On the fifth day of June, after the rebel army arrived outside Xiangcheng, they set up camp and began to prepare for the siege.

The rebels collected cannon stones from the mountains, cut down trees to make equipment.

Gao Huan was in the city and discussed the strategy of defending the city with the generals. At present, Li Zicheng led an army of 500,000 to attack. No matter how powerful the army is, the number of people is enough, which is ten times that of the Chi Bei Army.

Moreover, while the Red Preparatory Army was expanding, the military combat power had been greatly improved after the survival of the fittest.

This brought great pressure to Gao Huan, but now that the troops are at the city and on the battlefield, you die from time to time and I live, and there is no reason to be afraid.

The next morning, shortly after Gao Huan got up, soldiers came to report, "The army in charge of the army outside the city has made any moves, I am afraid that they will attack the city today!"

Gao Huan didn't expect Li Zicheng to be so anxious, so he washed his face and hurried to the top of the city.

Soon, Gao Huan came to the city, and the camp had already brought breakfast to the soldiers. Gao Huan took a pancake casually. As soon as he took a bite, Wang Jingde greeted him and shouted: "Supervisor, the thieves outside the city have begun to set up their formation. I guess they will take action after dinner!"

Many generals and school officials couldn't help but feel nervous when they heard the words.

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Although Li Baiwan is a large number of troops, he is not the same as the use of troops! If this governor is him, so many troops gathered at the city, and he understands that this governor is prepared, he will definitely prepare for a few more days, and then he will be defeated with one blow. As soon as he was at the city, he couldn't wait to attack the city. In a hurry, his preparations were not perfect and he was not clear about the situation in the city, so he gave this governor the opportunity to defeat his spirit!"

Wang Jingde immediately agreed: "The Governor is right."

At this time, after breakfast, the crusade army had already set up a formation on the hem of the city.

Gao Huan looked out from the wall, and as soon as he took a look, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

There are more soldiers in the army, which is not a fear, but the towering equipment in the army, especially the artillery in the crowd, and nearly a hundred artillery vehicles, will pose a serious threat to the city.

"Are the people close to the city walls evacuated?" Gao Huan asked, staring at the equipment of the riot army.

Wang Jingdedao: "The people inside the city wall have been transferred long ago, and the houses that should be demolished have been demolished long ago."

Gao Huan nodded, "That's good. The cannon group behind the city can let go and bombard the enemy's formation."

Gao Huan glanced at the cannon group in the crusade formation and shouted in a deep voice, "Don't rush to bombard the enemy's cannon group later. When they are all in good shape, they all enter the shooting city, and then knock out his cannon group for our supervisor!"

Gao Huan observed carefully for a while and found that Li Zicheng's artillery seemed to be red and barbarian cannons from time to time, and ordinary cannons could not smash the city wall, so the most threat to the city wall was the stone throwing machine.

After all, before the artillery appeared, this was a powerful weapon to force the siege to the Xiangyang city.

At this time, as soon as Gao Huan finished speaking, there was a loud "bang" outside the city, and several balls of white smoke rose from the army formation, and artillery shells roared out and flew directly to the city wall.

With a "boom!", a cannonball hit the city wall. The city wall was smashed into the inward. The remaining few cannonballs fell into the moat, splashing water columns higher than the city wall.

Tens of thousands of soldiers in the rebel army immediately cheered when they saw this, and the sounds spread to the city, causing the defenders to thirst for breath.

Under the banner of the Chuangjun Daqi, Li Zicheng showed a gloomy face and waved his orders, "Build up a group of cannons and bombard me with Xiangcheng!"

Although the rebel army seized ten artillery pieces from the Qin army, these artillery were not red-clothed cannons, but general artillery.

This type of artillery was made in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It has three specifications: large, medium and small, and fired shells of seven kilograms, three kilograms and one kilogram.

Li Zicheng's ten cannons were all medium-sized cannons that fired three kilograms of shells. It was okay to hit people, but it was almost a good idea to hit the city walls. It was far less than the Red Cannon that fired more than ten kilograms of shells.

Under the city wall, the artillery of the Breakers roared and hit the city from time to time. The Fran machine cannon on the city was unable to launch a counterattack due to insufficient range.

Wang Jingde was worried about Gao Huan's safety and stepped forward and said, "Governor, go down to the city first."

Gao Huan shook his head. This three-pound shell is difficult to eliminate even the battlements. It does not pose a great threat to the city walls, and it is not good to be accurate. Unless you lose your luck, it will not be possible to hit him.

Gao Huan waved his hand and said, "No hurry! The rebel army is about to set up a stone throwing machine, please send me the order to prepare for the rear artillery group in the city!"

Behind the city wall, there were nearly a hundred Huihuans, and the throwing rod was pulled down. There were stone bullets, incendiary bombs, gunpowder tanks and other shells in the leather pocket, waiting for a command to be issued.

At this time, a large number of rebels carried sandbags and door panels and arrived not far from the moat.

The soldiers of the trespassed the sandbags and put the sandbags on the ground, then raised the door panels to fix them, making bunkers.

This is the rebel army escorting the stone thrower, and set up the stone thrower behind the bunker.

As the rebel army rose, Li Zicheng was full of confidence. In the big cities like Luoyang and Nanyang, the rebel army gradually accumulated a lot of experience.

Furthermore, Zhongquan Camp is Li Zicheng's personal army, the elite of the old camp army, and the combat power is very strong.

Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly, "It's strange, why didn't Gao Huan fight back?"

Before setting up the cannon group, the crusade army first piled sandbags and erected door panels to deal with the attacks in the city, but now Xiangcheng has no reaction at all.

The crowd of invading players were also a little confused, and Liu Zongmin said, "Did Gao Huan not have time to prepare?"

Liu Fangliang said: "Gao Huan has time to raise the city wall, so why don't he have time to build a few artillery cars! Besides, there are Francs on the city!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said loudly: "No matter whether Gao Huan counterattacks or not, set up the cannon group and bombard them immediately. After the cannon group smashes the city, the army will charge and break the city within one day. I will spend the night in the city."

Li Zicheng was just talking, suddenly a black dot rose behind the Xiangcheng wall.

"A cannons are fired in the city!" Liu Fangliang exclaimed and found that there were many black spots rising, and the number of cannon groups in the city was no less than that in the rebel army.

The artillery formation of the rebel army outside the city, and the rebel army in Zhongquan Camp saw the "cannon stone" falling, but no one ran away.

The gunners of the tide of the trunk army still pulled the tip of the cannon. A commander raised his right hand and was about to shout an order. The stone bullet fired in the city smashed the door panel, the turbulent oil tank hit the ground, and the gas fired a raging fire, instantly engulfing the cannon array.

"Quick! Counterattack! Explore the cannon!" The officer waved his hand quickly.

The artillery group of the rebel army began to counterattack, and the shells hit the city wall, but they could not hurt the artillery group on the back of the city wall.

"Fire again!" Behind the city wall, Chi Beijun immediately grabbed the cannon tip again, loaded stone bullets, incendiary bombs, and gunpowder tanks.

At this time, the throwing rod was swung, and nearly a hundred black spots rose into the air again, and the group of rebels fell into a sea of ​​fire.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng's face darkened, and the corners of his mouth were pulled twice, then waved his hand and shouted, "Infantry attack, cloud ladder, siege hammer!"
Chapter completed!