Seeing Zhao Zhizhou's tragic death, Liuniang was a little dazed, Sun Shoubei, who was powerful and blessed in the city, became a righteous army in a blink of an eye, Zhao Zhizhou, who was honest and honest, and treated people kindly, was executed, and now there is nothing to eat at home.

Like this young couple, watching the soldiers execute Zhao Zhizhou and a group of gentry, the dense people in the audience were either frightened, or numbly watched, or some people applauded loudly, but everyone felt that the future was unpredictable and full of endless confusion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A few days later, Li Zicheng led the army to leave Yuzhou City, which had been bulldozed to the city wall, and when he left, his army had tens of thousands of more "soldiers and horses".

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In a few days, after easily capturing Nanzhao City, Li Zicheng's army, which had grown stronger, marched mightily and forced on the way to Nanyang Fucheng.

On this day, the army camped by Yushui, a dilapidated mountain temple that was used as one of the camps, Yang Yuanfa, Li Liuniang, and a few neighbors, around a small bonfire to warm up and rest, everyone was unkempt, ragged, they wrapped their futons tightly, their bodies curled up, hoping that in this way, they could make themselves warmer.

Liuniang, clinging to her husband tightly, and in her arms, the eldest and second girls, slept sweetly, but the little faces of the two of them became more and more pale and thin, often trekking, and starving, how could the two little babies stand it? The body, just like that.

Liuniang's hair is like a chicken nest at this time, and she is looking yellow day by day, she is holding her two daughters, her eyes are full of worry and despair, and if she continues to be hungry like this, what should she do with the eldest and second girls?

"Hiss......"

Yang Yuanfa next to him groaned again, and saw pus and blood oozing out of his left arm, and in a short period of time, his hair was unkempt. And the sideburns are much whiter, and the cotton jacket on the body is also full of holes.

Look at her husband's frown. gritted her teeth and endured, Liu Niang was even more worried, after suffering a knife wound that day, because there was no treatment. The injury on Yang Yuanfa's left arm became serious and had already suppurated.

Whether it was Yuzhou City at that time, or Nanzhao City later. In the Dafu Langzhong, all of them were taken away, and in this king army, human lives are not worth a few pennies, and no one will pay attention to the hungry people who are threatened, so go on. Not only is it difficult for the husband's left arm to be saved, but he may also lose his life because of it.

"If I knew, I wouldn't have followed."

Liu Niang said in tears.

At that time, in Yuzhou City, the army was well promoted. In addition, the grain and rice were robbed, and I didn't know how to survive, so I became a member of the coercion.

It's just that when I arrived at the camp, I realized that it was not like that, I had to do a lot of work, only drank some gruel every day, and often drank it once a day, and I had to run day and night, attacking the city.

"Be careful."

An old man on the other side said, and listened cautiously to the surrounding movements.

He is also unclothed, his hair is all white, and the wrinkles on his face are like axes and chisels, this old man is called Uncle Qian, his wife died early, he set up a small shop in front of the door, Yuzhou City is empty, he naturally can't do business, so he has to go with the army.

He was no more than fifty years old, but at this time, he looked like seventy, empty eyes, which reflected the despair of life.

He said, "Do not be heard, lest anyone tell you anything." ”

He sighed: "Don't think about running away, a few days ago, there were a few people who fell into the grass, that is, those who escaped, were chopped alive, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to run away in the rebel army." ”

Liuniang didn't dare to speak anymore, everyone was also afraid, people said that a thousand knives were cut, and those who killed a thousand knives often referred to the most heinous people, but the people who were cut a few days ago were just ordinary people in Yuzhou, and they had not done anything bad.

Uncle Qian knew that they were still neighbors, and they met and said hello on weekdays.

The people did not dare to talk about it, but talked about something else.

At this time, there were two men sitting next to Uncle Qian, one in his forties, honest, from a tenant farmer, known as Uncle Wen.

The other is in his twenties, who looks more clever, but he is a guy from a teahouse, known as the sixth son on weekdays, and next to them are their aunts and children, both men and women, all covered in dust and mud, all with dishes on their faces.

"Soon, I'm going to fight Nanyang Mansion, I don't know if Fucheng is good or not."

Uncle Wen said humbly.

"It should be easy to fight, right?"

Liuzi said: "Didn't they all say that it is easy to attack the city now, and there are often hungry people and the inner should open the door?" Xuzhou, Tongxu, Weishi, and Nanzhao a few days ago, etc., are almost all in one drum, and presumably Fucheng is the same. ”

In the past, everyone in the temple hated those who secretly opened the city, but now they have changed their position, but they hope that every time the city is opened, someone should open the door.

In this way, they, who are often used as hungry people in the front line, will not be meaninglessly folded under the city, and they also want to live.

"Fucheng, no more than a small county town, there are prefects, prefects, senators and other lords, not to mention, I heard that in the city, there are fierce tigers and handsome guards."

Uncle Qian sighed heavily, and everyone looked heavy.

Fierce as a tiger, he is a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, that is, many small people, they have heard his name, and they want to confront him, but they all have a kind of fear, afraid that when they go to the city of Shifu, they will fill in a lot of lives.

Uncle Qian lamented: "The life of a person in a troubled world is not as good as a dog, I would rather be a peace dog than a person in a troubled world." ”

Several women began to cry, but the sixth son's eyes were shining, and he said: "I think that there is still hope for life in the rebel army, although it is hard now, but look at the general ministers and sentinels among the hungry people, eating and drinking, it is the same as us, in the elite barracks, those who are in charge, those who are in charge, those who are in charge, and those who are in charge are also like ordinary soldiers." ”

"Isn't it nice for everyone to share weal and woe and work together? After a few battles and becoming an elite soldier, you can eat two or even three meals a day, and you can still do it. This is not like the lord in the city, who spends all day drinking and drinking, and when he is hungry and cold, he refuses to give us poor people a single slight. ”

At this time, the army broke up and down, implemented an egalitarian supply system, plundered gold silk, rice millet, pearl shells and other things are all in charge, and all expenses are from the head of the family, if the food is insufficient, it is short, even Li Zicheng, in the meal, the same rough and common.

At present, this system is unimaginably attractive to many people in the Ming Dynasty, and because of the elite soldiers, that is, the old battalion and horse team. It is the main force of the war, and can eat three meals a day in peacetime, and the battalion and family members are inhabited. Eat twice a day.

Hungry people, maybe, but as long as they have fought a few battles, such as how many wall bricks have been chiseled. You can turn into the regular army.

Yang Yuanfa, who had been silent, sneered: "People, it's all like this." We can share weal and sorrow, but we can't share prosperity. Now that you are fighting the country, you will naturally invite people to buy people's hearts, and then you will see what it will be like after sitting on the country? ”

He sneered: "Besides, the rebels are scurrying around like this. It's good that there is a plunder, but what if the whole world is taken captive? ”

Yang Yuanfa hated this righteous army deeply, but he was helpless, so he was coerced in the army. So many things, he can see clearly.

Liuzi glared: "No...... There's going to be a way......"

"Be careful."

Uncle Qian coughed again, and after that, there was no sound of talking in the dilapidated mountain temple, only moaning, and faint crying.

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On the 10th of the day, in the smoke of gunpowder, the majestic Nanyang Mansion City is still standing, the corner tower on the city and the enemy's platform are everywhere, the Ming army is still dense and vigilant to defend, on the city tower, there is a big flag with the word "fierce", and there is a big flag with the word "Liu".

After Wang Dou destroyed Zhang Xianzhong, the general army from Yang Sichang to Jingzhou was as fierce as a tiger, and moved to Nanyang, and before Li Zicheng attacked Nanyang, Liu Guangzuo, the deputy commander-in-chief, happened to pass by, and Zhu Yuyi, the king of Tang, was invited to defend with him, and stationed in the city together at this time.

Many days of attack and defense, as deep as two zhang two feet, four zhang four feet wide, and lead the Meixi River water into the city around the city, at this time most of it is filled, up to two zhang two feet of the city wall, also everywhere scars, especially the corpses under the city, piled up like a mountain, the blood flowing out of the corpses, seems to merge into a river.

Attacking Nanyang, Li Zicheng did not stop day by day, at this time Nanyang City was on all sides, and the black oppressive siege army seemed to spread to the end of heaven and earth, and more and more of them had military uniforms and decorations, showing dark blue.

It seems that following the advice of the people under his command, the Ming Dynasty is a fire virtue and needs to overcome fire with water, so Li Zicheng is becoming more and more blue in the army.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army began to be divided into five battalions: center, left, right, front, and rear, with several teams in each battalion, with 50 cavalry and 100 infantry and 150 infantry.

Each battalion sets the flag color, the left battalion flag is white, the right battalion flag is red, the front battalion flag is black, the rear battalion flag is yellow, the army is clothed and armored, many are also with the flag color, Li Zicheng attacked the Beijing division in history, and the people of the time noted that "the thief is dressed in yellow armor, and the four sides are like yellow clouds covering the field", referring to the soldiers and horses of the rear battalion.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army, of course, was not very formal, and generally wore anything, not to mention the hungry people, but regularization had begun to appear.

One wave of hungry soldiers retreated, and another wave of offensive was brewing.

In the tide of hungry soldiers, in a team of hungry people, Liu Niang stood numbly, she held a wooden stick in her hand, listening to the team sentinel always loudly agitating, he spoke with a different accent, it seemed to be the person on the other side of Luoyang, with a fierce expression, a flag bearer beside him, carrying a blue flag, on which the word "Chuang" was written crookedly.

"The civil and military generals advocate righteousness in heaven and crusade against the unTaoist government, this is for the sake of our poor people, so everyone must contribute and fight hard......"

"In the righteous army, they are all brothers and sisters, they have food to eat together, and they have clothes to wear together, they are civil and military generals, they eat together in the same coarseness, and their clothes and hats are the same. Look at those rich lords, arrogant and lascivious, who don't care about the life or death of the people, what do we have to complain about in comparison? ”

"The rebel army's military order, the order is forbidden, the former dies, the latter continues to advance, there is no turning back in the battle, no sound of Mingjin is heard, no return to the camp, no retreat, violators are on the spot!"

"Everyone should remember that you don't get your head cut off on the spot!"

It seems that these propaganda and agitation are all in a uniform tone in the camp, and this post is always in accordance with the script, and it has been said many times, which can be described as extremely familiar, and the same is true when looking at other teams.

However, his words did not have any effect in the team, and the tragedy of the attack on Nanyang City was seen by everyone these days.

Those who went to fill in the trenches and dig bricks were hit by arrows, ash bottles, rolling logs and stones, and even worse by artillery.

The lucky ones returned to the camp, and most of the wounded died of pain afterwards, and the battalions wailed for a long time. (To be continued.) )