Chapter 1 The Meaning of the River

The first day of the arrival of the soldiers in the city. Kaifeng is calm inside and outside.

Except for the scouts of the rebels and the scouts of the officers and soldiers, who had some friendly and resolute greetings, the brigade had no intention of fighting. There seems to be a tacit understanding.

However, the two sides did not make a big move, but they were secretly deploying troops and discussing countermeasures.

Yan Li Zhai is among them.

Yan Li Village is a big village, as the name suggests, this village is controlled by the Yan family and the Li family, but after the chaos in Zhongzhou, the original Yan family, the Li family were blown away by the rain and wind, I don't know where it is, only this village is left, and it is still named Yan Li.

The walls of this Yan Li Village are as strong as a small county town, which is why Li Zicheng chose this place as his station. Among the Yan Li Village, the tallest building is the Li Family Ancestral Hall.

And at this moment, in the ancestral hall of the Li family, all the tablets of the Li family have been cleared out.

Li Zicheng sat at the top, Luo Rucai was on the side, and the rest of the generals were separated, Liu Zongmin was the first person to break into the camp, and Yuan Shizhong was classified as the first person in the Cao camp. Even Luo Yulong is under Yuan Shizhong.

At this moment, Niu Venus is explaining the war. Said: "Kaifeng Mansion, is the old capital of Song and Jin, it is very strong, the city wall of Kaifeng is 20 miles long and 190 steps, there are eight squares in the city, all of which follow the old name of the Song Dynasty, with a population of more than 400,000. The people are dense, rich in the Central Plains, and most of the Central Plains goods are here. And the Kaifeng city wall is also very strong, the wall is four feet high and five feet, several zhang wide, and can run horses on it. All are rammed earth bricks, however, the brick wall has been stripped off when the brick wall was attacked at the beginning of the year, and now the city has not been repaired, but the earth wall is repaired, there is also a long trench outside the city, two zhang wide, there is water in it. It can be said that the city is high and the pond is deep, and it is as solid as gold. It's hard to get down for a while. ”

Almost all the generals know a lot of these contents, but listening to what Niu Jinxing said at the moment, they are all expressionless.

Zhang Xuan also thought silently in his heart, how to conquer this Kaifeng Jiancheng.

Meanwhile.

In the yamen of the governor of Kaifeng City, there is a vermilion purple color. The big and small officials in Kaifeng Mansion are here.

Henan Governor Yamen is not in Kaifeng Mansion, but not the tallest house in Kaifeng Mansion, the tallest house in Kaifeng Mansion should be the carrier hall of Zhou Wangfu. It's just a meeting that can decide the strategy of Kaifeng's defense, and it must not be held in the Zhou Palace.

Therefore, he chose to be among the governor's yamen.

Henan Governor Gao Mingheng sat on the top. Civil and military officials at all levels, in Kaifeng Mansion, famous gentry, and even representatives of Zhou Wangfu, gathered together, which represented all the forces in Kaifeng Mansion.

Gao Mingheng is a big man in Shandong, tall, where he sits without being angry and mighty, coupled with the current tension in Kaifeng City, Gao Mingheng does not speak, there is no one

Individuals dare to speak without authorization, and the hall is silent. Gao Mingheng coughed lightly and said, "Huang Shu, come on." ”

"Yes," Huang Shu stepped up.

Huang Shu is a pusher, and his official position is not very high, but Huang Shu has a very close relationship with Donglin, and he thinks he is clear, and he has a sense of being intransigent, and he likes to point fingers at military affairs. In matters of offense and defense, he has repeatedly spoken out and made some achievements. Therefore, gradually they also have some say in the military.

"The thieves are divided into three major shares, first, it is a thief, in Yan Li Village, there are millions of people in the joint operation fifteen miles, and the second is the Cao thief, the Cao thief is less than the breaking camp, but there are more than ten miles in the joint operation, and the third is the small Yuan camp, and the Yuan thief has the fewest soldiers. And the spies detected that there was a gap between Xiao Yuan's camp and the camp. Break into the camp and the small Yuan camp is the vanguard, and the Yuan thief is afraid of me Kaifeng Jiancheng. There are places where you can do your hands and feet. ”

Huang Shu said here, pausing slightly.

Some of the people sitting there were already smiling on their beards. Many people don't know what to do about the battle, but on top of the intrigue, they fill up the skill points one by one.

Huang Shu changed the topic and said: "Although there are millions of people outside the city, I opened the city, but it is as solid as gold. Since the beginning of the first month, the people who repair the city have been distributed to each square. In Kaifeng City, some people have made great efforts to raise the city with one heart, and Kaifeng City has already been renovated. We will not be afraid of thieves and millions. ”

Yan Li Village, Li family ancestral hall.

"Kaifeng City is a hard bone, before you came, didn't you say that you don't need to storm it?" Liu Zongmin said.

Li Xin said: "In the meantime, there is no need to storm the city now. Now that it is about to be May, hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng need so much food that they will never let him support it until September, so the key to our battle is to seize wheat. ”

"Wheat grabbing." Li Xin said: "Grab the grain outside the city and cut off the grain and grass in Kaifeng City." After three months of siege, even if it is an iron-clad Kaifeng city, it will become a dead city without a single soldier. ”

When Li Xin said this, he also had a slight feeling of unbearability in his heart.

Li Xin is a native of Qixian County.

Qi County is far from Kaifeng, but the road is close at hand, I can't say, there are the villagers of Qi County to avoid disaster in Kaifeng City. Li Xin's plan was to force them to die. But mercy is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not finance. Li Xin also chose the lesser of two evils.

"In fact, there is a plan, and you can also conquer Kaifeng City without bloodshed." Niu Jinxing suddenly said.

"Oh." Li Zicheng said: "But I don't know what the plan is? ”

Li Xin's eyes jumped, how could he not understand what the plan was. But he couldn't help but let Niu Jinxing speak, after all, how many wars have happened in Kaifeng, and this plan is not the first time. Maybe it's okay not to let Niu Venus say it, but do you block others from saying it?

"Break the river and open the seal." Niu Jinxing said.

"This thing is too hurtful." Luo Rucai was the first to say

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"I don't agree with that either." Yuan Shizhong also spoke, saying: "I'm afraid it's ominous to do such a thing." ”

"I'm afraid it won't be possible to break the river now." Li Xin said: "Although there is a peach flood just now, in the future, even if the river is broken, I am afraid that there will not be enough river water to irrigate Kaifeng City, and the city wall of Kaifeng City is a big embankment." I'm afraid that before I opened the seal, I poured myself first, and the plan to break the river was not the right time. ”

Zhang Xuan saw it very clearly, and most of the people who spoke out against it were Henan people. And those who are silent are mostly from Shaanxi.

I have to say that these rebel generals who crawled out of the pile of dead people are more ruthless, for them, as long as they can win, they can do anything, including Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai. Don't listen to what Luo Rucai said, what kind of yin virtue? If there is no other way to do anything other than this plan, Luo Rucai will definitely not be afraid to break the river.

"Since the timing is not right, what do we do now?" Li Zicheng said: "It's hard to wait for the opportunity. ”

Li Xin said: "Kaifeng City is solid, the plan must not be taken lightly, even if you decide to sit in Kaifeng City, you must beware of trapped beasts, so Kaifeng City, there is a tough battle to fight, we must be prepared, first build siege equipment, after the wheat is ripe, grab the wheat." ”

"Maybe some boats. Ordered the camps to be stationed on the high ground just in case. Niu Jinxing said.

As for whether Niu Venus is just in case or ready to break the river, only Niu Venus himself knows.

"Okay." Li Zicheng agreed in one breath.

Because Mai Shu still needs ten days of effort, these ten days of effort, the whole army reorganizes the army for battle, builds siege equipment, and even builds artillery.

Zhang Xuan also assigned a lot of tasks to cast cannons because of the cannon casting in Linying. After all, now everyone feels that the battle under Kaifeng City cannot be ended in one or two days. Immediately, each battalion was also assigned its own siege area, and Xiao Yuan's battalion was assigned to the north gate.

Kaifeng north to the Yellow River embankment is only more than ten miles. If the officers and soldiers cross the river and come, this place is to rush, and if the officers and soldiers break the river, this place will bear the brunt of the attack, and it is not a good place.

However, Yuan Shizhong did not refuse.

Among the yamen of the governor of Henan.

"The biggest problem now is the salary of the soldiers." Huang Shu said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and there is no shortage of strong men, but the money and food are enough, enough to raise 100,000 soldiers, and to open and fortify the city, and the plan will make the thieves return in vain." ”

"Food." Gao Mingheng's face showed a look of solemnity. His eyes swept over everyone present, these people wearing official robes are all officials of the imperial court, and some are wearing all kinds of robes, at first glance, they are rich and powerful, these people are all big families in Kaifeng City, Kaifeng City, most of the wealth is in the hands of these people, among them there is a Fengchang of the Zhou Palace, Fengchang is Jiuqing in the Qin and Han dynasties, but now it is just a petty official of a feudal country, and it is not put in the eyes of Gao Mingheng at all.

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