In the room, Meng and Wang Nuran were talking about something, and Li Zicheng was naturally not interested in listening. When he came outside the hospital, Liu Zongmin was already waiting in the courtyard. At this time, Liu Zongmin looked excited, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he cupped his hands and smiled.
He said, "Congratulations to King Chuang, congratulations to King Chuang. There is indeed a secret passage under the ancestral hall with a large number of boxes hidden. Today King Chuang has embraced the most beautiful woman in the world. It is truly a double happiness."
Li Zicheng laughed heartily when he heard this. He didn't expect that what the man in black robe said was true. There was indeed treasure under the Wang family ancestral hall. Haha, Wang Zuogao secretly sneaked into Luoyang just for these treasures. It was just that people didn't expect it.
However, he was so bold that he hid the wealth of the treasury under the Wang family compound not far from the treasury.
Li Zicheng was a little curious, how did Tie Mo's people dig out such a large space under the Wang family's courtyard, and the Wang family didn't notice it at all. Li Zicheng was a very special person. Before attacking Luoyang, he thought about using Luoyang City and the pen.
Wealth was used as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the court, and he could also recruit people, but now his mind had changed.
With so much wealth, he could go south to recruit troops. Even without Zhang Xianzhong to contain the imperial troops, he could rely on this wealth to raise a huge team to compete with the officers and soldiers.
Li Zicheng no longer wanted to use Luoyang City as a bargaining chip, and naturally he would not go all out to encircle and suppress Sun Chuanting, so he ordered Shangguan Wen to withdraw from Taoguang Street, blockade Taoguang Street, then plunder the entire West Market, and attack North Street
The big houses in Linfang and Shiyifang carried out looting, and the sound of killings in Luoyang City was loud. The thieves who had not killed before immediately waved their knives.
Liu Zongmin was responsible for leading people to rob Luoyang City, while Li Zicheng followed Shangguan Wen to inspect the boxes. Li Zicheng could swear that after so many years as a bandit, this was the first time he had seen so much money. With so much money, he could pull up a ten-man army.
Are there more than 10,000 elite soldiers? Of course, what Li Zicheng calls elite soldiers is by no means elite soldiers like the Northern Shanxi Army. If it were the Northern Shanxi Army, with the money in front of them, it would be very good to be able to support 20,000.
The four gates of Luoyang City were tightly closed. There were bandits guarding the outside and there were bandits on top of the city. Although Sun Chuanting tried various methods to get out of Taoguang Street, they all ended in failure. The looting of Luoyang lasted for two full days.
, the thieves caused great harm to the ancient capital of Luoyang.
This day was originally a beautiful day, but Zhu Youjian's face was sullen and livid, as if his own mother had died. Queen Xia was relieved, but the effect was not great. Luoyang was lost and was plundered by thieves.
However, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou soldiers and horses could not break through Yong'an and Dengzhou and could not reinforce Luoyang. Zhu Youjian hated Tie Mo, very, very much. Isn't he very good at fighting? Why not save Luoyang now? Zhu Youjian is also forgetful. He
Apparently they have ignored who ordered Sun Chuanting not to let the Northern Jin army enter the city.
In a courtyard somewhere in Luoyang, Wang Zuogao didn't look too good, because Li Zicheng really came here for the wealth. Now that Li Zicheng had dug out those boxes from the ground, it would be too difficult to snatch them out of his hands.
It's not easy anymore.
What should he do? Wang Zuoguan had a headache. He kept thinking of ways. In short, it was absolutely impossible for him to watch Li Zicheng take away the hard-won wealth. Now the governor led the army to station in Mianchi.
There were also bandits blocking the way nearby, and it was impossible to expect the governor to lead the army into Luoyang. After much deliberation, Wang Zuogao still placed his hope on Sun Chuanting. There was no other way. Now the only man who could fight in Luoyang City was Sun Chuanting.
There are less than 3,000 remnants of the army.
Wang Zuogao was thinking about how to use Sun Chuanting, but Sun Chuanting's situation was also very delicate. Shangguanwen sent troops to block both sides of Taoguang Street. It was okay for Sun Chuanting to stay on both sides of the street. As long as he dared to rush out of Taoguang Street, Shangguanwen would
People were asked to block it. Since the day before yesterday, Sun Chuanting had charged more than a dozen times, but he could not break through the defense line formed by Shangguan Wen. Sun Chuanting was now very puzzled. Li Zicheng wanted to occupy Luoyang, but he was not in a hurry to destroy him. What on earth was Sun Chuanting doing?
reason?
In a house, Sun Chuanting was grinding a steel knife on a stone. After several days of fierce fighting, Sun Chuanting, who was pampered and in good spirits, became much haggard and had a scar on his forehead.
A soldier ran over, and Sun Chuanting asked hurriedly, "How is the situation? What's going on with the traitors?"
"Replying to your Majesty, the Shangguan Dog Thief still has people guarding the two intersections. There is no sign of attacking Taoguang Street. However, when the younger brother led the brothers to inquire, someone left a note for the younger one." After that, the dear
The soldier took out a note hidden in his waist. Sun Chuanting held the note and looked at it, then frowned. What was written on the note was not bad news. Someone was going to attack the east intersection of Taoguang Street. Help
The remaining soldiers escaped from Taoguang Street.
Sun Chuanting didn't know whether he should believe what he said on the note. If everything was true, it would be fine, but if it was a plan devised by the thieves, the entire army would be wiped out.
After thinking hard, he still couldn't come up with a solution. As if by some strange mistake, Sun Chuanting actually asked the soldier, "Have you read the words on the note? Do you think we should believe it or not?"
The soldier was very puzzled and nodded a little flattered, "Master Sun, I shouldn't say this. In fact, it doesn't matter whether the words on the note are true or not. If you continue to waste it like this, you will die.
Why not follow what is written on the note and take a gamble."
What the soldier said was extremely simple. Sun Chuanting also thought too much, but ignored this simple truth. He took a long breath, with a ferocious look in his eyes. Okay, he, Sun Chuanting, will take a gamble. He only needs three seconds to rush out.
More than a thousand people were scattered. It was impossible for the thieves to wipe them out in a short time. They couldn't rush out, and they had to bite off a piece of flesh from Shangguan Wen's body.
At the end of the Haishi period, a group of more than thirty uninvited guests came to the eastern entrance of Taoguang Street. These masked men in black were the secret men organized by Wang Zuoguan. Wang Zuoguan chose to attack the eastern entrance of Taoguang Street.
The first step was to lure Sun Chuanting's people to the direction of Shiyifang. The more than a hundred people in the secret hall and the intelligence office alone could not defeat Li Zicheng at all, but with the three thousand soldiers and horses under Sun Chuanting, it was different.
Hehe, it would be best if Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng's troops fight to the death, while Wang Zuogao takes the opportunity to snatch those dozens of boxes.
At this time, Sun Chuanting was leading people to hide in a residential house on the east side of Taoguang Street. Seeing that it was time to get hit, Sun Chuanting also became a little anxious. Is the other party lying? He was thinking about whether to withdraw as soon as possible.
At that moment, suddenly a blast was heard, and the Shangguanwen station in front burst into flames. At the same time, the panicked shouts and curses of the traitors could be heard, as if it was the beginning. Explosions came one after another, and Shangguanwen's defense line formed at the eastern street entrance.
It immediately turned into a sea of fire. As for the nearly a thousand thieves stationed here who were burned and scattered in all directions, Sun Chuanting was shocked by the movement made by the other party.
This was the thunderbolt used by the Northern Shanxi Army. At this time, he didn't care whether the Northern Shanxi Army was helping. Sun Chuanting roared and led thousands of his disciples to break through the street in one fell swoop. The change happened too suddenly. Wait.
When Shangguan Wen and Liu Fangdi arrived at the street with reinforcements, Sun Chuanting had already led his troops to escape to Shanglinfang and Shiyifang.
Where are Shanglinfang and Shiyifang? It is a famous gathering place for the rich and powerful in North Street. It is known as the rich area of Dongdu. King Chuang and Liu Zongmin are currently leading troops to station in Shiyifang. In the past two days, various troops have looted the city.
, causing the army to be very scattered, and only more than 4,000 soldiers and horses could be gathered in Shiyifang and Shanglinfang in a short period of time. If Sun Chuanting knew that King Chuang was in the Wang family compound in Shiyifang, the situation would not be good.
Without daring to think too much, Liu Fangdi and Shangguanwen quickly ordered all the nearby soldiers and horses to rush towards Shanglinfang.
Since Wang Zuogao intended to use Sun Chuanting's help to mess up Shiyi Fang, he would not fail to tell Sun Chuanting about Li Zicheng's whereabouts. When Sun Chuanting was running towards Shanglinfang, someone shouted that Li Zicheng was in the Wang family's mansion in Shiyi Fang.
Zili.
The Shiyi Fang is just north of Shanglin Fang, and the Fangs are very close to each other. If Li Zicheng is really hiding in the Wang family's mansion, then...Suddenly Sun Chuanting feels that his opportunity has come. If he can capture Sun Chuanting alive, Luoyang
There may be a turning point in the battle for the city.
Of course, Sun Chuanting was not stupid enough to believe just one word. He captured more than a dozen thieves along the way and interrogated them rigorously. After learning that Li Zicheng was indeed living in the Wang family, he immediately became happy and said, "Haha, brothers, the thief Li Zicheng is in the Wang family."
, the opportunity for you and me to make contributions and reverse the current situation in Luoyang has arrived. You and I will fight for Shiyifang. In the future, it will be life or death. I will serve as a court official, and I will give my brothers a share of wealth."
"Kill...Kill Li Zicheng, the dog thief." Perhaps Li Zicheng's temptation was too great, perhaps it was Sun Chuanting's promise that inspired people. This remnant soldier who had been blocked in Taoguang Street for several days suddenly suddenly
A strong fighting spirit broke out.
When Sun Chuanting led an army of more than 3,000 people to storm Shiyifang, Li Zicheng became a little panicked. Now that Shiyifang was full, there were only more than 2,000 people. If it was really broken through, Li Zicheng would be really in danger.
Almost without thinking, Li Zicheng asked Liu Zongmin to lead people to protect dozens of boxes and leave first, while he led people to snatch Wang Nuran himself. The group of people fled westward. It happened that Sun Chuanting rushed over from here, and both sides rushed together.
When they met, Sun Chuanting immediately laughed happily. Sun Chuanting knew Li Zicheng. When he saw Li Zicheng in front of him, he immediately led a group of soldiers with high morale and rushed towards Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was also a ruthless man. He handed Wang Nuran to a few soldiers and chopped up the people who rushed up with a long-handled knife. "Sun Chuanting, you want to kill me, what are you dreaming about?"
"Li, you are the only grass bandit. Today's Shiyi Square will be where you are buried!" Sun Chuanting would not let go of the opportunity to capture Li Zicheng alive, and immediately started fighting for his life. Li Zicheng naturally did not want to fall into the hands of Sun Chuanting.
So the two sides started a desperate struggle in the west of Shiyifang, and the soldiers and horses of both sides fought together. There was me among you, you among me, and it became a mess.
Wang Zuogao led his men to wait nearby. When the fight between the two sides became fierce, he immediately led his men to rush out from the darkness, aiming directly at the dozens of boxes leaning against the wall, but Liu Zongmin seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.
, roared, many people gave up on Sun Chuanting's people in front and turned around to protect the box. Wang Zuogao did not expect that the rebel soldiers would react so quickly. Just as he was about to fight with Liu Zongmin's people, he heard Sun Chuanting's voice behind him.
There were waves of roaring sounds coming from Shanglinfang in the distance.
After hearing this, Wang Zuogao secretly sighed that he was unlucky. Why did Shangguanwen's troops arrive so quickly? Didn't Sun Chuanting know how to leave some people behind to stop him? Dongfang Dafu thought this, which was a bit unreasonable. Sun Chuanting
There are only a few people under his command, and if he divides his troops to stop Shangguan Wen, he probably won't defeat Li Zicheng at this moment, but will be killed by Li Zicheng first.
Wang Zuoguan wanted these dozens of boxes, but he was not ready to risk his life for money. With a wave of his hand, a group of people forced back Liu Zongmin's troops and quickly withdrew from the battle. It was dark at this time, and the alley was dark.
Liu Zongmin was so angry that he couldn't see his fingers, and he didn't dare to lead people to chase him. He could only stamp his feet and sulk.
As soon as Shangguan Wen and Liu Fangdi came to lead the troops, Sun Chuanting was in bad luck. He was caught in the middle, and he was not like Dongfang Dafu who could run away if he wanted. A fierce fight in Shiyifang was carried out in the dark, but in the end he was still able to escape.
Sun Chuanting was allowed to escape, but after an hour of fierce fighting, Sun Chuanting had less than 400 men left. What kind of trouble could such a small number of people make? Li Zicheng had already decided to evacuate Luoyang tomorrow, but fortunately he no longer had to worry about Sun Chuanting's troops.
The horse is gone.
At midnight the next day, the bandits who had been ravaging Luoyang City for five days finally withdrew. At this time, Shang Kexi also led his army to Yingchang Mansion Changsha. After hearing the reports from Zhou Dingshan and others, Shang Kexi frowned and thought hard.
Get up. There is not much time left for Shang Kexi at this time. Li Zicheng will not stay in Luoyang City for long. Once the looting is almost complete, he will evacuate quickly.
What kind of banditry is the most difficult to eradicate in the world? It’s not rebels like Zhang Xianzhong, who seems to be powerful, but he can’t stand up to the court over time, but rogue bandits like Li Zicheng, who are the most terrifying. These bandits live in no fixed places.
As soon as there is danger, they start to flee, causing destruction along the way. It is really a swarm of locusts that destroy everything they go.
Rogues like Li Zicheng would flee if they couldn't be defeated, surrender if they couldn't escape, and rebel again after surrendering. This was not the most hateful thing. When they were fleeing, they would send troops to loot the place and suddenly add countless refugees.
They are rebels, but what they do is really hateful.
Shang Kexi knew that if he couldn't kill Li Zicheng this time, it would be difficult to kill him again after Li Zicheng fled south. He spread out the map of Kaifeng Mansion, thought about it, and decided to strike first.
Once Li Zicheng leaves Luoyang, he will definitely go south, or he will turn east and then south. As for north and west, it is absolutely impossible. To the west, enter the boundary of Guozhou and face the Northern Shanxi Army? To the north, although there is no problem in a short time.
, but they can only be active in the area east of the river, and further north are the roadside armies. Once the imperial court deploys heavy troops here, the roadside armies shrink to the east of the river and carry out encirclement and suppression. Li Zicheng becomes a turtle in the urn and flies south with wings.
Therefore, no matter what, Li Zicheng's only way to survive is to return south to Xiangfan along the same route. The mountains thousands of miles southeast are the natural barrier for Li Zicheng's survival.