Because the court sent it to say that the thieves in Henan were blazing, all because of Fan Shangxie's lack of governance, Fan Shangxiao was dismissed on the spot, and went to Beijing to wait for the investigation of the crime, and the post of governor of Henan was represented by Lu Xiangsheng, the right deputy imperial envoy.

In history, Lu Xiangsheng should have been appreciated and reused by Chongzhen for your military exploits when he exterminated the thieves, but because of Liu Renyu's appearance, the thieves only had time to fight Lu Xiangsheng a few times, and they were all annihilated, and his light was completely covered by Liu Renyu.

Under such circumstances, perhaps Lu Xiangsheng will continue to train in Daming, Guangping and Shunde, and then re-enter the military department, with his background and loyal and courageous performance in the second year of Chongzhen's reign, he is very likely to take over as the secretary of the military department.

However, he did not do this, at this time, there was a military situation from Liaodong, saying that a large number of men and horses were being gathered on the Jiannu side, and he was afraid that there would be a war.

The Jianzhou Jurchens used soldiers, most of them were to come to Kou Daming, so none of the elite soldiers in the nine-sided towns could move.

However, the situation in Henan is very crisis, the thieves have gathered more than 30,000 people, and the number of troops is still increasing, and they are planning to attack Luoyang, Luoyang is the place where King Fu is a vassal place, and it is the emperor's uncle today, how can he not save it.

However, the local officials and troops in Henan are not usable, and if the officers and troops in other places cannot use the border army and only use the soldiers from the mainland, they will not be able to use it if they go to Henan.

For example, when Zuo Liangyu and Liu Renyu, Cao Wenzhao and other generals suppressed thieves, their combat strength was acceptable, and they were on the one side, and the whole army was annihilated.

Chongzhen thought about it, and remembered that Lu Xiangsheng had always been loyal and brave, and when the thieves came to attack the left side of the Beijing Division, he defeated the thieves many times, and his Tianxiong Army was quite powerful.

Therefore, Chongzhen issued an order to remove Fan Shangxian from the post of governor of Henan, and Galu Xiangsheng was promoted to the post of imperial history of the right capital, acting governor of Henan, and led the Tianxiong army to Henan to suppress thieves.

In addition, Chongzhen also allocated 100,000 taels of silver from the internal funds to Lu Xiangsheng as military funds, and the rest of the grain and forage, auxiliary soldiers and people, so that Lu Xiangsheng went to Henan to requisition.

Lu Xiangsheng's troops were all infantry troops, and only a few generals such as Lu Xiangsheng had horses, so that Lu Xiangsheng did not ride a horse and walked with the soldiers.

The daimyo is more than 410 miles away from Kaifeng, and Lu Xiangsheng told his subordinates that he will arrive in four days. None of the soldiers had any objections, and they would win the hearts of the army, and they would take the lead, and nothing could be done.

Lu Xiangsheng walked on the road, always thinking in his heart, if Luoyang could rely on the tall city wall to hold on for ten days, no, hold on for seven days, he could lead the troops to arrive, and when the time came, he could break the thieves by attacking inside and outside.

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Yang Qianjun didn't know that Lu Xiangsheng was on the way, but he was sure that the reinforcements from the imperial court would inevitably come, and all he had to do was to defend the city solidly.

Outside the city, Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Gao Jie, Gu Junen, Bai Guangsi, Megatron and Shocking Heaven rode horses in turn to discuss the siege plan.

"Luoyang City is big, our army is not very strong, not enough to besiege on all sides, you need to set the direction of the main attack, do you think Luoyang has four city walls and city gates, which side is better?"

Li Zicheng asked.

"King Chuang, let's attack it once first, then we know which side is easy to attack, and what the width of the moat is, you can know it at a glance, but I don't know what the width is, and we need to attack a few times to know the truth and reality." Lee aisle.

"In the south of Luoyang City, the city wall is too high to attack, and our army at least cannot attack the south, north, east and west, choose one of the three." Gao Jie said.

"King Chuang, please give us 10,000 soldiers each, tentatively attack the north, east, and west, and after the trial, please make a decision according to the situation." Bai Guang thought.

"Well, eat today, and attack the city tomorrow."

Li Zicheng agreed.

"Break into the king, the art of war, attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top. I begged the army to help the people in Henan Province, won the hearts of the people, and the rest of the prefectures and counties in Henan Province did not eat pot pulp to meet the king's army.

In my opinion, we should order all kinds of people in the army, such as soldiers, civilians, untalented people, craftsmen, etc., to hold megaphones and publicize the policies of our army at a daily price, supplemented by our army's strong attack, which can break the morale of the defenders, quickly break the city, and reduce losses. ”

Megatron's director of publicity came up with this strategy.

If you see the instructor and Liu Renyu, if the instructor's opinion is not reasonable, it is unreasonable, and you must listen to it.

"What Megatron said is very true, so ask Brother Megatron to take charge of this matter." Lee became a self-enlightened man.

"Yes, King Chuang."

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Lantern Festival, it was the time for reunion and eating dumplings, and the villagers in the villages near the left of Luoyang spontaneously made dumplings and sent them to the beggar army to celebrate the festival for everyone.

After eating the dumplings, Li Guo, Gao Jie and Bai Guangsi each led more than 10,000 troops to the east, west and north of Luoyang to cut down trees, build siege ladders, and cloud vehicles with a larger amount of work.

The people spontaneously brought the door panels and built a pontoon bridge according to the size of the moat, so that the beggar army could attack the city tomorrow.

Megatron selected from the army beautiful and loud soldiers, people, down-and-out scholars, businessmen, although there are a large number of fields, so that they do not do evil, and are spared by the begging army.

Representatives of all strata, divided into four sides, began at noon and continued to preach the policy of the begging army.

The inherent policy of the begging army, the poor people know very well, talk about it, only deepen the impression, the people hope that the begging army will last for a long time, but there is no chance, they can only look forward to it in their hearts, their faces are anxious, and their mouths are speechless!

Down-and-out scholars have never been the object of the imperial court's attention, and they heard that in the places captured by the beggar army, Xiucai is the county magistrate, and the old boys are all in the county and other positions.

Industry and commerce, the status in the Ming Dynasty is not high, the begging army is treated equally, and the begging army is not embarrassed by businessmen, because the economy still depends on businessmen to revitalize.

A large family with a large amount of land will not die if he does not do evil and the name of righteousness is sown among the people.

The suspicions of these people were dispelled, and they did not play a key role, the key was the officers and soldiers defending the city.

The focus of the beggar army is these officers and soldiers.

"The imperial court has always regarded martial artists as pigs and dogs, and there is no war in peacetime, so they wantonly suppress and deduct military salaries. On weekdays, the benefits are taken by corrupt civil officials, and when the situation is critical, I think of our warriors.

So he hurriedly made up for it, gave us two taels of silver, and told us to work hard, saying that the court was kind and how to be grateful from time to time. Jokes, how to repay, don't burn incense at ordinary times, cramming Buddha feet temporarily, let's not eat this set. The matter has passed, and we are not stinky hills, and everyone is disgusted.

But our beggar army is different, the beggar army is fully fed and paid, and everyone is equal. Regardless of the peasants, the industry and the merchants, the soldiers and the people are the same. Why do you have to work for this evil court that oppresses you, abuses you, and disrespects you, come, come to the big family of beggars. ”

The beggar army surrounded Luoyang on all sides, and in the form of being embattled, instilled the idea of the beggar army into the defenders at the head of Luoyang City.

These words, word by word, penetrated into the ears of the officers and soldiers of the middle and lower ranks of the city and penetrated into their hearts.

The middle and lower ranks of the officers and soldiers defending the city were speechless, and they had some thoughts in their hearts, and they exchanged such a message through their eyes: "The thief has a point!" ”

Yang Qianjun and Wen Houyou listened to it, but it was like a thunderbolt in the sky, what the beggar army said was not untrue, if the soldiers defending the city listened to it, they were afraid that the army's heart would not be stable.

"General Wen, the thief's technique of attacking the heart is powerful, the thief's technique of attacking the heart is really powerful, our army cannot sit idly by, and please appease the soldiers in many ways, and tell the soldiers, don't say anything else, as long as the government is still in office, the brothers will definitely not be owed any more."

Yang Qianjun was anxious in his heart, and his tone of voice was almost pleading.

Wen Houyou is very useful.

"Don't worry, the brothers and the last general are all lifelong friendships. will not be bluffed by a few empty words from the thief. In addition, the thieves attacked the city and plundered the land in Henan Mansion, and they did not taste defeat, and they were very arrogant, so they dared to have no fear, besiege Luoyang, and bewitch the army.

According to the opinion of the last general, the imperial court reinforcements must be imminent, our army needs to hold on, and it needs morale, and morale is such a thing, and a victory can be inspired. According to the opinion of the last general, the thieves in Henan Mansion have always besieged the city, and no city official or soldier dared to take the initiative to attack the thieves.

Our army can take advantage of this opportunity to ask His Royal Highness King Fu to raise a lot of money to raise loyal people who dare to die, and attack the enemy camp at night.

Even if you can't scare away the thief army, at least you can kill and wound the enemy army and boost the morale of our army. The morale of our army is great, and we can defend the city for a little longer. ”

Gentle and friendly advice.