Chapter two hundred and forty-ninth, the great governor will set the world with one arrow
In the palace, Zhu Zhixiu suddenly heard the cheers coming from the city, and his face suddenly showed a bit of joy. He couldn't help but smiled at Sun Jingwen and said: "Hahaha, the military spirit is available, but I don't have to." So worried!"
Sun Jingwen, who originally had a worried look on his face, also heard the cheers from the soldiers in the city. Naturally, he understood what was going on, and he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Anhua City is not broken, then they will not fall into the hands of the imperial court. As long as they can persist until the Tatar army arrives, then they will be saved.
Taking a deep breath, Sun Jingwen bowed to Zhu Zhixiu and said: "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, Anhua City is safe and sound."
Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu was somewhat complacent at this moment, and seemed to feel proud that he had figured out a way to stabilize the morale of the army.
Zhu Zhixiu was heard saying to Sun Jingwen: "Mr. Sun, please follow me to the city wall to meet the mighty general sent by the foolish king."
outside the city
Tens of thousands of cavalry and nearly 10,000 infantry accompanying Cao Xiong, and nearly 20,000 troops are surrounding Anhua City.
Although Anhua City is not a strong city, it is much taller and wider than Ningzhou City.
For such a big city, if the defenders defend the city, to be honest, without several times the number of soldiers and horses, there is really no possibility of breaking it without spending a period of time.
Below the city, Li Huan and others were looking at the defenders on the city wall from a distance.
Needless to say, the soldiers guarding the city were all local ruffians and other gangsters temporarily recruited by King Anhua. For these people, nothing was more tempting than money.
This is also the direct reason why when they learned that King Anhua offered such a high silver reward, these rabble-rousers were able to burst into high morale.
After all, as long as the price is high enough, the desperadoes among these people will dare to fight for their lives.
Of course, most of these improvised soldiers are still greedy for life and afraid of death.
Li Huan, who was under the city wall, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the shouts from the city and said with a bit of surprise: "I didn't expect King Anhua to have such a method."
Cao Xiong, Ren Ping, Chen Ang and others were standing beside Li Huan and also heard the shouts coming from the city.
Cao Xiong's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Li Huan with a somewhat worried look on his face: "General, if the soldiers in the city are determined to fight to the death, Anhua City may not be so easy to capture."
Compared to people like He Jin and Zhou Ang, Cao Xiong was obviously somewhat capable, so after feeling the morale of the rebels defending the city, he naturally felt a little worried.
Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "Yes, King Anhua's move was quite unexpected. Li thought that King Anhua was a miser and was unwilling to give up his possessions to inspire the soldiers to defend the city."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Xu Ying and Ren Ping couldn't help but look worried.
You must know that according to their previous thoughts, Anhua City should be conquered in one go, and then they can concentrate on dealing with the Tatars who are about to move south.
But now such a change has happened in Anhua City. Anyone who is not a fool can see that if nothing unexpected happens, Anhua City will be difficult to break in a short while.
But if Anhua City is not destroyed, Zhu Zhixiu, who is a rebel against the king, will eventually be a serious problem, and they will not even be able to distract themselves from dealing with the Tatars.
"General, let the last general lead the troops and give it a try."
Then Ren Ping was heard asking Li Huan for a fight.
"The last general invites you to fight!"
"The last general invites you to fight!"
Several people asked Li Huan to fight.
Although seeing the changes in Anhua City, no one is sure that they can attack Anhua City in one fell swoop, but without giving it a try, who knows whether it can be conquered.
In the event of an accident, Anhua City may be easily destroyed.
However, Li Huan shook his head slightly.
At the same time, there was a sudden movement on the city wall, and several figures appeared in the sight of Li Huan and others.
On the city wall, Zhu Zhixiu, who was dressed in a python suit, looked down at the army below the city. At a glance, the darkness was overwhelming, and the momentum was really astonishing.
When he saw so many imperial troops under the city, Zhu Zhixiu couldn't help but panic, but he quickly calmed down. Looking at the crowd of people beside him, Zhu Zhixiu felt a little more confident.
Zhu Zhixiu's eyes fell on Li Huan, but Li Huan and the others were only a few dozen feet away from the city wall, and both sides could even clearly see each other's expressions.
When he saw Li Huan, Zhu Zhixiu was slightly startled. Although he had heard that Li Huan was extremely young, even less than twenty years old.
But that was just hearsay, and he had never met Li Huan at all. Now that he saw that Li Huan was just a young man, Zhu Zhixiu couldn't help but think of Zhou Ang and He Jin who could not even meet a young boy like Li Huan. He couldn't defeat him, and even lost his life, causing Anhua City to be surrounded by the imperial troops.
"Waste, what a waste!"
While secretly scolding Zhou Ang for being a waste, Zhu Zhixiu also stared at Li Huan.
Li Huan, who was under the city, saw a flash of surprise in Zhu Zhixiu's eyes. Then he smiled a little and said loudly to Zhu Zhixiu on the city wall: "King Anhua, I have been ordered to put down the rebellion. Your Majesty is still here." Don't implicate innocent people. If the prince can think about the hundreds of thousands of people in this city, please open the city gate early and arrest them without mercy, so as not to hurt innocent people..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhixiu didn't wait for Li Huan to finish what he said, and cursed directly at Li Huan: "Junior, stop using your words. If you have the ability, break through the city and come to capture me."
Naturally, Li Huan did not expect that he could persuade Zhu Zhixiu to open the city and surrender with just a few words.
Shaking his head slightly, Li Huan glanced at Zhu Zhixiu pityingly and said, "It's a pity that the prince is so stubborn."
Listening to the tone of Li Huan's words, Zhu Zhixiu seemed to be dead. He couldn't help but feel angry in his heart and shouted at the people around him: "Come here, can someone help me kill this Li Huan?" Shoot him to death, and I will reward you with a reward of one thousand taels!"
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Immediately, a strong man stood up and said: "I will ask for my life."
Zhu Zhixiu took a look and said with some excitement: "It turns out to be General Lu. If General Lu can shoot Li Huan to death for me, I will definitely give him a reward."
Among the people in the city, Chen Ang and Xu Ying all looked at Li Huan, because at this time Li Huan smiled and said: "Everyone, prepare to attack the city."
Everyone had dull expressions on their faces when they heard this, obviously they did not expect that Li Huan would order them to attack the city at this time.
Although they were quite confused, since Li Huan gave the order, everyone followed the order.
Before anyone could react, Li Huan reached out to Li Guo next to him and took the bow and arrow, bending the bow and unloading the arrow as if he was flowing smoothly.
Whoosh
Arrow breaks through the air
On the city wall, King Anhua, who was looking at General Lu expectantly, suddenly heard an exclamation and was startled. The next moment, he felt a sharp pain and strong force in his chest, and his whole body
It actually flew upside down.
"My lord, be careful..."
Li Huan shot out an arrow, directly sending the unprepared King Anhua away.
Everyone on the city wall was stunned. King Anhua had previously clamored for someone to shoot Li Huan to death, but they all knew it.
At a distance of a hundred feet, it is impossible to kill someone with arrows alone. Even if it is a magic archer, even if it can hit, the power contained in the arrow has already been consumed a hundred feet away. It is strange that it can be fatal.
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It is precisely because of this that some of the rebel generals standing beside King Anhua never thought about being prepared for someone outside the city to attack King Anhua with cold arrows.
If you have that time, you might as well be on guard against someone in the city being harmful to King Anhua.
But no one expected that Li Huan would hit King Anhua with an arrow from a hundred feet away. Not only that, but he would also shoot King Anhua away. The power contained in this arrow would directly hit him.
A group of rebel generals were restrained.
"Your Majesty..."
When he reacted first, Sun Jingwen's expression changed drastically, and with a cry of surprise he couldn't help but rush towards King Anhua, who flew backwards several feet away.
An arrow from King Anhua's chest went straight into his chest. At this moment, King Anhua fell to the ground in a pool of blood, his eyes full of fear and despair.
Under the city, Li Huan shot an arrow and shouted without hesitation: "The army is attacking the city."
The people who were stunned by the power of Li Huan's arrow didn't react until now, and all of them looked surprised.
King Anhua was shot away by an arrow. Just looking at the situation, he would have been miserable even if he did not die. The most important thing is that the arrow definitely caused the morale of the rebels defending the city to plummet.
If you attack the city at this time, the probability of conquering the city is definitely the highest.
Almost immediately, after Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Cao Xiong and others reacted, they all roared excitedly, and then headed towards Anhua City at the lead.
Although the siege equipment was very simple, and there were not even many siege equipment prepared, they could not withstand the fate of King Anhua. The rebels on the city wall had already been distracted by Li Huan's arrow. Although they were still
There are many rebels who resist subconsciously, but compared to before, their morale is simply as high as the sky.
Li Huan watched the figures climbing up the ladder, especially Xu Ying, Chen Ang and other military generals who took the lead in charging into the battle. With their tyrannical force, they climbed onto the city wall in twos and twos, and stood on the city wall.
After gaining a firm foothold, a large number of soldiers rushed onto the city wall.
Normally, siege battles are the most brutal, especially for those on the siege side, the casualties are absolutely staggering. Even if some people are able to attack the city wall with bravery, they will be pushed back by the well-prepared defenders, resulting in casualties.
heavy.
Therefore, unless necessary, generals would never choose to attack a fortified city because the losses would be too heavy.
However, Li Huan's arrow hit King Anhua so hard that he did not know whether he was alive or dead. The rebel generals were completely confused for a moment. They did not even know how to react when facing the siege of the imperial army.
Sun Jingwen looked at King Anhua who was lying in a pool of blood. King Anhua had obviously been shot in the vital part. At this moment, he was lying there with more air coming in and less air coming out.
"Your Majesty..."
Zhu Zhixiu looked at Sun Jingwen, with a bit of bitterness on his face, and said unwillingly: "I am not willing to accept this..."
As for the way he would die, Zhu Zhixiu had thought of many ways to die from the moment he chose to rebel. Either he would be defeated and captured, or he would be sentenced to death by the emperor. Or he would be imprisoned and die by the emperor, or he would be killed by chaos. He was killed by the army, or his head was beheaded by his generals to claim credit from the emperor.
Anyway, Zhu Zhixiu never dreamed that one day he would be killed by an arrow. He had not experienced the feeling of Emperor Taizong Wen galloping across the world in the past, so he fell down like this. .
A mouthful of blood spurted out, Zhu Zhixiu's body froze, his eyes widened, but he had no breath.
"The prince is dead!"
Several generals who saw this scene shouted in panic. This shout made some nearby rebel soldiers who were resisting despair.
Zhu Zhixiu is dead, so what's the point of their resistance?
"Run away!"
Many generals who knew that they would surely die if they fell into the imperial court almost immediately chose to escape.
While Anhua City has not yet been breached, they still have a chance to escape. If they don't escape now, will they have to wait to die?
The rebel army of more than a dozen generals who fled to defend the city suddenly collapsed. Facing the imperial army that had climbed up the city wall, they were unable to resist at all.
Almost half an hour later, as a large number of soldiers and horses entered the city, the city gates opened wide, and the cavalry who had been waiting rushed into the city, and Anhua City came down with a drum.
Prince Anhua's Mansion
More than half an hour ago, King Anhua climbed up the city wall in high spirits, confident that he could rely on the reward to boost his morale and hold on to Anhua City to wait for the arrival of the Tatars.
But more than half an hour later, King Anhua's body was lying quietly in the hall of the palace.
All the relatives of Anhua Prince's Mansion have been captured, including Prince Anhua's concubine, heirs, etc. It can be said that because the city was breached so quickly, Anhua Prince's Mansion was captured by the imperial army before they even figured out what happened. It was captured so that no one in the palace could escape.
Li Huan walked into the hall, and everyone in the Anhua Palace suddenly looked at Li Huan.
Zhu Taixu, the eldest son of King Anhua, looked at Li Huan and others walking over with a look of horror on his face.
Li Huan and others, who were all dressed in military uniforms, had an evil aura about them. How had the Zhu family, who were born in the royal family, ever seen such a situation, especially when Zhu Zhixiu's body was still lying on the ground.
With a pop, Zhu Taiqiu was so frightened that he fell to the ground. Not only Zhu Taiqiu, but also Zhu Zhixiu's younger brother and several other royal family members were also frightened and backed away one by one.
Li Huan just glanced at Zhu Taishu and others lightly, and his eyes fell on Zhu Zhixiu's body.
The arrow in Zhu Zhixiu's chest is still there, and he was obviously shot to death by Li Huan.
Looking at Zhu Zhixiu's wide-open eyes, Li Huan took a deep breath and said: "Come here, take the body of the rebel king Zhu Zhixiu and everyone from Anhua Palace to the capital, and hand them over to His Majesty for disposal."
Li Huan then said: "At the same time, the whole city will be raided. Anyone who joins forces with King Anhua and conspires to rebel will have their families confiscated and their families destroyed."
Following Li Huan's order, Anhua City suddenly fell into mourning, especially since many wealthy families in Anhua City had previously supported Zhu Zhixiu openly or covertly.
After all, the banner of Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion was to oppose Liu Jin's New Deal and to clear the emperor's side, and Liu Jin's New Deal threatened the interests of these wealthy families.
It can be said that the reason why Zhu Zhixiu had the courage to rebel and put it into action was the explicit or covert support of 90% of the wealthy families in Anhua City.
Although these wealthy families did not come forward openly, Li Huan did not talk about this. He directly searched the letters between these wealthy families and Prince Anhua from the Anhua Palace, as well as the account books of their money and materials, and arrested them according to the roster.
In the evening, Xu Ying looked tired, but her eyes were filled with sparkle. She walked into a hall with a bit of excitement and said to Li Huan, who was looking at a map: "General. Xu Ying, I have met the general."
Li Huan turned around, glanced at Xu Ying, smiled slightly and said, "Xu Ying, what's the matter?"
Xu Ying said hurriedly: "General, I have been ordered to capture the thieves. According to your instructions, we have captured all thirty-two wealthy families in the city. Please tell me if these people should be escorted to the capital together." "
Li Huan heard the words and said calmly: "Those who are thieves should be punished according to the law and the nine tribes should be killed."
Xu Ying couldn't help but froze when she heard this, and looked at Li Huan in great surprise, obviously not expecting that Li Huan would say that.
After all, in Xu Ying's view, the wealthy families in Anhua City supported King Anhua's rebellion. The evidence was conclusive and they must be taken to the capital and handed over to the court for disposal. However, according to Li Huan's opinion, it seemed that they were not allowed to do so at all. There is no need to take him to the capital, but to deal with it directly.
So Xu Ying had a look of astonishment on her face. Li Huan glanced at Xu Ying and said, "What? Is there anything else?"
After reacting, Xu Ying took a deep breath and said: "General, the total number of those families is over a thousand, are they really all killed?"
Li Huan glanced at Xu Ying and said: "All the men have been killed, and the women have been brought into the Jiaofang Division. Do you still have any doubts?"
Xu Ying's expression became serious and she said in a deep voice: "The last general will take orders."
Looking at Xu Ying's leaving figure, Li Huan's face looked gloomy, and his eyes fell on the pile of account books and letters on the desk.
These account books and letters were all found from the homes of wealthy families in the city when Xu Ying led his troops to confiscate them.
From these account books and letters, Li Huan was shocked to discover that at least half of these dozens of wealthy families were secretly smuggling various prohibited items to the Tatars traveling up the grassland.
For example, the Liu family in Anhua City was one of the largest merchants in Qingyang Prefecture, and their caravans traveled between the Ming Dynasty and the grasslands.
Normal caravans traveling between the Ming Dynasty and the grasslands mostly sell some tea oil cloth and other items, such as salt and iron, which are generally not touched.
However, the Liu family specializes in smuggling salt and iron to the Tatars. Not only that, the Liu family has close relations with several tribes. Not only does it smuggle salt and iron to these tribes, but it also helps these tribes to transport them. The property looted from the Central Plains was realized.
Relying on these shady means, the Liu family is almost the richest man in Anhua City. This time when King Anhua rebelled, the Liu family was the most enthusiastic in helping King Anhua to connect with the Tatars.
In addition to the Liu clan, there is also the Zheng clan. The Zheng clan is no worse than the Liu clan, because the Zheng clan has a munitions officer in Ningxia Town, who controls the storage and deployment of ordnance supplies in Ningxia Town.
Distribution, although the official position is not high, the authority is not bad at all.
The Zheng family had no interest in smuggling salt and iron. They directly sold the weapons in their generals to the Tatars quietly, making a lot of profits.
Zheng Ping and Zheng Wen'an, who were previously regarded as the arms of King Anhua and sent to contact the Tatars and seek help from the Tatars, were from the Zheng family.
It can be said that most of the dozens of powerful families that were taken down are related to the Tatars. As for the rest, they are all powerful people who roam the countryside and prey on the common people. It may be possible to kill the direct descendants of these powerful families one by one.
Those who have been wronged will definitely slip through the net if they kill every other person.
Xu Ying, who was filled with evil spirits and had a solemn expression, walked out of the palace and saw Chen Ang, Cao Xiong and others walking over.
Chen Ang glanced at Xu Ying and felt that something was wrong with Xu Ying. He subconsciously said: "Xu Ying, what are you doing?"
Xu Ying subconsciously raised her head, glanced at Chen Ang and said, "Kill!"
Chen Ang, Cao Xiong, and Ren Ping were stunned when they heard this. Anhua City has been completely controlled, and all those who should be arrested have been arrested. At this time, Xu Ying actually said to kill people, so naturally he ordered Chen Ang, Cao Xiong
Several people were confused.
Chen Ang frowned, looked at Xu Ying, and said with a bit of surprise: "Killing? Who is it?"
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