Chapter 351: Storming Lujiang

Niu Jinxing arched his hands, like a prime minister, and a hint of pride flashed in his eyes. Gao Yingxiang has the assets of an emperor, and he is also a rising tide and achieving his dreams.

However, everyone understands that this feeling is false, so Niu Jinxing arched his hand and said: "King Chuang, according to the news from various departments, most of the wealth and grain in Yuhang, Jiaxing, Deqing and other places have fallen into the hands of our army. ”

"Very good, notify the ministries that it can be withdrawn, and it will change later. Now Anqing City is still in the hands of our army, we can still pass through Anqing smoothly and return to the Central Plains" Gao Yingxiang patted the handrail, a little reluctant, if it has been staying in this prosperous place, how good it would be. South Zhili is good, Zhejiang is better, look at Zhejiang, and then look at northern Shaanxi, I used to live like livestock.

But reason told himself that he couldn't stay here for a long time, and if he stayed for a long time, people's hearts would rot, and the court would bite like a mad dog.

Atrocities were raging in Haining and other places, and Gao Yingxiang and others knew this, and originally wanted to take their time step by step. However, the officers and soldiers suddenly seized Qianshan County, and Gao Yingxiang had to order to loot as soon as possible. Since it was looting, burning, killing and looting could not be avoided, and after such a long battle, the brothers under his command also needed to vent.

Because he understood, Li Zicheng pressed Li Yan's letter and did not respond. To be precise, Li Zicheng didn't know how to reply to Li Yan.

Haining's atrocities were tacitly tolerated, and Gao Yingxiang and others would not admit it, but they could not stop it either.

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Luzhou Mansion Lengshui Pass, above the pass, the cold wind is blowing. Tiemo wrapped himself in a thick cloak and looked into the distance, the movements of the rogues were too fast, or the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang were too incompetent. In just one month, the city was lost in a row, and now most of the rich land in Zhejiang has been robbed by the rogues. Wang Zuohang followed closely beside him, his hands in his sleeves, and even so, he still felt a little cold.

"Ahh.....h Supervisor, Cao Zongbing sent someone to send a message that he, Zhao Zongbing and others had worked together to take Qianshan County, and the army had arrived at the predetermined location, he wanted to ask, what to do next! Wang Zuojiao still admired Zhao Shujiao very much, and hurried to Nanzhili, and was able to take Qianshan County within the scheduled time, but it was not easy.

Tie Mo thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice, "How are the preparations over there in Dingshan?" ”

"Back to the superintendent, a few hours ago, General Zhou sent back the news that all the departments had arrived at the predetermined position and could launch a surprise attack on Lujiang City at any time. In addition, the materials urged before have also been delivered, and they can be transported to Lujiang City within a few days. ”

"Well, have the supplies arrived? This is the best, so Chen Yaofeng ordered him to take care of the materials for this supervisor, and this batch of materials will be a little worse, and he doesn't need to keep his head. Dingshan, tell him that he will attack on time tomorrow, and I will let Li Jiucheng and the others cooperate with him! In addition, he sent someone to inform He Jingyuan that he had hidden it for me, and without my order, if they dared to take the lead, they would all be thrown to the back of the iron pot! ”

Wang Zuohang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the superintendent, his subordinates will instruct General He." I want to come to General He to command the army for many years, and I know the importance of this matter, so I will never mess around! Although he said this, Wang Zuojiao was also a little afraid that He Jingyuan would not be able to bear it and run out to get involved in the Lujiang war.

He Jingyuan's Agni Battalion had been secretly sent to the Jinqiao River area a month earlier, and it was of great use to let them hide there. Once something goes wrong on He Jingyuan's side, all the previously scheduled plans will be disrupted. Now that the artillery in the Yunfu army is no longer a secret, the Liukou has already paid attention to the Agni Camp after suffering so many losses. If the Liukou discovers the traces of He Jingyuan and his party, he will be on guard in advance and not say anything, but the Liukou will surround him like a mad dog and swallow He Jingyuan's troops and horses.

Jinqiao River is not far from Lujiang City, but from beginning to end, he did not intend to let He Jingyuan get involved in this war. But there are accidents in everything, in case He Jingyuan can't bear it in Jinqiao River, and he leads the troops to come in and show his traces, then all his efforts will be wasted.

After a cold wind blew at the pass, Tie Mo and Wang Zuo returned to the rear command post with a heavy heart, the charcoal fire was burning in the iron basin, and the two of them were drinking warm tea while roasting the fire. At this time, Tiemo was holding a letter in his hand, his brows were furrowed, and Wang Zuohang just glanced at it, and he didn't dare to disturb it. It's not that Wang Zuohang doesn't express his opinion, it's that he doesn't get involved in this kind of thing. After all, it's the overseer's chore.

The letter was sent by Chang Minyue, who told him about the affairs of Nanjing City, focusing on Xiao Ruxue. Of course, she didn't forget to focus on Hai Lanzhu's behavior. In short, this letter was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and Chang Minyue hoped that Tiemo would treat him fairly and reprimand Hai Lanzhu's behavior.

Now the Iron Overseer is very embarrassed, these two women began to compete in secret so quickly. Xiao Ruxue was a trivial matter, and Tiemo didn't take it to heart, because he didn't think there was any possibility in this matter. Xiao Ruxue is also the Miss Xiao family no matter how she says it, how can the Xiao family agree to this marriage? The key is that because of this matter, the battle between Chang Minyue and Hai Lanzhu.

Fighting around, isn't it for the position of the head of the back house? It's really a headache, Tiemo kicked the letter into his sleeve, and glared at Wang Zuo angrily, "Mr. Wang, what can you do?" ”

Wang Zuojiao was secretly snickering, who would have thought that Tiemo would turn his head to ask questions, his expression stiffened for a while, and he smiled wryly: "This...... Inspector, his subordinates are only shallow in learning, and they really don't know how to deal with it, so it's better for the supervisor to make his own decision. The subordinates are busy first, and they will fight Lujiang City tomorrow, and there are too many things to prepare! ”

Wang Zuohang found a reason and quickly fled. The excitement of the superintendent is not so easy to see, and when he ran far away, he dared to look back, and saw that Tiemo had not followed, so he breathed a sigh of relief. The battle between Miss Chang and Hai Lanzhu, who dares to get involved? Neither of these two women can afford to offend, it seems that Miss Chang is powerful, but Hai Lanzhu is not much worse, not only is she favored by the superintendent, but there is also the Horqin tribe standing behind her.

If you want to say who the two people are optimistic about, Wang Zuohang is still more optimistic about Hai Lanzhu. The superintendent loves Hai Lanzhu, not only because of her beauty. This woman is graceful and luxurious, very generous in dealing with people, and more tolerant, on the other hand, Miss Chang, not to mention her ability, but her heart is smaller.

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On the fourth day of the third month of Chongzhen, it was sunny and windy. In the cold weather, more than 10,000 Xuanfu soldiers and horses who had been hiding in Lengshui Pass finally made a move, and the Lengshui Pass generals led by Zhou Dingshan took advantage of the fog to disperse, suddenly appeared in the west of Lujiang City, and launched a fierce attack on Lujiang City. For this attack, but after a long time of preparation, Zhou Dingshan not only prepared a large number of ladders, but also let people supervise the construction of many crashing vehicles.

The musketeers slowly moved towards Lujiang City in groups, they lined up in a neat line, the muskets in their hands continued to fire volleys, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and there were bursts of wails at the head of the city. Under the cover of the musketeers, the bulky rammer moved forward little by little, and finally came to the bottom of the city.

"Boom..... The bulky crash car looked very slow, but when the first impact occurred, the peasant army at the head of the city only felt trembling under their feet, as if there had been an earthquake. For a while, many people's faces were as pale as a piece of paper, and if this kept crashing, the city gate would be knocked down sooner or later.

The sound of urgent gongs resounded throughout the city, and there were people calling everywhere, and in the face of the sudden attack, the peasant army in Lujiang City was a little panicked. This seems to be very abnormal, it is said that Lujiang City and Lengshuiguan are facing each other, and they should have been prepared for the attack of the officers and soldiers in advance, and it is only right to deal with it easily, but the reaction of the peasant army in the city is not like that at all. In fact, if you think about it, it's not so difficult to understand.

Lujiang City and Lengshuiguan confronted each other, which is true. The point is that the confrontation has been too long, and the most fatal thing is that for such a long time, the officers and men have been standing still and hibernating. This kind of calm lasted too long, and the peasant army in Lujiang City relaxed their guard a little. Since Li Zicheng defeated Lin'an, Gao Yingxiang, who has been in charge of the defense of Lengshui Pass, also went to Lin'an, and he naturally took a lot of soldiers and horses with him. Gao Yingxiang had transferred troops from near Lengshui Pass, and the others felt that there was no danger here. Zeng Qian, who guarded Lujiang City, was not a careful person, Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing ran to Lin'an to enjoy Qingfu, and Zeng Qian naturally had to enjoy it.

Since Gao Yingxiang left, Zeng Qian has been hiding in Lujiang City to drink and pick up girls in addition to sending some exploration horses outside the city. King Chuang They went to Zhejiang to be chic, he had money to stay in Lujiang City and had to enjoy it, King Chuang can't favor one over the other, right?

Zeng Qian didn't pay much attention to defense, there is a way that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, Zeng Qian is like this, and other people will not be conscientious when they do things. said that they went out to investigate the situation, but in this cold day, who wants to run out, many people went outside to find a town to drink and chat and came back. Once or twice, no one cared, and gradually the spies were like this.

In the final analysis, the peasant army in Lujiang City, from top to bottom, felt that the officers and soldiers of Lengshuiguan would not send troops to attack Lujiang City at this time. If there is a sense of crisis, this will not happen. Common sense speculates that if you don't attack Lujiang City when it's warm, and then attack Lujiang City when it's cold, isn't it sick?

However, the Xuanfu army really didn't play its cards according to common sense, and once again came to Lujiang City at an unexpected time. Even, the crashing car hit the city gate, and Zeng Qian just got up from the two women.

When he came to the city, looking at the rapid offensive outside the city, Zeng Qian's forehead broke out in a cold sweat, "Quick, let Xie Mazi's people come up and block the city gate for Lao Tzu." What about the rolling wood? Tung oil, hurry up ......."

As he was shouting, Zeng Qian's pupils shrank, and he squatted down suddenly, and then he heard a muffled snort, as if something flew over his scalp. Zeng Qian looked behind him in some shock, and found that his pro-soldier captain was lying upright on the ground, with a bloody hole on his forehead, and blood was gushing out. The captain of the pro-soldiers, who was still alive just now, turned into a corpse in the blink of an eye.

Muskets, why do officers and soldiers have such a long range of muskets? Luckily escaped, touching the blood on his forehead, Zeng Qian simply hid behind the battlements, "Archers, archers, what are they doing, shoot Lao Tzu to kill those eight calves......"

Under Zeng Qian's shouting, the frightened archers finally launched a counterattack, but most of the bows fired were blocked by the shields in the front row. Strange to say, the main force of officers and soldiers carried the ladder and did not rush forward, but only let a small number of people hit the city gate with crashing vehicles under the cover of musketeers. Others don't climb the ladder, and the rolling wood and tung oil that have been prepared for a long time are useless.

Zeng Qian was ruthless and ordered people to pour all the tung oil and boiling water on the city gate, and for a while the soldiers around the city car screamed again and again. Under Zeng Qian's greeting at all costs, the first wave of the offensive was finally repulsed.

The officers and soldiers retreated, but Zeng Qian was not happy at all, it was obvious that he was just a test just now, and the real attack had not yet come? In a depressed mood, he dragged the guards of the city head over, and scolded him bitterly: "You see, you see, this is the onslaught you are talking about?" They haven't put the ladder up yet......"

"This ..... Leader Zeng, but the offensive of the officers and soldiers is indeed very fierce, the brothers were beaten by the fire gun before and couldn't lift their heads, many brothers just wanted to fight back, so they died in a daze! ”

"Hmph, you still dare to quibble, greedy for life and afraid of death, not a hero!" Zeng Qian stared at the bull's eye, looking unhappy. Others are convulsive, constantly scolding in their hearts, isn't it normal to be afraid of death? What is scolding? Who was hiding behind the battlements and screaming?

Half an hour passed, and the second wave of the offensive finally came, but this time it was completely different from the first. Officers and soldiers attacked Lujiang City from the north and south, and an army of officers and soldiers fought out from Yefu Mountain in the north, and the offensive was fierce and fast. Countless ladders stood on the city wall in an instant, and the officers and soldiers rushed to kill in a sea of mountains.

In just a moment, Beicheng was in a hurry. It was only at this time that Zeng Qian reacted that the real main direction of attack of the officers and soldiers was in the north, and the army in the south was just a cover.

But at this time, it was too late to adjust the deployment, the offensive in the north and south directions was actually very fierce, the ladders kept appearing, and the tung oil rolling wood continued to pour out, but it was only temporarily slowed down. With the same offensive intensity, but Beicheng's defense is weak, it can't be stopped after all.

Li Jiucheng personally led the troops to attack the city, with the steel knife hanging on his waist, and climbed up the ladder. Li Jiucheng's face was elegant, but in fact, when he fought, he was not weaker than Shang Kexi.

Jumping on the head of the city and cutting down a guard, Li Jiucheng shouted: "Brothers, kill with me!" ”

After two hours of siege, Li Jiucheng killed a gap in the north city wall, which was enlarged little by little, and finally the north city gate fell.

In this battle, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu were useless at all, relying on the fierce combat power of the soldiers, they stubbornly grabbed food. The north gate fell, and the peasant army in the city immediately showed some signs of collapse.

Fortunately, Zeng Qian had not lost his mind, and when he saw the fall of the north city gate, he immediately ordered all troops to assemble in the south city, and then opened the city gate to break through outside the city. After leaving the city, Zeng Qian led the remnants of the army to retreat straight to the direction of Tongling, retreated to the mouth of the Han River, and relied on the terrain of the estuary to fight an ambush, which can be regarded as stopping the decline.