Chapter 290 Breaking Nanyang

After the third year of Chongzhen, after entering May, the situation in Henan can be said to have touched the hearts of many people. Henan is the Central Plains, the granary of the world, to the end of the Ming Dynasty, although it is an exaggeration, but half of the grain in the Ming Dynasty came from here. This is the center of the Ming Dynasty, once Henan is in turmoil, the surrounding area is bound to be affected.

After Nanyang was besieged, the imperial court was really panicked, this time not only Chongzhen was anxious, but Cheng Jiming, Qian Qianyi and others were also really anxious. In the past, the rogues troubled Shaanxi and attacked Shanxi, even if the Tartars were detained, some people in the imperial court may not have really worried about it. It's really hard to get concerned when things are not in your own interest. However, the situation in Henan will not only affect Jingxiang, but if it is difficult to cause chaos, Nanzhili and Jiangnan will not be spared.

For a long time, the northwest of the Ming Dynasty was full of disasters and people, but all this seemed to be very far away from Jiangnan. Daming is really big, Jiangnan and Northwest seem to be two worlds, but Henan is in chaos, and Jiangnan will soon be able to feel the chaos in the Northwest.

Luoyang, Henan Province, the ancient capital of several dynasties, became panicked at this time. Since the peasant army attacked Nanyang City, the gentry and people from Ruzhou, Yongning and other places began to pour into Luoyang City. Due to the rapid increase in the population of the city, the pressure on Luoyang City has increased dramatically. Now Henan Mansion not only has to find a way to rush to Nanyang, but also has to worry about the affairs of Luoyang City.

Yu Chenglong, the current governor of Henan Prefecture, is a very capable person, this person was born in the top three jinshi, and has served in Datong Mansion, so he is no stranger to military affairs. Since Nanyang was besieged, Yu Chenglong gathered the generals of Henan Prefecture, sent troops to strengthen the defense of Funiu Mountain and Ruzhou, and also discussed the use of troops with Li Zhengqian, the commander of the capital.

Speaking of which, the situation in Henan is very special. Henan is the Central Plains, which is related to the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and the court is afraid that a certain official in Henan will have too much power and threaten the court. As a result, several important yamen in Henan were divided into two parts. Henan's Judicial Department and Political Envoy Department are in Luoyang, while the Metropolitan Command Division and the Caoyun Division are in Kaifeng. It was a good thing, but at this point it became a big problem.

The prefect Yu Chenglong wanted Li Zhengqian to send troops to support Nanyang, but was blocked by Min Zhengyuan, the prefect of Kaifeng. Now the peasant army is menacing, Nanyang must be protected, but Kaifeng Mansion must also be protected. At this time, Li Zhengqian was a little unable to advance or retreat.

On the surface, the prefect of Henan can control things that are difficult to boundary, but in fact, Yu Chengchan simply ordered Kaifeng Mansion not to move. Everything still stems from the particularity of Henan, the separation of the yamen, which also led to the relative independence of Kaifeng Prefecture. From a very early on, if there is something in Henan Mansion, it will be reported directly to the Sixth Department, and it will not go through Henan Mansion at all, and over time, everyone will get used to it, and now Yu Chenglong wants to order Kaifeng Mansion, which is naturally not easy.

Yu Jackie Chan competed with Min Zhengyuan, and Li Zhengqian, who was sandwiched in the middle, was the most uncomfortable. The military situation was urgent, Li Zhengqian was very anxious, so he directly found the prefect's yamen, and in the lobby, he was anxious and said: "Lord Min, now that the thieves are in trouble in Nanyang, we need to send troops as soon as possible. ”

Min Zhengyuan pushed the tea cup in front of him, motioned for Li Zhengqian to sit down and speak, he frowned calmly, and said with a helpless wry smile: "Commander Li, do you think that this government doesn't want to trap the liukou in Nanyang?" But have you ever thought that even if you mobilize all the commanders and horses to pour into Nanyang, you can really stop that group of rogues? If you have this confidence, this government has no other words, prepare grain and grass, and open the door to send the army to Nanyang. ”

"This ....." Li Zhengqian was speechless for a moment, as the commander of the Henan capital, no one could know the situation of the Henan guards better than him. The Central Plains has been peaceful for a long time, and the soldiers of the guards have not experienced war, coupled with insufficient training, the combat effectiveness is extremely poor. On the other hand, that group of rogues, in the past two years, they have traveled to northern Shaanxi and fought countless times with the border army, and the border army has nothing to do with them, and can the Henan guards be able to resist their impact? If he relied on Jiancheng, Li Zhengqian still had the confidence to fight, but when he ran to Nanyang, Li Zhengqian really didn't have the confidence to be able to stop the rogue.

Seeing that Li Zhengqian was silent, Min Zhengyuan sighed: "It seems that Commander Li already has an answer in his heart, hey, although this mansion has a disagreement with Lord Yu on weekdays, but at this critical moment, it is not so difficult to distinguish priorities." Lord Yu didn't know the details, so he naturally thought that the more soldiers and horses galloping to help Nanyang, the better, but he didn't think about what the consequences would be if he couldn't trap the rogues in Nanyang. At that time, the soldiers and horses of Kaifeng Mansion were trapped in Nanyang and could not come back, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion was empty. At that time, there will be more than one Nanyang, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion will also be devastated. ”

"You and I are loyal to the country and die well, but don't forget, if His Royal Highness King Zhou falls into the hands of the rogue, you and I will be to blame!" Min Zhengyuan's voice was helpless, the vassal kings in various places represent the face of the Ming Dynasty, if the vassal king is captured, the face of the Ming Dynasty will be gone, and it will be a devastating blow to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Li Zhengqian was terrified, and only then did he think of this terrible consequence. If Kaifeng Mansion is not guaranteed, and Zhou Wang's Mansion is broken, then he Li Zhengqian will be nailed to the pillar of shame, and future generations will have to be implicated, and the eighteen generations of ancestors will have to be dug up and whipped by His Majesty.

King Zhou of Kaifeng Mansion and King Fu of Luoyang, these two vassal kings must not fall into the hands of the Liukou. At this moment, Li Zhengqian really came to his senses, said goodbye to Min Zhengyuan hastily, returned to the command of the Yamen, and hurriedly wrote a letter to Yu Chenglong.

The commander of the capital made Li Zhengqian refuse to send troops and defend Kaifeng Mansion, Yu Chenglong is no matter how hot he is, there is no way, in the final analysis, he has no right to govern the Henan Metropolitan Command Division, let alone command Kaifeng Mansion, otherwise, why should he discuss with Li Zhengqian? In a fit of rage, Yu Chengchan sent an official document to the capital quickly, but the military situation was urgent, where could Nanyang bear it?

Now there are only 7,000 soldiers and horses in Nanyang City, and these 7,000 soldiers and horses are still uneven, and they are forced to put together. The general Gu Tongjun has already done his best, and with the help of Ren Xiangshan, the prefect of Nanyang, he has gathered a lot of young men from the gentry to help defend the city. But even so, the loss of Nanyang City is still frightening.

Outside the city of Nanyang, the flag covers the sun, and the sky becomes gray under the siege of the city for several days. The wind rose and the dust was flying, and countless peasant soldiers carried the ladder and pounced on Nanyang City again. Until now, the rolling wood, tung oil and other materials have all been exhausted, in order to defend the city, even picked up a lot of houses, and took the beams and timber as rolling wood. However, there were too many peasant soldiers, and the crowd was like a sea of gray.

The people of Nanyang City have heard a lot of messages, and most of them have heard that the Liukou is in trouble in the northwest, and there is no tile left where they pass. Under fear, many people took the initiative to help defend the city, just to avoid being poisoned by the bandits.

A young man carried a hoe, and his originally weak gaze became hideous and terrifying. In four days, this young man, who had never even killed a chicken, turned into a cold-blooded butcher. In two days, he had already killed five people. However, those rogues were like they couldn't stop killing, attacking wave after wave, killing constantly, but the number of peasant troops attacking the city was increasing every day.

Another wave of tidal attacks, several peasant soldiers crouched down and rushed up the ladder, and one of the defenders had just poked his head out, and was immediately killed by an arrow. The young man hurriedly rushed over to make up for the position, this is the peasant soldier on the ladder has already grabbed the head of the city, the young man roared angrily, the hoe was picked down, the man instantly broke a few fingers, and screamed in pain. But under the pain, the peasant soldier did not fall, perhaps it was the instinct to survive, and the other hand with a knife grabbed the head of the city, and with great force, he jumped up directly. His left hand was dripping with blood, and three fingers were missing, but the man's eyes were glaring, "Wow, yes..... Lao Tzu hacked you to death......"

The steel knife fell, and the young man raised the hoe to block it, but the hoe was instantly cut in two, and the steel knife slashed downward, and the young man didn't have time to snort and was killed on the spot.

More and more peasant soldiers rushed to the city, and the battle in Nanyang became more cruel, with people rushing up and people dying. Before the battle, the peasant army temporarily retreated, but Nanyang City was in a mess.

Many people were slumped against the walls, breathing incessantly, their chests rising and falling violently, whether they were tired or afraid.

There was a shout from the long street, and a group of people hurried over, and in the center of the crowd were two men in ragged clothes. Both men were about forty years old, and they were dressed in robes, but alas, the robes were in tatters, like the rags of a beggar's body. Walking through the long street and walking around the city wall, both of them had gloomy faces and their hearts were full of despair.

Gu Tongjun has been fighting in the city, and he doesn't know how many rounds of attacks he has repelled from the thieves, but he can clearly feel that the attacks of the thieves are constantly strengthening, and it seems that the rogues did not use all their strength before. Ren Xiangshan is a literati, and now he has begun to kill people with his own hands. The day before yesterday, when I came to inspect the city, I happened to encounter a thief attacking the city, and in desperation, I joined the war group, and in that battle, I killed a thief soldier with my own hands.

Ascending to the top of the city again, looking at the smoke in the distance, Ren Xiangshan patted the battlements and muttered to himself: "General Gu, how long can we hold on?" One day? Two days? ”

Gu Tongjun grinned, and the corners of his mouth were a little painful because of dry cracking. He frowned, wanting to comfort Ren Xiangshan, but he couldn't bear it, "Now we have suffered heavy losses, and the materials are seriously insufficient, and the thieves seem to have a large number of reinforcements to join, according to today's situation, I'm afraid we won't even be able to survive tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Ren Xiangshan showed a miserable smile, he was smiling, but there were muddy tears in his eyes, "How good it would be if we could have reinforcements, Nanyang, what a good place, we would have to leave it to this group of rogues...... I don't know what Nanyang will become......"

"Reinforcements? Lord Ren, you still can't figure it out? Now there are not many soldiers and horses near Nanyang, and the only ones who can really fight are the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang City, but they are blocked in Xinye. As for the soldiers and horses of Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, even if they arrive, they may not be able to relieve the siege of Nanyang, not to mention, compared to Nanyang, Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are more important, if it is you, are you willing to Luoyang and Kaifeng? ”

"Is that so?" Ren Xiangshan stroked his forehead and closed his eyes in some pain. Although it is very cruel, no matter who it is, it will choose to sacrifice Nanyang and keep Kaifeng and Luoyang, right?

On the seventh day of the fifth month of the third year of Chongzhen, a light rain suddenly came. There is a great drought in the Central Plains, and I am extremely eager for rain to come, but who would have thought that the rain in Nanyang would fall on this day. This rain did not bring a trace of warmth to the land of Nanyang, only cold and haze.

On this day, Li Yangchun attacked from the east with an army of 10,000, and in order to break Nanyang City, he also specially asked someone to make a suggested trebuchet. Under the frantic attack of the peasant army, Nanyang City, which was struggling to support, was finally opened a gap, and then Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong and a gust of wind Wang Yan led troops to fight from two directions, and the defenders of Nanyang City suddenly collapsed, and their morale was like a note.

In order to capture Nanyang City, the peasant army fought hard for several days, and they also held back a breath of anger in their hearts. After breaking through Nanyang, many people began to lose their minds, and a gust of wind Wang Yan took the lead in attacking the rich households, burning and looting, they broke open the door, and when they saw the young woman, they pounced, and if they were slightly blocked, they were swords and axes.

Screams and fights filled the ancient city. A light rain fell, but it couldn't wash away the blood in the mud. In many corners, the woman in ragged clothes has long since lost her breath. Tens of thousands of peasant troops poured into Nanyang, they turned into wild beasts, turning this city into a purgatory, and the cries of the people in the city did not move the heavens, but waited for more cruel killings.

Nanyang Mansion, Gu Tongjun, who was wounded, sat in the lobby, and in front of him, there were more than a dozen corpses, old and young, men and women, one of whom was Ren Xiangshan, the prefect of Nanyang.

Nanyang City is broken, Ren Xiangshan does not want to be humiliated, and he does not want the female relatives in the family to be harmed by the exiles. There was no hope of escaping, but Ren Xiangshan didn't have the courage to commit suicide, nor did he have the courage to kill the female relatives in the family, so he asked Gu Tongjun to take action. Just a moment ago, Gu Tongjun asked people to block the hospital door, and began to kill people with knives, he killed Ren Xiangshan's family, and also killed his wife and children.

When Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong led people to break the mansion and broke into the lobby, he saw Gu Tongjun with a smile on his face.

Gu Tongjun smiled, laughed madly, laughed bitterly, and the only comfort in his heart was that his most beloved eldest daughter was not in Nanyang. His only wish now is to hope that his daughter will live well and never have the idea of revenge.

"Kill ......"

Gu Tongjun, who was dishesive, rushed forward without any hesitation, more than a dozen feather arrows flew in, he snorted and lay on his wife.

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Li Yangchun finally stepped into Nanyang City, but when he saw the situation on the long street, his heart trembled. The rain washed his cheeks, but he couldn't wash away the sadness in his heart. For some reason, he thought of the previous incident in Qingyuan City again. What a good city, turned into hell, rubble, and the lives of people were destroyed.