The outcome of today's battle is indeed unbearable. Originally, we thought of capturing Luoyang this morning, but in the end, we would severely damage the Ming army who came for reinforcements, or even annihilate them. However, ideals and reality are always far apart.
Instead of being beaten, he was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. It was impossible to say that Li Zicheng didn't have anger in his heart.
But Li Zicheng also saw the battle between Li Guo and Liu Zongmin against the Qingzhou Army today. To be fair, their command was remarkable and they did not make any major command mistakes, but they were still beaten badly.
, this cannot be entirely blamed on their incompetence, but that the Qingzhou army was too tough, and it forced its way through a gap in the encirclement of the invading army.
This was really a loud slap in the face for the Chuang army who was still in the limelight, but this slap also woke up the entire Chuang army. Only then did they realize that they were just a frog in the well before, and they had beaten them before.
Hong Chengfan and Sun Chuanting, who were out of breath, were not the most capable fighters in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army that beat them to a miserable state yesterday was their real nightmare.
The discussion is still going on. Now the generals of the invading army are discussing who should attack the city tomorrow. After yesterday's battle, Liu Zongmin's troops have been seriously injured and it is impossible to complete the task of attacking the city. Li Guo also
The same was true. Everyone debated for a long time but could not come up with a result. In the end, everyone turned their attention to Li Zicheng, expecting him to make the final decision.
Li Zicheng pondered for a long time before saying: "That's good. It's good that everyone has this ambition, but it's unrealistic to just let a team of troops attack the city. After all, everyone has seen the combat power of the Ming army today.
Let's do this. There are four gates in Luoyang City. We will send four brothers to attack the city. Whichever brother can take the lead in attacking the city of Luoyang will be credited with the credit. He will be given an extra share of the property gained after capturing Luoyang. What do you think?
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At this time, Li Zicheng was not as arrogant and arrogant as when he became the Emperor of Dashun in history. When he and his subordinates discussed the military situation, they always used a consultative tone.
"Okay, let's go to the royal road. Let's do it this way. Whoever climbs to the top of Luoyang City first will be credited. No one will be jealous."
Hao Yaoqi was the first to agree. Later, all the generals also agreed to the plan, and finally it was decided that Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, and Li Dingguo would attack the four city gates tomorrow respectively, while the rest waited in line.
After finalizing tomorrow's actions, everyone dispersed, and Li Zicheng also returned to his tent. When he entered his tent, he found that the lights were still on, and his wife Gao Guiying was sitting on the bedside, mending clothes for herself.
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Seeing her husband coming back, Gao Guiying smiled sweetly, and her unpretty but heroic face revealed a rare tenderness.
"King Chuang, you are back." Seeing Li Zicheng return, Gao Guiying put down the needle and thread in her hands, stood up and helped her husband take off his coat.
Li Zicheng stood still, letting his wife serve him, but he was still thinking about something on his mind.
Knowing a husband is better than a wife, Gao Guiying saw Li Zicheng's expression. Knowing that her husband must have something on his mind, he asked softly: "King Chuang, I see that you are worried, can you tell me about it."
Gao Guiying was originally the daughter of Gao Yingxiang, the previous generation of King Chuang. She had not read much books and was quite cheerful. She and her husband also addressed each other as you and me. They did not use honorific titles to address their husbands like folk women did. Li Zicheng
Don't take it seriously either.
After returning to his tent, facing his wife who had been with him day and night through thick and thin, Li Zicheng suddenly felt relieved. He sat on the bed, sighed and asked instead: "Guiying, you said we can attack her."
Going to Luoyang City?"
Gao Guiying showed a look of surprise on her face: "Why is King Chuang so discouraged? We have worked so hard to lead the poor people to revolt, isn't it just to overthrow this decadent court and conquer the world for us poor people? Why are you doing this instead?
Are you discouraged?"
Li Zicheng smiled bitterly and said: "Guiying, you have also seen today's battle. The Qingzhou Army's combat power and sharp firearms are the only things I have seen in my life. Even though we have an army of more than 100,000, today's battle is...
We lost more than 20,000 people, and this was in a field battle with them. If we attack the city tomorrow and the other side defends the city, we will be even more passive. We don’t know how many people will die. Fortunately, the brothers in the old camp did not move today, otherwise
......."
Li Zicheng did not continue, but Gao Guiying naturally understood what her husband meant. The old camp is the foundation of the Chuang Army. If the old camp is there, the Chuang Army will be there. If the old camp is gone, the consequences will be very pessimistic.
Gao Ruolan disagreed with her husband's happiness. She turned around and brought a basin of water from outside the tent and placed it at Li Zicheng's feet. She took off his shoes and socks and put them in the water while she washed her husband's feet.
As he spoke, he said: "What King Chuang said makes no sense. When we came out of Shaanxi, we only had a few thousand troops. Now we have an army of hundreds of thousands. The brothers from the old camp are certainly our foundation, but those dozen or so
Aren’t all the hungry people descended from father and mother? King Chuang shouldn’t treat one another so favorably. It’s okay for us husband and wife to talk in private, but if others hear it, it will be easy to follow the truth.”
Li Zicheng smiled when he heard this and said, "As the old saying goes, if a man has a good wife at home, nothing will happen to him. The ancients never deceived me."
Although Li Zicheng was very dissatisfied with Gao Guiying's words, knowing that his wife was soft-hearted, but how could a woman be kind enough to achieve great things? At this moment, he also thought about it, no matter whether he could capture Luoyang or not, now more than ten people
Wan Dajun must "reduce swelling", otherwise if Luoyang cannot be captured, the pressure of food and grass alone will crush the rebel army...
The sky is getting dark and a new day has begun, but this also means the beginning of a new round of attacks.
Wang Zhi stretched his waist and stood lazily behind the crenel and looked out. This was the east gate, and it was also the focus where they thought the bandits would attack. Wang Zhi and Pang just went up to the east gate after attending a banquet at the Governor's Mansion last night.
The city gate tower began to perform its duties.
Looking at the still silent city outside, Wang Zhi poked his head out of the crenel with great interest, took out a telescope from his arms, and observed carefully.
The telescope moved slowly, and what appeared in front of him was still desolation and silence. When Wang Zhi slowly moved the lens to a forest farther away, there was a fog shrouded there, making it even more hazy to see.
Nothing was clear. Just as Wang Zhi was casting his telescope farther away, his expression suddenly froze. Groups of figures emerged one after another from the woods shrouded in thick fog.
"Well, what's going on?"
Wang Zhi's original lazy demeanor suddenly disappeared, and the remaining trace of sleepiness disappeared without a trace, and his eyes behind the telescope suddenly became sharp.
"Not good! The bandits are about to attack the city!"
Wang Zhi shouted back: "Sound the alarm!"
"Dangdangdang..."
A bronze bell hanging on the city gate tower soon rang. This bell specially used to send warnings had an unusually loud sound. Its sound continued to float in the air, and everyone around the east gate was alarmed.
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"Oh no, the bandits are attacking the city!"
When the alarm bell rang, the first thing that caused chaos was the original Luoyang garrison at the east city gate. These demoralized soldiers were scurrying around the city wall like headless flies. Several officers whipped them hard with whips but failed to calm them down.
In sharp contrast were the soldiers and horses from Qingzhou. Many people just glanced at the chaotic former Luoyang defenders, then checked the guns, checked the guns, and checked the artillery, as if all this had nothing to do with them.
Yes, it's just that their eyes without exception showed a light or strong look of contempt.
Seeing such a situation, Wang Zhi also frowned. These Luoyang defenders were invisible yesterday, but now they are so panicked because of the rogue bandits. No wonder Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng hurriedly asked their own adults to help them defend Luoyang.
These defenders were so frightened when they saw the bandits. If the Manchu Tatars came, they would be frightened to death.
However, Wang Zhi was still restrained. He knew that these Luoyang defenders were not under his jurisdiction. Although he wanted to give each of them twenty lashes, he still endured it.
Ignoring the panicked Luoyang defenders, Wang Zhi ordered the young men on the city wall to quickly prepare all kinds of defensive equipment. Spikes, stones, rolling logs and other items were all piled up, and the pots of golden juice were ready.
Wood was also piled below and a fire started.
While Wang Zhi was directing his young soldiers to make preparations, Pang Gang, who heard the alarm bell, quickly put on his armor and climbed onto the city wall.
Pang Gang divided the four city gates into two parts, with Heitie in charge of the west gate, Cheng Kai in charge of the north gate, and Wang Zhi and a Qian general in charge of the east gate and south gate respectively.
When Pang Gang arrived at the east gate, he happened to see a group of dark hungry soldiers rushing towards the city wall carrying ladders.
They didn't have any formation, they just ran forward desperately carrying the ladder. In their opinion, as long as they could put the ladder up on the city wall, half the victory would be won. This has been verified in previous sieges.
Seeing those hungry soldiers rushing forward without cover, Wang Zhi said with joy, "These thieves are really not afraid of death. Even when the Tatars attack the city, they know how to use several shield cars to block it."
To block the cold arrows, it would be better for them to just rush in like this shirtless. I really don’t know if they are ignorant or brave!"
Looking at the swarming bandits, Pang Gang couldn't help but shook his head with a smile and said: "Come on, don't blame them. They want to make a shield chariot, but they also need trees to do it, and a shield chariot is like this."
I guess not many of the rogues know how to make these things."
Although Pang Gang spoke in a joking tone, he secretly sighed in his heart. The nature of rogue bandits has determined that they will not pay much attention to people like the craftsmen. It is estimated that their ability to make ladders is already their limit.
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