After getting the latest information from Yuan Shizhong about the motive for the deployment of the army, Huang Degong of course also inquired overnight.

Including sending scouts to strengthen intelligence interception, and at the same time severely tortured the messenger brought by Yuan Shizhong, and tortured all kinds of beatings and tortures.

But in the end, Huang Degong couldn't ask the truth, but anyway, he was already convinced that Yuan Zongdi's side had probably gotten the same news, so he wanted to attack Shangqiu.

In that case, let's do it!

In fact, if someone opens the perspective of God, it is not difficult to find that all this is self-defeating:

Song Xiance's previous offer to Li Zicheng was nothing more than to use the fake news that "Shangqiu may have many vassal kings who fled from Weihui and other places" to lure Shen Shuren to leave Shangcai Jiancheng and fight a sports war to rescue Shangqiu, so that Li Zicheng could intercept and kill him halfway and force him to fight in the field.

But when Song Xiance's plan is implemented, it will definitely be impossible to tell the truth to his subordinates, because spreading rumors involves too many people, and if his subordinates know the truth, it will inevitably expose the true purpose when it is spread, and the effect will not be good.

So this kind of strategy, only the top people at the top know the truth, and the cannon fodder below is dead, when they go to spread rumors, they really think that the rumors they spread are true.

In this way, even if these meticulous works and messengers are captured by the officials and soldiers, it is impossible for the officials and soldiers to torture the truth, which will only make the deception of the deception more effective.

Of course, two days ago, it was discovered that Shen Shuren had left Shangcai and attacked Chen County. There is no longer a need for Song Xiance to "trick Shen Shuren into leaving the Shangcai Turtle Shell", so they take the initiative to leave the Turtle Shell.

It is said that from that moment on, Song Xiance should have sent someone to contact Yuan Zongdi again, saying that the previous news was all false information, and he didn't need to care about the Guide Mansion anymore, and he could come to Chen County immediately and concentrate his superior forces.

But perhaps it was Song Xiance's previous failure to make Li Zicheng trust him so much for the time being, so his follow-up remedies were not adopted so quickly, and there was a delay and disconnection in the middle.

On the other hand, it is also because of the chaos of the army, Huang Degong has already killed Zhecheng, and the cavalry scout of the Shen family army has a great advantage. Song Xiance privately used his own soldiers to deliver news as messengers, and it was inevitable that he would be intercepted and killed on the way, and by mistake, Yuan Zongdi continued to faithfully carry out the orders of besieging Shangqiu, continuing to provide food, and killing more vassal kings by the way.

Of course, strictly speaking, Yuan Zongdi is not very wrong in doing this.

If you can take Shangqiu, it can be regarded as a big gain, killing all the rich people in the city who have grain reserves, and it can also greatly alleviate the food crisis of a wave of troops in Chenxian, Yuncheng, Kaifeng and other places.

In addition, he was able to hold back Huang Degong's cavalry troops and not return to the Chen County battlefield, which could be regarded as helping Li Zicheng share the pressure.

Both sides have a vital force that has been dragged back and has not gone to the main battlefield, and no one has made or lost.

Forcing does not lose.

……

Huang Degong waited in Zhecheng for half a day, and he had enough rest, and Yuan Shizhong's troops had also been drawn from Luyuan, where to evacuate, and where to evacuate, the one or two thousand cavalry were also transferred to Zhecheng to accept Huang Degong's control.

This made the number of cavalry troops under Huang Degong's command slightly inflated. After removing casualties and other temporary losses in combat power, there would still be a fresh force of 12,000 men.

Of course, Yuan Shizhong's talent has just arrived, and the degree of trust is definitely lower than that of the regular official cavalry, so the new equipment will definitely not be evenly distributed to them.

Yuan Shi could only fight with the original sabers, spears and bows, but their iron-clad armor rate was higher than that of Huang Degong, which just allowed them to fight hand-to-hand combat in the vanguard.

When some of the Yuan cavalry learned about it, they complained slightly, but they were all pressed down by Yuan Shi's bullets. He also learned from Huang Degong that in order to travel lightly, many soldiers took off their iron armor and stayed in Chen County without bringing it. Yuan Shizhong will naturally explain this situation to his subordinates, and the two will release their suspicions.

Through this episode, Huang Degong further confirmed Yuan Shizhong's sincerity in serving the imperial court, so he issued him a revolver troll pistol, and issued ten double-short-barreled rear-loading trolls to his personal guards, which was regarded as a appeasement reward, and told him not to use it for ordinary soldiers, and to check the number after each battle in the future.

Yuan Shizhong got these new weapons, and he was very determined, knowing that Huang Zongzhen was completely taking him as his own, and he was grateful and said that when the time came, he would fight Yuan Zong first.

Huang Degong did not include the lake, and on the morning of October 16 the next day, he took 12,000 people and all the grain raised by the granaries in the city, and continued to drive to Shangqiu.

There is nothing to guard here in Zhecheng, Huang Degong came lightly and did not bring food, and the city was also very poor, Huang Degong, as an official and soldier, would not go to loot the people.

After taking the thief city, it was nothing more than dividing the thief army food in the granary in the city, and letting the officers and cavalry each carry more than 20 catties on horseback, enough to eat for ten days and half a month, and this amount did not slow down the marching speed.

Anyway, Zhecheng does not plan to leave troops to garrison for the time being, this kind of lonely hanging city behind the enemy line, it is impossible to defend everywhere, and it is more important to concentrate superior forces.

……

The words were divided into two ends, and Huang Degong set off from Zhecheng to Shangqiu to find trouble with Yuan Zongdi at the same time.

On the battlefield of Shangqiu, the local defenders were also in a state of anxiety and indecision.

Yuan Zongdi came to Guide Mansion, and it has been seven or eight days before and after, and he has also robbed a lot of grain and killed many people. The siege of Shangqiu City is also the fourth day.

The army in Henan, starting from the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, has also begun to open some conditions similar to "surrender without a fight after besieging the city, ensure that the city is not slaughtered, surrender after defending the battle for one day, kill three percent, and break the city after defending the battle for three or five days, and slaughter the whole city" to deter the defenders and the people.

It's just that this strategy will basically not be strictly implemented until March of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng proclaimed himself "King Xinshun" and established the title of quasi-country.

Now there are at least five months left until that point in time. Coupled with the additional pressure given by the butterfly effect of the Shen Shuren, the situation in Henan is not yet clear, so the conditions offered by the Chuang army in various places are relatively arbitrary.

There are still many local government offices, fearing that they will break into the army and slaughter the city, so they will not surrender. The situation in Shangqiu County is roughly the same.

After all, Kaifeng has not been lost, and there are many people who feel that there is still hope for Daming in Henan.

Early this morning, Yuan Zongdi's soldiers and horses had been thoroughly prepared for the siege, and they had also prepared a lot of heavy siege equipment, but they lacked firearms.

But only with the bow and crossbow, it is not impossible to attack the city, tens of thousands of soldiers, ants gathered under the city, under the strict order of Yuan Zongdi, about to launch a comprehensive attack like a tsunami.

The official army at the head of the city had resisted two waves of Yuan Zongdi's tentative attacks in the previous two days, but at that time, Yuan Zongdi had not prepared heavy equipment and only relied on flying ladders, so the fight was not resolute, and there was no hand-to-hand combat first.

The two sides only used bows and crossbows to shoot each other, and Yuan Zongdi temporarily retreated, and then sent people to intimidate.

At this moment, seeing that the thief's equipment was prepared, the guard couldn't help but show timidity. Song Quan, the guard of the south gate of Shangqiu City and the garrison of the battalion, took advantage of the fact that Liang Yizhang, the prefect of Guide, came to the south gate tower to inspect the defense, revealing his desire for peace.

"Lord Futai! This Shangqiu City is now lonely behind the enemy, surrounded by a large army of thieves, and the court has not seen rescue, I implore my lord to try to persuade the thieves to delay, otherwise the two sides will kill a lot, I am afraid that the thieves will vent the anger of the people of the whole city in the future!

The last general heard that the thieves sent Yuan Zongdi to return to Germany this time, in order to get food, the siege of Kaifeng lasted for more than half a year, and the army began to eat people! Yuan Zongdi made it clear that he wanted to pick a few cities in Defu to slaughter and grab food and meat, if we Shangqiu killed too many troops, I am afraid that the people would be completely retaliated! ”

The prefect Liang Yizhang still has backbone, in history he insisted on resisting to the end, and was seriously injured when the city was broken, and in the end it was Li Zichengjun who thought he was dead and did not make up the knife. He was fished out of the pile of dead by his subordinates, brought back to the south to recuperate, and after recovering from his injuries, he went to seek refuge in Shi Kefa.

The civil officials in power in Shangqiu City are generally a little backbone, and they are all dead in history with Yan Zekong and Wang Shixiu.

Therefore, at this moment, hearing the cowardice of the garrison, Liang Yizhang was of course furious, and directly reprimanded him for being unrestrained: "Song Quan! You eat the court, as a garrison, don't you even have the courage to defend the city! What are you going to do? ”

Liang Yizhang was also afraid of tearing his face directly, and the other party directly led troops to open the city, so he didn't dare to say too much, but the meaning was already obvious.

Song Quan is usually respectful to these civil officials, but he is not so afraid at the moment, and he didn't want to tear his face at the end, so he first found a step with the snake:

"How can the last general be greedy for life and afraid of death! It's just for the sake of the old folks! Afraid of thieves slaughtering the city for revenge! ”

Liang Yizhang's face turned pale: "The city hasn't broken yet!" You're already worried about the future? It's not cowardice before a fight! You should defend the city well, and repel the invading army for a few days first, to prove that you are not greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

As soon as Liang Yizhang finished speaking, Song Quan's face was just cold, but the thousands of presidents below him clamored:

"Lord Futai, we're not afraid to defend the city! It's not that I'm afraid of death! But we must always think of a way back for the people of the city! If you let us kill the thief, the purpose is not just to let our hands be stained with the blood of the intruder, so that we will not be forgiven by the thief in the future and give you a name!

You have to keep it, you have to come up with an explanation, and in the end, what happened to this matter! Are you sure that the army will withdraw from the siege, or are you sure that the imperial court will have reinforcements to save us! If it's just a lonely city, what's the use of holding on? It's not that we don't want to, you have to give the brethren a thought! ”

Liang Yizhang saw that he had committed the anger of this group of gangsters, and he didn't blame the people for a while, and it was not easy to show the righteousness of the gang.

Gang Chang is righteous to fool the readers, and it's useless for these soldiers to say it. All they need is a future hope.

In a hurry, Liang Yizhang was also bloody, so he could only be in a hurry and deceive everyone first: "This official asked you to defend it, of course, you already have a bottom in your heart!" Reinforcements from the imperial court will be coming soon!

You don't know, this official sent a letter to Xinyang Mansion long before the city was besieged, and the Shen Futai sent by the imperial court will go north to rescue us! Shen Futai was ordered to rescue Kaifeng, I begged him, and he said that he would take refuge and return to Defu by the way.

As long as we hold out for seven or eight days, at most ten days, the imperial army will be able to arrive! Everyone will be a hero at that time! ”

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ps: Everyone, be patient, although there is no plot of the protagonist's forces in this chapter, there are important NPCs that need to be foreshadowed, and it will be revealed tomorrow morning.