After all, Zhu Yujiao is just a woman, how can she run past the wolf-like chasing soldiers, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were crushed after being close to the opponent, so they couldn't form an effective resistance at all, and they ran not far on the city wall before they were caught up.

A soldier of the Dashun Army grabbed Zhu Yujiao's shoulder and shouted excitedly: "I caught her, one thousand taels is mine!" ”

Zhu Yujiao had never been touched so rudely by a strange man, and she twisted in disgust, breaking free of the other party's palm, but fell to the ground heavily because she lost her balance. As she struggled to her feet, countless cold blades were on her neck and shoulders.

At this time, the crowd parted like waves, and Li Zicheng, who was tall and thin, walked over and looked at her and sneered a few times.

"Don't weigh your own weight, a yellow-haired girl, just want to take my life and avenge your dead ghost father?"

Zhu Yujiao was also stiff, both horizontal and vertical, but there was nothing to be afraid of, she was about to sneer at each other, but she heard dense footsteps like thunder from far to near, mixed with a faint command in the middle.

Before she could react, Li Zicheng's face changed, and he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Take this girl away and get out of the city quickly!" ”

The Dashun army immediately withdrew from the city wall like a tide, and began to move the bluestones, sandbags, and earth from the city gates.

Li Zicheng stood on the city wall and looked at the north, only to see that the dense torches were like a long dragon shining throughout, winding towards Zhengyangmen from a distance, and the speed was very fast.

Gao Guiying stood beside him and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, did Zong Min, Wave the Flag, and Jianxiu withdraw from them?" ”

"Not really." Li Zicheng shook his head, "If they win, they will definitely hold on to the city gate to avoid the fall of the inner city; If they retreat in an unfavorable situation, there should be pursuers behind them, it must be a wolf rush, a chaos, and they will never march in such an orderly manner......"

"Is it ......?"

"It's either the Qiong Navy or the Guan Ning Army. Most of the Guanning army were cavalry, and there was only footsteps and no horses' hooves in the distance, and it seemed that it was the Qiong Navy. Li Zicheng shouted to the downstairs of the city, "Speed up and get out of the city quickly!" The rest of the men prepared their bows and arrows and moved when the enemy approached, and they must not be held back. "If you don't get out of the city before the other party arrives, you'll be locked in a bitter battle, and it's even harder to get out.

At the gate of the city, soldiers used knives and axes and other weapons as tools, scrambling to dig up the mud and sand, carrying sandbags, as the footsteps behind them got closer and closer, many people were nervous, and their arms trembled involuntarily.

Finally, more than a dozen pieces of bluestone weighing hundreds of pounds were removed, and the sediment and loess were also dug into a narrow passage, as long as the passage was widened, you could escape. Seeing hope, the soldiers' movements were much lighter.

At this juncture, in the sound of rumbling footsteps, accompanied by a slight "whoosh" sound, twenty or thirty black spherical objects flew in the air, drew a parabola, and landed in the city gate hole, gurgling and rolling to the ground.

The soldiers who were digging the hole couldn't help but look down, and with the help of the light of the torches, they could vaguely see that the ball on the ground was an iron lump, and the lines on it looked like a turtle shell.

"Boom, boom, boom ......" These iron lumps, which looked like turtle shells, suddenly cracked, flashing with dazzling light, instantly devouring the people and things around them.

Accompanied by orange flames and black smoke, the huge explosion echoed in the city gate hole, deafening, and the dense soldiers were thrown everywhere by the blast of the explosion, the dug passage was collapsed, and the city gate was again blocked by collapsed earth and dense corpses.

The tremor affected the above, and a large number of people near the city tower were shaken down, and Li Zicheng was defenseless and fell to the ground. When he came back to his senses and got up, he realized that there was a "buzzing" sound in his ears, and he couldn't hear any sound for a while, and he was shocked: What kind of weapon is this, so powerful?

After the explosion subsided, the command sounded in the smoke: "The grenadiers in the front row raise their guns, crouch down and aim on the spot; Raise your gun in the back row and prepare for a salvo! ”

The soldiers of the Dashun Army opened their eyes wide, and through the smoke that gradually dispersed, they saw a long horizontal formation on the opposite side, and hundreds of firearms were aimed at them, revealing their dark muzzles. The soldiers squatting in the first row are burly and wearing half-body armor composed of goggles, shoulder pads and other armor, while the back row is an ordinary soldier, wearing a military uniform with white edges on a red background.

Huang Hansheng, who was in charge of the command, raised the command knife, stared at the opposite side, and estimated the time for his own reload in his heart. ”

The loud and long brass trumpet sounded, and the soldiers heard the signal to aim their rifles at the rear end, and their fingers pulled down on the trigger.

"Woo Woo ......"

Dense gunshots rang out, and the barrage enveloped the soldiers of the Dashun Army near the city gate, screaming again and again, and many people had nowhere to hide, so they fell under the guns, and the red blood stained the yellow sand and mud behind them.

Li Zicheng stood on the edge of the city wall, cold sweat broke out on his body. In terms of firearms, this Qiong Navy is much stronger than that of the Shenji Battalion, and it is difficult to deal with, but the city gate has not been fully opened, and it has become a luxury to want to calmly get out of the city in such a fierce rain of bullets.

Gao Guiying bit her lip, held the sword, and said: "Your Majesty, Guiying leads people to attack the enemy formation, resist for a while, you hurry out of the city, Dashun can do without the queen, but not without the emperor!" ”

Li Zicheng said movingly: "Madam......"

"How can you let the queen risk herself? Please let the minister go. Gao Yigong stood up and took the initiative to ask for battle.

Gao Guiying shook her head again and again: "There is only one man left in the Gao family, and our old Gao family can't be left behind!" ”

"Queen, just let the ministers go, if you delay any longer, no one will be able to leave!"

When the sisters and brothers couldn't fight for anyone, the whole battalion and the whole battalion of the Qiong navy arrived at the battlefield one after another, the intensity of the firepower rose sharply, and the dense lead bullets hit the city wall and splashed the rubble, and the soldiers of the Dashun army couldn't even raise their heads, let alone charge - everyone just wanted to escape, morale was low, and they didn't have the courage to charge in the rain of bullets at all.

In the midst of the gunfire, a large banner embroidered with the word "Xia" slowly approached the front line, which was a signal that the coach Xia Nan personally arrived at the battlefield.

With the arrival of the commander, one group of soldiers carried light mountain guns to the rear of the horizontal team that was firing, skillfully set up the cannons, raised the muzzles, and arranged a simple artillery position.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Suddenly, the sound of artillery rang out, overpowering the dense gunfire. The scorching cannonballs dragged the fireworks, drew a breathtaking parabola, and smashed into the tower.