A powerful army is not only reflected in a single general, but Li Zicheng's powerful generals are everywhere, but they are far from being in regular cooperation in the war.

Perhaps the 12th Regiment Battalion under Zhu Cixuan was single-handedly not a rival to Li Zicheng. The first general under Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, who was in the first position of military generals, and the soldiers of Zhu Cixuan's 12th Regiment Battalion, may not be his opponent if the number of people is equal.

Of course, except for the Hu Ben Army, the Hu Ben Army has only 3,000 organizational units. And now there are only more than 2,000 people left. In the face of hundreds of thousands of bandits, the existence of the Hu Ben Army is very small.

Generals under Li Zicheng, such as Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Hao Yongzhong, Li Jin, Tian Hualong, Dang Shousu, Liu Xiyao, Xin Sizhong, Liu Rukui, Li Laiheng, Liu Tiren, Niu Wancai and others, their combat power is actually not weak.

But they did not know how to cooperate with each army, which gave Zhu Cilang the opportunity. The 12th Regiment Battalion had only 10,000 people per battalion, but they were united. The three battalions were a combat unit, which was over 100,000 troops.

This is like the Tiangang Beidou Formation in the Legend of the Condor Heroes. Wang Chongyang’s disciples and disciples are no match for the East Evil, West Poison, and the Southern Emperor, and the North Beggar. However, when his disciples formed the Tiangang Beidou Formation, these four masters were not good.

The same is true for Zhu Cixuan. He found a way to deal with the bandits. The 12th Regiment Battalion cooperated with combat, and the heads and tails successively supported each other. Although his troops were only 100,000, they could reach one million lions.

If Li Zicheng understood this principle, he would not have given up the world to the Qing Dynasty. The limitations of bandits were doomed to his failure.

In Xiangyang City, Tian Hualong, the general under Li Zicheng, jumped up and cursed: "I can't stand it if he eats vegetarian food. Even if he is a turtle, he will climb over from Yicheng. This bitch is raised to kill me and ignore me and the danger. My Xiangyang City is broken, can he still defend Yicheng!"

It is no wonder that Tian Hualong jumped. The Xiangyang City he defended was surrounded by Wang Yuwei, the governor of Yangwei Camp under Zhu Cixuan, and Kong Xiangxin, the governor of Zhenwei Camp. Neither Yangwei Camp was in a hurry to attack, but surrounded the city and waited for artillery fire support.

Since recapturing Henan, Zhu Cilang has not been in a hurry. The current situation is a favorable situation for the Ming army. He does not need to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, and try to fight a sure battle.

As for Li Zicheng, he would let him jump around for a few days first. Anyway, he is already a grasshopper in the autumn.

In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Zhu Cixuan decided to allocate dozens of red cannons to assist in siege. This thing is a magical weapon for siege. Whether in terms of power or deterrence, it will have a huge blow to the enemy.

Even some rammed earth city walls can be directly smashed by cannons. Even brick-and-stone city walls cannot withstand the bombardment of red cannons.

After Xiangyang City was besieged, Tian Hualong stomped his feet in a hurry. Originally, he and Dang Shousu, who defended Yicheng, were dependent on each other. In Xiangyang, Dang Shousu must rush to help as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Xiangyang City is broken, he will definitely not be able to save Yicheng.

Unexpectedly, the news has been sent for three days, and there is no movement in Yicheng. The messenger returned and said that Dang Shousu had gathered his troops to Xiangyang for assistance. Moreover, Dang Shousu's promise was to arrive this morning at the latest.

It was almost sunset, and Dang Shousu's reinforcements did not even have any shadows. Not only did they not, but the spies in front came to report that no reinforcements were found fifty miles away.

The spies couldn't get through any further, because the Ming army officers and soldiers were catching spies outside the city. The Ming army outside the city was pressing step by step and moving under the city of Xiangyang. It seemed that they were trying to encircle Xiangyang City from all sides and catch turtles in a jar.

Tian Hualong became more and more nervous. He had seen these Ming army's power. He retreated from the old river mouth and was chased by the Ming army and beaten all the way. It was not until he retreated into Xiangyang City that Tian Hualong took a breath.

At the same time, he was afraid. Not to mention anything else, food and grass are the biggest problem they are facing at present. Xiangyang City was stolen, and there was not much food in the city. They were chased by the Ming army from the Laohekou front line. Even if they snatched the food of the people in the city, their military rations would not last for half a month.

The Ming army had strong logistical support, and the high yield of the emerging crops in the Huangzhuang gave Zhu Cilang enough confidence. Liu Laifu was unique and mixed with sweet potato seedlings and dried wild vegetables into the grain. Everything that could be eaten was added to the military rations.

The 12th Regiment Camp has a very mixed grain, one sack of grain. In addition to ground corn kernels, crushed peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, soybeans, wild vegetable roots, sweet potato seedlings, pumpkins, dried sweet potatoes, etc., everything that can be mixed together is mixed and cooked.

The cooked food is called miscellaneous rice. To be honest, it is not delicious. At least in Zhu Cixuan's opinion, it is very unpalatable. But this thing can provide calories and fill the soldiers of the 12th Regiment Battalion.

For the soldiers, this is already a rare delicacy. Sweet and glutinous dried sweet potatoes, sweet corn kernels, and crispy peanut crumbs are all supreme delicacies for them.

Lai Fu is a stingy man. He mobilized the civilians to transport grain to dig wild vegetables on the spot. Such good food cannot be ruined like this, but wild vegetables must be added.

Although the soldiers would curse, the taste of the rice mixed with wild vegetables was naturally greatly reduced. However, this would save a lot of food for the army. Originally, the military ration that could support the army for two months could last for three months under Liu Laifu's sensational operation.

The bandits are no longer able to do it. They do not have the treatment of new crops as food. What they can grab is just some drought-tolerant crops such as coarse rice and millet. There is no way, the people of the Little Ice Age only dare to have a variety of these drought-tolerant crops.

As for rice, wheat and other things, they are rare after all. These things are only for those high-ranking officials and nobles.

The food that Tian Hualong and the others could grab was only enough for six or seven days in the army. The land of Huguang had been looted once before, and this time there was no way to get any oil and water.

The rich families in the city were almost killed, and the rest were people who were poorer than them. Without the support of food and the arrival of reinforcements, it would inevitably lead to a dissipation of morale.

Tian Hualong was very anxious. What he most hoped for now was that Dang Shousu, who was in Yicheng, could lead his troops to help Xiangyang. Only in this way could they have the opportunity to fight the Ming army. Otherwise, they would have to be trapped in this Xiangyang city and be trapped to death. In other words, they would be captured by the officers and soldiers before they could be trapped to death.
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