On the first day of the siege, although there was no improvement, the Mandate of Heaven army defeated Ding Qirui's 3,000 reinforcements and captured more than 1,000 Ming troops.

The most important thing is that the morale of the Mandate of Heaven Army has been boosted through this great victory, and Li Zicheng will quickly inform the garrisons of the various city gates that he will defeat Ding Qirui's troops.

The defenders of the North City Gate witnessed the fiasco of the Ming Army outside the city, and Ding Qirui also had a conflict with Wang Xie over the closure of the city gate......

Compared with the Mandate of Heaven Army, the morale of the Ming army has declined sharply!

Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, heard that Ding Qirui was defeated outside the northern city, and sent Li Yingchun, the chief of Zuo, to reprimand him severely, and in order to appease the soldiers, he took out 20,000 taels of silver, all of which were bought to buy pancakes, and rewarded the defenders at the head of each city.

The soldiers defending the city did lack food and clothing, but food could not replace combat effectiveness, and the morale of the Ming army did not improve significantly, and the soldiers in the north of the city even appeared in a fear of war.

For two days in a row, the Mandate of Heaven army continued to attack the city, the main direction of attack was still Caomen in the north of the city and the east of the city, to the afternoon of the 26th, there were many dangerous situations in the north of the city, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven army killed the head of the city many times, and the main battlefield of the two sides was even the head of the city, and it was no longer the battlement of the ladder and the daughter wall.

Wang Xie couldn't do it, so he personally went to ask Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, for help.

Zhu Gongyu naturally did not defend the city in person, what he could help defend the city was the money and grain stored in the palace.

This time, Zhu Gongfang did not skimp on silver, he immediately took out 50,000 taels of silver, and Li Yingchun escorted him to the north of the city.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men!

Not only the soldiers in the north of the city, but also the rangers in the city, also took the initiative to participate in the defense of the city, and they fought for the silver.

By the evening, Li Yingchun had distributed a total of more than 30,000 taels of silver, and the north of the city was gradually turning from danger to safety.

The Mandate of Heaven Army did not give up, and on the 27th, the Mandate of Heaven Army increased its offensive at the same time in the Caomen, North Gate, West Gate, and North and South directions, and only the offensive at the East Gate was slightly weaker.

In the first two days of the attack, every sunset, the Mandate of Heaven Army collected its troops and returned to the camp, but from today onwards, all units of the Mandate of Heaven Army took turns to attack the city, day and night, and the defenders were miserable.

Niu Jinxing saw that there had been no progress in the siege, so he found Li Zicheng, who was supervising the battle outside the northern city, and said, "Governor, can you use gunpowder to blow up the city gate?" Haven't the Mandate of Heaven used this trick before? Now the morale of the defenders in the city is low, as long as the city gate can be opened, the morale of the defenders in the city can collapse in an instant! ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy, all the gates in Kaifeng are heavy iron gates," Li Zicheng frowned lightly, "However, you can try it and prepare more gunpowder bags!" ”

"Subordinates, let's try it!" Niu Venus saluted and ran quickly forward.

The siege continued, and Li Ziming saw that the gunners began to shoot at the head of the city, covering the four soldiers to enter the city gate hole, but in the time of half a pillar of incense, a loud noise was heard, which startled the soldiers who were fighting, and unconsciously stopped the swords and guns in their hands.

Li Zicheng was full of expectations for a while, in case the gunpowder bag exploded the city gate, as long as the Heavenly Mandate Army entered the city, the defenders would lose the will to fight......

After a while, Niu Jinxing came over sweating profusely, approached Li Zicheng, and shook his head gently, "Dadu Governor, the soldiers used six gunpowder packs, but the city gate did ......not move at all."

Li Zicheng was not much disappointed, he had no intention of succeeding! Still, he was inspired.

The last time he attacked Kaifeng, Niu Jinxing made a suggestion to let the soldiers chisel the city wall, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful.

If you chisel through the outside of the stone and then put a powder pack, can you use the powder bag to blow up a section of the wall, or a large hole in the wall......

Niu Jinxing listened to Li Zicheng's suggestion and hurriedly said: "Dadu Governor's idea is good, if the city wall is blown up, we can at least get the opportunity to fight with the Ming army on the ground......"

Without further ado, Niu Venus immediately went to give the order and tried it on the northern city wall.

The siege has been continuing, even at night, and often hear the fighting and shouting of the soldiers on the two sides, and the north city wall is close to the corner of Caomen, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are chiseling down the bricks of the city wall with wooden planks.

Li Zicheng left the north of the city and walked around the city with his own soldiers, exchanging views with the commanders of various battalions and regiments, and even went to the wounded barracks to visit the wounded soldiers.

Although the Mandate of Heaven Army was frustrated, its morale did not fall, at least the Mandate Army held the initiative in the war, and could choose to attack the city, or choose to give up and temporarily withdraw from the siege.

On the 29th, the last day of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Mandate of Heaven army was still attacking the city, and the main direction of attack turned from the north gate to Caomen, and Li Xin sent two regiments of soldiers to attack Caomen with all his might.

The sound of killing shook the sky, and casualties were everywhere......

In Kaifeng City, even ordinary people have no intention of welcoming the new yuan, and the rich businessmen and eunuchs are even more sad, in case the army breaks through Kaifeng City, everyone knows that the rogue will definitely wreak havoc on the city!

Seeing that the situation in Caomen was critical, Li Guangli, the president of the Caomen Zuo Society, took out the only thousand copper coins in his family and temporarily recruited strong men in the city.

The hungry people in the city responded, and dozens of strong men were recruited that afternoon.

After dark, Niu Jinxing asked the soldiers to put gunpowder packets in the wall holes of the north city wall, but unfortunately, the power of the gunpowder packs was too small, and even the soil layer was not completely exploded, Niu Jinxing reported to Li Zicheng with a gray face, "Dadudu, the inner layer of the city wall is still a stone, and the gunpowder can't explode at all......

Li Zicheng knew that the current black # gunpowder was too powerful, and it was basically impossible to blow up the thick city wall, "Forget it, let's use conventional methods to attack the city, where are the reinforcements of the Ming army?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Yang Wenyue's troops have not yet crossed the Yellow River, and Wang Qiaonian's troops have not yet left Tongguan," Niu Jinxing said: "It's Zuo Liangyu's department, which has arrived in Suizhou, close to the border of Henan, Dadu Governor, do you want to be stationed in Xinyang Prefecture Yang Chenhu to intercept it for a while?" ”

Li Zicheng said lightly: "How many people does Zuo Liangyu have?" ”

"Forty thousand!"

"Only 40,000?" Li Zicheng frowned lightly and said, "Doesn't Zuo Liangyu's department have more than 100,000 soldiers?" ”

"Zuo Liangyu's territory is in Huguang, this time he came to Henan, but to reinforce Kaifeng, he has always been very obedient to the dispatch, probably not want the whole division to attack," Niu Jinxing said: "Besides, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers have always been filled with people, the purpose is to defraud the court to get food!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled coldly and said, "Then don't intercept him, let him come to Henan, the governor of Pontus wants to see what the combat effectiveness of Zuo Liangyu's department is!" ”

The Mandate of Heaven Army had already seen Yang Wenyue's Baoding Army, and had also fought with the Shaanxi Army, and the only one that did not clash head-on was Zuo Liangyu's department.

According to the current development situation, sooner or later the two sides will have to fight a decisive battle, a decisive battle on the boundary of Henan, the Mandate of Heaven Army occupies a geographical advantage, and does not need long-distance supplies, which is extremely beneficial to the Mandate of Heaven Army.

If Zuo Liangyu's department can be defeated, even if Kaifeng City can't be taken, the harvest of the Heavenly Mandate Army will not be small.

"Metropolitan Governor, if Zuo Liangyu quickly breaks through to Henan, will it affect our capture of Kaifeng?" Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "According to the information of the Han Qing Bureau, Zuo Liangyu not only disobeys the dispatch of the imperial court, but also often kills good people and deceives the imperial court of food and silver. ”

Li Zicheng really can't say for sure about this kind of thing, he doesn't know Zuo Liangyu, the opponent of the Mandate of Heaven Army in Henan, mainly Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, and the trilateral governor of Shaanxi, Zuo Liangyu will meet the Mandate of Heaven Army on the battlefield for the first time.

Li Zicheng said lightly: "Let's take a look at the situation first, Zuo Liangyu's department is an officer and soldier after all!" ”

The corners of Niu Jinxing's mouth moved, and he hesitated for a moment, but he didn't speak.

Li Zicheng smiled: "Mr. Niu, is there anything else to say?" ”

"Metropolitan Governor ......" Niu Jinxing bowed and said carefully: "My subordinates received a message from the Hanqing Bureau, Wang Qiaonian ......"

"What's wrong with Wang Qiaonian?" Li Zicheng knew that Niu Jinxing hesitated, there must be some important information.

"Before Wang Qiaonian left the customs, he ordered someone to pick up the ancestral tomb of the Dadu Governor," Niu Jinxing said in a dumb voice: "It is said that it is going to break the feng shui of the Dadu Governor's family......"

Geomancy? Li Zicheng's heart was furious, his blood continued to surge, and his face became ruddy for a while.

Perhaps because he felt that his face was hot, he slowly closed his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and suppressed the rapidly surging blood and qi a little, but he was still very excited in his heart, and he couldn't wait to split Wang Qiaonian in half with a knife!

Hatred together, qi and blood are surging again......

Li Zicheng didn't think about anything for the time being, and after a long time, he felt that his qi and blood were smooth, and he touched his cheek with his hand, and he had recovered to normal temperature, before he slowly opened his eyes.

Wang Qiaonian, a despicable and shameless villain, miscellaneous!

Don't hit people in the face, don't dig up graves when you insult people!

Li Zicheng doesn't care much about feng shui, and his "Li Zicheng" is not the real "Li Zicheng", but this Wang Qiaonian is really doing things to cut off his children and grandchildren.

If you have the ability to come to Henan, let's see each other on the battlefield with real knives # real guns, and if you don't have the ability, go home and hug your grandson as soon as possible.

Such a filthy villain, staying is also a scourge!

When you hear the name, it makes people feel disturbed.

Li Zicheng squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Kill!" ”

He has always disliked killing, especially opponents on the battlefield, the Mandate of Heaven lacks civil and military officials, as long as the opponents are not heinous people and can abide by the laws of the Mandate of Heaven, he is willing to accept them, even if they are aliens.

There will always be winners and losers in wars, and the victors have many reasons to win, and the losers also have historical reasons for their defeats.

Success or failure turns empty, and victory or defeat is not judged by heroes!

Niu Jinxing had never seen Li Zicheng so angry, lest he disrupt the operational deployment of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Grand Du, the Heavenly Mandate Army is besieging Kaifeng...... If you talk about reinforcements, it is estimated that Zuo Liangyu's department was the first to arrive on the battlefield! ”

"Sir, don't need to be reminded, I understand," Li Zichang breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a gloomy face: "I will not affect the Heavenly Mandate Army because of my personal likes and dislikes, Wang Qiaonian is about to leave the customs, he will always come to Henan, I can afford to wait!" ”