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The night is like an invisible mental net, gradually enveloping Luoyang City, and also covering up some of the inherent thoughts in people's hearts.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven, after achieving limited success, left the city, returned to the camp with great strength, and reported the battle to Liu Zongmin in person.

The Ming army camp in Dongguan has been lit up, and the main generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai are relatively speechless, Liu Jianyi wants to borrow wine to relieve his sorrows, but unfortunately there is not a drop of wine in the camp, not only is there no wine, but even food is a problem, and their military food has long been consumed on the march.

I thought that when I arrived in Luoyang, everything would be fine, after all, I was counting on them to defend Luoyang City, but Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, was stunned and did not let them enter the city, and sent people to ask for food, either prevaricating the lack of food in the city, or directly not replying.

Liu Jianyi glanced at Luo Tai sideways, and also had a sad face, knowing that he didn't have any good ideas, thousands of troops, the food needed was either a small amount, even if it was looting, and there was no place to find it.

The space of the big tent was too small, and the atmosphere was very depressing, Liu Jianyi suddenly punched the square table, "Damn, play Lao Tzu like a monkey!" ”

Luo Tai hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "General Liu, be cautious, you must prevent the wall from having ears!" ”

"What am Lao Tzu afraid of? There is no food and the soldiers do not rebel? This is all what they forced Lao Tzu to do, and they can't complain about Lao Tzu! Liu Jianyi's face was tigerish, and his voice did not drop at all.

Luo Tai frowned, and said carefully: "General Liu, this is ......"

Liu Jianyi's eyes were already shining, "Does General Luo dare?" ”

"General Liu......"

"I'm fed up, it's better to go to the Liukou, at least don't worry about food," Liu Jianyi sighed and said, "I'm a general, I only know how to fight!" ”

"If General Liu passes, can Liukou give you the position of general?" Luo Tai's face was full of sadness, he was also worried about food, without food, he couldn't let the soldiers go hungry to fight, and if he didn't do it, there would be a mutiny......

Liu Jianyi shook his head lightly, "This...... I can't take care of it, there are Mandate Army ...... everywhere outside the city."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, Luo Tai was startled, and looked at Liu Jianyi, Liu Jianyi shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

"Your Excellency!"

"Who?"

"My lord, there's a message from the Ranger!"

Liu Jianyi relieved his heart, glanced at Luo Tai, and nodded lightly, "Come in!" ”

A ranger lifted the curtain of the tent and knelt on the ground, "My lord, the rogues have launched a tentative attack from the north gate!" ”

"The Rogue is attacking the city so soon?" Liu Jianyi was taken aback, since the Liukou dared to attack the city, why didn't he come to attack his big tent? Perhaps, the decisive battle with the rogues would not be too long, he stared at the back of the ranger and said in a deep voice, "How many soldiers have the rogues dispatched?" The result? ”

Luo Tai was also full of doubts, however, he could estimate the result, if the Liukou broke through the North City Gate, even if Luoyang City was taken, the rangers would definitely not report the military situation so lightly.

Sure enough, the ranger said: "The Liukou only dispatched two hundred soldiers and fired at the city with fire # guns, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties, but the Liukou did not carry siege equipment, obviously it was only a tentative attack......"

"How's the casualties?" Liu Jianyi estimated that the officers and men should not go out of the city, and the officers and men would not take the risk of attacking until the situation was unclear.

"Casualties?" The ranger was stunned for a moment, and then said: "There should be no casualties among the rogues, and the villain did not see the defenders fight back......"

Luo Tai hurriedly said: "Why don't the defenders fight back?" Is it because they are afraid of the rogue, or that they have reached some kind of agreement with the rogue? ”

"The rogues are not within range of the bow and arrow, and there is no artillery in the city, so they can't fight back......"

"What?" Liu Jianyi almost took the case, he stared at the ranger with a vicious gaze, as if the ranger was the culprit, "Since it didn't come within the range of the bow and arrow, why did the defenders suffer heavy casualties?" Could it be that the range of the rogue's fire # gun is even greater than that of a bow and arrow? Or did the rogues use artillery to siege the city? No, I didn't hear the sound of artillery at all just now! ”

"The firearms of the rogues are indeed sharp, and the villain doesn't know what kind of firearms the rogues use......

Luo Tai's eyes rolled and he said to the ranger: "The battle outside the northern city, did you see it with your own eyes?" ”

"It was the villain who saw it with his own eyes, in addition to the villain, there were three brothers in Beicheng at that time, and they also witnessed the battle......"

Luo Tai waved his hand and let him ride down, but his eyes became deeper, and after a long time, he glanced at Liu Jianyi, and Liu Jianyi muttered: "Could it be that the firearms of the rogue are sharper than those of the imperial court?" Where did they get these firearms? It must be those eunuchs who sold the latest firearms to the rogues for money! ”

"General Liu, I'm afraid that's not the case," Luo Tai shook his head, "According to the rangers, the rogue shot at the head of the city from a hundred paces outside the city, does the imperial court have this kind of firearm?" If there are such firearms, even if they are all thrown into Liaodong, we will not be ignorant in the slightest! ”

"What does General Luo mean......"

Luo Tai stopped talking, looked at Liu Jianyi, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "What General Liu said just now ......"

"General Luo is talking about defecting to the Heavenly Mandate Army?"

"Does General Liu have an old relationship with the Mandate of Heaven Army outside the city?"

"No," Liu Jianyi shook his head, "Don't hide it from General Luo, I came to Luoyang, only to know that it was the Heavenly Mandate Army that was going to attack Luoyang, and then I knew the existence of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

Luo Tai's eyebrows were deeply locked, and he looked worried, "Since General Liu has nothing to do with the Heavenly Mandate Army, why do you want to join the Heavenly Mandate Army?" In case the army is not allowed to ......"

Liu Jianyi also felt that he was a little reckless, in case the army refused to take him in, or killed his brothers, wouldn't he be wronged at that time? "General Nayro's ......"

"Originally, I didn't dare to say it, since General Liu asked me ......," Luo Tai said this, and suddenly paused.

Liu Jianyi slapped the square table and said hurriedly: "At this time, then between me, I am completely a grasshopper tied to the same rope, what else can't I say?" It's all burning eyebrows......"

Only then did Luo Tai say slowly: "You and I will each send one person to secretly go to the nearest Heavenly Mandate Army camp to test it......"

Liu Jianyi was very happy in his heart, or Luo Tai was thoughtful, and secretly sent someone over, first to find out the information of the Heavenly Mandate Army, especially the source of firearms, in case the Heavenly Mandate Army did not allow it, the relationship between this side and Luoyang has not yet been torn apart, and there is still room for retreat!

He bowed his hand to Luo Tai, "General Luo is still thoughtful, if it is according to my temper, it will almost make a mistake......"

Each of them summoned a confidant guard, explained a few words to them, and quickly disappeared from the camp in the hazy moonlight.

Li Zicheng was already asleep in the big tent outside the southern city, but in the middle of the night, he was woken up by He Xiaomi, "Metropolitan Governor, Li Gongzi sent a message!" ”

"Li Xin?" Li Zicheng opened his eyes, the lights had been lit in the big tent, He Xiaomi was standing in front of the bed, waiting for a reply, "At this time, someone sent a message, it must be an urgent military situation, right?" ”

"My subordinates don't know what's going on, the person who came only said that it was an urgent military situation, and he had to meet the Metropolitan Governor, and he was still waiting for the Metropolitan Governor to reply!"

Li Zicheng rubbed his eyes, drove away the drowsiness as soon as possible, got up and sat at the head of the bed, He Xiaomi took a padded jacket and asked him to put it on, "It's an emergency military situation, let him in!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi came out of the big tent, and after a while, he led a soldier in, the soldier first knelt down to Li Zicheng and saluted, and then took off the hat on his head, and turned out a message from the mezzanine of the hat, "Metropolitan Governor, this is a message from Li Gongzi to the Metropolitan Governor." ”

He Xiaomi took the message, turned around and handed it to Li Zicheng, Li unfolded it again, his face showed a hint of surprise, pondered for a moment, looked at the herald, and said, "What did Li Gongzi say?" ”

"Li Gongzi said that before the battle began, such a thing happened, and he was really unsure, so his subordinates summoned the Dadu Governor, and everything was decided by the Dadu Governor!"

"Is the envoy staying in Li Gongzi's barracks?"

"Here, Li Gongzi left them to drink and eat in the camp, and temporarily mixed them up!"

"The messenger said that the Ming army took refuge in the Mandate of Heaven army for food?"

"Yes, according to the messenger, they came to Luoyang after a long journey, and the food was consumed on the way, and they were about to run out of cooking, but Luoyang refused to let them enter the city and never gave them a grain of grain!"

Li Zicheng closed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and asked He Xiaomi: "Xiaomi thinks that the Ming army is really surrendering?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor, the hearts of the people are separated from the belly," He Xiaomi obviously couldn't trust this Ming army, "They have thousands of soldiers, in case they make trouble in the camp......"

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "In my opinion, these Ming troops are probably really cornered, and they are forced to surrender to the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"The Governor ......"

"If someone surrenders to the Heavenly Mandate Army, they always have to say some high-sounding reasons to raise their worth, but this Ming army took the initiative to ask for the surrender of the Heavenly Mandate Army on the grounds that it was about to run out, and it should be telling the truth," Li Zicheng said: "They were not defeated, but they were eager to surrender, and the lack of food is true, there is no doubt about this!" ”

"Governor, don't be unguarded against ......"

"Naturally, defense is to be guarded," Li Zicheng said to the herald: "Go back and tell Li Gongzi that you can accept the surrender of the Ming army, but you must disarm them, and after dawn, the governor of Pontus will go to join Li Gongzi." ”

"Subordinates obey!" When the herald received Li Zicheng's decision, he saluted, immediately left the big tent, turned over his horse, and disappeared into the boundless darkness.

He Xiaomi was still not at ease, "Governor Dadu, Li Gongzi's worries are justified, the battle has not officially begun, the Ming army has not shown defeat, and Li Gongzi is not ready to attack the Ming army camp, why should they take the initiative to surrender?" ”

"Food, all the causes, are for food," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Outside Luoyang City, whether it is the people, or the prefectures and counties, food is extremely scarce, Luoyang City is not much better, although Henan Governor Li Xianfeng sent rescuers, but there is not enough food, a discerning person sees, this war, the Ming army will definitely fail, Luoyang will be broken sooner or later!" ”

“……”

"Xiaomi rest assured, even if Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai have bad intentions, I will let them fake the show," Li Zicheng took off his padded jacket and retracted into the quilt, "Mi hurry up and go back to sleep, and get up early tomorrow!" ”

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