Taking Lushan and annihilating the Ming army that rushed to the aid of Luyang Pass, Li Zicheng can be regarded as completing the first strategic plan after entering Henan, although the price paid for the reserve army is not small, but for Li Zicheng, this price is very small.

The soldiers of the front battalion had almost no losses, but they had one more county and one guerrilla attack in one go, how could this not be considered a great victory? The reserve army itself is cannon fodder, and even if it dies, it will not be a loss.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng ordered someone to destroy the city wall of Baofeng in accordance with Gu Junen's strategy, and moved the treasury away, and Pegasus ordered the subordinate towns of Lushan, saying: "There is no way to cut down the sky, the three salaries are all gone, and the fields of the gentry are divided. ”

This is a naked agitation of the villagers to resist the oppression of the local gentry, although the camp is limited at the moment, and can not stay in Lushan for a long time, simply issue an edict to confuse the surrounding rural situation.

Sure enough, as soon as the edict was issued, many of the rural people who had been ready to move for a long time directly started to kill the local gentry, and took the initiative to divide the land, without the pressure of the government, this stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all parts of Lushan were full of smoke, dividing the fields, blocking the road, and hearing that Li Zicheng was holding an election in Shangzhou, and he also held an election in the local area.

If the people of Huguang are still willing to endure the exploitation of the imperial court, then the people of Henan have long been unbearable, and it is not an exaggeration to describe Li Zicheng's edict as "all responding".

Looking at the scene of "full of vitality", Li Zicheng is also in a good mood, and the start of entering Henan is so smooth, which is undoubtedly a good sign.

After dealing with Baofeng's affairs, the army did not stay longer, after all, even if Baofeng's results are good, it can't change the strength gap between the camp and the Ming court, the flow still has to flow, if it is bitten by the Ming army, it will be troublesome, according to the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty, at this moment, I am afraid that the governor of Henan does not know that Baofeng has fallen, and the army is fighting this time difference,

So after destroying the city wall of Baofeng, Li Zicheng ordered all the excess grain and money in the treasury to be given to the people of Baofeng County, in order to appease him, and after earning a wave of goodwill for himself, he led the army to Baofeng and left.

Baofeng is not far from Lushan County, there is a Lushan Mountain in the middle, Lushan itself is not a tall mountain, the army is a perennial mobile battle, it is a little bit when the mountain is in the wilderness, there is no slightest problem to climb this kind of hill, it only took three days, the army has hit Baofeng City.

The news of the fall of Lushan, the governor of Henan may not know, but Baofeng City must know, and when the army arrived at Baofeng, Baofeng was already closed, and the four fields were clear, only the heavily guarded soldiers were on guard on the city wall.

"This Baofeng guard is quite a soldier," Li Yan rode a horse beside Gao Yigong and sighed, can he not know the soldier? Since entering the territory of Baofeng, I have seen the burned houses, the cut farmland, and the rural people have either been moved into the county seat or dismissed.

Gao Yigong is also a person who knows soldiers, of course he can see the meaning of these actions, but he is not very worried, patting his chest and saying: "What about knowing soldiers?" What about the strong wall Qingye? In Lushan, our army has gained a lot, even if Baofeng does not have a grain of grain, it can survive! ”

This is true, although the army is still short of rations, it really can't be called a shortage of food.

"However, the reserve army suffered heavy losses in the previous siege, and if there is another such loss this time, I am afraid that there will be an empty shelf left" Gao Yigong's sorrow is still in the reserve army, the last loss is simply difficult to make up, and now more than 800 people have come out, and the losses are nearly half.

Li Yan smiled when he heard this, and said to Gao Yigong: "The general post doesn't have to worry about this, this siege, even if we want to be the vanguard, it is not good." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Gao Yigong asked suspiciously.

"All the armies look down on my reserve army, the last battle of Lushan, before the morning of the city, where are the rest of the armies not red? Baofeng is a big county, and there is naturally a lot of money and ordnance, if we go first this time, I am afraid that these ordnance will always belong to us, and it will always be indispensable and have to be divided equally, so I expect that in the front camp, someone will take the initiative to ask for help" Li Yan said confidently.

Gao Yigong was obviously quite unconvinced, and said suspiciously: "Those people in the front camp are really willing to use their elites to consume? Even if they are willing, King Chuang may not be willing. ”

"Elite? The camp is now 2,000 elites, with nearly 20,000 followers, is it possible that among the 20,000, there are no 5,000 siege soldiers and horses? Li Yan pursed his lips and said, they are cannon fodder, but it doesn't mean that they are the only cannon fodder in the camp.

Just as the two were talking, the Chinese army's horses galloped in.

"Order, the reserve army is on standby, and you must not rush in!" The horse swept swiftly past the military formation of the reserve army, loudly passing Li Zicheng's military orders.

"Look!" Li Yan said with a smile proudly.

Gao Yigong breathed a sigh of relief: "Damn, you are still smart, and you can see at a glance the calculations of the gang of people in the front camp." ”

"Don't be too happy, if Baofeng can't take it, we still have to go" Li Yan poured a basin of cold water on Gao Yigong again, if the siege is unfavorable, according to the urine nature of Liu Zongmin and these people, he has to make a side for himself.

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This attack on Baofeng, Li Shuangxi took the initiative to ask Ying, the previous ordnance was not greedy, and he also suffered a dumb loss, and died a personal soldier, so that he almost became the laughing stock of the front battalion, and the attack on Baofeng just relied on this opportunity to wash away his grievances, and he could naturally get rid of some weapons.

Baofeng is a big county, and the materials in it must be indispensable, just thinking about it is enough to make people blush.

Li Shuangxi's siege of the city is still the traditional siege mode of the army, the homeless people and cannon fodder pioneers, they take the elite to press the formation, it is said that the elite is actually only 200 people, but these two hundred people are fully clothed, everyone wears armor, and the equipment is not inferior to the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

These two hundred people are also Li Shuangxi's troops at the bottom of the box, and it is impossible to take them out to consume them unless they have to, and every time they are in battle, they are standing at the back and retreating at the front, in this regard, they are similar to the families of the generals of the Ming court.

In order to attack Baofeng, Li Shuangxi drew three thousand cannon fodder in one go, these cannon fodder have no armor, and even the blades are uneven, but there are many people and more people, sometimes the defenders are scared to death just by looking at it, how many soldiers and horses can there be in a county of Baofeng? There will be no more than a thousand people, and many of them are guards.

With a wave of the flag, accompanied by a fierce drum beat, the siege of Baofeng kicked off, more than 3,000 ragged homeless people began to rush towards Baofeng Wuyang, some people brandished hoes, some people brandished sickles, and shouted loudly in their mouths to strengthen their courage, which looked quite intimidating, but it was actual, and I didn't know what level it was.

Baofeng was different from Lu Shan, the soldiers did not panic to shoot arrows, and the city was quiet, as if ready to be killed, and this tranquility lasted until the advance of the army approached within twenty steps of Baofeng City, and a rain of arrows flew into the air in an instant.

Twenty steps, this distance for the unarmored infantry, the feather arrow is enough to kill, the feather arrow flew down like raindrops in the army formation, and in an instant more than 20 people were shot to the ground, if you are lucky, you will die on the spot with an arrow in the neck, and if you are unlucky, you will be killed by an arrow in the thigh and in the abdomen, and you will roll on the ground in pain.

The first round of feather arrows of the Ming army used full strength, and each feather arrow was full of strength, often directly penetrating into the internal organs and bone marrow, and it was also coated with feces, which was tragic and visible.

Without waiting for the intruding army to react, the second round of feather arrows fell again, and there were casualties, and the previous aggressive vanguard began to waver a little.

But due to the strict military law, these soldiers still gritted their teeth and rushed to the root of the city wall, and began to erect a long ladder, the root of the city wall is a relatively safe place, because if the Ming army wants to shoot, they have to lean out to shoot, which will increase the risk of the Ming army, Li Shuangxi obviously knows this, and ordered the archers to prepare early, as long as the Ming army leans out to shoot, immediately release arrows to suppress a round.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army defending the city was not prepared to kill and wound with feather arrows at all, but swayed and pushed a few hot cauldrons, and poured them down towards the intruding troops gathered under the city wall.

"Golden juice! It's golden juice! The knowledgeable people who broke into the camp to watch the battle suddenly shouted in dismay.

The gold juice is to boil people's feces and urine, burn hot, and then pour it down, the temperature of this thing is extremely high, and it is extremely dirty, once it is burned, the whole body will fester, and maggots will die, which is not tragic.

The gold juice was suddenly poured on the bodies of the invading army under the city, and a tragic howl suddenly broke out, accompanied by the stench that spread to the camp of the invading army, and even Li Zicheng, who was accustomed to life and death, showed forbearance......

Miserable, watching the soldiers who were burned by the gold juice wailing and running backwards, and then being killed by the Ming army's feather arrows, many generals of the invading army lowered their heads and couldn't bear to look at them directly.