The people who followed Li Zicheng into the city were probably thirty or forty people. As soon as they entered the city, these people were all disarmed. No matter what the other party's purpose was, this move made Li Zicheng want to seize the city gate at night and lead the troops in.
The plan completely failed.
There are hundreds of people guarding the north gate alone. Men in their 30s and 40s with bare hands cannot defeat these hundreds of people.
After spending a night safe and sound, Li Zicheng and his men were finally released from custody and incorporated into the city's defenders. There was no need to think about the original weapons, but at any rate, each of them also mixed in.
A spear.
This is already the standard for regular soldiers among thieves, which also means that the leader of the thieves who put him into the city basically doesn't care about them anymore, but intends to take them as his own.
use.
I don’t know what the other party was thinking, but apart from sending a dozen people to other places, most of the dozens of people actually stayed with Li Zicheng instead of breaking up.
They even arranged for them to be on duty on the city wall at night!
This kind of job of guarding the city at night is the most tiring and hard work, so it is most suitable to assign it to these newcomers.
Li Zicheng naturally wanted something like this.
"Capture the city!"
Li Guo stood next to Li Zicheng and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I've seen it. There are usually only a dozen people at the city gate below. If we attack suddenly, we can really take it down!"
"Inappropriate!" Li Zicheng rejected Li Guo's suggestion: "The code we agreed with outside the city is to light a fire, and people from outside the city will rush in through this gate, even if they kill the dozen or so defenders.
, It will take time for us to open the city gate, it will take time to light the fire, and it will also take time for the brothers outside the city to rush in after seeing the fire. We cannot withstand the counterattack of these thieves!"
"What should we do?" Li Guo was a little anxious: "There isn't much food for the brothers outside the city. They can't wait much longer!"
"Eatable?" Li Zicheng chewed on his words and his face moved slightly: "Grain depot?"
"What do you mean, uncle?" Li Guo couldn't keep up with his thoughts.
"In the morning, I saw some bandits here transporting food from the city. I asked, the food these bandit soldiers eat is obtained from the grain depot in the city every day. The bandit soldiers rely on food to control all the food.
people……"
"I still don't understand what you mean, uncle. Aren't we seizing the city? After seizing the city, aren't we the grain depot?"
"No, we don't need to capture the city!" Li Zicheng laughed: "As long as the grain depot is burned, the thieves in the city will have no food, and chaos will naturally arise. Then they will rob the people for food, and they will also
How much thought do you put into defending the city?"
"This is a good idea!" Li Guo's eyes lit up: "Without food in the city, both the rebels and the people will have to run out of the city. Then our opportunity will come!"
"Hehe!" Li Zicheng smiled proudly; "The Qingyang Mansion has been in the hands of thieves for so long. Do you think that besides the thieves, there are also people in the Qingyang Mansion? Even if there are people, I'm afraid they are not serious.
People..."
After the two discussed it, they spent the night on the city wall to recharge their spirits. Early in the morning, when they were going to collect grain from the grain depot at the north gate, Li Ziguo decisively asked to follow him to carry the grain.
This kind of hard work is usually avoided by thieves and soldiers. Now if someone takes the initiative to go, they are naturally welcome.
Even Tang Dawei was a little surprised when he heard that Li Zicheng took the initiative to move food: "This guy is not bad, he is very diligent, and diligent people live longer..."
Tang Dawei was concerned about taking care of this guy. Of course he hoped that this guy would live a long life. Probably only this guy and his people could use the dozens of weird fire blunderbuss in his hand. If he used them well, he could
Here’s the trump card!
He planned to wait for Li Zicheng to come back and praise him properly, or at least give him a sword. In Qingyang Mansion, a spear was the standard equipment for regular soldiers, but if a spear and a waist knife were included, it would be an officer's equipment.
This can be regarded as him promoting this guy.
However, he kept waiting for this guy to come back, but instead of waiting for him to come back, he saw the black smoke and raging fire in the direction of the grain depot.
He was still a little confused. The soldiers and horses sent by General Xiao Wang in the city immediately surrounded hundreds of people at his north gate. They said they were changing defenses, but they wanted to make him and his men
Everyone put down their weapons.
Tang Dawei was not a fool on the first day he came out. He knew clearly that in this world where human life was as trivial as life, the weapon in his hand was his life. Even if Marshal Wang asked him to put down his weapon, he would have to think about it and see if it was worth it.
It’s not worth it anymore, not to mention that the little General Wang in the city is just a nephew of Marshal Wang, the kind who always looks down on him.
He decisively rejected the other party's request.
However, his refusal resulted in the enemy's soldiers and horses mercilessly surrounding and killing him.
"Tang Dawei colluded with the officers and soldiers and set fire to the city. General Xiao Wang has an order. Whoever takes his head will be promoted to one rank on the spot and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
Tang Dawei seemed to understand something when he heard the opponent's soldiers shouting like this. However, when facing the opponent's sword, it was not a good time to explain, and the opponent wanted his head. His explanation was still
What is it for?
He decisively organized his men to resist the opponent, and decisively opened the north gate he was defending.
The city is full of soldiers and horses of General Xiao Wang. He will die if he stays in the city. Since there is no room for him here, he can only survive if he rushes out of the city.
Fortunately, he was the guard guarding the city gate, otherwise, he would have been unable to fly.
As soon as the city gate opened, he led his men and fled madly towards the outside of the city. However, the soldiers and horses in the city had no intention of letting them go, and followed them closely, rushing out of the city together.
"Kill!"
When the refugees outside the city who had been driven over by him saw the city gate open, they all took out their swords and guns that they didn't know where they were hiding, and rushed towards Tang Dawei. Looking up, they saw these people everywhere.
It seemed that they had been waiting under the city for a long time, waiting for this moment.
"Death, death, death!"
Tang Dawei looked at the countless ferocious faces rushing towards him, and closed his eyes unwillingly. Next to him, a voice that he was not familiar with suddenly sounded.
"It's not them, it's the ones behind!"
He opened his eyes and saw these ferocious guys rushing past him with weapons raised, but no one took action against him. He stood in the middle of the crowd, as if he was a stone in the crowd, and the crowd was flowing in front of him.
It split into two halves, closed again behind him, and rushed toward the open city gate!
"My officer, Li Guo, the deputy 100 households under Li Zicheng, the Nanhai Guard of the Ming Dynasty, and Chief Tang, the officers and soldiers have entered the city. Are you willing to surrender on the spot?"
He turned his head in confusion, looked at the young man in front of him, and then nodded in confusion.
"Well, take your brother and follow me into the city!" Li Guo smiled at him, raised the long knife in his hand, and joined the crowd around him...