Two days later, Li Yan stationed troops in Gegangzhai and waited for news from Li Zicheng. But Li Zicheng continued to attack Kaifeng City, and there was no sign of going south.

In Luoyang, Chen Yongfu traveled day and night, and rushed back to Kaifeng with his headquarters first.

When Li Zicheng left Luoyang, he also appointed Shao Shichang, Luoyang's assistant minister, as the prime minister, responsible for the defense of Luoyang. Shao Shichang recruited the homeless people with a salary of five taels of silver per month to take charge of the defense, while Li Zicheng's troops were all withdrawn.

After Li Xianfeng and Chen Yongfu came to Luoyang with their troops, Shao Shichang did not dare to resist, and directly surrendered Kaicheng. But before they could finish dealing with the affairs of Luoyang, they got the information that Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng. Li Xianfeng asked Chen Yongfu to take his headquarters to rescue Kaifeng, while he himself stayed in Luoyang with other soldiers and horses.

Chen Yongfu knew that Li Xianfeng was afraid of fighting Li Zicheng, and if Kaifeng also fell, then Li Xianfeng was away on business, and he didn't have to bear much responsibility. But all his belongings, as well as his son Chen De, are in Kaifeng City, so he must go to the rescue.

Chen Yongfu led his troops day and night, and finally arrived at the periphery of Kaifeng at night. At this time, Kaifeng had already been surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves, and there were camps everywhere, so that Chen Yongfu did not dare to act rashly. He sent out sentries to investigate the situation and at the same time let the troops rest and regain their strength.

His troops were exhausted along the way, and like Li Zicheng's troops, it took three days to rush from Luoyang to Kaifeng. The marching speed of more than 100 miles a day, if it weren't for Chen Yongfu's encouragement with generous rewards, it would not have been possible to go so fast no matter what.

After the scouts brought back information about the enemy's deployment, Chen Yongfu made a decision. He wanted to take advantage of Li Zicheng's failure to find out about them and enter the city at night. If he waited until daytime and was discovered and surrounded by Li Zicheng, his two thousand soldiers would have to eat on the plate of the adult's family.

In the night, Chen Yongfu took the cavalry as the lead, passed through the camp from the Lonely Soul Altar, and went straight to Xiaoxiguan.

The cavalry rushed into the enemy camp on horseback, and with their spears and firewood from the campfires, they set fire to the nearby tents and cause confusion among the enemy. The infantrymen followed closely behind the cavalry, but the infantry could not outrun the four-legged horses, and after only a few large battalions they were held back by the rogue troops who had arrived from elsewhere to reinforce them.

"Marshal, the infantry battalion behind is entangled" A pro-soldier reported loudly to Chen Yongfu.

Chen Yongfu looked back and found that in the chaos behind him, the sound of killing shook the sky. There were also many bands of thieves who came from other places, so they ordered: "Leave them alone, let's go first"

The cavalry began to whip their horses again, so that the horses began to add up their speed. This time, they didn't even avoid creating chaos, and rushed directly through the cracks in the camp and rushed towards Kaifeng City.

And the person in charge of the defense of Xiguan here happens to be Chen Yongfu's son Chen De. He had already been called up when he was in chaos outside the city, and he had actually been waiting for his father to come to Kaifeng's rescue with troops.

When Chen De came to the city, he saw the chaos outside the city and knew that his father had returned with his troops. So he hurriedly called all the troops, some of them went to the city for defense, and the other part waited at the city pass, ready to go out of the city to respond.

"Bow and crossbow preparation" Chen De saw that the cavalry was getting closer and closer, so he ordered.

As soon as the cavalry was within range, he immediately gave the order to fire. The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and by the time the feather arrows flew over, most of the cavalry had already rushed out of the range of the feathered arrows. Of course, there were still some cavalry who were dragged behind and were shot down, but this did not affect the overall situation, and most of the cavalry still rushed to the front of the pass.

After that, the cannon and feather arrows on the city were fired in unison, and the thieves who pursued them were repulsed. Then he finally dared to open the door and took Chen Yongfu in. But the infantry behind was not so lucky, even if they fought in formation, but the speed of advance was very slow, and it was not until dawn that they reached the city, but they had already suffered most casualties. But in the end, it was not completely annihilated, which can be regarded as a consolation.

The next day, Li Zicheng was furious when he learned that some officers and troops had broken through the camp and entered Kaifeng City. He personally led his own soldiers to the distance of Kaifeng City and urged his men to attack the city. He sent half of his troops and organized one of the largest sieges in the past few days.

Shi Jincai was also asked to take the subordinates he had just recruited to participate in the siege at this time. However, Shi Jincai was very smart, he walked between the departments with his subordinates, left and right, and did not dare to approach the city wall too much. His hungry men, driven by his scabbard, acted as he pleased.

He also marked his men and put a red cloth around their necks as a scarf, otherwise he would not have recognized any of his men.

However, Shi Jincai still attaches great importance to his own protection. He wears the chain mail inside, otherwise if someone takes a fancy to such armor, will he give it or not? He also wore the eight-petal iron helmet he wore when he came out, this iron hat was not a thin iron sheet like the official army, but a serious steel sheet, and the protective ability was very strong, but he removed the yellow fluffy pillar representing the rank of the hundred generals.

Suddenly, there was a rush of confusion in the back, and the leaders behind were all running back in a panic.

When Shi Jin found out, he immediately kicked and hit his subordinates and ran away from the city wall. After that, the rest of the troops also began to retreat, and in a short time, all the besieging troops retreated, and a huge general attack collapsed.

After Shi Jincai returned to the camp, he found that there were only seventy-two of his subordinates left. Even though he led his troops as far away from the city walls as possible, he still suffered a loss of thirty percent. However, Liu Zongmin is right, manpower is the most scarce, and he will be able to replenish the troops immediately. And these people have not been trained, and they don't feel distressed when they die.

However, he soon learned that the chaos in the rear this time was because Li Zicheng, who was supervising the battle in the back, was shot blind in one of his left eyes.

Shi Jincai was surprised, Li Zicheng was standing three hundred steps away from the city. If you are hit by a shell, it is not a matter of blindness. But if an arrow can fly 300 paces away, it must be a light arrow. And those who use light arrows are naturally soldiers.

It seems that Li Zicheng's luck is really bad, he was actually turned into a one-eyed dragon by a small soldier three hundred steps away, and the world is really impermanent

But it's also a good thing for him. Because since Chen Yongfu has returned to help, Li Xianfeng is not far away, and other officers and soldiers will also come to Kaifeng for reinforcements. Moreover, Li Zicheng, the main general, was also injured, which had a great impact on morale, and the withdrawal of troops should be a matter of the next few days.

After the withdrawal of troops, he will have time to train his troops. These hungry people are really bad, and in two or three months, these homeless people will not become soldiers.

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