Not long after, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Jianyi, and Luo Tai led more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to Luoyang City, compared to Liu and Luo's worried looks, Tian Jianxiu said with a smile: "Two generals, don't be so worried, didn't the boss say?" Our task this time is not to take Luoyang City, but to sweep away the guards on the periphery of Luoyang City, reduce obstacles for the army, and directly attack Luoyang City. ”

Hearing Tian Jianxiu say this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Jianyi said with peace of mind: "General Tian, to be honest, it's not the two of us who shirk the blame, I really want to help the boss take Luoyang City, but I am also weak and my ability is limited." Don't say that King Fu didn't let the army enter the city, even if he was lucky enough to sneak into the city, with such a small number of troops, it would be difficult to occupy one of the city gates for a long time. ”

"Yes, General Tian, what Brother Liu said is right, even if he mixes into the city smoothly, with the distrustful style of the Luoyang City guards, not only the two of us, but even he Wang Shaoyu, it is impossible to guard such a critical place as the city gate, at most it is to guard a certain place on the city wall, or patrol the city." Luo Tai then added, his words were very sincere.

"The two generals don't have to be like this, Tian understands, and the boss also understands." Tian Jianxiu nodded slightly, responded to a word, and then said: "So, the two generals, it is because the boss knows this, as long as we can take a checkpoint around Luoyang City, even if we have completed the task, the reason why we continue to go deeper is just to take advantage of the situation and see if we can find out the military deployment of the other party." ”

In the hall of the prefect's yamen in Luoyang City, the prefect Feng Yijun and the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department Lu Weiqi sat upright, and many civil and military generals sat on the lower sides, and Lu Weiqi's dignified and low words echoed in the hall, making the final deployment.

"The rebel army is likely to focus on attacking the West Gate, and the deputy envoy of the army, Wang Yinchang, is responsible for guarding the West Gate."

"Yes, Lord Lu!"

"Prefect Feng Yijun, you lead your troops to guard the south gate."

"Yes, sir!"

"Zhang Zhengxue, the magistrate of the county, sentenced Bai Shangyi, you are responsible for guarding the east gate and the north gate respectively."

"Yes, sir!"

......

As one person stood up and responded one after another, the face of Henan General Soldier Wang Shaoyu became more and more ugly, holding his breath, the dignified Henan General Soldier, the highest rank among the generals present, the most critical point in the defense of Luoyang City, among the many important tasks, none of them were his, and he was furious in his heart, but he could only endure it.

Lu Weiqi's last order pushed Wang Shaoyu's mood to the peak, and he almost couldn't help but jump out, wanting to make a big fuss.

"The chief soldier Wang Shaoyu and the push officer Wei Jingzhong send guerrilla patrols, and the two of you are responsible for patrolling the city wall, and once there is an emergency, immediately lead troops to support."

"Yes, sir!"

Only the push official Wei Jingzhong responded alone, at this moment, everyone was looking at Wang Shaoyu, there were sympathizers, a dignified general soldier, reduced to this point; There are jokers, aren't they cows when they enter the city? Not yet, and a low-ranking petty official patrolling the city walls.

Wang Shaoyu's chest rose and fell, his hands were fists, clenched, and the joints were white, and suddenly, the whole person relaxed, and replied lonely: "Yes... My lord..."

At this time, the prefect Feng Yijun looked at Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, his expression was very solemn, and he turned to say in a low voice: "Lord Lu, the grain and grass in Luoyang City have long been stretched, and they are about to run out of cooking. ”

"Lord Feng, this official understands what you mean." Lu Weiqi's brows furrowed, looked at everyone's expectant eyes, sighed, and continued: "Hey... Okay, this official will go to the Fu Wangfu Mansion again, persuade the prince to know the righteousness, realize the danger of Luoyang, and take out some food and salary to improve the morale of the generals defending the city. ”

"Lord Lu, you must convince the prince, if you can't raise food again, the general will really not be able to explain to those soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy, it will be difficult to stabilize them again, and you have no intention of defending the city."

The words of Wang Yinchang, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, especially the last sentence, made everyone's bodies tremble, and they couldn't help but think of the insults of the soldiers guarding the city wall.

"There are millions of money in the palace, and we are anorexic to food and meat, but we are starving to death at the hands of thieves!"

Suddenly, a junior colonel broke in, interrupted everyone's thoughts, knelt down in the hall with a run, and hurriedly said in a panicked voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not good, the chaotic army has reached the outside of Luoyang City, and is attacking the city from all directions!" ”

"How is that possible?" Lu Weiqi exclaimed, and stood up stubbornly, and the others showed disbelief, and more were shocked, and Wang Yinchang, the deputy envoy of military garrison, asked: "What is going on?" There are so many passes outside Luoyang City, even if the chaotic army is big, if you want to take it down, it will take a lot of hands and feet, how can it be possible to come to the city silently? ”

Without waiting for the junior colonel to answer, Lu Weiqi had already calmed down, and hurriedly greeted: "Now is not the time to investigate the reason, according to the assigned tasks, immediately rush to the area they are responsible for, and defending Luoyang City is the top priority, hurry~!" ”

At this moment, although everyone's hearts were frightened, although there was some panic, but it was not to the point of being at a loss, they took action one after another, walked out, and rushed to the area they were responsible for.

At the same time, outside Luoyang City, I saw countless rebel soldiers flocking to Luoyang City, coming from all directions, densely packed like ant colonies.

Luoyang City is like a flat boat in the storm, it may be broken at any time!

The sound of cannons rumbled, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and black smoke filled everywhere.

Li Zicheng rode a horse and stood outside the West Gate, about three or five miles away from Luoyang City, holding binoculars in both hands, quietly watching this scene, sometimes wrinkled, sometimes soothing, indicating that his heart could not be calm.

Gu Junen, who was on the side, was full of excitement, and said with admiration: "Boss, fortunately, with Liu and Luo, we can take Dongguan without blood, thus disintegrating the defenses around Luoyang City in one fell swoop." Otherwise, just clearing these defenses will not only cost some hands and feet, waste more time, but also kill quite a few people. ”

At this time, Lu Shiyi was also very happy, and turned to say with admiration: "I have heard that this blessed king is rich and rivals the country, with millions of family assets, not only living a life of drunkenness, but also the grain in the warehouse of the prince's mansion is piled up, after conquering Luoyang City, even if there is no supply from the nearby base area, in the short term, we don't have to worry about the problem of grain and grass." Moreover, the captured gold, silver and jewels are not only enough for our military expenses, but also for the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle. ”

I don't know when, Xu Xiake appeared beside Li Zicheng, and sighed faintly: "Hey... In just one Henan, there are seven vassal kings, and in this case, even if there are no natural disasters for many years, with the looting of these vassal kings and corrupt officials, the common people of Henan will not have a good life. ”

"Forget about the other vassal kings, this blessed king is definitely a moth of the society, who only knows the fish and flesh of the people, and the tyranny is tyrannical, and the disasters are endless. All the grain in the granary was moldy and rotten, and he was unwilling to take it out to help the people as food. ”

Li Zicheng put down the binoculars, looked back at the people beside him, and said solemnly: "That's why we want to overthrow such a rotten court." Otherwise, the people of the world will never see the light of day and will live in endless darkness. ”

"Yes, such a rotten and dim court must be overthrown and a new order must be re-established!" Lu Shiyi nodded lightly, echoed, then looked in the direction of Luoyang City, and then said earnestly: "Judging from the current battlefield situation, if you continue to attack like this, if you want to take Luoyang City, if there is no other good strategy, it will take at least another six or seven days, and the number of casualties will increase sharply,"

Li Zicheng also looked at Luoyang City again, frowned slightly, and said solemnly: "This can't be helped, you must first test the water to see where Luoyang City's city defense is the weakest, and then you can concentrate superior forces and attack one point." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng paused, sighed, and then said: "The defenders of Luoyang City have already known the reason why we have broken through most of the cities, and have learned a lesson, not only strengthening the city defense forces, but also increasing the patrol soldiers in the city, and our internal personnel in Luoyang City have no chance to make a move." ”

"Therefore, we can only do this now, besiege it on all sides, see its weak points, and then give it an all-out blow and overcome it in one fell swoop."

"What the boss said is right, Liu and Luo are convincing, saying that Wang Shaoyu's subordinates will fight back, but we can't pin all our hopes on this point, we must attack in an all-round way."

When he said these words, it was obvious that Xu Xiake had already understood the cause and effect, and even said: "Moreover, even if what the two of them said is true, there will really be officers and soldiers who will defect and surrender to us, but compared to so many city defense battalions, Wang Shaoyu's subordinates are only a few." What's more, judging from yesterday's events, the guards of Luoyang City do not trust Wang Shaoyu, and the place he guards must not be a key place like the city gate, even if it fights, it will have a limited role in receiving us into the city. ”

......

In the blink of an eye, the siege battle had lasted for a day and a night, and the offensive of Li Jiajun and other rebel armies suddenly stopped, and the smoke curled up, and they began to bury the pot to make rice.

"Boss, the city defense of the city wall of Luoyang City has been figured out, the west gate is the deputy envoy of the military garrison Wang Yinchang, the south gate is the prefect Feng Yijun, the east gate is the county magistrate Zhang Zhengxue, the north gate is the general sentence Bai Shangyi, Wang Shaoyu's troops are in the northwest corner of the city wall, among the four gates, and the defense of the north gate is the weakest, which can be used as our key attack object."

As soon as Tian Jianxiu finished speaking, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai glanced at each other, the former stood up, and then said: "Boss, my subordinates have made contact with the friends of Wang Shaoyu's subordinates, and they are ready to surrender to us." Moreover, they are willing to use the fire as a signal tonight, burn down the gate tower of the north gate, kill the soldiers defending the city, open the city gate, and welcome us into the city. ”

"Are you serious?" Yuan Shizhong exclaimed excitedly and stared straight at Liu Jianyi.

"It's true, the last general dares to guarantee with his head, and there will be no traps in it."

With Liu Jianyi's answer, no one doubted that everyone present knew very well that now that the general trend had gone, Luoyang City would be conquered sooner or later.

And, even if there is fraud in it, what are the pitfalls?

The rebel army has hundreds of thousands of people, and once the city gate is opened, it will flood into Luoyang City, and quickly occupy it, and it is useless to think of any traps.

At this moment, everyone quieted down, and all eyes were focused on Li Zicheng's body, waiting for his decision.

"Pass my order, rest for a day during the day today, suspend the siege, and everyone is fully recuperated, recover their strength, and prepare for the siege tonight. At the same time, change the offensive strategy, from attacking from all sides, to focus on attacking, concentrate troops, and focus on the northwest corner of Luoyang City's city wall and north gate, and other parties as feints, just make a show, so as to contain most of Luoyang City's troops. ”

Soon, the sun set and the moon rose, and in a blink of an eye, it was already late at night, the torches were like stars, and the rebel army and the Li family army showed the final general offensive momentum, constantly approaching Luoyang City.

For a while, the atmosphere suddenly became tense!

At this moment, on the north gate tower of Luoyang City, Wang Yinchang, who participated in politics, was patrolling back and forth, looking at the approaching chaotic army, he was very worried and uneasy, and kept shouting, in order to vent the unrest in his chest.

"Everyone gave me the spirit of twelve points, and gave me the gate to guard the city according to death, just now, the prince took out a thousand gold, as the capital to raise warriors, and all those who have made outstanding contributions will get a lot of silver."

However, most of the soldiers reacted coldly, as if they hadn't heard the bounty, and there was a cold sudden refreshment, echoing on the city gate.

"Brothers, don't listen to his vernacular, it's all about deceiving us! Even if we really have this money, only those generals will be rewarded, and we will still be hungry. Brothers, the Li Jiajun has launched a general attack, and it's up to us next! ”

The voice was passionate and fast, it was just a few breaths, and when Wang Yinchang's expression changed greatly, he was just about to say something, and the voice sounded again: "Brothers, take down this Wang Yinchang, as our vote, hurry up~ act!" ”

"Ahh Yes... Ahh

All kinds of screams suddenly sounded, the north gate tower was suddenly disturbed, many soldiers rioted, attacking the soldiers next to him, Wang Yinchang was just about to fight back, his right hand was just held on the hilt of the knife, and he was subdued by several people beside him, tied up by the five flowers, and thrown on the side of the aisle on the city wall.

"Brothers, quickly set fire to the city gatehouse, open the city gate, and welcome in Leader Li!"

Soon, the north gate of Luoyang City was on fire, and the city gate tower was covered by fire, which was particularly conspicuous in this dark night!

At the same time, in the northwest city wall, there was also infighting, as the commander, Wang Shaoyu immediately realized that something was wrong, Luoyang City was going to be unable to hold, especially when he saw the North Gate City Gate Tower on fire, he did not quell the rebellion in front of him, nor did he lead the troops to recapture the North Gate, but ran away, and when several mutinous soldiers wanted to catch him, there was no shadow.

A thick rope fell down, Li Jiajun climbed up with the help of these ropes, quickly took over the northwest city wall, and as more and more people gathered, they went to the west gate to cover and kill, and received the other brothers' troops into the city.

Fight on two fronts, form a corner trend, attack at the same time, and prevent trouble before it happens!

More and more Li Jiajun and other rebels poured into Luoyang City, although the situation was chaotic, but there was no surprise, no one dared to act without authorization, harassing the people in the city, after those internal personnel appeared, under their leadership, they killed all the officials and counties, especially the Fuwang Mansion.