please make me king

Chapter 1339 Xia Fenzhou

"Boom, boom, boom!" The artillery on Xiguan City kept flickering fire, spitting out deadly bullets one after another, and the defenders of Fenzhou Prefecture couldn't even raise their heads.

A student guarding the city of Fenzhou, under the cover of the broken parapet wall, sneaked out half of his head and glanced down the city.
But I saw the "shun thieves" under the city holding torches and lanterns, only to illuminate the night as if it were day.

Looking from a distance, a pair of siege teams, like fire dragons, are rushing towards Fenzhou City.

Some of them were three or two people pushing a pointed wooden donkey, some seven or eight people were carrying a pair of long ladders, some were pushing a construction cart by a dozen people, and some were pushing a cart by thirty or fifty people. With a ladder.

There are all kinds of siege equipment.

"How is it?" Seeing the guard, he quickly crept over and asked.

"It's enough to hold it!" The student hurriedly retracted his head when he heard the words, shaking his head with fear on his face.

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by the student, the guard also knows his own family affairs, and he knew that Fenzhou City would not be able to guard it.

It turns out that although Fenzhou City is located in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, it also controls mountains and rivers, and is elbowed by Qin and Jin.

During the Warring States period, Qin and Zhao were in a stalemate, and they often competed here; Zhou and Qi competed for victory between He and Fen, and the county was often rushed by soldiers.

In fact, if it weren't for the small number of soldiers in Shanxi, the Ming army only needed to station a battalion in the capital of Fenzhou to threaten the north-south channel along the Fen River, so Zhang Shun would not have dared to lead the army northward rashly.

Therefore, after Zhang Shun went north, he ordered Zhang Sanbai, the left commander of the North Route Army, to lead more than [-] troops to attack the capital of Fenzhou with all his might.

It's just that although the capital city of Fenzhou is not comparable to important towns such as Taiyuan, Datong and Xuanfu, it is still no small matter.

It turns out that this Fenzhou prefectural city is quite peculiar, and it is a rather rare "five-linked city", that is, a linked city guarded by four pass cities in the southeast, northwest, and the main city.

At the same time, because the main city is in the middle and surrounded by four cities, it looks like a blooming lotus, so it is also called "Lotus City".

Of course, the reason why the city of Fenzhou was designed with such a structure was not to be innovative, but to strengthen the defensive function of the city.

The four gates of this city guard each other and serve as horns for each other.

When one is attacked, the other four will do their best to support it, so it is the most difficult to conquer.

This is also the main reason why Zhang Sanbai and Zhang Fengyi's [-] troops have not captured after fighting for a long time.

Until Tang Tong came to the north, the two sides agreed to attack the rebels inside and outside.

Unexpectedly, although the rebel army was tight on the front line, they deployed [-] horses in the back line, and they were immediately pitted with blood all over their faces.

Not only was Tang Tong defeated, but Zhang Sanbai also took the opportunity to seize Xiguan, which broke the layout of the "Five Linked City" of Fenzhou City.

Although Xiguan City is only three miles away, it is very important to the main city of Fenzhou City.

If Fenzhou City is like a human body, then the main city is the torso of the human body, and Siguan City is the limbs.

Now that Fenzhou City has lost Xiguan, it is like a person with a limp. How can it be convenient?

After the "shun thieves" captured Xiguan, they stormed for another three to five days. The guards on the city had already suffered a lot of damage and their morale was low. How could they resist this wolf-like "thieves"?
"What's the situation outside the city?" Just as the student and the guard looked at each other, the voices of the prefect of Fenzhou and the commander of Fenzhou Guard suddenly sounded from the city.

When they heard the sound, they turned their heads and saw that the prefect and the commander were surrounded by the crowd, hiding in the tower to ask questions.

"Thieves and thieves are aggressively attacking!" The guard shouted at the top of his voice.

"What, what did you say?" It was the time when the rebels fired their cannons, and the rumble of the cannons made it difficult for the prefect and the commander to hear clearly.

"I said. Hey, I'd better go and report!" The guard shouted halfway, seeing the artillery of the rebel army heard it, he couldn't help thinking about it, and simply trotted all the way to report the military situation himself.

However, it didn't matter that he ran, and Zhang Sanbai, who was standing in the watchtower of Xiguan City opposite, saw it clearly.

Zhang Sanbai saw a guard pass by the flames and went straight to the tower, he couldn't help but said: "Look at his appearance, he looks like a general."

"Who is worth such a rush for this general to greet him personally? Could it be that he is a big fish?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Sanbai's mind moved, and he couldn't help asking: "How many cannons are still unfired?"

"There are still three field cannons, three golden cannons, and ten flying blunderbusses waiting to be fired!" Hearing this, the left and right hurriedly reported.

"Okay, did you see it!" Zhang Sanbai pointed to the opposite tower and ordered, "Aim all the artillery at this building and hit me hard."

"No!" After receiving the order, the left and right had already dispatched messengers to send the order to the artillery position.

Not long after, there was only a burst of gunfire, and then there was an explosion on the opposite tower.

It was late at night, the lights were dark outside, and Zhang Sanbai couldn't see it clearly. He didn't know the result of the battle, so he ordered the siege team to continue attacking.

The rebel army has attacked Fenzhou Mansion many times, and they have already learned it well.

Xiguan City continued to provide artillery suppression, and the siege team was vertical ladders, door knockers, and wall diggers. Everything unfolded in an orderly manner.

By the light of the fire, Zhang Sanbai looked quite satisfied.

He nodded involuntarily, and said to the left and right: "When Lin Yangcheng's department ascends the city wall and the two sides are fighting inextricably, they can order Li Wanqing, Zhang Tianlin and Guan Fumin to launch an attack together and seize the three passes in the southeast, north, and south."

It turned out that the reason why Zhang Sanbai ordered the siege at night this time was actually to deceive people, and the real purpose was to capture the other three pass cities outside the Fenzhou government.

Once the other pass cities are taken down, the main city of Fenzhou, which was originally guarded by the four passes, will become a dead place besieged by the four passes, and the fall of the city will be a matter of time.

Just when Zhang Sanbai was having a sweet dream, he never thought that there would be a sudden commotion in the opposite city, and someone suddenly shouted: "The city has fallen, the city has fallen!"

At the beginning, Zhang Sanbai didn't care about it at all.

At the beginning of the siege of the city, it is not that the rebel army had never adopted similar methods, and the results were not satisfactory.

It turns out that this Fenzhou City is the residence of the two palaces of King Qingcheng and King Yonghe of the Jin Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

Only because in the fourth year of Chongzhen reign, the Shaanxi rebel army crossed the Yellow River eastward and besieged the Fenzhou government, so these two Ming princes had long heard of the "rebellion of the rebel army".

For this reason, a lot of real gold and silver was poured out to reward the soldiers, so many died for it.

In addition, the city of Fenzhou is high and deep, and the city has five companies, so it is difficult for the rebels to conquer it in a short time.

Although Zhang Sanbai heard that the Houjin soldiers had "fleeed south", he still had the confidence to take the Fenzhou City first while stopping the Houjin soldiers due to the large number of troops under his command.

However, just when Zhang Sanbai was thinking about it, he never wanted to attack the main city of Fenzhou. The number of soldiers of the Daoyi Army increased, and he felt overwhelmed for a while.

"No, is this going to win?" Although Zhang Sanbai was not as experienced as Zhang Shun, as a veteran general, he quickly judged the current situation.

He couldn't help pushing the boat along, and quickly ordered: "Order Lin Chenggong to work hard, and it may not necessarily conquer this city."

"Let Zhang Tianlin, Dang Shousu, and Guan Fumin immediately launch a general attack and seize the three pass cities in the southeast, north, and south of Fenzhou in one go. There must be no mistakes!"

After staying like this for one night, Zhang Sanbai strode into the main city of Fenzhou on the morning of the next day, stepping on the moat that had already been filled.

King Qingcheng, King Yonghe, and their wives and concubines, who were previously unspeakably expensive, knelt on both sides of the house, welcoming the new master of the city.

"Where are the magistrate and commander of Fenzhou?" Zhang Sanbai walked up to King Qingcheng and King Yonghe, searched for a long time, but couldn't find the other two, so he couldn't help asking.

"They're all... dead!" King Qingcheng, who was older, dared to reply.

"Oh? How did you die?" Zhang Sanbai was puzzled and asked involuntarily.

"Yesterday... last night, the two of them went to the tower to check the military situation, no...unexpectedly, a burst of artillery struck, and the two of them died on the spot..." King Qingcheng said tremblingly.

"Oh!" Zhang Sanbai suddenly remembered the burst of artillery fire at the tower last night, and nodded in a sudden realization.

"Very well, what's your name?"

"I... I am Zhu Qiufu..." Of course, King Qingcheng knew that Zhang Sanbai was not asking himself this question to show off his status, so he couldn't help but answer honestly.

"Begging? Begging for a wheel?" Zhang Sanbai gave him a strange look, and couldn't help but praise, "Good name!"

King Qingcheng and Yonghe Wang were startled when they heard this, they couldn't help but kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Now that I'm over half a hundred years old, I can't afford to be a general like this joke..."

In fact, Zhang Sanbai really just made a joke to frighten these royal nobles.

In most cases, he can still uphold Zhang Shun's "benevolence and righteousness" and has no intention of killing.

Just when Zhang Sanbai was about to order these people to be temporarily detained, a soldier hurried over and reported to him in a low voice: "Urgent information, there are merchants surnamed Fan colluding with the Eastern Captives and secretly opening Jiexiu City. The door should be closed from the inside to the outside.”

"Wang Sheng, the guard, was caught off guard and was broken by the bandits. The city has already fallen."

"What?" Zhang Sanbai said that his arrangement was perfect, and he never expected such a change.

From this point of view, these people must not stay!
Thinking of this, Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but sneered at King Qingcheng, Yonghe Wang and the others: "Which one is joking with you?"

"Dare to resist the heavenly soldiers, and the crime will not be punished. Come here, chop up these two princes surnamed Zhu and several princes and grandchildren together, as an example to others!"

"Ah? You can't do this, you can't do this!" King Qingcheng and King Yonghe also said that it was Zhang Shunrenyi, and this time they would definitely be able to get away with it.

How could he have thought that an unreasonable person would come up this time, and he would kill the two of them when he came up.

At this point, the two of them were so frightened that they shitted and pissed, and they shouted: "I have a wife and concubine in my family, who are good-looking, elegant and virtuous, just please let me go. ..."

It was fine if the two of them didn't say these things, but once they said this, it immediately strengthened Zhang Sanbai's heart to kill.

Zhang Sanbai said heartily: "My younger sister was the first to follow King Shun, but now she is being favored by these vixen who don't know where she came from."

"My brother-in-law is a lecher, if he chooses a few more people, wouldn't I be looking for trouble?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Sanbai couldn't help sneering: "Okay, dare to insult King Shun with rouge and vulgar powder, and secretly poke at him for his lust, his heart can be punished, which is tolerable!"

"Quick kill, quick kill!"

(End of this chapter)