In his opinion, after those miscellaneous soldiers consumed the first wave of defending the city, the elite attack that followed would be somewhat effective.
This trick has worked many times in previous battles!
However, what surprised Li Zicheng was that from a distance, although he could not see very clearly, one thing was clear. His elite troops began to attack the city, but they were not much better than those miscellaneous soldiers.
!
Even from a certain perspective, his elite siege force was actually weaker than the soldiers!
How is this going?
Surprised, Li Zicheng couldn't help but ride his horse to move forward and get a closer look.
But as soon as he moved, he was immediately stopped by Song Xiance: "General, don't come near!"
During the last battle, he was commanding from the front. Unexpectedly, Chen Yongfu on the top of the city actually used a hard bow and shot so accurately that he damaged one of Li Zicheng's eyes.
With this lesson learned, even if Li Zicheng wanted to take risks again, his men would not dare to let him move forward.
At this time, when Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately felt a slight pain in his eye.
He held the reins and did not move forward, but his hand holding the whip pointed forward and said angrily: "Did they not have enough to eat? Are they attacking the city like this?"
Before Song Xiance had time to reply, Li Yan beside him spoke first: "General, there is indeed something fishy. Let me go and have a look!"
"Okay!" Li Zicheng nodded immediately after hearing this.
Li Yan immediately showed no fear and immediately clapped his horse forward.
When the red lady behind him saw her, she quickly followed up and said: "Mr. sir, wait for me!"
At the same time, Sun Chuanting, who was in the arrow tower on the top of the city, was still very satisfied with the current fighting situation, because the soldiers guarding the city fully implemented his intention.
For those old and weak soldiers who attack the city, the soldiers defending the city use swords, guns, swords and halberds, gold juice pouring, wolf fangs and other means to deal with it; the long-range weapons on the city top, including bows and arrows, crossbows, muskets, etc., are all
Go to the strong thieves below the city and prevent them from climbing the city wall.
The reason why he could still tell the difference so clearly during the war was probably something he knew well.
First, the garrison of Kaifeng City had experienced two defensive battles with bandits outside the city, and had already developed their courage.
Second, this time the battle was fully prepared, with multiple explanations in advance, and elite officers were selected for command at each city defense end.
Third, the prestige of Sun Chuanting was placed here, which gave the soldiers who defended the city more confidence and more confidence in his military orders.
Due to various reasons like this, there are people below who can carry out his military orders better and avoid panic.
Satisfied, Sun Chuanting continued to use the telescope to observe the enemy's situation.
To be honest, this telescope is really useful for combat applications.
The elite thieves were dressed in rags and mixed in with the soldiers. They were still far away, so they could be seen clearly.
While Sun Chuanting was watching, he suddenly noticed something. The slowly moving telescope suddenly froze. After careful observation, he immediately ordered his men: "Command the artillerymen to aim at the group of people wearing red clothes two arrows away from the front and fire."
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The personal guard heard this, looked outside the city, and after confirming with him one more time, he immediately left and hurried to deliver the order.
Li Zicheng and others were in the distance, and Sun Chuanting had been keeping an eye on them, but they were too far away. Although the range of the artillery could barely be reached, the accuracy was not at all, so he did not give the order to fire.
But at this time, someone from Li Zicheng's group came over. Judging from his posture, he was also a leader. He was within the range of the artillery aiming, so he would not let him go.
Walk!
After a while, there were five cannons on the top of the city. Suddenly, they sounded "boom, boom, boom".
As the smoke rose into the sky, five iron bullets shot out and hit the same place outside the city.
Li Yan arrived in front of the formation and was watching the formation when he suddenly heard a loud noise.
Of course he was familiar with this sound and knew it was the sound of cannon.
He didn't care about this either.
After all, this is a battlefield, and it is perfectly normal to fire cannons on top of the city.
But who would have thought, just as he was thinking about it, he saw screams coming from both sides of him.
Li Yan looked closely and saw blood grooves appearing on his left and right sides. The one closest to him was less than a foot away.
Needless to say, these were iron bullets fired from cannons that ricocheted off the ground.
"Ms. sir, go quickly, the city is targeting you!" Seeing this scene clearly, Lady Hong was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she hurriedly shouted to Li Yan.
Li Yan was also surprised when he saw it. He couldn't help but raise his head and look towards the direction of the city. He felt a little strange: among so many people outside the city, how could the city know about him? Was he really aiming at himself or was it just a coincidence?
He was thinking about it, but the red lady didn't care. She immediately patted his horse's head, pulled his reins, led his horse, and left quickly.
This time, it was lucky that none of the five iron bullets hit Li Yan, but if there was another blind one behind, her husband's flesh and blood would end up like those people around him!
Li Yan was not stupid. He didn't dare to stay in front as a target, so he didn't persist.
Hurrying back to Li Zicheng at the rear, he immediately reported: "General, I just saw it clearly. It seems that the leaders of our team were shot first on the city top, so there is no one to command the elite!"
After a pause, Li Yan added: "As soon as I moved forward, artillery was fired at me from the top of the city. It was probably a tactic!"
He didn't say anything, but Li Zicheng's eyes felt a little painful again, and he felt very angry.
The people in Kaifeng City must have benefited from the last war, so they have used this dirty trick of "capture the thief first to capture the king" to the extreme?
Seeing Li Zicheng's gloomy face and not speaking, Li Yan quickly said to him: "General, it is obvious that the city is well prepared. It is not that there is internal strife in the city. This battle will definitely not be advantageous. Since it has already
To test out the truth, why don’t we withdraw the people first?”
"General, retreat first!" Song Xiance listened on the side and nodded in agreement.
Li Zicheng heard the two of them's suggestions, looked up at the big flag with the word "Sun" flying at the top of the city, nodded bitterly and said: "Withdraw!"
The sound of ringing gold rang out, and the bandits under Kaifeng City, leaving corpses on the ground, receded like the tide.
The defenders on the top of the city all cheered in unison.
They can't see that in the future, when they win a battle, that's when they celebrate!
Moreover, they can also feel that this battle seems to be very powerful, but they do not feel the pressure of the previous two battles, and they seem more relaxed!
After cheering, they all looked under the commander's flag. Although they couldn't see Sun Chuanting, they knew that this was because the famous commander commanded well.
Henan Inspector Gao Mingheng also entered the archery tower very excitedly and said to Sun Chuanting, who was looking at the bandits outside the city with a telescope: "Your command is indeed extraordinary. Almost half of the corpses under the city are strong bandits. This time,
That thief should cry!"
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting did not take any action. He just said calmly: "This first battle should be like this, but it will be much more difficult later. Go and treat the wounded and comfort the soldiers who died in the battle!"
Gao Mingheng was annoyed, but he didn't care. After all, Sun Chuanting had this temper and he won the battle, so there was nothing to talk about. He immediately resigned and left the arrow tower in a hurry.
After a while, Chen Yongfu on the other side also rushed over. When he saw Sun Chuanting, he said happily: "Sir, this granulated gunpowder and the way it is packaged in paper shells are really very easy to use! Not only is it fast in loading,
It’s faster, the range has been improved a lot, and the power is even stronger, knocking over the thieves who were hiding behind!”
He is a military commander and observes more carefully.
The armor on the thief leaders is better, and the damage caused by bows and arrows to them is not high. But the lead bullets of the muskets are much more powerful. Even if the armor on the thief leaders is better, they can't stop it.
The damage caused by lead bullets to them.
After the range and power of the muskets were increased, the difficulty of killing or injuring the thieves' heads was suddenly reduced a lot. Likewise, this time the bandits' offensive seemed fierce, but in fact it did not cause much damage to the city of Kaifeng at all.
pressure.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said to Sun Chuanting: "This method of improving gunpowder is really great. Your Excellency should report to the emperor and ask the emperor to reward the craftsman who came up with this improved method!"
As a commander in chief, I felt the deepest feelings, so I couldn't help but speak out.
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he turned to look at him. There was finally a change in Dead Fish's face, and he said to Chen Yongfu in an unhurried tone: "Your Majesty came up with this method of improving gunpowder."
"..." When Chen Yongfu saw it, he couldn't help being stunned and dumbfounded.
He always thought that this was the idea of a craftsman in the Military War Bureau. Even if it was not good enough, it might also be the idea of a civil servant who was proficient in this art.
I have thought about these possibilities, but I have never thought that this was actually the idea of the current emperor!
Sun Chuanting saw his expression, but he was not surprised at all, because he could understand it, so he said to Chen Yongfu: "Give me the list of meritorious soldiers, and ask for all the rewards that should be given to His Highness King Zhou. The next time the bandits attack
, there will be more tricks, so be prepared!”
Upon hearing this, Chen Yongfu came back to his senses, and with a hint of surprise, he loudly replied: "I will obey your orders!"
Obviously, he was still surprised that the emperor actually improved the gunpowder.
………………
In the capital, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen, who was reviewing memorials, suddenly sneezed several times in succession.
The eunuch waiting on the side was so frightened that he quickly told the young chamberlain: "Go and get your majesty's cloak!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "No, who should be thinking about me?"
After thinking about it, he felt that the most likely person should be his friend!