Gao Huan sent someone to Beijing and gave Gao Youcai a sum of money to live in Beijing for Gao Youcai and Gao Yan, and also inquire about the news about the court for him.

In addition, he also picked up several pairs of calligraphy and paintings from the capture, and gave them to the chief minister Zhou Yanru.

Not long ago, Gao Youcai sent back news that the censors in the court were making a big fuss.

However, Gao Huan believed that the defeat of the Qin army and He Renlong fled without fighting would definitely attract the energy of the court.

At present, the military government's main energy should be focused on setting up defenses and resisting Li Zicheng to ensure that the summer harvest comes.

On the fifth day of June, it is sunny. As soon as the sun comes out in the early morning, the temperature rises immediately, and the climate in Henan is getting hotter and hotter.

On the walls of Xiangcheng, soldiers of the Red Army stood with spears, and there was a figure between each wall, which seemed to be closely guarded.

At the steps of the city, a large number of soldiers and civilians were busy bringing arrows, wood, stones, tincture oil and other items to the top of the city.

On the enemy stage, the few Folang cannons of the Red Army were placed on the top of the city, and the gunners were checking the cannons and loading ammunition on the guns.

The soldiers on the city were busy, and there were also people coming and going under the city. The military government summoned all the carpenters under its command. After more than two months, it built more than a hundred Hui artillery guns, all of which were placed on the back of the city wall.

In order to place these Hui guns, the civilians demolished all the houses behind the city walls so that they could be placed.

The Red Army lacks artillery, and these Hui cannons will be able to make up for the problem of insufficient artillery to a certain extent. Moreover, these artillery vehicles are placed behind the city wall and cannot be observed outside the city, which can have an surprisingly difficult effect.

At this time, Wang Jingde was wearing armor and holding a sword, leading a group of generals and schoolmen to inspect the city defense.

Previously, he used three thousand Chi Bei to block the attack of the 100,000 rebels at Xuanyuan Pass, and was known as the best defender among the Chi Bei army.

This time when defending Xiangcheng, Gao Huan ordered his generals, and Xuanyuan Pass was handed over to Yang Shulin to guard against the enemy troops in Luoyang.

Wang Jingde was at the top of the city and directed his soldiers to put up the rolling stones and beat the wood, set up an iron pot to cook gold juice.

The Chibei Army paid great attention to military hygiene, and in order to make gunpowder, it collected feces, and there was no shortage of feces used to defend the city.

At this time, Wang Jingde was personally teaching the soldiers to set up a big pot. In more than a year, the Chibei Army expanded to 50,000 people, and the number of troops increased, but the overall level declined due to insufficient training.

"It's safe to build a pot like this, do you know?" Wang Jingde personally set up a big pot, then stood up, unconsciously glanced out of the city, and was stunned for a moment.

A gray line appeared in the wilderness west of Xiangcheng, moving slowly forward.

Wang Jingde hurriedly walked to the side of the battlement, held the city wall and looked at it, and saw the gray line slowly becoming thicker and longer, extending to the two wings, and finally turning into a variegated carpet covering the earth.

"The thief is here!" Wang Jingde punched the wall and turned his head to shout, "Go and report to the governor!"

Not long after, the soldiers in the city were leaning against the walls to watch, and suddenly heard a loud shout from behind, "The governor is here!"

The soldiers on the top of the city immediately turned around, raised their chests, and stood straight, and saw Gao Huan in red armor climbing up to the city wall surrounded by the generals and schoolmen.

Gao Huan waved his horse whip: "Each person does his own duties! Prepare for defense!"

When the officer heard the sound, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to continue transporting materials to defend the city.

At this time, Gao Huan walked to the city wall and looked out from the distance. When he found that the enemy was overwhelming, he couldn't help but feel trembling.

"How many soldiers are there?" Gao Huan asked in a deep voice.

Wang Jingde shook his head, "I can't see the head at first sight, I don't know how many miles it stretches, and I can't estimate it!"

The scene in front of him really made any general who had been through the battle formation scared. Looking around, there were crowds of people, and there were probably at least hundreds of thousands of people who could see the crowd.

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "It seems that Li Baiwan is really good!"

While speaking, the rebels had advanced three miles away from the city wall. The dense rebels seemed to be rising tides and flooding.

With so many soldiers, let alone Xiangcheng, even Beijing, the rebel army has the confidence to conquer it.

At this time, Gao Huan glanced at the sea of ​​people and suddenly frowned.

In this sea of ​​people, there were actually hill-like siege equipment. Gao Huan looked at it briefly and found that there were ladders, cave houses, revive cannons, and a thick "city-breaking hammer", which looked very frightening.

Gao Huan frowned and said, "It seems that Li Zicheng has brought all the equipment that attacked Nanyang!"

Wang Jingde looked worried, "Before, the rebel army attacked the city, at most several ladders were built to climb the city. I don't want to build so many equipment now!"

"Look! It's a cannon!" Liu Qi suddenly exclaimed.

Gao Huan looked in the direction of his finger and saw a cannon cart pulled by a cow in the army.

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "It is probably the capture of the Qin army's artillery!"

On Xiangcheng, when Gao Huan and others were observing the enemy situation on the city, Li Zicheng had already arrived at the city and left the brigade and peeked at the city defense.

Li Zicheng was wearing ordinary iron armor and Fan Yang hat, dressed in an ordinary general costume, led dozens of cavalry away from the army, rushed to about two miles in front of Xiangcheng City, and stopped, looking into Xiangcheng City from a distance.

Li Zicheng frowned. A few months ago, when Li Zicheng took Xiangcheng, Xiangcheng could only be regarded as a small county town, but now the city has changed its appearance.

Not to mention the height of the city wall, it is difficult to clean up the trenches, horse-resistance and deer antlers everywhere outside the city.

Li Zicheng snorted coldly, controlling the restless war horse, looking at the red military flag dancing provocatively at the top of the city.

"King of Chuang! It seems that Gao Huan has prepared for a long time!" Liu Fangliang couldn't help but frown when he saw the Chi Bei Army raise the city wall, dig trenches, arrange deer antlers and horse-repeating horses.

Li Zicheng raised his whip and said loudly: "I have a 500,000 army. So what if Gao Huan is prepared? There are only two possibilities in this battle. Either Gao Huan surrender to me, or I will flatten this city and enter, and Yu will destroy Gao Huan!"

Many generals who rushed to see the King of Chuang were full of confidence and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Haha! If Gao Huan saw the King of Chuang attacking, he would definitely go out of the city to surrender immediately, begging King of Chuang to spare his life!"

"Not bad! There are so many of us, I guess Gao Huan was scared! He can only surrender for one way now, otherwise he will die!"

Li Zicheng laughed to the sky, and suddenly laughed suddenly, and said with hatred: "You are all wrong. If Gao Huan really comes to surrender, after I accept the city and his subordinates, I will definitely dismember Gao Huan's five horses as soon as possible!"

Many generals were stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect that the King of Rebellion hated Gao Huan so much.

This is not because Li Zicheng hates Gao Huan too much, but because Gao Huan ruins his good deeds twice, which greatly damages Li Zicheng's prestige and feels it is difficult to control, so he thinks that keeping Gao Huan is a disaster.

At this time, Li Zicheng glanced at Xiangcheng again, then pulled out the Ma family, and shouted in a deep voice, "Go back to the formation! Take the camp and flatten the city tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!