But after the report of Cheng Baixiong, the defender of Xuzhou, also arrived, he believed it, and couldn't help but be so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, and smoked in the five, scolding Fan Ju for his ambitions. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

In anger, Chongzhen ordered Jiang Shidi, the governor of Shandong, to quickly mobilize heavy troops, and be sure to block Fan Ju's offensive and prevent Xuzhou from falling into the hands of the enemy.

Shandong has not been fighting for a long time, and the combat effectiveness of the army is not strong, Jiang Shidi has a great headache, but there is no way, so he has to go into battle.

Xuzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and now Fan Ju has gathered hundreds of thousands of peasant troops, ready to take Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and then use this as the basis to strengthen the strength, so in addition to Sichuan, Guanzhong, Henan and other places, Xuzhou has also become a battleground.

Almost at the same time, the combined forces of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai also began to attack.

After several months of flexible guerrilla tactics, the Zhang-Luo coalition army had exhausted Yang Sichang, demoralized the officers and soldiers, and many people fell ill, including the commander Yang Sichang.

And the men and horses of the Zhang Luo coalition army have grown to more than 20,000 people, and Tang Sai'er feels that the time is ripe for a counterattack. At this time, the Zhang Luo coalition army came to Fang County in Huguang, where they were preparing to divide their troops.

Tang Sai'er suggested that Luo Rucai should continue to the north with more than 10,000 horses to attract the official army to pursue, while Zhang Xianzhong led 5,000 elite horsemen to the east overnight, rushing to the target that had been aimed at in advance.

Xiangyang.

This place is Yang Sichang's base camp, and not only that, there is also a vassal king here, Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang. Tang Sai'er felt that as long as Yang Sichang's base camp could be eliminated and the King of Zhu Xiang could be destroyed, Yang Sichang would definitely be dismissed and investigated.

As soon as Yang Sichang left, the threat of the official army would immediately disappear, and the Zhang Luo coalition army would inevitably recover.

But Yang Sichang is not a straw bag, Xiangyang is his base camp, how can he ignore it? He sent 5,000 men and horses to wait here, and many men and horses were also stationed in the surrounding counties such as Fancheng and Gucheng, as long as Xiangyang was attacked, reinforcements from these places would arrive immediately.

This is the only thing Tang Sayer is worried about.

But Zhang Xianzhong didn't take it seriously, waved his big hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the military advisor, it's not the first time that our righteous army has done this kind of thing." As long as I am always open, Xiangyang will be at my fingertips. ”

He divided his troops with Luo Rucai, and let Tang Sai'er and his brother Tang Hu move with Luo Rucai's brigade, and he only brought 5,000 elite cavalry, and sent 12 shrewd and capable peasant soldiers to disguise themselves as officers and soldiers to go first, and he waited until it was dark, and left Fang County with a large group of men and horses, and went straight to Xiangyang.

The twelve peasant soldiers disguised themselves as Yang Sichang's heralds, and arrived in Xiangyang before it was dark, and they managed to enter the city without any trouble. They found an inn in the city to rest, and when it was dark, the twelve men divided into groups and set fires in the city, and as they set fires to the houses, they screamed and screamed.

Xiangyang's defense was very lax, because the officials and soldiers in the city guessed that the peasant army would never dare to fight, and they slept with peace of mind. I was sleeping peacefully, and suddenly I heard a commotion in the city, and I got up and looked, there were no less than a dozen fires, the smoke rose to the sky, and the firelight reflected the moon, thinking that the peasant army had entered the city, and I was so frightened that I panicked, and hurried to the city one by one to put out the fire.

All the officials of Xiangyang City rushed over, and while they were busy fighting the fire, they imposed martial law in the city and prepared to fight. However, after searching for a long time, there was not a single shadow of the peasant army, and the guard general of Xiangyang was very angry and ordered a house-to-house search.

But none of them thought that at this time, the twelve peasant troops had already come to the west city gate, and their task was to wait for Zhang Xianzhong's army to come and open the city gate. When these twelve men arrived at the city gate, they did not attack immediately, but pretended to be officers and soldiers under martial law and stood guard under the city. The officers and soldiers defending the city did not suspect it.

In the middle of the night, when the sky was about to dawn, the fire in the city was finally extinguished, and almost all places were searched, and no spies of the peasant army were found. The officials of Xiangyang City were angry and hateful, and at this time, someone suggested that those spies should come to the city to make trouble in disguise as officials and soldiers. As soon as everyone heard the reason, they just wanted to find it in the official army, but at this moment, the sound of trumpets sounded over the head of Xicheng City, and then the sound of gongs and drums rang out.

Zhang Xianzhong arrived.

He led 5,000 elite horsemen, galloped 300 miles overnight, and finally arrived at the city of Xiangyang at dawn. At this time, the official army led by Yang Sichang was still hundreds of miles away, following Luo Rucai.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong arrived, he immediately ordered the siege of the city. The shouts outside the city shook the sky, everyone in the city could hear it clearly, the twelve peasant soldiers knew that the time had come, and immediately shouted and killed at the city gate, where there were originally more than a dozen officers and soldiers, who were strengthening the city gate, moving sandbags and big stones into the back of the city gate, in case the peasant army hit the door, where did they think that more than a dozen murderous ancestors suddenly came up behind them.

These peasant soldiers couldn't help but say something, and when they came up, they attacked ruthlessly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed under the city gates.

Some peasant soldiers removed the stones, removed the sandbags, and creaked the gates open.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was outside the city, saw that the city gate was open, and immediately urged the army to rush forward, and the large team of men and horses blew into the city gate like a gust of wind.

At this time, Xiangyang City was in chaos, because the officials and soldiers did not know how many people Zhang Xianzhong came, and they originally had thousands of people in the city, but they were scattered in the four gates, and they could not be concentrated for a while, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong came too fast and too fiercely, and immediately there was a scream in the city: "The thieves are coming, the thieves have entered the city......"

When the officers and soldiers of the other gates heard that the thieves had entered the city, they were immediately frightened and flew out of the sky, and no one knew how many people had come, so the army had no fighting spirit, and immediately dispersed, and one by one opened the city gates wide and fled out of the city.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that his attack was best like a storm sweeping away leaves, and a quick victory, if it dragged on, after the officers and soldiers saw clearly that he did not have too many men, they would definitely organize a counterattack, and then it would be troublesome. So as soon as he entered the city, he ordered to go straight to Zhu Yiming's Xiangwang Mansion, no matter what, arrest Xiangwang first.

Things went surprisingly smoothly, the officers and troops were dazed by the attack of the peasant army, and the Xiangyang guards were also beheaded in the streets. As soon as the main general died, the officers and soldiers were even more panicked, and no one resisted anymore and fled one after another.

Zhang Xianzhong led 2,000 cavalry and fought all the way into the Xiangwang Mansion.

At this time, King Xiang had just understood, and he had no time to escape, and was surrounded by hundreds of peasant generals' mansions.

When King Xiang saw Zhang Xianzhong, he was so frightened that he almost urinated out, his body was limp and paralyzed to the ground, and he shouted: "Grandpa Chitose spare his life, Grandpa Chitose spare his life......"

Zhang Xianzhong saw that this guy was a soft egg, snorted in his nose, ordered someone to help him up, and gave him a chair to sit down.

Zhu Yiming was scared and happy at the same time, it seems that the Eight Kings still like him, and he may be able to save his life.

Zhang Xianzhong came to him with a smile, turned around twice, turned King Xiang's hair straight, and stood up again: "Grandpa Chitose, what do you have to look at, just take ......" Zhang Xianzhong said: "There is one thing that I like very much, and I want you to borrow it." ”

King Xiang nodded again and again: "No matter what, I will borrow it, I will borrow it, and it will not be practical, you can just take it." ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed and pointed to King Xiang's head: "What I want is it, this eight-and-a-half-pound ...... on your neck."

King Xiang was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground again.

Zhang Xianzhong sneered: "If you don't die, Yang Sichang won't die." So, I'm sorry......"

As soon as he waved his hand, one of the soldiers on the side had already pulled out a big knife, and the other person grabbed King Xiang's hair, lifted it up, and exposed his neck.

Zhang Xianzhong instructed to hang King Xiang's head in front of his mansion, and then rushed into the mansion, killing all the family of King Xiang, and finally removing all the property in the mansion that could be taken.

The peasant army did not stay in the city of Xiangyang, and as soon as the afternoon came, the whole army withdrew.

Zhang Xianzhong raided Xiangyang this time, and did not kill many officials and soldiers, but only killed the king of Xiangyang and robbed some property. Coming and going like the wind, when the officials and troops from Gucheng, Fancheng and other places came to reinforce and killed under the city of Xiangyang, they only saw that the city was full of fireworks, and there were corpses of officials and soldiers everywhere, and they didn't even see the shadow of a peasant army.

When the news reached Yang Sichang's army, Yang Sichang heard that Xiangyang was broken and King Xiang was killed, he screamed and fainted on the bed.

The pro-soldiers on the left and right shouted and shouted before Yang Sichang woke up. But after Yang Sichang woke up, he vomited blood and was drenched all over his body, and the people around him hurriedly found a military doctor for treatment, but after the military doctor saw it, they all frowned.

Yang Sichang knew that his body was no longer complete, he was already seriously ill, and it was very difficult to march, at this time King Xiang was killed, this responsibility would definitely fall on him, even if Chongzhen would not say anything, after all, he was a red man in the eyes of the emperor, but those who hated him in the court would never let go of this opportunity, and the attack on him must be extremely vicious.

Besides, even if no one attacks him, he can't afford to take this responsibility.

Since he supervised and suppressed thieves for a year, instead of killing and capturing Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, he was also attacked by the other party and killed King Xiang, how to explain to the court?

That night, Yang Sichang lay down in the military tent, constantly vomiting blood, muttering to himself while vomiting blood, like a fool, and the soldiers around him waited for him until midnight, all crying.

In the end, Yang Sichang pointed to the north and shouted several times: Your Majesty, Your Majesty......

Before the call fell, Yang Sichang spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes widened, and he was speechless.

The army mourned for Yang Sichang, and then flew to the court.

After Chongzhen received the report, he cried when he cried, he held the urgent report in his hand, and shouted again and again: "Yang Sichang is dead, who can supervise the thief ......"

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