The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 233 Take down Huaiqing Mansion and approach Luoyang City
The Chang'an army is the most elite soldier in Sun Jie's hands, and all the equipment, including food, are the best in the army.

No one does not envy the Chang'an Army, and no one does not want to be the Chang'an Army.

The soldiers walking beside this army and horse looked at them eagerly.

The jealousy in his eyes almost turned into substance, looking at the weapons carried on the Chang'an Army's shoulders, the corner of his mouth involuntarily dripped out.

If it is not wiped off quickly, the cold wind will probably freeze into ice skates.

The daytime in winter is very short, and it gets dark as you walk.

Now I have only gone halfway, and there is still half of the way left, I am afraid I will have to grope in the dark.

The flashlight was on on this road, but in the snowy night, the light could not travel very far.

A scout of more than 300 people walked in the forefront. Although they were riding horses, their speed was still very fast.

These scouts could not be stopped on the potholed road.

The wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, and the temperature is dropping sharply.

The defenders in Wanzi Pass were all huddled in their rooms, and had no intention of going out to patrol at all.

The firewood burned vigorously in the room, and the defenders fell asleep around the fire.

The sky is big, the sleep is the biggest.

In the darkness, several black shadows approached quietly from a distance.

Armed with short knives, they were attached to the outside of these houses.

After checking that there were no accidents around them, they quietly came to the gates of these houses.

Through the crack of the door, you can see the sleeping defenders, and you can also see the fire in the house.

These scouts pried open the door and tiptoed in.

The knife in his hand gleamed coldly under the light of the fire.

Death is coming.

The cold blade touched the neck of a defender, and the threatening cold awakened him instantly.

When he opened his eyes, a cold and expressionless face appeared in front of him.

Before he could say anything, he could clearly feel the cold wind pouring in from the outside around his neck.

Blood gushed out of his mouth, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

In three to five minutes, all the defenders in the room lost their lives.

These scouts were decisive and nimble, and within a short period of time, they killed most of the defenders here.

Dawn is brewing below the horizon, and the wind and snow are still howling.

The sky in the east is also getting brighter, although it still looks a little foggy.

When the first soldier wearing a gray-black woolen coat walked out of Wanziguan, Sun Jie's soldiers and horses had officially set foot on the land of the Central Plains.

There are no cities near Wanziguan, and the nearest city is about forty or fifty miles away.

Coupled with the continuous wind and snow, these soldiers and horses of Liang Dazhuang will not be discovered for the time being.

This army did not rush to attack, but repaired in situ, waiting for the follow-up convoy to come.

Once the follow-up convoy is in place, their soldiers will point directly at Huaiqing Fucheng.

Most of these troops under King Zhou are incompetent people. Although they are better than King Fu's army, they are not much better.

Sun Jie's soldiers and horses had already entered, but Zhou Wang didn't know about it.

Zhu Gongyun, the last king of Zhou Dynasty, was known to be sober, but under such circumstances, what can he do?

In King Zhou's Mansion in Kaifeng Mansion, King Zhou sat in his study, discussing the latest situation with his staff.

A crude map was hung in front of them, and they looked at the places on it and talked about their own opinions.

During the whole process, King Zhou didn't interrupt too much.

He is not like Chongzhen, who has to do everything by himself, and prefers various micro operations.

He likes to delegate power and delegate the power in his hands.

The voices of these staff in the room are getting louder and louder, and they have different differences on a certain point of view.

King Zhou put his eyes on the bowl on the map and closed it, and the noise gradually disappeared from his ears.

I don't know how long it took, but when he came back to his senses, he realized that the noise in the study had already stopped.

"What do you think, you can speak freely." King Zhou looked around.

A middle-aged Confucian scholar stood up, saluted the King of Zhou, and said, "Your Highness, I think that our top priority should be Henan Mansion.

Now, our army has captured the Huaiqing Mansion, and the Tang King in the south has entered the Henan Mansion.

It is estimated that it will not be long before we can directly enter Luoyang City. At that time, if we do not take any action, I am afraid that the entire Henan Mansion will fall into the hands of King Tang.

Now that there is heavy snowfall, the north of Huaiqing Mansion is separated by the Wangwu and Taihang Mountains, so the soldiers and horses of Sun Bandit will not come in easily.

Taking advantage of this great opportunity, we should send our troops to the south to occupy as much land as possible before King Tang destroys King Fu.

King Tang's strength is much stronger than King Fu's, and even stronger than ours. If we don't make plans early, I'm afraid we will fall short! "

His speech quickly aroused the approval of many people.

But there are also people who hold different opinions.

As soon as he finished speaking, an old man with white hair stood up.

A few lights came out of his cloudy eyes, he cleared his throat, his voice was still hoarse, "Your Highness, I think that the main direction should be set to the north of Huaiqing Mansion.

To the north of Huaiqing Mansion is Sun Bandit's Shanxi. Although it is separated by the Wangwu Taihang Mountains, Sun Bandit is not an ordinary soldier after all.

Once the sun thief raises his troops to the south, his momentum will be unstoppable! "

This old man had been an official in the imperial court before, and he was well-known in Kaifeng.

But his real purpose is not for the sake of Huaiqing Mansion, nor for the sake of King Zhou.

According to his opinion, in order to prevent Sun Jie from going south, it is necessary to massively build blockhouses and various preventive fortifications in the north of Huaiqing Mansion.

And building these things will definitely cost a lot of money.

His purpose is precisely these money.

Most of those who served as officials in the Ming Dynasty were not good people.

His approach is similar to that of Sun Chengzong's construction of the castle in Guangdong, Liaodong.

Sun Chengzong is a loyal minister, there is nothing wrong with that.

But the money he spent on building the castle in Liaodong was enough to train a strong army.

The money was spent without even a splash, and the castle built was lost by the Liaodong defenders.

Sun Chengzong's starting point is good, step by step towards Shenyang.

But he ignored the uselessness and corruption of Liaodong soldiers and horses.

This husband naturally knew about Sun Chengzong's policies in Liaodong, but he didn't have the righteousness in Sun Chengzong's heart.

All he wanted was to make money for himself.

With such a good name in front of him, how could he be misunderstood and remain indifferent.

These two people represent the different views of the two forces under King Zhou.

They all have their own interests, and they are fighting endlessly for this.

King Zhou remained silent. He didn't agree with or disagree with a certain party's opinion. Instead, he let these people back out after he said something to reconsider.

After everyone left, he sat alone in the study, looking at the map seriously.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh, "Ah, now that the officials are divided, it's probably inappropriate whether it's fortifying the north or going south to Luoyang!
Now, I finally understand His Majesty's difficulties back then.The two parties cannot reach an agreement, and it is extremely difficult to achieve something. "

While King Zhou was still hesitating, the Fifth New Formation Army had already arrived outside Huaiqing Prefecture.

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In the north of Huaiqing Prefecture, Liang Dazhuang was standing on a small hillside. He held up his binoculars and looked towards the south.

The mottled walls of Huaiqing Prefecture City appeared in his vision.

Behind him is a long convoy and majestic soldiers.

In fact, the defenders in Huaiqing Prefecture already knew of their arrival.

Along the way Liang Dazhuang came, he also encountered many wandering soldiers, these people always slipped through the net, they ran back to Huaiqing Mansion, and passed the news back.

The defenders of Huaiqing Mansion were quite courageous, not only did not flee, but they even led the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city.

Liang Dazhuang looked at the defenders on the city wall without much surprise on his face.

"Send the order, speed up, set up camp five miles outside the city of Huaiqing Mansion, and start attacking the city early tomorrow morning!"

He put down the binoculars in his hand and looked at the orderly beside him.

Time flies, and the next day's dawn climbs into the sky.

Siege warfare already has a fixed method of tactics, besieging the city on all sides and setting up artillery positions.

Gas tank cannons, Laiyang steel pipe factory rockets, burst version of air thunder, and mortars.

These cannons were placed on all four sides of the city wall, not far from the city wall.

This is an asymmetrical battle. The defenders on the city wall have no means and measures to fight back.

Although the soldiers on the city wall saw the movement outside the city, they had no choice but to watch.

The only difference between today's artillery positions and the previous ones is that there are many more mortars.

Following Liang Dazhuang's order, the artillery fire was fired like a torrential rain, falling towards the city wall of Huaiqing Mansion.

One spark after another exploded on the city wall, and the flames continued to form a piece on the city wall.

In an instant, people turned their backs on their backs, and screams continued.

Morale collapsed instantly.

The city of Huaiqing Mansion was not a fortified city, just one round of shelling destroyed the mottled walls of Huaiqing Mansion.

In just one morning, the Fifth New Army occupied Huaiqing Mansion.

After entering the city, they began to wipe out the broken soldiers in the city and the green-skinned hooligans who took advantage of the fire to loot.

In the shortest possible time, the city of Huaiqing was stabilized.

Just when the Fifth New Formation Army captured Huaiqing Prefecture, the First New Formation Army had already crossed the Yellow River and arrived at Lingbao.

They will be like pincers, pinching towards Luoyang City.

After taking Luoyang City, the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to the east, attacking Kaifeng, and all the way to the south, sweeping Nanyang.

If the war goes well, they will take Luoyang around the Spring Festival, and take the Central Plains before the spring.

The only thing restricting their attack speed is the broken official road in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)