Hong Niang was sick and could not take charge of the overall situation. Fortunately, Qin Lang had excellent Chinese medicine skills, otherwise Hong Niang would have died of heavy bleeding. Even if he saved his life, Hong Niang could only keep him in the government office for the time being.

Fortunately, Gao Deben and Nan Chunfu's rebellion failed, and no one in Xinyang City presided over the overall situation, so everyone could only recommend Li Yan as the leader.

Li Yan was just a military advisor, and it was still acceptable to give advice, so it was the first time he led the army to fight. However, the army of Hongniangzi in Luoshan County obeyed him. The officers and soldiers of Xinyang City knew that he was Hongniangzi's husband, so they obeyed the order.

Everyone put their hope on Li Yan, so Li Yan was not polite and ordered his men: "Miss Ling, lead troops to guard the West Gate, Ma Chao, Wenlei, go to the East Gate and North Gate, Cheng San, lead the reserve team to assist the city gates at any time. Remember to pay attention to the fireworks signals at all times."

The commanders took the orders one by one and left. The only West Gate and South Gate in Xinyang City are the most important, which is the main attack of the thieves. Li Yan sent Ling Susu to guard the West Gate, while he defended the South Gate himself.

Ling Susu was a little worried: "Young Master Li, please let your subordinates defend the South Gate. The pressure on Ximen is still less."

Li Yan smiled slightly: "What, you don't believe me yet. Don't worry, this Ximen may also become the main attack direction of the thief."

Ling Susu didn't say anything and hurriedly went to salute.

The generals of each unit arrived at the pre-defense position in accordance with the military orders. The entire Xinyang City is now full of soldiers. Refugees in the city have joined the defensive team because everyone knows that there is at least a place to settle down when the city is defended. The city is broken and everyone will finish it together.

Outside the city, Li Zicheng's army gathered more and more. The bandits knew very well that if they could not capture the city, they would all have to starve. If they captured the city, they would have endless food, countless gold, silver and treasures and women.

There is almost no decent military discipline constraint on both sides. After all, everyone knows that these temporary armed people should not expect them to be able to enforce orders.

The fight began, and Li Zicheng led his subordinates to attack the South City Gate, but Xinyang City was far more difficult to conquer than they thought. First of all, let go of the high walls of the city, and the Ming army officers and soldiers defending on the city walls were powerful in combat. The tactics of hundreds of thousands of troops of people squeezed out of Xinyang City.

But the city wall was full of people. The condescending Ming soldiers held stones and smashed them hard under the city wall. The few stone throwing cars had been repaired, and the stone throwing cars were tightened, and the huge stones were placed in the leather pocket.

With the general's order, the stones in the chariot's pocket roared out, with a power comparable to a cannonball.

The bandits outside the city began to collapse. After all, most of them had never experienced the battlefield. Looking at the huge rocks flying all over the sky, once they were hit, they would be broken and their bones were broken.

With a 'bang!', the huge rock thrown by a stone-throwing cart exploded among the bandits, and seven or eight people were immediately knocked away.

"Kill someone, run away!" I don't know which bandit shouted, threw away the weapon in his hand and ran back with his head.

If one person escapes, ten will be taken away, and ten will be taken away. After all, everyone is just trying to make a living with Li Zicheng, so there is no need to take their own lives.

As more and more fleeing bandits, Li Zicheng's troops' offensive at the south gate began to retreat. However, these bandits who turned around and ran back were blocked by Li Zicheng's elite.

Li Zicheng rode on the horse, pulling the strings with a bow and arrow in his hand: "If you dare to retreat, you will be killed without any hesitation!"

With a "swoosh!", Li Zicheng flew out a long arrow from his hand and shot a bandit who ran over to death. The elite troops under his command also shot one after another, and dozens of bandits who retreated immediately went to the spot.

The remaining bandits were immediately panicked. They retreated to the local area and no one dared to retreat anymore. At this time, Li Zicheng pointed the arrows in his hand at them again: "I will say again, this is a war. Whoever dares to retreat will kill you!"

The bandits were frightened, and then they realized that this was war. Retreat is death, and moving forward is death. Retreat is deserter, and being shot by the supervised team is a shame. Advancing is death, but if you survive by chance and break through the city, you are a hero.

There are never a shortage of people who can take it and let it go in troubled times. Some people immediately turned around and rushed towards the city gate with their weapons.

The bandits also knew that retreating would only mean death. The elites of the King of Rebellion had been stuck behind, and had long known that these bandits would be vulnerable.

So everyone gritted their teeth: "Fight with them, fight! Eat and wear them, open the city gate to welcome the King of Chuang. If the King of Chuang comes, you won't pay any food!"

This slogan is effective, and the bandits shouted like crazy, "Eat and wear fuck, open the city gate to welcome the King of Break, and the King of Break will not pay the food when he comes, kill me!"

The bandits under the city went crazy and rushed towards the city gate regardless of everything. Li Yan's eyes on the city were cold, and he waved the flag in his hand: "Listen to my order, prepare... to release!"

‘Bang bang bang…’ Another round was another, after all, the number of stone-throwing cars was limited. The bandits swarmed into the city like zombies, and the soldiers on the city wall raised the huge rocks in their hands one after another.

There were many casualties, and the two sides fought from noon to dark. At the south gate of Xinyang City, countless corpses were piled up. The casualties of the officers and soldiers on the city walls were quite serious. Fortunately, they were the guardians and were finally injured.

The pressure on Ling Susu's side of the Xicheng Gate was quite high, and Liu Zongmin personally led the army to attack the city. Even the tragic battle was even more serious than that of Li Yan.

After nightfall, both sides stopped. The price of Li Zicheng's army's casualties was still as solid as a rock.

However, these thousands of people are a drop in the bucket for Li Zicheng. After all, his elite troops have not suffered any losses. As for the hundreds of thousands of bandits he brought him, it is not a problem to die thousands of people.

The only bad thing is that it is a great test for one's morale. The morale of the bandits began to decline, and they knew that Xinyang City was not as easy as they imagined.

Yes, it is very difficult to conquer Xinyang City. But Li Zicheng also knew that he had no way out and could not conquer the city, so his team would likely collapse.

Moreover, his army had no food support. It had to fight quickly and win Xinyang City within three days.

After nightfall, both sides stopped and finally got temporary tranquility. However, Li Yan couldn't stop for a moment. He led his subordinates to patrol the city to comfort the injured soldiers and boost morale.

The old, weak, women and children in the north of the city were responsible for the food of the soldiers. A large pot of steaming porridge was carried onto the city wall by the civilians, and the officers and soldiers who had fought for a day began to eat.

Today's porridge is thicker than before, and it's more like dry rice with a lot of moisture. Even there are a few pieces of meat in everyone's bowl.

The fragrance of pork is what the people in the city save money and use to reward the soldiers.
Chapter completed!