In the evening of the day before.

The cannons roared, and the sky was full of shouts of killing.

Driven by the soldiers who broke into the army, the ragged homeless people waved the weapons in their hands and rushed towards Kaifeng City with a ladder.

Some people ran and took a bite of the nest in their hands.

A flowstone the size of an egg was machined down from the city, hitting the homeless people who were eating. In the midst of the screams, the man fell to the ground with an upside-down onion, gulping out bloody food.

None of the companions next to him looked back, didn't even pull a handful, and all charged forward. As long as you are one step too late, the vest will be a spear in the warlord.

Loads of yellow wheat and millet were piled up in the clearing, burned by the fire, making a crackling sound, and popcorn bounced into the air.

"Rush, rush up, one person and a half pound of millet." An officer cut open the sack with a knife, and pale yellow millet flowed out of it like a waterfall.

The drought lasted three years, followed by a devastating plague of locusts. The entire Kaifeng area has become a desert, and many people have not eaten for many days.

The army threw out a large amount of grain to lure the people into joining the army, and then they shoved them with a knife or a spear and drove them to the siege.

At the sight of millet and barley, everyone's eyes turned red. In this world, a big cake can be exchanged for a yellow flower girl, and a tael of grain can make the whole family live for two more days.

Food, as if with an irresistible temptation, attracts everyone to throw themselves like moths to the killing field of no return.

All the plants on the earth have been eaten by locusts and humans. The yellow is the earth, the blue is the sky, the black is the crowd, and the color between heaven and earth is so monotonous.

Overwhelmed, people rolled towards Kaifeng like a wave. If you can overlook it, you can see that a wave of people about three miles wide is fiercely rolling towards the narrow Kaifeng city wall

。 If there is no wave, Kaifeng will tremble violently in this huge tide, as if it will collapse and break in the next moment.

"How's the battle going today?" On a long fence in the distance of Caomen in Kaifeng, a general like a simple peasant was squatting barefoot on a bench, holding a large bowl in his hand, asking and eating the spicy soup inside.

He closed his eyes slightly, took a sip of spicy soup, took a sip of spirits, and then took a bite of dry spicy seeds.

On the stool at his feet, a string of red peppers sits.

I don't know if it's spicy or hot, this person is covered in hot sweat. Sweat trickled down the deep wrinkles on his face, dripping down below.

Behind him stood five or six men, some in fine armor and others dressed as scribes.

Obviously, this middle-aged man who looks like a scumbag should be a great big man in the army. [.Lots of good]

"King Yuchuang, early this morning, our army, together with Cao Cao's department and the five battalions of Gezuo, attacked the city from four directions, east, west, north and south at the same time. However, the progress in the other three directions is very unfavorable, and now, all departments and officers and soldiers are repeatedly tugging at the head of the city, and it seems that it is not a matter of a day or two to take Kaifeng. A middle-aged scribe said cautiously.

"What, you can't beat it like this?" The middle-aged peasant was none other than Li Zicheng, the leader of the Chuang Army, and the scribe who spoke was the new military advisor Niu Jinxing.

Li Zicheng opened his eyes suddenly, his right eye was full of fine light, but his left eye was just a deep hole. It turned out that he turned out to be a one-eyed dragon: "With so many troops, nearly 60,000 horses and horses have been concentrated to storm Kaifeng, why can't you take it, are all the soldiers of the righteous army growing up eating grass?" ”

He snorted in exasperation and drank the soup from the bowl in one gulp, then stretched out his scarlet tongue and carefully licked the bottom of the bowl.

Niu Jinxing smiled bitterly: "King Chuang, Kaifeng is the first male city in the Central Plains, and the city defense is strong. In the city, the king of Zhou even scattered all the money in the palace, and now the city can be said to be the heart of the army and the people. In desperation, our righteous army is helpless. In fact, his subordinates felt that the Kaifeng War was in a hurry. ”

Li Zicheng licked a mouthful of sea bowls to the fullest, and burped comfortably: "Why can't you be in a hurry, you can tell me." ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Attacking this kind of male city, we don't have much experience

。 As strong as the Jiannu Eight Banners Army, he gathered 100,000 horses to attack Jinan that year, but he also ran into a head under the city and walked away. The fortification of Kaifeng's city defense is only afraid that it is better than Jinan. Even if I break into the army, won't the first two attacks be in vain? ”

Li Zicheng thought about it, the anger in his heart disappeared, and he sighed and stretched out a finger to dig out the socket of his blind left eye, and a line of sweat flowed out of it: "Yes, it is difficult to beat the thief of Kaifeng Zhiniang, last time, my eye was blinded by Chen Yongfu's shot." But if you don't take it down, I'm afraid there will be a big change. ”

Niu Jinxing's face changed suddenly: "King Chuang is worried about Sun and Ma. "In the last Ma Muji battle, Sun Yuan's killing star left a deep mark on him. From then on, he would often stumble upon the demon god-like cavalry and wake up from his dreams in a sweat.

Li Zicheng: "That's what I'm worried about. ”

Song Xiance, another military advisor beside Li Zicheng, had never seen Sun Yuan's power, and said with a smile: "King Chuang, you and Brother Niu are also too worried, the Ningxiang army is strong, but it is only two or three thousand people, what use can it be." In this Kaifeng battlefield, hundreds of thousands of troops, he threw thousands of men and horses into it, and he couldn't get a single bubble. As for Ma Shiying's Lufeng Army and Nanjing Army, is that called an army? Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu's 180,000 troops were all defeated by our heavenly soldiers, and it is difficult for them to be stronger than Ding and Zuo. After the fall of the left department, the Ming Dynasty had no available soldiers, and Sun and Ma could not make too many waves. ”

Niu Jinxing was still shaking his head: "Master Song, you are too careless, you underestimate these two people." ”

As he was talking, suddenly, an officer in the crowd pointed ahead and shouted in surprise: "Attack, attack, Kaifeng is going to be taken." ”

All of them looked up at the same time, looking eagerly at the past.

However, after the displaced people in front suffered a large number of casualties and consumed the vital strength of the defenders at the head of the city, the invading army suddenly took an elite army up.

About 300 soldiers in iron armor and carrying well-made Yanling knives suddenly rushed forward, with broadswords in their mouths, and quickly climbed up the ladder with their hands and feet.

At the same time, under the city, a group of archers were pulling out their bows and shooting on their backs to suppress the Ming army at the head of the city.

The soldiers of the Ming army in the city were caught off guard for a while, and they let the intruding army kill the city.

Could it be that Kaifeng was taken down by me so easily, and all the generals of the intruding army showed ecstasy on their faces.

Li Zicheng didn't even glance ahead, but stretched out his hand to pick his foot hard: "I can't take it, King Zhou, Chen Yongfu, Huang Peng, and Gao Mingheng in Kaifeng City are all outstanding people, not such a good team."

。 ”

As soon as the words fell, suddenly, a group of men and horses suddenly came out of the city, slashing and killing the unstable army, and instantly swept away the brave soldiers at the head of the city.

A big flag was erected at the head of the city, and when they saw the flag, all the Ming defenders in the city cheered loudly at the same time: "Mighty, mighty!" "Morale was boosted.

On the contrary, the army was extremely depressed, and some troops had already retreated in a disorderly manner, and then they were mercilessly stabbed by the Governor team behind them, and they were driven forward again.

"Huang Peng, the official of Kaifeng Mansion, it's him again!" Looking at the flag, everyone around Li Zicheng let out a shout of disappointment.

These days, the birdman seems to have never slept, and with a group of dead soldiers, he is running around the city walls with this flag, and wherever there is danger. Everywhere they went, the defenders of that place would be as fierce as if they had drunk wine.

"Hehe, I guess he's coming." Li Zicheng put the hand that had just picked off the stinky foot into his mouth, and picked his teeth with his nails: "Tell the troops in front to withdraw, their morale is gone, and if you go up again, it's just a matter of making up the numbers, let's replace other people!" ”

He smiled heavily, looked at the flag in front of him, and muttered: "Bianliang Haojie, I am willing to set up this banner from my travelers!" ”

This is exactly the word on Huang Peng's big flag.

Li Zicheng's face was full of appreciation: "Huang Tuiguan is really a good man, if he wins Kaifeng in the future, he will have to spare this person's life and find a way to recruit him to serve the king of Benchuang." By the way, pass on my order, the offensive of the invading army can be slowed down, and there is no need to be so urgent, as for Cao Cao and the fifth battalion of Gezuo, whatever they want, anyway, they don't take the order too seriously. ”

Speaking of this, he flicked his finger and flicked a green vegetable leaf into the air: "It seems that this opening has to be slowly encircled and beaten slowly." Anyway, there are no reinforcements in the government, and the forehead is slowly depleted with King Zhou. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Niu Jinxing: "Master Niu, didn't you say that there was a shortage of food in the city before, and this matter can be clarified?" ”

Niu Jinxing's face was serious: "It has been confirmed that there is no food in the city, so that it has reached the point of cannibalism." His subordinates saw with their own eyes that every time the siege battle ended, some people in the city would risk death to hang down the city with blue and cut the flesh and legs of our dead soldiers with knives

。 ”

The generals behind Li Zicheng had a chill on their faces, and then took a sharp breath of cold air, feeling a layer of goosebumps on their bodies.

"Good, well done!" Li Zicheng's expression remained unchanged: "It seems that in another month, all the people in this city will die, even if they enter the city twenty or thirty days late." As long as the seal is opened, as long as the gold and silver in the city are opened. ”

At the sound of an order, the soldiers who were attacking the city withdrew in a black and oppressive manner, and at this time, the defenders at the head of the city cheered even more.

"Oh my God, it's hot." Li Zicheng's sweat is still dripping.

A guard carefully carried a white copper teapot and filled the sea bowl in Li Zicheng's hand.

At this time, a group of cavalry rushed over, led by Liu Zongmin, the first general of the Chuang Army.

Liu Zongmin's face was panicked, and he quickly ran up to Changwei, and shouted in his voice: "Reinforcements, the reinforcements of the Kaifeng Ming Army have arrived, and they have been in contact with our army scouts." ”

"Reinforcements, hell, where did they come from?" Song Xiance greeted him and said with a smile: "But Sun Chuanting, this old man who eats the ancients, is he confused, dare to come to Kaifeng?" ”

Hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but laugh quietly.

In the month before the Battle of Zhuxian Town, when the Chuang army was besieging Kaifeng, Governor Sun did come to Henan once, and it turned out to be a big joke.

It turned out that Sun Chuanting had suffered from eye disease since he accompanied Hong Chengchou with the main force of the Qin army to defend Jinggi four years ago, and he had been recuperating in Beijing for a few months. Later, because he offended Yang Sichang and he liked to talk nonsense, he offended Emperor Chongzhen and was sent to prison for a few years. It was not until the first month of this year that Chongzhen ordered his release.

The reason why he was released from prison was because Li Zicheng was attacking Kaifeng. Emperor Chongzhen also knew the importance of Kaifeng, and urgently ordered military horses from all over the country to go to the rescue.

The emperor no longer had anyone available in his hands, so he remembered Sun Chuanting, the commander.

After Sun Chuanting was released from the prison, the emperor appointed him as the left squire of the military department, and the governor of the Jingying army rushed to the front line of Kaifeng.

Today's Beijing camp has not many soldiers and horses, and it can't play a role at all

。

Before Sun Chuanting left Beijing, after the death of Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi, the imperial court ordered him to serve as the governor of Shaanxi.

Before leaving Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Sun Chuanting and asked him how many soldiers and horses he needed to defeat Li Zicheng. Governor Sun has been in prison for several years, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world, and he doesn't know what Li Zicheng's concept is now, so he said that he only needs 5,000 elite soldiers to exterminate the thieves. But when he arrived in Henan with the three melons and two tricks of Jingying, he realized that he had miscalculated. Not to mention 5,000 elites, even if he is given 50,000 horses, I am afraid that it will not be enough for Li Zicheng to swallow in one bite.

So, Sun Chuanting didn't dare to stay in Henan, and ran back to Shaanxi in one go. He also proposed to Emperor Chongzhen to train 20,000 soldiers and horses, and ask for 2 million, so that he might be able to hold Shaanxi. As for the rescue Kaifeng, it was never mentioned again.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and only gave him a white slip of January military salary, and ordered him to immediately lead his troops out of the pass and into Henan to beg for thieves.

But no matter how the emperor issued a holy decree, Sun Chuanting ignored it and joked, now going out of Henan is to send him to death, not only can he not save Kaifeng, but he may also lose Shaanxi.

Lao Sun's hand was simply a joke, and after this matter reached the ears of the soldiers, everyone fell to the ground with laughter.

"It's not." Liu Zongmin walked to Li Zicheng's side with a gray face: "Sun Yuan is here, the big thing is gone!" There was an indescribable depression in his expression.

At this time, Niu Jinxing and the generals who participated in the battle of Ma Muji were also full of paleness: "Oops, terrible!"

Li Zicheng: "The Ningxiang Cavalry Army, Lufeng, and Nanjing Army are here...... It's not a big deal, the soldiers are coming, the water is flooding, our men and horses are ten times their number, and this battle will be won. Isn't it just right that they want to come to send them to death, just to avenge Ma Muji's revenge. ”

"Can't fight, can't fight!" Liu Zongmin shouted.

"Zong Min, just three thousand cavalry scared you like this." Li Zicheng said: "That's good, let's encircle and not fight here in Kaifeng, and concentrate all the cavalry to compete with Sun Yuan." How can I gather 20,000 cavalry now, and the cavalry will hedge, and let that Sun Yuan have three heads and six arms, even if we lose some men and horses, we can eat him. ”

Liu Zongmin: "No, no, no, it's not the Ningxiang Cavalry Army, but the whole Yangzhou Town Army, a total of three battalions of main soldiers, with a number of 11,000. ”

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