Chapter 609: Final Shot
609 finally shot
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Knock knock!
The dull drum sound sounded outside Kaifeng City, and the black pressed a large number of soldiers and soldiers, lined up outside the city, which made people feel depressed when they looked at it.
After dawn on the 31st, Li Zicheng gave the order to launch another attack on Kaifeng.
This time, they were more prepared, with thousands of ladders, hundreds of cloud cars, and several siege vehicles, which they were going to use to break open the gate of Kaifeng.
At the same time, after a full day of rest yesterday, at this time, Li Zicheng's soldiers were full of energy and fighting spirit.
In particular, at this time, Li Zicheng had already spread his slogan of 'capturing Kaifeng, not sealing the sword for ten days' to the ears of every ordinary sergeant.
It aroused their strong desire to invade the city of Kaifeng, and they hoped that by this battle, they would completely turn over and no longer endure hunger and cold.
In addition, these soldiers who have survived until now have all survived several battles, which is equivalent to all being veterans.
Coupled with the weapons and armor they took from the Ming army, it can be said that Li Zicheng's invasion of the army at this time is the strongest time since his rebellion.
"Attack!"
With Li Zicheng's cold voice, more than 100,000 soldiers and soldiers divided into several phalanxes, and launched a fierce attack on Kaifeng again from the east, west and south directions of Kaifeng.
"Kill!"
One by one, the soldiers roared, and the Ming soldiers on the city wall of Kaifeng started a fierce battle.
This time, Chen Yongfu, Gao Mingheng, Yang Wenyue and other generals of the Ming army even went to the Kaifeng city wall in person, and they were responsible for leading troops to guard a section of the city wall to prevent the soldiers from coming up.
Bang bang bang!
Clouds of smoke rose from the Ming army city wall, which was the artillery on the Ming army city wall firing.
The battle lasted for a whole day, and the Chuang army still failed to take Kaifeng, and as it got dark, Li Zicheng had to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops again.
By the next day, the attack of the intrusive army continued, but it was still not defeated.
It wasn't until the third day that the army finally killed Kaifeng City, and even gained a firm foothold on the city wall, seeing that Kaifeng City was broken.
And on this day, a few miles southeast of Kaifeng, the 30,000 White Dragon soldiers led by Li Zixiao were quietly resting behind a hillside, waiting for the order to fight.
"General, the thieves are about to break the city, why don't we make a move?"
Qi Wei was standing beside Li Zixiao at this time, holding a clairglass mirror and looking at the southern city wall of Kaifeng City, the soldiers had already been killed, and asked Li Zixiao.
Just yesterday, the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion led by Qi Wei still encountered Han Tong's White Dragon Army scouts, and then naturally joined Li Zixiao's army.
"Don't worry, Chen Yongfu should still have a back hand in his hand, Li Zicheng wants to attack Kaifeng, it's not so easy, let them both consume it hard."
At this time, Li Zixiao was also holding a clairvoyant mirror, always paying attention to the battle at the south gate of Kaifeng, but he had no intention of sending troops.
"Brothers, kill Lao Tzu! After the destruction of the city, there was silver, women, all of them. ”
At this time, on the southern city wall of Kaifeng, Liu Zongmin had already led people to kill him, and a large number of soldiers and soldiers of the Ming army fought on the city wall.
And in the back, there were more soldiers who climbed up from the ladder, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to the Ming army.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Peng!
"Hey, hey, hey!" Peng!
In front of the Kaifeng City Gate, a siege vehicle with dozens of soldiers pushing over and blocking the tall Kaifeng City Gate was slamming the Kaifeng City Gate with its huge point.
Dozens of sergeants and soldiers, constantly humming a tacit understanding in their mouths, exerted their strength together, and kept hitting the gate of Kaifeng, trying to break it open.
"Okay, Liu Zongmin did a good job, send another 5,000 people up, this time to fight for one blow and attack Kaifeng."
Later, Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin in front of him and led people to kill the Kaifeng city wall, he was also overjoyed, and immediately ordered.
"Lord Commander, the thieves have been killed on the city wall, General Han has died in battle, and the soldiers in the west are about to be unable to withstand it."
Chen Yongfu had already personally led people with a knife and fought on the city wall.
At this time, a Ming sergeant rushed to him and reported to him eagerly.
"Damn, these thieves are like crazy, send an order to Chen De, lead the reserve team to attack, and kill all the thieves who rushed up the city wall from the west to this officer."
Chen Yongfu's eyes were cold, and he slashed over a rushing sergeant, and said to the Ming sergeant who reported the news.
"Yes, sir."
Chen Yongfu did have a reserve of 800 people in his hand at this time, and this was also the last reserve in his hand, and he really didn't want to use it unless he had to.
At this time, Chen Yongfu had even let Yang Wenyue, who led the more than 4,000 Ming cavalry under Lu Teng, also go to the city wall to defend the city.
"Kill!"
Fortunately, as Chen De led the reserve of the 800 Ming Army to kill, he finally stopped Liu Zongmin's offensive and pressed them back into a small area.
It's just that Chen De and other Ming soldiers couldn't do it, and they completely killed Liu Zongmin and them off the city wall, and the tragic battle between the two sides on the city wall continued.
At this time, the city wall was already densely covered with corpses, and the soldiers on both sides were completely fighting on the corpses.
Chen Yongfu no longer had any extra troops in his hands, but Li Zicheng still held 10,000 soldiers and soldiers, guarding around him all the time, and he was not fully engaged in battle.
At this time, the time was already past noon, and the originally gloomy sky suddenly began to snow with goose feathers, and the whirring north was blowing.
"General, the army has attacked the city wall."
At this time, with the 5,000 soldiers sent by Li Zicheng again to support Liu Zongmin, the Chuang army completely overwhelmed the Ming army and began to occupy an advantage on the Kaifeng city wall.
If the fight continues like this, it is estimated that it will only be a matter of time before the soldiers completely occupy the north city gate and enter Kaifeng City.
"General, isn't it time for us to attack, this is the perfect time!" Qi Wei also spoke.
Li Zixiao finally nodded at this time and said, "Well, the timing is indeed very good, and the whole army is ordered to gather and prepare for battle." ”
"Yes!"
Soon, more than 32,000 soldiers of the Dragon Army were quickly assembled, Qi Wei, Luo Chao, Li Tianba, Zhao Zilong and other generals of the White Dragon Army all stood under Li Zixiao, waiting for his orders.
"Qi Wei, you lead your Feiyu battalion, let Han Tong's scout battalion cooperate with you, and your two battalions will attack along the southern moat of Kaifeng."
Li Zixiao looked at Qi Wei and Han Tong and gave orders to the two.
"Yes, the subordinate takes the order." Immediately, the two of them came out of the queue and took an arrow from Li Zixiao's hand.
"Luo Chao, Zhao Zilong, your two battalions went around to the south of the army, let Lao Tzu go to blow Li Zicheng's chrysanthemum, see Li Zicheng's handsome flag, and then go to take it back for Lao Tzu."
"Yes, the subordinate takes the order." The two responded excitedly.
The reason why Li Zixiao used it again is because Li Zixiao once attacked Li Zicheng's camp at night during the battle of Ruzhou City, defeated Li Zicheng's army, and captured Li Zicheng's handsome banner.
"I will personally lead the infantry army from the east along the line of the moat, and go west to kill the intruding army.
I want you to remember that our purpose in this battle is to defeat the invading army, remember to defeat, and if you don't use it, you should work so hard, and pay attention to preserving your strength.
Now, let's set off the whole army, let the artillery prepare to fire, and tell Li Zicheng that our White Dragon Army is here again.
At the beginning, I once told Li Zicheng that this Kaifeng City was favored by Lao Tzu, and he was not allowed to get involved.
Since he was not interested in it this time, he actually came to open the idea of opening the seal again, then this time Lao Tzu will repair him again.
Let him talk about the color change when he opens the seal in the future, and he will never dare to open the idea again. Li Zixiao said in high spirits.
Thundered!
As Li Zixiao's order was issued, all units of the White Dragon Army began to act, and the cavalry set off first.
Then, Li Zixiao took more than 20,000 foot soldiers, formed five phalanxes, lined up in a row, and killed the army along the moat of Kaifeng City.
Bang bang bang!
However, the first to attack the invading army was the artillery of the White Dragon Army, and the distance of a few miles was completely covered by the range of the artillery of the White Dragon Army.
"Ahhh
The soldiers who were attacking Kaifeng were suddenly shelled, and dozens of explosive bombs fell into the tens of thousands of troops outside the south of Kaifeng City and exploded, making many soldiers unlucky and screaming.
The sudden change on the battlefield immediately attracted Li Zicheng's attention.
At first, Li Zicheng thought it was the Ming army, and the cannon on the Kaifeng city wall.
However, when Li Zicheng saw that the soldiers who were bombed were mainly concentrated in the east, and the sound of artillery seemed to be coming from the southeast, his eyes couldn't help but look to the east.
"What's going on?" Li Zicheng asked puzzledly towards Niu Jinxing and the others beside him.
Niu Jinxing also looked confused and shook his head.
"Someone, go find out what's going on in the east?" Li Zicheng immediately ordered the guards around him.
After all, the Kaifeng battlefield stretched for more than ten miles, and Li Zicheng's Chinese army could not fully see the entire battlefield, and they all needed scouts to deliver news.
Bang bang bang!
As the White Dragon Army bombarded with artillery and gradually headed towards Li Zicheng's Chinese army, Li Zicheng finally understood what was happening.
Thundered!
And at that moment, the cavalry of the Feiyu Battalion led by Qi Wei and Han Tong, as well as the cavalry of the Scout Battalion, attacked more than 3,000 people, and first appeared in Li Zicheng's field of vision.
I saw that the cavalry led by Qi Wei and Han Tong directly penetrated into the battlefield from east to west, and cut off Li Zicheng's men and horses attacking the Kaifeng city wall from the east.
When Li Zicheng saw the 'White Snake' flag fluttering in the wind, his face also changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but roar angrily: "It's Li Zixiao's people, he is still here." ”
Thundered!
At this time, Qi Wei could not hear Li Zicheng's roar, and at this time, he and Han Tongzheng led more than 3,000 cavalry to kill from the east.
Li Zicheng, who was the first to attack, was sent to attack the southern city wall of Kaifeng, and the easternmost soldiers were attacked.
Poof!
More than 3,000 cavalry were like a sharp blade, penetrating into the ranks of more than 20,000 soldiers east of Li Zicheng who were attacking the Kaifeng city wall, blocking them and cutting them off.
With Qi Wei and Han Tong leading the cavalry, they cut off the team of soldiers and soldiers in the east, so that the soldiers behind could not continue to rush to the Kaifeng city wall, and could only counterattack the cavalry of the White Dragon Army on the spot.
In front, many soldiers who were still attacking the Kaifeng city wall, at this time, they had not found out what had happened behind, they were still climbing the ladder one by one, climbing the Kaifeng city wall, and fighting with the Ming army.
It's just that as more and more soldiers broke into the front, when they found the White Dragon Army cavalry that appeared behind, they also panicked, and the back road was cut off, which made their troops confused.
"Haha, it's our reinforcements that have arrived, brothers, kill the thief!"
Lu Teng led more than 500 cavalry soldiers at this time, and was assigned by Chen Yongfu to this section of the city wall, and was fighting with the soldiers.
I happened to see the scene of more than 3,000 white dragon troops led by Qi Wei and Han Tong attacking the army that was attacking Kaifeng and cutting it off, and shouted excitedly to the surrounding soldiers to boost morale.
"Kill the thief!"
Lu Teng's goal was also achieved, and with his shout, more and more Ming generals and soldiers saw the scene outside the city.
This boosted their morale, and one by one they saw hope again, and new strength burst out from their bodies, and they launched a counterattack against the soldiers who had already killed the city wall.
Originally, there were already a lot of soldiers who rushed to the Kaifeng city wall at this time, and they had even slowly seized control of the city wall from the Ming army.
Now, those intruding soldiers panicked one by one, and were pressed back by the Ming soldiers who had regained their strength, and then they were either killed or forced to jump off the city wall one by one.
Li Zicheng's more than 20,000 soldiers who attacked the eastern section of the southern city wall of Kaifeng were defeated shortly after Qi Wei and Han Tong led more than 3,000 cavalry of the White Dragon Army to stop and kill them.
Poof, poof!
On the battlefield, Qi Wei and Han Tong led the cavalry of the White Dragon Army and rampaged from the ranks of the soldiers.
Every time they swung their sabers fell, a streak of crimson blood splattered or a human head flew up.
These soldiers who were still besieging the city and were still defenseless, after Qi Wei and Han Tong led the cavalry to kill them, many people lost their heads before they could react.
By the time the thousands of soldiers behind them reacted, holding their shields and forming a spear formation on the spot, ready to counterattack Qi Wei and Han Tong, it was already too late.
Qi Wei and Han Tong would not give them this opportunity at all, the two of them led the cavalry, and constantly rushed back and forth in the ranks of the soldiers.
Killed all the soldiers who wanted to resist, and completely crushed their resistance heart.
Soon, more than 20,000 soldiers and soldiers in the eastern section soon collapsed, and in this case, they really couldn't continue to fight.
Instead of running south, these defeated soldiers retreated to the west, where Li Zicheng's Chinese army was.
You must know that at this time, Li Zicheng personally led the army that attacked the southern gate of Kaifeng, with more than 80,000 people.
The other more than 60,000 soldiers and soldiers, Li Zicheng handed them over to Song Xiance and Li Guo, and asked them to take them to feint and attack the east and west gates of Kaifeng City.
On the side of the South City Gate, Li Zicheng's army is 40,000 people, there are 20,000 in the eastern section, and there are also 20,000 in the western section.
(End of chapter)