In a few days, Li Zicheng led the army to defeat the remnants of the Ming army in Zhending Mansion, and by the way, swept several county towns that took the initiative to open the city and surrender, and the invading army added tens of thousands of "soldiers and horses".

The army forced to Zhending City, preparing to catch the turtle in an urn, capture Yang Sichang alive and strangle him, inflict heavy damage on the Ming court, and deter all officials along the way.

Liu Fangliang, the vanguard general of the breaking army, first sent a messenger to Xu Biao, the governor of Zhending, to send a letter of persuasion to surrender, asking him to surrender to the rebel army and hand over Yang Sichang.

The army camped on the banks of the Huhu (hū) Tuo River south of Zhending City, a small dilapidated camp where seven or eight thieves, men and women, were dressed in rags and unkempt.

One of them, a young woman with a slightly white face, hid in a corner and hugged her knees, her head full of chicken nests, her face was dirty, her eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and she sometimes covered her mouth and coughed violently.

She was originally a famous actor in Kaifeng City, with the stage name Yizhimei, because of her handsome appearance, she was accepted as a concubine by an old rich man surnamed Zheng, and since then she has lived a life of drunken gold fans, but half a year ago, Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng City, and after Zheng's mansion was washed away by the Yellow River, she was captured by the invasion army.

At that time, Li Zicheng's slogan of "killing one person is like killing my father, and one person is like adultering my mother" was shouted loudly, and several intruders did not forcibly commit adultery with her, but starved her for a few days, and then tempted her to trade with food......

In the past month, Yizhimei has traveled with the army, and she has endured hunger, and she is no longer as tempting as before, and she has become more and more pale and thin, no different from a refugee, and there are fewer and fewer people who fight her idea.

Several of the "comrades-in-arms" of the same battalion were also not in good condition, and several of them were lying on the ground moaning all the time, either sick or injured.

One of the men, who was in his thirties, had a severe knife wound on his right arm, and pus and blood oozed from time to time, which had become purulent, and the arm was considered useless.

The Chuang army took all the Langzhong along the way, and treated the sick people of the old camp and the Ma army, who were coerced and hungry like straw, and no one paid attention to them, and when they died, they would only be left on the side of the road to be eaten.

A young man with unkempt hair and gray temples complained, "When is this day a head!" ”

Listen to the song and sing "Eat his mother, eat her mother, eat not enough to have a king, not bad, no food, everyone has a happy ......", but when I arrived at the camp, I realized that these were all scams!

When I came, not only did I not care if I was full, but I even ate very poorly, and I drank gruel once a day, not to mention, I had to do a lot of work and walk a lot to attack the city.

An unclothed old man beside him said: "Young man, be cautious, be careful that the wall has ears!" ”

The old man looks to be in his seventies, but his actual age is less than fifty, he is an old military household, surnamed Liu, and the people around him call him Liu Laogen.

When the Chuang army entered his hometown of Anyang, Liu Laogen was overjoyed and went to the city gate to greet the king of Chuang, calling the righteous army a benevolent and righteous army.

In order to live a happy life in the ballad, Liu Laogen joined the rebel army without hesitation, compared to the passion half a month ago, Liu Laogen's empty eyes at this time also reflected the despair of life.

He sighed and said, "Xiao Feng, don't even think about running away, yesterday the rebels also captured dozens of people who escaped, not only chopped them alive, but also hung them on trees. ”

The young man surnamed Feng shuddered, quickly closed his mouth, and looked at the people around him, his eyes were very cowardly, lest the people around him tell him.

When his eyes swept to the plum branch in the corner, he suddenly paused, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Xiao Feng is also a native of Kaifeng, and his family has been a tenant of the Zheng rich family for generations, and he has been hungry for a plum's body for a long time.

After the old rich man Zheng was killed by the army and seized the wealth, he felt that the opportunity was rare, so he followed the army that Yizhimei had joined, hoping to have a way out in the army, and looking for a chance to get his wish.

Since joining the Chuang Army, Xiao Feng not only didn't see a way out, but also quit the old problem of coveting beautiful women, and was so hungry that he couldn't walk all day long.

The people did not dare to talk about it, but talked about something else.

A man in his thirties said to himself, "I hope that the old men in Zhending City will open the city and surrender, so that we don't have to fight." ”

There are two seven or eight-year-old children sitting next to the man, that is his son, he dragged his family to the rebel army, but also to live a good life, but he didn't expect that the good life was not lived, but his wife ran away with the little leader in the army......

Liu Laogen sighed: "Hundreds of thousands of horses and horses in the imperial court have been defeated, and the dog officials in Zhending City should not have the ability to defend the city." ”

Along the way, there are often hungry people and Neiying who take the initiative to open the door to greet them, and now that the imperial court is unable to defend the city, there will naturally be more officials who take the initiative to surrender.

When everyone in the camp heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and what they were most looking forward to was that the city should be opened when they encountered it, so that they would not have to take the lead and die under the city.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the camp, and Liu Laogen hurriedly cleared his throat and signaled everyone not to speak.

Sure enough, a group of moverned-wearing intruders entered, and they looked around at the dilapidated tent, where the people were hiding in fear, and there was no more to speak, only the groans of men with wounded arms on the ground.

These intruders were just about to leave, when they suddenly heard a rapid coughing sound, they stopped abruptly, and looked for the sound, it was a plum branch in the corner coughing violently.

The leader of the soldiers said coldly: "Take her away!" ”

At the exclamation of Yizhimei, two intruders had already slipped the thick sack over her head and carried her away.

After the soldiers left, Xiao Feng asked a little nervously, "Where are they going to take her?" ”

Liu Laogen sighed: "She should be infected with the plague, according to King Chuang's military order, she will be killed or abandoned in the wilderness, and left to fend for herself." ”

Xiao Feng's face was sad, and he was deeply sympathetic to the experience of his "first love", but he was helpless.

On the second day, news came from the city of Zhending, and Xu Biao, the governor of Zhending, resolutely refused to surrender, not only tore up the letter on the spot, but also killed the envoy of the intruding army.

Liu Fangliang, the general of the vanguard of the breaking army, was furious and ordered to storm Zhending City and swear to kill the governor Xu Biao!

In the tide of hungry soldiers, in a team of hungry people, Xiao Feng stood numbly, he held a wooden stick in his hand, and listened to the outpost in the team always shouting loudly: "King Chuang Fengtian advocates righteousness, for the sake of us poor people, crusade against the unTaoist government, everyone must go all out and fight ......"

Another general rode by, with a fierce expression in his expression, and a flag bearer beside him carried a blue flag, on which the word "Chuang" was written crookedly.

The general shouted: "Brothers and sisters of the righteous army, we have blessings and hardships, and we will go into the city and kill all the dog officials and landlords!" ”

"Break the king's military order, the order is forbidden, the former dies, the latter continues to advance, you must not look back when you are in battle, you must not hear the sound of Mingjin, you must not retreat, and those who violate the order will correct the law on the spot!"

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PS: Push the book "The First Taoist Priest of the Tang Dynasty", when he saves people's lives, he is the Taoist, and when he kills, it is Zhong Kui, and see how he travels the world......

Today is still the third watch

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