Chapter 22: I Am Heaven
"That Wang Shaoyu treats the soldiers mean and is brutal, and now he actually works hard for Zhu Youhua, the third concubine of the blessed king, which shows his desire for profit!"
After being released, Wang Chaoshan fanned the flames and said: "General Luo, go this time, if what I expected is good, then Wang Shaoyu must be doing everything possible to excuse himself, right?" ”
"Nope." As soon as he mentioned this, Luo Tai was a little angry, "The person surnamed Wang didn't shirk at all, nor did he react, and he drove me out of the big tent directly." ”
A breath of sulking, now it doesn't go away.
Wang Chaoshan was stunned at first, and then sighed, "I thought that Wang Shaoyu should give you some face, but now it seems that he doesn't take you seriously at all!" ”
"Don't say any more, what do you mean?" Luo Tai's expression changed, and he suddenly asked.
Wang Chaoshan took the two to the secret place, and Liu Jianyi said: "In the past few days, with the support of Lord Wang, there are many people from all walks of life who are willing to cooperate with us, this is the list." ”
"The rebel army is besieging the city, it is not easy to do it during the day, tonight at the second watch, you and I will do things together at the second gate, and when the king enters the city, the great cause can be accomplished!"
Luo Tai nodded, and was looking at the list, but Wang Chaoshan touched his nose and said nervously: "This list can't fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers, it's better to let me take charge of it on my behalf." ”
Luo Tai thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then according to your strategy, tonight's second watch, surrender the city!" ”
......
"Kill!!"
On 15 February, the battle between the defenders of Luoyang and the Chuang army lasted all day, and the fierce shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and the fierce artillery fire whistled and flew through the sky all the time.
Looking at the crumbling Luoyang City, Li Zicheng, who was riding a horse on the hillside, clenched his fists, and he still vaguely remembered the humiliation two days ago.
In the middle of the night that day, Zhu Youhua suddenly led a team to attack, and a large number of old camps were taken away by Liu Zongmin, coupled with his unpreparedness, he was caught off guard.
Although Li Zicheng and Gao Yigong quickly organized a counterattack, the fire was favorable, and they still suffered heavy losses, three-fifths of the grain and grass were burned, and countless heavy armor weapons were lost and destroyed.
Suddenly, Li Zicheng, who thought of this, sighed heavily.
The above is nothing, the most important thing is that Gao Guiying, who was sleeping in the big tent at the time, had no time to resist, and was tied up by Zhu Youhua to Luoyang.
Of course, there is also the fault of not bringing her with him in a panic.
"It's been two days, and I still don't know how Gui Ying is......" Li Zicheng muttered to himself, with both hatred for Zhu Youhua and self-blame for the choice at that time.
On the 14th, the invading army began to advance to various areas near Luoyang, and after half a day of resistance in the Qilihe camp, all officers and soldiers raised the white flag and surrendered.
On the 15th, all over the city of Luoyang, banners had been planted.
This time, he wants to take Luoyang and let Zhu Youhua and his Fuwang father pay the price they deserve!
"Pass the order to Liu Zongmin, those who dare to take a step back, behead!"
"Honorable Order!" An old battalion galloped away when he heard this, and Liu Zongmin, who received the order, personally supervised the battle, urging the displaced people to rush forward desperately.
In the eyes of the Ming army at the head of the city, this time the bandits are going to play for real.
They first used flying stones, then bows and arrows, and from the afternoon onwards, they even engaged in artillery battles with the officials and troops in the city, and countless bandits forcibly built bridges over the moats and trenches.
The bandits shouted the slogan "Welcome the king, do not pay for food", regardless of the cost of casualties, one after another carried the ladder to attack the city.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
Although Zhu Youhua was fighting to the death against the bandits, Zhu Youhua still built a simple shack under the city, and the officers and soldiers were also divided into four groups to go down to eat and rest one by one.
In fact, only they themselves call themselves "Chuang Army" and "Righteous Army", and in the eyes of the people in the city, they are actually heinous bandits.
Xiangyang was broken by Zhang Xianzhong, almost no tiles remained, with this lesson from the past, and compared with Zhu Youhua, the king of Nanyang, who personally contributed to the army, the people in the city were even more united.
When the officers and men were eating, most of the people enthusiastically served porridge and rice for them, and some of them picked up all the small vegetables grown in their backyards, boiled them into a big pot and a big pot of vegetable soup, and distributed a large bowl to each of them.
"King Nanyang!"
Everyone was eating and eating, but they saw a person walking in the company of Huang Hu, and hurriedly got up and saluted.
"Everyone has worked hard, hurry up and give me a whole bowl! I'm starving to death! Zhu Youhua touched his belly and said with a big grin.
At first, the people were still a little nervous, but when they saw that this prince didn't have a fight at all, and sat with the big-headed soldiers talking and laughing, they gradually let go.
"Lord Wang, when will the reinforcements come?"
"Yes, my house was hit by a bandit shell, and my mother-in-law and children have nowhere to sleep!"
"Are you alright?" Zhu Youhua sat in the makeshift shack with everyone and looked up and asked.
The man smiled and said, "God bless, everyone is still alive!" ”
"You kid, you're really scared!" Zhu Youhua was happy, stretched out his hand to catch the raindrops, then looked at the night sky, and said with a smile: "Look at this weather, reinforcements are coming!" ”
Hearing this, the people looked at each other and were pleasantly surprised.
"Those of you who have been damaged by the war can remember what is missing, what this king has added to you!"
"The house is ruined, the king will build you a new one, the vegetables are gone, and the king will give you seeds!"
Everyone smiled when they heard this, shouting thank you to the king of Nanyang, Zhu Youhua took a bite of cold steamed buns, and was laughing loudly, but suddenly heard someone ask in a muffled voice:
"What if my father and mother are dead?"
Zhu Youhua had a smile on his face, walked up to the person who spoke, and found that it was a teenager.
Even though the child was only a teenager, his fists were clenched tightly, and his face was full of bitter hatred for the bandits.
Zhu Youhua touched his head, half-squatted down and said: "Then your father and mother are the heroes of the city, and this king wants to provide you with a study and examination, and you will glorify your ancestors in the future!" ”
"Nope." The kid shook his head firmly, "I'm going to join the official army to kill the bandits!" ”
Everyone was silent, Zhu Youhua was stunned, patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "Good look, this is my dignified man!" ”
After that, Zhu Youhua smashed the bowl, picked up the goose wing knife full of congealed blood, and said loudly: "It's sad in the city, brothers, go up and work!" ”
"Let's go!"
"Fight with them!"
"These bandits!!"
Under the attention of hundreds of people, Zhu Youhua resolutely walked to the city with this group of officers and soldiers who had not been resting for a long time.
As soon as the officers and soldiers had eaten and escaped artillery fire under the city wall, they went directly to the city and inserted themselves into the battlements everywhere, and played with the bandits.
"Boom!" Suddenly, a buckshot smashed into the battlement.
The entire battlement was blown to pieces, and the three officers and soldiers behind were caught off guard, one was killed on the spot by a gravel bullet in the head, and the other two were also slightly injured to varying degrees.
"Kill the officers and soldiers!"
The bandits in white arrow clothes under the city were like locusts, and they couldn't kill anything, and when they killed one person, they immediately jumped on two more people.
The East Gate Tower, the West Gate Tower, the South Gate Tower and the Moon Tower were all blown up by artillery fire, the towering pavilion was burning violently, and the flag of the "Daming" name on the top was burned off, and fell directly under the city.
When the bandits saw this, they were even more excited.
"Kill, the dog officers and soldiers are dying!"
The city wall was blown up all over the body, some houses in the city were blown up by missiles, and thick smoke billowed inside and outside the city, and it didn't take long for Luoyang City to be shrouded in smoke.