It can be concluded that King Fu seems to be indifferent to Zhang Linqi, but in fact he is absolutely concerned about it, because it is related to the premise of whether he can continue to live. [ ] Therefore, when he paid a visit to Zhang Linqi, King Fu, who had already had difficulty moving, still got out of the luxurious gilded car.

Throne struggled to get up, and his eyes, which were so fat that there was only a slit left, tried to open them, and looked at Zhang Linqi again and again.

King Fu was sizing up Zhang Linqi, and Zhang Linqi was sizing him up. Looking at King Fu's bloated appearance, Zhang Linqi thought in a very evil way that in the original history, Li Zicheng chopped King Fu into dishes. The famous Fulu Banquet was just that.

The fat on his body is at least as thick as a brick, so he probably doesn't taste that good...

Then King Fu hosted a banquet to entertain Zhang Linqi. As for what was said during the banquet, they were all useless words. It was nothing more than King Fu enthusiastically praising Zhang Linqi for leading the troops well. The town can indeed control the country, and the safety of Luoyang City depends on it.

Zhang Linqi put in a lot of effort, but Zhang Linqi just dealt with it casually. After all, it's not worth spending too much energy on a dying person...

October 14, the 13th year of Chongzhen, Luoyang City, Beiguan.

Beiguan is about two miles away from the main city of Luoyang. The city wall is one foot and nine feet high, with four gates and an urn. It can be regarded as the north gate of Luoyang. Originally, there were one thousand original Luoyang garrison stationed here, but now four thousand more troops have been added.

, suddenly seemed indestructible. Because in the eyes of the people, one town is worth ten. Calculated in this way, four thousand towns equals 40,000 officers and soldiers, so what are you afraid of!

There are still more than thirty artillery pieces mounted on the Beiguan City Wall, all of which have been polished to a bright shine. However, these cannons are not big. Most of them are Franco-Iron cannons, which can fire from one to three kilograms. Generally,

It is said that the range is less than one mile. The horse travels one mile in the blink of an eye.

Come on, even if the bandits charge with their feet, it only takes a few minutes. In this time, they can't fire a few guns, so the practical significance is not very great! But when the town's ten new artillery were also blocked behind the city wall, the defenders' eyes

It immediately became hot.

In the past few days, the reputation of the new artillery has spread in Luoyang City. It is said that at the military parade ground, two new artillery can fire out the power of twenty Fran machine cannons, and now there are ten of them all at once. Isn’t that right?

Is it the same as having one hundred more cannons?

Think about it, a hundred cannons roaring together, what kind of scene it would be! No important city in the Ming Dynasty had such luxurious configurations! Not even the capital!

And it's far more than that. The Folang machine can only hit one mile, but the new artillery can hit four or five miles casually. Think about it, what is the concept? The rogue bandits are still so far away, and they can only hit

When they are about the size of ants, you can attack them.

And it was one-sided. The rogue bandits could only watch helplessly being beaten without being able to fight back. Although the rogue bandits also had some captured artillery, think about it, even the regular Luoyang City defenders only had the kind of cannon that could hit one mile.

Needless to say, all these were stolen from the Ming Army's artillery.

It was absolutely out of reach. So the defenders were thinking about this problem while holding these majestic ten new artillery pieces. The rogue bandits were coming to attack the city, and the ten cannons were used to defend the city. In this way, they would wait until the rogue bandits attacked the city.

How many people will die? The defenders are very interested in this question.

In view of the fact that Beiguan was the place most likely to be chosen by the rogue bandits as a breakthrough, Zhang Linqi was also neatly dressed and arrayed himself. Sitting in a corner tower in Beiguan, he wanted to see for himself how Li Zicheng attacked the city. Moreover, Zhang Linqi sat in the

There is another factor here,

Not far away is the north gate of Luoyang City, where there are two of the most powerful cannons in the Ming Dynasty. Not counting new artillery, Zhang Linqi, as the god of artillery, will naturally use them to the maximum extent.

He will send his own gunners to personally operate the artillery, and then give the bandits a taste of what multi-directional, three-dimensional coverage artillery attacks are.

Although this is definitely not on the same level as the three-dimensional artillery combat that Zhang Linqi studied in later generations, it has more or less taken shape. As an ancient man three hundred years ago, Li Zicheng was able to taste this tactic that would be absolutely leading in later generations.

Theory is also an honor.

At this time, the rogue bandits under the city had already stationed themselves ten miles away from Luoyang City. They were on foot and on horseback, fearing that there would be tens of thousands of them. This was just Li Zicheng's vanguard. To say that the rogue bandits were really arrogant, they had just arrived.

Stand still and send out a team immediately

A reconnaissance force of ten to twenty people was formed. These people were all composed of old battalion men and horses. Dozens of groups of men and horses frequently appeared ten feet in front of Luoyang City. Their attitudes were arrogant, and they often rode horses back and forth in front of the city. It seemed as if

Not scouting for the enemy but practicing equestrian skills!

And in the afternoon, Li Zicheng's main force finally arrived. Not to mention anything else, they could reach the official road just a few miles away and raised yellow dust at the edge! Those were all marks left by the march of the army!

The yellow dust has been covering the sky and the sun, towering into the clouds. Even the sky there is yellow!

When you get closer, you can see the mighty army of rogue bandits, with their horses and soldiers stretching for nearly ten miles. Because they all wear red headscarves, it seems like a red torrent is coming.

Among the mighty men and horses, several dozen-sized flags with the word "Chuang" fluttering in the wind, indicating the identity of this army! This situation fell into the eyes of the original defenders of Luoyang City, and they were naturally a little scared.

After all, as the saying goes, if there are more than 10,000 soldiers, there will be no limit, let alone hundreds of thousands of soldiers now!

Although most of them are hungry people, the numbers are still very impressive. Even Wang Yinchang, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province who was watching the battle at the top of the city, his face was pale and his lips were dry. To be honest, if

If Zhang Linqi, the world-famous general of the country, was not standing next to him, he would have turned around and walked down to the city, ready to flee.

"Haha, I can finally accomplish my goal in one battle," Zhang Linqi said with great joy. Wang Yinchang was scared, but in Zhang Linqi's eyes, he was not surprised but overjoyed. Especially after receiving reports from the other three levels, they were also in front of the formation.

They are all full of rogue armies, covering the mountains and plains, and the borders.

Zhang Linqi was even more happy. He was not afraid that you would all come, but he was afraid that you would not come. To be honest, if Li Zicheng followed the guerrilla warfare style of later generations and fought with you where the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy retreats and we advance, etc., Zhang Linqi would also be very happy.

It's a headache. It will take a lot of effort to exterminate like this, and a lot of military rations will be consumed. Wherever there is a decisive battle like this, a big army will fight happily, and die happily.

As for Li Zicheng's army, which is so powerful and arrogant, with a total of 300,000 people, ten times more than the town, Zhang Linqi is not worried at all. What a joke, if there is a battle to compete for numbers, it will be very simple.

If all the common people in Luoyang City are drawn out, and one million people are each given a spear, wouldn't that be an army of one million people? Is it possible?

Zhang Linqi knew very well that the soldiers were not in large numbers but in finesse. These people went out with great fanfare. In fact, most of them were just hungry people. Maybe three months ago they were digging for food in the fields with hoes! Now the hands carrying hoes are

I picked up a spear, do you think you are good at it? To say that it is just a show of force is already a good idea. Are there any of these people who can really fight? Yes.

But there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people. They are the old battalions and elite knights. These people followed Li Zicheng and traveled all over the country. They have indeed fought many tough battles and have rich combat experience. Their combat power is also good. But these people are not large in number.

Moreover, they are equivalent to the backbone of this 'big army'. If they kill all these people, this army of rogue bandits will have its backbone broken and completely collapse.

Of course, there are advantages to having more people, that is, the cannon fodder troops rush to the front and can hold on for a while. At least they can consume a lot of medicine, and you will also be tired from the blunderbuss. But Zhang Linqi is personally taking the lead this time.

The town came out in full force, preparing for a complete solution

To defeat Li Zicheng, the medicines and other supplies were well prepared. As for the fatigue resistance of the new bird gun, it is also very good. It is estimated that each gun must fire at least a thousand rounds before resting for a period of time. This prevents the barrel from being damaged due to

Scrapped due to overuse!

But if the new muskets really want to reach this number, Zhang Linqi estimates that the men and horses brought by Li Zicheng are far from enough. At least they have to add a zero at the end, which is about the same. After all, the training level of the town is not comparable to that of other Ming armies.

, not to mention reaching the level of destroying an enemy with one piece, but at least reaching the level of exchanging five pieces for one life.

So Zhang Linqi wants to know who is stronger in this battle between spear and shield! Or to be more precise, how far can this menacing spear attack, and to what extent can it be damaged in the end?

…

After a rough chat, Zhang Linqi smiled slightly and walked down to the city. He hadn't eaten yet! And the two lovely wives Tang Yanyan and Fang Jianping were also waiting there! If they knew, because

If you focus on Li Zicheng's army and neglect to eat, they will laugh at you.

However, Wang Yinchang still stayed at the top of the city. When he saw Zhang Linqi getting down to the city easily, he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. He said that Zhang Linqi was underestimating the enemy, and he had been here before. But if he had taken it seriously, he left the city after just a few glances.

, obviously he doesn’t take these bandits seriously...

But in Wang Yinchang's eyes, these bandits are very scary. Just a few of them can kill him... But Wang Yinchang walked behind him and the city defense camp, which was also trembling with fear like him,
Chapter completed!