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Luoyang City is the seat of Henan Prefecture, west of Qinling, east of Songyue, south of barberry, bear's ear, north according to the mountain, and according to the danger of the Yellow River, since ancient times there is "eight passes of the capital, eight sides of the mountain" said, the Xia, Shang and three dynasties, all have the history of this capital, the strong Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, although the capital of Chang'an, but Luoyang is the eastern capital, the status is second only to the national capital Chang'an.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the environment around Luoyang has deteriorated, ancient trees have been cut down, weeds have been eroded, no matter from the perspective of agriculture or strategy, the status is declining again and again, to the Ming Dynasty, Luoyang has been far inferior to the north and south of Beijing, even in Henan Province, but also the capital Kaifeng thrown out of a large section.

But in Luoyang City, there is a special prince, he is the blessed king Zhu Changxun.

Zhu Changxun is the third uncle of Zhu Youzhen, the third son of Emperor Wanli, after Zhu Changxun was born, Emperor Wanli because of his love for his mother Zheng Guifei, every time he wants to set up Zhu Changxun as the prince, but the ministers and officials of the Ming Dynasty are in accordance with the ancestral teachings of Taizu, "there is a grandson, there is no grandson", and the eldest son Zhu Changluo was required to be established as the prince, and resolutely opposed the Wanli Emperor to set up Zhu Changxun as the prince.

The monarch and the ministers fought for decades, resulting in more than 100 officials of the imperial court being dismissed and exiled, until the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601 AD), the Wanli Emperor was physically and mentally exhausted, and was forced to follow the advice of the courtiers, and set up the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, and at the same time set up the third son Zhu Changxun as the king of Fu.

However, in order to make up for Zhu Changxun's regret that he did not become the crown prince, Emperor Wanli used property to make up for it, and the Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang was ten times more luxurious and covered than the prince's mansion of the same kind; Zhu Changxun got married, and Emperor Wanli sent thirty taels of silver to the treasury at one time; When Zhu Changxun came to Luoyang to take up the domain, Emperor Wanli was ready to reward 40,000 hectares of fertile land at one time, but the entire land in Luoyang added up to less than 40,000 hectares......

The degree of favor of Zhu Changxun can be seen from this, even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Changxun is also the most powerful prince!

The Mandate of Heaven army entered Henan Mansion, Zhu Changxun saw that the situation was not right, and immediately asked Henan Governor Li Xianfeng for help, Li Xianfeng did not dare to slack off, and immediately led Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, the second deputy general of Henan Mansion, Wang Shaoyu to Luoyang for reinforcements.

However, the speed of the Mandate of Heaven's march was too fast, and in less than ten days, the various departments occupied Yiyang, Yanshi, Lingbao, Xin'an, Baofeng and other prefectures and counties, completing the siege of Luoyang.

Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, happened to come to Luoyang Province, and he was deeply worried in the face of the grim form, but in Luoyang City, the armament was very relaxed, the soldiers did not see the salary, and the morale was extremely low, so he wrote a letter to Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu:

"Three years of strange famine, unheard of. Villages and towns starved to death, and cities were killed and eaten. Bandits were entrenched everywhere, combined with tens of thousands of yin by Liukou, and even broke the three counties of Lushan, Jiaxian, and Yiyang, and within six days, even broke the two counties of Yiyang and Yongning. The thieves are surging, and the peeping is very urgent. Nothing is unbreakable, nothing is overcome. And the thoughts of the hungry people are in turmoil, and the disintegration of people's hearts is worrying. None of the soldiers in Futai came, although there were two soldiers of Cao and Yi, there was no food, and the battlemen at the head of the city were all ghost-shaped dove-faced and dying. There is nothing to worry about in the city, and there is a danger of exhausting eggs and morning dew......"

Zhu Changluo didn't care, defending the city was a matter of local civil and military affairs, what did he have to do with him, the vassal king? He didn't even reply to the letter, and directly rejected Lu Weiqi's suggestion.

Yinchang, the deputy envoy of the military garrison and the political counselor of Henan, was the highest civilian official in Luoyang City, and he could only take over the city defense, organize all the soldiers in the city, and closely monitor the rogues outside the city.

On the seventeenth day of the first month, Wang Shaoyu led the deputy general Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai to Luoyang, Wang Shaoyu asked to enter the city to defend the palace, Wang Yinchang did not dare to be self-dictatorated, Bingming blessed the king Zhu Changxun, Zhu Changxun refused to enter the city on the grounds that the city was too crowded and the grain and grass were insufficient.

Wang Yinchang understood Zhu Changxun's thoughts, since the reinforcements arrived, they should eliminate the rogue who was faintly visible outside the city, why did they enter the city instead? But he didn't dare to tell the truth, but replied to Wang Shaoyu that King Fu did not allow reinforcements to enter the city.

Wang Shaoyu was furious, he traveled hundreds of miles to reinforce Luoyang, and he slept in the wind along the way, and he couldn't even drink hot water.

Ignoring the advice of his subordinates, he forcibly took soldiers into the city, but Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai could only be stationed in Dongguan outside the city, and the Ming army in the city were horns against each other.

After Wang Shaoyu entered the city, he asked Wang Yinchang for food, Wang Yinchang told him that the food and salary in the city were extremely scarce, and his soldiers were not enough, only two meals a day, or half full, Wang Shaoyu refused to go to the city to guard on the grounds of long-distance travel and extreme fatigue of the soldiers, but went to the barracks to rest.

Wang Yinchang had no choice, so he had to let the soldiers in the city be stationed at each city gate, guard the west gate by himself, let the prefect Feng Yijun guard the south gate, the county magistrate Zhang Zhengxue guard the east gate, and the general sentence Bai Shangwen guarded the north gate.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zicheng came to Luoyang City, and all regiments arrived at the designated position and completed the encirclement of Luoyang City, Li Xin's independent regiment was stationed outside the east city, Liu Zongmin's second regiment was stationed outside the north city, Li Ji's first regiment was stationed outside the west city, and Li Zicheng personally led Fang Deng's 8,000 soldiers and horses to garrison outside the south city.

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai saw that there were many rogues and did not dare to go out of the camp to attack the enemy, so they all retreated in the camp and did not move, while sending rangers to investigate everywhere.

Outside the west and north city gates, respectively, the first regiment and the second regiment of the first battalion, the soldiers are equipped with rifles and mountain artillery, the greatest threat to the defenders on the city, the east and south, Li Xin and Fang Dengbu are formed after coming to Henan, the equipment is similar to the Ming army, in addition to the bow and arrow that is not very good at it, there are only melee knives and guns.

Li Xin was afraid of Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai of the Ming army stationed outside Dongguan, and did not dare to get too close to the city wall, but stationed at Qilihe, keeping a safe distance from Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, and there was also a distance of four or five miles from the city wall.

All the units have just arrived, only two hours apart, Li Zicheng has not yet issued a new combat order, Li Ji's department is still building a camp, the young and vigorous Liu Zongmin has already sent two hundred households of soldiers, arrived at the city, and watched the city from a place a hundred steps away.

At this time, the sun had set, and the figure was completely hidden behind the distant mountains, only a trace of clouds remained at the top of the mountain, and it looked like it was about to be eroded by the boundless darkness.

Bai Shangwen, like the soldiers, was also standing at the head of the city, and when he saw that there were only two hundred rogues, he didn't care, the number was too small, and he didn't carry siege equipment, so he should have come to inquire about the information.

"My lord, will the rogues attack the city at night?"

"Maybe!" Bai Shangwen has no experience in fighting with the Liukou, and he doesn't know the Liukou's temperament, "Prepare some torches at night, light up the moves, don't be attacked by the Liukou." ”

"Yes, my lord," the guards were about to give the order, thought for a while, and whispered: "My lord, every time the villain goes to give the order, the sergeants cry out that they are hungry and let them prepare for the field battle, in case they ask for a late night supper......"

Bai Shangwen suddenly tightened his brows, food is the biggest problem restricting combat effectiveness, he really doesn't understand, the imperial court continues to increase taxes, why the soldiers defending the city are not enough food, this increased tax, is it used in the war in Liaodong, or into private pockets?

The greed for ink has been banned repeatedly, but drinking the blood of soldiers like this, ruining the war of the imperial court, and causing the rogue to continue to sit big, should really be cut with a thousand knives!

Bai Shangwen does not have such power, but a person with such power will not act like this!

Bai Shangwen couldn't answer the words of his guards, so he could only cast his eyes on the rogue outside the city, only two hundred infantry, he dared to come to the city to show off his might, what happened to Daming? He really wanted to rush out of the city with his soldiers and serve the two hundred rogues in one pot so as to boost the morale of the city.

However, the main reason for the low morale in the city is still food, killing the rogues will not increase the city's grain reserves, and the fundamental problem is still difficult to solve.

Bai Shangwen asked the soldiers at the head of the city to prepare bows and arrows, if the Liukou got too close to the city wall, shoot them back directly, Luoyang is not an empty city, and the Liukou can't do whatever they want.

But Liukou stopped a hundred steps away, far from the range of the bow and arrow, Bai Shangwen was helpless, so he scolded in his heart: If you have the ability to get close to the city wall, if you don't beat you to cry your father and mother, you will follow Liukou in this life.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city seemed to sense Bai Shangwen's heart, and raised their rifles one after another, making a posture of aiming, Bai Shangwen was furious, what the hell are you doing with a fire gun pointing at Lao Tzu from such a distance? Some of them go fifty paces further, no, if they take forty paces, they will fall within the range of the bow and arrows.

Bai Shangwen was a little frustrated, if the city of Luoyang was equipped with a few red-clothed cannons, would Liukou dare to get so close? It's a pity that the imperial court has put all the advanced firearms into Liaodong, and I am afraid that only Kaifeng Fucheng will have a range of less than 1,000 steps......

"Bang, bang......"

This sudden gunfire startled Bai Shangwen, he thought that the soldiers at the head of the city were scared, and from such a distance, he shot with a firearm to strengthen his courage, and was about to shout a few words, but he heard a heart-rending scream from around him, turned his head and looked, as far as he could see, there were several soldiers holding their heads with their hands, a certain part above their chests and shoulders, rolling and shouting......

The sky was a little dark, and it was impossible to see whether these soldiers were bleeding, but from their terrible cries, Bai Shangwen immediately judged that the soldiers were not pretending, they were indeed injured!

What made Bai Shangwen even more speechless was that beside these wounded soldiers, there were two soldiers lying crookedly motionless, as if they were dead, Bai Shangwen's heart moved: It's not good, it must be the rogues under the city who are playing tricks......

Bai Shangwen was taken aback, how could he ...... Liukou from such a long distance? Could it be that the rogues played a trick, and these rogues only attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers, and some of the rogues approached the city wall?

Just when Bai Shangwen was in doubt, the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city started a new round of shooting, and the defenders continued to suffer casualties......

The rogue did not use a trick, this is bullying the officers and soldiers alive!

Bai Shangwen was very aggrieved, how could the rogue firearms be sharper than those of the imperial court? Such a range is simply against the sky...... In the face of casualties, he was very unwilling, but he had to issue a military discipline: "Hide behind the city wall immediately!" ”