Please ask me to be the emperor

After Song Xiance and Wukong left, Zhang Shun continued to order his soldiers to attack Taiyuan County in turn for three to five days in a row, but all returned without success.

On this day, Zhang Shun was considering whether to change the focus of his attack from Taiyuan County to the Ming army camp in Geta, the old county.

Sun Chuanting suddenly pushed open the door and reported happily: "King Shun, 'General Qingtian' has arrived!"

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and asked quickly, "Who led the troops here this time?"

The rebel army's "Qingtian General Cannon" weighs ten thousand kilograms and is extremely powerful. It is an important military weapon.

Therefore, during the transportation process, there was naturally a large team of people to guard it.

Although the rebel army has now arrived near Taiyuan, because Zhang Shun has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, he does not actually have the conditions for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

Therefore, when he attacked Taiyuan County, he actually deliberately controlled the intensity and progress of the war.

"The leader is Xu Quan. Under him are two battalions of Lu Xiangjin and Shen Jingbang. There are a total of 11,000 troops and horses, and they are guarding forty of the 'Qingtian General Cannon'." Sun Chuanting responded quickly.

"We are setting up camp outside now and will come to see King Shun later."

"Forty doors? Forty doors are enough!" Zhang Shun nodded and then ordered.

"The soldiers have rested for too long, and it's time to stretch their muscles. You can ask them to come over and see me later, and prepare for a large-scale attack on the city tomorrow morning!"

Not to mention what the rebels are planning, Jiang Xiang has been trapped by the rebels in Taiyuan County for the past few days.

At first I was frightened and doubtful, for fear of being captured by the rebels. After waiting for a long time, I saw that the rebel army could not break the city, but I didn't care much.

He even said proudly: "Then Hou Jin is a human being, and the obedient thieves must also be human beings. We are all children of father and mother, so we must not have three heads and six arms."

"Now that I have the city's firearms in hand, even if I make a loud statement,"

It was just getting dark that day, and soldiers had already reported: "General Jiang Shen, the bandits are setting up artillery outside the city again!"

"Let's go out and take a look!" Jiang Xiang was in the prime of life, but in good spirits. He went to bed early and got up early. Hearing this, he couldn't help but put on his armor and said.

When Jiang Xiang walked towards the top of the city, he saw dozens of cannons being set up in full swing not far away.

Jiang Xiang couldn't help but feel a sudden thought, and asked quickly: "Have reinforcements come from the traitors outside? How come there are so many cannons?"

It turns out that the Ming army generals in this era were more interested in leading small groups of elites and servants to carry out raids than exploring the enemy's situation.

As a result, reinforcements from the rebel army arrived last night, but they were not discovered by the Ming army huddled in Taiyuan City.

"Big... I guess so. There seems to be an extra camp there, with about ten thousand people." The general next to Jiang Xiang stretched his neck and looked at it for a long time. In the spirit of "let's find fault", he finally discovered the difference between today and yesterday. slightly different.

"More than 10,000 people are here again?" Jiang Xiang was startled when he heard this, "This thief is a rabbit, how come there are so many soldiers and horses?"

"No, no, send people to Taiyuan Fucheng quickly, and ask Governor Zuo to send people to support as soon as possible."

Are you kidding me? How can a small town like mine withstand so many soldiers and horses?

"Outside the city?" Seeing Jiang Xiang leaving, the soldier couldn't help but asked worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, let them continue to fire. When his cannons are red, let the cavalry go out of the city and charge for a while." Jiang Xiang said unconcernedly.

The city of Taiyuan is strong, can they still destroy it?

"Boom!" Just as Jiang Xiang finished speaking, there was a sudden loud bang, which made everyone's ears buzz, and then there was a huge collision sound.

Jiang Xiang felt that his footing was unstable, and his feet shook, like an earth dragon turning over.

He couldn't help but turned his head suddenly, looking at an artillery position filled with gunpowder smoke not far away with a horrified expression.

"This...this...the sound of the gunfire is wrong!" Jiang Xiang couldn't help but said uneasily.

Due to the different caliber, length and charge of the artillery, the sound when the gun is fired is also different.

As a long-time veteran, Jiang Xiang knew that something big was coming this time just by hearing the loud sound of the cannon.

"The Hongyi Cannon is the Hongyi Cannon!" Someone had already exclaimed.

Jiang Xiang shook his head secretly, the Hongyi cannon was nothing.

There are many red barbarian cannons in Datong City, but which one has such a sound?

However, Jiang Xiang stood on the tower and could not check the condition of the city wall for a while.

However, soon Jiang Xiang no longer had to worry about this matter.

Because the second and third artillery fire of the rebels came immediately.

All artillery must first calibrate and then launch a salvo.

Jiang Xiang saw the rebels firing one cannon after another, all aimed at the southwest corner of Taiyuan County, and he immediately reacted.

"The thieves want to blow open the city and then attack." Jiang Xiang couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Come here, prepare a thousand infantry for me. When the sound of cannon fire is over, go up and guard the southwest corner!"

"Prepare another five hundred cavalry for me, and follow me out of the city to destroy those Hongyi cannons!"

If you defend it for a long time, you will lose. If you let the "shun thieves" bombard you from such a distance, even the iron city wall will not be able to hold up.

"General, you must not do this!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Jiang Xiang finished speaking, someone had already warned him.

"The thieves have many artillery, probably more than a hundred. If the general puts himself in danger, wouldn't it be like a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth!"

"What are you afraid of!" Jiang Xiang couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Although the thieves have many artillery, what can they do if they can't hit them?"

It turns out that Jiang Xiang and other frontier troops had not encountered opponents with artillery before, and they had already figured out the secrets.

When facing artillery, you only need to lure the enemy out of its range to fire, and then rush in while it is reloading.

The artillery that was approached by the cavalry basically had no choice but to be slaughtered.

Not long after, the south gate of Taiyuan County suddenly opened wide, and then a group of cavalry filed out.

The leader was none other than Jiang Xiang, the Ming army's city guard general.

After getting off the city tower, we lost the advantage of climbing up and seeing far away, and saw that there were densely packed rebels outside the city.

Jiang Xiang frowned, chose a direction, and couldn't help but order: "Let's go, the whole army will disperse in sentry units."

"Be sure not to be arrogant or impetuous, first trick the enemy's artillery into firing, and then charge."

"If you cheat a cannon, you will gain a cannon; if you charge a cannon, you will destroy a cannon. Don't be greedy for too much!"

Not long after, relying on his previous memories, Jiang Xiang detoured to the west of the city and discovered an artillery position in the northwest of the rebel army.

"The first sentry came forward, only defeat is allowed, not victory!" Jiang Xiang stopped and stood up, and couldn't help but give an order loudly.

"The second sentry follows closely behind. Once the cannons are fired according to the wishes of the thieves, they will release their horses and charge. They are only allowed to advance, not to retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"

"The third and fourth posts are arranged on the left and right to bluff, and beware of enemy cavalry."

"The fifth sentry general is here to watch the battle and is ready to support at any time!"

"Here!" The five hundred elite cavalry under Jiang Xiang's command were almost all of his belongings. Naturally, they were able to command them like an arm, which was no small matter.

When Jiang Xiang gave an order, all the cavalrymen dispersed.

With only five hundred horses, he actually used the momentum of thousands of troops.

"Who knows that the Ming army has no one? I think this person's skills are not bad!" At this moment, Zhang Shun was standing on the high platform and couldn't help but sighing when he saw the Ming army cavalry filing out and the array changing.

Zhang Shun also has some cavalry under him. In fact, if you look closely, their level is not much higher than that of his opponent.

"King Shun has soldiers under his command, but these five hundred horsemen of the Ming army are servants!" Sun Chuanting knew this very well and couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Therefore, in small-scale battles, the Ming army was not inferior to the Yi army and Hou Jin. In terms of large-scale decisive battles, it was far inferior to the Yi army and Hou Jin."