"You bastards! It's so useless! In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xianzhong was like an angry lion, and roared loudly at his generals: "Our army of 100,000 troops is attacking, which is ten times the enemy soldiers in the city." After paying great sacrifices, it was not easy to capture the city, but at this critical season, he was defeated in hand-to-hand combat between the two armies, which was really useless! You say, 'What is the use of me raising such a waste of you?' You eaters, you're a bunch of complete trash! ”

The generals under his command were scolded by Zhang Xianzhong, and they all shrunk into a ball, not even daring to make a sound.

Only the general of the Chinese army, that is, Wang Shangli, the deputy general who went out this time, saw that everyone was silent, so he cautiously said: "Don't worry, although our army was defeated this time, it also found out the reality of the Tang army defending the city, and at the same time greatly consumed the strength of the enemy. ”

"Oh? What is the way to win big? Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the biggest advantage of our army now is that it has a large number of troops, so I think that in the next battle, we must give full play to this advantage." Wang Shangli noticed Zhang Xianzhong's impatient look, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, according to the defenders who attacked the city, the Tang army's city head can be used for fighting infantry, only six or seven thousand people, but the combat power is extremely brave, coordinated and orderly, unified operation, and our army is on the city wall, the strength of the force can not be used, can not play an advantage, it is indeed difficult to confront it head-on. So, if our army were to play in a different way, could we try to shoot it with bows and arrows before attacking the city, instead of starting the siege with a roar as we are now? ”

Wang Shangli's statement made Zhang Xianzhong's eyes light up: "Really? Go on. ”

"Your Majesty, the Tang army defending the city, its city-head artillery and firecrackers have the number of times and limits of use, beyond such a number of times, its firecrackers and artillery are not allowed to be fired. And when our army attacked the city, there were a large number of chariots as cover, and they lined up to attack in scattered formations, but we were not afraid of them attacking and attacking, so can our army fight against them in batches with a large number of archers? When the Tang army's firearms reached the limit of use, our army was still not in a hurry to attack the city, but still used bows and arrows to shoot, so as to shoot a large number of defenders at the head of the city. In my opinion, wouldn't it be a great thing for our army to wait until all the archers in the army were exhausted and unable to fight again, and then start a siege battle? In this way, the defenders at the head of the Tang army have been killed by our archers as much as possible before they have officially engaged in hand-to-hand combat with our army, and the rest are also frightened and demoralized. ”

Wang Shangli said excitedly, his eyes sparkled, and he said hurriedly: "In today's siege battle, although our army was defeated, it also consumed and killed a lot of soldiers of the Tang army. According to the following estimates, the Tang army is afraid that there are nearly 1,000 people killed in this battle, and they are trapped in the city, there is no reinforcement outside, and there is no way to replenish the soldiers who died in the war. Therefore, the next time our army attacks, it will be easier and there will be fewer obstacles than this one. Therefore, I think that as long as our army can take such measures, the next time we attack the city, we will be able to win a complete victory, and the Tang army in the city will be wiped out by our army, and there will be no more survivors! ”

"Good! According to General Wang's words. Zhang Xianzhong's face showed a look of relief, and then he ordered loudly: "In the next few days, speed up the rebuilding of siege equipment, and recuperate and recover." Waiting for the siege equipment to be together, the whole army will attack Langzhong City according to the policy of General Wang, and the defenders in the city must be completely wiped out! ”

"Order!"

At this moment, in Langzhong City, all the soldiers of the Second Town B Battalion of the Tang Army defending the city were also silently cleaning the battlefield.

Seeing the four city walls, which had been stained with blood, and most of the soldiers under his command were injured, but they were just silently busy carrying the corpses back and forth and cleaning the city walls, the heart of the main general Gao Jie was also very heavy.

In this battle, although he repelled the advance and defeat of the Great Western Army with the momentum of fighting for his life, to be honest, there was a lot of luck. And his subordinates died a lot, and in this hand-to-hand combat on the city wall, the Tang army lost a total of more than 780 soldiers, which can be called the heaviest loss of personnel since Gao Jie led the troops.

Moreover, most of these soldiers are veterans who grew up in the previous battles of the Tang Army, and they are precious assets in the Tang Army.

Gao Jie knows that Zhang Xianzhong will not give up after this defeat, and will definitely make a comeback as soon as possible and attack the city again.

In case the city falls due to the lack of soldiers, then his own chief general is estimated to be the end......

Thinking of this, Gao Jie couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He subconsciously looked eastward, but he was silently thinking in his heart, Monk An, I hope you can lead the troops back as soon as possible, relieve the siege of Langzhong, and let all the soldiers in the city be successfully preserved.

Three days later, Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army rebuilt the siege equipment as quickly as possible, so in the early morning of the fourth day, they began to attack again.

As three days ago, many huge and sturdy siege wagons covered with wet cowhide were pushed hard by a large number of Qing troops, slowly pushing towards the eastern, southern, and northern gates of Shanhaiguan, and the creaking sound of the wheels rolling clearly reached the ears of every defender in the city.

As far as the eye can see, more Great Western Army, carrying the newly made long siege ladders, like a big centipede that will crawl automatically, leaning towards the city wall of Langzhong City in all directions.

Seeing the momentum of the Great Western Army's siege of the city, it was as grand and terrifying as before, and many defenders at the head of the city were very panicked, and everyone had inexplicable worries in their hearts.

"Pass on our military orders, closely observe the offensive dynamics of the Great Western Army, and once you enter the attack range, immediately fire artillery and guns, and kill the enemy as much as possible!"

Gao Jie, who was also shocked in his heart, tried to restrain the panic in his heart, and pretended to give orders calmly.

"Yes, in obedience!"

A standard battle of attack and defense in the late Ming Dynasty officially began.

After the Great Western Army pushed the cart and carried the siege ladder to reach the attack range of the defenders' artillery, the ninety heavy dragon bombardments at the head of the city, as well as the original artillery of the big general, the second general cannon, the Hongyi cannon, the tiger squat cannon, the Franco, the small copper cannon, the small iron cannon and other artillery fire, rumbled one after another.

The enemy troops, who were scattered in a scattered formation and covered by the carts, patiently waited for the Tang army to reach the limit of the artillery before they began to continue to push the carts to attack.

After arriving at the range of the Tang army's firearms, the Tang army at the head of the city was silent this time, and did not keep firing firearms as before.

For a while, there was a strange silence in the city and under the city.