Chapter 70: The Lonely City of Xiayi

And today's situation is almost to the point of collapse, how can the one in Beijing see that Ma Shiying has a heavy army and does not send troops to fight thieves.

"Yuan Shizhong," Ma Shiying thought secretly in his heart, and said: "This thief must be kept well, and it can't be eliminated all at once." Let Your Majesty know that our ministry is still fighting hard. ”

Ma Shiying was thinking about it, when a soldier suddenly came to report: "Yongcheng has been cleaned." ”

Cleaned, these four are light to say, but they are very cruel on the inside.

Ma Shiying didn't care, and said, "Let's go into the city." ”

Yongcheng is a little bit, but it takes a day or two.

Yuan Shizhong had already gotten the news.

Yuan Shizhong stood on the wall of Xiayi, holding a letter in his hand, nothing else, it was written to him by Yuan Shimin.

"Sending troops in early April, from Xiangyang to Xiayi, I'm afraid it will take more than ten days, and Xiao Yuanying doesn't know if it can support it until that time."

Yuan Shizhong looked in the southeast direction.

But I saw that the yellow sand was spreading, as if it was a sandstorm.

However, it was not a sandstorm, but tens of thousands of officers and soldiers came together to join Liu Zeqing's troops, who were originally under the city. I saw the gongs and drums on the opposite side, looking elated.

There are also thousands of horse teams, galloping back and forth around Xiayi City.

Before, Yuan Shizhong still had the courage to go out of the city to fight Liu Zeqing. But at this moment, there is nothing, and he can only dare to defend the city to the death.

It's just that if you can wait for reinforcements, even Yuan Shizhong himself doesn't know.

He could only write a letter and send the dead out of the city overnight to Xiangyang. I'm afraid it's too late.

Yuan Shizhong guessed very right.

Ma Shiying was unwilling to go west to fight a battle with unknown results. Therefore, he didn't want to fight with Xiao Yuanying in Xiayi, so as soon as he arrived at the city, he issued an order to establish a long siege.

A long siege of the enemy, although it came safely, but it was too manpower and material resources. It also takes time, but Ma Shiying doesn't feel much about this.

In his mind, it was better to take as long as possible.

When Yuan Shizhong's messenger came all the way to Xiangyang, it was already the end of March.

As soon as Yuan Shimin received the letter, he immediately came to see Zhang Xuan and begged to send troops again.

"You also saw it, it's not that I don't want to, but now I really have no choice?" Zhang Xuan said helplessly: "King Chuang's enthronement ceremony is approaching, and I want to watch the ceremony on behalf of Cao Ying, I really lack skills, you should go and ask the young marshal." ”

Under Li Zicheng's intensive preparations, the enthronement ceremony was finally determined on the first day of April.

Although the time has been decided, there are more preparations to be made.

Li Zicheng wanted to invite Luo Rucai to go.

But once credit is bankrupt, it's too hard to re-establish it.

Hence Luo Ru

I didn't think about it, I refused directly, and sent Zhang Xuan as a representative.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan, the representative, was forced hard. Had to practice etiquette.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan knew what trouble was.

The entire enthronement ceremony, in Zhang Xuan's view, was like a large-scale gymnastics performance, and it was very helpless that Zhang Xuan became an athlete.

During the enthronement ceremony, what clothes to wear, who to be with, how to walk, how to swing hands, how to put feet, when to kneel, when to shout slogans, when to get up. Wait, this has to be trained.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan also felt that with Yuan Shizhong's ability, he would not be able to hold on for even ten days, and if he really couldn't keep it, Zhang Xuan would have no choice.

The action of the army is never just a matter of leaving, let alone Zhang Xuan saying it alone.

God helps those who help themselves.

Due to Luo Rucai's intentions, Zhang Xuan had to enter Xiangyang City at the end of March.

At this moment, the entire Xiangyang City is clean, the loess paving streets, the water is sprinkled on the ground, and it looks almost clean and spotless, otherwise, the roads to the north of Xiangwangfu are all blocked tightly.

It is said that a vacant land has been selected in the north of the city to erect an altar. Tens of thousands of soldiers worked together to build a dirt hill in a matter of days. It is used to sacrifice to the heavens.

Zhang Xuan was trained in advance.

The entire enthronement ceremony was simplified, but no matter how simple it was, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, it was also extremely cumbersome.

The first is the northern suburbs to worship the sky.

Zhang Xuan, as an entourage, had to walk out of Xiangyang City on foot, to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens, and then after the sacrifices to the heavens. Then come back from the Temple of Heaven and accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the carrying hall of the Xiangwang Mansion.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Xuan secretly complained in his heart, feeling that he was looking for something at all.

Zhang Xuan felt that the things in front were not important, the important thing was the back.

After the court, Li Zicheng wanted to reward hundreds of officials.

How did Li Zicheng reward the people below him, although Zhang Xuan was interested, he was only interested, but how did Li Zicheng reward Luo Rucai.

Although it has been finalized, Luo Rucai was crowned king, and he was appointed as the general of the Eastern Army, specializing in the east, first cutting and then playing.

But what king?

This is related to Zhang Xuan's practical interests, and Zhang Xuan is naturally seriously concerned.

also to Zhang Xuan's own interests.

Although Zhang Xuan also felt it, Luo Rucai was not idle for a period of time, and carried out a major purge and adjustment of Cao Ying.

This big purge and adjustment was caused by Ji Jue and Chen Shaoxian.

Chen Shaoxian is just that. After all, he has a shallow foundation and doesn't implicate many people.

But Gillo is different.

Ji Xuan has been in Cao Ying for so many years, it can be said that he has made great contributions, and there are many people involved, take Zhang Xuan himself, he has also worked as an errand under Ji Xuan, in a sense, he Zhang Xuan can also be said to be Ji Xuan

Old Ministry.

However, Zhang Xuan also clearly felt that this was just an introduction.

It was not Ji Jue who really decided this, but Luo Rucai's rectification of Cao Ying.

Without him, before Luo Rucai, he decided to die soon. For Cao Yingzhong, he relaxed a little. But all kinds of incidents slapped Luo Rucai twice.

Luo Rucai doesn't learn from the pain anymore, he is a big fool.

However, Luo Rucai was reluctant to move too much, after all, he broke into the camp and pushed him to the side, maybe someone took his soldiers to King Chuang.

Therefore, Luo Rucai's rectification of the upper echelons is not great, and many veterans have not moved much, the only difference is that Luo Yulong's status has been raised.

If it was said that Luo Yulong was a young marshal before, it was just polite, but now it is true to call Luo Yulong a young marshal.

Of the most elite cavalry in the entire Cao battalion, one-third was personally led by Luo Rucai, the remaining one-third was led by Luo Yulong and Wang Long, and the rest were generals with foreign surnames.

As for the soldiers below, they have rectified military discipline and made up for the shortfall.

Strive to transform the people below from rogue to official soldiers.

Although the combat effectiveness and military discipline of Luo Rucai's department are not inferior to the officers and soldiers. But in terms of establishment, it has not been implemented, and each unit has always followed their leader, that is, some large and small army leaders.

If it weren't for this, Zhang Xuan wouldn't have become independent so quickly.

Luo Rucai obviously wanted to react to this situation, and in the name of being implicated in Ji Jue, he killed several generals, abolished the army, and established an establishment, so that there was a shortage in the establishment under each leader, and these extra soldiers were supplemented.

Luo Rucai wanted to subtly control the whole army.

However, these have nothing to do with Zhang Xuan. Without him, Zhang Xuan only had more than a thousand cavalry here, and he was under the command of Luo Dai.

Luo Dai is a fellow of Luo Rucai's clan and has made great contributions. Zhang Xuan never felt that he could completely recover Luo Dai, and let Luo Dai choose himself between Luo Rucai and himself.

This time, Luo Dai was transferred back to the Chinese army, and even more than 1,000 of Zhang Xuan's subordinates were transferred back, and Zhang Xuan was also divided into An An without any expression.

However, Luo Rucai also said that after arriving in Runing, he would add thousands of cavalry to Zhang Xuan.

Whether it is true or not, Zhang Xuan can only be regarded as true, but at least he is not completely without gain, He Hutou has already said that he will take more than 500 riders under his command to go to Zhang Xuan's command.

Luo Rucai also agreed.

At this moment, Cao Ying's various turmoil has nothing to do with Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan is not willing to think about it. Daily training etiquette, waiting for the day of the enthronement ceremony.

On the first day of the fourth month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, this day soon came.

It was still not dawn, and the sky was still full of stars. Someone called Zhang Xuan up and lined up outside the Xiangwang Mansion, waiting for the arrival of the auspicious time.

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