Lin Fan naturally trusted Zhang Liang. After all, this was rewarded by the system. The system would not reward him as a traitor, right?
Moreover, the system prompts that Zhang Liang is a general, which is enough to show that her ability to lead troops is not weak. She can use it freely if she has 90,000 soldiers left to her.
"Well, I'll leave 90,000 people for you, but I want to take away 10,000 firecrackers."
Lin Fan said.
"Sir, the 10,000 people you took away are the main force of the siege. We must break through the west gate quickly, so naturally we have to take away 10,000 fire guns."
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
"Okay! Ten thousand people armed with muskets will follow me. The rest will all obey Zhang Liang's command. Anyone who disobeys Zhang Liang will be dealt with according to military law!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Then, he led 10,000 tiger and leopard knight elites to the West City Gate and lurked outside the West City Gate. Lin Fan observed carefully and found that the defense of the West City Gate was very lax.
However, with his current strength to attack the city, he would not be able to break the city in a short time. He still had to wait and wait for the people here to support the main city gate before taking action himself.
"Sir, why don't we rush out now?
Time waits for no one!"
One person said.
"time does not wait?
What do you know, if we rush out now, the people above the city gate will be alert, which will undoubtedly make it more difficult for us to break the city!"
"The strategy of Zhang Liang bringing 90,000 people to attract the enemy's firepower is useless. We have to wait until these people are attracted away by the incident at the main city gate."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Then, he thought that every time he signed in, he would be rewarded with what he currently needed. Now that he was sieging the city, what he needed most was siege equipment. He didn't know if he would get any rewards!
"System, sign in now!"
Ding!
"Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in. You will be rewarded with a large folding ladder. This item is a disposable item and has been placed in the grove behind you. The host can send someone to pick it up."
Hearing the system prompts, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel happy. Among the siege equipment, the ladder is the only one that can attack the city without using violence!
"Come here! I have already planned everything. In the small woods behind you, there is a ladder prepared by me. Get it quickly, and then form a team of a thousand people. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to climb up secretly.
Climb up!"
Lin Fan said.
"Well! Sir, when did you prepare it?"
One person said doubtfully.
"You don't care, do you still need to question my methods?
Quickly do as I say!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
The elite tiger and leopard cavalry present were all shocked. When they looked at Lin Fan, they admired him even more.
My general is so powerful that he must have expected such a siege, so he had people prepare ladders here.
Several soldiers riding tigers and leopards entered the woods and found a ladder that could support ten people to climb up side by side at the same time. In other words, it was not a problem for a hundred people to climb the city wall in a short period of time.
"General! We just tried it. This ladder is actually foldable. The design is very clever!"
"The foldable ladder is not easy to be discovered by the enemy. Now I will find a thousand brothers, abandon the horses, sneak in quietly, climb the city gate tower and kill them by surprise!"
The soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry said.
"Don't worry, look! The people above the city gate have been withdrawing one after another, obviously to support the main city gate. We wait until they are almost gone, and then we can climb up and catch them off guard!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
After waiting for a few more minutes, most of the Dashun troops on the city gate withdrew, leaving only one or two hundred people standing guard there. Lin Fan asked the Tiger and Leopard Riders to sneak over quietly.
Because there were enemy troops at the main city gate and in the city, the Dashun army at the west city gate naturally did not expect anyone to come to the west city gate. Therefore, these hundreds of people sat together chatting lazily, and no one looked outside the city wall.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry quietly climbed up the ladder, and then slashed with their swords. These lazy Dashun soldiers were not elite, so how could they be the opponents of the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
The ten men knocked the people they killed off their backs, and the elite tiger and leopard cavalry who climbed up later killed all directions. In less than five minutes, the entire city wall was occupied by the tiger and leopard cavalry.
Then, the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry opened the city gate and let Lin Fan into the city. Lin Fan led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry into the city. The thousand men returned to their horses and began to kill the enemy!
"Ah! This is it! This is the army of the Ming Dynasty!"
"No! The enemy is coming!"
When the people in the city saw the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they all exclaimed.
Hearing the people shouting like this, Lin Fan couldn't help but frown. These people actually regarded the Ming Dynasty's army as the enemy. This shows how corrupt the Ming Dynasty was in the later period.
The Donglin Party's corruption and Chongzhen's words have temporarily troubled our people for a year, making them miserable, and Li Zicheng's Dashun Army is the righteous teacher in their hearts!
What a pity! Li Zicheng wanted to be a good emperor, but his brother Liu Zongmin didn't want to. It would definitely not be possible for these people to rely on the Dashun Army!
"We are the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty. All people are my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. We are here to rescue you!"
"All the people, please return home as soon as possible. We will kill the intruders and give you peace!"
Lin Fan shouted.
The common people didn't need Lin Fan to shout, so they ran towards their homes. Now running faster, Lin Fan led the tiger and leopard riders towards the main city gate to kill.
At this time, the Dashun army guarding the city was completely confused when they saw the tiger and leopard cavalry suddenly coming. There were 120,000 to 30,000 people gathered here.
However, once the formation was established, they were easily overwhelmed by ten thousand tiger and leopard cavalry. Moreover, after a round of charging, these Dashun troops suffered heavy casualties. Lin Fan rushed to the city gate and opened the city gate.
The next second, 90,000 tigers and leopards swarmed in. Lin Fan no longer paid attention to the Dashun army at the city gate, but went straight towards the location of the palace.
Capture the thief first, capture the king first, Lin Fan knows this principle best!
At this time, five hundred meters away from the palace, the Jin Yiwei were fighting bloody battles. There were less than 10,000 Jin Yiwei left on Zhu Cihong and Luo Yangxing's side!
Of the other 30,000 Jinyi guards, less than 20,000 were killed. At this time, these Jinyi guards showed signs of decline and were no longer as brave as before.
"Hmph! You Jin Yiwei are so brave. You dare to break into our capital of Dashun Dynasty. Come here! Kill without mercy!"
Liu Zongmin was riding on a war horse, looking indifferently at the surrounded Jin Yiwei.
The officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army he commanded were all brave and good at fighting. Facing the Jin Yiwei whose fighting spirit was weakening, their eyes were full of teasing.
"Brothers! We used to cower when we saw Jin Yiwei, but we didn't expect that we can kill Jin Yiwei today!"