Hearing Niu Jinxing's words, Li Zicheng and the others were all in good spirits, but Yuan Zongdi said: "My righteous army has contacted Luo and Liu, but these two people have ambiguous postures, and they are not sure that they will be attached. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "These two people must be waiting for the price to sell, but this time is different from the past, the situation is like this, as long as the conditions of our righteous army are rich, they will definitely be moved." ”

He said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, the student is willing to write a letter, understand it with reason, move it with affection, and let the two of them dedicate the city and share the great cause." ”

Li Zicheng was very happy, he said: "If the two of them are willing to respond, I, Li Zicheng, will definitely treat them well." ”

He muttered: "This is the first step to break the city, if it doesn't work, then follow what Mr. Song said about the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao." Heavy troops besieged the city, and sent troops to attack Kaifeng and Ruzhou. Kaifeng City's troops are empty, maybe they will go down with a drum, if they come back to help, they will be ambushed on the road, and they will not be able to ambush, and they will also reduce the guard force of Luoyang. ”

Everyone in the hall said: "Chuang Wang Gaojian." ”

This is the last resort, if these two plans fail, the hundreds of thousands of troops surrounding Luoyang City have to retreat.

Before going to bed that night, Li Zicheng always felt that he couldn't feel at ease, looking at Mrs. Gao who was sleeping beside him, he couldn't sleep for a long time, and scenes of the past came to his mind. He sighed in his heart, according to today's battle, if there is no Wang Dou, "Without the Shunxiang Army, Luoyang City has already been captured, right?"

I don't know how long I thought about it, Li Zicheng fell asleep, and in his dream, he dreamed that his army was marching into the city, "On both sides of the street are countless Luoyang people who greet them. He rode on a tall horse, led the rebels to open the Fuwang Mansion, the official warehouse and the land, obtained tens of thousands of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, and then set fire to the Fuwang Mansion and various yamen.

In the Ying'en Temple, he even caught Zhu Changxun, the blessed king who could not escape because of obesity, together with Lu Weiqi, Wang Yinchang, Kang Menghui and other Luoyang officials, and tried them to death in front of the Zhou Gong Temple.

He even dreamed of the capture of Luoyang City, how angry the Ming Emperor was, and how the officials everywhere were panicked.

In this cheerful dream, there is no Wang Dou.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, since the thirteenth day of the siege of the city, they have not moved for two days, just to the siege of Luoyang City without fighting, occasionally send some thieves to show off their might, shoot a few arrows up.

At first, the officers and soldiers in the city counterattacked a few times, and in the end, they didn't even bother to fight back, and lazily ignored the thieves outside the city. The soldiers and civilians in the city are talking about the thieves who are about to retreat, after all, there are Shunxiang troops in Luoyang City, and it is impossible for those thieves to attack them.

If you can't get in, there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 rogues outside the city who eat horses and chew every day. Even if they looted all the prefectures and counties in Henan Province, the grain and grass they needed would not be able to supply their consumption.

It is imperative to withdraw troops in the near future, and as for where they retreat, this is not a matter of concern to everyone.

In this atmosphere, the military and civilians of Luoyang City were even more relaxed, and many gentry began to return to the previous life of huā heaven and wine.

In the afternoon of that day, the guerrilla generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai came out of the division and were about to return to their respective camps, when Liu Jianyi invited Luo Tai to his barracks to sit down. Luo Tai readily agreed. Anyway, the army will no longer attack the city, and the relevant defense can be handled by the subordinates.

There are barracks in the four gates of Luoyang City, which are no different from the houses in the city, only a shallow wall. In the past, it was used for the defense and residence of the Luoyang garrison officers, and after Liu Jianyi and others came to help from Kaifeng, those barracks were naturally occupied by these battalions.

The local soldiers found a house to live in. There are also Shunxiang soldiers who came to help, and they also arranged some private houses and temples to live in the city gate.

As a guerrilla general, Liu Jianyi naturally occupied the largest courtyard of the barracks, and some of his family members lived in nearby houses. However, at this time, except for some relevant patrol personnel, the barracks was quiet, and everyone was sleeping in the middle of the day.

A few days ago, it was hard to defend the city, in order to prevent the army from attacking the city, everyone ate and slept at the head of the city day and night for a few days, this cold winter season, it can be said that it is extremely unbearable. Now that the military situation is more relaxed, these soldiers don't hurry up and make up for it, and have the energy to have a good Lantern Festival at night?

Entering the house, let the family burn the fire and sandwich the wall, make a few side dishes, a few pots of wine, and after holding back left and right, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai ate and drank beautifully. The two chatted while eating, and talked about the hard work of the rogues outside the city, "I came all the way from Kaifeng to help, and also talked about Chen Yongfu's villain's ambition, Wang Dou's rudeness, and the unfair treatment of Shangguan." ,

The more he chatted, the more angry he became, especially Luo Tai, who had a blue face, and he scolded fiercely: "Damn, it's also reinforcements, that Wang Dou, Chen Yongfu let King Fu, Wang Yinchang and others look at each other differently." What about us, we have been bullied by Chen Yongfu and others, but no one has said a word for us, Brother Liu, do you say this is public or unfair? ”

Liu Jianyi squinted at Luo Tai and said, "Unfair treatment is one, Brother Luo, didn't you find anything serious about Yi Jinggen?" ”

Luo Tai said: "Brother Liu said clearly, you know, what I am most convinced of is your resourcefulness. ”

Liu Jianyi sighed: "In the battle of defending the city for a few days, our subordinates suffered serious losses, and Wang Yinchang did not give us supplementary food and salary for the soldiers. If there were no soldiers, who would look at us? That Wang Dou is so domineering, and he doesn't rely on the strong military horse in his hand? ”

Luo Tai was shocked, the cold sweat on his body came down, and he said: "Brother Liu is right, in the siege battle in the past few days, the casualties of my subordinates will reach almost 30%, if you continue to fight." The soldiers in his hands are gone, and there are no soldiers, not to mention that Chen Yongfu is even more bullied, even those thousands of generals under our hands, I am afraid that they will also disobey and make trouble. ”

Liu Jianyi said sympathetically: "So, I have to think of a way." Luo Tai shuddered, and the two looked at each other, both seeing something tacit in each other's eyes.

Luo Tai poured a glass of wine into his mouth suddenly, his eyes were red, but he said in a low voice: "Brother Liu, you say, will the army outside the city still attack the city?" ”

Liu Jianyi affirmed: "This is an inevitable thing, how can King Chuang give up like this easily when he has been plotting for Luoyang for a long time?" After a few days of rest, there will definitely be a few bloody battles! Luo Tai made up his mind and said in a low voice: "You said that the two of us are going to defect to the king now, what treatment will the rebel army give us?" Liu Jianyi laughed for a while, but took out a letter from his arms and said, "Brother Luo, you can take a look." ”

Luo Tai took it in surprise, and was about to scream when he saw it, hurriedly looked left and right, and said inaudibly: "Where did Brother Liu get the letter?" This is the letter of Niu Jinxing, a think tank under the command of King Chuang, right? Liu Jianyi just smiled, and he said, "Brother Luo, don't care where this letter came from, you take a closer look at what is written inside." ”

Luo Tai opened the letter with trembling hands and read it, although he was not very literate, but the meaning of the letter was still understood, the more he looked at it, the happier he became, and said continuously: "King Chuang is really generous, give us the treatment of the old camp, and Liu Fangliang and Li Guozhu generals are on an equal footing, and after the city is broken, give priority to us to replenish the food and grass for the soldiers, and ...... Give us 10,000 to lead troops? He was pleasantly surprised: "It's Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier of Henan, and there are not so many soldiers and horses under his command." ”

Liu Jianyi said with a smile: "King Chuang is a person who does great things, and with only 10,000 soldiers, it is naturally not a problem for him." ”

Luo Tai clasped his hands and said, "It's done, he's unkind, I'm unjust." Wang Yinchang and others don't take us seriously, so we will vote for another master. ”

There was a fierce light in his eyes: "Hit Luoyang in the coming day, hum." Liu Jianyi smiled gloomily, stuffed the letter into the fire on the table, watched the letter slowly turn into ashes, and then said slowly: "Brother Luo, our righteous army wants to take the city, and it should be combined here, and it needs to be discussed in detail." ”

Luo Tai said: "Brother Liu can do whatever he says, brother, I will listen to you in everything." Liu Jianyi said: "Okay, if you do something, can my brother say that you will move the generals under your command?" It must be reliable and not leak wind noise. ”

Luo Tai patted his chest and said: "Big brother, just rest assured, they eat my food, take my salary, and listen to me in everything." ”

In fact, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai are guerrilla generals, and each of them has less than 2,000 troops, "but all of them are recruits, and they come from five huā eight gates, not necessarily Henan people." In terms of combat effectiveness, it is stronger than the Weisuo army, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the battalion soldiers were mothers, and whoever gave them food and salary, they would work for whom, and there was no pressure to switch camps, and there were a lot of ruffians in the army.

As a direct official, Luo Tai said that he would surrender to the thief, and the generals under his command would follow. Not to mention that it is his own nephew who controls the hundreds of families under his command, and there is no problem in obeying orders. For Luo Tai, as long as these family members follow him, it doesn't matter if the rest of the battalion soldiers never obey.

Liu Jianyi's slender fingers tapped on the table: "Tonight, I will send my henchmen to the city secretly, and when the appointment is made, the east gate and the south gate will be connected, and the city gate lantern will be called three circles." When the hour came, we opened the gates of the city and received the rebels into the city. At the same time, our division lit fires all over the city, causing riots, and when the army entered the city, the big thing could be decided! His face shone brightly: "Tonight is the night of Shangyuan, and the officials in the city will be lax among the people, and they will never think that we will start an incident and open the door." ”,

He laughed sadly again.

Thinking of that situation, Luo Tai also smiled fiercely, and his expression was a little impatient.

Liu Jianyi instructed him carefully that he must not show his horse's feet, especially in front of the Shunxiang officers and generals in the city. Luo Tai knew that this matter was not trivial, and he also patted his chest to reassure Liu Jianyi 10,000.

Liu Jianyi finally stood up: "Time is pressing, we have to do it tonight, and the two of us are fully prepared." ”

The two of them looked at each other, and both nodded heavily.

Yinshi, in the city of Beiguan.

In front of the sand table, Chen Yongfu roared like thunder: "Rats" These two rats are bound to cut off the heads of Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai! ”

Wang Dou said: "They think they don't know what they are doing, and they don't ......know it," he smiled disdainfully, and a cold look flashed in his eyes: "I don't collect the night under my command, and I have been closely monitoring these people inside and outside the city." Just last night, Liu Jianyi sent people down to the city and entered the thief camp at night, and I have learned all about their plot. ”

Wang Dou said: "According to my detective who doesn't collect at night, it's not just Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai. Wang Shaoyu's subordinates Qianzong Wenzong, Yang Hepai, and the general Li Huajie are all ready to surrender Li Thief, and they should open the city tonight. ”

Chen Yongfu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay." An inexplicable gleam flashed in his eyes.

Wang Dou's tone was very flat: "Liu Jianyi's thieves are just a trivial matter, tonight we will take the lead and sweep them away." Chen Junmen, the time has come, the thieves are tired, the army's heart is turbulent, it's time to deal with the rogues outside the city. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Dou set his eyes on the Jianshan Mountain in the west of Luoyang, and found out that most of the grain and grass in the army were hoarded there.

Wang Dou pointed to the sand table and said: "Tonight, we will play two chess, kill Liu Jianyi and the thieves in the city in advance, and at the same time send troops to attack at night and starve food. If he succeeds, the thief will be panicked, and the army's morale will be even more discouraged. Tomorrow, we will raise our army and fight a decisive battle with the thieves in the field. ”