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Chapter 500 Xuan Zhen Zhang Cheng had to defend
In the tent of the Chinese army in the Chuangjun camp outside Xiguan in Kaifeng City, Chuang Wang Li Zicheng was assigning the siege affairs. He said: "Two tigers, you will lead 3000 troops, plus the 3000 troops of the crock pot, a total of 6000 people will be in charge." attack the north gate;

Liu Fangliang leads 2000 troops, plus Yidou Valley's 3000 troops, a total of 5000 people are responsible for attacking the south gate; Gu Ying, you lead 4000 troops to attack the east gate and Caomen.

Although these three sides of yours are not the main attack, you should not be careless. You must also attack and fight, and you must contain the defenders on these three sides so that they do not have spare energy to support Ximen's side. "

After everyone agreed, Li Zicheng said again: "All armies should hurry up and build ladders to climb the city. While climbing the city, they will plan the city at the same time. Each general will organize an old battalion to supervise the battle. Those who are involved will be beheaded to show the public, so as to uphold the morale of the army."

"Yes." All the generals in the camp agreed in unison.

"After lunch tomorrow, the north, east, and south sides will take the lead in attacking the city to contain the defenders. Although the west city is my main direction of attack, I will launch the offensive last."

After the discussion, all the generals ate and ate together in the tent of Chuang Wang's army, and then retreated to prepare for the siege.

King Chuang also kept Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan, and Liu Zongmin to discuss the specific strategy of how to attack Ximen.

Li Zicheng asked: "Jiexuan, is there any news from Li Xianfeng and Chen Yongfu?"

"There is no new news yet. When we set off, they were still in Meng County. After crossing the river, they will attack Luoyang. It will take at least five or six days for them to know that we have turned to Kaifeng and then lead the army back. .” Liu Zongmin replied.

Li Zicheng asked again: "Is there any news about the army that attacked Yanshi before?"

Liu Zongmin replied: "Not yet, they abandoned Yanshi two days before our army set off and crossed the north of the Yellow River to go up. Everyone guessed that their troops were not injured, so they should avoid the sharp edge of our army.

It's just that the Yellow River is wide and the current is fast, so it's not easy to cross the river back and forth. Although some brothers were sent to the north bank for activities, the news was not delivered in time.

However, although this department is a frontier army, it has some combat power than the local officers and soldiers in Henan, so what, our army is full of elites, and I am afraid that thousands of officers and soldiers in other areas will fail. "

Li Zicheng then asked Song Xiance, Li Yan and others for their opinions. They also came to Kaifeng because they could not come to Kaifeng in vain. No matter what the outcome, this battle must be fought. Defend.

Chuang Wang finally said: "Kaifeng must be fought, but Chen Yongfu and Naxuanzhen Zhang Cheng have to be guarded.

Jiexuan, you choose [-] elite infantry, plus the [-] cavalry, and keep them as a reserve team, and don't take part in the siege for now, in case Chen Yongfu or Zhang Cheng suddenly rush out. "

Niu Jinxing said at this time: "With such a distribution, will Ximen's main attack force be less?"

Li Zicheng smiled and said nothing, he turned his head to look at Liu Zongmin, only to hear Liu Zongmin say: "It's okay. I just don't take part in the siege for the time being, but if the siege goes well, I can also join the battle at the critical moment.

What's more, after our Zhongmu came over, we also wrapped up some civilians, so that the soldiers could climb the ladder to climb the city, and drive the hungry people to dig bricks under the city wall. "

He said it very naturally, as if it was a very common and normal thing.

Although the expression on Song Xiance's face was a little unnatural, it flashed by and then returned to the original state in an instant, while Li Yan was hesitant to speak. Fortunately, he habitually glanced at Song Xiance. Otherwise, it is likely to block it.

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Outside the city of Kaifeng, the invaders piled up piles of pieces, digging ditches to build villages, cutting wood to fetch water, burying pots to make rice, cutting wood to make ladders and other siege equipment, and they were extremely busy.

They were still immersed in the excitement of taking Luoyang City easily, and they thought that Kaifeng Fucheng would be captured in a few days like Luoyang.

This is the case outside the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city did not rest for a moment. They were all organized, and the pitifully small guards became team leaders. The team's defending position began to carry out some drills for defending the city.

Before that, many wealthy families fled to Kaifeng City, and there were also a lot of rich gentry and rich families in the city. Under the call of King Zhou and the government, they all contributed money and food to the temples and temples in the city. In places full of refugees, porridge sheds have been set up for relief.To stabilize the hearts of the people.

And on the streets of the city, there are teams of social soldiers parading with weapons to practice bravery. The other men who were not selected as social soldiers demolished the houses near the city walls, and all the bricks, stones and wood were destroyed. Lift up the city wall to defend the city.

All the gates in the city were also tightly blocked by soldiers and civilians using sandbags, except for one north gate which was not blocked, but many sandbags were piled up in the gate opening to prepare to block the gate at any time.

The reason why they kept the north gate unblocked is because the pusher Huang Shu went north from here to Tao's store to beg for help. Once the reinforcements arrived, there must be a passage to enter the city. Even if the reinforcements did not arrive, Huang Shu would also enter the city.

Even the women were organized and began to set up tents, build stoves, grind noodles, and pick vegetables on the street to prepare food for the officers, soldiers and communal soldiers guarding the city.

People in Kaifeng City are busy. In order to defend Kaifeng City, the enthusiasm of the people is very high.

After all, these days, the government has been claiming that the bandits raided Luoyang, and there was no one left in the city. They were all looted, all the men were chopped off, and all the women were taken into the bandit camps for the bandits to do whatever they wanted. Devastated.

All the warehouses of the government have been opened, and all kinds of equipment and ordnance for defending the city have been carried out and transported to the walls of various places, while the grain, rice and noodles are distributed to the women gathered everywhere for cooking. vegetable.

Because most of the intruders gathered outside the west gate, Gao Mingheng and others determined that the rebel army was mainly attacking the west gate, so they moved a few cannons on the other walls to the west wall to strengthen the city defense.

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After nightfall that night, Kaifeng City was covered with bandit troops on all sides. Although Kaifeng City could not be completely encircled, the positions facing the gates of the city were all occupied by bandit troops. It was almost impossible to leave the city and enter the city.

Piles of bonfires were ignited outside the city, the flames soared into the sky, and the red lights illuminated the entire night sky. More and more loud bandit soldiers came to the city and shouted at the city, but the city was terribly quiet, without a single echo.

That night, the guards and social soldiers patrolling the city wall kept coming and going, no one dared to take it lightly, and spent the cold night in fear.

At night today, Gao Mingheng, the inspector of Henan, Liang Bing, an old official in charge of Taoist affairs, and Cai Maode, the right envoy of Henan, were heading to the Zhou Palace in sedan chairs.

(End of this chapter)