Xingyang, an important town in the Central Plains since ancient times, has always been garrisoned by heavy soldiers, and the Three Kingdoms Three Heroes fought against Lu Bu, which was launched under the Tiger Prison Pass in Xingyang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since the Warring States Period, the Wei State leads the Yellow River water to the south to connect the Huaishui, Xingyang has become the traffic artery, its south Xinzheng, is more dangerous, the Sui Dynasty more built the Tongji Canal, after the communication of Luoshui, the Yellow River, the Bianhe River, here is the important pass of the Central Plains and the place of the grain.

The Ming Dynasty has been going on to this day, the same is true, since the defeat of Shanxi, the Ming army retreated to Henan Province, after the convergence of the local military households stationed in Henan, a proper garrison system was established here, first stationed under the command of the Governor of Baoding into a regular barracks and two strange barracks, and two thousand military households,

There are more than 4,000 people, which shows that Henan attaches great importance to Xingyang, and uses it as a transit station and grain storage place to support the front line, and supports Huaiqing and Henan Province to suppress bandits nearby, but due to the rampant bandits, they continue to flee, and the soldiers of Xingyang are also forced to attack.

There is only one thousand households and a full number of strange barracks in the city, of which there are only about 500 people in this thousand households, and together, there are only 1,100 people, guarding the Xinzheng City of Nuoda, which is quite difficult, but fortunately, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangfa County, Xingyang Zhi County, in the city, have to go to the city with 2,000 young and strong, and finally have the confidence to resist the rogues.

Xingyang as a military town, the natural city wall is thick, not only the battlement gap is five steps away, and more than three zhang high, the four gates are equipped with urn city, and there are 24 prominent forts, each fort has two guns, almost blockade the dead ends, with the fort three zhang five high, any siege equipment can not directly threaten the existence of the fortress.

The general who defends the city is the commander of the Shenwu right guard under the command of the governor of Baoding, and there is Zhang Chengyou, who is guarding under the command of the Baoding general soldier, who saw that there were more than 10,000 people under the city, and there was no boundary, and his heart was panicked, but the thief saw the city high, and he did not dare to act rashly for a while, and did not prepare any siege equipment, so on the first day. There was no war.

Moreover, the king himself also tried to recruit the defenders of the city, so the next day, he did not carry out a large-scale siege of the city, but first shot into the city by letter. After promising to open the city, he would not kill a single person, defend the city and the Ming army, all of them were promoted to the third level, and Xu Fu passed on the bead pattern of 10,000 taels of silver. Marshal,

"It's ridiculous, I eat the court raw food, and I die to provide for my children and grandchildren, how can I be so humiliated by thieves, and dare to deceive no one in my city!"

Fu Chuanzhu was furious in his heart, and immediately ordered someone to take the letter and burn it, and then summoned Chen Yinglong, the magistrate of the city, to guard Zhang Chengyou. In front of them, he shot an arrow outside the city and shouted a first-class Kou, showing his determination to defend the city.

"Tongzhi has such a determination, this official should play the court and ask for merit for the lord."

Chen Yinglong knew that as a civilian official, it was not possible to defend the city, but as a local parent official, it was not possible for him to escape, so he also made up his mind, as long as the city could be defended. And he endured it to the end until the city was destroyed.

So he said, "Commander Fu only kills thieves at the head of the city, and this official supervises the grain and recruits young people in the back." Never hold back the same knowledge. ”

"In this way, the city will be held, and the rogues will never be allowed to enter the city."

After Fu Chuanzhu finished saying this, he summoned Fu Dequan, the thousand chief of the Qi Barracks, and put the general Li Chuba, guarding the king of thousands of households to Yuan, after discussion. Each sub-task, the 1,200 Ming army, divided into six divisions, each of which was supplemented with 300 young and strong, each of which made 500 men, took turns to defend at the city wall,

"Li Chuba, you go to the West Gate, Wang Zhiyuan, you go to the South Gate, Zhang Chengyou, you lead the troops to the East Gate, I personally sit at the North Gate, Fu Dequan, you take one, between the two gates in the northeast, and respond back and forth, and invite Lord Chen to personally lead a department, scattered in the city, and search for the Liukou Neiying, but if there is a troublemaker, be sure to kill it."

"So good,"

Chen Yinglong saw that he had arranged it properly, and his heart calmed down, and the literati's style made him can't help but point out the country, and said with confidence,

"There are four military grain warehouses in the city, each with 4,000 stone of grain, and the grain is worry-free, and the armies only need to kill the enemy, and the officers will let the armies open their bellies and not starve."

"That's right, I have sent someone to break through the siege and go to meet Futai, Futai will lead the headquarters to come to the aid in a few days, and then the inside and outside should be combined, and the thieves will be broken in one fell swoop, and you will be promoted to the rank of knight, no problem!"

After the mobilization of the oath, the soldiers and civilians in Xinzheng City immediately went up to the city wall with confidence, plus the four hundred soldiers who originally guarded the city, and three or four thousand people, including the soldiers and civilians, guarded the city, and saw tens of thousands of thieves, and felt that it was not so terrible.

"I'm going to kill this liao to relieve the hatred in my heart."

Pingbai was delayed for two days, Wang Ziyong saw that the soldiers who shouted at him were shot directly, and he knew that the city was prepared properly, and this battle would be fought to the death, but he couldn't help it, Liukou had always fled, he was in Heyin, running back and forth with men and horses, in order to avoid the main force of the Ming army that might catch up with the existence,

Usually go to the countryside to grab grain, and then attack some village fortresses, at all not ready for a large-scale attack on the official and military towns, this time to attack Xingyang, in order to suddenly attack, because Xingyang has the granary of the official army, but who knows, after the army set off, it rained heavily, blocking the way, and it was delayed for a few days.

After the rain, the road was muddy, very difficult to walk, so from Heyin to Xingyang, it took seven days, the surprise attack turned into a strong attack, and when it was time to fight, Wang Ziyong found that he had not prepared anything at all, don't look at the current army of sixty or seventy thousand, dozens of times the number of soldiers defending the city, but the combat effectiveness is not good.

If it weren't for the food, he would have even turned around and ran away at this moment, so after waiting for two days, he finally gathered a lot of siege equipment, and guarded with 10,000 horses and horses at each gate, with the north gate and the east gate as the main attack direction, and gathered the army, and prepared to attack the city.

The thief army has always been a mobile battle, and has never been interested in this siege, but they can't stand the lack of food this time, and they are eager to get the food in the city, so they can only grit their teeth and prepare to break the city.

"Kill~"

……

The remnants of the sunset, the battlefield filled with gunpowder, the dead corpses that no one cared about, the blackened earth after the blood coagulated, and the flags that burned from time to time all testify to the tragic appearance after the Great War.

Xingyang, an ancient city that has stood on the land of the Central Plains for thousands of years, once again ushered in its glory as a military town, with 70,000 thieves and 4,000 officers and soldiers.

It has been two days of fighting, and it has been four days since the siege of the Liukou began, and a large number of Liukou have been driven by the Wang's own 3,000 old battalion soldiers and horses, and they continue to consume the physical strength of the officials and soldiers with their lives.

"Generalissimo, it can't go on like this, in the past two days, the injured military horses are around four or five thousand, and there is a shortage of food in the army, and many of the soldiers who have been coerced have fled, and I am the head of a battalion alone, and more than 200 people have run away in the past few days, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that I will provoke their resistance."

A leader of the rebel army was really frightened by this tragic siege, he really couldn't fight, a battalion of more than 3,000 people, the head under Xingyang City broke the bloodstream, six or seven hundred casualties, two hundred escaped, such a loss, is not ordinary people can bear, if they are not now as the attacker,

If there is still time to rest, I am afraid that this army has collapsed on the spot.

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, the cholera army, I will screw off his head and hang it at the camp gate!"

Wang Ziyong was also anxious in his heart, because the cavalry wandering on the southern line brought back a piece of news, Zuo Liangyu, who had been staying in Henan Mansion to watch, took his men and horses into Mi County, south of Xingyang, but fortunately, he did not continue to go north, but just waited and watched the troops.

He must lead his army north to fight himself, but he has 2,000 cavalry under his command, and when the time comes, it will be a complete defeat.

"Move your battalion to the south to monitor Zuo Liangyu, and don't let a single Ming army come over, otherwise I want your head!"

Wang Ziyong looked at the silent leaders in the camp tent, scolded loudly, and then slammed the table in front of him heavily, and shouted, "Tomorrow, the old battalion soldiers and horses will be dispatched to break the city in one fell swoop, and whoever dares to retreat, I will kill them!" ”

He was also in a hurry, and he couldn't bear the Ming army in Xingyang, and even wanted to use his last 3,000 old battalion to attack, but he was not nervous in his heart, and even a little calm, because since the main force of the Ming army appeared, it meant that he was still safe for the time being.

Zuo Liangyu doesn't see the character of a rabbit and an eagle, so he is destined not to bring his main force to fight hard with himself, after all, in the field, the soldiers and horses of Changping Town will not be killed, and they may not be able to beat themselves.

"Generalissimo's orders!"

The leader of the battalion saw that Wang Ziyong said these words, and knew that it would not work if he didn't go into battle, he even pulled up his old battalion soldiers and horses, this is going to be desperate, who dares to drag his feet at such a time, it will definitely not end well.

"Break the city tomorrow and slaughter the city for three days~!"

"Kill~!"

……

"Zuo Liangyu of the sun, vainly claiming to be the general of the imperial court, has four or five thousand people at the moment, but he is staying on the sidelines in Mi County, and he is unwilling to go north. Eight. Eggs, it's not a good thing. ”

Fu Chuanzhu, who looked tired, had already suffered three wounds on his body, but even so, he still personally commanded the killing of the enemy at the head of the city, but what made him unacceptable was that the reinforcements were dozens of miles away, but he refused to come up to relieve the siege.

"My lord, there are only more than 2,000 brothers in the city who can move, looking at the action of the thief army at dusk today, I am afraid that tomorrow I will send the main force to fight."

Fu Dequan, as a reserve, is also scarred, if he hadn't come with men and horses to desperately reinforce, maybe the north gate has been broken now, but unfortunately he has no spare strength, if the thief army comes to attack again, the city may fall. (To be continued.) )