Chapter 103: Wu Rumeng is sitting in a dangerous city, and the Governor sends troops to rescue him

Taiyuan, Shanxi.

When the rogue soldiers invaded Taiyuan, Liu Ce sent people to Beijing on a six-hundred-mile rush. Beijing also sent a six-hundred-mile rush to deliver the edict. The content of the imperial edict began with comforting Liu Ce and telling him that the imperial court

Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda, Yang Yishan, the governor of the three sides, and Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, have been urged to lead their troops to Taiyuan to join forces to suppress the bandits. Don't worry, they will arrive soon. However, the words behind them are more severe, and Liu is warned

According to the strategy, if the city is there and the people are there, the people will die if the city is lost. As for the prefect of Lu'an who escaped during the battle, he was killed directly.

After receiving the order, Liu Ce was trembling with fear because he had not yet noticed the sign of reinforcements sent by Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda. It had not been a day or two since the request for reinforcements was sent to Yanghe. It had already been sent to Yanghe when the rogue bandits attacked Qinshui.

It was sent out, but it hasn't come yet. No news of reinforcements has been received. The army of rogue bandits is getting closer and closer to Taiyuan. It is reported that they will reach Taiyuan in less than thirty miles.

It's only thirty miles away. Hurry up and you'll be there in half a day. Sure enough, I received the imperial edict in the morning and just after arriving, the bandits rushed to the outside of Taiyuan City.

The soldiers and horses were already in place. Liu Ce quickly led the civil and military personnel in the city to go up to the city to check. He almost scared Liu Ce to death when he looked down the city. He saw dust rising everywhere outside the city, and he could vaguely see that there were densely packed people. Look.

The quantity is in the hundreds of thousands.

Shanxi's main troops were transferred to Shaanxi and have not returned yet. There are not many combatable troops in Shanxi. Liu Ce now has more than 15,000 troops on hand. These troops are basically all

They were just transferred from the surrounding areas, and there were also defeated troops from Lu'an Prefecture.

Fifteen thousand people are already a lot to defend the city, but it also depends on how many enemies there are. The rogue army can number hundreds of thousands in strength. More importantly, the most powerful general under his command, the Wu family, has been

Without being in the city, Liu Ce seemed to be missing his backbone.

There were more than 200,000 rogue bandits before. Along the way, they also held hostage many common people. When they were put together, there were hundreds of thousands of them. Seeing that the rogue bandits were getting closer and closer to Taiyuan, they were far away from Taiyuan.

When there were still two miles to go, the soldiers and horses dispersed and slowly surrounded Taiyuan City.

After the encirclement, there were three groups of troops outside the south gate pushing towards Taiyuan City. When they were still more than 400 steps away from Taiyuan, they started shouting loudly, "Listen to the defenders on the city. Open the city gate now. Rao Er will not die."

If you are delayed for a moment, you will be dead and headless when the city is destroyed!"

"Quickly open the city and surrender!" "If you don't surrender, when the city is broken, we will kill everyone!"...

The shouts from the city were one after another, shaking the heaven and the earth. Mr. Liu was already quite old, and he had stepped into the coffin with one leg. How could he bear this at such an old age? He fainted with a "Gah" sound.

The officials and soldiers standing next to him were stunned when they saw this scene.

Fortunately, at this time, a person stood up and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, take Mr. Liu to the tower to rest!"

Everyone turned around and saw that the person shouting was none other than Wu Rumeng, the prefect of Taiyuan.

At this moment, there are several officials in the city who are higher than Wu Rumeng. Wen has the Chief Envoy and the Inspector Envoy, and Wu has the Shanxi General Soldier. But Wu Rumeng’s voice is really good, and everyone immediately echoed, "Hurry up, Mr. Liu."

Help him into the tower to rest."...

Although Wu Rumeng is just a prefect, at this juncture, there is really no one who can speak better than him. In addition to the fact that he was promoted by Lord Yue, it is also because of the system of the Ming Dynasty. The chief envoy manages the administration of a province, and the inspector

You are in charge of the judiciary of a province, but the defense of the city is not your responsibility. The prefect is different. If a foreign enemy attacks the city, the prefect can mobilize the soldiers and horses in the city to command the resistance. At this time, many people are frightened, and naturally

No one will compete with him for command.

Then, I heard Wu Rumeng shout loudly: "The imperial court has decreed that the prefect of Lu'an who escaped during the battle should be executed on the spot to boost the morale of the army! Come here, bring me Lu'an Prefecture!"

As long as there is someone in charge, the morale of the army will be stabilized immediately. Soldiers will go down to the city and escort the prefect of Lu'an who has been tied up to the city.

"According to the order, the prefect of Lu'an will be beheaded on the spot! Kill!" Wu Rumeng was not polite. Seeing that Lu'an Prefecture was being brought over, he gave the order directly.

"Spare your life...please spare your life..."

As soon as he heard that he was going to be executed, Lu'an Mansion quickly cried and begged for mercy, but the soldiers didn't care. They kneeled him on the ground and chopped off his head with a knife.

"Your Majesty, the execution is over!" a soldier shouted loudly. After speaking, he presented the head.

Seeing the bloody head, many civil servants were trembling with fear, but Wu Rumeng was calm and said loudly: "Hang the head on the flagpole and spread the word throughout the three armies. Anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, sir!"

Wu Rumeng then looked at the civil servants around him and said, "My lords, the city is in danger. You all should go to the tower to accompany Mr. Liu."

"Yes, yes..." All the civil servants hurriedly ran into the tower as if they had received an amnesty.

Wu Sinan stood on the city with his chest high and his head high, looking at the bandits below the city. He was not afraid at all, and said loudly: "Go down and get the stones and sandbags to seal the city gate. The soldiers and civilians in the city will be with the bandits."

Fight to the death, the city is there and the people are there, but the city is lost and people will die!"

"Yes, sir!"

It is not difficult to block the city gate. There are defenders in each city, and they can also recruit officers. The people can get materials nearby and demolish the houses close to the city gate. They can use the removed stones to block the city gate.

The city gate opening was sealed. Moreover, the prefect's Yamen prepared many sandbags in advance and quickly sealed the city gate opening tightly.

In this way, even if some bandits sneak in in advance and want to open the city gates in conjunction with the outside, they will not be able to do so. Moreover, big cities like Taiyuan City are divided into inner and outer cities. The outer cities are all garrisoned, and the people who come to help are all

It must be a local good person signed by the landowner, and other idlers can only stay in the inner city.

The city was busy sealing the four gates, and the rogues were outside, which meant they were making noise. They did not attack the city immediately. They came all the way, which was actually quite tiring. How could they start fighting right away? They were setting up camp behind them, and the rogues who came forward were just trying to scare them.

To frighten and overwhelm the defenders in the city.

The camp of the rogue bandits is very simple. There are not many ready-made things to camp, and there are not enough tents. Therefore, the main force has tents to sleep in, and the people who are trapped can only sleep in the open air. There are thirty-six camps of rogue bandits, including thirty-three.

It is all a mess, with no structure at all. There are only three camps that can be described as well-organized. These three camps are naturally Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong.

After talking all night, the rogue bandits launched an attack on Taiyuan City early the next morning. To be honest, the rogue bandits' siege methods were not very good. They had no siege equipment, so they just sent people to charge with ladders.

Taiyuan City is very high, so it is easy for you to come up. The Tatars didn't attack at first, let alone you. Wu Rumeng commanded Ruoding and cooperated with the Shanxi General Army to repel several waves of attacks by rogue bandits. He deliberately dug tunnels.

, but there is a moat beside Taiyuan City, so don’t even think about it.

When the Tatars first came, they used force to attack the city. The soldiers on the city would sympathize with the people. Now that you have become a bandit, the soldiers will not be merciful. They should be beaten to death. The corpses under the city are...

There are countless bodies. After there are too many corpses, a fire will burn them all.

In a blink of an eye, the rogue bandits had been attacking Taiyuan City for four days, but no one could climb up the city. As a result, the rogue bandits became a little anxious, so they simply used fatigue tactics and attacked the city in shifts day and night.

The bandits outside the city were anxious, and the defenders inside the city were even more anxious. In any case, there were only a few people, and the bandits could take shifts, but the officers and soldiers couldn't afford it. Even with the help of kind people, it was still quite difficult.

Wu Rumeng was calm on the outside, but equally anxious on the inside. He kept praying that reinforcements would come soon.

The letter asking for help had been sent to Yanghe a long time ago, so why didn’t Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda, lead his troops? It’s not that Wu Sinan didn’t want to come right away, it was because he was more than willing and weak. It doesn’t take time to mobilize troops. Besides,

Xuanfu and Datong have just gone through a purge. Most of the generals in various ministries have been replaced. Many new soldiers have been recruited. They have not been trained for a few days. We are about to go to war. Is it okay?

Wu Sinan believed that the new recruits could not rush into battle, so they transferred all veterans. The veterans' defense areas were handed over to the new recruits, and experienced generals had to be assigned to take charge of the defense of border towns to prevent Tatar sneak attacks. This back and forth wasted a lot of time. Mr. Wu

Since he didn't know how to fight, he naturally didn't understand the importance of soldiers being quick and quick. It wasn't until Lord Yue's order to urge the troops to advance was sent that Wu Sinan reluctantly emphasized the importance of gathering troops and horses. By this time, the rogue bandits had already surrounded Taiyuan and began to attack fiercely.

All the soldiers and horses were gathered in Datong. Sima Qiaoyu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, led 30,000 elite troops, and Chi Wenjun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, also had 30,000 elite troops. These were all frontier troops, and their combat effectiveness was not ordinary.

Wu Sinan ordered Chi Wenjun to lead the front, commanding 30,000 troops from his headquarters to go ahead and attack Taiyuan. However, before he could reach Taiyuan, he was discovered by rogue bandits just after passing Xinzhou. Wang Ziyong quickly held an emergency meeting to discuss who to send to Xinzhou to resist the soldiers.

Finally, after drawing lots, it was decided that Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun, Chuang Tuantian Liu Guoneng, Man Tianxing, Qitian Wang, Yingshanhong, Deshanhu, and Qilang would lead the army to resist.

How many people can these eight families have? Among them, Gao Yingxiang's troops are at least nearly 10,000. The other seven families have more troops than him. The Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun has more than 23,000 people, and Liu Guoneng, who has gone to the sky, now has 15,000, which is full.

There are seventy-eight thousand Tianxing, Qi Tianwang and four other people, and there are no less than fifteen thousand people. The eight families put together can have one hundred three hundred and forty thousand.

The number of people is different, but the quality is different. Gao Yingxiang's army is the most elite, and the others are far behind. For example, Liu Guoneng used to have thousands of people, but now he has so many, how many of them can he have?

Decent.

All in all, they collected chicken feathers and dusters to overwhelm the opponent with numbers. They drove to Xinzhou in a mighty manner and met the arriving officers and soldiers at the border of Yangxing Township.
Chapter completed!