Chapter 394: If you don't come to Luoyang, it will be over
On July 13, the tenth year of Chongzhen, at the top of Luoyang City
The sky dawned very early in the summer. As soon as Chen Shi arrived, the sky was already bright. Bugles sounded soon outside the city. The dark crowd quickly surrounded Luoyang City. Hundreds of thousands of bandits put on a show.
As the city was about to be attacked, the city defenders quickly reported the situation to Luoyang's highest military and political officer, the Governor of Henan, Liu Yuliang.
Liu Yuliang, who had not slept all night, hurriedly led the officials up to the east city wall. If there were reinforcements, this was the direction they would come from, and it was also the only place not surrounded by rogue bandits. When Liu Yuliang came to the city wall with two black circles under his eyes,
, when what he saw was the dense number of bandits under the city, Liu Yuliang almost turned over in fright.
As the saying goes, if an army exceeds 10,000, there will be no limit; if an army exceeds 100,000, the sky will be the limit. At this moment, Liu Yuliang was standing on the top of the city. When he saw the countless figures below, he felt that his eyes were blurred and he almost fainted on the ground. Fortunately, he was about to faint on the ground.
Wang Yinchang, the soldier guard on the side, reacted quickly and immediately supported him.
Suddenly, there was a burst of earth-shattering cheers outside the city. The dense crowd of bandits who originally surrounded the east city wall separated into a path. A group of people galloped towards the city wall on horseback, and finally stopped more than 300 steps away from the city wall.
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Finally, a man on horseback came forward. He sat down on a particularly tall horse with a short mane and tail. It was very eye-catching. There was a man of about thirty-one-two sitting on the horse's back.
A 20-year-old man, he is tall, with broad shoulders, bulging cheekbones, a plump nose, a high bridge of nose, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, and a pair of bright, big eyes that are gazing forward and thinking deeply. Such eyes often give people a sense of wonder.
A feeling of perseverance, calmness, and wisdom.
He wore an old gray pointed felt hat often worn by northern farmers, with the tip of the hat folded down. He also wore a half-old blue cloth robe over the armor. This was to be taken off in case of battle.
Conveniently, all the buttons on the robe were loosened, but they were tightened with a war belt. A bow was slung across his back, and a sword and a cowhide quiver with red lacquer and gold were hung on his waist. There was a quiver in it.
A dozen sharp arrows with carved feathers.
Liu Yuliang's eyes froze when he saw the cowhide quiver hanging from the man's waist. Liu Yuliang's eyes froze. Only the royal family can use quivers of this color. It would be a grave sin for anyone other than the first time to use it. Liu Yuliang's heart moved.
, could this be the intruder?
Facts soon confirmed Liu Yuliang's suspicion. The man took a step forward and said loudly: "People in the city, listen. I am Li Zicheng. If you are wise, please quickly open the city gate and surrender. If you persist, wait until my rebel army enters the city."
I will kill you until no one is left alive."
Li Zicheng's voice was so loud that Liu Yuliang and the people around him who were standing at the top of the city heard it clearly. As soon as his words came out, Liu Yuliang was furious. Although Liu Yuliang had no talent, his loyalty to Chongzhen was
There is no doubt about it.
He pointed at Li Zicheng and trembled and cursed: "You thief, the emperor was too lenient and let you live. I didn't expect that you would not change your ways and come to Henan again to wreak havoc. Aren't you afraid of doing it again?"
Repeat the same mistake as last time and end up with the entire army wiped out?"
What Liu Yuliang was talking about was two years ago. At that time, Li Zicheng also invaded Henan. But he was quickly beaten back to Shaanxi by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and then was driven step by step into the mountains.
Li Zicheng pointed at Liu Yuliang on the city wall with disdain and said: "You are a dog official, I guess you must be the new Henan governor named Liu. I see that you are eating so much that you don't know how much you have eaten."
The fat of the people and the anointing of the people. I also heard that the King of Fortune in Luoyang City weighed more than three hundred kilograms. If that is true, we would not mind cooking and eating this King of Fortune after we invade Luoyang."
"Arrogant, too arrogant!" Liu Yuliang, who was trembling with anger, pointed his trembling finger at Li Zicheng and shouted angrily: "You traitor, stop being arrogant now. When my army comes to help, you will all die without a burial place!"
"Haha..." Li Zicheng laughed, "I know your reinforcements are coming, so let me see if the reinforcements you invited can withstand the attack of my rebel army!"
After speaking, Li Zicheng turned his horse and walked back. Soon, the passage was surrounded by bandits again.
As Li Zicheng rode back, he asked Liu Zongmin behind him: "Jixuan, have our spies found any reinforcements from Shandong?"
"No!" Liu Zongmin shook his head, "I sent out more than a dozen groups of spies before dawn this morning, but no one has come back yet. It seems that the Ming army has not arrived yet. King Chuang, if the Ming army does not arrive, we will still
Do you want to continue waiting here?"
Li Zicheng shook his head, "No, we don't have much time. We can't waste it like this. If you wait another hour and there is no news from the spies, you can lead people to attack the city immediately."
"clear!"
Liu Zongmin nodded. He understood what he wanted to do. Even though there were 150,000 or 60,000 horses outside Luoyang City, which seemed overwhelming in numbers, these people could eat up a mountain just by eating horse chews every day.
Their food cannot sustain such a huge loss. If they cannot capture Luoyang within half a month, without the need for officers and soldiers to fight, the rebels who have run out of food will definitely disperse.
This is also the tragedy of an army without a stable rear. Sometimes they seem very powerful, but this power is like a fortress built on the beach. It cannot withstand any wild waves. As long as a strong wind blows, this kind of
The fortress will collapse.
After receiving Li Zicheng's instructions, Liu Zongmin immediately returned to his base and asked some old, weak and hungry people to prepare siege equipment and prepare to attack the city in half an hour.
After receiving the order, the hungry people immediately got busy. Many of them were carpenters or farmers. Although they were not good at fighting, they were still competent at doing these carpentry jobs.
With the busy work of the hungry people, an hour later, hundreds of ladders were ready. There were more than 20 hungry people standing next to each ladder. Their mission was to put the ladder on the city wall at all costs so that it could be used for the subsequent steps.
People and horses pave the way.
In fact, this is a position that almost leads to death. Everyone knows that when the charge begins, the first priority for the defenders to attack must be those carrying the ladders. But there is no way, who will let them eat this bowl of rice.
When the time came, horns sounded in King Chuang's camp, and countless refugees began to shout again. The shouts of hundreds of thousands of refugees made the defenders on the city wall turn pale.
Liu Yuliang sat on the city gate tower, lowered his head and just kept trembling and complaining. If Li Xianfeng and Jie Rugong didn't come, it would be over if they didn't come to Luoyang City!
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