The boss was very angry and the consequences were serious.
Li Zicheng's angry voice echoed in the woods, and dozens of generals stood aside in silence. Even Liu Zongmin, who was usually the most carefree, did not dare to touch him at this time.
The only person who dared to dissuade Li Zicheng was one person. Fortunately, that person was also here at this time.
A pair of calloused but unusually warm hands gently held Li Zicheng's big hand. Gao Guiying's voice rang in Li Zicheng's ears: "King Chuang, let's calm down first and listen to what Mr. Luo and Mr. Sun say. If they
It’s not too late to get angry again if you don’t do something right!”
"That's right, King Chuang, please don't be angry. Let's listen to what Lao Luo and Lao Sun have to say first. It's not too late for you to punish them both!"
When everyone saw Mrs. Gao coming out to plead for mercy, they followed Gao Guiying and beat the drum to intercede. At this time, Li Zicheng's anger also subsided slightly. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down before staring at Sun Kewang and said coldly:
"Okay, tell me, what's going on? Why did the 20,000-strong army disappear in two days? If you can't tell me how ugly you are, don't blame me for punishing you according to military regulations!"
Even though Sun Kewang looked very heroic, he was really afraid of Li Zicheng. Now that he had suffered a defeat, let alone
The expressions on the faces of the generals became even uglier.
After Sun Kewang finished speaking, Li Zicheng turned to stare at Luo Rucai and said: "Lao Luo, what about you? What's the matter with you?"
Luo Rucai smiled bitterly and said: "I'm similar to Lao Sun. We originally wanted to attack by surprise, but we were discovered by the Ming army's Ye Bushou. Then they sent out cavalry to hold us back. We fought hard with them for two hours.
, then their large team arrived and made dumplings for me. I think you would have guessed what happened next if I didn’t mention Chuang Wang.
After I was defeated, I went to find Lao Sun. In order to avenge me, Lao Sun also set up an ambush circle and wanted to wipe out their cavalry. But I didn't expect that the cavalry ran away, and then their cavalry
The vanguard arrived and defeated Lao Sun. I want to make a special point here. The Ming army was different from the Ming army we have seen in daily life. They were well-equipped and had high morale. Lao Sun's seven or eight thousand
They surrounded three thousand of their infantry on the hillside, originally planning to exhaust their muskets and engage them in hand-to-hand combat. But the result was far beyond our expectations. Tens of thousands of our brothers were defeated by them."
Speaking of this, Luo Rucai seemed to remember the scene he saw during the day. A group of Ming soldiers in neat formation stabbed the spikes in their hands into the chest of a nominal soldier and pinned them to the ground with no expression on their faces.
, and the rebels could only die in vain row after row.
"hiss........"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasped. Everyone looked at each other. Just now, Sun Kewang explained that sharp weapons can hurt the enemy at 300 steps. This already made everyone think it was a bit exaggerated. It can hurt the enemy at 300 steps.
They had never even heard of the firearms, let alone seen them. Now that Luo Rucai was praising the Ming army's hand-to-hand combat ability, it sounded like he was describing heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals.
Li Zicheng stared at Luo Rucai for a while, then nodded and said: "I believe you. At least you, Cao Cao (Luo Rucai's nickname), have never lied in front of me, but if I find out that you two are deceiving everyone,
, hum hum......"
Li Zicheng snorted twice through his nostrils, clearly expressing what he wanted to express next.
At this time, Sun Kewang, who was still kneeling on the ground, saw that all the generals were looking at him and Luo Rucai with suspicion. He couldn't help but said loudly in anger: "King Chuang, brothers, if you suspect that Lao Luo and I are telling lies and want to
It's very simple to verify. I estimate that the Ming troops will arrive here tomorrow. If you don't believe it, just try it and you will understand."
Li Zicheng said coldly: "Humph... I will naturally go meet them when this Ming army comes. Now you go down and rest first. If you have anything to do, we can talk about it tomorrow."
After speaking, Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked people to take Sun Luo and others down.
After Sun Luo and others went down, Li Zicheng said to everyone with a calm face: "You have all seen what happened just now. Do you think what they said is true?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Hao Yaoqi hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "King Chuang... In my humble opinion, Lao Sun has a straightforward temper. He shouldn't be able to make up stories to deceive us.
And although Lao Luo is more tactful, he probably doesn’t have the guts to make up such a ridiculous story. I guess what they say is all true.”
"Well!" Li Zicheng was noncommittal and turned his attention to Liu Zongmin. The impatient Liu Zongmin shouted: "King Chuang, my opinion is the same as that of Lao Hao. I'm afraid that this Shandong army is really coming from bad intentions. The old man Gao and Li
I once went to Qingzhou and told us about Shandong when I came back, but no one believed it at the time. Now it seems that this matter must be true."
Everyone's eyes were directed at Li Guo and Gao Yigong, who were standing aside. The two looked at each other and laughed bitterly. Gao Yigong, who was sitting on a wooden stake, stood up, moved his body, and then sighed.
Said: "I didn't expect that Pang Gang's power would develop so fast. General Liu is right. Buzhi and I went to Qingzhou to start an uprising under the orders of King Chuang, but we were killed by a Qianhu named Pang Gang.
It's a mess. I remember telling everyone about this, but I didn't expect that in less than two years, this Pang Gang would develop to such an extent. If my estimate is correct, Lao Sun and Lao Luo met each other.
It must be Pang Gang's men, and only his men have such terrifying hand-to-hand combat capabilities."
Having said this, Gao Yigong narrowed his eyes, and could not help but recall the scene in his mind of those who stood in a row with long spears and stabbed hundreds of brothers from his old camp. Those simple but cruel moves were used to kill people.
The struggle to change his life still often wakes him up from his sleep.
Li Zicheng and the generals were silent. They were all silently analyzing the consequences of this powerful Ming army coming to Luoyang.
"King Chuang, how about we send out all our troops, intercept the Ming army in the middle of the road, and annihilate them in one fell swoop. If these people are killed, they are only ten thousand people. Can't we defeat just one of them with a dozen of us?"
"
The person who said this must be a fan of the madman's human sea tactic, and would always compare the numbers of both sides. However, this idiotic-sounding proposal was supported by many generals.
"That's right, we are at a loss with them. Our hundreds of thousands of troops are all pressing forward. Even if they are a mountain, we have to flatten them!"
At first Li Zicheng was quite moved when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully he rejected the proposal. He sighed and said: "If it were normal times, I would definitely send out all my troops to fight to the death with those Shandong soldiers and horses, but now...
That’s not possible.”
Although we have more than 100,000 troops, it seems that we are outnumbered, but in fact half of them are old and weak. In addition, we have to send people to surround Luoyang to prevent those dog officials from escaping, so there are even fewer people to send, so this method
But it doesn't work, and it's too late in time.
Li Zicheng then said in a ferocious voice: "But this doesn't mean that we have to swallow this breath in vain. Jiexuan, you will send people to seal the east gate of Luoyang tonight. Since you gave them the opportunity, they don't cherish it themselves."
Don't blame us, we want to show Pang Gang that our rebels are not soft persimmons that he can pinch whenever he wants!"
"yes!"
Liu Zongmin was overjoyed when he heard this. Although King Chuang said that they would not be able to attack the city tomorrow, but they could fight the soldiers and horses from Shandong. This was what he expected, especially since this Shandong army defeated Sun Kewang and Luo Rucai one after another.
Finally, if I can defeat this Shandong army, my reputation among the rebels will definitely increase a lot, which will be very beneficial to improving my reputation among the entire army...
Not to mention that Liu Zongmin, who was full of confidence, was eager to show off with the Shandong Army. At this time, the city of Luoyang was in chaos.
In the Governor's Mansion in Luoyang City, the new Governor Liu Yuliang was pacing anxiously in the custody room. There were several officials sitting around him. They were Henan Chief Envoy Wang Chadao, Sentencing Envoy Liu Cunyi, and soldiers and horses on guard.
Wang Yinchang, Henan Prefecture Governor Kang Mengshuan and other important military and political officials.
After walking around the open space a few times, Liu Yuliang finally couldn't help but shouted in a low voice: "What is going on? Why haven't Li Xianfeng and Jie Rugong come yet? The reinforcements they promised to bring are almost a month old."
Why are they still missing? Could it be that they..."
Liu Yuliang didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone understood that Liu Yuliang's implication was whether Li Xianfeng took the opportunity to escape.
Although they disapproved of Liu Yuliang's words in their hearts, no one showed it, and secretly sighed in their hearts. This Wenyuan Pavilion bachelor was born as Governor Liu. There was no problem at all if he was asked to recite poems, but if he was asked to actually do something, he would be dumbfounded.
Wow, he couldn't come up with such a ridiculous idea. It seemed that he was really anxious.
Yes, Liu Yuliang was really anxious at this moment. Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to come to Henan to wipe out the bandits. Not only did he not wipe out the bandits, but he actually let the bandits occupy half of Henan. If Luoyang really fell this time, even if
Even if he managed to escape back to the capital, Chongzhen would definitely chop off his head.
Liu Yuliang, who was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, said to Wang Yinchang, the guard beside him: "Wang Guard, if the bandits attack tomorrow, how long can you resist?"
Wang Yinchang smiled bitterly and said: "I dare not hide it from my lord. At this moment, I only have 6,000 infantry soldiers. If the thieves really come to attack, I estimate that I can only resist for three days."
"What? Three days!"
Liu Yuliang retreated to his seat and sat down, shouting: "Doesn't that mean that we will all be finished in three days?"
Wang Yinchang smiled bitterly and said nothing to show his acquiescence...!~!
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