Seeing Zhu Jiajun coming, Qian Zuozheng was very happy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tens of thousands of rogues have besieged Ruzhou many times, and they have come and gone, and Qian Zuozheng feels that it is quite difficult to defend the city. Now that reinforcements have arrived, they are naturally rejoicing!

Qian Zuozheng, the last governor of Ruzhou Zhili Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, on February 4 of the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641 AD), Li Zicheng's peasant army broke through Ruzhou and killed Qian Zuozheng of Zhizhou.

This is a Ming Dynasty official who still has a bit of ability and discipline!

In the original unchanged history, after the city was broken, he stood without kneeling, scolded unyieldingly, and was martyred for the thief to stab the skin.

Ruzhou is a large state, and the city is very high and thick. According to Qian Zuozheng's introduction, the whole Ruzhou city is more than nine miles around, the city is two feet high and six feet, and the outer bricks are the inner soil. The city had four gates, all of which were built with urns. There is also a moat, but it is only well equipped and well-armed, and it is difficult to capture even ten times the number of thieves!

Li Zilong and the others glanced at it and could see it. The traces of the once tragic battlefield, the ground is full of dry black blood, obviously, the last time the thieves attacked the city was recently!

When I entered the city, the picture in front of me made people sigh.

In the past, the city of Ruzhou was quite prosperous, with 72 large and small streets, crisscrossing and crisscrossing. Both sides are lined up with shops, and it is very lively.

But now, these once beautiful pictures no longer exist.

The city was full of depression, and the whole place was filled with panicked people. When they saw the army coming in, they all whispered. The surprise on his face was greater than the joy!

Zhizhou Qian Zuo levied Li Zilong and others to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and after taking the promise of ten thousand stones of grain and grass, after the meal, in order not to disturb the people. Li Zilong: They are back in the barracks outside the city!

After the battalions had been set up, Li Zilong was concerned about the wounded after the last battle and hurriedly inquired.

Jiang Hai replied: "Thirty-three people were seriously injured, five of them eventually died, and the others were slightly injured. ”

Li Zilong sighed; "Wounded soldiers must be well recuperated, these soldiers are brave men and brothers in our army."

Jiang Hai said again: "Don't worry, the general will visit every day." ”

In the battle a few days ago, although the rogues were all rabble, after all, there were many people, and it was impossible for the Zhu family army to be completely free of casualties.

For the average Ming army, the wounded were a burden. But for Zhu Jiajun, who has all kinds of good medicines, good nurses and doctors, the wounded soldiers are more precious, and after recovering from the wounds, these veterans will exude stronger combat effectiveness. Because they have all been baptized with iron and blood!

And, full of hatred for the enemy!

They held a meeting that night to discuss, and the next day, in order to show his trust in Zhu Jiajun, Qian Zuo cleared the venue in the city and invited them into the city.

A few days later, when Li Zilong and the others decided to defend Luoyang, they must first guard this place, this decision, and get ready.

Soon, the Chuang army pulled a large number of cannon fodder over in the field, and they really came to Luoyang.

Looking down from the sky, outside the city of Ruzhou, there are dense tents, and the camp of the thieves seems to be dense and boundless.

The command post of the breaking army was in a village far away.

There were constantly big men wearing felt hats, old sheep robes, or armor coming in and out. Compared with those hungry foot soldiers with red scarves on their heads, these men are much more powerful, and they are obviously the old battalion men and horses who broke into the army.

These people have several years of experience in battlefield fighting, and they have seen a lot of corpses and blood, and they don't have any fear of sand warfare.

If you want to describe them in one word, it is a super gangster who has killed people and been a little boss.

At this time, in the temple hall in the village, a red carbon fire was burning, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and many others were relatively speechless around the fire.

Because after learning that some of the officers and soldiers defending the city were the Zhu family army who fought with them a few days ago, they are now a little entangled.

When he was young, Li Guo whispered to Gao Yingxiang: "King Chuang, we have more than 100,000 people gathered outside Ruzhou City, and we consume a lot of grain and grass every day. If you don't build a bigger city, I'm afraid there will be nowhere to get food. We can't drag it out any longer, and tomorrow we will either find the officers and soldiers for a decisive battle, or we will change places. Why don't I take some horses to charge tomorrow and try to beat them down? ”

Gao Yingxiang didn't answer immediately, but Li Zicheng on the side replied: "They have a lot of cavalry, and our horses are not as good as them, so we will suffer a big loss in hedging." It was not easy to fight outside the city before. Now they defend the city and have an advantage. ”

"Yes, the old battalion and the horse team are the foundation of our rebel army, and they cannot be easily spent." Others chimed in.

Gao Yingxiang pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "You can use hungry soldiers to lure you, order thousands of spears in the infantry lineup, and when the officers and soldiers are entangled, the horse team attacks from both sides...... I am only afraid of the cavalry of the Zhu family army on the opposite side. If we can't win, we will leave Ruzhou, join up with Brother Zhang, and then try something else. ”

I have to say that this period is not 164x years in history.

Now it is only close to 1630 or so, even because of the arrival of Zhu Zilong, history has changed. However, in terms of general policy, he is mainly dealing with Houjin.

Therefore, it will take time for the thieves to develop, and the army of thieves in this period has not yet reached their peak.

…………

And here in the city, when Li Zilong and others were arranged, they heard a news that Chen Yongfu, the city guard of Kaifeng, brought some people over to support. What a rarity!

Chen Yongfu (?) ---- 1645? ), a general at the end of the Ming Dynasty, fought many times with the peasant army in Henan.

In the original history, his son once shot Li Zicheng in one eye with an arrow during the battle. Because of his exploits, he was promoted to the rank of chief soldier!

Later, when Sun Chuanting was defeated, he served as a guard in Jiaxian, and was defeated due to the retreat of his troops. Later, Li Zicheng sent Bai Guangen to surrender Chen Yongfu, but Chen Yongfu was worried that Li Zicheng would take revenge and hesitated. Li Zicheng swore an oath with him, saying that he would not pursue it again, thus subduing Chen Yongfu, and later named Chen Yongfu as Wen Shuibo, and Chen Yongfu followed Li Zicheng from then on.

After the failure of Li Zicheng's great cause, Chen Yongfu did not know what to do after breaking through. Some believe that he died in battle, while others believe that he surrendered to the Qing army.

This is a bit of ability, but the discipline or something, or the country can't compete with the personal safety of the Ming general.

I have to say that at this time, Li Yongfu, who had not surrendered to Li Zicheng a few years later, still felt a little disappointed in his heart. This time, he brought the Kaifeng army here, and he wanted to prove with facts that he was not with the Zhu family army as a foil on this expedition.

After borrowing Li Zilong's telescope to observe the enemy's situation, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This thing is really still a divine object, a sharp weapon for reconnaissance." ”

Li Zilong felt that he was one of the few generals who dared to come to support, and said generously: "Just General Chen likes it, this mirror will be given to you." ”

Li Yongfu was overjoyed, but he still said politely: "How can you be embarrassed to accept such a valuable thing." ”

Li Zilong said: "It's okay, it's just a few utensils, please don't dislike Li Junmen, there are still many in our army." ”

So, Chen Yongfu accepted it with a smile.

When he was young, Chen Yongfu stood with Li Zilong and others, holding the telescope in his hand to look in all directions. I saw that about ten miles ahead, there was a camp with a dense concentration of bandits. With a telescope in hand, you can really see it clearly.

I rejoice even more!

- (To be continued.) )