readx; On the 19th day of July in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the elusive Zhang Xianzhong suddenly led his troops to besiege Luoyang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe peaceful life of the people of Luoyang was immediately disrupted, their families were closed, and no one had the heart to go out to hang out or do business.

Zhu Youzhen looked into the street through the crack in the door of the inn, and saw a group of officers and soldiers driving out of the camp and hurrying to the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north. However, although these soldiers were numerous, they had obviously not fought for a long time, and all of them looked panicked, and some of them could not even hold their weapons steadily. Everyone was a little worried when they saw it, and they didn't know if such an officer and army could stop Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

After a while, the sound of killing on all sides shook the sky at the same time, and it was obvious that the thieves had begun to attack the city. Zhu Youzhen and the others have seen big battles, and they know that although the thieves are powerful, their combat effectiveness is relatively average, and they are especially not good at attacking cities. There are quite a few defenders in Luoyang City, and the city will not be broken for a while, so it can still be held. The other people in the inn were so frightened that their faces were like earth, and they huddled in their rooms and kept chanting Buddha.

Only the red lady didn't care, and followed Zhu Youjian for a moment. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was frowning and not saying a word, the red lady didn't dare to ask questions, but followed silently.

"Why can't I hear the gunfire?" Zhu Youzhen listened with his ears pricked up for a while, and couldn't help but say angrily, "Could it be that the officers and soldiers are all scared stupid?" ”

"Maybe the defenders don't have bird guns and red cannons." Qi Meifeng said.

"How is that possible?" Zhu Youzhen said, "Luoyang is the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, and the Central Plains is important; Although it is not the capital now, King Fu is a vassal here, and the imperial court must still attach great importance to it, as can be seen from so many officials and soldiers. How can it not be equipped with firearms? ”

"It's definitely matched, but it's hard to say whether it can be used." Qi Meifeng also frowned and said, "Among the official troops, the Liaodong border army has the best armament and the most adequate food and salary, followed by the rest of the border army, and the inland defenders. In a place like Luoyang, there has been peace for a long time, and there have been no swords for many years, and the ordnance should not have been replaced for a long time. Firearms are such things as they are less likely to break down the more they are used; If it is not used for a long time, it is very easy to rust and scrap. ”

After more than half an hour, the shouting of killing weakened slightly, but a large number of wounded soldiers retreated from the direction of the city gate. Some of them can still walk around with each other's support, while others can only lie on stretchers and be carried around. Dozens of people have been killed in the battle, and although they are lying on stretchers, their eyes are still wide open. Looking at the body again, all of them were arrow wounds without exception, and some of them were even hit by more than 20 arrows.

Zhu Youzhen had commanded the battle to defend the city, so he naturally knew that it was extremely difficult to attack the city upward. If you want to suppress the archers at the head of the city, you need at least three times the superior force. And the fact that these defenders in front of them were actually shot like this can only show one problem: there are too many thieves!

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank suddenly, and he was even more worried. Qi Meifeng had to comfort him and said: "Please don't worry, the defenders' injuries are all arrow wounds, which means that at least the thieves have not been able to attack the city." ”

"If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the city is breached!" Zhu Youzhen said depressedly, "It seems that we have to make some preparations, in case the city is broken, we will rush out even if we are desperate!" ”

By noon, the thieves were still braving the scorching heat to continue their onslaught, and the number of casualties among the officers and soldiers was rising sharply. However, the careful Li Zhenyan found that many of these "wounded soldiers" were not injured at all, and the blood stains on their bodies were deliberately smeared.

"What's going on?" Zhu Youzhen said in surprise.

"They are deceitful," Qi Meifeng snorted coldly, "If you are injured, you don't have to continue to defend the city." ”

"Damn it!" Zhu Youzhen said angrily, "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, isn't being a soldier just fighting and bleeding?" This is no different from escaping, why is no one in charge? ”

Qi Meifeng sighed: "According to the military regulations 17 and 54 beheadings, the wounds are used to avoid the expedition, and the injuries are faked to death, so they escape, this is called a fraud army, and the offender is beheaded." But you see, some of these officers and soldiers are officers, and they are still greedy for life and afraid of death, how can they order the soldiers to strictly abide by military discipline? ”

"It's really a soldier, a nest of bears!" Zhu Youzhen said hatefully, "I don't know who the guard of Luoyang is?" ”

"I'll ask!" The red lady was so bold that she immediately walked over and asked a few wounded soldiers. When he came back, his face turned pale with anger, and Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Listen to them, Luoyang's guard is called Wang Pu, and he is a general of the third grade. But just now, Wang Pu pretended to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but he led the only 500 horse troops in the city to break through and leave, regardless of Luoyang! ”

"I owe his ancestors!" Zhu Youzhen was immediately so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, "How did such a greedy person who is afraid of death become a general?" ”

"Meifeng knows this person." Qi Meifeng shook his head and sighed, "His father's name is Wang Wei, and he is the governor of the left capital in the middle of the court, and he can be said to be the biggest military attaché. This Wang Pu was repeatedly promoted with his father's shadow, and he was promoted to a general at a young age. Who knew it would be such a thing! ”

"Anyone who relies on Lao Tzu to be an official is basically this kind of cheat daddy!" Zhu Youzhen scolded angrily, suddenly thought of something again, and hurriedly said apologetically to Qi Meifeng: "Meifeng, I didn't mean you, don't be careful." Your military exploits are all earned with a knife and a gun, which is different from Wang Puke! ”

Qi Meifeng didn't care, but said worriedly: "Wang Pu escaped, I don't know who is in charge of the city?" ”

The red lady hurriedly replied: "I heard that it is the prefect Zhu Dadian who is now commanding the defense of the city. ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard the name Zhu Dadian, he couldn't help but think of his nickname of "pig dotting". I thought that this corrupt official and a civil official, expecting him to be able to defend the city, might as well believe that the old sow could go up the tree.

At this time, Chen Yuanyuan came over and persuaded: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and you should also eat." ”

"I... I can't eat it! Inspector Zhu You sighed.

Li Zhenyan hurriedly persuaded: "If you can't eat, you have to eat, didn't you say it just now, you have to prepare to kill and go out of the city." If you don't eat, you don't have the strength, how can you go into battle to kill the enemy? ”

"Okay!" Zhu Youzhen had to agree and came to the hall of the inn with everyone. At this time, the guests of the inn were also waiting in the hall for dinner, but they did not see the men come up. After a long time, the shopkeeper came out, and said to everyone helplessly: "I'm really sorry, the villain must know that everyone will say: from now on, the amount of each meal will be reduced by half!" ”

"What? Your store is so unreasonable, when I wait for the hotel, the meal money is paid in full! Some of the guests immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

"The villain doesn't want to do that!" The shopkeeper said with a wry smile, "But now that the thieves are besieging the city, the price of rice and vegetables in the city has skyrocketed, and the rice has risen to twelve taels of silver and one stone!" It's true that you paid for the meal, but the silver is not enough for even half a meal now. The small shop is also a small business, but I can't afford the price difference, and I hope you Haihan! ”

The store suddenly became a pot of porridge, but Zhu Youzhen's mood became even heavier.

ps: My family is sick and upset, and I only have one shift today, sorry!