Please ask me to be the emperor

As expected by Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, the rebel army started vigorously digging trenches and building walls after breakfast that morning.

But in terms of numbers, these 40,000 men were already equal to the men and horses led by Zhang Shun this time.

Therefore, the organization and management of these 40,000 people is also a very difficult task.

However, in order to coerce these common people, the rebel armies have actually made a simple organization of them.

Although Zhang Shun's three subordinates Xu Quan, Wen Tingzhu and Zhang Shifan may not be able to lead troops in battle, they have basically experienced complete grassroots experience.

In particular, Wen Tingxu and Zhang Shifan had served as county magistrates for several months, and they already had certain organizational and management capabilities, and they were quite comfortable managing these young men.

Among them, there are a series of trivial matters such as who digs the soil, who carries the load, who boils water for cooking, who delivers water and meals, and who carries out personnel rotation, etc.

Zhang Shun also sent men to carefully watch these people, fearing that if they were attacked by officers and soldiers, these people would run around and disrupt the rebel army's position.

After this series of operations, the rebels made very rapid progress, and soon they dug forward half a mile.

"No, we can't sit still and wait for death!" Zhang Yingchang couldn't help it, and couldn't help but volunteered, "Thieves know how to dig trenches. We have feet and hands, so why can't we?"

"Ask the military gate to give me five thousand troops. I will definitely dig a gap in the right wing of the thieves so that they cannot advance even an inch!"

"Okay, I will personally supervise Gansu Commander-in-Chief Liu Shaozong, Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief Zuo Guangxian, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ge Lin and other troops to raid the formation for you in a while!" Liang Tingdong was having a headache on how to deal with the officers and soldiers, and he couldn't help but said with joy when he heard this.

Not long after, the gates of the officers and soldiers' camp were opened wide, and a scout horse galloped out and took up position outside the camp.

Then other soldiers and horses filed out and began to form a formation in front of the rebels.

Since the camps of the two sides were only two miles apart, the officers and soldiers were almost within the coverage of the rebel artillery as soon as they went out.

This time, the general who was rotated to the front of the rebel army was "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai. He directly ordered the gunners in the camp to launch the artillery and bombard the officers and soldiers who had just left the camp.

The officers and soldiers showed no sign of weakness, and also pulled out artillery to carry out bombardment. For a while, the sound of artillery and gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield again.

The Fanqi under Zhang Yingchang and Ge Lin also took the opportunity to sneak out. The former only rushed to the right wing of the rebel army, while the latter wandered on the battlefield to cover its flanks.

"Okay, well done!" This time it was "Guo Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin's turn to defend the flank trench wall, and she couldn't help but shouted, "Straight bitch, it's time for me to start eating meat this time!"

At the same time, He Jin's two thousand cavalry and Zhang Tianlin's more than a thousand cavalry also appeared outside the trench wall, staring at the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

But this time, no one has any desperate plans for the time being.

After the last time they suffered the losses of "Han'er", Er Lingzhen, the great national master of the Xina tribe, and Ye Bingqian, the head coach of Xining Wei, are no longer as arrogant as before.

Now their mission is to protect Zhang Yingchang's five thousand elite flanks, so they are in no rush to attack.

The more than a thousand cavalrymen under He Jin and Zhang Tianlin went into battle this time. Firstly, they wanted to keep an eye on the weaknesses of the officers and soldiers and wait for opportunities to take advantage of them; secondly, they wanted to suppress the opposing cavalry to prevent them from advancing forward on foot and cavalry, and "passing through". "Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin's defense caused excessive pressure.

Whose life is not life?

Since the opponent's cavalry did not fight, they had no interest in fighting the opponent to their death.

Of course, "showing off" still won't work!

In order to show that they were working hard, both sides sent small groups of cavalry to chase each other and show off their skills.

But it’s better than nothing and has nothing to do with the overall situation.

The infantry did not have such a good fate.

When the officers and soldiers approached more than a hundred troops in the trench, the rebel artillery began to fire.

Countless shotguns crackled towards him like headless mosquitoes.

However, this time the officers and soldiers did not fall down in response. Instead, the officers and soldiers standing in the front row held up an object to block a large number of lead bullets.

"Get off the quilt?" Zhang Tianlin was stunned and immediately reacted.

The so-called rolling quilt refers to the quilt used by others.

Just as the rebels discovered that quilts can block bullets, officers and soldiers have been fighting for so many years. Apparently some people have also realized that these quilts can protect against projectiles to a certain extent after being soaked with water.

Of course, this thing is not absolute. Less powerful lead bullets can block it. If it is a more powerful lead bullet, you will die anyway.

"Change to solid bullets!" Zhang Tianlin smiled coldly and immediately ordered.

Then the rebels' artillery sounded again. This time, no matter whether they were rolling under blankets or using shields and armors, they could no longer use force.

The terrifying solid bullets plowed deep paths of blood in the formations of officers and soldiers, and scattered limbs and remains scattered all over the ground.

It's just that although this kind of damage is terrible, compared with shotguns, the damage range is much smaller.

Soon, the officers and soldiers and the rebels were facing each other across the trench and the earth wall, almost face to face.

It's just that the small trenches and earthen walls in front of them are like natural chasms, and the officers and soldiers cannot cross them at all.

So, both sides lit the match ropes at the same time, and then picked up the blunderbuss in their hands.

"Boom boom~" The bird cannon suddenly spurted out tongues of fire, and both sides fell down instantly like onions.

The first row retreated, and the second row took a few steps forward without hesitation.

The black holes of the muskets were pointed at each other by their opponents, and large drops of cold sweat flowed from their foreheads.

"You bastard, why don't you hurry up and fill in the trench!" Lintao Zhang Yingchang couldn't help but said angrily, "How can I allow you to delay the opportunity that I bought with my life and fortune?"

Before Zhang Yingchang finished speaking, the second round of shooting ended again.

Many people fell on their backs, and some fell headlong into the trench, but this saved the officers and soldiers a lot of effort in filling the trench.

After receiving Zhang Yingchang's order, there were hundreds of officers and soldiers behind them, holding shovels and shovels, and the musketeers risked their lives to cover them up, and swarmed up.

It's just that these people finally came to the trench, but they were dumbfounded!

What do you think?

It turned out that when the rebels dug the trench, they did not pile the remaining soil outside, but instead piled it inside the trench.

This resulted in the officers and soldiers rushing up desperately, but there was actually no leftover soil to fill the trench in front of them!

"Boom, boom, boom~" Another burst of birdshot sounded.

The officers and soldiers were dumbfounded on the spot, but the rebels were not dumbfounded.

It just so happened that these officers and soldiers filling the trenches were mixed with the crowd of officers and soldiers on the opposite side, which greatly increased the hit rate of the rebels' cannons.

Only this time, forty or fifty officers and soldiers were killed and injured immediately.

"What's going on? You want to die, don't you? Why don't you take action!" Zhang Yingchang saw the officers and soldiers in confusion behind him and couldn't help but yelled loudly.

"Mr. Zhang, unless our army doesn't work hard, there is really no soil to dig!" Some soldiers had already hurried back and reported quickly.

"What?" Zhang Yingchang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but sneak up and stretch his head to take a look.

There was a wide and deep trench in front of him, and the remaining soil from the original trench was piled up to form the earth wall on the opposite side.

"Who the hell is so wicked!" Seeing this, Zhang Yingchang couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but yelled.

"Ah, sneeze!" Zhang Shun sneezed suddenly and couldn't help but rub his nose subconsciously.

"Ah, His Highness King Shun, are you okay?" Fatty Zhang, the "King of Neatness", couldn't help but greet him quickly when he saw this, "Did you catch a cold because you didn't have a camp last night?"

"It's okay, it must be my mother-in-law who misses me again, sneeze, sneeze!" Zhang Shun snorted several more times in a row, and couldn't help but apologize to everyone in embarrassment, "There are more mothers-in-law in the house, so I guess I sneezed ten times. Just eight. Ah, sneeze!"