Around Kaifeng Mansion, the people seem to feel the breath of war, and they have poured into the city, and the rogues go everywhere, burning, killing, and raping, doing everything, they know, even the lower-class people who have no floating wealth, and they dare not stay outside the city, at least there are female dependents at home.

Xiguan is not a pass, but a market town closest to the West City Gate, there are tea shops, taverns, etc. in the town, if you can afford to pay the silver, you can also find women, the people in the town, in addition to supporting themselves with the land, many people also open various shops, not only can earn some meager copper money to supplement the family, but also convenient for the guests who go to Kaifeng to do errands.

The tide of displaced people pouring into Kaifeng Mansion inevitably affected the stability of Xiguan, although the shadow of the Liukou was not seen, but Xiguan was already panicked, some timid and fearful people, quietly packed up their belongings, locked the door, and secretly followed the displaced people into the city.

On the twelfth day of February, when it was almost lunch, a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the west, and experienced people knew that they were war horses, otherwise the hooves would not have been so noisy, and there were obviously more than a hundred horses.

Some of the people changed their faces, they knew that the Liukou had cavalry, and they should have entered the city yesterday, and the Liukou's cavalry came, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to.

The people were frightened, but they didn't dare to go out of the town, and they were discovered by the rogues, who were dead ends, and how could a two-legged man outrun a four-legged brute?

To the great surprise of the people, this time the rogues did not plunder everywhere as the legend said, but drank tea in the tea shop, and what was even more surprising was that they also paid the poor money, and the owner did not dare to ask for it, but they gave it forcefully, no less than the usual tea money.

Among the people who were secretly observing, there was a careful person who finally discovered something strange, these cavalrymen were all wearing the armor of the Ming army, weren't they rogues?

But they are not like officers and soldiers, how can officers and soldiers give money when they drink tea?

In this world, everything is chaotic, but although drinking tea and giving money subverts the understanding of the people, it is a good thing for the people after all, so some people carefully crappy over and ask them if they are officers and soldiers.

The cavalry at the head, obviously an officer, immediately frowned, "The rogues are coming, why don't you enter the city?" Are you waiting for the rogues? ”

The people were terrified, and they were busy clearing up the relationship with the Liukou one by one, only saying that the rumors may not be true, and they did not receive a notice from the government, besides, their family is in Xiguan, if they enter the city, they have no food, no clothing and no housing, and sooner or later they will die, it is better to wait and see, maybe the Liukou will not dare to invade Kaifeng......

The cavalry officer kept frowning, obviously thinking about something, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face at this time, "I can tell you right now that the rogues have come, and we are going back to the city to deliver the letter!" ”

"Ah......h

The people were stunned, they didn't lie just now, because they didn't see the shadow of the Liukou, and they expected that the Liukou would not dare to invade a city like Kaifeng, it seems that someone had said that the Liukou who came this time was the Mandate of Heaven Army, and they did not rob the people, but who could fully believe it? If you don't rob the people, do you want to rob the officials?

The words of this cavalry officer shattered all their expectations at once!

The cavalry officer glanced at the scattered people, and there seemed to be a trace of unbearability in his eyes, "The Liukou is already within fifty miles, and in less than a day, he will come to Kaifeng City, you better go quickly, we just happened to stop by and can escort you into the city!" ”

"Will the military master really escort us?"

The cavalry officer nodded, "The military situation is urgent, we can't wait too long, a pot of tea, if you pack up, you can enter the city with us!" ”

"Let's go clean up ......"

Although the people are reluctant to have bottles and cans at home, but compared with life, everything is not important, a pot of tea, the people of Xiguan Town, there are already many people to help the old and the young, but also carry on their shoulders, with all the property they think may be used.

The officers of the cavalry did not break their promises, left the tea shop on time, and headed towards the west gate of Kaifeng, those who had not yet had time to clean up, naturally there was no need to wait, who let them not abide by the agreed time?

Xiguan Town is only more than ten miles away from the West Gate of Kaifeng, and after more than an hour, the cavalry surrounded the people of Xiguan Town, as well as the people who continued to join along the way, gathered into a flow of people and came to the West City Gate.

This cavalry officer is Li Zicheng's personal soldier from the thousand households official Lei Wanjun, he followed the instructions of the governor of the capital, with the first three hundred households of cavalry into the city, originally worried that he could not make money to open the city gate, when drinking tea in Xiguan Town, he had an idea, in the name of escorting the people, into the fleeing people.

Seeing the west gate wide open, Lei Wanjun was secretly happy in his heart, they were all wearing the armor of the Ming army, as long as the defenders were negligent for a while, they could seize the city gate, with a heart or not, the more than ten Ming troops at the city gate should be solved within half a pillar of incense.

As long as they hold on for a while, the cavalry of the Grand Governor will arrive, and the military merit of seizing the city gate is theirs!

Lei Wanjun's eyes unconsciously flashed with light, there were too many people at the city gate, and they were supporting the old and the young, carrying a large amount of property, and the movement was very slow, and in a quarter of an hour, it seemed that they had only advanced ten steps.

If this continues, can't you even enter the city tonight?

Lei Wanjun knew that once the sun set, the city would be closed, and the people who could not enter the city for a while could only spend the night outside the city, but their cavalry ...... In two hours at most, the Metropolitan Governor will come to the city, and if he can't enter the city, won't he fail the Metropolitan Governor's wishes in vain?

He was secretly anxious, and glanced at the pro-soldiers around him, and the pro-soldiers immediately pushed the people in front of him away, "Get out of the way, we have an urgent military report, let us enter the city first!" ”

Although the people fled in a hurry, how could they dare to fight with the officers and soldiers? Besides, these officers and soldiers are all cavalry, not to mention people, even war horses, which can trample them to death, and the people can't help but say, that is, to give way to both sides, and those who walk slowly, there are also people who are trampled by horses' hooves......

Lei Wanjun couldn't care about it, and walked quickly, and he was already close to the city gate.

The soldiers defending the city saw a group of cavalry caught in the midst of the people, because they were wearing the armor of officers and soldiers, they were not impressed at first, but when they saw that these people suddenly increased their speed and crossed the soldiers on both sides, obviously wanting to enter the city quickly, someone shouted at the head of the city: "Who are you?" ”

"Can't you see our armor?" Lei Wanjun shouted, his words were a little vague, the steps under his feet did not decrease, at this time he was less than a hundred steps away from the position of the suspension bridge, if it was not blocked by the people, he would be able to jump on the suspension bridge in a breath.

"Whose subordinates are you?" The chief flag officer guarding the city gate is a little strange, when did Kaifeng have such a mighty and majestic cavalry?

"We are the subordinates of Vice General Chen...... Lei Wanjun's voice was not loud, and he deliberately said vaguely, hoping to prevaricate the past, as long as he stepped on the drawbridge, even if it was just to rush over a few people, he could also use the speed advantage of the cavalry to kill the defenders at the city gate, and then put down the drawbridge, open the city gate, and everyone entered the city slowly.

The chief flag officer at the head of the city was stunned, and his heart was broken, if it was reinforcements from Shaanxi and Baoding, maybe there was this possibility, Vice General Chen was in Kaifeng City on weekdays, he knew, how could there be three or four hundred cavalry under him?

This must be a rogue's pretence!

The chief flag officer didn't know that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead instantly, and he hurriedly rushed to the drawbridge and shouted in the loudest voice: "Close the city gate quickly, they are rogues!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers in control of the drawbridge did not know what was happening, but the adults told them to close the city gates, and they had to obey the orders, besides, the adults' voices had changed, and it was obvious that there had been an accident, and the situation was very urgent.

The two soldiers quickly turned the support pole, tied the iron chain of the drawbridge, and wrapped it around the support pole little by little, and the drawbridge was also raised.

Lei Wanjun had approached the drawbridge under the city, and was about to step on the drawbridge, but suddenly found that the drawbridge was rapidly rising, leaving the bank of the moat, and was taken aback.

But it was still a step too late, one end of the suspension bridge had risen half a person high, even if the war horse was forced to jump up, the war horse could not stand firm, one end of the suspension bridge was high and the other end was low, and the war horse could not stand on it at all.

Lei Wanjun was angry, pulled out his waist knife, and pointed at the city head, "Bold, don't open the city gate yet?" If you miss the military situation, your head will move! I knew that my identity had been recognized, but I was still unwilling, I was only one or two steps away, and I was really annoyed in my heart.

When the chief flag officer guarding the city saw the cavalry, he was also a little weak in his heart, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Do you have a document to enter the city?" If there is a document, the villain should open the city, don't blame the adult, now the wind is tight, the villain has to be careful! ”

How could Lei Wanjun have a document to enter the city, he didn't even have information about the Ming army, he could only rely on the identity of the cavalry to make a false promise, and now his identity has been recognized, knowing that it is difficult to enter the city, he has to scold while quietly retreating backwards.

When the chief flag officer at the head of the city saw this, he was even more convinced of the identity of the cavalry, so he drew his waist knife and slashed forward, and said loudly: "These cavalrymen are pretending to be rogues, brothers, let go of arrows, roll wood and stones!" ”

A rain of arrows suddenly fell on the city, and rolling logs and stones were thrown high, regardless of the people around Lei Wanjun, Lei Wanjun knew that the sneak attack failed, and hurriedly retreated with his soldiers, leaving the range of bows and arrows as soon as possible.

The two soldiers couldn't retreat and were shot by stray arrows, but fortunately, the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven Army had armor to protect themselves, and they were not vital parts, so their lives should be worry-free.

There are not a few people who were hit by arrows and injured by rolling wood and stones under the city, and the people did not have any protective equipment on their bodies, and they dragged their children and daughters, and carried them on their shoulders, so they didn't even have time to dodge.

The screams of the people did not impress the defenders of the city in the slightest, and seeing that the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven had gone far away, the chief flag officer did not know where to transport the two Tiger Squat Cannons, and fired two cannons at each of the cavalry, until the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army were far away from the range of the Tiger Cannon, and then stopped firing.

Lei Wanjun waited until the cannon stopped, then reined in his horse, and turned around to see that the defenders at the head of the city were pointing and scolding at them, and there was a soldier who unbuckled his belt, took out a bird, and peed from the battlement of the city wall!