Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle of Luoyang VI

Long knives whistled, blood splattered.

Deng He seems to have returned to his youth, and the smell of blood in his breath is so charming. So familiar.

Most of the Eight Banners soldiers rushed through the fire-covered area and came to the narrow cave at the head of the city, where no spears were used, not even knives. Also pay attention, maybe the family is stuck in the debris of the city gate hole.

When the battle was fierce, the two sides were almost close to each other.

Moreover, the roar of the cannons outside was endless, one after another, shaking the cave at the head of the city, and the sand and soil were falling all the time, and the other sounds were invisible.

There were a few torches on the ground that landed on one side, seemingly as lighting.

No one wants to be too close to the light source, because the Qing army's heavy arrows can not be vegetarian.

Deng He is used to this feeling of desperate fighting. Just silently calculated how many people he had killed.

Deng He felt that his face was hot with blood splashing, and then his eyes were empty, and the sound of shouting and killing was suddenly so far away from them, so he summed it up and said secretly: "Twenty-three people." ”

Deng He can kill twenty-three people, of course, he has been accustomed to hard work since he was a child, and there is another important reason, that is, he is the main general, and the people around him are his personal guards.

During the battle, these guards were accustomed to letting Deng He come and kill the last sword.

That's why there's so much.

But when he looked back, he found that there were only a dozen of the soldiers behind him who could stand up.

In the hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the Eight Banners at this time were not weak.

When I was fighting just now, I didn't feel anything, but when I stopped at this moment, I suddenly felt a feeling of physical exhaustion.

If the Qing army comes to another wave of attacks.

He probably couldn't hold it anymore.

"The Qing army retreated." I don't know who shouted. Immediately attracted Deng He's attention, his eyes glanced slightly, and he could see clearly that it was indeed the Qing army that had retreated.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.

"Meet General Deng." The leader said.

Deng He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay." Then he stood with his sword. Then he fell heavily to the ground.

Immediately, the Xia army entered the Luoyang City Gate.

When the sky was bright, Cao Zongyu also arrived, and at this time, there were twenty or thirty thousand Xia troops who entered Luoyang City.

From this moment on, the battle of Luoyang entered the final stage. But it's far from over.

Although Cao Zongyu was like a bamboo, he controlled the four gates of Luoyang City in his hands, and even the walls of Luoyang City were also held in his hands, and most of the Qing troops surrendered either to death.

However, all the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army retreated into the Fuwang Mansion.

Speaking of which, Fuwangfu can almost be regarded as a city within a city in Luoyang.

Cao Zongyu pondered the film

Tick, ask Zhang Xuan for instructions, and ask for instructions to send someone to recruit Prince Zheng Jierharang.

This letter came, in Zhang Xuan's hand.

Zhang Xuan was very conflicted in his heart.

If he hadn't seen the killing of the Qing army with his own eyes, he would have been able to spare the Eight Banners. But Linying, the slaughter of Runing, made Zhang Xuan wake up in the dark every time he thought about it.

couldn't avenge them, it simply made Zhang Xuan unable to sleep at night.

But as an emperor, he can't do anything happy.

Cao Zongyu definitely didn't want to take revenge, but he still asked Zhang Xuan to surrender the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, which meant that there were greater interests in it. Cao Zongyu didn't say it, Zhang Xuan also knew. 、

Prince Zheng Zilharang is the elder of the clan of the Eastern Captives, if he surrenders. It will be a great blow to the confidence of Dongyu.

It will even trigger a chain reaction, such as the surrender of the Eight Banners soldiers in many places.

The Eight Banners are the foundation of the Eastern Empire.

If the Eight Banners also surrendered, it would mean that the power structure of the Dongyu could be disintegrated internally, which would also be a great benefit to the Xia army.

Although since the Northern Expedition, it has been fought to the present, except for the Yangzhou water, it can be said that it has been smooth. But Zhang Qian, who is behind the support, did not say.

But Luo Yujiao wrote many times, saying that the imperial court was overwhelmed.

Zhang Zhen's hair turned gray in the past few months.

The foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty is still too thin.

Therefore, the sooner the Northern Expedition ended, the better. In order to end the battle faster, reduce the burden on the rear, and reduce the possibility of stubborn resistance of the Qing army.

Cao Zongyu's opinion, he can't be disrespected.

But once he agreed, it would be impossible to do anything to the soldiers of the Eight Banners in the future, at most let the family go home to farm, otherwise the credit of the imperial court would be in vain.

The word hatred, how easy is it to say that you want to let go?

Zhang Xuan thought for a quarter of an hour, and finally wrote a word on Cao Zongyu's recital: "Accurate." ”

After this letter was returned to Cao Zongyu, Zhang Xuan looked at his hands, which were extremely slender, although there were a few calluses, they were very smooth and delicate. It's not ugly at all. Other than that, with a little ink, there's nothing.

But Zhang Xuan saw blood on his hands.

"Knowing that I sin against me is only spring and autumn." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "But does Chunqiu really know me?" ”

Zhang Xuan only left himself with a sigh.

After receiving Zhang Xuan's reply, Cao Zongyu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately sent someone to the Fuwang Mansion to surrender. However, naturally he didn't dare to send any important people, and only sent a general.

After the general explained his intention in the Fu King's Mansion, he didn't see Zilharang at all, so he was beheaded with a knife, and then threw his head outside.

And at this time, Zilharang also reached the end of his life.

Zilharang forcibly annihilated the ancestral army, and then waited for the destruction of the southern city gate

breath, but when he waited for the news of the retreat, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the injuries that were barely maintained could no longer be supported.

First, the Qing army was leaderless.

Only then was Cao Zongyu easily grasped the four gates of Luoyang.

At this moment, with a sense of returning to the light, Zilharang said to the people around him: "After I die, burn it with fire, don't leave a thief, and you will do it." ”

He had a lot to say and a lot to do, but his body didn't give him time.

Heaven is fair to everyone, although Donglu has a first-mover advantage, but the death of Zilharang made the last king of the Donglu Dynasty who can lead troops disappear.

Historically, since then, the court controlled by Shunzhi has gradually abolished the tradition of the Qing court's Zongwang Bingzheng, otherwise when Kangxi ascended the throne, it would not be the auxiliary government of the Zongwang, but the four ministers.

If Huang Taiji is the leader, the golden lineup of the founding of the Qing court is there, and the Xia and Qing countries are fighting, maybe it will be protracted.

It's just that no matter what heroes you are, you can't escape the years.

After the death of Zilharang, the general offensive of the Xia army began.

The Xia army didn't seem to want to suffer many casualties, after all, there were enough Xia soldiers who died under Luoyang City, so they pressed the formation with artillery and let the surrendered army attack.

As for whether these troops want to surrender or not, they can't help it.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners didn't know whether they were loyal to the Qing Dynasty to the end, or they were worried that Zhang Xuan's strict order would not be forgiven.

In short, they insisted on being in the Fuwang Mansion, and they did not waver at all, only to this point that they wanted to surrender the army with more than 10,000 casualties, and finally rushed into the Fuwang Mansion.

But they never expected that rushing into King Fu's Mansion was not the end of the battle, it seemed to be just the beginning.

Just a Fu Wangfu, it actually took three days to clear the Fu Wangfu.

It's just that at this time, after the destruction of Li Zicheng and the Xia army, there are only ruins left in this Fu Wangfu. Originally, Cao Zongyu wanted Zhang Xuan to enter the Fuwang Mansion, but seeing this, it was impossible.

At this time, Zhang Xuan also entered the city.

After Zhang Xuan entered the city, how to treat the three armies naturally did not mention. Zhang Xuan naturally knows what it means to reward without overtime. After a busy day, the rewards of generals at all levels have come down.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan made the next move, ordering Deng He to garrison Henan for Luoyang, leaving all departments to repair, and Cao Zongyu immediately took the generals who had not suffered losses in combat power to pursue Hong Chengchou in the north.

The reason why Zhang Xuan was in such a hurry was that he was one step ahead of Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong was already storming Shanhaiguan, and it seemed that he wanted to take a boat to detour through Shanhaiguan. It seems that Shanhaiguan Tianhai is saying yes to others, but not to Zheng Chenggong.

In this matter, although Zhang Xuan was anxious, he had not forgotten his measure. It's even worse to be too anxious to eat and lose.

Another reason is that the bold Xu Du has already fought with Hong Chengchou, if the rescue is late. Xu Du was likely to be swallowed by Hong Chengchou.