Chapter 374: Sitting in the City of Sorrow
When Zhu Dadian and others were suspicious in Huang County, the battle flag fluttered outside Dengzhou City, and thousands of troops of the Broken Army besieged the base camp of this rebel army, which was really thousands of troops. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It may sound unbelievable to say that it is a siege, thousands of people besiege nearly 20,000 people, but this is the reality today.
Li Jiucheng stood at the head of Shuicheng and frowned, and it could even be said that he was a little at a loss, his simple mind could not cope with this complicated situation.
Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan heard of the defeat in Huangxian, after all, there were many soldiers who fled from the Huangxian camp, and many fled back to the base camp in Dengzhou.
Li Jiucheng's first reaction was to kill Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai, he knew what to discuss and appease, and he was a flower in the water when Huang County was defeated.
At that time, Li Jiucheng decided to sit in Shuicheng and personally protect the back road of Shuicheng.
Of course, he and Li Yingyuan did not go to sea by boat immediately, because they still had a glimmer of hope, that is, Kong Youde defeated Zhao Lie's obstruction and returned to Dengzhou, so that the two sides would join forces and go to sea together.
Because the soldiers under his command are still too few, more than 10,000 on the books, but in fact, there are only a few thousand soldiers, and the rest are miscellaneous soldiers and the families of the rebels.
What can these soldiers do when they go to sea, Dongjiang still has the old Huanglong department, even if he plans to join Jiannu, he has to rush through the obstruction of the Dongjiang River.
Therefore, he had to wait, and it was best if Kong Youde could bring back thousands of soldiers and horses, so that he could hope to rush through the blockade of the Dongjiang River and go to Dajin.
In addition, the number of soldiers is larger, and it is also valued by Daikin.
It's a pity that Li Jiucheng finally waited for the arrival of Zhao Lie's 2,000 cavalry and arrived in Dengzhou. Immediately cut off the connection between Dengzhou and Dengzhou Water City.
Li Yingyuan was trapped in Dengzhou City. Li Jiucheng could only sigh in the water city.
Flags fluttered in the distance. Zhao Lie's soldiers arrived, and the red and black outfits looked like his soldiers, the only one in Denglai.
Li Jiucheng estimated that Kong Youde was finished, otherwise Zhao Lie would never dare to besiege Dengzhou like this, once Kong Youde's troops returned to Dengzhou, they would attack from both sides, and Zhao Lie would definitely be defeated.
Geng Zhongming and Li Yingyuan were looking at Zhao Lie's army formation at the head of Dengzhou City at this time, and their hearts were cold.
Geng Zhongming felt quite remorseful in his heart. If he had not offered the city, now ...
Li Yingyuan was thinking about how he rushed to Shuicheng to join Li Jiucheng, Dengzhou is now dead, okay.
Four miles away, Zhao Lie took a good look at the city defense of Dengzhou with a telescope, and saw that the Hongyi cannons and general cannons were all over the city, and there were dozens of them, and the city was full of rebel soldiers.
"My lord, this is a fortified city, and it is not easy to capture." Huang Han put down the telescope at this time and said.
Now there are only rebels left in Dengzhou, and Huang Han has no need to hold on to Shidao. Now he also came to Dengzhou to join Zhao Lie.
"It's really a fortified city." Zhao Lie nodded and sighed, if it wasn't for the inside and outside. It is simply impossible for the rebels to capture this fortified city, just think about Laizhou City, Laizhou City is far away from Dengzhou, but it has blocked the rebels for more than four months, and the rebels have tried their best to break the city.
Dengzhou, Zhou Jiuli, the city is more than three zhang high, two zhang wide, all are covered with bricks, there were more than 10,000 soldiers at that time, dozens of giant cannons, the rebels were only tens of thousands at that time, it was impossible to attack this strong city.
Therefore, Sun Yuanhua was really not wronged by being imprisoned by the imperial court, and his fate is like this.
"My lord, I have reported that the imperial army has arrived in Huang County, and there is not much time left for our army." Huang Han was also a little worried.
He found that the Broken Army was no different from the Jiannu Army, thousands of people could surround the state city, and no matter how many soldiers in the state city were, they would not dare to go out of the city.
But it is not easy for the broken army to capture the big city, and it can't be like Jiannu to drive the people to attack the city as the pioneer, if the broken army attacks the city, the broken army really can't afford to lose, this time the broken army has two infantry troops and a thousand thousand soldiers and three combat teams and a thousand cavalry teams, but more than 5,000 people, how to attack the city.
Du Li stepped forward and whispered a few words to Zhao Lie, and Zhao Lie nodded in approval.
Geng Zhongming saw that the Broken Army began to set up a large camp six or seven miles away, and knew that Zhao Lie was also afraid of the Hongyi cannons in the city.
He is really not afraid of Zhao Lie attacking the city, he is afraid that Zhao Lie will not attack the city, Zhao Lie's manpower attack on the city must be extremely bad, but Zhao Lie will not attack the city and wait for the imperial army to arrive, Dengzhou will not be lucky.
But what should he do now, run away.
Geng Zhongming returned to the city, and immediately ordered the descendants in the city to gather gold and silver, and prepare for a breakthrough, he estimated that it would take ten days and a half for the arrival of the imperial army, after all, it was impossible for so many men and horses to march too fast.
It's just that it's not easy to put this fine and soft together, and the gold and silver treasures looted in more than 20 cities that have been laid down in the past half a year are piled up in the treasury of Dengzhou, and it is impossible for these objects to be taken away, so screening is also a job, and it takes a day.
Of course, you have to send someone to sneak out of the night to contact Li Jiucheng in Shuicheng, and then break through to Shuicheng, and if the gate of Shuicheng is not opened, everything will be over.
At night, Liu Kui, the general guard of the city gate in the east, returned home, and when he came back, he also asked the mother-in-law to prepare for the escape.
Fortunately, there is only a mother-in-law and a half-eldest son at home, which is much neater.
Soon after he returned home, he was explaining matters to his mother-in-law, when suddenly the businessman Lao Yan came to visit.
Lao Yan has inquired a lot of news from him in the past few months, and he doesn't care, he may see the official army besieging the city, he can't sit still, he is going to leave anyway, Liu Kui doesn't care about selling him a favor.
"Lao Yan, the official army is now besieging the city, and I am about to break through and leave. When the rebellion arises, it is better for you and your family to hide for a while. Okay, if you have something to do at home, I won't leave you behind. Liu Kui commanded in a low voice.
In the past few months, he has received hundreds of taels of silver from Lao Yan, and when he comes, let their whole family avoid the military disaster, and they are worthy of Lao Yan.
"Don't worry, adults, Yan is here to give adults a wealth and wealth." Lao Yan said with a smile.
Well, this is very ambiguous, Liu Kui raised his eyes to look at Lao Yan, although Lao Yan was still smiling as before, but his waist was straight, and his bearing was like that, which was not the same as the appearance of bending over and yielding in the past.
What is the situation, Liu Kui took a closer look at Lao Yan again.
"A certain is Jing Haiwei's command of Lord Zhao Lie, who has hundreds of households, and has been on business in Dengzhou for many years." Lao Yan put away his smile this time and handed over a nameplate.
Liu Kui looked too familiar at first glance, it was the identity nameplate of the Ming Army, of course, this thing can be imitated.
"Lao Yan, how do you know that you are not a fake." Liu Kui also put away his smile and said.
He didn't panic, if Lao Yan was not good for him immediately, it didn't seem like he had to bother and spend months on communication, especially in the past half a month, he served in the East Gate, Lao Yan was even more diligent, it seems that this was premeditated, is it the East Gate...
"It's just a tablet, something else to prove it." Lao Yan came to the door and whistled.
Suddenly a dozen people in short clothes appeared in the night, and they watched vigilantly as they gathered around.
"This is all our Shidao manpower in Dengzhou, of course, this is a small part, which is enough to prove the strength of our army." Lao Yan waved his hand.
The men quickly disappeared into the night.
Liu Kui's eyes almost didn't pop out, he didn't notice that there were so many people in ambush around his house.
"How about it, Mr. Liu has seen it, can we talk about it." Lao Yan has a good mind.
"Lao Yan, you have taken a fancy to the east gate guarded by the official." Liu Kui is not stupid, a fool can't get to his status.
"Liu Jiang's eyes are like a torch, our army is to enter the city from the east gate, if Liu can always dedicate the east gate, my Lord Zhao will not hesitate to reward." Lao Yan arched his hand.
"The little one knows the prestige of Lord Zhao in Denglai, and he is really a hero of the Ming Dynasty." Things are changing fast, and now it is Liu Kui who flatters and laughs,
"There are hundreds of soldiers at the east gate, and Liu's soldiers are only a few. This one... ”
Since it is a transaction, of course, it is good to negotiate on the table.
"Since Mr. Liu talked about it, Mr. Yan will explain what the adult said, and our lord said that if Mr. Liu dedicates himself to the east gate, he will reward three thousand taels of silver, and in addition, Mr. Zhao can ensure the safety of Mr. Liu's net worth, and when Mr. Liu is willing to go, the Lord will send someone to escort him." Lao Yan made things clear.
"Ahem, ahem." Nima, three thousand taels of silver, Liu Kui coughed in shock, how much silver is this, Liu Kui made a small abacus, and found that he was giving him ten taels of silver for each person under his command, and he could still leave nearly two thousand taels of silver, which was enough for his life's expenses.
But it is human nature to have Long Wangshu, and Liu Bai is not exempt from vulgarity.
"Ahem, Lord Yan, see if you can find a half-official position for the small one under the command of Lord Zhao, the small family also has a big family to support, and you can't sit and eat nothing." Liu Kui smiled and bowed his hand, even bending down.
"Hehe," Lao Yan glanced at him straight, looking at the three or two kittens at home, "Mr. Liu, this Yan can't be the master, Yan can only be the master, and then add five hundred taels of silver to you." ”
Liu Jiang's request was refused, and he was slightly unhappy in his heart, Nima is okay to give a level boss, you Lord Zhao are too picky.
"Mr. Liu doesn't seem to be very satisfied, if you don't send me to Geng Zhongming, Lord Liu will also be a great achievement, and then Mr. Liu will go to the sea with Geng Zhongming for a trip to the Dongjiang River." Lao Yan said with a smile.
Lao Yan is also so crooked, and the official position of the Broken Army is also something you can remember, and you don't look at your own bird.
To be honest, these coins are still Du Li's words, as for Lord Zhao, Lao Yan hasn't seen him at all these days.
Seeing that the meaning in Lao Yan's words was wrong, Liu Kui didn't dare to hesitate.
"Lord Yan, this time is about the life of the family, but Lord Zhao has to talk about it."
"Hehe, Lord Liu is too worried, Lord Zhao is such a person, because of this little money and food, it is ridiculous." Lao Yan scoffed.
"Damn, it's done," Liu Kui gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "It's just that Lord Yan must be a good talker." ”
Lao Yan rolled his eyes when he heard this. (To be continued.) )