Chapter 81: Surrender and Siege
Kaifeng City finally looked forward to the rescue, but did not wait for Yang Wenyue to lead the troops to arrive at the city of Kaifeng Mansion, he was captured alive by the Xingtian Army, this time he knew that there would be no rescuers to help Kaifeng in the future, so he ordered to send people out of the city to rob Yang Wenyue, wanting to take Yang Wenyue back to Kaifeng City, but the result can be imagined, the hundreds of officers and soldiers sent were simply to send food to the Xingtian Army, after a row of guns, none of the remaining were packed up under the city by the Xingtian Army, either killed on the spot, or also became prisoners, He was tied up under the city.
Not only Gao Mingheng felt desperate, but the royal relatives such as Zhu Gongqi, the king of Zhou in the city, were even more panicked, and immediately sent people out of the city, broke through the siege, and went to Beijing to find the emperor for help, asking Zhu Youzhen to send reinforcements again.
In short, Yang Wenyue's defeat and capture, for the main battle faction in Kaifeng City is undoubtedly a blow to the head, beating them all with gold stars in their eyes, and immediately deflated, and some of the main surrender factions in the city, at this time, they were active again, they contacted in secret, and found Gao Mingheng to persuade him to surrender and pull down, even Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, was also persuaded, it is best to surrender now, and after the city of the province is broken, he will end up with a Fu King and Chongwang and others.
But although Gao Mingheng arrived at this time, he still insisted on resisting to the end, sometimes some people say that it is a tendon that is not good, and if it is good, it is called loyalty, in the Ming Dynasty, Gao Mingheng is such a person, he dedicates all his loyalty to this dynasty.
As for Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, he did not choose to surrender, in his opinion, he is a dignified relative, a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, it is impossible to be greedy for life and afraid of death, so he surrendered to a traitor like the Heavenly Army, and not only did he refuse to surrender, but also immediately took out 300,000 taels of silver, and immediately hung a heavy reward in Kaifeng City, rewarding 50 taels of silver for killing a thief, and rewarding 15 taels of silver for wounding a thief, and it was to put the silver of Baihuahua directly on the city wall and cash it on the spot.
Fifty taels of silver is a lot of wealth, for the defenders of the city, there is undoubtedly a great temptation, suddenly there will be brave men under the heavy reward, many defenders are also excited, ready to fight desperately.
After Xiao Tianjian's persuasion to surrender was ineffective again, he didn't think about it, so he ordered Yang Wenyue to be beheaded on the spot under Kaifeng City, and cut off Yang Wenyue's head, anyway, since he didn't surrender, keeping him was also eating rice, in history, Yang Wenyue also fell into the hands of Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng also persuaded him to surrender, but was scolded back by Yang Wenyue, and then Li Zicheng tied him to a tree outside the city, bombarded him with a cannon, and Yang Wenyue died on the spot, and death may be his fate for him, Since he wants to be a loyal minister, Xiao Tianjian will also fulfill him, but thinking of such a loyal person, he still did not embarrass him and gave him a good time.
After Yang Wenyue was killed, there was a scolding in the city, and frightened the officers and soldiers who surrendered, many of these officers and soldiers from Baoding were ruffians, and when they saw Yang Wenyue killed, they were all scared to death, and they begged for mercy again and again, asking to surrender to the Heavenly Army, so as to save their lives.
Xiao Tianjian took a look at the thousands of surrendered soldiers, so he didn't say a word to express his acceptance of their surrender, but to see their performance, so that they launched the first wave of siege, all those who have made meritorious contributions to the siege of the city, not only can they be let go, but they will also be rewarded, but if they escape again, then don't blame him for being polite.
He was very grateful to Chongzhen for sending him so many troops to help him at this time, so that he could save the lives of many of his elite soldiers.
When these officers and soldiers heard that they were going to attack the city, they were immediately frightened to death, but now they had only this way to go, and if they didn't attack the city, they would be killed by the Xingtian army, so they had no choice but to agree.
Xiao Tianjian scattered and reorganized these officers and soldiers, and immediately selected one of them as a temporary centurion, while those officers were overwhelmed, and all of them were demoted to ordinary petty soldiers and obeyed the orders of their centurions, so that the provincial officers used their prestige to bring their men into rebellion.
The official siege battle began on March 26, a large number of troops were re-armed, issued with swords, guns and shields, and assigned to the three directions of Kaifeng City to line up, all kinds of attack tools were also handed over to them, whether they were happy or not, they had to move forward desperately, because behind them, there were hundreds of Torture Heaven Arms Men as a team of warlords staring at them, and before they set off, Xiao Tianjian made it clear to them that those who retreated without hearing the sound of Mingjin would be killed!
With the sound of golden drums in unison, these soldiers squeezed out a hysterical cry from their chests, screaming wildly under the leadership of their respective centurions, raising or pushing those attack tools, and rushed towards Kaifeng City in a swarm......
Kaifeng City has become a hell on earth, these officers and soldiers who were originally the rescuers of Kaifeng City, now they have become the people of the Xingtian Army, one by one desperately rushed to the city wall, all kinds of long ladders were continuously carried to the foot of the Kaifeng City Wall, erected and leaned against the city wall, a large number of soldiers in order to survive, had to be urged to be attached to the ants, bearing the arrows that kept falling overhead, and people were knocked down like rain.
But they had to rush forward, because the overseers behind them would not give them any sympathy at all, and every time they rushed the first few times, it would not be long before some greedy people would turn around and flee, but they were greeted by a volley of bullets, which immediately knocked them to the ground.
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, the only chance to survive was to break through this fortified city, so these soldiers could only fight for their lives and attack the city wall.
When the defenders of Kaifeng Mansion saw this situation, they also scolded, scolding the Heavenly Army for being too lacking in morality, and scolding these officers and soldiers for being too shameless, so they set up cannons and began to bombard them, and all kinds of firearms and bows and crossbows were also invited out to aim at them and fired fiercely.
Anyway, as long as they are here to attack the city, they are thieves, and killing one is fifty taels of silver, whether they are old thieves or new thieves, if they are injured one, it is fifteen taels of silver, and it is the same to kill anyone, let's fight!
As soon as the two sides started the battle, the battle was quite fierce, although Xiao Tianjian let these newly surrendered officers and soldiers take the lead, but it was not in vain to let them die, the Xingtian army still provided them with quite strong fire cover, all kinds of artillery were deployed outside the city, erected on the reserved artillery positions between the trenches, aimed at the Kaifeng city wall and bombarded, and a large number of musketeers were transferred into the trenches, and they were fired in rows in the trenches aimed at the city wall.
Such a dense fire suppression, to these forced siege of the surrender of the army to provide a strong support, in the defenders of the massacre of the surrender, the city defenders also paid a lot of price, a large number of defenders were either artillery, torn apart by shells, or by the flying shells knocked over on the city wall, there are also many people were hit by the flying masonry, broken tendons, and even some people were buried in the collapsed ruins on the spot.
For a while, the cannon sound in the city and under the city rang out in unison, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the sound of guns in the three directions was practiced in one piece above and below the city, dense like a shower.
This battle was fought for three days in a row, thousands of soldiers paid a great price, but also failed to attack the Kaifeng city wall, in three days, the casualties of nearly one-third, this is already a very difficult thing for them, if it is not for the fierce and vicious supervising team behind them, it is estimated that not to mention one-third of the casualties, even if it is a one-third of the casualties, they would have collapsed long ago.
Many officers and soldiers were really miserable, kneeling and begging the Torture Heavenly Army to let them rest and fight again, Xiao Tianjian then ordered them to be withdrawn, but he picked out a group of soldiers and oilmen in the name of fear of war, and cut off their heads, so that after getting rid of these people, the remaining officers and soldiers will be reorganized after such a huge battle, which will be much more stable and easier to control, and of course the remaining people will be qualified to be soldiers of the Punishment Heavenly Army.
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