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Chapter 671 Officers and Soldiers Siege the City
Hong Chengchou looked at the several papers in front of him with an uncertain expression.One is the information sent by the eyeliner in the city; It is the decree of today's sage.

The first two documents respectively proved the death of the "Shun thief" and the ascension of the "young lord" Zhang Ping'an from the side, urging the court to send out the army early to prevent the thieves from stabilizing the situation.

The letters from Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao expressed their loyalty to the imperial court, and they were willing to redeem their merits. They agreed to open the city gate for Hong Chengchou at a time, lead officers and soldiers into the city, and asked Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, to protect him.

And the last imperial decree was that the imperial court reprimanded Hong Chengchou for supporting the bandits and refusing to wipe out the bandits in Luoyang in time. The "Emperor" and other thieves broke through the Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili, burned the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum and Longxing Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk, endangering the safety of the capital's water transportation.

The eunuch who passed the decree held the heavy silver that Hong Chengchou gave him, hesitated a little, and reminded: "The thief killed Yin Mengao, the magistrate of Yingzhou, Zhang Minghe, the minister of the village, and Zhu Guoxiang who stayed behind in Fengyang. After your Majesty got the news, he cried bitterly in plain clothes. Yang Yipeng, the Governor of Water Transportation, has been ordered to be executed, and Zhu Dadian, the right servant of the Ministry of War and governor of Shandong Province, will take over!"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou thanked him quickly.For the eunuch who delivered the decree, it didn't matter whether he said it or not, but it helped Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, a lot.

As the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Fengyang was designated as the central capital by him, together with Nanjing, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Beijing, the northern capital of the Ming Dynasty, they were also known as the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only was it one of the three major political centers of the Ming Dynasty, but it was also the location of the dragon veins and earth energy of the Fengshui treasures of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Hong Chengchou, as the governor of the five provinces, was unable to suppress the bandits and reassure the people, instead the central capital was lost, the imperial mausoleum was burned, and he was not directly executed by Emperor Chongzhen with an imperial decree.

After Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, suffered from "Lu Xiangsheng", he was quite suspicious and hesitated about Zhang Shun's death.

He originally thought that the "Shun thief" was dead anyway, and it would not be too late to attack the city after waiting for a few days until things became clear.

But he never expected that the "Crafting General", "Living Cao Cao" and "Eight Great Kings" whom he drove away would collude with "Sweeper King" and "Gu Yuan Zhenlong Emperor" to capture Fengyang Mansion in the central capital.

Although the imperial court thought that he "beheaded" the [-]th battalion leader "Shun Zei" and the general manager "Chuang Wang" two influential leaders of the rebel army, they did not punish him.

But if he can't restore Luoyang City in time, I'm afraid the end will not be much better than Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Jiliao.

Thinking of this, he thought for a while.Now the "shun thief" is dead, and the crowd of thieves has no leader.Even though the previous disastrous defeat resulted in heavy losses of officers and soldiers, there are still more than [-] troops remaining, who are still capable of fighting.

So, he nodded and said: "Elder-in-law, don't worry, I will lead the army in person tomorrow morning and continue to attack Luoyang City. It's just that the thieves are brutal, so I can't guarantee the safety of King Fu."

"You, Governor Hong, decide this matter yourself. As an internal minister, it is inconvenient for our family to intervene in the military!" The eunuch who delivered the decree was not stupid. After passing the decree by himself, he took the opportunity to investigate the situation in Hong Chengchou's army so that he could return to the capital easily. It will be reported to Emperor Chongzhen in the future.

"Siege of the city" and "Fu Wang's safety" is something that a middle-ranking official can participate in?

Hong Chengchou saw that this guy was also old and cunning, so he gave up trying to blame him, so he had to ask the guy around him to prepare some silver taels as a thank you to the eunuch who passed the order.

In the early morning of the second day, Hong Chengchou only left Bai Guangen to lead [-] people to monitor Ziwei Xingbao, while the rest attacked Luoyang City.

The rebel army who lost Zhang Shun's command looked like they were being beaten with their heads in their arms, but they huddled in Luoyang City, no matter how the officers and soldiers shouted and scolded, they refused to go out of the city to fight.

After yelling and cursing for a while, the officers and soldiers were already parched, so they dragged the Hongyi Cannon and the General Cannon and other artillery from the battalion over, and fired at Luoyang City.

This time the officers and soldiers carried a total of more than [-] Hongyi cannons, and more than a hundred cannons of various generals.

The outermost part of Luoyang City is the horse-blocking earth wall built by the imperial court a few years ago. It is about one foot high, one foot wide, and thirty-three miles long, surrounding Luoyang City.

Due to the shortage of rebels, the [-]-mile-long horse-blocking earth wall could not be defended, so some soldiers had to be sent to guard the gap through the four gates.

Henan General Soldier Wang Shaoyu has always been an unstable factor in the city. When Zhang Shun "died", Song Xiance personally visited him to stabilize him.

Now when Zhang Shun woke up, he remembered that he was the first officer and soldier to surrender, and he had not been involved in the rebellion in many critical times, so he specially ordered him to lead [-] soldiers under his command to defend the gap in the earth wall at the north gate.

Wang Shaoyu's talents were not average, he thought he would be abandoned by "King Shun", but he didn't expect that he would be useful, so he led the troops and went happily.

As a result, he has few troops and low combat power, so how can he be the opponent of Hong Chengchou's army?The officers and soldiers only fired two rounds of artillery, and Wang Shaoyu, who charged and attacked, abandoned his position and fled back to the city.

Zhang Shun didn't blame him when he saw it, but comforted him: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. I sent you to stop it today. It's just to show you the methods of officers and soldiers, so that you won't be difficult to deal with when you encounter them later."

Henan General Soldier Wang Shaoyu was surprised and delighted when he heard it. Seeing what Zhang Shun meant, could it be that he wanted to cultivate himself?

Not to mention what Wang Shaoyu was thinking, let's say that after Hong Chengchou passed the earth wall that blocked the horse, he could see Anximen, the north gate of Luoyang.

It's just that after Han Lin and Gao Yizhi presided over the transformation, there are two sharp-angled enemy towers on the left and right of the city gate, like two crab claws waving.

Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, after attacking Ziwei Xingbao many times, realized how powerful the enemy tower was, he couldn't help reminding: "Generals, be careful, don't lose your life in vain."

Zuo Guangxian, Wang Chengen, He Renlong and the others couldn't help but feel a sudden rush in their hearts, and thought to themselves: I'm afraid they will take their lives again.

Whose life is not life?Although the generals don't regard the soldiers under their command as human beings, they are the foundation of their own existence after all, and they are afraid of losing too much.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers first used the Hongyi cannon and the general cannon to shell Wangximen in Luoyang.

The shells hit the city wall of Luoyang like raindrops, shattering the outer bricks of the rammed earth city wall.It's just that although the blue bricks are broken, the thick rammed earth city wall is still unobstructed.

Luoyang City was built in the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty. The buildings under the efficient and clean administrative style, although not as good as those built with glutinous rice as the adhesive, steamed earth for the city, at least they are real materials, not half a cent stolen.

In a short time, where can the officers and soldiers attack?The rebels on the city also pulled out their artillery early and launched intermittent counterattacks outside the city.Amidst a massive but rather boring rumbling artillery battle, the offensive and defensive battle of Luoyang City began again.

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