828 Liu Zeqing attacked Xuzhou

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"Rich? Do you also have a way to rescue my father and them from Jinling? ”

Li Zixiao's face was gloomy, and he looked at Zhang Fugui and asked.

"Master Hou, I'm afraid this is not easy, the Lu family must take precautions.

However, the lowly position can first contact the shadows in Jinling City and ask them how the situation is, to see if there is a way. ”

Zhang Fugui knew that this matter was not easy to do, so he didn't dare to say it all.

"Well, you sent someone to Jinling overnight, if you can rescue my father and them this time, it will be a great achievement, and Benhou will definitely be rewarded."

"Yes, Master Hou."

"Master Hou, what should I do next?

Wei Hong is going to cross the river tomorrow, and now he doesn't know the news, so we have to stop him from crossing the river quickly! ”

Zhang Fugui looked at Li Zixiao and said.

"Hey, then send an order to Wei Hong and ask him to postpone crossing the river."

Li Zixiao said unwillingly.

Even if he has set up his own door, it is impossible to really ignore the life and death of the Li family in Jinling, including his father.

No matter how bad it is, it is also his father, and his brothers and sisters, he can only choose to compromise.

"Master Hou, then the subordinates will go down to do business."

"Go ahead."

"Lu Da'an, if you dare to touch a Li family, I will destroy your entire clan, Ben Hou will do what he says."

Looking at the sound of Zhang Fugui leaving, Li Zixiao's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice.

Soon, Wei Hong received an order sent by Zhang Fugui overnight, asking him to temporarily stop crossing the river.

"What, postpone the crossing of the river? Is this an order from Master Hou? ”

After Wei Hong heard this order, he was also shocked and puzzled, and asked the herald, "What happened?" Why did Hou Ye suddenly ask us to stop crossing the river? ”

"Returning to General Wei, it was Lu Da'an in Jinling City who arrested the Li family, and the Hou Ye was forced to give this order."

The herald replied.

"Damn, the dignified governor of Nanzhili used such despicable methods."

After Wei Hong heard this, he also scolded secretly, so he also understood that before this matter was resolved, they might not be able to cross the river.

If they ignore the threat of the Lu family and insist on crossing the river, in case the Lu family really kills the Li family or Li Zixiao's father.

Not only Wei Hong can't bear this responsibility, but even Li Zixiao will be criticized afterwards, which is not a trivial matter.

"Hey, I ordered the whole army to stay in place and not cross the river for the time being."

In the end, Wei Hong sighed helplessly, and had to give up the plan to cross the river and continue to camp in Jiangpu, waiting for Li Zixiao's new order.

At this time, Li Zixiao, who was in Kaifeng, was not only angry because Lu Da'an had arrested the Li family, but also annoyed because Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, suddenly sent troops to Xuzhou.

On 7 May, Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, led an army of 80,000 and suddenly attacked Xuzhou and the first arsenal outside Xuzhou.

Fortunately, the defenders of Xuzhou discovered Liu Zeqing's traces in time and moved most of the craftsmen and equipment of the arsenal into the city, so that Liu Zeqing pounced.

Immediately, Liu Zeqing, who was embarrassed and angry, directly led the army to attack the city, and the city of Xuzhou was in danger.

You must know that there are less than 5,000 defenders in Xuzhou City, and Liu Zeqing will lead an army of 80,000 to attack.

Fortunately, in recent years, after Li Zixiao's repair, the city wall has become taller and stronger, and there are many cannons on the city wall.

In addition, the defenders in the city were equipped with flintlock muskets, and although the defenders had less than 5,000 people, they were still impregnable under Liu Zeqing's onslaught on the first day.

"Okay, you Liu Zeqing, Ben Hou hasn't freed up his hand to move you, you actually jumped out by yourself.

I really thought that Benhou sent out a large army, and you would be able to succeed in the sneak attack!

It's wishful thinking. ”

After Li Zixiao received the urgent report from Xuzhou in Kaifeng, he couldn't help but sneer.

Li Zixiao has never had time to attack Shandong, in fact, Li Zixiao has already regarded Shandong as a thing in his bag and can be taken at any time.

For Liu Zeqing, he never paid attention to it at all, what virtues Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses had, Li Zixiao knew it clearly.

Therefore, although Li Zixiao received an urgent report from Xuzhou, he was not in a hurry.

Li Zixiao has absolute confidence in Xuzhou's city defense, and it is impossible for Liu Zeqing to defeat Xuzhou in a short time.

On Li Zixiao's territory, Xuzhou's city defense feels that it is not weak to Kaifeng, and the White Dragon Army, which has entered the era of thermal weapons, has an extremely terrifying defensive ability.

Like those waste soldiers under Liu Zeqing, let alone leading an army of 80,000, even if he gives 100,000 people, it is impossible to capture Xuzhou in a short time.

In front of the tall city walls, coupled with mature and stable muskets and artillery, no matter how many cold-weapon soldiers there are, they are all in vain, and this is no longer something that can be determined by the number of people.

A day later, Li Zixiao led 10,000 white dragon troops from Kaifeng to aid Xuzhou, leaving 10,000 horses to garrison Kaifeng.

Before, Li Zixiao transferred back 20,000 horses from Luoyang, which was prescient.

Li Zixiao led his army to the south along the Yellow River by boat, and it only took two days to reach Xuzhou.

In the past two days, Liu Zeqing attacked in Xuzhou desperately, but he never entered the city.

Poof!

In Liu Zeqing's barracks, two generals under Liu Zeqing's command were beheaded, and this is already the eighth general Liu Zeqing has killed in the past two days.

Because, these two generals failed to lead their troops into Xuzhou City within the specified time according to Liu Zeqing's requirements.

On the contrary, in the process of besieging the city, the losses were heavy and the defeated were defeated.

Liu Zeqing, who was furious, directly ordered the two generals to be beheaded.

At this time, the generals under Liu Zeqing's command were panicked, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, which made the army's morale unstable and low, and the soldiers no longer wanted to fight.

"Waste, it's all a bunch of waste, it's been two days, and you haven't even entered the city, what does General Ben want you to do."

In Liu Zeqing's handsome tent, Liu Zeqing shouted at the generals under his command, looking crazy.

It's really difficult for Liu Zeqing not to go crazy at this time.

This time he sent troops to Xuzhou, but he was desperate.

Once he can't defeat Xuzhou, what awaits him will be the revenge of the White Dragon Army, and what will he resist when the time comes.

Only by conquering Xuzhou, obtaining a lot of money and food, and a large number of firearms and artillery stored in Xuzhou City, can he have the capital to continue fighting the White Dragon Army.

"General, it's not that the soldiers don't need to die, it's really the defenders in Xuzhou City, equipped with too many firearms, artillery and thunderbolts.

Our besieging soldiers, who can't even get close to the walls, will be shot by the defenders on the walls.

When they are far away, they bombard with artillery, and when they are close, they shoot with muskets and throw thunderbolts, and in this case, our soldiers really can't attack. ”

Liu Zeqing's henchmen and generals said to Liu Zeqing with a helpless look on his face at this time.

"Then what do you say, if you can't beat Xuzhou City again, when Li Zixiao's reinforcements arrive, we will all die together."

Liu Zeqing held back his red neck, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he roared loudly.

"The possibility of attacking and breaking the city head-on is too slim, I am afraid that only when the inside and the outside should be combined, and someone is making trouble in the city, there will be a chance to break the city."

The general said.

Liu Zeqing also calmed down, knowing that what his henchman general said was right, he couldn't help but look at King De on the side.

"Lord Wang, when will the manpower you arranged in the city be able to start, we have been attacking for two days.

Our time is running out, at most one more day, Li Zixiao's reinforcements from Kaifeng are probably coming. ”

Liu Zeqing sent troops to Xuzhou this time, and after informing King De, King De readily agreed to help him.

Because last time Li Zixiao sent someone to steal more than two million taels of silver that he had managed to accumulate, King De hated Li Zixiao to the bone, and he had long wanted to take revenge, but he had no chance.

Now that Liu Zeqing took the initiative to invite, King De would never miss this opportunity.

"Mr. Liu, don't worry, my people will do it tonight, and they will send a signal when the time comes.

When the time comes, I will ask General Liu's men and horses to launch an attack outside the city at the same time tonight.

We will definitely be able to attack Xuzhou City tonight, and everything in Xuzhou City will be ours. ”

King De finally stood up at this time, walked in front of Liu Zeqing, and said to him with a smile.

"Okay, this will be arranged, attack the city tonight, and then it will depend on the prince's manpower in the city."

Liu Zeqing was also overjoyed when he heard King De say this, and then issued an order to his generals to gather men and horses again and prepare to attack the city overnight.

Soon, one by one, the generals of the Ming army came out of Liu Zeqing's tent and returned to their respective stations in groups of three or five.

"Brother Liu, do you think the chief soldier is crazy, why do you want to come to Xuzhou!

Look at the Xuzhou City, it is much taller and stronger than a few years ago.

Xuzhou City is the birthplace of Li Houye, and it has been built by Li Houye in the past few years.

Look at how many soldiers have been killed and wounded in our siege of the city in the past two days, and we haven't even killed the city wall once, those firearms of Marquis Li are really powerful.

Now the morale of the whole army is low, and the soldiers don't want to fight, so only the chief soldier still wants to continue fighting.

The prince said that he had arranged manpower in the city, and he was going to cooperate with the outside tonight, anyway, I am still not optimistic about tonight's action. ”

After leaving Liu Zeqing's tent, the three Ming generals came together and walked towards the camp where they were, and one of the garrison generals whispered to his superior.

"Hey, I'm also a little worried, tonight's attack can't break through Xuzhou City, and our army will be in danger."

The guerrilla general, Zhou Wei, also sighed and said.

"Big brother, we have to think of a way out, he Liu Zeqing is dead, we can't go all the way with him to the dark!"

Another companion also spoke out at this time.

"Well, I know that."

Zhou Wei nodded, he was not Liu Zeqing's loyal confidant, but he would not really die with Liu Zeqing, he had long been thinking about how to protect himself in his heart.

"Don't worry, I already have a plan in my heart, and I won't watch the brothers follow him Liu Zeqing on the road of no return in vain.

If you still can't conquer Xuzhou City tonight, don't blame General Liu at that time, the three of us brothers are ruthless. ”

Zhou Wei said, with a ruthless look in his eyes, he had already thought of a way out for himself in advance.

"Okay, it's good if the eldest brother has an idea, we will listen to the eldest brother."

The two people next to him answered.

On the evening of May 9, a red firework suddenly rose in the city of Xuzhou.

In the west and north of Xuzhou, more than 50,000 soldiers and soldiers have been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Wang, it's a signal from our people."

One of the guards said to King De.

"Lord Wang, look, there is a fire in the city, and our people have done it."

At this time, a guard suddenly pointed to the fire in Xuzhou City, and shouted excitedly.

"Haha, okay, Lin Feng and they succeeded.

Liu Zongbing, the manpower arranged by the king in the city has already started, and the city must have been in chaos.

The defenders in the city will inevitably send people to suppress the men and horses I have arranged to cause rebellion in the city, and the number of defenders on the city walls will inevitably decrease.

This is a great opportunity to attack the city, and the next thing is up to you. ”

King De turned his head to look at Liu Zeqing on the side, and said with a smile.

"Haha, okay, I'll leave the rest to Ben to do.

Tell the order to go down and attack the city! ”

Liu Zeqing shouted excitedly.

Soon, a team of people carried the ladder, with the help of the cover of the night, and rushed towards Xuzhou City silently, preparing to launch an attack on Xuzhou City.

In fact, what Liu Zeqing and King De didn't know was that Xuzhou City was not in chaos at this time.

The fire in the city was set by the White Dragon Army itself, and it was controlled within a certain range, and no one was seen making trouble everywhere.

I didn't see any White Dragon Army defenders retreating from the city walls to the city to suppress those who were in rebellion.

The entire defenders of the city were all hiding behind the female wall of the city wall at this time, holding their flintlock pistols, looking at boxes of iron-shelled mines, and the artillery next to them had already been loaded.

Those White Dragon Army guards had calm faces, waiting quietly, waiting for orders from their superiors, waiting for their prey to come.

In fact, as early as when King De sent his subordinates to infiltrate Xuzhou City before Liu Zeqing's army arrived, they had already been discovered by the intelligence officers of the White Dragon Army in the city.

Immediately, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army in the city went out overnight to wipe out more than 300 people in the city sent by King De, and naturally learned of King De's plan.

Immediately, Zhou Qing, the current prefect of Xuzhou, made a bold decision and simply calculated it.

So, tonight, Zhou Qing asked the officials of the government to set fires everywhere in the city, creating a false impression that King De's subordinates were in trouble.

The rest of the White Dragon soldiers were all guarding the city wall, waiting for Liu Zeqing to lead the army outside the city to attack.

Soon, a group of Ming soldiers outside the city quietly advanced, carrying ladders, holding knives and guns, approaching to the west of Xuzhou and under the two city walls in the north.

"Quick, quick, put the ladder up, and the movements are all quick."

A Ming army general whispered to the soldiers beside him, they were happy, as if they thought that tonight's attack would be successful.

"What does it smell like? Lao Su, do you smell it? ”

Suddenly, a Ming army general twitched his nose, he smelled a special smell, and then asked another general next to him.

"Old boy, do you smell anything from your dog's nose?"

The Ming general next to him joked in a low voice and said.

In Liu Zeqing's army, everyone knows that this general surnamed Tong has a pair of dog noses and a special spirit.

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