Chapter 104: The Battle of Xiangcheng I

The rain and snow in the sky not only fell in Yuncheng, but also in Xiangcheng.

In the cold wind, Li Zicheng wore a hat cloak, rode on a horse, and circled the six-mile-long small city of Xiangcheng to watch the enemy's array. In addition to Zhang Nai, as well as the guards, only Li Xin was accompanied. Some soldiers saw that it was snowing and wanted to make an umbrella for Li Zicheng. was pushed away by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng said: "The soldiers are all brave the wind and snow, how can I hold an umbrella alone, and since I started the army, what kind of hardship have I not suffered, and what is the little snow?" ”

I have to say that even though Wang Qiaonian is talking about soldiers on paper, he also has some ability, and the defense of the city seems to be more in terms of organizational science in terms of skill points, which is consistent with the attributes of civilian officials, so every qualified magistrate can have a clear eye when he guards the city, Wang Qiaonian is even more fond of talking about soldiers, and he has read a stomach full of military books, and he may not adapt to the rhythm of field warfare, but defending a city is more than rubbing.

In Wang Qiaonian's view, defending the city is a rational way to control water, flood control, and building a city.

Observing under Li Zicheng's city, he saw that although there was rain and snow, the soldiers in the city still stuck to their positions and did not move. Don't dodge at all. At this moment, a knight suddenly galloped from a distance, more than a dozen steps in front of Li Zicheng, rolled the saddle and dismounted, Li Zicheng was shallow, knelt on the ground, and presented a letter, Zhang Nai reached out to take it, and forwarded it to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng opened it, sneered twice, and said, "Zuo Liangyu is gone."

Li Zicheng had expected this for a long time. However, he still guarded against Zuo Liangyu, and he didn't dare to do his best to attack the city the day before yesterday, and he may not have worried that Zuo Liangyu would give him a surprise attack.

Li Xin said: "Congratulations to the general. ”

"But I don't know where the joy comes from?" Li Zicheng asked.

Li Xin said: "Now the total number of officers and troops may not be lower than our army, and Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong are the generals of the official army, these two people dare not fight with the general, it can be seen that the official army has lost courage, in the future, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong may not dare to fight with the general, isn't it gratifying?" ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he thought slightly, but there were some roads.

Among the official army, there are only three departments that Li Zicheng is afraid of, one of them is the Qin army, the second is the left army, and the third is the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, or the army led by Hong Chengchou. However, at this time, Hong Chengchou was surrounded by the Qing army with the main force of the Ming army, and the battle of Songjin was about to come to an end, and it was impossible to go south. And the Qin army's left army is incompetent, isn't the Central Plains in the palm of his hand.

Li Zicheng couldn't help laughing and said, "It's really a happy event." ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was happy, Li Xin's heart was slightly relieved, and he said: "There is one thing, my subordinates want to ask the general for mercy. ”

"Oh?

Li Zicheng said: "What's the matter? ”

Li Xin said: "My subordinates want to ask the general to let Wang Qiaonian go. ”

Li Zicheng's face suddenly turned cold.

Digging ancestral graves, not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times, is a deep hatred. Not to mention that Li Zicheng knew that Wang Qiaonian also beheaded a small snake in Li Zicheng's ancestral grave.

People in this era are superstitious, and Li Zicheng's first thought is whether this is not good for my great cause, so the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, and he can't wait to break Wang Qiaonian's body into pieces, where is there any intention to let him go. If it weren't for Li Xin's planning and planning by Li Zicheng's side and winning Li Zicheng's trust, he would have pulled Li Xin down now and beaten the military stick hard.

Li Xin saw that Li Zicheng did not have an immediate seizure, so he knew that there was a play, and said: "General, it's not that Li and Wang Qiaonian have an old relationship, but for the sake of the general?" ”

"Oh, I'd like to hear what the gentleman thinks of me?" Li Zicheng said, but Li Xin felt a sense of danger from his tone.

Li Xin said: "If a general wants to achieve a great cause, he must have the help of scholars and doctors, and since the general raised his army, there are countless people who have been embarrassed for the general. Even if they see that the general is powerful, they will worry that the general will remember the old hatred from the past and kill them all, so they are bent on opposing our army. The minister knew that Wang Qiaonian deserved to die, but before Wang Qiaonian was only loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, the general might as well think about it, and now there are countless officials who are secretly in contact with the general. But how many people are as dead-eyed as Wang Qiaonian? How can the general accept Wang Qiaonian, isn't it just to show the world to be generous and accept the effect of Henkel's sealing of Yongya.

Li Zicheng was full of reluctance, but he also didn't want to lose his reputation as a dismissive, and said: "As Mr. said, if Wang Qiaonian surrenders to me, I will not kill him, but if he doesn't surrender, don't blame me for being polite." ”

Li Xin said: "Thank you for your magnanimity. ”

However, after this incident, Li Zicheng had no intention of watching the enemy's material, so he pulled the reins and went to the camp, and said to Zhang Nai beside him: "Send someone to see how Zong Min's preparations are going?" How long will this tunnel be completed? As soon as there is news, someone will report it to me immediately. ”

Li Zicheng is not ready to brave the snow to attack the city, and is ready to wait for a day, waiting for news from Liu Zongmin.

At this moment, in the camp, there is a high platform, blocking the view of the camp outside the city, and Liu Zongmin led a group of people under the high platform, there is a big hole here, Liu Zongmin is in this big hole, this big hole is down two meters, and then turns to the west, all the way is like a mine hole, rows of hardwood on top of it, the temperature underground, not only is not cold, but a little warm.

Hundreds of craftsmen are working hard to excavate, and most of the excavated soil is passed out, handed to the bottom of the high platform, and some people pull it up with ropes, and then drag it a little farther away and pour it out, so that they don't want to, and let people send it

Now, it is here to dig tunnels.

"How?" Liu Zongmin said: "Got the position? ”

"General Liu, not yet?" An old man with a thief's eyebrows said: "The soil here is still raw soil, and the soil near the city wall is cooked soil, and it will take a while to dig under the city wall." As he spoke, he pinched a little soil, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully, as if he could really taste a little familiar.

This person was in the camp and was called Hu Quede. is a grave robber. has a good ability to dig a thief hole, only to be released by Li Zicheng, otherwise he would have died a long time ago, although Li Zicheng is a thief, but he looks down on the tomb robbers who dig people's graves, so everyone doesn't know his name, until he knows that his surname is Hu, and someone will give him a nickname, which is called lack of virtue.

Hu Quede's experience in the righteous army is also bumpy, although he is digging holes and digging well, but digging holes to fill them with gunpowder to blow up the city, but he has not practiced, the first time he did it, he met Kaifeng, a strong city. Kaifeng Jiancheng, the city is actually all based on boulders, and it is not dug at all.

Later, he was ordered to teach the soldiers the key to digging holes, so the soldiers of the righteous army dug the five-zhang thick wall of Kaifeng City to a thousand holes. However, what made him survive was the last time, the ground could not be dug up, and Li Zicheng wanted to blast on the city wall.

Hu Quede immediately said no.

Of course, he couldn't say why, but he just didn't think it worked. But the above has already decided. Hu Quede could only obey orders.

Sure enough, instead of blasting the city wall, Li Zicheng almost killed Hu Quede in a fit of rage. However, fortunately, Li Zicheng remembered Hu Quede's previous opposition, forcibly suppressed his anger, and rewarded Hu Quede with a number of gold and silver.

This confirmed Hu Quede's status as the first person to dig a hole in the camp. Even some generals looked up to Hu Quede.

"Hu Quede, you have to understand that if you can't blow up the city wall this time, this is where you will be buried." Liu Zongmin said coldly.

"The little one understands." Hu Quede nodded and said: "However, the eastern city wall of Xiangcheng has just been broken once, but it has only been repaired, and the foundation is very unstable. Please rest assured that if it doesn't work, if you don't work for the general, I, Hu Quede, will wipe my neck here. ”

"That's very good." Liu Zongmin took a look, and was unwilling to stay in the aggrieved underground for longer, so he left immediately. As he walked, he heard Hu Quede say arrogantly: "Dig quickly, what are you stunned about, did you hear it just now?" If this errand is not done well, my Hu Ye will not be able to survive, but do you think you can survive? ”

"What a villain." Among Liu Zongmin's personal soldiers, I don't know who said a word.

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