On the second day of the first month, the Mandate of Heaven army began to besiege Chengtian City, Fengtian Battalion first set off from Xianling, divided troops to surround the west and south of the city, the seventh battalion set off from the White Deer Temple, approached the east city gate, the cavalry of the first battalion, although there was no intention of attacking the city, but also left the Pumen Temple, outside the north city to show off their might, Liu Yunshui also divided the first regiment of Lei Wan Army Department to patrol around, even if the Ming army in the city escaped from the city, it could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry.

The storm and clouds are suddenly rising, the big war is coming, and the cold envelops Chengtian City.

According to the original deployment in the city, civil and military officials have come to the city to act as temporary commanders, Huguang Governor Song Yihe, Xingdu left behind to guard the capital Shen Shouchong, aid the general soldier Wen Ruzhen, garrison Wang Zizhao respectively guard the east, south, west, and north four gates.

Song Yihe was dressed in military uniform, standing at the head of Dongcheng, the breeze blowing, sending a cold air, goosebumps on his face, but he didn't realize it.

Looking at the countless Heavenly Mandate troops outside the city, he had a trace of fear in his heart, there were many Liukou like carp crossing the river, Xianling was lost, how long could Chengtian hold on?

Xianling has been lost, what is the significance of sticking to Chengtian? The loss of the Xianling Tomb is not a light crime, and the court will definitely not ignore it.

There are at least tens of thousands of rogues outside the city, but the defenders inside the city are ......

Song Yihe wished that he could grow a pair of wings like a bird, jumped out of the city, broke the Kyushu military flag of the Liukou, and then threw it into the furnace to burn it.

It's all Zuo Liangyu!

If Zuo Liangyu's 200,000 troops could stay in Chengtian, how could Xianling be lost? How could Chengtian be besieged by the rogues?

Up to now, Song Yihe's only hope is that the combat effectiveness of the Liukou is not too strong, as long as Chengtian is held, the Liukou will inevitably retreat, and Xianling will return.

I don't know what the destroyed city of Xianling looks like, the emperor knows about Xianling, and he will definitely not give up!

"Hey......" Song Yihe let out a long sigh, seeing that the Liukou was gradually approaching the city, he hurriedly reminded the soldiers to get ready.

Half of the more than 1,000 defenders at the head of the city were equipped with birds, and the other half were picking up bows and arrows, and as long as the rogues got closer and came into range of the birds' guns and arrows, they would not hesitate to meet them.

But the Liukou stopped a hundred steps away, Song Yihe didn't see the Liukou carrying the ladder for the siege, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, the Liukou is a bluff, although there are many people, but most of them are coerced by a lot of people, the momentum is very large, and the combat effectiveness is far lower than that of the officers and soldiers!

Song Yihe hurriedly felt strange that in Liukou's hand, instead of a knife and gun, a long pole, similar to a bird gun of officers and soldiers, Liukou was holding this strange weapon to aim at the city.

Separated by a distance of 100 steps, Song Yihe was not worried, but he thought in his heart: Could it be that all the soldiers of Liukou are equipped with firearms? Where did the rogue come from?

If it is captured in the war, the number will not be large, look at the rogue under the city, the fire gun is very neat, is this the main force of the rogue bandit?

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Suddenly, a strange sound sounded from under the city, similar to the sound of the fire gun, but somewhat different.

Song Yihe leaned behind the daughter wall, poked out half of his head from the battlement, and suddenly a missile hit the daughter wall, and with a "bang", it rebounded back to the city.

Song Yihe was taken aback, a distance of a hundred paces, how could Liukou's firearm shoot to the head of the city? He had already understood that what hit the city wall must have been a bullet fired by the Rogue Fire Gun!

He quickly retreated behind the parapet, hiding himself completely.

By this time the city was in disarray, and many of the soldiers had fallen in an instant, with only a trace of strength left, and they either rolled all over the ground or let out desperate screams.

The rest of the soldiers also had the same thoughts as Song Yihe, they didn't have time to rescue their companions, but hid their bodies and never dared to look at the city again.

Song Yihe was shocked, it was only a moment, and before the Liukou attacked the city, the officers and soldiers suffered more than 100 casualties...... What kind of firearm does the Rogue use? How is it so sharp?

The sound of "bang, bang" came from under the city from time to time, but it was not as dense and sparse as it was just now.

Song Yihe arranged for the soldiers to observe, and on the other hand, he rescued the wounded soldiers and temporarily took them out of the city.

Seeing that the defenders were all cowering behind the city wall and didn't dare, Song Yihe's heart tightened, the soldiers were hiding like this, how could they shoot at the city?

Sure enough, the voice of the observing soldier came: "My lord, the rogues carried out the ladder, they should be about to attack the city......

In the northern city, it is easiest to garrison Wang Zizhao.

Although there were tens of thousands of cavalry outside the city, they did not dismount to attack the city, and the rogues were all on horseback, as if they were just watching, and occasionally released two arrows at the head of the city, but they did not even touch the city wall.

They did not dismount, nor did they have ladders to siege the city.

Up and down the city, there was only confrontation, no fighting.

The soldiers knew in their hearts that the Liukou would not use expensive cavalry to attack the city, as long as they stayed in the city, they would be safe, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven did not know what they were thinking, they were just wandering outside the city, and they had no intention of attacking the city at all.

The eastern, western, and southern city gates kept sending out urgent messages, and Wang Zizhao gritted his teeth and had to send reinforcements to the cities.

There were originally a thousand soldiers in Beicheng, and after several reinforcements, Wang Zizhao only had less than three hundred soldiers left in his hands, which was completely for show, if tens of thousands of soldiers from the Heavenly Mandate Army attacked the city, the city gate would soon be lost.

Liu Yunshui did not attack the city, but the city gate was still lost.

The remaining soldiers were basically Wang Zizhao's cronies, and Wang Zizhao directly ordered the city gate to be opened.

When Liu Yunshui's cavalry entered the city, they did not delay too much at the city gate, as if they were going home, and everything fell into place.

Wang Zizhao stood on the right side of the city gate, bowed his hand to the cavalry entering the city, and said with a smile: "Which one is General Liu?" ”

"Down there is Liu Yunshui!" Liu Yunshui arched his hand on horseback and said, "You are Lord Garrison King?" ”

"It's just that!" Wang Zizhao said with a smile: "On behalf of the people in the city, welcome the Heavenly Mandate Army into the city, General Liu, please here!" ”

Liu Yunshui laughed and said, "Do the people in the city welcome the Heavenly Mandate Army very much?" ”

"That's nature!" Wang Zizhao took a pennant from the soldier's hand, and asked the soldier to hold the other two corners, fully unfolding.

Liu Yunshui took a closer look and saw that the red flag was embroidered with four big white characters "Greeting the King", and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile, did the people really welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army? The Governor is not king!

His heart suddenly moved, the Heavenly Mandate Army had already occupied several provinces, and the Metropolitan Governor should also be called the king and emperor, right?

Wang Zizhao asked the soldiers to fold the pennant and give it to Liu Yunshui with both hands, "General Liu is the first army to enter the city, so it means that the Heavenly Mandate Army has accepted a piece of the people's hearts!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Liu Yunshui took the pennant and handed it to the soldiers behind him, and then he bowed his hand to Wang Zizhao, "Lord Wang, I must take down the city gates as soon as possible, and go back to talk to Lord Wang!" ”

"General Liu, please!" Wang Zizhao took two steps back and completely let out the city gate.

Liu Yunshui led two regiments of more than 10,000 cavalry, quickly took over the north city gate, and then advanced to the other three city gates.

When Li Zicheng entered the city through the east gate, the city was basically calm, with only sporadic gunfire.

The battle was over, and the streets were filled with civilians, more than the soldiers of the Providence Army.

Li Zicheng smiled secretly, I don't know if it was the mobilization of the Han Qing Bureau that did a good job, or the message that Qian Zhongxuan secretly walked around the city with the Mandate of Heaven, maybe it was a combination of the two?

Since the army was already pacifying the people in the city, Li Zicheng simply asked them to do it, and he took his own soldiers through several streets to the Hindu in the city to stay at the Siyamen.

There were four soldiers in front of the yamen, two on the left and one on the left, and when they saw Li Zicheng, they all knelt on the ground, "Dadu Governor!" ”

"No need to be polite, let's all get up!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Are Yunshui there?" ”

"General Liu and General Ma are here, and there are many captured civil and military officials!"

Li Zicheng nodded, and only took He Mi and a hundred personal soldiers into the yamen, and most of the soldiers stayed outside the yamen.

Just turned the corner, met Liu Yunshui, and said with a smile: "Yunshui, what did you gain from entering the city this time?" ”

"The Grand Duke?" Liu Yunshui laughed and asked the soldiers behind him to bring the pennant over, "Metropolitan Governor, this is handed over to his subordinates by the garrison Wang Zizhao, saying that the people in the city welcome the Heavenly Mandate Army into the city!" ”

Li Zicheng unfolded it and looked at it, and laughed unconsciously, "Master Wang? Yes, it is the king's division, although the Mandate of Heaven Army did not call the king the emperor, but the Mandate of Heaven Army's governor's mansion is subject to heaven, and it is the royal road, and the people are naturally welcome! ”

Liu Yunshui originally wanted to persuade Li Zicheng to take this opportunity to be the king, which could be regarded as conforming to the name, but Li Zicheng explained in another way, and the "royal road" seemed to be more accurate, so he dispelled his original idea and said: "Governor Dadu, this time the cavalry entered the city from the north gate and raided the other three gates, including the prefect's yamen and the Xingdu Yamen, but many civil and military officials were arrested. ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng smiled: "Who are they?" ”

"The garrison Wang Zizhao took the initiative to open the city gate and receive the Heavenly Mandate Army into the city," Liu Yunshui's eyes flashed with excitement, and he hurriedly said: "Among the arrested officials, there are Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, Shen Shouchong, the secretary of the Xingdu Guard, Zhang Fengzhuo, the deputy envoy of the sub-patrol, Wen Ruzhen, the general soldier of the aid and suppression, Zhang Guoyun, the general judge, Wang Ming, the prefect of Chengtian, Xiao Han of Zhong Xiangzhi County, and Yang Yongyu, the doctor of Qintianjian, ......"

Li Zicheng laughed, "Good guy, are you serving the civil and military forces in the city?" ”

"I'm afraid that the civil and military forces in the city didn't expect the Heavenly Mandate Army to break the city so quickly, and when the cavalry entered the city, they couldn't run if they wanted to," Liu Yunshui scratched the tips of his hair and said with a sneer: "I haven't seen the main officials commit suicide and martyrdom in the city, the governor of the capital, the people's aspirations, and the general trend ......."

Niu Jinxing stepped forward, arched his hand and said: "The civil and military forces in the city have been arrested by General Liu, and the Metropolitan Governor, so you don't have to worry about Chengtianfu," after a pause, he said: "The Metropolitan Governor, do you want to summon them alone?" ”

Li Zicheng pondered that the rapid expansion of the Heavenly Mandate Army in Huguang did require a large number of magistrates, but the Heavenly Mandate Army was no longer what it used to be, and it was not as difficult as it was when it was in Xining.

The Providential Destiny Army has made a name for itself, and Shilin will make the right choice!

He glanced at Niu Jinxing and said, "Mr. Niu, these people will be handed over to you, don't be too reluctant, let them make their own decisions!" ”

Niu Jinxing bowed up and said, "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor, Xianling and Chengtian Mansion are lost, do they still have a way out?" When you return to Jingshi, you will also die! ”

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