Chapter 8: The foundation of troubled times (ask for recommendations, ask for collections, ask for rewards!) )

"Tami-so!"

"I'm here!" Hearing Liu Zongmin's shout, a middle-aged general hurriedly flew out.

Liu Zongmin didn't give him any face, and he spat on his face: "You take the headquarters to attack the east gate quickly, you can't take it before dark, come and see you!" ”

Tian Jianxiu was very reluctant, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only accept weakly with his fists.

"Got it!"

It is true that this Tian Jianxiu is Li Zicheng's subordinate, but he is also Liu Zongmin's subordinate.

Everyone knows that besieging a city is an extremely depleting errand of soldiers, and in this troubled era when the court is not good, the fundamental basis for the foothold is how many soldiers you have.

For many people, the quality of the soldiers is not important, but the quantity must be large, and the main thing is that it is enough to bluff people.

Zuo Liangyu has been defeated repeatedly, but he can always be promoted to the knighthood, not because this old boy can fight habitually, and Chongzhen can't bear to deal with it, but the latter has no way to deal with such a semi-independent warlord.

Whenever the war is unfavorable, Zuo Liangyu can always predict it in advance, and then flee with the main force of the family, and flee to other places to recruit displaced people, and there will be hundreds of thousands of troops.

In the face of such a force, what can the imperial court do?

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, this is the so-called law of the jungle in later generations, and it is also the real truth that can survive today.

This question was thrown on his head by Liu Zongmin, and Tian Jianxiu was naturally 10,000 unwilling, and the best way at present was obviously to throw it to the people below to have a headache.

After receiving the order, he came to the front of several people and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Shijie, you go to fight Zuo Weng City, Liu Xiyao, you go to fight Moon City, after defeating Luoyang, I will ask King Chuang for credit!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

The two looked at each other, full of surprise.

Zhang Shijie and Liu Xiyao were both generals at the lowest level, they didn't understand the twists and turns above, so they didn't think much about it, and quickly gathered their teams and launched an offensive against the Ming army in the city.

For Tian Jianxiu, most of the people led by these two people are homeless camps, and it is not a big problem to lose them, and they can be replenished anytime and anywhere, with just a slogan, they will rush to the army.

The plan had been decided, and the unknown Ming army only heard the drums outside the city suddenly vibrate, and from the army of bandits, two parts of tens of thousands of people each, shouted and rushed towards Luoyang City.

Immediately after that, the city also shouted and shouted, and the generals and colonels at all levels shouted orders, looking like they were preparing for battle.

Li Zicheng rode a white horse and stood at the end to supervise the battle, seemingly in person, but he just kept shouting to the surrounding generals to restrain his troops, in fact, he was in such a position, once the battle situation changed, he could quickly leave the battlefield.

Until now, this king also knows that he will save his life, and he has not been as fierce and rushed as before.

Looking at the ant-like bandits below, Henan General Soldier Wang Shaoyu looked solemn, he felt that even if the silver was paid, this city would be really difficult to defend, after all, the other party had a large number of people, and one person could bear it with one spit.

Thinking about it, he turned his head to look at Zhu Youhua and found that the latter was actually smiling.

Zhu Youhua is very strange now, the gang of bandits in front of him looks like they just threw down their hoes and jumped out of the ground, how did they break through the important town of Luoyang?

Thinking about it, it is still a problem of the hearts of the people in the city.

As soon as the war dragged on, people's minds changed, even if the city did not collapse, maybe Luoyang itself would be in chaos first, although the Fuwang Mansion was large, it really didn't care about anything, and in the end it could only be broken from the inside.

It seems that it will take some tricks to retreat from the enemy.

At this time, news also came from the other three city gates that the bandits also began to attack the city from other directions, but they all looked huge, but the intensity was not very good.

At present, they are still old-fashioned, and there is no innovation at all.

To put it bluntly, the old camp watched the play, and the homeless people were sent to death, this style of play would not have any combat effectiveness at all at the beginning, and it was okay to fight those county towns with one or two thousand troops, and to fight Luoyang?

As long as it is not broken internally, this battle still has to be fought.

"Bang bang bang-"

Without Zhu Youhua's order, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city had already begun to fire artillery.

Hundreds of large and small artillery pieces roared in unison, firing countless projectiles, and the momentum suddenly overwhelmed the bandits who were besieging the city, and many people were overwhelmed with fear.

The bandits were numerous, but at this time they became their Achilles' heel, and the shells barely had to be aimed, and they could be knocked down if they fell.

A projectile was lucky enough to hit the cart directly, and not only the several sword and shield men protecting in front exploded directly, but even several people pushing the cart behind were smashed into a ball of flesh.

This is not over, the cart was not directly smashed, it was carried backwards by the huge inertia of the shell, and directly brought out a whole column of bloody areas.

The battlefield of blood and fire, not everyone can stand still.

After a round of shelling, countless blood pits were placed under the city, leaving many bandits with missing arms and legs.

These people clutched and howled miserably from their bleeding wounds, but their comrades behind him either fled or charged, and no one stopped to look at him.

They are not dead yet, but life is better than death.

"Good! Keep put! Wang Shaoyu saw that the effect was good, and laughed and shouted.

"Bang~Ah!"

As soon as the words fell, an explosion suddenly sounded beside him, and Wang Shaoyu dodged to the left with a spirit, and a piece of shrapnel "swished", so it quickly passed by his ear.

"What's going on?"

Wang Shaoyu, who reacted, was furious, but saw that one of the few Shenwei general cannons had not been used for a long time, coupled with the gunner's nervousness and operational errors, and exploded at the head of the city.

"Do you know what kind of cannon this is!" Without saying a word, Wang Shaoyu raised his knife and killed the gunner, "Disturb the morale of the army, Lao Tzu cut you!" ”

The gunner was at a loss, and before he could react, a still frightened head fell to the ground.

Although people are killed, the impact is still very large.

A Shenwei general cannon that is usually regarded as a treasure is gone, and a section of the city wall was directly blown into a vacuum, if it weren't for Wang Shaoyu's flash, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.

"It hurts, it hurts......"

"Why can't I hear you!?"

The sudden explosion of this cannon affected many officers and soldiers who were carrying things around, and some of them were flying into their eyes with fragments, dripping with blood, and shouting.

Some were directly deaf by the loud sound, and some officers and soldiers who were about to throw rocks were directly collapsed into the city, allowing the bandits below to pick up a big bargain.

"Hahaha, the dog officers and soldiers are not good, hurry up and hit it!" Zhang Shijie, who had already led the team to rush to the city, had red eyes and was extremely crazy.

Rushing here, I don't know what the price has been.

The damned officers and soldiers had planted countless traps outside the city, and when they crossed the moat, they were frantically attacked by the officers and soldiers, and they collapsed several times before they set up a board and rushed over.

The officers and men were even sharper-eyed, picking out people who were crossing the river or building boards.

At this time, how can you not be excited when you see the officers and soldiers in disarray?

"Boss, the king of Nanyang told you to go to the meeting quickly!" Suddenly, a herald ran in front of Wang Shaoyu, with a hurry on his face.

"What is there to discuss at this time, it is important to defend the city, don't go!" Without thinking about it, Wang Shaoyu raised his hand and refused.

For this King of Nanyang, in fact, he didn't pay much attention to it at all.

In another section of the city wall, hearing the news that Wang Shaoyu was not coming, Zhu Youhua's complexion did not change.

After all, he is a real general of the army, and he is just a prince of the palace, and it was already very good to show loyalty to face before, but now it is unrealistic to call him and wave it out.

Now it seems that he can only turn the tide on his own, Zhu Youhua took a deep breath and quietly ordered:

"Huang Hu, you immediately bring the troops back to the city, release all the prisoners in the prison, issue weapons and armor to them, and bring them to the east gate.

"Your Highness wants them to help defend the city?" Huang Hu looked suddenly enlightened.

"You are half right, this matter cannot be delayed, you go back quickly, don't entangle with those civil officials, if necessary, you can make an example!"

"By the way, go find someone, his name is Lu Weiqi, explain the situation, don't say anything else, people know better than you and me!"

"My subordinates understand!"

Huang Huyuan is only the general manager of Luoyang Shuwei, and the remaining decades of his life can be seen for a long time, and there is no hope at all, this time he is fortunate to temporarily replace Feng Dadong as a general in Kaifeng, and he also knows that this is entirely because of Zhu Youhua.

Huang Hu had long been obedient to Zhu Youhua, and without asking a word, he immediately turned around and left.

Watching him walk away, Zhu Youhua turned around: "The order, half of the soldiers in the urn city must be withdrawn within a pillar of incense, and all the flags must be left." ”