The Hongguang Dynasty faced a two-sided attack from both the Qing army and the left army, and the same was true for the left army, which had Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops behind them, so if they could not break through Chizhou, they would be trapped in Anqing until they were defeated.

The battle of Chizhou, whether it was against the Ming Dynasty or the left army, was a battle of death, and Zuo Mengeng could defeat the Chizhou Ming army.

The left army attacked Chizhou for three consecutive days, and the moat of Chizhou had already been filled by the left army in the previous attack, but although the left army attacked desperately, it was unable to break through the city.

Li Zicheng's army has followed the left army to occupy Jiujiang, and the left army was caught by the Chizhou Ming army and the Jiujiang Shun army in a hundred miles around Anqing, like a caged beast, if you want to win a chance at the first line, you must fight hard.

This time, the rebels summed up the defeat of the previous few days, and instead of sending cannon fodder to fight, they sent the most elite 200,000 people at once, wanting to break the city in one fell swoop.

On the mountain, Wang Yan and the others watched the left army getting closer and closer, and the sound of neat footsteps came into everyone's ears, which was extremely shocking.

"Coax~Coax~Coax~"

More than 200,000 rebels, divided into more than 50 phalanxes, moved towards Chizhou City.

In the infantry formation, the armor soldiers held their swords in one hand and shields in the other, and struck their shields every time they took a step, and the sound was earth-shattering, and the pikemen followed the tapping sound, followed closely behind, and the last was a large number of infantry archers and fire commanders.

Such infantry troops, each of which numbered more than 5,000 men, numbered in thirty phalanxes, marched before the great army, and the dust they stepped on covered the sky and the sun.

Behind the infantry formation, there were auxiliary soldiers pushing and crashing into carts and carrying ladders, as well as baggage soldiers pulling red-coated cannons.

Zuo Mengeng and other rebel generals were in the middle under the arch guard of their own soldiers, and on both sides were a large number of pikemen and a small number of cavalry.

Wang Yan saw that among the rebels, the spears were like a forest and the flags were like clouds, and he couldn't help but worry for a while whether Chizhou could withstand the impact of the rebels.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Bursts of smoke and loud noises rang out from the city, but it was the red-clothed cannon on Chizhou City that opened fire first.

Unlike Wang Yan's embarrassment in Qingzhou, the soldiers and horses of Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo were assembled in Chizhou City, and the army of Fang Guoan, the general soldier of Chizhou, can be described as strong soldiers.

In addition to gathering 100,000 Ming troops, Chizhou City also has sufficient equipment, with no less than 100 red-coated cannons, Francophone cannons, flying cannons, and countless firearms of all kinds.

The left army marched to a distance of two miles from Chizhou and had already entered the range of artillery bombardment, but although the Ming army opened fire, it could not inflict much damage on the left army.

Although the red-coated cannon can hit nearly two miles, the effective range is actually only one mile, and most of the shells are solid bullets, unless they hit just right, it is difficult to cause damage.

Wang Yan watched the rebels on the left braving artillery fire like this, continuing to advance towards Chizhou City, and the rebels who were occasionally stoned to death could not affect the entire army formation at all.

A mile and a half away from the city, about 10,000 of the rebels' central army stopped on a small hillside, and more than 30,000 rear troops and more than 1,000 cavalry on both sides were also left behind.

Only the infantry of the forward army pushed the ramming carts together, the auxiliaries carrying the ladders, and the artillery continued to advance.

When the distance was one mile, the entire rebel array stopped, and the rebel artillery team was pulled onto a small earthen bag and began to set up artillery.

The rebels are the most populous of the five towns of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the Huguang land for a long time, and Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, Li Zicheng's Great Shun Army has fought several times, although there are many defeats and few victories, but the equipment is not inferior to any Ming army, so there are things in Chizhou City, and the rebels also have them.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The rebels wanted to attack the city, so they brought 30 red-coated cannons that fired solid shells, and as the artillery team was erected, the rebels began to bombard the city's artillery, jumping off a corner of the city wall from time to time, and from time to time being hit by the city's cannonballs, and the cannons were destroyed and killed.

At this time, a solid bullet smashed on the wall, and immediately broke the city wall, and the rubble flew, and several Ming soldiers hurriedly surrounded a veteran. "Hou Ye is dangerous! Let's go down to the city with the last general! ”

The veteran wore a python robe inside, covered with mountain armor, and the Longquan sword on his waist, although his beard and hair were white, but he was majestic, he stroked the gravel splashed on his body with one hand, and said majestically: "No need! Zuo Mengeng's child, I can't hurt this! ”

The veteran is Jingnan Hou Huang Degong, he pressed his sword, looked at the rebels under the city, and then ordered: "The rebels are about to attack the city, you don't have to stay here, quickly go and command the army, and meet the rebels." ”

"Whoa! The last general and others will receive the order! A group of Ming army generals responded with their fists clenched, and the armor on their bodies followed the movement, and there was a loud noise.

After the generals left, a group of guards hurriedly raised their shields and swords, and protected Huang Degong in the middle.

"Knock~Knock~Knock~"

A war drum sounded, but on the hillside, Zuo Mengeng finally conveyed the order.

In ancient times, the two armies faced each other, compared to the battle formation, and rushed up

, it was not a war, it was a group fight.

The emphasis of the army is on collective combat, not on the courage of a horseman, which is why trained officers and soldiers can often chase tens of thousands of thieves and kill them.

The battle of hundreds of thousands of troops is inseparable from the command of the commander of the Chinese army, and the army fights, marches at the sound of drums, and collects troops, and the dispatch of the army depends on the sound of drums, horns, and the waving of flags.

Wang Yan hid on the mountain to observe, heard the sound of war drums and trumpets of the rebels, and then saw the flags waving, and after a while, the infantry of the left army, which had stopped a mile away, changed.

A part of the auxiliary soldiers carrying ladders and pushing the crashing car forward, and together with the ten infantry military formations, nearly 50,000 people, they advanced to Chizhou City again.

"Put!"

With the advance of the rebels, other artillery on the city wall also broke out suddenly, and the shells fired by the Franco's machine guns and flying cannons exploded in the rebels' formation, killing nearly 100 people in an instant, and the poisonous smoke drifted up, causing the rebels to lose their rhythm.

The Furlong cannon was equipped with four loaded sub-systems in advance, so the rate of fire was fast, causing great confusion to the advancing rebels.

Seeing this, Zuo Mengeng on the hill hurriedly asked people to speed up the drumbeat, and when the advancing rebels heard this, they immediately quickened their pace, braving artillery fire and rising poisonous smoke, and rushed towards the city wall.

"Bird Hands Ready! The archers are home! ”

As the left army approached the city wall, the Ming generals in the city began to cry out urgently.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Don't be sluggish, the rebels are nothing more than a rabble, and there is nothing to fear. Amid the chaotic footsteps, a large group of soldiers armed with firearms, bows and arrows, and spears ascended to the top of the city.

Before Wang Yan rushed to Chizhou, the rebels had been attacking Chizhou for three days in a row, but they were never able to form an effective threat to the city defense, so a group of Ming generals and colonels had real confidence in holding Chizhou.

Different from the self-confidence of the Ming army generals on the city wall, Jingnan Hou Huang Degong had a little worry on his face, he squinted at the rebels under the city, and he could feel many differences.

A few days ago, the rebels who besieged the city were disorderly, the formation was chaotic, they only knew how to rush up, they did not understand the military orders at all, and they were not the elite of the rebels, but the rebels who were besieging the city today have always shown the quality of the men and horses in his hands.

In addition, the city of Chizhou has been bombarded by artillery for three days, and many cities have been damaged, and it is inevitable that there will be no accidents if the bombardment continues today.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Degong has a trace of worry in his heart, today's battle may not be as easy to deal with as before, I am afraid that it will be a hard battle.

At this time, the cannon fire above the city and outside the city rang out, and in the sound of explosions, the rebels finally rushed to the city wall a hundred paces away.

"Put!" As the Ming generals waved their hands in a hurry, the bird commanders on the city suddenly set fire, and the archers threw their first wave of arrows.

"Raise your shield!" The rebels under the city ran wildly and raised the shield in their hands, but in the face of the incoming bird and the bow and arrow, they were still instantly put down in a large area.

"Put!" The three-eyed system, the four-eye system, the abduction system, and the five-eyed thunder machine all kinds of firearms, under the command of the officer, bombarded the rebels under the city.

The rebels under the city fell in pieces in an instant, while the rebels behind rushed forward regardless of the casualties, stepping on the corpses, and some of the rebels who were just injured and fell to the ground were also trampled to death with their feet, and the road to the siege was a blur of flesh and blood.

"Shoot back!" As the rebels approached the city walls, the rebel archers, who were rushing behind, began to run as they threw a rain of arrows at the city.

At this time, some Ming soldiers began to be killed by arrows in the city, and some were hit by firearms and fell down the city wall, and the pace of defense slowed down.

"Shoot freely! Shoot! Bouncing ~~~~~"

After losing more than 1,000 lives, the rebels finally rushed under the city walls, and the two sides fired at each other, making the battlefield even more fierce.

The ramming cart was pushed under the door hole by the rebels and slammed into the city gate, but it was immediately burned by the 10,000 enemies who smashed down from the city, and the rebels pushing the cart were also lost.

Ladders were erected and overturned, countless rebels fell from above, fell to death, from time to time ladders were burned, from time to time there were birds that blew up, and the explosions were shattered, and from time to time wounded rebels fell to the ground, and then immediately were drowned by the rebels rushing up behind, trampled to death.

The fire oil that fell on the head of the city, and the rolling stones and trees that smashed down, made the blood and flesh of the rebels under the city splash, and for a time the screams, shouts of killing, and the sound of weapons clashing filled the heavens and the earth.

I have to say that the rebels on the left who are besieging the city today are very elite, and they are still clinging to and looting the city in such a tragic battle situation.

After paying nearly 5,000 casualties, the left army finally began to climb the city walls.

However, there are nearly 100,000 Ming troops defending the city, and it will not be so simple for the left army to break the city.

Not long after, the rebels on the left who had just landed in the city were all picked up by the Ming army in the city.

Seeing this, Zuo Mengeng on the hill frowned, and then waved the command flag in his hand, and the drums and horns on the mountain sounded rhythmically again.

Hearing the sound, the left front army immediately divided into ten infantry military formations, with a number of ladders, crashed, and rushed towards Chizhou City, with the addition of the new army, the strength of the siege has reached 100,000.