Chapter 197: Shen Muhong takes Kaifeng City twice
Zhu Yousong and Zhao Hong were discussing in the camp how to cross the riverbank, defeat the white pole soldiers, and take Nanyang south. A small soldier outside the tent hurried over, his face overflowing with joy.
"Report to the prince, good news from Kaifeng."
Zhu Yousong and Zhao Hong glanced at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes. According to the news from Luoyang, Zhang Hao is now even in Zhengzhou, and there will be good news from Kaifeng in the rear.
"Say!"
Xiao Bing knelt down and said, "Lord Shen Muhong, Lord Shen, used a plan to attack Kaifeng City. ”
Zhu Yousong's jaw almost fell to the ground, his eyes widened, and he muttered, "Could it be that there is an auditory hallucination?" You repeat! ”
The little soldier didn't know why the battle report was so good, and no one in the big tent showed a happy look. I can't help but admire it in my heart, I really deserve to be a big man, and I am not surprised when I encounter something.
In fact, if he knew that these people were actually frightened by this news, it is estimated that he would not have such respect anymore.
"Lord Shen used a trick to attack Kaifeng City, and now Kaifeng City is in our hands."
Zhu Yousong and Zhao Hong instantly fell into ecstasy. Zhu Yousong slapped the case and said: "This old Shen, in a place like Kaifeng, it will be shocking if he can be deceived the next time, he actually made two consecutive profits like a market, he really has him!" ”
Not to mention that Zhu Yousong and Zhao Hong are hard to believe, even Shen Muhong, who is now revisiting the hometown of Kaifeng City, has a sense of absurdity. This time was different from last time, last time he borrowed Wei Liangqing to deceive the city gate step by step, everything was expected by him.
But this time, luck and coincidence were the majority.
Shen Muhong is in Shandong, like a trapped dragon entering the sea, making waves.
Later, the imperial court spread the word to Shandong, let the Shandong officials raise their own food and salary, and sent troops to help Sun Chuanting eliminate the Fu Domain of Henan.
Now the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, and there is no surplus grain in Shandong, but the will of the imperial court cannot be ignored. So countless hungry Shandong soldiers scolded and set foot on the road to the west.
Eventually, there were more and more hungry deserters. There was even a matter of a battalion surrendering to Shen Muhong together.
After Shen Muhong learned the news from their mouths, he thought about it. He told the soldiers to continue westward, mixing his own men. In this way, they have the status of real reinforcements. From the generals to the formalities are all complete, this fake is the essence of half-truths and half-truths.
They traveled all the way west and came to Kaifeng City, which was empty.
That's right, most of the defenders in Kaifeng were transferred to Zhengzhou. The gentry of Zhengzhou had good news that they had succeeded in deceiving Zhang Hao, whom they called the villain general. Sun Chuanting made a quick decision, took Kaifeng's soldiers and horses, and ambushed in Zhengzhou City, preparing to wipe out Zhang Hao, who came rashly.
As Shandong soldiers who came to reinforce, they easily entered Kaifeng City. If Sun Chuanting is here, he may still be able to see some clues. But now the left-behind officials in Kaifeng are actually mediocre people who don't eat grains. Relying on the eight strands of literature to get an official and a half-job, I was very happy to see the reinforcements, and I could tell the truth from the fake.
Shen Muhong was originally going to lie dormant for a while, and when Zhu Yousong's army reached Kaifeng, he would come back and forth. Who knew that when I entered the city, I found that now Kaifeng turned out to be an empty city. Tianyu didn't take the blame, Shen Muhong made a decision immediately, turned his face and took Kaifeng. and quickly sent someone to notify the soldiers and horses behind him to come to Kaifeng to gather.
Sun Chuanting and the others stayed in Zhengzhou, waiting for Zhang Hao to come as promised, who knew that they didn't see the hated Zhang Hao at dusk. But it came that Zhang Hao took advantage of the emptiness elsewhere and attacked Yingze County. Sun Chuanting was angry and scolded the officials in Zhengzhou. This scholar Confucianism will start a fire, which is also very scary, and before the Zhengzhou officials can calm down, the news came: Kaifeng is lost.
The court officials in Zhengzhou, like Zhu Yousong and Zhao Hong, first reacted: Am I dreaming? Am I having auditory hallucinations?
After getting the information that Kaifeng had indeed been lost, Sun Chuanting sat directly in his seat, all thoughts in despair.
In Kaifeng City, Shen Muhong looked at the splendid Zhou Wangfu and couldn't help but fall into memories.
At the beginning, as the chief sergeant of the thieves, he took a group of little-known mountain rogues and took Kaifeng in one fell swoop. That's really the world's sideways, who doesn't know the name of "a gust of wind" in the Ming Dynasty?
Later, something even more bizarre happened, the little Fu King of Luoyang, who had an extraordinary relationship with him, turned out to be an uncle who was a gust of wind, which was simply beyond Shen Muhong's understanding. Until now, thinking of this incident, Shen Muhong has to sigh that the mystery of creation.
This time, King Zhou didn't have time to run, and was taken down by Shen Muhong's people on the spot. Since the establishment of the Zhou Palace, he has been enjoying peace, but he didn't expect that within a year, he was captured twice, and he was still the same person.
The dead soldiers of the palace protected King Zhou and wanted to escape from Kaifeng, but were caught by Yang Xiaomiao. This giant thief in the sea, when he arrives on land, is still a kung fu warrior. Coupled with the large number of people, it didn't take long to subdue the dead soldiers of the palace and capture the king of Zhou. Yang Xiaomiao laughed, grabbed King Zhou on the horse, almost relapsed from his old illness, and calculated how much money he wanted to extort from his family after tying up a big meat ticket.
King Zhou is also very single, he has a stalk on his neck, and he doesn't give this group of people a good face. He hated these people so much, and they came to harm him again and again. Good prince, robbed, stolen and deceived, as the saying goes, there are only three things, and they actually came again.
Shen Muhong looked at the tied Zhou Wang, who was brought by Yang Xiaomiao to ask for a reward, and immediately couldn't cry or laugh. He hurriedly ordered people to untie the king of Zhou and surround the palace, which was equivalent to putting the king of Zhou's family under house arrest. Drive them into the inner courtyard and put men to guard them. After all, Zhu Yousong is also a member of the Ming imperial family, even if he becomes the emperor in the future, these people are also his relatives, and they are still clansmen.
Henan Mansion with Luoyang as the center and Kaifeng Mansion with Kaifeng as the center are the two major mansions in Henan. Shen Muhong occupied Kaifeng, echoing Luoyang, and the whole of Henan had no strength to fight. The remaining small cities and towns, who can still stop the army of King Fu who is in full swing.
Less than two months into the fighting, the situation was out of control. Most of the provinces of Shaanxi fell into the hands of the Fu Domain, and they still held the Tongguan Pass, which could be attacked and defended when retreating. Needless to say, Henan is in turmoil, and even Shandong is in chaos. Sun Chuanting is not a famous general, but he is not a god.
A crumbling and decaying dynasty, and a court that is dragging its feet, even Sun Chuanting, has no way to reverse the situation.