After Yang Sichang arrived in Xiangyang, he first summoned the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the first order was to take the bear

Subsequently, he sacrificed the sword of the Son of Heaven, and all the generals present panicked, it seems that this time the emperor has been furious and is ready to take them under the knife.

Looking at the sword that represented the authority of the Son of Heaven, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but feel a thrill and was scared half to death.

If it was placed in the past, the object of this sword would definitely not be himself, because he beat Zhang Xianzhong, and he never lost. is his current position as a general soldier, and he earned it because he constantly defeated Zhang Xianzhong.

But now it's different, I just suffered a defeat, and I lost all my official seals, can I be okay?

Zuo Liangyu was secretly praying in his heart, hoping that this supervisor could save his life, even if he was dismissed, he would admit it.

Seeing that one by one the generals were pulled out and beheaded, and the rest of the lesser crimes were also dismissed, Zuo Liangyu's heart continued to sink, nervously waiting for the same fate to befall him.

As a result, everyone's names were clicked by Yang Sichang, those who should be killed were killed, and those who should be removed were dismissed, but Zuo Liangyu's name was not named.

At this moment, Inspector Yang read slowly: "Zuo Liangyu." ”

"The last general!"

Zuo Liangyu hurriedly responded respectfully, gave a military salute, and his voice trembled.

It's time to come, but it's still coming after all.

Unexpectedly, Yang Sichang just looked at him for a while, and said, "This official has something to give you." ”

After the words fell, I saw Yang Sichang glance at the pro-soldier, and the pro-soldier took a yellow cloth bag and handed it to Zuo Liangyu.

When Zuo Liangyu saw this yellow cloth package, he could already guess what was inside, it should be the official seal.

Yang Sichang spoke up again: "Lord Zuo, open it and take a look." ”

Zuo Liangyu's hands trembled, and he carefully opened the cloth bag, confirming his guess, it was the official seal. But when he saw the words engraved on the official seal, his heart began to tremble, and he was very excited.

Because what Yang Sichang brought to him was not the official seal of the general soldier, but the seal of the general of the thief!

Zuo Liangyu immediately knelt down for Yang Sichang and solemnly promised: "The lower official has to be loved by Lord Yang, and he will do his best to break the enemy army!" ”

"Well, that's very good!"

Yang Sichang nodded with satisfaction and personally helped the other party up from the ground. He felt that the only one he could rely on now was such a general.

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"Boom-"

Cizhou City, the siege began again.

Except for the first few days, Hong Chengchou worked particularly hard to attack the city, and basically did not work at other times. There is no way, Li Xiuwen relies on the strong city to defend it, and the troops are sufficient, so it is difficult to break through this city at all.

Hong Chengchou finally understood, this Li Xiuwen does have two tricks, people mainly use firearms, and they don't fight with you head-on in the field, but rely on the strong city to suppress firepower, and it is difficult for him to make an inch at all.

The Ming army has been constantly attacking the city during this period of time, and has suffered heavy losses, Hong Chengchou finally did not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore, and seriously regarded Li Xiuwen as his opponent.

He can obviously perceive that Li Xiuwen is different from other rebel armies, he never plays any mobile combat with you, and completely relies on the city to defend it, as long as he does not increase his troops to attack the city, it will not be a problem for the other party to defend it for a few months.

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to change to a feint attack to attract Li Xiuwen's attention as much as possible.

If the news comes back and Zhu Lunkun accepts the appeasement and becomes his internal response, this Cizhou City will be broken immediately. If Zhu Lunkun does not accept the appeasement, then he can only send someone to the imperial court or Yang Sichang for help.

As long as another 10,000 people are added, Hong Chengchou believes that he will be able to break through the city and defeat Li Xiuwen, although the casualties may be large, but as long as he wins, the court will not pursue it.

It's really unlucky to say it, when Hong Chengchou attacked the city the first day, before he fired a few cannons, a Hongyi cannon exploded, killing many of his own people, what a big "good start"!

Li Xiuwen doesn't have this kind of trouble for him, although this Franc cannon is not as powerful and range as the Hongyi cannon, but fortunately, it is not easy to explode, and the time interval between firing is also short.

Li Xiuwen brought out three Franc cannons from the capital, and the red-clothed cannons were too heavy, so he didn't bother to bring them. Later, he blew up one of Sun Chuanting's Franc cannons and captured the remaining two.

Now, a batch of gunpowder has been secretly bought from the capital, and with these five Franc cannons and bird guns to defend the city, it is basically no problem.

Cizhou City is not like a small county town like Yanjin County, the city wall defense is still okay, and Li Xiuwen learned the march route of the Ming army in advance from the intelligence, so he found someone to strengthen the city defense of Cizhou City again early. As long as he braces up his spirit and takes the war seriously, it will be difficult for Hong Chengchou to enter in a short period of time.

The siege campaign lasted several hours, and Hong Chengchou withdrew his troops again.

Li Xiuwen's heart is dripping blood, this war is all about silver, and the cost of raising soldiers is very different. The soldiers who defended the city were wounded or killed, and they all needed to be paid a large sum of money to pay compensation. These days, the money has been spent like water.

However, Li Xiuwen is confident that the Ming Dynasty is definitely far inferior to himself financially, and if he really wants to fight for a month, Zhu Youzhen is afraid that he will be even more distressed than himself, and he will not be able to pay the money at that time, and it is possible that the enemy army will mutiny.

Li Xiuwen is a little gloating, if he sticks to it for three or five months, I'm afraid that Zhu Youzhen will have to take off his pants, right?

At this moment, the news from Kaifeng came over. Cizhou City is not small, Hong Chengchou's troops are insufficient, and it is impossible to surround this city at all, and it is not difficult for Li Xiuwen to know the news outside.

A personal soldier came to him and reported to him about the "Emperor Shuide". Li Xiuwen couldn't help but be stunned, which guy did this?

Did I ever say I wanted to be emperor, or did I show it?

But think about it carefully, I have rebelled, and I have been training troops in Henan, if I don't want to be the emperor, I'm afraid no one wants to believe it, right?

He shook his head with a smile and said, "It's just a trick to deceive those ignorant people, and such nonsense can bluff people?" ”

"General Lee's words are wrong."

A Taoist priest who was short in stature, wearing a shabby Taoist robe, and looked nearly forty years old, appeared at the door, smiled and arched his hand: "Poor Dao Song Xice, I have come to visit the general!" ”

Li Xiuwen was stunned and blurted out, "Who are you and how did you get in?" ”

Song Xiance stroked his beard and smiled, and said pleasantly: "Poor Dao wants to come in, so naturally he comes in." ”

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PS: Thanks to "Choonjin" for the tip! (To be continued.) )