The dense fog gradually dissipated, and in front of the west gate of Fengyang, Zhang Xianzhong's department and the Ming army had been fighting for several hours. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the majestic Fengyang City of Gaocheng and deep pools, there are corpses of the Kou army all over the place, broken limbs and flesh are everywhere, especially in the moat stained red by blood, the corpses stacked together are soaked in the icy river water, and even for a moment or three I can't count how much they have piled up, most of them are not killed by artillery and arrows, but fall into the water and drown.

The huge casualties of the front army of the Kou army made Zhang Xianzhong, who was hiding outside the range of the artillery, stomp his feet in anger, staring at the head of Fengyang City more and more distorted, and his eyes were almost spewing flames.

Seeing that the attack was not effective, Zhang Xianzhong, who was extremely irritable, was furious, and drew a knife to cut down a partial general who was persuaded to retreat to the ground.

Just when Zhang Xianzhong was about to use a big knife to force the generals of the middle and rear armies to attack the city with all their might, suddenly three fireworks and firecrackers rose in the middle of Fengyang City, bursting in the dark night sky, instantly illuminating a large area of airspace, which was very dazzling.

Zhang Xianzhong, whose face was pale, trembled all over, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

The three fireworks that rose into the air represent that the Ming reinforcements in the city have arrived at the west gate, and the Ming army defending the city is now full of troops and morale.

On the other hand, when the Kou army lacked siege equipment and morale was low, if they continued to attack, they would be killed in vain.

Zhang Xianzhong is not unwilling, but too unwilling.

In order to conquer Fengyang, Zhang Xianzhong began to plan from a very early stage.

not only sent a large number of elite workers to infiltrate Fengyang City, waiting for the opportunity to move, but also took out a lot of gold and silver to buy and win over Fengyang officers.

Zhang Xianzhong even knew better than the prefect how many garrisons and artillery there were in Fengyang, China has never lacked traitors, and if there is money to have fun, who cares where the money comes from.

In fact, when it comes to why Zhang Xianzhong attacked Zhongdu Fengyang for a long time, he has to start with Hong Chengchou.

A few months ago, the New Year Pass was approaching, and the three most powerful Kou army forces at the end of the Ming Dynasty soon learned that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, led the main force out of Tongguan, and the generals of the Xinyang Conference in Henan Province were preparing to carry out large-scale military encirclement and suppression of the Kou army.

Then at the Xingyang Conference convened, the strategy of dividing troops and orienting them and attacking them from four directions was implemented.

Subsequently, the Kou army was roughly divided into three parts, one returned to Shaanxi in the west, one went north to Shanxi, and one entered Fengyang in the east, and Zhang Xianzhong was the force that entered the east.

Although Zhang Xianzhong was one step away from the dangerous Hong Chengchou, God knows whether Hong Chengchou, who has always been upright, will chase him, and the anxious Zhang Xianzhong ordered to discard the baggage and move forward lightly, in fact, it is accurate to say that Zhang Xianzhong's department does not have much baggage, and has always dragged his family to grab where to go, the so-called baggage is a pile of bottles and cans, broken copper and iron, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot follow the marching team.

Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to rush to Fengyang City, the reason why he dared to attack the city in the case of a serious shortage of siege equipment, mainly because the day before he also received a secret report from the city, saying that the officials were busy celebrating the Lantern Festival, and the soldiers guarding the city were negligent in taking precautions, and the soldiers stationed in the city went out to look for flowers and ask the willows, how to see that capturing Fengyang was as easy as exploring the bag and taking things.

Although the vanguard of the Kou army was inexplicably wiped out, Zhang Xianzhong, who knew the Fengyang defenders well, issued an order for the whole army to attack in a strong sense of confidence and anger, intending to use human life and momentum to directly crush Fengyang City.

It's a pity that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny.

Fengyang City is not an ordinary city, the city is high and deep, needless to say, there are many artillery pieces on the wall buttresses, and the fierceness of firepower is by no means comparable to the ordinary city that Zhang Xianzhong has breached, although Zhang Tanghuai who defends the city has less than 100 people, but most of them have grown up in Fengyang City since childhood.

Although the Kou army attacked the city many times, but each time it will be repelled by the Ming army who sacrificed their lives to defend the city, seeing the fireworks in the sky, the Ming army reinforcements have arrived, Zhang Xianzhong even if he is unwilling, but he also knows that this is just a meaningless consumption, and he has to let go of the extravagant hope of attacking Fengyang.

Zhang Xianzhong clenched his fists, and ordered at the guards beside him in a daze: "Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops!" ”

In order to avoid the red-eyed overseers, many of the Kou troops hid next to the mountains of corpses to avoid the bombardment of artillery.

The entire battlefield was shrouded in the breath of death, and there were corpses everywhere that could no longer be identified, the pungent rumbling smoke was mixed with the rich blood that could not be erased, and the hot and not yet cold blood was vaporized in the cold air.

This is destined to be a special Lantern Festival, breathing a disgusting smell of blood, Han Yu, who was unable to move in severe pain, leaned against the blood-spattered wall battlements and gasped, indifferently looking at the Ming army rushing to the city through the rope, that is to say, Zhang Xianzhong's plan to capture Fengyang has been shattered, Zhang's family, and the Lin family girl next door have all saved their lives, at this moment Han Yu was inexplicably moved and wanted to cry.

Zhang Tanghuai sat beside Han Yu with his butt, putting aside the Yanling knife that had already been curled, his dirty armor was full of broken flesh and blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was his blood or the blood of the enemy, Zhang Tanghuai stretched out his palm and pressed Han Yu's head, his eyes were full of joy and concern for Han Yu for the rest of his life.

"My brother, I'll wait for you to heal!" Zhang Tanghuai staggered to his feet, and was about to pick up Han Yu as he spoke.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry, the foolish brother is fine, please ask Zhu Shoubei for the guilt!" Han Yu nudged Zhang Tanghuai away and persuaded him earnestly.

"Why is that?" Zhang Tanghuai looked dazed, and even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Thinking about it, Zhang Tanghuai led his troops to fight to the death, successfully held Fengyang West City, thwarted the attempt of the Kou army to attack the city, and completely created a miracle, no matter how you look at it, it is a great achievement, but now Han Yu asked Zhang Tanghuai to ask Zhu Shoubei who came to the aid to ask for the guilt, no matter how you listen to it, it is a little unbelievable.

Zhan Tanghuai's face was full of nervousness, and he secretly wondered in his heart: "Could it be that Brother Han injured his head before, so he would talk like this?" ”

"Brother Zhang is confused, although he won the first battle, whether it is secretly transporting boulders from the back mountain, or mobilizing armor soldiers to use firearms to fight, they are all acting outside the military order, although the situation was critical at that time and it was impossible to wait for instructions, but no high-level subordinates like to act arbitrarily, Brother Zhang counts me as I beg you."

Zhang Tanghuai was obviously a little reluctant, how could there be any reason to ask for guilt after winning the battle.

For him, it was more urgent to take Brother Han to heal first than to ask for guilt inexplicably.

It's just that Zhang Tanghuai really couldn't resist Han Yu, so he could only agree with a wry smile, and got up to greet Zhu Shoubei.

Looking at Zhang Tanghuai's back, Han Yu shook his head with a wry smile, this big brother is good at everything, he has an upright personality, he is kind, and he is also concerned about him, but as a lower-level officer in the battalion, he actually doesn't figure out the commander's intentions, and sometimes he is quite impulsive, I am afraid that if this continues, it may lead to killing one day, Han Yu secretly thought that if he has any business in the future, he must pull Brother Zhang into the gang, and joining the army is not a long-term solution.

The reason why Han Yu forced Zhang Tanghuai to plead guilty when he met not only left a good impression on Zhu Guozheng, but more importantly, let Zhu Shoubei understand that his subordinates are not wild horses that have escaped from the loose, nor are they white-eyed wolves with self-aggrandizement, and they still look at him as the horse's head, which is very important, even related to life.

Seeing that Zhang Tanghuai, who was covered in blood all over his body, stepped forward to ask for guilt, Zhu Guozheng stepped forward with a smile and helped him up.

"With you, the official is very pleased!" Zhu Guozheng said with a smile in his eyes.

The words of praise are just one sentence, which seems to be an understatement, but in fact, Zhu Guozheng, a vain garrison, is very useful to Zhang Tanghuai's loyal attitude and trusts him even more.

The sky is already transparent, and the eastern sky in the distance is glowing with pure fish belly white, and the new morning sun is about to come out.

With Zhang Tanghuai's support, Han Yu slowly stood up and looked in the direction of the Kou army's rout in the distance.

The originally complacent Kou Jun left countless corpses and fled in embarrassment, retreating dozens of miles all the way, and even had no time to collect the corpses, Zhang Xianzhong, who had endured such a fiasco, was a wild dog that ran away when he was injured, or a trapped beast that was injured and crazy, even Han Yu didn't know the bottom in his heart, but more importantly, Zhongdu Fengyang was finally saved.