Valley Emperor

Fang Xitong looked at the city wall that was only a few hundred meters in front of him, and the countless Ming soldiers crowded under the city wall, with a smile on the corner of his mouth!

This battle is not in vain after all!

There are at least 15,000 Ming troops standing behind the city wall, and there are many baggages. Now these Ming troops are completely in chaos, and it is impossible to enter the city in a short time!

Next, what I have to do is to continue to advance, and then cooperate with the first brigade to completely defeat them!

At the same time, Hao Bainian from the east was also riding a horse at the front of the troops, and at the same time instructing the left and right: "Don't stop, rush over, don't care about the surrendering Ming army, continue to advance!"

The two infantry regiments of the first brigade and other directly affiliated troops formed a huge and dense phalanx, crushing some of the Ming troops along the way. Soldiers, but continue to advance towards the city gate!

At this time, Zhu Zhihai also saw more than 5,000 fake Tang thieves advancing towards the city gate, and the Ming army along the way could not stop them. , look at his five hundred elite cavalry has entered the city, but also can not care about his more than 2000 foot soldiers are still outside, and immediately said: "Close the city gate immediately!"

However, although Zhu Zhihai wanted to order the city gate to be closed, in fact, the city gate could not be closed at this time, because the city gate was crowded with countless soldiers, and it was impossible to close the city gate at all!

After a while, seeing that the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army was less than a hundred paces away from the city gate, Zhu Zhihai immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Quickly fire the cannons and shoot arrows, and the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army must not rush over!"

At this time, someone reminded him: "Are there many soldiers of our army outside the city? And more than 2,000 people who are holding the mark are also outside?"

Zhu Zhihai snorted coldly: "It is their honor to fight for the country and to be loyal to the emperor!"

Hearing Zhu Zhihai's domineering remarks, the people below dared to speak, and they all fell silent immediately!

It didn't take long for the Ming army's many bowl-mouth cannons on the top of Liping House to fire, and many archers also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows!

It's just that most of their shotguns and bows and arrows fell on the Ming army's own people outside the city, and very few of them actually landed in the third infantry regiment!

After watching the Ming army shooting arrows more than 100 meters away, Hao Bainian raised his hand and ordered, "Stop the whole army!"

The current distance of more than 100 meters is still a safe distance. If he continues to move forward, he will probably be shot by the intensive bows and artillery of the Ming army. If he continues to move forward rashly, he will probably suffer great casualties. Although his first brigade is strong There are quite a few, and the combat effectiveness is also strong, but there is no need to suffer unnecessary casualties.

But although he stopped chasing, he said: "Push up the battalion guns and prepare to fire, and the musketeers and archers prepare to shoot the enemy outside the city!"

Taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate will not work, but there are still tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city. It would be a great achievement to wipe them out!

It didn't take long for the other troops of the Second Brigade to arrive one after another!

At this time, the tens of thousands of Ming troops under the city wall were almost simultaneously hit by the double firepower of their own side and the pseudo-Tang bandit army, and the casualties were extremely heavy for a while!

In order to survive, many people could no longer care about calling Zhu Zhihai bastard, and they also gave up the idea of ​​entering the city, and began to run to both sides.

On both sides, there are still fake Tang thieves, but those fake Tang thieves shouted: "Surrender and don't kill!"

Many Ming soldiers threw away their weapons and armor on the road, then ran to the front of the Datang New Army formations on both sides, and knelt down and surrendered!

At this time, as long as they can save their lives, they can still take care of so much!

In the chaos, not only many ordinary Ming army soldiers and middle and low-level officers ran to both sides to surrender to save their lives, but even a few senior generals ran to both sides in the chaos, not knowing whether they were voluntary or forced. In the end, they were forced to throw away their weapons and surrender.

Song Tianbiao, who accepted the surrender on the left flank, saw that several thousand households surrendered directly with their own soldiers!

However, the battle is still going on, and it is impossible for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to allocate too many people to watch and detain these prisoners. They simply let them throw away their weapons and armor, then bind each other with belts, and then line up to go out.

At the same time, it is also simple to send a very small number of people to take care of them!

The battle in the front is still going on, but in the back, there is such a scene, a dozen or even a few soldiers of the new Tang army are escorting hundreds or even hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army to retreat!

Then let these Ming army prisoners sit down directly in an open space, do not move, and move a bayonet!

This big melee outside the city gate was confusing and chaotic. When the artillery on both sides stopped, and the muskets and bows and arrows stopped, it was about a hundred meters away from the city gate. The dead and wounded of the soldiers!

Most of their casualties were caused by the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and some were caused by the Ming army on the top of the city, and some were even fought by themselves in order to win the advanced city.

There were at least two thousand dead and wounded all over the place!

There were more than 10,000 people outside the city, where will the rest go?

A small number of them entered the city while taking advantage of the chaos, while some fled to both sides while taking advantage of the chaos, and a considerable number of them surrendered on the spot.

Now these Ming army prisoners are divided into several large groups sitting in the field outside the city!

After the sound of the guns and guns subsided, Hao Bainian and Fang Xi had a brief discussion and decided not to continue the siege, but to gather the troops first, clean the battlefield, and wait for His Majesty to arrive at the same time!

After all, everyone has been fighting for a day. Whether it is the first brigade or the second brigade, the soldiers are actually exhausted, and they have also suffered certain casualties. They need time to rest.

As for the siege, tomorrow is not too late!

At about nine o'clock that night, Li Xuan also arrived with the main force of the Chinese army, and immediately listened to the post-war report from Hao Bainian and Fang Xitong!

"In the battle outside the city, the first and second brigade of our army fought hard and wiped out at least 3,000 people, and most of the casualties of the Ming army were concentrated outside the city wall!

In addition, our army captured about 3,000 Ming troops, and about 5,000 Ming troops escaped! "

"The battle at that time was too chaotic, and the time for our army was too tight. Otherwise, the results could continue to expand. In addition, our army also successfully intercepted a batch of Ming army's baggage. According to expectations, the Ming army who was successfully transported into the city was successfully transported to the city. The baggage should only be 60%, but the intercepted baggage is still outside the city wall, and we have not been able to capture it back. I am afraid that the Ming army will take advantage of the night to rush to transport these baggage. In this regard, our department has arranged the duty troops to monitor closely. Never let the Ming army take the baggage back!"

"As for the casualties of our army, my first brigade suffered few casualties, and the total casualties were about 200!"

At this time, Fang Xitong also said: "My second brigade suffered slightly more casualties, the total casualty was about 400 people, and the seventh infantry regiment also lost more than 300 casualties, and the seventh infantry regiment's casualties were mainly charging. The time was too chaotic, and after rushing into the Ming army array, it was unable to retreat in time, which was caused by the double blow of the enemy's and our own firepower!"

The casualties of the second brigade were mainly concentrated in the third infantry regiment.

Li Xuan opened his mouth and said at this time: "The two Aiqings have worked hard. Today's battle, you have played the style of my Great Tang Wang Shi, I am very relieved!"

"Next, let the soldiers have a good rest and make the most adequate preparations for the general attack!"

After listening to some post-war reports, the crowd did not disperse, but continued to fight at night, discussing how to attack Liping City in the future!

"The city of Liping, our army has attacked once before, and our army has been stationed in the city for a period of time before, so I still have a good understanding of the city's defense settings. In a short period of time, the Ming army is unlikely to improve the city's defense too much. Setting it up, this will be of great benefit to our follow-up offense!"

"It is worth noting that the Ming army in the city has a lot of artillery pieces. If Zhu Zhihai assembled from the whole province, this Ming army on the west road has a large number of artillery pieces, many of which are hundreds of kilograms of artillery pieces. There are even more cannons ranging in size, and these cannons will be the first and biggest threat we will face in our subsequent siege!"

As the leader of the army's senior generals, Hao Bainian continued: "If we want to attack Liping City, we must use our army's artillery superiority to suppress the enemy's artillery and provide sufficient cover for our army. Going to the top of the city, with the quality of our troops, it is enough to win the hand-to-hand battle at the top of the city!"

Zeng Ziwen also nodded and said: "Yes, in the early stage of the siege, the suppression of artillery is extremely important. At the same time, in order to successfully conquer the city, our army must also concentrate heavily armored units, and the heavy armored swords and shields of each unit can be used centrally. As long as we invest 500 heavy armored infantry at one time, we will definitely be able to establish a stable position on the top of Liping City, so as to meet the subsequent main troops to enter the city!"

"In addition~www.wuxiaspot.com~ this time, we also plan to put the grenadier troops into the first-line siege operations. The grenade should be able to give the enemy intensive damage in the first time, and the grenadiers are far better than the grenadiers. The musketeers are more elite and can more effectively cooperate with the sword and shield soldiers to fight!"

In the battle of climbing the city, the core of hand-to-hand combat is no longer the spearmen, because the spearmen cannot be used at all because of the narrow city wall.

At this time, the best troops are the sword and shield soldiers in heavy armor!

Musketeers can also be used, but Grenadiers are better!

After everyone discussed it, they all dispersed to prepare.

Early the next morning, Li Xuan walked out of the tent of the Central Army, and then took a group of senior generals to a hill where he was ambushed, and looked at Liping City, which was still bathed in the morning sun!

According to the plan made last night, it will not be long before the new army of the Tang Dynasty will launch a general attack on Lipingfu City!

The length of time required to conquer Lipingfu City, inflict heavy damage or even wipe out the Ming army on the West Road, and even conquer Lipingfu City, is directly related to the subsequent survival of the Datang Dynasty and cannot be ignored!