Chapter 8 The loss of Fengyang

"Brothers, in front of us is Fengyang City, where Zhu Yuanzhang is a monk, brothers, let's go into the city to eat meat. Gao Yingxiang pulled out his saber and pointed to Fengyang City in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Rush!" the reason why these people risked killing their heads was nothing more than to fill their stomachs, so for these people, it was definitely a great temptation to have meat to eat in the city, and these people were eager to be able to kill them in the city immediately under the encouragement of meat.

The news that the imperial court dispatched 400,000 troops to encircle and suppress Nanyang, Gao Yingxiang had already gotten the news. Before the army was encircled, in addition to leaving a small number of men and horses to garrison Nanyang to confuse the officers and soldiers. Almost all the rebels marched hundreds of miles under the urging of Li Zicheng, and walked from Nanyang in Henan for several days and nights before they arrived at the city of Fengyang.

The rebels who had just arrived under Fengyang City did not rush to attack the city, but began to rest under the city. Through the march along the way, more and more homeless people joined them, and when they arrived in Fengyang, the number reached 100,000, which made Gao Yingxiang really happy.

"Hongji, is there any news from Zhang Xianzhong and the others, when will their men arrive!" Gao Yingxiang asked while biting the bun. This attack on Fengyang was extremely important for the rebels. If Fengyang, which is known as the central capital, can be defeated, it will definitely be a big blow to the Ming court, so Gao Yingxiang has also made sufficient preparations for this operation, in addition to his own people, Gao Yingxiang also invited Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other leaders of more than a dozen rebel armies to attack Fengyang together.

"Them!" mentioned that before they could wait for Li Zicheng to reply, Liu Zongmin next to him looked displeased, this time Gao Yingxiang sent to contact them was none other than this Liu Zongmin.

"Zong Min, what's wrong!" Gao Yingxiang certainly saw his displeasure.

"Dashuai, Brother Zongmin is nothing, it's just that this Zhang and Luo are really too atmospheric!" Li Zicheng told how the two humiliated Liu Zongmin and how they refused to propose.

"The erection is not enough and the plan!" Gao Yingxiang was also angry, and wanted to drop the bun in his hand. "If they don't come, then we'll come by ourselves! Is there any news from the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left?" Knowing that Luo Rucai was hopeless for Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang pinned all his hopes on the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, and this team also had more than 100,000 men and horses, and it was definitely a new force.

"Dashuai, this Ma Shouying is a cheerful person. They agreed to come to support us, and it is estimated that they will be there soon!" Li Zicheng personally handled the liaison with the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, and Li Zicheng is still very confident in these five people.

"Look, big boss, they're coming. Li Zicheng pointed to the smokey team in front of him.

The smoke and dust from hundreds of thousands of troops covered the bright sun, and a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the crowd and rushed towards Gao Yingxiang and the others.

"The last general Lao Hui - Ma Shouying, the last general Ge Li Yan - He Yilong, the last general Zuo Jin Wang - He Jin, the last general to fight for the world - Luo Yangyang saw King Chuang, and the four people on the horse quickly turned over and dismounted and knelt down and saluted. ”

"Hurry up, please get up!" Gao Yingxiang hurriedly helped the four of them up and looked at them carefully.

Since Liu Xiyao died in battle, the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution has become the fourth battalion. Due to the great damage to the strength of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution after the bloody battle in Anqing, the 200,000 yuan of the original accumulation was squandered at once. Due to Wang Feng's vigorous implementation of the Tuntian policy in Anqing, it seriously affected the recovery of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, although the number of men and horses has also recovered to 100,000, but compared with before, it is not as good as before.

"Heroes, this time I, Gao someone, thank you for coming to help!" Gao Yingxiang hugged his fists and gestured to the four people. The four of them hurriedly returned the salute, "Obey the orders of King Chuang!"

"Okay! The Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing listens to the order!" Gao Yingxiang was no longer polite and began to give orders.

"The last general!" the four of them hurriedly ordered.

"I ordered the four of you to lead your headquarters to besiege the west gate of Fengyang, and I have only one request - to attack the city at all costs. Gao Yingxiang pointed to Fengyang Ximen Road.

"The last will be ordered!" the four of them hurriedly got on their horses and prepared to go.

"Hongji!" Gao Yingxiang pointed to Li Zicheng's general again, "You and Zong Min led a group of men and horses to storm the south gate." ”

"Obey!" Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin hurriedly led people to prepare to go.

When Gao Yingxiang was dispatching troops, there was a panic in Fengyang City. The people have long fled, and now there is not a single person in the streets of Fengyang City, who is either closed at home, or driven to the city tower by the official army.

At the official residence of the governor of Fengyang, Yang Yipeng was anxious like an ant on a hot pot at this time, and kept sending people to inquire about the situation outside the city.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good!" a lieutenant ran in in a hurry, "The rogue outside looks like the city is about to attack the city!"

"What? How is this good, how is it good!" Yang Yipeng kept pacing, "Are the reinforcements from the imperial court coming?" Yang Yipeng looked hopeful, and now he can only pin his hopes on the reinforcements of the imperial court, and the 10,000 horses in the city alone will definitely not be able to hold it.

"My lord, I can't see any reinforcements!"

"How is this good, how is this good!" Yang Yipeng kept muttering.

"Boom!"

"Be careful, sir!" A cannonball suddenly hit the governor's mansion and exploded directly in front of the lobby, frightening everyone in the mansion to flee in all directions.

The rumbling cannons kept rang out, and huge shells were fired into the city.

"Quick, go to the city to defend against the enemy!" Yang Yipeng anxiously urged all the soldiers to go to the city, but his heart began to retreat. He didn't want to be captured alive by the Rogues here, and he had decided that he would take advantage of the chaos to escape when the Rogues invaded the city.

Under the cover of artillery fire, countless ladders began to reach the head of the city. The defenders at the head of the city are constantly reaping the lives of the rebels who want to climb up. Rocks and arrows rained down, and a rogue had just climbed the ladder when a boulder fell from the sky and fell straight overhead, and he fell down heavily before he could shout.

"Kill!" Liu Zongmin kicked over an official soldier, jumped onto the city, and the steel knife in his hand kept harvesting the heads of the officers and soldiers. The low city wall could not withstand the charge of the displaced people, and in less than half an hour, tens of thousands of displaced people had already rushed to the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers began to retreat continuously.

The west gate and the south gate were occupied by Gao Yingxiang's army almost at the same time, and more and more rebels began to rush into the city towards the governors.

The governors and officials were already undefended, Yang Yipeng's pro-army guarded Yang Yipeng as early as the south gate when the city was broken, and Gao Yingxiang's troops completely occupied Fengyang almost without encountering decent resistance in the city.