Li Zicheng held up the telescope and looked at the dark guns between the battlements of the city walls, and his heart was shocked.

There are actually artillery in Yichuan City, and there are more than ten gates on one wall.

He had been the chief officer of the border army, so he naturally knew what artillery was. Even the worst local cannon would not have much problem firing a mile away!

Now he was about a mile away from the city wall, because the telescope in his hand could only see what was inside and outside.

If the defenders in the city fired fire at this time, he would be in danger.

Although the artillery basically has no accuracy, I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of what if one cannon shots hit him?

At this time, he even had the idea of ​​retreating.

The artillery is too lethal. When the formation charges in a particularly dense formation, a shell can be smashed down and at least more than ten people can be killed and injured.

As for the terrain outside Yichuan City, he couldn't even disperse more than 100,000 people.

Because this is a narrow valley, facing a river and a steep mountain on the other side, there is no such a big place to disperse people!

If it weren't for the gold, silver and treasures of the Fu Palace, he would have led his army to retreat without hesitation.

Just kidding, if this kind of terrain attacks a city equipped with artillery, at least thousands of people will be killed in one round, and tens of thousands of people will be gone after ten rounds.

You know, there are more than 30,000 people under Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing in the city. Even if he launches ten rounds of attacks, he may not be able to take down this small county town.

If we count the casualties and injuries of climbing the city wall, it is estimated that at least 40,000 to 50,000 people will explain it here.

Is this battle still going to be fought?

He frowned and thought for a while, but finally decided to fight!

You can still recruit people when you lose them. Anyway, there are many hungry people, so you can get as much as you want. As long as you have money and food, you will not have to worry about not being able to recruit people.

If the money is gone, it will be gone. The gold, silver and treasures of the Fu Palace are at least several million taels. If you can't catch them this time, don't think about it in the future.

On the city wall, Zhu Qizhu, Li Dingguo, Liu Guoneng and others were also holding a telescope and watching Li Zicheng and his group.

These guys are so brave that only a few dozen people dared to approach the city wall to investigate.

If others were so stupid and just a little bit, Zhu Qizhu would definitely give an order without hesitation, bringing hundreds of tiger squatting cannons over, and banging them into pieces with a fierce bang.

However, Li Zicheng could not do this if he came over.

Because this guy is of great use, he also hopes that this guy will clean up the vassal kings in Henan, Shaanxi and Shanxi. It is not enough that this guy has just cleaned up a blessing king.

What's more, Liu Guojiang and several secret guard masters were beside Li Zicheng, and they were bombarded randomly, wouldn't they kill all their people?

He said without hesitation: "Dingguo, it's amazing. When the war begins, you have to be careful. You must not bombard the artillery at Li Zicheng. Guojiang and the others have always been by Li Zicheng's side. If they hurt them, it will be bad."

What this said is so heartwarming.

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing couldn't help but feel warm when they heard this. Of course they knew who Liu Guojiang was. His Highness, the King of Tang, did not even let anyone bombard the enemy leader for the safety of their subordinates. You must know that as long as Li Zicheng is killed, the opponent will probably disband!

Where can I find the wise master who cares so much about my subordinates?

How could they know that Zhu Qizhu mainly wanted to use Li Zicheng to deal with those vassal kings!

Li Zicheng looked at the dark gun on the city wall and felt a little uneasy. He pretended to scan for a while, then waved his hand impatiently, "Let's go, let's go."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head first and ran back.

This siege battle is not something you can fight. Without siege equipment, it is impossible for people to fly up to the city wall. Even if Yichuan City was originally a small county town, the city wall was not very high, at least there must be a siege ladder.

Of course, siege is not just about having siege equipment. It also requires some rules. It is definitely not possible to rush up in a swarm. Whoever goes up first is cannon fodder, who is behind the formation, and who acts as the backbone of the siege, these are all of the matter.

This cannon fodder is naturally the most suitable one for the newly surrendered Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tailai. There is no need to think that the task of siege is definitely the cavalry. If you use cavalry to attack the city, your mind will be in the water. As for the middle of the siege, you still have to be the fierce generals such as Liu Zongmin, Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi.

After Li Zicheng returned to the camp, he thought about it for a while before starting to arrange the task.

He pretended to be generous and directly distributed the 20,000 newly recruited young men from Luoyang City to Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai. In this way, each of them had almost 10,000 troops under him.

Then, he decided on a strategy for siege.

Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai each led 10,000 invaders as the vanguard of the city. They started to attack the city every morning at Chen hour, and attacked three consecutive waves, one wave after another, and no gold was heard, and no troops were allowed to withdraw.

Liu Zongmin, Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi each led 10,000 infantrymen as the middle of the siege. After three waves of attacks, Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, they immediately went up and attacked three waves in a row. There was no sound of gold and no troops were allowed to withdraw.

He led nearly 30,000 cavalry and the remaining infantry to supervise the battle behind him. Anyone who dared not obeyed the orders would be killed without mercy.

Obviously, he just asked Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai to be cannon fodder.

Wang Shaoyu, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai had no choice. Who told them to surrender? Even if they knew they were taken as cannon fodder, they would have to!

At this time, they felt a little regretful. Perhaps it was not a wise move to surrender and rebel.

This is how Li Zicheng is. He only believes in his own confidants and others, no matter how loyal or hardworking he works, he doesn't take it seriously.

Including the Ming army generals who surrendered to him, the other leaders of the Thirteenth Family and the Seventy-Two Battalions, and those who made great contributions to him, he didn't care at all and killed him if he wanted to!

In history, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, General Quan Li Xin and others were killed without hesitation. He also did not care about his generals Wang Shaoyu, Chen Yongfu, Bai Guangen, Jiang Guan, Tang Tong, Wu Sangui, Gao Di and others.

The most famous of these is the Liaodong general Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui agreed to surrender, but he even confiscated Wu Sangui's home in the capital without hesitation, captured Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang, and allowed Liu Zongmin to occupy Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan. As a result, Wu Sangui turned around and surrendered to Mi Qing!

This may also be one of the reasons for his failure, because he is so unpopular. Once he encounters setbacks, his subordinates will easily disintegrate and have no cohesion at all.

Of course, these are all later stories, so I won’t be able to explain it for the time being.

In short, Li Zicheng is a hero in troubled times. He really can't say that he can pacify the world or even govern the country, because he doesn't know the importance of winning people's hearts too much.
Chapter completed!