There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 265 Here comes a yellow bird

Li Xiongzhen and Lu Jun led the large forces of the Shanxi Combat Brigade and quickly attacked Henan Fuya along West Street, preparing to control the center of Luoyang City.

Fang Xiaolin was left with the remaining ax gang members and the first sentry Zhenming officers and soldiers to control the west gate so that they could evacuate Luoyang City at any time.

Wang Yinchang, the political participant in Henan, Kang Menghui, the governor of Henan, and Liu Jianyi, the deputy commander-in-chief, heard that there were flames and the sound of soldiers in the city, and they knew that something bad was going on. They thought that the rebel army had entered the city.

Several people hurriedly bumped heads, and Wang Yinchang was the first to ask: "What's the situation? Why are the thieves entering the city again?"

"This, this should be the west city gate opened by the insider, and the bandits have entered the city." Liu Jianyi replied anxiously.

"The enemy troops are approaching Luoyang City quietly. They should not have many troops. Let's split up and see if we can save the situation." Political Participant Wang Yinchang analyzed the situation and encouraged everyone.

"Everything will be subject to the arrangements of Lord Shenzhen!"

"Okay, you immediately send someone to inform King Fu to escape. Even if Luoyang City is lost, he will not be guilty of trapping the vassal. Vice General Liu stayed behind to continue to defend the north gate. I took a team of soldiers and horses and rushed to the west gate immediately to see if I could To save the situation, Magistrate Kang rushed back to the government office with a team of troops to guard the key areas in the city." Wang Yinchang immediately ordered.

"Yes!" Several people left separately.

Kang Menghui, the magistrate of Henan Province, led his people to the government office. When they reached the Drum Tower, they heard that the government office had been occupied by thieves, so he and a dozen officials hid in the Laojun Cave of Yuxuguan.

The refugees outside the city had not received any professional training. They relied entirely on their brute force and the stimulation of rewards after capturing Luoyang, and they began to attack the city swarm.

Liu Jianyi, the deputy general of the Henan General Military Mansion at the North City Gate, was watching the fireworks everywhere in the city. He was anxiously walking up and down the city tower. He was the main guard guarding Luoyang. If Luoyang was lost, he would definitely be beheaded.

"Ming army defenders, kneel down immediately and surrender your weapons without killing!" The 1st Shanxi Combat Brigade shouted immediately after seeing the situation under basic control.

The burly general wearing a faded red tassel hat asked as he walked: "Li Guo, how is the situation in Luoyang City?"

Liu Jianyi could only give up the idea of ​​going to the city to support him, and organized officers and soldiers to start defending the city.

When the garrison at the top of the city heard this, several of his confidants looked at Liu Jianyi to decide whether to fight to the end and fight to the death, or to surrender quickly and save their lives.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

He looked back and saw that a group of troops with bright armor and well-equipped armor had already charged towards the city. He could only command the defenders to immediately change direction and begin to resist attacks from within the city.

At this time, about three or four miles outside the West City Gate, a team of more than 2,000 people was struggling to make their way.

Since the city wall is mainly designed to protect against external attacks, it does not have much protective effect against attacks within the city. Coupled with the fact that the Shanxi Combat Brigade was well-armed, the defenders were quickly beaten and scattered.

Under the command of Liu Jianyi, the defenders on the tower kept throwing down logs and stones, and soon beat the attacking refugees back until they howled like ghosts and wolves.

At this time, Li Xiongzhen and Lu Jun had led troops to occupy the government office, and then divided their troops into two groups, one to prepare to capture Prince Fu's Mansion, and the other to clear out the Luoyang defenders at other city gates.

Just when he was determined to lead troops to support the city, the refugee army led by Fang Tiedan outside the north gate also took action. They gathered three to four thousand people and started to attack the city against rows of ladders.

As soon as King Fu heard that Luoyang City had been destroyed, he was so frightened that he immediately took his crown prince Zhu Yousong and prepared to escape from Luoyang City through the sewer behind Yanfu Palace.

But before Liu Jianyi could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a burst of intensive firecrackers behind him, and the Ming troops defending the city fell to the ground one after another.

Because King Fu was too fat, he couldn't walk after being dragged to the edge of the moat. King Fu asked Zhu Yousong to escape first, and with the help of Taoist priests, he hid in the Ying'en Temple built for his mother.

Lu Jun led a battalion of the Zhenming Army and easily took over the North City Gate and took six to seven hundred Ming Army prisoners.

Liu Jianyi looked at everyone's eyes eager to survive, smiled bitterly and said, "Stop."

"Uncle, the west gate of Luoyang has been opened, and a group of about three thousand soldiers and horses have entered. They should be Lin Feng's Zhenming Army." Li Guo asked.

"Hey, even if we hurry up and hurry up, the Zhenming Army still gets us first." The burly general sighed.

"We have a share in attacking Luoyang City. As long as we rush in, the property we rob will be ours." Another general, Liu Zongmin, said. It turned out that this team was led by Li Zicheng who fled to Shangluo Mountain after the First World War in Tongguan Nanyuan. After several months of training, he came with another team of two to three thousand people.

It's just that the supplies in Shangluo Mountain are really too poor, and it's too difficult to pull up a team. After Li Zicheng and others discussed it, they heard that a large number of hungry people had gathered outside Luoyang City, so they quietly came over with their troops to see if there was any chance of taking Luoyang.

This was also the most critical battle for Li Zicheng's comeback in history. He went eastward from Shangluo Mountain to Henan, captured Luoyang City, quickly expanded his team to one million, and then captured Beijing City.

Of course, historically, Li Zicheng captured Luoyang City in the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign. This time, due to the intervention of Lin Feng's Zhenming Army, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting withdrew their troops earlier. Li Zicheng's troops recovered faster and arrived in the direction of Luoyang earlier.

"Brother Li, there is nothing to hesitate about. The brothers have finally walked out of Shangluo Mountain. They are definitely going to occupy the city and fight. This Luoyang City does not belong to Lin Feng. Whoever occupies it will belong to him. We must hurry up and enter." The city is over." His general Yuan Zongdi followed.

Li Zicheng scanned the crowd with his eagle eyes and said: "Okay, march with all your strength, take advantage of the situation and attack Luoyang City. At least Luoyang will be divided equally with the Zhenming Army."

"Brother is wise!" Several people have long wanted to go to the city to eat and drink.

Li Zicheng made up his mind and immediately led a large group of troops towards the west gate of Luoyang City.

"Guard Fang, there are footsteps of a large group of people outside. Do our Zhenming Army have any follow-up reinforcements?" Behind the west city gate, a sentry reported to Fang Xiaolin, who was staying behind.

"Let's go upstairs and have a look immediately." Fang Xiaolin didn't hear that there were follow-up reinforcements. He immediately became anxious when he heard that, and hurriedly went upstairs to take a look.

Before he could see clearly, Li Zicheng's team attacked like a gust of wind.

"The enemy is attacking, stop it immediately!" Fang Xiaolin shouted.

Fortunately, the first sentry officers and soldiers of the Zhenming Army who stayed behind were relatively alert and maintained a high state of readiness. As soon as they heard the alarm, they immediately relied on the obstacles that guarded the Ming Army in the city and began to snipe outside the city.

Li Zicheng's first group of troops entering the city were immediately blocked.

"This Zhenming Army's combat capability is indeed impressive, and its response is very fast. Let me lead a charge." Liu Zongmin thought that he was famous for his bravery in fighting, and immediately rushed forward with his men.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st Shanxi Combat Brigade who were in charge of guarding immediately felt great pressure. In addition, they only had more than 200 troops per sentry, and they soon could not withstand it.

"Fight and retreat at the same time, notify Brigade General Lu as soon as possible!" the sentry officer ordered, organizing the team to begin an orderly withdrawal into the city.

Fortunately, the city gate was relatively small, and Li Zicheng's men could not rush in all at once. Fang Xiaolin withdrew with a sentry of officers and soldiers.

Lu Jun, who had already rushed back to the government office, was so fed up when he heard the report of the sentry horse that had been left behind at the west city gate that he immediately organized a battalion of officers and soldiers to build a line of defense around the government office.

"Major General, who are these people coming from outside?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

"It's not clear yet, but it's definitely not the imperial army. It can only be the peasant army. The most effective peasant army on the side should be Li Zicheng's troops." Lu Jun stayed in the General Staff Department for a long time and was very good at it. Analyze the situation.

"How to deal with that?"

"They must have entered the city for money and people. We have already occupied the Fu Yamen and Prince Fu's Mansion. As long as we hold these two places, at dawn tomorrow, the refugee army led by Fang Tiedan can enter the city. The advantage is It's still on our side." Lu Jun continued his analysis.

"I didn't expect that we, the mantis hunting the cicada, would have the oriole behind us!" Li Xiongzhen responded.

"Hey, Governor Lin has repeatedly taught us to expand the scope of investigation and ensure the transparency of the battlefield. We were careless this time and were followed into Luoyang City by Li Zicheng's troops." Lu Jun said depressedly.

"It's okay. You'll gain wisdom by eating everything. Just sum it up later. Now let's defend Henan Fuya with all our strength." Li Xiongzhen said. It was his first time to command such a large battle. It was normal for him to make some mistakes. He didn't take it to heart. .

The key point is that he is Lin Feng's gay friend and brother-in-law. Thinking about it, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, nothing will happen to him, so naturally he doesn't have any burden.

(End of this chapter)