"Soldiers, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the emperor, kill the thief!" At the head of the East Gate, Wang Shizhong, the chief soldier of Xi'an, is leading his family to fight.

Under the city, a tidal wave of thieves is sweeping in.

The Liukou also shot arrows at the city, and many of the dense arrows had lost their strength before they reached the city, and often when they rushed to the bottom of the city, the door panel was already full of arrows like hedgehogs.

The rogues had some experience in dealing with the fortified city, and although they didn't have much experience, they still knew how to set up ladders as much as possible where the battlements had been destroyed.

There are thousands of battlements in Xi'an, almost every battlement is set up by the rogue with a ladder, there is a row of rogue robbers climbing on the top of the ladder, they hold the big knife in their mouths, hold the shield in one hand, hold the escalator in the other hand, and they are about to climb the city tower.

However, the defenders of Xi'an were very tenacious, and fought back heroically under the leadership of the chief soldier Wang Shizhong and the overseer Kong Zhen, who used tools to knock down the simple ladder of the Liukou, and then smashed down with bricks and crossbows.

There were several times when the rogues had almost climbed the city wall, and finally they were stabbed down by the officers and soldiers with spears, and the two sides fought fiercely, until sunset, Xi'an was still not breached.

Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others rode horses to watch the battle at a slightly higher place outside the city of Xi'an, and they could see at a glance that although the city wall of Xi'an was much taller than ordinary prefectures and counties, it could not be compared with Luoyang.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and the officers and soldiers in the city will inevitably fight less and less, and the more they fight, the more tired they become, but their own camp has an endless stream of fresh troops to join, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken.

Although there is a temporary setback, there is no need to be in a hurry.

Despite this, the stubborn resistance of Wang Shizhong and others was still beyond Li Zicheng's expectations, but after all, the two sides were outnumbered, and this was not Luoyang, which was surrounded by many rivers, so there was no second possibility.

After having dinner in the camp, Li Zicheng went to the slope to look at it for a while, then asked Wu Ruyi, Liu Shuangxi and others to keep an eye on him, and went back to the central tent to sleep.

That night, the camp withdrew the first batch of Jianfu battalions that were besieging the city, and let the fresh troops who had been watching the battle in the rear continue to attack the city, pursuing the strategy of not allowing the officers and soldiers to get the slightest repair.

Because they were worried about becoming the target of the other side, the officers and soldiers did not dare to raise fire in the city, but the moon was round and bright tonight, and the sky was cloudless, so even in the middle of the night, both sides could see it clearly.

The fierce offensive and defensive battles between the officers and soldiers and the rogues were carried out under the bright moonlight, and the spies sent by Liu Tichun set fire to the city of Xi'an several times in an attempt to cause chaos, but they were all strangled by Wang Shizhong.

At dawn the next day, the battle in Xi'an was still going on, but almost everyone could see that although the sound of fighting was still loud and loud, the resistance of the officers and soldiers was obviously not as good as yesterday.

Yesterday there were a few artillery pieces in the city, but today they were all silent, and it is estimated that they were either blown up or blown up by their own people.

Wang Shizhong laboriously slashed and killed an old camp of thieves who jumped onto the city, his eyes were dark, and he almost didn't fall directly, but fortunately he hurriedly held on to the battlements that were quite solid.

He was bitter in his heart, although he had tried his best to resist, but there was no hope in this battle, and most importantly, the soldiers defending the city had not rested all night, and their physical strength and spirit had gradually exhausted.

Many people couldn't even stand on their feet, but at this time, the rogues were replaced by a group of fresh troops who had just woken up and were full of energy, and in the wave after wave of shelling, this battle could no longer be fought.

The city was not as safe as it was yesterday, and began to become dangerous, and many of the soldiers were not killed by thieves, but fell from hunger and overwork.

Wang Shizhong and the prison army Kong Zhen still stuck to the city, and even the eunuchs were about to fight to the end.

After the hour, Li Zicheng rode a horse to the place where he watched the battle yesterday, and found that the city wall was already scarred by battle, and many battlements were shattered, leaving the officers and soldiers without cover.

At this moment, the camp in front of them cheered one after another.

Li Zicheng didn't understand what was going on, and was about to send someone to ask, but found that Liu Shuangxi was galloping over on a horse, and before he could get off the horse, he shouted loudly on the horse:

"Report to my father, Wang Shipet was split into two sides by Mr. Liu's sword!"

Li Zicheng was overjoyed in his heart, but still asked: "How do you know that it was Wang Shizhong, the general soldier of Xi'an in the Ming Court, who died?" ”

"Wang Shizhong has been at the forefront of the command, the soldiers of the righteous army have long recognized it, just now General Sentry Liu saw that a group of officers and soldiers on his side went down to the city to surrender, and knew that the situation was weak, so he led people to rush up."

"Unexpectedly, this Wang Shipet was like a chick waiting to be slaughtered in front of Mr. Liu, he couldn't support it in three or two strokes, and was cut in half!"

Saying that, Liu Shuangxi continued excitedly: "Father, don't you know how miserable those officers and soldiers cried after Wang Shipet was hacked to death by General Sentry Liu!" ”

"Hahaha!"

Li Zicheng laughed a few times, gave an order, and walked out of the camp with all the people, and sure enough, within half an hour of Wang Shizhong's death, Xi'an City was broken.

The horse team that had been waiting for a day rushed into the city from the city gate and went straight to the palace of the king of Qin.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of soldiers who broke into the camp and cut down the walls of the four cities, and finally the officers and soldiers who were still resisting rushed into the city, and they kicked in the door from house to house, and more cries and lewd laughter came from the city.

Li Zicheng stood at the head of the city, Liu Zongmin came to him, opened his mouth and scolded: "Fuck, the King of Qin has surrendered, but Wang Shizhong, this son of a bitch, has been stunned for a day!" ”

"If Lao Tzu hadn't sent him to the West Heaven with a knife, maybe the officers and soldiers would still be resisting at this time!"

"Where's Kong Zhen?" Li Zicheng nodded in affirmation of his first merit and turned back to ask.

Liu Zongmin thought about it and said: "This eggless man shrunk into the alley and wanted to resist the rebels, I asked the horse team to chase it, and it was estimated that it should be caught at this time." ”

"This prison army is one of the few who dares to fight." Li Zicheng said silently.

As soon as the words fell, the Shaanxi prison army, the eunuch Kong Zhen was brought to Li Zicheng, and the old battalion was afraid that Kong Zhen's dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, so he tied his hands behind his back, and then shouted in unison to kneel.

Kong Zhen sneered a few times, straightened up and said: "Our family is a close minister of the dignified son of heaven, and he is ordered to supervise the army in Shaanxi, how can he kneel to the thieves!" ”

Seeing this scene, the old thief camp kicked him in the crook of his leg, and Kong Zhen was forced to bend down, but then struggled to get up again, shouting:

"For the minister, you can't be a saint leveling the thief, punishing the thief, and keeping one side peaceful, but you want our eunuch to lead the troops to fight, and Wang Zongbing fights to the death for the court, who knows in this world? Pathetic, pathetic! ”

"However, the heavens are clear, and the thieves of all generations are rebellious, even if they can be murderous for a while, they will never escape in the sky net!"

"Although Kong Zhen is dead, he will always accompany my emperor and Ming as the ancestors in the ground, and laugh at the defeat and death of your soldiers, being crushed into powder, and the dung will not be completed!"

Li Zicheng looked at him gloomily, full of murderous aura, and swallowed back the words he was about to persuade him to surrender, but before he could speak, an old battalion came galloping under the city.

The old battalion dismounted and knelt on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "King Yuchuang, Sun Chuanting's former army He Renlongbu has reached thirty miles away, the smoke and dust cover the sun, the banner covers the sky, I don't know the number!" ”

When Kong Zhen heard this, she laughed even more.

"Skynet Zhaozhao, negligence but not leakage, thief, your end is near, don't surrender to our family soon, maybe our family will say a few good words for you in front of the saint!"

Li Zicheng had a dark face, he thought that Yang Sichang would be the one who came first, but he didn't think that Sun Chuanting would arrive so soon, did he fly over from Tongguan?

"You are very loyal to your master, but your master's cousin has surrendered to me, and I think he knows the destiny of heaven better than you!" Li Zicheng said and shouted below:

"Take Zhu Cunji!"