Zu Dabi led his troops to storm the gate of Laiyang City, and the shells of the artillery battalion poured desperately into the city as if they didn't want money, blowing up the sky full of gunsmoke, and the momentum was very great, and there was a momentum that would never stop if Laiyang City was captured. Bayi Chinese ? ）〉)．〕８〕１〕Ｚ〕〉．）Ｃ)Ｏ>Ｍ]

Zu Zechuan led five hundred soldiers to quietly go around from behind a forest to the southeast corner of Laiyang City, which was a secluded corner, and behind the city walls was a slum.

Zu Zechuan led people to push dozens of two-wheeled carts, the carts were full of gunpowder jars, this kind of two-wheeled vehicles were originally used to hit the city gates, very strong, in addition to the thick wooden planks on the car, the outside is also covered with a layer of cowhide, can block arrows and firearms ammunition, even the ordinary small cannon or Fran cannon shells are difficult to cause damage to this kind of car.

The Ming soldiers hid behind the wagons and advanced under the city walls.

Most of the rebel soldiers on the city wall were transferred to the north gate to defend against Zu Dabi's attack, because there was no attack here, so there were few soldiers, and when a group of Ming troops suddenly came here, Zu Zechuan had already broken through to a distance of only a few dozen steps from the city wall.

The rebels on the city wall hurriedly sent people to report on the one hand, and on the other hand, they organized troops to shoot at the Ming army in Zuzechuan, and some pulled bows and arrows to shoot arrows at the Ming army.

However, most of the Ming troops hid behind strong two-wheeled vehicles, and the rebels' arrows and firearms were difficult to hit, and there were no artillery on the city wall in this direction, so they quickly advanced under the city wall by Zu Ze.

Away from the city wall, Zu Zechuan commanded the Ming army to build a simple fortification with two-wheeled vehicles, relying on the car formation, half of the people kept firing arrows and guns on the city wall, covering the other half of the people digging holes in the root of the city wall.

Although hundreds of rebel soldiers have been gathered on the city wall, because the Ming army has the cover of two-wheeled vehicles, the work of digging holes is being carried out in an intense and orderly manner.

Nearly half an hour later, after paying nearly 300 casualties, the Ming army finally dug a hole in the ground, filled it with gunpowder, and then after the Ming army withdrew, they used a bow and arrow to ignite a long arrow tied to the arrow with a strip of oil cloth.

I only heard a loud bang, Zu Zechuan and other Ming troops felt that the entire ground was shaking, only to see a mushroom cloud burst out under the city wall, and the smoke of gunpowder rose to the sky.

Then there was a loud bang, the wall collapsed into a gap, and countless terrifying screams resounded throughout the sky.

Zu Zechuan and the remaining 200 people of his subordinates immediately cheered: "The city is broken!" The city is broken! Come on! Brothers, rush! ”

In the distance behind him, Zu Dacheng saw this and hurriedly commanded more than 3,000 Ming soldiers to rush over, and began to rush towards Laiyang City with gunpowder smoke and dust.

The city wall collapsed, the rebel soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the main force resisted Zu Dabi's fierce attack at the north city gate, and the Ming army began to rush into Laiyang City from the gap under the personal command of Zu Dacheng, which was unstoppable.

Zu Zechuan, Zu Zesheng, Liu Zeqing and other generals led their subordinates to rush into Laiyang City and slash and kill, and the rebel soldiers turned around and fled.

The sound of the explosion alarmed Huang Wei, and also alarmed Zhang Tao, Li Jiucheng and others, who learned that the Ming army had blown up the city wall in the southeast corner, and couldn't help but be shocked one by one, and hurriedly sent Huang Wei to lead 2,000 people to the southeast corner of the gap, hoping to withstand the official army.

But Zu Dacheng personally led 2,000 subordinates and Tao Kewang soldiers a total of 5,000 people to kill in a majestic manner, the Ming army broke through the city wall, the momentum was high, the morale was greatly boosted, the rebels were all frightened like earth, and they retreated, Huang Wei couldn't hold back at all, so he had no choice but to go back to Li Jiucheng to return to his life.

Li Jiucheng was also stunned when he saw this, and he didn't know what to do. At this time, Zhang Tao hurriedly said: "Du Shuai, it's not good, the brothers can't stop it!" Let's run! ”

Run? Where to run?

Zhang Tao said anxiously: "Du Shuai, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!" Laiyang City is gone, we still have Dengzhou! If you don't leave, you'll have nothing! ”

"Good! Then let's get out of here! Li Jiucheng knew that the matter was irreparable, so he ordered a breakthrough in the direction of Haiyang, and Chen Qiliang, the general of Kong Youde's department, was leading more than 3,000 people to attack Haiyang City. Li Jiucheng planned to join forces with Chen Qiliang before making plans.

Li Jiucheng, Zhang Tao, Li Yingyuan, Huang Wei and other rebel generals led the defenders in Laiyang City to abandon the city, broke through from the south gate, and set a fire before leaving, fortunately although the wind was strong at this time, there were snowflakes falling in the sky from time to time, and the Ming soldiers organized the people to fight the fire in time after entering the city, so that it did not cause a big fire, and only burned down a few houses.

But it also allowed Li Jiucheng and others to escape, after Zu Dacheng and others entered the city, they saw that there was a fire in the city, and they had to organize people to put out the fire. Slowly, Li Jiucheng and other rebels have fled far away.

Zu Dacheng knew that he couldn't catch up with Li Jiucheng, so he simply stopped chasing and controlled the order of Laiyang City first.

Gao Qiqian saw that Zu Dacheng successfully captured Laiyang City, and he was also very happy in his heart, this Zu Dacheng won the battle, and he, the eunuch of the prison army, also had a great share of profits. Since the prison army moved south, this is the fourth victory of the official army, and now its position in the inner court will be more and more consolidated.

Surrounded by potential generals, he entered Laiyang City, full of pride, and suddenly remembered why there was no news about the soldiers and horses of Jimen and Changping that he had requested from the imperial court to transfer?

Although Laiyang, Laixi and other cities have been recovered, the rebels still have tens of thousands of troops entrenched in the Dengzhou area, and the rebels led by Kong Youde have advanced into Shandong.

Thinking of the new Liao army, Gao Qiqian hated it so much, damn, such a good opportunity to destroy Moli slipped away, how not to let him regret it.

"Zu Zhentai has created a rebel army again, and has made a great contribution to the imperial court, which is really gratifying!" Gao Qiqian temporarily suppressed the resentment against Mo Li in his heart, and said with a smile to Zu Dacheng, who came to greet him.

"Where, thanks to the command of Gonggong Gao, there is a great victory in Laiyang today!" Zu Dacheng said humbly, how dare he hold up in front of Gao Qiqian.

"Haha, Zu Zhentai is too humble! There are so many vigorous men under the command of Zu Zhentai, why worry about the rebels not being destroyed! Gao Qiqian smiled proudly. Well, the next step is to send someone to find Mo Li's whereabouts, order him to lead his troops back to Laiyang City, and find another chance to play him to death.

Gao Qiqian was thinking about how to kill Mo Li in his heart, when suddenly a sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and when he looked closer, it was someone from the palace.

However, it was said that the more than 2,000 rebel prisoners were driven west by the new Liao army, and they were running to Qingpu Town in Anqiu in a hurry that day, and everyone was tired of running, so they rested in a forest called Wangniupo outside the town, intending to rest for a while and then run. Anyway, the officers and soldiers hung all the way behind, and they didn't catch up and kill them, but they didn't let them go, which made the captives puzzled.

Later, after knowing that the New Liao Army had no intention of killing them, the captives also relaxed and no longer ran for their lives, and the degree began to slow down. But once they slowed down, Guan Feng would lead his subordinates to catch up, and drive them to run quickly, otherwise he would kill them, so the captives had to start running again.

Guan Feng knew that this rabble was indeed tired of running, after all, it was running on two legs, but he was basically a cavalryman, and four legs were naturally much faster than two legs. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to drive away the captives, and took his subordinates to swim in the back, letting the war horses drink water by the river, while slowly enjoying the scenery.

At this time, Mo Li, Liang Peijun, Zhou Yuji, He Zhenbei and others also caught up, and when they saw this scene, they also slowed down.

A small river meanders and flows, and on both sides of it are reeds more than one person high, although it is no longer verdant at the moment, but there is a different kind of natural and simple beauty in the reflection of the setting sun.

At this time, it is winter, there are snowflakes falling from time to time, although it is cold and swishing, but there is also a kind of leisure, if it is not on the way to the march, if it is not for the survival of the war everywhere, there are frozen bones on the road, this beautiful scenery is enough to make the Mo Li, who is accustomed to seeing the cement forest everywhere and all kinds of pollution in later generations, intoxicated.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the winter of more than ten years was extremely cold, known as the "Xiaoice River Period", the global temperature dropped seriously, of which the Daming territory was the hardest hit area, the coldest in a thousand years, in 10,000 years can also be ranked second, in a million years can be ranked about seventh.

In such a climate, it is no wonder that the winters are cold and the summers are dry, so there are no natural disasters. Severe cold and drought caused widespread freezing and drought of crops, and there was no harvest at all.

If crops don't grow, what do people eat?

The people had nothing to eat, and the government had no way to help so many people across the country. Naturally, those who do not receive government assistance will have to find their own way to survive, and the only way they can and can save themselves is to rob them.

If you're hungry, it's no wonder if you don't rebel.

As the saying goes, three years of abundance and one year of disaster, that is to say, only three years of harvest and accumulated grain can withstand a year's disaster. But at this moment, Daming has been affected by disasters for nearly ten years, just imagine what kind of tragic situation Daming has reached now.

The weather is getting colder and colder, the food is getting less and less, and there are more and more displaced people, plus since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has reused the corrupt officials of the Donglin Party, that is, no matter how diligent he is, he can't change the fate of the country.

Most of the Donglin Party members are full of empty talk about patriotism, benevolence, righteousness and morality, but when they encounter things, they are mostly helpless and can't come up with any solutions. In the DPRK, the party is the same as the party, and the people in the lower field criticize the maladministration, which seems to be full of awe-inspiring righteousness, but in fact it is just empty talk and misleading the country.

At the beginning of the year, Moli's plan to promote the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes and other miscellaneous grains on a large scale was also denounced as heresy by officials at all levels who were full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they were shelved and only planted in Lingchuan and Hequ.

Chongzhen reuses such a person to govern the country, how can he avoid the fate of hanging the coal mountain?

Along the way, there were scattered white bones on the side of the road from time to time, so that Mo Li could no longer arouse any interest in the beautiful scenery in front of him.

Just as he was about to ride his horse forward and drive the captives to flee faster, suddenly He Zhenbei hurried to report: "General, there is a large army coming here ten miles ahead, and the enemy and I are unknown!" ”