The Battle of Xingyang was not just a matter for the city of Xingyang. Li Yangchun was not without feelings. After King Chuang went to South Zhili, he Li Yangchun gradually became a marginalized figure. Xu Beichuan, who was still under him before, also had a faint feeling.
Exceeding his own posture. There are reasons why he did not go to Nanzhili, but the more reason is that Li Zicheng did it deliberately.
During this period, it seemed that Li Zicheng's name was the only one under King Chuang's command. Li Yangchun was unwilling to see this situation continue day by day. If he did nothing, he would become very embarrassed under King Chuang. The former King Li Tian had become
It feels sad to think about becoming a dispensable character. Therefore, we really need a victory, and Xingyang City is the most important bargaining chip. When I come to Chuangwang, I feel that Li Zicheng's power has expanded too fast, so
Only then did he try his best to get Li Yangchun to come to Xingyang City.
At Haishi, the wild dogs were asleep, but the lights were still bright in the camp. Li Yangchun sat on a stool, his brows furrowed, the sword in his hand resting on the ground. In front of him, Hua Xiaorong, Chi Wenyi, Zong Zhi
Qian and others lined up in a row. Everyone, like Li Yangchun, looked solemn. Looking at everyone, Li Yangchun slowly stood up and said in a low voice: "Brothers, the outcome of the battle in Xingyang depends on tonight. Leave it to me.
We don't have much time, and everyone must know in their hearts that the Living King of Hell has withdrawn from southern Zhili, and the border troops will arrive in the Central Plains soon. If we can't take Xingyang City in the past two days, then we can only make plans early.
"
After a pause, Li Yangchun showed a look of helplessness on his face, "However, everyone also understands that our brother's position in the army is very embarrassing now. If we cannot win this battle, it will be difficult for King Chuang to sit down in the future.
We have a place. From now on, we will probably have to look at Li Zicheng’s face to make a living."
As soon as Li Yangchun finished speaking, a strong man in the corner sneered: "I don't know what other people think, but it is impossible for us brothers to make a living with Li Zicheng. Don't forget how Leader Wu died back then."
The speaker was none other than Altair Weiyang. When the frontier army fought fiercely in northern Shaanxi, leader Wu Yangui died in the battle at Fenghuang Ridge. Those who didn't know thought Wu Yangui was besieged by officers and soldiers, but those who knew the truth knew that leader Wu was killed by Li Zicheng
Dead. After that, Altair Wei Yang and Nine Dragons Du Wen stayed away from Li Zicheng and went to serve under Wang Ziyong. Later, Wang Ziyong and Zhang Xianzhong had internal strife and were broken up by the officers and soldiers during the Battle of Sanmenxia. Weiyang and Du Wen defected to each other.
Li Yangchun. The reason why he followed Li Yangchun was because Li Yangchun was a confidant of leader Wu Yangui back then and would not collude with Li Zicheng.
Du Wen nodded heavily at the side, and looked at the people around him with an ugly expression, "Most of you brothers have been favored by Leader Wu in the early years. Du does not want everyone to avenge Leader Wu, but I only ask that everyone not vote for that Li Zicheng."
.Whoever wants to vote for Li Zicheng will be my lifelong enemy."
As soon as Du Wen said these words, the expressions of some people in the room changed. After all, not everyone hated Li Zicheng and gritted their teeth. Leader Wu was dead, and everyone had to continue to make a living. However, no one said anything.
Li Yangchun saw what everyone was thinking and didn't clarify. He just raised his hand and said, "Okay, don't mention this matter. Now let's talk about how to attack Xingyang City. Brother Hua, you will lead the first wave tonight."
Team, do you have any questions?"
As Li Yangchun's confidant, Hua Xiaorong naturally had no shirk in his duties. He moved forward and said with a serious expression: "Don't worry, Li Tianwang, Hua will go into battle in person tonight. Even if Xingyang City is made of iron, he still wants to take a piece of it. I don't believe it.
Our brothers have been attacking for so long, but there is no problem at all in Xingyang City?"
Li Yangchun nodded gently. Chen Qiyu was a scholar. Once the situation in Xingyang changed drastically, could this scholar be able to cope with it? As long as the city wall was attacked, the chance of taking Xingyang City would be great.
At midnight, Hua Xiaorong, dressed in a black robe, led his troops to the outside of Xingyang City early. At three o'clock in the morning, Xingyang City, which had been quiet for a long time, was in trouble again. Hua Xiaorong led his troops to attack the city wall from the east, with a huge momentum.
Attacking the city at night was very detrimental to the attacking side, but in order to capture Xingyang, Hua Xiaorong did not care about this. This battle was fought with great momentum, so from the beginning, Hua Xiaorong ordered the leaders of each department to send half of his troops
Pressed forward, the sound of killing outside the east city wall was loud. Facing the coral tsunami-like attack, the soldiers guarding the city were trembling in their hearts, not to mention the young and strong men who were helping.
"Quick, torch, throw the torch down, see the situation clearly, and shoot an arrow for me." A leader of the team roared loudly, and the firelight reflected his blood-stained face. Suddenly, a cold light flashed across the night sky, and the leader of the team roared loudly.
With his mouth open, he fell straight down, and an arrow accurately nailed his forehead. The people on the top of the city couldn't help but gasp, and many people couldn't help but shrink their necks.
Under the night, although there were fires and wind, it was extraordinary to be able to shoot so accurately. Liu Yingyu's eyes were filled with uncertainty. As far as she knew, there were only a few people among the bandits who had such superb shooting skills.
.Shoot the Sky Li Wanqing, Yingshanhonghua Xiaorong and Wu Yangui back then. Naturally, the ones outside cannot be Li Wanqing and Wu Yangui, the only one left is Hua Xiaorong.
"Everyone cheer up and tell the people behind to get all the tung oil, heat up the hot water, and be sure to block the bandits. Notify Supervisor Chen and pull up the reserve team immediately. Mom, it's probably Hua Xiaorong.
I attacked the city myself."
At this time, it was only half a stick of incense time before the rogues attacked the city. The battle had just begun, and Liu Yingyu asked for a reserve team from behind, which was a bit too much. When the news came to the Yamen, Chen Qiyu, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, raised his eyebrows in anger and cursed.
He said: "Liu Yingyu, this bastard, what does he want to do? The bandits have just attacked the city, and he needs to reserve troops. Will he also ask me for help when the battle starts in other places?"
What is a reserve team? It is used for emergencies. Chen Qiyu was in a very bad mood, but Hong Chengchou next to him was not in a hurry to speak. He still knew Liu Yingyu somewhat. Although Liu Yingyu did not have great abilities, he had basic military skills.
He still has some common sense, and he can't easily do something like this when reinforcements are needed at the beginning of a fight.
"Master Chen, please be patient for a moment." After appeasing Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou asked the messenger: "What's the situation on the east wall?"
"My lord, the situation is unclear, but General Liu concluded that the thief Hua Xiaorong personally led the troops to attack the city." The ordering soldier told the story truthfully. At this time, Hong Chengchou frowned and unknowingly clasped his hands, "Supervisor
Division, in my opinion, it is better to send reinforcements. If the thief Hua Xiaorong attacks the city in person, he will definitely have a large number of troops pressing down on the border, and he is bound to win. Once the east wall feels that it cannot hold on any longer, and if reinforcements are needed, it will probably be
It’s too late.”
After all, Chen Qiyu was a civil servant. He didn't understand the reason, so he said with some dissatisfaction: "Master Hong, why do you say that? Could it be that the other party is Hua Xiaorong, and we are so scared?"
"Hey, Commander, don't be angry. Since Hua Xiaorong attacked the city in person, he must have been prepared for it. As long as there is a flaw in the east wall, he will definitely try his best to open a hole in an instant. So, let's go again
It's obviously not possible to respond as before. Maybe there will be gaps on the animation wall, and if we send reinforcements, it will be too late."
"Then...okay." In the end, Chen Qiyu nodded with an ugly face. Although he didn't know the truth, he still valued Hong Chengchou's opinion very much.
On the east wall, the sound of killings was already loud. The peasant army set up ladders on the wall and rushed up crazily. The ladders were tightly next to each other. There were no less than thirty ladders outside the entire east wall. The peasant soldiers were like ants.
Climbing up the same way, tung oil and boiling water were pouring down continuously, but the peasant army attacking the city became even more crazy amidst the wails.
After fighting for less than a quarter of an hour, Liu Yingyu was already sweating on his forehead. Since the war in Xingyang began, this was the first time he had seen the rogue bandits so crazy. In the past, when attacking a city, pouring barrels of oil and boiling water on it, the rogue bandits would pause for a while. But now,
It doesn't matter at all.
"It's not good... General Liu, the bandits have torn a hole in the north. The thieves are rushing up through that hole now." A cry made Liu Yingyu shudder and he frowned.
, said angrily with a black face: "Isn't the north part Dong Wen's defense area? Mother, where is Dong Wen? Let him bring people to drive the traitors down, otherwise I will take his head!"
"Dong...General Dong has died in battle..." Liu Yingyu was stunned with just one sentence. He suddenly wanted to cry. Dong Wen was an old subordinate who had been with him for many years and was not dead.
In northern Shaanxi, he did not die in Sanmenxia, but actually died in Xingyang City, and it was so unexpected.
"Everyone who has nothing to do, follow me to the north." Liu Yingyu pulled out his knife and led the people to rush towards the north. At this time, there were obvious gaps in the northern section of the east city wall, and the gaps were still widening little by little. In one place, a
A man carrying a long bow and a sword flying like a murderous god in the night was Xiaorong. Just now, Dong Wen died under the azalea sword, which also caused a brief panic in the northern section of the defense zone.
, at this chance of death, Hua Xiaorong led his men to rush forward.
"Brothers, kill, success or failure depends on this. Take Xingyang City, and the King of Heaven will definitely give you a heavy reward." Hua Xiaorong roared, his face seemed to be filled with blood, and his eyes were gleaming. In the middle of the fight, a roar came out
, a strong man rushed over with someone, it was Liu Yingyu who came to rescue, "Hua Xiaorong, please stop being so arrogant, grandpa is here."
Liu Yingyu and Hua Xiaorong were old acquaintances. When acquaintances met, they were extremely jealous. Hua Xiaorong sacrificed a soldier and went towards Liu Yingyu to kill him, "Liu, today is your death anniversary."
, I will kill you."
Hua Xiaorong had already become red-eyed, and his whole body exuded a violent aura. The steel knives were crisscrossing each other. After several blows, Liu Yingyu felt faintly unable to hold on. Seeing more and more thieves, Liu Yingyu was heartbroken.
I sigh bitterly, maybe today he, Liu, will be buried here.
Liu Yingyu's troops were forced to retreat steadily, and Hua Xiaorong was overjoyed. As soon as he came up, he pounced on all his soldiers and horses. This decision was the right one. Since it was a night battle, the tigers would come down from the mountain. One battle would determine the outcome.
You can scare the opponent to death even if you don't kill him. Seeing that most of the northern section was about to fall into his hands, suddenly there was a chaos in the rear, and the officers and soldiers who had just been repulsed rushed forward again.
"No, the reinforcements from the officers and soldiers have arrived... Leader Hua, the reinforcements from the officers and soldiers have arrived." This shout was like a copper hammer hitting Hua Xiaorong's heart. But Liu Yingyu was just the opposite.
As soon as he heard that the reinforcements had arrived, he immediately roared energetically, "The reinforcements have arrived. Brothers, follow me and rush over to kill the bandits here..."
Liu Yingyu was thankful in his heart. If the reinforcements arrived half as late as half a stick of incense, the east wall might not be able to be saved. Morale was ebbing and flowing. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements from officers and soldiers, the morale of the other side was boosted. In comparison, the peasant army was a little weak.
Unwilling to give up, Hua Xiaorong tried his best to support him with others, but during the melee, a banging sound broke Hua Xiaorong's last persistence.
In the meantime, blood splashed on the chests of many brothers outside, and many people fell in a pool of blood. It turned out that Hong Chengchou was worried and transferred the few fire gunmen under his command. Now the peasant army was concentrated on the city wall, and the firemen were
The gunslinger did not need to aim at both sides. As long as he fired, some unlucky guy would fall down. The situation became more and more passive, and the number of casualties increased rapidly.
Looking at the blue bricks under his feet, the originally blue stone bricks had already been stained red with blood. He finally managed to hit them, but this was the result. He was really unwilling to accept it. He stared and the veins in his hands swelled. At this time, Chi Wenyi
He grabbed Hua Xiaorong's shoulder and pulled him back hard, "Brother Hua, retreat quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late. What can you do if the weather doesn't go as planned?"
"Let's... let's go." After all, reason defeated impulse. Trying to suppress the unwillingness and anger in his heart, Hua Xiaorong waved his hand and led the people to escape down the city. It was night, and it was relatively easy to get up, but it was relatively easy to get down.
It was very difficult when there were many people crowded together, and it was a big problem who should go first and who should go last. In the crowd, countless people fell from the top of the city, and some died at the hands of officers and soldiers.
At the Chou time, the long-planned night battle came to an end, and Li Yangchun's determination to capture Xingyang also weakened a bit. If we can't win tonight, what chance will we have tomorrow?
Dawn rushed, and the sun could not penetrate the smoke and blood after the war. The entire city of Xingyang was still shrouded in that haze. So many people died on the city wall that when the bodies were transported, the people who were helping were frightened.
His face turned a bit pale.
The Battle of Xingyang attracted the attention of too many people, including Li Zicheng of Meishan.
In a night battle, Li Yangchun suffered heavy losses, and in the end he failed to capture Xingyang City. Morale was ebbing and flowing, and from now on, the situation began to shift towards Chen Qiyu. Li Yangchun suffered a big loss, but Li Zicheng couldn't be happy, to be precise.
It was said that Lu Weiliang couldn't laugh. Because there were some things that Li Zicheng couldn't say, but Lu Weiliang could.
Li Yangchun suffered a loss. If he gave up the idea of attacking Xingyang, wouldn't all the previous plans be in vain?
There were only Li Zicheng and a few confidants in the room. Lu Weiliang did not shy away from anything and said seriously: "Li Yangchun wants to withdraw..."
Lu Weiliang did not explain everything, but Li Yan and others understood what he meant. If Li Yangchun wanted to withdraw, they would find a way to prevent him from withdrawing.