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Chapter 1303 Preparations before the war

After a long time, the noise in the tent subsided, and Li Yan made a summary: "Although we have laid siege to the city, we are extremely short of siege men. Siege ladders, trebuchets, door rams, etc. will have to be rushed tomorrow."

"Although we don't have heavy artillery in our hands, the power of gathering those dozens of squatting tiger cannons and General Zhankou in one place is not small. It can at least suppress the firepower on the city and cover the assault on the city."

"In fact, to attack such a big city, even if there is artillery support, it is inevitable to attack with human lives." Huang Degong said the truth: "We have many soldiers and generals each choose a place to attack. If there is no success one day, how about replacing it with others?"

The generals looked at me, and I looked at you, and then their eyes fell on Li Yan.

"In that case, how about starting the attack on the city in three days according to General Huang's wishes?" Li Yan asked softly, looking around.

"Is three days a bit rushed?" Liu Zeqing questioned: "The army has come a long way and needs to repair and regain strength. It also needs to make siege equipment and mobilize morale. The most important thing is that the logistics supplies have not yet arrived. It will be disadvantageous to start a war in a hurry!"

"Don't think that I don't know what I'm thinking, it's just selfishness." Just when everyone hesitated after hearing Liu Zeqing's words, Huang Degong opened his mouth with sarcasm on his face, which angered Liu Zeqing: "Huang Chuangzi, what do you think I have?"

Selfishly?"

"The three of you originally led three thousand cavalry as the vanguard. After several battles, you lost the most. You can only use a thousand men at this time. The reason why you don't want to start the war in three days is because your rear infantry cannot arrive in time.

, then I can’t claim credit!”

Huang Degong made the point, and looked at Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo provocatively: "Right, right? Huanshan Harrier, Huama Liu"

Huama Liu and Liu Zeqing looked at each other with a slightly embarrassed look on their faces. What Huang Degong said was the truth. The three of them were originally ordered to pursue Li Zicheng. Later, in Puzhou, Shanxi, they were ordered to lead 3,000 cavalry north to the capital for reinforcements, leaving Shi Ling's main force.

Go back with full harvest.

Then the three of them strolled around the capital and then were ordered to go south, rushing to the south of the Yangtze River with almost no pause. However, the main force under their command was infantry and the journey was not fast with the baggage. By the time they sent the spoils to Jinan and Xuzhou, they were already better than Li Yan's when they went south.

The army is still a step behind, and it will take at least five or six days to travel.

"Fuck Huang Chuangzi, don't scream like that!" Gao Jie immediately got angry when Huang Degong told him to fly over the mountain. This was his bandit cry when he was a thief!

"What's going on? I'm going to call you Nai, I'm a p*ss." Huang Degong stood up. Seeing that the two of them were going to fight if they disagreed, Li Yan quickly stood up to persuade him, and Wei Shichun and other big guys also quickly put their hands on each other.

The two of them pulled away and offered words of comfort, but Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo just sneered and made no move.

"So what if I have this intention? Is there anything wrong? Who of you came south to do meritorious service?" Liu Zeqing spread his hands and looked at Huang Degong and snorted: "Besides, forgetting this, isn't it true that we will attack the city in three days?

Is it too hasty?"

"I didn't think carefully. Three days is indeed too hasty. We should give the soldiers time to recover." Li Yan took over the responsibility: "Then make preparations for the siege first, and at the same time urge the rear to supply food and grass. Wait for the three generals to

How about we plan to attack the city after the troops arrive?"

Hearing what he said, Huang Degong snorted and said nothing. Gao Jie and the other three nodded in agreement, while Wei Shichun, Zhang Qingzhen and Liu Wenbing also agreed.

At dawn, Cheng Niandong walked up to the city wall, his face no longer as relaxed as he had been a few days ago. Early in the morning, his subordinates reported that the camp of officers and soldiers outside the city had grown larger, and reinforcements arrived last night.

The officers and soldiers came and went in the past two days without knowing what they were doing. Cheng Niandong raised his telescope and looked northeast and saw a continuous line of formations beside Linghu Lake. There were at least 30,000 to 40,000 troops. It seems that the number of officers and soldiers was increased by at least tens of thousands last night. This formation

... I am somewhat familiar with it. In the past years, every time Zuo Liangyu sent troops to encircle and suppress them, it was always on such a large scale, but...

Cheng Niandong put down his telescope, put his hand on the red-coated cannon next to him and rubbed the corner of his mouth with a sneer. A subordinate next to him seemed to understand something: "General, our cannon can hit eight miles. The officers and soldiers' camp should be within the range, so why don't we blast it?"

How many shots?"

"Waste, save some shells for a tough fight." Cheng Niandong chuckled and shook his head slightly. He stared at a group of officers and soldiers outside the city with a telescope and looked over. He saw dozens of cavalry running out of the officers and soldiers camp.

Looking around the city, the first few people looked very impressive. Could it be Gao Jie and others?

"Choose a few sharp archers and shoot them as long as they get close." Cheng Niandong had some small expectations. Shooting enemy generals in front of the battle line could both boost his own morale and lower the opponent's morale. It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Cheng Niandong's guess was correct. There was indeed Gao Jie among the group of people at the bottom of the city, but he didn't know about the coach of the West Road, Li Yan. Li Yan got up early last night and went around the city to observe, but he didn't know that he had been captured by the enemy general.

Keep an eye on.

However, they were all veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time. How could they not guard the city against cold arrows when approaching for reconnaissance? Therefore, the group of people all wore armor and helmets and tried their best to avoid the range of bows and arrows.

The group of people rode slowly towards the west from the edge of Linghu Lake. Looking up at the crowds of people in the city, Li Yan was secretly shocked: "I wonder how many thieves there are in the city?"

"The bandit army came out of the city to intercept us the day before yesterday. Their strength was four to five thousand. Considering that they have to stay behind in the city, I estimate that it will be at least five or six thousand, but definitely not tens of thousands." Liu Zeqing raised his eyebrows and said.

"It's definitely more than five or six thousand, it's definitely tens of thousands." Gao Jie snorted coldly: "Can you tell the difference between thieves and common people?" After saying this, everyone smiled bitterly and were speechless. Imagine that when officers and soldiers defend the city, they must recruit young men to go to the city. Thieves

There is no need for the army to ask, because everywhere they go, everyone is a thief. Even if you are not a thief and do not want to be a thief, the people in the city will eventually be coerced into helping the thief. In other words, the officers and soldiers are now facing an army of tens of thousands of thieves throughout the city!

"This city should be about three feet and five feet." Li Yan began to look at the city wall, and Gao Jie hummed: "The highest point should be about four feet. In addition to the high wall, the thick wall, and the urn city on the east and west sides, you see there are at least four cannons there.

, General Li, tell us where we should start in this battle."

Li Yan smiled bitterly: "General Soldier Huang also said yesterday that there is no other way to fight this kind of siege, not to mention we don't have cannons..." As he was talking, several sharp arrows came and were inserted not far away.

On the ground, everyone knew that they were being targeted by the bandits in the city, so they rode away. Liu Liangzuo laughed and cursed: "Let's go farther away. If the thieves suddenly fire a cannon, we will all be finished."

This is of course a joke. The red cannon weighs more than a pound and it is inconvenient to turn the muzzle. Not to mention that it is only suitable for long-range shooting at the city's heels, which is a blind spot.

But these words reminded Li Yan: "Let's also try the guys from Shenji Camp."

Wu Weiying was ordered to mobilize troops to the other side to provide reinforcements. Before leaving, he left behind fifty squatting tiger cannons and twenty general cannons with zhankou for Gao Jie. The squatting tiger cannons were pure field cannons. They used scattered shells to damage the enemy and were of no use in sieges.

Moreover, its range is only 500 meters, so it cannot be hit from far away. It is too close and covered by enemy firepower, so it is useless to use it to attack a city.

But the Zhankou General Cannon is slightly different. Although it is also a field platoon, it is a heavy field cannon. It sounds like the Zhankou General Cannon.

Although this general cannon is not as powerful as the red cannon, it is much more powerful than the squatting tiger cannon. More importantly, it does not fire loose bullets but solid bullets. It can still have a certain effect when used to bombard cities.

, and its range can reach nearly two miles.

Following several loud bangs, Cheng Niandong on the top of the city was frightened. He hurriedly raised his telescope and looked around. He saw a panic on the top of the city. He glanced at the officers and soldiers camp, and his face suddenly turned pale. The officers and soldiers were actually seriously injured.

artillery!

This discovery made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave!


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