Let's say that after Li Zicheng's death, the peasant army became a pot of porridge, and Li Zijing advocated returning to the old nest in the northwest, thinking of separating one side and becoming a soil emperor.

But the dead friends who followed Li Zicheng to life and death did not agree, not because they had the confidence to break through Beijing, but because they felt that they were too aggrieved to go like this, and they had to avenge their eldest brother and the dead Tian Jianxiu brothers.

For this reason, Li Zijing argued with many generals for a long time, the peasant brothers had no culture, and their thinking was very simple, and finally Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi had a showdown with Li Zijing on behalf of all the brothers of the revenge faction, and they did their own thing if they were not allowed to take revenge.

Li Zijing looked at the generals around him as if no one was following him, so he had no choice but to compromise, so the day after Li Zicheng's death, the peasant army regained its strength and made a comeback.

The sudden attack also startled Wang Chengen, who was drinking tea in the city gate building, and the startled teacup fell to the ground and shattered.

As Chongzhen's most trusted minister, Wang Chengen can be said to be ordered to be in danger, and as a eunuch, he shoulders the safety of the entire Ming Dynasty, which is not a heavy burden.

In the past few days, Wang Chengen has been sleeping at night, trembling, the battle during the last siege is still vivid, if it is not for the critical moment, the warrior named Liu Hongjian stepped forward and killed the thief leader Li Zicheng with a strange weapon, I can't say it...... I can't say I'm dead.

Hate those mediocre ministers, even arguing over a trivial reward, the death of the Ming Dynasty will die in the hands of these sour Confucians, there is more than enough success and more than failure, Wang Chengen thought while wearing armor with a gloomy face.

"Which gate is the bandit attacking now?" Putting on his armor, Wang Chengen walked out of the door and asked the heralds accompanying him.

"Lord Admiral, the thief army is now divided into three ways, all the way to attack Chongwen Gate, all the way to attack Xuanwu Gate, and one way to attack Zhengyang Gate! There are many thieves and soldiers, especially the gap in the city wall by the Zhengyang Gate that was bombarded by artillery the day before yesterday has not had time to be repaired, and some ...... Something is not good! ”

Speaking of this, the herald was a little helpless and sad, although the city of Beijing was high and deep, but the defenders of Beijing were too few, after the battle the day before yesterday, now there are only 30,000 people left who can stand on the city wall.

Don't look at the 30,000 people, you must know that the city of Beijing is very big, the circumference of the inner city wall of Beijing is 45 miles, there are nine city gates, 172 enemy platforms, more than 10,000 battlements, and the interval between the battlements is more than one zhang.

That is to say, with the existing soldiers in Beijing, there will be no one to put two people at each battlement, and the lack of troops has always been a shadow haunting Wang Chengen's heart.

"Summons Father-in-law Gao to Zhengyangmen to see our family!" Of course, Wang Chengen knows that this is another tough battle, and if he wins the Ming Dynasty, he can continue to survive, and if he loses, he may really have to jump in order to repay His Majesty's Longen.

Under the city wall of Zhengyangmen, under the command of Liu Zongmin, the peasant army moved the ladder and the archery of the archery.

All the soldiers looked at Liu Zongmin, who was supervising the battle behind them, as long as he was there, they could only brave stones, arrow feathers, and fire guns to climb the city wall, and if they wanted to eat, they had to work hard.

The city wall on the right side of Zhengyang Gate was blown out of a gap about 5 meters long by the red-clothed cannon, although Wang Chengen had sent someone to block it overnight yesterday, but due to the rush of time, it was just a simple treatment with stones, but Liu Zongmin understood that this was the only breakthrough.

"Xiaguan Gao Shiming and Zhang Guoyuan have seen Lord Admiral!" Gao Shiming, who was also wearing armor, ran from a distance, saluted, and followed Zhang Guoyuan behind him, they had a common identity, they were both eunuchs.

The ancient Ming Empire, the Ming Empire, which once fought against Mongolia and killed the Mongolian iron horsemen, was terrified by the eunuchs......

"Gonggong Gao, you go to guard Xuanwu Gate, Gonggong Zhang, you guard Chongwen Gate! There are many thieves and soldiers, let's not talk about the redundant words, the emperor handed over the defense of the entire Beijing city to us, and the gentlemen just gave up this life, and they can't repay this value! ”

The two fathers-in-law in armor also sighed and received the order with tears in their eyes.

"As for our family, this Zhengyangmen! It's our family's life, as long as our family still has a breath, the thief army will have to pass from here! Wang Chengen's eyes were also wet, but every word was said through gritted teeth.

"My subordinates swear to live and die with this city!" The eunuchs Gao Shiming and Zhang Guoyuan arched their hands and said in unison.

The second Beijing offensive and defensive battle began.

Liu Zongmin stood outside the range of firearms and bows and arrows, of course, he knew that the weakness of Beijing City was the lack of troops, even if he understood that the walls of Beijing City were basically difficult to break, but he still commanded some soldiers to storm Zhengyangmen, and divided some to climb the city walls.

In the end, the remaining soldiers pushed out a simple rush cart from the rear, which Liu Zongmin had to rush out overnight to deal with the gap in the city wall.

Wang Chengen was not stupid, seeing that the enemy was pushing out of the cart, he immediately saw through the thief army's division plan, but he was helpless, and only divided a part of his troops to guard the city wall and the city gate respectively, and ordered the archers to scatter at the civilian army pushing the cart under the city.

In order to increase the defensiveness of the punch, the outer layer of the punch is wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, which is covered with cowhide, and a lot of water is sprinkled on the cowhide, which can not only prevent bows and arrows, but also have a good fireproof effect.

The militia under the rushing car shouted slogans and pushed the rushing car towards the gap in the city wall, and the arrows on the city wall rained down, but except for a few militiamen who were not paying attention to dodging were shot down, it did not have any impact on the advance of the rushing car.

Wang Chengen knew that the gap that was hastily repaired last night could not withstand the impact of the rushing car, and the cannon on the city wall had already stopped because there were no shells, so he sighed, it seemed that he could only plan for the worst, Wang Chengen thought to himself.

He looked back and explained something to the adjutant general beside him, and then took about 2,000 soldiers from the Beijing battalion in two guards and went down the city wall.

The rushing car slowly moved to the gap in the city wall, and behind the city wall, more than 2,000 soldiers led by Wang Chengen stared at the enemy behind the gap in the stone with solemn faces.

Also staring at this side is Liu Zongmin not far away, and more than a thousand pro-troops behind him, these pro-soldiers are not only the most sophisticated weapons in the civilian army except for the troops directly under King Chuang, but also have been fighting with him in the south and north for many years, all of them are good hands.

"Boom-" The huge ram made a dull sound on the stones, and then some unstable gravel fell from above, injuring a Ming soldier who was standing too far forward behind the city wall, and immediately bled profusely.

"Knock-knock-" Twice more, the militia under the car shouted slogans and pulled the hammer hard, and the stones that had been sewn up the gap collapsed like a landslide.

"Rush! Avenge the king! The first to storm the city walls will be rewarded with ten thousand gold! Liu Zongmin finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, drew his knife and rushed forward first, and the more than 1,000 elites behind him immediately followed.

"From our family down, all the soldiers loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the time has come to serve the imperial court, and they swear to live and die with this city!" Wang Chengen immediately drew his sword and rushed forward.

"Swear to live and die with this city! Swear to live and die with this city! The Ming army, who was infected by Wang Chengen's view of death, shouted at the top of their voices.