Win the Ding 1617

In the blink of an eye, the same thing happened at the three passes in the southeast, north, and south. The first barrier sheep and horse wall surrounding Luoyang City was destroyed by the long poles and logs in the hands of the hungry people in an instant.

Numerous straw bags were filled with soil, and broken clothes wrapped in broken bricks and rocks were thrown into the moat. The moat, which had dried up a lot due to successive years of drought, was filled up to become a passage.

Seeing that the road had been cleared, Zhang Nai waved the command flag in his hand, and the barracks artillery team stopped their artillery one by one, and the gunners retreated to the side for a while to smoke, drink, eat and rest.Our own auxiliary soldiers came forward to clean the artillery and carry the shells.

Dozens of cavalry galloped out of the army formation behind them like thunder, and rushed down the city along the uneven road.

Behind them, the infantry team began to rectify the ladders, armors, and short weapons such as short knives, iron whips, and sharp axes, and prepared to climb the city for hand-to-hand combat.Just now, the artillery attack from the city below the city has already broken the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the city, and made the soldiers who broke into the camp below the city burst into cheers, making Li Zicheng and others who were watching the formation in the middle of the army very happy.

Usually, if you want to attack the city, you have to arrange internal response in the city, or the hungry people, or the officers and soldiers who have not been paid for a long time, or a surprise attack similar to Fengyang, so that the defenders in the city have no time to react.Chuangying has not fought a real battle so far. Although internal response was arranged this time, Li Zicheng wanted to show off his power first, and then beat the resentful officers and soldiers more firmly.These dozens of riders galloped back and forth under the city of Xiguan in Luoyang.But it has the momentum of hundreds of people.

The fighting power of the Ming army.It belongs to the frontier army on the Nine Frontiers. These officers and soldiers from Henan and Huguang can only rank second or third rate among the Ming army. The officers and soldiers stationed on the city, although their combat effectiveness is not very good.But they are all so-called camp bastards.It is a bit difficult to deal with bandits and poles on weekdays.How to be the opponents of these veterans who followed Li Zicheng to fight thousands of miles?but.To be able to be a bastard, you must have good eyesight, what kind of army can mess with it.What army can't be touched, what army can only pretend to be a grandson in front of them, they have a steelyard in their hearts.

Seeing the dozens of riders holding the banner of entering the camp galloping around the city of Xiguan with the wind and electricity, dozens of military flags were stretched out by the cold wind facing them.Different from the silence on the top of the city, cheers and roars erupted from the various army formations in the camp below the city.The crowd sang the ballad who did not know who made it up neatly and loudly, and the singing voice was full of pride.

After a while, a friendly greeting came from among the dozens of cavalrymen, "Brothers in the city, are you the Shaanxi Township Party?"

Immediately, a cheerful answer erupted from the head of the city on the north side of Xiguan: "So it's a fellow! Fellow, it's a big festival and it's been so hard, but do you plan to go to Luoyang City to see the lights?".

"Not only do we plan to go to the city to watch the lanterns, but we also plan to play Shehuo in the city. How about it, Xiangdang, do you want to play together?"

The city replied with a smile: "You are so beautiful! We have to go to the palace and ask His Royal Highness Fu Wang. If he says that the city gate can be opened, we will open it; if he says it cannot be opened, we have to listen to him. A few days ago, he took out thousands of white silver dollars to reward the brothers. Each of our brothers who served as soldiers took out a little more than a few pieces of silver. It can be regarded as seeing what this silver dollar looks like. Why don’t you keep it safe? This Luoyang City? Why don’t you work hard for the officials and wealthy gentlemen in the city?”…

These words were very witty, but Wang Yinchang, who was drinking tea and resting in the city tower, heard his heart skip a beat. The resentment in the army was so heavy, what should we do?This group of damned Qiu Ba, those rogues outside the city, when did they become your fellow countrymen?This gang of mutinies is indeed a disaster!

Thinking wildly in his mind, for a long time, Mr. Wang couldn't remember at all that he had lost ten thousand silver from King Fu's reward.

This time, the chatter between the city and the city became more lively.

"I heard that King Fu's money is uncountable, more than the emperor's. Why don't you ask him for it? Do you think the meat is too fat? Are you afraid of fishbone?"

The city replied: "Hey, fellow, if we want it, can he give it? Although Lord Fu's money is piled up like a mountain, he still thinks that he doesn't have enough money from the common people! The palace is a dog's yamen, we can only go in and out. We What about wearing the national livery now? We'll see."

Asked outside the city: "Fellow townsman, your accent is Guanzhong accent. Where is your place?"

The city replied: "I dare not, the name of the small place is Huayin. May I ask where you are?"

Chengxia replied: "Yeah, we are still from the same hometown! I am from Lintong, am I not from the same hometown?"

The city said happily: "Sure enough, you are a fellow from the same country! You are a fellow countryman, and you feel closer when you leave your hometown. Brother, what is your surname?"

Under the city: "The humble surname is Wang. What about you?"

On the city: "Eighteen sons with a humble surname."

Under the city: "Ah, you and our Lord Chuang belonged to the same family!"

On the city: "Don't dare to climb high. But a Li character can't be separated. It was a family 500 years ago."

Under the city: "Little fellow countryman, you are eating food and serving as a soldier outside. Are you doing well with the sun and the moon? A lot of words"

On the city: "Soldiers don't live like gods, tigers, or dogs!"

Chengxia: "How do you call them gods, tigers, and dogs?"

On the city: "When you're not fighting, you don't play. You roam around freely. No one dares to control you. Isn't that like a god? When you see people, you kill them if you want. Burn them if you want them. Loot them if you want them. See The big girl and the young daughter-in-law hugged each other, and if she refused, she would go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife. Wouldn't she be more ferocious than a tiger? Once a battle is defeated, she throws away her armor and flees, and anyone who sees them will chase and fight. Isn't it like a dog with its tail between its legs?"

Wang Yinchang really couldn't bear it any longer.Under the protection of several soldiers and servants, they headed towards the crenels where the group of Chengguan people who had the most mutinies gathered and chatted with the Shaanxi thieves below the city.

"Master Daotai is here, stop talking nonsense!"

Some of the Shaanxi soldiers found Wang Yinchang walking quickly from far to near.Remind colleagues not to speak out.

The Huayin man said nonchalantly: "Fuck it. I'm not afraid now! He doesn't pay me. I'll curse a few words, and see if he can... bite me!"

"that is!"

"When I came here, I just asked him. The bandits are about to attack the city. When will the military pay we owe for more than a year be paid? Are we going to fight the bandits hungry?

"The gold and silver in Fu Wang's palace are like mountains, and there is no end to the fine grains and fat meat. You spend such a small amount of money to send us to work for him? I don't want to do it!"

In the midst of complaining, Wang Yinchang led a group of people striding over, and a servant leader walking in front shouted and scolded this way: "The thief is right under the city, you don't want to be defensive, But here you are chatting with the thieves, what are you planning to do? If you dare to talk nonsense, Lord Daotai is here, and you must be severely punished!"

The man from Huayin boldly went up to him and said, "Master Daotai, you have come just in time. Will we pay our arrears or not?"

Wang Yinchang, the branch inspector, replied sharply: "At present, the thieves are besieging the city, and everyone can only defend it together. Is it time to clamor for payment? After the thieves retreat, are you afraid that you will not be paid according to the arrears, and you will be rewarded according to your merit?"...

The people of Huayin shouted loudly: "The words of the imperial court and the government have always been fart, and we soldiers don't believe it at all. You pay now, and if you don't pay, we will disperse. Don't think about us defending the city! Brothers, Wang Daotai must be paid tonight, don’t be afraid that the big officials will play prestige in front of us soldiers and use their power to overwhelm others!”

There was a lot of clamor and demand for wages on the top of the city, many people ran towards the noise, and some people squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the north gate.The clamoring soldiers wrapped Wang Yinchang and his left and right entourages in the center, while cursing and threatening, they moved to the northwest corner of the city.

Outside the city, under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi and others came to Zhang Nai's artillery position. Zhang Nai, who came to report the military situation without hesitation, rewarded him, and just listened to the news from the top of the city. The movement said, "Han Ju, your people have done a good job, we are going to play in Luoyang!"

Zhang Nai said: "Uncle Jiexuan, Uncle Hanju, let's take advantage of the soldiers clamoring for wages in the city, and our brothers rushing to the city, and there will be no resistance from the city. Wouldn't it be better to hurry into the city?

"Little Naizi, don't worry, just order someone to pull the cannon to the city gate, spot the fire, and fire a few shots at the city gate. This Luoyang is ours!"

Zhang Nai was somewhat skeptical, but due to military discipline and the prestige of Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi and others, he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he went down to make arrangements, moved the positions of several eight-pound guns forward, crossed the destroyed sheep and horse wall, and chose A relatively flat place facing the city gate was set up and artillery emplacements were set up.

At this time, the city was in chaos.

Surrounded by a group of generals and soldiers, the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu rode to the northwest corner of the city on horseback.Because of his panic, nervousness, and old age, he was wheezing and wheezing.The defenders of the west city and the north city are all his own troops. He got a report that the troops who threatened Wang Yinchang and demanded payment, besides the hundreds of mutinies he brought in from the city, also included his town standard battalion. pro-military.This is undoubtedly a blow to him, there are great enemies outside, but there are hungry soldiers clamoring for pay in the city, if there is a commotion, it will be unimaginable, and any punishment in the future will fall on his head.

Wang Shaoyu wanted to take advantage of the critical moment when the soldiers were just clamoring, and personally rescue Wang Yinchang, so that the matter would not completely break down.Then carrots and sticks are served together, even threats and lures, we must get through this crisis.

When he walked into the clamoring crowd, he saw the mutinies tightly twisting the arms of the sub-inspector, holding a gleaming broadsword on his neck, urging him to pay his salary quickly and spare his life.Wang Yinchang was so frightened that his teeth chattered and he was speechless.Wang Shaoyu wanted to speak, but the soldiers were crowded and noisy, so he had no chance to speak.The general of the Chinese army next to Wang Shaoyu shouted loudly: "The commander-in-chief is here! Don't shout! Don't shout! Don't be unreasonable!" Immediately, a soldier retorted angrily:

"Now Li Chuang's troops are under the city. I will die to defend the city, and I will not be credited for my hard work. There is no place for us to be promoted. If we want to let go, it has nothing to do with our dicks! Now that things are going on, even if he is the boss? The soldier?"

A military officer was afraid that Wang Shaoyu would suffer, so he pushed him and said, "This is not the time for the boss to talk, so hurry up and leave!"

Some of Wang Shaoyu's personal soldiers accompanied him to clamor among the soldiers, and some of them surrounded his mounts and went down the city corner path to escape quickly.Someone raised a knife to kill Wang Yinchang, but was blocked by Wang Yinchang's personal soldiers and severely injured.The soldier was immediately killed by the mutiny, but Wang himself was rescued by left and right in the confusion.Flee to the city.

"Reverse! Reverse!"

"Yes! Open the city! Open the city gate! Laozi and Li Zicheng are going to grab the treasures in the Palace of Fu!"

People in the city were clamoring and clamoring.Running back and forth, some were waving knives and guns, some were holding up torches, they were obviously planning to set fires everywhere to create chaos!

"Little Naizi. Get ready to fire! Boom at the city gate!"

Holding an iron whip in his hand, Yuan Zongdi urged his horse to come to Zhang Nai's side.eagerly ordered.

On the top of the city.The situation has become completely out of hand.A group of people rushed down the horse path in a panic, and came to the gate hole of Ximen.A few people wanted to reach out to grab the waist pole that was straddling the city gate.Suddenly there were several cannon shots from outside the city gate, and the city gate shook a few times.Sawdust flew across the city, and several soldiers who were closer to the city gate were immediately knocked down by shrapnel, and a huge hole appeared on the iron leaf-wrapped city gate.

"Beat the drum! The infantry is ready!"

Liu Zongmin dodged the cloak on his body, pulled out the pair of famous swords from the saddle bridge, and waved them in the air a few times. Immediately, the sound of drums, shouts, footsteps, and shouts of killing could be heard endlessly.

As soon as a drum sounded, the infantrymen stationed outside the city began to prepare to attack the city. This drum broke the hearts of the soldiers on the city. "The city is broken!" The officers fell to the ground, crossed the sill, and shouted loudly: "The city is broken! The city is broken!" While shouting, they ran towards the city. As these people ran, the city began to rise. fire.Several mutinies on horseback galloped from Xiguan to the city, shouting at the same time: "The King of Chuang has entered the city! The King of Chuang has entered the city!" The defenders at the head of Luoyang City were also thrown into chaos immediately. Roll down the city in a gang, rushing to Fu Wang's mansion first to rob the treasure.

Seeing that the city was in chaos, and at the same time seeing more than a dozen fires bursting out of the city, with constant wailing and shouting, Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, Li Guo and others immediately supervised and led the infantry to climb the city with ladders.From the west city to the north city, at the same time, hundreds of ladders were lifted across the dry moat and leaned against the city wall in an instant.The soldiers filed into the city nimbly.The infantry soldiers in the front all held weapons such as broadswords and hatchets in their mouths, in case they needed to slash and kill when they first entered the city, so as to avoid delaying time by drawing a knife from their waist temporarily.

After a while, the North Tower started to catch fire, and the flames shot up into the sky.When the fire broke out, a group of mutinies opened the north gate and yelled, "Go into the city quickly! Enter the city!" Zhang Nai saw that the drawbridge had not been lowered yet, and Li Guo's infantry were running densely in the dry city moats on both sides of the bridge. Shouting and whistling, he swarmed up the city, but he couldn't make the cavalry keep pace with the soldiers to fight for the road, so he immediately shouted to the mutinies in Kaesong: "Quickly put the suspension bridge! Quickly! Quickly!"

With a loud bang, the suspension bridge at Beiguan collapsed.Zhang Nai knocked his stirrup, waved his sword at the same time, and ordered loudly: "Go into the city!" He first led his soldiers across the suspension bridge and rushed into the urn city.The city tower was burning, and flying tiles and burning wood fell from time to time.A block of fire fell right in front of Zhang Nai, almost hitting the horse's head.With a swing of his sword, he knocked aside the fire blocks that fell in the air, and turned around and shouted: "Quick!" He rushed into the city first, followed by a large group of cavalry, galloping forward.Running to the intersection, Zhang Nai swung his sword again and said loudly, "Separate!" So the cavalry separated, and each team was led by the leader to carry out the assigned task.He himself led [-] cavalry to gallop towards Fu Wang's mansion.

In the mid-air of the Guanxiang inside the south gate, flames were shining everywhere, and the houses on both sides of the street were still burning.Bricks, stones and tiles fell to the ground on the street, dead bodies were everywhere on the street, and many people who were seriously injured and still alive were moaning.The blood flowed on the ground, freezing into ice.There are also dead bodies leaning against the wall, and the wall is also stained with blood.All kinds of clothes and belongings were scattered on the ground, which looked shocking.

After Liu Zongmin ordered people to report to Li Zicheng, Li Yan, Song Xiance and others at the temporary old camp site where they broke into the Zhougong Temple, he supervised and led the battalions to enter the city.According to the plan in advance, Yuan Zongdi and Li Guo's men were responsible for occupying the four gates of Luoyang, and then patrolled along the city wall, blocking internal and external traffic, checking pedestrians entering and leaving, and preventing King Fu and others from escaping in disorder.

After everything was settled, Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi entered the city with their heads held high, surrounded by their respective brigades of personal soldiers.Just passing through the deep and heavy city gate, not far away, he ran into another adopted son of Li Zicheng, Li Shuangxi, leading a small group of soldiers and more than a hundred infantry, rushing towards this side with panic on his face, Liu Zongmin Feeling puzzled, he stopped him to ask one or two questions.

"Uncle Jiexuan! It's not good! Mr. Li and Li Yan's team are going to march and kill people at the intersection!"

Since Chuangying entered Henan, thanks to the help of several princes in Henan and many county kings, gentry, and eunuchs, those hungry people who were overwhelmed by exorbitant taxes and heavy land rent came to vote one after another. The stronghold is invincible.Especially after Song Xiance, a warlock in the rivers and lakes, presented the prophecy of the master artifact of the eighteen children, the momentum became more and more powerful. In order to restrain his subordinates and win people's hearts, Li Zicheng specially solemnly proposed that "killing one person is like killing my father, and adultery is like killing another person." Fornicating my mother.” The Li Yan brothers compiled songs for him such as “Open the door early to welcome the King Chuang, and all the disciplines are happy”, “Welcome the King Chuang, and don’t pay the grain”, and put forward slogans such as “equal land and no grain”, In this way, his army developed rapidly.

Because Li Yan's troops are all natives of Henan, although they come from Qi County in the east of Henan, they are naturally local compared to the old eighth team whose backbone is all from Shaanxi.In order to strictly enforce military discipline, and also to win the hearts of Luoyang and Li Yan's subordinates, Li Zicheng specially ordered that after entering the city, only the king of Fu, the government and the big gentry are allowed to be punished, and those who dare to harass the common people will be killed without mercy!Those who dare to rape women will be killed without mercy, those who dare to rob property will be killed without mercy, and those who dare to commit suicide recklessly, the whole team will be executed!He handed over to Li Yan the responsibility for enforcing the marching discipline after breaking the city.

Right now Li Yan is not in the city, and his cousin Li Quan is in command of his troops from eastern Henan who enter the city.

"The marching law is the marching law. It is the military order that King Chuang entrusted to Brother Lin Quan. How dare you disobey it?"

"Uncle Jiexuan! It's fine if you kill others! Li Quan wants to kill a few brothers from our eighth team!"

Liu Zongmin's eyebrows twitched a few times on his black face, and his tiger eyes narrowed.

Even if he killed a hundred people, Liu Zongmin wouldn't even blink.However, the person who killed the old eighth team really surprised him.Don't say that the members of the Old Eighth Team are all elite soldiers who have followed Chuang Wang in the South and North for many years. Anyone who is released can be a recruit. , This friendship can't help but make people's hearts skip a beat.