Chapter 234: Bloodless Blade, Kaifeng Falls
By the time Sun Chuanting came to the outside of Kaifeng City, the 100,000 troops were already less than ten miles away from Kaifeng City.
Standing on a high place, Sun Chuanting can clearly see the formation of the breaking army, 100,000 troops! Boundless! With successive victories, the momentum of the current army has reached its peak!
A trace of cold sweat broke out on Sun Chuanting's forehead, if he fought a decisive battle with Li Zicheng now, then the Qin army was afraid that the whole army would really be wiped out, and now the Qin army had less than 30,000 soldiers with combat power, how could he confront the 100,000 intruding army in front of him?
In fact, Li Zicheng's actual strength is not so much, it is only 60,000 main forces, and the rest are wrapped up in exiles, of course, there are more ants and they can gnaw elephants to death, not to mention living people, along the way, the number of exiles who broke into the army has almost reached 50,000, and the total strength exceeds 100,000, although these refugees have no combat effectiveness at all, but after all, they are mainly young and strong, and they can kill 5,000 elites when they fight one out of ten!
"My lord, how is it now? The sick and wounded in our army have not yet recovered, and if we start a war at this time, we will definitely die......"
Sun Zhixiu's face was full of bitterness, after all, it was still a step too late, if he could delay the army on the way for a few days and wait for the arrival of Zhu Jie's army, he would not be so passive.
However, having said that, if it really dragged on for more than ten days, the strength of the Qin army now would be even less, not even 50,000 troops, but I am afraid that the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 people are optimistic estimates.
Sun Chuanting was also worried, Zhu Jie, where are you kid now? Why haven't you arrived at Kaifeng Mansion yet?
Suddenly, Sun Chuanting suddenly remembered the letter Zhu Jie gave him, and a trace of realization surged in his heart, and he shouted: "Order, the army immediately retreats to the north of Kaifeng Mansion, get rid of the thieves, and let the thieves enter Kaifeng Mansion!" ”
"Master, what are you? Sitting back and watching Kaifeng fall, this is a capital crime! ”
Sun Zhixiu was taken aback and hurriedly said.
Sun Chuanting sneered: "Have you forgotten the letter Zhu Jie gave me?" Now we are stubbornly guarding Kaifeng Mansion, it is still a dead end, if we bypass Kaifeng Mansion and give Kaifeng away, then after a while, the unlucky one is a thief! The lesser of two evils, today we gave up Kaifeng Mansion, in the future, we will kill back one day, and even the thieves can only be our prisoners at that time! ”
Sun Zhixiu hesitated, losing Kaifeng Mansion is different from losing Nanyang Mansion, a Nanyang Mansion has a population of only more than 100,000, less than 200,000, but Kaifeng Mansion is a provincial capital, with a population of nearly one million, and one Kaifeng can top five or six Nanyang! Such a big crime, once the court blames it, it is not a joke!
"What are you waiting for! Hurry up and gather the army, take the herbs and food, and retreat immediately, and evacuate towards the Blue Yang area! ”
Sun Chuanting shouted angrily.
Sun Zhixiu had no choice but to start urging the army, retreating in the direction of Lanyang, and giving up the entire Kaifeng Mansion.
Only half an hour later, Li Zicheng led the army to the city of Kaifeng Mansion.
"What? Sun Chuanting ran away with the army? ”
Li Zicheng's face was full of astonishment, he didn't expect that when would this Sun Chuanting become a soft egg, he didn't even dare to start a war, so he fled all the way east!
"Pass the order, the whole army will besiege Kaifeng Mansion, and within three days, I will sit in the Yamen of the governor of Henan and hold a celebration banquet for the generals!"
Li Zicheng sneered.
"Siege Kaifeng Mansion?"
Song Xiance on the side hurriedly replied: "King Chuang, now Sun Chuanting has not been exterminated, compared to taking Kaifeng Mansion, pursuing Sun Chuanting, and encircling and annihilating the main force of the Ming army in one fell swoop is the most important thing. ”
Li Zicheng frowned and replied: "Song Junshi, just a Sun Chuanting, a general of the defeated army, with a group of rabble, has long lost any ability to resist, why should we be afraid of him?" Even if he takes Kaifeng Mansion and pursues Sun Chuanting, it is completely too late, you know, further north, it is the Yellow River, in a short period of time, Sun Chuanting wants to cross the Yellow River, it is impossible, if you don't cross the Yellow River, he is just a plate of bean sprouts in our eyes, and you can eat it at any time! ”
"But ......"
Song Xiance was still a little uneasy in his heart, and was about to continue to dissuade him.
Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't persuade me anymore, now we have marched nearly thousands of miles from Hubei all the way north, far away from our base camp, how can we do it, once the Ming army reinforcements arrive, we don't even have a decent stronghold, the city wall of Kaifeng Mansion is tall, and there is the danger of the Yellow River, as long as we occupy Kaifeng Mansion and then guard the Yellow River crossing, the south of the Yellow River is really completely under my control!" No one wants to drive us away again! ”
Song Xiance was slightly surprised when he heard this, this King Chuang really listened to Li Yan's opinion, step by step, first operated the four prefectures in the north of Huguang like a copper wall, and then waved his troops north, all the way to Nanyang Mansion, Runing, Guide Mansion, Henan Mansion Four mansions in his hands, and now he is aiming at Kaifeng Mansion, if it really goes on like this, Dingding Central Plains is just around the corner!
Song Xiance was not speaking, and Li Zicheng gave the order to besiege.
100,000 troops surrounded Kaifeng Mansion layer by layer, began to attack, at this time, Kaifeng Mansion is like an empty city, Ren Jun got the news, has already slipped away, the soldiers defending the city are not even 10,000 people, including thousands of troops, have already fallen ill, not to mention the war, is to catch a chicken, there is no strength, the army is weak, how can you defend Kaifeng Mansion?
Yuan Zongdi and Li Yan just launched an attack on Kaifeng Mansion, the southern city of Kaifeng Mansion was opened, and the defenders in the city directly opened the city and surrendered. Besides, King Chuang is coming and doesn't pay for food, this slogan is almost universally known, where is the common people hateful.
The Chuang army almost didn't have a bloody blade to pocket Kaifeng Mansion, not to mention the soldiers, even Li Zi CD was extremely surprised, this, this took the impregnable Kaifeng Mansion? That's, isn't it? The year before last, he besieged Kaifeng Mansion twice and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, but he was not able to take Kaifeng Mansion, and the third time he almost took it, but unfortunately he was disrupted by Sun Chuanting's plan and had to give up, and today it was only half a day, and Kaifeng Mansion was broken!
Now that Kaifeng Mansion has been taken, what are you waiting for? Li Zicheng gave an order, and all the 100,000 troops entered Kaifeng Mansion and took over the entire Kaifeng!