Be the emperor from the postman

"The purpose of the surprise attack on Kaifeng City has not been achieved. The news will inevitably leak out, and the officers and soldiers will return to help. They cannot bear the crime of falling into the vassal king again, and we don't have much time left."

Compared with Shanshan and Shanxi, most of the officials there were wiped out by He Jinzhao.

Except for a few who fled to the capital, Chongzhen didn't even have time to reward him, so how could he find someone to take the blame.

After all, once a Ming official does everything possible to escape from the hammer bandit, once he is punished by Chongzhen, he will cut off this way in the future.

Especially with the example of Hei Yunlong, Chongzhen mostly rewarded these people generously.

Li Yan stood at the bottom of the city, looking at the enemy soldiers who were swimming quickly above the city with their weapons in hand, shouting loudly.

The strategy he proposed to Li Zicheng is to practice benevolence and righteousness, win people's hearts, occupy Heluo, and take over the world.

But according to King Chuang's current strength, with so many officers and troops, it would be difficult to gather more troops if he occupied Luoyang.

With the example of Luoyang, the world was shaken.

It seems that Zhou Wang is spending money, and he will never allow Kaifeng to fall.

Li Zicheng also agreed with Li Yan's words.

It has to be said that Zhang Xianzhong was lucky, more than 20 riders made Xiangyang City turbulent, which shows what the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers there is like.

The official army in Henan is really hard to fight!
Coupled with the tall and thick walls of Kaifeng, it is indeed a strong city.

Li Zicheng only has [-] elite riders in his hands, which can be regarded as his old foundation.

The remaining [-] infantry may not have much experience in attacking the strong city, and they will not be able to withstand attrition.

Once frustrated, and then let the officers and soldiers attack from inside and outside, it is likely that the whole line will collapse.

Li Zicheng sighed unconsciously.

He is a rebel and a staunch rebel.

Even if only a dozen people were beaten, the wives and daughters would not bow to the Ming court if they were captured.

Because of He Jinchao, Hong Chengchou stayed in Henan for a long time, but he also trained many local officers and generals.

After all, he also wants to eat money and food from the Henan local government.

"Let's attack the city."

Li Zicheng ordered the whole army to attack the city. No matter how the surprise attack did not work, he had to fight head-on.

For a time, arrows rained down from both the offensive and defensive sides.

From time to time, there were a few cannon shots, and the shouts of killing soared into the sky.

Within a day, arrows were planted on the city wall of Kaifeng, like a huge hedgehog.

However, the soldiers of the Ming army who were fully paid in Kaifeng City were really not Li Zicheng who attacked the city casually, could be scared or ran out of the city and surrendered on his own initiative.

The strategy of besieging the city for three days first, the method of intimidating them, was easily deciphered by King Zhou's "money ability".

Chen Yongfu, who went to Luoyang to help, heard that Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, took advantage of the false attack to attack Kaifeng, so he hurried back with his army and rushed back two days and nights, entering the city from Shuimen to participate in the defense.

Prior to this, Chen Yongfu followed Henan governor Li Xianfeng to lead troops to attack Luoyang, killed the guard Shao Shichang appointed by Li Zicheng, and regained Luoyang.

He was a little worried that Kaifeng would fall, and the court's big hat would hit him on the head all at once.

After entering Kaifeng City, he was immediately summoned by King Zhou and asked the soldiers he brought back to come to the front yard of the palace to receive the reward.

The king of Zhou attached great importance to the official army that could recover Luoyang.

After all, they have proven their abilities.

Money must be given!

However, Li Xianfeng, governor of Henan Province, was the main person in charge, but he was frightened by Li Zicheng's prestige and dared not approach Kaifeng.

Instead, they stationed troops in Yanshi, waiting for Fu Zonglong and Ding Qirui who were ordered to help Bian.

There are more and more defenders in Kaifeng City, and the enemy situation has changed.

On the second day after Chen Yongfu entered Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng decided to go outside Kaifeng City to observe the situation in person in order to decide the next method of attacking the city.

Digging tunnels or digging up mounds of earth and so on, all turned in his head.

But Li Zicheng didn't know that the king of Zhou in the city had ordered that anyone who shot and wounded a thief would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, regardless of whether he died or died.

The key point is that the king of Zhou also sent people to supervise, as long as someone shoots, the money will be paid immediately, and the old man will be fooled!
Our king of Zhou did what he said, and what he wanted was the name of the boy who spread wealth.

The king of Zhou was generous in his actions, coupled with what he said, his morale was extremely high.

Today, several officers and soldiers who are good at archery are all refreshed, waiting for the rebels to come and earn hundreds of taels of silver.

If it was more than ten years ago, he might not have had the opportunity to earn so much money in his life.

So to seize the opportunity, you must take a few bites viciously.

God knows it will be the year of the monkey next time when he earns so much money.

Then Li Zicheng's investigation team was targeted.

With one arrow, the officer shot Li Zicheng in the left eye.

The officers and soldiers on the city wall shouted loudly, extremely excited.

They didn't know if the officers and soldiers outside were Li Zicheng, they just cheered for the ten taels of silver.

The key point is that the people under the king of Zhou also gave an idea. Once someone was shot, they would knock on the gong on the city wall and broadcast loudly that a certain warrior had hit another thief.

Being famous and getting cash is definitely not something Li Zicheng's newly rising soldiers can resist.

Because Li Zicheng was shot, a group of rogues in the city panicked.

Everyone is today because of King Li Chuang.

If an arrow hits the eye, there is a high probability of death.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng followed He Jinchao's method and recruited several doctors who are good at treating injuries from the army to treat him urgently.

Under the doctor's treatment, it was confirmed that Li Chuangwang needs to be well-raised to recover, but he will not be able to see his left eye in the future.

Song Xiance's face turned ugly all of a sudden, after all, warlocks like him are best at looking at faces.

But "Li Tianzi" has lost his appearance, can he still win the world in the future?
The most important thing is to be blind!
As the leader, Li Zicheng's injury is not a small news, coupled with his rapid rise, although he tried his best to expand the army, there may always be a small number of soldiers in battle.

All the six towns in the northwest fell into the hands of He Jinzhao, so neither the Ming court nor the rest of the rogues could obtain "elite frontier troops" in large quantities.

Therefore, it is understandable that the combat effectiveness of their soldiers is relatively weak.

Once the leader is injured, the rumors will start.

Not to mention the news that Li Zicheng was shot to death, what was even worse was the tens of thousands of troops led by Zuo Liangyu's army, Fu Zonglong, governor of Shaanxi Province, and Ding Qirui, governor of Baoding, marching towards Kaifeng.

The key is in the Central Plains and other places, Zuo Liangyu's army is still extremely threatening.

You must know that Zhang Xianzhong trained soldiers to farm and forge weapons in Gucheng, but in the end he was defeated by Zuo Liangyu and was almost captured alive.

Li Yan was clearly aware of Wang's family background: "There are no more than [-] elite soldiers, and no more than [-] threatening followers."

Once the government and army encircled and suppressed them on a large scale, they immediately fell into a situation of internal and external attacks.

This is also the idea of ​​giving up Luoyang and continuing to wander.

Now the main general is injured and the morale of the army is unstable.

Kaifeng City can't be broken after seven days of attack, and it can't be delayed any longer.

So Li Zicheng inspected the barracks with injuries, and declared to everyone that he was not dead yet!

Then Chuang Wang's team suspended the siege of Kaifeng's combat plan, and the main force moved westward to Dengfeng, Mixian, and Songxian.

Li Zicheng's first battle plan to siege Kaifeng ended with automatic withdrawal.

The crowd in Kaifeng immediately cheered, and some even shouted loudly to take the opportunity to rush out.

Li Zicheng was looking at Kaifeng City with one eye, and hearing the cheers on the city wall made his left eye ache.

I lost an eye here today, and I will ask you all to be buried with my left eye in the next few days.

Not winning Kaifeng for the first time has become a knot in Li Zicheng's heart.

When he learned that the bandits had withdrawn, the not-so-young king of Zhou, Zhu Gongyan, heaved a sigh of relief. He couldn't sleep every night for these ten days.

I'm afraid that someone will collude with thieves and open the city gate at night to let them in. Then I will have nothing to do.

"Quickly ask the court for help."

The king of Zhou hurriedly gave an order, and asked someone to tell the senior officials of Kaifeng City that this matter must be reported to His Majesty.

What if Li Zicheng doesn't give up and comes to attack the city again?

Even if he took out 50 taels of silver in one go, although the seven or eight days hadn't been spent yet, the family property couldn't withstand Li Zicheng's attacks several times.

This money should be paid by the court, not him, I have to ask the emperor for reimbursement!

Chongzhen also got the news of Kaifeng. In response to King Zhou's request, he issued an edict to praise him, saying that Emperor Gao's spirit had pity on the descendants of the clan and made the city wall strong. King Zhou is a blessed man.

As for asking for money?

What money do you want?

I have raised the emperor to protect you with you, do you have the nerve to ask me for money?

Then Chongzhen turned his anger on Li Xianfeng, governor of Henan, for King Zhou's request for help.

If it weren't for him, Luoyang would not have been breached by intruders, Kaifeng would not have been besieged, King Zhou would not need to spend money, and in the end he would not ask me for money.

Where do I have money now?

So Chongzhen ordered the arrest of Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, because he flinched and missed the opportunity to fight.

As a result, when Li Xianfeng heard the imperial decree, she was so frightened overnight that she died!

There was no chance for Chongzhen to pull him into prison at all.

Ding Qirui, who had just been transferred, was also as timid as a mouse. After entering Henan, like Li Xianfeng, he did not dare to approach Li Zicheng's men at all.

Fu Zonglong learned that the guards in Kaifeng had been strengthened and there was no need for emergency rescue, so he simply asked Ding Qirui to return to Yang Sichang's command again.

Cooperate with Yang Sichang, Wu Guojun and others to jointly strangle Zhang Xianzhong, and then the army returns to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng from north to south.

In terms of strategic and tactical arrangements, Fu Zonglong is superior to many Ming commanders.

Even Yang Sichang is not as good as him.

What's more, Fu Zonglong also looked down on Ding Qirui, feeling that his courage was getting weaker and weaker, and he lost the courage to run back from Mongolia after detouring thousands of miles from the hammer bandits.

Staying by his side would only hurt me, so I wrote a letter urging him to go to Huguang.

Ding Qirui didn't dare to stay in Henan anymore, so he ran away immediately.

As a result, Wang Chengzhao, the governor of Huguang, was afraid that Ding Qirui would bring troubles in Henan, so he deliberately hid all the public and private ferries in the Hanjin area, making it impossible for Ding Qirui to cross the river after wandering around for three days.

Then Wang Chengzhao also sent someone to tell Ding Qirui: "Now that the big bandits are in Henan, the Marquis of Jing and Liao in Jingxiang alone is enough, and there is no trouble for the army to come."

Ding Qirui was unable to lead the army into Chu, so he could only return to Dengzhou with a sigh.

As a result, the Dengzhou governor gave him a closed door and did not allow him to lead troops into the city.

Ding Qirui had no choice but to go to Neixiang. Although the local magistrate allowed him to enter the territory, he refused to provide him with food and salary.

The dignified supervisor has no prestige, running in the barren mountains and mountains, cutting horse meat and digging wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.

He heard that Li Zicheng's troops numbered hundreds of thousands, and he would rather go hungry than approach Kaifeng.

When Ding Qirui got the news that although Zhang Xianzhong conquered Xiangyang, after Zuo Liangyu's attack, his troops were much weaker than Li Zicheng's, so he had an idea and said to the general:
"Your Majesty ordered me to strangle the Yu thief, and Zhang Xianzhong is also a Yu thief!"

So he ordered his subordinates to find the boat secretly, without informing the governor of Huguang to cooperate, and went directly to Xiangyang to join Zuo Liangyu's department.

At least when they jointly dealt with Zhang Xianzhong and chose not to rescue Yang Sichang, Ding Qirui still had a friendship with Zuo Liangyu.

Compared with Li Zicheng's defeat in Henan's attack on Kaifeng, Zhang Xianzhong's surprise attack on Xiangyang greatly increased his prestige.

But it soon attracted threats from Zuo Liangyu and other soldiers.

The most important thing is that Zhang Xianzhong heard a rumor that Wu Guojun, Marquis of Liao Dynasty, who had captured King Gao Chuang of the Ming Dynasty, led elite troops to Xiangyang to kill him.

For this rumor, Zhang Xianzhong was quite nervous.

Wu Guojun's name still has a great deterrent effect among the rogues.

Thinking about how majestic King Gao Chuang was back then, he was caught by him and sent to the capital for thousands of blows?
Even if someone said that King Gao Chuang was shot to death with arrows on the execution ground, it is still more convincing after all.

Xu Yixian was also lost in thought. First of all, he didn't think this rumor was groundless.

But the front of Huguang is obviously Henan, and Li Zicheng rolled up "millions of people" in Henan, but the court turned a blind eye, and wanted to kill his own king.

This incident revealed strangeness from the inside out.

Even though Yang Sichang had been preaching that all thieves could be pardoned in the early stage, only Zhang Xianzhong could not be pardoned.

The Eight Great Kings were not the only ones who dug the Zhu family's ancestral grave?
Xu Yixian didn't understand, but Pan Duao, who had just been rescued, was afraid that he would not be reused by Zhang Xianzhong.

Because he already clearly felt that Xu Yixian was getting more and more attention, surpassing him.

Therefore, it is suggested that Zhang Xianzhong should still bring disasters to the east. Didn't Li Zicheng gather millions of people?
Then let's go to Henan to join him, so that Li Zi can be our cover.

This idea flashed through Zhang Xianzhong's head, and then he looked at Xu Yixian.

Xu Yixian is also a man who knows how to behave: "Your Majesty, don't forget our agreement with the hammer bandits."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, the emperor can't control me, but He Jinzhao can control me?" Zhang Xianzhong sat on the throne in Xiangyang:

"I'll give him He Jinzhao face and call him Marshal He, if I don't give him face, we'll kill each other with knives.

Zhang Xianzhong is also a Chinese character who has been fighting in the Qin Dynasty to the present. Why should he be afraid of him and listen to him in everything? "

Of course Xu Yixian would not mention his three strategies back then, which allowed Zhang Xianzhong to turn the crisis into safety, and cooperating with the hammer bandits is also beneficial to his own side.

Even if he can't follow He Jinzhao's orders completely, the conflict should not be exacerbated.

"My lord, if we go directly to Henan, the purpose is too obvious."

Xu Yixian squeezed his beard and said: "It's better to send troops to conquer Fancheng first, and then cross the south of the Yangtze River to conquer Dangyang, so that we can make peace with Luo Ru, and wait for the rumors to be true, then it will be safe."

"Okay, let's do as you say!"