!" Orders were passed on one after another, and countless red flags began to fly up and down. This was the banner soldier in the Dashun Army giving orders to the artillery. Li Zicheng was in the middle of the team, and the yellow dragon umbrella cover showed

Fan Zhiwan obviously saw him, "Li Zicheng!" Qiao Xu punched the crenel, "Unfortunately, this guy is too far away from the top of the city. We only have three heavy cannons at the top of the city, and the range is not enough. Otherwise, we would have to

I need to give him some color." Qiao Xu knew that if he could take Li Zicheng's head among the thousands of troops, the bandits would collapse without a fight, but where could he get such an opportunity? Li Zicheng was not stupid, his

Outside, there were cavalry on the left and right floors, all elite veteran soldiers. There were more than a thousand officers, soldiers and cavalry in the city. Even if Qiao Xu had the courage, the soldiers could not rush in front of Li Zicheng.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!" Boom boom boom, the bandit's artillery fired first. Hundreds of heavy solid artillery shells hit the city directly. Boom boom boom, like a heavy hammer hitting the chests of the officers and soldiers, resonating at the same frequency.

Fan Zhiwan and others were unable to stand firmly at the top of the city. Many soldiers squatted down with their heads in their hands, hiding their bodies behind the crenels, as if they could avoid the shells. However, the thieves used heavy artillery, and these shells could

The crenels of the Zhending Mansion, which were not very thick, were directly smashed. Even though many soldiers were hiding behind the crenels, they were still injured by the flying gravel. For a time, there were wailing and screaming on the top of the city, and a round of shelling came down. At least

There were hundreds of casualties. Li Zicheng raised his telescope and was obviously very satisfied with the effect of the bombardment. "Okay! Tell the brothers to just attack like this, push up the artillery, cover them layer by layer, and first break the momentum of the officers and soldiers."

Boom boom boom, Dashun Army's artillery fire continued for a full hour, until the sun hung in the sky. The officers and soldiers could not even eat breakfast. Many shells went directly over the city head and into the city, killing the soldiers waiting below.

They killed everyone. Although the firepower on the city began to fight back, there was a huge gap in numbers between the two sides. The bandits had at least three to four hundred artillery pieces, while the Zhendingfu city had only a few dozen, and the heavy artillery only had a pitiful three.

Almost as soon as the officers and soldiers opened fire on the gate, the thieves immediately focused their fire on the city wall, destroying the officers and soldiers' artillery and killing the gunners. Li Zicheng turned to look at Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu and others beside him, and nodded.

Said: "The infantry began to attack."

"Kill the officers and soldiers!" As the leading officers drew out their swords and roared, the tens of thousands of hungry soldiers in the first line raised their spears and charged towards them. The morale of the officers and soldiers at the head of the city was stagnant. It was really time to fight.

, then I realized how terrible the human sea tactics of the bandits were. They didn't care about life or death at all. The life of a starving soldier was not worth mentioning in Li Zicheng's eyes. It was no different from the life of an ant. In war, life is so cheap.

Layers of corpses piled up under the city. They just used their lives to fill the road and set up ladders to the top of Zhending Mansion. Even though the officers and soldiers at the top of the city fought desperately, they couldn't handle the large number of thieves and quickly attacked the top of the city. Qiao Xu

Shouting, he led his soldiers to charge left and right, and finally defeated the enemy troops who had reached the top of the city.

Although Fan Zhiwan was a civil servant, at the time of life and death, he still held a sword and ran back and forth at the top of the city, shouting to kill the thieves. Seeing that the prefect was so brave, the officers and soldiers also worked hard and fought desperately to defeat the first wave of Dashun Army's offensive.

Fight back. Li Zicheng gritted his teeth. The previous attacks went smoothly. Unexpectedly, he hit a wall in Zhending Mansion. It seems that the defenders of Zhending Mansion have made a lot of preparations. Today they are going to fight the Dashun Army here.

Li Zicheng turned around and asked, "Who is this Zhending Prefecture guard?" Niu Jinxing cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to the Holy Sage, after interrogating the Ming army's surrender, the prefect is called Fan Zhiwan, and he is a descendant of Fan Zhongyan in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The general is Acting General Qiao Xu, who is also a general from the Beijing camp." Li Zicheng slapped his thigh and said, "Damn it, it's the Beijing camp again. It seems that he has been with this old guy Sun Chengzong before. No wonder he has such a strong bone. Fan Zhongyan's descendants

Okay, man, please go down and kill Fan Zhiwan and Qiao Xu, and those who kill Fan Zhiwan and Qiao Xu will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and made a captain of ten thousand men!"

Li Zicheng was the emperor of Dashun. As soon as he opened his mouth, the order was immediately passed on. The military formation of millions of Shun soldiers immediately burst into wild cheers. Although the officers and soldiers at the top of the city didn't know what Li Zicheng was doing, everyone knew.

The Dashun Army was probably going to launch a more ferocious attack. Sure enough, just as the cheers ended, tens of thousands of hungry soldiers broke out from the formation, raised their spears and charged. Qiao Xu and Fan Zhiwan looked at each other,

His face turned pale instantly. There were only 20,000 officers and soldiers guarding the city, of which only more than 10,000 were really capable of fighting, and there were thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled who made up the numbers. If Dashun's army used wheel warfare, I'm afraid Zhending Mansion wouldn't be able to hold on like this.

How long has it been? Qiao Xu drew his sword and roared: "Soldiers, the city is still there and the people are there. If the city dies, the people will die. I, Qiao Xu, would rather die than retreat!" Fan Zhiwan also roared: "If the city is destroyed, I, Fan Zhiwan, can only
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