At dawn in the east, most of the flames in Fengyang City had been extinguished, leaving only black smoke to connect the sky and the earth.

The central capital of the Ming Dynasty, which had been noisy all night, quieted down, and the wind, fire, and shouts seemed to gradually fall silent because of tiredness.

Like all cities in this era that have fallen to the enemy, all the great officials and nobles in the city, who have the ability to escape, have fled, and the rest are only ordinary people. In the face of the fate that is about to be faced, we can only wait silently.

The people who had been frightened all night hid in their homes, closed their doors and windows, and only secretly looked out through the cracks in the doors, looking at the empty streets.

The wind was strong, the winter wind was blowing, the snowflakes were flying, large patches of ash were raised high, the pillars of smoke connecting the sky and the earth were instantly torn apart, and even the first glimmer of morning light on the eastern horizon was shrouded in gray mist.

There was silence, only the Huai River flowed.

At this moment, suddenly, a little sail shadow appeared in the distance.

A round and bulging sail rose out of the water little by little, and in a moment, a huge sailboat appeared in front of Fengyang.

After a few moments, it's the second, the third, the fourth......

The sound of the canvas swaying in the wind, the splashing of the oars piercing the water, and the noise of the soldiers and boatmen hit like a torrent.

On the big boat headed by a big banner fluttering high, if Sun Yuan was here at the moment, he would definitely spit fiercely: "Whoever writes the words is ugly!" ”

Indeed, the writing of the characters is twisted and turned, and there is no font to speak of, which is purely the level of ordinary people who are used to keyboards in later generations.

A thin man in shiny iron armor stood under his banner with his hands behind his back, his eyes fell on Feng Yang, who was dark and incomprehensible in the morning light in front of him, and his face showed a trace of joy that could not be concealed.

Next to him, more than a dozen military men put their hands on the pergola at the same time, and then let out a cheer: "Fengyang, Fengyang!" ”

The man turned his head to look at the group of subordinates, and suddenly let out a loud laugh: "Haha, Zhongdu has finally arrived, this is the first time we have taken a real big city." Needless to say, the property, grain and grass in the city, the key is ......"

Before the words were finished, a tall man with a dark face also laughed: "King Chuang, the key is that once we take Fengyang, we will have a place to stay in eastern Henan." In the future, whether it is going north, south or west, there will be room for maneuvering, but it will be much more relaxed. Hong Chengchou's ten-sided plan to open the net can be regarded as a hole cut out by us. ”

This person has rough skin, thick calluses on his hands, and a simple face, looking like an old farmer who has been working in the field all the year round, and he can't tell his age: "Originally, our army's plan was to spend the New Year in the city on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there was no defense to sneak into the city. However, I heard that the governor Yang Yipeng and the garrison eunuch were angry and wanted to have a competition in the courtyard outside the city. At that time, the officials and gentry of the entire Fengyang will participate. In this way, the dragons in the city are not defending, and it is the right time to attack. In this way, it was suggested that King Chuang send troops a day in advance. Now it seems that it really took no effort to get it after a fight. ”

Everyone also laughed: "General Chuang is right, after all, Brother Li has been an official, and he can read and write, and his mind is much more flexible than ours." ”

That's right, this person called King Chuang is Gao Yingxiang, and the simple old farmer is Li Zicheng.

Saying that Li Zicheng has been an official is just a compliment from everyone, but in fact, he used to be just a post official at a post station.

If Sun Yuan was on this boat now, he would definitely cry out: It turns out that the peasant army entered Fengyang a day ahead of schedule!

According to real history, after Gu Hengbo got Hou Fangyu's new poem, Shaoyu people knew that they were not their opponents, so they naturally refused to go to this banquet to make a fool of themselves. Gu Hou and the others also left Fengyang on the second day and went to Nanjing together.

But because after seeing the poem copied by Sun Yuan, Shaoyu people saw the hope of defeating Gu Hengbo, so they agreed to participate in the competition.

The city of Fengyang was already full of the eyes and ears of the peasant army, and the news that Fengyang's military and political leaders and all the officials would attend the banquet naturally could not be concealed from them. So, they were supposed to enter the city on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and they launched it in advance.

This is probably the so-called butterfly effect, right?

Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, there is a saying in our hometown that says well, **** have to catch up with the first bubble." Our army is the vanguard of the whole army, so we simply go to the city first. ”

Others also chimed in: "General Chuang is right, our army has a total of thirteen families and seventy-two battalions, and there are too many mountains. Although there is a lot of wealth in the city, it is not enough for everyone, so let's go first and grab a handful and replenish the supplies. ”

Gao Yingxiang hesitated a little: "I'm afraid it's not too righteous to be angry, right?" ”

Li Zicheng next to him still looked honest: "King Chuang, we are the forwards." The so-called striker naturally has to rush to the front. It is also the case that it should be in the advanced middle capital. Besides, this time in Henan, the loss of the team is too great, if it is not replenished as soon as possible, I am afraid that the soldiers will be chaotic first. Moreover, our army contributed the most in Henan, so it was natural to take it first when it was time to divide the spoils. ”

Gao Yingxiang thought about it and nodded: "It's okay, let's go into the city!" ”

Just as he was about to give the order, suddenly, there was a shouting from behind.

Everyone looked back, but saw several small sampans driving behind them, which were full of people, and if they looked closely, they were all leaders of the rebels. Among them, the person who walked in the front, with a scorched face, was suddenly Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, and the others were Ma Yinglong, Luo Rucai, etc......

"Stop, stop!" Zhang Xianzhong stood on the sampan and shouted loudly.

There was a person next to him who sneered: "I didn't see them contribute when I was fighting, and I saw that I was about to enter the city to enjoy happiness, but these people ......"

Gao Yingxiang interrupted him: "Tian Jianxiu, can't you say less?" What kind of war doesn't help, other families are fine, the eight kings are still very brave. ”

"Yes." Tian Jianxiu responded aggrievedly.

Gao Yingxiang: "Most of them are their own brothers, what do they share with each other, let's set sail!" ”

One after another the sails fell, and the huge fleet stopped upstream of the waterway, which was only six miles away from Fengyang.

In a few moments, the leaders of the peasant armies on the sampan jumped onto Gao Yingxiang's fleet.

Before Gao Yingxiang could speak, a leader rushed down, grabbed his collar, and scolded loudly: "Gao Yingxiang, you are in the market, don't think that you are ahead of the curve, you want to take advantage of all the advantages." Last night's night attack on Fengyang, I also sent twenty dead soldiers, and I also made a great effort. Naturally, 10% of the riches in this city are mine. You, you, what soldiers did you bring? ”

Seeing that he twisted King Chuang, Gao Yingxiang's generals were furious and rushed up one after another: "Let go, let go!" ”

"Heng Tianxing, you don't look at what kind of place this is, this is the army in King Chuang's old camp, not a place for you to go wild."

"Hengtian Xingma Jinzhong, you can't let go, Lao Tzu beat you!"

"You dare, you've lost your temper!"