Chapter 571: Siege of Wuchang (3)
Niu Jinxing's analysis was hearty, of course, this was not his credit alone, but the result of discussions with Song Xiance, Li Yan and others.
It's only because he is the oldest in the army that he was picked up cheaply.
Zhang Xianzhong quietly listened to Niu Jinxing's speech, the envy in his eyes became even stronger, and he slapped the chair and laughed at the end.
"Okay, what a plan to bloom on all sides, this gentleman and I are convinced, when will you be unhappy with Huang Lai'er's here, just come to me Lao Zhang, I will leave the second chair to you."
"The Eight Kings said and laughed, Niu Mou has already served the king, where will there be two hearts", Niu Jinxing looked at Li Zicheng's face, and hurriedly smiled bitterly.
Zhang Xianzhong sneered and looked at Li Zicheng, who did not speak, and did not take his unhappiness in his eyes at all.
Speaking of which, Zhang Xianzhong does have a strong capital at the moment, and he has the most soldiers and horses among the four rogues, and his generals such as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi can be regarded as rare fierce generals in the late Ming Dynasty.
What's more critical is that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, led by Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying, has begun to move closer to Zhang Xianzhong because of its own lack of strength, and Cao Cao Luo Rucai has always been friendly with him, Zhang Xianzhong's limelight has overshadowed Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng saw this scene in his eyes, and a deep look of jealousy flashed in his eyes.
He turned his head to look at Luo Rucai, who also looked happy, and thought about it.
"Let's not talk about anything else, what do you two think of my plan?" , Li Zicheng waved his hand generously and opened the topic.
Luo Rucai's triangular eyes were slightly half-closed, touching his very shrunken goatee and laughing:
"Mr. Niu's plan is good, we are all rough people, to say that the brain is indeed not as good as those of them who read, it is easy to say that attacking Wuchang City, it is a big deal to make the emperor angry again, but how to distribute this fight, and how to act after that, I am afraid that we have to discuss and discuss it first."
"Hahaha, I invited you to come here today to talk about these two things", since Li Zicheng had an idea about Luo Rucai, his attitude towards him became more affectionate.
"My suggestion is that we will attack Wuchang City together, and whoever fights first will take two more copies, as for after defeating Wuchang, I plan to find places in Huguang, Henan, Shaanxi and Sichuan, I don't know what you think?"
"Heh, the toad yawns, what a big breath", as soon as Li Zicheng's words fell, Zhang Xianzhong immediately mocked Zhuo wantonly.
He sneered and pointed to the hanging map, "According to your fucking algorithm, our brothers can only drill into the mountains south of the Yangtze River and the south of the country, you will choose a place, don't think about it, I won't agree." ”
Li Zicheng answered impatiently: "Jiangnan is the most prosperous place in the world, this kind of place has been given to you by Lao Li, you dare to say that I am unfair?" ”
"Hehe, Huang Lai'er, put away your fancy intestines, when Lao Tzu is a three-year-old doll or what, this Jiangnan is indeed the most prosperous place in the world, but the court is also the most closely watched here."
Zhang Xianzhong said that it became a half-complaining nature, "How many times have I been to Nanzhili, but every time I go, the officials and soldiers stare at us to bite, and the official gentry on the ground in Nanzhili are also evil, and they are desperately trying to form a militia to fight against me, which is not a good place to fight." ”
"Speaking of which, you are still afraid, otherwise how would you be willing to let go of such a plastered land", Li Zicheng sneered contemptuously, "I didn't expect that Zhang Huanghu, who is known as not afraid of heaven and earth, is also afraid." ”
"Thief, mother, when did Lao Tzu say that I was afraid."
"Okay, okay, I didn't say a few words, why did I do it again", seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two of them became stronger again, Luo Rucai had to get up again and say:
"This kind of thing can't be achieved by arguing, Zhang Huanghu, where do you want a place, you can say it and listen to it."
Zhang Xianzhong snorted angrily and snatched the cane from Niu Jinxing's hand, and directly drew a large circle on the map.
"Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, these places are all for me and Zhang."
"You're not afraid of bad teeth", Li Zicheng saw that Zhang Xianzhong was also interested in Sichuan and Huguang, and suddenly said a little unhappy.
"Stop arguing", Luo Rucai shouted.
He wasn't unhappy in his heart, these two bastards basically divided the place by two, but no one thought about how he was.
"I don't think it's as good as this, the thoroughfare of the nine provinces of Huguang, no one can guarantee that it will not pass through here, except for Huguang, Chuang Wang attacked Henan, Shaanxi, Huanghu attacked Jiangxi and southern Huguang, I and Lao Hui Hui They are in Henan and Nanzhili to go around, as for this Sichuan, whoever of you has the ability to fight, how about this method?"
As soon as Luo Rucai said this, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others were dazzled.
Seeing that Li Zicheng was still a little dissatisfied, Song Xiance hurriedly leaned into his ear and whispered: "The current trend has not yet been achieved, let's do it according to this method first, and then talk about it when the situation changes." ”
Zhang Xianzhong also discussed with Li Dingguo and the others in a low voice.
It didn't take long for Zhang Xianzhong to applaud and laugh and shout: "Okay, I see that Prime Minister Cao Cheng's method is good, so let's do it, and when Wuchang City is defeated, you and I will rely on our own abilities." ”
I can't help but be unhappy with Zhang Xianzhong, since Huguang and Sichuan are all looking at their own means, he is the strongest at the moment, and he naturally agrees with this move.
Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and the others who were secretly nodding at him, and also pretended to be embarrassed and nodded: "Okay, then do it." ”
Zhang and Li nodded, this matter is basically settled, although Luo Rucai is also a hero, but he is not as arrogant as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, except for greedy flowers and lust, he has no big ambitions.
Seeing Zhang Xianzhong laughing wildly and walking out of the camp, Li Zicheng smiled and called Luo Rucai to stay and start to hook up.
A few days passed, and Yang Sichang and the others in Wuchang City suddenly found that the actions of the rogues in the outer city of the city to build siege equipment had accelerated a few points.
In addition, in order to obtain supplies, the rogue bandits swept and plundered the entire area around Wuchang Mansion, and the people around Wuchang were either killed or looted to the rogue camp as coolies, and the originally prosperous Wuchang Mansion suddenly became fragmented.
"Chong, capture Yang Sichang alive!"
Under the city of Wuchang, a big man with a plain turban and a fleshy face broke out into a shout, leading hundreds of rogues in various costumes behind him to rush towards the city of Wuchang.
On December 17, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, after besieging the city for nearly half a month, Li Zicheng and others finally made complete preparations, and hundreds of thousands of thieves were like moths, driven by their respective small leaders, carrying cloud ladders and starting to attack the city.
Wuchang City is in an emergency!
Fortunately, there were many famous ministers such as Yang Sichang and Fu Zonglong in the city, and with their superior perseverance and ability to adapt to emergencies, the defenders of Wuchang stubbornly resisted several attacks by the Liukou.
However, Li Zicheng and others had already made up their minds to take Wuchang City, and it gradually became difficult to withstand under the vigorous attack of hundreds of thousands of casualties.
On the second day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Luo Rucai, with the secret help of Li Zicheng, took the lead in breaking the east gate of Wuchang City and entering the city, and Wuchang City officially fell.
In the yamen of the governor of Wuchang, the grief-stricken governor Yang Sichang, the governor of Huguang, Fu Zonglong, and others committed suicide and martyrdom.
Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others have long gritted their teeth at Yang Sichang, who has been chasing and killing him for many years, and now although he committed suicide, he still whipped his corpse under the public, and later it was the remnants of the old department in Wuchang City who stole his body out and buried it secretly while the rogue was not paying attention.
Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, wanted to surrender, but after the liukou searched out millions of taels of gold and silver from his palace, all the liukou, including Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others, hated him to the core.
Li Zicheng and others rebelled because of Shaanxi's poverty, hunger and cold, but now they saw so many treasures in the Chu Palace, and heard about his performance of not pulling out a single hair before the city was broken, so they almost wanted to peel it off.
In the end, hundreds of clans in the entire Chu Mansion were killed, and none of them escaped.
When the news came out, the world was shocked and terrified.
It was not until the 20th day of the first month of the 14th year of Chongzhen that the officers and soldiers from all walks of life, who were afraid of the great flow of the army, arrived near Wuchang Mansion after more than a month of grinding.
Cao Bianjiao, Shao Derong, Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and other general officers commanded a total of more than 90,000 troops and stationed troops around Wuchang Mansion.
Among them, Cao Bianjiao and Shao Derong were the first troops to arrive.
But in the face of dozens of times the number of rogues, even if Cao Bianjiao and Shao Derong led their troops to attack desperately, it was only a small gain, and in the end they had to watch Wuchang City fall.
Among the thieves, the troops led by Zhang Xianzhong began to kill Wuchang City and its surroundings, and the entire Wuchang Mansion was full of blood.