Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 337 Siege
Not talking nonsense, as soon as Li Yan pulled the red lady, he knelt down on one knee and shouted:
"Li Yan and the lady-in-waiting pay a visit to Marshal Liu of Dongjiang!"

Liu Meng naturally saw the appearance of the two of them clearly, and also admired their handsomeness in his heart, they deserved to be called the couple of gods.

Admiring in his heart, Liu Meng smiled and said:
"It's really a wise move for a virtuous couple to abandon the dark and turn to the bright. Get up! I don't like kneeling and worshiping here. There are exclusive military salutes between superiors and subordinates!

After all, once a person kneels for a long time, he will not be able to stand up. That's what the warriors of Ming Dynasty are like! "

Hearing Liu Meng's words, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi's tense moods relaxed, and they were also thankful in their hearts that they surrendered to Liu Meng's Dongjiang army so early.

Even Liu Meng's last words were so shocking that Li Yan felt the deepest.

How could he fail to understand the meaning of Liu Meng's words, since Zhang Juzheng, the warriors of the Ming Dynasty have been suppressed to death by the civil official group.

Stronger than Qi Jiguang, isn't it also in front of Zhang Juzheng. . .

Thinking of this, Li Yan became more and more sure that if he surrendered to Liu Meng, he would do something great, and even leave a mark in history.

As the two walked along the way, they had already seen from the Dongjiang Army's strict military discipline, excellent equipment, and high morale that the Dongjiang Army was an invincible team.

Not to mention Chuang Wang's bandit-like army, even the Women's Army trained by Hong Niangzi herself, and the old battalion that Li Zicheng relied on for his fortune, are not opponents of any part of the Dongjiang Army.

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of the two people were rejoicing and apprehensive, Liu Meng said:
"Since you husband and wife are willing to surrender to me, then I, Liu Meng, is also someone who is suspected of not being used! The army of your husband and wife is still led by you two temporarily. train!

In this way, the two of you, husband and wife, will temporarily establish the Sixth Army of the Army, with Li Yan as the commander and Hong Niangzi as the deputy commander! "

Hearing Liu Meng's arrangement for their husband and wife, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi were also full of admiration for Liu Meng.

Li Yan, in particular, was even more determined in his heart that only such a big-hearted and courageous person could become the true master of the land of China after the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this was on the battlefield, so changing costumes was naturally impossible. Liu Meng ordered the two of them to arrange the troops on the side of their own troops and attack the city together later.

Li Yan and Li Yan didn't agree, they hurriedly agreed.

If they were not allowed to participate in the siege, they were really worried that Liu Meng would not accept them sincerely.

Because the battle was about to start, the two also bid farewell to Liu Meng, hurried back to the camp, changed the flag to the Dongjiang Army, and prepared to attack the capital with the Dongjiang Army.

Standing on the city wall, Li Zicheng saw Li Yan's camp and the troops of the Dongjiang Army with his own eyes. There was no expected battle at all, and even the flag was changed in the end.

Immediately, he became angry, remembering what Niu Jinxing said, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi felt disobedient.

I only regret that I didn't listen to Niu Jinxing's advice, because I didn't win the two of them earlier because of my past relationship, which made these two my enemies.

It's not that Li Zicheng was afraid of Li Yan and the other two, it's just that such consequences had an unpredictable impact on the morale of his troops.

Before Li Zicheng could come up with a countermeasure, half an hour later, Liu Meng's large army began to move.

The 3-strong army moved quickly and divided into three sides to surround the city walls around the capital.

Right in front of them was Liu Meng's frontal assault force personally supervising the battle, and Guo Mingyun of the First Army was carrying out the siege mission.

Just 1000 meters away, one hundred field guns of the First Army had set up artillery positions.

On the plain next to it, 1 infantry troops have been arranged in four square formations, loaded with bullets, and ready to rush into the city gate when the shelling stops.

Li Zicheng looked at the neatly lined team under the city wall, and couldn't help but feel hairy.

Elite, this is the real elite force!Li Zicheng also has such a team, which is a 1-man cavalry team known as the old battalion.

But if he really faced Liu Meng's army, Li Zicheng had a feeling that the old camp's team might lose to the opponent.

Fortunately, this is not a plain field battle, but a city defense battle. Li Zicheng has an army of hundreds of thousands, so he has the courage to fight Liu Meng.

You must know that although most of his team are peasants, they are much stronger than those so-called forbidden troops when he captured the capital.

The battle of defending the city is all about consumption. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops are placed on the city wall, if Liu Meng's 3 people are killed, they will have to kill for a month!
What's more, it's not like he doesn't have tools for defending the city!
This is also Li Zicheng's naive thinking. He thought that the Dongjiang army's siege battle would still be the same as before, with a few shots and then hitting the city wall.

And on the city tower, there are enough rolling stones, kerosene, rocks and artillery. He doesn't believe that with Liu Meng's 3 people, he can take down the city wall defended by his hundreds of thousands of troops.

Li Zicheng's thinking is clear, but he lacks a real understanding of firearm warfare. His army of tens of 10 people is really not enough to see in the overwhelming artillery shells.

The main reason is that the intensive firing of the artillery can cause a serious blow to the morale of the defenders.

What's more, this is not a national war, and Li Zicheng's subordinates are not all real fighters who regard death as home.

It's hard to believe, how long can those mobs who just put down their hoes last under the intense artillery fire?
Just after Li Zicheng assigned the task of defending the city, Liu Meng's artillery unit on the opposite side also started shelling at the same time.

The next moment, the three walls of the capital came from outside, and the sound of 'booming' intensive artillery came.

At this moment, Li Zicheng couldn't help being shocked. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and hid in the tower immediately before the shells fell.

Only then was he spared and did not die in the first wave of shelling.

This is also Li Zicheng's bad luck. His cannons are all tiger squatting cannons and the like, but they played a big role when attacking the capital.

You know, among Emperor Chongzhen's city defenders, many of the Hongyi cannons and Franji cannons that were bought from ghosts at a high price were no longer usable.

In addition, the defenders had no intention of defending, which was one of the important reasons why Li Zicheng was able to take down the capital easily, but this moment was the beginning of Li Zicheng's success.

Hiding in the city tower, listening to the loud noises from shells hitting the city wall from time to time, as well as the faint screams of soldiers and panicked calls for help, Li Zicheng's heart gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.

He had already overestimated the combat power of Liu Meng's troops. After all, he was able to restrain the entire Tartar army of tens of thousands of troops by himself.

But where did he think that Liu Meng's Dongjiang Army would be so powerful?

(End of this chapter)