Gao Yingxiang did not make a decision on the spot, and lost the best opportunity to abandon the city and flee. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And because Sun Chuanting had too few men and horses, and they were all cavalry, he did not choose to march directly to Jingle on the day he defeated Li Zicheng's general camp.

If within this time difference, Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying abandoned the city and left, whether it was to enter Luya Mountain to the west, or to enter Yunzhong Mountain to the east, Sun Chuanting and his subordinates could only be helpless.

However, Ma Shouying and his subordinates returned to the camp to return to the camp to be the head of the thieves, and they were anxious to enjoy it, so they missed this time difference.

That night, the leaders of the camp and the Hui Hui camp agreed on a basic response strategy in the Juyi Hall, and after that, the He Yilong Division, Lin Yangsheng Department, and most of the people who returned to the camp no longer maintained military discipline, except for those on duty at the four gates, all started a new round of looting and slaughter in Jingle City.

Since the city will be abandoned in a few days, there is certainly no need to leave the people and property in the city to the officers and soldiers.

Even Gao Yingxiang, who has always paid attention to military discipline, no longer gives orders to his subordinates.

Ma Shouying's return to the camp was originally very poor military discipline, before because the old Hui wanted to think about the remote Jingle County, as a long-term residence, so he has not indulged the various departments under his command, after entering the city, in addition to killing officials and killing big households, to the ordinary Shengdou small people, did not loot and harass, so Jingle City is quite calm.

But on this night, there was a great chaos in the city, and countless thieves armed with swords and clubs rushed into the houses in droves, kicked in the doors, killed people on sight, and robbed the inhabitants of the city of food and property.

The population of Jingle Town is not large, and it is only about 20,000 people, which is less than half of the thieves and rebels brought into the city by breaking into the camp and returning to the camp.

In this case, the residents of the city did not flee even if they wanted to escape, because there were more thieves than residents, and since the thieves entered the city, the four gates of Jingle County were closed, prohibiting the people from entering and leaving.

By noon the next day, all the innocent people in the city had been slaughtered, except for the young women who had been taken captive by the thieves.

Not long ago, the massacre of the city that occurred when the thieves passed through Lan County was staged again.

Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying also turned a blind eye, he didn't do such a thing, and now whether they abandon the city or stick to the spot, those residents in the city are a burden.

If you abandon the city and leave, Sun Chuanting's official army is on your side, and the people in Jingle City can't be taken away, and if you fail to break through and stick to the spot, if you want to hold on for a longer time, these people in the city are also a burden.

In this way, at noon on the second day when Sun Chuanting led the army to defeat Li Zicheng's camp, he joined forces with He Shiyu and others and marched to Jingle City, a massacre against the residents of the city had just been completed in Jingle County.

And when night fell, the officers and troops of the north and south arrived at the camp not far outside Jingle City, preparing to besiege the city, Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying in the city were also making the final discussion.

"Now that there are officers and soldiers stationed outside the South Gate, North Gate and East Gate, it may not be easy to abandon the city at this time, is King Gao Chuang reconsidering the proposal of some brothers? I don't think there are many officers and soldiers, and it may not be impossible to gain a foothold if you stick to it! ”

Last night, in order to appease the various departments under his command, Gao Yingxiang allowed his subordinates to participate in the massacre and looting, and missed the best opportunity to abandon the city and leave.

"Brother Ma, you only saw the official army camping outside the city and did not attack, so you thought that you and I had a chance to hold on to the small city of Jingle, which is a big mistake!

"If you want to hold the city, you must have help from outside the city. I'm waiting outside, but I have help to help?!

"At the same time, the officers and soldiers have food and artillery, and reinforcements can also come in a steady stream, so what do we have?

"The official army did not attack at this time, because there were few people, and most of them were cavalry, and if I didn't go out of the city at this time, and waited for the main force of the official army in Shanxi Town to arrive, and then I would be surrounded in this small city, it would really be flying south!"

Ma Shouying was also silent when he heard this.

Gao Yingxiang saw this and then said: "At this time, although the officers and soldiers have been camped outside the east gate, south gate and north gate, but the number of officers and soldiers of each gate must not be much, in the second half of the night, we suddenly waved the army out of the city, with elite soldiers to attack the officers and troops of the southeast and north gates, and the rest of the horses quickly took grain and grass to go out of the west gate out of the city, Fenshui outside the west gate is now on foot, once the Fenshui is crossed, into the Luya Mountain, that is, the dragon returns to the sea, and no matter how many officers and soldiers there are in the future, what can I do?" ”

Ma Shouying listened to this, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "After all, there is a Fenshui outside the West Gate, if King Gao Chuang has made up his mind, he is willing to go west, and please King Gao Chuang to go out of the city through the West Gate, there is a mountain road outside the East Gate, which leads to Xinzhou, I will go back to the camp and wish to go to the East Gate, and I am willing to go to Xinzhou!" ”

Gao Yingxiang thought to himself, although it is Fenshui outside the west gate, it is inconvenient to cross the river at night, but because it is Fenshui there, the officers and soldiers cannot be stationed, as long as the officers and troops of the north and south roads are contained, then the west is safe.

It is true that there is an official road leading to Xinzhou outside the east gate, but the officers and soldiers will definitely guard it strictly, and it is not so easy to break through.

Gao Yingxiang thought of this, and then said: "In this case, Brother Ma, let's go back to the camp to restrain the troops, and at three o'clock, go back to the camp and go out of the north gate and east gate, and I will break into the camp and go out of the south gate and west gate." Isn't that good? ”

Lao Hui Ma Shouying finally made up his mind, slapped the case, and immediately said: "It's decided!" ”

Ma Shouying also knew that there was an official camp outside the east gate, and it was not easy to walk out of the city from here, but the big and small leaders who returned to the camp did not want to follow Gao Yingxiang up the mountain and down the grass, and talked about it, and finally went east, of course, it was best to open up the road, and it was best to rush all the way into the plain where Xinzhou was located.

After Gao Yingxiang and Lao Huihui agreed on the strategy of breaking out of the city, they returned to the camp to arrange the deployment of the city.

Although Sun Chuanting outside the city had worked hard all day, he had not rested at this time.

At this time, another meeting has just been concluded, and several urgent matters have been arranged.

Sun Chuanting arrived outside Jingle County, first surveyed the surrounding terrain, knowing that with the current situation, it is the next policy to let the cavalry dismount and attack the city, there are many thieves in the city, and there are fewer soldiers and horses under his command, and most of them are cavalry, although Jingle County is small, but it is not easy to attack it first.

In the field, the cavalry under his command can be a hundred, but when it comes to the siege, a cavalry who dismounts cannot play his due role at all.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting sent a messenger to Taiyuan to report the news, and asked Zhang Xiao, the governor of Shanxi, to send people to transport the Hongyi cannon guarding Taiyuan City to assist, while pondering how to lure the thieves in the city to take the initiative to attack the city before the Hongyi cannon arrived, and weaken or eliminate it in the field.

After Sun Chuanting arranged the patrol posts of each battalion, he lay on the wooden bed temporarily erected in the tent of the Chinese army, thinking about these problems, and finally fell asleep.

I slept until three o'clock in the morning of the next day.

At this time, Sun Chuanting, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up from a deep sleep, and was just about to open his mouth to ask the guards for the hour, but he heard a rush of footsteps outside.

"Lord Qiqi Fujun, Jingle City suddenly opened its four gates, and the thieves swarmed out of the city, and they were about to break through and escape!"