Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 177
In his view, after the first wave of defense force was exhausted by the miscellaneous soldiers, the attack followed by the elite would be more or less effective.

This trick has worked repeatedly in previous battles!
However, what surprised Li Zicheng was that from a distance, although he could not see it very clearly, one thing was clear. His elites had begun to attack the city, but they were not much better than those miscellaneous soldiers at all. !
Even from a certain point of view, his elite siege power is actually weaker than that of miscellaneous soldiers!
How is this going?

Surprised, Li Zicheng couldn't help riding his horse and wanted to go forward, so he went closer to have 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 commanded from the front, but unexpectedly, Chen Yongfu on the top of the city used a hard bow, and he shot so accurately that he injured one of Li Zicheng's eyes.

With this lesson, even if Li Zicheng wanted to take another risk, his subordinates would not dare to let him move forward.

At this time, when Li Zicheng heard it, he immediately felt a slight pain in his eye.

He pulled the rein and didn't move forward, but he pointed forward with the hand holding the whip, and said angrily, "Didn't they have enough to eat? Is this how they attacked the city?"

Before Song Xiance could answer, Li Yan beside him said first, "General, there is indeed something strange, I'll go and have a look!"

"Okay!" Li Zicheng nodded immediately after hearing this.

Li Yan immediately patted his horse forward without any fear.

Seeing the red lady behind him, she quickly followed up and said, "Sir, wait for me!"

At the same time, Sun Chuanting in the archery tower on the top of the city is still very satisfied with the current fighting situation, because the defenders of the city have fully implemented his intentions.

For the siege of the old, weak and disabled soldiers, the soldiers defending the city use knives, guns, swords, halberds, golden juice pouring, spikes and other means to deal with them; the long-range weapons on the top of the city, including bows, crossbows, and muskets, etc. Greet those strong thieves below the city, and don't let them have a chance to climb the city wall.

He probably knew the reason why he was able to distinguish so clearly during the war.

The first is the defenders of Kaifeng City. They have already tempered their courage after two battles against thieves outside the city.

Second, this time the preparations for the battle are well prepared, with multiple explanations in advance, and each city defense end has selected elite officers to command.

Thirdly, his Sun Chuanting's prestige is here, which makes the guards more confident and convinced of his military orders.

For all these reasons, there will be people below who can better implement his military orders without panicking.

Satisfied, Sun Chuanting continued to observe the enemy's situation with a telescope.

To be honest, this telescope is really easy to use in battle.

The elite rogues were dressed in rags, mixed in with the miscellaneous soldiers, and they could be seen clearly from a distance.

Sun Chuanting was watching when he suddenly noticed something. The slowly moving binoculars froze immediately. After careful observation, he immediately ordered his subordinates to say: "Order the artillerymen, aim at the group of people in red clothes two arrows away from the front, and fire!" !"

The personal guard heard it, looked outside the city, and confirmed with him again, then left immediately and hurried to deliver the order.

Li Zicheng and others were far away, and Sun Chuanting was always watching, but it was too far away. Although the range of the artillery could barely be reached, the accuracy was not at all, so he did not 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. It would be best if he could kill him, and he would scare people if he couldn't. Walk!
After a while, there were five cannons on the top of the city, and suddenly, "boom boom boom" sounded.

When the gunpowder smoke rose into the air, five iron bullets shot out and hit the same place outside the city.

Li Yan arrived at the front of the formation and was watching the formation when he suddenly heard a loud noise.

Of course, he was also familiar with this sound, knowing that it was the sound of a cannon.

He didn't care about that either.

After all, this is a battlefield, and it is quite normal to fire guns on the top of the city.

But who knows, just as he was thinking about it, he saw screams coming from his left and right sides.

Li Yan looked intently, but saw that there were blood grooves on his left and right sides, and the one closest to him was less than ten feet away.

Needless to say, these were iron balls fired from the cannon, which bounced off the ground and plowed out.

"Sir, hurry up, the city is aiming at you!" Seeing this scene clearly, the red lady turned pale with fright, and quickly shouted to Li Yan.

Li Yan was also surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help but look up towards the direction of the city, feeling a little strange in his heart: Out of so many people outside the city, how does the city know who he is?Is this really aimed at yourself or is it just a coincidence?

He was thinking, but the red lady didn't care about it, and immediately patted the horse to his horse's head, pulled his rein, and led his horse, it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

This time, it was lucky that none of the five iron bullets hit Li Yan, but if there was another eyeless one behind, her husband's flesh and blood body would end up like those people around him!

Li Yan was not stupid either, he didn't dare to stay in front as a target, so he didn't insist.

Hurriedly back to Li Zicheng's side, he immediately reported: "General, I probably saw clearly just now, it seems that the leaders of our team are shot first on the top of the city, so there is no one to command the elite!"

After a pause, Li Yan added: "As soon as I moved forward, artillery was used to hit me from the top of the city. It must be a tactic!"

He didn't say anything, but Li Zicheng's eyes hurt a little again, and he was very angry.

The people in Kaifeng City must have benefited from the last battle, so they used this trick of "capturing the thief first" to the extreme?
Seeing Li Zicheng's gloomy face and not speaking, Li Yan quickly said to him again: "General, the city is clearly prepared in advance, it's not that there is internal strife in the city. This battle will definitely not be profitable. Try to find out the truth, or withdraw the person first?"

"General, let's retreat first!" Song Xiance listened to it and nodded in agreement.

Hearing the suggestion of the two of them, Li Zicheng looked up at the big "Sun" flag flying on the top of the city, nodded in hatred and said, "Withdraw!"

The sound of gold ringing sounded, and the thieves under the city of Kaifeng, leaving behind corpses all over the place, receded like a tide.

The defenders on the top of the city all cheered in unison.

They can't see the future, win a battle, that's when they celebrate!
Moreover, they can also feel that this battle seems to be very powerful, but they don't feel the oppression of the previous two battles, and they seem more relaxed!

After cheering, they all looked under the commander-in-chief flag. Although they couldn't see Sun Chuanting, they could still know that it was because of the well-known commanding officer.

Gao Mingheng, the inspector of Henan Province, also entered the watchtower very excitedly, and said to Sun Chuanting who was looking at the rogues outside the city with a telescope: "My lord's command is really extraordinary, almost half of the corpses under the city are strong rogues. This time, That thief should cry!"

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting did not take any action, but said indifferently: "This is the first battle, it should be like this, and it will be much more difficult later on. You go to treat the wounded and comfort the dead soldiers!"

Gao Mingheng was bored, but he didn't care, after all, Sun Chuanting had such a temper, and if he won the battle, he could say nothing, so he immediately resigned and left the watchtower in a hurry.

After a while, Chen Yongfu from the other side also rushed over. Seeing Sun Chuanting, he said happily, "My lord, this granulated gunpowder is packed in a paper shell. It's really easy to use! Not only the filling speed It is faster, and the range has been improved a lot, and the power is even stronger, and it has knocked out those thieves hiding behind a lot!"

He is a military commander, so he observes more carefully.

Those thieves have better armor, and the damage caused by bows and arrows to them is not high.But the lead bullets of muskets are much more powerful.Even if the armor on those thieves' heads is better, it can't stop the lead bullets from hurting them.

After the range and power of the musket increased, the difficulty of shooting or injuring the head of the thief was reduced a lot.The same is true, this time the thief's offensive seems to be fierce, but in fact it did not put a lot of pressure on the Kaifeng city at all.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said to Sun Chuanting again: "This method of improving gunpowder is really great. My lord should be the one who will be rewarded by the emperor for the craftsman who came up with this method of improvement!"

As a commanding general, I have the deepest feeling, so I couldn't help but speak out.

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he turned his head to look at him, finally there was a slight change on the dead fish's face, and he said to Chen Yongfu unhappily: "This method of improving gunpowder was conceived by Your Majesty."

"..." When Chen Yongfu saw it, he couldn't help being stunned, and was dumbfounded.

He always thought that this was thought up by a craftsman in the Military Bureau, and no matter how bad it was, it might have been thought up by a civil servant who was proficient in this way.

I have thought about these possibilities, but I have never thought that this is actually thought of by the current emperor!

Seeing his expression, Sun Chuanting was not surprised at all, because he could understand, so he said to Chen Yongfu: "Give me the list of meritorious officers and men, and ask His Royal Highness for the rewards that should be given. The next time the bandits attack , there will be more tricks, get ready!"

Hearing this, Chen Yongfu came back to his senses, and with a hint of surprise, he replied loudly: "The last general obeys orders!"

Obviously, he was still surprised that the emperor had actually improved gunpowder.

………………

In the capital, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen, who was reviewing memorials, suddenly sneezed several times in succession.

The eunuch who was waiting on the side was so scared that he hurriedly told the servant: "Go and get the cloak for His Majesty!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "No, someone must be thinking about me!"

After thinking about it, he felt that the most likely person should be his friend!

(End of this chapter)