Chapter Seventy-Two
Lao Hui's original name was Ma Shouying, and he was a border soldier in his early years. In the first year of Chongzhen, the elite troops under Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, gathered from thieves to tens of thousands. Chongzhen entered Shanxi in four years and was incorporated into the "36 Battalions" used by Wang, and was an important leader second only to Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang.
At this year's Xingyang Conference in Henan, he became one of the thirteen leaders of the Liukou. The power is extremely strong and the joint army with Ge Liyan, He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Yangyang, called the "Five Battalions of the Hui Revolution". Don't look at the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong was very famous in later generations, but Zhang Xianzhong was twice subordinate to his subordinates. However, although Zhang Xianzhong is Lao Huihui's subordinate, he is actually a leader.
Liukou has always been like this, no one is convinced by anyone's idea to see the strength, and because the Liukou rely on looting, and have to avoid the pursuit of the official army, so they have always been scattered, although Gao Yingxiang is said to be the king of Chuang, but the real subordinate is the tens of thousands of heavy armored cavalry in his hands, that is, his nephew Li Zicheng actually has his own mountain.
Although the siege of Luoyang this time was called by Zhang Xianzhong, it was still mainly based on the old Huihui. Lao Huihui also knew that the rogues were subordinate to each other, let alone cooperate, so they discussed it early, and the three of them each attacked one side, and whoever attacked Luoyang first would take the lion's share! And let go of the gate so that Qin Yiming can escape, and there is no reward for killing the officials and soldiers, as long as they can enter Luoyang City, Qin Yiming is also a tiger general, of course he is not willing to fight if he can fight them.
Lao Huihui is under the city of Luoyang today, commanding his subordinates to attack the city. Although the Liukou said that they were getting better and better, there was still no other way to face a big city like Luoyang. It's like Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, can get armor horses for his elites, and form tens of thousands of heavily armored elite horses that even the Ming Dynasty didn't have. But I still don't want a heavy weapon like a cannon, even if I capture a few cannons on weekdays, there are no shells. After all, the rogues don't produce, and they have no base, so even if they get a cannon, they can only abandon it.
Lao Hui to attack the city is still in accordance with the usual old method, coercing the people to attack the city, ordering the elite of his subordinates to press the formation behind, forcing the people to step forward to consume the defenders' equipment and arrows, and then send the elite to the city after the defenders of Luoyang are exhausted.
Tens of thousands of people rushed to Luoyang under the persecution of the rogues, crying and screaming. On the contrary, it aroused the ferocity of the rogues, and from time to time they killed the people who were moving slowly, picked up the bloody heads, and shouted loudly to make the people hurry forward.
Lao Huihui and other leaders of the rogue couldn't help but laugh excitedly when they witnessed this scene after the battle.
At this time, at the head of Luoyang City, Qin Yiming, the chief soldier, stared at the bloodshot eyes, gritted his teeth and watched the people get closer and closer to the city wall, while the Liukou was hiding behind the people, Qin Yiming closed his eyes heavily and shouted, "Arrows!" ”
Arrows rained down on the city walls, and most of the people fell to the ground with arrows, letting out a heart-rending wail, and the rogues thought that they were standing far away, and they were wearing armor, and there were almost no casualties.
Archery is also a physical job, and most soldiers can shoot more than a dozen bows at a time, and their arms will be exhausted.
After a few showers of arrows, Lao Hui saw that the arrows shot at the head of the city had become scattered, and he rode around the front of the battle and raised his arms and shouted
"The little ones will attack the city for me, and we will take the lead in attacking Luoyang, drinking wine and eating meat, and all the women's treasures will be taken by you!"
Just as Lao Huihui's subordinates were happily shouting about the siege, there was an exclamation from behind, and Lao Huihui and the small leaders of his subordinates all quieted down, and from the other party's eyes, they knew that it must be "The official army is coming!" ”
Lao Hui rode his horse to the rear of the army, and the Liukou soldiers had an advantage at this time, so naturally they did not send many spies around, and at this time they found that a large number of Ming troops appeared in all directions.
Then the earth suddenly shook, and after a while, the rumbling sound became more and more intense, making people seem to be unstable on their feet, and a red wave appeared in the sky, and countless Ming cavalry were rushing wildly, and the iron hooves shook the hearts of the rogues.
Lao Hui looked back at the Ming army that was quickly encircling him on all sides, and the big banners fluttering in the wind on those cavalry, and muttered to himself, "King Lu Yan, Qin Liangyu, Gao Qiqian?" ”
Lao Hui opened his mouth wide in shock, and only reacted after a while, threw the horsewhip in his hand on the ground and scolded angrily, "My day, your grandmother, why did the Ming army come to Lao Tzu!" ”
The leaders of the Liukou looked at the Ming army in the distance, which was densely packed like a red sea moving in all directions, trying to surround them, and asked with a look of surprise on their faces, "This Ming army has also come too much, right?" ”
"Is it King Lu Yan and Qin Liangyu?"
"King, what should we do now?"
"Shut up Lao Tzu, what else can I do to build? The Ming army has rushed in front of us, what can we do now? Turn my army around and get ready to take the enemy! Lao Hui roared urgently, and ordered to the soldiers around him, "Go find the Eight Kings and Cao Cao for me, tell them that the main force of the Ming army is coming, and they are besieging me at this time, and ask them to come to help quickly!" ”
Lao Hui regretted that he knew that the Ming army was behind Zhang Xianzhong, but why he didn't send more spies, just thinking that they shouldn't have arrived so soon. Thinking that the spies he sent were all swept away by King Lu Yan, otherwise how could there be no return news, so that they were so passive, and they didn't even have a chance to escape. If there is no battle at this time, I am afraid that the army will completely collapse at once.
But Lao Huihui didn't have the confidence to hold on, and he didn't build fortifications outside the city, at this time, in the face of the Ming army, he could only use the wooden pole of the camp to die, but Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu on the opposite side were enough to deal with him.
The Ming army's movements were faster than Lao Hui imagined, and Lao Hui Hui recalled his subordinates, and when they hurried back to the camp, before they could reinvigorate the formation, the Ming army had completely completed the encirclement of the Liukou.
Fortunately, the Ming army was ordered to completely besiege Lao Huihui first, otherwise if the cavalry directly charged the battle, I was afraid that Lao Huihui would be defeated at this moment.
The Ming army's movements were very fast, not giving Lao Hui a chance to regain his strength, the artillery team with high diving had been pulled forward, facing the old Hui Hui's big camp, although the Tianxiong Army and the white pole soldiers were more elite than the forbidden army, but the forbidden army had Yang Su's crazy armament regardless of the cost, not only everyone was wearing full body steel armor, but also equipped with firearms, and even an artillery team. There were a total of ten medium-sized Franc machine guns, twenty small Franc machines, and sixty Tiger squat guns, which were directly pushed over by hundreds of strong warriors.
The horn sounded, and the Ming army behind him approached step by step, and the general of the artillery team heard the drum and waved the flag in his hand, "Open the cannon!" ”
A thunderclap sounded in front of the formation, accompanied by puffs of smoke, and the overwhelming cannonballs whistled and smashed towards the camp of the Liukou with sparks.