When Luo Rucai heard this, he immediately became angry and immediately retorted: "It's your own cripple who brought back false news. Do you still blame me?"
"You are too timid to go after hearing about Sun Chuanting. Is that what you said?" Li Zicheng was annoyed after hearing this and asked again.
When Luo Rucai heard this, he immediately pointed at Li Zicheng and said, "If I hadn't saved you back then, you wouldn't be as arrogant as you are now..."
Seeing the two leaders quarreling, Song Xiance quickly advised: "Things have already happened. There is no point in arguing anymore. It's all Sun Chuanting, the dog official. Now he dares to stay in Kaifeng alone. It's time to kill him for revenge!"
"Yes, yes, if our two families join forces, we will definitely be able to capture Kaifeng, capture Sun Chuanting, and kill him with a thousand swords!" Niu Jinxing also quickly advised.
After hearing this, others also followed suit.
Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng was still a little annoyed and immediately shouted: "Let's go and kill Sun Chuanting!"
After saying that, he ignored Luo Rucai and set off on his own.
This Luo Rucai was a life-saving benefactor to both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. He also had a good relationship with other thieves from all walks of life.
But gradually, he was no longer welcome by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
Because the ambition of these two people has been realized, they no longer just want to hang around like this, but they want to conquer the world.
In this way, how can a person who wants to be an emperor get along with Luo Rucai like before?
However, Luo Rucai was kind to them after all, and did not fall out immediately.
No, Luo Rucai was originally there with Zhang Xianzhong. Sensing that they were unhappy with each other, he led his troops north and joined forces with Li Zicheng.
Naturally, he would not have thought that Li Zicheng was more ruthless than Zhang Xianzhong and eventually killed him and annexed his men.
At this time, Luo Ru saw that Li Zicheng was leaving with his troops and horses, so of course he followed.
As a result, the bandit army, claiming to be half a million, marched toward Kaifeng in a mighty manner.
When they arrived at Kaifeng City, due to the delay of several days, Kaifeng Mansion successfully finished the harvest.
Looking at the dense crowds of thieves outside the city, Sun Chuanting was not afraid at all.
The current result is much better than the situation the emperor told him originally.
At least a large part of the old and weak in the city have been separated from the city, and the food outside the city has not fallen into the hands of thieves, but has been received in the city.
And now in Kaifeng City, not only the grain he brought, but also the original grain reserves were collected early and distributed according to wartime.
The historical deduction that the emperor told him could last until September. It was ultimately because the water of the Yellow River flooded Kaifeng. Now with his preparations, it will definitely last longer.
As for the hidden danger of the Yellow River, the city has also strengthened its defenses to prevent the threat of the Yellow River water.
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting became so angry that he immediately pointed at the thieves outside the city and shouted in a cold voice: "Just be careful, this battle in Kaifeng will be the last moment of thief Li's arrogance!"
Chen Yongfu and other generals beside him had always wanted to speak, but before that, Sun Chuanting was observing the enemy's situation with a telescope with a cold face, so they did not dare to say anything.
At this time, after hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Chen Yongfu was ready to speak.
However, before he could say anything, he heard Sun Chuanting continue: "Come on, open the arms bureau and distribute gunpowder!"
The Military War Bureau is subordinate to the Royal Horse Supervisor, and only the Ordnance Bureau is under the Ministry of War, and is established in local areas.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting previously received all the gunpowder to the Ordnance Bureau and sealed the Ordnance Bureau.
Now that the enemy is approaching, gunpowder will naturally be used.
Chen Yongfu and others originally wanted to say this, but when Sun Chuanting said it, they had nothing to say.
But at the same time, they were also a little curious. They didn't know what Superintendent Sun did after he collected all the gunpowder.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to collect gunpowder for no reason, right?
After a while, when they received the gunpowder, they discovered that the gunpowder was different. It was not powder, but tiny particles.
Suddenly, they were confused, could this gunpowder still be used?
Sun Chuanting obviously knew what they would think, so he said calmly: "I have seen it with my own eyes at the Military War Bureau. This kind of gunpowder is much more powerful than your original gunpowder. You can rest assured and let your men use it.
!remember……"
At this point, he pointed to the gunpowder being distributed and said: "Each gunpowder is the amount of a firecracker shot. Just tear open the paper package when it is used! The same is true for the artillery!"
As for the lead bullets, they were not included with the gunpowder packets.
Because Sun Chuanting had inspected the muskets in Kaifeng Prefecture and found that they were all of different calibers, he could not uniformly equip them with lead bullets.
Each gunman's lead bullet can only be the most suitable lead bullet prepared by each gunman. Only in this way can the power be great.
Otherwise, if the lead bullet is too large, it will not be fed into the chamber; if the lead bullet is too small, it will not be able to meet the airtight requirements and affect the range.
At this time, Chen Yongfu and others also understood the benefits of using paper to measure the quantity in advance, but they still had doubts about the power of gunpowder.
But seeing that Sun Chuanting was so confident and faced with a formidable enemy, it was impossible to joke.
So, when they looked at the gunpowder in front of them, they could only suspect that this was a new gunpowder formula!
Just like this, at the top of Kaifeng City, the defenders were ready; while outside Kaifeng City, the bandits were gearing up, relying on their strength, to prepare to attack the city.
The Battle of Kaifeng officially began five days earlier than originally planned in history.
………………
At the same time, there is also a group of bandits in the territory of De'an Mansion. The flag with the word "Yuan" is flying and they have just captured a town. However, unlike other bandits, these bandits do not harass ordinary people.
Just raiding the landlord's house.
This bandit is Yuan Shizhong's team, known as "Little Yuan Camp".
In the lobby of the landlord's house, Yuan Shizhong was sitting in the main seat, listening to his subordinates report what they found in the warehouse, and he was very happy.
At this time, he saw his cousin Yuan Zhuangfei striding in. Without looking at the trophies, he said directly to Yuan Shizhong: "Brother, Cao Cao and King Chuang joined forces and went north. It is said that they are going to Kaifeng!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shizhong thought of his troubles and couldn't help but immediately lost his good mood.
He had been working under Li Zicheng for a while before. However, he found that Li Zicheng was very ambitious and wanted to make him obey orders, not just the leader of the alliance.
He was a little reluctant and immediately led his troops south to join Zhang Xianzhong.
After all, his team is not big, and because his method of leading troops is different from other bandits, he does not want to rob or coerce the people, so it has been unable to grow. When encountering the official army, the number of people is getting smaller and smaller, so there is no way to do this
If you continue to waste it, you can only find a backer.
As a result, Yuan Shizhong did not expect that he would see the same ambition as Li Zicheng in Zhang Xianzhong. His ideas were not in harmony, so he eventually led the army and went it alone.
If in the original history, in the second half of the year, after he heard that the Jianlu invaded again and poisoned Shandong, he led troops to Shandong to fight against the Jianlu. Then, he had to join forces with Li Zicheng, but was killed by Li Zicheng.
His troops were annexed.
At this time, after Yuan Zhuangfei finished his report, he asked with expectation: "Brother, why don't we go too? I heard that the King of Zhou in Kaifeng is very rich!"
After he finished speaking, seeing that Yuan Shizhong was just silent, he continued: "We are just making a little fuss, and we have to run away when we see the imperial officers and soldiers. This is too frustrating!"
At this time, there are less than 5,000 people in Xiaoyuan Camp. Whether it is among the bandits or the imperial officers and soldiers, the strength is far inferior. Others calculate the strength in units of 10,000.
Liu Liangzuo, no matter how powerful among the imperial officers and soldiers, once chased them.
At this time, after listening to Yuan Zhuangfei's words, Yuan Shizhong still shook his head and said: "The city of Kaifeng is strong, and I heard that Sun Chuanting is in charge of it personally. Is it so easy to fight? If we go, we may be driven by Li Zicheng to fill in the trenches.
!Brothers, follow me, I have to be worthy of them!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhuangfei stopped talking. He knew that his elder brother was right.
However, he was a little unwilling after all, so he asked Yuan Shizhong again: "Brother, is it possible that we will always be like this? Sooner or later, we will either be wiped out by the official army or annexed by other rebel armies!"
"Alas!" Upon hearing this, Yuan Shizhong sighed and became speechless.
It’s so hard to live in these troubled times!
Seeing him like this, Yuan Zhuangfei said again: "I know that I am probably still thinking about being accepted by the imperial court and returning to my hometown with honor. However, with just a few of us, the imperial court does not like us! We didn't go to the imperial court before."
I’ve been in touch over there!”
That year there was a severe drought and the land was bare for thousands of miles. Yuan Shizhong and others could no longer survive, so they had no choice but to rebel.
But in their true nature, they really don’t want to live such a life of being scolded and living in danger.
For this reason, I also secretly contacted the imperial court, but they ignored me at all.
At this time, after hearing what his cousin said, Yuan Shizhong shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, a person will live his whole life with a clear conscience!"
Yuan Zhuangfei also sighed after hearing this. For now, this can only be the case.
However, at this moment, a leader suddenly ran in excitedly. When he saw Yuan Shizhong, he shouted loudly: "Master, a group of people came outside. The leader said he was the prefect of Changsha and wanted to see the master."
"..." When Yuan Shizhong heard this, he couldn't help but look at Yuan Zhuangfei. Both of them were speechless.
What is going on? The prefect of Changsha has come here and wants to see him. This is unreasonable!
You know, they are far away from Changsha. If the Changsha prefect wants to come here, he has to go around Zhang Xianzhong's territory, right?
"Brother, can it be fake?" Yuan Zhuangfei thought for a moment and then asked Yuan Shizhong.
After hearing this, Yuan Shizhong thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "No matter it's true or false, no matter what your purpose is, we'll talk about it after we meet you first!"