On the ninth day of April, Liaozhou.

In the prefect of the city, a young and heroic general stood in the main hall, waiting.

When Li Zicheng came out of the back hall, he said softly: "Break into the general, there will be something important to report at the end." ”

"Speak."

Li Zicheng sat down at the table.

"Tan Ma Lai reported, You Shilu, the general soldier of Shanxi in the Ming Dynasty, led thousands of elite soldiers to attack Liaozhou."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was suddenly not quiet, and everyone was talking.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng coughed lightly, and then quieted down.

"Although You Shilu is a native of Yulin, he has served in the Guanning Army for a long time, and the thousands of elite soldiers under his command must be mainly veterans of the Guanning Army."

"Passing the Sky Star" Zhang Tianlin became nervous: "We occupy the city for the first time, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist it." ”

There was another round of discussion in the hall.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Tianlin, and Cao Yaoke, nicknamed the "Eight King Kongs", all took advantage of the peasant army's full flowering in Shanxi to seize the important town of Liaozhou and kill Li Chengzhang, the governor of Liaozhou.

They lacked experience in defending the city.

Li Zicheng also felt a headache: "The enemy is strong, I think it is better to retreat in time to avoid the annihilation of the whole army." ”

Zhang Tianlin nodded in agreement.

Cao Yaoke didn't think so: "Liaozhou is an important town in Shanxi, and the city is tall enough to resist the enemy. Besides, even if you retreat, please have a place to accommodate us. ”

"That's true." Zhang Tianlin sighed.

The peasant army could not stay in Shaanxi, so they had to flee to Shanxi in a swarm.

Except for Taiyuan Mansion, basically all the places that can be occupied are occupied.

If this were not the case, they would not join forces and seize Liaozhou together.

Who knows, less than three days after occupying Liaozhou, the official army came.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and asked the young general in front of him: "Gao Jie, you are in charge of investigating intelligence, what do you think of this?" ”

Gao Jie raised his head and persuaded: "Break in, eggs can't be hard against stones." In the end, the general thinks that it is better to go. ”

"Let's go, where can we go?"

Zhang Tianlin turned around and pointed to the map hanging in the hall and said, "The head of the board is in Yangcheng, and the king is in Qinshui ......."

After careful calculation, the territory occupied by the peasant army has been divided by the battalions.

Zhang Tianlin twisted his sour neck and asked, "Do we have a place to go except to hold on?" ”

His words made Li Zicheng sigh.

This general, who wants to occupy the place and develop his power, has to give up his territory, but he can't give it up like this.

In the end, the parties deliberated and came to a conclusion.

Stay and defend the city!

In the afternoon of the same day, the officers and troops arrived outside the city of Liaozhou.

According to the custom, the officers and soldiers built a dirt hill outside the city, and the general soldier You Shilu climbed the city to look into the distance.

When he saw that the army on the west side was in order, he was secretly surprised in his heart, so he called the sentry cavalry to inquire about the information.

"Who is guarding the West City?" He asked.

"Back to Master You, to the west is Li Zicheng, who is nicknamed 'Chuang General' by the thief army."

The sentry replied respectfully.

"Breaker? What is the relationship between him and King Gao Yingxiang? ”

You Shilu asked in surprise.

"It doesn't matter. 'Chuang Wang' and 'Chuang General' are just nicknames, and the thief army likes to watch the Water Margin, and they are all proud to have nicknames.

Zhang Tianlin, who guards the north gate, is nicknamed 'Guotianxing'. Cao Yaoke, who guarded the east gate, was nicknamed 'Eight King Kong', and Li Guo, who guarded the south gate, was nicknamed 'A Tiger'. ”

The sentinel's answer made You Shilu almost laugh.

However, he also got an important piece of information - Cao Yaoke, who guarded the east gate, was the weakness of the thief army.

Why?

This is related to the topography of Liaozhou.

Liaozhou is located on the eastern edge of Shanxi, in the middle of the Taihang Mountain ridge, surrounded by mountains.

To the east, there are rolling hills.

So it was handed over to the weakest "Eight King Kongs" Cao Yaoke.

In the west, it is naturally the strongest Li Zicheng.

After this general analysis, You Shilu already had an idea: "Order the soldiers of each department to divide into three and attack the west gate, the south gate and the east gate." ”

"Yes!"

The herald obeyed and rode away at a gallop.

You Shilu looked back at his soldiers and said: "The West Gate and the South Gate are feints, but the offensive is fierce!" Ordered Zhang Waijia to lead the main force to quietly attack the south gate at night and break the city in one fell swoop! ”

"Yes."

The soldiers themselves went to deliver the secret order.

As a result, in the siege battle on the second day, the west gate and the south gate were extremely difficult.

Zhang Tianlin, who forced the north gate, had to lead the army and rush to support.

Under the city, the rushing vehicles, supported by artillery fire, continued to advance.

Zhang Tianlin's face was black, and it was burned to his face by a fire caused by a cannon.

"Or, bring Cao Yaoke's soldiers!"

The noise was so loud that Zhang Tianlin had to shout at Li Zicheng with his throat raised.

Li Zicheng shouted: "No! Gao Jie, you inform Cao Yaoke and tell him to be careful of the south gate and not to be attacked by the enemy. ”

"Oh!"

Gao Jie responded loudly and turned to the south gate.

Seeing what Cao Yaoke did, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

was fighting, Cao Yaoke actually hugged a mother-in-law and drank in the city.

What a quirky fun it is.

Gao Jie stepped forward quickly: "Master Cao, what are you doing!" ”

"Huh?" Cao Yaoke frowned, "What are you doing, you don't need a pawn to fart here!" ”

Cao Yaoke's subordinates drew their knives out of their sheaths, and the tip of the knife was pointed at Gao Jie.

Gao Jie was furious: "Ximen and Nanmen are fighting fiercely, but you are here to eat meat and drink wine and play mother-in-law, and now you have to point your knife at your allies." ”

Cao Yaoke consciously took care of his losses and motioned to his subordinates to put away their knives: "What are you doing here?" ”

"On the order of the general, inform Cao Dangjia that the official army attacked the west gate and the south gate so violently, be careful that the south gate was attacked by the official army."

Gao Jie spoke quickly.

Cao Yaoke listened and said with a smile: "Little doll, you go back and tell Li Zicheng that Lao Tzu is very safe here, just let them guard it." If you can't stand it, tell Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will help him. ”

With that, he laughed.

His men laughed too.

"Humph!" Gao Jie turned to leave.

Cao Yaoke stared at Gao Jie's distant back and spat on the ground: "What kind of thing, small things are also worthy of teaching Lao Tzu to do things." ”

That night, he and his mother-in-law made children overnight.

The rebel soldiers, who had no chance to make children, crooked on the city wall, napping.

Late at night.

An army of officers reached the city in the dark.

The leader waved his hand, and several capable and meticulous craftsmen with hooks and ropes quietly came to the base of the city wall.

They had already observed the city wall in the east of Liaozhou clearly, and climbed up to the city with their bare hands along the gaps in the city wall one by one.

After landing lightly, they observed that the bandit army in the east was lax in its defenses.

Some of them pulled out their knives, approached lightly, covered their mouths with one hand, and stabbed them with the other.

These rebel soldiers died before they could speak.

The other part of the officers and soldiers threw the rope down and hung it on the city wall.

The second group of officers and soldiers came to the city, pulled the rope, and made sure that it was safe, so they successively climbed the city by the rope.

"Kill!"

In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

It was the soldiers who entered the city through the west gate, raising torches and shouting for killing.

The righteous army under Cao Yaoke was defeated.

The officers and soldiers rushed directly into Cao Yaoke's residence and hacked Cao Yaoke, who had just slept, and his mother-in-law to death.

Blood-spattered windows!