"General, rush over!" Li Laiheng ran in, jumping and screaming excitedly.

Since Zhang Nai's death, Li Zicheng felt that his subordinates were not good at following the leader. Later, he simply picked more than a dozen or a half-year-old children from the children to be their guards, and used Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng as their leader, which can be regarded as cultivating the next generation.

Li Zicheng stood up happily, left the tent, and looked towards the direction of Xicheng. But he could only see the rolling smoke and dust, and could only hear the rumbling of cannons. Then he ordered Gao Yigong: "Send troops to reinforce, you must stand firm outside Xicheng! Can you achieve success and see for two days? Let the other three sides not stop and drag Li Yan's soldiers down. It would be best if he could also attack."

Gao Yigong nodded and agreed and immediately issued an order.

Li Zicheng said to Shi Jincai again: "You should prepare too. After stopping at night, you will change your people to guard it. You should know how to deal with Li Yan. "

Shi Jincai clasped his fists and said, "There is no other way, you should use the earth wall as a cover. Instead of waiting for the future to do it in the evening, it is better to let General Liu whistle now, which can reduce casualties."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, it makes sense. Come on, go and pass it on to Zongmin."

Li Laiheng and Shi Jincai both received the order and left.

When Gao Yigong came back, he saw Li Zicheng staring at Kaifeng City and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, they can't escape. Wait for another three or five days and we can enter the city."

Li Zicheng whispered: "It's been a fight for an hour, so there should be some movement in the city."

"I heard that Li Yan is strictly guarding," Gao Yigong shook his head without any hope, "Besides, isn't there still Li Mou? He knew our previous methods, and I don't think there is any chance."

Gao Yigong said it right. At this time, the people they sent were either killed or imprisoned. A few fish that missed the net were also surrounded by several temples and temples. Two bowls of porridge every day, and now they are hungry and can only sit or lie down in place and dare not move. They just hope that the two bowls of porridge at noon and at night will survive, and there is no strength to help them with their inner support.

Li Yan watched the bandits constantly break into the moat from the gap. At this time, the two three-inch cannons also started bombarding. The subsequent bandits were significantly reduced, but people were still rushing in. At this time, he was not too nervous. After all, he opened a hole for the bandits and wiped out the enemy at this hole. However, it is necessary to ensure that other places are no longer broken through.

He ordered Sun Sifu: "Let Guo Chengdong from Nancheng lead his troops here to the front of the musket team to provide cover for the musket team. Let Sun Tianyang adjust the position of the musket team, retreat a little, form a circular encirclement and surround the incoming thieves. Twenty cannons and ammunition used by the official army from the top of the city should be lower than two inches of the caliber, and the encirclement will not be too large, so as not to hurt one's own people."

"I understand." Sun Sifu quickly patted people and sent orders.

At this time, Cao Chengfeng advised him: "Li Yibin, how can the soldiers on the city wall be transferred? If all the bandits rushed in, wouldn't it be all over?"

Li Yan said lightly: "They were originally my reserve team. If you don't use it at this time, when will you use it?"

"If Kaifeng falls, can you bear this crime?!" Huang Shu asked sternly.

"Add to be affordable." Li Yan replied casually.

"You, you," Huang Shu pointed at Li Yan for a long time, but didn't say a word. At this time, he couldn't say anything. The city was broken, and only one could die. After death, it would be over. What else could you afford to bear and not be able to bear it.

Cao Chengfeng thought for a while and bowed, "Prison Huang, why don't you let the yamen's servants come up to block it?"

Huang Shu nodded and said, "That's all. You can also send someone back to inform the prince and ask Qiansui to prepare some money and food. I will ask Gao Futai to quickly recruit heroes to help defend. Some people are unreliable!"

Cao Chengfeng didn't say anything, but immediately sent someone back to report the news.

Li Yan suddenly turned around and said to Huang Shu: "Officer Huang, as long as he goes up to the city wall, he will be controlled by me. If he violates the military's orders, my military law is in mercy. I hope that the Officer Huang can know the servants in the yamen well, so as not to be unjustly dead souls."

Huang Shu didn't say a word, but just stared at Li Yan for a while before going to inform his followers.

After a while, Sun Tianyang'an conveyed orders to his subordinates according to Li Yan's deployment. After firing the guns, the first row did not stand still, but held the guns, retreated from both sides and circled backwards, and then loaded the ammunition by himself. Fortunately, the row was ten people in a row, with a narrow width and convenient to move.

The distance to retreat was controlled by the captains. After rounds of shooting, a circular encirclement slowly formed. The infantry coming out of the city, holding swords, shields and spears, came to the front of the musket team, and arranged in formation. Then they half-kneeled on the ground, ready to kill the thieves who appeared in front of them at any time to protect the safety of the musket team.

It doesn't matter whether it is round or not. It just allows the surrounding soldiers to open some distances so that the artillery can be fired with confidence. Although the official army used artillery with a caliber of less than two inches was not far away, it also had a range of one or two hundred steps. Another thing is to allow the thief to be able to open some distance between his troops, which is conducive to the power of his long-range weapons and avoid entering the melee state too early.

The artillery in the city was also pushed out quickly. Although the original artillery carts of the official army were not very good, there was no problem with moving quickly. As the artillery was also out of the city, they prepared ammunition for the artillery and musket team, and brought crossbow arrows to the crossbowmen. The other three directions also sent supplies to replenish the goods. After more than an hour of shooting, various ammunition and crossbow arrows were consumed a lot, and they needed replenishment.

According to what Liu Zongmin had previously told, the bandits who first occupied the area of ​​fifty steps within the moat, then stood still and pushed forward after the subsequent troops arrived. However, after breaking through, they realized that they would be lucky enough to break through the blockade of the official army's flowering bullets and rushed in, and they had to face the massacre of the official army.

After the official army's muskets opened fire, the shields in their hands could only block one or two guns, and the shields were broken in a short while. At this time, those with high martial arts skills began to wield weapons to prevent crossbow arrows from approaching their bodies. However, no matter how fast the weapon was swung, they could only block crossbow arrows and could not block the projectiles. As long as they were hit by the projectile, they would definitely be blood flowing. Even if they did not hit the key point, they would not last long.
Chapter completed!